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PARALYSIS SPREADS AMONG CHILDREN OF SOUTH STATES

MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 14. Infantile paralysis is spreading alarmingly in western Tennessee. Two deaths were reported at Alamo, where six new cases have been discovered in the last twenty-four hours.." Reports to the health board here show that there are now fiften cases in Dyer county, seven in - Crockett county, six in Gibson county and four fci Lauderdale county. An appeal has been made to Dr. H. H.' Shoulder of the state board of health to rush physicians to the infected district.

If JEW YORK DIE Id DAY

NEW YORK, July 14. One hundred and sixty new cases and thirty-one deaths from infantile paralysis in greater New York were reported to the health department today. The report covers the twenty-four hours from 9 a. m. Thursday until the same hour today. The biggest increase was in Brooklyn.

RAILROAD STRIKE PLACES All SPAIN UNDER MARTIAL LAW

mm SECOND LINE TRENCH BREAKS OVER FRONT FOUR MILES If LENGTH BEFORE BRITISH BATTERING ilM DRIVE ""'"""' '''.-"" i '"'. ' , LONDON, July 14. Driving forward with the momentum of a battering ram, the British forces on the Somme front have broken the second line defenses of the Germans over a front of four miles wide. ' Official announcement of this enormous gain' was made by the war office in its official report issued at noon. For twenty-four hours the German positions had been bombarded with the ut- , most violence by British guns of all calibers, before the infantry attacks were launched. Then the English legions rolled forward in irresistible waves over-running the blasted trenches which had been reduced by shells to a series of irregular craters. Between the Ancre and Somme rivers the British pressure has been concentrated along the Albert-Bapaume highway and the Bray-Bapaume road and it was in this region that the most powerful assaults were delivered. The German troops in front of Bapaume, the immediate objective of the British drive, have fought stubbornly to hold - their lines, being under orders to fight to the death.

KANSAS CHILDREN SEE PICTURE SHOW AS CAPPER'S GUESTS

Captain Paul Koenig of the super-submarine, Deutsehland, is preparing to dive into the ocean -with his craft, elude allied vessels and emerg in Germany with a much-needed cargo of supplies from the United States.

TREVirJO-VILLA REVOLT DISCREDITED BY U. S.

WASHINGTON, July J4. War department officials today refused to credit unofficial reports from the border that General Trevino is planning to break with Carranza and head a new revolution aided by. Francisco Villa. They declare that .General Pershing would have reported such

ORPET'S FATE MAY REST WITH JURY TONIGHT

WAUKEGAN, III., July 14. The question of whether Will Orpet murdered his school-girl sweetheart, Marlon Lambert, may be given to the jury for decision late today. There was a noticeable inclination on the part of attorneys in the case to expedite matters when the trial was resumed this morning.

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CASEMENT PLANS FORM OF APPEAL

LONDON, July 14 The appeal of Sir Roger Casement, which will be heard before five judges in the court of appeals on Monday will be directed only against his conviction on the charge of high treason, it was learned today, i Casement was found guilty

and sentenced to death on June 29.

ONLY HEAVY GUNS KEEP ON FIGHTING AT FRENCH FRONT

PARIS, July 14. Although there were powerful artillery duels on the Somme and Verdun fronts last night no infantry actions were reported, by the French war office in its official communique today. (In its allusion to the Somme front

the war office refers only to that sec

tion neia Dy rrench troops and not to that part held by the British.)

proclamation of martial law throughout Spain, owing to the railroad strike, troops were detailed today to guard trains In the districts where they were operated in defiance to threats of the strike leaders.- : -; ! ' . Reports of two attacks by strikers upon trains protected by soldiers were received here this - morning, but in each instance the troops succeeded in repelling the mobs by firing over their heads. . . !

SOLDIERS STRANDED;

FAIL TO PASS TEST

TOPEKA, Kas July 14. Governor Arthur Capper was host to all the children in this part of Kansas today. Every moving picture theatre in the capital was turned over to the governor at 9 o'clock for an all-day run. Special firms of interest to children were shown. At the entrance of each theatre Was an ice cream cone stand, where the kiddies were supplied free all day.' " . r

PAY FOR GRAND JURY.

County commissioners will probably aek . tte counly. cquncijL f or ,the appoftWUf&rtof T9'nt jury which investigated the. case of Eli Carr, at the meeting tomorrow.. - '

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PETROGRAD, July 14, Interest in the progress of the victorious Russian armies was divided today with that directed toward the confer, ence of the council of ministers and Czar Nicholas at Imperial field headquarters. This is the second time that the cabinet has been called to the front to confer with the czar since the war broke out, and it is recognized that only matters of the utmost urgency would lead to such a step.

