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EON Issues a Proclamation to Stop Lynching So that Germany's "Gifted Liars" Cannot Slander Us. By United Pfess 1 WASHINGTON, D. C, July 26.Forcefully denouncing an apparent growth of "mob spirit" as "emulating the lawless passion," which "has disregarded sacred obligations of law, and made lynchers of her armies," President Wilson today appealed to the country to make an end of "this disgraceful evil." Lynckings, he said, constitute "a blow at the hearts of law and human justice" and contribute "to German lies about the United States what her most gifted liars cannot improve upon by the way of calumny." The text of the president's proclama- j tion follows: "MT FELLOW COUNTRYMEN': I take the liberty of addressing you upon a subject which so vitally aft"ect3 the honor of the nation and thi very integrity and character of our institutions that I trust you will think me justified in speaking very plainly about it. "I allude to the mob spirit which has recently here and there very frequently shown Its head amongst us, not in any single region, but in many and widely separated parts of the country. "There have been many lynchings and every one of them has been a blow at the heart of ordered law and humane jur-tlce. No man who loves America, no man who really cares for her fame and honor and character, or who is truly loval to her. can Justify mob action while the courts of justice are open and the government of the states and the ration are ready and able to do their du'y. Ve are at this very moment f.ghting lawless passion. Germany has outlawed hrse!f airtong the nations be(Continued on page six.) DAFT BOARDS GET ORDERS Br United Ppess.1 WASHINGTON. July 26. Rapid exhaustion of class 1 to the extent that borne local draft boards may be unable to fill the August call was indicated by instructions issued to the board by the Provost Marshal General today. Crowdcr declared he will be unable to place further August calls until all tho men who wore registered June 5 r.i' finally examined and classified. Draft executives have been notified by Crowdcr to examine carefully any local board which fails to classify at least f.fty per cent of the 1318 registrants In class 1. Studies of the previous figures indicate that this percentage should he the minimum. The only exception is in those regions where there is an unusually large number of aliens among the registrants. MCAD00 INSISTS ON 3 BILLION TRT I'mifh Prfss.1 WASHINGTON, July 26. Plans for raising eight bil'.ion dollars revenue to help pay war expenses for 1018 were hitting stormy weather on the congressional sea today. Committee members admit that after a week of intensive work the goal is not In sight. Secretary MoAdoo will Insist on the eight billion dollar figure so as to keep the proportion of sixty per cent of the war expcnss by bond and forty per cent by taxes. AMMUNITION BATTERYJEXPLODES P'NiTEtJ Tress Cablegram. 1 VRICH, July 26. A hundred persons wera killed and a number injured Wednesday when a German ammunition battery blew up, according to newspaper dispatches received here today. The factory and several houses in the vicinity were destroyed. HAIG REPORTS REPULSE OF HUNS fT'viTr. Press Cablegram. LONDON. July 26. British troops repulsed strong enemy attacks in the Hebuterne tnd Meteren sectors last night and this morning. Field Mirsh'al Haig reported today. You'd like to take a punch at the kaiser you say? Then buy a Thrift Stamp.

