Lebanon Daily News (Newspaper) - July 26, 1917, Lebanon, Pennsylvania Leads to in Local and PRINTED IN FULL VIEW OF TEE ftf New and Maryland fair and war filet 44th EIGHT PAGES THURSDAY TEN GENTS A WEEK SINGLE Russian Embassy and Wilsons Cabinet Members Deny That Clifford Soulliard Drowned In Lights Dam at Ebenezer Nine year old Son of Nora Soulliard of North Fall Recovered by Older Brother and Companions nineyear old son of Bechtle floul of 644 North Fall was drowned at Lights dam near ESben on Wednesday under most pathetic brother had planned to go at the but Clifford was told by his to stay at When ho attempted to he was chased back by J Brother When the older brother had de Clifford and an other lad named they did not eater the where the older boys were but went some distance They were hav ing a fine time in the when Clifford Is alleged to have said to his companion Body Recovered Now Just watch and see how long I can stay under Suit ing this action to the word he pressed his fingers over his nose to prevent and sink under Continued on Page Six Lebanon Will Increase By 1500 in Population Another annexation ind population upon of territory which City Council been working for many Is to materialize in the acquisition of another slice of South Lebanon A petition from this region was presented to City Council at the Monday evening meet ing of that The petition con tains not only the threefifths of the taxable of that ae required by but is said to be almost Daniel Mus a representative of the City em ployed by and Elam Slech circulated the with the result that nearly all of the property owners and Inhabitants signed The The area described In the peti includes all the territory in a triangular beginning at a point on LOUR which is now the cic and extending eastward Continued on Fags Six RACE RIOTS IN CHESTER HAVE to July Another man was wounded early today following last nights race riots here which resulted in the wounding of lour men and the arrest of fifty While police believe the has been quelled they are a young negro boy has burned to death as a result of the Albright and Family Attended Picnic pastor of the local Moravian accompanied by his spent the day at and attended the annual outing Lancaster Moravian Sunday Besides Albright sev eral of his former parishioners from York were also in attendance and all had a fine time enjoying the various attractions and the ideal day for an affair of this SOLICITOR LIGHT I And Members Of Family from Trip to City Solicitor Warren Light and Light and their re turned home on Wednesday evening from a ten days vacation which was divided between points at the sea and at the summer home of Lights Charles at They enjoy ed a pleasant sojourn and came back much Light resum ed his practice this Have You Any Victrola Records For H Boys Friends of Company Fourth In are herewith presented with a new and practical method of fav oring theae men who are about to go to war In Several days ago the company made purchase of a fine which was given to them and with funds partly contributed by friends for the The fund reached for a number of but there would be added joy if there were of and a friend of the company has suggested that the NEWS request other friends to send their old Many owners of tire of records quickly and lay them aside or throw them into the discard The Company H Victrola Is going to be a great solace to the boya when they are across the many thousands of miles from and the good old American songs and popular airs will go a long way to homesickness out of the Those who have records not In uso and which are still good enough to will therefore confer a great favor by sending them to the Arm CITY COUNCIL OPENED STORM SEWER BIDS Pottsville Lowest Bidders ON Were Referred to the City Engineer to Be Canvassed Pugh who vhave nve street paving io and work of the unit of the Storm Prevention at Twelfth and Cumberland were the low bidders for the construction ot the second unit of the Storm Prevention when the bids were opened by City Council on Wednesday The contract In cludes the laying of storm sewers on HARRY LIGHT IN CITY His Father and 8 is torn on Chestnut Harry employed In the New Haven railroad company at Is here on a visit to his Harry and sis on Chestnut near Sev Light is well remember ed as a star Red and Blue basket ball being one of the best to represent Lebanon high school In many FIGURE OF A SOLDIER IN THE WESTERN SKY Residents of Avon were deeply stirred on Tuesday when in the western sky they saw in the for mation of clouds the distinct figure of a His knapsack and rifle and were perfectly u to say that the Marshall is Vaccinating the H Members Members of Company Fourth are over with their drills in the hot sun until Monday at This morning the smallpox vaccine and with it came with not a cloud visible In the Continued on Page Bight STORMS PLAYED IN THE COUNTY Rain storms which flitted about the Lebanon on Wednesday executed strange It appeared that the clouds were fly ing and sometimes causing unusual condi At for appeared at Gretna about 4 It rain ed nearly an and It rained so hard that despite