Lebanon Daily News (Newspaper) - July 28, 1917, Lebanon, Pennsylvania The fa In LoeM Mid Foreign and e New Jersey ware Fair IN FULL VIEW OF THE PUBLIO 44th EIGHT PAGES JULY TEN CENTS A WEEK SINGLE 2 OEMS of Her Fighting Strength on French Front Since April TRANSPORTING TROOPS TO FRANCE VEXATIOUS TASK FOR THE WAR Indications Now Are That There Will Be Sufficient Tonnage for Transports and Supply Ships When Needed DRAFT LAW TO May Include Men Who Reach Age of 21 Be LEFT FOR WASHINGTON fore Next Arms and Call to Exclude Men Turning 31 Special to News by United July United States draft law may be broadened so as include men reaching the minimum age of 21 before the next call to the Secretary of War Baker indicated today that not only might he ask Such a step but that he might also seek to exclude men who turn the maximum the sec ond As the law now Che war department apparently has power to continue drawing men to fill up After the first groups have been the Secre tary of War can get other men to maintain those As wastage runs about one he could continue calling out Continued on Page Two John Hng Accepted Position With the Government John of this left today for where he has accepted a position with the Schmeh came here several years ago from the New York city office of filling a position In the local plant at Seventh and During his residence here he form ed many delightful associations and he takes with him In his new field of activity the very best wishes of a wide circle of whose regret over his departure Is tempered by the pleasure of knowing that he well merits the advancement which is his in appointment to his new Deny They Are Delaying Taking Over Toll Road The Dauphin county commission ers this morning denied the publish ed story sent out of Lebanon which said in Substance that Hammar Awarded By Arbitrators An award of in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant has been made by the arbitrators in the suit of Frank Hammar William of in tho matter of the sale of and railway The arbitrators were John Boll Fred and George Hammar and of Becker and represented OLD GERMAN PAPER Lick Han One Printed in Leba non in of who is a subscriber to the Dally called at the News office this morn Ing to renew his subscription and ex an old paper that attracted much attention from persons who happened to be in the office at the The paper was September and was pub In this city by Joseph Hartman and who conducted a printing establishment on Cumberland The which Is over seventy years is printed in and Lick Is more than proud of Judge Appoints Samuel Wentling A Constable Judge Henvy has appointed LEBANON BOYS IN KHAKI NOW Members of Truck Com pany Received Uni forms on Friday county Is delaying the freeing of the Samuel Wentling constable in East a toll road Hanover township to succeed who has removed from the The wag made on the petition of the lican electors of the pre sented by District Paul Wentling has filed his bond In the sum of and will be sworn in by Deputy Recorder which is to be bought jointly by tli State and counties through which the road The story said that the turnpike could be but that Dauphin county will not pay its until September The commissioners of say the State fixed that date fo county to pay its money but the commissioners are ready to pay the money any time de mand is Lebanon Institutions To Get State Appropriation Good Samaritan Hospital Will Receive and Home for Widows and Single Women for the Sanatorium The Good Samaritan hospital will receive and the Home for Widows and Single Women state aid under the provisions of the general appropriations bill approved on Friday by Governor Both Lebanon Institutions suffered a slight cut In their respective the bill originally ing for for the hospital and for the The money will be available during the next two The Sanatorium will re Meadow Bank Association Officials Favor Playground Band Concerts i Will Assist City Authorities in Relieving Streets of Steel Band to Give Concert Friday Evening Next director of the Bethlehem Steel Company has arranged with the management of the Meadow Bank Playground Asso for the filling of a postponed engagement of the new band for the dedication of the new band stand at the on Friday evening of next The band stand was to have been formally dedicated sev eral weeks but rain Interfered end later other contingencies But all details are now complete for a real concert at the appointed and even the program has been ar Concerts on The affair will have another sig in that it will be the fore runner of a movement to have all public band concerts given at the playgrounds instead of the streets of the Up to this time the col lections on the streets have been such as to encourage evening con certs at various but there has been complaint of traffic con gestion and other inconveniences which amount to and it Is hoped to show the