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MOTHERS FORM GOVERNING BOARD TO DIRECT GLEAN AMUSEMENTS; TOO AMY PARENTS INDIFFERENT

Preliminary organization was affected and a movement was launched to supervise the social activities of children to improve moral conditions in Richmond at the meeting in the high school auditorium of 150 mothers and persons interested in child welfare, yesterday afternoon. ' The scope of the movement includes the co-operation of parents, school authorities, ministers, Y. M. C. A. and all associations and persons interested in united effort to secure adequate, systematic and persistent superintending of children's activities.

Pickell Outlines Need. The principal speakers were Rev. J. Rae, pastor of the First PresbyterJ. Ian church, and Principal F. (J. Pickell of the high school. After they had outlined the needs of children and an Idea of the purpose of the meeting, a discussion followed which ended in the selection of Mrs. Fred Tmon as general chairman. She is to appoint a hoard of control which in turn will select sub-committees. J. T. Giles, superintendent of the city schools, was named chairman of the publicity committee. It Is proposed to hold social for pupils in the various schools properly supervised hy members of the association, including mothers, at .the direction of the governing board. The uext meeting of the organization is subject to the call of the general chairman. Before the meeting closed. Police vrhieMiqodwin asserted his readiness To cooperate with the organization .and assured the mothers that they could rely on him for support. Police Need Evidence. 'There is a different opinion regarding the enforcement of law," declared the police chief, "that we have knowledge of places being operated in violation of the law is true, but before we can arrest we must have evidence. "Any time a boy or a girl gets bevond your control I will be more than glad to assist you. Oftentimes the Continued On Page Fourteen.) PROHIBITIONISTS TO NAME SLATE HERE TUESDAY Wayne county Prohibitionists wiil gather in the court house on Tuesday for their annual county convention. A special attraction will be "The Clarions," a noted team of singers and speakers. At the convention on Tuesday, nominations for county and legislative oflices will be made, delegates will bo elected to the state Prohibition convention to be held in Indianapolis, June ; and 7. The Prohibition party Continued On Page Eleven. AUSTRIAN REPLY PROVOKES RETORT WASHINGTON, Feb. 2t. The stats department today was preparing ad diiional data on the Austrian sub marine attack on thy Standard Oil tanker Petrollte in the Mediterranean last December. The Aus'rian reply now In Secretary Lansing's hand pleads for additional information. It will be forwarded to Ambassador PenHeld in Vienna next week. A sharper missive will probably accompany the data. Austria is understood to set up the claim that the submarine commander fired on the Petrolite because he thought the vessel was trying to run him down.

WEBSTER SAYS RICHARDSON TOLD HIM TO SPARE SKILLEN

Foster Webster has a due respect for the taw but so flexible is his idea of right and wrong that his testimony in police court Friday afternoon performed flip-flops. So amusing was the situation and (he ease with which he extricated himself from his predicament that the seriousness of his charge against C. R. Richardson, colored attorney, was almost obliterated. He accused the attorney of inducing him to perjure himself, "to go easy on Charley Skillen,"

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Kaiser Wilhelm, who is now reported to be personally directing the great German offensive upon Verdun, is shown in the automobile with members of his staff. The broken line on the map shows the battle front before the French fortress with the position held by the French before the great attack. The black line is their position after the new retreat of 3 miles yesterday.

Weather Forecast United States Report Snow flurries this afternoon and tonight. Slightly colder tonight. Sunday fair. Temperature. Noon 28 Local Forecast 'Occasional snovv flurries late this afternoon and probably tonight. Sunday fair. General Conditions The eastern storm continues severe along the Atlantic coast from Wilmington, N. C, to Eastport, Me. Unsettled weather penetrates as far west as Illinois, followed by snow flurries over the central states. Moderate weather over the southwest. Eighty degrees at San pAntonio, Texas. Considerably below freezing but no severe cold weather In j view. J V. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster. whose case was continued until Monday. The case in which he figured was that of Charles Skillen, colored, charged with having operated a blind tiger in the Marshallette hotel, 4I6V2 Main street. Richardson is counsel for the defense. Webster Starts Club. Foster Webster is regarded as the originator of the Marshallette club. Recently he and Skillen had an arguContinued On Page Ten.

