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"BLOOD AND IRON" WILL BE USED TO SAVE RUSSIA Kerensky Promises Stern Measures if Reason arid Argument Fail to Bring the Desired Results. SITUATION IS SERIOUS PETROGRAD, July 24. A "Wood and Iron" policy will be put into effect, If needed, to save Russia, by the government of Premier Kerensky, to which unlimited power has been grant- ' ed. In an interview today the premier said: --mA "Relying upon the confidence or the masses and the army, the government will save Russian and Russian unity - by blood and iron, if argument and reason, honor and conscience are not sufficient. "The situation at the front is very serious and demands heroic measures. But I am convinced the organism of the state is sufficiently vigorous to be cured without a partial amputation." AGED WOMAN REVOLUTIONIST OPTIMISTIC OVER SITUATION TinsTftM Julv 24. Ontimistic views of the Russian situation are expressed In two letters just receivea nere irom fra PntherlnA RreilhkOVSkV. the aged revolutionist. Writing to Miss Helena S. Dudley, she says: "It goes better and better. The nenanntu r Bt rone and well disnosed alwavs ready to do their best. The army, too, for it is composed of peasants' boys. There are some people who have Imbedded foreign ideas from Germany but they are few and All the tempest they have awakened in the ounftnl vrin Hlsannear. Such a exeat revolution as we have here cannot be carried through without some trouble. "We women have all the rights we wanted, quite such as the men. The program is broad enougn to mane tne people happy for centuries. Yet we must work as never before, and the work would not be so hard if there were more persons of experience." '.. In a letter to Miss Alice Stone Black7 well, Mrs. Breshkovsky writes: "I am making a tour of our large country to see and to speak. The long years of suffering have had their result. Friendship Is spread everywhere. i Frenchmen and Englishmen wonder to the solidarity of such a laree country with so many different nationalities." Allies' Sailors To Be Given Comforts Knitted In America WASHINGTON, July 24. Sailors of the allies' navies are to share with American blutjackets the comforts provided through the labor of patriotic American women. It was announced today at headquarters of the navy league that one thousand sets of woolen garments have left Washington : for French sailors engaged in patrol duty in northern waters. This will be followed within a few days by a consignment of woolen garments to certain Russian warships whose crews are badly in need of heavy clothing and later on shipments will be made to British sailors of the anti-submarine patrol. JVill Furnish Guns For Drafted Men Guns for drilling Wayne county's men of the draft army before they go into training camp will be provided by the Commercial club. President John M. Lontz said Tuesday. The "guns" will be wooden models. No real army rifles could be had, the government needing them for other things, and the models will do to teach the men the essentials of rifle drill, thinks Julian Cates. Several Instructors will be provided and work in shifts at drilling the men. Names of the men who are to go will be taken just as soon as they pass the physical examination, and they will be offered the opportunity to get the jump in learning the army commands. Do Your pJ'-i Join the Bit Now Red Crow WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Temperature Today v Noon v 83 Yesterday Maximum 88 Minimum .......... . .'. ........... 65 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Local thunderstorms. General Conditions The storm is now central north of the fiftieth parallel " between the Rocky Mountains and the Great" Lakes. It has. caused local thundershowers in Union. Wayne and Prtble counties. - Unsettled weather will continue for the next 36 hours or more. Weather has become cooler in the far northwest where it was 100' in the shade Sunday.

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M. lCerensky, the new Russian premier, addressing would-be rebellious regiments at the Russian front urging them not to be influenced toward a separate peace by pro-German agitators. Kerensky's marvelous oratory won the day for Russia and resulted in the recent great thrust by General Brusiloff in Galicia.

