Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 August 1916 — Page 2
Judge Knapp Says Little Headway Has Been Made Toward Settlement Yet.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—No definite proposal for a settlement of the controversy between the railroad systems and the four brotherhoods of railway men had beon made as far as known, when the United States board of mediation and conciliation resumed today its efforts to settle the dispute by mediation. Both sides had stated their case to the mediators and the situation was described by Martin -i.. Knapp, one of the mediators, as "a deadlock on the face of it." Mr. Knapp declined to prophesy as to whether a solution of the problem could be discovered.
He said that the mediators were not in communication with President .Wilson and when asked if they would consult with him later replied that it was Impossible to say.
It was expected that in today's conferences the mediators would endeavor to obtain concessions from both sides In an effort to formulate a basis of agreement. None of the mediators would indicate how long they expected to continue their efforts nor say what step was contemplated if they failed *o bring the contending parties to^an agreement.
One report in circulation was that the railroad managers were ready to propose a different form of arbitration than that provided for under the N[ewlands act, which the brotherhoods objected to. This was that instead of six arbitrators,—two appointed by each side and two neutral—the board consist of four appointed by each side and four or six neutral, making a total membership of 12 or 14. This would make it possible for each of the four brotherhoods to have an arbitrator on the board. "We do not intend," said W. S. Stons, chief of the Brotherhood of .Railroad Engineers, "to wait very long on the mediators. The temperament of the men is such that they -would not have waited a minute if we had not persuaded them to give, the mediators a chance. Personally, I did not care to carry the strike vote around in my pocket for any extended period. It is like a stick of dynamite."
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Since its organization in 1913 •through an act of congress and up to September 20, 1915, the board has sat on 41 controversies between railroads and their employes. In every instance the board has succeeded in securing an ultimate adjustment of the differences, thirty-nine cases having been settled by mediation alone and eight by arbitration.
POISON IN THEIR SALTS.
Wife's Theory for Death of Her Hu* band In Chicago Hotel. CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—A new element Was present today in the mystery surrounding the death at the Michigan avenue hotel last Wednesday, of Morse Davis, a. mining engineer of Vancouver, B. C. It was the announcement made late last night that Dr. William D. MoNally, coroner's chemist in a chemical analysis of the contents of the stomach of Mrs. Davis, who was found unconscious at the time of her husband's death had discovered no poison of'the kind believed to have killed Davis.
The chemist said he would make more tests today for other poisons and that he would analyze several bottles of medicine found in the Davis apartments. Mrs. Davis, after she regained consciousness, was quoted as saying that a chemical which her husband used in his professional work must have, gotten mixed with salts which *he and her husband took for illness.
Mrs. Davis is still ill today.
STREET CAE WAGES UP. Reach Thirty-Three Cents New York Scale.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—A draft of demands to be made upon the New York Railways Co. by its organized motormen and conductors has been drawn up and will be submitted probably within a few days. It calls for a sweeping revision of operating schedules, shorter and more uniform work*ing hours and a wage scale of thirty to thirty-five cents an hour. The men rWW are paid 26 to 30 cents an hour.
Schedules in force in Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh and other cities where Working conditions are said to be better than in New York furnished the bdsis for the demands. The employes of other lines here are preparing similar demands.
GOLF PLAYERS LEAVE.
Among the Terre Haute players who will compete in the state golf tournament at Logansport, Aug. 16 to 19, are: Webb Beggs, John Simpson, Birch Ijams, W. L. Sparks, Baxter Sparks and Debow Sparks.
MORTON CORPS MEETS.
A specially called meeting of Morton Corps No. 11, W. R. C., was to be held at Memorial hall at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon for the purpose of reinstating a former member. All members are urged to attend.
Often Tuberculosis Is Much Relieved
by what may Be called the "natural" treatment. This is based on plenty of fresh air. a sufficiency of well-cooked, pure food and a large measure of rest.
This treatmnet does not always se'cure the desired results. Sometimes there is need for medication in order to bring about the requisite body resistance. A system weakened by infection must be strengthened.