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rS"T:-;r To Ten Times! CROWN POINT. IN IV. July 26. Owing to the absence of the defendant's attorney the case against George S. Kendall of East Chicago has been continued for a week. Kendall, who Is auditor for the Wm. Graver Tank Works, was arrested on complaint of Max Bear. 4132 Baring avenue, on a serious charge against the latter's five year old daughter. Wil-hcinih-.a. Kendall was under bond of So. 000 to appear today before Judge McMahon in the juvenile court at Crown Point. It is said that Kendall was up before Judge McMahon one year ago this month for the very same charge r referred by Mr. and Mrs. H. M Weaver of T0J Chicag.j avenue against their five year old daughter Lois. Kendall lives with his wife at the corner of Northeoto and 142nd street. East Chicago. Many From Lake County Motor to Brook to Attend District Meeting. BROOK. Ind., July 25. Better the Republican ticket in Indiana go down in defeat than that any Republican pussyfoot about the war is to be the key-note of the coming campaign In the Tenth district ac expressed at a conference of the district's Republican leaders and members of the state organization today at Hazelden Farm. George Ade's estate, near here. Otto Klauss. state auditor, uttered tha declaration which bids fair to be the slogan in a speech before the conference. 'Vigorous prosecution of the war was urged by Mr. Klauss and others tpeaking before the gathering. County chairmen from the eight counties in the district and Lawrence Lyons, district chairman, some Republicans Jn the Tenth and a number of Republican state candidates attended the confab, which is a forerunner of district meetings within the next few weeks. Mr. Ade was host to the G. O. P. leaders. District Chairman Lyons arranged the gathering. TJrrro3 Pull Heg-istratlon. Ed M. Wasmuth. state chairman, urged the county ihairmen to taie active steps to register all voters. He explained the absent voter and soldier voter provisions of the law and pointed out that it rested v. ith each member of the organization to pjll a large vote. Miss Carolyn Shoemaker, dean of women at Purdue university, spoke in behalf of the franchise movement among Indiana's women. She read a pamphlet which is to be issued soon by the women eif the state, containing excerpts from the democratic and Republican state platforms regarding woman's suffrage. Miss Shoemaker risked the Republican leadcr3 of the district to assist the women in obtaining 100.000 members and the signatures of 700.000 voters and women in the state on a petition to be presented Crmtlnued on page nine.) RUSSIAN PLANS 0 NOy YET OUT 'BT United Press! WASHINGTON. July 2. There will be some delay :n President Wilson's 'announcement of the allied plans to aid Russia. Negotiations are continuing between the United States and Japan following receipt of a note from Japan yesterday. The project as a whole still stands as outlined. The only point to be disposed of bears on the respective representationn of the several allied governments who will participte in the movement. The delay in announcing the scope of the project is in no way endangering the Czeeho-.Slovak c'orces in Siberia or threatening success of the plan. JAPAN ACCEPTS U. S. PROPOSAL United Press Cablegram. LONDON, July 26. Japan has decided to accept the American proposal to assist the Czechs in Siberia, an agency dispatch said today. AVIATOR KILLED; ONE INJURED Bt United Press. BUFFALO. July 26. Aviator J. L. Durham of Rockville. Ont . was Instantly killed and Ralph Doolittle nt SnnFranclsco fatally injured in the fall of an eirplane.

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3 5 1 1 1 t Z- it v i V- ' i 1 V BOTTLED LIQUOR SALES BARRED AFTERAUGUST 1ST Indiana Patrons of 111. Saloons Must Drink the Stuff on the Premises. No bottled intoxicating liquors in any form may be soid ocr the bar or on the premises of any saloon, restaurant, drug store, or any other retailing place after Aug. 1 In Chicago and Cook county unless the intoxicant is drunk on the premises. This fed-ral ruling announced today will stop the importation of liquor from Hegewisch. Burr.ham, South Chicago and West Hammond cities e.f the. Indiana Calumet region to a vast extent, it was stated today. No longer can the Indiana patron of a West Hammond saloon slip a bottle of whiskey in a hip pocket when ho prepares to leave unless he wishes to take a chance of arTrarin5 before a federal Judge. It means that a great elenl of patronage of Indiana camelr. will be transferred to towns in the Illinois Kankakee region which is beyond the limits of Cook county. Lansing. 