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SAYS U.S. IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTITUDE OF JAPANESE Gilbert Bowles, Friends Missionary to Japan for Sixteen Years, Asserts America Determines Japanese Action. WANT TO BE FRIENDS Anti-American demonstrations are in almost every case a reflex of AntiJapanese action in America, Gilbert Bowles, Friends church missionary to Japan, said in an interview here Tuesday. Mr. Bowles is attending the annual meeting of the Friends Church Board of Foreign Missions. "The fundamental question is not ' what is Japan's attitude toward America." Mr. Bowles Bald, ' but what is America's attitude toward Japan. In my experience of sixteen years as a missionary In Japan, I have found that any anti American demonstration invariably followed anti-Japanese legislation, or an Anti-Japanese newspaper article or speech prophecylng war between the two nations. "I. am c-nflrmed In the belief that the American people and government have it within their power to determine what the activities of Japan shall be. We must bear the heavy end of the responsibility, for the Japanese merely reflect what they are led to believe is the attitude of the American people toward them. Wants to Be Friends. "Japan wishes to remain friends with America.' She has no hope of commercial or industrial power in the future if she is forced to face the antagonism of the United States." The Japanese people are adaptable and learn easily the western ways, according to Mr. Bowles, and have no native antagonism toward the western countries. The annual meeting of the American Friends Board of Missions began here Tuesday morning at the Eighth Street Friends church. The reading of minutes and routine business matters occupied the morning session. Prominent Friends who were present included Dr. Elisha Blackburn and Mrs. Fred Hoyt. missionaries to British East Africa; E. P. Turner, of New York, general secretary of the StudentVolunteers; William C. Tebbcrt -of New York, and Dr. Sylvester Newlyn of Highpoint, N. C. The meeting of the mission board will continue through Wednesday. On Wednesday there will also be the annual meeting or the Young Friends board and the Bible School board. Paul Furnas, secretary ofthe Young Friends, and Wilbur Thomas, of Boston, secretary of the Bible school board, will attend the meeting. SELECTmLM TO FORT THOMAS Wavne county men included in the latest call for selected men for federal service, will be sent to Fort Thomas. Ky., Instead of Camp Taylor. The official notice of this call stating that Indiana would send 842 men, has been received by the local selective service board, but the allotment from this county has not been announced. The men will start entraining May 1. and continue during . i - I A Aova frtllrtVL-lnf? . The letter received from the war j rinrtment Tuesday stated that onlyi men in the best physical condition were to be selected, and all men engaged in agricultural work were to be exempted. No colored boys will be included in this call. Selecting Jury for Trial of 113 1. W. W. Members (P.y Associated Press) CHICAGO, April 16 Six men were In the Jury box as tentatively accepted by the government when the trial of 113 members of the I. W. W., who are charged with violation of the espionage act. opened today In the federal district court. While more progress wa3 made yesterday In the selection of jurors than on anv single day since the trial started two weeks ago counsel on Voth sides expressed the opinion that .h jury would be completed before :it.turday. ! THE WEATHER I For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Generally fair and cooler tonight and Wednesday. Today's Temperature. Yesterday. Noon .63 "Maximum Minimum S3 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore iTnuottiod and colder tonight. Wed nesday partly cloudy followed by fair and colder. General Conditions The Rocky mountain storm which has been moving slowly Is losing its force, and a cool wave over the Rocky mountains has advanced eastward to the Mississippi river, and temperatures will fall tonight. Storms have been general as far east as the 80th merid'an and have been heavy in places over the central states and middlewest, but mostly over the former. Another storm covers the far northwest.

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Shells Come so Close They Sing

