Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 August 1917 — Page 1

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XLV.—NO. 70.

KAISER TURNS BIS ARMY ON ODESSA NOW

Stroke Indicates That-He Intends Taking Russian Crops By Conquest of Chief Port.

ESSEN BOMBARDMENT BRINGS OUT NEW GERMAN ATROCITY

Captive Prisoners Stood Before Places Which Were Being Made Targets By the

Enemy Aviators.

BULLETIN.

LONDON, Aug. 9.— Recent reports that the present German offensive in southwest Russia is aimed at the capture of Odessa are strengthened by a dispatch to the Times from that city saying the belief is growing there that the port is Germany's main objective and that Bessarabia will soon become the principal theatre of operations as the enemy presses toward Cdes«a. The correspondent adds that the harvest is now being reaped in southern Russia and the enemy doubtless will try to secure it before it can be removed.

News from the Flanders front is of scant proportions, the most important item being' an announcement in the British official report that the French have again effected a gain of ground of their front northwest of Bixschoote.

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GETCOMMISSIONS

General Glenn this afternoon anhi unced the award of commissions to the men at Ft. Benjamin Harrison training camp.

Here are the Term Haute appointments: To be captain infantry section, Vernon R. McMillan.

To be captain infantry section, Robert E. Tappan. To be aecond lieutenant, quartermasters' corps, Gantt Baggot.

To be second lieutenant Infantry section, Adin W. Lee. To be second lieutenant infantry section, Robert L. Smith.

To be second lieutenant infantry section, Abraham S. Levin. To be second lieutenant of Infantry in national army, Samuel E. Huffman, also Mervin E. Swango.

To be second lieutenant field artillery, Paul O. Wilson. To be second lieutenant infantry section, Louis F. Keifer.

To be second lieutenant, Quartermaster's Corpe, Henry Knauth. Nearby Appointments.

To be captain, infantry section, William E, Durham, Greencastle, Ind.

To b« oaptai* infantry section, Everett W. Jones, Greencastle, Ind. To be captain infantry Kection, Claude M. Ewing, Clinton, Ind.

To be first lieutenant infantry section, Kenneth L. Bogle, Linton, I nd.

To be second lieutenant infantry section. Eugene J. Cadou, Vincennes, Ind.

To be captain infantry section, Thomas A. Moore, Greencastle, Ind. To be captain infantry section, Raymond D. Nioholson, Vincennes, Ind.

To be second lieutenant infantry section, Edwain H. Randle, Greencastle, Ind., and Ralph C. Meyers, Greencastle, Ind.

To be second lieutenant infantry national army, Dillon O. Tribbie, Vincennes.

To be captain infantry section, Nathaniel Huckleberry, Greencastle. Ind.

To be second lieutenant, infantry section, Frank L. Cade, Greencastle, Ind.

To be first lieutenant, field artillery. Forest E. Dukes, Clinton, Ind. To be second lieutenant, cavalry, Harry E. Tribbie, Vincennes.

To be second lieutenant, infantry, Don W. "Millar, Brazil, Ind. To be captain, infantry section, Earl C. Lane and Charles F. Donoughue, Greencastle, Ind.

To be first lieutenant, field artillery, Emil W. McCoy, Sullivan, Ind. To be second lieutenant, field artillery, James H. House, Jr., Vincennes, Ind.

To be second lieutenant, quartermaster's corps, Russell S. Racey, Vincennes. Ind.

To be second lieutenant quartermasters' corps, Charles H. Smith, Brazil, Ind.

To be first lieutenant ordnance department, national army, Don P. Carpenter, Brazil.

To be second lieutenant infantry jection, Herschell Harey, Brazil. To be captain infantry secrtion, Paul Y. Davis. Bloomington, Ind.

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Relative humidity, noon, $7 per cent.

LOG'Alt COXblTTOXS AT 7 A. M., AU«. KM 7. Station pressure, 29.41 temperature. 64' hiph^st temperature yesterday, S2 lowest temperature last night, 62 precipitation, trace direction of wind, •past velocity of wind, five miles per hour: state of \veathe~r, cloudy relative humidity, S5 per cent sunrise, 4:58 sunset., 6:53.

FOKECtST.

TEi'tRP* HAL'IIS—lair tonight and Frit'ay. INDIANA—Fair tonight and Friday cooler tonijrht in south portion.

