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PERSHING IS RECEIVED RY KING GEORGE AT PALACE

American Commander and Staff Given Audience Also Visit United States Embassy. READY FOR WORK LONDON. June 9. General Pershing was received today at Buckingham palace by King George. He was presented to the kins by Lord Brooke, commander of the Twelfth Canadian infantry brigade. . General Pershing was accompanied to the palace by his personal sU.it ol twelve officers. After the audience the officers paid a formal call at the United States embassy. General Pershing's personal start and the members of the general staff who will perform the preliminary work for the first fighting force number fifty-seven officers and are accompanied by a squad of some fifty privates and a large civilian clerical force. Entertainments Planned. The American residents of London end various British organizations have prepared an extensive program of entertainment for ths American party, ,., it ia rinuhtfnl whether much of it will be carried out, as General Pershing, before being informed of the plans, expressed a desire that there be a minimum of anything in the nature of a celebration of a social character. The entire contingent devoted itself to the hardest kind of work of an organizing nature thioughout the journey, and the wnole atmosphere of the mission is that of men embarking on a grave enterprise with the deepest realization of its difficulties and demands. . The Americans were surprised to learn of the elaborate arrangements for iheir entertainment made by their countrymen and women and also of h ninu mad to facilitate their work. Tim privates in th contingent will be I the guests of the British army in the barracks in the historic rower or L,onlion. Officers Study Each Other.. . Everything from automobile to a money exchange oitlce was ready for the convenience of the Americans and Boon the office, s and men were scattered over the city on business and in sightseeing. At their hotel the American officers met many British and Canadian officers. Everywhere from the port of arrival to London the American and Britisli officers scrutinized each other w.th professional interest, each sizing up the other. While the Americans are keenly interested in their new surroundings and the sights of the country, they are giving themselves to the business of war. There is no atmosphere of an excursion jaunt about the trip of the American contingent It has been work and work of the hardest kind with them since they boarded the trans-Atlantic steamer in civilian clothes after she had left her pier in an American port. The officers in the contingent came from various stations in the United States and the business of staff organization, with its various branches, as begun only after they met on Clipboard. The days on the ship were Biven to btaff work and studying the French language. Anxious to Get Busy. General Pershing said to the Associated Press that he and his fellowcfflcers wero anxious to get into harness at their base in France as quickly iu' possible. Detailed stories of the landing of General Tershiug and his party at l.irrpool and the arrival in London filled a large part of the leading news columns in today's papers. Arrangements for the stay of the Americans in England, plans for the future, biographies and portraits of the American general and pictures of his reception in Liverpool crowd the other news from the front into second place. The editorials, while welcoming General Pershing personally, dwell particularly on the significance of the til rival of the American advance guard as a symbol of ' perhaps the greatest of all the great events in the midst of which we are livins so visibly great that none can pretend to foresee what the full harvest will be for the English speaking world and the sacred doctrines it accepts." Emphasis is also laid on the certainty of ultimate victory which American co-operation is believed to insure. A typical expression of this confidence reads: "Ours if the burden of today, but the burden is made light by the knowledge that the co operation of the United States insures the glory of tomorrow." Do Yobti-'- Join the Bit NowLjJRed Cross WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Sunday Rising temperature Sunday. Temperature Today. , Yesterday. Nocn

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m 11 LONDON. June 9. EmDeror Wil Ham was with Frield Marshal Von Hindenburg, Prince Eitel Friedrich and other members of the German emperor's staff inside the St. Peter's station at Ghent. Belgium, when it was bombarded by allied airmen the other day, according to a dispatch from a Dutch frontier correspondent. The emperor's party was unhurt but three army officers nearby were killed. SOCIALISTS TO VOTE ON "WAR" PLATFORM Richmond Socialists will be called upon June 17 to vote on planks of the war platform of the party. One of the planks demands repudiation of all war debts. It further demands a referendum vote? on the question of war, except in case of invasion. Free speech, free press, and free assemblage in times of war or peace are other demands. William Henry, state secretary of the Socialist party, will be in Richmond sometime before the special election for congressman. He will make several addresses and give aid to tho party here. .-.- Sexton Has Only One Arm, But Can Tend Village Grave Yard EAST GERMANTOWN, Ind., June 9. East Germantown claims the distinction of having the only one-armed sexton in the United States. S. M. Tout, Bexton at the Lutheran cemetery here has but one arm, but is able to take care of the cemetery, mowing the lawn, setting the flowers and digging the graves. Sexton Tout's arm was torn out of its socket by a corn shredder a. number of years ago but for the last fifteen years he has been able to do his work in he cemetery. His only artificial aid in his work is a long leather strap that is used in pushing a wheel barrow. As a side-line, Mr. Tout has for a number of years been town marshal. GERMAN NEWSPAPER PRINTS FAKE YARN COPENHAGEN (via London), June 9. The Continental Times, a paper appearing in English in Berlin prints a New York statement that the American senate has made arrangements to Intern all Germans who arrived in the United States from Germany during the last three years. The statement is being reprinted by the provincial press

