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REGISTRANTS OF RICHMOND SOON TO BE RE-CLASSED

Richmond Must Increase the Number of Men in Class One by Two Per Cent, Says Carr.

TOO MANY ill GLASS 4

' A general re-classification of all Richmond men registered for army service will be begun soon by the Richmond selective service board. Too many Richmond and Wayne county men have been granted deferred classification according to . a letter received by the board from the state conscription agent Enough of these men can be reclassified and placed In Class 1 to bring Indiana up to the national standard, is the opinion expressed by Major Robert C. Baltzell, state national army agent. In a letter to the board. The work of reclassifying the men must be completed this month, and the Richmond board will set aside a certain week for this work. During this week all of the questionnaires of men placed In deferred classification will be examined and many will be moved up to Class 1. It is also thought that many men now in Class

4 probably will be placed in Class 2. Order la General. Each board in the state, 124 in all, has been ordered to reclassify their registrants, the order originating from the office of the provost marshal general at Wiahington. According to the national figures 28.7 per cent of the total number of men registered last year have been placed in . Class 1. Indiana ' placed only 23 per cent in Class 1, and the Washington authorities insist that the Hoosler state be brought up to the national standard. Richmond will have to increase the number of men in the first class by about two per cent. Chairman Carr said. : Soma ; of the local board In the state,' according to ' Major ' Baltzell, have but 10 per cent of their total in Class 1, and this fact, he says, creates - a hardship on local ' districts j where the percentage is high. ; !

Classes are Given.. The classes from which more men are to be obtained for Class 1 follow: Class 2 (A) Married men with children or father of motherless children, where such wife 6r children or such motherless children are not mainly dependent upon his labor for support for the reason that there are other reasonably certain sources of adequate support (excluding earnings or possible , earnings from the labor of the wife), available, and that the removal of the registrant will not deprive such dependents of support. Class 2 (B) Married man, without children, whose wife, although the registrant is engaged In a useful occupation, is not mainly dependent upon his labor for- support, for the reason that the wife is skilled in some special class of work which she is physically able to perform and in which she is employed, or. in which there is an immediate opening for her under conditions that will enable her to support herself decently and without suffering or hardship. Class 3 (A) Man with dependent children (not his own), but toward whom he stands In relation of parent. Class 3 (B) Man with dependent aged or rnflrm parents. Class 3 (C) Man with dependent

neipiess brotners or sisters. Class 4 (A) Man whoso wife or children are mainly dependent upon his labor for support. "I fully appreciate the great work you have done in making the classification." wrote MaJ. Baltzell. "and I know that your work was done conscientiously, and it was well done. However some registrants may h;ivo been given deferred classifications by the district board when conditions have changed to such an extent that an entirely new classification Is necessary at this time. "I am writing your government appeal agent and legal advisory board to hold a canference with your board and decide upon the method of procedure." A re-examination under new examination rules is nsked for certain men rejected because of physical disability. They may be used later for special or limited service.

Believe Real Objective of Foe Lies Between Amiens and Arras

(By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. June 11. The real objective of the whole German offensive program still lies between Amiens and Arras in the opinion of many observers here. The present attack on the Montdidier-Noyon front, it was said today, might well be a further effort to draw allied reserves to the south in the hope of weakening the line north of Amiens sufficiently for another smash at the connecting link between the French and British forces. High American officers believe that the policy consistently followed by General Foch of holding his reserves along the vital line which forms the connection between the French and British has greatly impeded the development of the full German plan. There is little question here that it is intended to flatten out the Montdidier-Noyon line and at the same time constitute a threat toward Paris that will bring upon the supreme commander a popular demand that he sacrifice other considerations for the protection of the capitol. For this reason, it is believed now that the Germans will not press the attack either on the Marne or on the Montdidier-Noyon front against such

resistance as they are now meeting. It is not believe success in this quarter would accomplish what the

Germans are seeking in the whole gi

gantic operation they have under

taken, the destruction of the allied

army before American aid arrives in

sufficient force.

