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WORLD'S NEWS RECEIVED OVER ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE. SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY NEWS VOL. II, No. 40. 36 Pages Today SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1918.

-PRICE FIVE CENTS. WAR'S STORM TO BURST ANEW WITH GREATER FEROCITY THAN EVER BUT ALLIES EVINCE SUPREME CONFIDENCE FOCH'S ARMIES EXTEND CONTROL AND IMPROVE LINES ON WIDE SECTOR More Than One Thousand Prisoners Taken In Moves. INFLUENZA IS GRIPPING HUNS American Action is of Great Benefit To Entente. ATTACK AWAITED Reports On Russian Situation Lack Confirmation. (Compiled by Associated Press.) Another week has passed without the Germans resuming their offensive along the western front.

In fact the entente allies have shown the greatest activity during this period and i in several parts of the battle zone have carried the fight to the enemy, These actions have been local in character, but have been fought for important and immediate objectives which strengthened the allied line where it needed bolstering before the braking of the storm of shot and shell expected at any time. At various points Foch's armies have placed in jeopardy the enemy's tenure of certain parts of the line and have extended their control over wide sectors of the front. AMERICAN ACTION. This was the noble result of the attack near Belleau wood on the Marne front, by the Americans on Wednesday. They did not seek to break through the German line, but wanted to reach high ground which would command the villages of Torcy and Bouresches.

This ground now securely in their possession. The French attacking southwest of Soissons, on the Aisne front, had the same objective in view. They hurled themselves at the German line with such gallantry that penetrated to a depth of more mile over a they, front of almost three miles and captured more than 1,000 prisoners, German counter attacks against the new French positions have been repulsed with heavy losses to the The British on the enemystern tip of the Lys salient on the Flanders front, cut deeply into the German lines on Thursday and succeeded in shoving the enemy from his positions on several little ridges of land to lower levels from which he will find it more difficult to attack. ALLIES CONFIDENT. There is reason for believing that preparation are now nearly complete for a resumption of the German drive somewhere on the western front.

Just where the blow will fall is not known, although the allied command seems by its confident attitude to have some clue as to the intentions of the foe. The blow, when it comes, is expected Continued on Page 4, Column 5. MOUNT UNION COLLEGE GETS SUBSCRIPTIONS ALLIANCE, Ohio, June Union college officials today announced that subscriptions of $512,500 had been received for the $750,000 endowment and equipment fund. Of this sum, $50,000 was given by friends of Dr. Milton J.

Lichty, of Cleveland, who was a captain in the medical corps and died at Camp Taylor, last March. It will be used to endow the Dr. Lichty chair of biology. tributed $15,000. Mrs.

Elizabeth Harter, Canton, BAD MEAT CHARGE IS INVESTIGATED WASHINGTON, June were today in the federal trade commission's inquiry into charges that bad meat was furnished soldiers at Camp Travis, Texas, by Wilson and Company, Chicago packers, and the record taken under advisement. In behalf of the company its complete record of meat sales to camp members through the San Antonio branch was introduced and gone over by government auditors. Some 26 deliveries out of an estimated total number of between 8,500 and 10,000 made to the camp were rejected by inspecting officers according to the record, NEWS AND EDITORIAL SECTION Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday; not much change in temperature. SHORT LINE RAILROADS RELEASED SHOOTING FRAY STOPS WEDDING MEMPHIS, June L. Temple, a traveling salesman, of Chicago, was shot and killed here late today within an hour of the time set for his marriages to Miss Lena Graham, Meridian, by Graham, father of the young woman.

Graham, a railway conductor, surrendered after the shooting and according to the police, claimed that he was forced to kill Temple in self defense. According to a police statement. Graham declared that Temple, when the hour of the wedding approached admitted that he had an undivorced wife living. After this admission Graham to have told the police Temple leaped toward him and the shooting followed. AVIATOR MEETS DEATH WHEN HIS MACHINE DROPS Lester E.

Holt, Pioneer Flyer, Demonstrating Plane, Killed. (Special to The News.) DAYTON, June E. Holt, aged 29, one of the pioneer aviators of the United States, was instantly killed about four miles north of this city today when the machine he was demonstrating for the Lanzius Aircraft Company dropped for a distance of about 400 feet. Officials of the company were present and witnessed the accident. Holt started from McCook field about 6:00 o'clock.

When north of the city, his machine was noticed to suddenly shoot downward. He is said to have met instant death, and the machine was demolished. While the flight took place from McCook field, it was not under the auspices McCook field, being a private enterprise. The machine was brought here to demonstrate. Holt has been for the last eight years.