ILLi£N'OtS—Generally

fair tonight

and Friday somewhat cooler tonight.

OTHER LOCAL, REPORTS. Temperature by Buntin's thermometer: 7 a. m., 66 2 p. m., 79.

River stage—1.1 feet.

MANC0URT TO CLEAN UP CITY GIVES ORDERS

Acting Mayor Says He Will Comply With Slack's Instructions to the Letter.

CALLS IN BOARD OF SAFETY AND READS FEDERAL LAW

Prosecutor Horsley Says He Had No Advance Information In Mat* ter—Willing to Act With the City.

NOTICES SERVED

The meeting of the board of safety adjourned at 3 o'clock and Captain Smock left headquarters to serve notice on the keeper of every known resort to close his or her doors, under penalty of federal prosecution. It was said every resort in the restricted distHct would be closed by night fall.

Acting Mayor Charlee Mancourt Thursday noon received the notice from District Attorney L. Ert Slack to the effect that the federal law relative to aaloons and brothels within live miles of an ariny camp, and immediately called the Ijoard of safety into session.

He later said that it had been decided to observe the law absolutely and that such places wxnild be closed to soldiera and that auch regulations as a implied elsewhere would be strictly enforced here.

Mr. Mancourt said that in the absence of Mayor Gossom he would assume this authority and that conditions here would be eetabllshed so that there would be no further question as to the freedom of the army camps here from immoral conditions.

The acting mayor said the orders meant just what they said, that soldiers will not be allowed in saloons dnd that the resorts against which

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The exemption board of Division No, 2, the north part of the city, has Issued a call for 460 more men from that part of the city. These men are to report at room No. 8, Erwin block, for examination. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week.

The first call of this board was for 392 men, issued July 30. Of this number 259 were found physically fit but & large percentage of this numbei claimed exemption. The second call will make a total of 842 men called from the north part of the city. This board is called upon to furnish a quota of 196 men.

Board No. 1 is busy checking claims for exemption in the south part o£. the city. This board issued its second call Monday and many of these men have already claimed exemption. The county board is planning to issue a second call within a few days.

The list for the second call of Division No. 2 follows: TUESDAY, AUG. 14, 8 A.M. Order Serial

No. No. i 3 A n e w A n o n y e o s 14n«» iple Ave. 3 9 4 u o n e o y a o s 2 4 1 1 "nd Ave. 3^5— 5—Harry Hampton Worshaao,

N. 13th.

396— :r0—Ed Padget, 1428 Liberty Are.

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THE TERRE HAUTE

HOOVER WINS AID BECOMES FOODS CHIEF

President Will Sign Food Bill Friday and Announce His Appointment At Same Time.

ONLY SEVEN VOTES AGAINST IT ON THE FINAL BLOW-OFF

Law's Provisions

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Every .Home and Every Business In the Country—Calls for Study1.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—All Is in readiness today for putting tne administration's food control and food survey bills into effect as soon as they become law with President Wilson's signature. The president ^111 sign the bills tomorrow after the presiding officers of the senate and house affix their signatures to the measures. Thlis could not be done today because neither house was in session.

Final congressional action came lnte yesterday when the senate in rapid succession approved the conference reports on both bills. They already lad been approved by the house.

The conference report on the food control hill was adopted by a vote of 66 to 7, and that on the survey bill by a unanimous vot«. Those opposing the control bill were Senators Hardwick, Hollis and Reed, democrats, and Senators France, Gronna, Lafollette and I'cnrose, republicans.

The first step in putting the new legislation into operation probably wiH 1 the appointment by the president of Herbert C. Hoover as food admin-! lstrator.

PERSHING THOUGHT SO.

WASHINGTON", Aug. 9.—Reduction of the strength of American army divisions to the European standard of 19,000 men and revival of the old army corps ma.lor tectical unit, was recommended, It was learned today by Ma-jor-Gen. Pershing, after a careful stvdy of conditions at the front.

GEEMAN PAPEH COFFINS.

—15S0—Charles Riggs. 626 Linden. ~i9§— ^—Uoscae Cole. 100 N. nth. 399—2MS—Fred Howard Peters, 1647

Sfh Ave.

40®—"2(55—Arlie W. Poling, SOS 2nd Ave. 401—2^15—Frank Tunlap, Jr., 1433 5th

A.ve,

402— 870—George Jefferson Perkins, 8th. 403—1714 —Leon L. Shavloske, 1027

Maple Ave.

