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VOL.<p></p>SENATE

URGES VOTERS TO STAND BY

Congressman Adair Says Tuesday's Ballot Should Be Ringing Endorsement of Woodrow Wilson.

PRAISES RALPH W. MOSS AS SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE

Puts Argument on Business Basis, and Asks, "Do Stockholders Ever Dismiss Faithful and Efficient Employes?"

Congressman John A. M. Adair, democratic candidate for governor, passed through Terre Haute Thursday evening en route home from the First district. In an Interview with the Tribune he urged that the democratic vote tit the primaries next Tuesday be a resounding message to President Wilson that he has the support of the peo916 of Indiana a*nd that the total of the. party vote show.no decrease from that recorded two years ago.

Mr. Adair paid a fine tribute to Congresman Moss and said while Mr. Moss had no opposition he urged every voter to not overlook casting a vote for liim as an encouragement in his stand with President Wilson.

Trv his southern trip Congressman Adair spoke at Brazil, Cloverdale, Roichdale, Crawfordsville, Evans.ville, Boonville. Princeton, Mt. Vernon, Petersburg and Greensburg. "The First district looks to me to be in excellent condition," said Mr. Adair. "It ts certainly a democratic district andi the boys seem to be working' in splepdiq shape. While there are local Contests for nominations the'y are ail friendly races and there.are :nd such blttfir fights as we sjee in •differ-, ent' parts of,,the statei arid in some of the stpite-wide contests of the opposliton. i There ate no indications but. that the moment .the' primaty is over every man will be-rea^ to-€aR^'jg£ff5^is-^»tttiS for the nominees. "4s.dexnocrats I can sete noiHing that we HaV^r j:o t^aJr in tiie .g&ilflral ^results. Woodr5W ^?hson grows"1 sftirohget every, day

%jth- the eople. What he does has-" no appearance of policy or driving 'for his personal gains He would sacrifice no principle to he re-elected president. He does, things- because he knoivs what he does is right and for the interest of lhe Avhole country arid for all the people, His ambition is to be right arid to see right triumph and every step he takes increases his popularity. The people .are for Woodrow Wilson.

State Houie Record.

"In all parts of the state I find there is an interest that is deep enough to count in the: record which our democratic?,state officials have made. The payjng of over two millions of dollars of i-epublican debts since the democrats came into power is known to the voters everywhere. They also know the republicans can make no answer to this. It strikes them 'just, as it would strike the stockholders in any large corporation^ .for the people are the stockholders of the state of Indiana. If these same people were conducting *a large commercial corporation and had a set of managers who d.ld nothing but accumulate more than $2,000,000 of debts, and while making the debts took no progressive steps, cajn you imagine how.long such management would be retained? And if they discharged these extravagant and non-progressive managers and put in a set of men who paid off the debts and did: more progressive things in four years than had ever been done in any other thirty years, can you imagine that the owners would want to put out "the good managers and go back to the old.pet of spenders and wreckers? "The question is so simple it seems almost foblish. It is just as foolish, to Wy mind, to think-the people of Indiana- will want fever to change from the excellent government we now have

Indiana and go back to the spendthrifts who did nothing to build. And the^same people who controlled in the days of extravagance are putting forward the candidates ahd knocking now jfor admission to the state offices. The people know and understand. They are uot easily fooled.

Tribute to Moss.

"This district is fortunate in/ being so ably represented in Washington in the person of Ralph W. Moss. He is greatly appreciated in Washington as one of the substantial members who get things done and his services are highly valued by President Wilson. Sen£tor John W. Kern is just now the Staff on which the president is leaning in.this critical• period of the. nation's history. Neither one of these has ever faltered The vote of their party in the primaries next week should .be ia notice to all the world th£i the

Wilgon type of Americanism is approved of in this nation to the last man."

GERMAN STEAMER SUNK. LrQNDON, 4:38 p. m.jMarch 3.—The German steamer Delta, from Apenrade, Prussia, believed to have struck a German mine, south of the sound and foundered, acoording to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co.,. from Copenhagen. Wreckage. from the .Delta has washed ashore.

U. S. WEATHER REPORT.

TEMPERATURE RECORD MARCH 3. 6 a. 17 Neon 25 9 a. 18' 3 p. m. 22

Relative humidity at 12 a. m.. S7.

