Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 April 1917 — Page 2

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HASTINGS, Col., April 28.—Nine «i :,n^ora bodies, making a total of fifteen, found today by rescue creyve in e Hastings mine. Mine officials said it was feared all had perished.

TR&flDAD, Colo., April 28.—With rescue parties working in relays re-i-iiewed efforts were made today to "teach the 113 men still entombed in

ihe Hastings mine No. 2 of the Victoria* American Fuel Co., where an explosion t^ccurfed,,yesterday rnorninjf Just what %/»«.used the disaster is as much of a

Btery now *aa it .was twenty-four ^hours ago. Rescue crews, a mine ofl^ficlal said, had found "five or six"' ^Ijodies early today but had removed '^lone. One hundred and nineteen men -were entombed. *0 iThe same official, asked ir there was lb-hope for any of the others being alive, !|f,said "We always hope." The rescue •$j8s$Ws are unable to make their way •n the main mine slope but by working itijgthe airways hare "gone conslder^.le distance into it," according to a iaine company official.

The working in which the* men are

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from the main mine entrance. Above tjjis, also, opening from the main entrance, is an almost level tunnel, Abandoned some time ago. For sev(.'©t^al years this has been on lire. Since iltiwas abandoned, however, and the fire ..ya» only sfrioUldering, It was. sealed off '.from the rest of the mine with an air tight wall and work continued much

as usual in the other sections. Air Ducts, Broken? Air 'ducts run into the slope where the men were trappeS and large amounts of air have been pumped into these, ever since the lire was discovered,'in the hope that it might keep the men from* suffering. The fact that Asmoke continues to pour from the mine

Jed 'the company officials to fear that *'Hlxe air ducts had been bronen aiiU the i^ady cuQ-ent of air bling forced ..Uirough them is only fanning the

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officials are in a quandry.

'they continue to force air into toe j. feline, they may only fan the flames to greater I fierceness and fire or smoke •^•iJYlay destroy all chances of the men to ijy-® escape on the other hand, the current

air may be all that enables some living miners to avoid suffocation/ in jft* .the smoked It is snowing in Delagua canyon, wt ere the mirie is located, and »lyferge numbers of miners' wives and J^^^rbildren stand waiting at the mine tnouth, in the cold.

-GUARDSMAN KILLS FARMER.

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Fire When German Attempt* to Cross Bridge.

-V1NCENNES, Ind., April 28.—When j^Beury.Oexman, 55 years old, a wealthy liftman farmer,- ignored repeated orto halt as he was crossing a rail'3p|®d bridge near here late last night «N~'guardsman on duty at the bridge shot and killed him. The guarBsmap, a

Jfrnber of A company, Second Indiana. jB&ntry, twice ordered Oexrnan to halt,

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^aid, Oexman then turning and vancing toward the' soldier, ignoring o more commands to stop. ti^JVhen he was about four paces away guardsman raised his rifle Und shot. infantryrriaVi, whose name is withheld, by the military authorities, reined his guard duty after the shootra^and it was said he would be exijfwated. No weapons were found on

Hexma^i's body and no motive is known *®r his attempt to cross the bridge.

r#C. OF C. COMMITTEES NAMED.

*Actina President Royse Announces Standing Bodies. -SifPhe announcement of Chamber of

Commerce committees, appointed by James S. Royse, acting president, was made fry Miss Grace *Neal, acting sec-^mT-^fetary, Saturday morning. A commitof three auditors is composed of

K. Hamilton, Julius G. Lindemann R. H. Rhyan. James Luther was Appointed a, committee of one to go .|i^ p'ver a special report of the United

States chamber o'f commerce of a spe.cial committee on financing the war, which will be taken up at the monthly "V **•''directors' meeting for May, to be held rfext Thursday. Spencer F. Ball was

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tt-BOAT COMMANDER PERISHES.

Record of Sinking 52,000 Ton-

nage in One Day.

COPENHAGEN, April. 28.—Lieuten-

"n|| 4ant Commander Petz, one of the most jjjgSj successful of the German submarine 4?^?. commanders, has perished in the sub ^marine campaign. The newspapers of hiis home town, Koenigsberg, carry an official death notice, although the admiralty has nothing of the loss of his boat Commander Petz was mentioned in dispatches in February as being in charge of a submarine which destroyed •5j2vOOO tons of shipping in one day.

DANIELS, JR., ENLISTS.

