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AFTER MONTHS OF WAITING DECISION IS ARRIVED AT

John W. opencer ot hvansville Casting Only Dissenting Vote. CASE WAS APPEALED

Arrests Cut in Half

- In Richmond Since Dry Law is in Force Arrests in Richmond have been cut almost in half since the liquor business in the state was hit in the head. The same record here holds true over the entire state, according to records. Last month there was a total of 74 arrests in Richmond, 13 of which were for drunkenness. In May, 1917, there was a total of 122 arrests here, for all causes, 63 of which were for drunken

ness. In March, 1318, there was a total of 88 arrests, of which 55 were "drunks." In April, 1917, the police department made 89 arrests. Fifty-seven of that number were "dmnks." In April 'of this year there was a total of 54 arrests; 26 were "drunks."

(By Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, June 28. The Indiana state-wide prohibition law was upheld by the state supreme court here today. The decision was 4 to 1, Judge John W. Spencer of Evansvllle, casting the only dissenting vote. The state has been "dry" since April 2. last, when the "bone dry" prohibition law took effect. The question of the constitutionality of the law had been raised in the court before that date but pending the decision the law became effective. The decision today which reverses one Kiven by a county court at Evans

vllle and sustains in effect a decision j given at Gary is expected to put an end to the hopes of liquor interests j that the law would be set aside and to mean that the state will remain in I

the "dry list until some further legislation might change the law. Judge Spencer who disagreed with the majority ruling, wrote a dissenting opinion in which he said he believed the Beebe case on which the ;iquor interest relied, in their conten:ion that the prohibition law was invalid and decided in 1855, stated the powers of the legislation tor enact such laws correctly. He said he believed the property rights of the breweries were such that they should be protected. Townsend Wrote Decision. The four judges handing down the majority opinion were Judges Townsend, who wrote the decision, Lairy, Lawson and Harvey. The court also decided the Lake rounty case, affirming the decision of the county judge there that the law is constitutional. No opinion was written in that case, however, it being disposed of by the principal laid down in the decision in the case originating at Kvansville, the court said. Appealed From Evansvllle. The prohibition test case went to the supreme court from the Vanderburgh county court (Evansvllle), after Judge Hostetter of the superior court there decided In favor of the "wets." Immediately following Judge Hostetler's decision the suit was appealed to the supreme court on behalf of Chief of Police Schmltt and the city of Evansvllle. In Judge Hoatetter's decision the chief of police was enjoined from enforcing the state prohibition law. Judge Hostetter held the law unconstitutional on the grounds that the state had no right to Interfere with "individual rights."

GARRISONS MUTINY IN TWO CITIES IN HUNGARY

2,000 Soldiers Condemned to Death as Result of Outbreak Spirit of Revolt Pervades Army. MAY HALT OFFENSIVE

' (By Associated Press.) PARIS, June 28. (Havas). There have been rebellious outbreaks among the garrison of the cities of Gyor and Pecs. Hungary, as a result of which 2,000 of the military involved in the mutiny have been condemned to death according to reports received by the Matin today. noth Austria and Hungary are affected by the revolutionary movement, which is taid to be in progress on a large scale in Austria, the newspaper advices declare. The spirit of revolt is said to be strongly pervasive In the army. . . . - . - Violent demonstrations are reported to have 'occurred in numerous cities. Pecs is the Hungarian name for the City Of Funfkirchen, 105 miles southwest of Budapest. The city has a population of about 45,000. Gyor, more commonly known as Raab, is a city of some 28,000 population, 67 miles northwest of Bundapest. Unsettled conditions in AustriaHungary may keep the Austrians from immediately resuming the offensive in Italy. Tho food situation continues so serious that, reports from Switzerland say .martial law may be proclaimed throughout the dual monarchy.

ENEMY BLOW IS AWAITED QUIETLY BY ALLIED LINE

French and British Troops Carry Out Successful Attacks on German Positions American Lines Quiet.

LAND SAILORS FROM TORPEDOED SHIP

NOTIFY GERMAN OF EX-CZAR'S MURDER

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June 28. Ukraine newspaper reports quoted in German official wireless bulletins say the former czar Nicholas was killed by a Russian guard in a personal quarrel. Another German bulletin states rumors are current that the family of the czar has been taken to Peruz.