Uncle Sam To Ask Dollars More WASHINGTON, July 24. Secretary McAdoo today prepared new war- esti mates for Congress very much in excess of those already presented, and which will necessitate raising revenues not contemplated when the senate finance committee revised the war tax bill. The biU probably will be further revised. The government basing an estimate on the needs of the army and navy, wants the war tax bill to authorize an additional $5,000,000,000. Secretary McAdoo will appear before the finance committee late today to explain the treasury's needs based on the 1 requirements of the army and navy. Whether the $5,000,000,000 will bo raised by a bond issue has not been determined. , BITTER DEBATEON IN SENATE WASHINGTON, July 24 During a bitter debate today, between Democrats and Republicans on Senator Penrose's resolution to investigate the committee on public information, Sen ator Penrose declared administration of both war and navy department, was marked by indecision nd inefficiency. He nronosed early investigation. Senator James of Kentucky, Democrat, replying, referred to "copperheadinm and sniDinK" in tne senate ana said Senator Penrose was attempting to play "peanut pontics," Dy maKing baseless charges. CHILEAN CABINET QUITS EN MASSE SANTIAGO, Chile, July 24. The cabinet has resigned. No reason for the action is given. ' The Chilean ' ministry which has just abandoned office was formed July 14, replacing the cabinet which resigned on July 7. It has been reported recentTy that a majority of the Chileans favored an abandonment of the policy of strict neutrality. Trouble over this question, it is thought, may have something to do with, the decision of the cabinet to resign. Plans for Insuring Uncle Sam's Fighters Being Considered WASHINGTON. July 24. Plans for insuring and indemnifying officers and enlisted men of the army and navy were considered again today at a conferece of life insurance company offio lals with Secretary McAdoo and repre sentatives of government departments, The definite program resulting from the conference is expected to be pre sented within a week to congress. . -- The chief features under consider ation at today's ' conference. The amount of maximum and minimum of the policies, the indemnities in case of Injury, the premium to De paid . ana all other details are yet to be agreed upon. , " WILL HONOR DRAFTED MEN WITH PATRIOTIC RALLY , GREENSFORK, Ind., July 24. A patriotic rally will be held here Sunday afternoon in honor of the men conscripted for military service, and for the benefit of the Red Cross society. The celebration will be under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Greensforlc

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RICHMOND. 1ND., m : . ' Five Billion For Armed Forces U. S. MAY SEND MILLION ACROSS WASHINGTON, July 24. An American armv of 1.000.000 for service abroad at once instead of the 500,000 pntitPTTinlaterl f or - the .first draft is foreshadowed by the government's re quest for an additional $&,uvu,uuu,uuu made to the senate finance committee today. . . Wait Till Kaiser Feels Army Brat t BERNE, : Switzerland, July 24. British Admiralty per .Wireless to Press) The Post Zeitung of Augsburg, Batavia, says that at the recep tion given recently in Berlin Dy Kmper or William to members of the Reichslag, the Emperor, In . conversing with Philip Scheidemann, the Socialist leader, spoke slightingly of America and expressed the conviction that the Vnited States would not play a ae clsive part in the war. Appeals To Drafted Men To Volunteer In Cavalty Troop Major John Carr of Calvary Troop Indiana National Guard, Tuesday issued a strong appeal to men within conscription ages to volunteer their services in preference to being "sent.1 "Cavalry Troop E is still able to ac cept reliable men for enlistment and the men of conscription age are es pecially urged to enlist and be exam ined . as quickly as possible as tne time will soon be here when they will be called to the draft army," Major Carr said. Major Carr Is recruiting men from all parts of the state and those wishing to join are urged to immediately notify him or some recruiting officer for the the guard. Major Carr is stationed at Rushville, Ind. OFFICIAL DRAFT LISTS MAILED WASHINGTON, July 24. The offi cial and last . word assigning every man of the ten million to his place in the national army was going forward in the mails today to the 4,557 local boards. . They supersede all hitherto pub lished lists and rectify, all errors. The lists' have been -prepared with the greatest care and safeguards against errors. Printed by the most expert and tested - men in the government printing office they have been proofread three times by veteran proofreaders. In order . that each district board may be assured of getting a list in the mail two copies are being mailed to each, one in one mail and one in another. The. theory of this practice is that if one list goes astray the other surely will reach its destination. The summoning of the men for the first increment before the board will quickly follow: the receipt of the offi cial master list. Until the men are summoned they. are free to. volunteer. 74 STUDENTS ENLIST OXFORD. 0 .July 24. Miami University's monthly bulletin, issued yesterday, shows that . seventy-four Miami students have enlisted in the various branches of the national service.

