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AT CHAMPAGNE
Germans Turn Attention
From Scene cf Recent De
feat in Effort to Pierce
French Line.
BRITISH FRONT QUIET
ROME. July 6. The Italians made a surprise attack northwest of Selo on the Carso Wednesday night and advanced their line, the war office announces. Out posts were captured with prisoners. The gains were held against violent counter-attacks. fBv Associated Press)
Having failed disastrously In their recent efforts to drive the French from their commanding position on the Chemln-des Dams on the Alsne front,
the Germans are now turning their at
tentlon to the Champagne, apparently
with a similar purpose.
Attacks were made by the crown
last night on the
l AJV SF wwy " French lines westv of Mont Carnillet
mnA .nntwat of Pahure. The drives
vldentiv were not of such intensity as
was that earlier In the week along the Alsne and the Parjs official report says they were easily repulsed. Artillery Fighting Sharp. The artillery fighting Is proceeding vigorously In these and other sectors of the Champagne. In the Verdwa region also the French guns are active. With the evident effort of making the German trenches west and north of hUl 304 untentable, General Petatas artillery is pouring a destructive fire upon them- If ' . ' Apparently the - crown I princes has none too secure thoUoO-Jto 4v-i. i v -.ml tndh a few dyi ago;
Undon is r etlcent as to what It going on along , the British front in -arttm- ithere have beearlndi-
cations that some Important movement was in progress. The only activity was nocturnal raid on a British post near n..uM.-A which was renulsed.
In Macedonia there Is some revival .iitv hut seemingly not on a
large scale. Enemy troops, probably
Bulgaria s launcnea an ridge west of , Doljeli, southwest of Lake Dolran, but were compelled by a British counter attack to relinquish the footing they obtained. PICKED TROOPS INDULGE IN HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING BERLIN, (via London). July $. nt the Wurtenberg regi
ment engaged in bHter hand-to-hand fighting with French soldiers last tight north of the A'Rne. says the German official statement issued today. A Urge number of prisoners were taken. On the Galiclan front the Russians Continued On Page Eight. Saxon Diet Breaks With Government COPENHAGEN, July 6 A dispatch from Dresden says the Saxon diet, which Tuesday warned the government of a disappearance of the sentiment of loyalty toward the king and
also of a coming upheaval unless the government mend its ways, has now broken openly with the government. This action is a consequence of the refusal of Count Von Vitzchum DEckstadt. premier of Saxony, to authorize the diet committee on constitutional reform to continue its labors during recess. ' . The diet refused to give the necessary authorization to settle fuel problems and it must therefore be reconvoked not later than August This will enable the constitutional committee to resume work.
French Sailors to
Taste Crispy Joys of Ice Cream Cone
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GREAT LAKES. Ills.. July 6.-1" American Ice cream cone will be car
t-tori hrir in France by tnree rrencn.
army lieutenants , who made the acoiiaintanr.fi of the delicacy here and
were so deligntea witn us cnep culance that they declared their fel-
..Mia.s ahrnad must D given a
similar treat
Thfi three officers. Lieutenants rer-
rtJnanrt fiautier. Paul Prevot and Mau
rice Laffly, were Inspecting the United States naval training station here
yesterday, when they saw a numoer oi blue-Jackets purchasing cones at the canteen operated by the Navy Relief
society. Questions lea to purcnaoo of cones for the visitors by Mrs. W. A. Moffett wife of Captain Moffett, commanding the station and in the midst
of an admiring audience, me r rename successfully negotiated the creamfilled cones, even to the last tip.
"Magnlfique, delicieux was tneir
verdict after whicb tney announcea that they would undertake to obtain
supply of cones to taire oac w
France with them.
