Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 November 1914 — Page 2

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OSTEND LEADS CHANGED LIFE

Strict Military Regulations of Germans Enforced In Usually Lively Belgian City.

AIL TRANSPORTATION MEANS TAKEN OVER BY AUTHORITIES

Hundreds of Belgian and French Wounded Arrive Daily, and Dozens of German Dead Are

Given Burial.

OSTEND, Belgium, Nov. 21.—(Corlespondent of the Associated Press.)— The normal life of this usually lively city has been radically changed by the German military occupation. Inf.s- habitants are forbidden to leave their houees between 7 in the evening and 7 in the morning and no lights may be f. shown during that time. No one can leave town without passports from the German authorities. $?- The. usual market gatherings are almo^t suspended. Villagers from outside Ostend can come in only when attended by their burgomasters, and the market hours are limited to Monday and Thursday mornings. All hwses have been taken by the military authorities so only dog carts can 'A be used to bring food into the town.

Butter, eggs, meat and vegetables are i:' cheap but Ostend is without fish because all fishermen have fled to Englard. Fishing would bte impossible because civilians are forbidden to apprcach the coast and the inhabitants v,' oi the houses along the Yser have been expelled.

TJi® railway and electric trams have f'W! stopped for everything except military purposes, and are being used night and day for sending provisions to the front and bringing back the wounded.

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Westende, Dixmude, Schoor, Rams* ,» kapplem, St Picturs, Appel and Men-

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nekensvere and over 150 farms in the neighborhood have been destroyed. Many Wounded Arrive.

Hundreds of wounded Belgians and French are brought to Ostend and those iVho can stand the journey are sent along to Germany. A dozen or mere Germans, dead from their ,v v. ounde, are buried here every day. The v. ounded allies are well cared for by the Germans.

Ostend Is without newspapers, soap, oil, candles and coffee. The Germans have made heavy requisitions, not only of food stuffs in large quantities, uut of cigars and wine, and all available mattresses and covers, as well as clothing, linen, wire and bicycles. For ths property taken the Germans have —'requisition notes amounting to $1,000 000. The hotels are occupied by

German officers. German bands play in the parks every day, but have only the Germans as auditors, because the inhabitants who are left boycott them.

SENTENCED FOR CONTEMPT.

Ohio Mine Striker Loses Appeal From Conviction. GRAFTON, W. Va., Nov. 28.—Judge A. G. Dayton, in the federal district court sitting at Philippi late yesterday, sentenced Paul Scoric to serve six months In the Ohio county jail at Wheeling for violation of an order of the country in connection with the miners' strike at Colliers, W. Va., more than a year ago. Scoric and a number of other strikers and their sympathizers were held to be in contempt of court and given jail sentences. After they had served a part of the time V" an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals was granted and they were released on bond. Recently the appellate court decided against Scoric and he was called in the district court or re-sentence.

STRANDED WARSHIP FLOATED.

Tug* Succeed In Pulling Michigan Off Sandbar. NORFOLK, Va,, Nov. 28.—The battleship Michigan, aground since early f'

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yesterday on a sandbar just inside Cape Henry, was floated by tugs late yesterday. She apparently was unf, damaged, but It was said she would be

I docked for thorough examination. The Michigan, proceeding with other battleships from the southern drill grounds to Hampton Roads, was left stranded by a receding tide. A heavy fog hung over that portion of the bay, but the weather later cleared, and the

Michigan at no time was considered in danger. i"

'CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT.

NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—The statement of the average conditions of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold ?132,423,200 reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is a decrease of $5,466,340 from last week. The figures of last week were corrected to read $137,890,000.

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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

CONRAD PFEIF.

Conrad Pl'oif, 91 vears old, died Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the residence, 1226 South Second street, of general debility after a long Illness. Sir. Pfeif was born in Londorf, Grand Duchy of Hesse, November 19, 4823, and came to America in 1855. He in-st settled in Ulster county, New York, where he lived three years, being married during the first year in America. In 3 855 he came to Terre Haute, where he made his home until the time of his demise. He is survived by a widow, five children, William, Anna ar.d Henry Pfeif, and Mrs. Katherlno Weinbrecht, of this city, and Mrs. Helen Hagedorn, of Kansas City, Mo. eight grandchildren and two

great-grandchildren.

3IRS. R. A. SHADKACH.

