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PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTS

Dr. Charles W. Overpeck Discharges Rifle With Toes—Bullet Enters Near Heart.

By Special Correspondent. KOCKVILLE, Ind., July 10.—Dr. Charles W. Overpeck, 39 years old, a well known physician, attempted suicide this afternoon about 1 o'clock in his room at his home in this city by discharging a rifle with his toes. The bullet entered his body near the heart and it is thought death may result.

Dr. Overpeck was married only a month ago to a young school teacher Df Montezuma -and she is prostrated over the shooting. It is said the doctor had been in the best of health and was enjoying a large practice. No zause was learned for the man's attempt to end his life.

TIE THE KNOT SECURELY.

Sullivanites Go Through Marriage Ceremony Twice, SULLIVAN, Ind., July 10.—In order to remove any djubt as to the legality of their marriage, Walter Lisman and Mier Carrie Lowe, both of Lawrenoevillo, 111., near here, went through the marriage ceremony twice. After obtaining a license to marry in Crawford county, 111., and being unable to find a minister, they went to Bridgeport, 111., and were married by the'Rev. L. W Porter. After the cerertiony the clergyman discovered the license, had been issued in another county. The couple and the minister* got into an -automobile and drove across the county line, where, at the edge of a corn field they fwere "married" a second time.

PIERCE IS FOUND GUILTY.

Sentenced to Penal Farm on Conviction of Larceny. Judge Puiliam in the Circuit Court .^Monday morning found James Pierce guilty o° two charges of petit larcency and sentenced him to serve 90 days on the state penal farm and fined him $10. The charges were preferred by the Turner Brother Glass company, who showed that Pierce defrauded them of $3.85 in wages due to James

Daugherty when he represented himself as Daugherty and signed the company's form receipt for the money.

Daugherty was in court and testified that he had not authorized Pierce to draw the money.

TERRE HAUTE COLONY.

C. S. Moss, a former Terre Hautean, is here from Bogalusa, La., and says Quite a Terre Haute colony is located there. W. E. Farris, formerly agent of the E. and T. H., in Terre Haute, is vice president and general manager of the N. O. G. N., a short line running from New Orleans to Jackson, Miss., with two branch lines. W. S. Hanley, a Terre Haute boy, is superintendent of transportation and chief engineer of the same line. J. A. Spekenhier, formerly postmaster at Richmond, Ind is cashier of the First State bank.

IRISH RELIEF FUND.

The committee i.v charge of ithe relief fund Monday issued a statement expressing Its thanks for the generous response to their request for help for the poor in Ireland. The committee re-

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port from tho three churches were as follows: St. Joseph, $90 St. Patrick's, $80 St. Ann's, $5. This, with other subscription, will make the fund over $200. The fund will be held open until Thursday for those who wish to contribute.

SON NAMED ADMINISTRATOR.

O. W. Smith, Monday morning, presented $1,500 bond, signed by himself and James "L. Price, and was named administrator of the estate of his father, Oliver Smith, in the Probate Court The estate consists of a farm eiat of Younsstown, Ind., several notes and a. sum of money on deposit in local banks. O. W. Smith is the only heir.

TO SAVE EYES

Is the Object of This Free Prescription—Try It if Your Eyes Give Yon Trouble

Thousands of people suffer from eye troubles because they do" not know what to do. They know some good home remedy for every other minor ailment, but none for their eye troubles. They neglect their eyes, because the trouble is not sufficient to drive them' to an eye specialist, who would, anyway, charge them a heavy fee. As a last "resort- they go to an optician or to the five and ten-cent store, and oftentimes get glasses that they do not need, or which, after being used a few months, do their eyes more injury than good.

Here is a simple prescription that every one should use: 5 grains BonOpto dissolved in glass of water. Use three or four times a day to bathe the eyes. This prescription and the «simple Bon-Opto system keeps the feyes clean, sharpens the vision and Quickly overcomes inflammation and ^irritation weak, watery, overworked, tired eyes and other similar troubles 'are greatly benefited and oftentimes 4 cured by its use. Many reports show Hhat wearers of glasses have discarded them- after a few weeks' use.

It is good for the eyes, and contains no ingredient which would injure the most sensitive eyes of an infant or the 'aged. The New Central Pharmacy or any druggist can fill this prescription.

