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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
Death and Destruction Again In
Wake of Air Attacks On England

London Aug 2Tn German arplane approached the English
the Kent today the British Office Two
Of the raiding machines brought down.
The communication issued by Lord French of
the home forces,
Ten arplan approached the Kentsh Rams
about lo15 Being and heavily engaged machines of
the royal flying and royal naval air service and also fire
from anaa the raiders unable inland
IA small party travelled west Maga but then turned homwad
The remainder skired the
Bombs dropped Dover Margate Casualties
the present three persons killed and injured The
tera damage slight Two machines brought
anti aircraft gun fire and by airplanes"
arshps off the Yorkshire
announced officially So far has been ascnd the damage inflicted
small.
The follows:
Enemy ahps numbers definitely appeared
the Yorkshire Tin northern England the North night
One of the raiders attacked mouth
antrcraft guns dropped bombs then
The damage far reported is slight One injured"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
MARTIAL
FOR ALL WHO ARE
EvAD|NG DRAFT
Military Authorities to Deal
With SIackerS Who Fail to
Stand Up When Names
Are Called.

Drafted men who fail to appear for
their physical examination after re-
ceiving notice to do SO are choosing
thorny path to travel that may end
at the firing squad.
Assistant United States Attorney
Saxton has received from the provost
marshal general full instructions as to
how such men are to be treated.
Upon failure to appear for physical
examination, the men lose their right
to physical examination and are ac-
cepted by the exemption board with
out examination, being thereupon GER
tilted to the district boards for the
national army.
If the men still fail to appear 10
claim exemption they thereby waive
the right to exemption and they will
be certified to the adjutant general
as accepted.
The adjutant general will then mail
them notices to appear for duty at
specified time and place.
Under Military Rule.
At this point they become subject
to the>inilitary authorities. Should
they fail to comply with these notices
they are classed as deserters from the
army and will be treated as such.
Where persons are known to be re-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23

ATTACK ON LENS.
No details have been received thus
far of the new battle, which is being
fought over a section strongly organ
ICED by the Germans with concrete
redoubts and machine Cun nests in
shell holes.
Sharp fighting continues around
the coal ming center of 81.
skirts of which the British are
making progress in spite of the ce-
termined resistance Of the Germans.
The Germans last tight ii. led
their efforts to recapture ground
gained in the new French offensive
on the Verdun front.
Heavy Counter Attacks,
Heavy counter-attacks were made
on both sides of the Meuse and al
though the Germans were able to gain
footing temporarily in the new
French positions at points, they were
soon driven out, The number of pris.
oners taken by the French had reach
ed 6,llo.
Several strong attacks by the Ger
mans on the Aisne front during the
night were repulsed.
Vienna comedies that thcy .tltalians
have forced back the lAIstrians at
some points in the new battle of the
lsonzo. The Austrian war Office re-
ports the loss of the village OF Selo,
on the Carso front, and OF territory
'heiow Aura, on the Isonzo south OF
Iolmino. 1t is said more than 5000
Italians have been captured.
Offensive in East.
The Germans have opened an Of
fensive on the extreme northern end
OF the Russian front. They struck be-
tween the Aa river and the Tirul
marshes, a belt of low lands between
the Aa and the Dvina. Petrograd re-
ports initial success of the Germans.
who compelled the Russians to with.
draw as much as two miles at some
points.
If the fighting now under way de-
yelops into sustained attack, the
first objective OF the Germans un.
doubtedly will be the important Rus
sian port of Riga. Possession of this
city would be of immense advantage
to the Germans in land or sea opera
tons against the Russian northern
flank.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
Gen. Pershing Witnesses
Battle on Verdun Front

Paris, Aug. 22-Major General
Pershing, commander of the Ameri-
can expedition in France, returned to
his Paris headquarters today after
witnessing the French offensive on
the Verdun front with General Petain,
the commander-in-chief of the French
armies.
General Pershing, who saw much OF
the Nerdun battle, was greatly I'M
pressed with the spirit and vigor OF
the French troops.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
RECRUITS FOR Big
ARMY CAMPS Being
RUSHED FROM HERE
Omaha Supplies Average Of
Fifty Men Daily to ConCen-
tration Points; Battalion
Drills for Dandy Sixth