By Special Correspondent. WAVELAND, Ind., Nov. 2S.—Mrs. R. A. Shadrach died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. W. Kritz, on Monday afternoon. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas and Elisabeth Yost Ewing and was born in Perry county, Ohio, October 22, 1829. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Kritz and Mrs. Henry B. Liggett, of Omaha, Neb. Her husband died in 1911. Funeral services at the home on Wednesday afternoon wt re'conducted by Rev. F. B. Solln of the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM PENNY.

By Special Correspondent. SULLIVAN, Ind., Nov. 28.—The funeral of William Denny, 78, former clerk of the Sullivan circuit court, was held at the residence at 2 o'clock this afternoon and was conducted by Rev. J. H. Carnes, pastor of the First Methodist church of Seymour, Ind., assisted by Rev. Mr. Toole, pastor of the Sullivan Methodist church. Interment was in Center Ridge cemetery.

MRS. MARY CRABB.

By Special Correspondent. BRAZIL, Ind., Nov. 28.—The funeral of Mrs. Mary Crabb, who died at her home, near Reelsvilio, Thursday night, will be hld from the residence of her son, A. T. Crabb, 140 North Chicago avenue, at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, Rev. Nicoson officiating. Interment at Cottage Hill cemetery.

DENNIS SNBAKLT.

By Special Correspondent. NEWTON, 111., Nov. 28.—Word was received by Mrs. Dennis Snearly from Newton, Ark., Friday morning that ner husband was dead. O. T. Gifford left for that placo at once to ascertain the cause of his death and bring his ren.alns to Hunt City for burial.

WILLIAM LEWIS.

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Nov. 28.—William

Lewis, a German-American veteran of the civil war, aged about 80 years, died at his home in West Newton, Friday morning.

THORNTON HUDDLESTON. By Special Correspondent NEWTON, 111., Nov. 28.—Thornton Huddleston, who has been in ill health for quite a while, died at his home in West Newton Friday morning. He leaves a wife and one child.

RUSSIANS AND TURKS CLASH.

Petrograd Reports Important Engagement West of Juzveran. PARIS, Nov. 28.-11:30 a. m.—A dispatch received hero from Petrograd quotes an official announcement from the headquarters of the Russian army in the Caucasus, as follows: "An important engagement occurred November 27 with a Turkish column to the west of Juzveran. In other sections of this front there have been engagements of only minor importance,"

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QUEEN MAR.1E OF ROUMANIA.

LONDON, Nov. 28.—Reports from Bucharest that Queen Marie, who with her husband succeeded to the Roumanian throne on the recent death of

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neral services will be held at the_ residence Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at the Emmanuel Lutheran church at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery.

JOHN H. HOLMES.

John H. Holmes, a farmer living five miles south of the city on the Canal road' who was stricken with paralysis on the streets Friday, died Saturday morning at 11 o'clck at the Union hospital. He is survived by the widow, Martha E., and four children. Funeral arrangements have not been made.

JOHN McINTYRE.

The funeral of John Mclntyre will be held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 from the family residence, 204 South Eleventh street, and at 3:45 from St. Patrick's church. The interment will be at Woodlawn cemetery.

King Charles, is using her influence to induce Roumania to enter the war in behalf of the allies has created no surprise in London. Her sympathies have always been with England and Russia.

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10,000 Bedonins In British Army In East May Obey Proclamation of Sultan.

England is confronted with the necessity of energetic action, according to advices today from Berlin, to protect her interests in the near east. A report from Cairo to Berlin is to the effect that the movement against British forces in Egypt has assumed formidable proportions, 76,000 Turkish troops being on the march toward the Suez canal. In the hostile army opposed by long lines of British forci.s in trenches it is said there are 10,000 Bedouins. Interest attaches to this report chiefly because of the recent proclamation of the sultan of Turkey calling upon Mohammedans the world over to rise to arms against Great Britain and the other members of the triple entente. Thus far there have been no indications that the proclamation has led to uprisings affecting British interests elsewhere, although on several occasions there have been reports from Berlin of dissension in India.

The.destruction of a tjferman battleship is reported in Paris. The Wllhelm der Grosse is said to have been sunk by a mine in the Baltic, but there was no confirmation of the report.

An official communication from the Russian army of the Caucasus tells of further heavy fighting by the Russian forces which have invaded Turkey.

