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ANTWERP BURHKG, BUT BELGUWS STILL RESIST

Shells of Great German Guns Set Parts of City Aflame and Silence FortsPanic Stricken People Fleeing

SUBURB IS WRECKED BY BOMBS

HOT RETORT FOLLOWS CHARGE OF LAWYER FOR PROSECUTION

Court, However, Overrules Motions of Defense and Orders Hearing to Proceed After Issuing

Warning.

By Special Correspondent. ROCKVILLE, Ind., Oct. 9—Following a bitter clash between Attorney Carson Hamill, for the defense, and Attorney Charles Whitlock, for the 6tate, In the trial of Emil Ehrmann, charged with the murder of Edward Wadr Hamill Friday morning moved Judge Aikman that the case be taken from the jury and that the present panel be discharged from further duty.

Judge Aikman overruled the motion and ordered the attorneys to proceed with the examination of witnesses.

THE HAGUE, Oct. 9.—6 a, m.—(via London)—The bombardment of Antwerp's inner forts and the outlying parts of the city started at 12:80 Thursday morning. At noon the oity -was training in four plaoes.

It is reported that inner forts numbers four and six have been silenced. The exodus of the panio stricken people of Antwerp continues. It is reported that the dikes have been opened.

LONDON, Oct. 9.—6:05 a. m.—The bombardment of Antwerp has been terrible, says an Ostend dispatch to the Renter Telegram oompany, under date of Thursday. "The Germans threw incendiary bombs," the dispatch adds, "with the result that many parts of the town between the railway station at the south and the Palace of Justice are in flames. "It is rumored here that the Germans have been repulsed dn the left bank of the river Nethe. "A Taube aeroplane flew over Ostend at 4 o'clock this afternoon.**

LONDON, Oct. 8.—10:15 p. m.—Borgerhaut, a suburb of Antwerp, is burning, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam to Beuter's Telegram oompany.

Hamill and Whitlock Clash and Former Asks That Ehrmann Case be Taken From Jury.

The fireworks came in the exam

ination of Albert Owens, former prosecutor of Vigo county. Whitlock declared that the state would admit that Jesse Collings took the billy alleged to have been found on Wade to the home of Owens. Whitlock said: "The state will admit this. We will also admit that Hamill sent Collings to Owens' house with the billy.'

Whitlock implied that Collings' story of the billy was a frame-up by the defense for Ehrmann.

Hamill jumped to his feet and declared: "I don't propose that this jury shall hear any such remarks from a Taylorville briber and ballot-box stuffier. I move the court that this jury be discharged."

Wants Whitlock Fired.

Attorney Howard Maxwell, also for the defense, took the floor and said: "The remarks such as Attorney Whitlock has just made should remove him from further participation in this case. I move the court that the attorney be dismissed by this court from further action in this case."

Judge Aikman overruled both Hamill and Maxwell, warned the attorneys on both sides against such outbreaks, and ordered the testimony to proceed.

At the afternoon session Dr. J. H. Jett, Vigo coroner, a/id Harry Keefe were the chief witnesses. Keefe said that he was one of the first on the scene, and that he turned wade's body over when he fell to the sidewalk.

Keefe declared that he saw the billy strapped to Wade's right arm. Dr. Jett and Miss Carrie Hyde were called to testify relative to the testimony given at the coroner's inquest by Daniel Jordan, one of the witnesses for the state.

Albert Owens was the first witness called Friday. He testified as follows: "I have practiced law for eleven years. I was prosecutor two terms, and was acting as deputy prosecutor May 27. 1913, when the shooting occurred. I knew the witness, Jesse Collings. I saw him in the office of the prosecutor the morning after the shooting. I saw him the same night. He came to my house and delivered to me a billy which he said had been put In his hand by some one unknown t.o him at the time *of the shooting of Wade in front of the Ehrmann factory. Collings called me on the telephone at my home, and came shortly after. The interval between the call

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LONDON, Oct, 9.—10:20 a. m.—So far as England knows this morning, Antwerp, the latest of the cities of Belglum to be beleaguered, is still holding out against the German onslaught. King Albert has withdrawn from the city toward Ostend, where the administration Is now fully established, but practically the entire Belgian field army has remained to resist, aa long as possible, the fire of the German guns, the horrible effects of which were made plain at Liege.