CHINESE CAPITAL IS MENACED BY AHI.IY; OF REPUBLICAN TROOPS, 50,000 STRONG; FALL OF CITY IS BELIEVED TO BE NEAR
PEirivr. .Tniv 5 Fizhting began I republican troops "are converging on
yesterday at Lang Fang, about thirty- Pekin where General Chang Haun has
only about three tnousana men. members of the northern military party do not expect fighting. They believe
Chang Haun's troops win aeseix wnen they realize the strength of the republican forces. j Fifteen provinces now support Tuan Chi-Jui, who has been named premier of the provisional government established at Nanking. A despatch to the Dally Mail says that General Chang Haun realizing his mistake in attempting to restore
the emperor, threatens to sacK reaing, burn the Manchu palace and take the emperor to Mongolia. PEKING, (via Tien Tsin), July 6. The position of General Chang-Hsun, the leader of the Royalist movement, apparently is hopeless.- It is feared
STATE TAX LEVY TO BE REDUCED
Word was received here by County Auditor Bowman Friday that the state levy for taxes for ttae year will be reduced five cents on one hundred dollars valuation. - The announcement wasnade by tne ctntA auditor. '
Tt vfiar the state levy was 40.1
cents per hundred and the levy lor this year will be 33.1. a reduction of five cents. The apportionment of the iw is also changed on this year's
schedule.
five miles southeast of Peking, between the troops of General Chang
Haun, supporter of the monarchy, and the forces of the republicans. . The situation in the capital is becoming serious. The. trains are filled with fleeing Chinese going to Tien Tsin. The hotels are full of foreigners. Small American ami Japanese forces are endeavoring to come from Tien Tsin but their arrival may be delayed ty the fighting at Lang Fang, where 5.000 trooDS of General Chang Haun
are nnnosine an advance guard of
about twenty thousand republicans.
LONDON, July C. A dispatch, to the Post from Tein Tsin says the Manchu restoration seems to be on the verge of collapse. Fifty thousand
that when this Is realized his troops will loot Peking. The legations are fnr nil eventualities.
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Tuan Chi-jul, commanaer-m-uuici w the republican forces, has issued a lengthy manifesto denouncing ChangHsun. saying that his action is villainous and declaring he is using the Manchus to further his own ambitions. Tuan Chi-jul promises generous treatment for the Manchus after the republic is restored. There thousand Imperialist troops and 1.000 of Chang-Hsun's soldiers have taken positions astride the Pekin e-Hankow railway four miles from
this city, ready to opvose 10,000 troops commanded by Tsao-Kun, who have reached a point 25 miles from Peking. The diplomatic representatives bave warned the government that the trotocol of 1901 requires maintenance
of and tree passage Shanghai railway.
Lieutenant Ross, Richmond Youth, Censors Own Mail
- Lieutenant C. C. Ross, TJ. S. N., son of Mrs. Alice Ross, 18 North Tenth street, who is censor on board an American destroyer now believed to be In the North Sea, must censor bis own. letters as well as those of his men. ' Because of leakage of Information about the goal of the flotilla of which
Ross' boat is supposed to be a part,
the censorship has been made unusually strict The blue pencil is not used, dangerous parts of letters being cut out bodily. Ross, however, doesn't have to cut his own letters. HB Just leaves out the things he should not say. His mother has not had the slightest idea of where he is, or what he is doing, since war was declared.
on the Peking-
News of Troop Ships Movements
Learned by German Insurance men
PASTOR ACCEPTS
RICHMOND CALL
Physical Detects
Bar Richmond Men
From Commissions
The four Richmond young men who
were' honorably discharged from the
officers' -traininip5M!k . aMrt Ben
Jamln Harrison yesterday lost an opportunity to obtain commissions because of physical disability.
It was reported yesterday , that
about 800 men were discharged after the reports of the physical examining
board were publisnea. Byram C. Robbins was found to have a weak heart and to be five pounds under weight. The other
three local boys who returned were also under weight. The gradual elimination of men not up to standard as to their physical condition is now taking place and it is believed that hundreds of young men will return home In the course of the next ten days.
SEARCH FOR SUB PROVES FUTILE
FORTRESS MONROE, Va July 6. Naval patrol boats today continued their search of an enemy submarine which was reported to have been sighted submerged in these waters late yesterday, but no trace of the craft has been found. Marine observers did not believe it possible for the submarine to submerge in the roads or lower Chesa-
reakfi bav because of insufficient
depth of water and in this connection
they pointed to the fact that the Ger-
an merchant under-water boat
Deutschland could not go under until
after she passed the Virginia capes
last summer.