The situation in Russian Poland was as much of a mystery as ever. Private dispatches from Petrograd made further statements that Russia has overwhelmed the Germans, but they are not confirmed officially. Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander, reports successes in several engagements but says nothing to indicate that the decisive blow has been struck.

On the western battlefields there was continued calm. The British fleet is said to have resumed bombardment of German positions on the Belgian coast. Along the front the fighting apparently was limited to small skirmishes.

GERMAN BATTLESHIP SUNK?

Petrograd Reports Kaiser Wllhelm Der Grosse Destroyed. PARIS, Nov. 28.-2:35 a. m.—A dispatch to the Matin from Petrograd states that it is reported there that the German battleship Wilhelm der Grosse struck a mine and sank in the Baltic, but adds that there is no official confirmation of the rumors.

The battleship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, evidently referred to in the Matin dispatch, is one of Germany's old battleships, having been built in 1901. The warship Is of 10,790 tons displacement, and carries a crew of 658 men. Her main battery Is composed of four 9.4-inch and fourteen 6-inch guns.

AUDACIOUS RUMORED SALVAGED

Guns Reported Taken Off and Battleship Beached. LONDON, Nov. 28.—Persistent rumors are in circulation here that the btttleship Audacious, which was sunk by a mine or a submarine off the north coast of Ireland, on October 27, has been salvaged According to these reports the wrecking vessels of the admiralty succeeded in getting the big guns off the Audacious and afterward beached her. The ship is said to be in condition for repairs and service after a short time. This report may be another myth like the passage of the Russians through England, but It is generally circulated.

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TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE

Sparks Milling Company Keeps Wheels Turning In Preparing Wheat for Shipment.

TIE-UP AT EASTERN PORTS CAUSES CHANGE IN PLANS

Probable That Movement of Flour From Terre Haute Will Not Begin Before Dec. 15—More

Contributions.

Congested conditions in the eastern ports will prevent the shipment of Terre Haute's contribution to the Belgium relief fund before December 15, it was announced by the Sparks Milling company Saturday. Great quantities of wheat and other grains have piled up at the ports around Philadelphia and New York awaiting for exportation and this congestion will not be relieved before the middle of December, according to the word received Friday by the Sparks Milling company.

The work of making the flour which will be shipped from Terre Haute to Belgium to relieve the suffering Belgians is going on at the Sparks mill. Practically all of the flour has been prepared but none has been pla?ed in sacks owing to the lack of information regarding the sacking of the flour. It is thought that special marks will have to be placed on each sack and the officials at the mill are now awaiting word regarding this marking. Special made sacks able to stand rough handling will be used for the flour.

Saturday several late contributions to the fund, which has been conducted under the auspices of The Tribune and the Chamber of Commerce, were received. A mistake in not listing R. A. Baldridge for a donation of one barrel of flour has brought the total to 1,059 instead of 1,058. In addition the following cash contributions were reported Saturday: T. G. D., Marshall, 111., $1 a friend, $2 the Rev. C. E. Williams, $1 Methodist Sunday school, Center Point, Ind., $6 Methodist church, Dennison, 111., $5.

TRY TO BREAK CAMPBELL WILL.

Relatives Attempt to Show Daughter Was Not Legally Adopted. NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—An entry in the register of the parish of a local church showing that James Campbell and Florence Adele Taylor were married on Nov. 5, 1887, was put in evidence here today in the suit brought to break the will of the late Jamea Campbell of St Louis. Mr. Campbell left an estate valued at $1,000,000 to his daughter, Lois Ann Campbell Burkham. Mr. Campbell's sisters, nephews and nieces are contesting the will by apparently trying to prove that Lois Ann Campbell, now Mrs. Elsey G. Burkham, of St. Louis, was a child from a foundlings' home, and not legally adopted.

Another witness testified that marriage records are competent evidence in this state. The depositions are being taken here for use in a suit progressing in St Louis.

HERRICK STARTS FOR HOME.

Retiring Ambassador to France Given Farewells. PARIS, Nov. 28.—10:45 a. m.—Myron T. Herrick, the retiring American ambassador to Paris, accompanied by Mrs. Herrick and the members of his family, left Paris for Havre this morning where they will take the steamer Rochambeau for New York.

