Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 July 1915 — Page 1

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FIRST SIX MONTHS, 1915.

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SANE FOURTH REDUCES LIST OF ACCIDENTS

Eight Persons Killed and 177 Hurt as Compared to Nine and 601 in '-H 1914.

QUIET CELEBRATION HERE CAUSES ONLY MINOR HURTS

Fire Loss Throughout Country Also Proves Less Than Last Year— Fireworks and Toy Pistols

Lead In Toll.

Bight persons w«r© killed and one hundred ajad seventeen injured as a result of EVmrth of July celebrations throughout the nation yesterday, according to figures compiled from reports frozn all over the country. In 1314 the total number of victims was nine killed and six hundred and one Injured. ^The ftre loss, due to aocldents combln'ed with the use of explosives yesterday •was $«6,'6J0 as compared to the loss of $?6,035 last year.

Persons injured yesterday were victims of various kinds of noise making instruments. The causes of injuries, as known, were Are workB, 60 cannon, Xt: ftre arms, 19 gun powder, 25 torpedoes, 14 toy pistols, 36 runaways, 8 bomb canes, 3-

In Terre Haute, the safe and sane plan of celebrating the Fourth of July decreased the number of accidents. No fatalities were reported either Sunday or Monflpy. Physicians reported a quiet day. Druggists said there were few calls for liniment and soothing medicines for burns*. •Toy Pistol Claims One.

The first victim of the Fourth was Leo SmaJ|,_40 years old, J5S6 W^odlfy avenue, wfto shot himself Sbith a toy pistol Saturday. Dr. Joseph Frisz attended thfe boy and reported his injuries are not, expfected to prove serious. As the result of the accident the police arrested J^mfes B. Nosier, Ht years old, on the .charge .of selling- tireArms to minors. Hds case was called in City 6ourt Monday morning and was continued until Tuesday morning.

Elton Ossley. Ave years old, was painfully burned at his home near Eighth and McKeen streets when his tlothing caught fire from a "sparkler." The boy probably owes his life to his presence of mind In rolling over the grass to extinguish the flames.

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Ferguson burned four fingers on his right hand Sunday at Seelyville while lighting fire crackers for his children with a cigar. The wounds are not serious.

Dorothy Tevlin, a 6-year-old girl, was injured Sunday at her home, near Eleventh and Seabury streets, when a firecracker, thrown by some boys, exploded near her. Dr. D. H. Forsythe was called and found that wounds near her eyes were not dangerous.

The police Monday arrested Joe Cannon, a hardware dealer, and sent him to jail in default of a $500 bond for selling fire arms to Michael Bweeney, a 13 year old boy. Patrolman Gary Thompson made the arrest on Information furnished by the boy.

At polioe headquarters there wero no accidents reported during Sunday or Mtonday morning. The efforts of the department were directed to prevent the "sale of dangerous firearms to •mall children and in this the police were successful There were no fires 8onday or Monday. Few similar holidays hanne ervw been as quiet, both police and Are department officials

CELEBRATE IN NEW YORK.

Thousands Take Part In Amerleanizaatlon Day Ceremonies. N"E)w YORK, July

5.—This

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official celebration of Independence day today comprised an unusually varied Met of events.

Features of the afternoon and evening program were the Americanization day meeting in the stadium of the college of the city of New York, where thousands of immigrants admitted to (Citizenship here within the last year were to be addressed by federal and spate representatives and numerous suffrage meetings and dancing fetes !n the streets.

The Americanization day celebration was a part of the general plan approved by President "Wilson to hold similar meetings today throughout the country.

The most notable of the suffragist demonstrations was the journey to the statue of Liberty planned for late this afternoon when 100 suffragist leaders would listen to the reading of women's appeals direct to the men of New York and protesting against political discrimination against women. This also was read at a large number of street meetings conducted by ""suffragists.

FOURTH AT CAPITAL.

Varied Assortment of Events Sched. uled on Day's Program. I WASHINGTON, July 5.—Independence day was quief|y observed here today. In the abse ice of President

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U. S. WEATHER REPORT.