WASHINGTON, April 28—Josephus Daniels, Jr., eldest son of the secretary of the navy, walked up to a marine .corps recruiting station on Pennsylvania avenue here today, passed the examination and was accepted. His rrrade and status will be determined later.

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SECRETARY OF WAR BAK$R. As the civil and military heads of Uncle Sam's fighting' forces'on the land, Secretary of war Baker and Major Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the United States army, loom large in the

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enormous losses. This became known today after Emile Hovelaque,, general counselor, sneaking for the mission, had outlined a statement to be made tomorrow by Marshal Joffre to ,the American press. "Marshal Joffre will tell you," said M. Hovelaque, "why he has come to the United States without of. course revealing any of the. negotiations with the American: govetnrrierit, waftifK Ujftst be regarded as confidential. H'te vtfill tell you abQut the French army conditions in France and how the United States can best co-operate in a military way with the armies of France in this war. He'll make" clear the fact that this is a war of constant changes of conditions. From week to week* everything on nearly every front is altered and moved. An army is like a lot of ants, moving, moving, moving— working to strike the first blow. "You must realize that Americans cannot be trained in this country to pla£ at war. 'fhey should be there oh the field. Americans should know these things first hand and what war really is before they go into it on a large scale. Unless America has accurate knowledge of real war conditions instead of play war it may cost you much. "You will be surprised'to learn how rapidly the conditions change. Lieut.Col. Remond, who probably knows more about artillery than any man in France, said to me only yesterday 'I am afraid of getting stale before I get back to France.'"

RIVER YIELDS UP BODY

The decomposed remains of a man were found Saturday afternoon in a drift near the river on the Hulman farm, four and one-half miles southwest of the city, on the Prairieton road. The body appeared to have been in the water for a long period^. It was clothed in overalls and shoes. The remains were taken to the Ball morgue, where Coroner John O. Garrigus will make an examination Saturday evening. It is said the body is past identification.

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EATON BR1GHAM.

The' funeral of Eaton Brigham, 77 years 'old, who died Friday morning at the home of his son, Elza Brigham, 431 South First street, will be held on Monday morning at 10 o'clock and burial will be in the Soldiers' circle at Highland Lawn cemetery. The services will be conducted by Capt. B. B. Stahl, according- to a request of the deceased.

The members of the G. A. R. and branches of the Relief corps have been invited to attend the services. Deceased was a drummer boy in the 31st Ohio regiment during the civil war. Another son, Charles, is serving in the army at present.

AHI.IAII WOOD HIGHSMITH. The funeral of Ahijah Wood Highsmith, 62 years old, who died at the home of his .daughter, Mrs. Albert Reel, 124 North Seventh street, West Terfe Haute, will be held Sun.y afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Highland Lawn cemetery. Deceased is survived by the widow, Fannie, two daughters and two sons.

DUMTHA C. BIRCHFIKIJD. Deiitha C. Birchfield, 61 years old, wife of John W. Birchfield. of Bridge--ton, Ind., died Saturday MternOon at St. Anthony's hospital following a few' days' illness. Besides the husband she is survived by seven children. The body will be taken to Piris, 111., Saturday evening for burial in Edgar .cemetery.

MAJOR GEN. HUGH L. SCOTT. public eye just now. Both are very strongly in favor of Tresident Wilson's plan for selective conscription. The photo was taken at West Point a- few days ago.

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der the five minute rule until a late hour last- night. Before' adjournment, an agreement was reached to vote the first thing today on an amendment torestore the selective draft provision as advocated by the army general staff, thus eliminating the volunteer plan substituted by the military committee.

War Department Ready.

.With en^ctm^nt of t^ie selective draft airmy.1-feill ^ppar'enjtly- fissured, the war department is preparing to set machinery in motion without delay to produce under the measure within two years a trained army of 2,000,1)00 men.

Within ten days after the bill is signed every township in the country will be registering its young men^ for duty ^nd work will have begun on the sixteen training camps, where preparations of the fdrces for war will start in August or September. Sites for the cantonments have been selected tentatively, and all arrangements made for the concentration of the troops assigned to eacfrr

Decentralization of administrative work will be sought by the department in every move it makes. Details will not be disclosed until the bill has been passed, but it is kno-yvn that registration will be carried on through sheriffs and other county officers, aided by postmasters or dther federal agencies where that seems desirable. Instructions and forms already have been prepared and will be forwarded to the state adjutants general for distribution anong county offici&ls. Wide publicity is planned, so that no man liable for registration will have a good excuse for failing to respond.

