Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 August 1917 — Page 1

VOL. XLV.-NO. 63.

Citizens In Big Parade to Escort Local Tropers to Train for Start Toward Front.

COMMERCE CHAMBER NAMES ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE

All Terre Haute Asked to Join In Giving Soldiers Royal Farewell When They Quit City

Friday Morning.

company. Second Indiana infantry, will be given a royal farewell •when it leaves this city Friday moi'ning lor Its mobilization camp at Jeffrrsonville, Ind. The celebration will take the form of a great parade, according to plans perfected by the committee selected by the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce.

A special meeting of the board was held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and the following committee selected Karl Houck, chairman John J. Cleary, John l\ Joyce, and Spencer F. Ball. This/coxnmittee visited Capt. Gerhardt Monhinser at Camp Webb Betrgs and asked what could be done for himself and his company before they left the city. Flans for a dinner or smoker were passed by when Capt. Monninfier said, fp^aking for himself and his company. "All we want Is that all TVrre Haute turn out and bid us goodbye."

Acting on this request the parade was planned and "nil Terre Hauti" is asked to turn out for the occasion. All of the civic and fraternal organizations of the city and every Individual resident is asked to take part, marching with some organization or simply fis a citizen. The F.lks ind the Terre Haute fraternal regiment have accepted the invitation and the Knights of Columbus will act upon it at a meeting Thursday evening. Company No. S3. TT. K. of P. will meet at the clubronms Thursday night to make arrangements to participate in the parade.

A Land and as many citizens as can accompany it will go to the camp at S oV.ock Friday morning., At S o'clock the company, headed by the band, will loave its crimp and march down Wabash avenue to Seventh street. The other organisations will Join the pars dr at Seventh street and Wabash avenue at 9:30 o'clock and march to the Union station. The Elks will form on Seventh street, south of Wabash avenue. The Chamber of Commerce will take care of all expenses incurred and asks every organization to carry an American flag at its head. It is also asked that residences and business houses be decorated with the American (lag. It is hoped that many of the merchants will close their stores during the time of the parade.

Postmaster Cleary has been appointed to act as grand marshal of "the parade. The line of march will be north on Se\enth street to Sycamore, east of. sycamore to Ninth and then north to the station.

Transportation for the members of Company was received by Captain Monninger Thursday morning. He said the packing would be practically finished during the afternoon and that all would be in readiness to board the special train Friday morning at 10 o'clock.

A Company Takes Park.

In accord with orders received Thursday morning. A company, engineers, will mobilize and go into camp at the baseball park Sunday. The original plans for the company were tr ha%-e it go into camp at Forest park, but the recent orders have changed tl.is and the company will take possession of the camp to be vacated by company.

By mobilizing at the ball park the company will be kept much nearer its base of supplies and will also have a better drill ground than could be secured at Forest park. The members of the engineers company will report for duty at 9 o'clock Sunday morning.

Recruiter Is Assigned To Seized German S/i/pj

Chief Water Tender H. Dalton, U. S. N-, who has been in charge of naval recruiting station in this city since March 26, 1917, received orders on Wednesday evening that will put him into active service at once. Mr. Dalton is ordered to report to the receiving ship at New York City for duty on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. This vessel is one of the German shlpB interned in this country since the entrance of the United States into the war, and she Is now being put into commission by the government.

Mr. Dalton will be relieved at the station by G. W. Peterson, coppersmith, U. S- N. Mr. laiton will I leave as sopn as his relief arrives.

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Prosecutor F&ces Charge of Pailing to Advise Draft Boards, In Federal Indictment.

Prosecutor William E. Horsley submitted to arrest to Deputy United States Marshal Fred T. Creators in the lobby of Hotel Deming about 8 o'clock Wednesday night. He furnished bond for |1,000 to guarantee his appearance before the federal court in Indianapolis September 24.

Creators communicated with Homley, who was at his home, about 7 o'clock last night, and the prottecuLor, accompanied by Noble Johnson, deputy prosecutor, aoid Daniel V. Miller, soon appeared at the hotel. The four wont to a secluded part of the lobby, where they w-.»re scarcely noticed, and seated themselves.

In a few minutes, the deputy marshal had read the warrant to the prosecutor, who had tendered his bond, and the men left the hotel. Horsley expressed the opinion that the federal court, when It had heard the facts, would not be long in exonerating him.