While the federalized Nebraska
Guards are being sent to the camps,
many more men are being moved
every day by the army recruiting sta
tons with little confusion and without
the public's knowledge, as a rule.
Fifty men were Tuesday taken in
by the army recruiting station in the
Army building, This sounds like a
large order, but it is the usual thing
at this station.
Sergeant Hansen meets hundred
or more every day and from thirty to
fifty are sent from Omaha to different
camps daily. Most of them go to
Fort Logan, Colorado. If they are
approved there they enlist and are
sent to other camps over the country.
We are sending many to Fort
Riley, Kan" said Sergeant Hansen
The school for bakers and cooks
there is proving very popular"
Start Battalion Drills.
With the arrival Of Mayor II. L.
Harries of the Sixth Nebraska has
come big change to the Omaha bat
talon.
Before this the companies worked
out their own plans: each captain was
a law TO himself. There was un-
bounded enthusiasm and unlimited
willingness to work in the battalion.
But with no head the different units
were working rather blindly.
Now there is order and system,
there is military precision and CEN
tral head from which all battalion
commands come. The captains breath
ed sighs of relief when the young ma
Jor took charge and the whole battal-
ion has started to work with new
vigor.
The whole plan Of Major Harries
IS summed up in one word-"w work.
And again work, and once more, work.
II he has allowed himself sleeping
hours, the men of the battalion do
not know it. He was on the job when
they went to sleep last night and this
morning they found him there.
The first thing Major Harries did
was to make out a battalion program.
Henceforward all the companies will
work in unison. They will rise to-
gether, have mess at the same time,
drill together and do everything else
at the same time
Camps Under Guard.
In general way the companies
have been doing this, but not so ex-
actly as Major Harries deems neces-
sary. A number of changes in the
program have been made. In the
morning the first drill will be physical
setting-up, and the noncommissioned
officers will hold their school in the
morning instead of in the afternoon
as formerly. The company drills have
been changed from morning to after
noon.
The Auditorium looks like a real
war camp now. There are guards and
officers of the day, and it is planned
to have mounted guards around the
buildinas
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
Forest Fires Rage in Montana;
Fighting Force Redoubled

Butte, Mont, Aug. 22-With for
est fires spreading over three dis
tricts in western Montana and great
quantities of valuable standing tim
Der threatened, the local forestry of
ficials redoubled their efforts today
to secure sufficient number of men
to aid in fighting the flames.
Nearly 4,500 men are now engaged
in an effort to check the fires.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
New Russian Commander
To Succeed KIembovSky

Petrograd, Aug. 22.-General Letch-
itzky has been appointed commander
on the northern front, succeeding
General Klembovsky.
General Letchitzky was the right
hand man of General Brussiloff in
the successful drive of the early sum-
mer ofJast year. He captured many
thousands of Austrian troops and oc-
cupied all of Bukowina. Last March
he was appointed commander on the
central front. e
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
CENTRAL POWERS
WELCOME POPE'S
PEACE PROPOSAL
All Parties of ReiChstag Appar.
emily Favor Pope's Plan,
While Austria Also Falls
Into Line.

