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RATIFICATION IS HOPED BY WOU SOON Tennessee Legislato r s A d -journ Until Tomorrow Without Vote North Carolina Solons Also Meet.
VOTE WILL BE CLOSE (By Associated Press) BULLETIN NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 17 The Tennessee House adjourned this afternoon until tomorrow without a vote on the woman's suffrage amendment. NASHVILLE, TENN., Aug. 17 Debate on adoption of a resolution for proposing ratification of the federal suffrage amendment was opened today In the lower house of the Tennessee legislature, with prospects of a vote. The senate already has ratified the resolution. Favorable action on the ratification resolution already approved by the senate would make Tennessee the 36th state to ratify the amendment, and would give the ballot to the women of the entire country. Both advocates and opponents of suffrage went into final stage of the fight with confidence. Leaders of the two factions made conflicting claims as to the probable result of the vote, but they generally agreed that the result would be close. Would Report Soon. Leaders In the house said the committee which last night agreed to report the ratification resolution recomendlng its adoption would make its report during the day. Debate on the proposal was expected to begin at once, and it was predicted with certainty that action would be taken before the house recessed until tomorrow. The committee which considered the ratification resolution voted ten to eight to recommend adoption. Speaker, Seth Walker, leader of the anti-suffrage forces predicted in a decisive manner that the amendment would be rejected. Suffrage advocates although they admitted that five of seven representatives from Davidson county, (Nashville) considered pledged to suffrage, had gone over to the opposition, declared they were still confident of success. Fifty votes is the constitutional majority necessary for ratification. Basing their claims on polls, suffragists have contended that 53 to 60 representatives would-, votfr for ratification. RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 17. Amid scenes which the state house has not witnessed possibly since the days of the Civil War, the North Carolina legislature began today consideration of the ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment. The flag bedecked galleries set aside for the suffragettes broke into prolonged cheering when the senate clerk began reading the ratification resolution. It was renewed when Senator Carr was recognized and rose to speak. Senator Carr said he had been told It meant his political death to support ratification and then sounding the call to ratify he continued: "I shall vote for it, I think all of us who favor this proposition should stand by our convictions to the point where we are willing to lay down our political lives for it. Says He'll Do Duty. "We will at least have done our duty by our party, state and nation. We will have kept the faith with the American women." Suffragists said they were more confident of success in the senate than in the house. They were of the opinion that if the senate were to approve the ratification by a comfortable majority sufficient members of the house could be brought into line. The anti-suffrage forces, predicting a close vote in the senate said they were confident ratification would be defeated in the house. Suffragists have issued a statement to the effect that Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate, wired them denying a report that he had sent a personal representative here to aid in defeating ratification. Dates for Gubernatorial
Speeches Are Made Public lv (Bv Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Aug. 17. The following speaking dates for the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial nominees during the remainder of the present weelt were announced today at the State headquarters. Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Democratic nominee, speaks today at Dupont: at Clay City, Wednesday; South Pend. Thursday: Atica, Friday; Centrrvllle, Saturday. Warren T. McCray, Republican candidate. Fpeaks at Attica. Thursdav Crooked Lake, Steuben county, Friday, and at Circleville, Saturday. HEAR THERE IS MUTINY ON BOARD AMERICAN STEAMER (By Associated Press) LONDON. Aug. 1". Danish police received a wireless message from tho American steamer Hoxie. enroute for London, yesterday, asking for immediate help because of mutiny on board, says a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. Motor boats, with armed men, were immediately sent out but no trace of the vessel has yet been found, it was said. The steamer Hoxie sailed from Norfolk, Va., July 30, for Copenhagen She has a registered tonnage of 3.0S3 and is in command of Captain Bclteu. BULGARIA SIGNS PEACE. (By Associated Press) PARIS. Aug. 17. The treaty of peace between the allies and Bulgaria signed last November, was officially promulgated today.
