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nies yesterday at Shadow Lawn OF the
President and Mrs. Wilson.

| nies yesterday at Shadow Lawn or the
President and Mrs. Wilson.
| Mr. and Mrs. Henry Loud Crawford
have taken possession of Fair oaks,
their. Maryland country home.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. George Phoebus, their
| daughters, Misses Mildred and Gladys
Phoebus. and Miss Ella Van Landing
! ham are motoring through the eastern
!, states. the Allegheny mountains and
berland. Pittsburgh, Youngstown and
| Cleveland they will return to Wash
ington by way of Bedford Springs.
| have returned to Washington after a
| two-week visit at Virginia Beach.
| DR.. J. H. Bryan has returned from a
vacation spent at Poland Springs and
Lake Placid.
Mr.. Harry Pedrow. United States dis
trict attorney of Denver. Col, is in
Washington, stopping at Congress Hall.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Cans have returned
from a trip to Nova Scotia.
! Mr. and Mrs Clark c. Burritt, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard p. Bayly, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul K. Winter and Master Clark
Burritt Winter are visiting DR.. Martha
| c. Burritt of Calvert street.
! Mr. Harold NJ Stutz returned to his
home, 1714 u street northwest, Friday,
| after a three-month stay at Wildwood,
n. J.
I Mrs. C. R. Dufour has returned after
| a visit of several weeks in Atlantic
City.
| Miss Reba Rudolph has returned from
a months visit to New York, Philadel-
| phia, Trenton and Atlantic City.
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Random Notes.

| Mr.. and Mrs. Will C. Stierlin have re-
| turned from Atlantic City, after a
| three-week stay, and are at their apart
ment at the Plaza.
| Miss Florence Fenton has return
ed from Bradley Beach, N. j., where she
spent the past two months.
Miss Katharine Love has returned to
her home after a fortnights stay with
| friends in Brooklyn, n. Y.
| Mrs. Mabel Mckinney and Miss Ella
Grimes of Langdon have gone to At
| lantic City for visit.
Mrs. Fenwick and Miss Marion Fen
for a visit of two weeks at Atlantic
City.
Mr.. Taylor Crimes of Langdon has re-
turned from Atlantic City.
Mrs George Friediander has returned
from an extensive trip to Niagara
Falls, Canada, Thousand Islands, AL
bany, New York and Arderne, L. |.
DR.. William G. schafhirt has return
ed to the city.
Dr. and Mrs j. Lester Brooks of
| Chatham Courts have returned from
stay at Atlantic City.
| Dr. and Mrs. John II. Burch have re-
| turned to the city from an extensive
trip through Nova Scotia, Prince Ed
ward Island, New Brunswick and the
coast of Maine.
Mrs. Mary c. Adams, treasurer of the
'Woman's National Democratic League,
was guest at the notification ceremo-
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ment along military lines. The heads
of all departments were on pier No
in service dress to meet the senator on
arrival, a special tug bringing him from
Seattle. Entertained by the COM
mandant, Capt r. e. Coontz, and Mrs.
CoontZ during his stay at the yard. he
was guest of honor at an elaborate
luncheon Saturday. where. around a
table beautifully decorated with sum
mer flowers and foliage, covers We're
placed for Medical Director A. r. Went
worth and Mrs Wentworth. Col c. NJ.
Perkins and Mrs. Perkins, Mr.. c. Z.
Thomas and Mrs. Thomas Mr.. S. Mig
liavacca and Mrs. Migliavacca, the
day Senator Poindexter. the COM
mandant Capt r. Z. Coontz. and Mrs.
Coontz were entertained at beauti-
fully appointed dinner with Mr. ;.
Migliavacca. president of the Citizens
Bank, in Bremerton, and Mrs. Miglia-
vacca as hosts.
Maj. Gen ]. Franklin Bell, former
chief of staff, u. S. A, and stationed at
Fort Myer, and Mrs. Bell gave dinner
Wednesday evening at Fort Mason
California, in honor of Capt. and Mrs
Charles II. Bridges. U. S. A, who are
expecting to be ordered to another sta
tion within a short time.
The guests at the dinner included
Capt. and Mrs. Bridges. Mai and Mrs.
II. Hazard, Jairus Moore, Elizabeth
Pratt, George c. Marshall. Misses Mary
l2rskine, Grace Buford and Capt. Morris
T. Locke. Miss Buford is a niece of
Mrs. Bell.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Bell also gave a
dinner last Sunday evening in compli-
ment to Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron OF
Waco, Arz. Among the guests were
Capt Morris E. Locke and Miss Mary
Erskine.
The season of 1916-1s17 should prove
an exceptionally brilliant one if present
indications count for aught. and gold
lace is to have the undoubted right OF
way at the leading social functions, as
each week now sees an unusually large
number of young army officers detail
ed to duty at the War College in this
city.
AS the term lasts until next June. the
spring season as well as the mid-win-
ter one will show no lack of epauletted
beaux as cotillon partners for the buds
of last year and the later debutantes of
this winter. An epidemic of service en-
gagements is looked for.
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Vacation Plans.

