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ONE SHOT SET /ORLD AFIRE HERE IS COS'

First Year of Europe's War Shows

Staggering Tolls in Both Hu

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seven millions op met' /v,

DEAD, MAIMED OR MISSING

v* Billions Spent By Ten Nations involved, and Crazed Man Who Touched Match Knows

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Cost

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LONDON, August 1.—One year ago today, Germany declared war on Russia and the world wu set aflame. One million and a half men already have been slain, perhapa three times that number have been maimed and the hotjiw of Europe filled with widows and orphan*. And the end is not in eight

One bullet slew a million and a half men and- set civilization at nought. The bullet flred by a half-crazed Serbian student, Gabriel Prlncdp, in the streets of

Sarajevo on June 28, 19J.4,

has penetrated every home in Europe. One of the most pecuji&r things of-the situation is thkt the sender of the bul. let doesn't .know what he acaoittplished. Asi-he sit£ today in his gldomy ceil -it the Bosnian capital, h« ii unaware of the harvest of woe he sowed when ht planted thSLt tiny leaden seed in thfe brain ,of Archduke Franc ip Ferdinand" of Austfia.

No newspapers reach him ^nd his guards are forbidden to telPhim of what is happening outside. The fact that he was under 20 when he flred the shot that saved him for a fate mo-3 terrible than death—imprisonment for life under the most rigorous conditions allowed by the Austrian penal code.

Approximate Losses.

Only history will be able to disclose to the rest of the world the full tale of the results of his madness. Tl?e nations at war have proven so far ,most reluctant to publish their losses.

Of the ten countries engaged in the great conflllct, England alone has finally come to realize the possible advantage of letting its subjects realize the serious character of their undertaking and Its awful toll Bngland alone is now issuing carefully prepared. periodical statistics showing her entire losses sinoe the beginning of the wir to within, a fortnight of publication.

From these it is possible to arrive at an approximate estimate of the casualties among other belligerents. The nature of the fighting has been much the same in the various war zones, and It is likely that the proportion of losses to the number of men on the firing lines does not vary to any considerable degree. The latest British report shows the total number of killed, wounded and missing (including prisoners) both soldiers and sailors, tc je 330,995. Of these the killed were 8,318, wounded, 197,494, and the missing, 64,188. That was twelve days ago.

Following out this proportion and basing results on the numbers of men actually engaged at the various fighting fronts the total European war losses may be estimated at 7,750,000. According to the British rate, this would mean approximately 1,500,00 kl}16d, 41500,000 wounded, and 1,500,000 missing. This is a neutral conservative estimate.

Some British military writers have f^timated the German losses ap high as four million, but this is most certainly exaggerated. That would mean that —Oermany has lost practically one-half ,ier forces, and recent events fail to indicate that she is using only half an army.

The Cost In Dollars.

Nor can Princip form^any possible idea of the cost of his deed in dollars. The estimates given above, of the direct army and navy expenditures of the various belligerents, totalling more than fifteen billions of dollars, are also conservative, being based on official statements from time to time by cabinet officials and compilations made by experts on war finance. \Btft this is only part of the real war bill. Edgar Crammond, England's acknowledged authority on war finance, todrfy estimated that the war to date, including value of property destroyed, capitalized alue of los3 of life, and loss of prouction, etc., is not less than forty-five illiorus.

It was an expensive bullet—and its tour'?? appears still far from spent.

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Sworn Circulation Statement of

THE TRIBUNE

for July, 1915

19,183

Gain of 2,447 Daily Over July, 1914

1915.

July Jnly

.19,510 .19,740

Jnly 3 .....19,890 July 5 .18,490 Jnly 6 19,700 Jnly 7........ .19,590 July 8 .19,955 Jnly 9 19,910 Jnly 10 21,837 July 12 19,680 Jnly 13 ................19,700 Jnly 14 19,650 July 15 ..19,975 Jnly 16 .19,465 Jnly 17 .19,100 Jnly 19 19,500 July20 .19,610 Jnly 21 ...19,840 July22 ...... .........19,875 July 23 19,850 Jnly 24 21^310 July26 ..19,590 July27 ...19,580 July28 ....19,330 July 29 July 30 .. July 31....

