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new DRIVE IN BELGIlir.1 FEARED BY PRUSSIANS Kaiser's Airmen Try to Spy Out Entente Preparations Nine of Them Brought Down. FRENCH HOLD GAINS (Cy Associated 'Press) With Russia proving that her army, now rehabilitated, can strike telling blows again, the Entente forces apparently are preparing to resume the forward movement on the western front Notable activity Is developing In Belgium; Germany senses the trend of things there and extraordinary ef forts by her air men to find out what is sofne on bevond the British lines are reflected in the official statements. From all appearances the German fliers are having poor successes. Londan's report last night, for Instance, showed nine German airplanes taken out of action to one lost by the British. Expect Blow at Arras That the Britleh blow will fall north of Arras Is the German exDectatlon, according to General Von Stein, the Prussian minister of war. He told a German Reichstag committee yesterday that General Halg apparently was preparing for an offensive on a large scale In this area. In this connection It is to be noted that the British, in a local operation last night, pushed their, lines forward lightly on a 600 yard front southwest of Hollebeke, In Belgium. Petaln Holds Positions General Petain, on the French front, is bending his efforts toward retaining intact all the commanding position his troops now occupy. The latest German attempt to wrest control of an Important sector on the Aisne from him. not only came to naught wi exceptionally heavy, losses, but the Trench In their reaction took a F'iert r.csition near Cerny from the C"n'ins. . . Paris dhratches report the American c-r't'niient which . naraded in Paris yesterday as-proceeding to the permanent American training camp and announces that the unit of the army now at a French port will leave there shortly for camp instructions, ""he entire expedition Is expected to be encamped by July 15 under command of Major-General Sibert. On Tuesday night bombing attacks were carried out by naval air-service machines on the airdome3 at Ghistelles and Nleumunster, and also on the sea plane sheds and a' train at Zaaren." says an admiralty announcement today. "Several tons of -bombs were dropped. All the machines returned safely." HOUSEWIVES LOOK! ARE YOU PATRIOTIC? WASHINGTON, July 5. Wives of all the cabinet members have become members of the food administration and pledged themselves to one wheatless meal a day, and to have beef, mutton or pork but once a day and to serve no veal or lamb. They will practice strict economy in the use of butter and sugar and will serve fish, fruit and vegetables in abundance. Thousands of pledges are reaching the offices of the food administration. An effort is being made to enroll every woman in the country over sixteen years of age. 0 Man! They Are Going to Be Cut Coy And Skimpy A bas le belt! Nix on pleats! Raus mit der cuff! Out, base pocket! And. morever, you don't have to go into the trenches to wear trench overcoats. And. further, if you Incline towards embonpoint, nobody will love you, for you'Jl be a sartorial failure. Uncle Sam is going to take a hand in the design of men's clothing this fall. The alarming scarcity in wool Is responsible for the elimination of all unnecessary frills. The general motif will be the coy and skimpy English cut. which takes less material. All of which is to be discussed and may be cussed at the semi-annual convention of the National association of Clothing Designers, which Is in session In Chicago. BIG DEMAND FOR LABOR BOSTON. July 5. The demand for labor, both skilled and unskilled at the state public employment office was greater during the month of June than at the same period of the year at any time since the office was established tea yeara ago. It also slightly exceeded that of the previous month. Tae heaviest call was for skilled workers In the steel shipbuilding Industry and various steel and iron trades. Farm laborers and summer recort help were greatly In demand.