Mrs. James U. Mccormick, with her
daughters. Misses Ardath and Ruth
Mccormick, after spending the month
of August in Atlantic City, have gone
to their cottage at North Beach, Md,
for a stay of two weeks before return
ing to their home in this city.
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Miss May Smith of Brookland is at
the Clairmont Hotel at Blue Ridge
Summit, where she will remain for the
next three weeks
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Miss Pauline Spengler, Miss Carlene
Held and a party of friends are the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Guy S. Zepp on an auto
mobile trip to Atlantic City
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returned from a visit to his home in
Toledo, Ohia.
Mrs. Edward Keating, wife of Rep
resentative Keating of Colorado, re-
| turned yesterday from a visit to her
| mother. Mrs. c. NJ. Sloan, in Washing
| ton, Pa.
| Mrs. Scott Ferris left last night to join
Representative Ferris in Chicago. Ill.
| Representative Henry A. Barnhart has
| returned after a visit to his home in
| Rochester, Ind
Misses Bessie and Maria Gray, daugh-
ters of Representative and Mrs. Gray.
have returned to their home in Alabama
Representative and Mrs. William s.
Howard of Georgia have returned to
Washington and are at Congress Hall.
Mrs Charles Bennett Smith, wife of
Representative Smith, who motored to her
home in Buffalo. N. Y. several weeks
ago with a party of friends. has returned
to Washington and will remain with Mr..
Smith until the end of the session.
Representative and Mrs. Walter r.
Stiness are in the city and are, stopping
at Hotel Lafayette.
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here of affairs
w !: !
preenng feathe flight less serious
N ! nd a few weeks of and play other folks
of back
the de-
swiloc in
repulari of alroad table-when there
Mrs led a varied existence IN
their surroundings at
Miss
Woodrow Bones and the Misses Smith an
breezes,
gardens will all contribute the pleasure
surrounding
ona click of will be the only things remind them OF
the White House
But the chief not the only President who has been
humble
creek Mr. Wilson will
the the midsummer the
White Soldiers Home
brated July4 in thee
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Mrs. w. J. McWhorter and daughter
Louise are spending some time in Rich
mond, Va.
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Mrs. A. NJ. Roberts and her daughter
Sarah have left for an indefinite stay at
Atlantic City
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Joined their families at Newport for week
end visits whenever possible.
Mrs. Barclay and Mrs. O'Brien will re-
main at Newport for several weeks yet
Phya Prabha karavongse. minister of
Siam, and Lady Prabha karavongse and
Prince Lothia OF Siam were among Mrs.
John Hays Hammond's guests at her
head-dress ball Friday night. motoring
from Harding cottage. Bass Rocks.
Gloucester. Mass, to Magnolia, for the
event.
DIR. Paul Ritter, minister of Switzer-
land. and Nine. Ritter, who are at Lake
Placid, will return to Washington in
about two weeks.
Mr.. William Walker Smith, who has
been acting chief of the division Of
western European affairs of the De-
partment of State for the past two
years, has been detailed as secretary
OF the legation at Copenhagen. Den
mark, and with Mrs. Smith will sail for
his new post September IS.
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Representative and Mrs. William s.
Howard of Georgia have returned to
Washington and are at Congress Hall.
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Prof. and Mrs. L. A. Acher and son
Harry, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Columbus. left Washington yester-
day morning for a motor trip to At
lantic City. They will return Wednes-
day evening
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Tomorrow we will close out the remain
ing garments from summer stock. Suits,
coats and skirts at ridiculously low prices.
Not many left, come early. Most of them
suitable for fall wear.
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Engagements.

Mr.. Daniel Fraser announces the en-
gagement of his niece, Miss Elizabeth
kirkwood Fulton, and Mr.. Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro Of this city and
Fairfax county, Va, the wedding to
take place in October.
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Mrs. Estelle Neale Crismond, accom-
panied by her grandson, Arthur Muir
ray. left yesterday for Powellton
Heights, Va. for a visit of several
weeks with relatives and friends.
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Misses Bessie and Maria Gray, daugh-
ters of Representative and Mrs, Gray.
have returned to their home in Alabama.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hambleton
Dawson announce the engagement of
their daughter, Doris Rodgers. and Mr..
Carl w. Mitman of South Bethlehem,
Pa.
The wedding will take place in the
early fall.
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Mrs. Scott Ferris left last night to join
Representative Ferris in Chicago. Ill.