The nations opposing Germany hoped that the defenders could hold obt till the allies delivered some decisive blow along the battle line in France, which has now almost reached the North sea, and, taken in conjunction with the fighting which extends across the Belgian frontier to the northward of Lille, makes a gigantic front, sprawling like a snake, half across Belgium and across practically all of northeastern France.

Though separate conflicts, the siege of Antwerp and thd battle of the Alsne are thus becoming more and more closely related and both the Germans and the allies are making the most desperate efforts to crush each other and smash through the ever-lengthening western wings.

It is contended that the Germans failed in their great effort to drive a wedge through this region and the latest communication contends that the situation is stationary, though most violent fighting continues.

Big Guns vs. Forts.

If Antwerp falls it will prove the ineffectiveness of modern fortifications against modern guns, for Antwerp is the last word in ingenious barriers.

To the east the situation on the East Prussian frontier is becoming more like that in France after the German invasion and retreat. Being driven from Poland the Germans are making a stubborn stand and with reinforcements from Koenigsberg will doubtless give a battle which will determine whether the Germans will again invade Russia in this region.

Roundabout dispatches reaching London from Petrograd say that new Russian army has arrived at the frontier near Posen, while 'another is marching toward the horn.

All reports of the surrender of Przemysl appear to be premature, as were various reports about the beginning of a battle at Cracow.

NO CHANGE, SAYS PARIS.

Official Statement Says Situation is Just the Same. PARIS, Oct. 9.-3:06 p. m.—The following official announcement was given out in Paris this afternoon: "The general situation has undergone no change. "On our left wing the two opposing bodies of cavalry are still operating to the north of Lille and of Labassee, and the battle continues along the line marked by the regions of Lens, Arras, Bray-Sur-Somme, Chaulnes, Roye and Lassigny. "On the center of the Oise and in the Meuse only actions of minor importance have been reported. "On our right, in the Woevre district, there has been an artillery contest along the entire front. "In Lorraine, on the Vosbes, and in Alsace there has been no change. 'In Bosnia, Montengrln troops have continued their advance in the direction of Sarajevo as far as the fortified line which protects the city at a distance from it of eight kilometres."

CLAIMS ALLIES' GAINS.

Correspondent Says Germans Have Lost in Center. LONDON, Oct. 9.—4:40 a. m.—The Times' correspondent, south of the Alsne. says: "At one center—and that the most important—the British victory on the riVer Aisne is now complete. The Germans have evacuated their trenches, leaving in some of them many soldiers who died from a severe visitation of typhoid. They left two of their heav-

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KAISER BLAZES

Road From Brussels to Antwerp a Blackened line of Erased Towns and Charred Homes.

COUNTLESS THOUSANDS FLEE BEFORE APPROACHING HORDES

Germans Boro Ahead, Wiping Out Everything In Way With Precision—Reinforcements

Near Antwerp.

ANTWERP (via London), Oct. 9.— 11:30 p. m.—The Germans on Saturday spent sixteen hours in a terrific artillery duel in an effort to ford the Nethe. The Belgians held their ground magnificently and with great sacrifices prevented the Germans from crossing. The Germans were evidently unwilling to lose men in an assault and decided to widen the breach in the fortifications by bombarding the forts between the rivers Senne and Scheldt, which were unable to hold out against the steady downpour of shells.

Thus the first line of Antwerp's defences was .destroyed. For the final attack the Germans are hurrying 200,000 men to the scene of battle from Aix-la-Chapelle via Brussels.

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no mercy is shown. Whatever interferes, villages, churches, schools and factories are wiped out with steady precision.