111., is in Cook county. This move, intenrleel as a further bar to the sale of lieiuor to soldiers and snilrrs, v.as announced yesterday by Hmton G. Clabaugh. division superintendent of the department of justice agents. Tt followed conferences with Chief of Poli'e John II. Alcock. Samuel Insul!, chairman of the State Council of Defense, and representative . o.f the Chicago Retail Liauor Dealers' association and the Chicago Distiller and Jobbers' association. It has the unanimous indorsement of the liquor associations. Sig-ns to Eo Displayed. By Aug. 1 each of the 13.300 places in Cook county where liquor is sold will have a sign conspicuously displayed, signed by the liuor associations, reading: TAKE NOTICE! The United States government, through its representatives. Hinton G. Clabaugh. division superintendent of the Department of Justice has requested this association to cooperate with the Department of Justice to prevent the sale of liuor to men in uniform. The government has directed that on and after Aug. 1 no bottle goods of intoxicating liquors of any kind or description shall be sold or given over the bar or on tho premises to any person or persons to be taken out of the premises, whether in uniform or in civilian clothes. The purpose of this rule is to prevent civilians from purchasing bottle good3 an dsubsoquently delivering them to men in uniform. Take notice that this rule goes into effect on Aug. 1 and a failure to comply with the same will cause the violator to become involved with the department of justice and also result in the loss of license. 98 CASUALTIES REPORTED. r Bv Uvitei rr.E WASHINGTON. July 26. Ninetyeight casualties listed by General Pershing today included: Killed in action 21 Pied of wounds 4 Died of disease 6 Wounded severely 60 Missing 6 Prisoner 1

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Three cities in Iake county only will receive preference, in the distribution of anthracite coal allotted the state for the period ending March 31, 1313. according to Instructions received by ths state fuel administration from the federal fuel administrator at Washington The anthracite allotment for the state. CS5.00O tons, will be distributed to these cities: Albion. Anderson. Angola. Auburn. Bedford. Blooming ton, Bluffton. Brookville. Columbia City. Columbus. ConnersvjUe. CrawfordsviJie. Crown Point. Decatur. Delphi. Elkhart. Fort Wayne. Fowler. Frankfort. Franklin. Gary. Goshen. Greenfield. Greensburg, Hammond. Hartford City, Huntington. Indanapt'Iis. Kentland. Knox. Kokomo. Lafayette. Lagrange. Laporte, Lebanon. Marion. Michigan City. Liberty. Logansport. Montieello. Muncie. Peru. Richmond. Portland. Rushville. South Bend. Seymour. ShelbyviUe. Valparaiso, Wabash. Warsaw, Winamac and Wincheste r. ALLOTMENT CURTAILED. In the order feceived from the federal fuel administration, listing the cities to have priorit-v in the distribution of anthracite. It !s explained that In the four central states Michigan. Ohio. Illinois and Indiana the allotments of anthracite for the year beginning April 1. ISIS, are materially curtailed. In Indiana the allotment of approximately 2S5.000 tons la onls 45 per cent of the normal distribution of anthiaclte in the state. The policy of the federal fuel administration is to distribute the domestic siies of athrsn-ite tlrst to those communities which would experience the greatest difficulty and possible suffering in changing from the use of anthiaclte to the u..e bituminous coal. LARGER CITIES CONSIDERED. This will be determined, the Washington order explains, bv giving consideration to the fact that large cities. (Continued en page nine.) SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SOUNTYJRQADS SOUGHT Luke W. Duffy Says Motor Convoy Service Is Heavy; Strain Must Be Offset. With trains of heavy United States army trucks passing through the state each day on their way to eastern points officials in charge are wondering how long the juads of Lake county will stand the strain, unless kept in the best condition. Luke W. Duffy, who accompanied several of the trains through the state at the suggestion of D. M. Ferry of Chicago, in charge of the motor convoy service, today asked that county road superintendents and others Interested In good roads take steps to have bad places repaired. NOT DISSATISFIED. "The army men are not dissatisfied with thei roads in Indiana but on the contrary are well pleased." sail Mr. Duffey. "What we are. wondering however, irt how long they will last. I beI'eve that with frequent dragging they will Lold up permanently. It Is conceded that dragging strenthens a road 300 par cent." There ere now seven truck trains on the road constantly. Each Is composed of thirty-two regulars and eight extras. The added number is occasioned by the urgent need cf the trucks abroad. A train passes through Lake county nearly every day and on three nights a week the crews of the trains camp at the fair grounds at Crown Point. THEY DON'T LIKE THEM A BIT ! U.viTT-n Press Cable-.i5am. ! WITH THE BRITISH IN FRANCE, July 26. Every Prltish raid seems to ; start something like a panic in this sector where the kidnapping expedition occurred. Captured documents show the ; German high command is Issuing or;der after order in an effort to stir its underlings to guard against surprise i operations. : Further evidence has been obtained ; indicating the proposed offensive ; against the British may come soon. HOW GOVERNMENT WAS BLED TF.T UvitlD Press. NEW YORK. July 26. How the government repurchased meat stolen from its warehouses was described In federal indictments returned today against twenty one men including wholesale and retail butchers, truck drivers and two government checkers. The in dictments charge "embezzlement of government beef" from the Manhattan ref i igerating Company ware house through a system of false checking.'