19,435

...20,205 ...18,090

Total copies printed.. .532,402 Damaged and left oyer ... 14,462

Total paid and unpaid 517,940 Daily avfexa|e .... 19,183 Average Unpaid or service. 536

Average circulation 9

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Total copies printed.. 66,800 Damaged and left over... 1,151

Total paid and unpaid. .65,649 Sunday average ......... 16,412 Average unpaid or service.- 475

Average paid circulation..15,937

Dr. Green and Harry Montgomery Slightly Indisposed, But Others Fare Good."

All the Terre Haute men in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kas., are looking well and seem to be in the best of spirits, with the exception of Dr. John E. Green and Harry Montgomery, who are sick in the hospital, according to John J. Shea, Jr., sheriff of Vigo county, who returned yesterday from the prison where he had been visiting his brother, Dennis Shea.

Sheriff Shea said some of the men he did not gft to talk to but a short time, but they all seem to be taking their predicament philosophically and joke with each other over the tasks to which they are assigned.

Arthur Gillis and Joseph Stnouse were the only two of the Terre Haute contingent who Sheriff Shea was unable to see. These men were at work in the hospital ward and were out of

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Becker's Coffin Plate

Accuses Gov. Whitman

NEW YORK, July 31.—Chas. I ker, "murdered July 30, 1915, by Governor Whitman."

This is the inscription on the silver plate on the coffin of Lieut. Becker, electrocuted Friday morning at Sing Sing. "1 decided to put it there or -^nursday, after I had seen the g. =|hior," said Mrs. Becker when asked about it tonight.

Becker's funeral will be held tomorrow.

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July 5 July 12 July 19 July 26

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SUNDAY GAIN, 1,194.

Poraonslly appeared before me, th undersigned, J. Garrard, circulation manager of The Terre Haute Tribune, who having been duly sworn under oath says that the foregoing figures are 'correct.

J. GARRARD, Circulation Manager of The Tribune.

Subscribed snd sworn before^ me this 1st day of August 1915, £y CYRUS HUNT, Notary Public. My eommlssioh expires Juris 18, 1917.

VISITS LEAVENWORTH MS EMBODY WELL

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Jnly 2 17,120 Jnly 3 17,030 Jnly 4 16.830' Jnly 6 16,990 July 7 16,650 Jnly 8 16,700 July 9 16,690 July 10 17,300 July 11 16,490 July ,13 16,940 July 14 16,430 July 15 16,480 July 16 17,060 July 17 16,420 July 18 ......16,310 July 20 17,260 July 21 16,750 July 22 17,240 Jnly 23 17,020 July 24 18,400 July 25 17,000 July 27 16,410 July 28 16,270 July 29 16,250 July 30 16,300 July 31/.,. ...17,080

Total paid and unpaid.455,660 Total left over 5,664

Total paid and unpaid. 449,996 Daily average 1B,6Q6 Average unpaid or service 466

Average paid circulation. 16,200

DAILY GAIN, 2,447.

SUNDAY CIRCULATION.

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Total copies printed Total left over

.61,190 683

Total paid and unpaid.. 60,507 Sunday average 15,127 Average unpaid

service 384

Average paid circulation. .14,743

ARE AWA1DED

IN MINE FILM PLAY

Miss Cecile Relley and Miss Madeline Davis Furnish Solution of Tribune Mystery.

After a careful and impartial persual of all the manuscripts and scenarios submitted to the Emnkay Motion Picture corporation for the best written fifth episode arid the most plausible reason advanced for "the girl" "being masked and her relation to Duke Dyson, the judges, in "The Mysterious Tribune Girl" contest, named'Miss Madeline M. Davis. 906 North Fifth street, and Miss Cecile Kelley, 423 South Fourteenth street, both resident of Terre Haute, as the succepsfui contestants.