WASHINGTON, July . 6. The spy
hunt today brought these aeveiop-
ments: 1. German agents, through German marine insurance companies here, knew details of the sailing of General Pershing's troops.
2. A censorship which will prevent
the dispatching of a cable message or the sending of a letter during troop movements is contemplated by the
government to protect American forces on the seas.
3. Secretaries Lansing. Baker ana Daniels and George Creel today held a long conference on details of this
censorship. It will cover both outgoing and incoming messages and authority may be asked of the congress to make it effective.. Congress Ready to Act 4. The Congress, on its own, initiative, is ready to act to -end the spy menace. -. 5. How information obtained by splejr hsrA Jcaii.be transmitted by: way of Mexico was Ehown definitely.- r 6. A great Central Intelligence Bureau, Into which every secret agency of the government will report, is being worked out. It will .be the chief
FOOD CANNING CRUSADE IS ON
"Eat what you can, and can you can't." . .
what
Do Your rJ-i Join the Bit NowLjJRed Cross
WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United Statea Weathm rukiu Thundershowers this aft
ernoon or tonight. Saturday partly
cloudy.
Noon
Temperature Today
Yesteroay.
..87
Maximum Minimum
SO
.'........51
For Wayne County by W. E. Moore
Unsettled this afternoon. Tonight fend f Saturday. Occasional thundershowers, t General Conditions The weather is mostly unsettled throughout the Mississippi and Ohio valley. Local rains occurred today over several counties of Indiana and Ohio. Rain and thunderstorms promise to reach here before 24' hours. Temperature is now above the average over most of ,the central states. Cool in far west. Frost tn northern Wyoming.
A vigorous campaign to promote
canning of fruits and vegetables is to j
te carried on in Wayne county. Miss Elsie. Marshall, head of the,.
home economics department of Earl-1
ham college Is county chairman ot tne Food Conservation movement and has charge of the crusade.
Friday afternoon a meeting oi wom
en was held at the court house. Each township in Wayne county was represented and a committee composed of one representative from each township
was formed, to carry on tne wore.
A number of plans for this worn
1-ave been suggested. Miss Marshall is furnishing a seriee of articles for
the newspapers on canning ana ary-tog- ..
The food conservation commiuee
hopes to arrange a numDer ot aemonstrations throughout the county. It is planned to bring tome expert dem
onstrators nere. tne aaies ior me demonstrations will be announced later. ' 1 . x Seven-Year Search
For Son is Ended
headquarters of all American secret services and will not be surpassed even by, the German Bureau at Berlin. 7. Legislation was discussed to give the president power to isolate the United States by forbidding any person to leave the country or send messages during troop movements. Letter Clears Mystery While all official . Washington was puzzling its head today to determine how German spies could obtain in
formation of the movements of American troops a letter received by a high Secret Service official showed
how. through their marine insurance
agencies, the Germans are able to learn the inmost details of American
nlans. " -
It seems that a steamer carrying
ammunition and supplies for England
left New York -with the transport
fleet. 1 In the Narrows It collided with
- Continued On Pane Tn.J Richmond Gardener I
Has Soud Pyramid
.f; . .
Mrs. L. E. King. 219 North Seventfiftnth street, is one of the first gard
eners in Richmond to plant a potato
T.vramid. With six inches of earth be-
tween the layers tne pyramia is aooui
two feet high, four feet long and two
fpet. wide. Nearly a pecs: ot potatoes
atari nianfed In the pyramid three
weeks ago. They have started bloom
ing.
"fts our first experiment but we
hone to get a good crop, " Mrs. King
said Friday. ...
OFFICIALS TO FIGHT APPEAL OF FUEL BODY FOR INCREASE
Bond and Bavis Say Rates Would Go Up 100 Percent If Commission Grants Prayer.
RV. P. A. Roberts. ' of Louisville,
Ky., has accepted the call to the First ;
Baptist churcn.
He was graduatea irom tne somueru
Baptist Seminary at Louisvuie in June. He received his preparatory training at John B. Stetson University, in Hyland. Florida. Rev. Mr. Roberts has been very highly recommended by the president
and faculty of tne seminary, ne nas been offered an increase In salary over that paid Rev. W. O. Stovall, the
last nastor. who Is now in uroana, u.