On a date to be set every citizen affected by the act will be required on pain of heayy penalty to present himself at the nearest registration place, where machinery will be provided for classifying the recruits and elimin&tifig those exempt. Doubtful cases will be referred to higher authority.

Will Select 500,000.

With the rolls of those liable for service complete the task of selecting the men to go in the first increment of 500,000 will begin. It has been suggested that this be done by means of the county jury wheel. The first man whose name is drawn will go, under the plan, with the first 500,000, to be called out for training within a few months. Those second drawn will go with the second increment to be called six months later, the third increment, with a duty a year off the fourth with the first increment, and so on.

Meanwhile the work of building the cantonments will,so forward. Regular troops and national guardsmen will be assigned to them with each arm of ti e service so represented as to provide the framework of a complete army division at each point. The guardsmen will be selected from the territory covered by the training district, SO far as practicable. Police duty at the cantonments will become part of the responsibility of each district commandant and he will make such assignment of his forces as he may deem wise. Meantime both the regulars and guardsmen will continue recruiting to war strength.

With the new regiments assembled a rigorous course of training will be undertaken.

T. R. DENIED ARMY.

WASHINGTON, April 28.—By a vote of 170 to 106 the house late yesterdav refused to amend the army bill so as to permit Col. Roosevelt to rais a volunteer force for service in France. Miss Rankin, of Montana, was among thuse who voted for the amendment. As she passed betwef n the tellers, members on both sides o fthe Tiouse cheered her. o PIJONE TRIBUNE YOUR WANT ADS.

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ATTRACTS ATTENTION

Joffre's Chief of Staff Has Unique Record In Wax—Grateful to U.' S. for Wooden Leg.

WASHINGTON, April 28.—Lieut.Col. JeJah Fabry, Marsha1. Joffre's chief of staff, attracted almost as "much attention in the eyes of Washington today as his superior, wljen storie^ of his gallantry in action became known. "The Blue Devil of France/' as he is known in his own country, probably has experienced as many thrills as any in the French army. A!s commander of a battalion of Alpine chausseurs, he led his men in the battles of the Marne, Ypres, Dixmude, Arras and in the Vosges. In a gallant action in which his battalion carried by assault a position on the ^.height of Reicliachcrkopf, LJeut/-Col. Fabry, lost a. leg. M. Hovelaque, speaking of him today, said: ""The Blue Devil of France' is grate ful to America for the wooden leg he is wearing but he is not so grateful at the price he haii tq pay for it. Col. Fabry is a remarkable mp.n. He. has been wounded several times and has seen some of the. most dreadful things that have occurred in the war. Here is what has happened at the Yser: "Fabry, in command of about 1,600 men, defended a lony line for a week against Gecfuan line after German line that sought to break through. The earth was soft,xso soft,, in fact? that the only parapet that could stand had to be made out some other substance. He used the dead bodies of Germans, and when they decomposed he would discard them and would throw out a hook and haul up more bodies for the iame purpose. "His. best' friehd was killed beside him. Because o. fthe nature of the earth, it was possible to dig dftwn only a fpot before striking water. He buried the man and then for days lived and fought for France with only a foot of earth separating hifn from the body of his friend. Terrible hardships were experienced'. Food and ammunition had: to be brought up with great danger under cover of darkness and it was impossible to move the body until some time later."*

The Germans, it might be added, did not break through the lines held by ihe "Blue Devil of France." The uniform of officer? of theAlpine chasseurs is se$. blue.

RESTAURANTS BOOST PRICES.

NEW YORK, April 28.—Beginning next Monday, ,when a 20 per cent advance in' bread prices takes effect, most of the, larger- jyestaurants will make a separate charge for bread served witli other tdlshes." Although the wholesale prices of beef has remained about stationary, 15 cents was added to the price of a plate of roast beef today in many of the better class eating places.

A letter from Nattoqtt, 111., received Friday- night by .Gapfki'rt Barry, asked the local police to endeavor to locate'a man named James Thomas. The letter was from Thomas' sister. She said her mother died in Mattoon.

Alleging that he$ himband had deserted her .Tessa Basset filed suit for djvorce from' William Basset, in the Superior Court, Saturday morning.

.lamc« Davis, 500 North Fourteenth street, reported to the police that 13 chickens were stolen from his- coop Friday night.

A meeting of women of the Fourth ward will be held Wednesday night at, 7:30 o'clock at the home of Herbert O'Latiglilin, 1358 Chestnut street, for the purpose of receiving instructions as to the new registration law.

STATISTICAL NOTES.