Even a seige of Paris would not accomplish that purpose, it is felt, and it would take months of time and an enormous number of men to invest

the French capitol. Unless the allied

armies had been previously split apart they would still be able to maintain

a front behind which the Americans

could be landed and grouped for a counter blow. It is felt that the German plan can not contemplate an operation that would require such a length of time. It is argued that every consideration demands speedy culmi

nation of the German purpose to crush French and British power before the

full strength of the United States can

be brought to bear. It is therefore thought to be not improbable that the front of attack soon will be shifted

back to the connecting link between the French and British where German penetration to the channel port would

divide the defending armies.

GERMANS PUT FORTH EVERY EFFORT IN PUSH ON PARIS

(By Associated Press.) PARIS, June 11. All the advices from the battle show that the enemy is putting forth every possible effort in his design to push toward Paris, throwing division after division into

the melting pot. So far he has succeeded, in two days of fighting, in carrying forward his line at the maximum point of advance, at Vignemont, a distance of six miles. In this he has been materially aided by a considerable number of tanks which the French artillery was at first unable to demolish. The enemy further succeeded in widening the point of his wedge by bringing up two divisions of the guards and two Bavarian divisions borrowed from the army group of Crown Prince Rupprecht. These troops captured the villages of Mery, St. .Maur and Belloy, giving him a plateau behind which he can mass troops partly screened from observation by the French. . ' , v Balance Favors' Allies, t ' "If the danger to the French is In, losing ground that is valuable as room in which to manoeuver, ihe German peril lies in the human wastage that is in progress. The German army as a whole has been engaged for the last

three months with slight facilities for renewal. The balance seems to be in favor of the French. The resistance that is being offered by the French forces in this battle has not been surpassed for determination during the whole war. . Thus one little group of dismounted cuirassiers at Plemont, where, almost surrounded, it beat off fourteen German attacks, contributed largely to the checking of the German advance. In a summary of the Paris newspaper comment on the battle the Havas Agency refers to the small progress made by the Germans yesterday In comparison with the price they had to pay. Gains Were Smaller. The Petit Journal observes that after an extremely costly day for them in the way of casualties the Germans realized smaller gains than on the previous day i "The divisons engaged melted away as In a crucible," it says. L'Homme Libre thinks that the results of the second day's fighting seems as favor-!

able as those achieved on the open

ing day of the attack, if the question be considered from the point that one of the principal allied aims is to destroy the maximum number of the enemy troops engaged. .The Echo de Paris says that Generals Foch and Petain knew the enemy's limitations how far he can go and beyond which positions he cannot advance further, while the Matin argues that an offensive conducted at such a price cannot be very long continued. Premier Clemenceau conferred with several of the generals at the front yesterday and brought back with him it is declared, very reassuring news of the situation. The information which he gathered confirmed the reports of the enormous losses being suffered by the Germans.

ASK ALLIES TO SEND TROOPS TO RUSSIA

(6r Assoclatea lres.j " WASHINGTON, June 11. An appeal to the United States and the allies to send an expeditionary . force to Russia to impel the German invaders forwarded by the central committee of the Cadet party in Russia was transmitted to the state department today by the Russian embassy. It Is asked that the expedition if sent be put under international control to guarantee the rights of Russia.

The Weather

For Indiana by the United States

Weather Bureau Fair and warmer

tonight. Wednesday fair. Today's Temperature. Noon ..' 80 Yesterday. Maximum 83 Minimum 55 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Mostly fair except for local thunder showers. Hot wave. General Conditions. Barometric pressure has fallen decidedly over western Canada and temperatures have risen rapidly throughout the west and northwest. It is 94 at Havre, Mont., 92 at Rapid City, S. D.. 88 in western Alberta, and 106 at Fresno, Cal. The storm which caused the rain last evening continues to move slowly eastward.

LODGES ASKED TO MARCH IN PARADE

Every lodge and fraternal organization in the city will be asked to take part in the monster parade Fourth of July morning as a uniform body or to enter a float. L. A. Handley, chairman of the parade committee, has sent a letter to each lodge stating . that the county council of defense has been requested by the state council to make the celebration this year a patriotic event that has never been equalled In the county before. For this reason fraternal orders will be asked to enter floats or march in uniform rather than merely in a body with no special uniform to mark them. The parade is scheduled to begin at 11 o'clock and the various lodges will be asked to be in line by 10:30 or 10:45 that there may be no delay in getting the line of march started. Each lodge is asked to notify L. A. Handley as to whether or not the organization will take part in order that the line of march may be arranged as soon as possible.

