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mm COUNTY G. O P. INSISTS LYHGH RESIGN FROM CHAIRMANSHIP

. Wayne county Republicans, who are lining up solidly behind Judge D. W. Comstock of Richmond, In his candidacy for the congressional nomination are preparing to serve a demand upon P. J. Lynch of New Castle, also a candidate for the congressional nomination, that be resign from the district chairmanship. "I have talked -with active- Republicans living in every section of the county and they all are of the opinion that Pat Lynch should either resign the district chairmanship or, withdraw his candidacy," said Charles E. Shiveley today. Demand Resignation. -"It' would not be right for Lynch to continue as district chairman even if be were the only candidate for the congressional nomination," said Edgar Iliff, Republican city chairman. , "I think Wayne county Republicans should Impress this fact upon Lynch. It is a recognized rule that whenever a man who is identified in an official capacity with the party organization becomes a candidate for public office

KAISER NAMES MEN IN SYMPATHY WITH SEA POLICY OF U. S.

BERLIN, (via Amsterdam), Sept. 25.7A decided sensation was caused here Today by the announcement that Vice Admiral Bachmann and Rear Admiral ' Behncke. respectively chief and vice chief of the naval general staff, had been deposed. y v it 'y..--; : , It had been known that changes of importance were, pending and that officials opposed , to Chancellor von ' Bethmann-Hollweg's conciliatory attitude toward the - United States would be retired, but neither Bachmann nor Behncke bad been mentioned in the reports of proposed changes. Admiral von Holtzendorff, who succeeds Vice Admiral Bachmann ,is thoroughly in sympathy with the policy of . the imperial chancellor. He is known to have criticised the ' submarine policy and his selection is said to have been made after he visited Emperor William at army headquarters, where he pointed out the dangers confronting Germany if the U-boats

AfJTI-LOAN LEADERS MANAGE TO CUT DOWN LOAN TO 300,000,000

NEW YORK, Sept. 25. That agencies hostile to the proposed American war loan are endeavoring to establish an organized movement to block the credit of the allies was evident from development today. In addition to the anti-loan mass meeting held under the auspices of the American Truth society, and letters of protest ; written by avowed German sympathizers, six banks and trust companies in the metropolitan district have given notice of their decision not to participate. Three of them are situated in Hoboken, a German community. In spite of this opposition, however, the Anglo-French credit commissioners are said to have progressed so far in their negotiations that they have been able to put before the finance departments of the French and British RUSSIANS HURL BACK GERMANS IN GALICIAN ZONE PETROGRAD, Sept. 25. A strong Russian counter-offensive is developing all along the line in Poland and Galicia. At many points the Teutonic advance has been decisively checked and at other places the Germans are retreating. Logiscbin, ten miles north of Plnsk, has been re-occupied by the Russians, following the retirement of Field Marshal von Mackensen's German troops to the west side of the Oginski canal. The capture of more than 5,000 German officers and men within the past twenty-four hours is officially reported. At Dvinsk, however, where Field Marshal von Hindenburg massed an f Continued On Page Nine.l

that he shall without delay sever his connection with the party organization." -.' Last year Lynch was guilty of violating the rule referred to by Iliff. At the time he was nominated for representative in congress he was the Republican district chairman and he has continued - to hold that office ever since. . - Used Office Last Year. There are many Wayne county Republicans who charge that Lynch owed his nomination for congressman last year in a great measure to the influence connected with the office of district chairman. Therefore, as the adversary of the only Wayne county candidate for the Republican congressional , nomination this year, Wayne Republicans would much prefer to have Lynch surrender his influential office of district chairman. They do not desire to have Judge Comstock enter into .his contest ontlnued on Page Twelve.