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M. Schilling, 19, a six-foot athlete, hat announced in a advertisement that he. "' foYsWHi'wW;: sell himself into slavery -for his keep. "1 have got to eat," he declares. '

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COLUMBUS. N. M., July 14. Three

hundred New Mexico National Guardsmen were stranded here today without funds to get them back to their

homes as a result of failure to pass the regular army physical examination,, Many of them are from distant states. The men were accepted by state agents and shipped on here for examination. They learned this morning they will not get transportation or wages for the time they have been in service. Protests have been filed in Washington from all over the state.!

JOHNSON DEFENDS CASE; FACES ASSAULT CHARGE

ALLIED POWERS HOLD

- financial Inference

' LONDON, July-14. A financial con

ference between representatives of Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy was held this morning at the treasury office.

SUPPLIES TO PERSHING STOPPED RY TREVINO ; UPSETS PEACE MOVES

EL PASO, July 14. Upon General Jacinto Trevino, who made a bid " for Mexican fame. by ordering General Pershing's expedition to move only northward and who followed this act by the Carrizal attack, today depends In a large measure the future relattions between Mexico and the United 8tates. ' . ) , OPPOSES GEN. OBREGON. Upon the works of this man, who is radically anti-American and an enemy of Minister of War Obregon, may depend the fate of the Carranza government. - , ,'-. - : . ; If there has been any doubt thatf :

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General Trevino was about to break openly with Carranza and 9breCon. it seemed to disappear, today when oJU cials at Juarez, acting under Trevino's prders, held back shipments of supplies consigned to General Pershing.

plans of the de facto government for a show ' of friendliness " toward the United States. Whatever inspired it the mobilization Of the militia, the in- ' Continued On Page Six.

Henry U. Johnson, one of the best known attorneys in Indiana, appeared today in city court as defendant to a charge of assault and battery on Frank M. Taylor, vice president of the First National bank of Richmond. Johnson, who is conducting his own case, called for a jury trial and the entire morning was devoted to securing the twelve jurors. The jury finally agreed upon is composed of the following: Walter Rossiter, J. M. Seaney, H. C. Hasemeier, William S. Bennett, Isaac Newby, John B.Smelser, Edward Neff, James Richards, Clessie Kendall, Charles Schaefer, William Plummer and George Werts. Several jurors were: either peremptorially discharged or . dismissed for cause. Some declared their opinion would not permit them to render an Impartial ' ver-' diet. One or two declared they entertained prejudices. ' Entertains Prejudice.. John B. Smelser, although accepted by both the state and the defense declared he entertained a prejudice. He added, however, that he was broad-minded' enough to give fair trial based solely on the evidence. Asked what his prejudice was against" Johnson this juror replied that he believed him to be quick tempered and ; quarrelsome. . . . -.,;. ,. ., . I believe the reports in the papers concerning your ' trouble with Mr. Taylor were accurate be

cause of your reputation for being quick tempered and quarrelsome," Smelser remarked. Mr. Johnson had previously; read two newspaper accounts of ; his fight with Mr. Taylor and had intimated that they were inaccurate and unfair to him. Testimony Introduced. At 11:30 o'clock this morning the jury took a recess and the in-; troduction of testimony began at 1:15 o'clock this afternoon. It is charged by the state that, several days ago, Johnson, following a quarrel with. Taylor In the bank, pulled a knife and attacked -the bank official, cutting him: slightly. I SNIPERS OPEN FIRE 3 y ON ILLINOIS GUARD

Chief of Police Goodwin today made public an anonymous letter, believed to have been written by a "crank" and received last Tuesday, in which the lives of Sheriff Steen and the members of the ; police department were threaten-T-ed by the writer who represented himself to be a' friend of Eli S. Carr, the murderer of Police Officers Little and Stephenson. Laboring under the impression that Carr was being kept in a a straight-jacket at the county jail, the writer demanded the "torture" cease, promising violence unless the demand was complied with. The police have a clue as to the identity of the author of the threatening letter and an arrest is in prospect. The letter follows: Police headquarters: Say if , you dont take Carr out of the straight jacket there will be some more cops killed and you wont know how did it.' Give the man a deasent cell if you value their lives.. He has friends and disinnerested friends too even he's alone, as he thinks. If we hear of any more cowradly treatment to him, beware. You are worse than an Indian or Mexican . . for toutre, but we will be worse still. Every day Carr is in the jacket will be one less cop from now on. Shiref, I demand you or your blood for your awful tor-

tue to him, don't think I won't know for I know all your curs, and I swear on a stake of bibles that you will need a new forse, shiref, cops, and all. If he is not treated white you will never get me for I have no squilers in my gang. Yours for blood.