Horsley's arrest followed the announcement in Indianapolis Thursday of his indictment by the federal grand jury on a charge of having failed to advise the army conscription boards In this county, as provided in the conscription law and the proclamation of

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The basement of the new McLean school. Tenth street and Lafayette avenue, will be used for the mobilization of company, First Indiana Infantry, which will take place at 9 o'clock Svnday morning. The boys will make this place their headquarters during their stay in the city. Permission to use the building wa« granted at a special meeting of the board of school trustees, held Wednesday evening.

The large vacant space east of the building will be used as a drill ground. The mess for the company will be in charge of J. C. Keith, an experienced caterer. He has secured the use of the kitchen at the Filbeck hotel and the meals will be served In the room on Cherry street, formerly used as a dining room. The men are allowed 75 csnts per day for subsistence during mobilisation.

The mobilisation orders for the members of company, living outside of the city, were sent out Thursday morning. Each member of the company is ordered to report for service at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, August B, at the McLean school. Meals will

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Never Saw Ghost In Woodlawn Cemetery, Oldest Sexton Says

Just twenty years old. His name was Samuel McQuilkin, Jr. Close beside it is another slab bearing the words: "Samuel McQvulkin, Sr., Died in 1819.'' No doubt these bodies had been removed from an old Terre Haute cemetery—likely the one located at Sixth and Ohio streets—when the Woodlawn grounds were opened.

With the superintendent of this cemetery, Mr. Edward Whitlock. I passed between rows and rows of graves. Beautiful flowers bloomed over some handsome monuments had been erected to the' memory of others simple slabs designated others markers there wore for some, among them quite a number for our civil war veterans. We paused beside the space allotted to these unsuing heroes and I thought of the tales of battle they could tell. And there were stories of suffering' and privation that could be told by those eleven confederates who lay -not so

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Cool Breezes Thursday to Be Followed By Rising Temperatures—

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Following the hottest day of the present warm wave, Terr® Haute experiences some relief from the heat Thursday, but Meteorologist W. li. Cade predicted warher weather again for Friday.

Wednesday set a new mark for the year, 1917, the mercury reaching the 96 degree mark at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Then a thunder shower passed over the city and the temperature fell 20 degrees in 40 minutes, dropping to the 76 degree mark.

Mr. Cade promised some relief during Thursday, saying that the maximum temperature for the day probably would not be high as 90 degrees, but he tempered this good news by predicting that it would be warmer again Friday.

The temperature at 7 o'clock Thursday morning was 70 degrees, while at the same hour Wednesday the temperature was 77 degrees. At 9 o'clock Thursday the temperature was 79 degrees while at that hour Wednesday the mercury had reached the 86 de-

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TJ£Ml*ERATLJtU£ HKCOKD, AUG. 2. 6 a. ..70 Noon 82 9 am. 79 3 p. m.. 87

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LOCAL CONDITIONS AT A. M. AUG. 2. 1917. Station pressure, 29.51. Temperature 7S, highest temperature yesterday, 96 lowest temperature last right. (59 precipitation. .20 direction of wind, northeast velocity of wind, six nuies per hour state of weather, clear relative humidity,

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TERRS} HAUTE—Fur tonight and Friday, warmer Friday. INDIANA—Fair tonight and Friday warmer Friday.

ILJ,I\"OIS—Generally fair tonight and Friday not much change temperaty re.

OTHER LOCtL RRPOItTS. Temperature by Buntin's thermometer: 7 a. m., 7 2 p. 91.

River stage—2.0 feet.

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Recapture Positions Lost to Germans In Flanders and Re-establish Their Former Lines.

RUSS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF RESIGNS SUCCESSOR CHOSEN

PH«oners Taken on Western Line Include Many Boys, and Few Veterans Admit Fear of Defeat.

BULLETIN.

PETROGRAD, Aug. 2.—Between the river Zbroez on the ftussian-Gaiician front and the Dniester river, northwest of Kholin, the Russians yesterday abandoned their positions, say,s the official statement issued today by the Russian war department. The Russian forces also retired in an easterly direction between the Dniester and and Pruth rivers.

'BULLETIN.

PARIS, Aug. 2.—Bad weather continues in Belgium, says the official statement by the French war department this afternoon. The Germans, last night, made two attacks to the east and southeast of Rheims, but both failed. On the left bank of the river IVIeuse there was a violent artillery duel. The Germans, last night, attacked in the sector of Avocourt wood without success, and several attacks in Apremont forest, southeast of St. ^Mihiel utterly failed.

BULLETIN.