The road from Brussels to Antwerp is one line of blackened ruin. Some of the towns, including Termonde, have been completely erased. The population fled before the Germans like American settler3 before a prairie fire. An endless procession of peasants and shop keepers, young, old and invalids with their chattels loaded in hand carts and antiquated wagons, and followed by countless children dumbly pursuing their parents driving bellowing cattle, are slowly moving in the direction of Antwerp's cathedral

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U. S. WEATHER REPORT.

TEMPERATURE RECORD OCT. 0.. 6 a. 62 Noon 71 9 a. 67 3 p. 70

LOCAL CONDITIONS AT 7 A. M., OCT. », 1914. Temperature, 63 highest temperature yesterday, 80 lowest temperature last night, 62 precipitation, .53 direction of wind, southwest velocity of wind, 7 miles per hour: state of weather, cloudy relative humidity, 97 per cent.

FORECAST.

TERFK HAUTE—Unsettled tonight and Saturday, probably showers cooler Saturday.

INDIANA Unsettled tonight and Saturday with possible showers.

OTHER LOCAL REPORTS. Temperature by Buntin's thermometer, 7 a. in., 55 2 p. m., 71.

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VOL. XXXIX.—NO. 131. TERRE HAUTE, IND., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9,1914. FOUR O'CLOCK—ONE CENT

Some of the Heroes at the Annual Newport Hill Climb

FRANK FOX AND THBJ GREY FOX OLIPPIHG OFF FIFTY MILKS AN 1IOUR.

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ARTHUR AND LOUIS CHEVROLET, FAMOUS SPEEDERS WHO PARTICIPATED.

FOR CONTEMPT

Supreme Court Affirms Conviction of Looal Chief of Police in Decision Given Today.

PENALTY OF THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL HAD BEEN FIXED

Ruling of Highest State Court Means That Sentence Must be Served —Case Arose During

Roberts' 'Trial.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 9.—The state supreme court today affirmed the conviction of Ed Holler, chief of police of Terre Haute, on contempt charges.

The case in which Superintendent Holler was sentenced to 80 days in Jail by Judge Fortune arose during the trial of Mayor Roberts. Holler was charmed with contempt of court when officials of the police department railed the office of Chalmers Hamill, special prosecutor in the grand jury investigation, and the court held"iim guilty, but suspended sentence. Later when Walter Myers, a chauffeur, testified against the mayor in the latter's trial, it was charged that Holler sent for him and made threats against him. When this was brought to the attention of Judge Fortune the latter sent for Holler and sentenced him to thirty days in jail for contempt.

He was released on bail on the plea of friends and relatives, Holler's mother being at the point of death. On this plea the court released Holler. Thi latter was later sentenced by Judge Cox to eight hours in jail for contempt of court, and an appeal was taken from that decision, although the oourt sent Holler and Nugent to Jail for the time specified.

LONDON, Oct. 9.—7:15 a. m.— General Grandi, minister of war in the Italian cabinet, has resigned, according to a Rome dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company. The registration was the result of newspaper criticism concerning the administration of his department.

ROME (via London), Oct. 9.-7:20 a. m.—The Tribuna says it has received information that the garrison of Przemysl has surrendered to the Russians. The Russian embassy, however, denies this report, and declares that the investment of the fortress continues.

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TITLE SEEKERS

First Battle for Baseball Championship of World Scheduled for Friday Afternoon.

RIVAL FORCES, "UP IN ARMS," CERTAIN TO FIGHT TO FINISH

Bitterness Which Has Developed Between Mack and Stalllngs Serves p5 to Stimulate Interest In

Big Games.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.—-Baseball held the center of the stage in Philadelphia today, when, weather permitting, the Philadelphia Athletics, present world's champions and winners of this year's American league pennant, will meet the Boston Braves, who fin lshed first in the National league raoe, in the first game to decide the 1914 championship of the world at Shibe park. The contest was scheduled to start at 2 o'clock this afternoon.