In such cases Eckman's Alterative has been used with a large measure of success. Indeed, in many instances, thin affection apoarently has yielded to it. And sufferers from asthma and chronic bronchitis have found it effective in these troubles, which sometimes. lead to tuberculosis. In any case, it is worth a trial: and, since it contains no opiates, narcotics or habitforming drusrs. its use is safe.#
Sold by Arthur Baur and leading dru agists. Ecknan Laboratory, Philadelphia.
MRS. MARGARET BECKER. Mrs. Marscaret Becker, 70 years old, died Friday morning at 4 o'clock at her home. 201 South Ninlh street, following a linererine illness. The deceased was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1371, landing at New Orleans. She came to Terre Haute, a year later, where she has made her home ever since.
She is survived by a son, Henry Becker, who conducts a bottling factory near the residence, and four sisters, Mrs. John Solin and Mrs. Christina Kreusie. of Terre Haute: Mrs. Barbara Korbacker. of New Orleans, La., and the other residinR in Germany.- The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment will be at Highland Lawn cemetery.
LUCINDA C. AKSTETT.
Lucinda C. Arnett, 76 years old, died Friday mornlns: at 5 o'clock at tbe home of her daughter, Mrs. Herman Stuempfle, 225 South Eighteenth street. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the residence and at 3 o'clock at St. Patrick's church. Interment will be in Calvary cemetery.
MRS. MARGARET CAtGHLIJT. The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Caughlin, who died Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock at her home. 1000 South Eighth street, will be held from the residence Saturday moraine: at 8:80 o'clock and at St. Joseph's church at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in Woodlawn cemetery.
MRS. SARAH HUGHES.
By Special Correspondent. BRAZIL, Ind.. AUR. 11.—Mrs. Sarah Hughes, wife of Fred Hughes, of Terre Haute, formerly of Knightsville, died yesterday afternoon following an operation, aged 80 years. The deceased is survived by the husband, five small children, the parents. James Targett and wife, of KniKhtsvIlle: a sister, Mrs. Richard Atkinson, and four brothers, John, Will, Thomas and Paul Targett. The funeral will be held at the home of the parents' Saturday afternoon.
MARY JANE HOLLTNGSWORTH. By Special Correspondent. BICKNELL, Ind., Aug. 11.—Mary Jane Ilollingsworth, wife of John Hollingsworth, died yesterday at the family home, three miles south of this city, of tuberculosis, aged 6S years. She is survived by a husband and three children. Funeral services were held today at the Church of Christ and burial was In Price cometery.
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Austrians have retreated along the railroad in the direction of Dornberg, eight miles southeast of Gorizia, and cover the national highway to Schong pass, six miles to the east, and are now attempting to reform their front on a line extending from Vijacco to Tarnova.
Meanwhile the Austrians are attempting to take the offensive at Monte Nero and various outer points of the Italian front but thus far have been unable to divert the*Italians from thetr operations behind Gbrizia.
BULLETIN.
LONDON, Aug. 11.—North qf Ba*en-tin-Le-Petit and northwest of PozSeres on the Somme front, the British have made further progress, it was an* nounced officially here today.
Germans Give Ground.
BERLIN, Aug. 11.—(Via London)— .Austro-German troops in the region of Monasterzyska and points on the Dniester and Bystritza river regions of Galicia have been compelled to give •way because of the superiority of hostile forces at some places, says today's war office statement. Counter attacks brought the engagements to a standstill and a regrouping of the Teutonic forces is now taking place.
Bulgarians Suffer Heavily. PARIS, Aug. 11.—An attack by Anglo-French forces on the Bulgarians at Doiran, forty miles northwest of Saloniki is reported in a Havas dispatch from Saloniki. The allies occupied the Doiran railway station and a neighboring hill.
In front of the captured positions, the dispatch said, the bodies of numerous Bulgarians were found. The attack was preceded by a vigorous bombardment.
At other points along the front, artillery fighting continues with patrol engagements along the Serbian border.
