Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 March 1916 — Page 2

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EXPLOSION IIS IS IN JAIL AT EL PASO

Y: Lighted Match Sets Off Mixture Used for Sanitary Baths and Pandemonium Is Let Loose.

-EL PASO, Tex., March 7.—Eighteen, wrsons are dead today and a number Brothers are not expected to live as 5« result of, the explosion which occurred yesterday in the disinfection bath room of the city jail. More than ^forty persons were in the bath room Iwhen the explosion took place and

Marly all of them suffered serious Jurns, nine dying within a short time, line others foio were taken to hospitals died during the night.

A lighted match ignited the vapors rising from the mixture of gasoline, terosene and vinegar, in which the prisoners, mostly Mexicans, were begins bathed in conformity with sanitary ^measures devised by city health authorities to prevent the spread of disse by Mexican arrivals. Sheets or |jlaxne flashed through the entire east

Wng of the prison and almost immediately the street fronting the jail £was filled with naked, shrieking men, fflaVeloped in Are.

A fire company housed in the jail ^extinguished. the flames. A coroner's inquest and an investi|gation by city officials ordered for tovday, had to do principally with statements made by guards and survivors, ~vfho

declared that the explosion was reaused by the lighting of a match by ime of the prisoners.

While the investigation was progeieding on this side of the boundary, and military authorities at Juarez, opposite here, were searching for an ^unidentified Mexican who boarded a feet car hear the Juarez race track id shot the motorman, Charles lelpa, last night after a report was fipread that 200 Mexicans had been irown into jail here and deliberately burned to death. Phelps is said to be

Ltally wounded.

BABY WEEK LECTUBES.

»ctor's Will Tell Parents How To Prepare Baby Food. iAn attractive exhibit calling attenlen again to "Baby Week" is shown •.t: the Valentine drug store. A large [loll, representing a youngster, lying of its back, occupies the center of he west window. Its heels are kicked iiip and it is holding a bottle of milk |fcp its own mouth. About the doll are ?»arious notices calling attention to the importance of the baby. Arranged

Igh in the window are pictures pi uses in slum districts of Terre .ute, to illustrate the home of many jbf the city's little ones. A number of jildren who have summered at diferent times at the Fresh Air mission shown, depicting the emaciated ^condition of so many of the babies be.use of lack of proper food and care.

The lectures at the schools will be iven Wednesday at four o'clock at various buildings: |Deming school, Dr. George Johnson .prison school, Dp. Daniel Tucker ler Thompson school, Dr. J. D. 'por Greenwood school, Dr. Rudolph luenweg Crawford school, Dr. Madge ?atton Stephens Booker T. Wash|5ton school, Dr. A. Bethea. Dr. M.

Combs will talk at the Light House Ission at three o'clock, and Dr. |Mrnest Layman at the Social Settle.^ttient at the same hour, Wednesday

Jfcfternoon. Nurses will give follow up Stalks at the school centers Thursday.

^WEARS MRS. LINCOLN'S GOWN.

'^Chicago Girl Has Unique Honor at Birthday Celebration. CHICAGO, March 7.—An eventful lerjod in United States history was

Bsociated with the gown worn here today by Miss Estelle A. Wood to celebrate the seventeenth anniversary of birth. According to the story told gown was worn by Mrs. Abraham IfJfiAincoln and was made by a slave on |the DeTrouvelle estate near New

Orleans, La., for ttate Lincoln inauguration. ^William F. Wood, the young "igvoman's father, recently obtained the gflgwn from Mrs. John T. Grimsley, of liringfleld, 111., whose sister was one pl^sMrs. Lincoln's bridemaids and to 'g^tfhoin Mrs. Lincoln gjave the gown as memento.

The gown is of pansy ^olored velvet, piped in white silk. A simple bodice is concealed under the eton jacket, 5&$i4tng in points over the front of the '-full skirt.

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DEPUTY AND INSPECTOR CLASH IN TAVLORVILLE

Wife of Han Under Arrest Declares He Was Taken To Jail Without Cause.