BALTIMORE. July 14 That the super-submarine Deutsehland will make its dash for Germany tomorrow night is the belief all along the water front here today. Extra stevadors were put to work loading the cargo of nickel and rubber, and every effort is being made to have the submergible vessel fully loaded by tomorrow. FORESf FIRE BURNS CHATEAU IN GREECE

ATHENS, July 14. The royal chateau situated on the country estates of King Constantino was today destroyed by forest fires as well as the crown prince's residences and the nearby, military-barracks.

SAN ANTONIO. July 14. Unidentified snipers, hidden in a clump of underbrush, fired fifteen shots into the camp of Colonel Joseph B. Sandborn, commanding the First ' Illinois infantry, Camp Wilson, late' last night. Colonel Sanborn was uninjured.

.TEARS CROSS OCEAN

NEW YORK, July 14. Sixteen tons of, tears have arrived on the, French steamer Vilie Du Havre.. The vessel's entire cargo consisted of Spanish onions. ' '"

Weather Forecast

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MUELLER EXPLAINS PLANS FOR SOUTH SIDE BRIDGE

Local Forecast Mostly fair tonight and, Saturday except for possibly scattered thundershowers in Wayne county and continued warm. General Conditions The weather remains very warm over the entire United States except on , the , Pacific coast where it is very cool. Fifty-two above at San Francisco, " California. Very hot in central California with 108 degrees at Fresno. Another; tropical storm is now over the Carribean sea. General dry weather except for heavy rains on the Texas border. ; " Thunderstorms occurred last night in, the northern part of Wayne and Randolph counties. W. E.-MOORE, - " Weather Forecaster.

John Mueller, bridge engineer, raised his previous estimate of $180,000 for tbe cost of the South G. Street bridge to $185,000 at the open meeting of the county council and commissioners held in the high school auditorium this morning. The rapid rise in the cost of material is responsible. Several citizens attended the meeting this morning, but because of the late start no public discussion followed the illustrated description given by the engineer.

Slides, which were reproductions of the plans of the detailed construction of the bridge and showing why certain methods of construction, were used to explain the proposed bridge to the officials and citizens. Embraces Three Spans. The bridge will be made up of three main spans of 150 each, in addition to the leadways. The width of the roadway btween curbs will be forty-two feet. . The eight-foot sidewalks are supported out on the sides from the main structure by cantilever brackets. The entire width of the bridge when finished will be sixty feet. The bridge is so planned that it would hold up a seventy-five-ton inter-

urban car in addition to a twenty-ton truck on the roadway. t The plans shown this morning called for the structure to be constructed of hollow sprandrel reinforced cement. Drain pipes are interwoven under, the roadway so that the water which seeps through into the covered structure will be led away immediately and .will not come out on the sides to discolor them. Emphasizes Foundation. Particular emphasis was placed on the foundation, which is one of the most important parts of the ; bridge. The test holes were represented and it was shown that the piers would have to be piled in gravel. This adds greatly to the cost of . construction, Mr. Mueller explained.

The purpose of the meeting today, !

Mr. Mueller explained in opening hU descriptive speech, was to show and describe in this manner to the county council and commissioners the plans of the bridge which they are considering appropriating funds for tomorrow. It is much easier for them to become familiarized with the plans In 1 his way than for the engineer to take a bunch of complicated blueprints before them In the court house, Mr. Mueller explained. The engineer explained that the cost might have been cut down by using pillars instead of arches, but that such a bridge would not. have been as good.

COUNTY PAYS TOO MUCH TAX ON INHERITANCE

"Richmond attorneys are sure bad off when it comes to a knowledge of mathematics," said Albert Humke,, state inheritance . tax "official, while here today. "'I 'discovered a mistake of $30 in favor of the state in the amount which I had been paid in the Poundstone es-; tate. It was just a mistake In mathe--' ma tics. The state wants all that is

coming to it, but no more, and 1 so ?

the money win De returned. "Since my last visit, Miss Smith found a mistake of $5 in favor of Oia 1 1

state in an inheritance tax. This mis-.

take was due to a misunderstanding of the law and not-to a mistake in the ! figures." vn-'.-v , w : - '

Mr. Humke explained that 'Wams.

county more than furnished her share of the S300.000 inheritance taxes whirh .

are paid in Indiana yearly.

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