"Home Sweet Home Frank Kilgus, Richmond boy, with the American expedition in France, has had his chance "ducking" German shells. "I have been up in the trenches and had some time ducking the big shells when they came over," he writes to his mother, Mrs. A. E. Kutter. of Boston. "Sometimes they would come so close," he says, "that you could hear them sing, "Home, Sweet Home." Sometimes the German snipers would shoot at us, but it did not take long to break them of that habit, because if they started any monkey work we made things so hot for them that they were glad to keep still for a while. "I am writing you these few lines to let you know that I am all O. K., so you need not worry about me, because I came out all right and did not get hurt at all." The letter bears the initials of the censor. . A letter from Sergeant George Kilgus, stationed at Camp Jackson, another son of Mrs. Kutter, tell3 her not to worry about the government's insurance of soldiers. Seemingly Mrs. Kutter had become alarmed at a story she had heard, for George says, 806 MILLIONS NOW SUBSCRIBED TO LIBERTY LOAN Rennrrs from Federal Dis ii-i'rrc Skmtrc fc 1 14.853.450 T . J AllAivr Invested m bonds Monday. By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 16. Liberty Loan subscriptions amounting to $806,465,250 were reported today to the treasury from 11 of the 12 federal reserve districts. This is $114,853,450 more than was reported last night and includes most of Monday's subscriptions. No report has came from the Minneapolis district where the selling campaign started yesterday. NEW YORK, April 16. The Liberty Loan campaign in the New York federal reserve district was speeded up today in an effort to recover from a slump in subscriptions that developed over Sunday. Although subscriptions, as officially announced last night, totalled $252,451,250, or more than $84,000,000 ahead of the first seven days of the second loan, the gain v reported on Monday was the lowest' of any "day since the beginning of the drive. In order to meet its allotment of $900,000,000 the district must maintain a daily average of $36,000,000 and only $14,378,800 worth of bonds were reported sold yesterday. Benjamin Strong, governor of the federal reserve bank, has issued an appeal to all committees in the district to redouble their efforts and not allow the campaign tolag. Twenty-six safe deposit companies in Manhattan and Brooklyn have agreed to accept $50,000 and $100,000 bonds for safe keeping without charging for the service, thus solving the problem for owners of the bonds of small denomination who do not possess safety vault facilities. CHICAGO, April 16. The third Liberty Loan drive in the seventh reserve district opened the day with $143,167,050, or 33.69 percent of its $25,000,000 quota officially subscribed. This represents $25,512 investors. Announcement was made that 172,250 employes of western railroads have subscribed $13,021,185 to the loan. yladlVOStok IS Calm . Say Official Advices (By Associated Press) TOKIO, April 16 Official advices from Vladivostok say the city is calm. Japanese bluejackets are not replying to occasional phots from snipers at night. Protection of the French consulate has been taken over by the Japanese. The Japanese foreign office announces there is no confirmation of a Petrograd dispatch that the Bolshevik .v,foIv. . v w..,.....!

government nas prociaimea a staie or. mal presentation of the government's war in Siberia and ordered the redljnsjgma guard to oppose' the Japanese marines. Huns, Hard Pressed For Man-Power, Force Cripples to Serve in Army

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 16. Germany U so hard pressed for man-power that permanently disabled soldiers are retained in the army and cripples are called to the colors. This statement was made in the Reichstag by Deputy Ryssel, an independent socialist, on February 23, according to the Berlin Vorwaerts, a copy of which has been received here. Other deputies also laid bare sensational conditions prevailing in the German army. . The disclosures were made in a debate which was precipitated by a motion introduced by Deputies MuellerMeinigen. people's part; Fehrenbach, rentHsf nnrtv: Dr. Stresemann. na centrist tional liberal, and Stuecklen, socialists requesting the chancellor to see to it that the class of 1869 and 1S70 be discharged from the army as Soon as possible and that the men of the landsturm, who have been in active service since the. beginning of the war and who have been one year in the front line trenches be permanently transferred to the home reserves. Not Being Acted On. Deputy Ryssell said it was explained that the men in question could not be