Try it, and know for once what real eye comfort is. A1 prominent City Physician to whom the above article was submitted, said-"Bon-Opto is a very remarkable remedy," Its constituent Ingredients are well known to eminent eye specialists and widely prescribed by them. It can be obtained from any g6od druggist and is pne of the very few preparations, I feel should be kept on hand for^regular use in almost every f&m-

SAYS SEA FEAT ENDS ENGLISH RULE Of SEAS

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land and Kurland. a country of the size of two-thirds of Germany, are since 12 months under peaceful rule and the entire country has been put under the plough and thousands of acres will be covered with next year's foodstuffs. Rains in April and May have brought a crop in view all over Germany, Aus-tria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, finer than any since a century.

British Rule Broken.

"All Serbia, Montengro and a great part of Albania are in the some position. Besides Belgium, one-seventh of France is German possession and all in a flourishing agricultural state. So there is really not the least anxiety for the British attempt of trying to kill by Austrian children and women, the most starvation 100,000,000 Germans and devilish plan ever tried by any nation lh the world. "Our boats will carry across the Atlantic the mails and save them from British Interruption. "We trust that the old friendly relationship with the United States going back to the days of Washington when it was Prussia who waa first to help America in its fight for freedom from British rule will awake afresh in your beautiful and powerul country. "The house flag of the Deutsche Ozena-Rhederierri is the old Bremen flag, red and white stripes with the coat of arms of the town, the key in the corner. This key is the sign that we have opened the gates which Great Britain tried to shut upon us and the trade of the world. The gates which we opened with his key will not be shut again."

Denies Being Chased.

Captain Konig's own story of the Deutschland's voyage across the ocean was told to newspaper correspondents soon after he had made public his prepared statement. He laughed at stories of his being chased far oft his course by enemy vessels and declared that during the entire trip the vessel traveled submerged only about ninety miles. "I have seen," said the* captain, "statements that we were forced to go hundreds of miles out of our course in the Atlantic because of British warships. That 16 not so. Why should we go out of our course, except to submerge? That Is the simplest and most effective way to get out of our course. Besides it is much easier to submerge. "We came to Hampton Roads by the straight course from the English channel. We did not come by way of the Azores. Altogether from Helgoland to Baltimore we covered 3,800 miles. Of that distance ninety miles were driven under the surface of the water. "Throughout the entire trip the officers and crew were in excellent health and spirits. Of course when we were under water for long spells the air feot stuffy at times and there was inconvenience but it never was serious. The Deutschland is built to stay under water for four consecutive days, so you see we never reached anywhere hear our submersion limit on this voyage.

Holds Ship Seaworthy.

"The Bhip Is much easier to.ride In than a torpedo boat destroyer much steadier. Nhing can happen to her, she is so perfectly built. Of course she

MRS. CARRIE CREWS.

Mrs. Carrie Crews, 32 years old, died Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at her residence in South Eighth street. West Terre Haute, following a brier illness, of blood poisoning. She survived by the husband, Claud Crews four small daughters, her mother, Mrs. W. H. Lee, of Terre Haute'i four sisters, Mrs. Hattie Steffy, of Carlisle Mrs. Anna Wilcox, Mrs. Minnie Hamrlck and MIbs Edna Lee, of Terre Haute, and two brothers, Frod and Abel Lee, of Terre Haute. The funeral will be Tuesday morning at 9 oiclock, and burial will be in the new Vermillion cemetery.

MRS. CLARA MoGAHAN KACKLKY. Mrs. Clara McGahan Kackley, 26 years old, wife of Charles E. Kackley, died Sunday at 12:40 p. m. at her home, 1128 South Thirteenth and Onehalf street, following: an illness since July 4. She is survived by the husband, a two and- one- half- year -old baby, Maxine her mother, Mrs. Minnie McGahan a brother, Walter, and a sister. Miss Marie McGahan. The funeral will be held fr*n the residence Tuesday morning at 8:30 o'clock, with continued services at St. Patrick's church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be at Highland Lawn cemetery.

JOSEPH MORGAN.

The funeral of Joseph Morgan, 32 years old, colored, who died suddenly Saturday morning of acute pancreatis in the office of Dr. F. G. McCarthy, over Valentine's drug store, where he had been employed, was held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, under the avspices of the colored lodge, I. O. O. F., at the residence, 2265 Seventh avenue. The deceased is survived by the widow, Beatrice, and five children.

