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HEAVY LOSSES FORGE ALLIES TO ABANDON ATTACK OH TEUTONS AMSTERDAM, June 28. Although fierce fighting is still In progress to the north and south of Arras, the climax of the French attempt to smash the Germans at that point has been passed, according to reports today from the German authorities in Belgium. These reports say the French, on account of the terrific loses, are on the point of giving up the offensive and resume trench warefare. German sources estimate the French losses in the six weeks fighting around Arras at 100,000 men. The allies in the first battle of Ypres, called by many the greatest engagement of the war, lost 115,000 men. Half a million French soldiers were massed upon the line between LaBasses and Hebuterne where for fifty days there has been continuous action, violent artillery duels, interspersing bloody infantry attacks. Ever since early in May 1,800 heavy French guns have been hurling projectiles against the Germans. In a single artillery action the French fired more than three hundred thousand shells. Around Souzches, Neuvllle, Lievend and Ecuri the ground is covered with corpses, some of wich have lain ther for weeks. The ground has been wrecked and torn by the ' bombardment.

RUSSIANS IN RETREAT. VIENNA, June 28. Russian troops are In full retreat along a front of more than two hundred miles, extend lng from Kiel, Polonad, to Bursztyn, Galicia, the Austrian war office an Bounces today. On the entire line they are being pursued by the German and Austrian armies. The announcement of the war office coming on the first anniversary of the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand, aroused great enthusiasm. Vienna was once more decorated and throngs that has attended memorial services for the archduke paraded through the streets cbeerfing for Emperor Franz Joseph. Military experts here predicted that the continued successes of the German troopp would result in the evacuation of Ivangorod, Russia's citadel on the upper Vistula and the subsequent fall of Warsaw. DEFEATED AT HALICZ. . BERLIN, June 28. Malicz, last of , the Russian bases on the Dniester river in southeastern Galicia, has been captured by German troops, the general staff reported today.. The German army In the region of Halicz, which Is sixty-three miles southeast of Lemberg, followed its capture of the city by crossing, the Dniester river for a second time. In the operations culminating in the capture of Talicz General LInsingen'e force cautured 6,470 Russians since June 23. The general staff also reports a German success at Przacmysz, north of Warsaw, stating that attacks made by the Russians against the new Teuton positions there broke down. v KILL GERMANS ON ISLANDS. PETROGRAD, June 28. Russia's forces on the upper Dniester in Galicia are now slowly falling back after completing their task of protecting the retreat from Lemberg. About Halicz, however, the czar's troops are maintaining their positions. The German troops marooned on islands in the Dniester when Von Linsingen was driven from the north bank, were slaughtered. The Russian artillery opened fire upon the Germans after first destroying their pontoon bridges. The Germans, nevertheless, refused to surrender. The artillery fire ceased only when all of the Teutons were killed or wounded. BOY HURT IN CRASH LOSES HIS MEMORY A young man who was very badly injured in a motorcycle accident at Greenfield, Ind., today stated, just before he became unconscious, that his name was Johnson and that be lived at 323 West Third street, Richmond, Ind. It was impossible to learn his first name or whether the street number he gave was on Southwest or Northwest Third street. He is not a member of the family of W. N. Johnson living at 334 Southwest Third street. Dr. Allen of Greenfield reported to the local police that Johnson had been very badly injured and requested that the members of his family be notified. He said that he did not know any of the facts in connection with the accident. DEATH GRIPS BISHOP CHICAGO, June 28. Episcopal congregations of Chicago were shocked today by news of the sudden death of the Rt. Rev. William E. Toll, bishop of the diocese of Chicago. Bishop Toll apparently, in the best of health, delivered a thirty-minute sermon yesterday afternoon at St. Andrew's mission. On his way home he fell dead as he was ascending the steps to a downtown elevated station. Bishop Toll was born in Bedford, England, in 1S42. FALL BREAKS LEG. While Will Iliff was walking on Main street near Eighth about seven o'clock last night he was jostled in the crowd and fell to the sidewalk, breaking his left leg near the hip. He was accompanied by his brother, Edgar Iliff. Mr. Iliff was removed to the hospit where he is now confine-

