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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-07
.sWE[AFORVIARD
ON NIl[ From
|BRTTIsH FORdf.s DELIVERED a
SUDDEN ATTACK ON A NINE
MiIE FRONT.
GAINED FlRlT OBJEcT|VEs


LONDON, JuSe Field Marshal
Hais's resumed soffensive swept for-
ward yictoriousk early today over :
front Of nine m4es south of the Mes-
sines- Wytschaete sector.
.Everywhere Ne captured our first
objectives," the British commander
in chief reported. Further progress
was reported satisfactory on the
whole front. Anumber Of prisoners
are already repeated reaching the
Icollecting stations.
Of the fighting In the section
where the big gains were made, Gen-
leral Hall reporsesl. tive attacked 1t
& 10 this morning. German positions
on the Messines-M ytsehaete ridge on
Ia front OF nine inales and everywhere
I've captured our first objectives.
| Messines- " ytschaete ridge is iocat-
ed in the small triangle of Belgium
just below Yypres which still remains
in British hands. Save fer raiding
saIlics and occasional artillery fire,
this particular setaor has been quiet
for nearly year. During the Inst
1.-Two days the British suddenly began
almost continuous rally in this
isection, and by dsay and night Brit
ish artillery roar@ continuous
Ibombardment. III is probable the
Germans figured tlle raids were 10
acquire information as to the forces
opposite the Britieh there and the
artillerying preparatory to an as
sault. But General Haig crossed
them by striking blow far to the
south around Lenx He kept the ac-
Ition OF this resuls3d offensive going
iifuriously ali day yesterday and then
suddenly early this morning deliver
ed his biggest bloM OF all in the Mes.
sines-W ytschaete sector.
Front dispatches today indicated
Icompiete success in the secondary
movement marking complete ne
sumption OF the British offensives
around GreenlaisA hill. Here all tn
obicctiyes were gained by the Brit
ish attacks. rie enemy was SWEEP
from the western slopes Of tn
heights. The Advance was oye
, about one mile
The activity il the great offensive
which started eoincidentally viii
1.-THE German strategic retreat early !
April. has been stayed for over tweu
lty days. There have been isolate
struggles back and forth. but n
General Raig rounded theass-.hubs
massed attacks ns those with whic
/, General Haig pounded the German
!" today.
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MAY DOMINATE
The UNuERS|TY
1T DEVELOPS TH.iT FERGUSON
CHANGED VETO PROdIAAlA-
TiGN BEFORE FILING 1T.
LEAVES STRING TO PULL
Is in Position 20 issue Deficiency
Warrants and Operate the Uni
versity ut His WilI--May
Use Available Fund.

AUSTIN, Texas. June lit
was discovered thismorning that
Governor FergusoH before filing
his proclamation vetoing the
university appreciation, made
slight changes in it and it is
suggested that he has left
strings attached Which he can
pull at Will. He excepts fron
his veto the appropriation for
the available fund oi the sniver-
sits and also the Salary of the
dean oi the university, %3.JOo,
same to be paid osit OF the gen
ersi revenue fund.-.
Thase who say 4the governor
has left n string he can pull at
will sa, this S:,5OO II year can
be used as a basis upon which
the governor mag hang as eN-
cuse for issuing deficiency war;
rants on which he can operate
the university atKwill. Under
this plan the regents will get al
lowmces only for such purposes
as meets the governors views,
rrhe available fund furnishes
about $25O.O0O annually and as
this has not been vetoed it may
he used. The available fund has
been used for construction OF
buildings rs the constitution for
bids the legislature to appro-
pirate funds out ef the general
revenues for such purpose.
Changes in thes veto and pro-
clamation are made with pen and
ink. 1t has been hateriined with
the preamble, with exceptions.
etc" A few words have been adj
ded in the body OF the veto
showing the exception OF the
salary of the dean and available
fund
During the Office hours yes
terday the fact that the changes
had been made was not dis
closed.
II has been suggested that the
oe,vcruor will neSer approye the
salaries for President Ninson
and the nine facuity members
whom he disappfcves. He viii
probab!y allow no deficiency
warrants at all If the regents
attempt tn pay these men ont o
the funds.
DIR. IL. Y. Mnedict, dean o
the faculty, will be acting pres
ident under tho arrangement a
il now stands. IL Is said, how
ever, that the &x-students asso
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-07
MANY CLAIM
EXEN|P PT|0Ns
RETURNS SHOW THAT ABOUT
FIFTY PER CEXr OF MEN
CLAIMED EXEMPTION.
|AL[ TO De IC0AsIDERED
Careful Considered lion viii BE Given
All Claims for sxemption-The
Official Returns Arc Com
ing inesiowiy.