That the contest aroused an unusi^al amount' of interest was attested by the abnormal amount of mail received from remote villages and hamlets as well as Terre Haute and immediate vicinity.

soon as the decisions were announced, Director Holland immediately summoned his

'oupe of actors and

actresses, and with photographer— General L. B. McNutt, armed Avith his trusty "grindbox," hied themselves to

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35 DUDRED IN WRECK

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 31.—Thirty-five persons were injured in the deiailment of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train No. 6, near Crews, eight miles south of here late last night. The wreck waa caused by the washing out of a culvert by a cloudburst. One man was drowned and two are missing as th« resailt of the

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SUNDAY, AUGUST 1,1915.

SAY GERMANS

PEACE TERMS

S. Army Men Openly Express Belief That Russia Is Threatened With Defeat.

NEW ANSWER IN FRYE CASE HOLDS CAPITAL'S ATTENTION

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Advices From Berlin Indicate That Certain Points Made By United States Will £e

Agreed tp.^-

BERLIN, July 31.—The German note now on the way to Washington with reference to the sinking of the American* ship William P. Frye, by the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich last February, offers financial reparation for the loss,of the vessel and the cargo, it is said here on reliable authority. On the same authority, however, it is stated that the German foreign office makes one reservation in this offer, the nature of which is not disclosed and will not be until the note iwelf is made public.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31 Suggestions that the United States should weigh the possibility of a German dictation of peace in Europe were heard here tonight. They came from army men who did not disguise their belief that Russia is threatened with defeat. If the Czar's forces should be disposed,of it was pointed out, it may not be long before the British and the French will experience difficulty In holding their own.

Not a hint was heard that the United States would yield in any of its. der mands on the kaiser. All that was intimated was that the situation. for serious consideration by tho Washington administration.

For thOkm«i/«S)t,} diplomats .we*? CPn" cerned maimy with hews that (Ere*many has' 'foywarjied its rtess.ag6 on the William P. Frye case, it was looked for here about Monday. Itfe main points, it was believed, will bd these (1) Announcement of a prize court decision concerning damages for th£ loss of the Frye's hull arid incid6nfca,l losses to its owners. (2) Contention that Germany had a right to sink the Frye becatt^ of danger to the raider which did the sinking. (3 Expression of the German ojj4^ ion

prize court decision dis

closes the ipcident. It was expected the Unjted Statos will deny that danger from enemy warships forced the Prinz- Eitel Friedrich to sink the Frye that it will stand by the 1828 Prussian-American treaty's requirement that contraband must bo "delivered out of the hold" of a neutral vessel without damage to the vessel itself, and that it will reject the prize court's' decision, whether finanf cially satisfactory or not, on the groun that no prize court can interpret a treaty.

The Frye incident, however, was considered a diplomatic matter which cannot lead to a break in relations.

The administration was faced by the new problem of the sinking by a German submarine of the Liner Iberian on which an American muleteer, named Wiley, lost his life from "shbek and superficial wounds."

The case was not deemed likely -to lead to a discussion, however, inasmuch as all accounts agreed that the submarine gave the Iberian due notice, to heave to for a, search, and only shelled and finally sank the liner, when it tried to escape.

TELLS DIFFERENT STORY.

Iberian Doctor Says Shots Were Fired Without Warning. LONDON, July ^31.^—An interview with the ship's doctor of the stepjnship Iberian seems to put a different light on the sinking of that vessel by a German submarine. The doctor is P. S. Burns. "I was walking on the deck," he

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U. S. WEATHER REPORT.

TEMPERATURE RECORD a. 74 3 p. m.. 9 a. m..

.. .87 ...85 .. .85

.87 .87

6 p. m... •7 P- m...

Noon ..

LOCAL CONDITIONS AT 7 P. M., SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1»15. Station pressure, 29.35 temperature, high est temperature' yesterday, 90 precipitation, .0 dire on of in northwest velocity of wind, 7 miles per a of at he a cloudy relative humidity, 68 per cent.

FORECAST.

INDIANA—Generally fair Sunday and Monday somewhat lower temperature. ILLINOIS Partly cloudy Sunday probably showers In south portion Monday probably showers not much change in temperature.

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Prize Winners Rewatded for "Mysterious Tribune Girl" Play

JU!»S CECILE KKLLEV Who Wrote Final Episode.

SAYS REDFIELD

Federal Investigator of Eastland Says He Will Condemn No Man Without Hearing.

