Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 July 1915 — Page 2

COMMISSIONERS KEPT

Ten New Roads Will Be Completed In County During Summer Months.

With the contracts let for ten gravel roads throughout the various town ships of the county and with work on most of them begun, the county commissioners, Henry A. Cullen, William Altekruse and Frank Hutchinson, are on the road almost every day making inspections in order to ascertain if the work is being done according to the specifications. The force of the county surveyor Is also being pushed to top speed in order to supply stakes for the new improvements.

The gravei road improvements are scattered through seven townships and before the year is over the commissioners aim to have good roads installed in the remaining townships. The roads and the townships in which they are located are the Trltt road, Fayette Arthur Bowen road, Prairie Creek John Arbuckle, Prairieton Jc.hn Smith, Prairieton W. Thompson, Riley Aaron Moon, Pierson William Collins, Fayette John D. Hunt, Lost Creek A. F. Pothast, Sugar Creek J. W. Thorp, Sugar Creek.

Money for New Roads.

Only the most efficient work and co-operation between the county commissioners and the county treasurer's office makes the improvement possible. From the time the contracts are let until the money is received for the bends and the work on the road begun by the contractors all parties work for efficiency and this week a record was set when the money for the Tritt road was received from the Farmers' National bank of Rockport within four days from the time the transcript was sent to the bank for examination.

The commissioners recently let the contract for a new elevator at the court house and work on it is now pending.

Saturday was the last day of the present term and was spent in winding

up routine business, such as approving bills and granting liquor licenses.

The county court house will be all decorated for July 4, according to the commissioners, and flags have been purchased for the event. The purchases were made Friday afternoon and a large flag will adorn the flag poleB and each of the windows.

Start Road Monday.

The Illinois Construction company, which has tho contract for the Tritt road, will begin work Monday morning, the money having arrived Friday, while M. C. Lloyd & Sons, who have the contract for the Bowen road ih Prairie Creek township, will also begin work Monday.

County Surveyor Anderson said Saturday "The commissioners are making good on their pledges for good gravtl roads throughout the county and you can say that with the close of the present season Vigo county will have the best lot of roads in her history. The commissioners deserve credit for the manner ia which they arl sticking to the task.*

COMPANY ON MARCH.

Officers of Company announced Saturday that all the members of the ccfnpany are expected to be at the Jirmory at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning to start on the practice march to Forest park. The company will remain at the park during Sunday and Monday.

MAYOR ORDERS CLEAN-TJP. ______ Mayor Gossom Saturday heard that firemen had been abused when they told the proprietor of the Star Liquor store at 918 Wabash avenue to clean up his premises. The mayor visited the place and gave rush orders orders for the tenants to obey the firemen.

NO FIRE CRACKERS, BUT HYMNS.

Children's day will be observed at the Montrose M. E. church Sunday, for which a special program has been arranged by Mrs. Will Barnes and Mrs. George Greenleaf. Dr. J. C. Vaughn will direct the choral singing.

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Petrograd claims that a Russian submarine obtained a heajvy bag of merchant ships in the Black sea.

London again has been encouraged by the report from Gen. Sir Ian Ham ilton, commander-in-chief of the British land forces operating against the Dardanelles, stating that the French troops also have advanced until the Anglo-French line is almost straight. This report is countered, however, by the claim from Constantinople that the .British were forced back into their original positions.

Activity along the western front has again subsided with a check to the last German attack in the Argonne.

The Austro-German armies are steadily advancing on the east front, with Field Marshal Von Mackenzen drawing near to Lublin, which might be termed one of the outlying defenses of Warsaw.

PETROGRAD CLAIMS VICTORY.

Says German Warships Were Compelled to Flee. PETROGRAD, July 3.—When the Russian naval squadron in the Baltic gave battle to Ave German cruisers and a flotilla of torpedo boats off the east coast of Gothland on July 2 one German cruiser was beached and the other warships were put to flight, according to an official statement issued today by the Russian admiralty, under date of July 2. The damage to the Russian cruisers, the statement adds, was insignificant.