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REM? ADtl!?fc- Wrt.B.CPWW Admiral Caperton, formerly commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, has brought his warships across the continent into South Atlantic waters, and is now operating off the th America to keep the vuaoi. Jt- v - I steamer lanes clear of German raiders or suDmannes. auuiiui vfcu and his fleet have been cordially received by the South American repuhnd dt,h fri use of practically all ports have been offered him. SAXONS FLAY BUREAUCRACY; ASHEFORMS Not Loyalty to King But to Fatherland Keeps Soldiers Fighting. COPENHAGEN, July 5. Saxon soldiers are not fighting out of loyalty to the king but for 'ove of the father land and monarchy principle. Saxony la suffering badly from the mistakes of an incompetent . bureaucracy ana conditions have reached such a state that all parties -in the Saxon parlia ment are forced segoiisjy:to ..warn the government or me aanger oi f cation. , - i if. Such were the disagreeable declarations which the government was forc ed' to hear from all parties except the conservatives, in a debate in the Saxon diet yesterday, a' report of which has reached here. - '. , Socialists Demand Reform." The discussion was on necessary internal reforms. The occasion for the debate was a socialist resolution demanding that the government make an effort to secure liberal reorganlzat on of the empire. After Count Vitzthun, premier of Saxony, had declared on contrary that the Saxon government wouia ngnt any attempt to secure any franchise re form in Individual states, uirougn tne Reichstag, the socialist vice-president of the house, himself an ex-soldier, flatly denied that loyalty to the king played any role with the soldiers. Reforms to borne. Ha a-nrnpfl Count Vitzthun against persisting In his reactionary attitude, baying that reform would come, if not Continued On Page Ten. Building Operations Show Gain of $9,150 Over Month of May An increase of $9,150 was made in building operations tD Richmond dur ing the montn or June over tne preofHnr month of Mav. according to the monthly report of Harry Hodgin, build ing inspector, completed inursaay. Building operations during June amounted to $19,800, an increase of $3,000 over the 6ame month for the year of 1916. -. - - . During the month permits for two frame buildings were issued, one bungalow, one two-story frame building and three one-story buildings. Remodeling work was done on fourteen buildings. Prussian Minister

New British Offensive North of Arras

COPENHAGEN, July 5. Lieutenant General Von Stein. Prussian minister of war, and state, toid a committee of the German Reichstag yesterday, according to dispatches reaching here, that a further British offensive was expected north of Arras where General Haig apparently is preparing actions on a large scale. The minister said the abandonment of the Salonikl campaign was Improbable but he regarded the Italian offensive on the Isonzo and in the Tyrol as shattered. His views on the Russian offensive are unreported if .expressed. The ministerial declarations regarding the working of the submarine campaign. About which the official Wolff News bureau cable ample reports to the neutral press, were not the only matters before yesterday's meetkg of the Reichstag committee. The eocialist organ Vor aerts in its in