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SIIYLOCK ROLES ARE PLAYED BY LIGHT COMPANIES WILLIAM A. BOND. City Attorney Tells the State Gommissioh Electric Firms Ask Too Much. Indiana lght companies which are seeking an increase or thirty percent in their rates are playing the parts of "Shylocks" and are not content with the'pound of flesh but want the drops of blood as well," City Attorney Bond told the state public service commission Monday when the petition of the light companies came up for hearing. Attorney Bond, who returned to Richmond Monday night, claimed the commission did not have authority to try the cases collectively and the forty-one companies, all members of the Indiana Electric Light association, through which the petition was filed, were instructed to file separate petit ions. Hearing on the petitions will be started August 20, the date fixed by the commission. Utilities Should Pay Too. "There is no question about the difficulty of the present times but .the utilities should bear their part of the burdens imposed by war as well as individuals," Attorney Bond, who rep resents forty cities which are opposing the raise said Tuesday. "Instead the companies are trying to shift the whole burden on the consumers. ExpertB will be employed to check up figures of operating expenses to be submitted to the commission by the private companies, Attorney Bond said. Data on operating expenses of plants owned by municipalities also will be collected to be submitted to the commission, to show that the commission is not justified in granting authority for an increase in rates. Twelve Hours Daily Is Grind At Friends' Unit Training Camp Members- of' the Friends' unit' in training at Haverford, Mass., are being put through a strenuous course that keeps 'em busy for twelve hours a day; Will Jenkins. Richmond man, says in a letter ljo his family here Hikes f from four to fifteen miles are being, taken. Lectures, study of .French, d drill take jup the rest of the "time, say s Jenkins.' The men get up at 5:45, and .their bedtime Is 9:30. , CROWN PRINCE FEARS ATTACK BERLIN, via London, July 24. An artillery battle of an intensity never paralleled is raging 'day and night is Flanders, the war office announces. - (By Associated Press) ; . The situation on the Aisne front appears to show that the crown prince fears a renewal of activities there, his countless attacks being considered in many quarters as an a tempt to forestall it. On the British front the intense aerial and artillery activity presage important movements. Main Infantry movements of the last twenty-four hours were again in the Craonne sector where the crown prince launched another atack on the French line," without achieving any success. An attempt to advance also was made north of Nancy. This was likewise frustrated. Frequent raids by the Germans indicate their anxiety to learn the size and disposition of the forces opposing them. . Part of Retreat Stopped. Signs of a halt in the Russian retreat .r. Eastern Galicia before the advancing Austro-German armies are largely wanting, but indications of stronger resistance in some sectors are cropping out . The Russians undoubtedly are doing their utmost to bring their men to a realization of the necessity of implicit obedience, and the present plight of certains sections of the Muscovite armies, because of the laxness in discipline can hardly help serving as an object lesson. - . -: Airplane Bill Is Signed By Wilson WASHINGTON," July 24. The $640,000,000 airplane bill became a law today with President Wilson's signature. " - FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR J. EDGAR ILIFF Funeral services for J. Edgar Iliff were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence, 318 Kinsey street by the Rev. L. E. Murray. : Burial was in Earlham cemetery. Pall bearers were William Kelley, L A. Gorman, Benjamin Sostmeyer, A. D. Gayle, George Fox and E. A. Feltman. TO USE VOLUNTEER EXAMINER8 NEW YORK, July 24. Volunteer physicians will be. used by the local exemption boards to speed up the work of examining : New York , men drawn for military duty under the ' selective draft lottery. This action ; will " be necessary. It was 'said because the physical tests must be made rapidly on account of the large number of men to be exam land. -

