Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 14 November 1915 — Page 2

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GREAT LAKES SWEPT BY DISASTROUS GALE

Heavy Loss of Life alid Property Reported—Many Vessels Stranded and Lost.

BULLETIN.

DULUTH, Minn., Nov. 13.—The •teamer Charles A. Luck, until recently known as City of Berlin, has been lost with all hands, according to dispatch tonight. She carried a crew of twenty.

The Luck passed the Sault on her way to Duluth at 3 p. m. last Wednee day and since then all sight of her has been lost.

DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 13.—Sweeping over the great lakes region with fierce fury, the northwest gale that has raged for three days Is believed to ha/ve taken heavy toll of life and property. Reports from lake ports tonight indicate that perhaps thirty lake seamen have perished, whilo many vessels have stranded and some foundered.

One steamer and two tugs, with crews aggregating thirty men, are be lieved lost.

Vesselmen here and at other lake ports tonight anxiously awaited word from other vessels long overdue.

In Lake Superior the steamer Charles A. Luck Is thought to have gone down, with all hands. The vessel is long overdue at Duluth. Reports from Superior coast villages today say wreckage was blown up along the shore. She was a wooden vessel with a complement of seventeen men. Near Erie, Pa., on Lake Erie, the cargo steamer Philip D. Armour is reported to be pounding to pieces on the rocks The crew was taken off this morning. Two tugs that accompanied her are believed lost with all aboard. Each carried a crew of six men.

In Lake St. Clair the steamers Wainwright, George B. Leonard, Ell wood and Lynch grounded this afternoon Just below the ship canal, blocking both channels for several hours.

ZERO WEATHER IN WE8T.

First Touch of Real Winter Sends Mercury Down. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Two degrees below zero at Sheridan, Wyo., and Yellowstone park, zero at Billings, Mont., and freezing weather at many points along the Canadian border in the northwest today heralded the first touch of winter. The weather bureau •aid low temperature has prevailed for several days in the Canadian northwest and Rocky mountain region. This has been somewhat intensified by a high pressure area overspreading the liorth Pacific coast.

There has been a sharp fall in temperature in the Atlantic coast and gulf states, but it has not reached freer!ng.

YON NUBER HOLDS TONOTJE.

Austrian Official Says He May Discuss Reports Later. NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Alexander Von Nuber, Austrian consul general, this evening refused to comment on dispatches from Washington asserting that he was no longer persona grata to the American government because of his alleged activities here against the allies.

Von Nuber read with great Interest the reports from Washington. "There Is nothing I can say about the matter now." he said, "It is possible that when I have received official information regarding the case I may have something to say."

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Specialist in Suburban Development.

Office—Real Estate Department, Terre Haute Trust Company.

INDICTED Mi Will ASK FOR EARLY TRIALS

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at $1,000 on the two indictments returned against him. The Greenberg Iron company which was indicted with Pinklesteln on the same charge, under the statute, it being a corporation, cannot give bond until a summons had been served by the sheriff accompanied with a certified copy of the indictment and signed on each count by the duly elected prosecuting attorney. Due to the complications which surround the serving of the warrant on the company. County Clerk John Joyce announced that it would not be served until Monday afternoon in order to give the deputies in the office time to comply with the provisions of the statute.

David B. Hill, George M. Ray, John W. Palmer, O. J. Steffy, H. W. Baum, all school supply men of Indianapolis, with whom Ferguson is Baid to have had his dealings, were indicted by the Jury but service in Indianapolis had not been made at a late hour yesterday evening. The sheriff of Marion county was notified of the findings of the local jury immediately with the return of the report and efforts were Immediately put on foot for the appre'henslon of the men. Hill, Ray and

Steffy, who have been indicted before in Vigo county and also In adjoining counties are expected to give themselves up within the next few hours, as it was demonstrated when last indicted by the Jury in this county.

Charge Against Scott.

D. F. Scott, a former member of the boar of public works and recently ousted by Mayor Gossom, was Indicted on two charges of embezzlement and one for petit larceny. The amounts involved though small still were considered sufficient grounds for an indictment by the Jury. He Is charged with appropriating for his own use $25 of the funds of the city devoted for street repair and of taking about fifty sacks of cement belonging to the city, valued at about 40c each. He was arrested by Sheriff Geo. Kreltensteln and gave bond of $1,000 immediately.

Fred W. Gros Claude, hardware agent of Indianapolis, who was Indicted on the charge of defrauding, through the assistance of the township trustee, Henry J. Adams, Nevlns township of about $200, furnished bond late in the afternoon. Adams, who was indicted with him, did not appear but Is expected to make an appearance Monday morning, if not apprehended by the sheriff and his force before that time.

At- the same time that the indictments were returned against Ferguson and others connected with him, Indictments charging grand larceny were returned against Henry Davey and William Graham charged with the theft of about $9,000 belonging to the Vandal la Coal company.