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WITHOUT MARSHAL SINCE YEAR 1887 WILLIAMSBURG, lnd.f Feb. 26. Williamsburg holds a record that probably no other town in the county has. There has been no constable in this vicinity since 1887 and the sheriff has made very few trips to this place in that time for misdemeanors. START PETITION ASKING COUNTY TO HIRE EXPERT Petitions are being circulated by members of the Better Farmers' assoc iation asking the county board of eduation to recommend to the county j c commissioners an appropriation for a county agent. The petitions are being signed readily by the farmers attending the corn show and they will be circulated in all the townships in the county. The following its the petition: We, the taxpayers, (farmers and ten ants) in the township of Wayne county, Indiana; for the purpose of securing the services of a man known to the county board of education to possess sufficient knowledge bearing direct interest to the farmer and his business, and for the sole purpose of aiding in solving the unsolved problems daily confronting us, do here and now subscribe our rames, thereby petitioning our trustee, who is a constituent of the Honorable Board of Education to instruct favorably to the necessary appropriation for the employment of such person, more commonly known as county agricultwral agent, all of which shall be given consideration at its next meeting. H. B. MACY, Pres. " Oscar Fulghum, Sec'y. A. U; BROWN. A. W. WELDV. '. Committee.

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EXHIBITS KITTEN WITH SIX LEGS WITT'S STATION, Ind., Feb. 25. Samuel Gilmore is showing curious friends a six-legged kitten. The kitten is normal in other respects, and is very well developed except for the two extra legs. Many residents of this vicinity have reported seeing robins within ths last few days and are pre-, dieting an early break in the winter and a fine spring. GARMENT WORKERS GO OUT OK STRIKE PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 26 Between 0,000 and 4,000 mensj garment workers went on strike today, according to officials of the executive board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. By nightfall 'they say nearly S.000 will be out. I Germans ALLIED WARSHIPS SHELL TURK POSTS CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26 (via Berlin and Amsterdam). Another bombardment of the Turkish positions at the Dardanelles by allied, warships was reported in the following official statement today: "On Wednesday an enemy armored c7u?er and two other warships fired of Kilapala and Musmuk, A battleship ! and cruiser fired shells against our I positions at Sedd-El-Bahr and Tekke Burnu, at the southwestern extremity of the Gallipoli peninsula, and then retired." KAISER INSPECTS WILHELMSHAVEN BERLIN. Feb. 26 (By Wireless). Emperor William visited naval headquarters at Wilhelmshaven Wednesday, it was announced today. He arrived H the morning and left in the afternoon. . TWO STEAMERS SUNK LONDON, Feb. 26. The British steamers Denaby and Turamel have been sunk by German submarines. The Denaby was a vessel of 2,987. tons which recently sailed from Huela for La Pallice. The Tummel was much smaller, displacing only 531 tons.

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DOCTORS WATCH TO STOP SPREAD OF DIPHTHERIA "Watchful waiting," is the attitude now assumed by the school authorities and medical inspectors with respect to the threatening diphtheria epidemic in the city schools. Superintendent J. T. Giles and inspectors, Dr. J. E. King and Dr. A. L. Bramcamp are awaiting the word from the state department of health regarding the "positive" reports on "cultures" sent to the laboratory for analysis in wholesale lots after the outbreak ot tne cases of disease in 1 Starr school. The children, seven in all, who show evidences of having the diphtheria trerms, v. ill be quarantined in their homes until the results of the examination from the state department are received. The department's report is expected early next week. Superintendent Giles estimated this morning that approximately 100 pupils were absent from schools on Friday as a direct result, of the measures taken by the authorities to eliminate possibilities of the spread of the disease. These pupils represented those who complained jojv QWedL, evidences of sore throats, colds and ' olher slight affections and were sent home by the teachers. WILL HOLD REVIVAL. : Evangelistic services at. the First Presbyterian church will begin with Rev. Roy Brown preaching on Sunday, March 5. GERMS GUARD LETTERS ON CONTROVERSY WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Special orders have been issued by the state department that correspondence rehiring to armed merchant vessels must be guarded with the greatest caution lest it be seen by some One who might make its contents public. Practically all this correspondence is in the files of the treasury and treasury officials are keeping a careful watch. The correspondence relates to the armed merchant vessels of belligerent nations brought to American ports. MONTENEGRANS FIGHT TO OBTAIN SUPPLIES ROME, Feb. 26. Bloody riots have broken out among the starving inhabitants of Montenegro, according to advices received from Antavaria. A mob in that city set fire to the residence castle of Crown Prince Danilo. In the interior food supplies are exhausted, and it is impossible to transport victuals over the roads rendered impassable by the weather. PURPOSE OF DRIVE TO DECEIVE ALLIES LONDON, Feb. 26.- "German war correspondents state that the principal object of the German offensive is to improve the German front and make it difficult for the French to discover what is proceeding behind the German lines," ; says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. . "The object," the dispatch adds, -"has been successfully performed."