GROUND COVERED WITH FOE DEAD AFTER ATTACK . r : '- ' Germans Suffer Horrible Losses Under Direct Fire of French Artillery. "V ' (By Associated Press.) WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN i FRANCE, Monday, June 10. Undiminished severity marks the fighting between Montdidier and Noyon. This situation tonight is rather satisfactory" for the allies, whose obstinate resistance and frequent counter attacks have caused great consternation to the Germans. Enemy losses under the direct fire of the French artillery have been horrible. Every time . the allies counter-attack they find the ground covered with German dead. Throughout the day the enemy threw his greatest pressure toward the center of the allied line in an effort to gain as much ground as possible southward in the direction of Compeigne. Under the powerful rush of the continually reinforced enemy columns, the allies were forced to give away a little, but they fought tenaciously for every inch of ground. Villages Change Hands. An epic struggle, occurred In the vicinity of Plemont, where a small garrison of dismounted cavalry men possible may still hold out French soldiers who managed to get through the German lines late yesterday declared that before they left the Germans had delivered terrific assaults all of which have been repulsed with heavy losses for the enemy. Several small villages Including

Nery, Belloy and St. Maure, changed ownership a number of times, but this evening were in German hands. At no moment is It possible to say

positively that this or that place is

occupied Dy the enemy or the allies such is the terrible nature of the conflict. Ebbs and flows occur everywhere. On the Belloy plateau, fighting went on continuously for several hours, man tackling man in single combats. The artillery is engaged more actively than in any battle in a long while. The Germans have been able to bring forward field guns in considerable number. The French artillery is most violent and very destructive, especially when turned against attacking enemy, troops. SLIGHT ADVANCE MADE. PARIS, June 11. Through the lavish use of men and material the Germans sought all day Monday, to widen the- gains of Sunday in the center of

the Montdldler-Noyon sector. : The total result was a slight advance on

the left center which nowhere exceeded a mile in depth. The primary object of the present

German operations is to reduce the

salient left standing between the gains made in March and May offensives. Until that is effected, he cannot proceed with his plan for a march on

Paris.

Both the strenuous and, on the

whole, effective fesistance of the French and the furious efforts of the Germans are explained by the fact that an enemy success would involve the retirement of the French forces

defending the line between the Aisne and the Marne, threaten both flanks

with envelopment and open to the

Germans the main roads to Paris

from Compeigne, Villers-Cott,erets and Chateau Thierry.

Brother of Local Woman Is Killed

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Weather Predictions for

Western Front in France Received from the U. 5.

Lieut. Howard Smith. According to word received by Mrs. Walker Land, her brother. Lieutenant Howard Smith, was killed in London, England, while doing air scout duty.

Details of the accident were not gtfven.

Smith is the son of Postmaster and Mrs. Edward Smith of Newcastle, and has visited his sister here at various times. He enlisted In the air service

in Chicago shortly after America entered the war and was one of the first graduates from the ground school at the University of Illinois. He then took training under the British officers at Toronto. Canada, and was transferred to Camp Talliferro. Tex. He was ordered to England several months ago and had been on scout duty in London for several weeks. Efforts were made by Postmaster Smith to have the body brought to this country, but it was found impossible to do so until after the war.

Heat Wave Coming, Says Weather Men Weatherman Moore says a hot wave is scheduled to arrive here some time before eWdnesday night. A great hot wave bringing temperatures of 90 degrees in the shade, is moving westward across the plain states, he says. The heat will be accompanied by local thunder showers and unsettled weather. Moore is unable as yet to tell how long this weather will continue.

(By Associated Press t WASHINGTON, June 11. Predic

tions1-as to weather conditions along

the western front in France are being

based in part upon weather observations taken in the United States and

plans are made bv officers with the American Expeditionary forces accordingly for airplane activity, artillery work or - other military operations dependent upon atmospheric conditions. This became known today when the department of agriculture announced that once each 24 hours a cabled to the American headquarters in France. Owing to the trend of the atmosphere are likely to be reflected in the other within several days.