A special car was placed at their disposal by the French government for the run from Paris to the coast. Nearly all the Americans remaining in Paris, both men and women, crowded the Invalides station to bid farewell to the retiring diplomat. Among them were William Graves Sharp, who succeeds Mr. Herrick as ambassador. There were present also a number of prominent F"rench officers.

AMERICAN AID IN ENGLAND.

Ship With Philadelphia's Contribution on Way to Belgians. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 28.—A cable message received here today announced the arrival at Falmouth, England, of the Norwegian steamship, Thelma, the first of the two Philadelphia steamers sent to Europe loaded with food and other supplies for the Belgian war sufferers, contributed by the people of this city. The Thelma is bound for Rotterdam and left here November 12. The second ship, the Norwegian steamer Orn, left Wednesday.

STOCKTON TOWNSHIP DRY.

By Special Correspondent LINTON, Ind., Nov. 28.—Stockton township, outside of the city of Linton, which held an option election on Friday, went dry by 22 majority. Eight saloons are effected.

FUNSTON GRANTED LEAVE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—MajorGeneral Funston, who arrived at Galveston with the main expeditionary force that occupied Vera Cruz, will have two months' leave of absence, after Dec. 1.

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Champagne Velvet Sorties The Naves

The man who couldn't sleep sought relief from his doctor. He used to go to bed only to worry and toss and be awake half the night. But now he retires and enjoys a good sound rest sincc his doctor told him to eat a little cheese and crackers with a bottle of Champagne Velvet just before bedtime. This late lunch takes the blood away from his head, the hops in the beer soothe his jangled nerves and he enjoys restful sleep and awakens refreshed.

Do you know the health and comfort that may be found in such a lunch for you?

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ENGLAND FACESTIXES WITH HICK STOICISM

People Almost Welcome Financial Burden That Enables Continuation of War Against Germany.

LONDON, Nov. 20.—(Correspondence of the Associated Press).—England is accepting its new burden of taxation with a stoicism which could only be bred of war conditions. In normal times the announcement of David Lloyd George's latest budget would have caused a storm that would have overthrown the strongest government and probably ten years of cautious advance would not have prepared the people for such radical increase in the burden of taxation.

Even the half penny tax on a glass of beer would likely have caused the death of half a dozen governments and the doubling of the income tax would have met with the fiercest opposition.

But war changes all things, and not the least astonishing thing, is the plan seriously proposed by Arthur Henderson, labor leader In the house of commons, and acquiesced In by the chancellor of the exchequer that workingmen's wages be taxed to replace Indirect taxes, such as tea and sugar duties, which now fall so heavily and unevenly on the working class An income tax on wages and the fl-ee breakfast table has long been a battle ciy of tax reformers but such a proposition would scarcely have been seriously proposed in the house of commons in normal times.

Beer Price Goes Up.

In his discussion of the beer tax, Mr. Lloyd George explained that retail liquor dealers would be authorized to charge one cent more for each half pint of beer. The additional tax on beer by the barrel is $4.11. At the rate of one cent additional on each glass the retailers will realize $5.76 additional on each barrel of beer, leaving a margin of $1.66 to be adjusted between brewers and public housekeepers.

Most of 'the poorer families in England buy their tea by the quarter pound and the additional price dealers will charge per quarter pound is a matter of much discussion. Some officials say the tax might as well have been fixed at eight cents a pound as dealers will inevitably add two cents to the price of each quarter pound.

It Is estimated that between now and Ajpril of next year, the end of the present fiscal year, the additional beer tax will produce $10,260,000, while the tea tax will yield $4,750,000.

ZAPATA KEEPS GOOD ORDER.

Reports of Rioting In Mexico City Are Not Confirmed. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—No mention of outrages upon Spaniards in Mexico City by Zapata troops, such as had been reported to the Spanish ambassador here, were made in dispatches today from the Brazilian minister there. He reported Zapata forces keeping good order and made no referenco to the position of his or Villa's troops.

EMPRESS AT RELIEF STATION.

BERLIN (via London)., Nov. 28.— Empress Augusta Victoria today visited the American relief kitchen which is supported from contributions of the American colony in Berlin and spent half an hour chatting with the two hundred or more beneficiaries gathered at a table there at which they were served by ladies of the colony.

