Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 July 1918 — Page 1

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CRUK TRUST REVEALED in oMjpm. CASE

Harry Barker and Russell Kennedy Testify to Systematized Law Violation Here That Had Long Been Matter of Rumor With the Publie

SLOT MACHINE TRUST BARED

i! Prosecutors O'Mara and Piety TuesHay in the flark-tio.snell case, introiluced a private detective and sought to show that "Buster" Clark waa responsible for the refusal of Chester litiinning and JBverelt Johnson to testifying in the case against him of al-l-'fted receiving and concealing auto jhr^s.

E. W, Horn, ft detective employed 'by* the state, took the stand and testilied of a conversation he overliearu between Clark and a man named "Bill" .Saturday nitfht

He testified that he was employed !y the H. C. Webster Detective Agency 'bf Indlanapnlls, and was put to work *n this case. He said that he was standing at Third and Cherry streets Friday oveninp. and that he saw Bran'Tnin, Johnson and Clark talking together

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front of Clark's saloon at Second .find ('herry streets, and that Clark seemed to be tr ing to con\ ince them of something. At. .this point Clark "lauphed out loud In the court room.

Horn then told of a conversation he ^overheard in front of Clark's former Jualooti Saturday night. He said a tycrowd of thirteen men were lounging sahout the front of the saloon on boxes ^talking, and that he was sitting on a Ijibox at the edge of the crowd. He said man named "Bill" said to Clark, "It's ,•«. good thing you saw Branning and *iwiTohnwon l'Yiday night. From the way I ,• things have turned out It looHs as if ithev done what you told them, and it

Has needed." "They know where to get their change.replied Clark, according to Vthe detective. Somethfng was said aliout Smock causing trouble, and

Clark is said to have replied, "We will attend to Smock."* He said he had been in Terre Haute since Thursday. *v The first question put to Horn by

Rlankenbaker for the defense in cross'ixamination. was, "When did Webster get out of the penitentiary?" Horn replied he was never in. He was then questioned as to his qualifications as a detective and his experience in that line, and the man told of working for the American Auxiliary association at .Louisville. Ky.

He said his original business was a gasoline engine mechanic. "LJver work n any safes."* asked Blankenbaker wnd the man it»p«»ed in i he negative. When he said he was a native cf Kentucky, Blankenbaker v." wanted to know if he ever (did any "moonshintng." When asked »why he w.-is not in the army, Horn said he had been in the draft, but had been discharged from the service after ten •days. Blankenbaker asked him if he had read any books on detective work and if he had read any yellow back novels? *'Were you employed to get dope on

Ttrtion workmen, he asked when Horn said he was employed by the detective agency to work in a macnine snop ana i foundrv.

Pr- secutor Horsley was in the room and Blankenbaker has him fitand up to see if Horn could Identify him as the man named "Bill" he had heard talk to Clark. Horn said he was not sure, the man in' question being 'heavy set and the light was bad.

Court was adjourned until 1i30 o'clock. At this time the defense Will resume the cross examination. Horsley s» smiled and sairl he was glad he had y an alibi a« he had been fishing for the past few days.

The defense, however, claimed it *•, was perjury and that the man would

BOY KILLED BY AUTO

Abe Trmfhal, IS years old. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Leventnal, 600 South Center street, was run down at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon by an automobile driven by l/on Puddleston, Jr., "12 Ohio street, in which t). USShulta, an Inspector at the Grasselli Chemical company plant, and Sergeant Thomas Barry were riding, sustaining injuries that caused hts death within few minutes.

The accident occurred at Seventh street and Fort Harrison road. According to persons- who witnessed the accident, the boy was riding on a wagon and Jumped off, running across the road and directly in front of tHe machine. The Duddleston car was not V K°ing fast, the witnesses declare. The driver was taken into custody by the tpoiirp

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yn tnslaughter. The victim of the accident is survived by his parents, one brother and one lister.

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be made to answer. "Buster" Clark was "openly" astounded. He said he had never heard of such a thing.

Brannin and Johnson were not present Tuesday morning. They refusecKo testify Saturday morning when- placed on the stand, stating that they stood on their constitutional rights and refused to testify to anything that might incriminate themselves. They were indicted with Clark and GosnelL

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Officer Jess Walker, of th« Terre TTaute police force, took the stand before Horn and testified, like Smock and Burke, of going to the alleged fence at Oak View arid getting the auto tires stolen from W. D. Bollinger, of Farmersburg. He had a hard time remembering the details exactly at the time and the defense took advantage of this fact -j "Cio "ahead and" "testify.* said Iltanketibaker during part of the testimony, "they wont hurt you.'* XValker told of having a conversation with ^Special Prosecutor Piety and Capt. Smefek oefore going on the stand and said Piety had refreshed his memory. His testimony did not exactly cQincide with Smock's as to the getting of a kay to I unlock the door to the "fence" at Oak View. Smock testified that the door to the attic of the house in which the tires was found was open and Walker

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blankenbaker asked th« detective who hired him when court reconvened. He said that he was sent by the Webster dttcctive agency at Indianapolis to Fred R. Waldron, and Waldron sent him to Piety and O'Mara. Mr. Waldron has worked with the committee of twenty in the matttr.

