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ft.r The Dally Republican Est. 1SS5. luv JUveumg Kansan Est. 1887. NEWTON, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917 Member Associated Press XXXIII, No.

91 Six Page; KANSAM-RjEPTLJBLICAN CHIEF ARMY CAMP LOYAL WOMEN FIENDISH ASS UL7 ON MERE BABY GIRL RALLIES ADVANCE the battle pf Arras, Major General B. Maurice. 'chief director of military onerations at the war office, told the III flflM A TO "If I. II i. I A Jk.

III I U-BOAT MYSTERY OFF U. S. COAST CAME TO RESCUE Destroyers Left Home Be- Ml .11 iore morning uouia Be Supplied OJJTFITS ARE ON WAY Knitters Relieve Men Sent For First Time to Cold Climate Washington, May The report from Queenstown that the' sailors of the American destroyer flotilla which lias arrived in the war zone were not supplied with warm 'enough clothing for the cold, latitude was explained today that flip destroyers sailed, from American ports before the supplies could be put on board. Complete outfits of heavy woolen and rubber clothing for all men now are on their to them. All crews of freight destroyers' which have left subsequently have been completely outfitted! To (he women of the United States is due (he credit for this protection.

i St. Louis, May 17. Lured from her brother by an unidentified iAi, Flora Morgner, four years old yt'jterday was carried into a barn where shjswas choloformed, attacked and held pris oner for more than six hours. The little girl stated that while they were in the barn she saw a woman in the yard next to the building. The man threatened her life if she made an outcry.

After the woman left the yard the man ran from the barn and disappeared. Police and relatives last night (began a city wide search for the assailant and there were open threats of lynching if he is caught. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK BY TORPEDO New York, May 17. The American steamship, Hilonian, has been torpedoed and sunk off Genoa, Italy, with the loss of four members of the crew, according to a cablegram received by the owners, the Universal Transportation company. INCENDIARY FIRE TO DESTROY CHEMICALS Loss of $85,000 at Oklahoma City Reported Early Today Associatel Press today.

When the British offensive began the Germans had 49 reserve divisions on the west era front. The British onslaught at Arras and the more recent French offensive have compelled the Germans to employ all but four of these dlvi slons. 1 German Statement. Berlin, May 17. Sb far during the month of May, says the German of ficial statement today, the Germans on the western front have taken 2,309 English prisoners and have captured 2,700 Frenchmen.

Berlin, May 17. The ground which was captured by the Germans in the village of Rouex yesterday morning was later lost, following a strong Brit- ish counter says the German statement. RUSSIAN CABINET CRISIS IS SETTLED Socialist' Will Be Represented By Six Members Petrograd, via London, May 17. The cabinet crisis has been settled. A delegation of the government's pol icy has been accepted Iby the representatives of the council Of women's and soldier's delegates find with merely slight alterations was signed by them at midnight.

During the sitting, M. Tchernoft, national Socialist, was appointed minister of agriculture, and M. Skobe-loft, vice president of the council of workmen's i and soldier's delegates, was appointed minister of It also was decided to be desirable to include in the government Eeodor Kokoshkine, constitutional Democrat and a professor of the University of Moscaw, and M. TseretellL a member of the council of workmen's and soldier's delegates. The duty of these men will be to prepare for a constitutional assembly.

Petrograd, via London, May 17. Tho cabinet crisis may be considered as settled. A declaration of the gov- ernment's policy accepted by the representatives of the council of work: men's and soldier's delegates with merely verbal alterations vri be sign- ed hy botu partieg wkhout deliy lt It has beelr decided to take inti V. under direction of the navy league of American women have Oklahoma City, May 17. Fire lUB vessel ueareu n.

mis was slowly submerged. Some di3- which early today caused a loss cf tance to starboard, a British to the Alexander Drug com- 1)roceeding northward. pany, a wholesale concern and slight- Tho Danish skipper suspected he ly damaged two adjoining buildings might be in 'the presence of a mine is believed by Fire Chief Parks to laying submarine which, having 'des- have been. started for the purpose ot troyed one was lying in wait destroying a large quantity of chemi- for, the British and he at once 'been knitting woolen garments and a special fund has been raised to 'buy rjibber coats and felt boots. American war ships never before have been called upon for service 'In such cold climates, and therefore the regulation clothing outfit was not suitable for the North Sea service against submarines.

