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DH1M1S' DRIVE GAPTdiiE 2,000 mm troops Trrdve Cenacn Also Taken

; In Advance on Sh&b&tz, Accenting to Report of German Office. HLNDENBERG MOVES Sceatiiur Party in France r Captures Three' Hundred . ! Soldiers British Plane ! Brought to Earth. ! - BSRLIN (via Wireless) , Oct. 20. IBulgsriSa . troops have captured two 'thousand Servians and twelve cannon, ithe Germsn wsr office announced today. The report says: TB the Balkan theatre of war Aus- ! tre . Hungarian troops are advancing 'on fhabats. The Servians were thrown loack further south of Lucica and Botevae. Bulgarian troops 'nave occupied Sultan-Tete, While Bulgarian troops ware advancing en Kuneva they took two thousand Servian prisoners and captured twelve eannen ," In the eastern theatre ef war the .re ' part tells ef further advances by the army of Field Marshal van Hinden burg toward Riga, his farces moving , forward northeast and northwest pf Mlta General ven Lingensen't army continues righting on the Styr. in Oalicia, The report of operations in the western theatre of war says 'German troops in a reconneitecing advance northeast of Frunay captured i four officers and 864 f ranch soldiers They took -three machine .. guns and ; three ' mine ; throwers. ; Near Middle klrke an English aeroplane was shot t down and Its occupants taken, prison STIVERS WANTS LYNCH TO QUIT Charles W. Stivers, editor ef ,' the Liberty Herald, and one ef the meat . Influential Republican leaders la Union county, while In Richmond today took i occasion to censure F, J, Lynch. Republican chairman of Sixth district And rinn hi i rnr Tin n anniT ii in i ntion, because' of irir persistent refusal - to resign from the chairmanship, By retaining tbe chairmanship MfStivers holds the opinion that Lynch is placing ether, candidates for the Re publican .congressional nomination. . at a disadvantage. ! "The concensus of opinion among the ' Republicans , of Union county is that Mr. Lynch should resign from the chairmanship without further lose of time." Mr. Stivers said today; - "Mr. Lynch has been in politics- long enough to know that the position he now occupies Is unethical to say the least. . That Judge D. W, Comstock of Richmond - wlll receive -. very substantial support from Union county Republicans In his' candidacy for the eongrressional nomination is the opinion held 'by Mr. Stivers. J : "I have always been a Comstock taian," the Liberty, editor said. "He is a brilliant, , thoroughly trustworthy .man and would make a very excellent congressman, I am 'sure." . Mr. Stivers also announced that he would like to see his fellow townsman. ("Walter Bossart, succeed Mr. Lynch as district chairman. He said Bossart was a thoroughly dependable and enthusiastic-young Republican, and experienced in politics. DISCUSS BIBLE STUDY CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Oct. 20. Thi e wide .difference of opinion among the thinking . people, of this community exiBts as to the propriety of using the Bible as a text book in the public schools. It is the belief, perhaps, of a majority of the citizens that religious Instruction should be confined to the homes and to what are known as the religious Institutions; that it would be a difficult matter for the teachers to keep from interpreting the Bible in accordance with their own religious views; thst in determining the standing of pupils, credits should not be given for the study of the Bible as they are given for the studies of English, Yatin, mathematics. No action has been taken on the subject by the local school board. MOUNT FILES REPORT Flnley P. Mount, receiver, for the Rumely Products company and the M. Rumely Manufacturing company filed the itemised list of all the outstanding debts of the two Laporte concerns yesterday in the United States District Court at Indianapolis. According to the receiver's statement, the Rumely Products Co., has $10,777,533 outstanding debt and the M. Rumely Manufacturing Co.. has liabilities of $11,380,328.; The products company has $10,000 and the manufacturing company $26,630 In unpaid tax claims. INGUSH WASP BUSY " . - - . , k COPENHAGEN, Oct. 20. The German steamers Pernambuco and Soedorhamm have been torpedoed in the Baltic by a British submarine. The Sqederhamm is of 1,500 tons and the Pttrnambuco displaces ,S004oai -:

