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WASHINGTON, Deo. 6. Uncle Sam will need, more than a billion and a quarter dollars to cover the expenditures he expects to make In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, according to estimates submitted to congress today I by Secretary McAdoo of the treasury 'department. ( The estimates call for a total of I $1,285,867,808.16. This Includes, howlevre, some $375,000,000 that Is postal i expenditure payable out of the postal ; service revenues, and the requirement of, the public debt, sinking fund. This leaves a net expenditure of $908,765,929.16, as against a net expenditure of $740,934,527.55 during the current year, an increase of $167,831,401.61.

GERMANY ASKS REASON FOR RECALL OF BOY-ED

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. The report was current 1n official circles here this afternoon that Germany has replied , to the state department's request for the recall of Captain Boy-Ed, naval attache, and Captain von Pappen, military attache, by requesting a reson for such action. It is understood that Germany has taken the position' that she can not recall the officers unless the United States can show that they have volated the laws of this country. This action Is declared by officials to be without precedent. Heretofore when , a nation' has made . it known that envoys of another country are person non grata .the' envoys ? have always been ' withdrawn -without - further parleying. Officials would . not CORONER TELLS MURDER STORY IN HIS VERDICT In the testimony presented to Coroner Morrow In his Inquest Into the alleged murder of William N. Williams, 20. by Arch Knapp. held at the county Jail awaiting action by the grand Jury next Thursday, John Richardson said that when he atempted to prevent Knapp from shooting at Williams, Knapp turned on him and threatened to kill - him. The killing was a sequence to a raid on a "blind tiger" at Hagerstown October 30. The verdict of the coroner was filed moraine with the county clerk and charged Knopp with homicide. The coroner attributes the death of Willlams directly to the gunshot wound in his side, resulting in hemorrhage of the lungs. Relate Conversation. The conversation between the men 1n the cigar store prior to the shooting waa tniii in fh tastimonv of Dick Elvord, proprietor of the cigar store in which tne snooting occurrea. ravuru said that Ed Johnson asked Knapp to come to his farm and go 'coon hunting. Knapp replied that he would come out and shoot all "coons on the place." wiiiiams was standing near and re sented the statement and swore at Knapp. Knapp then swore at Williams and fired at him with a 38-call-bre revolves. Williams staggered to the street and fell. The following men were In the store at the time of the shooting, and probably will be called before the Jury to testify: Jacob Richardson, Arch Knapp, Ed Stevenson, Mundram Howard, Richard Elvord, Bud Campbell, Ora John and Ed Johnson. All these men heard the conversation between Knapp and Williams prior to the shooting. . Richardson testified that Knapp had been drinking and was under the influence of liquor at the time of the alleged murder. DIES OH HONEYMOON While on his wedding trip with his n-fra fnrmriT Mrs. Frances Streue, William Bilderback became suddenly ill and died at Rolla, Mo., last maay. When Bilderback appeared at the county clerk's office for a marriage license, he was in such a feeble condition that be was unable to sign his name on the record. Both Mr. Bilderback and his wife were married before ; " Mrs. Bilderback : being divorced In March 1911, and the former wife of Mr.' Bilderback died last year. , FILE SIXTY PAPERS Sixty separate papers have been filed in the case of John Meerhoff and others against the First National bank, Myron Crane and A. J. Feeger, Jr. This morning in circuit court demurrers were filed by Mr. Crane and Mr. Feeder to separate paragraphs In the comRiaint. The page on the docket book ja-fllled .With records of papers filed, l

