Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 June 1918 — Page 2

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V i No Definite Results. KTo definite results attended the meeting today, it was said, but it is understood that the companies soon will begin filing their petitions for action by the commission. The Public Utilities company, of Evansville, and the Marlon & Bluffton Traction company filed notices with the state commission that they had appealed to the interstate commerce commission for authority to place the higher rates in effect under authority from that body. The Indiana commission immediately began the preparation of a petition to the interstate commission, setting up that such rate increases properly should be in the hands of the Indiana commission, and asking that the cases be dismissed by the interstate commis-

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lor that reason. Those at Conference. At the conference were Robert T. Todd, of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company Arthur \V. Brady, of Anderson, president of the Union Traction company of Indiana Charles L. Henry, president of the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction company Sam Greenland, of Fort Wayne, representing the Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Samuel Murdock, representing the Chicago, South Fend & Northern Indiana A. Van Arsdel, representing the Interstate Public Service company, and others.

FOR EARLY CLOSING.

Detail Merchants Discuss Change in J~ Business Hours. Plans to have all of the stores of the city close at 5:30 p. were discussed at a meeting of the Retail Merchants' association, held In the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce Monday afternoon. Many of the larger stores are already closing at this hour, but the clothing and shoe stores are still remaining opw until & o'clock ia the evening.

No definite action was taken on the matter, although many of the merchants favor the idea. Another meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce Sunday afternoon, at which the plan will be discussed with representatives of the clerks' union, it is probable that ^pme action wiW be taken on the matter at that time.

Summer Diarrhoeas

can be controlled more quickly with Grove's Baby Bowel Medicine and it is absolutely harmless. Just as effective for adults as for children.—Adv.

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Representatives of the principal tnerurb&n companies in Indiana conferred yesterday at the request of E. I. Lewis, chairman of the public service commission, with Governor Goodrich and Mr. Lewis on the subject of proposed action by the intenirban companies, looking to higher freight rates. The interurbans intend, it is reported, to ask the commission in the near future for permission to place in effect new schedules of freight rates, which will put the business of the interurbans on a parity, as regards rates, with the new rates on steam roads, put in effect by the order of Director General McAdoo. The increases desired would add about £6 per cant to the present 'rates.

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Obituary

I.KOHGI- WASHINGTON' UK K.N. tieorge Washington Green, 37 years old, colored, died Monday at the residence, 2439 Third avenue. He is survived by the widow, two children and three brothers. The funeral will be held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the residence, with continued services at 2 o'clock at the Baptist church, Twenty-fourth street and Seventh avenue. Burial will be in Highlaud Iawq cemetery.

OTIS LEVI CflYSS.

Otis Levi Criss, 38 years old, 4ied Monday at his residence, four miles southeast of Lockport, near Mt. Pleasant. He is survived by the widow, Masrg-ie a mother, two brothers, William and John one sister, Mrs. Leona Perry, of Clinton, Ind. The funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Mt. Pleasant church. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

PAIL CRAWFORD.

Patrt Crawford, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Crawford, died Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock at the residence, 1121 South Seventeenth street. The funeral will be held from the residence Tuesday evening st 8 o'clock. The body will be shipped tomorrow morninK at 8 o'clock to Lafayette for burial.

HERBERT W. BRYANT. Herbert W. Bryant, 32 years old, died Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock at the residence. Twenty-fifth and Harrison avenue. He is survived by the •. idow, Josephine, two daughters, Corrine and Lucille one son, Robert, and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Bryant three brothers, Harry, Fred and William, one sister, Miss Ollie Bryant. Funeral arrangements have not been made.

EMILY CREEJf.

Emily Green, 29 years old, died at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the residence, 227 Ohio street. She is survived by tier husband and several children. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.

MISS AGUSTA KERRICK.

By Special Correspondent. PARIS, 111., June 18.—Miss Augusta Kerrlck, 44 years old, died yesterday morning at the home of her mother, Mrs. John Kerrick, south of Elbridge. The funeral will be held at the Marley church at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with burial in the Wilson cemetery. Miss Kerrick Is survived by her mother, a sister, Mrs. Mollie McDivltt and a brother, Frank Kerrick, residents oX Slbridge.