wAsHINGToN June 7.-Returns
filtering in to Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder's onice today Indicated
that exemption flaims may exceed
fifty per cent 81 the war feglsifa-
tions. E
This. howevers did not far surpass
official expectations. inasmuch as
large share of be claims are pasea
on the depende,ky of relatives.
All exemptionsclaims viii be care
fully examined p ascertain whether
or not they are bonafide. but the in
aieations are thkt only a small per
cantage have hidden behind "wo-
mems skirts" tf avoid military ser
vice or have clWmed exemption on
the ground of F'conscientious oo-
| lection" to war In the cases OF CON
scjentious objection the applicant, it
otherwise fit, Vll nor be exempted
from some forr3l of military service
re he nroyes f,hly his conscientious
objection he WA probably be used
in worl, behinda ahe lines. If he fails
to nrove this h1will be subjected to
the actual bearing of arms.
The official Aturns are coming IN
slowly. though Hhey began to speed
mn TODAY and WI probably be on in
full blast tomorrow.
The fact that3 fen million men reg
;stared as available for military ser
lvice will have tremendous psyeho-
illogical effect uAon Germany. 1t is
believed it will show her the grea'
resources of md power still aligned
against her,
From widelyH scattered sections
lcomplaints against "shirkers" be
can mourning ind Ito the provost mar
Isbal generals bffice today. Each
complaint was mmediately referred
to the justice apartment Tor aelion
I One Of the rst complaints came
, from the sheriff of Cimarron coun
!, ttv Kansas. 50 said eleven Mexican'
had refused tofesister in that coun
ty. The depa fment OF Justice wa
notified and a4rests are expected I
7 follow.
A special q visory board of law
I yers. iurists aid military authorize
: is ready to submit recommendation
9 for exemptions plans to Presiden
a Wilson
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STORMS TAKE
HEAVY Toll
TWO ARE KNOWN TO
BE DEAD As RESULT OF TOR
NADoEs n FOUR STATES.
rs DEAD ! IN MISSOURI
Fifteen Persons We're Killed in Mis-.
souri, and Rine in Kansas.
Eatalitks Also in
Michigan.

CHICAGO. Jbne 1.Thirty-two
persons are kndm mn dead and two
hundred persons twere injured as
the result Of torf4does which swept
four states Tuesday night and yes
terday. The prop4ity damage is es-
timated at $4,000. .1po to $4,000, 900.
In Michigan thfee persons were
killed and thirty einjured by tor
nado which swept the southern part
OF the state fronE Jackson nearly to
Detroit yate yesterday. The prop
.erty loss is estimated at Slooo,0oo'
Five persons IRE known to have
been killed and scores injured by q
tornado that stuck Bevier, Ken
lucky. late YESTERDAY.
A series of t0rnadoes in Missouri
and Kansas Tu&sday night and early
yesterday took toll of fifteen lives
in Missouri and nine in Kansas The
injured number more than one hun
dred. The property damage is be
lieved to exceH s2,ooo,ooo
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-07
DALlASlHEADS
the CITIES
REPORTS LAEfEsT NUMBER OF
DEMONSTRATIONS ANY CITY
IN m STATE.
SAN ANTONIO IS SECOND
Only nigh,y-fiye dounsies in the State
Have Sent in eDmplete Returns.
Others As4ed to Hurry
Up Reports.

AUSTIN. Texas June dallas i
at the head of the list OF Texas cities
which have sent in complete returns
of registration. San Antonio is sec
ond Houston third and Fort Worth
fourth.
Complete retsnns have been re-
ceived at the adautant generals of
flee from six of HE largest cities in
The state. The deures are:
Dallas. 14.497s San Antonio 49,.
o42. Houston, 1S225; Fort Worth
g 15q. Galvestos. 4,977; Austin
$3.50.
Renorts have hot been received
from Waco or EG Paso, Complete
returns have bfen received IRON
eiehty-fiye eountiSs.
Returns are con 3ing in slower thal
:, aas exDected tkev would be sent
and Adjutant Ger9ral Hutchings 10.
day sent telegraI4 to counties ho'
rat renortea askint them to hurry in
their returns. /
The pefsent inf fieauons are ina
the total figures y Texas VIII com'
,.orr o1osn to thetwar department
estimates.
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TO
/ OPEN WAR OFFICE
NOTED BRITISH PUBLlsHEh
WILL. ESTABLlSH OFFICE IN
THE UNITEDS STATES.
Is Now Enroute to This Country
and Arrival Is Expected With
in Few Days.
BY ED L. KEEN.