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government shows a substantial In crease in its. demands for funds for the coming year. The war department asks for an Increase of $78,000,000 and the navy department for an increase of $69,000,000, most of which is to go Into the beginning of the administration preparedness program and details of which already have been made public, the state department wants $2,000,000 more than it is expending this year to care for the added expenditures in the diplomatic and consular service incident to the European war. The war department for $243,163,645, the navy for $220,447,611 and the state department for $6,123,298. discuss the report, nor indicate what action this government will take. International . affairs were again causing President Wilson grave concern today. Germany is reported to be intensely Irritated over the demand for the recall of Captains Boy-Ed and von Pappen; Austria holds a grievance because of the flat charge by the attorney general's office that her consular . representatives are plotting against American munition factories. And with the opening of congress today the opponents of the sea policy of the allies Initiated a campaign which, administration officials' fear, will lead to serious friction with Great Britain and France, where a strong sentiment against this country has recently apJJCMftl cu. ..... COVERS NEW ROUTE IN ABOUT 3 HOURS Making a detailed inspection of the roads and mail boxes on Route B, and covering the route in three hours and ten minutes, Postmaster Beck, accompanied Verlin Foland, newly appointed carrier Saturday afternoon, and will use the information received in making recommendations for the improvement of the route. The route is located west and southwest of the city, and is practically fifty miles in length. Many of the boxes are not in the proper position for quick dispatch of mall, and patrons will be asked to remedy this condition immediately. With the lengthening of the routes, the carriers can not afford to lose much time in placing mail In the boxes. In case a patron refuses to comply with the request the department at Wishington will be notified, and carriers instructed to discontinue delivery of mall until a change Is made. COUNCIL FACES PENSION ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION Two important questions will come before city council at its meeting this evening. One, the action of the school board of increasing the school city tax rate five cents for next year, and a discussion of pensions for teachers. The other, the recent action of Mayor Bobbins of ordering George McKinley to act as city food inspector In addition to performing his other duties as inspector of weights and measures and as marketmaster. - Members of the city board of education and probably several teachers will meet' with council upon its Invitation. School officials say there will be no difficulty in convincing council of the necessity of increasing the school city tax rate. School board members are also anxious to obtain council's views on the question of providing pensions for teachers. Quite a number of councilmen hold the opinion that if additional duties are to be imposed upon George McKinley that It would be only fair to increase his salary to at least $1,000 a year. He now receives only $720 but a salary of $840 has already been provided for him in the 1916 budget. This slight increase was provided, however, before the Job of food inspector was wished onto him. It is also understood that Dr. Lou Clem, dairy inspector, faces a possible reduction in his salary of from $1,000 to $720 a year. PLAN XMAS TREE. The Women's Loyal Moose circle will meet at the lodge rooms Wednesday evening at , 7 : 30 and arrange for the Christmas program. This is al ways a big event for the exchange of presents takes place on that evening and a general social evening, in held)

CAPTAIN BOY-ED .

OUSTED BY LANSING CART eOY-Et Secretary of State Lansing, has informed Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, that Capt. Boy-Ed, the German naval attache had become persona non grata. This means that Germany will be asked to recall BoyEd. It is said teat the the' cause for Secretary Lansing's alleged action was Captain Boy-Ed's activities as revealed in the trial of the Hamburg-American officials in New York. ; . MRS. MITCHELL . r ' . r ' - AGED 95, DIES: ILL ONE WEEK Mrs. Mary Mitchell, age 95, mother of Peyton Mitchell, meat market dealer, one of the oldest persons in the county, died at 9 o'clock Sunday morning at the residence of her son. 122 North Eighteenth street. She ate regularly and heartily three meals a day up until a week ago when she became ill. Throughout her life she mas seldom ill and attributed her good health only to an unusually strong constitution. She worked hard all her life. ""Mrs." Mitchell never talked over a telephone because her hearing was affected by old age and rode but once or twice in an automobile. She thoroughly enjoyed a ride . on a train. Sre was born In the county of Gaoway, Ireland, in 1819 . and came to the United States shortly after her first marriage in' 1846 taking up her residence in Cincinnati. , She. lived. in Ohio most of her. life but for the last twenty-three years has been a resident of Wayne county, . living on a farm near Richmond. 'She" was the widow of Patrick Mitchell. At the time of her death she was 95 years, 7 months and 13 days old. Mrs. Mitchell was a devout member of the Catholic church and became a member of St Mary's in this city immediately after her removal to Wayne county. She is survived by two eons, Lawrence Mitchell, living near Fountain City, and Peyton Mitchell of this city and two daughters,. Mrs. Cecilia Grace of Richmond and Mrs. Anna Finch of Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock "Tuesday morning in St Mary's church, . Father Walter Cronln officiating. Burial. In St. Mary's cemetery. Friends'.may call at any time. STEEN NEEDS HANDS; COPS CATCH TRAMPS Six -tramps, three white and three colored, were' rounded up Sunday evening in a field near Thirtlethwalte's pond, northwest of the city, which has been, for some time, a very popular resort for hoboes. Sheriff Steen needing some road building talent welcomed all six of them after they bad been turned over to his custody by the city court today. VICE CRUSADER COMES Clifford G. Roe.' leader of the recent vice crusade in Chicago and chairman of the Vice Prevention league, willaddress next Sunday's theatre meeting of men at the Gennette on the subject, "The Price of . Vice," according to the announcement of Secretary Learner of the - Y.'M. C. A. yesterday. Roe was In Indianapolis yesterday and spoke before a meeting o,Y. M CJLj

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SON ARRESTED FOR ROBBING IN FATHER'S HOUSE -Raymond Puthoff, SO, is under arrest charged with burglarizing the home of his father, Harry Puthoff, 823 North Tenth street Several years ago the young man was under arrest for having robbed his grandfather, Frank Puthoff, after having broken into his grandfather's home. At that time he was given the choice of enlisting in the army or being prosecuted. He joined the army, but later attempted to desert. He was arrested in Richmond and sent back to his regiment, serving with it until his enlistment expired. Repeats Theft of Money. Harry Puthoff Informed -the police that on the night of November 27 his son entered his home through, a door which had been left unlocked,' and secured $18. This case was not reported to the police, however. Last Saturday night, in the absence of his parents, the police are informed, young Puthoff pried open the bathroom window of his father's home, entered the house and obtained $11. Sunday the robbery was reported to the police and Puthoff was arrested after an exciting chase by Officers Lawler and Vogel-song.