Copenhagen, Aug. 22.--After Chan
cellor Michaelis had informed the
main committee of the Reichstag
Tuesday that Germany would not re-
ply to the papal peace note until it
had consulted its allies. socialist
speakers who followed him said they
welcomed the pope's. action as they
would welcome any step capable oi
bringing peace, and all the more be-
cause it was expected to bear results.
The liberals declared themselves
i'll agreement with the chancellor S
sympathetic Interpretation of the
pope's acson,
The centrists associated themselves
with the chancellor's remarks and
said the pope's proposal marked ex-
traordinary valuable progress toward
peace, which was so ardently desired
by all nations. They hoped the act
of his holiness would meet with full
success.
Austria in Harmony.
The Vienna Reichspost says it has
reliable information that the pope's
peace note is in absolute harmony
with the aims of the monarchy.
Austria Hungary, according to the
paper, is willing to evacuate terri
tories and renounce claim to indem-
mites once the pope's ideas of dis
armament, international arbitration
and freedom Of the seas are guar
anteed and world peace is carried out,
but all the consequences deducible
from the popes proposals must be
understood to be included therein
namely, the disappearance Of the
British naval bases at Gibraltar, Malta
and the Suez canal, and also the
Italian abandonment of Varona
Note Not Inspired.
Copenhagen, Aug. 22.-Dr. Michael
is, the imperial German chancellor,
at the> convening of the Reichstag
main committee yesterday in Berlin
said that the recent peace proposal
of Pope Benedict had been issued
spontaneously and not at the wish
Of the central powers.
The committee was informed by
the chancellor that the pope's note
would be answered only after the
closest consideration with the Reich
stag.
Germany Must Consult Allies.
Chancellor Michaelis informed the
main committee of the Reichstag
that Germany would not reply
to the papal peace note until it
had consulted its allies. DR.. Michaelis
added that in view of the fact that
Germany had previously repeatedly
and positively indicated its readiness
TO enter peace negotiations, the vati-
cans appeal, Of course, is looked on
with sympathetic approval Germany,
however, could not again offer peace
in face of the summary rejection of
previous proposals and continued
declarations by the entente that no
peace is possible until the central
powers are defeated and crushed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
Austrians Claim Capture Of
Three Thousand Prisoners

Vienna, Aug, 22.-The repulse of
heavy Italian attacks on the Isonzo
front is reported by the war Office.
Several civilians were killed in naval
attack on Triest. On August l9 the
Austrians captured 5000 prisoners.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
Senate Adopts New
War Tax Measure on
Income Surtaxes

Washington, Aug. 22.-After pro-
tracted debate in which many sena-
tors urged heavier levies on incomes
and war profits in the war tax bill, the
senate today tentatively adopted Sen
ator Gerry's amendment, which would
add $40,I5,000 by increasing surtaxes
on incomes exceeding $500,000.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
Russia Said to Be Facing
~. Crisis of Political Nature

Washington dispatches received from
of character
the situation they picture
They will be made public much less be discussed this time
by American officials who regard them indicating condition with
which the provisional government had to deal.
1t known that the dispatches refer physical events such
suppressed the censorship Petroga but rather
estimate of political conditions
The German intrigue Russia well known and the sub
dispatches probably connected with that
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
BRITISH ARMIES STRIKE ANOTHER CRUSHING BLOW
AT WEAKENING PRUSSlANS LINE ON YPRES FRONT
Tobacco Lou; Germany
StODS Street Smoking

Amsterdam, Aug. 22.-According
to Die Morgen Post of Berlin. the
police in Germany intend to pro-
hibit smoking in the streets in view
of the decline of tobacco stocks.
The prohibition will be extended to
the whole of Germany.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
(By Associated Press. }

Another of the rapid succession of blows which British
and French striking at various points along the Franco
Belgian front fell this morning the Germans the region of
Ypres where the British held week in their drive
in conjunction with the French forces the north
At dawn the British advanced the fercely contested
field between Langemarck and Frezenburg.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
ENGLISH CHARGE
TEUTON TROOPSM
NEW ENGAGEMENT
Haig's Troops Advance Against Germans Near Ypres
Flowing Their Way Through Many Strongly Or
ganized Positions; Further Progress
in Drive on Lens
BULLETIN.

London, Aug 22.-The British troops attacking hercey
again today have captured important strategic positions for
mile along Ypres Menn road to depth of nearly third of
me and further to the north carried forward their about
a half mile extent of two and a half miles
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
The Weather

For Nebrsska-Fair, cooler,
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-08-23
Comparative Local Record.