limited Press Staff correspondent
LONDON, June Lord North
cliffe is going to th7 thiaeo states
He is not going for z speech-niahiiis 3
- hanoueting tour, but means bus
,nas, and win start lbs work at once
from an office in downtown New
York.
rbis 10 his own ioea of his post
: srceassor TO Forei}n Minister Bal
four, at the head OF Rhe nii'''n wa
,;ss;ons He explaited his plans IN
oxe,,siye interview granted the
T4n;,ed Press, lust irior to his de-
parture. and which Is pert"i''eu ~
,,,,;sh today. now Ethat Englanc' s
sarors nublicist aid publisher is
,,o,t 10 arrive in america.
II IN not going Sroeef-f""h'
ing or banqueting 'oFf' i''' -'"' :"
a,isso declared "Itproposs takins
officcs downtown Fin Ne" fot@
,,.,oro can confer 6 the many bus
80. interests invoked in the Brit,
ish and allied missi9s>
1.-The high honort conferred upoA
me by the British government IL
aho,,v aue more to the fact that
very much at home in Americs
have eountlesst friends there
than to any particYar merit oi lily
own.
.r ON, bopeful. NIT only of impart
80, any war lessdAs which | ma.
naye learned from hany visits to th'
war to my Americfn friends ou' g
so to derive ideas Ehich are ce'ee''
IN be evolved by american ha'u' '
genius for inventi}n.
81 feel much Prudence III S">
ceeding so impor INT ana e'ai n''h'
personality as alfour, ou' s''"'
:, ~ best TO harhohize 'he WIZ" y
the allied missioi9 and may say :
facilitate the en stment of as man
British subjects how in the 'n''e
states as possibA
"on my arriv9l l snail OF eou' .
rerort at fhe British embass
-. washingtonH
Northcliffe's pne expressed res1'
;s that his post will prevent MS o.
;ns IN Europe at the time OF IN
forthcoming irish convention
.nh;ch he has taken such keen II
terest.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-07
THE Aus7b|ANs
LOST HEAVILY
r,5n,0rs COUNTER ATTACKS IN
PAST FEW DAf + COST THEM
5000 AIEN.
Italian official 81 irement Declared
That Nowhere as Their Lane
Been nen,eds'y the AUS
.ris9s.

'f'' - .saats nv he Austrians have
cost them 5000 n casualties IN mn sn'
mas, few days. accl lrding to a SENT
official estimate toSPy' ,a +,
AT no place did they suoeeeu a., -
dentjng the line wi y which the l'al-
ian offensive has pysheo '0'
ward Trieste, -. - least
Officials estimye '''"' "a :,
100, 900 Austrianf parti'lpa''~ noe,
the counter offen i've OF the pAS'
three days.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-07
|CH0lEO OFF
FRENCH COAST
EeICAN VESSELS ACCORDED
|TREuENDd s RECEPTION
At poRTAD ADE ARRIVAL.
[PIR|NC f0R THE ARMY


kARfS. June eE.--.Afncrican 4 war
haze arriyxd and are now an
Ned off the past OF France, an
Fial announcement said today.
Matin anntxiueed that the ves-
feouroyed frubl the United States
eat transportsioadcd with wheat.
i>patehes lro French port de-
that the All gerican vessels were
Srie,l treneHdousI, enthusiastic
btion, &
er in Paris 9ii the newspapers
&eed at this Iiatest visible evil
" Of Americas aid to France.
heial permission is granted to
bunee that great preparations
Din progress fdF the disposition oi
EAmerican irodps whenever they
arrive here's Camps have been
Sfyed and aSeigned. Aviation
5 have been jaid out and com
B details have been mapped ont
General persIling's expedition at
Never time in fhe future it may
ID French soil.#
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-07
.BR|TS STRIKE
MIGHTY BLOW
SCORES OFslMPoRTANT POINTS
CAPTURED IN RESUMED
BR,Ti1H OFFENSIVE.
ceedings q save the present
sweeping Forward With Ter
rifle sn4shes-Many Posi-
tons Captured.