MRS. MARGARET BURKE. Mrs. Margaret Burke, 75 years old, died Monday morning at 11 o'clock at. her home, 1010 North Second street, following a long illness, She is survived by a son, M. J. Burke, of Chicago, and two daughters, Mrs. E. E. Leonard and Mrs. S. Doty, both of Terre Haute. The funeral arrangements will be announced later.

JOHN SCOTT LLOYD.

John Scott Lloyd. 14-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. lAoyfi, 1007 South Tenth street, died Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the residence. The funeral will be held Wednesday .afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and burial will be at Highland Lawn cemetery.

VIOLA M. GILIltSRT.

Viola M. Gilbert, 22-days-old daughter of Charles and Florence ^Gilbert, of 2510 Jefferson street, died Sunday at 12:30 p. m. and the funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. Burial was in the Prairieton cemetery.

XATHAN DOWDELL.

"Sy Special Correspondent. CAYUGA, Ind., July 10.—Nathan Dowdell, a civil war veteran, died at the National Soldiers'' home at Danville, 111., Saturday and was brought to his home, three miles east of Cayuga, Sunday. He had lived In this community practically all his life and had been an .Inmate of the Soldiers" home only a short time. Funeral services were held Monday and burial was at the Silver Island cemetery.

rolls a little Pt times but that is no hardship. "Any nation that can build a ship like the Deutschland can uo what we did."

The German commander talked with the smiling enthusiasm of a child and his eyes fairly glittered as he related the principal incidents of his remarkable feat. "Everything went without incident on the first day, but on the second day in the North st.a we were 'n the zono of the British cruisers and Oestroyers. We sighted their smoke frequently, but only dived when we thought there was danger of our being defected "Of course we difficult to. see because we were running so low and we gave out no smoke. We did sut merge in the Nortn sea, staying under some times two hours "We did not come into proximity with any man of war on the entire trip. We avoided them It was very simple. "From the North sea we went straight through the English channel which is alive with warships and on the night of the fourth day we submerged and remained still all night on the ground, on the bottom of the channel. There were lots of cruisers near us, we knew, and it was very foggy. So we thought it wise not to take any chances and I gave the order to submerge for. the night and until there should be clearer weather. The next morning all was well and we proceeded through the channel into the Atlantic ocean without incident. "Our trip has demonstrated that the big merchant submarine is practical and that it has come to stay. We expect that venture to be a great financial success. This ship can carry a cargo of 1,000 tons and on this trip carried 750 tons of dyestuffs, valued at $1,000,000. The charges for the shipment alone will pay for the cost of the Deutschland, about $600,000. On this trip we carried no malls, nor did we carry money or securities. Also we came without insurance, running entirely at our own risk."

Brought No Message.

"Did you bring a message from the kaiser to President Wilson?* the captain was asked. "No, we did not," Captain Konig replied with emphasis. "That is a plain lie." "We will go back again carrying whatever cargo there is for us to take, and we can go. without taking on any cil here. We have enough left to take us home. I want to say It will be just as easy to go back as it was to come over. We will have no difficulty getting out of the capes, that is if British warships do not break neutrality and come within the three mile limit to attack us. How soon we shall leave I do not know but we will be ready as soon as we get a cargo.",

Captain Konig said that the Deutschland was built for submersion to a depth of 300 feet, but that It was seldom necessary to go more than 50 feet below the surface.

The captain said he had been In the merchant service for many years and that in recent years he had commanded the Princess Irene and the Schleswig. This Is his first submarine trip.

As he ended the interview the captain said he expected the next submarine merchantman to reach the United States within eight weeks.

Wateh Newspaper Yaoht. All during the night a considerable part of the Deutschland's crew had been astir and a small searchlight played almost constantly upon a newspaper yacht anchored nearby. The tug Thomas F. Timmons, convoying the submarine, also kept the yacht tinder close surveillance.

Shortly after 4 o'clock, when daylight was beginning to show faintly through heavy low lying clouds and a steady drizzling rain, a boat with health and customs .officials aboard put out from the quarantine station and went alongside the submarine. To the municipal health officer, Dr. Thomas L. Richardson, the skipper presented his bill of health, issued to him by William Thomas Fee, United. States consul, at Bremen on June 14.

The document describes the Deutschland as "a vessel engaged in the freight trade between Bremen and Boston or other eastern Atlantic ports." It records her gross tonnage as 791, says she Is "newly built," has a cargo of dyestuffs in good condition: and "a wholesome supply of water from the Bremen water works."