FRED VT. RITTERSKAMP.

By Special Correspondent. VINCEXNES, Ind., June 18.—Fred W. Rlttorskarnp, aged 73 years, died Monday after an illness of one day. Mr. Ititterskamp, while advanced in years, was in usual health the latter part of the week, but took suddenly 111 Sunday. He was in business here for over fifty years and was known all over the county for his fair dealings,

6ROROB WOOtK,

By Special Correspondent. CLINTON, Ind., June IS.—George Wood, a farmer, died at his home southwest of Clinton early this morning. Mr. Wood was born April 9, 1854, In the vicinity of where he died. The widow and one brother, Andrew Wood, survive. Funeral services will be held at the home at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, with burial in Riverside cemetery.

IttngBIL DAVIS,

By Special Correspondent. PARIS, 111., June 18.—Russell Davis, 67 years old, was buried Monday afternoon at Edgar cemetery. He is survived by four sisters and four brothers. Mr. Davis was a member of the old Invincible fire department, having been elected a life member of that organization in 1884.

MRS. ANNA STRONG*

By Special Correspondent. PARIS, 111., June 18.—H. Parke Smith is In receipt of a message announcing the death of his sister, Mrs. Anna Strong, of Kansas City, Mo. The funeral was held Sunday. Mrs. Strong was born in Paris. i imm

WHEN IN DOUBT. Try The Tribune.

The Crowds Will Be i Here Wednesday

The announcement of Myers Bros.' Clearance Sales always bring crowds, but there is new meaning to this present Summer Clearance that will make tomorrow, Suburban Day, a long-to-be-remembered day of money saving.

Annual Summer Clearance Sale

inchides every snit in this enormous stock for men,

men and boys. All the High-Art, Stein-Bloch and Sampeck 3-piece suits and the tropicals, Palm Beach and mohairs. There is a selection, too, that will enable you to find the exact Suit you want and at a reduction from prices which prevailed long before the war had forced prices so high.

$10.00 $12*50 $15.00 $17.50 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $35.00 $40.00

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All Boys' Suits Reduced Now 19 Percent

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HERB EXTRACT to e a i n e medic ine, e o e I had taken i I a a e s a n

pains all through my body and limbs, and was so stiff that I could not sleep at all. I have taken one bottle and I have no aches and pains about me at all. Am not a bit stiff when I get up and can

to bed and sleep all night

and I will say to anyone whoever is bothered with aches and pains to take QUAKER HERB EXTRACT. I had a brother who was bothered with rheumatism and I told him about it and how it helped me.

Quaker Herb Extract Is sold at Gillis Terminal Pharmacy, Ninth and Wabash avenue, and leading druggists in surrounding towns: O.' B. Stark, Shelburn Smock & Son, Sullivan Mendenhall and Artman, Brazil Gillis Pharmacy, Clinton Jett's drug store, Clay City Lacy & Son, Jasonville W. J. Hamilton, Linton Chas. Parish, Farmersburg City drug store, Marshall 111., and Goeke & Peckinbaugh, Bicknell.—Advertisement.

FIGHTING FOR FOOD

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gained a foothold on the west bank of the river. North of Zenson loop and at Capo Silo, lower down, they have also moved westward, but their greatest gain does not exceed two or three miles. It seems that so far in the battle the Austrians have gained the most ground at Cape Sile, a village situated west of the Fiave river and surrounded by low, marshy land, which In itself does not lend Itself readily to a rapid advance by tfie Austrians.

Th« vital mountain sector along the upper reaches of the Brenta has not been broken. On the contrary, the British claim to have defeated the foe. As long as this front holds firmly, according to military experts, the stability of the Italian line is assured unless a serious breach should be made -along the Piave rive* west Of Ireviao and Montelluna. i* f* y

There are hints of a counter offensive in reports from Italy. The success of the Italians two weeks ago in the mountainous country to the west of Lake Garda and the evident concern of the Austrian command over an advance there, may indicate that if the Italians strike back It may be along this part of the front. A success there would Isolate the Austrian forces fighting east of Lake Garda and turn tb& right flank of the enemy armies.

