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INDICTMENT CHARGES

Prosecutor to Ask Extreme Penalty When Case of Gyroscope Expert 'I Is Brought to Trial.

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FW YORK Dec. 21—Charged with having tampered with vital apparatus "J-* —"the brains" of torpedoes intended for American •warships—Paul Hennig, naturalized German, is in Jail here tonight, the first man in the country to be held on a formal indictment of *|rca :on since the United States enter- •'. cd the war.

To Lieutenant O'Shea, an Annapolis graduate, goes the credit for having «iiscm ererl the plot fhat might have rel- ^ulted in destruction of American war*

Yhips by their own torpedoes, fc llennig was foreman of the *yroX, scope department of the Bliss Torp_do ompany in Brooklyn. So ingenious

Md.s the traitorous work he is alleged •». to hay* carried oil, that only under *f microscopic examination was some of

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it discovered. Hennlg put emery in s the bearings of the delicate machinery which guides the torpedo on its course, according to evidence obtained against v\ hiit|. He mutilated other pieces of the machinery. Vine linos were scratched on delicate workings that would cause a torpedo to veer far from its course, rr.d thus ppnre some German ship, i How long Hf-lining ha«s been carry-

ing on his work is not known, but he ha-- been under surveillance for the

liA^t two weeks. Testprdo.y the indictment charging treason was returned ,-T\ gainst him and today ft became public nhen Hennig was arraigned.

Extreme Penalty Death.

The penalty is death, 110,000 fine or fhe years' imprisonment. The district httomey is prepared to demand the extreme penalty.

Hennfg wag ihaturallzed In 137ft. two j.ears after the outbreak of the European war. Authorities believe he took this step fits part of his plan to avoid -j interment and work as an agent of

Uermany in event of America entering the war. His treachery was made possible by 5 he fact that epttra parts must be pro.d*d for "the gyroscopes of the torRedoes. The originals become affected by exposure. The £xtra parts are parked in vaseline In glass jars. These 'parts came first to Hennlg. Jn the past jlhey have been approved by government inspectors, merely checking the dumber of parts. O'Shea, however, who suspected Hennig, ordered every

Jar opened. The delicate parts of the

gyroscopes were taken out, the vaseline removed and the parts examined. "Kmen* was found in the bearings of SC *t-ome ••V* Pleads Not Quilty. J.* Others were put under the microscope and the tell-tale scratches loomed up. Hennig was arrested at his home today, and held without bail. When .J" .arraigned he pleaded not guilty, nut yr»- wa« remanded without bail pending a

.,^i hearing set for January 21. Harry J. Jentzer, a department of Justice agent, will be one of the chief •1*1 witnesses against Hennlg. He worked in the Bliss factory, disguised as a fj? i laborer, to obtain evidence against the suspected German. yji- Karl Hennig, said to be a son of the accused traitor, was interned on Ellis

Island some time ago. Department of

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is actually Hennig's son. lie worked

in the »ame shop with Hennig, and it is believed he may be a German agent, who posed as Hennig's son in order to be able to be near him. v It Is said Hennig's trial will be set ..for some time between Jan. 7 and Jan. 18 before Federat Judge Harland B.

Howe, of Vermont, On September 26, it was learned tonight, federal authorities took 90 employes from the Bliss company Into custody. All were sent to Ellis Island but all except Karl Hennlg were later released on bond. Suspicious docunients were said to have been found on Hennig, and a model'of a torpedo was discovered in the basement of his home.

4 v MO RAH TO SUCCEED FLYNN.

Assistant Is Promoted to Head of U. S. Secret Service. WASHINGTON.v Dec. 29.—W.' H. Morally assistant chief of United Sfitos' secret service, was tonight appointed chief of the service by Secretary McAdott.

Moran. who sticceeds Wm, .T. Flynn, frecently resigned, will assume office January 1. He has been connected

with the service 35 years.

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age has some sugar. Then don't forget the one or two pounds of chocolates or fudge and 1 believe 5rou'll find that you get your share.

The Heroic French.

The French live on a ration of sugar that is less than one ounce—two tablespoons—per person per day. The English and luiiaus are also on this! ration. 1

Let us substitute honey, corn syrup

Sugar is more essential in the diet of the soldier than in the diet of those left in America, so let us do our part.

I wish that each of us here to(\ay may feel it a personal duty to comply with all rules of the government regarding food consumption. Let us eat meatless meals on Tuesday wheatless on Wednesday, etc. 'We all are able to offer this 4 tiny sacrifice without grumbling.