PETROGRAD, Aug. 2. German forces have occupied the Uskull bridgehead on the northern Russian front, 15 miles southeast of Riga, according o reports received here from the battle front. The position had been evaouated by the Russians.

L/ONDON, Auf. t.-—British forces today launched a counter attack against the German positions in Flanders. General Sir Douglas Haig »reports that the British troops completely re-established their former line in the neighborhood of the RoulersYDres railway, some territory in which area the Germans yesterday had regained.

FETRCKTRAD, Aug. 2.—Gen. Alexis A. Brussiloff, commander-in-chief of the Russian armies, has resigned. Gen. Li. G. Kornlioff, commander-in-chief of the "Russian armies on the southwestern front, has been appointed general issimo. Gen. TcheremissofT. commander of the Eighth army, has been appointed to succeed Gen. KornilofC on the southwestern front.

BRITTSH FRONT IN FRANCE AND BEIX51UM, Aug. 2.—"The situation is virtually unchanged." This sums up the day's news from the wide 7-one along which the British and the French yesterday hurled Prince Rupprecht's forces back to the supportirjjs defense at a depth varying between one and three miles. Artillery activities continued with great intensity,

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U. S. AND BRITAIN TO

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Plans for taking over for operation all American ocean-going merchant ships soon will be announced by the shipping board.

Charters will be requisitioned under a recent act of congress authorizing the president to commandeer tonnage for government uses. The program is preliminary to putting into operation an agreement between the American and British governments for joint control of the world's shipping. It will give the shipping boird control of ocean freight rates charged by American ships and a rate basis being worked out will be used for building an international rate schedule.

The chief aim in commandeering charters is to get more ships into trans-Atlantic service.

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BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE BEIXJIUM, Aug. 2.»-America played a small but important part in the battle of Flanders. A number of American "surgical teams," who were brought to the front from the base hospital by the director-general of the medical service worKed side by side with their British allies in caring for the woundeA

hien Called By Draft Board for First Test

The selection board of Division No. 1, that portion of the city south of Wabash avenue, Thursday morning began the examination of eligibles for the new national army. The following men, including those who filed claims for exemption, were examined during the day:

FILED NO CLAIM.

JOHN D. O'MALLEY, 524 South Fifth, (accepted). FRANK JOSEPH DOYLE, 483 Gilbort avenue. ARTHUR DAVIS PICKENS, 422

South Center. HARRY MICHAEL, 1832 8. Eleventh. MALDEN DUBBS, 1430 S. Eleventh and One-half. COLEMAN SMITH, 530 South First. WILL REED. 618 South Second. NOBLE REX FOX, 1221 South Fourth. HARRY ROBERT GOODWIN, 1508

South Second. CORNELIUS PHILLIPS, 301 South Thirteenth. RENOS ALVIN JARVIS, 1411 Poplar.

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LBON CASEY BLAKE, 1101 South Second (wife.) GEORGE A. GFTEGGS, 1422 South

Eleventh and One-half (wife and child.) JOHN REUBEN CRAPO, 130 South

Sixth, (wife.) JOHN WILLIAM DAVIS, 1440 Poplar mother.) CURTIS ALLEN STITZEL, 430 South

Seventeenth (fomily.) ALBERT JOHN AMBIRGER, 66 South Sixteenth (wife.) LYMAN MATHERLY, 2500 Dilman (wife.) SAMUEL TROUTMAN, 1313 South

Nineteenth, (wife.) RICHARD KNUCKEY, 445 South Thirteenth and One-half (felon.) JOSEPH SPANN GILLUM, 63 Gilbert avenue (military service.) EARL ELLIOTT, 2709 South First (mother.) HARRY KRUEGER, 534 South

Seventh (wife.) HUBERT E. STAFFORD, 705 South Eighteenth (wife.) RALPH EUGENE HOLLINGS-

WORTH. 614 South Ninth (wife.) HARRY JOHN TERHORST, 1823 South Third (aged parents.) WILLIAM HENRY SWARTZ„ 714

South Thirteentti and Ons-half (mother.) HINIE C. ROMOSER, 704 Gilbert

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FRANK C. M'KEE, 1822 Poplar street (family.) WILEY O. ADKIN8, 2223 South First (famrly.) HUBERT EUGENE STAFFORD. 705

South Eighteenth (family.) JOHN MILTON JOHNSON. 1818 8outh Seventh (family.)

The number of Ixmis W. Ripple was called, but Ripple had not appeared up to 2 o'clock.

