Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 September 1914 — Page 2

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Beveridge, Gulley and Pierson Sjjeak at Big Meeting of Progrfpsives Here.

CANDIDATE FOB XT. S. SENATE SCOBES REPUBLICAN METHODS

Declares Old Party Offers Nothing to People Except the Cry That "The Progressives Are

Going Back."

Sounding "Permanent Prosperity" as the keynote of the progressive campaign, Albert J. Beveridge, candidiate for United States senator from Indiana, formally opened the state campaign at Young's Garden Monday night before a crowd estimated at more than 2,000. In his opening remarks Mr. Beveridge scored the efforts of the republican stand patters to induce the voters to believe that the progressives are losing ground and took the stand that the party he represented alone offered relief to the over-burdened t&xjj payer. He was wildly applauded when I! he appeared on the stage with Otis E. i| Gulley, candidiate for congress from the Fifth district, and W. A. Pierson, of New Albany, Ind., candidate for secretary of state.

Mr. Beveridge dwelt at length on the issues of the campaign. He explained in full the planks in the progressive platform and gave particular emphasis to what he termed the futility of the attempt of the republican party spread the news over the state that

Doe and Richard Roe have quit !th» progressive r&,.«ks to join the repui '.cans. "1 id we usually And that both men :say that it is a lie and that they are stronger progressives than ever," said Mr. Beveridge. He continued: J« National Questions. "Particular attention should be paid to pur governmental affairs at this tinier wfien all Europe is at war. "tye have ,R position of neutrality to maintain-

Canada is just as much involved in this war as Germany and we must see that she is treated just the same as Germany. "The republicans have failed to answer an argument that has been given In this campaign. The stand patters it the Severin hotel answer only with, The progressives are going back.' We ire showing statistics. They are raising the cry of so-and-SQ, a former progressive in now a republican. Such is the appeal of the stand patters to yet votes. It is most usually the case, -towever, that those whom the stand batters said were coming back to the party were stand patters all their lives. "We go into this campaign," continued Mr. Beveridge, "with answers to ill these great humanitarian problems hat press upon us. But those who vrec-ked the republican ,party and who jow control it try to muddy the waters »f clear debate. They do not enter this

Political flght with a single word about natters upon the settlement of which ief.end the welfare and progress of the American people. Not an argument do hey make, not a helpful suggestion do hey offer in the public interest, but nly the false and monotonous cry that The progressives are going back.'

Party Making Gains.

"Yet the man and newspapers who iave done this know that the progresive party in Indiana has been and is asking gains by leaps and bounds, 'hey know that careful polls show that large number of progressive county Ickets and at least three, probably five, nd possibly seven progressive candlates for congress will be elected. "But what of Indiana Are those l^ho committed the historic fraud of '912 and many frauds before that date nhorsed in this commonwealth? We 0 not even have to look behind the cenes where stand the chief conspirators who betrayed the rank and file of the republican party in recent years 'nd who now are directing the standcampaign we have only to look the so-called 'republican' state entral committee, most of whose members were the local wheels in the sld machine. We have only to notice fie so-called 'republican' candidates for •»'ongress, nearly all of whom were local ^ents of the standpat bosses and some whom were the most active in robing republican voters two years go.

Bosses in Control.

"If, in the face of all this evidence, onorable republicans who belletve in ie progressive program consent to be -jjoled. they will deserve all they get ''nd they will get all they deserve. As incoln said on a like occasion: 'If the *ople like that sort of thing, then iat is the sort of thing the people ke.' But as Lincoln believed that iv ie people did not like 'that sort of I*, ting* then, neither do we believe that ie people like that sort of thing now,

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"The tendency of the democratic lirty is in the same reactionary direction.

Underwood, honorable gentleman. ,t the ablest and most outspoken reactionary now in American public life, 1 the newly-elected democratic senior from Alabama. Only last Wednesiy Roger Sullivan, who heads the inois democratic Tammany just as iggart heads the Indiana democratic

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GREAT DEFEAT

General Staff Characterizes Situation in Western Theatre of War As Favorable.

BEINFOBCEMENTS PUSHED FOBWABD TO JOIN ABMIES

Isolation of Verdun by Crown Prince Expected to be Followed by Resumption of Offensive.