He had license number 63, which shows that he was one of the pioneers. He came from. California, and was married. It is thought his home was in San FIVE BODIES RECOVERED VIRGINIA, June bodies had been recovered today from the ruins of the Sliver open pit iron mine destroyed Thursday by a premature explosion of dynamite with a loss of eighteen lives. The remaining bodies are believed to be so deeply burid that it is probable dynamite will have to be used before they can be recovered.

The American Red Cross today took over the work of caring for the families of the victims. Government Operation is Given Up By McAdoo. LEGISLATION IS NULLIFIED Special Study Will Be Given To New Problems. WASHINGTON, June 700 short line railroads were turned back to private management today by the railroad administration few hours before congress passed, legislation intended to prevent relinquishment of many of them. Between 300 "sought of the roads relinquished had to remain under government management.

About 400 lines were retained as part of the national system. Announcement of the action was withheld by the railroad administration until less than an hour before the legislation which would have stopped it was finally enacted. It was explained that the course was made necessary by the railroad acts provision requiring the government to decide before July 1, which short lines would be retained and which relinquished. Railroad administration officials also explained that since the legislation was not taken up by either house of congress until about four o'clock this afternoon they would not know whether it would be enacted. The legislation, therefore, is virtually nullified.

TO STUDY PROBLEMS More than 1,200 of the roads turned back to private management were industrial or plant facility lines, or others which did not seek to remain under government control and over which no issue existed. Many of those relinquished may be taken back later it was announced, and all will be given fair divisions of joint rates, insured a reasonable car supply, and protected 1 against undue disturbance in traf! fic routing. Special study will be given their problems by a new short line section of the railroad administration. Short lines represent about 30,000 miles of track in the United States or about one-seventh of the total railway, mileage. The legislation of congress was in the form of a resolution extending from July 1 to next January 1, the period in which the railroad administration would have been forced to decide its course affecting short lines, with an amendment providing that lines in competition or in physical connection with railways operated by the government should not be turned back in private management against their will.

The original session was introduced Continued on Page 4, Column 7. MAJOR EMERY IS IN BERLIN AMSTERDAM, June Henry Crosby Emery, who was seized on the Aland Islands by the Germans last March, now is in Berlin, according to information reaching here. Major emery has been reported an 00- cupant of various German prison camps, the latest being Camp Tuchel, where he was held with other American prisoners. He is at liberty in Berlin, but must report to the police once a week. He is reported in good health.

BRITISH FLYERS DROP SEVENTEEN ENEMY CRAFT LONDON, June aviators in aerial combats on the western front Friday shot down seventeen German airplanes six others down out of control. Three British machines are missing as a result of the combats. The text of the official communication dealing with aviation issued tonight follows: "There was much fighting in the air on the British front on the 28t' instant and enemy machines showed considerable activity. During the day we shot down 17 German airplanes and drove six others out of control. Three of our machines are missing.

AVIATOR KILLED HOUSTON, June Lieutenant Edmond R. Cole, of Jersey City, N. was killed when his airplane crashed to the earth one mile northwest of Ellington field late last night. Lieutenant Ronald Capp, who was also in the airplane was not hurt, BOMB BERLIN IS FINAL AIM OF ALLIES WHEN HUNS ARE SWEPT FROM AIR A XXX COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION U. S.

AIRPLANES FLYING IN FORMATION AT KELLY WASHINGTON, June 29 -Airplanes enough to drive Germany out of the air and bomb Berlin and other German cities. That's the vision of military experts and officials of the aircraft department of the war. Many are agreed that if the war is to be won without years of struggling on land between armies with no definite gains by either, airplanes must be the deciding factor. be produced by just as fast To that end are going to airplanes, as they can be turned out. A few months ago government officials talked of producing some 20,000 planes TWENTY-TWO BILLION DOLLARS REPRESENTED IN APPROPRIATIONS Congress Endeavors To Close Up Financial Matters By Close of Fiscal Year.

WASHINGTON, June acted on appropriation bills aggregating more than twentytwo billions dollars today in an effort to complete them all before the end of the fiscal year and to clear the way for the mid-summer recess planned to begin next week. Many other important pieces of legislation were put through long and busy sessions. Several of the appropriation bills were left unfinished, however and the program still was in such shape that some leaders thought it would be impossible to begin the recess until the end of next week, instead of before July 4 as others hoped. The naval sundry civil appropriation bills, carrying 000 and $3,000,000,000, respectively, were sent to the president for his signature. The senate passed and sent to conference the army and fortifications bills, carrying $12,089,000,000 and $5,412,000,000, respectively.