Rev. Roberts will begin nis worn at
once. He win preacn aunuay uiwuiub
and evening. '
RUSS MISSION
VISITS GOTHAM
Cigarets and Cards to be Absent From C. E. Comfort Bags
WINONA LAKE. Ind., July 6. The
two greatest camp comforts which a soldier knows cigarets and playing cards will be notable by their absence from the comfort bags to be prepared by Christian Endeavor societies. Trustees of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, which plans to enlist one million people in some form of natrtntlc Kervice. so ordained today.
Rev. Francis E. Clark, founder of the
society was re-elected president.
Worn Bolts Show
Old Bridge Peril
Five large bolts, taken from the old
being die-
mantled, are on display in the county
auditor's office in the court house.
The bolts are being used to show the weakened condition of the old bridge that caused its condemnation turn vmih aeo. , .
All the bolts are badly rusted and hont. some of them are nearly rusted
thrnit! and were totally1 Unfit for ue
Auditor Bowman is planning to have Tn of the steel pieces of the
bridge placed with the display as soon
a8 they an De ranovu.- -
HEARING NEXT WEEK
DRAFT KICKERS
HELD FOR TRIAL
PHILADELPHIA,. July 6. Thirteen young men and. women Socialists arrested here for distributing alleged treasonable literature were today held under bail, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000, for trial. Two of the six women were charged with inciting to riot. - All were rounded up by the police last night as . they were handing out pamphlets attacking the government and the army draft act and urging citi
zens to write their congressmen to support a move to have the selective draft act repealed. The leaflets say the act is "obsolete and . unconstitutional and gives the eovernment the power of life and
death over the people of this country.
WASHINGTON, July 6. The re-
nnrtcH Riirhtine of a oeriscope of a
submarine In Hampton Roads caused the navy department today to' send
ntmrtinnft to the commandant to
make a thorough Investigation. According to the report sent to the department today the officers on one of the American warships sighted an object which he believed to be a periscope within the waters of Hampton Roads, although the exact location is withheld. ... Pajamas, Made by Mrs. Wilson, Worn Undlr Four Flags WASHINGTON. July 6. Four doz-
.r, nairs of nalamas and an equal num
ber of sheets and pillow cases, made by Mrs. Woodrow , WUson and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and donated to the ' Red ' Cross, have been divided crmallv among Red ' Cross organiza
tions of England, France, Italy a CunaAA.
"Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall has organ
ized weekly Red Cross sewing meeiinn of senators' wives, and Mrs.
Franklin K. Lane has , organized wom
en of the Interior Department for similar work. .
CHICAGO, July 6 After following a trail for seven years and living In thirty-two different cities in an effort to find their son, Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kaminski, of Detroit, believe today they have discov ered the boy, who who taken from them when three years
old. .
The boy they bel'eve to be their son
is said to have been adopted oy a wealthy family In r suburb of Chicago. . .
The records orthe case oi a Doy leu with the Children's Home and Aid So
ciety here four years ago and thought
by the Kaminski s to be Josepn win be srone over ' today in the juvenile
court to determine whether the search
is finished for the parents.. According 'to the story told by Mrs. Kcminski her son was taken from Detroit against her will and the court records here show that the boy sought v as given to a Mrs. Gertrude Dingee, here. , '
BOSTON WOMEN TO ORGANIZE LEAGUE
Kir.w YORK. July 6. For the
fourth time since An erica entered the
war,. New York city today had as its guests' the members of a foreign mission. The honor of a military escort, not accorded other distinguished visitors In the last two months, added interest to the official reception to Prof. Boris A. Bakhmetieff, the new Russian ambassador to the United States, and his fellow members of the Russian war commission. A detachment of sailors and marines from the New York navy yard and a detachment of regular infantry from Governor's Island, were assigned
tn psoort the visitors from the Bat
tery to City Hall, where the official reception will take place. Tomorrow
the commissioners win anena a mM meeting which is to be in the nature of a reception tendered by Russian residents of the city. - Doubt as to the flag to be displayed In honor of the visitors was settled by, Mayor Mitchel who ordered that the Russian national emblem of the old regime should be used to decorate the City hall. . " ' '
The Russians were due to arrive ai the Battery at about 3:30 o'clock this afternoon from where the reception committee was to escort them directly to the City hall where they will be nffiotnllv welcomed.