Mrs. Mary Harris, wife of the Taylorville inspector arrested Tuesday morning, and Joseph Jeff era, appeared at County Clerk Joyce's- office Tuesday afternoon to try and gain the release of Harris. Mrs. Harris told the clerk that her husband had left home at 5 o'clock in the morning and had gone direct to the polling place. She said he set up the booths and was about to open the supplies when Deputy Sheriff John. Guess arrived and ordered him to stop. She said her husband told Guess that he was running the polling place whereupon the deputy declared he was running Harris, and told him he was under arrest. She said her husband had no gun and had* not been drinking.

Jeffers said that -while he and his brother Earl were crossing the bridge late Monday some one fired a shot at them, the bullet passing close to Earl's head.

Harris was sent to jail without bond by Sheriff Krletenstein.

SPECIAL LENTEN SERVICES. Lenten services at. St. Luke's Episcopal church, of which the Rev. Charles E. Williams is pastor, will be held each Wednesday and FrHay nights at S o'clock until Easter, beginning Ash Wednesday evening. Afternoon services also will be'held on Thursdays, be-, ginning March 16. at 4:30 o'clock.

BUSINESS GIRLS' LEAGUE. The Business girls' bible league will meet Thursday evening at 7 o'clock at the T. W., and later will hold rehearsal of the play which the league will soon present.

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MRS. JOHA M. LIGHTFOOT. Mrs. Rosa A. Lightfoot. wife of John M. Light/foot, died Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the family home, 1602 South Center street, after an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Lightfoot wai born in Guelph, Can., and came to Terre Haute forty years ago. Mrs. Lightfoot was 54 years of age. She is survived by the husband. John M. Lightfoot, a daughter, Lottie E. Lightfoot, and sister, Mrs. Sarah Woodruff, of Louisville, Ky. The f'ineral will be held Wednesday aftelnoor. at 2 fc'clockt: Interment at Highland Lawn cemetery. Mrs. Lightfoot was for many years associated with the Kaufman Grocery company and in this capacity she made a wide circle of friends. She was a woman of marked executive- ability, was beloved by all who came in contact with her and the news of her death was a great shock to her many acquaintances.

FIRMAN GTRTON.

Firman Girton, 59 years old, died Tuesday Jtt noon at the residence. 1126 Helen avenue, of apoplexy. He Is survived by the widow, Emma, four daughters, two sons, two sisters and three^ brothers. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 230 o'clock. Interment will be at Grand View cemetery.

MRS. MARY JENKS.

Mrs. Mary Jenks, 19 years old, died Monday night at 11 o'clock at the Union hospital following an operation. The body was prepared for burial at the Ryan morgue and sent to Clinton early Tuesday morning for burial The deceased lived at Clinton.

BENJAMIN F. BULLARO. Benjamin F1. Bullard, 60 years old, died Monday evening at 1423 Ohio street. The body wjll be sent to Cypress, I1L, Wednesday morning at I o'clock for burial.

MICHAEL VONDERSCHMIDT. By Special Correspondent. LINTON, Ind., MRrch 7.—The funeral of Michael Vonderschmidt,

years old,

who died almost instantly last week in the Vandalia mine No. 9 when he came in contact with a heavily charged electric wire, was held at the Catholic church and burial was in Linton cemetery. The deceased had been employed at the mine for a number of years. He is survived by a daughter, Minnie, three sons, Edward, George and Clarence, and a brother, Adam. Three children live in Nebraska City. The deceased was a member of the European club, which presented a beautiful floral tribute.

Mrs. Susie Martin, husband sister, Cornelia Vonderschmidt, Mrs. Marie Brandt and son, William, attended the funeral.

MRS. MARY CROWE.

By Special Correspondent. BRAZIL, Ind., March 7.—Mrs. Mary Crowe, widow of the late Martin Crowe, died at the home at 306 West Ridge street early this morping after two weeks! illness of paralysis, aged 75 years. The deceased was bbrn in Ireland but had ,resided in this country for practically half a century. The deceased is survived by two daughters and a son, Misses Mollie and Clara and John Crowe, all of this city. The funeral will be held at the Catholic church Thursday, interment at the Catholic cemetery.

GRAND JURY INDICTS 0RPET.