WHY WAR HITS

BANK ACCOUNT OF EVERY ONE Uncle Sam Buys Five Million Blankets and Six Million Pairs of Shoes. WASHINGTON, July 5. An idea of the enormous cost to maintain America's lighting forces is given in a statement issued by the committee on public informaion today showing the relative amounts expended in 1915. when the country was at peace, and to be expended this year. Subsistence, for instance, which in 1915 was supplied at the modest cost of $9,800,000. this year has been prodded for in the appropriation estimates at $133,000,000. Clothing and camp garrison equipage, which two years ago were had for $6,500.000,, will cost this year $231,000,000. Ordnance stores and supplies which in 1915 were furnished for only $700,000, this year will cost more than $106,000,000. ' ' ' ' ,c Manufacture of arms, which In 1915 cost $450,000, this year will cost more than $55,000,000. Ammunition for small arms which in 1915 was had at $875,000, this year will cost $148,000,000. Transportation, which in 191o was furnished at $13,000,000 this year will cost $222,000,000. Regular supplies, which in 191s cost $10,000,000, this year will cost $110,nnn nnn - For aeronautics $450,000 was appro priated in 1915, while i47.uuu.uuu al ready has been appropriated ior mi This Hn not Include of course, the administration's big aircraft pro gram which calls for an initial appropriaion of $639,000,000. t Among the items already purchased are: 5,000,000 blankets, 37,000,000 yards of bobbinette, 2,000,000 cots, 45,500,000 yards of cotton cloth, 21,300,000 of unbleached drilling. 6,000,000 pairs of shoes and 11,191.000 pairs of light wool socks. Dogs of War Loose in China; Soldiers Lusting to Fight TIEN ,TSIN. July - 5. A military cln In China is imminent: The troops 6f Peking are showing slgns?et opposition to 'General,' Chank-Hsuh's dictatorship under the guise of a monarchy. At the same time the troops of Tsao Kun, military governor , or tne province of Chl-Li, are mobilizing and preparing to proceed to Peking. Tsao Kun's action followed an ultimatum sent to General Chang Hsun giving him twenty-four hours, to withdraw troops from Peking. General Chang took no notice of the demand. t Executions and imprisonment' of prominent officials have resulted from the disturbed state of affairs. Treachery and opposition to the Manchu restoration are given as reasons for this action. Among those imprisoned was Wang Shi-Chen,' minister of war in the republic. The executions already number nine among the most prominent being Prince Pu Lun, chairman of the council of state. 117,776 PRISONERS TAKEN BY BRITONS SINGE WAR BEGAN LONDON, July 5. Since the beginning of the war, the British have captured 117,776 prisoners, exclusive of natives taken prisoner in the African campaign, many of whom have ' been released, said Maj. Gen. F. B. Maurice, director of military operations, at the war, office today. : The British have lost to the enemy 51,088 men including India and native troops. These figures toVn fn all theaters of war. The British have captured 739 guns during the war. Of the guns lost 37 were recaptured and of tne 96 remaining in enemy hands 84 were lost by the British on the west" front early In the war. "The British have not lost a single gun on the west front since April 1915, said the general. of War Expects dependent report of the proceedings in the "Little Reichstag" says Herr Ebert, the socialist, devoted considerable attention to the unsatisfactory conditions In the nutrition of the people and the prospect of an inadequate supply of fuel for the fourth war winter which the Germans probably will be called to face. Herr Erzberger, the clerical leader, and Herr Von Payer, radical, supported, in general Herr Ebert's view ot conditions and criticised the government's inefficient measures for dealing with the problem. 5 : Representatives of various parties expressed divergent views on the peace question which - was also discussed by the committee. Herr Ebert said the government could have peace this summer if it would only of; fer peace without annexations and indemnities to all opponents and abandon separate overtures to Russia.

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In France Sent Home to Recover; Anxious to Get Back Into Fray

After arriving in France with the company of marines, which accompanied General John J. Pershing's troops, Frank A. Ruth, Richmond boy, who enlisted in the marines at Indianapolis a year ago, was sent back to the United States because of illness. Ruth, son of E. C. Ruth, 201 Randolph street, cried when told that he would not be allowed to remain in France with his company. He landed at Philadelphia and returned to Richmond to visit his folks. He has left for the government sanitarium in Colorado where he will undergo treatment for six months after which time he expects and hopes to be sent to France. Leaves High School. Ruth, who left high school, to become a "first line of defense" man in the service of the stars and stripes, ILLINOIS GOVERNOR DEPLORES OUTRAGE AT EAST ST. LOUIS CARROLLTON, Ills., July 5. Governor Frank O. Lowden, in an address here yesterday at the unveiling of a monument to Thomas Carlin, seventh governor of Illinois, deplored the events of Monday and Tuesday in East St. Louis, Ills., where many negroes were killed and their homes burned by mobs. , "I know of no outrage perpetrated in the south that has equalled that at East St. Louis," said the governor. "We cannot wipe out the stain, but if the people of Illinois will get to gether unitedly for law eniorcement, such a thing will never be possible again. There must be in every nation some supreme power. In a monarchy it is the king, but in a republic it is the law."