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FURNISHINGS SPECIAL REDUCTIONS

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or sympathetically for the benefit of others. This policy has long been known to our employees and we have considered abstention from such affiliation a condition of their service, and today there are no members of such organization in our employ. "We desire to be perfectly frank with you, sir, as we have been witn the board. We are not favorable to sharing the responsibility of conducting a great public service with the peculiar features of telegraph which the exigencies of the war have increased many fold with members of an outside organization whos3 interest* are personal rather than public. "The telegraph business that comes to us Is about 80 per cent of the total and this volume Involves about 1,500.000 handlings per year. Dbviously, properly to handle so vast a volume promptly and accurately requires complementary effort and a cordial cooperation between all employes."

Quality Depends on Men. The quality of the telegraph service, Mr. Carlton goes on to explain, depends absolutely upon the spirit of individual employes, just as in the postal and railroad service, and he pointed ottf **that a small minority of operators not cordially co-operating may seriously interfere with the speed and accuracy of messages."

The letter continues: "Under the plan of Mr. Walsh, concurred in by Mr. Taft, an outside union which has for many years been frankly hostile to the company would, under the pretext of a war emergency, waive its right to strike during the war, but carry on a propaganda for the purpose of enlisting sufficient of the company's errtployes for no possible result that it could attain during the war, h« only that It might furnish the nucleus for, the disorganization of our service through demoralized discipline and the use of the strike immediately after the exigencies of the war had ceased and released it from its promises. As indicative of the character and temper o i s u n i o n e i e o u o e e following words from an official circu-

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Ladies' low heel Dress oxfords, black or brown, $5.00 gq qr value $0*U0

•Ladies' white Oxfords high French (IJO QC heel, all sizes

Ladies* patent leather Oxfords, French heel $5.00 t?0 Q£

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Ladies' white cloth Pumps, high HfK or low heels.

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^Tennis Slippers and Oxfords, black or white—

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lar issued by it, calling a meeting in Chicago for June 9 th: •"Come armed if you deem it necessary.' 8uggeats Settlement Plan. "I need not remind you, s»r, tnat the primary obligations of a telegraph service are to provide continuity and competency and that we desire to protect these essentials not only during this emergency but at all times. To this end there are, it seems to us, two plans of proceedure. One, compulsory arbitration, which, as we recall you urged upon congress at the time the great railway strike was imminent. The other is found in the suggestion of our employes that they form their own union or organization upon the theory that the .normal relationship between employer and employe is that of peace and mutual co-operation in the adjustment of their relations and not that of strife, and that a spirit of hostility and efforts of warfare are not necessary for industrial progress or the adjustment of mutual relations.

ESCAPC SUBMARINE

AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 18.— Members of the crew of an American steamship arriving here today reported an engagement with a German submarine off the Virginia capes yesterday, in which the ship's naval gunners made a clean hit and either sunk the undersea craft or disabled her. The American vessel was not damaged.

REJECTS^CONTRACT

WASHIXGTON, June 1$.---Attorney General Gregory has refused to approve the form of contract between the railroad administration and the now consolidated express company without ome provision for restoration of competition after t'-e war.

ARMY OFFICER DISMISSED.

WASHINGTON, June 18.—Dismissal of Captain Frederick C. Spang, or the quartermaster corps, after trial by court martial for selling empty flour sacks to civilian dealers at Camp Travis, Texas, was announced today by the war department.

RETURNS FROM VACATION.

Frank Easter, a member of the fire department with No. 4's company, has returned from a fifteen day vacation trip to the east. Mr. Easter visited Niagara Falls and other points of interest and reports a delightful trip. ?.. The Strong Withstand the Heat of

Summer Better Than the Weak. Old people who are feeble and younger people who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled to go through the depressing heat of summer by taking Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It purifies and enriches the blood and builds up the whole system. You can soon feel its strengthening, invigorating effect. 60c.—Adv. ".

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SUMMER FOOTWEAR

PRICES SLASHED IN TWO

DURING OUR 12th ANNUAL

CHALLENGE

Ladies' grav kid Oxfords, high arch, high French heels all sizes A to

Men's brown calf Oxfords, welt sole/ Excelsior make, $7.00 valuo.'.