bandmen that they cannot only entertain the public as satisfactorily as on the but that the returns will be as and if the effort proves a all concerned will be better for the on Monday ARE IN HIGH GLEE Preparing to Entertain Large Number of Visi tors Tomorrow Members of Lebanon Truck Com pany of the Ammunition Supply at will be able to greet their Sunday visitors tomorrow In full military Af ter a wait of over a week the uni forms were distributed on a they were found to be of good ill and the young men are In high While the uniforms take away some Lebanon Board Of Examiners For the Draft Frank of Cum berland has been appointed assistant by Maul a member of the Lebanon county board for it the military George will also assist in the ing of eye and nose of the persons Allen Shuey Got Letter From His Son In France Former Justice of the Peace Allen of 120 North Seventh Is In receipt of a letter from hla who IB In Company Sixteenth U In now In Young Shuey reports himself to be rn good health and spirits and asks that he he kept informed as to happenings at The letter was opened by the censor who inserted within the writers address as care of American forces In Navy League to Meet at Shenk Home Thursday of the Lebanon branch of he Navy League will continue the The next meeting will be held on Thursday afternoon at the Shenk Fourth and Cumberland streets and since the successful supper held under the auspices this a re ival of interest Is Quantities of wool yarn will be at next weeks meeting and all members are urged to be present with others who desire to en oil for the Continued from Page Two NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS State arid County Taxes due and payable to the under signed Collectors First Walnut Second Ninth Third Tenth Fourth Fifth First Sixth and Seventh Mifflin Hf Local Pennsy Railroaders Got Their Pay Today Employes of the Lebanon Branch f the Pennsylvania Railroad today their his was the first payment of wages nd salaries made since Penney took ver the local line for direct opera Ion in connection with its own sys Continued on Page Two Lebanon Can Feel Proud of Gallant Sons Lebanon can proud of her young men who are rallying to the colors and enlisting In the Unit ed States On July 25 there were 225 recruits sent to the regu lar army by throughput and of which Lebanon is one of the moat prominent sent 118 of the During the month of July the district sent more men to the regular army than any other district in the United States with the exception of the Fort And the best part of all IB that Lebanon is In the district and do Ing her part all the Several times the local recruiting officers have received glowing praise for their work from Adolph Greider Wants to Go With Home Company Adolphus formerly of and now of Michi may join the Lebanon contingent in going to according to a let ter which he has written to his fath the North Ninth street bread He stated that he applied some time ago for enlistment in the United but was rejected because of some slight defect in his but his conscript number was and since he Is way up in the he is con that he will now be taken In the first If he passes he will make applica tion at once to be transferred to LAD RETURNS HOME From Miners Village About a Month Rocco the fourteen year old son of Miners Village who disappeared from home about a month turned up at his home on Rocco Bays he was at Truck Company Members Shot In the Breast Henry Ralph Bowman and other members of truck Company of the Am munition at were in the city this afternoon on a visit to relatives and The mem bers of the company all got their shot in the breast on Friday after as a from and now are having the perlo over Sunday for so as to tak no chances from possible Infection Notaries Will Reap Big Harvest in Draft Game Conscripts Must Pay 25 Cents For Exemption Affi Person On The First Draft Must Undergo An Examination Indications are that the Alderman and notaries of Lebanon will reap a harvest from those seeking to evade military service by means of the ex emption Full fees of 25 cents paper will be charged for acknow ledging This IB the regu lation charged Dy the local no arlea commercial papers at pres That the draft exemption busi ness will ibe voluminous is Indicated by the Inquiries being mndo at the office of the exemption No news has come the draft officials to Indicate the orders re port for examinations will come bo fore latter part of next Well Up in Work Several of the boards are well up with their preliminary having obtained the official figures from other They wera eager to get the preparatory under way so the decks could cleared for action real work Every on the first draft will have to undergo the cal examination whether he or After the they will file for being relieved of military Continues on Fire Russian Women Proved They Are No Cowards KILLED DERRY WOMAN AND