Paris Puts on Holiday Attire

to Celebrate Fourth of July With Gen. Pershing's Soldiers

PARIS, July 4 (delayed) When the 2a0th regiment of French territorials with its band escorted the battalion picked from the. regimen tig of United States Infantry jmto the court of aonor asj.., jf ptJkOgpendence celebration thecuW, tBe arcades and the corridors Qf the Invalides resounded with the prolonged, acclamation of the company-' of massed spectators thr.t left just room enougn ior troops to" form a hollow square. Standing in the center were uscendanis of soldiers of the American revolution with fanions in United states-colors and the colors of a ma jor general of the United States army a flag of red grouna wun iwo 5hy stars mbroldered by French women and American veterans who fought with the French in the war of 1870, with the flag of the American volun teers in the French toreign legion. Carry Old Flags A few surviving inmates from the soldiers' home, erect and soldierly in appearance in spite of their grey hairs stood behind as a guard of honor. Alongside was a delegation from LePuy, the nearest city to me uiriuyiae nonarai T,nfn.vpttp. carrying a lace adorned flag to be presented to the American troops. Tne neaa oi every spectator was uncovered precisely at 9 o'clock when tho American Dana struck up the Marseillaise. The sim ultaneous appearance oi i-resiaem. Poincare, General Pershing, General Joffre, American Ambassador bnarp and other dignitaries at tne entrance of the building was the signal for tremendous cheering which continued Hindenburg Sees Victory Won "If"AMSTERDAM. July 5. Field Marshal von Hindenburg. on his return to the front from Austrian headquarters, predicted," according to a Berlin dispatch today, that in the "not too distant future" Germany's enemies would be forced to make peace. Describing .the present situation the field marshal i3 quoted as saying: "If we hold our ground against enattacks until the submarine has done its work the war is won for us. Our enemies must continue their attacks, however, hopeless they may be. They cannot wait for the arrival of the American armies. 'T wish the' enemy statesmen had the same knowledge of the Austrian monarchy as I have. They would ,then abandon their present plans. I brought home from my visit to Austria the firm conviction that we shall stand together to a victorious end. Our alliance cannot be shaken." Even Capetown Feels Fourth of July Spirit CAPETOWN, July 5. Independence Day was celebrated by the opening of a recruiting rally, the principal meeting of which was attended by" the American consul general. George H. Murphy and I. X. Merrlman. premier of Cape Colony. Mr. Merrlman, In an address, eulogized the stand America had taken. Washington. Lincoln, Lee and others like 'them, he said, formed the glory of America and revealed the true soul of the people which sometimes seemed obscured by prosperity and materials. He noped and believes that President Wilson would add his name to those great men who created and upheld the Ideals of the' American people. . ,

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was one of the first men to enlist when a recruiting station for marines was opened in Indianapolis about ten months ago. After several months training, his company was ordered to Haiti to quell inner disturbances there. It was in Haiti where he contracted malaria. When the marines were ordered to France, together with 25,000 troops commanded by General John J. Pershing, Ruth accompanied the men and saw them land safely at a "French seaport." Because of his illness he was sent back to the United States, but still hopes to see service in France. it Doing Their Bit; 99 They Would Do More If Given a Chance WASHINGTON, July 5. Inmates of the prisons and reformatories of ,tho country want to do their bit for the country during the war. Representatives of twenty-three States, called Into conference here by the American Prison Association, brought that word to the government today and offered co-operation in any way possible. . A standing committee to further such co-operation was named. As far as practicable, use will be made of approximately 70,000 Inmates of penal and -reformatory Institutions and several hundred thousand acres in institutional farms. Rescinding of the executive order of 1905 providing that no prison-made goods shall be contracted for or purchased by the government was urged by the conference. until the official party passed the troops in review. Hats were off again and lmpresslve.ness v when the fanions and flags "were presented to the American troops General Pershing was "grave and plainly, moved. General Noix, governor of the Invalides received the flag of the American foreign legion for the war museum. The colonel commanding the American battalion advanced and Continued On Page Nine. FOUR RETURN FROM TRAINING GAMP Four Richmond young men who have, hopn at the Officers' Training Camp at Indianapolis returned home yesterday after receiving an nonoraoie discharge for physical disability. The men are Frank Kiser, Charles O. Miller, Frank Schalk and Byram C. Rob-bins.

