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INCREASE OF 25 PERCENT If GAS RATE NOW SOUGHT Indiana Association to Ask Right to Add Surcharge to Bills Hearing on Heat Unit Change Put Off. BOND RAISES KICK INDIANAPOLIS. July 11. The Indiana Gas Association, which has hefore the Indiana Public Service Commission a petition asking permission to decrease the heat units In artificial gas, today notified the commission it will fie an additional request for authority to place a surcharge of approximately 25 per cent, on Its present bills. General high prices were given as the reason. Companies serving gas to many Indiana cities are members of the association. The surcharge Is to be temporary only, It was said. Hearing Continued The commission Just before, noon continued for 30 days the hearing ntarted this morning on the request of the association for permission to reduce the number of heat unit In artificial gas. V 1 . ' The continuance was granted after City Attorney Bond of Richmond, representing municipalities objecting to the proposed reduction, raised the question of Jurisdiction of the public service commission In the matter. He was given 20 days in which to file a brief supporting his point and the companies were given an additional ten days in which to answer. AMERICAN SHIP IS SENT DOWN NEW YORK. July 11. The American steamship Kansan, carrying a crew of 50 men has been sunk, presumably off the French coast, according to a cablegram received here today by the French and Canada steamship company, which chartered the vessel. The state of those on board is not known. Do Yoorp''- Join the Bit NowLjJRed Crow WEATHER FORECAST c.. i.4iiM hv United States Weath er Bureau Thundershowers this afternoon or tonight. Thursday fair and cooler in southwest portion. Temperature Today. """Yesterday. Noon .66 .71 .55 Maximum Minimum For Wayne County by W. E. Moore -Showers and possibly thunderstorms 'this afternoon or tonight Thursday partly cloudy. General Conditions The storm covers the eastern states causing heavy rains In New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Weather Is unsettled west of the 85th meridian. Local rains. .

MEN GALLED UNDER DRAFT WILL FIRST BE EXAMINED

t WASHINGTON, July 11. Tho circular prepared by Provost Marshal General Crowder, in charge of .; the draft, giving detailed instructions to registered men, is being mailed to each Individual as fast as the names and aerial numbers of the men liable to draft are received from the State authorities. New York and New Jersey names have not yet been reached. It will be the first notification to each man that the United States Government has his name on its books and that he Is to bold himself In readiness to appear before an exemption board 'for examination. The circular follows In full: BULLETIN OF INFORMATION FOR PERSONS REGISTERED. - Local Boards In every county In too United States and for every city

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New Draft Numbers Will Be Posted At Palladium . . ' . The official number of every man subject to the draft will be posted in the Palladium window Wednesday night Men desiring to know their number may find out by calling The Palladium. Men of military age are asked to remember that the number on their registration card is not the serial number that figures In the draft selection. New numbers have been assigned to the names. The number in front of the names posted in The Palladium window, and which will be given over the telephone to those who apply, Is the official one, and the one that will determine whether you are chosen in the lrst draft In other words, every man of military age has been given a new number Tou can obtain this new, official and deciding number by calling The Palladium this evening, or by looking up your name on the list that will be posted tonight :