RECENT BIRTHS.

To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peerson, 1938 Elm street, a boy, Thomas Allen. To Mr. and Mrs. Mike Vincel, 2014 North Twenty-second street, a boy, Woodrow Lewis.

To Mr. j,nd Mrs. George T. Hadley, 1517 South Seventeenth street, a boy, George Theodore.

To Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kerr, 824 North Fifth street, a boy, Joseph Ambrose.

To Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bennett, 834 North Sixth' street, a boy, Donald Wayne.

To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ratsavage, 723-Fourth avenue, a boy, Frank. To Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bivins, 930 North First street, a boy, "Mark.

To Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Hyett, 2100 North Thirteenth and One-half street, a girl, Grace Ilene.

To Mr. and Mrs. William: F. Keeny, 1638 Fifth avenue, a girl, Helen J. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Meehan, 2000 North Twenty-first, a boy. Francis C.

To Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wood, 242 South Sixth street, a girL Suth Evelyn.

To Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bedwell, '1832 South Eleventh street, a boy, James.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Glen Savage, 20{ 1504 Liberty avenue, clerk, to Ruth L. Wei^er, 17, 1406.Plum street, at home.

George Campbell, 24, ..Gillespie, 111., miner, to Rebecw. Laing, 19, West Terre Haute, at nome.

Ed Doyle, 26 years old, chauffeur, 1127 Tippecanoe street, and Ruth G. Waggoner, 21 years old, 2331 Fourth avenue.

Urbain Mathieu. 30 years old. miner. 1435 Grand avenue, and Mary Tuech, 20 years old, Shelburn, Ind.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. B. F. Dunlap et ux, to W. C. Wils «, lots 58, 59, ChaunCey Rose's su'i $1,500.

Lillie Propst to George Propst, lot 27 C. Propst's sub. $100. S. Bogardus et ux, to American Realty Co., .lots 13, 18 -Collett's second add. $2,000.

Susie E. Andrew, hus., to C. W. Cole et ux,. pt. n w tp 27. sec 13, 8 $700. C\ D. Peters! et ux. to C. E. Sharpe, pt s w *4 tp 32, sec 10, 8 $5.

BUILDING PERMITS.

Sarah E. Scott. 401 South Second street, repair frame and concrete residence estimated cost $50.

HAVE YOU ANYTHING FOR SALEf If you "have anything to sell the Sunday Tribune will sell it. Twelve words one. time. 12c: three times. 30c.

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tendance of the press. With this assurance the captains began the read.ing of .their totals for the tally and the donors of amounts exceeding $100. Among the latter were the" following: Mary A. Warren, $1,000 A. M, Ogle, ?500 Joshua Jump, $500 Paul Bogart, $500 A. J. Cummings, $500 W. E. Support, $1,000 Kleeman's clerks, $l5'0 H. A. Condit, $500 Harry J. Baker, $500.

Special announcements made from time to time added to the excitement that prevailed. The announcement made by Mr. Royste that Terre Haute's youngest civic organization, the' Terre Haute real estate board, had subscribed $100 met with cheers as did also the Terre Haute firemen's contribution of $195. A telegram froih Mr. A. C. Keifer, business manager of the Tribune, read by Mr. .Royse, also brought funds and encouragement. Mr. Keifer's telegram read "Have just been informed the Rose Poly campaign is oft. To subscribe to Old Rose is a duty that every citizen should perform. Put me down for $200."

Expect to Pas* Aim.

The sum. of $100,000, which Jamee S. Royse prophesied would be Terre 'Haute's contribution before Saturday, appeared a certainty Saturday morning when the, "mercury" of the Rose

Poly thermomteter rose to $89,137. The apportioning 6f the gift of $30,650 of Messrs. Hulman, with the addition of $350 solicited by the executive committee, gave each team an additional $1,000 to their credit Saturday, morning, which was to be announced at the Saturday dinner.