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Says Local Man "Those people that start stor ies like that oneht to be shot. Uncle Sam won't beat you out of a cent. Don't worry. No such luck, as my getting to go over. Mother, I am just crazy to kill a German. I know you would agree with me if you knew what the Germans were doing to poor women and children." IRISH JOIN IN PROTEST AGAINST CONSCRIPTION Mass Meetings Held in 100 Parishes Clergy Joins in Protest. ' (By 'Associated Press) LONDON, April 16. Meetings to protest against conscription were held Monday in 100 parishes in Ireland, all classes of the population participating, says a dispatch from Dublin to the Times. The clergy took a leading part in all the meetings. Resolutions of protest are pouring in from public bodies and Sinn Fein clubs are very active. Unquestionably," the dispatch adds, "the present temper of nationalist Ireland is very deplorable. The country has lost all sense of propor tion and has forgotten, not merely ar. It is a country of contradictions, however, for in Dublin and some other towns volun. tarv recruitine has been remarkably good in the past few days." LONDON, April 16. The committee which is in charge of the drafting of an Irish home rule bill, says the Times, includes J. Austin Chamberlain, former secretary for India. This it adds is a "fact which suggests that he already Is or is about to become a member of the war cabinet." The same paper prints an appeal from union'st members of parliament of a measure of homerule, as generous as can be devised by the light of the recent discussions of the Irish convention and in harmony with the ultimate goal of federal devolution." The appeal is signed by Lawrense Hardy, J. F. Mason, Arthur Shirley Benn, George R. Lane-Fox, Leslie O. Wilson and George Lloyd. Liberty Bond Sales in Wayne County are Now $51,000 Above Quota The total sales of Liberty Loan Bonds in Wayne county up to Monday night aggregated $1,151,000, or $51,000 over the quota fixed by the state committee. Tuesday committees continued to file subscription blanks with the banks arid there were many sales made directly through the banks in Richmond and elsewhere in the county. Indications point to the oversubscription of the loan In Wayne county of at least $150,000 and possibly much more. The state committee, in a communication to the Wayne county committee urged the people who have not subscribed to make purchases at once. The federal reserve bank at Chicago, which has supervision of the Indiana district in which Wayne county is located, also is urging a very large oversubscription in every county, and Wayne county, it is to be hoped, will not fall behind others in Eastern Indiana in this respect. The campaign does not close until May 4 and all banks in the county will receive applications for bonds up to and Including that date. The county committee Tuesday sent to the federal authorities for the township honor flags that are to be awarded those townships that have equalled or exceeded their quotas. Several have not reached the goal, but the final limit of the campaign may see them "over the top." The list of townships that are to receive flags will be made public later and plans made in each township where such honor Is given, for public demonstrations at tne time or t tie tor withdrawn because they could not be replaced. He added: "The resolution adopted by "the reichstag two years ago, providrng for the discharge of persons permanently sick and unfit for service is not being acted upon. In the first reserve battalion of infantry regiment No. 61, a great many cripples have been drafted and the same is the case regarding infantry regiment No. 175 at Graudenz. A man who had been stricken three times with apoplexy was accepted .without examination as fit for service in the Hussar regiment at Grossenhain. "Strikers and such persons as had caused offense politically are put into the army as a punishment. In- Ruestrlngen 20 men who joined the socialist party on January 30 were drafted into the army on February 14. "The soldiers in general complain of insufficient and bad food. What becomes of the food articles which are supplied the army? The non-commissioned officers employed in the canteens continually take food home. In such manner some individuals enrich (Continued on Page Ten.)

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Messines Ridge, the most import ant sector held by the British in the e British lines in Flanders, is a key to victory tor the foe in the Flander mean the retirement of the British to lines much nearer Calais and the. r defense of this most vital point by the British Tommies against the trem one of the most heroic chapters in British military history. Should the H the Flanders battlefield and te will situated for rolling the British armie

SECRETARY RAKER RETURNS; PROUD OF I'. S. AND ALLIES

(T?y Associated Press) AN ATLANTIC PORT, April 16 Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, returned to America today after a journey to Europe impelled by his desire to confer with British, French and Italian military and political leaders regarding his own country's co-operation in the war against Germany, and by his wish also to become intimately acquainted with the American troops under arms in France. On this unprecedented mission the secretary was out of the country about six weeks. T return with a sense of pride and confidence at the achievements of the United States and allied troops abrcad that would justify many trips across across the water," the secretary said as he stepped aboard a train which will take him to Washington. This was the only statement the secretary said he cared to make until his return to Washington; where he promised a broad review of his voyEge and its results. Those who returned with 6. 0. P. CANDIDATES MEET WEDNESDAY A patriotic meeting of Republican party workers and candidates will be held in the Odd Fellows hall at Hagerstown Wednesday night, beginning at 8:15 o'clock. Every county candidate seeking nomination for office on the Republican ticket will attend and each will give a short talk, mainly devoting himself to patriotic themes. It is presumed that the candidates will also discuss briefly their qualifications for office. The meeting is held at the invitation of the Jefferson township Republican party members and workers, and the Invitation includes all workers throughout the county. Judge Springer of Connersville probably will deliver the principal address, according to L. S. Bowman, Republican county chairman. Several automobile loads of Richmond Republicans will leave the court house promptly at 7:15 o'clock. County Treasurer Weldner and County Surveyor Horton will arrange for automobiles to carry Richmond Republicans to Hagerstown. Members of the party having cars are urged to be at the court house at 7:15 and are asked to get in touch with the committee as soon as possible so that accommodations can be made for all who care to go. Americans Will Study System of Re-education of Disabled Soldiers (By Associated Prss) WASHINGTON. April 16. Charles A. Greathouse and Arthur E. Holder, members of the federal board for vocational education, left today for Canada to make a study. of the system of re-education for disabled soldiers and sailors in operation there. Arrangements have been completed by the Canadian government to give the i American's every opportunity to observe the process of rehabilitation. In anticipation of favorable action on bills now before congress, to establish a similar system in the United States ,the vocational education board has begun its preparations- to carry on the huge task which wfilill be assigned to it under the legislation. It is understood that disabled soldiers, in need of training to refit them for civil life, already iuve returned from France. French Premier in Close Touch With Conditions (By Associated Press) : PARIS, April 16. Premier Clemenceau returned to Paris last night from the tattle front where he had been gettingfl into close touch with conditions. The impression of the situation which he brought back to the capital with him was a favorable one.