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Miss Geraldine Graham No engagement of the summer is of more interest to eastern society than that of Miss Geraldine Miller Graham, of New York and Newport, to Whitney Warren, Jr., also of New York and Newport, which has just been announced. Miss Graham Is one of America's most famous beauties. The groom-to-be's father, Whitney Warren, Sr., is an eminent architect. WAYNE TAX RETURN IS LET ALONE BY THE STATE COMMISSION INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Aug. 17. Orders were issued-by the Indiana state board of tax commissioners today increasing horizontal assessments on personal property tax assessments in 12 counties to bring them up to the 100 per cent assessment level prevalent throughout the state. An increase of 5 per cent on all personaJ property was ordered in Boone, Davis, Gibson, Posey and Warren counties; 7 per cent, in Jackson; 10 per cent, in Newton, Switzerland and Vigo; and 20 per cent, in Fountain and Johnson counties. The orders of the 1920 assessments apply to entire counties. The 1919 horizontal increases which were declared invalid, applied to parts of counties. Will Let Wayne Alone Regarding the county of Wayne the board said, "in the county of Wayne, which reports a loss of personal property over last year, the board finds that the local board of review, just prior to its adjournment in 1919, made horizontal raises in various on all taxing units and it appears that the State board was not in possession of all these facts and that when the in creases made by the state board were! added the total increase in some ininstances, on the original assessment, was more than 100 per cent and the board being fully advised, finds that under all these circumstances no increase should be ordered for the year 1920." COX IS SPEAKER AT DEMOCRATIC MEETING (By Associated Press) COLUMBUS. O.. Aug. 17. Ohio Democrats were meeting here today to formally open the state and national campaigns, to adopt a state platform and select 27 presidential electors. It being the home state of head of the national ticket, leaders have planned to make the occasion one in which Governor Cox may start tho fight which they hope will land Ohio in the Democratic column at the November election. His address is to be the main feature of the state convention. All else is to be secondary to the speech of the presidential candidate. Even the keynote speech by M. A. Daugherty, cf Lancaster, who nominated Governor Harmon for the presidency eight years ago at the Balti more convention, is to be subordinated lo that of the presidential candidate. It was explained that Mr. Daugherty's address would be practically extemporaneous. Otheue scheduled to speak are Secretary of War Baker. W. A. Julian, nominee for United States Sen r.tor, and A. V. Donahay, gubernatoriai nomine?. RAILROAD MEN EXPECT PAY CHECKS, AUGUST 23 Semi-monthly pay checks of the Richmond division of the Pennsylva nia railroad will be issued on Aug. 23. Particular interest is being manifested in the coming pay by Richmond division employes, as they are expecting tack pay checks. POLICE INSPECTOR SHOT AT DUBLIN DUBLIN, Aug. 17 District Inspector Wilson was shot dead at Templemare last night while walking from the police brracks to his home, according to a message from Thurles.
BABY, ARM AND LEG BROKEN, TAKEN FROM MOTHER BY COUNTY Charged with, abuse and neglect of her seven months old eon, Charles Edgar Johns, Mrs. Esther Johns was arraigned before Judge Bond in circuit court, Tuesday. The; court awarded the custody of the infant to the Wayne county board of children's guardians with instructions that the board find a proper home for the child. Mrs. Candler, probation officer, and Sheriff Carr both testified that the baby had been abused, neglected and improperly nourished. 1 Arm and Leg Fractured Mrs. Candler stated that when she took charge of the child a few days ago she discovered that it had had an arm and a leg fractured. She 'said that it had been charged that the mother was responsible for these injuries. Mrs. Candler added that she was not able to substantiate the charges. She said her office had been flooded with complaints from people who alleged that Mrs. Johns whipped and otherwise abused the infant. When Mrs. Johns was called to the witness stand she stated that her husband, Roy Johns, had deserted her in May, 1919, eight months before the birth of her child. She said she had attempted to care for the baby to the best of her ability. Mother Is Defiant "They can't prove that I broke the baby's arm and leg," she told the court. Mrs. Johns said that when ths child was born the attending physician informed her that the baby's bones were unusually soft and he doubted whether the child would live. She said the baby broke his leg when three days old. She did not explain how the accident occurred, nor did she explain how bis arm was broken. She denied an assertion made by Mrs. Candler that when the child was taken from her custody the arm fracture had not been set. Mrs. Johns' expression registered indifference when the court informed her that the child would be taken from her and placed in a good home.