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Bridge Engineer Mueller waived all his rights to prevent hearsay and rumor from being testified to in the hearing before the county commisjioners today and County Surveyor Peacock, who says that he will aim his attack upon the bridge engineering system in Wayne county, "opened fire." He testified to rumors that he had heard about the bridge work of Mr. Mueller and before he had completed his testimony this morning, he had made a personal attack on Mueller by presenting letters he had received from bridge contractors outside the county who complained that they had been eliminated from the bidding on work in Wayne county.

KERMANSHAH TAKEN BY RUSSIAN FORGES AFTER HARD BATTLE PETROGRAD, Feb. 26 The Persian city of Kermanshah has been captured by the Russians, it was officially announced today by the Russian war office. Kermanshah was taken in a storm attack and a large number of prisoners were made. KermajihalL,-ls ..onbuiwo ... hun-iced miles from Kut-El-Aniara (Mesopotamia), where a . British army under General Townsend is beleaguered by the Turks. It is the farthermost point yet penetrated by the Russian army of invasion in Persia. Many of the Turkish and persian troops that fled from Mamadan when that city was taken by the Russians took refuge in Kermanshah,

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MM VERDUN FORTS : WITH HEAVY ATTACKS

PARIS, Feb. 26. Further withdrawals by the French north of Verdun are admitted by the French war office in an official statement today. The French outposts at Ornes and Hennemont were withdrawn, although it was stated they had not been attacked. An artillery duel of violence is raging along the front with the French guns exchanging shell for shell with the guns of the Germans. The Germans are making enormous sacrifices of life. The statement says that the French are meeting these terrific attacks in most of the positions that they have held since their new line was established. In the region of Beaumont the assaults of the Germans were particularly severe, being preceded by furious gun fire.

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EERLIN, (By Wire-less), Feb. 26. German troops have smashed a hole in the ring of forts defending Verdun, capturing Fort Douaumont, four miles northeast of the city itself. Fort Douaumont is three miles southeast of the ridge of Lorvemont to which position the French retired Thursday night. It was captured by storm. The capture was made by the twenty-fourth regiment of Brandenburgers, who, despite the hurricane of shells and the galling fire of scores of French machine guns, rolled forward in an irresistible wave.

FINDS MISSING MATE. ELWOOD, Ind.. Feb. 26. Mrs. Arthur Rinsinger has been advised her missing husband is seriously ili in a Toledo "hospital. He was afflicated with temporary insanity several years ago and his wife fears he has suffered i another attack.

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Peacock Makes Charges. The general and specific complaints made by Mr. Peacock could be summed up as follows: Comparatively few contractors have submitted bids due to stringent requirements of specifications made by Mueller. The following statistics given to prove this contention During past seven years 144 bridge contracts let as follows 43 jobs on 1 bid; 53 jobs on 2 bids; 32 jobs on 3 bids; S jobs on 4 bids. Following bridge companies have made complaints to Peacock Indiana Bridge company, Indianapolis; D. I.. tDirvisrElkhartr -Natiotiai"-Concrete company and other bridge and concrete companies from outside the county whose names were not given by Mr. Peacock. Complaint that Locke bridge in Jefferson township not up to specifications. Complaint over construction of ErContinued On Page Eight.

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ERS K Description of Fort. Fort Douaumont was regarded as one of the strongest of the twenty one forts which guard Verdun. It was built of steel, stone and concrete and was defended with . the heaviest guns in the French army. . The capture of the fort opens the way for an advance against its sister ' Continued On Page Eleven.