continued their , campaign along the lines as first laid out. . , , .. , r. Bachmann and Behncke were " personal : supporters of , the , von Tirpitz submarine measure' throughout. Admiral von Holtzendorff' was formerly commander of the German high seas fleet, but was succeeded by Admiral von Ingenchl shortly before the war opened. He has always been an advocate of dreadnought construction and it was largely due to his efforts that Germany adopted the policy of naval expansion to meet the conditions brought about by England's policy of building great warships. Admiral von Holtzendorff is said to have declared the sinking of transAtlantic liners as a measure entirely devoid of value from a naval standpoint. In this he was supported by Admiral von Koch, head of the marine construction department, who is slated to take the post left vacant by the removal of Rear Admiral Behncke. governments a tentative draft of the basis upon which the allies may secure their loan. One report in financial circles is that the loan may not exceed 1300,000,000, instead of the larger amount previously mentioned, but that subsequently negotiations might be re-opened for another credit. The scope of the negotiations may be widened. This was admitted by Basil T. Blackett, secretary of the AngloFrench commission. It was made necessary by the additional terms demaded by the American bankers. Some of the banks interested in the deal have intimated their intention of appealing to their depositors for their views on the loan, If the credit is successfully floated and the paper of the allies is placed upon the market here. BRITISH SHELL ZEEBRUGGE BASE AMSTERDAM, Sept. 25. British warships bombarded the naval base at Zeebrugge, Belgium, today. The German defenses seem to have been damaged before the German artillery compelled the squadron to draw off. The bombardment took place during a rain storm and aeroplanes were used to direct the ships' fire. The cannonade was directed mainly against the harbor works and explosions .which occurred on land indicated that ammunition depots had been blown up. COOPER EXHIBIT. ATTRACTS MANY Liberty art lovers .were delighted last week by an exhibit of pictures painted by s R. W. Cooper, this city. The exhibit was largely attended.

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Here are Possible Seekers After G. O. P. Nomination

Can -You Pick the Republican Candidate for President from These Photographs? ' The choice of the Grand Old Party for the 1916 Presidential contest will probably lie among the sixteen pictured here. These are the men whose names are ''mentioned" in the current political gossip of the National Capital. One other might be added, Arthur Capper of Kansas. The photographs show (top row, left to right) Elihu Root of New York; Frank B. Willis, of Ohio; Charles. S. Whitman, of New York; William E. Borah of Idaho; (second row) William H. Taft, of Connecticut; Lawrence Y.. Sherman of Illinois; Charles W. Fairbanks of Illinois; John W. Weeks of Massachusetts; (third row) -James R. Mann of Illinois; Theodore E. Burton of Ohio; Hiram Johnson of Calif ornia ; Martin sG. Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania ; (last row) Albert B. Cummins of Iowa; William H. Thompson of Illinois ; Augustus Gardner of Massachusetts; and William A. Smith of Michigan. Which will it be?

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. The Republican National . convention is still almost a year off, but three or more FRIENDS ABANDON MEXICAN MISSIONS So fraught 'with danger is the missionary work in Mefco for the .white missionaries 'that with the exception of occasional. visits across the border, the work' in that country has-been left exclusively to Mexican followers of the Christian religion, according to the report of the American Friends Board of Foreign Missions which was read to the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends at their session yesterday afternoon. The work of relief and the report states that people in the vicinity of the Missions stations have been in great distress through scarcity of food, has been attended with' almost insuperable difficulties. , INHERITANCE TAX FIXED ON ESTATE The value of the estate of the late John Harmon Shofer was presented to circuit court this morning for the purpose of fixing the inheritance tax. The total estate Is valued at $18,000. The gross personal property is appraised at $10,273.34, but after claims are allowed, a net value of $8,000 will be recorded for tax purposes. Miss Lillie Shofer and Mrs. John Fitzgibbons are tbe "chief beneficiaries of the estate. Weather Forecast For Indiana Fair tonight. Sunday increasing cloudiness, probably followed by showers. - Temperature Yesterday Noon Maximum Minimum 74 46 For Richmond Increasing' cloudiness tonight and Sunday, followed by rain. General Conditions The great western storm is moving slowly northwest, attended by showers. Generally cjoudy weather covers tbe Mississippi valley. A cool wave will appear between Sunday and Tuesday. - : W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

cities are doing lively bidding for it. lief that Mr. Wilson will be renomiA host of would be candidates is in nated, there is not the same general the field. , Owing, probably to the be- . Continued On. Page Two.

