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PLAN COMPANY OF MILITIA FOR

QUAKER CITY Backers of Movement Await Word From Adjutant Gen : era! Bridges Before Enlist ins: Men Here. 75 MEN ARE NEEDED National Movement for Bet ter Defenses Finds Respon siye Answer Among Young Men of City. Organisation of a company for one of tbe Infantry or artillery regiment of the Indiana National Guard in this city Is now under consideration, it was learned today. Promoters of the movement have requested that their names not be made public until they have had an opportunity of consulting with Adjutant General Bridges as to whether the state can incorporate another company into its guard or sanitation. Men back of the movement believe that their proposal will meet with the approval of the adjutant general as the federal government recently dis banded a few infantry companies of the Indiana guard because they did not meet the requirements of the war department. It is believed these va cancies in the guard still exist. If General Bridges gives the word, plans will at once be formulated for recruiting a guard company from the young men of Richmond and other towns In the county. Personnel of Company. "We would want this company to number at least seventy-five men, and we do not believe any difficulty would be encountered in securing this numContinued On Page Eight. 45 LOSE LIVES IN DESTRUCTION OF SHIP ARABIC Two Americans Included in List and Hope ; for Other Survivors Abandoned , in London. LONDON. Aug. 21. Forty-five persons perished when the White Star liner Arabic was torpedoed by a German submarine and sunk off the Irish coast, according to an official statement Issued by the White Star line today. They include seven passengers, two of whom were Americans. The official figures were given out 50 hours' after the ship was sunk and the length of time that had elapsed since tbe destruction of the liner, convinced searchers that none of the missing would be found alive. Later the White Star officials added the names of Fred Burgess and Mrs. Fred Burgess to those missing, bringing the total of Americans missing to tour. Bovle Reported Safe. With the Star liner Bovic safe at Liverpool, It is believed today that news would soon be received of the arrival of the Red Star liner Lapland. Up to 1 o'clock this afternoon no definite news of the ehip had been received, but it was thought probable Continued on Page Eight MRS. JORDAN SAYS GIRL'S FATHER GAVE RIGHT DF ADOPTION Mrs. John Jordan of 515 South Fifth street, denied this morning that she knew of any court action that may hsve been taken by the father of Dolores Fisher, age 6. to whom she gave a home last May, for the return of the child to her relatives as reported from Cincinnati. According to Mrs. Jordan's statement the mother of the child died some time ago and the child did not get the attention she should, so an offer to give the little one a home was accepted by the father, Joseph Fisher and an agreement entered into that in a year's time if it was satisfactory to those concerned, the child would be legally adopted by the Jordan family. The father has not kept his part of the contract Mrs. Jordan stated and that unless ordered to do so by the courts she would keep the child. Boy Lives Near City. There is another child, Raymond, fifteen years old, who Is living with a farmer near town at present Relatives of the father living in Cincinnati, it is said, are trying to get possession of the child for him and this is being opposed by Miss Florence Topmiller, who claims to be Its Godmother and who declares that Lit tle Dolores was given to her by Mrs. Fisher, the child s mother, on her deathbed. Miss Topmiller further asserted that the child was given into the care of the Jordon family with the consent of the father. Efforts of the relatives to get Judge Lueders of Cincinnati to issue an order for possession of the child were unsuccessful and the Judge said that any legal steps to take the child from the possession of the Jordan family must be taken through a writ of habeas corpus In the Indiana courts. -.