Frank Braffett Takes Government Position

Frank I. Braffett. for many years identified with the insurance business here, has accepted a position with the Emergency Fleet Corporation and will be stationed at Cleveland, O. He assumes his duties on June 20. Braffett is widely known in Richmond for Ms interest in public affairs

and his ability as a singer.

THRIFT DRIVE IS POSTPONED

The organization In charge of the thrift - stamp drive In Wayne township, at a meeting held Monday night at the Commercial club rooms, decided to postpone the re-opening of the intensive campaign for the remainder of the 'annual quota, until Wednesday, July 19.. . . .- i . The county has yet id raise $325,000 of the annual apportionment, and of this amount over ; $300,000 must be obtained from Wayne township. : The annual quota must be raised by July 1, and it Is believed that the amount can easily be raised during the time determined by the organization. Every person in the city, who is interested in seeing Wayne , county succeed in patriotic enterprises, is to be enlisted in aiding in the final drive, J. H. Mills, county chairman of the campaign, said Tuesday. An appeal is to be made especially to persons who can afford to do so, to treat the W. S. S. campaign as they would a Liberty loan Issue, and to Invest the $1,000 maximum in the stamps. 14 Townships Are Over. The fourteen outlying townships have already obtained their annual quota, according' to Chairman Mills. The annual quota for the county sales

was $945,000, and of this amount about $280,000 was allotted to the

townships outside Wayne township.

According to Mills some of the town

ships have gone over their quota suffi

ciently to cover any deficiency that may result in other townships. ; The townships will continue to aid In the drive, and to increase the amount of

their over-subscription. Committees have been appointed for Wayne township to aid the present organization In carrying out the final drive. Each ward organization in the city Is planning Its own scheme of campaign, under the direction of the township and county organization.

To Inspect War Gardens in Richmond Friday Friday will be garden Inspection day in Richmond. Purdue ' experts will visit all the war gardens listed in the city, and will award the prizes offered by the First National bank to the gardens making the best showing. The prizes offered Include a $50 silver cup for first prize and ten gold medals and ten silver medals for. the next twenty. The medals which are being offered will be on display, at the Commercial Club between 4 and 5 o'clock In the afternoon, and may be seen there by- persons interested.

Lafayette Attorneys WiU Give Their Services Ftree in Harvest Fields (By Associated Press.) LAFAYETTE, Ind.. June 11. The members of the Tippecanoe county bar association intend to display their patriotism by deeds as well as utterances. ? Realizing the great bumper wheat crop in Tippecanoe county and the shortage of help that will be available to harvest it. the attorneys of Lafayette intend to render assistance. A movement is now on foot to have all the attorneys In Lafayette close their offices for a week and go into the fields and assist the farmers in the harvest. No wages will be charged and all that will be required of the tillers of the soil is to furnish the meals for the workers.

ACHIEVEMENT OF . U. S. IN WAR IS GREATEST WORK American Intervention Destroys Every German Advantage, Says London Writer. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, June 11. WThat the American forces have accomplished in France during the first eleven months of their .participation in the war is described in an authorized dispatch from a special correspondent of the Times. The Americans, the writer says, are rapidly completing the longest and greatest scheme of communication ever used In warfare. "After a fortnight of solid travel," he continues, "I am convinced that what the Americans have accomplished will rank in history as one of the greatest achievements of the war. "For instance, out of the waste lands adjacent to an old French port they have constructed a splendid line of modern docks where ships now are daily discharging men, war material, cars and machinery. A huge new warehouse system' at this point is nearing completion in addition to motor parks, cold storage plants and railway yards with tracks aggregating 200 miles in length. In the car assembling shops steel cars are being put together at the rate : of a complete train each. day. Building Big Hospital. "Work is proceeding rapidly on a new 20,000 . bed hospital, the largest yet to be constructed. There also are an immense artillery camp and a remount camp where I saw ever thousand horses. "These port , schemes are being so well worked out that they are capable of almost unlimited expansion which will be most important in pooling the allied effort, for the American base ports may easily become the main reserve centers for distributing supplies to rail heads everywhere on the front. The conditions were the same along the hundreds of miles of American communications I visited." In an accompanying editorial the Times says: "The German knows his doom is drawing near. He is well aware of what the intervention of America means for him. When American preparations in France are complete, the superiority of numbers, the enemy's

only advantage in the field will be gone and the world will be in sight of a real peace."