BIRTH, DEATH RECORDS SENT TO BULLA HOME Action was taken by the Wayne county board of commissioners several months ago in alloting $150 a year to the county clerk for keeping the county birth and death records, having been declared illegal by representatives of tho state board of accounts, Linus P. Meredith, county clerk, has refused to assume the care of such records any longer and they have been trucked away from the court house by the -county health commissioner. Dr. J. M."BuIla, who will keep them at his residence on south Ninth street. Handy at Court House The commissioners awarded the county clerk the custody of birth and death records because they could be kept more safely in the court house and because people requiring access to such records could be better served at the clerk's office. The commissioners believed that for handling this additional work the county clerk was entitled to some compensation and alloted to him $150 per year. Agents for the state board of accounts, now working on the books of the county, on ascertaining that the county clerk was receiving payment for caring for the birth and death records, declared such a payment was illegal as the law specifies that the county health commissioner should have the custody of such records. Employes are Glad. Employes of the clerk's office have had considerable work looking after the birth records by reason of the child labor law, which requires that all minors secure birth certificates before accepting employment. Neither the clerk nor his assistants shed any tears when the birth and death records were removed. People desiring birth and death certificates must now call for them at the office of Dr. Bulla, south Ninth street. Covington Police Chief Sentenced to Atlanta (By Associated Press) COVINGTON, KY., Agu. 17 Sentence of one year in the Federal prison, at Atlanta, Ga., and $200 fine was given L. E. Bullock, former chief gt police of Covington, in federal district court here late yesterday, by Judge A. M. Cochron. Bullock resigned as police chief last week after his conviction on indictments charging complicity in the theft of 14 barrels of whisky from a distillery at Latonia, Ky., last January. Eight other Covington men convicted on the same charge as Bullock were sentenced. Weather Forecast V . For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Wednesday; rising temperature Wednesday. Temperatures Yesterday . Maximum 74 Minimum 61 Today Noon 78 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Wednesday' fair and warmer. General Conditions The unsettled conditions of the past 48 hours have given way to generally fair weather. A cloud burst occurred Monday at Toledo, O., wiih a rainfall of 4.56 inches, also heavy rains at Fort Wayne, Ind., and Abilene. Texas, the two cities receiving 1.62 and 2.74 inches respectively. The hot wave now over the west and northwest continues to spread eastward now covering the plain states to the Mississippi river Monday's maximum temperatures follow, Wichita, Kansas, 90 degrees; Williston, N. D. 98 degrees; Helena and Havra, Montana. 92 degrees and 94 degrees; Boise City Idaho, 100 degrees; Red Bluff. CaU 108 degrees. As the hot wave spreads eastward temperatures near 90 in this vicinity may be expected by Wednesday or Thjirsday.
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MEXICAN RECOGNITION IF SAYS PRESIDENT (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 17. President Wilson is ready to recojmize the present Mexican government if the latter agrees with the terms set forth in aj proposal from Secretary of State Colby on this subject, according to a' message sent to President de la Huerta from Fernando Calderon, Mexican high commissioner to the United States, now in the American capital, says the Excelsior today. Secretary Colby's proposition, according to the newspaper, was: "First: That North American lives and property be respected. "Second: That indemnities be paid foreigners who sufferel during the revolutionJ'Third: That the Carranza decrees which are found to be confiscatory be derogated." DEADLOCK CONTINUES IN COAL CONFERENCE CLEVELAND, C, Aug. 17 The deadlock of the sub-committee joint scale committee of the central competitive bituminous coal field continued at noon today, with the subcommittee still in secret session after two hours of conference, with no indications of an agreement, according to reports leaking out of the conference. After the operators had refused the miners' demands for increased wages yesterday the miners rejected a counter proposal of the operators to correct the seeming inequalities of the award of the bituminous coal commission appointed by President Wilson last March. Prespect of an Immediate settlement of the deadlock was rather remote early today, according to several members of the conference committees, who expressed the opinion that the whole matter might possibly be referred to President Wilson with the suggestion that it be left to a reorganized coal commission. T SECRETARY ARRIVES FOR DUTY Julian L. Smith, general secretary of the Richmond Y. M. C. A., who assumed his w duties Tuesday, will be formally welcomed at a combined meeting of the boards of directors and trustees of the Y in the associa- ! tion building Wednesday night, i Smith arrived in Richmond Monday ! night from Beaumont, Texas, where he I was secretary of the Y. M. C. A. He i stopped at Louisville, Ky., Monday and left his wife and child. They will re-, main there until Smith is located: here. He expressed himself Tuesday as being pleased with Richmond. He said Beaumont, his former home, is pract- i ically of the same size as Richmond j but. has a large association building.- i Smith had been secretary of the B( aumont Y for seven years. ORDERS SHAKE-UP OF IMMIGRATION OFFICE WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. Reorganization of the department has been or dered bv Assistant Secretary of Labor Louis F. Post. The action was taken, officials of ! the department said today, because of coaditions indicating utter disorganization," both here and in the field service. First steps in the reorganization were taken by Assistant Secretary Post, when Commissioner General of Immigration Caminefti was shorn of the authority which he has exercised, of making recommendations in appeal and warrant cases passing through his hands. The department contended that only the secretary of labor, and the assistant secretary, were to exercise judgment in such cases.
