Rather forecast SKSpSli
vou xxiii. no. 178.: mim&Mm.
RFOlfliilKl
Same Old Crowd That Fought
Selective Draft Again to
;": -Fore
SUCCEEDED IN
DELAYING ACTION
HardwLk, Vardaman and;
Reecl Line Up in Opposition
to the House Measure
Hardwick Centers His At
tack on the Conscription
Provision.
- '
iliv Associated Press.)
Washington, July 18. Senators who
have b" n prominent in opposing con
scription 'f,l opposition to the ad
ministration bill providing rS40,000
for a gif.it airplane fleet, when the
Senate took the bill up for consider
ation today. Opposition which devel
oped, and debatefor an hour postpon
ed action probably until next week,
after the disposal of the Food Control
measure.
Provision for draft of the aviation
forces was the principal objection
raised in today's debate, although Sen
ator Chamberlain explained that the
War Department planned to have
fliers volunteer and to draft only the
"ground'' aviation forces.
Senators Hardwick, Vardaman and
Reed, all oi whom vigorously opposed
the Army Draft law, objected to the
draft clause. The Georgia Senator
eairl lit. t';i .-firfr1 the rtpHsirjitinn of wnr
aeainst Germany and was willine to
do everything to prosecute it vigor
c"rly, i:ut he opposed raising . 'armif..
ly fonsrriptioii "awl drafting any men
for service on foreign soil,!? . He
thousht inclusion of a draft clause in
the aviation biLLwwild mean drafting
just that many more men into service.'
With the draft clause out, he said, he
would willingly vote for the bill.
ACTIVITY REPORTED
CN RUSSIAN FRONT
iT.y Associated Press.)
Berlin. July 18. Via London In
crfased activity on the Rumanian
front is reported in today's official an
nouncement. Artillery fighting was
reviv.-d in the sectors of Archduke
Joseph and Field Marshal von Mack
enzn. On the norther end of the
Russo-Galician front in the regions of
Ri?a, Dvinsk and Smorgon the artil
lery engagements were more severe.
LA FAYETTE DAY
TO BE CELEBRATED
,. 'Py Associated Press.)
New York, July 18. A call for the
celebration of municipality and patri
otic so. Hies of the birthday of La
Fayctte, on September 6, was issued
from here today. The late Joseph H.
Choate, among his last activities, pre
?jdl at a meeting of the LaFayette
Day com mitt ee, at which it was decid
ed to issue the call for the celebration
this year.
m will
SGUSS CAUSE
Successor to Dr. Pratt Tem
Potarily Named Redfield
Will Take Charge. 4
(I'.v
Associated Pr?s:3.)
;e im-'t,.,.
E. I
July 18. Dr. Edward
. ,,1J I' oiftiieu last miiL o
' bureau of foreign and do-
So,
oiiimr ree. at the reauest of
da,, . "iiem, was succeaea to-an-j
'-y Hiu-we s Cutler, first assist
( who will serve until a per-
ffl,U"ll' :il,;,(,ir, . J
1 ' I i I , . I t: i i i
Mi
v . . .
1 1 III lei- 1 1... ., r,,ff.,iw p .,
outbr.-V"!"' '" vyashington with, the
my,
"'hi kjci many tu uuci
"' M '!;ufield nor Mr. Pratt
'ils",!S today the leading
" -ignation. it has been
.Known for sometime.' how-
gfrieraliv
Willi
IVVfen
differences existed be-
Mil
- Things came to a
' rslood, over Dr. Pratt's
of i he export control
11)...
field - ' !'-s linage act. Mr. Red
Kum.'.." li,ight Dr. Pratt as-
-'J ::,iu'!l authority. The cli-
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ll'0iil.