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PARIS. June 28. The court martial

MAY ATTACK AT YPRES

(By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 28 Aside from the repulse of hostile raiding par

ties in the Vosges, General Pershing's communique for yesterday says there is nothing to report from the American sector. FRENCH ADVANCE LINES. PARIS, June 28. French troops last night carried out an operation on the front southwest of Amiens by means of which their lines were advanced in Senecat wood on the Ayre river, the war office announced today. In this action and In other fighting between the Marne and the Ourcq. south of Dammard, prisoners to the number of 122 were taken. The statement reads: "Northwest of Montdidier, the French advanced their lines in Senecat wood and captured 100 prisoners. "Between the Marne and the Ourcq, a local operation was carried out south of Dammard and the French took 22 prisoners. "The night was calm on the rest of the front." ARTILLERY IS ACTIVE. LONDON, June 28. Considerable artillery activity developed last night on both sides in the region southeast of Gommecourt, southwest of Arras, the war office announced today. British patrols inflicted casualties upon the Germans in clashes In this area. British troops carried out a successful raid yesterday near Mericourt, northeast of Amiens.. An attempted raid by the Germans near Moyenneville, south of Arras, was driven off with loss tc the enemy. The statement reads: "A raid attempted by the enemy Wednesday night against one of our posts in the neighborhod of Moyenneville, south of Arras, was repulsed with loss. A party of our troops carried out a successful daylight raid yesterday near Mericourt. It captured a few prisoners without suffering casualities. "During the night our own and the enemy's artillery was active in the neighborhood of Rossignol wood southeast of Gomme court. Casualties were inflicted upon the enemy in this neighborhood by our patrols." Enemy Artillery Active. There are vet no outward indica

tions as to when and where the Ger- j man command will launch its next stroke against the allied lines. The i fighting lull on the western front con-j tinues with only raids and local at- j tacks, while on the Italian front the !

Austrians, reeling from the shock of the repulse on the Piave, seemingly are content to allow the Italians to have the initiative. It is two weeks since the German crown prince ceased his ineffectual efforts to reach Compiegne and the

BIG GUNS AND A FLOODED RIVER ' EXPLAINS AUSTRIA'S HUGE DEFEAT

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Giant Italian field piece in hills back of the Piave; Italian advance posts on bank of the flooded river. The sudden flooding of the Piave river helped the Italians greatly in achieving their recent magnificent victory, but the huge Italian guns played their part, too. One of these guns is shown in the upper picture about to send a parting remembrance after the retreating Austrian forces. The lower photo shows the Piave as it appeared during the spring floods this year. A shell-proof lookout and listening post is also seen, and in the foreground appears a trench mortar pit with a trooper manning a trench bombing machine.

MAIL W. S. S. PLEDGES;

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WAYN

Wilson Urges Purchase of War Savings Stamps "The man who buys government securities transfers the purchasing power of his money to the United Sates government until after the war, and to that same degree does not buy in competition with the government. "1 -'nestly appeal to every man, womar. d child to pledge themselves on v 'Wore June 23 to save constantly anv. buy as regularly as possible the .. -urities of the government. .June 2o ds the special period of enlistmt. in tne great volunteer army of prou tion and saving here at home. . i.. " there be none unlisted on that day. "WOODROW WILSON."

I into headquarters, seem to thir it is necessary to make the out

think that

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j war stamps immediately. The card properly filled out is simply a pledge to buy stamps, either in June, July, j August, September, October, Novemj ber or December. It is up to the signI er to say when he will b iy. Most of ! the signers agree to take so many i stamps each month, and thus by the I end of thi period of six months they have accumulated a nice savings aci count."

Even Charged Fences Cannot Keep German Soldiers From Deserting (By Associated Press) PARIS, June 28. Three barbed wire fences, one of which is charged with electricity, have proved ineffectual in hindering German soldiers from deserting across the frontier into Switzerland, says a Havas dispatch from Basle. The German military authorities have attempted to remedy the evil by cancelling all leaves of absence and special privileges for soldiers having from Alsace-Lorraine.

Richmond and rill be over the

the entire county j mark in the War!

Savings Stamp compaign before mid

OBSERVED IN ALL STATES By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 2S The intensive nation-wide campaign for the purchase of war savings and thrift stamps closed today with the observance of National Thrift Day, set aside by President Wilson for the final v -ve. "Every true patriot" was called -on by Secretary McAdoo to join "the a.. v of war savers before the day closes. " In practically -11 states, the day was

(Try Associated Press) HALIFAX. Nova Sec.tia, June 2S A boat load of sailors from an Ameri

can voau t sunk hv n submarine of f I

., iiuniic nnnai wa laroVii this! Matin from Berne.