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and daughter Virginia 7 1. Z'' T -.1 - 1 1 i 1 ONE IS KILLED, ONE HURT, IN AUTO CRASH WINCHESTER, Ind., Aug. 17. W. H. Miner, 39, Manager of Mills' Lake, a pleasure resort six miles west of here, was fatally injured early Sunday nd Clarence Hutchins, 20, of -'Macks-ville, was severely injured' when Hutchins drove a truck in which the men were coming from Muncie Into an east bound Big Four passenger train at the Main street crossing inu Farmland. , Miner suffered a fractured skull and died in two hours. Omar Mills, of Farmland was In the back end of the truck in charge of a Shetland pony which they were bringing to M31s' Lake, where it was to be given away at the Johns'and Marys' picnic, Sunday. - Mills, seeing the-' ffanger,v jumped, and was uninjured. The pony escaped with a few scratches. The truck hit the baggage car of the train and was thrown back and to one side, the men being hurled to the pavement, Miner striking on his head, fracturing his skull. Miner's body was taken to his home in Muncie, where the funeral was held Monday. He is survived by the widow and cne son. No less than five people have been killed at this crossing in the last four years and the place is considered extremely dangerous. MANNIX SAYS MOTHER IS UNABLE TO TRAVEL (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 7 Proposals by Premier Lloyd George In the house of commons yesterday that every facility would be given the mother of Archbishop Mannix of Australia to come to London from Ireland to visit her son were denounced as "preposterous" by the prelate in an interview with the Daily Mail last night. The Archbishop said his mother could not po sibly travel owing to her great age, no matter how much assistance should be given her. He also denied having said he wished to go to Ireland for personal reasons. "If I go to Ireland," he declared, "It will be with all the freedom of a free citizen." The prelate denied rumors that he had been summoned to Rome and said he adhered to his original intention to go to Rome at about Christmas time. ' Recommend $200,000,000 More in Railroad Loans; Indiana Road Shares (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 17. Loans of nearly $200,000,000 were recommended to the Interstate Commerce Coii'iiission today in the final report of the. association of railway executives in the application of the Various carriers for loans from the $300,000,000 revolving fund. Under the new recommendations loans .for additions and betterment would be increased from $7,062,053 to $,317,943; those for additional cars and equipment would be $35,050,298 to $78,349,389 and those for freight and switching $28,86i,629 to $29,054,323. A total of $52,839,943 was recommended for loans for building 15.300 new box cars and loans to meet maturing obligations would be $28,800,875. A federal loan of $8,000,000 to the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company, a terminal line at Chicago to aid it in meeting its collateral trust gold notes due Sept. 1, was approved today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The road is required to finance the remaining $8,000,000 of its maturing obligations. "VINDICTIVE" IS RAISED FROM BED IN HARBOR LONDON, Aug. 16 The British light cruiser Vindictive, which was sunk in the entrance of Ostend harbor on May 11, 1918, and which has blocked that port since that time, has been refloated and the port is again open for traffic. TTie sinking of the Vindictive was one of the most thrilling events of the last year of the war.