Mr. Finklestein's Statement. When interviewed shortly after the Indictments had been returned Finklesteln said: "The whole affair was a great surprise and shock to me. I did not suppose for an instant that there were any steps on foot by which I would be implicated with the law. I was engaged In my own business at the time mentioned In the Indictments and know nothing of the charges preferred against me. My attorneys have advised me not to discuss the question so I will say nothing as to my actions. They will be governed by the advice of my attorneys whom I feel will competently handle the situation."

Frank McAllister, an employe of the city crematory, was also indicted charged with grand larceny. He is charged with appropriating for his own use about 25 gutter coverings of the value of $5.00 each, the property of the city. He was released on bond shortly after being arrested.

Thomas Ferguson said: "I was given a clean bill by both the state board of accounts and by Judge Gerdlnk and considering the fact that the state board had settled 1,024 of these cases without prosecution the public can judge If I have had a square deal. I have contended all along that these discrepancies were the result of different interpretations of the iaw. I paid In over $4,000 to right the matter and was virtually assured that there would be no prosecution. The county lost no money through me. I worked myself up from coal digger to auditorelect of Vigo county and don't propose to run away from this oharge. I am confident that when the people know all the facts in the matter that no stain will attach to the name of Tom Ferguson. As to the motives behind this Indictment, I will not discuss them now."

Earl Hauck said Saturday evening that the report that he and Attorney Chalmers Hamill "had been active in securing evidence in the cases in which indictments were returned was a mistake. He said he could not speak for Mr. Hamill.

MEET SEALER HALT WAY.

Merchants Call on Mogle to Inspect Weights and Measures. The office of city sealer of weights and measures has been Instituted into the government at Charleston, 111., and William Roy Austin, who was named to fill the office, visited City Sealer A. E. Mogle last week, making a tour of inspection with the local man.

Mr. Mogle said yesterday the merchants of the city are beginning to realize the value of the office of city sealer and that he has been cordially received almost everywhere he has gone to test scales and measures. He said merchants are calling him daily and asking him to test their scales and measures.

ROAD SUPERVISOR DISMISSED.

Oscar Layne was dismissed as superintendent of the construction of the Williard Thompson road, and Ed Haley appointed to succeed him by the board of county commissioners yesterday. It Is said Layne was not complying with the specifications fixed by the board.

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U. S. DRAGNET IS SET FOR ESPIONAGE PLOTS

Vigorous Campaign Undertaken to Stamp Out Bomb Explosions, Passport Frauds and Other Violations.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13 Reaching directly toward the doors of the Austrian and German embassies, the United States government tonight had a nation-wide dragnet stretched for alleged foreign conspirators and alleged American helpers.

Attention was focused on Austrian Consul Von Nuber, of New York Captain Franz Von Papen, German military attache Austrian Consul Schwegel, of St. Louis Captain James F. J. Archibald, American correspondent, and Austrian Consul Ludwig, of Cleveland.

From the white house itself today came official admission of the government's widespread and vigorous campaign to stamp out foreign conspiracies of espionage, Incendiarism, bomb explosions, passport frauds, publicity propaganda and a train of lesser violations of United States laws and neutrality.

All the forces of several government departments are working on these cases. A large part of the necessary evidence Is In the hands of the government, It Is believed, following numerous and disastrous fires and explosions In American munition plants, mysterious fires aboard steamers, the New York bomb plots and the Dumba incident .and the charges of Dr. Joseph Goricar, former Austrian consul, at San Francisco.

Much Evidence in Hand.

Federal officials tonight declared there already is ample evidence, legally, for dismissing several foreign officials from the United States.

This is said to apply particularly to Austrian Consul General Von Nuber, named particularly by Dr. Goricar, and Captain Von Papen.

Postponement of formal announcement that Von Nuber and Von Papen are persona non grata is said to be due to the desire further to investigate their activities which may involve many others.

Among other developments tonight was a statement from Baron Zwiedinek, Austrian charge, regarding a conference today with Assistant Secretary of State Phillips. The Austrian "acting ambassador" said he protested against newspaper vllllflcatlons and sought advice how to check them.

Baron Zwledinek charged a mercenary motive to Dr. Goricar in his expose of alleged Austrian conspiracies.

WOMEN MOB MERCHANTS.

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 13.—Enraged by high butter and potato prices, women marketers at Dusseldorf attacked the produce merchants in crowds, Friday, according to Information from German sources tonight, and a fierce riot followed. It was dispersed by a police charge and several arrests were made.

Obituary

KKNTZ STEHRETT.

