Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 July 1915 — Page 1

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GOODSBOUGHT IN U. S. CHOKE RUSSIAN PORT

Shipload After Shipload of War Material Dumped Daily on Docks at Vladivostok.

5SIADE-IN-AMERICA SUPPLIES TO REPLENISH CZAR'S ARMIES

Range From Gun and Rifle Ammunition and Cannon to Armored Motored Cars and Freight

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The guns and rifles and ammunition are arriving from Japan \ond the United States by the steamer load.

The armored motor cars are coming by the hundreds frdm the United States. They are being made at Detroit and Cleveland and other points and they are coming out here mostly by way of Seattle on vessels which sail direct to "Vladvistok. So also is the lead, copper and dynamite. As for the cotton—it is coming out frpm New York via Panama in such vast quantities that more than anything else it has caused this terrific congestion of supplies which has fbrfced Rusto place rush oiders for locomotives and cars to get them off to the front. It is piled high on the hills back of the cit^ waiting for its turnto be forwarded to MoScow and other cities to be manufactured into blankets and uniforms for the soldiers.

Guns from Britain.

From Great Britain have corns *^nns for the navy. They arrive by steamer and then they are shipped by railroad to the Black sea to be mounted on the warships Russia is building. From France has come ammunition. From the United States come several nine-inch guns—also to find their place on Russian warships in the Black sea. And above all is coming barbed wire from America—an amazing quantity of it, to protect the trenches of the Russian armies.

Ships bringing these vp.st supplies are arriving in such number and with such rapidity that they cannot be accommodated at the docks. ,A plan of permanent enlargement of the port has been temporarily put aside in favor of provisional enlargement. Huge gangs of men are building pontoon piers. Vessels unable to squeeze into the piers are trans-shipping their cargo by lighters, but a shortage of lighters has retarded even that means of discharging. So the Russians are building more lighters.

Vladivostok, they believe, is to save the day for the Russian armies and every possible human effort is made to forward these precious supplies to their destination at the front.

The feverish activity at the water front is duplicated elsewhere in this great port which while peaceful in itself, is the very incarnation of war. Every month new armies are s^nt away to the west. For 500 miles to the north of the fortress of Vladivostok proper extends a series of fortified places. All these when not used as prisons for German prisoners of war, serve as drill grounds for Russian recruits. The reservists come in from all points in the eastern part of the empire and -within six montns are turned into soldiers. Then they are hurried off across Siberia.

The mushroom war growth of Vladivostok as a point of commerce, together with the extra occupation of looking after detained civilians and the interests of prisoners of war, has given the American consulate great prominence and responsibility, as well as work.

LEVI HUGHES WILL FILED.

Divides Estate Between Widow and Only Son. The will of the late Levi G. Hughes was filed with County Clerk Joyce Tuesday morning. The widow, Nelle Temple Hughes, is made joint beneficiary with Lee Temple Hughes, an only son. According to the terms, both mother and child will divide equally all real and personal property, and the mother is to act as guardian of the boy until he reaches a legal age. The child is now 6 years old.

One provision of the will is that the wife is to farm any land which might be left and share equally with the son, but she may sell

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tion. She is named as executrix of the will, which is witnessed by James M. orhead and W. H. Steeg. Mrs. gave bond in the sum of $10,-

J.h Frank Temple, a brother, as

U. S. WEATHER REPORT.

TEMPERATURE RECORD, 6 a. 60 Noon 9 a. in 72 3 p. m.

River stage—12.5 feet.

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thousand American freight cars and four hundred American locomotives are due here from the United States within the next two months to relieve the congestion of supplies destined for the Russian armies at the front. The army corps on the German-Austrian battle line need' guns, rifles and ammunition Vladivostok will supply them. They need armored cars, many hundreds of them, and Vladvistok will give them these. They need dynamite they pig lead and' pig copper they need cotton to be made into clothing they need food—and Vladvistok hopes to see to it that they get it all.

JULY 20

Relative humidity at 2 p. cent.

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LOCAL 7 A. M. CONDITIONS AT JULY 20, 1015.

Station pressure, 29.41 temperature, 70 highest temperature yesterday, 82 lowest temperature last night, 68 precipitation, a direction of wind, northeast velocity of wind, six miles per hour state of we a er, cloudy

relative humidity, 29 per cent.