lULlPER WHEAT CROP IN WAYNE , Wayne county's wheat crop will be bigger and better than it has ever been, according to Frank M. Jones, of Jones and Williams. With cool weather this week for the ripening of the grain, the wheat yield, which In former years has averaged about 16 hiiahi will ranee from 20 to 35 bushels to the acre. "Wheat is better in quality also," Jones declares, "and the grains are well filled and. heavy." . The outlook for the corn - crop is also very favorable, according to many farmers In the county. More care is heinar taken with the croD and the yield this year will be much greater and of better quality tnan neretorore. much smaller, on account of the increased acreage of other products and the amount of ground .that has been plowed for wheat, oats .and corn, r REAL GLAD HAND TO BE EXTENDED Thfl fit rrnr ir in Richmond's midst isn't going to get any haphazard wel come after this, says snuman jouc, chairman of the newly created social committee of the Commercial club. And general sociability among dusiness men and merchants of the town Is going to grow, too. just as soon as the committee gets started. "A man could come here to start a business or a store, and maybe somehnriu u nn id cull on him and tell him they were glad he'd come and maybe they wouldn't saia J ones. wore going to change all that We're going to make them feel like they'd been welcomed. Business men have been here for years, and still know only a few men well enough to speak to. That's been one of the things that has been the matter with Richmond." The new committee hasn't worked out any. definite plans, but It soon will, and then things will begin to move. All the feeling that "I know all the men I need to know so the rest don't matter," is going to leave town just as soon as the social committee starts, and be replaced by a feeling that "Richmond men are so good to know that a fellow can't make too many friends," says the chairman. Friends9 Unit Gets Second Large Check Another big checks has been received by the Friends' unit fund from Mojuinr.hiiaetts. this time for S500. The second big gift raises the total received by Secretary Walter Wood ward to almost $8,500. Energies of the Younc Friends so ciety will be poured into the support of the ambulance unit during ine summer, said Thomas B. Jones, secretary of the society. Wednesday morning. Jones has lust come to Richmond. and will make the city his headquarters while he is working In the Middle West, v of over 30,000 there are one or more local exemption boards. Each of such boards is in charge of the registration cards of persons registered in the area over which the board has jurisdiction of all claims for exemption, ' except those based on industrial grounds. Find out what board has yonr card and where the office of that board is. 2 District BoardsIn every Federal Judicial District there are one or more district boards having appellate Jurisdiction over a number of local boards and having original jurisdiction of claims for exemption on industrial grounds. If you intend to make a claim on industrial grounds, including agriculture, learn what district board to apply to. - '. 1 3 Rod Ink Aerial Numbers Every board has numbered the cards in its

EVEN "SPUDS" WERE Cheap Then TIS DIFFERENT NOW

BY HAZEL 8ARL.ES It's all different now. . In the good old days pork and beans and corn bread were the commonest of the common food. A list of market prices in Richmond in . 1810 reveals some curious facts. Bacon, selling today for 50 cents a pound could be bought at 2 cents a pound then. A bushel of beans could be bought for 25 cents, where now 20 cents is paid for one pound, ' thus making a difference between $12 now and the 25 cents of other days. Beef could be bought for 2 to 5 cents a pound, in comparison to the 30 cents now paid. The wheat market, then as now, was higher than other grain. Farmers were selling their wheat for 37 to 60 cents a bushel. Today farmers are being paid about $2 to. $2.15 for? wheat. "Spuds," which have been the source of. bq much comment and worry, then sold at the reasonable price of 25 cents a bushel. JToday they are selling for S3.- : , ; ; . Housewives may receive .one consolation however. Muslin Which can be bought today for 5 td 20 cents a yard, wos selling at that time .for 50 cents a yard. Muslin was used almost entirely for the fashionable gowns at that time! , Eats Four Chickens And Gallon of Cream Then He Has Dinner CHICAGO. . July 11. John . F. Hopkins of New York, who is 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 240 pounds is the champion eater of the Bookmen of America. At the annual picnic of the organization, yesterday the New Yorker won the eating contest by consuming four chickens, several helpings of salad and almost, a gallon of ice cream. Later in the evening he declared he was hungry and ate a full dinner. The western members of the Bookmen defeated the easterns to 10 to 4 at baseball for the third time In three years. The annual convention will close Saturday. Turkish Weir Office Bombed By LONDON, July 11. An air raid on the enemy fleet off Constantinople was announced in a statement of the British war office today. Bombs were dropped on the Turkish cruiser Ywuz Sultan Selim, formerly the German cruiser Goeben. The extent of the damage to the vessel is not known. , The war office at Constantinople also was attacked and a direct hit was attained -by the British, who returned without casualties. Official Announcement. The announcement follows: "A report has been received from the vice admiralty in the eastern Mediterranean that on the night of Monday a successful attack was carried Jurisdiction with red Ink In a series running from 1 to the number representing the total number of cards in its jurisdiction. , Lists showing the names of persons in the jurisdiction of each board and the red ink number of each card are open to Inspection' at the office of each board.' Inspect the list and Inform yourself of your red Ink serial number. 4 Order of Liability. These red ink numbers are to be drawn by lot to determine the order in which registered persons are to be called by the various local boards. As soon as the drawing Is complete, lists showing the order In which these red ink numbers are drawn will be . published in ' the press and will be posted at the office of each leal board. Go to your local