CfJ:iiiii,,
'ill. Whs llr ProH'a nnon
'I 113-1
of a long list of
f'f'in v-,V ; -:'s r'lning within Presl
rtain ' I'clamation putting
IJr. Z , ,ul(iC1' export "control.
t J)
,, dismissal is "taken to
lltU Mr ii,.,ii!..i i ..... . ji
r- i '"-u'iciu win Ln.c ui-
Port
Ot
r,'l'tl-ol.
;idrninistering the ex-
FREIGHT RATE CASE
THE STATE
Time For the Hearing Post
poned From Day Set to
August Thirtieth.
APPLICATION OF
INSURANCE MEN
To Increase Rates Not Ap
proved by the Insurance
Commissioner Sum
mer's Appeal.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, July 18. North Carolina
railroads asking a basic change in the
freight rates within the State today
were summoned to present their ar
guments to the Corporation Commis
sion August 30,-the original hearing on
i July 31, two weeks from date, .being
changed.
The carriers have withdrawn their
request for a blanket 15 per cent raise.
They do not resfcrtbeir case on the ill
ago to Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The T North Carolina rates
are lower than the through, rates m
many instances, and the fight within
is to be made on different bases en
tirely. The carriers will be opposed by rate
experts who came here at their origi
nal hearing and listened to the argu
ment to be met. Freight points
tlroughout the State are preparing
all kinds of figures to show that the
bJisic change will not be jutsified.
The roads that are most earnest in
seeking these increases are interstate
carriers, but many are entirely within
North Carolina and they declare the
necessity for such increase is great.
Insurance Commissioner Young,
upon his return from Asheville, indi
cates his unwillingness to grant, the
increase of the fire insurance rates on
the showing made by the companies
that have consulted with him. Rates
ranging all the way from 15 to 40 per
cent are said to be involved in this
request for increase. The commission
er does not express himself as to his
ultimate purpose in this appeal, but
his first discussion of the question
with the men who desire the rates
changed convinced him that the com
panies are not losing money in North
Carolina and that the losses on
nrphps shinele roof buildings, man
ufactories and other classes reported
are not sustained m mis oiais n tucj
are elsewhere. Mr. Young thought
the companies ought to be able to
show losses before they ask for a raise
in this State". Another conference of
the companies is to be held.
Judge Frar.k Osborne, representing
Dr. J. W. Summers, and Solicitor G.
W Wilson, prosecuting him', today
presented the case for and against the
pardon of the Charlotte physician who
is under sentence of three years in
the State prison for performing an ille
gal, operation on a well known young
girl who afterward died.
Judge Osborne made a powerful
speech before Governor Bickett and
impressed his hearers greatly, but
was barely more powerful of speecu
thr solicitor Wilson, who fought the
judge hard on the proppsition that Dr.
Summers did nothing that smacked of
criminal secrecy. '
Governor Bickett took the case with
the, voluminous evidence and promised
to read it all. Meanwhile the physi
cian gets a stay of judgment and will
not go to prison until the Governor
has satisfied himself as to the merits
of the conviction.
SECRETARY BAKER
, VISITS AVIATION FIELD
(By Associated Press.)
Hampton, Va., July. 18. Secretary
of War Baker, accompanied by a par
ty of army officials, arrived at Hamp
ton Roads today to inspect military
establishments, in this vicinity. The
party made the trip down the Poto
mac on a government vessel and from
here took automobiles to Langley Avi
ation Field and experiment station, to
watch Lieutenant La Matrie . of the
French army, and Captain Bartholf,
commander of the local station, give
a special exhibition in flying. Fortress
Monroe will be -visited during the a -ternopn
and the party probably will
return? late tomorrow.
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i .'j... ininT nt.wini'ii iih -wua. r. .!.. - t. r-- . r . . . T'i . .r.et. m - .1
p- - -Tr?T"'"r iTiif which "was nurcfias-' tain refrigerating - snrps-na turnea rreceivea wnen tney Tenuscetr- in is
presented their case; several weeks Wanola;,:a vessel Mctt was fiArnas ; . . .i-. UjaHnnai Guard: The examination, of
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CORONER PROB
v. ".:--..
