Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 30 August 1915 — Page 1
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RUSSGAUOAN ARMIES AGAIN FACE DISASTER
.German ^Effort to Clear Territory of ,(• All Enemy Troops Hold England's Attention.
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NEW CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST MAY FOLLOW EASTERN DRIVE H" 'if#
tendon Believes Great Offensive of Teuton Forces in East Has^ ], About Reachfd the End ",~*j V-' Planned. 'Jh?~
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BERLIN,' Aug. 30.—German forces C.liSve made a further advance on the v'FiUssian fortress of Grodno, the only .\jwie Of the Russians' fortified positions y^near jthe German border which still remains in their possession. Official ^j&rtnouncement was made here today of *he capture of Uipsk, about twenty wiles to the west of Grodno.
JV-A? bulletin.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Ambassador Mergenthau, at Constantinople, has 'taken over the diplomatic interests of
Italy, Russia and Montenegro. These 'x*dded responsibilities for the United ^States, cabled to the state department today, makes the government diplom»tio agent report for eight European countries.
BULLETIN.
PARIS, Aug. 30.—Violent artillery fighting took place yesterday evening at many points in tht Argonne district, as a result «f which the trenches of the Giermans were* seriously damaged, according to the French official report •this a^terrr^on.
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^Hflery iftjjntifig accompaniod by explosion ©f mines and engagements- with Urge. number of positions in the Jfirgenne district. 1Fh* trenches-of- the' enemy,
Chause Snd Meuriseons and at EJoi&rtte. "Thjs advent of night brought relative jquiet to this region, as welrl as on the est of the front."
-, LONDON, Aug. 30.—Reports from ^,+he Eastern front indicating that the 'Austrians and Germans are engaged in ^an effort to clear the last' corner of
Oralicia still held by their opponents The have excited great interest here, 'Hussifen lines on the upper Bug and ,i lithe 2ilota Li pa have been pierced, but '"it is 'Viot yet clear hoto serious a redistance Js being offered to the vast \4 sSen sloping movement from the south. jgA Having lo-t Brest-Litovsk, Grand ^^Duke Nicholas cannot afford to hold t^Mthe river position in the south in the JLX Jrfare of an important movement, for i\ "p-""to do. so would endanger his armies. \t The opinion is ventured by some En-
,^ glish .critics that latest move may for present the great of',,/fensi\'e against the Russians, -in"which'has been progress since May, and taat once Austrian soil is cleared 'of the invaders a new campaign may be undertaken by the Teutonic .forces, this time in the near east. W
In Support of this theory is cited •the fact that the central powers are -massing troops near the Rumanian border.
The week end witnessed violent and almost continuous activity on the part of the^ artillery of the allies from the North: sea .to the Vosges. There are no indications, however, that this expenjditure of big gun munitions is being followed by infantry attack.
London ,is again awaiting official rejports from British or French concerning the campaign at the Dardanelles Vjwhere^ according to Constantinople, heavy fighting is under wav -,s
WOUNDED CANADIANS HOME
Number of Officers and Men Arrive 'f at Montreal.
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Aug. 30.—Fourteen of-
Xfleers and twenty-two wounded men of '^Canadian regiments arrived here today "!on the steamer Missanabie from England. They were accompanied by physicians and nurses, who spoke highly of the spirit' displayed by I wounded Canadians. One of the arrivals, Corporal Stewart, of-the Fifth b&ttalion, received twenty-seven shrapnel wounds.
Mrs. Irene Gardner, of Ottawa, one of the passengers, who has been in England and France, collecting data regarding the killed and wounded for the Canadian Red Cross, said the French realized, and appreciated, the part the Canadians p!ayed in sa/ving Calais. Captain H. A. Hassard, of the Canadian field hospital, one of the wounded, said all of the men were anxious to return to active service.
^CHICAGO CTTTS TAXI RATES.
CHICAGO. Aug. 30.—Chicago is to have the lowest taxicab rate in the United States It was made known today. A local taxicab company announced that it had reduced its fare for an average trip within the business district to 20 cents. The former rata was -SO cents.