LOCAL 7 A. M.

CONDITIONS AT 91 ARCH 3. 10X0.

Station pressure, 29.56 temperature, 1.7 highest t.emporature yesterday,30 lowest temperature last r.ight, 16 precipitation. .03 direction of wind, north velocity of wind, eight miles per hour state of

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ative humidity, S7 per cent.

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T&iiRE HAUTE—Fair tonight Saturday slightly colder tonight. INDIANA—Fair tonight and Saturday slightly colder tonight.

OTHER LOCAL REPORTS. Temperature, by Buntir.'s thermometer, 7 a. m., 2o 2 p. m., 26.

HOPE OF AGREEMENT

Both (Miners and Operators Reject New Proposals, and Sine Die Adjournment Is Forecasted.

NEW YORK, March 3—All hope* of negotiating an interstate, wage agreement for the, sdft coal fields of. the middle west was virtually abandoned today when propostions offered by both operators and miners were voted down by the sub-committee representing the two sides. Some operators and miners expected the sub-committee later in, the day to report a disagreement to the full joint conference.

In this event a sine die adjournment of the conference will likely result and the United Mine Workers' policy committee -Will then outline further action. The policy committee, if precedent is followed, will order, international ant} district Officers to endeavor to negotiate' iagr'eements by states.

Aj difference of one cent is all that stands between the contending forces. Today tHe miners shaved doWn their

work'and yardage to five per cent, and also cut the demand for a twenty pet* cent advafice for- day labor to ten per cent. .:•

The operators moved .to cut the pending tonnage demand of three cents to two cents a tori", wit hproportionate decreases in the other demands. This was refused by the miners, and the operators then Rejected the'proposal of the workprs.

A. plan by which the paving of South Third street the coming summer is assured.has been perfected, According to South Third street property owner, Friday. It was said it has been arranged, with the finance .committee of the council that South Third: street residents will take up the cost of the* paving of the street and alley intersections from'Poplar to Voorhees streets, about $17,000, in such a manner as not to embarrass the city until it is financially able to pay for its share.

City Attorney Royse said a plan was under consideration and would probably be introduced at the council meeting Monday night, but said the details were not fully decided upon.

COURT RELEASES YOUTHS. Louis Price, 19, and Fred Delay, 20 years old, were freed in City Court Friday afternoon of' the charge of stealing copper wire from the power house o$ the traction company, When Judge Newton withheld judgment pending good behavior.

Democratic inspectors and clerks are as follows: FIRST WARD.

Precinct A—Jerry Fitzgerald, Second and Ohio streets, inspector Art Fisher, clerk. 'Precinct B—P. O. Colliver, court house, Inspector George L. Brosius, 533 South Fifth street, clerk..

Precinct C—Henry Dinkle, 1318 South Second street, inspector Charles E. Vincent, 1307 South Third street, clerk.

Precinct D—Emil Teitge, Jr., 113 Pleasant avenue, inspector George Madigan, 2126 South Third street,

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Precinct A—P. 3". Wimsey, 823 Main street. Inspector George Grammel, 247 South Seventh street, clerk.

Precinct B—John F. Morrison, 606 South Ninth street, inspector John C. Ward, 617- South Tenth street, clerk.

Precinct C-y-Jeff Haupt. 1318 South Center street, inspector John Fitzpatrick, 1501 South Eleventh street, clerk.

Precinct D—Warr*en E. Coordeef, Seva- (._fo $

Germaft Forces Win Douaumont Village, But Are Checked in Attack Against Vaux.

HEAVY BOMBARDMENT AGAIN NOTED IN W0EVRE DISTRICT

Great Intensity Marks Resumption of fighting on West Line In Teuton Effort to Capture

Fortress.

BULLETIN.

BERLIN, March 3.—German troops cleared the village of Douaumont and pushed their lines to the west and to the south of the village and of the armored fort yesterday, according to the official announcement issued today by the German army headquarters' staff. The statement adds that more than 1,000 prisoners were taken and also that number of rieavy guns were captured.