GUARD TO DE TRIED BY MILITARY COURT

INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 2L The trial of Edwin C. Ball, a member of the Indiana National Guard, who shot Walter Dowell, ; .. also a National Guardsman, will be held In the state house on September 7, before a military court consisting of fourteen officers. Ball was arrested by civil authorities soon after the shooting. The grand jury Indicted htm on a charge of murder in the first degree. Attorney Oren Hack, acting special Judge in criminal court a few weeks ago, ruled that the case was beyond the jurisdiction of the civil authorities. Considerable attention Is expected to be attracted to the case by military circles. . ARABIC SITING CAUSES CRISIS WITH GERMANY U. S. Orders Consuls in England to Take Sworn Statements From Survivors of Ship. MAY SEVER RELATION Explanation From Germany May Show Respect for Attitude of U. S. on Submarine Warfare. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. The crisis resulting from the sinking of ? the White Star Liner Arabic, with the now certain loss of American lives, admittedly was more serious today. while "suspending Judgment" until the exact facts are available, administration officials were Inclined to look with alarm on the Increasing activity of the German under-water boats. All reports Indicate that Berlin has renewed her campaign to break the British blockade, and officials admitted privately their fears that the naval party which advocates the sinking of all British ships regardless or whether neutral are on board, is In the ascend ancy. May Sever Relatione. It is considered certain here that unless Germany should disavow the sinking of the Arabie-something no one hopes for or offers a legal tech nical excuse for It, the president must withdraw Ambassador Gerard and hand Ambassador Von Bernstorff his passports. Pressure for action and no further exchange of written communications is being brought to bear on the white house from influential quarters. Many leading Democrats are writing and telegraphing to the white house urging that a special session of congress be immediately called. Until the complete reports have been received, the president will maintain his present attitude. Not only the stories of the American survivors under oath, but the report of the submarine commander to the German authorities must be at hand before the American policy is decided upon, it was stated officially at the white house today. An intimation has been conveyed to the administration that Germany will justify the sinking of the liner. Whether this will be done by declaring that the Arabic was warned and attempted to escape, or that it tried to run down the submarine is not known. Action on Excuse. Should Germany offer an explanation, It would be accepted here as an indication that that government has not rejected the American contention and is not riding rough shod over the principles for which tbe United States is contending. The last official word from Queenstown stated that only two Americans, Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere and Dr. Ed-i mund Wood, were missing. This infor mation came from Vice Consul Thompson. State department officials believe this to be a correct report of the number of Americans dead in the Arabic disaster. COURT BRIBERY CHARGE PLACED ON EMPLOYERS KANSAS CITY, Aug. 21. Bribery of courts and legislatures, exploitation tion of women and children, employ ment of gunmen, suppression of free speech and other crimes against labor are charged In part in the report of the federal commission on industrial relations to congress, made by Frank Walsh, the commission's chairman. The charges against employers of labor, Chairman Walsh said , were made by representatives of employers on the commission, and included the following: ; That employers resort to question able methods to prevent their workers from organizing.! That they attesapt to control courts and legislatures. That they naval exploited women and children and unorganized workers. That they have resorted to all sorts of methods to .prevent the enactment of remedial legislation. That they have attempted to suppress free speech through the authorities. - " That they have for selfish ends, bribed representatives of organized labor.