U. S. WEATHER REPORT.
TEMPERATURE RECORD, AUG. «0, 6 a. m.. 53 Noon .... 58 9 a. nt 57 3 p. 58
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LOCAL COADITIONS AT 7 A., GUST 30, IMS. Station pressure, 29.48: temperature, 53 highest temperature yesterday, 67 lowest temperature last night. 53 precipitation.' .0 direction of wind, north velocity of wind, 12 miles per hour
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TFJRRE HAUTE—Kair. tonight and Tuesday:, slightly cooler' tonight, .INDIANA—Fair tonight, with frost. Cooler east and south portions' Tuesday and slightly warmer.
ILLINOIS—Fair and continued ool, Tuesday fair, with rising temperature!
OTHER LOCAL REPORTS. "Temperature by Buntfn's thermometer: 7 a. m.. 54: 3 p. m., 75.
River stage^—5.2 feet standing.'
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Announces Concessions in Enforcement of Orders in Council Against ^-^American Commerce. ^*5,1 •¥fe *f£1 i-: MEANS OPENING BLOCKADE
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Proof "Wiat Articles Were Contracted .for in This Country All That Will Be Required in
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*_. -r, at |UjS*S WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Concessions in tlie enforcement against American commerce of the. British order in Council were announced .today sa a resultvof' informal negotiations just compi^'ter by the fcvrejgn t^fe:a 4r visors of the state depart men '.' Wi'
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visors that theirs informal reprpsentar tipns in casies where? th$ British, prdeijfl hftve c&used "undue liardship^ to American commerce will receive special consideration."
Before June 15 the. British authorities declined to enter into informal negotiations with the trade advisors in any cases. The British note dealing with detention of the American steamer Neches, however, sent on July .31, set forth that in cases where, "hardships may be inflicted on citizens of neutral countries"' the British government would examine the facts in a "spirit of consideration for the interests of neutrals."
Information in the hands of the state department that private brokers! were securing permits in London for special shipments of American goods from Rotterdam, while the trade advisors were unable even to present special cases, were transmitted. to London.
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The ambassador called at the state department .personally to explain the extent of the British concessions, Vhich ar.e especially intended to meet the growing complaint of American importers that their Christmas trade is threatened by failure td obtain goods made in Germany and Austria, for which they had contracted.
Generally speaking, it is the intention of the British government to permit the passage through the blockade lines of goods for wfhich the American importer!? have entered into contract with German and Austrian firms. Heretofore, it had been required that the money shall have actually been paid for the goods. Now, it will be sufficient to show that they were regularly contracted for and that the American importer is really the person responsible for them. Goods valued at many millions of dollars have accumulated at Rotterdam and await transportation to the United States. The order applies to these, but whether it will extend to goods yet In German factories, but under contract for delivery on this side' of the Atlantic, is as yet undertermined *5
Explains Discrimination.
The success of private brokers in London in securing the release of abqut 5600,000 worth of such goods now on the docks is explained at the British embassy here as due to the fact that the. local attorneys there were able to secure and present to the British authority the proof required as to the character of the goods and conditions of the contract.
The entire responsibility for the holding lip of dye stuffs of German manufacture intended for American is placed by the British authorities upon the German government and It is alleged that contrary Impression has been sought to be created because of ill feeling agninBt Great Britain.
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KINTZ HURT IN FALL.
Pius F. Kintz, of the contracting firm of P. C. Kintz Sons, fell from a wagon in South Fifth street Monday morning, alighting on his head, and was taken to his home, 1460 Sycamore street, unconscious. His condition is said to be serious. Kintz was getting into a wagon when the two mules hitched to It started,'causing him to fail,
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Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa Reiport Killing Viftitatirin-^-Cade Prediots Fro«t Here Tonght.
Frost! JReal for sure frost! That's -Vv^ftt Weatherman Cade says we're fioing to get Monday hight, but it is only going to come to low linprotected places and will do no damage after it gets here, according to Mr. Cade. Nevertheless, it will be frost and this is only August. Wherever there is any shrubbery or trees the frost will not settle, according to the local metewningls*. for it will be but very light! »T
CHICAGO. Aug. 30.—)nly twice before in the history of the local weather bureau has the mercury dropped, so low in August as was today. It registered 47 degreies This record' was equaled in 1872 and again in 1887.