Do More, And More.

Tou hav© already been doing so'' Good enough, but not everyone Terre Haute has been doing so wen. fear some would hate to display their meals on these days—It might be a bit embarrassing. When we hav« universal conservation we'll not find the bakeries delivering white bread on Wednesday mornings about four o'clock, nor will we find the meat shops so well stocked on Tuesday as they now are. Land ladies will not cook meat on Tuesday because they know you'll refuse to eat it. Think seriously when you are tempted by the foods that are forbidden by the government^ Let us be really and truly patriotic In these little observances and I'm sure they will be powerful in helping to accomplish the great task that we have set about— "To win this conflict in which we are now so earnestly engaged."

JOHN FARISS HOME.

Head* Delegation of Twenty Soldiers From Camp Taylor. John Fariss, former advertising man on the Tribune, returned home yesterday at the head of a delegation of twenty soldiers for a New Year's furlough in Terre Haute. William O'Connell, Albert Davis, J. W. Dennis and Carl Hurst were among the Terre Hauteant who arrived home from Camp Taylor.

The boys are all looking well, declare they are geting all the training that any Infantry camp can t, and declare they are ready for the "long trip" any time now that Uncle Sam sounds the call.

AUTHira STAFF IS "OVER."

Friends of Arthur Staff, youngest son of John T. Staff, yesterday received word from him that he Is In France with the 117th ammunition train. Staff, who was a Garfield high school athlete, says the "game" just suits him. and "every red-blooded citizen can get a lot of fun out of the trip."

OEOHGE HOFF3IA1V.

The funeral of George Hoffman will &e held at 9 o'clock Tuesdav morning from St. Patrick's church, with burial In Woodlawn r*metery. Mr. Hoffman is survived by two daughters, Mrs F. Liehr and Miss Elizabeth Hoffman, one son. John Hoffman, three sisters, Mrs. Adeline Sch'ilmeyer of T«rre Haute, Sister Theodore of the Convent of Good Shepherds, of St. Lcuis, and Mrs. John Biildle, of Brazil, and two brothers. Harrv Hoffman of Brasii, and Albert Hoffman, of Danville, 111.

JAMES M. PICKEXS,

Jttnes M. Pickenp, 85 years old, died at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning, at the residence of Oharln» M. Lee, 618 South Fourth street. He is survived hy two sisters. The funoral will be held at 10 o'clock Monday morning from the Lee residence. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

AN!*A RHOAUS.

Miss Anna Rhoads, 6g years old, died featur-day morning at the residence, 52 South Tenth street. Sho is survived by a sister. Miss Catherine Khoad.. and a brother, Joseph Rhoads. The fnnf-ra! wilLbe held.at 8 o'clock Monday morning from St. Patrick's rhurfli.

ROHKRT J, CI,ARK.

The funeral of Robert J. Clark., who died Paturday at his home on the Canal road, south of th« city, will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the hom«. Interment In Mount Pleasant cemetery.

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ever built crosses a great strip of swampy ground in Fland^rr The photograph shows only a section of tho bridge, which runs 120 miles in lentth. It is a triumph of allies' engineering.

PEACE CONFERENCES DENOUNCED AS TRICK

Russian Negotiator Withdraws and Declares Germans Are Not Acting In Good faith.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 29.—Denouncing the Brest-Litovsk "peace" conferences as Bolsheviki treachery by which the Germans, ostensibly accepting the Russian terms would apply their own interpretations, M. Stislavsk1 one of the Russian negotiators, returned here from the conferences today. He brought word also of a concerted movemc it against the Bolsheviki now forming by his own party, the social resolutionaries. Stislavski declared he would refuse further attendance at the negotiations.

and maple syrup for sugar. If we have cake, let's serve it without icing. Let us stir the sugar from the bottom of the tea cup and eat less confection so that it may go to our soldiers. We have prepared 150 pounds of candy for them, so we must sacrifice four ounces each to make up for their supply—600 of us can do with 8 pounds*

The Russian delegate despatched teloprams to supporters in Russia urping an immediate break in the "peace" discussions and the calling of a socialist conference

at Stockholm,

to discuss generai peace. Evidences multiplied "today that great forc'es'"are form fair' in Russia against the Bolsheviki and tnat the Trotsky-Lenine regime have now been brought to the dire necessity Of trick* cry to deceive the people.