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MAN HONORED WHO PLANNED IDEA OF FLOODING GERMANS

Keeper of Great Nienport Slnioes Is Decorated With Order of King Leopold for Canning.

DUNKIRK, France, Oct. SO.—(Correspondence of the Associated Press.) —The man who planned the flooding of the Germans' positions on the Yser has been decorated witB the order of King Leopold, and la likely to receive some similar recognition from the allied governments.

This man whose name has not been made public is the keeper of the great Nieuport sluices which control the water in the canals and dykes. His position gave him an unrivalled knowledge of the possibilities of Inundating the country, and he pointed out to the Belgian general staff that by using the railway embankment as a dyke and by breaking the canal bank in certain places they could inundate most of the region occupied by the German trenches and advanced gun positions.

His plan was at once adopted. The culverts in the railway embankment were filled with sand and gravel and then the first of the heavy guns was concentrated on points In the canal bank until It burst and the water Bpread out over the fields.

WILSON MAINTAINS POSITION.

Holds to Belief That Suffrage Ic State Question. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—President Wilson again today defined his position on woman suffrage in a letter to Miss Mary M. Childs, a government employe here, reiterating he believed the question to be a state issue. "I am deeply impressed with the wc.man suffrage question," wrote the president, "but I believe It can best be worked out by state rather than by attempting a change In the fundamental law of the nation. Such a change would run too far and too fast ahead of the general public opinion of the cbuntry."

The president will see a delegation of suffragists In the near future but is not expected to change his position.

PAPERS SENT TO SOLDIERS.

Belgians Issue "Trench Editions" for Men At the Front. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—"Trench editions" of Belgian newspapers have reached the Belgian legation here, disclosing the efforts being made to reestablish commuhication between the men on the firing line and their families in territory occupied by the Germans or who have fled to France, Holland or England. Besides the news of the day and humorous remarks aimed at the enemy, the papers carry columns of paragraphs addressed to individual soldiers by company and regimental designation, telling each the whereabouts of his relatives. Each paragraph begs that the soldier "send news."

TURKS ALLOW CODE MESSAGES.

Promise Safety to Communications Between Embassy and Consulates. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Turkey has assured the United States that communication between the embassy at Constantinople and the consulates scattered throughout the country will be rfkfeguarded. Inasmuch as dispatches have been coming through in code from Ambassador Morganthau and other agents in the Ottoman empire, it appears that the vigorous protests of the United States against the proposal of the porte to restrict code communication between neutrals has been effective.

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Reported to Have Changed Bast From South American to the Northern Waters.

TAOOMA, Wash., Nov. 28.—That*' German cruisers which had been operating off the coast of South America had changed their base to the Aleutian Islands and were patrolling the trade route between Puget Sound and the orient was the report brought today by the Japanese liner Tacotna Mlaru, in pert from Yokohoma.

While crossing the Pacific the Tacoma Maru received a wireless dispatch from the Chicago Maru, westbound, stating that. German warships were in the area between the ,180th and 190th meridians. The Chicago Maru reported she had altered her course to avoid capture. Precautions were taken aboard the Tacoma Maru which, for three nights, proceeded without a light showing.

This news of the alleged presence of German warship in northern waters is given little credence. Since the outbreak of the war there has been more or less hysteria in shipping circles and war craft of various nationalities have beien reported in widely separated parts of the Pacific ocean.

SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 28.—British Columbia officials class as ridiculous the report that there are German v'arships along the trade route iii the Pacific. According to their latest advices the German Pacific squadron has not yet left Chilean waters.

CZAR GETS U. S. AVIATOR.

Charles C. Witmer Will Instruct Russian School At Sebastopol. DECATUR, I1L, Nov. 2 8 Charles C. Witmer, an American aviator, today notified relatfves here of his appoint-j ment to the Russian airship corps with headquarters at Sebastopol. He is already on his way to Vancouver, B. C., where he will cross to Japan.

Witmer was in Russia three years ago, and at that time gave some instructions to the czar's airmen. He says Russia has f.nished building 200 aeroplanes for use in the war. Witmer was formerly located in Chicago.

HARVESTER CO. TO APPEAL.

CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Edward Bancroft, general counsel for the International Harvester company, said today that the appeal of the harvester company from the dissolution order of the United States district court was being perfected and would be filed on January 1. The decree dissolving the company was entered in St. Paul last August.

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