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TERRE HAUTE—Fair tonight Wednesday cooler tonight. INDIANA—Generally fair tonight and Wednesday cooler south tonight.

OTHER LOCAL REPORTS. Temperature by Buntin's thermometer: 7 a. m„ 73 2 p. m„ 87.

BOARD TO FIK SAFETY ZONES

Decides to Adopt Metropolitan Device to Protect Street Car Patrons at Corners.

CHANGE IN PARKING RULES I' INCLUDED IN JIEW PLANS

East 8ide of North Seventh, From Wabash to Cherry, Will Be Eliminated—Chalk Lines "•at Crossings.

Traffic safety zones will be established in the business district by August l, the board of safety decided Monday afternoon at a special meeting. According.-to plan outlined these zones will be placed at Sixth, Seventh, Eighth aiid Ninth streets ori Wabash avenue and they will be in accord with the system used in the large cities. New parking zones also will be established. "We have decided to place the zones where traffic is the most congested," said Jacob Straus, a member of the board. "The system will be the same as used in Indianapolis. Iron poles will be placed to mark safety places for persons waiting for street cars. A change also will be made in the parking rules and parking will be prohibited on the east side of North Seventh street between Wabash avenue and Cherry street."

The iron posts guarding the places of safety for persons waiting for street cars will be placed about four or five feet from the tracks. Those waiting for cars will stand inside of this Apace. It is planned to mark the streets in the business district with chalked lines designating places for automobiles and vehicles to stand until a right of way signal is given by the crossing policeman.

CARRANZA TAKES TOWN

LAREDO, Tex., July 20.—Tampico advices today confirmed the taking of San Luis Potosi by Cafrranza forces under General Novoa. Some fighting occurred but there was no heavy loss of life before the city was evacuated by Villa troops.

WASHINGTON, July 20.—Renewed military activity in Mexico was causing officials here some concern today. With Carranza troops leaving Mexico City to battle approaching Villa forces, and food supplies again cut off from the capital by military use of the railroad to Vera Cruz, the food situation has become more desperate.

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Plans were made for the men on strike to attend a mass meeting later In the day where they would be placed on the strike benefit pay roil at $8 a week.

Later it was announced that the strike call also would be issued for the Bullard Machine Tool Co., where thirty-five men were discharged last week. It was said at the headquarters of the bricklayers' union that

BRITISH STEAMER SUNK BIG COAL STRIKE ENDS

LONDON, July 20.—The British steamer Polish Prince, from New York June 17, has been sunk in collision with the Lowther Range.' One man was drowned, the remaining members of the crew being landed today at Bafry by the Lowther Range. The latter was damaged about the bow.

LONDON, July 20.—The Russian steamer General Radetsky was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on July 17. Her crew of 22 was saved.

TRAIN FALLS 200 FEET

DATHART, Tex., July 20.—A loaded freight train plunged 200 feet into a gulch near here today, killing three men and smashing the engine and ten loaded freight cars to bits. The freight, on the El Paso and Southwestern railroad, ran through a bridge. The dead are Engineer Brickley, Fireman Pryor, and Bcffkeman Kirley, all of Tucumcari. N. M.

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REMINGTON CO. STRIKE BEGINNING TO SPREAD

Union Men in Other Bridgeport Manufacturing Concerns Lay Down Their Tools.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 20.—Approximately 1,000 machinists, according to the estimates of iabor leaders, went on strike this afternoon at the works of the Remington Arms & Ammunition Co. and foiir sub-contactors. The men walked out at their lunch hour and the labor leaders asserted they would not go back.

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who had been working on the new buildings being erected for the Remington company by the Stewart Construction Co. did not go to work today. They were informed last night that because of lack of work they were not needed.

Agitators today were goinj? among the great number of Hungarian workers of Bridgeport urging them to attend a strike mass meeting called for tonight. More copies of a Hungarian newspaper, containing articles advocating the walk out of the Hungarian workers in the plants of the Remington Arms & Ammunition Co. and various plants of the sub-contractors, were circulated.

While labor Readers said approximately 1,000 machinists had walked out on strike, indications were that difficulty in accomplishing the aim of the union men had been experienced in some of the plants.