The social revolutionary party Is threatening an armed uprising. Dispatches from the capital reported the Bolsheviki now acheming the trick of calling their own preliminary parliament co-incident with announcement of a coalition with the social revolutionaries and the members of the left. Radicals here denounced this "coalition" as a fake. They said the "social revolutionaries" were not existent now and that the object of the whole scheme was to detract attention from the constituent assembly, the meeting of which has so far been prevented by the Bolsheviki.

The great pan Russian railway union, hitherto neutral, is now announced as thoroughly anti-Bolshevlki. ALT,TED SHIPMENTS TTETn TIP

ALONG ATLANTIC SEABOARD

Congestion of Freight May Lead to International Possibilities and Probable Embargo.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The piling up of 1,250,000 tons of allied shipments along the Atlantic seaboard resulted tonight in a three-cornered railroad-ship-coal problem with domestic and international possibilities of the greatest importance. Rumors that the French government, as a result of this congestion, lack of ships and shortage of coal, had cancelled large American munition contracts, were without official confirmation.

However, the possibility that an absolute embargo would be placed on further shipments for export until the congestion is relieved was officially admitted. Various hurried conferences were held today between representatives of the French government. Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board Di-rector-General McAdoo, of the railroads Fuel Administrator Garfield, and Secretary of War Baker.

ALLEGED BLACKMAILER HELD.

Said to Have Extorted Million From ». Hit Victim*. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—George Irwin, alleged leader of a blackmailing band, said to have extorted more than $1.000,000 from Its victims while operating here and In other citiea of the country in 1916. has been arrested In Kansas City, according to information received her® today by Assistant United States Attorney John

Knox.

Irwin is tinder federal indictment here charged with blackmailing a Philadelphia woman out

$500,000 and

Edward R. West, vice president of the Gregg Tea and Coffee company of this ctty and

Chicago

out. of IIS,000.

Members of the band extorted money from victims after they had been lured into alleged violations of the Mann white slave act by representing them•elvea as federal agents and promising to drop prosecution. All the members of the band except Irwin are serving Jail sentences. Irwin will be brought here for trial.

BOGS 70 CENTS DOZEN.

f:\DIANAPOLI8, Dec. 2#.—The retail priae of fresh «ggs reached the highest point of the y^ar In Indianapolis today. One dealer was found who wm charging 70 cents a dosen for them, an increase of 10 cents en the dozen since yes'tirdajf.

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structure which can never be untangled so as to permit resumption of private railroad operation.

That government ownership is wanted by the stockholders and will not prove disastrous unless McAdoo operates the system with politicians— an eventuality the legislatives expect.

That in paying the employes higher wages the government will face a deficit at the end of the fiscal year. "The roads will never be unscrambled again after the war," said one rail chief. "Not a single person, with any comprehension of the true situation, expects the government will turn back the llnea to their former agents. Government ownership 4s not a disaster. It will be a disaster only if politicians are put In the stead of practical railroad men.

Stockholders FavorabI*.

"The stockholders want government ownership. They think only of dividends. Under the present arrangement their securities are practically guaranteed. What's the difference to them?"

That the railroad heads have given careful thought to compensation for their lines was indicated by this official, discussing the probable basis for raking over the lines by the government. The, 10,000,000,000 worth of bonds issued by American railways is the least the railroads would accept, and, he pointed out, not all of the equal amount of stock* cbuld Rightly be called "water." 4

There is good reason (or believing that the brotherhoods placed their ownership vows before President Wilson at last Thursday's conference, when they renewed their -wage appeals. The president was informed of the railroads' rejection of the demands, and is understood to have promised the brotherhood leaders a settlement of their wage problems soon.

According to the railroad legislatives, MeAdoo's financing plan is to form a government corporation, modeled along the lines of the shipping board, to deal in railroad securities. Such a corporation, it was pointed out, would be furnished with government capital.

It would buy railroad bonds, when for government reasons they could not be marketed to the public, and would later sell them like Liberty Bonds, when «uch financing would not interfere with war finance.

I/eaders In both houses are claiming certainty of government ownership after the war. and have already started framing: legislation toward that end.

Railroad facilities, experts agree, are now from 25 to 30 per cent deficient, compared with the necessary demands, and with the value of the roads estimated at tlS.000.000,000, some idea of the amount of money needed to bring the systems up to requirements maybe obtained. Public money and lots of must be used, congressmen say, and just as important is its return to the public treasury.

LEE SEES CHANGE.