California Labor Leader, Sentenced to Die August 23, on Way to San Quentin

m 1 ' j.juujjmuwui mar ' - S-1 t- . 4 xl, ' 'f Thomas J. Mooney. the California i labor leader who has been sentenced to be executed August 23 for his part in the Preparedness Day bomb explosion in San Francisco, is here shown Bt United Press WASHINGTON. July 26. German losses tho past two weeks have been 150.000 or more, according to a high official estimate today. The official doubted that America's casualties would eurpass 23.000 or the allied casualties would exceed 100.000. These figures, presented as an offset to wild German propaganda claims. Include all casualties which put men out of battle. German propaganda has claimed "hundreds of thousands of Americans were killed.'" This is seen as a double effort to cover up Germany's defeat and excite the people at home. Secretary Baker said the loses have not been out of proportion to the numbers engaged. IS INTO ICE WIE01. KILLED Anton Filas of Hammond, Meets a Shocking Death. About 5 o'clock last night Anton Filas. IS years old. of 167 Wabash avenue. Hammond, while riding fast on Erie street on his bicycle with his head down ran Into the rear of an ic-j wagon belonging to Sielaff. Filas was taken home and from there to the hospital where he died it Is thought from Internal injuries ai no marks were showing on his body. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at S o'clock from St. Andrews' church, interment in the Holy Cross cemetery. HOPE SHORTAGE WILL BE AVERTED rr.'r T --c r. !)-,.(.. 1 h A.-ni.eiju., juiy zt. cnomcial reports in the hands of the fuel administration indicate bituminous coal production for this week will closely api proach the record production for the week ending July 14. when 13.242,000 tons were mined. This was a record for the country. Increased production is causing optimism amonjr fuel officials and they hope that serious shortage during the coming winter may be avoided. HUN AIRSHIPS DEALT FELL BLOW fUNTE. Press Cablegram. 'LONDON. July 26. The British air ministry today reported destruction of sixteen airplanes with the probable loss of three others which are declared to have been shot down out of control. Only three British machines are missing. The attack took place on July 14. Various enemy targets were bombed. Br United Press WASHINGTON. July 26. Short sugar stock and needs for increased exportation today caused the food administration to call upon the American people to reduce consumption to two pounds per person a month from August 1 to January 1. This includes all sugar used on the table and in cooking.