WITH THii BRITISH ARMY,
June ..--The town OF Messines and
scores Of otsfr important points are
in British Minds this afternoon.
This is the FIRST fruits Of the blow
struck by lafid Marshal Haig's re-
sumption OF the offensive against
the German% Prisoners taken will
reach tod \ running into fou'
figures. Su&h important points as
Battle Woo Lenfer Wood Nera,
farm. Peas4et Wood, and the Wit
lases of Haetiee and zareebe have
heen carried and this afternoon arr
firmly heldNhy the British.
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|EC1 PLANS FOR
COALITION CABINET

FrAwA, Juse PLANS for a
(tion cabinet have been rejected
Pr Wilfrod laurier, the liberal
kr, it was definitely announced
n The PROPOSAL. which was adj
FL by Prcme3 Sir Robert Borden,
Efeiected on jhe eonscrip'ion is
Laurier hol3ing that the conn
khould first piss on the measure.
Remier Bardel will press tho CON
Pton bin 4 will probably ba
I'd after whi3 parliament Viii be
plyed, The 3yer1n,ont VIII taen
h the country on the conscriptian
e with probably a mes nnlonist
y led by Borden eed composed OF
present parAes.
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|ANY lERs0iS KILLED | ..,,,,
Explosions At P4IReg2All

pNDoN, Jul Ga great explo-
anu i're III a resuI, of AN acc'-
!" The has bor occurred Thurs
4" fetroet1d, according 10 an
""se Telegraph dispatch from
"hagen toby. IL stated that "A
qhahtity explosives recently
C'a from igland blew up.
hs persons were reported TO
been killed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-07
lT|SH CARRY
OUT AIR RAID
NAN AER1EoME AT NIEw
NSrER tYsBARpED by
AiRMEN YESTERDAY.
Shed Was 9truck and Several
'mhs Fell Ckesc TO Two Ma
Ic'aneN and be acrodrome.
4 British III Saurn Safely.

PNnoN. Iua 7,-British sea
r. carried OFT another success
Eoomhing evnedition yesterday
Tue Germanxaerodrame at New
(ster, an ADMIRALTY statement an
pced today. 4
pAe Shed waS struck and several
r. fell closS to two machines
aerodrome,H Y the report stated.
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DRAF lNG OF THE NEW|ARMy
lV|LL START ON JULY 18TH

SAN ANTdNio. Texas, June .,-
According to- information given or
at Fort Sam ouston today the draft.
Ing for the 4 rst new army increment
viii start " y is. The men win b.
called AagStt 10 and will be given
until Septe5nber to report 70 the
stations az which they are ordered
Ito mobisixc.
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snvERsHELL + VESSEL
REPoRTlb SINKING SUR.

WASHINGTON. June :. = The
American vessel seyer Shell, report
ed from Paris as having exchanged
sixty shots with 4: German subma-
r.ine in the Mediterranean on May
30. is the American vessel which
the navy department. officially stat
ed yesterday had shnk a submarine
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,rsrnrANs RE foRr ,sovrp.
cArrj sE OF PRiSoN''''

VIENNA. Juj Ten lhousanu, aaSs
.tvo hundred an flf'y prisons, .,siars in
peen '" a.ar lffenslye in the past
three days III biting over .',,n Ital-
s,s,a near Jamjp pno s'rewn VII" ''N
ian dead
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THE |BR|T|sH DEulER
|M0sT TELLING BLOW
citation is considering legal pro-
ETe.l MassI&l Haig and His Forces
organizatP Pn intact or force the
closing o the university.
|sLACkERl SUPPLIED
WITH FORCED CARDS

wAsHlNcAiN. June AGENTS
for the depaktment Of justice inves-
Itigation repdFt that groups Of men
have secured registration certificates
land are iistrl putting them to slackers.
THE certificates are clever foreeries
Iof the real eextificates-
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SIXTY SHOTS
EXCHANGED
ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN AMEHI-
CAN SHIP A D SUBMARINE
IN MEDI1 ERRANEAN.
THE U-B0A1 DISAPPEARED
Report From .ris Does No, Ex-
plain What t'aused Sea Ter
ror's Disap earance-Run-
ming Fia H Occurred.

PARls, Jun 7.-siNty shots
were eNchanget by the American
steamer Silver s bell and a German
submarine in III Mediterranean on
May 30, the mil tster of marine an
nounced today{ The submarine
suddenly disappeared.
The sixty shot were fired during
a running fight according to Cap
tain J. CharltonS report.
The Silver sfl III had a greater
sreei than the -boat. The cause
of the submarif fe's disappearance
was not cxplair1d d.
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Germans Stay in Orient.