Secretary Dan iels recognized this fact, and in an official order called up the navy ieague to enlist the aid of American women in supplementing the blue jackets' clothing almost every state thls work is under way unfler the direction of the navy league and will be continued until every man in the American navy is thoroughly equipped for any war service. Both officers and enlisted meen have written letters to the league, extending their thanks to the Amerl- can women. Churchmen at Dallas. Dalas, Texas, May 17. The 129th eneral Assembly of the Presbyter- Church of the United States ujned in the Central Presbyterian UNDER GEN.

WOOD t. Washington, May 17. The chief center of the army training camps, by the war department's decision todcy. will be located in the new. southeastern department under MaJoj-Genoral Wood.

Twelve of the 32 camps will be placed in General, Wood's department which will be responsible for as many as any other two departments combined. One camp will be located In the northwestern, four in the eastern, six in the central, six in the southern and three in the western department. REDMOND REJECTS GEORGE PROPOSAL London, May 17. John Redmond, leader of the Irish nationalists in the house of commons, today rejected the proposal of Premier Lloyd-George for a' settlement of the home rule ques tion but accepted the proposal for an idvnedlate calling of a convention to. decide on a government for SOLDIERS POISONED BY RESTAURANT MEAL One Dead, Others Dangerously 111 Investigation Being Made mtsburgh, May 17 Four more soldiers of the Third Pennsylvania infantry on police duty in the Pittsburgh districts were removed from their camp at Port Perry, Pennsylvania to hospitals here this fore noon suffering from the effects of poison, while the military authorities and physicians investigated the death of Lieut.

William F. Ouncoran, of Philadelphia, and the illness of 12 other guardsmen last night 1 The were on duty at Port Perry yesterday and were served with a meal from a restaurant conducted 1... i 1 Iknl rimn of uy vail ileal liiou i ij J.lCUlUIlilUl VUlXUluU CULCi uu Will sleeping carl which served as head- ouartera for the. c6mmand. and coin-.

plained of being in. in live minutes he was dead. Eat Fish and Save Money. Providence, R. May 17.

Plan3 for a closer co-operation with the Federal Government in its efforts to reduce the high cost of living will be diKniissed hv the National Association ditcussed by the National Association pf Fisheries Commissioners at its ninth annual convention which began here today. An extensive campaign sf publicity is proposed to impress upon the people the fact that the products of the fisheries are likely to be among the cheapest and most valuable of food staples during tbo war. The convention is attended by the fish commissioners of a score of states, including those on the Gulf toast, the Atlantic seaboard and the Great Lakes. Wi ant Ads Sell Poultry. 301 OF Marx Clothes gjjjejr en on of BE BOOSTED UP Leader Kitchin Changes On Question In House In A Night WANT MORE MONEY Incomes Over $40,000 Are In For Heavy Donation To Country Washington, May 17.

All remain ing amendments designed to increase by one-fourth the surtax on income between 10,000 one million dol lars, and placing the surtax of 45 per cent on incomes of one million dol lars and over were written into the var tax bill today by the huse sit ting in committee of the wholes Voting in committee of the whole late today, the house raised by one fourth all income taxes on incomes between $40,000 and $1,000,000. If the action of the house prevails the government will take 43 per cent pf ev ery income of one million dollars and over. Washington, May 17. Democratic leader Kitchen announced in the house today the treasury Ue partment had notified him that it would be necessary to raise $2,245 000,000, instead of $1,800,000,000 by the war revenue bill now under de bate. He urged support of new pro posals to raise the income surtax in creases of sums above $40,000 as con tained In the bill by one-fourth.

The bill as reported to the house was estimated to raise between 800,000,000 and $2,000,000,000, which was. expected tc defer one-halt of the expenses -of j'f arof the war. great surprise. When the movement to increase the income tax wa. started yesterday-by Representative Lenroot and Representative ShirleYj Mr.

Kitchin fought It vigorously. Yes terday the insurgents were success ful nevertheless in getting in an in crease on the 6urtax.on incomes be- they renewed their efforts and Len--root introduced an amendment to crease the proposed 'surtax on between and $80,000, from 11 to 13.75' per eent. The Lenroot amendment for further cr increase was aaoptea tne com- CHAMBERLAIN CALLS SENATE TO ACTION if ff Wi Reminds Senator They Are opiuung iiairs iaiiger j- At Our Doors Svashinston, May 17. When the ar my bill came up in the senate today for final action on the conference report' it was thrown into a long debate over technicalities which Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military committee, openly characterized as The principal contention was over whether soldiers were being drafted for "the existing of the war." Here we are at war," declared Mr. Chamberlain, 'and the senate la split ting hairs on this proposition with danger at our doors and threatening to send the bill back to conference." Some aenators protested against the general language of the "emergency" contending that it meant fas tening a military policy on the country.