Blankenbaker continually referred to the committee of twenty as the "persecuting committee" and at one point the detective said: "You think I'm a crook.'*

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Monday's Testimony.

H'wo important state witnesses, TTarry Tiarker. go-between for "Buster" Clark, and Edward Gosnell and Russell Kennedy, one of the tools, testified in Circuit Court

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afternoon and

their testimony brought to light the workings of a slot machine trust owned and operated by "Buster" Clark, Eddie Gosnell and George Sovern and revealed the course Of Prosecutors O'Mara and

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and Capt. Smock in

obtaining evidence against Clark and Gosnell. The testimony was intended to prove the existence of a "fence" systematically run by Clark and Gosnell at Oakview for the purpose of receiving and concealing stolen goods?, mainly auto tires and slot machines.

Kenhedy testified that the styte toOlc him to Indianapolis at the time of the Horsley trial* to get him to testify that Clark had stolen an automobile and given it to Horsley. It wfis charged

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LOCAL A I N

IT'.MPKRAT URE RECORD, JII.Y 23. 6 a. m.. 18 Noon 9 a. m.,., f7 2 p. .91 Relative humidity at 2 p. in., 51 percent.

LOCAL CONDITIONS AT 8 A. Juk/T 23. 1918. Station pressure, 29,47.,

Temperature, 74 highest temperature yesterday, 86 lowest temperature last niRht, 72 precipitation, .12 inchdirection of wind, south', velocity of wind, five miles per hour state of weather, clear relative humidity 85 per cent.

Sunrise, 5:43 sunset, 8:10.

FORECAST.

TERRE HAUTE—Probably showers tonight and tomorrow. INDIANA—Probably showers tonight and tomorrow.

ILLINOIS—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Probably local

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showers in north and central portions Cooler In north and central portions tomorrow and near Lake Michigan tonight.

OTHER LOCAL REPORTS. Temperature by Buntin's thermometer. 7 a. m.. 78 2 p. m., 92. ft*®** cUee. 0.4

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DOCTOR DAVIS SAYS KAISER'S HOBBY IS WAR

said Burke got! a key from the road house to unlock the door which was i1 locked,.i

Favorite Room In the Palace Con tained Books on the War Before, Now and Aftei^

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what I think y©tr are." The laughter that went around the court room at this called for a rebuke from Judge Hunt. The detective said he had shadowed Brannin and Jockson, the two soldiers, here for the past four days. He said he was paid Uy the agency and got $110 a month.

WHAT "MY TR00PSV ARE DOING

Records Wfthetm's Great Glee" At Italian Retreat Last Year— Thought Then He "Had" the Allies.

By OR. ARTHUR T. DAVIS,* Dentist to Kaiser Wllkflm of German} for fourteen years and hot lately returned from Berlin. This story will appear la the Tribune urh day ••til completed.

While I was breakfasting, the kaiser was dressing. His valet entered several times, I noticed, to take out articles of clothing from the massive wardrobes which lined the room. had just completed my meal when received word that my patient was ready to receive me.

As I entered the kaiser's bedroom, he was^ standing in the center of the room, fully, attired in an army

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uniform, but without his sword. "He looked more haggard than I had ever seen him, except once in 1915. Lack of sleep and physical pain were two things with which he had had very little experience, and they certainly showed their effects very plainly.

He didn't seem to be in the best of humor, but greeted me cordially enough and shook hands. "In all my life, Davis,"" he said, "it have never suffered so much pain."

I expressed my symjlkthy and started to improvise a dental chair ,out of an upholstered arm chair on which I placed some pillows, and, a-s the kaiser sat down, he laughingly remarked:

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ROOSEVELT WOUNDED LEADING AN ATTACK

PARIis, July 23.—Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., received the'wound from which he is suffering while leading an attack on a machine gun nest at Ploisy southwest of Soissons on Friday. It was while at the head of his battalion that Major Roosevelt received a machine guns bullet behind the left knee.

The major reached the American Red Cross hospital on Friday evening. An operation on his wound was performed at midnight. No bones were "broken by the bulls*-

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AIMED TROOPERS LOADING AMMUNITION ON PONTOONS ON THE ttAICTR.