tUe sandy na ture of the soil pools of water were left standing long Then it cleared and the sun shone bright but in the midst of the there was another brisk downpour Edward who is now a first lieutenant in the United States ted against the and all who saw strange declare that it was a sign of some H remained but a short time before the winds changed the but in that time scores of people were call ed to the street and saw the won Triangle Meet On Progressive Playgrounds The Progressive at Fourth and Weidman was a busy place when a triangle meet was held there between the boys and girls of the city play Various competitive con tests featured the day and last re ports gave the information that all the events were closely A complete report of the events will be published In tomorrows Lots of good things for you at the Navy League Supper at Johns Sunday School of Pleasant Hill PICNIC July Gretna Park Itis declared that the sol dier figure a star was The witnesses al so say that the figure was clearly that of an American and this gave the people much as It was regarded as a good es when the figure faded and gave place to the beautiful REPORTS FROM BATTLE FRONT ENCOURAGING Special to News By United July Government officials Brad I Russian embassy officials today Joined their efforts in throwing a brighter glow over the European war Members of President Wilsons cab inet denied that the conditions on the western front are cause for any alarm in the United States and Secre tary Redfields in commenting on the situation declared that army officers returning from France give most encouraging reports on their observa The Russian embassy has and denied the col lapse of the Slav army and insists that the whole situation will be very shortly In embassy is supported by cabinet The pall of gloom which had been over the country by the stories published in the newspapers has proven a stimulus to recruiting which reached its high water mark with an enlistment of M of entire lot of ete cers and men of the company were greatly gratified find that they were to be handled by a good friend and they went to It with less mlB than If a stranger had been assigned to the Lieutenant Marshall came from Lancaster for the purpose of vaccin ating the officers and men of the and the job is being per formed it that everything in the line of work will be cut out for the rest of the so as to give all members a chance to recover from the vaccination with out danger of DELIGHTFUL OUTING By Girls of the Club at Girls belonging to the club of this who spent a week at arrived home on Wednesday much pleased with their They report having had a splendid time and hated to leave the beautiful The girls who participated In the outing Misses Dora Klels Mayme Nora Ed na Emma Sara Bessie Groff and Priscilla 33 UNIFORMED POLICEMEN OF BETHLEHEM Chief of the Steel Special Police this morning received more new uniforms from the Bnel lenberg and there are now 33 men in uniform on the They make a decidedly fine appear and look like Uncle Sams sol The uniforms are nattily made and the new men who got them are greatly In a CHANDLER WANTED Boy to Feed Jab Presses It was surmised that the tall of a cloud must liave become and spilled its contents without be ing Near Phenomena of the same kind was noted in the eastern end of Lebanon Between the Urich which is on a line with the stone quarries and a point in West It rained so heavily In fact that much water was left on the on either side of this area It was perfectly and farmers continued to take in their wheat without any interrup In The In the city conditions were simi Rain storms flitted about on all and clouds came and went from the city but It was af ter 9 oclock in the evening before there was a slight shower of It was of short but it was and afforded some relief from the terrible heat of the Inquisition in Corcoran Estate Is Confirmed Did You Give Your Mite for The Truck sums were added to the NEWS fund for the mess and kitchen fund for Lebanon of the Ammunition Supply Train now encamped at Every day there are many who visit the Lebanon lads and no one who has visited the place come away without a firmer tion than ever that the young men should be given a substantial amount for kitchen boxes and crates for storage of goods and for gen eral The young men have unselfishly proffered their services to the gov for any service that may be and the least that the stay can do for them Is to help out with a bit of money that will help to provide a few luxuries for the and a few conveniences to help the cooks to properly take care of the provisions that arc furnished by the The fund as It now stands Is as follows Previously acknowledged Quarry John Walter Ii Welmer Emma Russian Women Sacrifice Inthe Took Mens Places and Repulsed An Enemy of Them Students in Universities BV WILLIAM United Press Staff July wo men have laid down their lives qn the battlefield of Against the reports of traitorous retreat of some of the Russian male divisions before the came word today of how the womens Legion of Death on the Vilna front fought and died In repulsing an en emy For