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Among First Drafted, Doyle Volunteers Claude A. Doyle prefers to be a "went," rather than a "sent" Doyle, who was among the first drawn for military service under the conscription law, left Monday night for Asheville, N. C, to enlist in the First North Carolina. Doyle, who was a telegraph operator of the Pennsylvania railroad company here, was a member of the North Carolina , guard three years ago. REVOLUTION IS ON IN ECUADOR PANAMA,-July 24. Dispatches received yesterday from Manabi, a coastal province of Ecuador, say that a revolution has been started there against Dr. A. Baqueriso Morena, president of the republic. Revolutionary propagandists in Panama -affirm that the outbreak is due to Dr. Morena's alleged pro-German policy and tyranny. The propagandists expect the United States to support the local authorities. Morena is in Tumbez, Peru, in secret conference with Peruvian officials. Hot Weather Doesn't Affect Red Cross The sizzling weather does not affect Red Cross enthusiasm at the headquarters. On Monday, which was one of the hottest days this summer, Mis Anna Stough cut out fifty pairs of gingham pajamas. These are cut out, folded, and given to workers to take out of the work room. Many little girls are helping at the headquarters. .They roll bandages, sew tapes, and run errands for the women. The directors of the Red Cross association will meet at the home of Mrs. Paul Comstock, Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Articles which have been made at the headquarters during the last months are now being inspected to be sent away. The shipment will be sent as soon as boxes can be obtained. Here's Time-Table For Air Trip from England to India 't: LONDON, July 24. tCcrespondence.) The first time table for a seven-day aerial Journey from London to iiidla and back as recently suggested by Lord Montagu, in an address on world's air routes, was. as follows: . First day Croydon - (London), de part 7 a. m., arrive at Marseilles (625 Miles) 12:30, noon, depart 1:30 p. m. arrive at Naples (485 miles) 6 p. m.; total 1,110 miles. Second . day Leave Naples at 7 a. m., arrive at West Coast Crete (640 miles) 12:15, noon; depart 1:15 p. m., arrive at Alexandria (485 miles) 5:45 p. m.; total 1,125 miles. Third day Leave Alexandria at 7 a. ru., arrive at Jof (580 miles) 12 noon, depart 1 p. m., arrive at Basrah (460 miles) 5 p. m.: total 1,040 miles. Fourth day Leave Basrah at 7 a. m., arrive at Bandar Abbas (575 miles) 12 noon, depart 1 p. m., arrive at Kar achi (680 miles) at 6:30 p. m.; total 1,255 miles. Total distance, 4,530 miles; actual fying time 39 hours, 15 minutes; total time on journey 83 hours, 30 minutes. On the return journey. Lord Montagu suggested that the first day's flight should carry the voyager to Gurieff, on the Caspian Sea, 1,220 miles; the second day to Tarnopol, 1,210 miles; the third day to London, 1,200 miles. The total distance of the return journey would be 3,630 miles, the actual flying time 30 hours and 15 minutes, and the total time consumed tn the return 69 hours. GOETHALS QUITS SHIPPING BOARD WASHINGTON, July 24. President Wilson asked Chairman Denman of the shipping board to resign and accepted the resignation of Major Gen eral Goethals as general manager of the emergency fleet corporation. Chairman Denman received the president's request for his resigna tion at noon and tendered it imme diately. "I want to ' help the president in every way possible," he said, "and have never questioned the wisdom of his decisions." Temporary Relief Promised By Moore Temporary relief from the present torrid .weather was predicted Tuesday by Weather Forecaster Moore. ; Showers, accompanied by thunder storms, are due to strike the city Tuesday night the . forecaster; said. The relief will only be for the night, however, he said with sizzling weather again .Wednesday, v , ; - a ntnrm wave Is moTlnsr toward Richmond' and Indiana from the Canadian district' and is scheduled to arrive Thursday or Friday. This it Is expected will send tne temperature .1 J V.1 JAnaHt

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ri k - tv -. x - JESSE RALPH BROWN Jesse Ralph Brown, 305 South Sixth street, who was the first man called in Richmond for the national army, is proud of the distinction. There's been a big American flag waving from the Brown home since Friday. He has a wife and six months old child who need his support and he will claim exemption because of them. "Otherwise I wouldn't," he says. "And when Uncle Sam needs married men I'll go.". Brown is 27 years old and is a machinist at the Starr Piano factory. NEW EARLHAM PRESIDENT HERE Dr. David M. Edwards, new president of Earlham college, who spent Tuesday at the college, will come to Richmond about August 20, and will take charge of the school about Sept. 1, he said Tuesday morning. He leaves for home Tuesday evening. "My present trip Is Just a flying visit of inspection and has no official significance." said Dr. Edwards. "The new head of Penn college is on his vacation, and I am still in active charge there, so .must go back at once." The new president spent the day discussing conditions at the schdol with Dr. Robert L. Kelly, retiring president. He has. been here many times, he said, and has a personal acquaintance with most of the faculty, and knows something about Earlham affairs. He talked , to Professor LIndley of the commission which now has charge of the school, and Financial Secretary Brown, Monday, in Indianapolis. Because of Dr. Edwards' haste In returning home, a luncheon of greeting which was to have been given him at the Y.. M. C. A. Wednesday noon by the Commercial club, was called off. to be given later. The new president is forty-six years old, and holds the degree of Ph. D. from, . Chicago University. He has been at Penn college for seven years. Burden Lifts Burden; Goes Bach To Jail Hurbert Burden, negro, will now complete serving out a fine of $25 and costs in the county jail, assessed December 7, 1914, for drunkenness. Burden escaped from a gang of "road polishers," all prisoners in the Jail while they were working on county roads shortly after be was sent to Jail. Monday night he was seen on Main street for the first time eince and Patrolman Bundy arrested him.