That the final result will exceed anticipations of the executive committee is a eafe prediction in the campaign that does not close until next Thursday night. The committee has decided to limit the list announced at this time to, subscriptions of over $100. The list of donors of this amount or more is as follows:

T. R. Woodburn Printing company, Sig. Petersdorf, Carl Wolf, John O. Piety, James E. Piety, S. Uffenheimer, Harry W. Cohen, William C. Haythorn, Dr. Stephen J. Young, A. N. Smith, William Penn, Charles Hyman, H. A. Pritchett, R. N. Filbeck, Finley A. McNutt, Dr. James McCall,' Fred Wunker, Edward S. Sparks, Joseph C. Davis, Herman A. Mayer, Charles Runyan, R. W. Gilbert, W. A. Cochran, R. B. Phillips, Richard A. Werneke, James M. Gossom, Wood Posey, Scott & Hart, W. A. Stube, Louis D. Walker, George A. Schaal, Viquesney company, Thomas Ferguson, A. Hansing and George A. Gagg, $100 each employee of A. Herz store, $125 C. I. Perina and F. B. Brinkman, $160 each A. C. Keifer, N. G. Wallace, Myers Brothers, J. O. Schultz, Thorman & Schloss, John R. Connelly and M. Joseph & Sons, $200 each Simon Levi, Milton E. Herz and Smith & Buntin, $250 each John S. Cox, B. V. Marshall, Samuel Frank & Sons, Biettner & Bu£ttner machine works, Hunter Laundry and Dyeing "company and John I* Smith, $500 each Anton Mayer, Root Dry Goods company, $1,000 each.

An interesting vaudeville stunt which was to be pulled off at the Saturday Juncheon-was postponed until Monday. It will be a real treat for the captains and workers. Rose students have two original songs they will sing: "They're Wearing' 'em Higher in Hawaii," and "Here's to Our Dear Old Rose." A play with the workers in the cast is also to be given. In the play Mr.-Got Rox is a financier. Ginger and Pep, Rose workers, call on him. He can't see

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BECK HELD TO GRAND JURY,

Charged With Cutting Nephew During Fight Near Home. JVilliam Beck, 51 years old, was bound over to the grand jury by City Judge Newton Saturday morning when arraigned on a charge of,cutting his nephew, Ralph Andrews, 21, with intent to kill. Beck 'was arrested Friday night, following "a fight near the Andrews home, 23 Fromme. avenue. Beck lives nearby with Andrews' grandparents. It was said the quarrel started in Beck's home. Andrews said he ran from the house after Beck attempted to itrike him. He went to his home and called his father-in-law and when he turned to leave the house, it is alleged, that Beck jumped on him and began cutting him with a knife. The father-in-law, John Andrews, interfered and parted the men. Andrews was badly cut about the head and was taken /o St. Anthony's hospital. His right ear was nearly severed. Beck, on the witness stand, denied cutting his nephew, but admitted they had a fight.

ROOSEVELT IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, April 28.—Col. Theodore Roosevelt, in his first war speech delivered here 'today, at a luncheon given by the Chicago branch of the National Security league, urged that the use of grain for .the manufacture of alcoholic drinks be prohibited for, the period of the war. He urged obligatory military training, the expansion and improvement of the navy and asserted that an expeditionary force should he sent to France at once.

WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE.

Lena Joyner was granted a divorce from Charles Joyner by Judge Gerdink in the Superior Court Saturday morning. She charged her husband left her and their child alone at nij|ht and spent his money for gambling. Sh'e was granted the custody of her 22-monttts'-old child, and her husband was ordered to pay $3 per week for its support.

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them at. first and his doorkeeper and secretary effectually bar the way. Finally the workers get into the private office and Mr. Got Rex tells them he. doesn't care anything about Rose Poly. They meet all his objections and finally, by sheer audacity, get a big subscription. The play is intended as instruction for the workers on how to meet and -overcome objections.

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ZEP DESTROYER A PRISONER.

Germans Hold British Aviator Who Winged

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PARIS, April 28.—T.he Matin sajs, news has been received at British headquarters that Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, the aviator who destroyed a Zeppelin, is not dead, but a prisoner in Germany. Lieutenant Robinson's gasoline ran ou£, and he. wJs abliged

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A German official statement, received in London on April 13, said that Lieutenant Robinson's machine was ^hot down on April 5 by a German battle airplane. Lieutenant Robinson won tM) Victoria cross by bringing down at Zeppelin, during-a raid on London .last fall. It was the first feat of the kind to be performed in the war.

GLAD TO LEARN OF IT April's changeable weather "causes colds that lead to expensive doctor bills—bills that could be avoided if the cold were checked in time. C. Smith, 14*21 12th St., Augusta, Ga., writes: "I got one 25c bottle of Folev Honey and Tar and my cough and cold Is about well. I was glad to learn of a great medicine like that." Foley's H6ney and Tar enjoys such a splendid reputation that it is often imitated. Of course, no substitute or imitation is a good as the genuine. Valentine's Economical Drug Store, 634 Wabash avenue.—A dvertisement.

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