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OFF POVERTY'S OIS0E1AGE

Unable to secure work and too proud to beg, Morris Caplan, - 30, of New York, swallowed the heads of a box of matches late yesterday afternoon while seated on the steps of the First Christian church. South Tenth and A streets. Passersby found him In an unconscious condition and he was removed to Reid hospital in the police ambulance. - His condition today was fairly satisfactory - but there la very little' chance for him to recover. ' Apparently Caplan spent his last nickel for the box of matches as he had no money in his possession when the police took charge of him. Caplan had been employed as a salesman in a New York store for several years but recently lost his job. A few days ago he started west in search of em ployment. First going to Cincinnati and from there to Richmond. His funds were exhausted when he arrived In this elty. . Family Is Destitute. A letter found upon the young man after he had been taken . to the hospital explained the motive for his attempt r to kill himself. It was from his wife. She stated that she and the children were In. destitute . circumstances and that the- groeer had refused ta extend eredit to her any longer, She said aba could not even obtain milk for the baby and that all the children were crying from hunger. The . letter concluded with the statement that his former employer had offered to give him a job again and she urged him to return to. New York as soon as possible. The letter. was addressed In eare of tee general delivery of the Cincinnati post office and was

MISS OEflTLAGE S JOTE

The following letter was written by Miss Louisa Bentlage te H, O. Hasemeler the morning she died, ' It was read in court this morning by Attorney Henry U. "Johnson and introduced aa evldenee: , -Mr. Hasemeler X don't know why I blighted the best part ef my life by keeping from you the true situation of store affairs. The first lnv. (inventory) period after Mr, Siekman left was aueh a .failure, and at the time everybody disliked you so and hoped that you would net succeed, that I determined that I would withhold the true outcome of the year's business hoping that the next year would make up the less. But instead each" year' has shown about the same loss. ' vf;; -.".-v . .In keeping out each year an amount of unpaid bills, the amount .has grown beyond anything we could manage to pay with your high living expense,. I know you will be puzzled how to meet tbemj sa am I, and I must have gone crssy over the biij question; -1 worried yitf 1 1 reuli't

know what suggestion to make unless ask for extensions Cn all the-bills

for you will, never be able to make anything ont ef it. Had I any 'means of my own I would gladly give all to untangle the mess, The longer I put off telling you the harder. It seems to approach . yeu, knowing, how fiercely you would take it. I can't think of anything now but how crushed my dear children will be when I tell them thd state of affairs, and' to think that I could not ' gather the courage to tell you, as if would have been necessary to cut some of your .high cost- of living. My folks often -wondered why - I never1 enjoyed the things other people indulged in. but. I never told them " my. wages were too small to permit anything. : , I wi ashamed to tell them what . ar paltry sum I was getting, but I knew it would be useless to ask for an Incerase, since it grew harder and : harder to meet anything with our small sales. , . " If I had only gone at the. time Mr. Siekman left all this wou.a have , been avoided, as some other person might not have been tempted to keep from you the true situation. I feel like there will be some very urgent ' requests, soon and can't hardly imagine how you will take it. It was im- ' possible to tell you all face to face, so I took this method of starting. I . feel like I could stand anything, but my dear children,, especially Henry, who is so ambitious and Is Just getting a fair start to build up his health. Will finish telling you, as it is so hard to explain on paper. ; Signed L. B.

FRIENDS OPEN FIRST NATIONAL MEN'S MEETING The national conference of men Friends, the first convention of its kind ever held under the auspices of the American Society of Friends, will open tonight in the East Main Street Friends church with an attendance of several hundred- delegates, representatives of nearly every yearly meeting in the United States', 'Canada and England, and. will .hold sessions until Friday night. The convention has as Its purpose the awakening .of . enthusiasm of the male members of the Friends church, their appreciation of its needs and a full assumption of their part of responsibilities in its activities. The registration at noon today had reached nearly four hundred, with Indications that an equal number would increase the total attendance to eight hundred before the end of the session. Tonight two addresses will be delivered by Charles M. Woodman of Portland, Me., and Dr. Henry T. Hodgkin of London, Eng. The latter is general secretary of the board of foreign mission of the London yearly meeting. S. E. Nicholson, editor of the American Fried, and chairman' of the executive committee, will open the conference by giving a brief outline of the plans and purposes of the meeting. There will be a program delivered each forenoon, afternoon and evening, the final session Friday night closing the conference. . William C. Taber of New York will preside on Thursday night instead of James Wood, whose wife's illness prevents his attendance. MARLATT IMPROVES Charles Marlatt, member of the board of works, who was ' taken suddenly 111 Sunday night, is resting comfortably at his home on North Ninth street, and while still very ill, his physicians . report that his condition has improved, . - . r-r .. . .

received Monday. Caplan arrived In Richmond yesterday morning.