The men who have kept a. steady stream of ammunition moving forward tw the men and guns on the western

MAYOR GIVES TALK TO HO. P. CANDIDATES

Htrater, Horsley and Other Republican! Urge Candidates to Work on the Voters.

Pledging efficiency In county and township offices, the republicans opened their county campaign last night with a smoker and luncheon in republican headquarters, 525% Ohio street. One hundred and fifty party workers attended the meeting, despite the fact that the evening was very warm. The key-note speech was delivered by Mayor Charles R. Hunter, who advised the hardest kind of work on behalf of the county and township candidates and the closest co-operation between the candidates,' workers and Qounty Chairman Robert E. Lee.

Warns Against Propaganda. Mayor Hunter warned the republicans to stand ready to discredit misstatements which probably would continue to appear in the Tribune which he said, was making an attempt to discredit the city administration and thereby to discredit the republican party. .'

The Tribune Monday said that the public was expressing curiosity as to how a nest of drug traffickers could gather yn the former vice district here, and be of such size and of such nefarious operations that government officials would have to come here and raid them.

The Tribune said that the public was asking how such characters as "Footboard Pete" i/ockwood and a dozen or more notorious characters, who figured in the election cases, could congregate in the former red light district, which the people supposed had been cleaned out lonff ago, and stay there and carry on their operations from there until they had attracted the attention of the

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FIVE'BURN 10 DEATH

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 23.— Five children ranging in age from two to twelve years were burned to death, one other received proba-bly fatal injuries and seven were less seriously hurt in a fire which destroyed the Kent county juvenile home pust outside the city limits early today.

The fatalities were due to confusion among the cfiildren when they were awakened in the quarters on the third tloor and lined up to march do^n stairs. The bodies of the dead were not found until several hours after the fire was discovered.

The cause of the fire bad not been determined. -.v

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VOL. XLVII.—No. 53. TEEEE HAUTE, IND., TUESDAY, JULY 23,1918. POUE O'CLOCK—TWO CENTS

Here's How the Yankees Are Getting Their Ammunition To Pepper the Flying Fritz in the Region ofI the Marne

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DOPE TRAFFIC CASES UP FIVE LEADERS HELD

iront during the fighting are performing just as vital and heroic a duty as the fighters. These men must work i out in the open under fire. The picture shows how pontoons are used to convey ammunition across the Marne river during the drive. These pontoons carry big loads. They are rowed across the river or hauled across by ropes. The a nm.unltion is brought to the pontoons on railways and carried from the r1v*r to the guns on ^eraporaey-iraelta wherever possible.

Hearing* Set for This Afternoon, When Five of Peddlers Will Probably Be Bound Over.

PUBLIC AMAZED AT CONDITIO* HERE REVEALED BY RAIDS

"Pdotboard Plte" Loekwood, "Speek" Nelson and "Buggs" Dailey Among Those Who Will Be

Named In Affidavit*.

Flv» of the ring leadens caught in the dope raids made here Saturday night, have been named In affidavits by the secret service men and they will be arraigned late today before United States Commissioner Randel and will be bound over to the federal district court at Indianapolis. These are

Frank (Footboard Pete) Lockwood. Beasley Gordon. "Speck" Nelson.

Harry Rogers. Buggs Dailey. They will be placed under bond and probably be taken to the Marlon county jail. The rest of the unfortunates will be turned loose. It is said that the evidence secured in the spectacular raid here Saturday night will be used against some of the heaas wf the "opium ring" said to be operating in St. Louis and the five men named above are supposed to have been the agents of the ring here.

The hearing will be fmld In TTnlted States Commissioner Randel's office, at 2 o'clock. All of the defendants have been held in jail without bond, despite some frantic efforts of some of the formei* red light leader* to get them out.

The secret service men declare that the raid here was ene of the biggest and most successful ever pulled off in the country.

Citizens generally were shocked that such conditions could obtain in the former red light district, and the list

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TEH HAUTE BOY KILLED IN TRANCE

Private James Dixon, who for two years before enlisting in the United States army made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tefke, 2531 South Third street, has been killed in action in France, according to information received by Mrs. Tefke. Private Dixon's home was -in Minneapolis, Minn. He was connected with the medical corps.