TRAIN
wreck;
' v A
(By Associated , Prss)
vJ Charlotte. C, July ,i8,rrin-
vestlgatiori by the coroner at the
scene : of tli.Wieia' .'Sutiierii
Railway "traUfi; Nok C 26 yesterday.
near Caldwell : Station 15 miles
from , here, when a . 'trainman
and one negro .1 passenger lost
and two trainmen were r irtjured, '
tT&?tt&iZ
been taken from a tool house ,
found near the scene bear" evl-
dence that' the train was purpose-
ly- wrecked, but no one .in the 'b
neighborhood has been suspected
and no arrests made. The matter
is still under investigation;
wiia
brought.
to
Charlotte -hospitals
were able to leave today with the L
' exception of the engineer, who (
was scalded and received other
injuries that will disable him for
several weeks.
.
FLIGHT' OF GERMAN
ON SMALL VESSEL
Captain Hinsch Agent of Sub-
marine Deutchland Makes
Sensational Escape.
(By Associated Press.)
Baltimore, Md., July 18 Captain'
Frederick Hinsch, who handled the turn the ship, but good fortune" sent
marine end in this country of the 'the shot 20 yards astern.;The bad
. . , . t,i,i4i ;aim of the Germans was attributed to
merchant submarine Dteutschland on &yy f rom-tee chip's
her voyages here, hastescaped fromjfunnels that lay low on J the -.water
American soil and is reported to have screening her somewhat frcna view,
reached Germany four weeks ago. i Later a gas buoy was mistaken, for
Captain H.nach slipped out of South hfflre"
Aiuuu;, i. f ., ouw t--.. .uu I
m . f f 1, 21 J I
auon oi war April doq.s siuaii aiiiue
ship with a, crew of three men. The
vessel was of 200 tons and had been
bought by him for $8,000.
Advices to his friends here are that
he and his three companions have
reached Bremen, the entry port of the
Deutschland, and the home port of
the North German Lloyd, in the em-1
t whfch Ae -was.,
ed supposedly from Dutch interests
several weeks before the declaration!
of war. Government men here say
v, t th vpsqaI twain
fcnsch dealt with third parties and :
after transfer of the vessel it was
hauled off for repairs at South Am-
KW !
One of the men who aided Captain
Hinsch in acquiring the vessel was a
naturalized Oerman-American. He
was seized and is now interned. Ac- j AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN
cording to Baltimoreans who knew 1 j
his movements. Captain Hinsch was ' (By Associated Press.)
about 8 weeks in making the voyage. I Washington, July 18. Roland S.
Whether he arrived in Bremen on the Norris, of Philadelphia, has been cho
schooner or by other - means is not sen for appointment as ambassador
known. It is known here that for to Japan to succeed the, late Ambas
some weeks previous to the declara- sador Guthrie. It is understood he is
tion of war Captain Hinsch was under j persona grata to Japan and that the
surveillance by Department of Justice nomination will go to the Senate
agents because of his activities. shortly.
TO SPRE
SERIOUS CHECK
TO THE GERMANS
Destruction of the Steamer
; Fleet Plying Between
North Sea Ports.
(By Associated Press.
London, July 18. It will be a source
of great satisfaction in all the allied
countries if Monday's coup succeeds
in putting a halt . to the traffic be
tween the Rhine and Hamburg, which
has been -increasing in recent weeks
with greater boldness on tne part of
German captains. The British with
held their stroke until the largest flo
tilla thus far sent by this route was
well on its way, andthen dealt a quick
blow. s
Already it has been announced from
Rotterdam that Germany has decided
to lay up 30 coal steamers there in
stead of attempting to run them home
through the sea lane.
GERMAN PICTATOR
IS THE PREDICTION
(By Associated Press.) ' .