BULLETIN.

BERLIN, Sept. 15.—(By wireless to New York via Sayville, L. I.)—It was officially announced in Berlin today that Gen. Von Hindenberg had telegraphed Emperor William that the Russian army of Vitna, composed of the Second, Third, Fourth and Twentieth army corps, two reserve divisions and five divisions of cavalry have been completely defeated by the Germans. The Russian casualties were heavy.

BERLIN, (via Copenhagen, via London,) Sept. 15.—6:20 a. m.—Another day has passed without news of the great battle near Paris, concerning which no reports nor details have been available since a week ago.

The general staff, in response to a query, characterized the general situation as "favorable" but refrained from any comment whatever over the course

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LOO.VL CONDITIONS AT 7 SEPTEMBER 15, 1013. Temperature, 69 highest temperature yesterday. 78: lowest temperature last night, 68 precipitation, 0 direction of wind, scuth velocity of wind, 14 miles per hour state of weather, clout'y relative humidity. SI per cent.

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TERRE HAUTEUnsettled tonight and Wednesday probaDly showers.

INDIANA—Unsettled weather tonight and Wednesday, with probable showers.

OTHER LOCAL REPORTS. Temperature, by Buntin's thermometer- 7 a. m., 67 2 p. m., 80.

River Stage—-.2-foot.

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THE TERRE HAUTE

Some of the Scenes at the Mine Safety Demonstration

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WHEN THE CHARGE IN THE EXPLOSION GALLERY SUDDENLY LET OO.

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WAR BULLETINS

BERLIN (via Amsterdam and London), Sept. 15.—12:25 a. m.—The German general staff today gave out the following official announcement: "In the western theatre of war the right wing of our army has been engaged in heavy but undecisive battles. The French, who endeavored to break through our lines, were defeated. "At other points where there has been fighting no decisive results have been reached."

LONDON, Sept. 15.-9:07 a. rain a dispatch from Borne the correspondent of the Central News says it is declared there the members of the Boumanian ministry have tendered their resignations.

LONDON, Sept. 15.— 6:15 a. m.— A reasonable estimate, says a Times Petrograd dispatch, places Austrian losses in Galicia at 300,000 in killed, wounded and prisoners, oi nearly onethird of their forces. They have also lost, the dispatch says, 1,000 guns, more than two-thirds of their available artillery.

BUFFALO BILL WILL

Col. Cody Himself Will Give The Awards in Essay Contest of School Children.

Were you ever introduced to Buffalo Bill? Did you ever shake hands with him?

Here's your opportunity—and at the same time a chance of receiving a prize from a reserved seat ticket to the Sells-Floto circus to $15.00.

The reason for it all? Simply the fact that the Sells-Floto circus and Buffalo Bill (himself) are coming to Terre Haute for one day's stay, Tuesday, September 22. And because of the interest displayed by the children in the coming of the famous scout and plainsman who has done so much for America, the Terre Haute Tribune has decided to hold a contest for the beet answers to the question "Who is Buffalo Bill?"

Prizes? The first is to be $15, the

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"KEEP STEP WITH TERRE HAVTET

VOL. XXXIX.—NO. 107. TERRE HAUTE, IND., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1914. FOUR O'CLOCK—ONE CENT

GERMANS RESIST ALLIES NEAR AISNE

ENEMIES KEEP

Admit That Besult of Battle Now .v: Baging There May Determine Western Outcome.

GERMAN OFFENSIVE WABFABE RENEWED SOON, SAYS BEBLIN

Admits Turning Back But Discounts Reverses—News of Eastern Conflict But Vague in

Details.

LONDON, Sept. 15.-10:10 a. m.~ For once the military critics on both sides agree that the outcome of the campaign in the western area depends on the result of the operations of the crown prince's army before "Verdun,

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REPORT FORTY DEAD IN CRASH

Frisco limited Train Buns Into Cloud Burst and Plunges From Broken Bridge Into Gully.