SITUATION IS CRITICAL FOR THE ENTENTE; ENEMY GAINS Germans, Despite "Frightful" Losses, Move with Steadiness and Gain Here and There in Center of Line

ENGLISH STEAMER SINKS GERMAN SUB

(By Associated Press) AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 11. A German submarine was attacked and apparently sunk by a British steamship a week ago Sunday morning off a British part, according to passengers on the vessel which arrived here today. A United States army officer, who saw the single shot fired at the U-boat, which was only 150 yards

away, expressed the opinion a clean

nit was made. Two destroyers which accompanied

the British liner closed in after this

one-sided combat and dropped depth

charges at the spot where the tub-

marine had disappeared.

John Hafner, Jr,, in Officers' Training Camp John Hafner, Jr.. of Richmond, has

passed the entrance examination for the officers' training camp at Chillicothe. Ohio, according to word received here. He was transferred to Camp Sherman from Camp Taylor a few weeks ago.

VILLAGE IS RETAKEN (By Associated Press.) Moving with steadiness, in spite of the frightful losses inflicted upon them, the Germans; in their plunge southward on the line from Noyon to Montdidier, continued to gain here and there in the center of the line, where their greatest efforts have been exerted and where the French resistance might have been expected to be most stubborn. The enemy's greatest advance is at Vignemont, six miles from the line as it stood last Saturday. The French have "launched counter attacks on the left of their line which may be an indication that they have reached the front where they will make their final stand. , This line seems to be along the Aronde river, a small stream flowing west and northwest from the Oise and roughly paralelling the line of the advance. The Germans, according to the official statement issued by the French war office, reached the "vicinity" of this stream. This marked the limit of their advance however, and the French immediately attacked and drove the enemy back to the line passing through Belloy. The village of Mery, west of Belloy was retaken by the French Monday night. Enemy Reaches Antsval. This part of the battle front, how. ever, apparently Is not the most menacing to the French. It is farther east that the Germans seem to be making their most telling gains. Here along the right bank of the Oise, they have reached Antoval, a village which lies on the crest of the hill above the important town of Ribecourt lying on low fiat land west of the Oise. The French admit that their "line of resistance to the west and south of Ribecourt" has been withdrawn in consequence. This movement has not resulted as yet according to reports, in the withdrawal of the French line east of the Oise from the Ourscamp and Carlepont forest, strong positions from which the French defended their positions in their earlier attempts of the Germans to cross the Oise south of Sempigny. The battle in the new area may now

be considered as having definite!" on-

wrea us critical stage, as in tne sorame, Flanders and Aisne combats the third and fourth days of the offensive were mast menacing to the allies. It now seems certain that the present German operation constitutes a very serious blow at the ailed H ' the Oise to the Marne, as well aa threatening the level couuuy ucn.... the present battle line. Before this can be reached, however, the Germans may encounter even greater resistance .than they have overcome

J since their offensive began.

British Take Prisoners. The only other operation of significance reported was carried out by Austrians on the British front at Morlancourt, east of Amiens. Here the British advanced to a depth of half a mile over a front of a mile and a half. More than 200 prisoners werecaptured by the British. Fighting is Furious. Battling their way forward in the centre of the Montdidier-Noyon line, the Germans are making slight gains. The French are resisting desperately and the fishtlng is the most furious of the prer.ent year. German advances have been made at heavy cost. Along the valley of the Matz, the Germans are making their most rapid progress, but their advance there has not yet greatly affected the wings of the attacking front The apex of the new salient now extends from Mery to Elincourt, about seven miles. Mon(Continued on Page Eight.)