Representative Henry A. Barnhart has
Rochester, Ind.
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Mrs. Ida A. Cook announces the en-
gagement of her daughter, Idalene
Townsend, and Charles Robert johnson
of Quincy, Mass. The wedding will
take place the coming winter.
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Miss Hazel Williams and Miss Eva
Fisher. who are spending their vacation
| at Atlantic City, will visit friends in
Bridgeton before returning to Washing
| ton
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Dr. and Mrs. J. Lester Brooks of
Chatham Courts have returned from a
stay at Atlantic City.
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Mrs George Friedlander has returned
from an extensive trip to Niagara
Falls, Canada, Thousand Islands, AL
bany New York and Arderne, l.. l.
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Dr. William G. Schafhirt has return
ed to the city.
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Mrs. Fenwick and Miss Marion Fen
wick have left their home at Langdon
for a visit of two weeks at Atlantic
City.
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home, 1714 U street northwest, Friday,
after a three-month stay at Wildwood,
n J.
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Mrs. Mary C. Adams, treasurer of the
'Woman's National Democratic League,
was guest at the notification ceremo-
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Mr.. and Mrs. Will c. Stierlin have re-
turned from Atlantic City. after q
three-week stay, and are at their apart
ment at the Plaza.
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Mr. Taylor Grimes of Langdon has re-
turned from Atlantic City.
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Mrs. Mabel Mckinney and Miss Ella
Grimes of Langdon have gone to At
lantic City for visit.
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Mrs C. R. Dufour has returned afte
visit of several weeks in Atlanti
City.
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Miss Julia Lindsey left the city on
Thursday for Craig Hall. Atlantic City,
where she will spend September.
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Mr.. Harry Pedrow. United States dis
Washington, stopping at Congress Hall.
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returned from visit to his home in
TO1odn Ohia
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Miss Florence Fenton has return
ed from Bradley Beach, N. j., where she
spent the past two months.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Clark C. Burritt, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard =. Bayly, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul K. Winter and Master Clark
Burritt Winter are visiting DIR. Martha
c. Burritt of Calvert street.
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Miss Katharine Love has returned to
her home after a fortnight's stay with
friends in Brooklyn. n. Y.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Cans have returned
from a trip to Nova Scotia.
Evening journal., 1916-06-30
Office LAYOUT IN new
BUILDING Unsatisfactory

There is a likelihood that offices in
the New Castle county building will
be reassigned by the Levy Court.
There is general kick regarding
the assignment.
George A. Elliott. a prominent men,
Der OF the New Castle county bar, in
discussing the allotment of the offices
said to ProthonOtary Wigglesworth.
1T is very very strange indeed that
the architect of such a building did
not consult the present officials be-
fore drawing out the Offices The ar.
rangement at present is anything but
satisfactory"
The Bar Association sent Judge w.
S. Prickett and f)rn er Judge LattO-
mus to meet f. l.. Speakman. attor-
ney of the Levy Court and Deputy
Recorder of Deeds John M. Wilson
today regarding the Offices. Il is
proposed that the comptroller be as
signed 10 the end rooms along the
Levy Court room because his busi-
ness is mainly with the Levy Court.
Then the county treasurer could take
the offices assigned TO ,he comptrol-
Ter and the clerk of the peace could
go over to the Offices of the county
treasurer.
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ALFREDL.DUPONT
Tells Of GREAT
POWDER Orders
Contract for Hundred Million
Pounds Factor in Fixing
Price of Shares
CAUSED HIM TO CHANGE
HIS MIND, He TESTIFES