FEM BAILEY'S VISIT SIS UPSOME TALK

Cross-Fire of Rumors Set Agoing By Arrival Here of Former District Attorney,

Frank C. Dailey, former district attorney, prosecutor of twenty-one democrats who he sent to Leavenworth, and who has Just convicted Samuel Perrot, chief of police of Indianapolis, and about a dozen of the latter's colleagues. was said to be in the city Thursday and was reported here and there at such an such a meeting place.

The rumor brought an interesting explanation. It ran this wise. Among the witnesses called for the defense in the slot machine cases are a lot of the members of the Good Government league. They are not quite certain a to why they have been called to "d«j fend" the operator of a slot machine and they are suspicious.

One of the most prominent, and an active church worker, is said to have figured out that Messrs. Blankenbaker, Walker and Whitlock, the attorneys who are defending the slot machine operators, had an ace In the hole and were preparing a long series of jumps

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FOOD Bill 10 HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The conference agreement on the administration food control bill containing neither of the senate's amendments which would have provided for a congressional war expenditures committee and a food board of three members, was reported to the house today. Both proposals, which had been objected to by President Wilson, were stricken out of the bill by the conferees.

The house is expected to adopt the conference report tomorrow and the senate during the coming week after much debate because of the elimination of its ^var committee a ad food board proposals.

Begins Physical Examination of Eligibles In Division No. 1, and Scores Are Given Teat.

MANY TO CLAIM EXEMPTION FROM SERVICE UNDER DRAFT

John D. O'Malley, First Man Called*. Found In Perfect Physical Condition, and Wil Not Ask

Discharge.

Vigo county's .men who were the flrat drawn for service In the nation's dralt army were given physical examination. Thursday morning when the selection board for District No. 1 began its work.

Thirty-two men had been examined at 2 o'clock and twenty-one of thetse claimed exemption on account of dependants. Ten had been rejected for physical disability. Excepting in a few cases, the board is not making decisions at this time as to whether or no$ the person examined passed the physical test. The board is calling the men in for examination in the urdei:In which their number was drawn.

John D. O'Malley is the first man that Vigo county is to furnish to th$ national draft army. O'Malley, the first man examined, was found to be in perfect physical condition. At. th« completion of the Examination he announced that he would not claim exeruption. ,*5 "I'd rather be found physically per-, feet and have to go to war," spid Ue, "rather than be found physically unlit and get to stay at home. said this as he stepped out of the ex« amination room.

Two filed claims of exemption on the grounds that they were already in military service. These were: George Fish back 1501 South Eighth street, who is a member of the hospital unit from Marion county, and Joseph Spann Gillum, son of Prof. R. G. Gillum, who is in the engineering service at Fort Leavenworth.

One man filed claim for exemption on the ground that he was "a felon. This was Richard Knucjiy, who served a sentence In the Marion county jail on bfing found guilty in the election cases of 1914.

T'ractirally all of those who were rejected for physical defccls had fi!e4 claims for exemptiofc on physical or other grounds.

Many Claim Exemption,

Estimating from the number of exemptlons claimed and the number who claimed dependents when they registered, the board members believe It will be necessary to call a,s many as a hundred,additional men. Exactly twothirds of the 256 men now beinnf exemined, claimed dependents when they registered for the draft.

If the board continues to examine about ten men each hour. It will complete the examinations of the 85 men, to be examined Thursds»y, within about eight hours and a half. Three men are examined at the same time.

When three men are examined, a member, of the board goes to the hallway, where ,J£e men to be examined are waiting, and calls out three additional, r.umbers. The men having these numbers are next examined and so on. In oni or two instances, there have been no responses to the numbers calied.

How Work is Done. ij

The board is doing its work in three rooms. Two of these rooms are lnrge and one is smaller. The entrance, opens into the small room. There,* there are two young womerf rlerks who are filling out"* blanks for thogp who

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BUR DEN!ES RUMOR OF JIM LOSSES.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Un trace-'. able rumors that some disaster had been met by the American forces brought from Secretary Baker today a denial and reiteration of the promise that news of any misfortune •yvould not be withheld from the public. "I have no hesitancy in sayinff,'* said Secretary Baker, In a statement, "thatnot a syllable has reached the war de* partment which would lead us to 1-c-lieve that any misfortune has attended our forces on land or sea, find I can reiterate the pledge made some lime ago that any such word will be instantly given to the country, subject only to the qualification that any mill*,, tary movements in process at the time be completed, so as not to imperil tiw remainder of the forces Involved. 1 "Let me repeat that no word ha* reached us which would justify a fear at this tim«%