Both houses repassed the $371,000,000 postoffice bill after eliminating a provision for continued use of privately owned pneumatic tube systems in six cities on account of which President Wilson had vetoed the measure. There was talk during the day of sessions tonight and tomorrow, but both houses recessed this evening, until Monday. THE SUNDAY NEWS Index to the Main Features. FIRST SECTION. General News of the World, tions of Lincoln, Group of Soldiers, Editorials, Uncle Harry's Talk, Best Cartoons of the week.

SECOND SECTION. Local News, Experiences of Secret Service in Hunting Hun Spies, Springfield Boy Tells of Auto Tour Through Virginia, Movies, Belgium Under the German Heel by Brand Whitlock, Markets, Financial News and Building News, Miniature Airplanes and Their Builders. SPORT SECTION. Sports News of Four Pages, Scientific Page, Auto Notes, Classified, News of Urbana, Children's Ambitions and Fraternal News. SOCIETY SECTION.

Society, Y. W. C. A. Outing at Silver Lake, Embroidery Design, Helen and Warren, The Arch Hun Caught Red Handed.

COMIC SECTION. Four Pages of Comics. PLANS FOR RUSSIA ARE UNDERWAY Ships Could Be Mobilized To Move Troops If Needed. REPORTS ARE CONFUSING Officials Discourage Talk of Military Invasion. SURVEY MADE No Matter What Developments May Be U.S.

is Prepared. FIELD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. and training enough men to run them. Now the aim is to produce those 000 then keep right on turning them out. The aviation branch of the training schools will be enlarged to train enough pupils to meet the need.

The first thing of course is to put enough planes in the field to keep the allied battle lines free of German craft. The next step, experts agree, would be bombing of Berlin and other important towns, along with ammunition plants and other war factories. Then the bombing of Berlin would have a psychological as well as a tical effect. It would bring home to the German people in an emphatic that they are a people manner, it is useless to continue the waste of lives and resources. The biulding of planes is considered of prime importance and is being well handled.

John D. Ryan, head of the aircraft division of war, is saying nothing and sawing out airplanes, so to speak. He has spent considerable time looking over the airplane factories' equipment. His first task will be to getting, all the factories working at capacity, Then he will have to plan expansions. Britisher Is Willing To Try To Fly Across Atlantic Ocean In Three Days Planes Can Be Flown From Middle West To France, is Claim- -Program Contemplated is Discussed.

airplane could turn out 10,000 dreadnaughts" in NEW YORK, June claim that Handles, Page, the British the United April 1, 1919, was made in a formal statement toconstrictor, night by W. H. special representative in this country of Handley Page, Ltd. These, planes, Mr. Workman declared, could be landed in France under their own power, with enough guns, bombs and aviators" to defeat the Germans within 30 to 60 days, if we start now." WILLING TO MAKE FLIGHT.

After announcing that he had acquainted the war department and the aircraft board with this proposition Mr. Workman said he believed none the 10,000 planes would be lost in trans-Atlantic flights, and that with a British and an American aviator, he would be willing to make the first flight, proceeding from Newfoundland to France via the Azores and Portugal. Asserting that he considers this route the best he explained that a seven thousand foot volcano in the Azores would serve as one guide and suggested that "at least, ten destroyers in a state of obsolescence could be stretched out to lightships" so that "pilots of the airplanes would never be out of sight of a destroyer, together with their compasses and wireless." "Once this is started," 'he said, "there will be a continuos chain of airplanes connecting the United States with the continent of Europe from early morning until late at night, one machine leaving every ten minutes. every day." Mr. Workman said that Mr.

Page could bring here a staff of expert designers and turn out the machines in factories in Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit, and Grand Rapids, deliveries to start December 1, 1918. THREE DAY TRIP CONTEMPLATED. He added that in three days these planes could be flown from the middle west to France, saving many tons of shipping. These 10,000 airplanes he declared, could drop 38,000 tons of explosives on and behind the German lines each night, or the equivalent of 38,000 shells from "the biggest guns yet constructed." ROTARIANS CHOOSE CONVENTION CITY KANSAS CITY, June Lake City was chosen as the 1919 meeting place for the International Association of Rotary clubs, at a meeting of the organization's officers here today, marking the wind-up of this year's convention. The contest was narrowed down to Cleveland and Salt Lake City.

