Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 17 August 1915 — Page 2

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SUICIDE IN BOHOMS

Mrs. Fletcher Fitzpatrick Ties Rope to Ladder and Kicks Box—Illness Held Cause.

•v. By Special Correspondent. •'tf SULLIVAN, Ind., Aug. 17.—After suffering from cancer for about four years, Mrs. Fletcher Fitzpatrick, 60 .•- years of age, committed suicide at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Norton, in the Wabash river bottoms, by hanging ./?• herself with a rope. The deed was •v Committed after the family had retired w. for the ^ntght. Mrs. Fitzpatrick, it is believed, left her bed and after dressing jpk herself completery, hung herself with a 6ma.ll rope tied to the top rung of a ladder, which was leaning against the C. smokehouse.

She stood on a box to adjust the rope and.then after tying it around her neck securely, kicked over the box. Her lifeless body was found by her son-in-law, who, on becoming alarmed about her absence from the room, had started a search for her.

Mrs. Fitzpatrick was a widow and ,:f is survived by six children.

CHINA READY TO BECOME EMPIRE?

s$| WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Peking dispatches disclosing the probability of President Yuan Shi Kai proclaiming himself emperor of China have pre- ., pared officials here for agitation of that project by a society of Chinese .- notables, but so far there has been no ,, official report from the American legation,, which generally keeps the state department informed of political events that might bear on relations •if between the U. S. and China.

CSIGKENS CAUSE TROUBLE.

Neighbors (Set Into Court After Garden Is Scratched Up. The neighborly relations of Andrei ^?Orlandis and JanT.es O'Neil were sev--J* ered because the, latter's chickens continually flew across the fence into the former's garden and yard. Andrew attempted to drive them out, and James remonstrated. Andrew swore and took a threatening step toward James.

James filed charges for provoke and /. both of the men with a number of their neighbors as witnesses appeared in Justice Beal's court Tuesday morning, where the matter was given an airing. The court fined Orlandis $1 and costs.

IT. S. RELEASES EASTLAND.

CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—The steamship

1 Eastland was formally released from "V. fJWjthe custody of the United States gov--'M^ernment and turned over to its owners

L»uc today. What disposition wijl be made of the ship which Ph.p8iaed three weeks ago drowning nearly 1,000 persons has not been determined.

Plans are being considered by the owners, it was said, to have the boat overhauled, and if inspection shows that it can be fitted up safely to oarry assenger3 it probably will be taken to some other port and, used in the excursion trade.

GAMBLING CASE TRIED. Fred Sowers, of the DeArmott Bros. 'Smokehouse," was fined $10 and costs ifHn City Court Tuesday afternoon on a "discharge of running a gambling house. i®The case of John Bailey, bartender for

Len Peters, charged with selling liquor on Sunday, was continued until Friday.

J. PETITION FOR ROAD. Sixteen property holders filed a pe- •. tition Tuesday with the county com-

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missioners asking for a gravel road In Fayette township. They ask that the road be improved from Durkee Ferry through New Goshen to the Clinton :Mfree gravel road.

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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

WILLIAM H. POUND.

The funeral of William H. Pound, 86 years old, who died. Monday morning about 1 o'clock, will be held Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock at the residence, 1600 South Ninth street, with continued services at tlje Prairie creek church, near where the burial will be made. The deceased had been in failing health for some time. He was & member of the Primitive Baptist church and had lived in the county all his life. He is survived by the widow, three daughters,' Mrs. Charles Weeks of Pimento, Mrs. Mary E. Tichenor, of Paxton, and Mrs. J. H. Harper, of Middletown, and one son, M. C. Pound, of Terre Haute.

AGNES RLIZA GUERINEAU. Mrs. Agnes Eliza Guerlneau, 65 years old, widow of the late L. M. Guerineau, died Tuesday morning about 3:45 o'clock at the home of her only child, Mrs. Walter G. Rice, 2223 North Tenth street, after a lingering illness of general debility. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the residence and the interment will be made at Woodlawn cemetery.

MISS MAIUAH GRIFFITH. Miss Mariah Griffith, 76 years old, died Tuesday morning at 7:30 o'clock at the home of her fc-rotlier, Charles Griffith. 1222 North Seventh street. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the burial will be made at Highland Lawn cemetery.

MHS. DAISY MAXWELL.

By Special Corresponded. SULLIVAN. Ind., Aug. 17.-—-AVord has been received in this city of the death of Mrs. Daisy Maxwill, of Ft. Collins, Colo., who died Sunday evening at six ojilotrk,. aftftv qn'illness of almost tojit years of tuberculosis. She was the wife of Rcry- Maxwnl, a successful young merchant of that city and a former resident of Sullivan.

The body will be shipped to this city Wednesday evening over the C. and T5. I. railroad and will be buried Thursday afternoon. The funeral services will be held from the Christian church. Rev. Albert Nichols, officiating. Interment will be at Center Ridge cemetery.