Amsterdam, July 18. According to
news brought by arrivals from Berlin
belief ir L'beral circles there is that
Chafic"r Michaelis is merely a stop
eaD vho will prepare the way for
something in the way of a dictator
ship 'with General Ludendorff in su
preme CUUtl Ul. .
,i, , ' . ,
Tiinrr Tinnrxi
JIIDtJfJ;;
u-boat Amcii
Mn Round 1 rip ohip Haa iHple
Narrow ;Escap:: -
DUWnarinftS M
mmm---
TORPEDO NARROW!
MISSED THE MARK
Gunners Probably Sunk LOne
or uie iiucx sco- .uuctwrrr".
Black Smoke Also -Skvd ;
The VesselfJJSB: .'
(By Associated Prki-1;.; ..
An Atlantic -Port,- July.?; lgjThree
experiences with German snbmaFlnes
in a round-trip Atlantic - vovage'rwere
reported by officers - .and:.passe$gers
on an American steamship.-:wbiai ar
rived here today. ;' f?C''
On the voyage over, two ays-from
jher destination, a U-boat ' wis. 8ited
Droadside on. rne uavaijjgimers, on
the steamship opened fire, aid . the en
emy craft quickly disappeared.;
On her return, voyage thevlinef ' got
tuiroloes nrarnin? of th-ft '. nrpSiftTlP.ft- nf
u - boats and put into, the nearest port
for two days wnne aestroyera arove
away the submarines. FlnaJiy ; the
ship got into the open sea jandT was
; rushing at high speed '..through the
danger zone when the wakevjof-tor-
ped0 wag geen There waso jtoe to
at it. v -v
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IMMENSE STOCJC O
POULTRY IN TOtlAGE
(By Aseoclatea Preas.-s f -Chicago,
July 18. WSi S. Moore, of
a firm dealing in poultry, ;flaid yester
day that there . were 30,000,000 lbs of
Doultrv in Chicago.
A huer stock, he
said, was accumullatedtocweof
.back most of the i order. .
""oiaers are anempungu uispose
of the load at from 22,10 25 cents, but
are having a hard time of it because
of the rapacity of ; the retailers " said
Mr. Moore, ueaiers are wins w
get all the way from 33 to 40 cents a
pound, and one in my neighborhood
ao&cU lilt; to ucuis uio uuici ua.
PHILADELPHIA MAN
- i
j Federal Officers Unearth Dark
Plot and Three Men Under
Arrest.
HAD SHREWD WAY
FOR DOING WORK
By Means of Courtplaster Peo
ple in Kansas Were to be In
oculated With Dread Dis
ease Motive Not Definite
ly Ascertained as Yet.
(By Associated Press.)
Kansas City, Mo., . July 18. A plot
to spread terror through Kansas by
the means of disease inoculated
through court plaster was stated today
by Fred Robertson, United States Dis
trict Attorney of Kansas, at Kansas
City, Kas., to have: been broken up
through the arrest of three men m
different towns of that State. Tests
conducted by W. S. Smith, govern
ment chemist, and three aides, were
said to have revealed tetanus germs
on plasters the three were selling and
giving away." Other germs not yet
identified were declared to have been
found. ,
The names of the . three were with
held by Mr. Robertson, as he said he
feared the men might be lynched if
their identities became known. It was
understood they are to be brought
here for questioning.
Mr. Robertson said he was at a loss
to find a, motive for . thealleged plot.
The fact that the names of the three
persons under arrest were of der
nn' nn1 ntnor fontlirPR ftfttl-
AD PL A G UE
UGH STATE
1 8 1 91 7
;-tv' '.'
' ANOTHER BRv. ADVANCE;
(By Associa.!ess). V .
London, July Fother Brit-
T ieh advance-v near .. Monchy Le
Preux Is reported ly, the Vwar of-
fice today. y -" . .