QUAKERS CONTINUE RELIEF IN POLAND DESPITE BOLSHEVIK
.A telegram just received from the office of the American Friends Service committee. 20 South Twelfth street, Philadelphia, Pa., gives the information . that the Quaker unit in Poland is still continuing its relief work, regardless of advances of the Bolshevik armies. Warsaw has been the main headquarters of the whole group of 86 workers, with warehouses there containing stores and relief supplies of all kinds. The message states that "at least part of the unit desired to remain in Warsaw despite any eventualities that might occur from military operations." Emergency help is being given in the children's institutions and among the students in the universities. At Lemberg, Lublin, Premyzel. also Warsaw, food and clothing are being distributed. The ministry of health has asied the unit to give help to the refuges at Cholm. Continue Typhus Drive The cable states that the group at Nadworna were working as usual, continuing anti-typhvs and medical relief. A recent letter from Dr. H. E. Haigh, an English physician at present ,in charge of the Polish unit, stated: "I feel that friends, and relatives of the workers here can rest confident that every step will be taken to maintain the unit in safety and comfort, doing adequate work so long as work is possible." Dr. Haigh has taken every possible caution that the supplies stored in the path of the Bolsheviks should be distributed to orphanages and children's homes, rather than fall into the hands of the army forces. Forty-three horses at Werbkowicie, that had been used in agricultural developments, were placed In charge of one of the workers and moved to a safe territory when that town was evacuated. The refugees' problem was reported to be acute and on Dr. Haigh's request, the London committee for the Quaker work hastily forwarded 2,000 yards of canvas for mattresses. Peace Only Means More Work. Members of the American Friends committee say that they feel that as soon as peace Is settled there will be an urgent need for relief as well as for great quantities of food supplies, clothing and other necessities of life. Plans are under way to have the unit in instant readiness to do all kinds of relief work as the occasion arises. Clement M. Biddle of 105 Chambers (Continued on Page Twelve) HARDING WILL TALK TO LABOR Oti SEPT. 6 MARION, O., Aug. 17 Senator Harding's labor day speech will be de livered in Marion to a gathering of the Central labor union. It was decided toCay in a conference on campaign speeches between the nominee and other party leaders. Announcement of the decision was made by Senator Harry S. New, who said all invitations for the candidate to speak outside Marion on that day had been turned down, because Senator Harding wishes to make his labor speech here, where his labor record is known. The labor day engagement was the first one filled by the conference, which had for its purpose the determination of speeches up to Oct. 1. , Will Speak on Sept. 4 It also was decided that on Sept. 4, Harding would speak here at a meettog of Repulican state ways and means chairman and other assistants. One of those on the senator's calling list was Henry Wallace, publisher of Western Farm magazines, and it was taken for granted that he would be consulted on the topics to be discussed in the nominee's agricultural speech, Sept. 8 at the Minnesota State Fair. OLYMPIC RECORD IS BROKEN BY AMERICAN OLYMPIC STADIUM. ANTWERP, Aug. 17 All four American entrants In the 110 meter hurdle event of the seventh Olympiad won their heat in the field of 26 starters today. H. E. Barton, of the Meadowbrook club, Philadelphia, who won the second heat, made the best time, 15 -5 seconds. R. W. Landon, of the New York Athletic club, won the final in the high jump of the games and in so doing established a new Olympic record. Landon's jump was 1.94 meters. The former Olympic record was 1.93 meters. Landon's jump of 1.94 meters is the equivalent of about 6.31 , feet. The world's record for this jump is six feet, seven and 5-16 inches, made by E. Beeson, of Berkely, May 22, 1914. The Olympic record of 1.93 was made by A. W. Richards, United States, in Stockholm in 1912. ' America defeated England in fencing with foils today, the Americans winning third place in that classification. Each team won eight bouts, but the Americans scored 32 . touches against 31 for England. John Wesley Jady, Former Ohio Man, is Dead Here John Wesley Judy, 78 years old, died Monday at 11 p. m. at his home. 1008 South A street, after a lingering illness. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, and resided in that state until he retired from active business, when he came to this city. Surviving him are bis widow, Margaret A. Judy; one daughter, Mrs. Joseph H. Mills, of this city; one son, Charles S. Judy, of Indianapolis; one sister, Ida Judy, of Eaton. O., and two grandchildren, Feris Mills Judy and John Wayne Judy. Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 2:30 p. m. from the home. Burial will be in Spring Lawn cemetery. New Paris. O. Friends may call at any time, but are asked to omit flowers.