That P Boyer wife of Dr Boyer of Derry who was shot to death in her home Thursday nigh by Goodwin of waf the victim of an Insane was the opinion expressed today by Deputy after an In of the Goodwin after shooting killed himself The Coroners investigation showed that who was a salesman for a Pittsburgh ion ihad been acting pe and drinking heavily of a soft drink which affects the nerves and so as to get In a Lebanon company with home boys and with old time friends and WILL RESIDE HEBE and of Maine Charles of joined her husband here on Friday and they will make this city their Sharkey being em ployed in the office of the Bethlehem steel Sharkey Is a sister of John who is employed by the Bethle having an office in the LEBANON WILL WIRE ELK BUILDING Wesley of the Samuel Bells bricklaying who recently finished the general building operations of the new Elks on Ninth is getting ready to put his brickmasons at work again on the Interior brick decora tions next The building is progressing In fine At a meeting of the building on Friday the Leb anon Electrical Company was given the contract for the wiring of the and the Lebanon Gas and Fuel Company was directed to place a connection pipe into the Schrelber and Altenderfer were en the contract heating ap Cumberland Ride In a CHANDLER Player Piano Rolls for August WORD ROLLS OP THE AUGUST BULLETIN ON MILLERS Music Store WANTED Boy to Feed Jab Presses Special Sale Hair and Military Brushes Indies French Ivory Ladies French Ivory Military French Ebony in Gasee Military Ebony in Tourist Set in New Lot Mir at Each HARPED ICK CREAM Coffee Sherbert MISSES 115 South Tenth and Drive a CHANDLER NOTICE 1 On account of the death of I will not be able to serve my regular customers until Wednesday DANCING Every evening to at the new danae wlU be furnished by Prof and BY WILLIAM United Press Staff July dally through rain and quarter ed no whit no bettor tho low liest peasant asking no hut to fight on equal terms against the braving at first tho sneera and Jeers of tho male Russian women In tho Legion of Death have proved In the supreme test there Is a place for women In the fighting This is opinion of Rheta per woman and She returned to Petrograd today after having gone to the front and spent two weeks with the first women fighters who ever were attached to a modern When I left they had been de manding for many days that they taken to the fighting Mlsa Dorr said as she proudly read dispatches telling of the splendid heroism of girl troops In their first dor I spent two weeks with telephone and plain she and I am convinced there IB a for In tho fighting l a of that Leaving we In wooden bunks on All along our Journey form crowds greeted us Continued on Pare Six Publication of Troop Movements Dangerous to All to News by United July ing that the publication of the ar rival of American troops in Eu rope endangers the lives of other American soldiers at Secre tary of War Secretary of the Navy Daniels and General Mc Intyre war department to day issued renewed appeal to the patriotism of the American I very deeply on this said Secretary I cannot speak too earnestly on the danger there is In violation by the press of the rule against publication of troop General Mclntyre said that ho had specifically requested that dispatches such as one published in this country today should not be sent I again that no story of this be he Such stories are dangerous to the lives of other American National League Will Cooperate With Government Special to by United July of the National Lea today added his promise to that f Ban Johnson that the big leagues would shorten their seasons or do else the President To date the President has eu the continuation of all ports and we have no reason to be he will recommend stopping the Tener Should wish the games however will find us ready and willing to to any service in which he our men qan better serve the GERMAN LOSS HEAVY ON THE BY WOOD With the French armies in i July has used up third of her whole army since according to figures issued toy the French war Mils vast sacrifice of life and in the fighting on the Atone Champaign These je losses according to the French tary experts who are keeping selves informed of the leaves the Germans without any serves except tihe boys of According to the French since April 16 the mans have used 71 proximately men on wo French fronts prises onethird the total ones at Field Marshal von Raids have the fact that In many cases regiments have been totally ed their effectives being to fill the ranks of other In the fierce fighting a he Visiting Daughter At Victor Records For August will be issued on August 1st MILLER MUSIC Michael Hartman of 210 South Fifth his morning from where they will spend a wee days visiting her larvey and both of that tr TRANSFERS George Speicher property on this John Arnold to lot on New Buy a CHANP FOR Desirable