'
PACKING HOUSES
UNDER INSPECTION
(By Associated Press.1
i Chicago, July I8.trAuditors of the
federal Trade Commission today be
gan the work of examining the books
of the big packing-houses of; Chicago
to determine the cost of producing and
marketing meats and similar food
commodities. Their action , in the ini
tial step is a far reaching investiga
tion into the cost of producing food,
Steel, iron, coal and coke, in accord
ance with an order of President Wil
son to ascertain what constitutes" a
fair profit. . . .'
Joseph E. Davis, member' of the
commission, who arrived yesterday, in-
spectea a numoer or . plants at, tne
stock yards and later conferred with
representatives of the leading packing
houses. The inspection of" books and
records will include notvonly packers,
but cattle raisers-, commission - men,
and wholesale and retail dealers.
T
Sixth Division In Shape to Go
to Permanent Camp, by ;
First of August.
(By Associated Tieatif
New York, July 18. Anxiety to
start for the Southern training camp
at Spartanburg, S. C, seized the 20,-
000 Guardsmen who were called to the
colors on Monday, and officers of the
various ' regiments today estimated
that if the mustering in continued at
the rate it has for the past two days
the new Sixth division of the United
States army would be ready to leave
by August 1.
Very few of the Guardsmen are be
ing rejected by the examining officers
uc.u ui yujo- "-"-"'u
1ra due, , tt was said, to the careful
because of physical disability. This
It-
National Guard. The examination
the men was continued today by com
panies and, as many are recruited to
full war strength of 175 men each, it
was expected that it would be a week
before those-who are passed will be
sworn into the Federal service.
Not since the days, of the Civil and
Spanish wars has New York witness
ed, such scenes as during the last two
days. The entire city has the appear
ance of a vast drill ground, while all
the armories echo with the commands
of. the drill-masters. In the streets
near the armories the men marched
and counter-marched, each company
and regiment endeavoring to get in
shape as soon as possible.
Although some of the equipment ror
the soldiers had not arrived here to
day, the officers were not -excusing
men in civilian attire from arming.
STATE OF
,In German. City Results in
Many Persons Sentenced to
Prison -Unrest, j
(By Associated Press.) -Copenhagen,
July 18. Advices re
ceived from Dusseldorf say that the
state of siege there, the result of food
riots, has been raised fter 185 per
sons received sentences averaging 18
months. At a big !labor meting vig
orous protests were, made against the
severity of the sentences. Suspension
of the sentences of. children,, and mi
nors and guarantees against reduc
tion of the bread ration were de
manded. Twelve thousand workmen . attend
ed a meeting at Bielefeld, the center
of the Westphalia linen industry, and
adopted a resolution demanding peace
without annexations or indemnities.
They asked the. Reichstag to support
only a government making unequivo
cal declarations along these lines. -
BRITISH RECRUITING
v IN AMERICA IS GOOD
(By Associated Press.) a .
T.nndnn. July 18. It was said here
today that the results of British . re-
the United StateshaabeenV
CrUltlueL lU
NEW
ANXIOUS
SIEGE
FROM EOOD RIOT
'i
AT
I HI, .'
(Postofrice Established For Re
ceiving and Forwarding Let-;
ters For the Soldiers.
THE LOCATION
NOT DESIGNATED
Our Soldiers Faring Well
Order Being Rapidly
Established in
Camp.
(By Associated Press.)
American Training Camp, in France,
Tuesday, July 17. The latest develop
ment of the camp is a postoffice which
will enable men to mail letters either
home or to any other point in the
world, to keep in constant communi
cation with friends without revealing
their exact whereabouts by the tell
tale cancellation mark on envelopes
and to receive mail either from fami
lies or. friends who do not know what
the destination of their letters may
De. The- system will be enlarged to
fit needs.