WAUSAU, Wis., Au«. 30 Damage estimated at between $200,000 arid $300,000 was cairted' to late potatoes and garden truck throughout Marathon county last night by a killing frost. The corn crop also suffered heavy losses.
WATERLOO,. Ia., Aug", f6^—Heavy frosts, In some Instances taking the form of ice, were today reported as oocuring in this section last night. The government thermometer registered 34. All tender vegetation, Including melons, late potatoes, and some sweet corn. 1b said to .have been, damaged. Field corn probably escaped serious demage in thi« county, but reports from the northern Iowa counties were that this grain, suffered more serious.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Abnormally low temperatures prevailed today over the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri river valleys and the upper lake regions. In some places thrs weather bureau reported today, the thermometer showed temperatures that made records for the month of August. The cold came down from the Cana-
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TWO MORE WOODMEN CAMPS ENTER EVENTS
Entries for the competitive piise drills to be held during the state log rolling of the Modern Woodmen in Terre Haute September 22 are being received daily by E. H. Clifford, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Monday entry fees were received from Ellettville camp No, 4016 and Vo!z camp No. 8349, Green'castle, The program for the^amusement of the visitor* will include a tug-of-war, a log-rolling, a spell down and competitive prize drills. In the evening, a class of candidates will be initiated,
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Finds Nortii Seventh Street Outside of City Limits and Plana for Sidewalks are Dropped
Two orders for sidewalk improvements were rescinded by the board of public works at its regular meeting Monday morning^ one because it was found to be .put of the board's^ jurisdiction and the other because the variousv legal steps had not. been followed by the Old board.
The board found On investigating- the city ordinances that North Seveiith street above Maple avenue was outside the city limits and the order calling for sidewalks was annulled. The ordiance says that 30 feet on e*ch side of the center line of the street is re? moved from the city-and owing to the fact that" the street is less than 60 "feet wide the curbs and and gutters come under the jurisdiction of the township.
The order calling for the improvement of North Second street to. .Second avenue, was rescinded because of faulty proceedings. •.
Board .members- announced that work would be commenced
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days on repairing the lightninflr. rod on the crematory stack. The material will be furnished by th'J city and It is estimated the work can be done for about $16.
The board also issued an order for an arc light at the corner of Sixth and Eagle streets. According to board members this corner along the Normal fence is a favorite meeting place for sweethearts and it Is planned to throw a little light on the subject. The board says many accidents have been nerrowly averted at this crossing, owing to the shade from the large trees.
LIGH1HG KILLS YOUTH
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Deputy Proseeutor A. Z. Thomas Ire ceived word Monday morning from his father-in-law, Soloman Pethel, of Madison, O., that Solomon Petlitel,. Jr., a son, had been struck by lightning in the Madison park Sunday and Instantly killed. The lad was with soma other boys when the acoident occurred. Mr, and Mrs. Thomas will leave about 4 o'clock Monday evening for Madison. Tw
LONDON Aug. 80.V—The British steamer Sir William Stephenson of New Castle, 1,514 tons gross, has been sunk,
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Former Chief Opposes Move to Put Him on Beat, Contending He is PhysioaEy Unfit.
The case of Daniel Fasig, former chief of police, who has been orderea to report for duty. Was before the board of public safety Monday afternoon. Fasig appeared before the board with his attorney, George I. Kisner. It is said to be the. plan of members of the board to put Fasig back on duty patrolling a beat Fasig contended before the-, board while in the service, in .If09,. he 'ell and wfs hurt, jind was rendered unfit to patrol a boat.
Board Member Fred .^Y.Qrser who took the positjon that Fasig should be removed ffcqm the force to make ,Wjay for another man, questioned Fasig as to his former service. He asked F&slg if he had ever patrolled a baat. "Yes, before you were bora," JTasig replied. 1 "Well, the record doesn't show it," said Savoree.