MILLER'S WIFE DENIES

ASSISTING ESCAPE Denying the allegation of . Sheriff Steen that she helped in the escape of Ben Miller, her husband, from the county Jail last week, Mrs.' Miller of Louisville, Ky., has written i Attorney W-'O. Lewis, who was to defend Miller in his trial in circuit court. She said she was surprised to hear of her husband's escape. I Sheriff Steen believes the woman sent her husband tools to cut the iron bars at the jail. Mrs. Miller writes that on September 1 she filed suit for divorce against her husband and since his "cowardly act in escaping from jail" she will work all the harder in getting the divorce. Attorney Lewis wrote a letter to her on September 17, the day after Miller escaped, in which he insinuated that Mrs. Miller was suspected of assisting in tbe escape. His belief was strengthened when . she wrote to tell him that she had moved and . that all . future correspondence was to be sent through "general delivery" at Louisville. The , following is the letter Lewis receivedtoday: Louisville, Ky., Sept. 23, 1915. My Dear Sir: Yours of the 17th inst. received. Will say I was as much surprised when I received your letter as you was when you heard the news. I have been sick ever since I received the letter telling me of the awful cowardly trick. I am very much disappointed : in -you, to think you believe me to be guilty. of planning " his escape. I had nothing whatever to do in regard to assisting him in the escape. It seems that the officials would know me better than to think I was implicated in the case. When: they saw me every time I was there they could have seen every move I made while I was there. I had a better opinion of tbe . officials of your city than this. Surely they, know better than to accuse me of this. Kindly let me know if they do. I'll be more openly than ever. I have brought

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FROM JAIL suit for divorce from Mr. Miller. The application was signed . September 1. My reason most was to save my baby's name as well as my own. Now I feel disgraced for life since he has been so cowardly especially since . I have been working so hard to save him. I believed you would do. your utmost to save him. Also I thought the other officials would be lenient. if he would have been brave enough to stand trial. Continued on Page Twelve W. R. C. CORRECTS MIS-STATEMENT OF 1915 EXPENDITURES Reports of the central , charity bureau, which credit the Woman's Relief Corps with the expenditure of only $4.81 for relief during the year ending August 31, 1915 are declared by members of the corps to be erroneous. National regulations governing the operations of the corps prohibit affiliation with the charity; bureau, so the corps makes its own. statement of receipts and expenditures. Officials of the corps today stated that $139.46 had been expended, for charity, that relief not in the form of money had amounted to $50. and $64.25 had been used to purchase flowers for the sick and dead during the year ending August 31. . . All work done by the corps ia voluntary, no money being devoted to the payment of salaried .officials. A large part of the money used by the organization la raised through the sale of miniature flags on Flag day, full statements of the receipts being made at the time. - ' , '.

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Spirituals Hold Ccnvcmtioo ViA I&TAEsged KCsd by bdhsj fa New Mexico, tnd Followers Recetre ' Fr Jolt When BaEbcr Receives $1,1C9.52 V as His Shsre fa the Estate. :

About! eigMr ears ago Frank B. Ballinger, a well known Williamsburg, 'NincL, - young man, sold - his property and disappeared. Anonths later his friends in north western. Wayne county were startled to read in, the newspapers that he had been murdered by Indians in a lonely spot in New Mexico and his body thrown into a lake. . ; . It has' just become generally known, -however, that Ballinger was not killed and that he is now living some place in Wisconsin.., This fact has for several days furnished a most absorbing topic of gossip in Williamsburg, Economy and other surrounding towns. - .

Mourned for dead seven years, even by members of his family, Ballinger about a year ago astounded his relatives by writing to them that he waa still alive. Incidentally he filed a claim for his share of the estate of his uncle, Martin Cranor, who died two yeara ago at Williamsburg, leaving an estate of the value of approximately $12,000, to be divided among ten heirs. .This estate was only settled last June. Included among the receipta filed in the Wayne circuit court by the ad mlnistrator.N. Louie Cranor of Dublin, Ind., brotherof the late Mar