TEMPERATURE RECORD JULY 5. 6 a. 55 9 a. 68

LOCAL. COMMTIOIV5 AT 7 A. M., JULY 5. 1»1S. Temperature, 59 highest temperature yesterday. 65 lowest temperature last night, 53: prepi ation, 0: dire on of in west velocity of wind,. 8 miles per a of weather, clear relative humidity, 76 per cent.

FORECAST.

OTHER LOCAL REPORTS. River stage—1.6 feet.

HAZE DONN IN

Dispatch Explains Why Terre Hante's Former Mayor is Working in Prison Laundry

HE INSISTED ON EXTRA SERVICE ON HIS WASHING

Prisoners Yold Him How to Get It and Plan Failed to Work— Others in Good

Standing.

The St. Louis Globe Democrat had a long story Sunday relative to the Terre Haute prisoners in Leavenworth. It said that Rtayor Roberts had been "haied" by th£ other prisoners arid is now working in the laundry in the prison. The account rei^d:

LEAVENWORTH, Kam, "July -T£— Being mayor 1ft

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Letters of protest from relatives and friends of the Terre Haute man have made no difference. Mayor Roberts is still working in the prison laundry. Other Terre Haute prisoners have caused prison officials no trouble.

To begin with, Roberts would, not. stay in the superintendent's office and would be found in the hallway, in the dining room and other places without a permit. He seemed unable to grasp the fact told him time after time that he- must abide by prison rules.

Then the prisoners took a hand, officials believe. The sheets at the prison are perfectly clean, but are not as white when they leave the laundry as those In the home of Roberts at Terre Haute. "If you take jour bedclothes over to the laundry in the morning," said a prisoner one evening, "and call for Jones he will wash them with soms special soap that will bleach them out more."

So the next morning the ex-mayor picked up his bedclothes, walked out into the hall and across the prison yard. A guard stopped him and asked him where he was going. 'Tm taking these sheets over to get them washed," he replied.

The next morning Roberts began work in the laundry and is endeavoring to whiten the sheets. Roberts is not looked upon as a man who is desirous of stirring up trouble, but he is nervous and can't get accustomed to prison rules. In time, it is believed, he will be assigned to a different job.

Warden Morgan was asked what was in the report in one of the Terre Haute papers that Roberts is losing his mind. The garden replied, "Yes, Donn is crazy like a fox."

ARREST LEN PETERS FOR TILTING THE LID

Len Peters, saloonkeeper at Third and Eagle streetB was arrested about 7 o'clock Monday morning bj' Patrolmen Vanpool and Burk and sent to jail charged with selling liquor on Sunday. The officers were looking for him most of Sunday but could not locate him. He is charged with selling a half pint of whisky to Patrick

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different proposition from bfeingrrtay*6f of Terre Haute. Such ife a disGovety made by Fx-Mfeyor Donn Roberts.

Especially iS this true when the prisoners don't give a rap whether you are mayor or not and haze you just the same. Major Roberts began prison life as a right-hand man for Superintendent of Construction William Carroll. He is nbw working in the prison laundry And will remain there until Warden Morgan decides that he has become acclimated, so to speak, with prifeon discipline.

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35 years old, who is being held in Jail as a witness. Attorney Orph M. Hall represented Peters and asked that the case be continued until Tuesday morning. The court granted the request.

Earl Rood, detective hired by Mayor Gossom to watch the saloons, was busy Sunday, but Monday morning had made no complaints against any saloonmen.

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THE TERRE HAUTE

ENGLISH UNER IS ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE

Angl California^ Reaches Port With Twelve Bead and Eight Injured on Board.

AUSTRIAN ATTACKS FAIL ALONG ITALIAN BORDERS

Rome Official Statement Reports Continuance of Heavy Artillery Engagements With all Assaults Repulsed.

LONDON, July 5.—The British ship Anglo-Californian of 7,333 tons gross, bound from' Montreal, arrived at Queensto'wn today with a number of dead on board as the result of being shelled by a German submarine. Twelve men were killed on the AngloCalifornian including the captain. Eight injured men were landed at Queenstown.