10 INCHES RAIN FALL IfJ LAST

FOUR LOTS Precipitation for -Twenty Days in August Exceeds Last Year's Mark Two Inches. TRAINS RUN LATE Weather Damages Roads Campers Enjoy Life Far mers Remain Idle Prices of Vegetables Tumble. Rain, rain, rain. mars the most-talked-of thing in the city at present, and the majority of people think that there has been an extraordinary amount of it during the past year, curing the last four months since May, rainfall has amounted to 18.62 inches. As a matter of fact an Investigation of the records compared with those of last year, which have been kept by Walter Vossler, local weather expert, show that te rains this year month by month with the exception of May ana tne present month have not been above the average. During February, March and April there was a falling on in tne amount of rain that fell With eleven days to go August snows a considerable gain over the same montn last year. Exceeds Last Year. In August, 1914, there were 4.98 in ches of rain, while for the twenty daya of the same month this year, there has been a rainfall of 5.22 inches and if it continues all records for years will De Broken. With the falling off during February, March and April and the increased amount during May and August there is only a differnce of a few hundredths of an inch in the total amount of rain that has fallen this year as compared with last during the same period or time. The precipitation for the year fol lows: . January S.24 February 1.05 March 1.28 April 2.20 May 4.81 June 3.68 July 4.81 August 5.32 Trains Run Late. Normal Low Low Low High Normal Normal High All train's on the Pennsylvania rail road from 6t. Louis' are" running four and, five hours late due to a big wash' out at CoUinsviiie. Illinois. The wash out is reported to be one of the worst the road has encountered in years and Continued On Page Two. m KINLEY MAY RECEIVE BOOST IN HIS SALARY Council Takes Up Tentative Draft of 1916 Budget in Executive Session Last Night. Work on framing the 19 IS budget was begun last night when council went into executive session with members of the board of public works, Mayor Robbins and Controller McMahan to discuss appropriations for the various city departments. A tentative budget prepared by the controller was read and some changes made in it. Monday night the city officials' will meet again and consider the various appropriations again. Only one salary increase was tentatively agreed upon at the meeting last night. City officials, in considering the request of George McKinley, in spector of weights and measures, market master and sanitary officer for the district south of Main 6treet, that his salary be Increased from $720 a year to $1,000, decided that McKinley was at least entitled to a salary of $840. McKinley Efficient. McKinley has been a very efficient officer and the officials believe be is doing entirely too much work for the salary he now receives. Increases in the wages of drivers of one horse wagons in the service of the street department may also receive an increase although they have not asked for any. These men now receive $3 a day, but the city only furnishes the beds of their wagons. The police department has asked that an appropriation be provided for two additional officers, to be used presumably as traffic men. No action was taken on this request, made by President Eversman, of the police board, and Chief Goodwin, without consulting with the two other board members. "The city's income next year will only be $5,000 or $6,000 more than this year and the appropriations will be pared so that the expenditures will not exceed our Income," Mayor Robbins said today. "I doubt very much if the publio improvement fund in 1916 will be any more than it was this year, $15,000, and if extensive improvements are provided next year, the city will have to meet Its share of such expense through the medium of a bond issue, as it did this year." FRUIT CROP GOOD. NEW PARIS, O., Aug. 21. A bumper crop of fruits, potatoes, cabbage and garden truck is reported from all parts of this township. The potatoes beside being unusually large are of fine quality. -

PRESIDENT KitS BRAZILIAN JUSTED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. President Wilson today personally thanked, on behalf of the United . States. Senor Cardoza, the Brazilian : minister to Mexico City, for his work while looking after the affairs of the United States there during the last, year and a , half. At the same 'time the president, Secretary of State Tensing and the Brazilian envoy discussed the Mexican situation as . it at present exists. Minister Cardoza, it was stated, made no recommendations regarding future action by this government, although he cited some of the difficulties that have been encountered by - him trying to carry out the wishes of the state department. $6,500 NEEDED FOR TEMPORARY BRIDGE SPAN Estimate Presented to Board of County Commissioners by County, City and Traction Engineers. COUNCIL IN SESSION Commissioners and Members of County Council Take Up Problem at Meeting This Afternoon.At the cost of $6,500 a temporary brigde can be constructed at the site of the old National Road bridge. This Is the estimate decided on at a conference of County Engineer Mueller, Engineer T. R. Daniels, the traction company engineer, and City Engineer Charles. The report was made to the county commissioners this morning and final action on the recommendation of an appropriation for the construction of the bridge will be taken this afternoon when the com missioners meet in joint session with the county council. May Reduce Cost. The estimate of the engineers was based on building the bridge out of entirely new material. If the mater ial which is now in the Main street bridge can be - Used in the ' tempor ary bridge, ihej cost j could. be greatly reaucea. me plans of the three en gineers consist of making a structure thirty feet wide, strong enough to ac commodate heavy mterurban cars. It would be built of wood, with steel spans across the channel. Superintendent Jefferies appeared before the board this morning and promised that the traction company would pay at least one-third of the cost of building the bridge. Whether the city or the county should pay the other two-thirds, would have to be decided. County Commissioner Anderson was In favor of the county paying for the other two-thirds. tuven an expenditure of 56.500 on the bridge would not be lost after the large bridge is placed In condition, for the temporary brige could be re moved to another part of the county when the necessity arrived. The com mlssioners expressed themselves in favor of the plan, but delayed action until this afternoon. A plan was proposed by County Auditor Bowman for dealing with the Continued on Page Eight HASEMEIER TO LEAD CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL Sunday school services will be con ducted at Chautauqua at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, under the leadership of E. H. Hasemeier, superintend ent. The elementary department will have services In the children's tent, with L. H. Bunyan In charge. The other services will be conduct ed in the main auditorium tent. The Junior girls' class will be In charge of Mrs. Robert Wilson, the Young ladies' class in charge of Mrs. C. E. Thomason, the Boy's class in charge of J. J. Somerville, the Young men's class in charge of Mr. Helman, and the adult class in charge of Frank G. Pickell. Special music .will be rendered and will consist of a solo by Mrs. Krueger and a cornet duet by Robert and Byron Wilson. Roland Nusbaum will be accompanist. LANSING CALLED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 President Wilson sent for Secretary Lansing at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon to discuss the developments following the sinking of the Arabic, with the loss of two American lives. The secretary took with him to the White House copies of all of the dispatches so far received from Ambassador Page and consular representatives at Queenstown. Reports that important dispatches bad been received which were being withheld, were widely circulated, but Secretary Lansing refused to discuss them. c PLAN HOMECOMING HAGERSTOWNi Ind., Aug. 21. Homecoming day will be on Thursday at the Chautauqua. Provisionfias been made for those who wish to bring their dinner and spend the day.