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graphed after it capture by the Brit the secretary said they did not doubt that they reflected Mr. Baker's feeling when they said that there was complete optimism and confidence among the people of the entente nations that the war would be won. The weather for the trip was ideal. Principal Part of U. 5. Line Taken Says Report (By Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, April 16. North of St. Mihiel on Sunday night, says a Wolff bureau from Berlin dated Monday, the main part of the American positions situated to the eastward and southeastward of Maizey, on the right bank of the Meuse river was taken by storm, ' . f . ..- , , ..' A large section of the main enemy line-of defense oh the high road from St. o. Mihiel to Bourois. the dispatch adds was rolled up despite the brave resistance of the enemy who suffered severe casualties in addition to the loss' of prisoners. First Richmond Red Cross Nurse, Safe in France Word has been received here that Miss Wilma Wallace, who enlisted as a Red Cross nurse, had arrived safely in France. Miss Wallace had been a nurse in Richmond for several years i and is a graduate of Reid Memorial! hospital. She is the first nurse from! Richmond who has landed in France.! Would Court Martial Those Violating Espionage Act (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 16. A bill to bring all persons charged with violation of the espionage act under the jurisdiction of the military court martial was introduced today by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of the senate military committee. Stops Issuance of Patent Rights to Enemy Aliens (P.y Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 16. President Wilson today stopped the issuance of patents and copyrights to enemies and revoked the authority given Americans to apply for patents in enemy countries. One Killed, Two Hurt by Long Range Gun ' (By Associated Pressl ARIS, April 16 Shells from the long range guns killed one woman and wounded one woman and one man in the Paris district last night, according to an official statement issued today.

Hens Have Three More Days Immunity Under Food Rules

WASHINGTON, April 16 Hens are to enjoy immunity from the chopping block only .three days longer, as the food administration announced today that restrictions against their sale would be lifted on April 20. If is estimated that at least 3,250,000 hens capable of producing eggs have been saved In New York, Chicago and Boston markets alone since the regulation was put In force on Feb. 23. Weather conditions brought about an earlier hatching and laying period than anticipated, enabling the ban to be raised ten days earlier than the time set. Farmers are warned against rushing their birds to market, thereby glutting the market and bringing about heavy loss from spoilage.

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ish in the battle of Messinet nemy's recent furious attacks on the s fighting, and its seizure would likely ebuilding of their battle front. The endous blows of the enemy has been un seize Messines he would dominate s back toward the coast. Mathews and Harris Chosen Bank Directors A. G. Mathews and E. IT. Harris were elected directors of the Second National bank Tuesday at the meeting of the board of directors. Mr Mathews, who is already a vice presi dent of the bank and one of its exe cutive officers, was elected to the place made vacant by the death of the late Frank Land. Mr. Harris succeeds R. G. Leeds who resigned on account of his duties with the Second Indiana Field Artillery. COUNT CZERNIN TO ENTER ARMY (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 16. Count Czernin has decided to enter the army after retiring from the foreign portfolio, the Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company, cables. He will command a brigade on the Italian front. , The correspondent also says the count had an interview of half an hour yesterday with Emperor Charles and that a sharp exchange of opinions took place. Eastern Railroads are Slowly Ridding Lines of Freight Congestion (By Associated Pressi WASHINGTON. April 16. Eastern railroads are slowly ridding their lines of the big freight congestion which developed during- the long period of bad weather last December and January, but indications are that it will take a month longer to .restore conditions to normal. A report of the railroad administration today showed 41,726 cars more than normal held on eastern lines, about one-fourth the number reported early last January and a little more than half the number held on March 1. About 26,200 were eastbound loaded cars, 10,233 west bound loads, 4,456 west bound empties and 833 east bound empties. The Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg were the most crowded, with 12.665 cars above normal capacity. The Erie has cleared away all congestion. Improvement of motive power and good weather are expected to make it possible for eastern lines to approach normal conditions by the middle of May. Through a number of operating reforms, such as the re-routing of traffic over shortest lines, better repairs and a greater number of locomotives and common use of facilities, officials believe they can keep freight moving about as usual next winter. The second most congester road In the east is the Baltimore & Ohio, with 5,442 cars more than normal. Other roads' reports show: New York Central, 3.2S0; Lehigh Valley, 2,345; Penna lines, west, 1.600; Boston and Mainp, 1,350; Delaware. Lacawanna & Western, 1,192; Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, 784; Delaware & Hudson, 286; Michigan Central, 750; Nickel Plate. 1,183; New Haven, 913; Phila. & Reading. 664. ! . The rules and reeulations orohibitfng the licensed dealers from dealing in live or freshly killed hens between February 11 and April 13 has been amended to end at midnight April 19. This order supercedes and cancels the order prohibiting the buying and selling of live or freshly killed bens. The amendment of the egg ruling provides that the groceryman is not required to obtain a government license to dispose of eggs at wholesale or retail. All wholesalers of eggs, or retail dealers who sell eggs exclusively must procure a licens" t " department, license division, Washington. D. C. H. W. 01L.tfEvi. Federal Food Administrator for Wayne Co.