When Informed of young Caplan's condition certain local Jewish ' mer chants called upon him and offered to forward, money to Mrs. Caplan at once. Caplan, however, refused to give' his wife s address. "My wife, like myself, would rather die than to accept charity from strangers," the young man said. "She would not accept the money if it Were sent to her." ' Offered gome Money. - Caplan was then informed that if he would write to her himself he could inclose the m6ney ' with the letter; that he could , represent to , her that he had earned the money. Caplan, however, refused to do this. He then became hysterical , and they could no longer talk with him. This afternoon another effort will be made to prevail upon Caplan to give his wife'B address .- It is the opinion of those who have Interested . themselves In Caplan that he refuses to disclose his wife's ad dress because of his fear, that she will learn of his suicidal attempt. Sam Fred, a Main street merchant, said today that . Caplan appeared to him to be a clean-cut, deserving young man, rendered desperate by his fam lly's plight and his Inability to assist them, He was quit neatly dressed and is, apparently, quite well educated, - - ''Caplan called upon me yesterday," Sam vigran, another Main street merchant said today. "He asked for work, and I told him I could not employ him. He never mentioned the fact that he was in need of money," ' you write John while ha fa east you owe, and then quit the business. FOREIGN MISSIONS UP BEFORE BOARD . The relation of the American Board of Foreign. Missions to their missionaries, home church, missions, natives and to. other boards of foreign missions, was pointed out by Dr. Henry T. Hodgkln, general secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the London, England Yearly Meeting in a brief talk to the members of the American Board which concluded- its business session held in the South Eighth .Street Friends church this morning. Dr. Hodgkln emphasized the need of missionaries possessing a strong, attractive personality and spiritual life In their work among the people of Africa, Mexico, Cuba, China and elsewhere. , He. advocated . thorough preparation by the missionaries before they undertake the work. Weather Forecast United States Report Fair tonight and Thursday. . Cooler tonight. Probably frost. ; Temperature Noon 72 Yesterday Maximum Minimum 68 52

Local Forecast Unsettled tonight Thursday partly cloudy, followed by fair weather. Cool wave tonight and Thursday. K . . ' - General Conditions The storm Is now crossing the Great Lakes attended by showers and is being followed by a cool wave which suddenly appeared this morning -over the northwestern states. Fair weather will prevail for the next 36 hours, "except for possibly local showers tonight. - - W ZL- Moore, Weather-Forecaster,

IIIEQ ORDERS

ARGSEMGO WASHINGTON, Oot 20 President Wilson- today declared an .embargo, on all arms and ammunition ahlpments into Mexico. -They will be Instructed that all shipments of arms and am munition are to be held up. . special Dermlta will be Issued to those desired by General Carranza, yesterday recog nized as the bead of the de lacto gov ernment of Mexico. With the placing' of the ammunition embargo on ' Mexico officials here believe the "collapse of General Villa's cause is near.- J Joseph" W. - Folk special -- counsellor to .the Interstate Commerce Commiss ion, is still regarded as the- probable selection "for ambassador. John R. Silliman, consul,- was. today ordered to return at once ; to Vera Crux and -wind up 'his work there and then proceed to Saltillo ' his- former poet. . . . y- ' ' MOVES HEADQUARTERS. - The Central Trades' Council has. decided to move its headquarters and win meet in future at Carpenters' hall on the first and. third Friday of each month. jebsey mmi ' TRENTON, N: J.; - Oct. . 20: The msgnltude of' the defeat administered to woman suffrage in New jersey yesterday was Increased by returns from outlying "districts today. Election officials as a result estimated that the "antis" won by from 5,000 to 70,000. Though the suffrage leaders were bitterly disappointed by the result of the special election, they asserted that they would continue the fight. This will he a five-year contest, as it will be impossible to submit a suffrage amendment to the voters until 1920. SPEKENHIER REPORTED BETTER ' W. H. Kinder, whose automobile hit and dangerously wounded Mrs. Frank Spekenhier at Tenth and Main streets yesterday, reported to the police this morning and gave his version of the accident. ..-.:) Mr. Kinder has pot recovered from the shock .of .the, accident and is in a very nervous condition, being under the care of a physician. ' Reports from the hospital and from Mrs. Spekenhier's physicians are that she is resting as comfortably as could be expected and that there is little doubt of her ultimate recovery. The physicians do not believe that Mrs. Spekenhier was Injured internally and they think that it will take the normal time for her to recover. EXPECT LATE GUESTS - S. E. Nicholson , said today: "Those who have opened their- homes for guests or roomers for the Men's Conference, should in some cases expect late arrivals on Wednesday evening after the first.: session of the conference, possibly as late' as 10:30 p. m. Assignments will be made early In the evening If possible " TEACHERS TRAVEL IN SPECIAL CAR Teachers who desire the use of a special interurban car- leaving at - 7 a. m. next Thursday for Indianapolis to attend, the Indiana State Teachers' association convention, have been notified to state their Intentions to Principal F. G. Pickell of the high school, The round trip if a special is hired will cost $2.05 and will permit of three days' attendance. VISIT CITY GRADES . Twelve 1 teachers, l departmental heads of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the schools of Shelbyville. Ind., were visitors at h the Garfield scboolktodsy observing the methods of teaching-- of those grades in Richmond. Throughout Indiana' the teachers are permitted one : visiting day in each year, and the Shelbyville " teachers chose Richmond-