REPLIES TO ATTACKS ON .HIM BY CHICAGO PAPERS

Government and County Offlclali ConJlnue Their Efforts to' Fix Reaponsibillty for Chicago "River Horror.

CH|CAGO, Jhly 31.—"1 how giv* to Lietitenant-Governor O'Hara, to the citizens of Cliicago and to you gentlemen 6f the press, rriy toletnn promise that Kf charges axe. presented to me as head. ol ..deP*ftmeI?t

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metce^f ^te nation against either ind^yiSual inspectors or the service as a wnole, those charges will have my fullest consideration and I will spare neither time, energy nor money in arriving at the truth," asserted Secretary of Commerce Redfleld tonight. "However, must say in my own defense such charges have not yet been presented. They, have been asked for but thus far\ they (ire wantirtg. I will not, hold any man up to public sSorn, I will not condemn any map until that man has had an opportunity to be heard. "Abuse and scorn nje if you feel that you must, but in Gdd's name spare the men to whom I am trying to the best of my .ability to give a square deal, as my duty orders me to do."

The request of the Chicago city couricil for a special commission to be appointed by the president to investigate the Eastland disaster was forwarded today to Washington with a personal letter from Mayor Thompson to president Wilson urging compliance with the request for a thorough investigation. The letter is expected to reach President Wilson Monday

LIGHTNING FIRES HOME

WINAMAC, Ind., July SI.—Tho home of George/Hoch was struck by lightning and turned today. The family. .barely escaped. The contents were destroyf^- ,,

Veteran Tom Welch Begins 26th

Last Thursday, July 27, marked the 25th milestone for "yncle" Tom Welch on the Terre Haute police department, as he was appointed to the force on July 27, 1890. But "Uncle Tom," as ho is known almost altogether by practically every old resident of the city and hundreds of newer ones, has been* working for the same "firm"— th® city—for more than 25 years. When he was appointed to' a position on the police force he was serving as a city firtman and had been serving in that capacity for two y^ars and a half. At present there is but One other man in active service who hag been On the fcrce longer than: Mr. Welch. Jack Be&ttie is on his twentieth-ninth year.

In his service as a policeman, Tom Wflch has had. to deal with some criminals as desperate, perhaps, as any in the country, but'never on any Occasion, say

older

IU1SS MADELINE DAVIS Who Solved the MynSery.

IAYLORENTERS SENATE RACE

Firmer Kirtoniey General Will Be 'o Found In Rnnning Against New and Watson.

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WILLIAM H.,O'BRIEN WILL RUN ON" DEMOCRATIC SIDE fe

Republicans R|an to Seleot Ticket Without Considering Bull Moos# Element Republican Edfe^' tors Fight Watson.

By A Staff COprSspondent. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 31.—William L. Taylor, of Incilanapolis, former attorney general, will make his bow soon a acandidfete for the republican nomination for United States senator. It is understood ^heiie that the announcement Will come about^the first of September.

Taylor has been a prospective candledate for several months. He has received a lot of fencouragement from republicans throughout the state, and. it would not be surprising if he should become a strong candidate. Taylor is well known and well liked. He has campaigned the state from one end to the other.

Whether Captain Harry S. New, of Indianapolis, will enter the race if Taylor becomes a candidate Is not Known. New has boon thinking seriously of making' tho race, and it' has been rev ported a number of times lately that he had decided to become a candidate.

Tho entrance^ of Taylor &nd 'New would give Indianapolis three candidates, sine® Arthur It.'Robinson, floor leader of tho state senate, is an avowed applicant. However, ^Vthe nomination is to be-at a-direct primary it won't make much difference how many candidates any district put« forth.

Taylor has planned to make a .vigorous campaign in evefy" district There will be a lot of speechmaking after the first of September by all of the candidates who are seeking high honors from the two old parties..

Fight on "Jim" Wataon.

A peculiar situation is coming jip regarding James EJ. .Watson, of Rush-

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Year As One Finest

members of the

force, has' he been known to "flinch" in a tight place. Considerable of the time Mr. Welch has served-he has held positions of higher rank than patrol-

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RUSSIANS GIVE UP POLAND TO TEUTON ARMY

Resistance Broken, Entrance Into Warsaw Now Rests W^ith German General Staff. ...