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"We Have Done No Wrong In Sight of God" Motley Tells Officers Who Nab Him And His Companion

Members of the Central Christian church, when they read today of the passionate utterances of Rev. W. R. Motley, when he was arrested on a white slave charge at Mobile, Alabama, declared they believed Motley to be deranged. Motley was arrested by Mobile authorities with a woman, supposed to be. Mrs. William Mann, of Spartansburg, Ind. According to word received here, he said, when arrested: "I love her dearly and she loves me. My conscience is clear and her conscience is clear. We have done no wrong in the sight of God but we have done wrong under the laws of man. If we live to be one hundred years old we will love each other as we do now and will live together." Placed Under Bond. Motley's arrest followed a chase across several states, after his elepoementwith Mrs. Mann, the wife of a Spartan sburg farmer. He was placed under a $1,000 bond, pending action of a federal grond jury. Motley, who formerly was pastsor ft (,...,...! (;-Hnn chwh. wnc to

NIGHT ATTACK

BLASTS HOLE OF TWO MILES IN FOPS LINES Heavy Casualties Inflicted on Germans by Smashing Thrust Delivered by British Forces. COUNTER DRIVE FAILS LONDON, June 9. A further contingent of American officers arrived in a British port on a steamer that brought Foreign Secretary Balfour. The officers were met by representatives of the American embassy. LONDON, June 9. The British attacked last night south of the Souchez river and entered the German positions on a front of more than two miles, the war office announces. The German line was penetrated to a depth of more than half a mile. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the Ger mans. The attack extended north of the river. The statement says operations were carried on with complete success on a wide front from south of Lens to La Bassee. The Germans made a powerful counter-attack last night over nearly the whole length of the new front. They were repulsed completely, the British retaining all the ground captured. (By Associated Press) On a. two miles front south of the Souchez river the enemy lines were penetrated to a depth of more than one-half a mile and successful operations were carried on further north as far as LaBasse. The field of this attack by 15 to 20 miles south of the drive made by the British in Belgium on Thursday which resulted in the capture of the commanding Wyscaette ridge and the elimination of one of the most annoying salients in the entire line on the western front. Are Strategic Points. Somewhat , widely separatedas "are the two fields of attack, they bear relation to each other as strategic noints from which the ereat manufac turing district centering in Lille may be subjected to alternating pressure. Already the Arras battle of which thin lntpst development is a continua tion, has made serious inroads on the major defenses of this region. The fall nf Lens, the ereat coal city, iust before the British lines at this point has long been conceded to be only a matter of time. The mnvpmsnt rennrted todav anparently means that this is near .at hand. And that another great blowis ahont, readv to he struck toward clearing the Germans from their long held and much tried trench positions in tms area. EARLHAM HEIGHTS RESIDENTS WOULD MANDAMUS BOARD Suit for mandamus, compelling the Wayne Township Advisory board to accept bids on the addition to the Earlham Heights school, was filed by Verle Pickett and others in the circuit court today. Patrons of the school, who for some time have been fighting for the erection of the addition, declared some time ago that in case the board failed to order work on the building begun, they would file suit. Richmond from Newcastle and by his strong sermons soon gained popularity among the members of his congregation here. After residing here for some time, however, he was forced to leave the pastorate through alleged improper advances made to four women of the congregation. From this city he went to Spartansburg where he assumed the pastorate of the Christian church. Here too, he created a favorable impression but he soon began to show attention to Mrs. Mann, a member of the congregation. Fled Month Ago. A month ago Motley, with Mrs. Mann fled from Spartansburg and a postcard was received by his family, mailed at Dayton, declaring that they were "gone for good." The woman's husband started a search for the missing couple and their arrest in Mobile last Thursday resulted. The minister and his companion were arrested in a Mobile hotel, where he represented the woman to be his secretary. Motley, who is 48 years old is married and has three children. Two of his children live in Richmond. ; Mrs. Mairi bn no children. , -;,- '

