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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
2
Russia continues gains as Kalusz stubborn defense falters and Ukrainian positions retreat under renewed pressure. The fight near key routes shows Moscow’s forces tightening grip while defenders rally to halt encroachment.
Throughout July reports from Paris Rome and Petrograd describe continued fighting and gains on the Eastern and Western fronts. Russian forces advance toward Kalusz after heavy battles while German attacks near Nieuport Meuse and Verdun are repulsed. Talks in Berlin and Berne hint at political concessions as Kaiser leaders and Bethmann-Hollweg debate reforms amid mounting pressure from the Reichstag.
Secretary Baker announces an agreement with American steel representatives. The price for steel for war needs will be set by a cost of production inquiry conducted by the Federal Trade Commission, ensuring reasonable profits and broad distribution of wartime orders across all iron and steel producers.
Chancellor Frank Strong returned from Topeka after meeting state defense council and new state board of administration. He did not know when the board would meet in Lawrence or when the Administration building, approved for 225000 by the last legislature, would begin. Lanes available July 1.
Acting Secretary Polk warns against overemphasizing Germany's internal crisis. He says changes would matter more if they affect the military, noting the focus should stay on foreign policy and Germany's war effort. He cites Hindenberg and Laulendorf as examples and references London press projections of continuity in the current government.
Rotary meeting in Tonga featured ladies as guests for the first time with a social dinner at Hate Myers. Rev George Darsie spoke on Rotary ethics while WLR A Norfold of the Kansas Telephone Co chaired the next gathering. In sport, Sullivan crushed Thrapp 6 0 6 0 in a Y M C A tennis match as Keeler and Carroll joined the prayer list.
Rev Frank Jennings named new pastor for Lawrence Baptist Church amid calls from Independence and Evans ton Illinois and Chicago contacts. The church plans to open his term September 1 while the city funds water bond work with installment payments starting November 1 and seeks eight hour shifts to speed construction.
A newborn aboard the transport Wilpotdel is named for the ship. The child, son of Mr and Mrs Taylor, travels with his mother to Lawrence from Panun. Officers and crew raise a purse of 870 for the baby as troops settle in New York and await deployment.
Douglas county faces a draft levy of 106 men while 324 National Guard members are credited, possibly avoiding drafted losses. Officials note county enlistments could adjust the paper strength, with Lawrence units partly underfilled and vacancies filled from slower counties. The broader Kansas draft stands around 10 811 men with nationwide enlistment dynamics and a Manchurian general arrest noted in separate dispatches.
W L Porter urges Lawrence youths to enroll in the U S Boys Working Reserve an auxiliary to the Labor Department The program targets ages 16 to 21 to bolster farm and other labor during a national crisis Lawrence Supt R A Kent will direct the local chapter with an enrollment office at the Manual building Guardians consent diseasefree status and loyalty oath required Enrollment aims to mobilize labor through state organizations with determined compensation based on employer pay. Elbert Shine Wright Baldwin and Baker university alumnus now attends Fort Des Moines officers camp for colored men Weather report notes fair conditions and warmer forecasts for tonight and Friday.
University of Kansas mining professor Terrill proposes using undercutting machines in small veins and convicts with improved gear to boost Lansing mine output from 7.5 to 9 tons weekly per man. He cites Osage City and Blue Rapids examples, suggests battery locomotives to replace mule cars, and sees potential to at least double total coal supplied to state institutions.
A Kaw Valley Milk Producers Association special meeting in Tonganoxie Monday night drew many dairymen. They plan a Saturday Chamber of Commerce session to hire an organizer for the district and boost membership toward Kansas City area levels.
The University of Kanga will host new summer instructors from July 19 for four weeks. Dr O7 Robbins from New York Training School teaches education, Miss Gertrude Hazen focuses on home economics, and William B. Wilson, a biology professor from Ottawa University, joins. Professor Buckner may return to teach educational measurements though he will stay with the Col funiversity faculty. Reports from school district clerks lag, with sixty of eighty five districts already submitting to the county superintendent as farmers stay busy.
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