ROME, July 5.—The following official statement was issued tonight at the headquarters of the Italian general staff: "In the reigion of the Tyrol-Trentlno and Carnia there has been a continuance of artillery actions supported by small Italian detachments pushing toward the front. The Henzel fort w&a reached a number of times yesterday. "Supported by continuous artillery fire the enemy attempted to retake last night trenches on the northern slope of Val Grande occupied by our Alpine troops on July 2. This attack, like those preceding it was repulsed. "Our adversary renewed yesterday with particular violence counter-at tacks against several lines of positions conquered thV'dariroVpifcfMkO In-Soite of- the fire of -mfcehine guns %nd artillery these counter attacks .were fepUl&fc'd with iie&vy lois^s. dap tufed 300' £rlfconer& t*-o field cannort. guns and munitions. According to prisoners the Austrian losise3, especially from our artillery fire, have been seriouk In the last few days."

PARIS, July

5.—The

French war of

fice this afternoon gave out a state ment on the progress of hostilities reading-as follows:

"In the region to the north of Arras two attempts at attack on the part of the enemy, preceeded each by a violent bombardment, were checked by us at about 10 o'clock last"1 night. "One was directed particularly against our position in front of Souchez. The Germans came out several different times from their trenches, armed with grenades and bombs. We, however, compelled them to withdraw, leaving many dead on the ground. The other took place at 'The Labyrinth,' but it was at. once stopped.

NEW ARMY OFFICER HERE.

Captain Keesling Relieves Lieutenant Cooper at Local Recruiting Station. Captain J. L. Keesling arrived Monday to relieve Lieut. Hiram Cooper, who has been in charge of the United States army recruiting station in Terre Haute for the last two years. Captain Keesling has been stationed at San Diego, Cal., where he was detailed at the Panama-Pacific exposition. He is from the coast artillery.

NEGLECTED FAMILY, CHARGE. John Lamb, arrested some time ago charged with failure to support his wife and children, was again arrested Sunday on a similar charge. In City Court Monday morning Lamb represented by Attorney Owens promised he would take care of his family and was released.

FINED FOR RUNNING GAME.

Charles Mitchell, salonkeeper at Fourth and Ohio streets, faced Judge Newton in Citj' Court Monday morning charged with keeping a gaming house, having been arrested Saturday evening. He pleaded guilty to the charge and received the minimum fine of $10 and costs.

EVERY WEDNESDAY y'

SUBURBAN DAY]

Terrel Haute.

Ihf Retail Merchants' iwaciatlon Ima arranged to kav« ev*ry Weduesdny Suburban un«l hai aeeared the co. oprrntton of all merchants In tbc city to mnke that abopplns day hue for the people within the liuyln* rndiua of Terre Haute.

The Trlbnne will he a directory to the Suburban day a renin a. Watch The Trtbaae and keep posted whet* to IH»k» TA«P s"«i

"WATCH THE TRIBUNE GROW."

TERRE HAUTE, IND., MONDAY, JULY 5,1915.

Immediately' after the fhoot'np: of J. Pieryonl Mcrxan at his coantrv homo ai Glen Cove, N. Y.. by a man wh s?a.vrhis rnune anil occunaiion as Victur Holt, an instructor at Cornell univerit ii as a an a rested.,The picture shows, left to right, Deputy Slit-iilf Frank McOahill. KoU and Eeputy Sheriff Theodore W. Campbell. ,"

TO DEiTHJNGEORCIA

Others \re Missing After Lynching Bee, Following Murder of Young White Farmer.

MACON. OSj., July

are known to have been shot to death by a mob- last night at Round Oak and Wayside, villages near here, and the authorities today began a search for others who are missing.

Telephone wires leading to the villages were cut last night and news of the lj'nchlngs did not become known here until early today when sheriff's deputies arrived with three negroeswho are being held in connection with the killing of Silas Turner, a young farmer, whose death precipitated the outbreak of race feeling.