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Chlcagoan -today. Guests ; from Chicago and all ' other parts of niihois ; were gathering in Springfield today for the wedding on Wednesday of - Miss . : Eileen .-. Mary Dunne, daughter of Governor Edward F. -Dunne, to William J. Corboy- of Chicago. - -'-''-;;. Every - train ' today ' brought guests. Every express car brought costly gifts for which a. large' room .in the executive mansion has been set aside. All the telegraph wires carried messages of congratulation?. - Every inccolng . mail brought bundles of letters. All day the excitement" was increasing and tomorrow the' trains will

HASEMEIER IDENTIFIES LETTER HE RECEIVED FROM MISS BENTLAGE

H. C Hasemeier, - president of the H. - C. Hasemeier company, who is suing the estate of the late Louisa Bentlage for an alleged shortage in accounts of the former bookkeeper and cashier, was placed on the stand for a few minutes this morning to identify a letter written to him ; the day Miss Bentlage took her life by drinking carbolic acid. August 12. 1914. No objections to the reading of the letter were raised by tbe counsel for the defense. 1 " In many respects the letter- is incoherent, and ends with a final state-' ment that "I will finish telling you, as it Is so hard to explain on paper." The letter is signed . with . the. initials "L. B." - . .. It is "believed the letter wss mailed a few minutes before she took her life, and -was written the morning of August 12." ' Mr. Hasmeier received the letter from, his . postoff ice -box at 7 o'clock, in the evening. ; . Handwriting Identified. . The handwriting, of the letter was identified by several "employes of the Etore as the original handwriting of Miss Bentlage, and when Mr. .Hasemeier took tbe stand he was not crossexamined by the defense. He will be recalled late this afternoon -or tomorrow. In the letter Miss Bentlage admits holding back bills. . She says, however, that her purpose was to make it appear that the - firm was solvent The tone of the letter Indicates 'that she was despondent. v-. Eleven witnesses , were examined. Several of the witnesses were not even cross-examined by the counsel for tbe defense.-- v--l: t r- - The method of taking the Inventory of the stock 1 annually was explained to the" jury by Blanche Bowen ' and Harry-Holmes, former- employes of the

carry. more guests and gifts. A great party of Chicagoana will go to Springfield tomorrow. And from other parts of the state, and from many points outside of the state, more of the happy "recipients of invitations are assembling. Springfield this week is the

social mecca. All the fashionables, all the polit ical powers, all those who merely think - they are political powers, or hope to become political -powers, are bending their steps toward the capital. Officialdom at Washington, following the example set by President Wilson, who same days ago sent a congratulatory letter, ' is - busy writing and sending gifts. Boston Store. In the cross-examination of the defense it is evident that an attempt will be made to prove that the method of inventory allows ' it to appear on the books that a larger profit is being made than is actually received. Account Is Overdrawn. . George Cates and Joha Shroyer of the Union National bank were called to testify relative to the account of the Hasemeier company. George Cates testified that on August 1, 1914, two weeks before Miss Bentlage committed suicide, the account of the store was overdrawn to the extent of $1,100. Both Mis -Hasemeier and . Miss Bentlage, were informed, of this condition. Tbe ' attorneys for the " defense then asked him to present to the court the amount and number of notes . issued to the company during the last ten years. "H. C. " Hasemeier signed ' all the checks as far as I can remember," said George Cates. , ' . - Sam Jaffe, a junk dealer, was called to the stand to testify relative to the purchase of a bale of, waste paper, alleged - to have contained books destroyed - by Miss Bentlage. . - He said that a search was made after her death but be was unable to find the books. . Dr. J.-A. Conkey, the druggist, and Dr.-F. W. Krueger, the physician who attended Miss ' Bentlage : before she died, testified relative to the carbolic acid she-purchased at tbe drug store. Harry Tut waller, a messenger boy at the store, testified 'relative to getting the mail each .morning. It has been, alleged by tbe plaintiff that Miss Bentlage would receive the mall and would hold out letters she believed to contain bills. ' - . The delivery boy testified that every noon when he got the mall,' Miss Bent- - Continued On Page -Two.--