DRAFT NUMBERS REPORTED HERE; GOVERNMENT DENIES RUMOR

BULLETIN WASHINGTON, July 5 Exemption boards, which will adminis ter the selective draft, have begun giving serial numbers to the men who registered on June 5. Instructions from Washington are to post the numbers publicly as soon as given. This was being done in some parts of the country totry and led to false report that drafted numbers had been announced. No drafting whatever has been done as yet, and probably will not be done for several days. Reports that the. first drawing had been made for the conscript army and that the numbers had been made public, created much excitement in Richmond this afternoon. A local brokerage firm received a list of numbers purporting to be the numbers of the men who are conscripted in each voting precinct in the United States, early in the afternoon, over their private wire from New York. The numbers as given by them are: 5, 11. 17, 61, 62, 67, 100, 107, 109, 111, 114, 145, 146. Further reports received over this wire - said that each number represented approximately 50,000 men over the whole of the United States, makNEGRO HIGHWAYMAN SENT TO STATE PRISON Hobart Bewley, Joe Davis, Arthur Williams and John Tucker, all negroes, were sentenced to from five to fourteen years in the state prison by Judge Fox In circuit court Thursday, on charges of highway robbery. The men were arrested south ot the city last Saturday by Sheriff Carr after they had held up and robbed Frank Barbee, also colored of $8.40. All of the men were employed as laborers on the railroad., .

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The brilliant Russian drive In Ga licia, the news of which sent a wave of patriotic rejoicing throughout revolutionary Russia, was led by Minister of War Ker'ensky in person according to dispatches from Petrograd. For several day before the beginning of the offensive Kerensky had been at the front, personally urging the troops to fight for their new-rouno ireeaom. Kerenskv's aDDeals had their effect. The soldiers, who have most explicit fid on cp. In him. voted to resume the offensive and the new Galician drive with the capture of more than 16,000 Teutons, was the result. JULY FOURTIT STIRS BRITISH TO GRATITUDE "Anniversary of Estrange ment Becomes Festival of Reunion" Post. . LONDON July. 8. --The prominence given Independence Day by the lead ing morning newspapers of London suerests a recurrence 6f a British rather than an American anniversary Besides, fully reporting the celebration incidents, banquets, speeches and other things, the principal papers devote thA finest editorials thereto, emphasiz ing the sentiments expressed by foreign Secretary Balfour. The Morning Post, which often in the past has been critical rejoices that "the anniversary of estrangement has become a festival of reunion," and declares: "Not the least of manifold benefits the Germans unwittingly conferred on Great Britain is the lifting of Anglo-American relations to a plane of more intimate and cordial friendship than a century of time has been able to achieve." Times Praises Americans. The Times, after gratified general comment, says thera are some Britons Continued On Page Nine. ing a total of 650,000 for the flrst army. No more drawing will be made until exemptions have been made, the report continued. Instructions were received this morning by the local board to number registered men of the county consecutive.lv. Thia list is then to be forward ed to the state board, and from them to the national officials. The county reports, however, are not to be in until Rntnrri'av. Nothiner of tha drawine had been heard by any member of the board, and It was not believed by them that it had been made." The Associated Press headquarters In Indianapolis said at 2 o'clock that while the same report was out all over the state, and they had been receiving constant calls to verify it, they had received nothing from any official source. SINN FEINERS PRESS RECOGNITION CLAIMS LONDON, July 5. Darrell Figgis, one of the prominent Sinn Feiners lately released from prison, said in a speech at at . Hillaioe, Clanda that steps to ' achieve Iri3h independence were being thought out and that the full policy would be disclosed at the proper time. Meantime, he said, the Sinn Feiners would not be Idle. . They would appoint a constituent assembly and appeal to the peace conference at which England would not be the best loved of conferees. If the nation rallied they would see a sovereign Irish republic, within two years. y COAL PRODUCTION FALLS. OFF ' HARRISBURG, Pa., July 6. Pennsylvania's productions of anthracite coal in 1916 fell below tha figures of 1911, 1814 and 1915, but the output of bituminous coal was over 10,000,000 tons ahead of the previous year and only slightly behind , the record -year of 1913. -