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Savoree declared that, while he was a member crf theoldboard -Fasig had failed to appear before the board six times after he had been notified to appeal*.-
W. A. Braden took the stand that Fasfe.. should undergo an exajnination to ^determine his fitness.
Rev. Monger expressed a. similar opinion.
FUIDS HUSBAND DEAD,
TOLEDO, O., Aug. 30.—When Mrs. Stader returned home from an automobile ride laat night, she struck a match and an explosion of gas resulted. The flash revealed her husband dead in a fchair. He had turned oh the gas, the coroner found, and committed suicide. Mrs. Stader
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Body orMrs. Lena Graff Found in Water by itMeighbar After Search in E^riy Dawn Had Failed
HAD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BEFORE
Using peculiar ingenuity ir nriakin.? her escape from a nurse who was attending her, Mrs. Lena Graff, 60 years old, wife oft. Joh x, Graft,. retired employe of the-A^ndaiia-. JI^iVVoad/compa,ny, living at
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street, conimitte'd 'suicide eArti Monday morning by jumping into a.cistern near ,the *a£,.Xj\ O. JR. sSpiilef ,.s ofilcl,' Thirtfre§(fh- aiid Poplar, streets, and was fouhdl. about thrte hours later by Mrs. Christiana Klot*. 1304 Poplar street, \vhen she opened the cistern to draw-a bucket of vyater.
The womin escaped from the nurse, Miss Mary Brown, about 4. o'clock in the morning v,hen Miss Ero.vn left the bed room,, where shft r,rid"the invalid slept, for' a f^w miputtS. According to the nurse the light: was left turned* out ''to: keep the \V«jman' quiet. Missi Brown said she came, back to the. rooiiri'%nd laid down, asking Mrs. Graff/If sh^e was resting wel, She received nd.answer and concluded the woman wa6 "ttsteep. However, to make sure she w#nt to the bed and felt over the covers,' to flnU the woman gone.
A search 'was1* immediately instigated, the patrolmen of the district, Cas&r and Bennett, b^ing called and neighbors joining in" the search ^.ith automobiles. .... j'•-
Mrs. Oeorcti, Revdleti 130'iH ,, .street that 4:15 o'clock "in the mornlhg, thought" his rounds-'ajjd we^nt^Jseck to sleep.
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•PopfiSLP of the house ih ^ibli .M&- K0lraUvM: and who was sleeping IiV fr6ht room,, said, she, hiovirtg through the dim light but supposing it., was either thte baker or the milk man thought nothing Tnore ot the matter.
Woman, Find® Sody.
Mrs. Klotz made the gre^some discovery when she went, for' rail' water, to wash the breakfast dishes. She at. once gave the alarm and .the body was.. soon identified. The woman is .thoughtto' have left the 'house by the front door and to have gone directly south, on Thirteenth street. Dr. Spigler's office door was found open ahd it is believed the woman went to, see the doctor and then walked out .'the side door and jumped into the cistern.
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According to the nurse, Mrs. Graft has been mentally unbalanced for some time and has been under the care of a nurse almost constantly. She''says
Henry Threkill, colored, saloon keeper at First and Eagle streets, was notified by local police Sunday evening, following a telephone message from Muncie, Ind., that hls son, Hunter, 20 years old, had been shot and Tcllled there Sunday. An undertaker waA sent to Muncie Monday morning for the body. r:
MUNCIE, It^d., Au^ 80.—Two weeks ago Robert Carver, 40 year* old,' colored, warned Hunter "fchffekjll, 19 year* old, also colored.. tlia^ ,he had better cease paying attetitioaf to his (Carver's) daughter. Yesterday afternoon Carver met Threkill ?oft the -street, after the latter. K^ lbe^n with. Carver's daughter Saittfllay night, ind pulling, a revolver jlroiri his pocket pointed It at Threkill."I don't believe it's loaded," said Threkill. Carver then pulled the trigger and the bullet penetrated Threkill's,.heart, killing him instantly. Carver escaped and had hot been located early-., today. ThrekUl's wife, Susan, lives Jn Indianapolis apd Js employed at thi Dumont Colored Club. V'-
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Mrs. Graff made an avUmpt toviscdtjie just a week ago by jumping from her: bed room window. She wis slightly stunned and wds caught before ,sh«r left the pfenilspsiv\. The "'w'lndow.' then nailed. down but ..ithe jpullcd the nai^ts on.e da.v. ^he, ihiss.jng nail was" di^oovered before da'r^, '"feowever,. and the ^v^ind^'.y mad*? tm'w secure. ,' •J' .One time," the, nursfe, said, the ivomA opened some sli'dhig d'eora tv'«lclf- shu j-her'self coui.d not move and was1 pow- the front porch pr^pa'rih^ Cb de{'tart when found. '1
The funeral arran^efn^rits have n.6t been made.