Gunner Who Sank First Submarine In War With Germany Was Here

The man who fired the first shot in this nation's clash with Germany vas in Richmond late yesterday afternoon. He is Francis Howard, sailor attached to the steamer Mongolia with the gun crew and he told how he fired the gun that blew the German submarine out of water. He was waiting for a train to take him to Norfolk, Va., wheie he is to rejoin his ship, the Nevada, after an eight-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Howard, of Decatur, Ind. Howard was at the Pennsylvania station. Story Is Laconic. His story is as laconic as an official report: "Two and one-half days out of Liverpool, bound for that port from New York, at 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon, the lookout reported what he believed to be a periscope. Through our telescopes we saw a periscope and part of a conning tower. The submarine commander evidently was trying to figure the speed of the Mongolia. I asked for the range. Draft Forces Youth To Tell of Marriage; Bride Loses Her Job OXFORD, O.." June 9. Tuesday's registration played a mean trick on Willard G. Albright, Miami University student from Germantown. It made the young man divulge tne fact that he was married; had been married, in fact, for several months, to Miss Alma Stevens, a school teacher of Germantown. and a graduate of Miami five years ago. Now all this isn't much in itself, but it happens that on the evening before registration the Germantown school board elected Miss Stevens to teach mathematics in the High school next year. The news of her marriage has run Red the board to call off the deal, the members claiming that they em ployed Miss Alma Stevens ana not Mrs. Willard G. Albright. The objection isn't so much that the . woman is married, as it is the fact that she didn't so state in her application for the position. CASUALTIES IN RUINED CITIES REPORTED SMALL Communication With San Salvador Still Cut OffProperty Loss Great. NEW YORK, June 9 Damage done by the earthquake to the city of San Salvador is not as great as was first feared, according to cable messages received today by Bloom Brothers, fissal agents in the United States for the Republic of San Salvador. The central and newer part ot the city was said to have suffered less than the outlying portion and the suburbs. CORINTO, Nicaragua, June 9. Telegraphic communication with Salvador is still cut off and no authentic Information is available here as to the loss of life and ' property caused by the earthquake and storm on Thursday night- Such advices as have reached Corinto indicate tnat great property loss was occasioned. It is reported that Santa Tecla has been destroyed and the surrounding countryside for a radius of thirty miles devastated. The city of San Salvador has been damaged badly, according to a current report. The earthquake occurred Thursday night. It was accompanied bv a high wind and heavy rain. SAN j'UAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua, June 9. San Salvador, Santa Tecia, and neighboring towns and Tillages were destroyed in an earthquake which began at 7 o'clock Thursday TiicVit and continued throughout the night, according to information received here from the president of Nicaragua. The president's message says: "Telegraphic communication just reestablished with San Salvador confirms that earthquake commenced at 7 o'clock p. m. yesterday (Thursday), and continued all night, accompanied by a heavy rain. "San Salvador, Santa Tecla and neighboring towns and villages were destroyed. The casualties were small. There were some fires. "The president of Nicaragua has telegraphed the president of San Salvador offering aid. He has ordered the organization of relief committees to send help to the suffering and the, homeless." A report received from San Miguel says San Salvador was destroyed, only 100 houses being left standing. Strong earthquakes, the report says, were followed by lava and boiling water. . GETS A GOOD JOB! TO BE EXECUTIONER COPENHAGEN, (via London), June 9. Prussia, which for a year has had no public execuitloner, has appointed a new headsman named Paul Spaete. Spaete was formerly assistant to Execuitioner . Schwietz, who accumulated a competency and retired.

