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known that *es and some ars are not er of casual ated to the can be ob-ie news that placed him-army, which ram t“ Ray-it of France, the French w. Joifre, to hadow, it is (rcles here, the eastern which thei5 Will CO*he Russians not quite, ist the Ana? oge advance stopped and enaive.3r point, but s continue to Germans have southeast of s to the cones! reaaonablj’ end the river ni!y far west-jure on their Gulf of Elga. 7flna the Rus-the Germans0 the military a seem fairly1 able to bringEast and Russians have •oss the River rlbutaries and k of railways ■thward to theshea.mong the for-northeastern , a great bat-the army of »td the troops latter having stand./ Amid nan field mar-ig hard for a 3 that he has3.Ing fought for, COLUMN 3.VERDICT IN BILLTRIAL WITHHELDGuard Officers Who Decided Fate of Sergeant Held for Manslaughter Will Announce Decision in Militia Orders.RIGHT TO SHOOT IS UPHELDiTY OFOfficers of the Indiana National Guard sitting in general court-martial for the trial of Sergt. Edwin C. Ball of Company N, Second Regiment, charged with manslaughter in connection with the killing of Walter Dowell of New Albany, Ind., private in Company F, First Regiment, July 23, 1913, while In camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, met in closed session in the Senate chamber at the State House last evening to decide the fate of Sergt. Ball* The evening session lasted more than an hour and Col. Henri T. Conde, president of the court-martial, said after the meeting thht the result of the deliberation of the court-martial would be made public through the regular channels of the military court. In this ease the decision will be announced by Governor Ralston, as the convening officer of the court-martial, in a regular order of the Indiana National Guard.Sessions Consume Whole Day.The court-martial was opened yesterday morning and the entire day was spent in the introduction of testimony and In conducting the .cross-examination of the witnesses for the prosecution. The prosecution completed Its testimony late in the afternoon and the defense restedCONTINUED ON PAGE 7, COLUMN 5,SUMMARY
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Wed, Sep 08, 1915
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