Vessel is Unarmed.

One thing the boarding officers noted particularly—there were no torpedo tubes or guns of any description visible aboard the vessel. They had been told that she mounted two small calibre rifles for defense, but came ashore convinced that the visitor was wholly unarmed.

It was learned that the boat left Bremen with her load of about 750 tons of valuable dyestuffs, which her owners hope to sell to American manufacturers for a fortune. At Helgoland she waited nine days, leaving there June 23, ploughing deep beneath the surface of the North sea to escape the watchful eyes of the allied blockade ships.

Captain Konig intimated that the purpose of his long delay at Helgoland was to deceive the enemy, who undoubtedly had heard rumors of the submarine's coming. "We stopped there for very good reasons," the captain explained with a broad smile.

This accounted for the belief in the United States that the vessel was a week overdue, a misapprehension that caused German embassy officials to fear that she had run into allied warships or fallen victim to an Atlantic storm. Once outside the blockading lines and into the Atlantic, according to the captain's story, he headed straight across and only deviated from his course when he saw what he took to be enemy craft. Most of the time he sped along on the surface, making around 14 knots an hour with his powerful twin Diezel oil engine. Submerged he could go at the rate of 7% knots.

Dashes Into Port.

Approaching the capes late Saturday Captain Konig found his path apparently clear. He laid- to with his decks awash, however, waiting until darkness fell before nearing the coast. When the bright half moon went down, shortly after midnight, he put on all speed and shot between the Virginia capes to be greeted by the tug Timmons, sent there more than a week before to await his coming.

On board the submarine are the cap-

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tain, first and second officers and 26 men, all wearing the regulation uniforms of the German mercantile marine, with the North German Lloyd Insignia upon their caps. The skipper Is a trim, slightly built man of medium height, around forty years of age. Two of his seamen are grizzled old tars, but all the rest are youths apparently ranging from 18 to 23.

When the vessel was released from quarantine she moved up the river to the pier of the Eastern Forwarding Co. six miles away to a carefully guarded waiting berth. On the way up she passed a dozen merchantmen lying at anchor.

The first, a big Norwegian freighter, dipped her flag and her whole ship's company lined against the rail, raised thrtee rousing cheers, which were answered with a will. With another Norwegian and two'Dutch ships the submarine exchanged formal salutes. She moved close by a number of British tramps in silence, observed with eager interest by the English crews.

Captain Poses.

At the dock the boat hardly was tied up before an army of newspapermen and moving picture photographers stormed the place. They were not permitted* to get near the Deutschland. protected by a barbed wire stockade and numerous guards, but Captain Konig soon appeared on shore and cheerfully posed before the cameras. "Better hurry up, I haven't had my breakfast yet and don't look good," he remarked in excellent English, with only the slightest trace of Teutonic accent He stood smilingly in the rain, wearing blue flannel trousers stuffed into leather sea boots, a dark gray leather coat, gauntlets and a jauntily set -cap. When the photographers gave him a rest he held a sort of impromptu reception, shaking hands with everybody, and telling how glad he was to be in an American port.

Later he was persuaded to bring out his crew. The grinning youngsters brought with them, a large green board taken from the stern of the ship on which was painted in big silver letters, "Deutschland-Bremen." Grouped about the board, with their skipper in the center, the sailors posed until Captain Konig said it was time to eat.

A force of longshoremen was ready on the dock to begin unloading the cargo which is to be shipped as soon as possible by the Eastern Forwarding Co. to the purchasers, New York chemical companies. Probably only a day or two tvill be required to discharge, then the submarine will take on the crude rubber and nickel con-

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slgnments already stored In the pier warehouse for her return trip. When the start back across the Atlantic will be made of course Is problematical. An official of the'forwarding company said today It might be two weeks or It might be a month but it was not denied that no advance notice would be given and that the vessel would make her way out of the capes whenever and however the opportunity might offer to elude the 6nemy patrols which undoubtedly will be scouring the Virginia coast waiting for her to appear.

Captain Konig went about his preparations for entering at the customs house without hurry or unusual formality just as though his boat were an ordinary freighter. He did not seem to be worried over reports that the American authorities would carefully investigate his case to determine whether the Detuschland should' be rated as an ordinary commerce carrier. The story, that the Lake Torpedo Co. was preparing to libel the submarine on the ground that her construction Infringed upon its patents apparently did not interest him.