Comparative Local Record,
1917. 1915. 1915. 1914
Lowest yesterday ..... g. g g. .78 78
Mean temperature ... 40 81 72 SO
Precipitation .......... 90 90 .45 90
Temperature and precipitat ton departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature. Observation-Disclosures. 20
Excess for the day. 2
Total deficiency since March 1.........1S2
Normal precipitation ........... .13 inch
Deficiency for the day .......-. Is inch
Total rainfall since March L.. 1884 inches
Deficiency since March s1..,.... 1.34 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1876. 9.53 inches
excess for cor. period, 19l5.... SO inch
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-24

he deemed to have been accepted. The
result of said election shall be declared
by the municipal officers of said city,
and duly certified by the city clerk TO
the secretary OF State. A printed copy
of the provisions of this act shall be
posted at the time and places specified
by law for posting notices of such cleo
ton, and in at least two conspicuous
places in each voting place during said
election.
Section ). In case this act is ac-
cepted as provided in the proceeding
section. the terms of office of all mem
hers of the then existing Augusta
Board of Educe ton and all officers and
agents connected Herewith shall cease
on the 3lst day of December. in the
year of our Lord, one thousand. nine
hundred and seventeen.
Section 8 Upon the acceptance OF
this act. as hereinbefore provided, all
acts and parts of acts. public or pri-
vate, and all ordinances of the City of
Augusta. inconsistent with the provi-
sons of this act shall be imperative
and deemed 10 have been repealed so
for as relates to the City OF Augusta
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Tuesday at the Capitol


and for years a member Of the school
board.
Mr.. harrington also had Senator swift
till relating TO school meetings in Au-
susta. which would make the newspa-
per notice Of such meetings directory
instead Of mandatory and had 1t referred
TO the committee on legal affairs.
Speaker Bonney called the attention oil
the House 20 the rule requiring bills ana
resolves carrying appropriations TO be
accompanied by statement Of fact ann
said that without such statement they
would be returned TO the member intro
ducing them. which would cause needless
delay and urged that care be taken that
such measures we're accompanied by the
required sta/ment Of facts.
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Inland Fisheries and Game

Chairman Harry Y. Austin ul me
Inland Fish and Game COMMITS sion
asked for 100000 for the General m.
preparation and an emergency clause
on $4,000 Of that amount to take care
of immediate needs. this meeting tho
operation Of the State fish hatchcric.
MI. Austin was assured 10y the Cover
nor that the matter would bc arranged
without the necessity OF the omcrgcnr,
clause.
The bounty on bob eats asks tor
$4,000 for each OF 1917 and 1915 the
$1,000 for 1915 and the $500 tor 1915
having been insufficient in every way.
Tho $500 asked for the state museum
IS the same as for the year 1916
Mr.. Austin. in speaking OF The hob
cats and the amount necessary for
bounties, had just stated that "cxperts
have agreed that tho bobcat Is hN lar
the greatest menace we have 10 ihr
game birds and deer in tho state"
when he was interrupted by Councilor
st. Clair. who asked:
Did il ever occur TO YOU" sad
Councillor Ashley st. Clair. that
Maine is very fortunately situated for
those who want to profit ~ this bobCal
bounty: All That n lot at hunters have
To do is Nil their bohCuts ~ Canada,
brings the skins 10 Maine. and CLAIM
the bounty. Very convenient. | call IT.
for them
II remember. when I was member
of - certain hunting club. We once
went OF a trip into the deep woods We
were out for blood and we killed
everything We found that had four
legs. How many bobcats do YOU think
We found? Just one; and that show
you how much Of q menace thc hohC7t
is 10 deer and game.
Mr.. Austin's request reminds me- ~
Campbelfs famous hill several years
ago, for the destruction ~ the porCu-
pines, They were destroy ing tho Maine
forests, he said. Wei. tho porcupines
We still have with us and We haNe
the forests, too.
II don't say that the deer hasn't enc
mics, but don't believe the bobcat
menace is particularly serious"
Il will say" responded Mr.. Austin.
that every hunter has TO swear to the
time and locality in which tho boboat
was killed before he can receive his
bounty. SO, II the bobcat is killed IN
Canada, he lays himself open to pros
ecution for deliberate perjury. As for
what Mr.. ST. Clair says about bobcats
being no mcnacc-that may have been
true 20 years ago. but II certainly is
not true at the present time"
State Prison
The State Prison being called FOR
bearing, II VAS found that neither the
Warden of the prison nor the chairms1
OF the Legislative prison comrittes
vas present Five members OF the com.
mittee were in attendance and Senate
Fulton OF Aroostook told briefly 81 th'
committees visit to the prison and
what the members observed
partially constructed new wing, 70
which $4,000 was Appropriated ~"
years ago, was found TIRE work has
been almost wholly dore by the prs
oners. The cells, about &C. are Of cor
crete, a little larger and better equip
pea The prisoners number EOS. OF
whom eight are females General con-
ditions appeared about the same.
IL was announced that the hearing
would be continued when Warden Wat
erhouses presence could be secured
CONTINUED on Paae Y. Column y
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IN THE HOUSE