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MACHINERY IS MENACE TO COUNTRY Mass Attack of U-Boats on Pershing's Transports Due to Tips of Kaiser's Agents in U. S. UNCLE SAM AROUSED WASHINGTON. July 6. Officials who for obvious reasons cannot be quoted declared today that if the gov ernment activities against German BDies In the United States could be published the hews would startle the world. While not admitting they are con-, vinced that the spy system was en-' tlrely responsible for the massed sub marine -attack on .the transport oi General Pershing's expedition, it wss; said that the combined force of the state, war, navy, and Justice depart-; ment were working in cohesion, ana; systematically unearthing information! of an amazing character, and of great value to the government. News Leaks Out. It was pointed out that even with the ctrWMt mnRorahln of mails, cablesand press, the European allies have not' been able, to meet tne situation xo weir complete satisfaction. The problem) Is of far greater magnitude in this; country was thousands of aliens, an immense border and countless possible means of outside communication. Secret service operation necessarily carried on under cover are given little or no publicity and this fact, officials say, give rise to a surmise that little has been accomplished. ' Even Germany Has Trouble. It was pointed out today that although the allies have never maintained spy systems as far reaching or effective as Germany, even that country despite her registration of individuals, her comparatively small border line and net work of secret police has been unable to prevent information of her military moves from reaching the outside world. Germany's realization of. that Is shown in her absolute suppression ef all mail and cable communication for a considerable period preceding any " Important military increment. CARS COLLIDE; OCCUPANTS GET SLIGHT BRUISES A dangerous curve near the meeting' of the Wllliamsburg-Greensfork roads was the scene of a Fourth of July accident Wednesday evening, when automobiles driven by A. A. Mumbower and Robert Worley of Richmond, collided. Miss Ruth Mnmbower, in Mumbower's machine, was thrown from her seat and her left leg severly bruised. No one else was injured. View of the road ahead is shut off from both directions at the soene of the accident. Mumbower, his machine one of four going north, rounded the curve at a rate of about twenty miles an hour. He saw that a collision was Inevitable and put on the brakes, the car sliding about twenty 'feet and crashing into Worley's lighter machine. Five other automobiles, three going north and two south, passed safely. Beth Cars Damaged. The left front wheel of the Mumbower machine was smashed and the fenders and hood were dented. Worley's lighter car was damaged much more. Charles Becser drove nis automoDiie across the Pennsylvania tracks near Easthaven yesterday, asd it was struck . i by a train, eecner wan noi injnr-su. but the car was seriously damaged. Frank Minor, is in Reid Memorial hospital with a badly torn leg. Minor was hunting south of town yestording and his gnn was discharged into his leg. His condition is not dangerous. Clee Bass, colored, seven years old, was cut in the leg by a piece of glass ' when a small playmate threw down a bottle which bursted. Frank Swisher of Campbells town, sustained burns about the eyes in the premature explosion of a large firecracker yesterday afternoon. Do YonrrJ l-i Join the Bit Now Lf"' Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Probably thundershowers tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight. Temperature Today. - Noon .....79 Yesterday. Maximum 76 Minimum 50 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Thundershowers and much wanner. General , Conditions The weather remains cool and fair over the upper Mississippi valley and eastern states bnt is unsettled In the middle west with thundershowers and high temperatures. Extremely warm in. California, 100 to 106 degrees in the shade in the Bacremento valley. Freezing temperatures in parts of Canada. Quite -warm In western Cauada. :

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