War Veteran at Salina. Kans, May 17. Hundreds of civil war veterans and other vis-itora are in Salina to attend the an rual encimpment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of aKn- as, which began today. Despite the fact that the soldiers are rapidly lessening in numbers, the encampment promises to be one of the most successful of, recent years. Then will also be annual meetings of the several affiliated societies.

Including the Sons of Veterans, Woman' Re lief Corp' and Ladle of the O. A. R. The city 1 in holiday attire in honor cf the visitors and elaborate preparation have been mate for tbelr ea tertainmunt cals stored in the drug company's buildinir. A patrolman who discovered tho fire said he saw a man run from rear of the buih' nd escape down an Chemicals and valued at 50,000 were saved.

Invitation. Golf at Excelsior Springs. Excelsior Springs, May it. Fromfhent golfers from Kansas TCity fpd other points engaged in practice today on the 'links of the Excelsior Springs Country Club in anticipation of tomorrow's opening of the club's annual Invitation t-jurnamenl. The tournament is regarded as one of tho principal golfing events of the year in this' section of the country.

WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperature. Thermometer Readings Maximum 82 Minimum 51 One o'clock 79 Danish Captain Tells Experience of His Ship With Wreck SAW SPAR SUBMERGE Thinks Perhaps Mine Lay-' ing Submarine Is At Work, Now ork, May 17 The skipper of a Danish steamship which arrived here today with sugar from Cuba, had a mystery story to tell involving the possible presence of a fiubmarire and a mine off Cape Hatteras. His ship was 33 mile3 north by east from Diamond Shoals lightship on Tuesday, the Danish captain said, when wreckage (was sighted. For HO miles this extended, casks and otbor debris, indicating that tho vessel met a violent end.

i A cylindrical coal ixdoetjongu and a foot in diameter, j. gal vaauod, with peculiar end andi with a small chain on top, attracted the captain's attention and he steered toward An officer' sighted about that time what appeared to be a spar sticking 18" injhes out of the. water. fled from the vicinity. TENNESSEE MOB HOLDS SHERIFF 'Memphis, May "17.

Sheriff M. G. Tate, and three of his ciepntie3 who last night Were Reported to he in the hands of a cro'wd intent on secur-ingEll Parson, the negro charged -with the brutal murder of Antoinette Rap-pal, had not returned to the office hero early today. Deputies in charge expressed the belief that the sheriff and his party were safe although tliey had no knowledge of his whereabouts. New York Racing Season to Open, New York, May 17.

The Now York racing will be bpGned tomorrow with the running of the Excelsior Handicap at the Jamaica track, under the auspices of the Metropolitan Jockey Club. The meeting at Jamaica will continue until May 28, after which the racing will shift tb Belmont Park. i Book Store Sole Dealers WITHOUT A HALT Germans Pile Dead Before British But Without Avail GREAT ITALIAN BLOW British Success In Macedo niaLittle Help From Russians By the Associated Press: I The Germans have piled their dead before tho British lines but have failed to stop the British advance. The most furious and sustained counter attacks have withered before the blast of the British artillery and the sapping or the Hindenburg line goes on, slowly but without halt. The tremendous effort by Field Mashal von Hindenburg to stem the tide of victory which slowly was setting against him have given the battle of Arras an appearance of ebb and flow but the net result is that the attempts of the- Germans to regain the initiatiye have failed.

Yon Hin-denburg apparently used every ounce of strength at his command to wrest from the British the villages of Rouex and Bullecourt and the out come is summed up tne aimosi monotonous repetition by the British war office of the statement: "Our troops made progress on the Hindenburg line." Probably more ominous for Berlin, in view of the wabbly condition of her Austrian ally, is the news of the' great blow struck Italy near Trieste. The Italians opened their spring offensive in brilliant fashion, attacking -on a. wider front and apparently with greater force than in previous operation. Tho Isonzo, a turbulent stream, bordered by mountains and cliffs, Is in their hands for a dls a nro nf 15 trt 2ft TIlilPM north Of Gor- 1 tiin farlima annaur have nl 'in-' vuwiui'F'- ned a flanking movement' against the Carso plateau, the great natural rampart defending Trieste. The operation, however, is in too early a stage to permit judgment of its exact import.