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RITISII FALL lACrc DEFORE FRESH FORCES OF GERMANS Evacuate Town of Bailleul British Line Is Still On Higher Ground than Ger mans. 10 HUN SHIPS SUNK (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April. 16. The' heavy price the Germans are paying for their advance in the western front was. told In dispatches to the state department today which says that 23 trains loaded with wounded are passing through , Aix-la-Chapelle every night. (By Associated Press) . Tremendoffs pressure exerted hf picked fresh troops in the desperate German efforts to drive the British from Messines ridge has compelled a slight retirement of the British line on the northern side of the Lys battle front. The town of Bailleul has been evacuated and the British front withdrawn to a line running from north of that town to the north of Wulzerghem and thence to Wytschaete. Wytschaete occupies the highest point of the easterly ridge and the British have been firmly established here since the early days of the enemy offenses. The Germans, through their push into the southwest, are now apparently in a more advantageous position to attack It and their expected j drive upon It was reported developing I this morning. As It forms the pivot ; of the British line which bends here to the north an extremely determined defense of it is looked for from Field Marshal Haig's troops. Still Have Firm Hold. , Although the loss of Bailleul and some of the comparatively high ground around it represents a decided set back for the defense, the British line as it has been withdrawn is still on: ground much higher than the Germans occupy. The British artillery thus possesses numerous vantage pointa from which It can continue to pour In a devastating fire upon the attacking columns. Apparently Field Marshal Haig's trops still have a firm hold on all this valuable hill region. What may be called the frontal attack of the Germans upon the ridge system back of Messines. Mytschaete and Hollebeke furnished the spectacular feature of the operations are reflected in today's news. One brief paragraph in Field Marshal Haig's rereport, however, has an importance attached to it that should not be overlooked. It reports the repulse of heavy German attacks southwest of Vieux Bertuin. It is by a push to the northwest in this region that the enemy hopes to reach Hazbrouk, some five miles distant and take this highly important railway town. Well-nigh vital rail communication to the Messines and Ypres regions would thus be cuti The flanking movement shows no signs of making progress. Sink 10 Hun Trawlers. The German effort at present seems centered upon the northern side of the Lys battlefield, no important fighting being reported from the southern sector. In view of the recent rumors of possible naval activities by the Germans to accompany their land offenses the news from London today showing that British naval forces have been operating in the Cattegat and have sunk 10 German trawlers there is significant. Still more significant seems the form of the British announcement which comes in a report from Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty, chief commander of the grand fleet. This would appear to indicate that the grand flet Is out and possibly presages most important naval developments. May Start New Drive. British tesistance having stiffened, and haviv? beld the Germans to small gains in the past three days the battle west of Armentierres has reached stage of massed local attacks ta gain a desired objective. There are indications that the Germans will start a drive on the southern side of the new salient In an effort to reach Bethune. The enemy artillery fire along a ten mile front from Robecq to Givenchy is increasing in intensity and large bodies of troops have been discovered behind the German lines. The British line here is about one mile north and parallel to the . LaBasse canal. Givenchy, held by the British has not been attacked since the repulse of 6trong enemy efforts 'last week. In the drive of Picardy the offensive in Artols has won its object in the first week. The capture of Neuve Eglise, four miles west of Bailleul, was a strategic gain for them. ' Around Wulzerghem, between Neuve . Egllss and the Messines -ridge heavy fighting also Is going on. The Continued On Page Ten. 1772 Swivel Chair Officers in Capital (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 16. In response today to a resolution of Inquiry by Senator Thomas of Colorado which followed much adverse criticism of the number of officers of draft age kept In Washington on non-combatant duty. Acting Secretary of War Crowell advised the senate that 1772 army officers within draft age. who have received commissions since the outbreak of war are in Washington of this number 778 are with ordnance bureau, 336 with the signal corps. 299 in the medical corps and 181 in the quartermaster service. -