Alfred I. DUPONT was again the cen
tre figure in the s6O,OOO,OOO powder
company suit in the United States
Court this morning. Spectators sat up
in amazement when Mr.. DUPONT. in
the course of his examination. stated
that his reason for changing his mind
as to suitable price for the r. c.
DUPONT stock was that when he Op-
posed $3.50 a share at the meeting of
the finance committee as being too
high the company had contracts with
the Allies for 1S,OOO,00O pounds of
powder, but at the meeting of the di-
rectors several months later, when he
offered a resolution TO purchase the
stock at 5000 a share, which resolu-
tion was voted down. the company
had contracts for 1OO,000,0O0 pounds
of powder with the Allies.
No time was wasted in starting the
case and Mr.. DUPONT was recalled to
the stand as soon as court opened. He
testified to the large dividends that
have been paid on the stock in the last
two years.
Before recalling Alfred /. DUPONT TO
the stand, William a. Glasgow, Jr.. of
counsel for the complainants, stated
that he desired TO have several changes
made in the record which he and NJ =
Graham, of counsel for the defendants
had agreed should be made. In two IN
I stances the changes consisted of substi-
tuting the name of lAmmot dupont for
William DUPONT in the record. Another
change was the inserting the word
could not in sentence in the testi
mony of Alfred /. DUPONT, where he
made his plea to Pierre :. dupont To
turn the r. c. dupont stock over TO the
company. This makes that section OF tn,
record dealing with the conversation
/ that Alfred |. DUPONT had with Pierre
] s. DUPONT over the stock read, "whicl
: YOU could not have accomplished as d
private individual
Alfred !. DUPONT was recalled TO th'
| stand and the circular letter which h'
| identified Just before court adjourned OF
/ Wednesday as one sent out by the pow
! der company 10 stockholders and dated
| August 49, 1918, was read by Mr.. Glas
gov. This letter proved to be the one
that stated the business of the company
/ had increased to such extent that more
capital was needed and suggested the
organizing of the +. /. DUPONT de Ne
mours aud Company TO take over the
assets of the r. J. DUPONT de Nemour'
Powder Company. of '-sw Jersey.
Mr. DUPONT, under the questioning oi
Mr. Glasgow. stated az far as he knew
there was no stockholders meeting Ia
consider this proposition, but that th..
was directors meeting when it was
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BY CARL D. eRoAr

United Press staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, June 3o.-secretary
Of State Lansing today asked Mexican
Ambassador Arredondo 10 speed up
General carranza's reply to the last
American demands.
Lansing told the ambassador frank
", Il is understood, that the patience
Of this government In -he matter ls
about exhausted. In this connection
he pointed out that the United States
government had asked originally that
Carranza's statement Of attitude be
made at once, whereas several days
have elapsed and all this government
has had has been the Expectation" Of
Consul Rodgers as to early delivery.
Lansing believed this forenoon that
he was about to get the message from
Arredondo. The latter visited him
without IL. but the Indications in their
conference were that carranza plans
to send his answer through the en-
voy rather than through Consul Rod.
gers al Mexico City.
Carranza's delay was partly ex-
planned by officials. as due perhaps
to an effort on his part to let mat
ters calm down and II possible give
his cabinet, an answer satisfactory
to America.
The facts developed after today's
cabinet session. Only brief consid-
GRAFTON was given the Mexican situa-
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tion because OF the Presidents haste
to catch a train for New York. In
dications were, however. that IN this
session the members determined
that the United States cannot give
Carranza very much more time TO
settle at once, for all time. his atti-
tude toward this government.
As for the general attitude tow I'd
Mexico and the military sltuat.
cabinet members said the meetin.
had not altered these two factors.
The State Department has teIe-
graphed Consul Rodgers. at Mexico
City that all Americans must leave
Mexico Immediately or the United
States will not be responsible for their
safety according TO a telegram to
Mexican Ambassador Arredondo from
Mexico City today.
Less than 5000 Americans have left
Mexico City and not more than 200
from the surrounding territory, the
telegram said.
The great majority OF Americans in
Mexico City have decided to remain.
The Mexican government has guaran-
teed the protection OF the lives and
property or Americans in the States
of Tabasco and Guanajuato whenever
Americans express a desire to re-
main.
Arredondo emphatically denied re-
ports from Mexico that American
property was being confiscated. He
has received a number of dispatches
lately saying that great feeling exists
against Mexicans on the American
side of the border and that many are
being mistreated
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DRAG RIVER FOR
OFFICIAL 5 BODY
NEAR Cambridge
William H. Medford, For
mer Postmaster, Clerk of
Court, Believed Slain
HUNT FOR STRANGER Who
FOUND AUTO ALONG STREAM
Staff Correspondent.