While the official weather forecaster promised showers for the afternoon, the early morning hours were clear and the thousands of fans fortunate enough to secure tickets ot admission to the games were hopeful that his prediction would prove erroneous, or at least that the rain would hold off until after the initial struggle.

The telephone battle between Connie Mack and George Stalllngs, the Boston manager, over the use of Shibe park for practice, and other warlike incidents which intensified the interest of the baseball world yesterday, apparently were forgotten in the enthusiasm that held the followers of the game as the hour for staging the contest approached.

The pitching selections of the opposing managers seemed to be the absorbing topic of the fans. Neither Mack nor Stall tags had Intimated who would be his choice, but the general opinion was that Bender, the veteran Athletic Indian twlrler and hero of several world's series, and Rudolph, one of Boston's stars, would be on the mound for their respective teams. Weather conditions, however, may figure in the selection of pitchers, and

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Women Divers Offer to Clear Out Mines

TOKTO, Oct. 9.—One hundred women shell divers of Shima province offered their services to the navy to clear the mines from Kiao Chow bay. The offer was declined by the navy as the law prohibits the employment of women in warlike operations.

These divers are accustomed to remaining in the water for a loag period. Their idea was that unseen by the enemy they could dive for the mines near Klo Chow from Japanese warships, ,:-

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FM .AnniLPHTA, Oct 9.—Bender and Schang were announced as the battery for the Athletics, and Rudolph and Gowdy for Boston.

It was announced that Gowdy would bat sixth In place of Deal, who would bat eighth in place of Gowdy.

SHIBE PARK, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 9,—Th# Boston Braves, pennant winners of the National league, and the Philadelphia Athletics, ohanxplons of the American league, clashed today In the first battle for the world's baseball championship of 1914. Some 22,000 persons saw the opening engagement of the seven-game series. Hundreds were turned away at the gates unable to obtain admission to the crowded stands.

The Bostons prepared to send their alow ball box man, Dick Rudolph, to the pitching emplacement to shell the Athletics out of their home defenses. The American leaguers named Bender to pick oft the Boston invaders with his fast bail. "Slow ball pitching to not relished by the Athletics' batters, and I guess It will be Rudolph for the fray today," remarked Manager George Stalllngs. "Still I may switch to James or Tyler. They are all good, you know."

The Vast reaches of Shibe park were choked to capacity long before game time. Three and four times the regular seat prices were offered for tickets, and the demand at these figures exceeded the supply.

Stands Quickly Filled.

The outfield stand, seating four thousand persons, was thrown open at 10:50 o'clock. It was filled within a short time and the gates were closed. The first in line for seats in this unreserved section had waited more than forty hours for the gates to open. Several women stood in line since daybreak. The crowd holding reserved tickets in the covered and double-decked stand came to the park later. Hundreds viewed the contest from temporary stands erected on the roofs of houses that overlook the b&ctk field walls.

The day was warm and humid and one salted for fast baseball. An Insistent sun burned through the menacing clouds and there was only a slight threat of showers from the southwest. The infield and outer gardens were bone dry and hard.

Betting favored the Athletics at 2 to 1 and 9 to 6 when the two teams came upon the field for batting and fielding practice. Preliminary field play was snappy and scintillating. The work of the Boston player, Deal, who substituted at third baee for Smith, who broke his leg this week, was keenly watched. He displayed no fielding faults in warming up.

FIRST INNING.

BOSTON—Bender's first ottering was an cut curve which cut the pate for a strike. Moran out on a high foul to Mclnnis. Evers sent up a high fly to Collins and walked to the bench. Connolly took a strike and then fouled off the next one. Connolly fanned. No runs. No hits. No errors.