Turner went yesterday to the home of W. H. King, a negro near Round Oak, to collect a bill from one of the several negroes who were there. A dispute occurred during which Turner was shot. The negroes then fled. Turner's bodjr was found later by friends who were searching for him. Plans Were made to avenge his death and, according to the sheriff's deputies, fully 500 persons composed the mob.

The three negroes brought here gave their names as Will Gordon, Squire Thomas and Scott Farrar. All deny that they had had any connection with Turner's death. They were found by the officers before the mob learned of their whereabouts.

The following dispatch appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer Sundaj-

"WASHINGTON, July 3.—John Mas^ 'ink, one of the men serving time for ispiracj' in the Terre Haute election fi auds, will not be paroled unless the attorney-general follows the unexpected course of overriding the paroht board. The parole board has reached an adverse conclusion In Masselink's case. While every case is considered on its own merits, the finding against Masselink is believed to forecast the decisions in the eight or nine other cases of Ma3selink'3 associates, who will be eligible for parole In August."

EUROPE CALLS FOR STOCK. U. S. Blooded Cattle to be Shipped at Close of War.

CHICAGO, July 5.—America has been called upon to replenish Europe's stock of blooded cattle, It was announced today by the National Dairy Council which made public plans for exporting stock at the close of the war. English Guernsey cows will be shipped to England, Dutch Friesans to Holland and Jersey cattle to the Isle of Jersey.

The National Dairy Council, and organization comprising the twenty-five branches of the American dairy industry will open permanent headquarters here and conduct campaigns for the future prevention nf v-'"?ups. -J

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Morgan's Assailant Being Arrested After the

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In the accontpp-^ring illustration are t'hown two striking photographs of J. Pio.rpmt Mc-rgan, who was shot down by an assassin's buUet in his summer home at Glen Cove, N. Y.

SAYS JOHN MASSELINK WILL NOT BE PAROLED PANIC ABOARD VESSEL AS FIRE BREAKS OUT

2,000 Passtngers on Lake .Steamer in Disorder When Blaze is Found in Saloon Wall.

CHICAGO. July 5.—Life preservers were hastily adjusted to frightened women and children who formed the majority of the 2 000 passengers on the steamship Christopher Columbus when the boat, bound for Chicago from Milwaukee caught fire thirty-five miles oft this port last night, according to reports of passengers today.

The flr3t passenger, to notice the fire, which was confined to a wall in the saloon, shouted "'fire." The ship's officers had considerable difficulty in restoring order, it was declared. The blaze was quickly extinguished with a small loss.

PRESS CONGRESS CONVENES.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 5.— Newspaper men from all parts of the world are here today for the international press congress, winch will assemble at the Panama-Pacific exposition tomorrow, and continue until July 10.

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Shooting of Financier at Glen Cove, New York

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ALLEN ASKS POLICE TO HELP Eli BOY

Nephew Returning Home Disappears After Leaving Train and Has Not Been Seen Since.

Police were asked Monday to assist Albert Allen, business director of the city schools, in locating his nephew, Harold Jones, 14 years old. The boy was last seen on the Vandalia train which arrived in Terre Haute from the west at 8 o'clock Sunday night. He failed to appear at home. "Harold went to Illinois to visit his mother, Mrs. Frank C. Jones, a sister oi ny wife and was to return Sunday night," said Mr. Allen. "The conductor on the train, a man named Johnson, says he got on the train. He knows Harold and gave a good description of him. When he failed to return this morning we notified the police."

The Jones boy has been making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Allen. Both Mr. and Mrs. Allen expressed anxiety over the boy's disappearance Mkjnday and they are following every clue which may lead to his finding.

MAY ABOLISH ARMY RIDE.

icers Discuss Substitution of TenMile Walk. WASHINGTON, July 5.—The annual ninety-mile horseback ride for officers of the United States army to keep them in good physical trim may be abolished for a 20-mile ride or a ten mile walk every month. Both of these proposals are now under consideration! by Mayor General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army.

The ten mile walk recommended by tiie officers of the general staff is now being carried on by officers of the navy :ind marine corps.