i- In Macedonia. The allied offensive in Macedonia continues with considerable success for theBritisH force but the fighting is on Buch an extended front and sol Is on such an extended front and so sporadic in character that its mean ing is obscured. Reports from Petrograd, of nation wide discontent, and weariness of the war, may be significant in con nection with General Sarrai's cam paign. Russian factions have patched up a truce but the outcome still is du bious. The news of the resignation of General Gurko and General Brus iloff is now supplemented by the dis-quieting rumor that General Alexioff, Russia's a commander-in-chief, ni generally accredited 8s'hjj' most bry- Iiant strategist, aiso is--aooiwio re sign his off ice.

rn'any event, 'seems certain that little can be expocted from Russi in a military way for a long time to come. The Western Front London, May 17. The British have made further progress in the village of Bullecourt and have reached its western end, according to today's official British statement Paris, May 17 Six assaults by the Germans on tho French lines have been repulsed with heavy losses, according to today's official statement Three attacks were mado north of Moullnde Laffauz, and three northeast of Braye-en-Hnnois. Rome.via London, May 17. Austrian troops have strongly counter at tacked the Italians In positions they jhad- gained in carrying out their offensive movement.

The enemy reaction, hawever, has failed, the war office announces. The prisoners tak by the Italiaas since Monday, now number 4,021. Five additional small calibre guns have been captured. Austrian Admit Losses. London, May 17.

An official Austrian statement issued today admits gains for the Italians in the fighting the Isonzo but clalmg the repulse the majority of the attacks and tho total capture of 2,000 prisoners. Uinj Pp Reserve. London, May 17. The British and French have forced the Germans to use virtually all the fresh reserves they had at the beginning of, of tendance of more than one thousand i.oioa minont nrt commissioners, prominent divines and the cabinet five representatives'" niittee of tlieVhole by an ovejwhelm-the different socialist groups, which inS vote. Appropriations were im-wth A.

F. Kerensky, who assume? mediately made to propose similar in-the war portfolio, will make a tote' creases on the remaining divlsiofts of i I 1. 'l li i i 'l if i vi six or mcse eronns snarine in inn.1"" leaders in missionary, education aud other fields of denominational activity. Communion and the sermon of the retlrisff moderator, Rev. John A.

Marquis of Cedar Rapids, were lhe features of the opening session. Celebration Postponed. Philadelphia, May 17. Tha elaborate celebration to have been held in this city today in honor of the centennial anniversary of the founding of the American Sunday School JJnlon nas been indefinitely postponed on account of 'the war. ecaoE -o 30E30E IOE30C fl 'lis: jlj -k Each in His Place, A Kansas War Poem government.

Three of those appoint ees will be social Democrats, an1 three, including M. Kerensky, social 1st populists. Of the former, Skobeleff, vice president of the cil of workmen's and solider's del- gates, and M. Malantovitch, an Odes sa lawyer, have been definitely clos en The other appointment has not et been made; Two of th socialist populist ministers will be M. Tcher-noff and M.

Pechekonofr. STATE CONCLUDES ARD PROSECUTION Iola, May 17. The state continued today presentation of us case against Roy Ard, charged with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Viola Ard, by recall ing Sheriff E. J.

Dun fee for further questioning concerning Ard'g actions following the killing. He was asked why the accused man had not investigated the shooting. The state completed its case durv ing the morning session and adjournment ot court wag taken until afternoon when the defense will open its side ot the hearing. Indications were that Ard might take the stand in his own behalf late today. WAR SPEEDED UP MARRIAGE RECORD Topeka, May 17, During the irst month of the war with Germany all former marlrage records in Kansas were broken, figures complied at the office of J.

W. V. Deacon, state registrar of vital statistics, show. There were 2,040 marriages during the month, an increase of nearly 60 per cent over the same month in any year since, the record have been Vept The instruments on an aeroplane usually include stj altimeter, tor it dicating th clock, air tpsd of the rutiplane, and petrol and oil gnages, indicating the amount fuel in the tanks. Three men went -to the worldwide war, Each worked In the place he found.

Oae went ot' on the battlefield, fflTy. One tl increase the harvest yield, 4 ft And one to the mill In town. ThrB men 'rose as the sun came up. Each brushed the' sleep from his brow. One fell Into his place at drill, One took his bucket and went to the mill And one put his hands to the plow.

Three men tolled -when the sun was high, A dust from the struggle 'rose. One drove the enemy down to defeat. One fuAishad rations of bread and meat And the other made their clothes, Tho three lay down in the quiet night, The day had been nobly won. For one had finished his bit at the mill, One had toiled on his farm on the hill And one had etayed by his gun. Thomas DeWItt Jones.

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