404— ."49—Ralph Mayes, 1809 Liberty Ave. 406—T132—Patrick Leo Haverty, 621 N. 7 th. 406— 440—Aaron Todd, 2134 Tlppersnre. 407—1 4SS—George Miller, 1323 N. 8th. 408—1574—John UacDonald, 2044 N.

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409— 7 41—Franklin M. Rlngle, 38 Home Ave. 410—3 054—James Nevltt Moody, 614.N.

411—233C—Rllev Willmouth. 904 N. 3rd. 41^—]?7o—Curtis Mason Pendereast, N. «th. 413—r"lf—Ma* F. Moore, 920 N. 6th. 414—Si 60—Benjamin Harrison yotts,

IflO N. 13th.

415—3?.34—Benjamin Lawrence Aeree, 1905 N. 23rd. 416—2225—Bernard Ross Shooff, 833 N.

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417— "it—"Don Everet Manis, 1719 Liberty Ave. 418—102'?-—Frank Ha.tr, 643 Chestnut. 4)9— £41—Herli- rt Sontaer, 627 Cherrv. 42C—30?—Frank C. Stewart, 2040 N. 3 2 th. 421-* —Klba Anderson, 1911 Spruce. 422—2795—Michael Joseph O'Connor, 1610 JUl Avfc

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EX-OFFICIAL REJECT REPORTS OF SHORTAGE

The vote marked a big victory for' Will Not Pay Such Claim# A« Are BePresident Wilson and Mr. Hoover, and while certain interests fuuxht the measure vigorously, it was gradually shown who was behind them and they gradually dropped out of the fight.

The provisions of the luw will effect every person and every hom in the country. It is generally acclaimed a far-seeing measure which will be a tower of stronprth to the nation should the war he greatly prolonged.

Effect on Wheat Market.

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—Although considerable interest was manifested today as to what influence the final passage of the food control bill would have on the wheat market, observers found that the chief development in the trade was only a disposition to await some announcement of the policy by the administrator to he appointed under the law. Without any apparent relations to the sweeping new federal enactment wheat opened 2^c higher at $2.27 U September, and In later transactions held steady at %c reaction.

It is reported that the board of accounts recently called on N. G. Wallace to settle up something like $2,000 for alleged technical shortages in his accounts as county auditor. Mr. Wallace. it Is said, on advice fr.m his attorney, refused to make any such settlement, several lepal authorities holding that the claims against him were not regular or fUr.

I. W. W. USES DYNAMITE

i MX'SKOGBE, Okla.. Aug. 9.—-An api peal for aid was received at the United State* marshal'^ office here this morn-

—Coffins of lng from the county attorney of Ot-

AMSTERDAM, Aug. water-proofed cardboard are now be-j tawa county, in the extreme northeast Ing made in Germany, according to theiern part of the state, who reported Tagliohe Rundschau, of Berlin. The that W. W. workers had dynamited lids are glued Instead of being nailed several railroad cars and were ot.her®own* wise causing trouble.

423—3406—Derso Goll, 2131 N. 28rd. 424—2154—Raymond Denman,

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Without a Legal Contest. ... «...

The several township, city and county officials, reported recently by the board of accounts to be technically short in their accounts with the state, apparently are malting no effort toward a settlement of their alleged discrepancies. No word haa come from Indianapolia, or none of those implicated in the report have made any inquiries of the local county officials.

County Auditor Thomas Ferguson, who wn.s reported to be short less than five dollars, as trustee of Lost Creek township, said that his accounts were absolutely straight and that he would never pay a cent over to the board of accounts or to anyone elae for alleged technical shortages.

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425—1 032—'Fremont Hunter, 901 Chestnut. 426— 62.®—William Bess. 3l$8 land Ave. 427— 260—1., S. Flsk, 1417 Chase, 428— 6fc!—James Daniel Hinen 22-)7

Cleveland Ave.

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429—3055—ASttliam Curtis Boling, 22i!l 3rd Ave. 430—3564- -Olli

Ave.

ie E. Hardy, 1510 Maple

431—H41—Charles Myers, 636 N. 7th Lyman Deal, 814 K.

4 32— 14—Oscar 8 th. 433—3 728—Fred Richard

Spruce.