PASSENGERS IN TWO CABS LOSE LIVES BY DROWNING

Coaches Are Submerged and Probably Sbore of Persons Are Injured —Nurse Proves

Heroine.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 15.—St. Louis & San Francisco train No. 5, westbound, known as the "Texas limited," plunged into a cloud burst near Lebanon, Mo., 182 miles southwest of here, early today, and before the engineer could stop the train the track gave way and the engine and four cars rolled into a flooded gully.

Thirty-flve to forty-five persons in two passenger coaches were drowned and probably a score injured. The four sleeping cars remained on the track and the passengers in those coaches rushed forward to rescue those imprisoned in the cars submerged in twelve feet of water. By noon twen-ty-six bodies had been recovered.

The engineer, describing his experiences, said the train was running slowly when the cloudburst occurred. A wall of water swept across the track and appeared to be rushing toward the train. The engineer closed the throttle but just then the embankment beneath gave way.

Nurse Is Heroine.

One of the passengers fn the Submerged chair car was Miss Mona Campbell, a nurse, of Sf. Louis. S5he broke a window and climbed out of the side of the carl

She felt about in the water until she touched the hands of drowning passengers. As she grapsed a hand she polled with all her strength. In this '•WK6.V- she re&cued five passengers.

At the Frisco general offices this noon it was said that the rause of the wreck was not clear but that this would be determined aa toon as the water now receding had gone back far enough to permit of an investigation.

Reports received at iieadquarters Indicate that the train did Aot ®o through a trestle as newspaper reports from Springfield indicated, but that the track which had boen gashed by the water gave way.

SPRINGTTKLD, Mo., Sept. 15.—Between thirty-flve and forty-five persons were killed or drowned and a score of others injured early today when the locomotive, baggage car and forward chair car of St. Louis & San Francisco train No. 5 plunged through a trestle over Brush creek, near Lebanon, Mo., and were submerged by the swollen stream.

The names of the identified dead were given out at Frisco's office today as follows:

HENRY WAGONER, Harrison, Ark. MRS. ELIZABETH HOSTETTER, Alliance, O.

W. H. CHILDRESS, Billing, Mo. JOHN MEYERS, wife and daughter, Thayer, Mo.

VERNON AND ELSIE CALVIN, Rumler, Ark. DAISY PERRY, —.

Most of the dead were drowned in the chair car and a great proportion of those were women and children. Those who were able to escape from their watery prison fought their way out by breaking windows and swimming ashore. It Is estimated there were siity-flve passengers in the chair car.

Buffalo BilVs Escort of Indians

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JAPS ATTACK GERMANS BATTLE

Several Skirmishes Reported Between Opposing Forces in the Territory, About City of Kiao-Chow

REPORT VON KLUCK'S SURRENDER

I»ARIS, Sept. 15.-6:15 a m.—Amateur strategists find difficulty in arranging Gen. Von Kluck's retreat for him, while the professionals wisely admit they don't know what destination to give to the beaten army. The probability is that Von Kluck himself does not know exactly, the forces in retreat not being always master of own movements.

Having passed the line of Compiegi

War News of Today

Germany's armies to the north and east of Paris, after retreating for upwards of fifty miles toward the Belgian frontier, are today making a determined stand along the river Aisne.

A news agenSy dispatch from Dieppe says that Gen. Von ICluck has been enveloped by

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CHXMO, Shan-Tung province, China, Sunday, Sept. 13.—1:30 p. m. (via Peking), Sept 15.—The first encounter between German and Japanese forces on land oocxtrred this morning when there were a number of sharp1 skirmishes between patrols of the contesting forces at a point close to Chi-Mo.

Previous to these engagements a German aeroplane flew over the district. The Japanese fired on the maohine, but without success. A considerable Japanese foroe is reported 25 miles to the north of here. A dispatch received here from Wei-Hsien (60 miles northwest of KiaoChow) says fifty Japanese troops axrived there Sunday.

PEKING, Sept. 15.—A report received here from Tsing-Tau of German, origin declares that a vanguard of Japanese cavalry is at Kiao-Chow city. Kiao-Chow is about five miles outside of the Kiao-Chow boundary to the northwest.