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HUES'VICTORY BRBG ARMY NEAR SOtSSOHS

French and Americans Sweep Enemy* Back From Marne on 12 Mile FrontMake important Gains In Entire

Salient South off Soissons

FORGE AHEAD ON ENTIRE FRONT

BULLETIN*

ALLIED ARMY HEADQUARTERS ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT. I July 23.—Sweeping the enemy back from the Marne on a wide front, the Franco-American forces this afternoon are compelling the German army into what at this hour appears to be a mad retreat from the entire region. Large quantities of stores are being burned to prevent falling into the hands of the allies. The advance of the French and American hnes indicate that losses of the Germans, both in men and equipment will be heavy in this forced retreat from the Marne.

advices. It Mows that in spite of the fact that only artillery duels were reported from the French war office in its day statement, the allies are making important progress all around the salient in which the Germans were caught by the terrific attack of the allies on Thursday morning.

A lull along the line might have been expected at this time because of the stern resistance of German reserves brought up by the enemy and the necessity of bringing up heavy artillery and'supplies. It appears, however, that the momentum of the allies has not been ipent and that they are f5rging ahead along virtually the entire front of the battle.

At 8:15 o'clock this morning the French launched an attack along* a four-mile front in the Montdidier sector.. In three hours they advanced a mile.

NEW ONSLAUGHT IS IMPORTANT.

London hints that the attack was over a wider front than that mentioned in the dispatch. This new onslaught, directed against* a front which has been comparatively quiet since the German oftensive there came to a halt early in June, may have an important bearing on the development of the military situation along the whole front.

Previously in an attack reported as launched last night in this sector, the French had occupied the villages of Mailly-Kaineval, Sanvillers and Aubvillerrs, which are west of the Avre river and Immediately south of the point of French successes earlier In the month, when they captured valnable positions over a three-mile front south of Castel, advancing to a depth of a mile and a quarter. Prisoners numbering 350 were taken.

There are indications that the German preparation to retreat north of the Marne is continuing. Fires are reported burning at

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near the western flank of the German salient and other points southwest of Rheims.

The enemy may cho5ie a line a!«tig the Ourcq for further defensive operations, but the presence of the allied troops to the north of this stream may compel a retirement at least as far as the VesJe river. This is said to be In-

STEAMER DISABLED

AN "HLAVTIC PORT, July 23.---A large s .mer with part of her smoke siack gone and her bridge damaged, in tow of a government tug off ttea southern New England coast was reposed by the captain of a steamer which arrived here today.

The capU-in believed ^he disabled vessel to be a Belgian relief steamer. The tug and her tow were in the vicinity of the scene of the operations of the German submarine which on Sunday attacked a tuff and four barges

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PARIS, July 23.—In spite of the desperate resistance of the Germans, the entry into the line of enemy reinforcement® and repeat^-* I counter attacks by the foe, the victory of the allies continues to deve. )p.

Not only have the allied positions been held intact against the enemy's assaults, but at certain points further progress has been made. The newspapers of Paris remark that the victory is growing not only in relation to the {pound reconquered by the allies, but also in strategic advantages, the importance of which is being constantly augmented* ,'

By the Associated Press.

French and Americans have crossed he Marne nver a front twelve miles between Jaulgonne, seven miles east of Chateau Thierry, and Reuil, near where the German line crossed the stream during the days when the German offensive was at its height .v

On the western flank of the German salient, the allies have take' Oulchv-Le-Chateau, a mile north of the Otircq and just wct of Nanteuil-Notre Dame,'a dominating point in the German line of communications. They have also, captured the towq of Buzancy, seven miles south of Soissons, which brings them up to a ravine that stands between them and the heights to the eastward of Sois* sons.

On the front between Rheiffis and ttie Marne, the British havi taken Petitchamp wood, near Marfaux, where they took places formerly held by the Italian forces. ,.

ALLIES MAKE IMPORTANT GAINS.

these successes by the allies comes in unofficial London

dicated by concentrations of German troops at Fismes and other pomtii along the Vesle.

French Improve Lint.

The success of the French north of Montdidier improves their line therp. They have now secured positions wtilcft dominate the Avre valley for several miles along a vital sector.

Farther north, the British have advanced slightly south of Hehuturne, where they recently attacked and moved their positions forward over a mile front.

South of Meteren fr the T/r# sertmr in Flanders the British lines were alsi» improved and local successes in the Hamel sector north of Albert and la front of Amiens are re»ported^

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Despite the heavy German attacks.) French and American troops north and northeast of Chateau Theirry still push on and are now on a line well to the east of LA Croix and Grisolles and northeast of Mont St. Pet re. Two\ towns in this area have been captured by the Americans. The Germans in this area, probably will retire more to the north as their positions are without adequate means of supply and support and the slightest allied advance jf along the Ourcq would render 'hero un-

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tanable. Ineffectual atiempts by the enemy to S drive the allies back on the eastern leg in the salient hive resulted in stiff fighting. In Courton and Roi woods, where the eiiemy blows were heaviest, the allies repulsed all attacks. N«rth

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