It was 1,030 yards. I fired. The submarine was blown out of the water. That was on April 7 "

Howard is very reticent and diriment. He volunteered no information but was exceedingly gracious in answering question. A small group watched him eat a sandwich and drink a cup of coffee in the Pennsylvania station restaurant ELLIOTT WINS WITH VOTES OF WAYNEJOUNTY Connersville Attorney Nominated for Congress When Delegation Goes for Him. Richard N. Elliott of Connersville, was nominated the Republican candidate for representative in congress at the district convention in Rushville on the eighty-fourth ballot, taken about 8:45 last night after the delegates had been in continuous session since 1:30 in the afternoon. The rally for Elliott began on the eighty-third ballot when the thirty-one Wayne delegates cast the entire delegation vote for the popular Conners ville attorney, giving him a total of fifty-five votes, five lese than the required number, sixty, to nominate him. 1 Union Follows Lead On the eighty-fourth ballot Wayne again voted 31 for Elliott after Union county, following the lead of its big neighbor, had cast its five votes for Elliott. The thirty-six votes Elliott received from Wayne and Union counties on the final ballot gave him the required total of sixty. With the announcement of Elliott's nomination the tired, peevish and hungry delegates jumped to their feet and acclaimed the nominee with rousing cheers. - -s After the new standard-bearer had delivered a brief address, expressing his appreciation of the honor bestowed upon him and giving his pledge to lead the Republican forces to victory at the election June 26, George Barnard of Newcastle, one of Elliott's opponents, moved that Elliott's nomination be made unanimous, a suggestion the convention acted upon immediately and with great enthusiasm. Wan School Teacher "Dick" Elliott is 44 years of age and belongs to that big brotherhood of successful men who began their careers as country school teachers. For a number of years he has been one of the leading members or me rayette county bar. He has taken an active interest in politics for several years. In 1912 he affiliated witn tne rrogressive party and continued Bull Mooslng until 1914, when he returned to his first love, the Republican party, believing that what reforms were rein tho mndiir.t of that party's affairs were to be best accomplished inside rather tnan outsiae tne parcy. He has served Fayette county two terms in the state legislature, nas been Fayette county attorney and Connersville city attorney, and has been Republican chairman of his home county. Elliott is well and favorably known throughout the Sixth district, and his nomination is generally acceptable to the rank and file of the Republican party in the district, ror men possesses good "horse sense," is well versed and trained in the conduct of public affairs, is thoroughly dependable, is progressive in ideas though rot a radical, and is a vigorous, hustling sort of a chap who knows how to do things. Delegation Unharmonious. PerhaDS Wayne county was never represented in a Republican district convention by such an unharmonious delegation, but when the convention became almost hopelessly deadlocked, all efforts at putting over a "dark horse" having failed, the Wayne delegates for once reached a common understanding, that there was no chance of nominating a Wayne county man and that it was up to Wayne to throw its powerful strength to the best of the candidates before the convention. That it would be possible for all of the Wayne delegates to reach an agreement on a second choice candiContinued On Page Five. POTATO PEELINGS SAVED BY HOTELS NEW YORK, June 9. Potato peelings from all of the large hotels in New York are being saved for Cabot Ward, park commissioner, it was announced today. The peelings are being planted in the place of seed potatoes in community gardens under the supervision of the park department This new economy began several weeks ago when the chef of a large uptown hotel sent potato peelings from his kitchen to an experimetnal garden plot on Staten Island. The results of this experiment caused Commissioner Ward to requisition the peeling supplies for his vacant lot gardens. '

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LONDON, June 9. Lady Decies, for merly Miss Vivian Gould, of New York, has gone to Rumania at the head of a unit of the Scottish Women's Hospital contingent. Since the beginning of the war Lady Decies has been active In relief work, centering her efforts in caring for the Allied wounded. Constabule" Is Busy; Has Two Other Jobs EATON, O., June 9. When city cousins in automobiles while through rural, villages and see the "constabule," made conspicuous by the bright star he wears, it is not unlikely that they conclude he has a "snap." But this impression is false. ' Over at West Alexandria when the village council named John Kelly mar shal, a few other duties were tacked on, and besides maintaining peace and order he is required to keep the village , clean and sanitary, for he is health officer. Then, too, he is commissioner of streets, which he must keep in repair. To facilitate this work and keep down expenses, the village has a team of horses, which the marshal is required to groom. His salary is $65 a month. TEUTONIC POWERS HOLDING 3,000,000 PRISONERS OF WAR AMSTERDAM, June 9. The central powers now hold nearly 3,000,000 prisoners of war, according to oTficial figures published in German newspapers. Germany has 1,690,431 prisoners Including 17,474 officers; Austria has 1,092,055; Bulgaria, 67,582; and Turkey 23,903, a total of 2,374.271 prisoners of whom 27,620 are officers. This total is made up of the following na tionalities, showing the total number, and prisoners held in Germany respectively: Russian, 2,080,699: 1.212,007. French, 368,607; 367,124. Serbian, 154,630; 25,879. Italian, 98,017; none. Rumanian, 79,033; 10,157. British, 45.241; 33,129. Belgian, 42,437; 42,435. Montenegrin, 5,607; none. The British prisoners of war not in German are divided between Bulgaria and Turkey. BRITAIN GETS NEW $75,000,000 LOAN WASHINGTON, June 9 Loans of three million dollars to Serbia and $75,000,000 to Great Britain were announced by the treasury today. TAKES EXAMINATION Joseph Foutz, of Kitchel, Is taking an examination for fourth class postmaster, at the post office today. The postmaster at Kitchell recently resigned.