The same report has been transmitted to the Chinese government

Japanese vanguard consists of thirty men. Three hundred more cavalrymen are close behind them. 7 'v The German charere d'affaires at Peking, Baron Von Maitzan, has notified the foreign office that his government reserves the right to deal with China at the present time and in the future as it sees fit because of the, alleged breach of neutrality on the part of China in permitting the landing on Chinese territory of Japanese troops whose destination was Kiao-

PAEIS, Sept. 15.—2:55 p. m.—The western and central armies of the German forces continued their resistance today north of the river Aisne and north of Rheims and Chalons, while the eastern army is retreating. This is the substance of the French official communication given out today.

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movement afi"4 forced to surrender with a large command and a quantity of guns and ammunition.

The German general staff, however, announced today that heavy engagements were beinig fought by Gen. Von Kluck'B right'wing to the northeast of Paris without a decisive result so far. The French attempts to break through the German lines were said to have been repulsed.

Reports regarding the operations in East Prussia contradict eaoh other. From Petrograd it is said that Gen. Rennenkaloxpf has resumed the offensive and that the investment of Koenigsberg stflli is in progress. Berlin-ad-vices, hS|n|pr, are to the effect that the RuglBffifo5eneral has suffered defeat neaF^jsijp* severe as that of the Russian general at Allenstein...

Further Petrograd dispatches estimate the casualties of the Austrian in Galicia totaled 200,000, nearly onethird of their forces.

The sinking of the German protected cruiser Hela of 2,040 tons, by a submarine of the allied fleet is announced in an official statement at Berlin.

The German submarine which sank the British cruiser Pathfinder with a loss of 246 lives Is reported to have "been destroyed by the fire of several BritlBh^rolaers.

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LOUDON, Sept. 15.1—2:20 p. m.—The correspondent of the Central News at Dieppe, under date of Monday, Sept. 14, submits a report that the German army, under Gen. Von Kluck, has been forced to surrender,

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"A report has reached Dieppe that the extreme left of the allies, aftermaking an encircling movement by way of Boye and joining a force from) the Boulogne district, has compelled Gen. Von Kluok to surrender with, ac-J cording to one statement, 14,000 men and according to another statement with 25,000 men, and a quantity of guns and war material. 'I

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and Soissons, where- a defense had been prepared, it was thought he could not make a stand before the Meuse was reached. Yesterday's communications, however, created some confusion on this point, the first saying that the allies had crossed the Aisne river and the second stating that the Germans were trying to make a stand on the Aisne.

No doubt the line referred to in tl» latter communication is that from Laon to Soissone, which is the most favorable position for a rally this side of the Meuse. A halt there, however, is accompanied by immense danger from a flanking movement and the experts look for news of a continuation of the retreat today.

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Room for Speculation.' "*,{ The rigid censorship leaves room for' all sorts of hypothesis. One of these is that the allies In their retreat south left a strong force at Rhelms, which is prepared now to make trouble for the armies of Generals Von Kluck and Von Buelow or the armies of Generals^ Von Hausen and the prince of Wuert-Jr' temberg, thus preventing another con-l$ centration movement toward Sedan, which Is considered the only chanco'' of reuniting the entire force.

Another confusion has arisen regarding the army of Crown Prince Fred-1' erick William, 'reported Bperating in the forest of Argonne. The, crown prince Is said also to have evacuated Lorraine but this report is contra-ft? dictory, for the army in Argonne has,4-' not yet succeeded in getting out, and^i at last accounts was in great danger^ of being, In part at least, kept in. These troops are threatened by bothX' Verdun and Rheims and have only nar-fe row and difficult passages to get^M through. Important developments forl'itoday.ln this regi"~-"-~ hinted at, but If1, the war office keeps its secret so well]£ that it is difficult to predict what ls^expected^ though the. natural supposl-lo-tion is 'ai/ enveloping movement by &•' the army of Verdun.'

Train loads of booty, wounded andg prisoners continue to arrive from tha'j^J line of Gen. Von Kluck's retreat, but4^ details of the actions are lacking.

LONDON, Sept. 15.-2:50 a. m.—A dispatch from Petrograd to the Post, telling of the operations on the Russian frontier, says: "The Germans have concentrated enormous forces in east Prussia, caus-,

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