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BULGARIANS SPURN UFFER UF ENTENTE BUCHAREST, Roumanla, June 28. Bulgaria's demands, conditional to its participation In the war on the side of the allies, have been rejected by the quadruple entente, according to advices received here today. The reply la said to have been presented at Sofia Sunday by the British minister. Shortly after the receipt of the reply, M. Tocheff, Bulgarian minister; to Turkey, left Constantinople. He was summoned by hla government in anticipation of a favorable repfy ' from the allies. It la believed he would have stayed in Sofia If the allies had accepted Bulgaria's terms. BOY'S LEG GUT OFF IN COLLISION WITH ERMAN SMITH'S GAR Goshen Car Smashes Into Local Man's Auto in Northern Part of State Saturday Afternoon. Erman Smith of this city, an automobile accessory salesman and son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Smith, 2039 East Main street, figured in a serious automobile accident near Goshen, Saturday afternoon when a touring car driven by Harry Hapner, a farmer living near Goshen, collided with the rear end of the Smith car. Smith and the other occunant nf his roadster, Mrs. A. W. Banta, escaped witn siignt injuries. Wayne Hapner, the six-year-old son of the driver of the other car, had a leg so badly crushed that an amputation was neces sary. His condition is serious but he will recover. Mrs. Ira Hapner, 75 years old, mother of Harry Hapner, received injuries to her spine and shoulders and Hapner's collarbone was broken. Taken to Hospital. Smith was driving north along a side road late Saturday afternoon. As he crossed one of the principal highways the Hapner car, being driven west at a high rate of speed, crashed into the rear of Smith's car. Both machines were very badly damaged. Apparently neither driver saw the other. As soon as possible all the occupants of the Hapner machine were removed to a hospital at Goshen. Young Wayne Hapner's right leg had to be taken off above the knee. Smith had been visiting friends at Benton, near Goshen, and was taking Mrs. Banta to Goshen where she had an appointment with a dentist. Ill luck has pursued the Hapner ramuy since they purchased their automobile. While in Indianapolis during the recent Speedway races the car was stolen and it was located only recently, at Lincoln, Neb. POLICE ESCAPES MOB SHELBYVILLE, Ind., June 28. While the attention of a crowd of about 200. men was distracted by a run of the fire department, four members of the police department, four members of the police department escaped from the county jail and sought refuge in the police headquarters. They had just arrested Reuben Brown when a crowd of his friends surrounded the jail, demanding his release. Some one called out the firemen to divert the attention of the crowd. Brown is charged with a number of minor offences by Patrolmen Marks and Lem-mon.

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The most remarkable feat yet performed by a submarine was that of the German boat U-51, which included a 5,000-mile trip from its base in the North sea and culminated in the sinking of the British battleships Triumph and Majestic, in the Dardanelles on May 25 and 27. ' Captain Otto Herzing of the U boat thus tells, the story of his achievement: f "There were thirty-ihreeot ua.. on board wfeen we left Wilhelmshaven oh April 25.- Off the coast of Eng-land.-past Gibralter and in the Mediterranean' wb encountered enemy ships, but always dived to safety We reached the Dardanelles May 25. ;Jn the early morning light we saw the Triumph and the Majestic lying off the CMst,; constantly encircred by detifyT for ?yi3fiW .lmmedlalelyJUtoofc aim-Hha-ougbt -tP reriscoperTressed tWi'tmtWH; and the torpedo slipped noiselessly 'into the water. We dived again. The explosion was as terrifice as If it had been in the fore part of the submarine itself." , ThetU boat; lay hidden for two days, then came up near the Majestic, ten ships steaming in a circle around her. The captain's story continues : "Seeing welcome space between the encircling ships I pressed the electric button and the torpedo was going. It caught the Majectic a little to the rear of amidship. We dived again in silence. We remained submerged for several hours and then came up to the surface to find that the British had disappeared "We came to Constantinople, arriving June 5, after having spent forty-two days in the submarines without rest or let-up. .

FACTIONS RUSH TROOPS TO HOLD MEXICO CITY

WASHINGTON, June 28. "Zapatistas defeated Carranzistas in Mexico City. Capital entirely cut off." This dispatch, received at the state department today was interpreted by state officials to mean that Carranzistas under General Gonzales had defeated the Zapatistas and captured Mexico City. This interpretation later was reconsidered and the message taken to mean that the Zapatistas had - repulsed the Carranzistas.. The message bringing the news of the engagement in the Mexican capital was believed to have been brought overland by messengers from the city of Mexico to Vera Cruz and forwarded from there to the state department by Consul General Silliman. Another message from Consul Canada says the capital remains entirely cut off. Consul Canada also reported that General Carranza is rushing all available forces toward Mexico City to reinforce General Gonzales. This report removed previous doubts as to the corretc interpretation of the message by courier from Mexico iCty as to the fighting there. DECLARE MARTIAL LAW. JUAREZ, Mex., June 28. Martial law was dytjlared here today. All amusement o-'aces were ordered closed. By order of Colonel Hippolito Villa, brother ot the revolutionary leader, all streets are being patroled by soldiers. All the funds in the Villa treasury have been taken to El Paso by Colonel Villa, though his scouts have reported no trace of the Huerta forces under General Salazar, reported to be marchWeather Forecast