The official statement relates that German airmen dropped bombs in the vicinity of the main Verdun fort and that

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The halt in the determined German offensive directed at the stronghold has been attri tinted by many observers to the difficulties of terrain interfering with the movement of heavy artillery. Apparently the Germans now have beerr able to bring up some at least of their larger pieces, for the French war office has reported a considerable increase in the intensity of the fire along the whole front at Verdun,, both to the north and northwest' and in the Woevre region to the east and southeast.

The drives from these tWo sides, now renewed, are held to indicate the familiar German plan of rolling up the flanks of a position, or using the claw hammer jaws of the military machine to get at the kernel of the nut. Signifiance may be attached in this connection to tfie development of a heavy bombardment of the" drench positions on LaMort Homme (the dead man). This hill lies a mile and a half west of the bend in the Meuse to the northwest of Verdun, from which it is eight miles distant. No infantry attack on this flank position has yet been reported, however, the renewal of the assaults taking place in the Douaumont region.

Possible development of some German movement in the Argonne still further to the northwest of the fortress, is indicated by the Paris report that the French have directed a con-

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LIST OF ELECTION OFFICIALS FILED

Here is the complete list of election officials who will be in charge of the primaries Tuesday, March 7, in the city and in the county. Voters should cut this out and preserve it for reference pn election day:

enth and Hulman streets, inspector James Vaughn, Seventh and Hulman streets, clerk.

THIRD WARD.

Precinct A—Julius Brunner, inspector Earl Cusick, 33 South Nineteenth street, clerk.

Precinct B—Dan Cahill, 437 South Eighteenth street, inspector Sydney Onyett, 716 South Fourteenth street, clerk.

Precinct William Brocksmith, Seventeenth and Hulman streets, inspector Robert Dwyer, 2200 Washington avenue, clerk.

FOURTH WARD.

Precinct A—Charles A. Lang, 724 North Thirteenth street, inspector William Fries, 706 North Twelfth street, clerk.

Precinct B—G. A. Lyons, 1331 Liberty avenue, inspector Nick Weber, city, clerk.

Precinct C—George Heuer, 1708 Wabash avenue, inspector Elmer Cottom. 1606 Liberty avenue, cleric

Precinct D—Henry Zinck, 41 Rose avenue, inspector George Stark, Jr., 55 Home avenue, clerk.

FIFTH WARD.

Precinct A—C. A Miller, 318 North

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XLII.—NO. 94. TERRE HAUTE, IND., FRIDAY, MARCH 3,1916.<p></p>PRESIDENT

CROWN PRINCE RENEWS DRIVE ABOUT VERDUN

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meiman phot down a British biplane, the ninth aeroplane accounted for by him.

BULLETIN.

PARIS, March 3.—The Germans have resumed their violent attacks to the north of Verdun.

The only point where they attained any success according to this afternoon's official statement by the war office, was n the Douaumont region. There they succeeded in reaching Douaumont village where heavy fight,ing is continuing. Other attacks in this vicinity were repulsed with heavy losses to the Germans.

So far.as both- official and unofficial account? .show,, the..situation- around the French fortress of Verdun has not been changed' by the recent fighting. The renewal of the German attacks, both north and east, has failed to shake the new French lines while the Germans are holding as tenaciously to their advanced positions in the face of such counter attacks as the French launched.

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Child About Whom Legal Battle Rages Last Witness Called Before Arguments Are Begun.

The defense in the case of the board of children's guardians against John and Ella Holscher, for tlie custody of Opal Holscher, 13 yqars. old, daughter of the defendants, rested" shortly, after the Circuit Court convened Friday morning. Several witnesses were offered by the bpard in rebuttal but no fresh evidence "brought to light. .The case was brought to a close when the court adjourned for the noon recess. Judge Pulliam allowed each side one and a half hours for argument during the afternoon, and the case probably will.go to the jury early Saturday.^

Opal Holscher, the little girl, was the last witness called for the defense. She testified that she had never seen her mother or any of-the family drink in her home that when she. was taken to the Glenn home the matron, Mrs. Emma McCrea,: had asked her if she liked bobbed hair that she had answered "yes," but that'she had never, given her consent. to_ haVing her hair cut, as was brought out in the testimony offered by the board."

Mrs. Holscher took the stand as a witness in rebuttal for the defense but was not questioned as to the conditions in her -home or.-on any of the statements made relative to her character.