The text of the statement follows: "This morning (July 2) along the parallel of the Oestegarn light house on the east coast of the Island of Gothland, our cruisers encountered in a fog two of the enemy's light cruisers and some torpedo boats and engaged them in battle. "At 9 a. m. a German cruiser, badly damaged, lowered her flag and ran ashore. The other cruiser and the torpedo boats fled. "At 10 o'clock our squadron encountered the armored cruiser Roon, one light cruiser and one torpedo boat and renewed the battle. "At 10:30 o'clock the enemy begaji to retire toward the south. During the retreat the enemy was joined by another light cruiser. This vessel was attacked by our cruisers atid fled. At 11:30 o'clock the pursuit ceased. "After the battle our squadron was unsuccessfully attacked by submarines. "The damage to our cruisers was quite insignificant."

PETROGRAD, July S.—The activity of a Russian submarine in tho Black sea is recounted in an official statement issued by the admiralty today. The undersea boat sank two Turkish steamers and one sailing ship, with cargoes of coal and provisions and then exchanged shots with three armored schooners off the mouth it the Bosphorus, driving them ashore.

PAfffi SAYS ARMENIAN ... WAS IN WAR SERVICE

Cables That Torpedoed Vessel Had Been "Requisitioned," But Line Says It Was Released.

WASHINGTON, July 3.—Ambassador Page, at London, cabled the state department today that the British steamer Armenian, torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, had been "requisitioned" by the British government but that the requisition had been cancelled before she sailed from Newport News. The status of the ship as heretofore understood, however, is unchanged, as the dispatch not yet made public does not clear up the question of charter.

The dispatch says the Leyland line manager reported to the American consul at Liverpool that there were no passengers aboard the Armenian and that all who perished were employed as muleteers.

The line reported that prior to her last voyage the Armenian had been requisitioned by the British government but that the requisition had been cancelled before she sailed from Newport News, although the ship had not then been put back on the regular sailing list of the company. Some details on questions not yet cleared up were withheld by the state department.

WILD MAN IS TAIMED.

Promises to Go Back to Carnival and Stay There. Joe Redick, 60 years old, colored, perhaps better known to those who have attended the carnival as the "Wild Man," was before Judge Newton in City Court Saturday morning charged with (vagrancy, but was given his freedom when he promised to go back to the carnival company and continue to be wild.

Joe left the carnival Friday, saying he was tired of the life, and was going back to his home at Evaneville. He got as far as Tenth and Oak streets, where he scared the residents because of the rings he wore in his nose and ears. Bicyclemen Weeks and Thompson went to arrest him, and he played the part of the wild man until the patrol wagon hove into sight, when he raised up and said, "When the police calls for dat wagon, I reckon my crazy gag ain't no good any more."

The bicyclemen tried to prevail upon him to wear the rings into court Saturday morning, but Joe said he thought the Judge would think better of him if he left them off.

PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED.

Notifications have 'been sent out by the county auditor to all property owners whose assessments on Improvements of their property have been raised by the board of reviews. The board has been busy almost since the beginning of the session, June 7, working on the matter of improvements and a long list has been compiled of those property owners who have been

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TERRE HE MINERS ASK FEDERAL PROBE

Pass Resolutions Against Treatment Accorded Union (Men In Colorado Coal Fields.

Local union 953, of the United Mine Workers, Friday night at a meeting, framed a protest against the treatment of the miners in Colorado by the state and military government. The following resolutions were prepared:

Local union No. 953, U. M. W. of A., in regular session assembled, respectfully represents that it has closely followed the occurrences in Colorado. During the last two years we nave taken keen interest in the coal miners' strike with the attending ruthless destruction of life and property, as shown in the Ludlow massacre: we have compared the procedure in the trial of Lieut. E. K. Linderfelt by military court, witjv^a trials of John R. Lawson and Lewis Zancannelll we have followed the hearings by the federal commission on industrial relations, touching upon the Colorado situation: and it Is our firm conviction that there exists in Colorado a government that meets out two kinds of administration, one condoning the crimes of the rich, another of brutal terror to the poor.