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434—1016—Ollle Turner, 226 N. 11th 436—1H8K—.Tarn-ss Reed, 2007 N. 11th". 436— «35—John F. Murphy, 1439

437—1430—Thomas Lawson, 1005 j-d Ave. 438—2'u5—Leu Bnuman, 207 N. 3rd 439— 4»S—Kdward William Powell. 1725 Liberty Ave. 44#—310r—James William Graham, 2010 5th Ave. 4*1—2148—William Schimmel, 1638 N. 1 jt. I 442—?10$—Harry Piper. 4«1 N. 2nd. 443—l?o?—Benjamin H. "Volkers, 12^2

444—2b0T—Fredeiick William Strassler. 141C X, 12th. 445— ?23—Frank Scboeder, 412 X. &th. 446—742—John Jasper, 2509 X. 15th. 447—1305—Leon Kmmet Morlock, 936

N. 8th St.

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WOMEX TAKING THE PLACE OF HOUSES 0\ FARM IN FRANCE.

While the men of France are at the front protecting their homes against the invader, and her dumb workers are •erving also in the great cause, the women of France are taking tho places of both in the industrial and business worlds. In some instances they have gone so far as to do the work of horses nnd oxen, in order that their country may put its full strength In the struggle against militarism and autocracy.

BABY JIM"

ADOPTED

POLICE ME SWT

Young: Woman, Supposed to Be the Mother, Taken to the Friendly Inn By Officers.

"Baby Jim," the little six-hours' old colored baby found Wednesday in a shed at 1510 S"uth fourteenth street, by the family of William Bowera, who had just moved In that day, was adopted last evening at the Glenn home by a colored woman. She said she was tlie oldest ot ten children, had minded childred all her life and offered the waif a tjood horie. Her ca-se was Investigated, she was fotind to bo a reputable woman and "Baby Jim" went, home with her. "Baby Bill," tha white tot given to the police yesterday, is still at the Friendly inn.

The police Thursday morning arrested a young colored woman. Theresa McDougall, at Thirteenth and One-half and Seabury avenue, as the mother of the baby found in the shed.

She was arrested by Officers Wyeth and Harding and was taken Jlo the Friendly inn for examination.

SILLS ACT QUEE8LY

ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 8!—Army officers today were investigating the killing of four civilians yesterday during field artillery practice at Little Kenesaw mountain, about thirty miles from Atlanta. They are trying to ascertain what caused the shell to ricochet, to the point, a mile from the mountain, and arei looking into a story that another shell was diverted far from its course and injured a negro.

E WAR ILitKERS

PHOEXIX. Ariz., Aug. 9.—A telephone message to Forest Supervisor Wm. M. Godaard at Roosevelt, Ariz., late today declared no hostilities were expected in the asbestos mining district. The message came from a man who had returned from the district. He declared no whites were beleaguered in a mountain dugout as reported.

WILSON SIGNS E. AND H.

WASHINGTON Aug. 9.—The rivers and harbors bill, appropriating •approximately 127,000,000, became a law today with President Wilson's signature.

SHAKE-UP OFF THERE.

WELLINGTON. N. S. W., Aug. Further severe earthquake shocks occurred at Wairarapa, northwest of Wellington. There were

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BEAL'S

Collapse of Superior Judge Causes Family to Aot—Two Mentioned for Place,

Word from Indianapolis Thurn lay said that Judge Fred W. Seal's resignation had been sent to Governor James P. Goodrich and would likely be acoepted. Judge, Beal has not occupied the bench of the Superior Court here for nearly a year, being an inmate of a sanitarium in Milwaukee. He is- in a state of mental and physical collapse.

John W. Gerdink and William T. GU»ason have been mentioned as candidates for the office and each Is said to have his application with the governor. Both, it la said, have been high-, ly recommended.

Judge Beal's collapse is attributed to hard Rtudy and close application to work. When he assumed 'he bench he conscientiously sought to make a record of cleaning up the dockpts of the county courts and worked day in and day mt with this ambition. He has served three years of his six-year term.

OFFICIALS HE HP RUSSIAN PROBLEM

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—America's work toward rehabilitating Russia was taken up by officials today who had before them the extensive reports and advice of the mission headed by Elihu Root.

DetJtils of the general report, which holds out big hopes for the future of Russia, still are kept secret. Root believes that any information regarding the mission's findings should come from Fresident Wilson.