At present it consists in requiring
of each soldier or officer that he ad
dress: his communications of every na
ture from the American training cjamp
and deposit them, in a special post
office, from where they will be taken
by pouch to Paris, and mailed in the
ordinary manner. Similarly, return
fottail should be addressed to the traiu
iiig iamp of the American expedition
ary forces, Paris, whence it will be
forwarded to the proper address.
j .when the troops left their bas they
Kkllth tfcem Barnlmy sirDraiea.vnich
are being1 turned" baclfertb the icfttarte?-
m X'' X XWA UimnniVti tin A nil a rfarii tntf
re-distribution, so that there will soon
be more than enough of such things
as tobacco and similar little luxuries
which have been somewhat scarce
among some troops and sections.
Each succeeding day brings a better
degree of order and system out of the
inevitable confusion attendant upon
moving a large body of troops. Offi
cers who billeted among the inhabi
tants are still biHeting at the moder
ate prices that prevail1 for the majori
ty. They may be requested to pay one
franc daily for quarters and provided
they eat at a "hotel" expend seven
francs daily for excellent food.
Prices are thus kept low to prevent
a repetition of events early in the
war when allied troops in French terri
tory, accustomed to the city "prices, all
but spoiled the French population by
paying what seemed to them" moder
ate, but really enough rates for every
thing. LAYING THE PLANS
FOR NEXT LIBERTY LOAN
(Ify Associated Piss.)
New York, July 18. Governors and
other officers of the Federal Reserve
Banks of this city, Boston, Philadel
phia, Richmond, Cleveland and Chica
go, together with liberty loan commit
tee chairmen and members from these
districts, held an all day meeting at
the Liberty Loan Committee's offices
yesterday to formulate plans for the
next war loan campaign. The meet
ing is expected to continue today and
recommendations will be filed with
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
TO CONTROL SHIPPING
(By Associated Press.
Paris, July 18. Anatole de Monzie,
the newly appointed under secretary
of maritime transports, has obtained
the cabinet's approval for the Institu
tion of a general control over the mer
cantile fleet. The decree instituting
the measure rf fers to the increasing
diminution of tonnage due to the sub
marine war as necessitating intense
rational use of the whole mercantile
fleet. "
The decree authorizes the under
secretary to undertake all means to
control freight rates and to utilize
ships. Every ship of more than 100
tons must have a license from the
under secretary, which must be pre
sented at every port entered in order
that the voyage and cargo may be
controlled. M. DeMonzie has the.
power to requisition every ship he
considers insufficiently utilized.,
TO MOVE SOLDIERS
IN DAY COACHES
(By Associated Press.). ;'
Washington, July 18. Day coaches
will be used for moving the greater
part of the National Guard to camps
in the South. When the guard was
moved to the border last year tourist
DRIVE
HELjD
GERMA
IIL for troops
deeper, were used In most JTrSliffi.
it has been discovered that this time.
i . i M AAtTApoll Til!! 1 II IH II I I I
there is a shortage of sleeping cars.
Officials of- the War Department be
lieve the first movement wm uc wen
under way by the end of the month.
PRICE-FIVE CENT?i. u'; .
i : V'
4 '
it
Reinforcements ; Succeriirt ;
ocoppmg fwormiott ;
Hosts For Time-? IVi
AUSTRIAN DEFENSE;
ALONG THE LOMNICA
Notable .Activityon 'the Fran-.;
co-Belgian Front ' Freqca
at Verdun Have-Jusifonisli-t '
ed Important Operation.
. " i ' .
General Kornileff's armies In East-
era Galicia have been held up! for- a v
time by the hurrying - of heavy w cbn V
tingents of German Yeserves ; toAthfc .
front,, stiffening up v the Austrian Vei "
fense along the river Lomnica.