Ill' AlHllii'v .v. v ' ....... ....... morning by a fishing vessel at Shelburne. N. S., says a message from that port today. The men were picked up 60 miles south of Seal island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They had been drifting for eight days surviving on a small quantity of bread and water.

Tne sailors, numoerinK ". were; . . t,,. rcinin rnnH duke.

from the S. S. Dwinsk. a later mes- Jg nQt unlikeiy that the Russian sr. go tald. Previous reports of the ! p0Vprnment, through Foreign Minister destruction of Dwinsk. a British ship Tchitcherin, would inform the Kessian under American charter, said she was! rmirt nf fhp dpth Df Nicholas Roman-

breathing space, which has been long-,ni,ut if iha i

at Darmstadt. Germany, has received I er than between the offensive across j cards whJch Qf Fr'ida poured

a telegram signeu icnucnenu, announcing that Nicholas Romanoff, the. former Russian emperor, has been

pssssinated. savs a dispatch to the

Inf .4 1SI1P HFlll IIIHI. (Ill lllr IN U UIl - ! I UU L t a i ...

y.:. - - . me committee rooms is continued r.n didier front, has been sufficient to per- tl, the flna hour Accordi t0 char

a renewal of the offensive. Allied 1

took place between Ekaterinburg and Perm. The dispatch from Berne gives weight to the increasing number of reports of the assassination of the for- . . . -r-. a a. 1

i mer Russian emperor, narmsiaai is

the capitol of the grand duchy or llosse and the former empress Alix is

The assassination capitols look for another enemy blow

very soon. iViimnry ouservers ueueve it will come on the front between Montdidier and Ypres. For the past few days the German artillery fire has been violent on several sectors, each of which might be selected foor an attack. These sectors are south of Arras, the northern and southern legs of the Lys salient and south of the Aisne. The Germans may. however, attempt to surprise the allies by attacking where they hope

man Mills, the great desire of the Nat

ional and State committees is

Wayne as well as all other counties to pass the coveted goal by a substantial margin in order that the full quota for Indiana will be safe. Friday morning Wayne county stood with three other counties in Indiana that were numbered among the "honor" counties, which either had crossed the line or were so close to it that there was little chance of failure. Many other counties will reach the mark Friday night and

observed, governo. - having proclaimed it a special occas', to impress upon the people the virtues of thrift. In many cities parades and patriotic celebrations were held. In nearly every community workers made a SDe-

for finl 'effort to farther tho s.ilo of nr

savings and thrift stamps. The American people during the past two weeks, have signed pledges for the purchase of more than half a billion dollars worth of stamps. Officials believe the final canvass to

day will cause the amount to

POLISH NATION TO BE CRUSHED BY HUN POLICY

Treaty Between Germans and Russians Called Treachery by People of Poland.

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The Weather

For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Probably thundershowers this afternoon or tonight. Saturday fair and warmer. Today't Temperatu.-e. Noon "7 Yesterday. Maximum 89 Minimum 6" For Wayne county by W. E. Moore Continued unsettled tonight and Saturday. Occasional showers and thunder storms. General Conditions Severe local thunder storms have occurred during the last 24 hours over the north and east portions of Indiana including Wayne county. The center of the storm is near Ft. Wayne. Barometric pressure continued unsettled weather over this county. Extremely warm weather continues over the south and west. It was 110 at Phoenix. Ariz., end 104 at Oklahoma City and 108 at vt. Worth, Texas.

off. before making public through reg-

i ular channels. Berlin reported recently that the former emperor was being ! removed from Ekaterinburg to Mosj cow. Perm is on the northern railroad route from Ekaterinburg to Mos

cow. Czecho-Slovak troops control the southern route and it is probable that if the Bolshevike did take the former emperor from Ekaterinburg they took him by the railway running through Perm. The former Russian empress was last reported as being in Ekaterinburg with her husband and daughter. MURDERED FEW DAYS AGO ( By Associated Press.) LONDON. June 28. The Frankfurter Zeitune reports that M. Tchitcher