ATHLETICS—Rudolph put over a strike on Murphy. Murphy sont a short single to center arid the crowd started to cheer. It was the second ball pitched. Oldring sacrificed, Gowdy to Schmidt. Gowdy nearly overthrew to first. Rudolph tried to out the cor-

BRAVES DOWN MACKS IN INITIAL CONTEST

World's Champions Fall Before ^fallings' Crew, Which Plays Aggressive Artiole of Ball

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ners of the plate on Collins and pitched three balls. Xtiti fourth pitch was a strike. Collins walked and the crowd aried to Baker for a hit.

Baker fouled out to Schmidt, and

Murphy was out trying for third on the catch, Schmidt to Deal. It was a pretty double rlay. No runs. One hit. No errors.

SECOND INNING.

BOSTON—Bender pitched three balls and put two strikes on Whitted. Whitted wfelked. Schmidt filed out to Oldring. Whitted Bcored cm Dowdy's two bagger to left Hold stands. The Boston rooters cheered to the echo. Gowdy scored on Maranville's single over aecond. The Boston hits were sharp and clean: A double play followed. Barry took Deal's grounder and tossed to Collins, forcing Maranvlile. Collins then threw out Deal. Two runs. Two hits, No errors.

ATHLETICS—Rudolph had a biff wide curve which he worked on the edge of the plate. Mclnnis walked on four pitched balls. Mclnnis scored when Strunk's single went through Moran's legs to the fence. Strunk tooK third. Barry fanned. Strunk was out at the plate when Bvers took Schang's grounder and threw to Gowdy. Maranvlile took Bender's grounder and threw to Evers, forcing Schang. One riMfe One hit. One error.

THIRD INNING.

BOSTON—Bender threw out Rudolph. Koran could not see Bender's speed and fanned. Oldring took care of I'vers* hoist. No runs. No hits. No erors.

ATHLETICS—Murphy fanned, Rudolph working him on two slow ones and then a fast one. Oldring also fannod. Rudolph worked carefully and deliberately, his Flow ball bothering the Athletics. Rudolph threw out Collins. No rnns. No hits. No errors.

FOURTH INNING.

BOSTON—Connolly singled to center. A double play followed. Bender taking Whitted's smash and threw to Barry, forcing Connolly. Barry then tossed out Whitted at first. Collins tossed out Schmidt at first. No runs. One hit. No errors.

ATHLETICS—Bakfr fouled off the first two and then struck out. Mclnnis also fanned. Strunk singled to left, but was out at secondarying to stretch it, Connolly to Maranville. No runs. One hit. No error:?. -r

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BOiSTON—Gowdy drove a three bagger to the center field fence on the first pitched ball. The umpire cau-tioned-the Boston bench for coaching. oGwdy scored on Maranville's single, over Mclnnis' head. A double play followed Bender took Deal's bunted fly, then picked oft Maranvlile at first. Rudolph utruck out. One run. Two hits. No errors.

ATHLETICS—Maranville took Barry's Texas leaguer way out in left field. It was a sparkling catch an«l loudlv cheered. Schang struck out. It was "Rudolph's sixth strike out. Bender flied out to Whitted. No runs. .No hits. No errors.

SIXTH INNING.

BOSTON—Moran sent up a foul hack of third which Barry took after a long nun. Evers shot a single past Bender. Connolly walked. Evers and Connolly scored on Whitted's drive to right for three bases. Whitted scored on "Schmidt's slashing single through Barry. Bender was recalled from the box and Wvckoff replaced him. It was the first time that an Athletic pitcher has ever been batted out of the box in a world's series. Combs was taken -ut of the box three years ago in a game with the Giants, but that was because of an injury. Eight hits were matle oft" Bender while he was on the mounM.

Gowdv walked. Wyekoff took Murantrountler and then touched third i'.rf.in .T late tr catch Schmidt. The bases now filled with one out. A double play ended the inning. Baker took Deal's grounder and touched third forcing Gowdv and then threw to Mclnnis. Three" runs. Three hits. No errors.

ATHLETICS—Evers took care of Murphy's slow roller and threw him