MEXICANS JAILED DEFIANCE, Ohio, June Mexicans, Padlo Gabuuan and Christopher Dargrus, have been jailed on the order of Nickel Plate railway detectives on the charge of setting fire to the railway bridge which spans the little Auglaize river west of Defiance. Little children playing near the bridge saw the blaze which was burning the ties at the end of the structure and reported the matter. The men proclaim their nnocence and when asked why they made no effort to extinguish the fire replied: "In Mexico if one puts out a fire his throat is cut." WASHINGTON, June for extending economic assistance to Russia went ahead today undisturbed by reports that the Germans contemplated military intervention in the country. Officials declined to comment on the lotest confusing reports of developments in Russia but it was parent they thought there would be no change in; this government's plans. The extent to which Germany may be able to exert military force on Russia will depend as much on events on the western front as on Teutonic willingness to assume further control in the east.

Inasmuch as they, have done their worst 90 far, unhampered by their peace treaties, there is no clination here to look for any decided change in the attitude of the Germans. TALK UNWELCOME. Talk of American military intervention in Russia is not welcomed in official circles. In preparation for any possible contingency, a survey of the situation has been made so that the United States may not be taken unawares. The question of tonnage is believed to have been settled.

Sufficient ships in the Pacific trade could be mobilized, along with transports now building there, to take care of Many initial expedition. The shipping board hag divided transport contracts almost equally among the Atlantic and Pacific yards. PLANS UNKNOWN, There was no official indication today that President Wilson take the country into his confidence crould, an early address to congress leading to the conclusion that plans for helping Russia, aside from the economic assistance for which preparations already are underway, have not been completed. SIX DIE WHEN BUILDING FALLS QUICK TRIP IS MADE OVERSEAS NEW PHILADELPHIA, 0., June 29. -Forty nine days after he left this city for military training at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, John H.

Mathias' parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Mathias, received notice of his safe arrival overseas.

EDITOR DIES contest RIDGEFIELD, June John A. Mitchell editor of Life, died and at his summer home here late today following a stroke of apoplexy suffered earlier in the day. MAIL TUBES TO BE GIVEN UP WASHINGTON, June government use of pneumatic mail tube systems in six large cities was blocked today by a presidential veto of the postoffice appropriation bill with a provision directing that the postoffice department retain the tubes until next March pending an investi-. gation by the inter -state commerce commission to determine the bility to their purchase by the government. Veto failed: in the house, both the house and senate repassed the measure with the provision obdected to eliminated.

SIOUX CITY, Jun persons are known to be dead and halt a score are missing and believed to be buried in the ruins of the Ruff building, an ancient three-story structure which collapsed at 1:30 p. m. today, bringing down with it two smaller adjacent structures. Officials tonight estimated the number of dead between 10 and 20, with a score or more injured, probably few fatally, Six bodies had been recovered at 10 o'clock tonight. All had been identified save one.

All the identified dead are from Sioux City except Schuler, who lives at Lemars, Iowa. Rescuers tonight, were making frantic efforts to penetrate the ruins, fire Ich followed the collapse hampering their progress. "Our airmen and balloon crews employed in observation work took advantage of the fine weather to cooperate with the artillery in engaging hostile batteries and ammunition dumps with good destructive effect. A great number of explosions and fires were caused by this work. Our photographic, machines also were active and many reconnaissances were carried out both by day and night.

Twenty-two tons of bombs dropped by us during the day on various targets and fourteen and a half tons in the course of the following night." MAN LYNCHED MADILL, June MeGill. a negro convict said to have been identified as the man who attempted to attack the wife of a farmer living near here, and who later is said to have stabbed the woman, inflicting probable fetal injuries, was lynched early today by a mob of 500 persons, according to information here tonight. WRECK TOLL IS INCREASED CHICAGO, June death of Captain Fred Skoning U. S. A.

of Elgin, today brought the number of dead in the Aurora and Elgin electrie line wreck at Elmhurst last night to five. PIONEERS HOLD ANNUAL REUNION CEDAR POINT, Ohio, June The Pioneer Association of the Lake Shore Railroad concluded its annual reunion here this evening, elected S. T. Gage, Newburg, Oregon, president; L. M.

Newton, Bufalo, and W. 0. H. A. Thompson, Anderson, Cleveland, Cleveland, vice and J.

H. Calkins, Elkhart, treasurer. Nearly thousand members were present. Cedar Point was voted next year's reunion..