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GRAY EN1 3 A PICA Centerviltv Greensforic New ESxpsctsd 'One Rests As a result of Gray's post office Washington it U quite probable that four of the. small town of Ways county, which were to hava lost tfcetr rural mail routes under the provisions of an order recently Issaed motorizing the rural. mail dettvaey hi Wayne county and reducing the aember frees -o u wui nave ax Mast one route radiating out of each of their post ofneea. These towns are Fountain City, Greens fork, Centerville and MHIUU. . . . . r , .... So sreat vu tit Bra when the order was issued aboUsklnjr the routes bow radiatiag; out of Fountain Cltv. nimmhut vlUe. Milton. East German town. Dub lin, economy, iinamsburg, Webster and Boston, and nrovfdfnr that tk ' twelve new motor routes should be out of Riohmond, Cambridge City and Hageratown. that Representative Gray aeciaea mat - a mooineaaon ef the order wss essential if he did not want to jeopardize his political fortunes in Wayne eounty. Hto conference with the post office department authorities yesterday msaHsit Twelve Routes Planned. It ta understood that the twsivn motor rontea will he nmru tim in the modified order bat they win be awnetea cimrently than provided la the original order. Under the provisJoBS of the orfgtasl order there were to be sewn Instead1 of eight rural routes oat of Richmond, as at present, bat these seven rentes were to' serve not only the tsrrttorr the present eight roots cover bat the Fountain fllT r lanris mm bsrrltoritlea sa wnO. Under this arrangement Greensfork would have lest Its two routes. Webster one. Williamsburg one,. Fountain City two. Centerville three and Boston one. The route oat of Cambridge City were to have been reduced from three to two, covering; the present territory of that postoffice and in addition, the Milton, Dublin and East Germaatown territories. This re-arrangement would have lost Milton Ha two routes. East Germantown . and Dublin one each. The Hageratown routes were to have been reduced from three to two to serve that territory and the Economy territory- This would hare resulted in the abandonment of the one Economy route. Contemplated Method. Under the anticipated, modified order- one of the two contemplated motor routes for Cambridge City will be taken away from that town and assigned to Milton. Oreensforx will probably get one of the seven routes which were to have been assigned to Richmond, and It Is also probable that Fountain City and Centerville will each get a route originally Intended to be operated out of Richmond. Such redistrlctlng would provide four Instead of seven routes tor Richmond. A Washington dispatch states that Representative Gray informed tbe postal authorities that the small towns wnicn wouia nave oeen robbed of their rural routes under th nrffni order. Issued several weeks ago. fear ed this would be the initial step in taking away from them their post offices and prove a decided baskset to community progress. 100,000 STAMPS SENT FOR SALE IN THIS COUNTY One hundred thousand Red Cross stamps nave been assigned to Wayne county to be sold during the holiday season. They will be placed on sale by the Domestic Science association. November 10. The society will secure $1,000 from the sale of the stamps, which will materially aid the tuberculosis campaign in this county. . In addition to the stamps, tbe State Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis has sent to Secretary Melpolder of the Wayne County Tuberculosis society, six stereoptlcon slides to be used In the moving picture theatres as advertisement. ADVANCE CONTINUES SOFIA fvia Berlin and Amsterdam). Oct. 20. The war office announced today that Bulgarian troops had captured - the Servian city of Egri Pslanka. This town is 30 miles from tbe Salonlka-Nlsh railway and its capture opens the route for another adBIBLE STUDENTS . ENJOY SUPPER The Y. M. a A. Bible classes under the leadership of J. J. Somervflle. head of the boys' department, were held last night st the building, preceded by s supper served to & boys. Hereafter the supper will be held every Tuesdsy evening st :40 o'clock. Boys desiring to attend C"ft relator, before Tuesday nocnv - - ;

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