WANT CHILDREN TAKEN CARE OF IN 17AYNE COUNTY

Special Committee Inevstigating Charity Problem Opposes Sending '-: Unfortunates to White's Institute. RECOMMENDS CHANGE Report Shows How County Could Save Much Money by Keeping Children in Homes Here. Increases in the cost of maintenance and the number of inmates in the Home for the Friendless; incomplete records of persons committed to the institution and failure to place orphans in foster homes instead of in White's institute are the basis for recommendations made to the county commissioners by a special investigating committee. The committee which required two months to make its investigations, collect data and formulate recommendations is composed of John Melpolder, secretary of the Central Charity bureau, Auditor L. S. Bowman and Attorney Fred White. Make Recommendations. With reference to the Home for Friendless the investigators made the following recommendations which it is understood have already meant a saving of approximately $2,000 to the county. That a juvenile detention home be maintained as a separate department for the care of children temporarily placed there pending hearing in the Juvenile court. That the Home for Friendless be notified by the commissioner that only care and custody of children coming within the above classification can be legally paid out of the county funds. Placed There Temporarily. That the children having been the wards of the Board of Chlldrens' guaraians may be placed there by such board for the temporary care pending their placement in foster homes or other institutions. Such temporary care may be charged to the county unless paid for by parents or guardians. That the commissioners recommend! tnat the Home for Friendless provide duplicate application blanks for all children being proper charges against the county and that a conv of each application , be filed with the county That the commissioners discontinue the employment of an assistant matron since the per diem for children fixed by statute includes their care. That the commissioners enter into a contract with the Ladies' board of managers of the Friendless Home for the board and care of children legally maintained there. Ask Co-operation. Recommendations to the Board of Children's Guardians were that it cooperate with the commissioners in an effort to decrease the number of children dependent on public support and to place as many of them as possible in roster nomes. That wards of the Board of Guardians be retained In Wayne county under proper care, until reasonable effort has been made to pl&ce them in foster homes. That the commissioner recommend to the Board of Guardians the appointment of an agent to investigate and find foster homes. The commissioners were advised to instruct the prosecutor to prosecute diligently parents whose neglect allowed their children to become public charges. The commissioners, it was also sug gested, should apply to the Board of State Charities for more active assist ance In placing Wayne county chil dren in fostor homes. Shows Increase. The report of the increase in ex penditures: It will be noted that the expense for the inmates of the Home for Friendless Children has increased in ten years 900 per cent., and in the last 2 years 300 per cent. These amounts include only the per diem allowed for inmates, and not the addi tional expense allowed in recent years as salaries for matron, $30 a month; for turnkey, $22 per month, and for laundry $6 per month. The expense for all inmates to which the report refers, are as folContinued On Page Eight.