GRIP OF RUSS UPON WARSAW IS TORN AWAY Red Armies Checked by Polish Troops Under Command of Pilsudski City's Fall Denied. ADVANCElTuORRIDOR
(By Associated Press) WARSAW. 1:00 a. m.. Aug. 17 The Russian pressure upon Warsaw had been relieved, according to the official Polish communque just issued. The statement reported that General Pilsudski directed the counter stroke that effected this relief. The statement says the Bolshevik, who had planned to cross the Vistula soouth-east of Warsaw, in -the region of Maciejowice (35 miles from the capital) were forced back. The right wing of the rourth Polish army is breaking the soviet resistance at Cock, 32 miles south of Siedlce. took 200 Russ prisoners and captured one cannon and 14 machine guns. The communique adds that the Poles in following up the center stroke to relieve the pressure on Warsaw have -edvanced along the entire northern front. LONDON, Aug. 17 Warsaw Is still being held by the Poles, so far as despatches received here disclose the situation. The latest soviet Russian communique does jjot claim the city is captured, while the Polish official statement of Monday represented tb.e defenders of the Polish capital making successful resistance. Reports of the city's fall, announced officially . on Sunday by the Bolshevik staff at Vilna, where the news was celebrated, according to a Kovno despatch to the London Times, by a great demonstration, are not conconfirmed from any source and are virtually discredited by the Times, which alone printed them. All special advices none of which however, are dated later than Sundayconcur in the statement that Warsaw was then held by the Poles, who, according to some of these reports, were fighting 60 stiffly and successfully that the menace to the city was decreasing. Russian attacks, however, were being constantly renewed and severity of fighting was dealt upon by all despatches, the struggle being said to be especially fierce in and around Radsmin, which has changed hands five times and was last reported held by the Poles. Moscow Tells of Retreat. The Soviet forces are centering their attack upon Warsaw in the region northeast of Novo Georgievsk, the powerful Polish fortress on th Vistula to the northwest of the capital, and along the line south-easterly, it is indicated by Monday's offcial statement from Moscow, received today. The communique reflects the recent Polish withdrawal on the southern front and announces the occupation by the Russians of Brody and Sokal, northeast of Lemberg. The statement rea'ds: "Northeast of Novo Georgievsk and Warsaw fierce fighting continues in which we flung back the enemy with a bayonet attack and occupied a ntmber of villages west of the river Vkra. "In east Galicia, after fierce fighting on August 14, we occupied Sokal and Brody. In the region of Tarnapol, our ndvance is developing." The influence of French assistance in directing the defense of Warsaw is mentioned in some reports. In the meantime, the Russian armies are rapidly progressing through the Polish corridor, and are said to b within 50 miles of Danzig. Nothing is known of the peace negatiations at Minsk, beyond the statement made by Earl CUrzon, secretary of state for foreign affairs, in the house of commons yesterday, in which he said that it was known that peace conversations were proceeding: Want Precise Definition Soviet Russia, through M. ivameneff head of her trade mission here, has asked premier Lloyd George for a precise definition of the British attitude toward General Baron Wrangel, commander of Anti-Bolshevik forces in southern Russia. In a long letter to the premier, M. Kameneff quotes all dispatches which were exchanged between the British and Russian Bolshevik countries concerning General Wrangel, beginning with the despatch from Earal Curzon, secretary of state for foreign affairs, to George Tchitcherin, Bolsheviki foreign minister on April 14. It was this message which urged a termination of hostilities and the disbandment of General Wrangel's troops on the basis of amnesty being granted them.
Declares Britain Responsible M. Kameneff declares this dispatch induced the soviet government to refrain from military measures which would have rendered General Wrangel powerless, and he seeks to show it was British indecision relative to Its Russian policy which encouraged Gneral Wrangel and led to the present situation and recognition by General Wrangel by France. He intimates that Great Britain is largely responsible for this recognition being extended. Thousands of the citizens of Posea have joined in a great demonstration, begging the entente nations to save Poland,- says a dispatch from that city to the London Times. This message, which was dated today, makes no reference to the establishment of a new government in P'oland, rumors of which have been current here during the last couple of days. PARIS, Aug. 17. Several successful counter attacks have been launched by the Poles against the Russian Bolshevik armies which are hammering at the gates of Warsaw. In the neighbor(Continued on Page Ten)