BY MEXICAN PANDITS
WASHINGTON^' AtiS- .30.—Ofllciil. dispatches from Vetat. Clruz todiy tell' of the r4t?elpt of inafl reports" the^e on the killing of E. F. Wells, ah American .auditor of the Tpbacco Plahtatioft pompanr, No details wer«j given, further than that Wells was killed bV bandits who blew up a train ah^* shot the fiasaongers, of whom. Wel l* Was one."-
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a to dfpartmeYi t»day?a'qlinowlreceipt of i&teneTfai' Zapata's ice oi the Fiin-American ^wace
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JNJ5W YORK, Aug. 30 —PapserriArs arrived hrfre today aboard the steairi^r E^pcgne from Bordeaux wojp identic ftcaiion tags, issued to them.' before •ailing, so that theiy might be .tdenti fied in case German submarines slwmM send their ship.'to the bottorfl' tt'litle ,, they were passing through tfte »Nir.: atone: It was the firAt time that «ich tags had been •ofh1.' by passfisgers aboard a liner ^eaihirtg' hefe' from EurOpp since the war beg^n.
To escape subfnarines the 12s(Mlgne palled at 2 o'clock in the morning of August 21, shortly after the slnkih^r-»f the Arabic had become known. \H^? officers arrd passengers wfcre apprehensive of their own fate and to make.
identification possible, In case of disaster, tihe.company listed their names' and, gave each person a tag to be Worn on the way across. The trip, however, was ihade witnout mishap. c^r
WILSON ABANDONS VACATION.
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The president already has reoeived assuranceiB from official ©erman sources which he hopes will result In solving the controversy with 'Germany oyer her submarine warfare. He- Is "waiting, however, -for Germany to make ^formal disavowal of the attack on the Arabic and assurances of safety to Americans on the high seas t»••••.th* futvire^j -?/rf
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ACTOiT,'-^ 'it*M,,'-' ,,Au£. W.-HCofi-vlnced that'the blowing up of the glazing milt of the American Powder company yesterday morning was due to acpiden't, the local authorities made no tfffort today to continue investigation of the explosion. Although several persons were questioned, no definite information wks obtained. It was the belief of the company officials that the explosion did riot differ from others which hSLve taken place at the plant in the past.
f"» rl&WVtff suit wns filed against Ifcll!e Harms, Eno Harms and John Doe,, by Charles M. Fortune, former judge of the Probate Court, Monday. morning for the recovery of
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v. Thi* Yean f': WASHINGTON, Aug. X0.—President Wiison had given up a!l idea today of a further extended vacation this yikar. He had planned to spend the w1iOl«?^~ month of September at Cornish, N"", botv his plans now are not to leave .Washington until. the situation W*. tween the United States and German^ clears, if he. leaves at. all.
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GIBSON CHARGES DHOPPED.
Court jBuetalna Motion of Marlon
County Prosecutor.
INDIAN APOt^B, Indi, Aug. 30.Herry H. Hornhrook, who was selected as special JL'dge in the James H. Gi son case, involving an lndlctm^t charging violation of the primary la# in the eighth preciftct of the Third ward May. 5, 1914, today sustained a motion to nollepros the indictment
Tho motion was made by Alvah J. Rucker. prosecuting attorney, who announced laat week, when Gibsofl entered a plea of guilty to the cohSjiirt acy. eharge. that such action would too taken.