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Men's black calf Dress and Work 2jO A K Shoes $4.00 value

Ladies' white Dress Oxfords, medium QpT heels all sizes

Children's Barefoot S a n a s 2- s a a n buckles-—

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Skuffors for boys and girls, sizes tip to 2 light and

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tracts if they tefused to negotiata with these, agents on a commission compensation plan. Some agents represented that they had special iQiiuettce over members of congress.

In addition to these document other information came to the Jepartme-it from manufacturers yho had been solicited by contract commission agents located in Washington. The manufacturers offered their' assistance in stamping out the illegal system.

An immediate result of the disclosures was a letter sent by Attorney Cenerai Gregory to heads of all government departments making war contracts proposing that all future contracts should contain a clause pledging tl-'e manufacturer not to employ a third party in negotiations with the government.

Statemsnt by Gregory.

situation which has arisen In the matter of government contracts seems to require summary action," said the attorney general. "Owing to the tremendous increase in government business and the speed with which it must be executed, some manufacturers, because of ignorance or mlsinfoimatlon, have thought it necessary to negotiate with the government through contract brokers or contingent fee operators. It follows that the system requires a contractor in making his estimate to load his bid with the contingent fee item. The courts have universally condemned the contingent fee contract. The methods employed by the contingent fee operator are often insidious and reprehensible and in view of the fact that the average fee is five per cent, the resulting cost to the government is very great. "As a means of breaking up this practice I have prepared the following form of covenants which the president requests shall be inserted in all government contract*.

No Brokers Allowed.

"The contractor expressly warrants that he has employed no third persons to solicit or obtain this contract in his behalf or to cause or procure the same to be obtained upon compensation in any way contingent, whole or In part, upon suen procurement and that he has riot paid or promised or agreed to pay, to any third persons In consideration of such procurement or in compensation for services in connection therewith any brokerage, commission or percentage, upon the amount receivable by him hereunder and that he has not, In estimating the contract price demanded by him, included any sum by reason of any such brokerage, commission or percentage, and that all moneys payable to him hereunder are free from obligation to any other person for services rendered oi supposed to have been rendered in the procurement of this contract" He further agrees that any

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breach of thl8 warranty shall constl-" tute adequate cause for the annulment" of this contract by the United States and that the United States may retain to its own use from any sums due or* to become due thereunder an amount equal to any brokerage commission of percentage «lso

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paid.' "As an additional protection It is requested that your department adopt as a regulation the following language taken from section 3722, page 735, revised statute#, applied to the navy department: 'And no person shall be received ail a contractor who is not a manufacturer or regular dealer in the articles which, he offers to supply.*"

In the documents selzM tfnrlnj? tTii raids yesterday were a numlier of circulars distributed boldly to manufacturers by commission contract agents who stated in plain terms that they had great Influence with government officers who let contracts and guaranteed to obtain orders for their client*, In addition to the ten offices raided bjr secret agents in Washington, a number, of others are under surveillance. It was reported today that some of theae had closed their headquarters thll, morning after reading of the depart-/ ment of justice's disclosures!,

Further steps to stamp out Contract, frauds were discussed today at the cabinet meeting. Secretaries Bake# and Daniels sought to hasten lnqnirles into contracts let by their departments to ascertain whether any offlcer*actually ./ere influenced by contractor# or their agents.

BITRNQUIST WINft.

Governor of Minnesota Renominate/ By Large Majority. ST. PAUL,, Minn., June 18.—The ma* jority of Gov. Burnquist over Charles A. IJndburgh for the republican nomination for governor was steadily increased today. Returns from 1,086 of 3,119 precinct** gave Hurnquist 92.141 and Lindburgh 55,902. Burnquist's complete majority, according to this ratio, may be 75,000.

World's Potato Record

SALT LAGE CITY, Utah, June 18.--' What is claimed to be the world's record production of marketable po'.at'xi on one acre, 49,531 pounds, or 8-5 bushels, has been made on an acre tract oi litrxi near Kanab In the south'-astera section of Utah, just a few miles frcga the Arizona state line.

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