The two police officers found Put hoff at the corner of North Ninth ana D street He started to run east on D street. He was outdistancing his pursuers, but at the corner of Tenth and North D streets they comman deered a taxicab and continued the chase. Puthoff took to alleys and cross lots, but at the corner of North Seventeenth and B streets Lawler and Vogelsong sighted their quarry, almost exhausted, and the taxi over took him. It was a regular moving picture chase," remarked one of the police officers today. . - - Since , his - arrest Puthof fs parents have made no effort to obtain his re lease. : He probably wUl be arraigned in' circuit court within few days; ' ViiiViir.iW"jn-nmi, n n ' i i l0EATS WIFEAFTER BEING STUCK William Tracey, colored pleaded guilty In city court this morning to a charge of assault and battery on his wife, but he said that he attacked her after she had twice assaulted him and had cut him in the leg with a knife. He also declared that the attack she made upon him was premeditated as she feared he Intended to "give up" on her' mother, 'Mrs. Nellie Saunders, who, Tracey asserted, has been selling liquor illegally at her home. "She said she was going to 'put me away where I couldn't give up,' " said Tracey. This information greatly interested the prosecutor and at his suggestion sentence was delayed until an investigation of the. man's story could be made and more witnesses secured to relate their version of the assault. CLAYTON JOHNSON OBTAINS LIBERTY Clayton Johnson of Richmond, held in jail at Rushville on a charge of embezzlement in connection with his failure to make a report while acting as guardian for his son, Ora Johnson, was given his freedom by Judge Sparks when his bondsman submitted a report to the court. The embezzlement charge was dismissed by the court and Johnson was discharged upon payment of the costs, which amounted to $27.14. Johnson had not. made a report to the court for almost a year. A citation was sent to the sheriff of Henry county for him. At that time he was living in Knightstown. Johnson paid no attention to the citation and in the meantime moved to Richmond. The court sent an attachment for him to the sheriff of Wayne county. Johnson admitted to the court that he had spent the money. He was then removed as guardian and Thomas M. Green appointed. Johnson was sent to jail to make his report and the grand jury indicted him for embezzlement. Weather Forecast United 8tates Report Partly cloudy tonight. Tuesday unsettled and warmer. Temperature Noon .......'33 Yesterday. Maximum ..................... 37 Minimum ........................ 22 Local Forecast Increasing ' cloudiness tonight followed by snow or rain. Warmer Tuesday. , General Conditions Fair weather continues east of the Mississippi river due to a great area of barometric pressure east of the 86th meridian. A western storm Is moving slowly and is expected i to cause unsettled weather for tne next 48 noun.

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turer, who lives in the exclusive Villanova section of Philadelphia, has a theory that environment is stronger than heredity.Little Fuji Anderson, a Japanese girl, is but four years of age and was born at Stoke Hall, the Adamson estate, where her father was a gardner. Her own father and mother have bought a little farm in New Jersey. Fuji knows no other parents but Mr. and Mrs. Adamson and it is expected she will remain with them until her twenty-first birthday, when she will be allowed to choose her own life.

THREE MEN CHARGED WITH DISABLING OF WESTERN FREIGHTER SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 6. The Great Northern freighter Minnesota, the biggest steamer on the Pacific ocean was still wallowing hopelessly, 25 miles southwest of the Coronada islands today while the wrecking tugs Iaqua and Dauntless and the United States revenue cutter McCulloch are rushing to her assistance. Fragmentary reports from Captain Gorlich Indicated that three men, one of whom was believed to be a German naval reservist, . were in the Minnesota's brig, charged with disabling the ship's engine. DECATUR TRACTION OFFERED FOR SALE BY NEW PURCHASER The fact that the Tort Wayne & Springfield traction company has never been able to make a profit on the short spur from Fort Wayne' to Decatur, and the fact that Charles H. Worden, who recently purchased the line, is anxious to sell to some company that will operate the road, leads local men to believe there are prospects of a company securing the road which will finance it to such an extent that the Hue , will be - extended to Richmond and perhaps to , Hamilton, O. This proposition has been discussed by the stockholders of the former company, but they could not secure money for the enterprise. According to Mr. Worden, who is vice president of the First National bank, Decatur, a deal is pending with the Fort Wayne & Northern Traction company, which has announced Its intention of extending the road to Portland in the event of a successful deal.