For Indiana Probably showers tonight and Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday. Temperature. Noon 85 . Yesterday. Maximum 83 Minimum 60 For Richmond Showers 'tonight or Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday. GENERAL CONDITIONS The trough of low barometric pressure extends from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada causing unsettled weather within the next 36 hours. A cool wave over the Rocky Mountains and will cause low temperature here some time Tuesday. W. E. MOORE. Weather Forecaster. ;

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ing on Juarez. After taking the funds across the Rio Grande in an automobile, Colonel Villa remained in EI Paso and later Tomas Ornelas,' commander here in Villa's absence, sent an appeal for reinforcements. The Villa garrison here is small, while the oficers understand there are 1,500 fully armed Huertistas in El Paso awaiting orders to cross to Juarez. The post at the Mexican end of the international. brige is heavily guarded, and machine guns have been placed in position to shell any intruders. TAKES MARKED COIN USED BY PATROLMAN TO DETECT LEAKAGE "You've got rae,-I guess," remarked 19-year-old Delbert Mobley, a clerk at the North Eighth street Thistlethwaite pharmacy, when he complied with the demand of Officer Lawler by drawing from his pocket a marked "quarter which Lawler had expended at the pharmacy a short time before for some tobacco. At police headquarters later in the day, Prosecutor Reller states, the young man confessed that he had been taking about fifty cents a day, since last March, of the pharmacy receipts. It was estimated that he had taken, altogether, over $50 so an affidavit charging grand - larceny was issued and Mobley was bound over to the circuit couii. Young Mobley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob A. Mobley, 818 North F street. He lives with his parents. Mobley has been opening the North Eighth street Thisthlethwaite pharmacy each morning. For several weeks a" leakage in the receipts has been noticed and suspicion finally centered upon Mobley. It was arranged to set a trip for the youth and today Officer Lawler passed a marked quarter on him. A little later Lawler returned to tho store and found Mobley talking with the proprietor, Clem Thistlethwaite. When Thistlethwaite told Mobley to give the officer the quarter he had received from ' him early in the morning the young man, it is stated, immediately produced the coin from his pocket and handed it over to Lawler.

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SCHOOLS ADOPT STRICT SYSTEM OF RETRENCHING Wholesale Raising of Wages by Trustees in Last Few Years Necessitates Present Sweeping Change. COURSES DISCONTINUE County Gave More Instruction Along Vocational Lines Than Law Requires Six Supervisors Retained Retrenchment In school administration is a policy being adopted in practically every township in the county and next September will see almost fifty per cent new teachers in the high schools and grade schools outside the city of Richmond. High priced teachers in many schools are being released. The present status of affairs is the result, to a great extent of the system which the former trustees had of increasing wages in the high schools at the rate of $100 a year, thus cutting the life of a school teacher ther to three years, as the minimum is reached in that length of time. This year will see a big cut in the supervisory system of the county. Only six of thirteen supervisors will be retained and the entire system will be arranged to make the cut without decreasing the service. These six will Continued On Page Two. SKIDDING MACHINE STARTS INTO STORE A rural mail carrier narrowly escaped injury today and afforded amusement for many persons on Main street, . when an automobile he , was driving skidded on the freshly sprinkled street. Before he could control it the machine ran on the sidewalk and into the doorway of the Druitt Furniture company. He stopped it just as the feeders were touching the converging plate glass entrance windows. While the crowd was recovering from the 6hock, the driver climbed out, cranked his car from the inside of the furniture store and backed off the sidewalk. "

DISCOVERY OF SCHEME TO START HEW REVOLT LEADS TO HIS ARREST Heavy War Supplies for HnertisU Party, Consisting of Machine Guns and Rifles, Confiscated in El Paso By the United States.

FORMER DICTATOR REMAINS UNWORRIED "Victim of Efficient Watchful Waiting' Ex-president of Mexico Says While He Is Closely Guarded in Texan Town by United States ; Officials

EL PASO, June 28. It was learned today that the basis of the federal warrant on which Gen. Huerta was arrested and held in $15,000 ball on a charge of violating the neutrality of the United States, was the discovery of the purchase of a large quantity of war material to be used In furthering a military movement in Mexico. The war supplies said to include fourteen machine guns. 500 rifles and 10,000 rounds of ammunition, was found by American soldiers in a local warehouse and is now under guard. The purchase of the ammunition is also the basis of the charge against Gen. Pascual Orozco who was arrested with Gen. Huerta. The secret service men who were assigned to watch Huerta after he was released on bail followed him closely today. The former dictator of Mexico went for an automobile ride through the El Paso valley this afternoon The federal operators were close behind his car in another machine during the entire ride. Huerta was accompanied by his son George and his private secretary on the trip. The secret service men have been warned that Huerta would not permit the forfeiture of his $15 000 bail to prevent his flight into Mexico if he were given an opportunity and they have been instructed to watch his every moment