EXPECTS TO BREAK FOREVER SLAVIC CONTROL OF REGION

Germany Believed Ready to\ Yield Territory Only In Case the"V Czar Will Agree to Separate Peaoe.

BERLIN, July 31.—Germany is preparing a celebration of the anniversary of her declaration of, war against Russia by rejoicing in the fall of the Warsaw and complete victory of her eastern generals. The actual entrance of German troops into the Polish cap-, ltal Is a matter whioh rests with the •general staff, but this can be accom-i plished at any time the necessary ar-* rangements are completed.

Immediately after the Germans take v. possession, the German military governor will be appointed and Germanywill start reforming the municipal rule of the Polish city. Given a few months^ j* of uninterrupted occupation and the Germans believe Warsaw will never return to Slavonic allegiance, with Its notorious corruption and inefAcie.iey. With the whole of Poland sooiv to be in German possession, the Germans are discussing the eventualties of the po sition of the entire "province. RusBia can have it back as her reward tor separate peace, but if the Slavs con-1 tinue fighting to the end Germany niav' demand that Poland be made into' aseparate buffer stq.te to serve as future German protection aga^p^t Rus-

Rlan Triumphant Entry.

All ffeja#ations have been made, it, is believed her^, for the trlumpfitEjil^v eritry into the city by th£ kkiser, the^ kaiserine, the crown princess and possibly the crown prinoe. Field Mafshalr Von Hindenburg, next to the kaiser. V. will have the leading part in this en- v! try, despite the reluctance on his pOtrt to. appear in a spectacular roleuv.t-^„/

All military authorities belieVe "nUV'i" matter how,. Ion® the war lasts, ,3sr-* m^ny will be able to hold the Vistula. line and Warsaw against any conceivable Slav attempt to re-conquer tho: lost territory. "While Germany rejoices in the successes of her generals, no. disposition is shoWn to 'discount

bravery of. the Russian troops,' desjrfte their poor leadership and po6r ^quipment.

GERMAN ADVANCE CONTINUES,

Meets Stubborn Resistance and Fighting is Furious. ». BERLIN, July 31.—Furious fighting all along the eastern front is marking the victorious sweep of- the- AnstroGerman forces into Poland. The official .war office statement tonight announced further gains but declared tho Russians^were resisting stubbornly. "Northwest of Lomza on the railway' of Goworowo and east of Rosjwrt our attack is progressing," the statement declared. "On the right bank of the Vistula General Von" Wovrsch has advanced eastward toward Ivangorod along tho Warsaw railway, encountering stub-' born resistance from the enemy. Their counter attacks have been unsuccessful along the Novalexandrla line and the heights of the Vistula to the north. LubHin was occupied Friday night. 'South of Cholm the enemy is deft*-? perately resisting General ^fackjsnzen's pursuit. The enemy everywhere If being attacked."

FEW SPOILS FOR VICTORS/ s'

Retreating Russians Turn Poland .|WSfc^va W a LONDbN, July 31.—If prodigal sacrifice of life and ammunition by the Germans count, Warsaw will probably be In German hands tomoh-ow. Tho Russian war office was silent tonight on the fate

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Polish capital, but

previous' announcements have indicated the culmination of another masterly stragetic retreat by the Grai\d Duke Nicholas. Warsaw has been strippedof supplies, of food, ot

munitions, ofr

guns, df metal andof soldiers. Only a small force, which Russia' will sacrifice as prisoners, remains '%o

haraa^f

the German hostilities and cover. up the retreat engineered by the Slavs. Three or four gigantic defensive po? sitions of the formation polish quadrilateral will momentarily fall into German possession WarsaW, i*ovogeorgievsk and Ivangorod. The Russians are now rallying at the fourth pillar of the quadrilateral/ Litovsk, 1^) miles due east of Warsaw. The extensive Pripet marshes, to tlis rear of Brest Lltovsk, will prevent the Germans outflanking th6 new Russian j-lDattlefront from the south and further attack against the Russians after they have consolidated their new positions must occur to the northward. This, in general, is thei route of disaster Napo-

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