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MORGAN HELD! OUTOFDANGEK BY PHYSICIAN

Family Notified That Finanoier Had Restful Night, With Pulse and Temperature Normal, "i-v•£•*'?

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Persons Who Knew Erich Who Disappeared in 1906,, Point Out Similarity Between wo Men.^||^^g^

GLENCOVE, L. I., July 5.—J. P. Morgan, who was shot by Fraiik Holt lafet Saturday, is out of all danger. His physicians so notified the family this morning. Mr. Morgan's pulse was not mal his temperature was normal, artd as a re

Holt, the would-be assassin, on .the other hand, was so weak today th&t when his keepers went to his cell to arouse him he could not sit up in .hjts couch. Unless his condition improves rapidly—and there seemed no to expect so radical a change—it will be impossible for.him to be Akenvinto court for ejscamination next Wednefl* day.

All plans to submit Holt to a'.further questioning today were abandoned because of his serious condition^

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'nejw YdRlt, July 5.—Efforts wer» made here, at Glenoove, L. I., and in several other cities today to clear up the mystery said to surround the identity of Frank Holt, who o» Saturday attempted to assissinate J. F. Mor.r gan. Federal detectives throughout the country, were following Up clue? which they: hoped would rev^l ...itrijs

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One of the important ttuestio&k which they have had'io scuve Va'o iiiij. f&ised' by. ..the, police ..of. Qlrftbrfdg& Mass., regarding the possible idah fication of Holt as Eri6h Mueht6f, former.'Harvard instructor who appeared from that city after the of his wife from alleged poisonings*" 1906. Statements from relatives of Muenter and men who knew him as a student in Chicago, comparing descriptions of Holt with their recollections of Muenter, were read with interest by the detectives working on .the "6ase. Photographs of Muejiter wfere coM* pared with those of Holt.

Until a1 late hour -last-night Holt was iquestioned by officials froip New' York and Washington. Major iPuilman, superintendent of the Washington police, the last of the inquisitpes^ endeavored to locate the room that Xfott occupied in Washington before exploding the bomb in the capitol but was unable to do so.

May Engage Littleton.

It was in the course of. his examina-'^ tion by several police officials., that Holt disclosed his plan, entertained when he entered the Borgan home,\ to hold Mrs. J. P. Morgan ancf the Morgan children as hostages in their own hdme* or to kill them if Mr. Morgan rerused to use his influence to stop the expor-A tation of war munitions.

Dispatches received here from Dal-' las, Tex., stated that the Rev. O. F. Sensabaugh, Holt's father-in-law,

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taken steps toward engaging HAartiii W. Littleton as counsel for Holt but Mr. Littleton said he had not received such a request.

Mr. Morgan's condition, according the latest official 'bulletin issue'd' last' night continued to be most favorable, ,1 and the physicians attending him had stated that the bullets from Holt's^ revolver did not penetrate Mr. Morgan's abdomen.

HOLT'S FRIENDS SHOCKED.

What His Associates at Cornell.,U.ftl' versity Think of Him. ITHACA, N. Y., July 5.—Utterly it' a loss to account for any motive con4 sistent with his character, habits orF mode of life, members of the Qermaii department at Cornell university and other professors who were acquainted with him, agree that Frank Holt ismentally unbalanced. No one can l*r found here, however, who noticed any* thing peculiar or irrational about tfo man before he left for New York.-

The one incident that has come to light which bears on the question of his sanity is that he departed rather suddenly and that he failed to send Into the registrar of the university and to the head of his department, Prof. A. B. Faust, the list of marks made by the students in one of: his qlassfls Jn the final examination edrly in June. As Holt was a methodical man, his failure to send In the marks—part of the ordinary duties of his position—to regarded here with significance.

Holt was quiet, reserved, almost reticent sort of man, uncommunicative at times, and by some called queer and peculiar. For instance, he would oa occasions apparently Ignore direct questions that were put to him.

One factor that may have a bearing on the question of Holt's sanity is the fact that until three months ago he had been working very hard, subjecting himself to a great physical and mental

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