tho first time In the history of the great world casualty re ports today chronicled the death and Injury of women In the Five women of the Legion of Death were killed and wounded this engagement In which they were called upon to resist with the Invasion of their The Legion of Death left grad barely two weeks soldiers garbed in puttees M and tunica a trifle longer usual army They regulation army caps over hair and carried packs a lighter than those of the regular Russian They entrained amid tears of their Continued R Paga Six Wants Drafting The Aliens foS Have Chance for The Army Artisans in Lebanon who may wish to Join the United States army work at their usual trades may to do so if action IB tak en at The Lebanon Chamber of which is local repre of the recruiting committee of the quartermaster enlisted re serve has been advised by of the quarter master United States that the following classifications are still open for a limited number of men tinsmiths 6 and carpenters all ranking as class per month assistant wagon title ot black smiths and classed as ser Any applications made to the Leb anon chamber will be forwarded at BY WEBB MILLER Staff Correspondent Uni ted States today is negotiating with the Allieg to legalize drafting many hundreds of thousands in this country to fight under Am erican Before the time tor a second the necessary abrogations of treaties and action by Congress aliens the draft In every section the an outcry the obvious of the present law as app in has reached Congress The McCumber aliens Is today before a tee of the Senate foreign this aliens may be drafted Into or deported upon The war department ha Continued on SI In the estate of the late John Cor of this Judge Henry this on the petition of Bridget Flanagan of ad and one of the confirmed the sheriffs inquisition and Issued a rule on the heirs to ap pear In court and accept or refuse to accept the real estate at Its Attorney mond represents the United States Army Signal Corps Is Full Local recruiting officers today re a communication from head quarters that the Signal Corps prop er is but they are authorized to accept radio and telegraph operators enlistment until further Buy a CHANDLER ANNUAL PICNIC GREEN POINT SCHOOL CONDITION OF SCHOOLS BETTER TODAY wife of Attorney candidate for the lican nomination for district attor is reported to be fast from the attack which she suf on Saturday evening and hopes for her recovery are exceed ingly according to the phy in attendance She is still confined to her bed at the home at 321 North Eighth Letters Taken Out By the Lebanon County Trust The Lebanon company today took out letters of administra tion on the estate of the late Ivan of North Cornwall The letters were issued by Deputy Register Hoke at the instance of Charles treasurer of the trust Fall to the Navy Lea gue supper at the to Drive CHANDLER WANTED Roy 15 to Old ff r i v TUP ff W T V f to Learn a Geod Trade Active Campaign At Germans UBoat Base Is Demanded Special tp News by July submarine tolls and Russias appar ent military collapse make more aggressive British and American tac ics army and navy cers here declared Britains announcement of 21 major ships sunk the past week gave fresh fuel to demands among a portion of both services for a more active cam at the heart of the Uboat men and other The Admiralty statement frankly brought gloom in official In an offensive such as American military experts aeroplanes would drop vast quantities of sives on the Uboat bases and land An offensive against the bases would be a big But with things shaping as they are only a big gamble can be the more skeptical Secretary of War Baker believes the west front can be Men about him do not think it except through a Joint navy and army and then only by pouring hundreds of thousands of men against the north ern end of the West Old Emmanuels Enjoying Outing At Penryn Park Members of the Old Emanuel Evangelical church and Sunday I fore January school are today enjoying their an outing at Penryn of the with the Dinner in Honor Mai of street received many today on his birthday His daughter and ner and Elmer and were and a Clarence Weil the members his family pated in the family dinner Weimer though the house much of the fi ing is otherwise hata hearty and his hosts of friends him many more i NEXT CALL FOR NEW MEN I BE OCTOBER Special to News by P July said today that the next wll for the new army would democratic Is side In regard if national guard now under is said they would be in left on the 925 train this mornin while others followed at noon and this England Will Fix the Price of Necessary Food Special to ly United July is go Ing to fix the for necessary Such was the statement made today In the House of Lords by Lord the food Lewis insisted speech to the Senate on fna terms was Justified and he ed to speak at length in the the same subject Lewis today visited He will return to Members of Mohegan Lebanon are invited funeral of Brother er on Friday the Hall at 3 CO Butterine Butter ine Best On Market Special Reduced Prices for Only Help our sailor boys bit at the Navy League WANTI Boy U to Jf