When little Opal finished her testimony she broke out in a storm of tears and was carried from the court room by her mother, who was also sobbing.

WHITE STAR COMPANY ARMING BK VESSELS

NEW YORK, March 3.—The White Star liner Canopic which sailed today for Italian ports with three Americans in her. first "icabin, will take pn armament when she arrives at Gibraltar, it was announced by the White Star line today. The armament will be removed on the,return trip at Gibraltar, it was stated.

The notification that the Canopic would be armed was received by the White Star early today from the British admiralty and the order includes the Cretic, plying between the Boston and Mediterranean ports and which was reported at Gibraltar yesterday.

NOTED TRAGEDIAN DEAD.

PARIS, March o.—Jean MounetSully, the celebrated French tragedian and dean of the Comedie Francaise, is dead at the age of 75.

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Will Huge Austrian Guns Level Gity of Verdun

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pel their .AVi.t^dfawaU proba&lyj Will t'he huge 'Austrian Skoda gun's, 'which'! were qsedi.byj the G.ermans in smash--ing their way through Belgium.' The crown prinjpe of- Germany is4invcommand of th'fe -army which is trying to capture the '".French stronghold.

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eral Joffre is .the master mind in charge of the defense.

New Superintendent of Line Begins Work on Problems of Recon: struction of System.

C. B. Falley, recently appointed superintendent of the EvansvSlle and Indianapolis railway company, is now establishing his permanent office headquarters here and planning the work which he hopes will put the E. & I. back on its feet. Mr. Falley nas his temporary offices on the seconr floor of the Tribune, building, but later the operating offices* of the company will, occupy the entire fourth floor of the Tribune building, in which equipment is now being placied. Mr. Falley said the offices o£ all the, freight and passenger agents of the line.'would be ori this floor.

Mr. Falley's railroad career extends over a period, of about fifteen years, starting in 1901, when he took a position of assistant engineer on the Pennsylvania lines west, where he helped in the construction of certain branch lines. In 1905 he went to Chicago as signal inspector for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad. In 1907 he went to Colorado as superintendent of

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PARIS, March 3.—The story of three French sappers, who were, buried alive for hours during the battle of Verdun and who finally dug their way out to safety is told in detail by one of them, who arrived in Paris on a hospital train i s o n i n e s a i "With my friends, Bernard and Jean, I was posted in a/ trench at the edge of the V&uche woods. The enemy, showed a disposition to attack and, according to orders, the three of us, with a charge of powder, fuses and tools started down a mine gallery to fill the mine chamber, to lay the wires and to pack the gallery behind it. We did this without difficulty and were on our way back when a heavy explosion shook us. Had our mine gone off already 'I hear stones falling,' said one of my comrades. We rushed forward, the gallery was full of gravel. We realized the horrible truth we were

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IMWGMEN HPT Off JURY

Members of Central Labor Union Want Conditions Investigated —Discuss Penal Farm.

A: protest-against the seeming move to disfrarichise workers from all jury service was registered

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Labor union at the meeting held Thursday evening., ,|§ committee was appointed to register this protest in view, of the fact that all of the last juries have been composed of employers, members of organized capital or wealthy farmers, but no workers from the ranks of labor. The memoers ot organized labor feel that they have not been

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fairly in this matter.

A protest was alsft filed against the unnecessary expense to the city of sending men to the p^nal farni to serve 15 -day sentences.- According to the Jnfonnatioh gathered by the representatives of the, C. L. U., in many cases ihen" serving 15 day sentences are* kept in the' Vigo county jail for five days'arid theh sent to the penal farm for the remaining 10 days. It is the opinion of: the C. L. U. that this is an unnecessary expense to the city and that the men" should serve the remainder of their-time in the county jail, thus saving the expense of deputy hire and railroad fare.

Reports have-shown that the legislative committee .of Branch No. 60, Glass Bottle Blowers, has done excellent work and the central body feels that it would be an excellent idea for every local to have.,such a comiriit-

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Sappers Bwied Alive By Blast Dig Out Through Dead Bodies

walled up. An enemy shell had exploded above the gallery causing the roof to fall in.

Locked in By Blast.