We. as members of local union No. 953, U. M. W. of A., present for your earnest consideration that every possible effort be made by the government of the United States to prevent tht» repetition of the travesty on justice, wiiich resulted in the conviction of Lawson, Zancannelli, Robb and others. This can t-e done by convicting and removing from office those responsible for these irregular convictions, and those who were elected to office by fraud and violence, the latter to be accomplished by the same methods as those employed by the department of justice at Terre Haute, Ind.. our own city, with such conspicuous success.

We further declare this to be our firm conviction, that no effort should be spared to bring about the indictment of all against whom proof of guilty knowledge has been presented before the commission on industrial relations and the congressional committee on the Colorado strike.

We look with horror upon these criminal usurpations of government and earnestly demand on behalf of our innocent fellow workers, sentenced to Jail for life and starving workers driven from their only means of subsistance in violations of every principle of law, that the government of the United States ot'ey the mandate of the constitution and restore a republican form of government to tho state of Colorado.

Members of committee.. T. J. LEE, DAVTD THOMAS,

WILLIAM GREGG, Local union No. 958.

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PARIS, July 3.—Members of the family of Gen. Porflrlo Diaz have not yet determined what arrangements will be made for the funeral of the late president of Mexico, except that they will bo of simple character. The for-: mer president died last night as the result oi a complication of diseases due to advanced age.

General Diaz, during his four years' residence in Paris, made few acquaintances among the French people. He received a good many Mexicans, especially when he first came to France.

Ho always was absorbed in the news from Mexico but became more and more distressed by the disorders there as his friends by letter and In person gave him pessimistic accounts of the conditions and the destruction of his institutions.

It does not appear that General Diaz ever regretted his resignation from the'' presidency of Mexico after thirty years of rule nor that he felt inclined to return nor missed his loss of power. Only once, so far as is known, did the general endeavor directly to influence Mexican affairs. That was when he allowed two of his friends to use his name in recommending to Gen. Victorlano Huerta, when the latter was provisional president of the republio, that he yield to the desires of President Wilson.

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN PASTOR GIVEN FORMAL RECEPTION

Civic and Religious Organizations Welcome to City Rev. J. Boyd Jones.

Representatives of civic and religious organizations attended the formal reception given at the Central Christian church Friday night for the Rev. J. Boyd Jones, the new pastor of the church, and his wife. Chester Fidlar was master of ceremonies. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers. Following the reception refreshments were served.

The Rev. L. O. Blake spoke in behalf of the Ministerial association. He extended a hearty welcome to the new pastor. He was followed by the Reiv. W. O. Rogers, the Rev. Ewald Sommerlatte, the Rev. Cross and the Rev. L. C. Talmage, members of the association. Spencer F. Ball, president of the Chamber of Commerce, gave greetings for that body, and W. A. Braden spoke for the Manufacturers' club. Charles Walker, president of the Young Business Men's club, followed Mr. Braden. Mr. Fidlar spoke in behalf of the church, and called upon Mr. Jones.

The Rev. Mr. Jones thanked the speakers for their greetings, and expressed confidence In the city and its people. His address was received enthusiastically.

CHARGES CONTRACT VIOLATED.

Grocer Asks Injunction to Stop Opening of Store. Charging that provisions of a contract have been violated and that his former partner was intending to begin in business within five blocks of his own place of business, Charles Laham, grocer at 117-119 Wabash avenue has filed a petition for a permanent injunction against Mike Azzar. Laham alleges that according to the agreement made when he bought Azzar's interest in the present store, Azzar was not to start in business within five blocV|- of him for a period of flv» yean* will

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justice of the peace w*ho had questioned the man about the shooting, Jlolt signed the communication "F. Holt, Dallas, Tex., and Ithaca."

The statement reads: "My motive in coming here wa3 to try to force Mr. Morgan to use his influence with the manufacturers of munitions in the United States, and with the millionaires who are financing the war loans, to have an embargo put on shipments of war munitions so as to relieve the American people from complicity in the death of thousands of our European brothers. "If Germany should be able to buy munitions here we would, of course, positively refuse to sell to her. The reason that the American people have not as yet stopped the shipments seems to be that we are getting rich out of this traffic but do we not get enough prosperity out of non-contraband shipments, and would it not be better for us to make what money we can without causing the slaughter of thousands of Europeans? "I am very sorry I had to cause the Morgan family this upleasantness, but I believe that if Mr. Morgan would put his shoulder to the wheel he could accomplish what I have endeavored to do. Of course I did not want to injure Mr. Morgan, as I wanted him to do the work I could not do. I hope he will do his share anyhow. We must stop our participation in the killing of Europeans and God will take care of the rest."