The funeral of Kent!! Storrett, 14 years old, who was accidentally killed Saturday morning about 11:30 o'clock near his home in Fayette township, will be held Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the residence and at 1:30 o'clock at the new Vermillion U. B. church. The burial will be In the cemetery near the church. The deceased Is survived by the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Delaney Sterrett a brother and a sister.

VINCENT SHANNON.

Word was received here Saturday of the death of Vincent J. Shannon In Los Angeles, Cal. He Is survived by hie father and two brothers, George and John, here, and one brother, Thomas J., in Los Angeles. The funeral will be held In Los Angeles. One sister, Miss Mayme Shannon, died here a few months ago. Vincent Shannon was 39 years of age and was well known here.

WILLIAM J. NICHOLSON.

By Special Correspondent. VINCKNNES, Ind., Nov. 13.—William J. Nicholson, aged 61 years, died suddenly at his home late Thursday evening. He was born at Wheatland and was postmaster there for five vears. He came to this city and ombarked In the drug business, but later opened a shoe business, which he conducted a number of years. He disposed of this and became city editor of the Commercial. At the time of his death the deceased was a member of the firm of Emlson & Nloholson, hardware and 1mlement company. He was alBo true -ae of the First M. E. church and a member of the Odd Fellows and K. of

Fe P. lodges. The funeral was conducted from the M. E. church this afternoon at 2:80 o'olock, with burial In the city cemetery.

MRS. CHARLES R. TICK NOR.

By Special Correspondent. ROCKVILLE, Ind., Noc, 13.—Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. Charles R. Tlcknor, formerly of Rockvllle, at Portsmouth. Va. Mrs Ticknor was about 68 years of age, and was a member of the Methodist church. She is survived by her nusband, Charles R. Tlcknor a sister, Mrs. James G. Campbell, of Attica: a brother, C. W. Darter, of Crawfordsvtlle, and a daughter, Mrs. Daniel Burr Jones, of Portsmouth. Va., at whose home she died. The bodv will be brought to Rockvllle and the funeral held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church.

CAPPER PORTER.

By Special Correspondent. BRAZIL. Ind., Nov. IS.—News has been received here of the death at Indianapolis of Capper Porter, 66 years old, for many years a butcher of this city. He Is survived by a widow and two sons, Charles, of Blcknell and Will, of Terre Haute.

STEWART E. COLE.

By Special Correspondent. VINCENNES, Ind., Nov. 13.—Stewart E. Cole, who died at the city hospital Thursday in Cincinnati, was buried in the city cemetery at 2:30 o'clock today. The deceased is survived by one brother, Luther Cole, of Odon, Ind.

CIIAS. HARXID.

By Special Correspondent. BIOKNELL, Ind., Nov. 13.—Chas. Harnid, aged 63 years, died at nls home in Bicknell. He leaves a wife and seven children. Interment will he made In the Edwardsport cemetery Sunday.

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TERRE HAUTE TRi-BUJNJE.

Talk It Over With "Earl"

WHO WILL BE RUTH IN BIG MOW PlAY?

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Those who want to be Ruth and the supporting company are urged to begin their campaigns at once. See all your friends and have them watch for and cut out for you the first coupon, which will appear on Tuesday, November 16, of this week, and then have them do the same on each succeeding day until the contest closes. Be careful to fill out the coupons properly and legibly, then deposit them in the ballot box at the Grand opera house or mall them to the Grand opera house, care the contest manager. The votes will be counted the following day, and In the columns of the Tribune, every day, we will tell you how the contest progresses.

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STEALS "TAG DAY" BANK.

CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—Chicago developed the meanest and one of the boldest thieves in the world today, when a man knocked down and robbed Mrs. Frank Kenney, of the "Tag

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when she was collecting money for charity. The robbery occurred In front of the Sherman house, while hundreds were within a few feet of the woman.

HURT CRANKING AUTO.

By Special Correspondent.

WORTI-IINGTON, Ind., Nov. 13.— While cranking an automobile, west of town, James Woody's arm was broken this morning, when the crank slipped. He Is employed at the Fritz garage.

RIDDER ESTATE TO WIDOW.

XEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 13.—The entire estate of Herman Ridder, editor and publisher, was left to his wife, Mary O. Ridder, by the terms of his will filed for probate today.

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GROVER HOLDS METER RATES NOTEXCESSIVE

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taxes on account of these bonds, and their sinking fund that the municipal plants serve only a small fraction of the people at Cleveland, and already they have cost about three and :nehalf million dollars that they have never paid $1.00 of taxes or Interest on the money appropriated for these plants and derived from general taxes that' the refunding bonds issued to redeem the original bonds sold to pay fjr the plants ant still outstanding.

Life of a Plant.