in, the Russian foreign minister, has telegraphed the Russian minister at

Darmstadt that the former

they will not be expected. I a'ne nas a splendid opportunity ot

Aerial activity is above the average, j being the first in the state in perThe Germans have raided Paris two ' centage if the responses continue to nights in succession. No great damage come in Friday night and Saturday, was caused Wednesday and on Thurs-j The sounding of whistles and ringday slight material damage and sev-1 ing of bells Friday morning at 10:0 ) erl casualties resulted. Allied bomb-1 o'clock, announced that the final day ing squadrons are very active against j of the big drive was at hand P.nd was German military targets behind the expected to stimulate to action nunlines. The British are making nightly j dreds of parsons who thus far have raids into Germany, especially against ! neglected to mail back their pledge

manufacturing and railroad towns between Metz and the Rhine.

VON KUEHLMANN HAS RESIGNED OFFICE

(By Associated Press) PARIS, June 23. Dr. von Kuehlmann offered his resignation as Ger-

Russian j man foreign secretary on Wednesday,

emDeror was murdered a few days ago says a Zurich dispatch to the Journal.

between Ekaterinburg and Perm, says j The dispatch adds that it is believed an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from i the emperor will accept the resigna-

fopeuhagen. tion.

i-teports from Benin brought

through neutral countries indicate in.

HORSES BRING $530 IN VIENNA MARKET

ZPRICH, Mai IS Horses for slaughter were sold in Vienna ' market this week at the unprecedented price of J 375 to $500 each.

cards. Mail Cards at Once. The Wayne county committee was notified Friday that all pledge cards delivered by carriers must be accounted for, even though it is several days after the campaign closes. In order that these may be in hand, the committee again urges all citizens to mail their cards Friday night if they have not done so. Ward committees collected hundreds of them during the day from homes where cards had not been mailed. In one mail Friday morning the cards received totalled more than $10,000, an average of $65 per card. With this same rate maintained throughout Friday and Saturday,

Wayne county's aggregate will be con-

(Uy Associated Press) LONDON, June 28. Germany and the Russian Bolsheviki government, in a secret convention regarding the future of Poland have virtually agreed to cooperate in crushing Polish nationalist aspirations. Details of the treaty have been printed in the newspaper, the Nation's Voice of Cracow, Galicia, acocrding to a dispatch to the Times from Milan. The Bolsheviki government pledged itself to recognize Austro-German heg-

be , amony in Poland and to aid in defend-

doubled. Reports received at war ing it agiinst the former allies of savings headquarters here showed Russia. that the total sales of stamps have! The Cracow newspaper describes thus far amounted to about $300,000,-1 the treaty as a "scandalous document 000, which is less than had been hoped showing the treachery of the Bolshevfor and the success of the campaign I ikl and the baseness of the Germans." depends on efforts put forth today, 1 11 Sives tQe gist of the eight articles it was said. I of the agreement, as follows: A special appeal for the purchase of i "Germany in Charge." stamns today was made by Secretary! F,rst- The Poll'sh policy shall be McAdoo in the following statement: 'Conducted by Germany.

ocLuiiu. i u itussia.n government

MISS-GERMAN TROOPS HAVE OVERTHROWN BOLSHEVIKI Copenhagen Report Says Grand Duke Nicholas Has Been Made Emperor Lenine and Trotzky Flee.

KERENSKY MAN OF HOUR

(By Associated Press.) LONDON, June 28. According to unconfirmed reports today, the Bolsheviki government at Moscow has been overthrown, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Copenhagen. Moscow, the reports add, has been captured by General Korniloff supported by German troops. Advices from the same sources assert that Grand Duke Nicholas has been proclaimed emperor. Nikolai Lenine, the premier, and Leon Trotzky, the minister of war, are said to have fled to the Murman coast. The Copenhagen newspapers, the agency dispatch adds, gives prominence to a Berlin dispatch quoting the Tages Zeitung as saying it has received a message from its Petrcgrad correspondent reading as follows: "It is believed here (Petrograd) that the Bolsheviki government will soon be overthrown and that Kerer.sky is the man of the future In Russia." RECEIVED WITH CAUTION (By Associated Press) Dispatches from Copenhagen today carry unconfirmed reports of the overthrow of the Bolsheviki government at Moscow. The reports which are received "with caution" in London because of their origin in "German sources" states that Generals Korniloff and Kaledines led the anti-Soviet forces which took Moscow. . They add that Grand Duke Nicholas, cousin of the former emperor, and commander in chief of the Russian armies during tho campaign earlier In the war, has been proclaimed emperor. A lack of coherence is noted in the report through their inclusion of a "from the Berlin Tages Zeitung," which says that "Kerensky is the man of the future in Russia," this hardly agreeing with the statement that Grand Duke Nicholas has been made emperor by the counter revolutionaries. Generals Korniloff and Kalendines are said to have been assisted by German troops in the reported capture of Moscow and this adds to another note of confusion to the account, as no German troops have been reported near enough to Moscow to render the generals any aid, even if Germany were inclined to array herself definitely against the Bolsheviki authorities which she h:is seemed undisposed to do. The two generals named, it may b? noted, have both previously been reported to have been killed In battle or assassinated.