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V- ' . J. ft,TC,T"' ft,Si" CONFIRMS ATTACK ON SHIP. WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. Official confirmation of the attack on an unidentified American steam by a sub marine in the Mediterranean was issued by the state department today. American Minister Cropper at Athens cabled taht the Greece government had notified him that a wireless mes sage had been caught from an Ameri can vessel stating it had been attack ed. He added that the Greek govern ment sent a destroyer to search for the vessel. UPRISINGS IN GREECE. ATHENS, Dec. 6. Uprisings are reported from several of the Greek marltime provinces as a result of the economic crisis. BAN ON PICTORIAL CARDS. LONDON. Dec. 6. The war office announced today that no more pictorial post cards may be addressed to neutrals. VENIZELOS ATTACKS ENGLAND. PARIS, Dec. 6. The text of a bitter attack against the British government by Eleutherice Venizelos, former premier of Greece, was made public here today by Joseph Reinach, the famous military historian. The manifesto was sent by mail to all members of the Liberal party. STARTS RELIEF FUND Gathering of funds to finance a German Medical Relief Expedition was started in Richmond yesterday at St. John's Lutheran church when $31.00 was , collected help get , sufficient money to send physicians to the front to aid the wounded. - The German-Austrian medical corps has been cut in half since the beginning of the war through the deaths of doctors, and with the withdrawal of the Red . Cross something had to be done immediately to get physicians to the front. The movement has the sanction of the Lutheran Synodlcal bodies and

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WAR AXES SHARPENED Fifty-six Democratic Senators Worry Over Legislative Program to Assure Return of Wilson. WASHINGTON. Dee. The boose of representatives today got under way for the strenuous times of fight and furore that will make up the first session of the sixty-fourth congress. A narrow nominal Democratic majority, and an aggressive, vigorous Republican minority that participated in the organization of the - boose showed clearly the possibilities for legislative and political upheavals in the mass or disputed legislative business that will come before the body. The atmosphere of world strife, bred in battle-torn Europe, settled over the opening session of the sixtyfourth congress of the United States which convened today. A flood of resolutions and blUs seeking to establish world peace: to nreoare the United States for war. and to handle tne problems growing out of the European struggle, deluged congress Ave minutes after the gavels fell In the house and senate. Crowded galleries in both house and senate viewed the formal exercises that opened congress, and In both houses the attendants on the floor was extraordinarily large. : Aska fop Investigation. Representative A. T. - Gardner of Massachusetts today introduced a resolution in the house asking for searching Inquiry into the membership, finances and activities of the Navy League. Labor's National Peace Council, the National Security League and the American Defense Society. Two resolutions bearing' directly on the European war, were In trod need in the. house. Both were sponsered by New Yorkers. Representative William S. Bennett of New York Introduced a resolution providing for the appointment by the president of a commission of five to consider existing agencies for the limitation of armaments of nations. Representative London, Socialist, also of New York, introduced a resolution calling for an International conference of neutral nations to consider ways and means of affecting peace In the world war. A house membership of 299 Democrats, 19? Republicans, six Progressives, one Socialist, one Independent, with one vacant seat, was presented on the roll before clerk of the House South Trimble when he called the house to order for organization today. The Democratic majority had dwindled to a point where the defection of twelve members of the majority party would throw control into the hands of the opposition. And on the Republican side the experienced leaders who carried the burden of Republican legislation through sixteen years of unbroken power In the house, were back in their places after the temporary exile that kept them at home after the 1912 campaign. Claude Kitchin. the North Carolina Continued On Page Two. INDIANA HOGS NET BIG SUM OF $1,150,000 INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 6. With the sale of more than 78.000 hogs through the local markets last week, the biggest week's business since 1906. more than $1,150,000 passed from Indianapolis into the hands of farmers. Most of the hogs last week were sold Into the local markets, but quite, a few were shipped to eastern states.' An of the hogs were raised on Indiana and Illinois farms. According to the receipts of 'last week the average value of a hog is estimated at between $12 and $14. The standing record for the shipment of bogs Into Indianapolis for one week is 92.000. . : . . .. . .. TURXS SAY DAGD.1D FREE FH0!1 DAtlOin CONSTANTTNdPLB, xec- 'dAThe. Mesopotamia campaign of -the British has ended in failure, accordlnalo the Turkish war office. No farther fear for the safety of Bagdad are felt, alil sli Tli lilsar nilnfnri elseiils are oaJ