Holt was held on an assault charge. There was no formal arraignment. Justice of the Peace Luister questioned the prisoner. 1

He said that he had ho quarrel with Mr. Morgan personally but felt that the time had come for the war to end. It was becoming more and more unbearable, he said, and it was his firm belief that he should go to Mr. Morgan and ask him to end it. This, he knew Mr. Morgan could accomplish, he said, because of his great influence. "I wanted to see Mr. Morgan and to reason with him," the man said. "I have nothing against him.,r

WAR LOANS RESPONSIBLE?

Wall Street Wonders How Much Activities Figured in Shooting. NSW YORK, July 3.—When the news of the shooting of Mr. Morgan reached financial circles in New York the question was raised as to whether the financier's activities in connection with the European war had anything to do with the motive of the attack uipon him. Tre house, of J: P. Morgan & Cowas the purchasing'agent of the British government for munitions and supplies bought in this country. I

It was only this morning that the announcement had b6en made in New: York newspapers of details of a plan of a group of bankers of which Mr. Morgan ^vas one of the leaders for the flotation in thifi country of $100,000,000 of the new British war loan. In Manch! Mr. Morgan crossed the ocean on a mission which he did hot disclose, but which was generally supposed tu be the arranging of credits in this coun-1 try for Great Britain.

The arrangement under which the Morgan firm was appointed commer-1 cial agent of the British government in the United States during the war( was widely criticised. On tho onei hand it was not met with satisfaction among a large number of American contractors for supplies. They complained that in some cases they were rivals of the Morgan firm in special lines of commerce. In England the I criticism of the arrangement was carried into parliament and only yesterday it was debated there.

Lord Grlnthorpe, a banker of the house of lords, urged that Canada should have the preference in the order for shells and added that "one reason why more orders are not solng to Canada is that the big shadow of an interloper stands between her and tho government."

Earl Curzon, lord of the privy seal, replying to this speech, informed the house that the Morgan company was acting as British agent on a commission of only one per cent. "Within the past 48 hours," he said, "I have seen testimony from the highest authority that the Morgan arrangement has assured us the highest efficiency and economy and has been most beneficial to both government and the country."

SENDS WORD TO MOTHER.

Financier Says He Doesn't Think Wound la Serloua. GLEN COVE, N. Y„ July 3.—Mr. Morgan apparently did not consider himself seriously wounded. When it was reported that he was shot, the Morgan house was the target of a volley of telephone calls. The first of these calls was. answered by Mr. Morgan, w.ho calmly told of the shooting and added that he did not think it amounted to very much.

Soon after he was shot he insisted on having a telephone extension brought to his side and over the wire he talked with his mother, assuring her that he was not dangerously wounded and telling her she need not worry about his condition. He wished her to hear the nfews from his own lips first.

Doesn't Know Holt.

AUSTIN, Tex., July 3.—Acting President W. J. Battle, of the University of Texas declared here today that he had no record whatever of having retained a man by the name of Frank Holt, for any department of the university, and he had never heard of such a man.

Not Now in Ithaca.

ITHACA, N. Y., July 3.—Frank Holt Is not in Ithaca, and was believed here to be in New York City. He has been an instructor at Cornell during the past year, coming here from a university in West Virginia. He Is of German descent but not birth, it is stated. He is described as about 35 years old, tall, sparsely built, dark hair, large features and married. He is not a Cornell graduate and was to go to the University of Texas next fall as a professor.

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MAYOR fiOSSON TAKES UP PROBLEM OE JITNEY

Advisory Board Goes Over Situation, and JWill Recommend Some Effective Regrulation.

The advisory board, six members string* I. W. Richardson, Jr. and Gh&rles T. Nehf being absent, met in the office of Mayor Gossom Friday afternoon and discussed matters of civic and public interest and importance, most of the time being taken up with discussion of the jitney problem. It was decided that the proper thing to do is to lay the jitney buss matter before the council and board of safety for regulation,

In the absence of Chairman Richardson, 'Spencer F. Ball presided as temporary chairman.