Holds University Student for Killing of Former Sweetheart. CHICAGO, March 7.—Will H. Orpet, University of Wisconsin student, was indicted by a Lake county grand jury on a 'charge of murdering his former sweetheart, Marian Lambert. The case will be called for trial next week, but a continuance on request of the defense is expected. The grand jfcry heard 25 witnesses. They included E. O. Orpet, father of the defendant, Frank Lambert, father of the girl, and Josephine Davis, and Verne Jackson, school friends of hers.

It is charged that the tragedy was the culmination of a liason that was precipitated by Orpet's transferring his affections to another woman and that he provided a violent poison which the girl swallowed. 0

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The first arrest of the day occurred in the Taylorville precinct, of Sugar Creek, when Isaac Harris, said to be an inspector, was sent to jail charged with intoxication and threats to shoot up the polling place. John-Malloy was substituted for Harris.

Workers about the polls in the Sixth ward said the voting up to 10 o'clock was much lighter than usual.

Trouble soon followed in Precinct of the Sixth, when Warren Miller, a republican poll book holder and a Watsoh worker, was chased from the polling place by members of a rival faction. Sheriff Krietenstein dispatched Ave deputies to the scene to aid in curbing the hostilities. It was reported that a federal officer was also keeping an eye oh the polling place.

Women Not on Hand.

At a majority of the down town precincts the voting was slow but steady. Tuesday morning. The absence of women from the polls was causing considerable comment.

In Precinct A of the Second ward, 31 South Ninth street, only about 25 votes had been cast during the first three hours that the polls were open but in Precinct of the same ward, 417 South Ninth street, more than 100 votes had been cast by 9 o'clock and the rush was continuing.

In Precinct A of the Fourth ward, 441 North Twelfth street, the voting was steady, 45 ballots having been cast by *9:30 a. m. Many of the Vandalia shop men vote in this precinct and the board made arrangements for a heavy rush during the noon hour.

Thirty-three voters cast their ballots in Precinct A of the Fifth ward before 9:30 a. m. ,The voting place in this precinct is 309 irorth Ninth street.

Heavy Vote In Second.

In precinct C, of' the Second ward, things were running along quietly all morning and at 10 o'clock a total of 162 votes had been cast at the voting, place, 715 Washington avenue.

At precinct D, of the Second w$rd, at 9:45 o'clock, the total number of votes ca&t was 99.

Heavy Vote Expected.

FORT WAYNE, Ind., March 7.—All Indications pointed to a trepsendo

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nearby, and was taken to the Union hospital. At police headquarters Seymour Jordan said Rodgers approached with his revolver in his hand and commenced shooting at »his ibrother. Seymour said his brother did not have a gun and he drew his and commenced firing. Seymour said "he heard other shots than those of Rodgers and his.

Sylvester Jordan told the police that Rodgers had been throwing bricks at him. "What could a man do?" he'said to the police.

Factione Active.

For weeks there has been intense rivalry in the Sixth ward between the supporters of Harry S. New and James E. Watson, republican candidates for the senatorial nomination. Watson money has been poured into the ward, it is ,said, for the past several weeks, and Jack Tierney is said to have had charge of the Watson campaign in the ward. Trouble in the ward was not unexpected, it was said, as the New and McCray workers were said'to have placed challengers at the polling places to prevent any attempt oh the part of Watson campaigners to vote the floaters of the ward. Reports recently were to the effect that $1,000 had been provided for the Watson campaign fund In the ward.

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heavy vote in Fort Wayne and Allen county at the primary today, for in addition to the gubernational and senatorial races there were very spirited contests for several county nominations. Five candidates sought the .democratic nomination for sheriff and four for the vecordership nomination. Primary day weather was clear and bright, and there was a heavy vote during the early hours.

Vote Light at South Bend. SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 7.—Voting was unusually light hiere today although ideal weather conditions prevailed. The polls opened at 6 o'clock this morning.

Manufacturing institutions gave their employes an opportunity to cast their votes at the primary, but comparatively few took advantage of it. A multiplicity of slates appeared in the field for both republican and democratic parties last night.