She 1-j survived by a husband, two children, John William and Helen Elizabeth, a father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Robbins of east of Sullivan, four sisters, Mrs. Frank Corbin, Mrs. Ed Blume, Mrs. Charles Banks and Miss Rebecca Robbis, of this city, and two brothers, John and Claude Robbins, also of this city.

EDWARD. S. FURROW.

Py Special Corresponlonr. LA.WRENCEVILLE, 111.. Aug. 17.— Edward S. Furrow, a veteran of the civil war, was buried this afternoon, Rev. O. L. Markman, pastor of the M. E. church, conducting- the services.

Mr. Furrow was born in Chillicothe, O.. Nov. 13, 1840, and enlisted in company A, 13th Ohio infantry, at the age of 18 years. In the fall of 1861 he was wounded at the battle of Carnafax Ferry. A year later he again enlisted and was assigned to company A, 1st Ohio sharpshooters, in which company he served until the close of the war. He was captured at the battle of Kingston and confined in Andcrsonville prison, being an inmate of that Infamous place at the time of Lee's Burreder.

He came to Lawrence county in 1883. He is survived by his widow and throe foster children, W. F. Furrow, of Danville, 111. C. W. Silvert, of Dexter, Mo., and Samuel Drake, of Ohio.

HARDY CARRITHER8.

By 5nec1al Correspondent. BOWLING GREEN, Ind., Aug. 17.— The local Masonic lodge had charge of the funeral of Hardy Carrithers, who was burled in the German church cemetery, five miles north of here. Mr. Carrithers died in Climax, Kan., last Friday and was brought here for burial. The cemetery is on the farm on which he was raised. He had been a Mason in the local lodge but had taken his d*mlt from it, but requested that the local lodge have charge of his burial.

HELEN SEIPMAX,

By Special Corerspondent. BRAZIL. Ind.. Aug. 17.—Helen the little daughter of. Henry W. Seipman and wife, died at the home after an illness of six months of a complication of diseases, aged 11 years. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the residence. Interment Cottage Hill cemetery.

VIRGIL E. JENKINS.

By Special Corespondent. BRAZIL, Ind., Aug. 17.—Virgil E., the little son of Benjamin Jenkins and wife, died at the home at 321 North Hoosier street, of spinal meningitis, aged 4 years. The funeral wa6 held at the residence this afternon. Interment Cottage Hill cemetery.

ROY COLE.

By Spt-cinl Coi respondent. BLOOMFIELD, Aug. 17.—Roy, the 3-year-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cole, was brought here from Linton, this morning, and hurled in Grandvlew cemetery. The child was scalded to death Saturday by falling into a tub of hot water at the home of Isaac O. Stewart of Linton.

OLDEST MAIL CARRIER KILLED.

HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Aug. 17.— John Rhine, of Montpelier, said to be the. oldest rural mail carrier in Indiana and for many years prominent in the State Letter Carriers' association, was killed north of Montpelier, when his automobile was struck by a southbound Union traction car. He died instantly. The automobile was demolished.

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the talking. Only two of the men Were masked, but I did not recognize any of them. Just as they started off, the leader said, 'Now, boys, fast.' In the time it takes to tell they were off and I could see the lights flashing as they went over the hill towards Meriwether."

SLATON DEMANDS PUNI8HMENT.

Says Every Man Who Took Part S a SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 17.— Former Governor John M. Slaton, .of Georgia, who as chief executive of the state commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of death fastened upon Leo M. Frank, and who is here visiting the Pan-American exposition, was informed that Frank was lynched. "The act was a consummate outrage," said Mr. Slatpn, "and every man connected with the lynching should be hanged, for he is an assassin. Such an act is contrary to the civilization of Georgia and one which every good citizen will condemn.

Frank's Parents Mourn.

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—When Rudolph Frank and his wife, parents of Leo M. Frank, learned definitely today that their son had been hanged near Marietta, Ga., they drew the shades at all .windows of their home in Brooklyn and refused to answer the door bell or telephone.

Neighbors said the Frank family had begun an eight day period of mourning, which was customary under the Jewish religion.

Widow not Surprised,

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Aug. 17.— Mrs. Leo M. Frank received the news that her husband, fcad been lynched in a manner that led those present to believe she had been expecting it. She was preparing? to go to an uncle's home at Athens, Ga., when she was told what had occurred. She is reported bearing up well.

CREEK CABINET RESIGNS

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LONDON, Aug. 17—King Constantino of Greece has accepted the resignation of the Gounaris cabinet which was tendered to him yesterday afternoon by the former premier, according to a Reuter's dispatch, from Athens. Eleutherios VenizelOs, leader of the opposition, was Invited to consult with the king today.

In the recent general election the Venizelos party obtained a majority in the Greek chamber of deputies. When the chamber assembled yesterday M. Zavitzanos, a Venizelos adherent, was elected president by a vote of 182 against 98 cast for the candidate of the government.