Tonight the mission will be guests at a dinner given by the mayor's committee, followed by a reception at
Carnegie Hall. Mayor Miicneu win. preside at -the reception tonight, and speeches will be made by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt - and Martin W. Littleton. Ambassador Bakhmetieff will reply for the mission. Cincinnati Prelate's Life is Threatened
Robin Entangled in
Trolly Wire, Stops Traffic in Muncie
MUNCIE, Ind-, July 6. A robin entangled in a cord which was wrapped sl trollv wire blocked street
car and interurban traffic in this city for a considerable length of time. The
bird became caught, in the string on one of the busiest lines in Muncie. When a car approached persons llvimr near were trying to' free the bird
with a long pole. The motorman stopn onri attfmnte.d to assist them. In
tt,o meantime traffic Piled up and in-
tntrhan cars had to wait with the
. ow
elty cars. It was not untu one oi iuc
street cars was run under the point whom thfi exhausted bird hung and
the conductor climbed to the top of
the car and took it down that traffic was resumed. The bird had a broken leg. A veterinarian was called. The leg was set
and the robin now is being cared for
until it can look out for itself again.
ARGENTINE DEMANDS
GERMANY APOLOGIZE
LONDON. July 6 According to
disDatch from Buenos Ayres to the
Times, the Argentine government de
manded an immediate apology rrom Germanv for the torpedoing of the
Areentine vessels Oriana and Toro,
and a guarantee that the Argentine
flag will be respected in the future.
A dispatch from Buenos Ayers last
Sunday said that tne Argentina gov ernment was determined to enter s
claim against Germany for the sinking of these vessels and that a note embodying the demands was sent5 to
Germany the day before.
Richmond will protest vigorously against. the approval of the petition, of the Indiana Gas association, now. before the State Public Service Commission, which would reduce the num
ber of heat units in. one cubic foot of
artificial gas, on grounds that the gas rate in Richmond would be increased
more than 100 per cent in the event of a scarcity of natural gas, forcing
the use of an artificial supply.
The petition will be heard by the
state commission next Wednesday and '
Thursday. City Attorney Bond and President Bavis of the Board of Works
will appear before the body as repre
sentatives of the city. Several citizens
also are expected to appear.
Reduction Is Sought. The gas association. which repre-
cents gas companies of the state, ask
that the commission reduce the number of heat units of artificial gas. making one cubic foot, from 600 to 650 units. They also ask that the mlnlmuin test for meters on complaints of todividual consumers, be Increased from six to twelve months and that the gas companies be reimbursed for the inspection when the meter is found to" be correct V Twelve hundred heat, units of natural gas now are used la one cubic foot of natural gas m Richmond at present 50400 Heat Units Involved.
Should the petition or te gas association be approved, which would affect only consumers of artificial gas, a reduction of 50,000 heat units would , be made In every 1,000 cubic feet.-
In the event of a scarcity of natural
gas Richomnd would be compelled, to use artificial gas, meaning that a "
of $1.60 would be charged for 1,000
cubic feet an increase of elgnty cents
on ever 1.000 cubic feet
Local officials will appear before the
state body on the first day of the hearing.
Women of Boston will organize
Franchise League Saturday - evening. Mrs. Wt O. Lewis of Richmond will give an address on Suffrage and the New Constitution. After the address, plans for organization will, he made. Mrs. R. L. Stanford has charge of the meeting. - Such organizations .will. be. made in other towns in Wayne, county. . A series of meetings is . being, planned by
I Mrs. Lewis, county . cnainnau . pi
f ranchise League
REICHSTAG IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SUMMER RECES8
COPENHAGEN,. July 6. The steering committee ' of - the - Reichstag, according to a dispatch received here, has decided to terminate the midsummer session by- the middle of - next week if possible and adjourn until the end of October. Brief session accords with the government's .wishes and signified the abandonment of the additional ' representation of ..some thirty overlgrown districts.