YOKAHAMA,s June 7.-Germans
in the Orient will have to stay right
where they are until the war is over.
This developed today. when the Java
Mail Steamship line-the only neu-
trail company operating steamers In
the Pacific refused to carry sub
iects OF the caPtral powers,
Z ----------------
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s. WARsH|Ps ARE
| IN FRENCH MATTERS
Our bombing mlehines were attack
Cd en- the returnIourney but return
ed safely.
GRAIN LADEl COLLIER
REACHEsIFREACH PORT

WASHINGTON, June -
The electric dfiyen collier .Jup-
tier, laden wig io,5oo bushels
of wheat and her commodities,
has arrived in French waters, ii
was officially nnounced today.
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The Silver shl is a steel-screw
steamer Of 5.s:se tons, owned by
the Shell Oil cdnpany of califor-
ria and register}i at Wilmington,
Delaware.
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want ads gre good investments.
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or results. advertise in the Light
The evening world., 1917-01-08

shell glass fad among the brother
hood. He first appeared with the big
round choaters at the Chicago snow
six years ago. They thought at first
he was joshing them with IA new lamp
lens with "a four-in-hand cravat at
tached. and IT took him almost a year
to prove that they were real eye
glasses n a guard ribbon. Ander-
o wears the big fellows himself. He
caught II from Mckee.
Perhaps the best dressed man at
tending the show this year Is Genial
Joe" Ollier. Vice President of the
Studebaker Company. lie has every
thing In Detroit dashed TO the mast
asking where am II" In cravats and
waistcoats Mr.. Ollier IL peerless. He's
so fond OF colors he has n nice green
limousine. which he wears with yell
low gloves and IA uniformed chauf-
feur. And does he ever move any
where without his stick? lie does
not. It's like Joe Cannon's cigar.
And he never gets tired riding In his
green car. Across Piquette Avenue
from the Studcbaker factory IL the
lunch department pa|tronized by the
officials of the company. Does he
walk over there at noonetime2 He
does not. He calls the car. puts on
the gloves, gets In and rides the fifty
i'tt III SUITE we'll, II Keeps the sun
from fading the cravat.
Abner Doble. head OF tho Doble
company which makes the steam car,
says he can start his car at one cor
ner, run II at seventy-two miles an
hour and stop II, all In n single block.
And there are two men who believe
him. One OF them II Lee Anderson,
because he a there. The other
man say he doesn't feel all there yet.
Doble took them out on the Grand
Boulevard In Detroit n day TO dem
onstrate what his steam car could do.
Anderson got In the sea with him.
The namelcss man was in the rear
seat. According TO Anderson, the
start was made, and Just as they were
getting to seventy miles an hour q
traffic policeman held up his hand
and Doble stopped her. lie almost
shot Mr.. Nameless out ovc the dash
board. and Anderson lost his hat and
his dignity In n upward leap. And
all hat Doble said. as the air got thin
enough for them TO breathe. was
"There. isn't II wonderful? See how
stopped herr" Anderson said he
didn't see anything for four or Ave
minutes. He still thinks Doble might
have helped him find his hat.
DON'T BLAME STUBS FOR
BEING PREoCcUPiED.
p. d. Stubbs of the Premier car
The evening world., 1917-01-08
WAS A SOB SISTER" BEFORE
HE GOT AUTO HABIT.

There are a number OF men high
I'm the automobile world who came
from the newspaper office. One OF
them Ia Lee Anderson, sales manager
OF the Hupmobile organization. He's
all full OF figures and dry-as-dust
statistics. the practical side OF the
automobile business. n yet. just
think, once upon n time he was chief
sob sister" on the Detroit News.
He wrote all the narrowing things
about the poor man who had lost both
legs and one arm and wanted enough
sympathy to enable him to buy a
wheeling chair 30 he could sell pen
ellis.
He says himself that one OF his
hobbies was Il Sunday story proving
in~contestably that lack OF care of the
teeth vas playing the very devil with
the birth rate. And how he could
sob over a divorce suit! lie had all
the poor working girls in Detroit
hanging on his words when n brute
OF a man s%trongled "A beautiful seam
stress with her very own sewing ma
chine IN order to get the papers under
the hearthstone which proved her 20
be the daughter OF the Earl OF Mich
igan or something. lie used to do
sports in between times. Just to break
| tlt DlOllbNphgs anu w 9Ou hiON
you'd never believe. from the real
rough language no used then. that he
was the same nice fellow who had
described just the day before how
tho little girl with the bare feet stood
IN the NOW at the stage door and
waited for father. who was inside
crowding $50 worth OF American
Beauties on the blonde one. tn,
fourth one from the end.
And Homer Mckee. advertising
manager OF the Premier ear. He's
another one OF them. lie used to be
a %cartoonist on the Indianapolis Star
one OF these regular fellows whC
made the guilty squirm or shed
halo about the goodly just AS easy Al
that.
Among several distinctions In thu
field of motordom Mr.. Mckee Is rec
ognized u the father OF the tortois'