CYCLONE SWEEPS HAITI

PORT AU PRICE, Haiti, Sqnday, Aug, 15.—(Delayed in transmission)— A violent cyclone has devastated the entire southern side of the Haitian republic. There have been numerous victims in the towns along the coast.

The town of Aux Cayes, 92 miles southwest of Port au Prince and with a population of "fi.000, suffered particularly. The towns of Grande Ville and Petite Ville were destroyed.

In the interior heavy floods are reported. The coffee crop has been in part destroyed.

KEEPS TAB ON TAXPAYERS.

8eeburger 8ays There Will Be No Double Exemptions. County Assessor Louis Seeburger Tuesday announced that the practice of taxpayers in filing double assessment lists to procure tax exemption on both personal property and real estate would be closely watched this year. It has been the habit of fcOme of the taxpayers to file liabilities on real estate on both their personal property and real estate holdings and mortgages on real estate both on their real estate holdings and personal lists, Mr. Seeburger says. He says this practice seems to be common with those who are seeking to get double exemption.

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"I could use no language too condemnatory. I believe the governor of Georgia will use all the power of the state to punish the malefactors who disgraced the civilization of Georgia. "Their act was one of cowardice, v. hlch belongs to the assassin. "I am shocked and horrified beyond expression. Any man who approves of this action of the mob of murderers is unworthy to be a Georgian. "Any man or newspaper which condones this offense ought to be driven out of the state. But the conduct ot this miserable mob of assassins is the conduct of the same sort of people who shot a man from behind a fence for murder of a woman from a cowardly heart."

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Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is now being introduced in Terre Haute at the Buntin Drug Co. by W. R. Cooper, the Tanlac Man. who is explaining the new remedy/

BOARD DEBATES

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said one of the members!. "The Wild Co. is perfectly safe in ail its dealings but as a matter of business precaution, it will be necessary to have collateral furnished to cover the issue."

Trustee Mrs. S. C. Stimson was 4t the Merom ohautauqua Monday and a long distance telephone call was sept last nigfyt from the administration building to get her to Terre Haute. fth« promised to come Tuesday. '-y

When it was found that "there would be some delay in the matter of getting the money on the bond lssup, President Somes suggested that tlje members present sign the issue, but the- board members refused until there was. some assurance that the bond would be 'taken care "of with coll^te^I. -M Break Over BuHding. -v -I..

In "the discussion' between the members of the board, It developed thttt a break in the board is probable over the matter of building the two proposed schools with the riioney from the bond issue. Rodney Leonard, architect for the proposed McLean school, is said to be in disfavor with some of the board members and it is expected that they will oppose his plans for the school. "About the only way in which this board can agree on plans for any new schools will be -to select an architect and have him draw plans until he makes some that are suitable," said one of the members Tuesday. "I am in favor of having a supervisor of our own when work is started so that the school city will get all that it Is paying for."

It is expected that the board will hold a special meeting some time this week to arrange to pjign the bond issue.

THEFT OF TOOLS CHARGED.

On a charge of stealing some carpenter tools about six months ago from "Seedy" Deming, saloonkeeper at First street and Wabash avenue, Charles Stevens, 36 years old, was arrested about noon: Tuesday by Bicyclemen VoeUser and Hardy. It is charged that Deming gave Stevens some money to get the tbols and that Stevens then pawned the tools and left the city.

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The torpedo of a submarine has at last found the mark and the transport Koyal Edward has gone to the bottom In the Aegean sea, with a loss of life which may reach 1,000. The brief admiralty announcement shows that the Royal Edward was engaged in transporting troops to the Dardanelles front, where Austrians and New Zealanders have been largely employed.

In the land fighting, a crisis has not been reached in the} present stage of the eastern campaign Orand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander-in-chief, will not be able to assure the safety of his armies until the menace presented by the operations of Field Marshal von Hindenburg in Courland is removed. In the Bausk district of Courland the German army has been driven back toward the Aa river, while Kovno is still stemming the German tide. The chief struggle, however, centers in the region north of Nieman, notwithstanding the recent success of the Russian resistance.

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HOLD MEMORIAL FOE SHATtUCK

Brazil Lawyers Invite Members of Local Bar to Attend. MemDers of the Vigo County Bar association received invitations Tuesday to attend the memorial services to be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock by the Clay County Bar association at Brazil, in honor of the late Roy L. Shattuck, who died Sunday night. A number of Terre Haute lawyers are planning to attend the services. Mr. Shattuck was well known here. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon.

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U. S. PRUSSIAN TREATY WILL BE ARBITRATED

WASHINGTON,, D. C., Aug. 17.—The .American reply to Germany^ last note on the sinking, of the American-ship William P. Frye, made public here today by the state department, accepts the proposal that damages be fixed by a mixed commission and that the die* puted treaty provisions be submitted to arbitration at The Hague, but calls on Germany for a statement mean* while, as to whether she intends to conduct her future naval operations in accordance with her interpretation of -the Prussian-Americadn treaty or those of the United States.

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