Six special reports probably will be submitted to different departments of the government. Upon arrival in Russia each commissioner was given a special assignment to cover some particular branch of the new government that he might given the Russians advice and be of particular aid to United States officials upon his return home.

The assignments were as follows: Mr. Root, ministry Charles Edward Russell, workmen's council, political parties and socialists Cyrus H. MeCormick and Charles R. Bertron, finance James Duncan, labor John R. Mott and Charles R. Crane, religion Major-Gen. Hugh L. Scott, army Rear Admiral James H. Glennon, navy.

FORTY-EIGHT DEAD

ZURICH, Aug. 9.—In tha axolo» sion of two storehouses near Cracow, Galicia, on Aug. 1, 48 artillerymen were killed a»H many injured, according to Vienna nev/spapers. The storehouses vere part of a munit'on werks ^nJ the explosion is attributed to sp^ntanreus c• mbustion, due to the grtat heat. Great damage was done in Cra:ow, thousands of windows being shattered and many doors being blown from their hinges.

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Prominent Business and Professional Men Called to Serve As Jurors In the Case. I

B&UCE BINDLEY DISCHARGED: SAID "MY MIND S MADE Vf

Edward Tetzel, CunSmlth jind 81l! Machine Repair Man, Among Veniremen Called Large

Crowd on Hand.

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Progress* in the slot machine ease was delayed Thursday afternoon when a warm clash occurred between ths fawyers in tlje case, the defense ifisfiting that it had the right to ten challenges in the selection of a jury, while the state contended that the defense had the right to but three challenges, the point hinging on whether the offense was a misdemeanor or a felony. The question was raised whether the penal farm, where the sentences in such cases are served, is a corrective institution or a penal institution.

Attorney Blankenbaker insisted that the offense charged is a felony, and that his clinent was entitled to ten challenges, instead of three, in the case of a misdemeanor. The search for authorities on this point occupied the greater part of the afternoon. *4

Attorney Felix Blankenbaker in /Police Court Thursday morning caused a sensation by charging that he had intimations of a "fixed" Jury being attempted acalnst his client, Charles X?nn1ng, one of the saloonmen «.I}ar 5*rwith operating slot machines and who uas one of the 164 arrested a few days ago on affidavits sworn out by_ ura Flacid Pogus.

Blarikenbafepr did hot metitfon stfiy names, but from what he said a hard legal battle is going to grow oat of the case.

Denning was represented by Blank- a enbaker and Whitlock and the «tate I was represented by Deputy Prosecutor John Jfffers. ..

Of the twenty-four veniremen caTTeS, twenty had been used up until noon, and these had not been turned over to the defense.

Among the veniremen ealled were well-known business and professional men, lnc'uding Harry Cole, automobile dealer George Buntm« insurance^ man Bruce H. Bindley, wholesale druggist., and others.

Bindley was soon dismissed. Whe® he took the stand he said: ?My mind's made up." "You're excused," said JcfTers.

One of the veniremen called was ICd-y ward Tetzel, the Ohio street gunsmith, and who did a lot of repair work on the slot machines when they were visib!c above the horizon. G. A. Schaal •was also among the veniremen called, but. he was excused by reason that hewas serving on one of the exemption' Hoards. Jp

The close questioning of the veniremen indicated that a legal scrap of -If some dimensions is to be made by the attorneys employed by the saloonmen.

None Wanted To Serve. v "I want every man summoned her», as a veniremen to understand that hai owes it to the state, that it is his patriotic duty, to make the sacriri'-a necessary to sit on this jury," th» Judge declared when excuses becar frequent.

Before twelve o'clock Thursday, panels had been exhausted and a tht one summoned. Attorney Fel Blankenbaker was questioning thos who had been sworn in when a nooA recess was called. Prior to that, ona man after another had been excused because of urgent business reasons or the fact that he had made up his mind already. Blankenbaker's question "Are you prejudiced against gambling?" brought forth answer "Yes" in practlcally every case, but the judge

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ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Aug. Cornplaints that several physicians hfra" are placing a\drug in the eyes of men called for examination under the se« lective army law i'.i order tnat they

will fall to pass the physical test havo, been made to the St. Louis district ex-, n emption board by several ward boardfijl Complaints also have boon made thaC*] some of the nvr have been given 4 medicine to affect the heart

The boards here have set -several physicians to watch for surl* practices 'i. on the part of other physicians, i