"This is a Time When Kings Must Stick Together" Charles to Ferdinand

LONDON. May 31 .Delayed, A private and secret letter written to King Ferdinand of Rumania by Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary in the latter part of February marked the turning point in Rumania's participation in the world war and was one of the deciding factors in the long series of intrigues which eventually broke the spirit of the Rumanian king. Under this outside pressure. King Ferdi nand changed from an ardent supporter of the war against Germany into a lukewarm and vacillating opportunist and finally a distinct peace advocate. "This is a time when kings must stick together." This is the most striking sentence of the letter of Emperor Charles. The letter has never been published and .Its existence up to this time has been known to only a few persons outside

contrast to the subservient tone of his letter this month to Premier Marthe highest court circles in Rumania. A summary of its contents was communicated to the American minister and to The Associated Press correspondent in Jassy by a high official who is one of the most steadfast friends of the allies at the Rumanian court. In intimate tones, the Austrian emperor directed the attention of lAig Ferdinand to the great danger for all monarchlal institutions from the wave of socialism which was sweeping eastern Europe. He drew a heartfelt picture of the danger to Austria from the spread of Bolshevism across the Russian border and declared the Rumanian dynasty was in equal danger from the same source. Emperor Charles pleaded with the Rumanian king to join with other

monarchies in Europe in the death grapple with democracy and promised that if Ferdinand would abandon the allies, Germany and Austria would support him in retaining his throne. After portraying Rumania as abandoned by the allies, and helpless before the powerful central powers, Emperor Charles closed his letter with the sentence quoted above. King Ferdinand's letter to Alexander Mark&iloman, the Rumanian premier, thanking him for the conclusion of peace, marked the final step in the king's surrender to the dogma of Emperor Charles that Kings must stick together. . -m The earlier attitude of King Ferdinand toward the war offers a striking ghilman. As late as mid-February the king expresed to Associated Press correspondent a desire that an interview or statement showing his loyal ad-

lherence to the alliance with the en

tente should be published in the United States. An audience wasjaranged and the king Insisted in speaking in English although he is not a complete master of English, because, he said, he was anxious to make his position clear to the American people and thought that it could be done better in plain English than through a translation from the French or Rumanian. . Unfortunately 'the interview was started to the United States by way of Odessa. A s-, ke of Bolsheviki telegraph operators there prevented it from going any farther. ; - On the subject of peace proposals by the central - powers, which was then the all-important subject in Jassy, the king, in the interview, declared: "It - would be - unthinkable for Ru

mania to accept peace without the consent of her Allies. For Rumania to make such a peace would be an act of dishonor." Concerning his relations with the German and Austrian emperors, the king said: "I can understand soverigns being

angry against each other, but I cannot i

understand them entertaining feelings of hatred toward one another. A soverign cannot always act acording to his personal dictates or according to family ties, but must carry out the will and interests of his people." In looking over the final draft of the Interview, the king said he wished to emphasize particularly the closing paragraph, in which he had expressed hope that around the final peace table. Rumania's -welfare would . be the particular r,n anA snliHtiirtn nf th Amrr.

lean delegates. He called for his colored wax pencils and underlined in blue, then in red, each line of the closing paragraph which said: "For the never-failing support and sympathy of your government and people, I wish you to convey to the entire American nation, the heartfelt gratitude of my people and myself. That splendid support and sympathy encourages us to believe that when the flag of peace is unfurled throughout Europe and when the nations of the-earth meet to adjust their differences, America will not forget her ally and friend in the far off Balkans. "We hope that at the final peace table, America, as the foremost exponent of the principles of national liberty, will raise its powerful voice on behalf of the nation that has suffered and sacrificed in order that those sa

cred principles might be achieved." Within a short time after the interview, King Ferdinand's attitude began to undergo a change and the breach between him and the queen on the question of peace began to grow wider. A powerful court party brought continual pressure to bear on the 1 king in tupport of every German peace intrigue and the king yielded rapidly to this pressure. . Queen Marie, on the other band, was adamant, and she made valiant efforts to rally the army and the antiGerman elements to her side. In March, she visited the entire Rumanian front with the object of solidifying and consolidating the anti-peace sentiment In the active army. Tha soldiers generally responded to her appeal, but her hopes and efforts wera all for naught. - . t

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