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.Concerted action to save the lives of the remaining 750.000 men, women and children left in Armenia was begun today. While waiting for a plan of procedure to be suggested by Ambassador Morgenthau. the American Red Cross was perfecting plans to raise needed funds for its relief work. And within the next few days, it hopes to have experienced agents on tbe way to Constantinople to be on the ground to meet the emergency. In the meanwhile, the work of organizing the Armenian relief association of the United States is well under way. Charles R. Crane and James L. Barton, who are at tbe head of the movement, are in New York Interesting philanthropic circles there. A British commission, headed by Lord Bryce, formerly British embassador to the United States, is at work in London raising funds. Its work, however, will be to care for the 200,000 Armenian refugees who have reached

FRENCH FEAR GREECE WILL GO WITH GERMANY AGAINST THE ALLIES

PARIS, Sept 25. Mobilization of the Greek army has' failed to reassure French officialdom as to the Balkan situation. Intimations that a plot is feared at Athens by which Greece will be enrolled among tbe entente allies' foes, were made In some quarters. Georgias Clemenceau. former premier of France, is admittedly suspicious of King' Constantine, brother-in-law of the Kaiser. "What is King Constantine going to do with bis troops?" said Clemenceau. "I fear Premier Venizelos would find it very embarrassing to answer this question. Roumania is another engima. tbe expremier asserted. Tbe attitude, of the Bucharest government cannot be forecasted in any way. . A press dispatch from Athens states that a Bulgarian Invasion of Macedonia by forces comprising four infantry divisions, several regiments of cavalry and banda of Macedonian volunteers is Imminent. , INVASION IS IMMINENT. VIENNA. Sept. 25. The .great Austro-German offensive against Servia is expected to start within a few days. Heavy artillery is being taken to the frontier and this will be used to clear the way through the defenses constructed by the Serbs under the direction of British officers. DIPLOMATS WORRY. LONDON. Sept. . 25. Diplomacy's conflict in the Balkans continues

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tin Cranor. Ia one signed by Frank B. Ballinger for "payment In full" of $1,109.62 as his share of the estate' , One of the relatives of the late Martin Cranor admitted today that an mtfort had been made to keep secret the fact that Frank Ballinger was atiU living. He refused to state where Reynolds waa now located, but aaid he had recently seen him.'. Reapportion Estate. . Arthur T. Ballinger, a brother, also saw Frank Ballinger a few months ago. It ia understood that as a result of Continued en Page Twelve GROSS PtIA Russia through Persia and it now is admitted it will have to be partly financed from tbe United States. The attitude of the Turkish government Is the great obstacle In the way of relief from this side. It baa taken the ground that "military necessity" has compelled It to segregate the Armenians in the small villages In the deserts or Asiatic Turkey, where they are dying like flies. Officials here are hopeful that tbe aid of Germany cau be enlisted which would simplify materially the relief work.. If the Turkish government should forbid the sending of money for relief work as now is feared. It will be Imperative that Germany be asked to help. , Of the Catholic and Protestant Armenians whose exemptions from the aggregation order waa secured by Ambassador Morgenthau. only a small percentage can be brought to this county. The rest must be protected In towns and cities of Turkey and West era Persia. Though the near-east is an armed camp, the allies are maintaining their efforts to keep Bulgaria from joining German. According to latest reports King Constantine of Greece has sent a personal letter to King Ferdinand in Sofia, warning him that - Bulgaria's participation -in tbe war on the aide of the Teutonic allies will force Greece Into the entente camp. This' letter, says a dispatch from Bucharest, was sent from Athens after the Italian minister to Greece had conferred with Constantine and Premier Veniaeloa. Telegrams have been exchanged by Veniaeloa and Premier Radoalavoft. There are unconfirmed rumors that these relate to the cession of Macedonia to the Bulgara. a more which probably would at least keep Bulgaria neutral. . MAN KNOWN HERE COMMITS SUICIDE John L. Crane,' who committed suicide by hanging at his home, four miles east of Union City, was father of George Crane, formerly "of Richmond. He has number of other relatives In Richmond.' The suicide .occurred am the evening" of September 23. The family had--been to a fair at Troy. O.. and did not return until o'clock when the body waa found hanging to a rafter In the tobacco abed. Mr. Crane waa 74 yeara of age and had been tn Ul health.

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