Serbia Looted; Trade Ruined By Foe; Report To V. S. Says

WASHINGTON, July 24. Serbia, in a formal note made public at the state department today, charged Austria and Bulgaria with an illegal economic, exploitation ' of occupied provinces and gives notice that she "reserves the right, of claiming, -at the time of the peace negotiations, an indemnity corresponding to the damage . inflicted, both on the Serbian state and its subjects, by these flagrant violations of public, international law." The note giving the first official glimpse behind the scenes in occupied Serbia claims that over 100,000,000 crowns have been Illegally extorted, as well as six million crowns in the form of forced subscriptions to Austrian war loans and the Austrian and Bulgarian Red Cross..' " Trade is Ruined. Serbian trade is stated to have been ruined by the abolition of the Serbian moratorium, for the purpose of allowing enemy merchants to collect immediately with six percent interest, debts estimated at 120,000,900 crowns. Failure to pay is stated to be penalizezd by sale of properties at ridiculous auction figures, . which allows the Invaders to make Immensely profitable purchases of large stocks of goods. In addition, many shops have been pillaged and trade has fallen off at least one half, ' ; Tried to Ruin Trade. '; "By such arbitrary measures 'towards our merchants and by means of this legalized pillage, the military authorities have attempted to ruin our trade," the note says. "Austrian and

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SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS; PHYSICIANS TO EXAMINE 506 DRAFTEES IN RICHMOND Quota in District Said by the; Board to Be 253 Double Number and Perhaps More to Be Tested. . , (10 WORD IS RECEIVED Basing their figures on the announcement of quotas for the counties ' of the state made last week by Jesse : Eschbach, state conscription agent,: members of the Richmond district! conscription board have figured that; the Richmond district will have to fur-' nish 253 men for the new draft army ) According to the announcement! made last Saturday, the quota of the county Is to be 352 men, and of this . number, the eastern district will have to furnish 253 and the western die-; trict 99 men on the first call. ' To Call Twice Quota This means 606 men will be called, to appear before the district exemp-j tion board to be examined for the'new army, as Instructions have been received to call twice as many men; for the first examination as will be required of the district for the 8rst army. Three Richmond physicians will' be. asked to assist Dr. F. W. Krueger, of the conscription board, to examine the. 500 eligibles. Dr. Kreuger went to Indianapolis' Tuesday to confer with Governor Goodrich as to the appointment of the assistant examiners. The appointments must be made by the governor, but may come from the recommendations of the examiners of the local boards. To Test Four At Once The eligibles from the Richmond district will be examined in the clerk's room on the second floor of the court house. .This room is so arranged that four persons may be examined at the same time without interference on the . part of any other eligibles, the long rows of record shelves dividing the room ' into " compartments which will allow each man to be examined privately. That only 506 men 'will be called for examination first does not mean, however, that men who are farther down on the list will not have to appear for examination, as it may require 700 or 800 men to be examined before the county's quota Is filled. Figures have shown that at least half of the men who were drawn will be exempt, and It is very probable that more than half will not be taken for the army. . ' No Official Ward Yet No further official notice concerning the action of the Richmond board has' been received from the . government, although It is believed that some word will come within the next three days, naming the time, for the beginning of the examination and the official numbers. As soon as this information is received the local officials) will be able to go ahead with the; preparation of the official notices to. be sent to the men "who are eligible for examination on tfae first call, and. on the day set by the government will begin the examinations. ' The session of Iffie board, as well as the conduct of (the men who are to be examined will be governed by Sheriff Clem Carr, as chairman of the board. Dr. F. W. Krueger with his assistants, will examine the applicants and the records of the examinations will be kept by Cleric Kelly, who will also hasto charge of the exemption claims. -.,! 'fiCS.3'f German firms will take the places of? the ruined Serbians and win so bring about the denationalization of Serbian commerce." All private houses abadoned by their owners, Including the Royal Palace are stated to have been plundered under the theory that they were "unowned property" because the owner , was absent. .The National and the Ethnographical Museums are reported to have been completely ransacked by the Austrians; the National Library, the university library of Nieh and the library of the school of theology at Prizzen by the Bulgarians. Books, manuscripts, and art works were stated to have been carried away as booty. ' Plunder Is Unexampled. "The Bulgarians," it is stated, "have plundered to such an extent and with such effrontery as to be unexampled In modern warfare." f Austria also has placed the assessment of all taxation In the hands of a military committee. In the provinces occupied by Bulgaria, the whole Serbian taxation . system has-- been swept away. , . Similarly, the note -adds, "the military authorities have ordained that Serbian money shall be accepted at fifty percent of Its nominal value. Serbian money wasi taken by force from private persons and Austrian money given In exchange at a; rsXe less than half its value. The Austrians collected oar bank notes at a very low price with the Intention of changing them abroad at a higher rata.