AUSTRIANS TAKE 200,000 RUSSIANS

IN REGION ABOUT BREST-LITOVSK

VIENNA, Aug. 21 More than 200,000 Russian troops in the fortress of Brest-Litovsk and the region of which it is the only defense, are being cut off from the main Russian retreat, according to a dispatch forwarded today by a correspondent to the Austrian headquarters. Invest Big Portress. BERLIN, VIA AMSTERDAM, Aug. 21. Austro-German troops have invested the Bug river fortress of BrestLitovsk from three sides. From the west bank of the river heavy guns are shelling the fortifications and new of the fall of Brest-Litovsk is confidently awaited here, v The capture of Novo Georglevsk' has released 160,000 German soldiers who were used in operations against that stronghold. It is believed that part of these will be used to . reinforce Field Marshal von ' Hindenburgs left wing on the Niemen river front and the remainder dispatched toward Brest Litovsk.

OBREGON IMS UP OEIIICD CAItRAHZA

WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.Obregon. Carranza's military commander, and the man who it was reported might listen to peace proposals tendered by the United States and the Latin American representatives, Is solidly behind tbe Constitutionalist's first chief. Obregon has answered tbe note sent him by Secretary , of State Lansing and the latin American diplomats. He flatly says that General Carranza is the sole representative of Mexico in dealing with other nations. He informs Sec. Lansing and the Latin Americans that their communications must be answered by Carranza and Car ran za alone. ST. LOUIS FLOOD BRINGS DEATH TO 9 PERSONS One Million Property Loss Done to City by Water Backing Up Into Residence District. RIVER LEVEE BREAKS Crops and Live Stock Swept Away by Rapidly Rising Waters in Lowland Districts. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21. Nine bodies of flood victims were taken from various sections of this city today when the waters receded from the flooded dis trict. Three others are missing. Eight of the dead are negroes and one a white woman. Property loss in St, Louis is estimated at $1,000,000. Property damage of several hundred thousand dollars resulted on the east side by the overflowing of Wood river and Chehoka creek. Many residents of Alton. Edwardsville. Wood River. Benbow City and the surrounding ter ritory were imperiled by the flood, but no loss of life was reported. Levee Breaks. , The Wood river levees broke about 5:30 p. m. The rushing water swept down on East Alton, Benbow and Westwood River and many residents narrowly escaped being caught in the flood. They were warned by several men on horses, who rode at a gallop in front of the onrushing flood. A three hundred foot section of the new levee at East Alton gave way and the water rushed down on the lowland with the speed of a mill race. The country around Wood river not protected by levees was flooded earlier in the day, and much damage to crops and live stock resulted. Many horses, cows, sheep and hogs were drowned, while farm land approximating four square miles in area was inundated. The rainfall in Alton during the day was more than six inches. Much property damage resulted. Forty families were taken from their homes in East St. Louis in boats and several sections of the town were inundated. State street between Fiftyeighth and Seventieth streets was flooded today by the overflow from the drainage canal. MEXICANS FIRE ON U. S. MEN WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. General Funston wired to the war department today that a detachment of the Second cavalry under command of Captain Holcomb while on a practice march along the Mexican border near, near Lochiel, was fired upon by Mexican soldiers. He added that three thousand Mexican troops, under General Cales, a Carranza commander, were camped directly across the border from that place. He made no mention of casualties. Funston did not report whether the Americans replied to the fire. The Russians are still In possession of Grodno and Ossowiec and Berlin experts predict their fall in the near future. Grodno is imperrilled as a result of the fall of Kovno, while the advance of General von Gallwltz's army is taking his forces toward Ossowiec. While the capture of Novo Georglevsk and Kovno is the outstanding feature of the latest German successes, the advance of Field Marshal von Mackensen's forces upon Brest-Litovsk has actually proved the marvel of the German campaign on the eastern front. He has swept forward at the rate of five miles a day a progress which the military critics call "unparalleled" because of the terrain through which the troops have had to work their way with the Russians offering continual resistance. Across . numerous streams and through - swamps made passable only by the laying of plank roads, von Mackensen's troops have steadily forged ahead.