The new measures introduced Tues
day in the House were numerous and
OF Importance. The most important
perhaps, is the bill of Baxter of Port
land for the creation Of board of
prison commission, which shall have
direct charge and supervision of the
Sta prison. shall appoint the warden,
chaplain and physician the warden to
appoint the other officers: the Lew
iston Police Commission bill: the Lew
,ston Armory BILL and bill for the
erection of monument at Augusta to
the memory Of the Pilgrim Trading
Post established in 1925 in that city by
the Pilgrim Fathers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-24

Following is the fall text of the Au
yusta School bill introduced on Tues
day in the House by Representative
Guy T. Gannett of Augusta and re-
ferrcu IT, the committee on legal at
fairs
An Act to amend Chapter 416 Of the
Private and Special Laws of 1907 re.
Iatina to the Board of Educ alton in
the city of Augusta
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-24

Gannett of Augusta--Act amending
chapter 416 of the private and special
laws of 1907 relating TO the board of
education in the city Of Augusta. This
act is to conform to the new Augusta
city charter, which provides for the
appointment of municipal officers by
the mayor.
Section one of the act provides that
the board of educa ton in the CITY of
Augusta shall consist of FIVE persons
one of whom shall be a woman and one
Of whom shall be the mayor of said
city All of the members except the
mayor shall be appointed by the NAV
or, each for term of two years after
the year 1918. No more than two Of
said members appointed by the mayor
shall be members of the same political
party The first appointments under
this act shall be so made as to mako
effect on Jan |. 1915, at which time
two of said members shall be appoint-
ed for one year, and two for two wears
Two members shall thereafter he an.
pointed by the mayor on tho frs,
Monday of January of each wear Ear
two years. All vacancies occurrine, l.,
the board shall he filled by apnoir+
ments by the mayor for the unerpired
term. -.-..-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-24
AWAIT SCORES
Of HEXATHLON
Teams Entered in Annual
Hexathlon Awaiting De
cision of the Judges.

Contestants in the annual hexathlOn
at the Y. n. c. \. are anxiously await
ing the report OF the international
committee on the standing OF the diff
ferent teams entered in the e5 pound
boys class. According to local figures
this class made q particularly fine
record this year scoring a total OF $50
points over the record OF the previous
year.
Ben Edwards was high boy OF the en-
tire group making a total OF $40
points out OF a possible 500. George
Gross was second with 455. and y.
CordOva third with 401. The rest OF
the team scored as follows: Fred
Whitlock, S97; H. Hall, 3ss. A Buch-
anan. 291, NJ Rogers. 1854: II. w
Brown and W. Lassiter. 120; W Gill
son, ". Hyten and J. Dannenberg, 20;
Chew 90. and j. Reynolds. so.
The 10 pound class event went the
above group one better running its
score as much as 154 points above last
years. Fernando Bacarra was the
king pin with a total OF 562 points
out of 500. The rest OF the team
finished in the following order: 3.
SCHUYLER. $50: NJ Silverman. 261: A
Uhlig, 271: . Gould. 204; g Ureuta.
200: " Towner. 146. V. Love. 142: E
Hunter. Ia; G. Talbot, s., and :
Miller, 50.