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1" - 'if' C T f' ''".If- 1 ' ' cn a ferryboat on his way to San j Quentin prison in charge of Sheriff j Thomas Finn. His life now rests In j the hands of Governor Stephens of California, for other legal means of saving him have been exhausted. Today In the Great War JULY 26, 1317. Russians, demoralized, See across Serth rirer la Galicia, as AusjroOtrmaai advaace. Somasiaas captare 1,000 prisoners. JULY 26, 1316. Allies complete capture of Poileres. Russians take 4.0OO prisoners. JULY 36, 1915. Germans attack in strength 12 miles from Warsaw. - Italians train on Carso plateau. JULY 26, 1914. Tirst shots of the war are exchanged between Austrian and Serbian patrols near Belgrade. Cxar Nicholas pleads with Austria to list, en to . reason. Great Britain and Trance Joining In the petition, as Serbia has granted Austria's demands. Austria says Serbia's acquiescence came too late. L S TEN CASES Widow of Indiana Harbor Man Given Compensation. By agreement of the a'.torneys a personal injury case which developed into a death claim was settled before Judge E. A. Perkins of the state industrial board in Hammond today. The Judge heard ten other cases yesterday and today and will announce the awards later. The case settled was that of the widow of E. C. Brown, a carpenter living at 3611 Ivy street. Indiana Harbor. While employed in the shops of the New York Central Railway at Indiana Harbor Brown met with an accident. August 29. 1916. when a thumb and two fingers were cut off by a buzz saw. He made a claim' before tho industrial commission and at a hearing the attorneys agreed to compensation at the rate of $3.21 a week for 120 weeks. In the meantime infection developed and the case was reopened. Judge Artman heard the case and May 31 of this year made a finding of 500 weeks' compensation at $9.21 per week. But before the finding was made known Brown died. Under the agreement today the widow will receive $3.21 a week for 300 weeks and $1(0 for burial expenses. APPROVED MURDER OF THE CZAR rUviTEu Fbess Cablegram. STOCKHOLM. July 26. The Soviet Pan Executive Council has placed its approval on the execution of the former Czar Nicholas. It was learned here today. A statement issued by the chairman says: "The Moscow government had planned to give Nicholas a trial for his crimes against the people, but the effort of the Monarchists to kidnap the former czar made his execution Inevitable. The press of Russia, including the Socialist newspapers. Is condemning the execution, declaring it cruel and unnecessary. Nicholas, they point out. wa harmless and they declare that the Bolshevik claims that the Czecho-Slovaks were planning to kidnap were made for the purposes of discrediting the Czechs and also to excuse the execution.

TOWNS CAPTURED BY ALLIES Allied Troops !n Fere Forest, Draw Near to Great German Concentration Pionf. Oulchy le Chateau has fallen to the allied troops in a glorious victory, Ville Montorie has been recaptured. Fere-en-Tardenois, the great German communication center with its eight roads was never j in such peril. The huge German forces are in danger which grows hourly. ALLIES STEADILY GAIN GROUND rUVITET PRESS CABT.Ee-,RM WITH THE FRENCH IN THE FIELD, July 26. 4:40 p. m. The allies today are successfully conducting offensive operations along the whole original German drive front from Soissons to Main de Massiges. In addition to closing in on Fere they are steadily gaining ground in the Champagne region and have recovered outpost positions lost in the initial German push. Main de Massiges is reported to have been recaptured. MAY BE NEW MARNE WITHDRAWAL By FRED FERGUSON UviTi:r I hess Cablegram WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, July 26, 8 a. m. The Franco-American forces driving upon Fere-en-Tardenois the Germans now face withdrawal across the Ourcq in the same circumstances that marked their retirement across the Marne. REPULSE HUN COUNTER ATTACKS United Press Cablegram PARIS, July 26. 4:00 p. m. Franco-American troops have completely turned Fere forest and are within six kilometers of Fere. On both sides of the road to Fere the Americans repulsed counter attacks and pressed onward, capturing farms. AMERICAN TROOPS SET THE PACE f United Press Cart.E'-.ram. WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, July 26. Americans continue to set the pace in the fighting northeast of Chateau Thierry. They advanced several kilometers, changing from street fighting to open or Indian warfare. German resistence is stiffening. The Teutons are exerting great efforts to protect removal of their supplies and guns. The Germans are trying to hold by tha old Belleau Wood trick by placing machine guns in trees. This does not worry Americans as the sharpshooters enjoy picking the Boches out of the trees. "We enjoy seeing the Boche drop. Th" higher they are the farther they fall." said one American. Day and night the Boche airmen are trying to keep track of the advancing Americans and bomb them but the allied planes and antlcraft guns are defending effectiely. From prisoners it is learned that the German units are greatly weakened, some of them being cut to less than half their original strength. They have lost heavily in machine gunners. MANY HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS TAKEN United Press Cable'Iram PARIS. July 26. 12:50 p. m. Capture of Oulchy le Chateau, the principal German resistence center on the west sido of the salient, was officially announced by the French war office today. Announcement was also made of the capture of Ville-Montorie midway between Soissons and Oulchy le Chateau. Hundreds of additional prisoners wero taken. Several hundred prisoners were tiken south of the Ourcq.