An official of the Remington Arms company denied that any of the men in that plant had walked out. He said the men had beei granted certain concessions and that they had decided to remain at work.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 20.—In addition to the new plant of the Remington Arms & Ammunition Co. strike calls were today issued for the machinists working in the Bridgeport Engineering Co., the Columbia Nut He Bolt Co., and the Gaylor Manufacturing company. The men c/ere to walk out at noon. Less than a thousand machinists are employed in the three last named plants.

LONDON, July CO.-—1The South Wales coal strike has been settled. An agreement to end it was reached today.

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Retail Merchants' association has arrnnged to have every Wednesday Suburban day and has secured the cooperation oC all merchants In the city to ninke tlint ahapulng day here for the people vtithin the buyinK radius of Tern Haute.

The Tribune will be a directory to the Suburban dny bargains. Watch The Tribnne and keep posted where ta wake your dollar ico farthest.

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RAILROADS GAIN POINT IN "GOOD ROAD" SUIT

Judge Bridwell Overrules Demurrers Filed by Attorneys for the County,

Demurrers to the complaints of the Vandalia and Big Four railroads asking an injunction against the county commissioners to prevent the improvement of eleven county roads were overruled Tuesday morning in the chambers of the Superior Court by Special Judge. 3ridwell, of Sullivan county. The cohrt gave Attorneys S. D. Royse and Charles S„. Batt, representing the commissioners, until July SO to file further answers to the complaint.

The demurrers to the complaint were argued several weeks ago and the court took the matter under advisement. Attorneys' Douthitt, Sanders and Randall appeared for the railroad companies.

GAMBLIKG CASES ARE APPEALED BY LAWYERS

Hailed Whitlock Appear for Men 'Arrested at Jordan's Place.

A "tip" to the police that gambling was going on in the saloon of Sylvester Jordan, Third and Eagle streets, sent a squad of policemen there about midnight Monday and four men were arrested. In the City Court Tuesday morning a change of venue was taken and their cases were to come up before Special Judge Perry Douglas at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Ben Waters, who has\ been in charge of the saloon since Jordan became involved in the election cases, was charged with operating a gaming house, Robert Sharp, with intoxication, Clarence Carey, with carrying conccaled weapons, and Louis Rost was held on bond as a witness.

When the police received a report that gaming was going on. Patrol Sergeant Delbert Scott and Bicyclemen Kendall and C. Smith visited the place and made the arrests. It is said the fotir men were shaking the box before the officers arrived.

Carey, the police reports show, entered the saloon and informed those present that he was a regular detective looking for a clew. He Is said to have flourished the revolver which he carried. A dice box and five dice were taken by the police.

Attorneys Charles Whitlock and Orph Ha.ll appeared for the men Tuesday morning. Attorney Hall asked for a change of venue in the case against Waters. "Is this because I wouldn't tell you the minimum fine in such a case?" asked Judge Newton.

Attorney Hall said it wasn't. Bonds were then signed for all of the men.

FIRE ABOARD OKLAHOMA.

Blaze on Warship Not Believed of Incendiary Origin. WASHINGTON, July 20.—The fire last nighc nboard the new rireadnaught Oklahoma is believed to have originated in wooden supports and other inflammable material in the magazine space between the two forward turrets. Reports reaching the navy department today said officers thought it liKely a cigarette stub or burning match had started a smoldering fire which was not discovered until night. It may. however, have been due to electricity.

Navv officials do not believe there is anything to indicate thj work of an incendiary, either in the fire aboard the Oklahoma or in recent fires on the New Jersey an^J Alabama.

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PRISON WARDEN PUTS QUIETUS ON REPORTS

Says Terre Hauteans Are Not Fed on Bread and Water or Placed in Solitary Confinement

LEAVENWORTH, Kani, July 20.— Rumors by the wholesale regarding the Terre Haute prisoners in the United States penitentiary here, are resultirig in numerous telegrams being received by Warden Thomas W. Morgan at the penitentiary. Hardly a day passes that he does hot receive one from either Indianapolis, Chicago^ St. .Louis or soirio other city. V.

A stream of \Virea has been received in the last few days asking tor confirmation of a report that Donn Roberts, former mayor of Terre Haute, had been placed in solitary confinement for knocking down a Chinaman.