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IM1MH.CI UWxUb liUSdcLL S POST IN CITYJWL Jesse Evans Rons Successful Candidate Close Race Until Seventh Ballot Decides Chair's Occupant TERM ENDS JAN., 1918 Although Nominated by Two Morgan Fails to Get Single Vote Harrison and i Ford Run. Lawrence H. Handley. cashier of the German-American bank, and until recently superintedent of carriers at the Richmond postoffice, was elected by members of the city council at a special meeting last evening to succeed Prof. Elbert Russell as a member-at-large. Prof. Russell, who is to take up residence at Baltimore, tendered his resignation as councilman last iUUUUSf. Five nominations were entered for the vacancy, and it required seven ballots to elect. Eleven councilmen voted and a majority was required to elect. The four candidates nominated in addition to Handley were S. K. Morgan. Al Ford, Lucius Harrison and Jesse J. Evans. Morgan is a real estate man. Ford is a shoemaker. Harrison is a printer and editor of the local Labor Herald and Evans Is an employ at the J. W. Grubbs Wholesale Grocery company. Evans is a former member of council. The contest was a close one between Handley and Evans from start to finish, and on the Fourth ballot It Continued on Page Eight GERMANS SHELL PORT OF RIGA REPORT CLAIM Baltic Fleet Reported in Stockholm Dispatch to Have Defeated Big Fleet of Muscovites. " COPENHAGEN. Aug. 21.-Oer-many's Baltic fleet is reported in a dispatch from Stockholm to have defeated the Russian fleet, entered, the Gulf of Riga and bombarded tbe port of Riga. The message gives no details. PETROGRAD. Aug. 21. A Zeppelin airship was brought down by Russian artillery Friday afternoon after it had dropped several bombs on Vilna. the war office announced today. The crew of the airship was captured. Further details of the attack bv the German Baltic fleet upon Riga were anxiously awaited today. The official announcement of last night that the Russian warRhlna defending th ni. - tic port had drawn in closer caused extreme pessimism. It was admitted in official circles that if the German fleet succeeded in forcing its way into the Gulf of Riga, the chief port on the gulf could not hold out. Preparations for such an eventuality had been made by remov ing government treasures and valuable relics, but it bad been hoped, never theless, that the Russian warships and mine field could prevent the Germans from entering the gulf. The rapidity of the German advance from the Vistula is causing disquiet here. Large Russian forces are still in the territory toward which the Ger mans are proceeding. They are retreating as rapidly as possible and delaying in every way the German advance, but it Is feared that part of them may be cut off. When Grand Duke Nicholas escaped the Vistula trap set by the Teutonic allies, it was thought his armies would be safe on tbe Niemen-Bug front, but the fall of Kovno has put them in a wifferent position. On the Ossowiec-Bielestok front the Germans are striving to hamper the Russian retreat that other forces on the Kovno-Vilna line may strike eastward and cut off the withdrawing troops. Weather Forecast)

U. S. Report Fair tonight except rain In northeast portion. Sunday fair. Warmer. Temperature Noon 64 Yesterday Maximum 68 Minimum (. 54 For Richmond Tbe tropical storms which originated over the West Indies several days ago and then moved northwest to Texas and thence northeast toward the Great Lakes, caused general and heavy rains throughout it path and is now headed for the St. Lawrence valley. Wind velocities of hurricane force occurred tn Texas, a velocity of 124 miles an hour at Galveston, 80 miles an hour at Houston and of a little less Telocity, 48 miles, north of St. Louis yesterday morning.' which shows the stor mlost energy as it moved northward. ' A short period of fair weather is following and it will probably be clear Sunday, but another storm la now over the Rocky mountain pleateau which promises more rain in this locality Monday or Tuesday. 1 - . . - . ' .