Mostly Machinery.

As described by Dr. John C. Travers, assistant health officer, who was taken through the boat by Captain Konig, the Deutschland's interior appears to be mainly a mass of machinery. She has but one deck below and a 17-foot depth of hold for her cargo. Dr. Travers descended through the forward hatch, where he found the crew's bunks on either side of a narrow passageway leading to compartments occupied by the captain and his two officers. The captain's room is scarcely six feet square and barely high enough for a man to stand. It is furnished all in metal with the exception of a small oak desk. Directly beneath the officers' quarters Is the dynamo which stores electrical energy that drives the vessel when submerged.

Next Dr. Travers was taken Into the officers' mess room, scarcely larger than the state rooms with a galley built with all the economy of space of a Pullman dining car kitchen. After the mess room about one-third the ship's length from her, stern Is the submerging machinery and two periscopes. "I never saw such a mass of machinery in my life," said Dr. Travers. "It was an amazing sight and I doubt if it would mean much except to the engineer who designed it. There seemed to be about 5,000 pieces and inexplicable tangle of burnished copper and glistening steel. "Aft o£ the submerging machinery

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Captain Konig told- the doctor that while on the surface the noise of the machinery was almost deafening. When submerged, he said "She moves almost silently and then we enjoy ourselves."

Dr. Travers waa permitted to look through one of the periscopes and declared he could see the surrounding scenery greatly magnified, with amazing clearness. "The device was adjustable," he said, "for both long and short distance observation."

Crew Physically Fit.

Dr. Travers emerged through the conning tower, holding in his hand two loaves of German war bread presented by the captain as souvenirs. Canned meats and fruits were the crew's staple food, tu)d with the exception of their loss 6t weight due to the oily atmosphere, in the opinion of the health officers, the crew to a man was physically fit. "1 never saw a better set of men than these," said the doctor. The physician congratulated the submarine commander on his feat and remarked that it had been many months since a ship flying the German merchant flag had arrived in Baltimore.

All of her 315 feet of greenish gray hull was standing well above water as the Deutschland was towed to her dock. It was before 7 o'clock in the morning and rain was falling steadily but there was a big, eargerly curious crowd waiting.

Old water front salts and landsmen alike gazed with open eyed wonder. The big craft appeared like some giant fish of the deep, with two periscopes for eyes.

The main superstructure reached full fifteen feet above the water line. Amidships the conning tower extended still higher and above all towered the major periscope. On the starboard side an emergency periscope was ready in case the other failed.

Three hatchways lead below the decks, one forward, one aft, and the main hatchway extending though the conning tower amidships.

Closely Guarded.

Extraordinary precautions have been taken with the Deutschland. As soon as she reached her dock an army of guards drove away all river craft and a huge chain of logs was drawn around her to pre* ent vessels from approaching within a hundred feet of the ship. On the land side cf the dock a high board- fenci reaching far into

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the. fence are half a dozen rows of heavy barbeo. wire, curtained with burlap to shut off all view. No one without a permit was allowed near the entrance to the docks. "My orders are from my home'government," ?ail Capta n Konig. "No one can go aooard without authority. I am sorry. I woufyl like the whole world to see."

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PRECIPITATE CLASH

WASHINGTON, July 10.—Official dispatches received today in LatinAmerican diplomatic quarters say a secret agreement has been made between Peru and Venezuela with the object of taking vast tracts of land, rightful possession of which they dispute with Colombia and Ecuador. Grave fears for the peace of the nations involved were expressed.

The boundary disputes involving, the four countries have been of some long standing and at one time or another some of them have approached settlement. It had been reported that Co*lombia and Peru had approached an understanding of their difficulties and that arbitration was contemplated.

ROAD CONTRACTS AWARDED.

The county commissioners Monday morning awarded the contract for the construction of the Thompson road, In Honey Creek township, to James McGuire' and son for $10,4:87. B. C. Trueblood was given the contract for the Oliver Little road in Prairie Creek township. His bid was $6,143.

TAKEN TO PENAL FARM.

Bert Walker, convicted in the City Court of a charge of assault and battery, and John Moore, colored, charged with vagrancy, were taken to the state penal farm Monday morning. Walker received 95 days and Moore 35.

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