Searching Party Finds Body of Kidnaped Baby In a Well

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 9. -The body of Lloyd Keet, 14 months old son of J. Holland Keet. wealthy banker, was found in a well on the Crenshaw farm near here today, according to reliable reports. The report came from investigators who had gone to the. farm in response to information, the source of which has not been revealed. The news of the finding of the body waa telephoned to a newspaper office here. Claude Piersol, one of seven persons arrested in connection with other al

FLAMES CUT OFF ESCAPE OF M HELD If! SHAFTS

Blaze Starts on High Level, Holding Miners in Lower Realms of Shaft Soldiers Help in Rescue. TWELVE BODIES OUT BUTTE, Mont., June 9. A i statement by officials of the North 1 Butter company just before noon gives 36 known dead as the result of the fire, 167 missing and 212 known to have been saved. BUTTE, Mont., June 9. One hundred and fifty men are reported dead, and no hope is held out for the recov- , ery of 200 others trapped under ground by a fire in the Spectacular copper mine, near here early today. Out of 425 men in the mines when the fre broke out, more than two-thirds are unaccounted for. Twelve bodies had been recovered early today. The ire, which started on the 2,400foot level, spread quickly cuttinr off the escape of men on lower levels. Dense smoke retarded rescue work. Miners from adjoining properties, ordered up from underground as a precaution, went to work as rescuing gangs, aiding national guardsmen who had been called to the scene. They were able to do little. Men In Upper Levels Escape Warning of their danger came soon enough to permit men on the npper levels to escape. They immediately formed rescue parties and attempted to go down the shaft to the men believed entombed. Their efforts were fruitless, and little could be done un-, til the arrival of the bureau of mines safety first cars, which carry gas and smokeproof helmets, from Red Lodge and Colorado Springs. One hour after the outbreak of the fire, L. D. Frink, superintendent; M. D. Conners, foreman; N. D. Brawley, general manager of the granite shaft, owned by the North Butte company, declared they could account for 213 out of 415 who were in the shaft when the fire started. Two Cheated Death John Coffemetten and John Boyce. who were the first two men to be taken from the shaft alive, told how they cheated death by cutting the air tos? and sucking air by turns until the rescue party arrived. They were on the 700-foot level at the outbreak of the fire. Secretary Balfour Reaches England " LONDON, June 9. Foreign Secretary Balfour arrived at a British port this morning on his return from his trip to America at the head of the British missing. Mr. Balfour at once departed for London, arriving here this afternoon. LODGE PROTESTS RAMSEY'S REMOVAL Following is a copy of a letter sent by members of the Richmond Court, Tribe of Ben Hur, to the board of education, asking for the re-instatement of D. D. Ramsey as principal of the Whitewater school and for an apology to Ramsey by Superintendent Giles: Richmond, Ind., June 8, 1917. To the School Board of Richmond, Dear Sirs: The members of the Tribe of Ben Hur, Richmond Court. No. 42, ask you to re-instate Mr. D. D. Ramsey to his position in the Whitewater school, because of his efficient work there. We also ask that Supt. Giles make due apologies to Mr. Ramsey and to the public for this unfair treatment. Respectfully. RUBY FORTNER. HARRY O. JORDAN, S. B. WILLIAMS, Committee.

leged kidnaping plots in Springfield, today was held under a charge of attempting to commit a felony by planning kidnaping. He had been held for investigation, with the other five men and one woman. In connection with schemes to kidnap C A. Clement. Springfield jeweler; a Springfield baby and a St. Louis munitions manufacturer. The charge placed referred to the Clement case. No formal charges have been .placed against the others held, so far as is known. , ... f -