Recently a story was circulated that Dennis Shea, former sheriff, had been placed on the rock pile and then the next that Roberts is on bread and water, and again he is despondent and losing his mind. There is no truth in any one of the reports, says Warden Morgan and the other officials. "The conduct of the Terre. Haute men has been good as a whole during their confinement and they have given, us but little trouble," he said.

CHINA'S FLOOD TOLL MAY REACH 100,000

WASHINGTON, July 20. From 80,000 to 100.000 lives have been lost in floods in the vicinity of Canton, China, according to a cablegram to the state department today from Peking. Consul-General Cheshire has appealed for all the assistance that can be rendered by the navy department.

The state department issued this statement: "A telegTam from the Amorican legation at Peking says the American consul general at Canton telesraphs that eighty to one hundred thousand lives are estimated lost there on account of the unprecedented floods. The Wilmington and Callao (United States srunbats) are rendering assistance but Con-sul-General Cheshire recommends all the assistance the navy can afford."

S.A.R. ATTACK CLAXTON

PORTLAND, Ore., July 20.—The subject before the national convention of the Sons of the American Revolution when it met today was a resolution requesting President Wilson to dismiss Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education. The resolution accuses Claxton of making utterances against the Americaji flag.

BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 2-0.— Denial of the charge by Sons of the American Revolution in session at Portland, Ore., that he had made remarks derogatory to the American flag was made here today by Dr. P. F. Claxton, United States commissioner of education.

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KAISER'S ARMY PUSHES! AHEAD ON LONG FRONT

Berlin Statement Claims Victory on Line Extending From E$altic Sea South to Bukowina m—

FRENCH FLYERS ATTACK COLMAR

BULLETIN.

BERLIN, July 20.—Further progress In tho great German drive toward Warsaw from the north and south was announced officially here today. The German war office reports the capture of Ostrolenka on the Narew river about sixty miles north of Warsaw. In the south the Russians are in retreat.

BULLETIN.

PARIS, July 20.—-The official announcement from the war office this afternoon says that a squadron of six French aeroplanes bombarded the station at Colmar, the capital of upper Alsace. The aeroplanes returned undamaged.

The great German offensive in the east is shown in the latest official reports to be seriously threatening Russian possession of Warsaw. .Evacuation of the Polish capita! can not be far distant, in the opinion of

many

military observers, as from both the north and the south Teutonic pressure is being exerted with seemingly irresistible force.

In the center Gen. Von Gallwitz has driven the Russians baOk on the -near

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Beasley Makes Bo Reply to Debs— "Not Mnd-Slinging, But Trying Law Suit," He Says.

The pending fight between the traction company and the jitney drivers before the public utilities commission at Indianapolis, Thursday, will be conducted in a dignified and legal manner, according to John G. Beasley, the legal representative of the corporation. There will be no attempt to antagonize the jitney men. "In the meantime the officers of the company will maintain a dignified silence. They will not discuss the issues of the case and will allow the jitney men to do all the 'mud slinging,'" said Mr. Beasley. "The case when it comes up at the hearing before the commission will be conducted on the part of the traction company in tho most dignified,manner possible," Beasley continued. "It will be argued in the strict legal merits in so far as the traction company can. In the meantime I have nothing to say in answer to thfc various attacks made by the jitney men and Mr. Debs. The traction company will not enter into a fight of 'mud slinging.' I would not like to make any predictions as to how the case will turn out, but of course we feel that we have right and justice on our side."

The jitney men are making the last steps preparatory to the opening1 of the fight. An executive committee has •been appointed who wiil manage the campaign. The committeo consists of J. C. Holden, president of the jitney drivers' local, John Roberts, Earl Harkness, Jess Jackson and Harry Sanders.

There will be a meeting of the committee Tuesday afternoon at which the final decision will be made in regard to the counsel that will be employed to represent the organization at the hearing.

KAISER TO ESTABLISH NAVAL BASE AT RIGA?

LONDON, July 20.—The belief is expressed in Danish military circles, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co., that the Germans intended to use Windau and Tukrum as bases for, operations designed to result in the capture of Riga. The chief purpose in seeking the occuption of Riga, it is believed in Copenhagen, is to use it as a new naval base after the Gulf of Riga has been cleared of mines.

FRANK HOLDS HIS OWN PROMISES COOP

MILLEDGEVTLLE, Ga., July 20.— Physicians attending Leo M. Frank, whose throat was cut by another convict at the prison farm here Saturday night, said today that Frank had passed a restful night and that they considered his condition good under the circumstances. He is able to take nourishment but attendants have difficulty in preventing him from talking.