Mayor Gossom Saturday was trying to get into communication with Manager T. F, Grover, of the traction company, relative to a car whioh is operated by the company between Nineteenth and Twenty-fifth streets on Locust street free of charge and in charge of but one man. The mayor said he had learned that children were allowed to ride on this car and that one instance of a ithree year-old child riding on the running board had been called to his notice. He said he cared not if the car was run free of charge but said the public and especially the children must be protected.

CAR VICTIM SUES COMPANY.

Asks $10,000 for Injuries Received in Collision. Charging negligence on the part of the employes of the company, which resulted in his injury, August A. Farr brought suit for $10,000 damages against the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company Saturday morning. Farr alleges that on Sept. 15, 1913, he was riding a motorcycle on 'South Eleventh street about 7 o'clock in the morning. He says he slowed down on nearing Wabash avenue to four miles an hour, and when he heard or saw nothing, started across the track. He was struck by an interurban which he alleges was traveling at high speed. He says he suffered bruises about the body, a cut across the head, and the loss of two fingers, which were cut off. W. S. Danner and C. S. Batt are his attorneys.

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SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS EMPLOYES FOR YEAR

New Salary Schedule Providing Day of Eight Honrs May Be Adopted At Next Meeting.

With one exception all of the Janitors and other employes of the city schools were .re-elected for the year beginning in August at the regular meeting of the board of educatiion on Friday night. Mrs. Pauline Edwards, one of the janitors, was the only employe not re-elected. Thomas Gwyn, superintendent of buildings and grounds, recommended that Mrs. Edwards be left off of the list for insubordination. At the next meeting of the board a salary schedule for all employes will be presented by Mr. Gwyn.

The new salary schedule "will provide for a working day of eight hours. The Janitors and employes will be paid at the rate of not less than 25 cents an hour nor more than 36 cents an hotir, according to the. number of years they have been in service. The minimum for office assistants will be $50 a month and the maximum will be $80 a month. Ora D. Davis, attorney for the board, informed the members at the meeting that the employes of the school city would be classified under the employes' liability law.

Mrs. Sallie Hughes, librarian of the Emellne Fairbanks Memorial library, reported that 19,001 books had been distributed by the library and branohe3 during the month. A bid for newbooks for the library was given to A. Herz at a price of $1,500.

MAKE LABOR DAT PLANS.

A meeting to prepare for th6 annual Labor day celebration will be held on Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Central Labor Union hall, 624% Wabash avenue. The Building Trades' council will affiliate with the C. L. U. The committee of the central body is Ed S. Bruning, chairman John Latshaw, Byron Martin, John ChamberIain and Harry McCabe.

SMOKEHOUSE TAKES FIRE.

The headquarters fire company was called to Bressett's grocery, Twelfth street and Wabash avenue, about 9:30 o'clocK Saturday morning to extinguish a small blaze In the smoke house caused by some prongs which held meat lowering into the fire.

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mit anyone into the building and search was made, but no one of a suspicious character wa3 found. Mr. Woods dor clared that If an explosive substance of any kind had been placed in the room the guilty party nao not intended any great damage to the building. If a bomb, it was not large enough to damage the construction of the buildin®. Mr. Woods asserted that if it was a bomb it had been placed there by some crank.

Some officials of the capital expressed, the opinion that tiie explosion might hftye-been perpetrated by some one a prdtest agiinst the policies^ of the

American government. Expert to Conduct Probe. A preliminary inquiry having failed to reveal the cause of the explosion. Superintendent Woods ordered an Investigation by an expert in explosives.

After a hurried examination Mr. Woods estimated that the damage would not exceed 600. It Is believed, however, that complete investigation will show the damage Jo be much greater.

Crowds made their way early today to Capitol hill in the hope of seelhg thd wrecked portion of the majestic buildin®. They were doomed to disappointment, however, because the big doors to the building were closed to visitors pending the inquiry into the cause of the explosion.

The explosion' "oCtftifFed At '-"11:40 o'clock last night and -not iftfthy persons were aware of what happened until today.

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