U FREIGHTS FOR HOLLAND SEIZED
LONDON, Thursday, Aug. 10.— American shippers to Holland are bombarding the British government with protests as a result of detentions of cargoes consigned The Netherlands Overseas Trust. It is understood here their protest may be backed by diplomatic action at' Washington.
In April, of last year, replying to a. protest from Washington over the detention of the American steamship Seguranca, the foreign office made the following promise: "While his majesty's government does not require cargoes to be consigned to The Netherlands Overseas Trust they do accept a consignment in that form as proof that the cargo is intended for a bona fide consumption in Holland."
In the last two months between thirty-five and forty consignments to The Netherlands Overseas Trust have been held up, some in bonded warehouses in Holland awaiting action, while others have actually been placed in prize court.
BEDFORD TO WELCOME C. OF C.
Secretary E. H. Clifford, of the Chamber of Commerce, has received a communication from H. V. D. King, secretary of the Bedford, Ind., chamber of commerce, saying that he is delighted with the idea of the local chamber taking the "Get Acquainted" trip, to Bedford, and that he and the Bedford chamber of commerce would be glad to entertain the Terre Haute visitors while they are in that city. King adds that he hopes that his organization will reciprocate some time arid 1 visit this city*
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and to prevent any of the men from going to work in the two plants If they expected to succeed. Kasten said in part: "It is folly fpr us to declare a strike unless you men mean business. I personally do not want the responsibility of this strike but if you men feel conscientiously that you want your organization recognized and will make a finish fight why then vote for the strike and the general organization will be with you."
Union Two Weeks Old.
The strike vote was taken and was unanimous. The West Terre Haute union of clayworkers was formed about two weeks ago following a visit to West Terre Haute of Frank Kasten, Who Organized the strike at Brazil. Kasten declares he responded to the call of the West Terre Haute men. Upon receipt of information that a union of their men had been organized the American and Yigo clay plants suspended operations and only recently opened their doors.
Several men of the National Drain Tile company and the Terre Haute Vitrified Brick company were discharged for joining the union but these plants are not involved in the present strike.
The demands presented by the men were as follows: The paramount object is the recognition of the union and the agreement to employ only union men.
An eight hour-day except as specially designated. Time and one-half for overtime except where work cannot be done during regular hours of operation on account of repairs to machinery, etc.
A grievance committee of three to in* vestigate and settle all complaints. Where this committee cannot settle differences an arbitration committee of one union and one company man and a third chosen mutually whose decision is to be final.
Any employe desiring a day off must notify in advance. Men may be discharged for incompetence or misbehaviour, but not for membership in the union.
In the case of introduction of new machinery a new wage scale is to be drawn up.
An official of the company said Friday: "Our company has increased the wages of the laborers at our plant three times within a year. This has been done without any pressure from the men and has been wholly voluntary on the part o fthe company. The men have repeatedly refused to strike and this trouble is due to outside influences who are paid for such work without regard to the future welfare of -the men. These organizers will be done and gone when the men are back looking for. their jobs.",,
PRAISES PRESIDENT WILSON.
Saratoga Convention Speaker Tells What Administration Has Done. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Aug. 11.—Unstinted praise of the Wilson administration was voiced by Congressman John J. Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, temporary chairman of the democratic state convention here today.
The democratic party in three years, he said, had enacted "more progressive, remedial and beneficial legislation than had been perfected previously in any two decades."
Mr. "Fitzgerald denied the assertions of Charles E. Hughes, republican candidate for president, that the country is enjoying only temporary prosperity. He declared that exports have virtually doubled since the advent of the Wilson administration and aggregate $4,000,000,000 annually, of which less than six per cent consists of war munitions.
The present republican state administration was criticised as "wasteful and extravagant" by the speaker.
TO PUSH FAIR PROTEST. C. of C. Will Send Signed Letter to State Board.
Secretary E. H. Clifford, of the Chamber of Commerce, is now taking up the matter of having the merchants of the city sign a circular letter to be sent to the state board of agriculture, protesting against allowing out-of-the-state mail order houses to have exhibits at tTie Indiana state fair.