Clore's County Stirred Up. LAPORTE, Ind., March 7.—Primary day in Laporte county is favored with ideal weather conditions and it is expected that the voters will turn out in larger numbers than was anticipated. Great interest is beihg shown here in the democratic gubernatorial contest between James A. M. Adair and L: B. Clore, the latter being from this county.

Voters Show Interest.

EVANSVTLLE, Ind., March" 7.— Spring weather and unprecedented interest in certain phases of the race, today were expected to bring a record vote in today's primary election. The fight for the senatorial nomination and the compaign for several county nominations on the republican ticket had first place in public interest.

Late Returns Expected.

PLYMOUTH, Ind., March 7.—With fair weather there wfis an excellent representation of Marshall county voters at the polls this morning to take part in the first state-wide priiftary. The returns will be unusually late because of the second choice feature of the ballot.

Early Voting Slow.

ELKHART, Ind., March 7.—Voters were slow to go to the polls today to take part in the Indiana primaries. With excellent weather conditions it is expected that the voters will show more enthusiasm as the day advances. Factory men will vote this afternoon.

yrORKMAN MEETS ACCIDENT.

yRoger Hogan, 30 yiars old, a laborer, received, a badly crushed leg Monday at the Highland iron and steel mills, when he was caught in a conveyor. The accident occurred about 8 o'clock Monday night and the injured man was taken to the St. Anthony's hospital, when it was announced an effort would be made to save the leg.

BRANDEIS QUIZ RESUMED.

WASHINGTON, March 7.—Inquiry into the nomination of Louis D. Bran4eis to be a member of the supreme court was continued today by the senate committee with ''hree witnesses on hand ready to testify regarding the L^nnojx bankruptcy cases They were James T. Lennox, Abe Stein and Moses J. Stroock.

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tem of paying wages, something the officers of the ynion say they have been, striving to obtain for 30 years. The mine run isystem adds 2.39 cents a ton to the miners wages and gives them about $1,250,000 a year, pot5 counting the three cents a ton general increase also won by theniir.

In Ohio machine mining is increased three cents a ton on machine coal to 50 cents. ,Pick mining will bring frdm 67.64 to 70.6 a ton. Indiana operators agree to increase the'machine mining rate 3% cents to 52 cents a ton, and three cents Is added to pick coal, making the rate 64 cents a ton.

In Illinois the machine rate is increased three cents to 54 cents and pick mining three cents to 64. Thus the differential between Illinois and Jndiana is reduced a half Cent. The Indiana miners were not satisfied with the 3% cents increase in their state, they having demanded 5% cents advance in order to bring the rates up to the Da.nville (111.) level of 54 cents. i

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Rotary Club Is Shown Wonders of Electricity

Electrical demonstrations featured the. noon meeting of tfce Rit^ry club at the Hotel Deming, Tuesday, -with 66 members and 14 guests present. The entertainment was provided ,by William Allen Moore, of,' Indianapolis, guest- 6f W. A. Cochran, who gavo demonstrations of all softs of wonder^ that'can be

jroduced'byh"electricity.

Starting ".with -the raw fefeel bar' he showed the cbangfe to the magnet, then the motor,^dynamo, telegraphy, buzzer and bell, all operated by wires. Then he demonstrated the transmission of messages and the explosion of mines by wireless.

At lihe South' Bend conference the' president and secretary of the club were so busy that they did not have time to eat with the other delegates and President Cox and Secretary Weinsteih, of the local organization were not to be outdone. When the' members entered the room they were surprised to see Mr. Cox and Mr. Weinstein eating at a separate table and with a very attractive young lady waiting on them. The other member^ were properly jealous but there was no "come back."

The guests at the meeting were Fred Summers of Danville, C. H. Edwards, W. A. Moore, S. A. Kingsmith, Dr.. C. L. Mees, Prof. W. W. Parsons, .Raymond Pritchett, Benjamin Madden, Prof. Clipperiger, Harold W. Trinkle, W. F. Schulsardt, F. P. Land, Earl L. Schneider and Henry Meyer.

MEETING IS POSTPONED. The Retail Merchants' -association will meet Wednesday evening at 7:45 in the parlors of the Young Business Men's club. The meeting has beetl postponed one day on account of the primary election Tuesday.

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