Dtdn Correspondent.
CAMBRIDGE, Md, June 3d.
William H. MedfOrd, aged about
40 years, former postmaster and
clerk of the Circuit Court of Dor
chester County and connected with
a number of financial and business
enterprises of Cambridge, is sup
posed to have been murdered
early last night and his body
thrown in the Blackwater river,
several miles from Cambridge.
Members of the Cambridge Fire
Company, of which Mr.. Medford
was a member, are dragging the
river today for the body, and a
posse is securing the country for a
strange man who is supposed to
know something about the disap-
pearance of the county official.
1t is supposed that Mr.. MedfOrd
was murdered in his automobile
and the body thrown into the river
from a bridge. The machine was
found shortly after s O'Clock last
night, stuck in the mud along the
edge of the river. His hat and coat
were found in the car and there
was blood on the radiator. No
weapon of any kind could be
found.
Mr. Medford was an official of tho
Honga Lumber Company. and was in
the habit OF going to the company's
plant at Honga, about thirteen miles
from Cambridge. He left Cambridge
in his machine about o'clock yester.
day afternoon and was on his way
home when it is supposed that he
was murdered.
The supp0sition is that robbery was
the object. but while it is understood
that Mr.. Medford was in the habit
Ol IylnS ldi sS SuulS Vi nlohey WIN
him on some Of his trips TO the lum-
ber plant. on this occasion he is known
TO have had very little money with
him.
Sheriff Bradshaw and other county
officials who are investigating the
case, are inclined to believe that Mr.
Medford either gave a stranger a ride
or was stopped by some one and
murdered as he sat in his car.
The first learned of the disappear
ance Of Mr.. Medford was about
CONTINUED on Page Two)
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Allies OFFENSIVE
ON ALL fronts NOW
Bv CARL w. ACKERMAN

BERLIN, June 30 Breaking out of a
new Italian offensive on the lsonzo
front, and the steadily increasing vio-
leuce of the British artillery assault
leaves little doubt in Berlin that the
Allies are in the early stages Of their
great offensive"
Vienna dispatches today announce
that the Italians have launched power
full attacks around the Austrian strong
hold of Goritz, where no serious lighting
has occurred for many weeks. The
Italian attacks on the Trentino front
continue.
The British are cannonading the Ger.
man front impartially. bringing sys
tcmatic fire TO bear upon the whole line
southwark TO the Somme. The sam,
procedure preceded the Allies ofTensiv,
last September, when the whole German
front was bathed in fire before attacks
were launched around Loos and in tn,
Champagne.
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PATRIOTIC SERVICE At
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS

The volunteer chorus which is fur
nishing music at the community SER
vices being held at Washington
Heights on Sunday evenings during
the summer. will rehearse in Hanover
Presbyterian Church this evening
William p. White is director of the
chorus.
At next Sunday evenings service
the Rev. r. L. Jackson will speak on
the New Abol'tionist." William F.
Kurtz will read the Declaration of
Independence and p. NJ. Colbert, Sec
retary Of the Y. NJ c. A. will read the
Scripture lesson. The audience will
sing Lyon hymns and America.
All the residents Of the Washington
Heights section are invited to attend
the service.
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GERMANS HAMMER
RUSSIANS NOW
ON LONG FRONT
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
PETROGRAD. June 30.-The Ger
mans have begun a series OF sudden
violent attacks against General
Kuropatkins entire front from Riga
through Jacobstadt TO Dvinsk. II is
believed Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg is launching a new offensive in
an effort to divert Russian troops
from the Galician and Volhynian
campaign.
Virtually the whole OF Kuropatkin's s
front is under bombardment. Ger
man raiding parties have been
harassing the Russian lines for forty
eight hours. Interest is divided be-
tween the German operations in the
north and the Russian advance on
Kolomea in southeastern Galicia. I'm
official reports today placed the Rus
sian lines within less than ten miles
of Kolomea, which is OF great strate-
gic importance because OF its posi-
tion as a railway center.
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CHARGED WITH oEsERTloN.

Wanted in Reading on a charge Of
desertion, Harry c. Lebo. 80 years old,
was arrested by Detective James c.
Riley at the Wilmington Steel Works,
where the man had been employed
for nine months yesterday afternoon.
Lebo's wife is fifty-four years old and
is said to be in poor health. A war
rant was issued for Lebos arrest
and put in the hands of Henry Martz,
a Reading detective, who traced his
man to this city. With he assistance
of Detective Riley Lebo's boarding
place at No. 513 Lombard street and
his place of employment were dis
covered.
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Belief in PeaCeable Outcome Of Mexican.
United States Trouble is Strengthened by
TrevinO Report That Americans Have
Evacuated Namiquipa and Other Points
and Are Moving NOrth--COnStitutOnaliSts
Surrender Bodies Of Dead Americans.
ARREDONDO HANDS LANSING
ORDER RELEASING PRISONERS
BY the United Press.

BY the United Press
WASHINGTON June 30-Calng Secretary of State Lnrs
ing this morning. Mexican AmbaOr AredondO delivered to hr
official copy Of the instructions which ordered release of Ame
prisoners Chihuahua according State Department
ment, following the visit
Previous to the conference Secretary lansing had said he
peced Caanza reply TO the American demands a any momen
and other State Department officials thought AedondO deie
ing the reply.
The envoy said he had delivered Lansing that he