The Indiana Retail Dry Goods association has issued a bulletin, copies of which have been sent to every member of the Indiana Commercial Secretaries' association, stating that the state board of agriculture is considering the granting of permission to out-of-the-state mail order houses to exhibit at the Indiana state fair, and urging that steps be taken to prevent this. These out-of-the-state houses have been prohibited from exhibiting at a number of state fairs throughout the country.
RUSSELL GIRL HELD.
Grace Russell, 22-year-old girl, charged with a statutory offense, was turned over to Mrs. Stahl in City Court I riday morning after a hearing by Judge Newton. Mrs. Stahl will attempt to find work for her.
The Russell girl said that she had been rented a room in a downtown business block With the consent of the owner.
POLICE COURT CASES.
Robert Nash, charged with intoxication, was fined $5 and costs. Jerry Doyle, charged with the same offense was fined $1 and costs while Curt Shoemaker drew his release on a similar charge. The case of Cordelia Jones, colored, charged with public indecency, was Continued until Tuesday.
OHIO HAS I. P. EPIDEMIC.
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 11.—The state board of health today prohibited children under 16 years of age from traveling on railroads without a health certificate, as a precaution to prevent the spread of infantile paralysis of which there have been 36 cases and five deaths recently in the state.
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Tan and Black VRalston A-l Oxfords, $4.00 values 1 Tan and Black Ralston $5.00 Oxfords and Low Shoes
Men's White Duck Oxfords, $3.00 value Men's $3.00 Vici Kid Lace Shoes go at
Men's $6.00 Cushion Sole Shoes go at Men's $4.50 Soft Easy Shoes go at
Men's Elkskin Outing Shoes, all sizes
Barefoot Sandals, all sizes up to 2 TtOC
PEACE AT ANY PRICE
Of course we don't mean that exactly, but it's merely to say we're determined on a complete clearance of summer shoes at any price, regardless of the profit loss entailed, and so we have added an extra dash of cayenne to this week's Let-Go prices in our Mammouth Shoe Sale. Better get here and get here on time so you can have first choice of these Saturday and Monday bargains.
$1.48 $2.98 $3.48 79c $1.98 $3.98 $2.85 $1.98
Wednesday August 16th is DOLLAR AY, YQU'RE INVITED
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Indiana State Board of Health
Gives Bronson Swimming Pool Its Official 0. K.
SANITARY WATER ANALYSIS Parts in 100,000
Laboratory No. 12304. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 9,1916. From Mr. H. O. Bronson, Bronson's Sanitarium, Terre Haute, Ind. Source of sample swimming pool. Odor, vegetable. Color, .00. Turbidity, slight. Sediment, slight. Free ammonia, .0020. Albuminoid ammonia, .0040. Nitrates, .0200. Nitrites, .0001. Chlorine, 1.8. Total solids,
Fixed solids, Hardness, 20.4. Iron, .00. Colon Bacilli, Gas formers, Remarks:
Broth. Agar. .1 cc 1 cc 18 1.0 cc 1.0 cc 72 10.0 cc This water is in a satisfactory condition for a swimming pool.
Very truly yours,
MEC Chemist.
Statement From City Board of Health: I find the "water in the Bronson Swimming Pool in excellent condition. Equally as good as water taken from many wells for drinking purposes.
DR. A. H. CAFFEE,
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Ladies' White Duck Hi Lace Shoes, with white heels *.........,.. Ladies' Black Patent Colonial Pumps, $4.00 value
Ladies' Kid Lace 8-inch Boots, $4.50 t"alue ........ Ladies' White Kid and Gray Kid Pumps, French heels
Ladies' Black Cleo Pumps with small ornament, $3.00 value ........... Ladies' Patent and Kid Pumps and Fancy QO^ Slippers, up to $3 values, broken sizes .... wj
Ladies' Black Suede and Buck Oxfords and ylO^ Strap Pumps, $3 and $3.50 values .. Boys' Tan and Black Calf Button Shoes
W. D. McABEE,
President and Acting Secretary of City Board of Health
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Men's House Slippers, cut to 48c, 69c and
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