"We examined the walls in feverish haste. 'We are done for,' said Jean. We-were not-afraid of death—'-it was all part of the game, but we did not like to die there in ||ie darkness. 'How long can we stay here?' Jean asked again. 'There is plehty of air and the gallery is roomy, but there is nothing to eat,', I replied. 'Well, what's .the good of a few hours more or less?' He said 'Why. wait? I for one have already made: up, my mind,' he took out his revolver, but I stopped him and said, 'Don't be a fool. Let us wait a while. We may hit on some way out.' "The first horror having passed, we began to discuss ways and means. 'Let

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Senate Tables Motion to Warn. Cit&1^ zens Off Belligerent Ships, Up-

holding Administration.

EXPECT VICTORY TO C^EAR UP LOWER HOUSE SITUATION

President's Supporters ConfidentThags V6te Will Solidify Sentiment, and Look for' Developments

During. Day.

WASHINGTON, March ,S.— vote of 68 to 14, a greater "majori^JP^ than they expected, administration* forces,in the senate today voted dol?93Jp Senator Gore's resolution to w Americans off the armed ships of European belligerents and there| finally quelled in the senate an aglt tation which has embarrassed Px? ident Wilson in the submarine lie* gotiations with Germany.

Senator Gore's resolution, a subsf^i'ij tute by Senator MacCumber, a lican, and an attempt by Senator Gj to strengthen his original proposal, were defeated at one time on &\r<2 call on1 a motion by Senator James, t*n«h of the administration whips, to The administration victory thus trans^ mits the flght. to, the house.

It was said at the white house it'** the result in the senate was satfef tory and met the wishes of Presi^f Wilson. It was added that attent&j would now be Concentrated onsituation in the house.

Senator Gore, himself, voted to his resolution. Senators Chambertei andO'Gorman were the only democi to vote against the administration, other twelve anti-administration v were" all republican. Forty rfqj democrats, and^tvrent^-twtr repuMifc VOted to table the resolution. •Smoot is (Excused.

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During the roll call, Rienator-Siric republican, asked to be excused fi^6| voting because he was not able to yot direct on. the proposition. Sen Borah, republican, obiejted, but senate voted to excuse hinii.

When Senator Stone's naipe w&lfe called he arose to explain that Seft|| ator Saulsbury, dem., was absent account of illness. He said tfcat'^lp present, Senator Saulsbury would h4\N voted aye on the original resolutiot

There was some uncertainty amod| senators as to the status of the varid'%, resolutions. when the roll call had gun.

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It was explained then that Sena,t James had moved to lay not only 1 Gore warning resolution^ but also

so-called corrected resofutior! on table. It was necessary for seriate to express themselves as to warnlij and on the correction the killing of American on an unwarned merchaiiHi man as a cause of war, in one Senator Gore voted to table, he sa| because he did not favor his own St stitute and had introduced it merely^ get an expression of the senate that issue.

The text of' Senator Gore's addltid to his original resolution and whf was tabled with the morning reso| tion was as follows: "Resolved, by the senate, the hot of representatives concurring, that'l sinking by a German submarine out the notice-or warning of an arnii merchant vessel 9f her public resulting iri^the death of a: citizen^ the United States Would constitute^, just and sufficient cause of war tween. the United States and the Gi man empire."

Several senators explained that? double form of the question waer'J sponsible for the character of the vo as few senators wanted to vote on ^fl question regarding a cause for wail

Immediately after the vote inj senate Senator Reed, democrat *rej statement saying he felt it was higl important that the impressiop in many that the country -and coh^| wafei inot behind the president, be removed, and that therefore he i opposed to the Gore resolution, "It is of the highest importai said he, "that all the world undersl that on any question of the rights the American government or the lean citizens our great people stand^i a unit, arid it should be underset! that they will uphold, sustain andij fend those rights, if necessary, to| last breath."

Activities in House.

While the senate was voting h'ol leaders were working. There was^i doubt,that the administration vict'6 in' the senate was expected to solio

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WATCH EVERY ¥01

Sheriff George Krietenstein has riol fied Circuit Judge Pulliam- that' deputy sheriffs will exert every pr caution to watch the polls TuesctS and watch every voter. Krietenst^ says: "We will have clean primary if I have to lay down my life."-