Thinks Roads Have Passed Forever From Private Ownership. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 29.—When told of the Washington dispatch that the railroads have definitely refused the demand of their organized employes for a 40 per cent Increase in pay, w. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, which organization. together with the Order of Railroad Conductors, have requested an increase in wages approximating 40 per cent, gave out the following statement: "We did not expect any railroad management to grant our request, for increased wages when presented, since all prior requests have been refused. We knew our wage proposal would finally go to and be settled by the government, and we are confident that the government will recognize that, employes cannot maintain the standard of living listing before the war on present wages. We. are as confident of fair treatment under government operation of the railroads as we secured under former methods. "I feel positive that !f the government makes a success of handling the railroads during the war they will never again pads to private ownership."

INFANT FREEZES TO DEATH.

Fsthsr 8e«rcHe8 for Coal While Mis Family SuffersNEW YORK. D«. 20 -While Joseph* Deldamanus today searched Brooklyn for coal to keep his 11'tie family warm, his two months old baby actually froze to death.

The mother had placed th* baby In its crib while «he worked in another room. When shs returned thirty minutrs la'ttT she thought the be.by was In a, coin a.

POISON HATE HURLED AT PRESIDENT WILSON

Kaiser Paper Gives An Example of How They Despise Leader of Democracy.

The vulgarism is captioned. "To a gruff blockhcad—to the president of the United States."

The article reads: "It is good for you that you are squatting behind the pond, never to be reached by German fists, you hypocritical slob, without an equal, you who are boxing at us with flithy phrases. "Contemptuous, corrupt, laughing stock, you dare insult with Impudent lip the people which has understood how to defend itself strongly against you and your breed,, to insult them through their emperor. ^Attempt to Sow Distrust." "You are attempting to spread distrust and deception, because in this one point you were wise in your realization of the fact that a people steeled in a war forced upon it could alone be conquered by itself. This people that clearly realized its mission that called the hero of Fehrbellin its own which he of Zorndorf and of Rossbach led that shows such heroes for its rulers, and whose Icing once laid In Bismarck's hands its fate at the critical moment. This people which also is today proudly showing its mettle in storm you desire to destroy treacherously. "What have you ever done, you poor scoundrel, to dare such imprudence that you should have the audacity to attempt such madness that you should defame a royal race which has given its people so many 'men' you whose hands are entirely stained with blood, who boldly governs a state according to your own will, you who would shriuic from no line? "Noble Peace Angel." "You are pretending to be a noble peace angel. You wretch, we have your number. You doubt the German word of honor, you high priest of the conscious lie. You who have contrived this sly Intrigue concerned alone with the victory of the bad, through whom your people has gained such rich profit, you are not worthy to untie the strings of a poor German's shoes. "We do no' need you and your kind to mold the fate of our children. There still lives 'in our itiidst, you vain wretch, the high spirit of the 'old man of the Saxon wald.' "It is good for you, squatting behind the pond, that you cannot be reached by German fists. Meanwhile let us send you this greeting, 'Lick the blood from your dirty hands.'

ELKS TO HOLD ANNUAL STAG SESSION ON NEW YEAR'? EVE

Program Will Be Followed By Spread In Basement—Initiation on Wednesday Night.

The annual New Year stag social session of the Elks will be held Monday evening at, the lodge rooms. "Entertainment Extraordinary," so .the program, reads, will open the big show. Some features wholly out of the ordinary are promised in this section of the evening's entertainment, of which details are being withheld by the committee in charge of the program.

Following the "big show.'4 as it is officially termed, an adjournment will be taken to the basement, where a spread, an Elks' spread at that, will be served, with timely refreshments^

The announcement, sent out to members says: "Remember this is a stag for Elks and everything is gratis. If you fall to greet 1918 within the portals of 'Old 86' you'll have a grouch all the year."

An initiation will be held on Wednesday evening, at which the long form of the ritual will be used. The "Old Boys" will convene In their yearly get-together meeting on the night of January 17.

LONGEST NEW YEAB S TBIP.

Is Being Made By the 'Walter McNabbs From India. Mr and Mrs. Walter McNabfc, enroutw home from India, will arrive about the middle of January. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Mogle, parents of Mrs. McNabb. received a wireless from their daughter on Dec. 25th. It was sent from somewhere between Yokohama and Honolulu, and said: "Persia Maru. Merry Christmas." The Persia Maru will land at .San Francisco. The Mogles will ascertain the exact date very eoon.

Mrs, John, Xesbit, sister of Mr. McNabb, jrame from her home In Montreal. Can., expecting to see him on Christmas. She is now in Logansport. and will remain "in the states until Mr. McNabb's arrival. Mrs. N'esbit lost a son in the battle of Verdun.