SLAVS TAKE 2,000 M AND 30 BIG GUNS

Advance Continues Westward to Left Bank of Lomnica River. PETRQGRAD, July 1L In addition to capturing Halicz, the Russians took 2,000 prisoners and 30 big guns. They also advanced westward to the left bank of the Lomnlca river and pressed forward on the Bogorodchan-Zoiot-vln front. These announcements were made by the war office today. fBy Associated Press) Just as the Russians in the east have torn a big gap in the AustroGerman line In Galicia, captured Halicz, and pressed on toward Lemberg, the Galician capital, the Germans on the western front have started a menacing offensive near the Belgium coast In the sensational campaign which the revolutionary army of Russia is waging in Galicia, the capture of Halicz, important though If is, is only an inHrinntfil feature. Given secure' po sition of it the Russians have the road to Lemberg well opened up to them and a continuation of their attacks on anything like the scale of the last few days seems likely to result in the fall of the Galician capital at no distant date. On the French front in northern France an attack was made by the Germans in the Woevre district near FUrey. They, were ejected from a portion of the trench in which they temporarily gained a footing. Wi. Waat My Fwe SayiSheDidh't Go Through His Pockets ' Mrs. Ruth Wade, 424 North Eighth street, charged with seeking her husband's pocket money in the wee small hours of the morning, while he peacefully slumbered, In a divorce suit filed Tuesday by Benjamin Wade, denied the allegations Wednesday. . Mrs. Wade said she would fight the suit to the finish. The Wades were married September 9 and according to Mrs. Wade, whose maiden name was Baily, It was the fifth time Wade had embarked on the turbulent sea of matrimony. With the exception of one time, sntriAthine has eone wrong with the cruise, while only a short ways of? shore, and three wives were divorced. One died. ThP nminle lived at Fifth and South A street and Mrs. Wade alleges that her husband deserted ner icur times, and on May 8 left her for good. and Fleet British Air Raiders out by the Royal Naval Air service against the Turkish-German fleet lying off Constantinople in the Golden Horn. "When the Goeben, surrounded by warships, including submarines, had been located, an attack was made from a height of 800 feet Direct hits were obtained on the Goeben and on other enemy ships near here. Big explosions took place, on board them and several fires were observed. "The war office also was attacked and a direct hit was obtained. The enemy appeared , to have been com pletely surprised, as until the bombs had been dropped no anti-aircraft batteries opened fire. Our force returned safely without any casualties." board and find out the order In which you stand for call. " 5 Call for. Examination As soon as quotas are assigned to each State and each board each board will call upon, persons whose cards are in "its jurisdiction. Instructing them to present themselves for examination. This call - will be ; posted at the office of the local board and the papers will be requested to print it A notice will also be mailed to you, but the posting of the list at the office of the board will be deemed sufficient notice to charge you with the duty of presenting yourself. The law, therefore, makes it your duty to inform yourself when you are called. The mailing If for your convenience, but if tho letter never reaches you you cannot make that excuse. Watch the Hate at the offlee

She Married Man To Save His Lif e--Novv She's Sorry

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I av: - - T" CHICAGO, July 11. Pining love lift - ed voiceto utter threats of suicide sn urhnt. roilld the DOOr KiTl OO? . "He sent a little boy to the drug store three times for poison because I wouldn't marry him." said Mrs. Alfred Chapman Czaplewski, 15 years old, today. And so, she became a life-saver. Now her father, James Sullivan Patty, president of the Painters' Supply company, is going to get a nice little annulment for Mary. . , Mary is living with her parents on the first floor of 6029 Champlain avenue. Hubby . boards on the third floor, "and keeps annoying me even now that I'm married to him," she says. "We went to Crown Point and were married Feb. 15," the girl said.' "Then we went to his parents' home in Steven Point Wis., for . our honeymoon. He's working in the stockyards now. My brother got him the job. " I knew I had made a mistake the minute after I married him, but he had said so often that he'd kill himself if I didn't that Gee, IH be happy when I'm single again. - . - . , of your board , and see when you are called for examination. : Physical ' Examina t Ion You must report for physical examination on the day named in your call. (a) 'If you are. found physically dfsqualiled the board will give you a certificate which will explain to yon what your further- duties - are. ' ': ... (b) If you - are found - physically qualified " and : file , a claim ;. for exemption within seven days after your call yon will be given ten days after filing your claim of. exemption to file proof in support of your claim of exemption. See Paragraph 7, below. (c) If you are found physically qualified and file' no claim for exemption, or if you do not appear for physical examination, your name will be posted to the district board as one