The hblding of this river-line j Isj
vital to the safety of the Teutonic rpc'
sition, . not only in this part ' of ;
front,' but northward 'to the Galician
border, and that stubborn resistance
would be offered there had been an
ticipated. 1 A
Meanwhile there is notable-activity
along the Franco-Belgian front. 'YT!he
French at Verdun have ?just complete
ed an important operation in ' the r&
UP
JSI
ARMim
alignment of 'their front northwestof ;-;
Verdun, which was ; disturbed byGer
man attacks in the vicinity of Hill'30
. .... V ' 'V ' v " ' 1 ''
late last month.- " , - v '
The French, in fact, , carried th
successful counter attack even .be)
yond ? the originalAline 'and drove?
nearly two-thirds of a ' mile into ttiei :
German front from Avocourt wood-f tq
west of Hill 304. 1
The ground is being firmly held, set
era! counter thrusts . undertakenD ;
the Crown Prince's ' troops last ' nlglrv'
being completely repulsed. ; 'V i't1 ;'V
On the British front there is ;'rWr. ;
nounced : aerial activity and ' the'reT;hit ;.
been a .notable amount ot heavy wolffc . ! :
done by ' the artillery, particularly 'j:
around ( the lines in Belgium.? '4
, Heavy Fight! ng in the Cast. :,
" Today's official ;annouticmnt frojnT-"r
Petrpgrrafiows v; tiafi i R.ussiana.' to ; tS? '1
stiil-fcotly -engaged In 4&& Lomnica 'to- c--gion
ifinu holding theirs own .against ,
the xteinforced , ;ett,emy;'! South V"
Kalusz the Austrlans had never bek
forced across- the, Lomnica, 'and? thyi;
are continuing their violent ".reaction
in this : region. Yesterday they drove
the Russians from a height 'ta the
south of Novica, but in a brilliantic'ouf
ter attack General Komiloffs" forces
defeated them' and re-capturedhe p,q
sition. ' : '; V' .,,;' j
Signs that the infantry battle may;
shortly be renewed north of the OnteH v
ter are seen in the an&OuncementvbM
renewed heavy artillery fighting south ;
of Brzezany and' near Halicz.-
Petrograd, July 18. Heavy' fighting
is continuing in the region of Novica v
and Kalusz in Eastern Galicia, the
war office announced today.1' The Ru
sians were driven'; from a height ' ln; ;
this region by a strong attack, but, aft, "';
erwards by a counter ,' thrust ;re-ocdu-i.
pied the eminence. . v
French Penetrate German Trencher
Berlin, July 18 (Via London). ;The ' '
trenches' recently captured 4 by:;: the; ,
Germans near Malancburt wood aijd
on both sides of the Malancourt-snea- : ,
road, were penetrated by the Ffencai ;
the War Office "announces.' ' J V "
Qn the northern'" part of tie front ,
from the Yser to the Lys, ,the ar v;
lery fighting increased toward morih .,
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PLANS PERFECTED
Awaiting Returhs rom Scv
en States For' Lottery. to ;
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(By Associated Pre".). 'Vr' v
Washington, July N 18. Although- -
comnlete reDorts from seven State' .'.
still were lacking today, Provost .Mart
shal General Crowder.began final prep- .
arations for the national, lottery whicTi; ;
will determine the order Jn which 'lO;-
000.000 registered men will comelfor- ;.
ward for military sertiee. 1 ' ;
The plan for the drawing has . been,.
worked out in detail and approved ' ht ,
Secretary Baker. It will be carefully ;
exolairied to press representatives net , '
fore it is given ou ; for publication. ;
TheN machinery for. -the lottery "has
been aranged, and the, only points .ua? ;"
decided are the exact place,, in. Wash- V
ington where the . drawing will , taw
place and the date. i ; : ,i ; n
- It was suggested today, that a comr
mittee room at the , capitol be used. .
There are many questions, , such as
wire facilities, 'which- must 'be cdsl
ered, and it is probable that Genetal '
Crowder and the Washingtoa corres-:
pondents will, work out an agreement u
on. this point' , , . v .''-' ' V.-.
The -government will be ready, for ,;
the drawine as soon as the last- Stat
has "reported by telegraph that 'It ;
gram comes in the morning, tn draw
ing can be held the same day. Uitt
comes at night it is probablei-th4.
drawing will take . place the -next day
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