YUM!
YUM! SELECT LIST OF "EATS'LFOR LUNCH
5 "Eats" for .the t buffet luncheon - of the Commercial club Monday night bave been made public by the menu committee. T ' ' . " - Hot roast . beef and baked, beans, Cheese, 'sliced tomatoes, young onions, radishes, olives, rye and white bread, apples, coffee, lemonade, cigars' and peanut crisps form the list of things which club members will 'enjoy.
fivriXNATI. . July. 6. Giving ten
quarts of nitroglycerin, four dynamite cHokB and six ounces of cyanide of
potassium aa" three- of the reasons why
he should comply, unnnown piouu wrote a. Letter. to. Archbishop Moeller, head of the Cincinnati archdiocese of the Catholic ' church, demanding $15,000, It was learned today. Secret service- men- and police are guarding , the archbishop's residence day and night as a result. "We need this amount to protect our famines,- said the letter, "as we are going to France to kllLthe boches. If you haven't got the. ready cash, you
can give a mortgage on jum y.
SPANISH SOLONS SEEK '
PROVINCIAL AUTONOMY
UNION MUSiCIANS IN BOSTON TO
BOSTON, ; , July. ' 6. Managers of vaudeville and . motion picture theatres now open in this city have notified union .musicians in their employ that their services will not be required-after July 14. The union recently presented demands for an increase in wages varyfmm 4 tn 6.50 a week. Union
officials said that efforts would be made to renew- negotiations with the
managers.
K. MADRID. JUiy 6. JstXty waiaiomaa
senators and-deputies met in Barcelona yesterday and asked the government to give administrative autonomy to all provinces. - They decided also that if the govern
ment did not immediately summon par- J
li&ment that they would themselves call upon members of parliament to meet in Barcelona July 19.
Ninety-nine liberal senators ana aeputies met in Madrid and approved the international policy of count Romancnes, former premier. ftPORRP AOE TO SPEAK
LOSE JOBS! AT. CITY EDITOR'S RALLY
ANDERSON, Ind., July 6. The summer session of the Indiana City Editors' association will be held at Alexandria and -Anderson on July, 14 and 15. !A' trip of inspection through, an Alexandria paper mill, a banquet at the Anderson country club and an automohJi tour ' are among the features.
George Ade, of Brook; George LockwnnH nt Miinei and Claude Bowers
of Fort Wayne wtll.be the principal
speakers at the banquet.
CANADIAN HOUSE
VOTES FOR DRAFT
OTTAWA, July 6 The Canadian
house of commons early today adopt
ed the resolution offered by Premier Borden, passing to second reading
the bill for compulsory military serv
ice.
Exciting scenes marked the taking
of the vote which stood 118 for con
scription and 55 against
The vote gave the government anout
20 more votes than it usually polls on
important questions. This was the re-'
suit of a considerable number of English speaking Liberals breaking away
from the leadership of Sir wurreo; Laurier and joining with Premier Borden in support of conscription. Before the bill was sanctioned Sir Wilfrid Laurier's proposal that the opinion of the people- on conscription should be tested by a referendum was defeated by a majority of forty-nine. The attendance of members of the house was the largest that had been seen hv parliament for many years. The galleries were filled with spectators throughout the night and until the iroceedings closed at sunrise. A majority of the spectators were soldiers returned from Europe and women. A resolution presented by the French
Nationalists from the province or Quebec that the conscription bill 6hould be killed by the adoption of a 6ix months' postponement was defeated by the large majority of 166. Only nine nationalist votes were cast for the resolution and both the govern ment and the opposition to conscription voted against this proposition.
Germans Object to Mercier's Letter in Protest to Pontiff
COPENHAGEN, July 6. Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, secretary of foreign affairs, announced to a committee of the Reichstag, according . , to news reaching here, that representations have been made to the Vatican regard ing the pastoral tetter of Cardinal Mertier, wherein he spoke in forcible terms of Germany's crimes and outrages in Belgium. The letter was published in the French press and .was the subject of angry comment by Oer-
Jman newspapers. v . - , y