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S . flr g gflSS fQT I O Nickle is Doomed NEW. YORK, July 11. Free lunch and the large glass of beer for a nickel will pass into history beginning next Monday, according to an announcement of . the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association of New York county. It was said the banishment of the free lunch would save the 3,000 saloon keepers, members of the association, about $20,000 to $25,000 worth of food each day and that the organization had taken this action to help the government in food conservtion. Besides using smaller beer glasses at all bars, it was decided to raise the price for a pint of beer to twenty cents. SWEDES TO PROTEST - STOCKHOLM, July 11. The government has instructed the Swedish minister at Berlin to protest against the torpedoing of Swedish fishing boats by German submarines. who was called ; for military service and was not exempted or discharged. On the eighth day after call, or within two days thereafter, copies of the list-of ' persons so posted to the district boards will be given to the press with a request for publication, will be posted in a' place at the office of the local board accessible to the public View, : and : notice ; will bo -mailed to you at the address on your registration 1 card.. . . Therefore watch the notices posted in the, offices of the board about ten days, after the day yon were called and make arrangements for the prompt receipt of mail. ,7 Seven days to file claims of exemptions or discharge (except for industrial or agricultural reasons). Note: - V; v: f, t "v" (a) No claim of . discharge on account of v the industry in which, you

FOE PIERCES BRITISH LINE 600 YARDS IN BELGIUC1

Advance Reaches Right Bank of Yser-Near7The SeaAttack Follows Bombardment. DIN HEARD IN LONDON BERLIN, (via London). July 11. More than 1,250 prisoners have beea taken by the German marine corps in ' the Yser district of Belgium, army headquarters announced today, LONDON. July 11 The enemy penetrated British positions in Belgium on a front of 1,400 yards to a depth of 600 yards, says a statement Issued by the British war office today. In their advance the Germans reached the right bank of the Yser near the sea. The attack followed a 24-hour bombardment In which the defenses in the dunes sector near the coast were levelled. The sector was Isolated by destruction of bridges over the Yser. Official Announcement The announcement follows: "After a very intense bombardment lasting 24 hours the enemy made a determined attack on our positions on the Nieuport front yesterday at 7:45 p. m. Owing to the concentrated and heavy nature of the enemy's artillery fire the defenses in our sector" near the coast were leveled and this sector was isolated by the destruction of bridges across the river Yser. "The enemy succeeded in penetrating our positions here on a front of 1,400 yards and to a depth of 600 yards, thus reaching the right bank of the rfver Yser near the sea. "Further south, opposite Lombaert zyde after gaining temporarily some of our advanced positions, the enemy was driven back to his own lines by a counter-attack." . rzifDETERMINED ATTACK ON DUNKIRK 18 PREDICTED This movement while it may turn out to be nothing but a local effort or something with which the British can cope after the shock of the first thrust has been met, nevertheless Indicates the possibility of a determined attempt to bend back the British flank on the Helgium coast and reach the French Continued On Page Seven. REIGN OF TERROR EXISTS IN IDAHO BOISE, Idaho, July 11. That a reign; of terror exists today In northern Idaho and that 2,000 troops are needed td curb the activities of the Industrial Workers of the World, is the report made to Secretary of War ISaker, bj the state council of defense, according1 to former Governor Frank R. Gooding, member of the council. "Industrial Workers of the -World are spreading all over the state," said the former governor, "and it is time for all sections of Idaho, both north and south, to form citizens bodies for the protection of their life and proper ty. . . "Two thousand troops are needed today in northern Idaho to cope with the gigantic fight being . put up by the L W. W. to pre vent, the United States from getting two billion feet of lumber, necessary to carry on its war program." are engaged can be decided by a local board. (See paragraph 15 below.) (b) Whether you file a claim of exemption or not you must present yourself for physical examination on the day named In the notice. From the day notice that you are called Is mailed and posted you have seven days In which you may file a claim of exemption or discharge. - The form for filing this claim Is simple. If you wish to file such a claim (a) go to the. board and get form 110 for exemption or form 121 for discharge. If the board has not the printed forms, ask to consult the form pamphlet and copy the form shown there. - (b) Fill out the proper form and file it with the board. ; ' ?0 (c) Do this within seven days of Continued On Page Seven.'

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