"This is the closing day in the war

savings pledge campaign. I earnestly hope that every American will have joined the army of war savers before the day closes. The fighting power of the nation will be strengthened more by saving than, by any other

thing and it is the one universal thing

pledges itself not to interfere with the organization of Poland. Third. The Russian government may keep in touch with democratic and revolutionary clubs in Poland through agitators known to the German information bureau.

Fourth. The sending of agitators to

IS "LIVING CORPSE." (By Associated Press.) LONDON, June 28 That the Bolshev'.ki in Siberia are weak and could be overthrown easily but for the support of armed prisoners released by them is the contention of the Harbin correspondent of the Daily Mail. In a long dispatch dated June 23, he says that of 20,000 prisoners fighting on the side of the Bolsheviki in transBaikalia, 4,000 are Magyars, who are the chief source or Bolsheviki strength. Two of three allied divisions, says the correspondent, could put down all opposition in Siberia. He adds: "The weakness of the Bolsheviki may be imagined from the fact that a few scattered Czecho-Slovak forces are able to hold the Siberian railway from Toneliasinsk to Mij-Udinsk, a distance of 1S00 miles and keep in touch with the counter-revolutionary movement in southeastern Russia, led by General Alexieff. "Bolshevism is a living corpse. Allied intervention is vital not only to save the Russians from the Germans, but to save the Russians themselves." The correspondent then gives information concerning conditions in leading Siberian towns. He says that Continued On Page Ten.

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creasing pan-German anger against ! siderably over the million dollar quota

the foreign secretary, Dr. von Kuehlmann for his speech in the reichstag. The secretary, however, has not resigned nor has the emperor requested his resignation.

fixed by the government

"One of the eleventh hour surprises of the campaign," said Chairman Mills Friday, "is the fact that scores of persons who have been telephoning

that every patriot can do. Money Germany and Austria shall be sus

saved means labor and materials sav

ed and .transmitted into irresistable and victorious force aeainst the ene-

pended by the Russian government.

Hfth. Russia shall exercise strict

vigilance over Polish national groups

mies of America and the world. Every) so as to prevent them from enlisting

true patriot snrum sign tne war rav-iin tne uussian territorial army. Pledge today." ! SixthRussia shall consider viola- ! tion of the frontiers of Lithunia and

; the Ukraine by Polish troops as a dec- ; laration cf war on Germany and Aus- ; tria-Hungary and shall aid in crushing j such troops. j Seventh Russia shall prevent Russian citizens from investing their own ' or French, British or American cap

ital in any Industrial undertaking ia Poland. Eighth Russia pledges itself to re

cognize the eventual new state of

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Red Cross Meeting A mass meeting of Red Cross workers will be held at the Red Cross rooms Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock instead of at 4:30 as was announced in Thursday's Palladium. Final arrangements will be made for the participation of the workers in the parade on July 4.

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Austria in Poland and to defend Continued On Page Ten.

Vm Fighting Fool" Says

13-Year-Old Patriot Who Wants to Join Army

Thirteen year-old Wilbur Bailey, who lives at 829 North E street, says he is a "f'ghting fool." in a letter to

. .., . . ...... .. . ifh,.,.. . i iiif i n the letter Wilbur wrote to the army recruiter: "I will write you a few lines to let you know how I would like to he!p Uncle Sam as messenger or any thin? I can do. I am a poor boy I weighed about 100 pounds but I am only thirteen years of age. I am healthy and strong so if I can be of any use to Uncle Sam let me know by mail. "I am a fighting fool." "Please oblige for reading this letter. From your friend." The army recruiter informed the young patriot fthat he was a "bit too young," but urged him to help by buying thrift stamps.