"The article proceeds to show that the useful life of an electric lighting plant Is usually considered to be about twenty years, and yet the electric light bonds are made to run from twentyfive to thirty-five years. It is easy to see that the city bonds, with their annual interest, will be a burden to the taxpayers of the city long after the plant, which they were iBsued to pay for, Is worn out. "This case," said Mr. Grover, "Is only one of many others like It, and I only call attention to it in order that Dur patrons and the public may not be misled by the statements which are evidently put out for the purpose of creating dissatisfaction among our customers, and leading them to believe that they are paying an excessive rate for our service In Terre Haute. If we had no taxes to pay and no Interest on the investment in our plant, and all the other advantages which the Cleveland plants have had, we could make a great reduction in our rates &nd still have a net profit greater than we are now making. But when the public sees that where they save In electric bills they pay out In general taxes, and especially when the taxpayer, who does not use electric lights, t:ees that he pay3 taxes to help pay for the lights which his neighbor has, but which he does not have, I think the matter will appear in a different light."

Actual Rates Here.

"The statement which is sometimes made, that the rate in Terre Haute is ten cents per kilowatt hour, is misleading. While the highest published tariff rate is ten cents per kilowatt hour, there is a ten per cent, discount from that, for prompt payment, making the maximum net rate nine cents per kilowatt hour for the smallest amount used. The larger users, such as the newspapers, merchants, manufacturers and the like, have a very much lower rate than that, as they all know, or can verify by reference to their bills. I do njt know of any city in the country wnere the business men are more keen or more alive to their own interest, and I am glad to be able to sav that our customers, particularly the merchants, have expressed to me frequently tneir satisfaction, not only with aur service, but our rates. The fact is, as they well know after careful investigation, that we

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rates and service, or more favorable, than the average city In the country."

The Magazine Article.

The article in the "Public Service Magazine" is intended to refute a newspaper article the general tenor of which is indicated by the headlines

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which read: "Three-Cent Lights: Any City Can Get Them by Building a Municipal Light Plant."

The magazine in an appended article under the heading: "The Facts in the Case," says: "The article above, reproduced from the Dubuque, la., Times-Journal, is what is known as a 'syndicate newspaper story.' It is a tommy rot affair, prepared by an Irresponsible writer and sold at a low rate to the numerous newspapers all over the country. "Note the heading: "Three-Cent Lights: Any City Can Get Them by Building a Muny Plant.' "No doubt any city can get threecent lights in the same way Cleveland gets them—by co'vering the losses of the municipal plant by general taxation. "The article says the Cleveland municipal electric plant 'Is earning $6,000 a month over and above all operation, interest and sinking fund charges.' "The facts are: "Both Interest and sinking fund charges on the Cleveland municipal electric plant have from the first and do still come from direct taxation of all the property owners of Cleveland. Approximately $265,000 has already been assessed against the taxpayers for these charges. "All the cash on hand and all the anticipated receipts for 1915 of the Cleveland electric light department were appropriated January 11, 1915, for operating and maintenance expenses and for extensions to the plant. This cash on hand January 1, 1915, was $48,270, and estimated receipts from sale of current $628,340, with miscellaneous receipts of $14,500, making the total estimated Income for the year $642,840. The council appropriated all this amount without allowing a penny for interest and sinking fund for the outstanding debt. "But as a matter of fact the actual receipts fall way below the estimated. Figures given the local newspapers by officials of the municipal plant. show the earnings during the first five months of 1915 to have been $187,359. That means actual receipts average $37,471 per month, while estimated receipts average $53,570 per month, creating a monthly deficit or over-esti-mate of $16,099. "Obviously if this average is kept up the earnings for 1915 will fall short of official estimates just $193,188."

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onstration was made in the afternoon about 3 o'clock. Colonel Thompson called for several hankers of his acquaintance in New York, but found they had left their offices. The difference of time between Terre Haute and New York had not been taken into consideration.

During the conversation between Charles Baur and his brother, Jacob, in Chicago, Jacob began conversing regarding some business matter and was told by Charley to cease, as there were about sixteen people listening on the Terre Haute end.

PASSENGER DENIES CHARGE.

Proves to Police He Did Not Plan to Dynamite Ship. NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Arthur Cummins, steerage passenger, whose arrest as a bomb suspect caused a scare among six hundred passengers aboard the American liner St. Louis this afternoon, will be arraigned before a United States commissioner Monday, charged with unlawfully transporting explosives from one state to another.

A two hours' grilling convinced Captain Tunney, of the police bomb squad, that Cummins spoke the truth when he said he was a British miner, enroute home to England to enlist, and knew nothing about the two sticks of tunnelite found in his suit case. The police plan to quiz Cummins again tomorrow and then turn him over to the federal authorities. "I packed my suit case in a hurry and must have absent-mindedly picked up the two sticks of tunnelite," he said. "But the only way the stuff can be exploded is by detonation from an electric battery."

A thorough search of Cummins' effects failed to disclose any time fuse or detonator. 0,

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