GERMAN REPLY FAVORS STAND OF AMERICANS ' ' "" ' ' Gerard Cables Berlin to Submit Conciliatory Document in Second Reply to Note on Lusitania. BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, June 28. Germany's reply to President Wilson's second note on the Lusitania will be conciliatory and will be favorable to the American position, Ambassador Gerard at' Berlin cabled to the state department today. His information is understood to have been obtained in an interview with Foreign Minister von . Jagow. WASHINGTON, June 28. While the detention in El Paso of General Victoriano Huerta, the former dictator of Mexico, and his lieutenant General Pascual Orozco, and the discovery of a plot to start a new revolution in Mexico, today overshadowed everything in administration circles, the state department did not halt work on its note to Great Britain in protest against the shipping embargo. The Washington government has determined what It will say to King George's advisers on the principles of law involved and it is conceded that this points out strongly that Great Britain has no legal right to impose the restrictions on American commerce that it has under its order in council. Decision as to these principles was reached long before the recent memorandum on the shipping problem was received from London and this document did not alter these views in any manner. The chief task now before the department is to establish the facts in connection with individual seizures of American cargoes under the British order and to make certain that this date cannot be disputed by the London authorities. In this connection, it is expected that the arguments presented to the

state department on Saturday by theimlttee. which has charge of the nerti-

committee of New York importers who asked the government to aid in get ting to this country $50,000,000 worth of merchandise they purchased in Germany prior to March 1, will" prove of great help to the framers of the note. In fact, it was indicated today by officials that the department may incorporate in the note substantially the data presented by the importers. AUTO TURNS TURTLE WEBSTER. Ind.. June 28. Rendered unconscious when his automobile skidded and turned, over, Bennie Meyer had a narrow escape from death Sunday night He was found wandering aimlessly around after he had regained his senses, in a dazed condition and taken home. Meyer was returning to his home after spending the day in Richmond. . BEES CAU8E MURDER. BLOOMINGTON. Ind., June 28. In a quarrel over a swarm of bees William Fender, 74. veteran of the civil war living south of here, was killed by John Hasson. a Turk. Bloodhounds led a posse search for Hasson.

Juarez is Frightened. They are also serving as protector of the ex-dictator as he is said to have been marked for assassination bv many persons whose relatives are alleged to have been murdered while be was head of the Mexican government. The EI Paso banks were besieged by business men of Juarez as soon as thev opened. .The store keepers deposited more than $100,000 during the forenoon. At the home of Mr. and Mra. Luis Fuentes, Huerta's son-in-law and daughter, the former dictltor todav reiterated his denials that he hail planned any military movement in Mexico asserting that he intended to go to California to visit the expedition there. Nevertheless, the American officals profess to have strong evidence that Huerta and Orozco had buried their past differences and were about to ope na campaign for the overthrow of the Villa regime in northern Mexico, a scheme which was nipped in the bud by their arrest yesterday at Newman. N. M. . . The Villa garrison at Juarez is resting on its arms In anticipation of an attack by Huerta troops led by General Jose Salazar. which is alleged to be one of the first blows planned for the Huerta outbreak. Salazar is understood to be at Guzman with a force of two thousand Mexicans, many of them recruited on American soil, awaiting the word from Huerta to advance. Huerta showed no uneasiness today when told that the charge under which he was arrested carried a penalty, in case of conviction, of a heavy fine or three years' imprisonment. T am merely a victim of efficient watchful waiting," said the general. "I was on a pleasure trip when arrested and the American government has no evidence by which to convict me of crime."

STRIKERS KEEP QUIET ON STEP PLANNED NEXT A vigorous campaign to awaken the interest of the public in their cause is being planned by members of the local branch of the International Laundry Workers' Union who are out on strike against the Richmond Union Laundry. A member of the intermediary comnent affairs of the union In the absence of President James F. Brock of the international organization, declined today to state just what would comprise this campaign. He added that no definite course had been determined but that the committee was arranging the details, hoping to have the campaign under way in the near future. James F. Brock, the president who stayed in Richmond one day and whose efforts to bring about a peaceful settlement of the difficulties between the striking employes and the laundry management were Ineffectual,' is supposed to be in Toledo. Ohio. A strike of laundry workers in that city has occupied his time for .some weeks and his return after visiting Richmond was considered of paramount importance. Whether he will return to this city to assist In fighting the management in seeking to have the strike closed. Is unknown. PURCHASE TRACT. WASHINGTON. June 28. The war department today announced the purchase of a tract of 19.000 acres of Tobyhanna, Pa, for a field artillery range. A fund of $50,000 authorized 3 years ago baa been used for the purpose. ".-.;-::;-

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