BROTHER DIES IN SOUTH.

John 8. Cox Called to Attend Funeral —Will Return 8unday. John S. Cox, local auto dealef, was expected to return Sunday 'from Thomasvllle, Ga., where he attended the funeral of his brother, George Cox.

George Co* was a buyer for a southern lumber concern and left Terre Haute soon after the death of. 'uis father. Robert Cox, who was head of the car works sixteen years ago. He is survived by a widow ai.d one ton, Jack two brothers, John S„ and Frank, of Lynn, Mass., and a halfbrother, L. J. Cox, of Terre Haut«», ajid two sisters, Mrs. Walter Babbitt, of vv-w York, and Miss Cedella Cox, of Boston.

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Special Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune. A E I A N E E I I O N A Y HEADQUARTERS,IN FRANCE, Dec. 29.—A fair sample of German kultur, and another indication that Germany is turning her writers and "hymns of hate" to America for their subjects, may be found in the following translation from the Madgeburg Zeitung recently received from Germany.

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Falkenhayn, With More Than 60,000 Men, Aids Sultan In Effort to Regain Holy Land.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—German divisons, fresh from the Russian and Rumanian fronts, are in Turkey operating with the sultan's forces in an effort to west the Holy Land from the British, and restore the fast failing Moslem morale, according to official reports received In Washington today.

Under the direct command of Gen-t era I Falkt-nhayn. of the German general staff, four Turkish divisions—60,000 men—and at least one German division have been thrown against General Allenby's expeditionary forces along the line from Jaffa, through Jerusalem to the Jordan. That the gradual breakdown in Turkish morale was causing the Teuton war lords considerable concern has been known for .some time by entente military officials. It was not believed probable that Germany would .consider sending Teuton soldiers in large numbers into Mesopotamia or Palestine.

General Allenby's report today, however, brought confirmation of their suspicions. "On Dec. 26, 27 and 28," General Allenby's report reads, "the enemy delivered a number of determined attacks with four divisions in the neighborhood of Bir Nebula. They were repulsed with heavy losses. Later we launched a determined counter attack on the Turk rijrht Hank with two divisions, ottr troops advancing to a denth of two and one-ha If miles over a nine-mile front. Sanguinary losses were inflicted upon Jhe enemy."

LONDON, Dec. 29.—Intense aerial activity was reported by Field Marshal Haig tonight.

A hundred bombs were dropped yesterday on an enemy aerodrome, north of Lille. In general air fighting, eleven hostile machines were driven down and two others forced to alight out of control. Three British machines are missing.

In the neighborhood of Hargicourt, at Lens and at Ypres, the statement reported hostile artlllerying.

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Then came the recent similar episode in the channel, when one British destroyer was sunk and another- 1 imaged, with several more merchantmen sunk, also by German craft.

i INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Dec. 29.—Indianapolis today faced the worst situation of the winter in regard to the* supplv of coal Jn the bins of the retail dealers. This was the assertion of lr.* Henry Jameson, Marion county fuel, administrator, who added that the ooker situation is worfe than that of the coal supply. His frank assertion "was substantiated by that of several others.

To Own Your Home—The Best New-:r Year s Resolution You Can Make

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Further Shifts In British Admiralty Expected As Result of German Successes. v

LONDON, D©C. 29.—Great speculation was aroused here Unlay a« to the possible connection between the retirement of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe a« lirst lord of the admiralty and last Saturday's sinking of three British destroyers, announced by the admiralty today.

The three British sea wmsp# wens sunk off the Dutch coast by torpedoed or mines. A dispatch from The Hague late today reported they were attacked by German naval craft, but this was not confirmed.

There lias been an eptdemte of slnit ings of British destroyers recently ail under circuin^tpj^Xe* which ha-i aroused i

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admiralty and the sea Early n. the fall two destroyers weK^ sunk 111 ,ihe North sea, and more than^t dozen of merchantmen they convoy*^1 destroyed by German raiding destriurtMiC'

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STATE CAPITAL IS FACING SERIOUS SHORTAGE Hi FUEL**

Situation In Indianapolis Regarding Lack of Coal Reported Worst ,. of Winter.

The situation was reflected by thfe, fact that John A. Georgp, A. E. Brart--refrthree, shaw and A. B. Meyer, heads of big retail companies, applied to the fuel administration for relief. Each made application for the dally shlp*4 ment of five cars of Indiana coal,, to them during the next week.

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