LONDON, July 20.—The Morning Post Petrograd correspondent says Emperor William has sent his sister, the queen of Greece, tho following telegram: "I have, paralyzed the Russians for at least six months and am on the eve of delivering a coupon the western front that will make all Europe tremble.'*

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defence of the city, the German report claiming an advance to points within twenty miles of tho stronghold.

To the southeast the Austro-Ger-mans are pressing on the LublinCholm railroad line, capturing Krasnoslav and threatening by a far advance to compass an encircling movement. Further east also the Austri*ns are advancing to complete Jie German effort.

Windau in Courland has been, captured by the Germans who are advancing toward Riga, thfs movement in the Baltic provinces rendering the Russian lines to the south still more,"' insecure.

Petrograd admits a general retrograde movement. On the Austro-Italian front substantial gains are claimed by, Rome in' Carnia while it Is dec'*red the assault -j along the Izsonso is b«,ing pursued with redoubled energy and profiting gains.

Paris reports that the French aeroplanes have bombarded the station at Colmar in Alsace and returned undamaged. 4

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BERLIN, July 20.—Important successes for the Teutonic allies all alorig the battle line In Russia 'from the Baltic sea to Bukowina are claimed In an official statement Issued tod^y at the German war office. The antay of General'-Von Gallwitz is said to be standing in force Qn the Narew linev southwest of No wo Gfcorgievsk, one of the girdle of fortresses which protects Warsaw and only ten miles from tho Poland capital.

SrVith the capture of Windau the G«rfh^ns have come into possession of another seaport on the Baltic and are within a few miles of Riga, seat of the governor general of the Baltic provinces. The German and Austrian forces are said to have taken prisoners 45,000 Russians. The communication follows: "In the western theatre: In the diatrict of Souchez, after a comparatively quiet day, fighting became more spirit- v. ed during the night. A French attack against Souchez was repulsed and attacks south of Soychez wegre prevent^ ed by our fire.

Successes Alternate.

'On the front between tho Ois© and the Argonne there \vas vigorous artillery and mine fighting. Weak enemy attacks in the Argonne forest weVe unimportant. "On the Meuse heights southwest of •Eparges and on the Tranchee the fighting is proceeding with alternate successes. Our troops lost minor local advantages which they had gained on the 17th, but captured three officer* and 300 men." "In the Russian war theatre Germaa troops occupied Tukum and captured Windau. "WLindau is a seaport in Courland on the Baltic sea at the mouth of the Windau rlvw one hundred miles norhtwest of Mitau. Pursuing. the enemy who was defeated on the Aa river, at Altautz, our troops yesterday reached the district of Kofzumberg and northwest of Mitau, where the enemy occupied previously prepared positions. "East of Hopelani and Kurszany the fighting continues. "Between the Pissa and the Skwa the Russians evacuated a position which had been penetrated at several points by our troops and are retreating toward the Narew. The German reserve landwehr, fighting in this district of woody aitd marshy ground, which is extremely favorable to the resistance of the enemy, accomplished notable deeds. "The army of General von Gallwitz, advancing further, now is standing with all its troops on the Narew line southwest of Ostrolenka and Nowo Georgievsk. (A strong fortress about ten miles northwest of Warsaw at the confluence of the Vistula and the Bug.) The Russians who did not find protection in their fortifications and tho bridge! head positions already have retreated across the Narew. (The Narew joins the Bug at Sierock, eighteen miles north of Warsaw.) The number of prisoners taken by us has been iscrea3ed to 101 officers and 28,760 men.

Russ Line Wavers.

"In Poland between the Vistula and the Pilica the Russians are retreating eastward. "In the southeastern theatre: The enemy, defeated on the 17th by the army under General Von Woyrisch northwest of Slenno, attempted to arrest our pursaiit in his previously captured positions behind the Ilzanka sector. Yesterday afternoon the Sllesian landwehr stormed the enenv's advanced positions near Ciepilow. Vhe same troops during the night entered tho line near Krasanow and Baranow, which also is wavering, with a decision imminent. "Between the upper Vistula and the Bug the battle of the allied troops under Field Marshal Von Mackenzen is

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