Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 August 1918 — Page 2

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-SCOTCH SOLDIERS TEIL OF CROSS OUIBAB

British Prisoners and Wounded Hen i* Horribly Tortured By German. .• K" Fiends. •f

LONDON, Aug. 18.—(via Montreal, Aur. 19 )—Details have been "officially published for the first time of grosa outrages on British prisoners and wounded men committed by the Germans last March. Affidavits of Protch soldiers testily to the authenticity of {he charges.

A private of The Ttnval Highlanders tolls Ihw he and a number 01 comrades, consisting of one officer and 15 men, 10 of whom were wounded, were compelled to surrender at Money, March 28.. .Thtjy were lined up In the original 'front line trench, and after some ^.time a German officer and two men appeared. One of the men, under or4ers, turned a stream of liquid fire straiglv. down the trench in which the

Britishers were standing, and notwithstanding the fact that they were unarmed. continued to spray them for six or seven minutes. The private testified that he and a few of his companions. who were able to move, scrambled down a communicatiorr trench and pot over the,top and back into the British lines. if Another private testified that he and other prisoners, were marched down a trench to an emplacement about six feet deep- nine feet wide and from nine to twelve feet long, and while tightly packed in the enclosure, two Germans, one of whom carried a revolver ajid seemed to be an officer, appeared. The other man had a cylinder on his back and attached to it •wtam a flexible pipe. "Just as he reached the entrance to the enclosure," said the soldier, refWrirg to the man with the cVlinder on his baxsk, "a flame spurted out in a ji stream from the pipe and caught the

men who were nearest to the entrance. The other men lay in heaps around and partly on me. I heard a hissing sound for a short "While. Then it stopped, but started again. During this time the men were shrieking and writhing. The flames reached right back to wher# I was* My overcoat and tunic caught fire. By this time, all .the men were on the ground."

The soldier added he managed to iwramhle up the slope and get away. Another soldier told how an officer, wounded in the head and foot, and four other wounded and three unwounded men. Including himself, were in an old trench when two Germans approached and used liquid fire. One of the Germans. a revolver in hand, ordered the Britishers to get back to the German line. The. narrator said his hands and right, ear were burned. Three of the party managed to escape and reach the British lines, but the Germans either must have suffocated or burned i all the Ave wounded men as nothing ftorther had be^n heard from them.

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Tbe Hritish government ha« protest«d to the German government against outrages.

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*"Mrs. \foifie Doane, of 1S2F» South

I I"" Fifteenth street, Monday received a -totter from the Red Cross and one from '4 the war department, saying that her son, Herschcll, who has been a prls%'oner behind the German lines for two months, is in good health and she was

told not to worry about him.

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Lafayette's Birthday To Be Observed By American People. NT ft \V Y"RK, Aug. 19.—The celebration on Sept. 6, of the 161st anniversary of the birth of Lafayette is urged by the American Defense society in an appeal issued today to the people of the United States calling attention to the debt the nation owes to I^afayette and aid he brought to the American polonies in their struggle for national existence.

September A is also the anniversary *of the first battle of the Marne in 1014 and through the co-operation of ,£7t5 branches of the society and of many civic and patriotic organizations it is hoped to have Lafayette day fittingly observed throughout thp country. The call is signed by Charles •..Stewart Davison, chairman of the soqietJ'JS board of trustees, i'

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Obituary

(JLIVKR I'F.KRV McKAY. Oliver Perry Mo.Kay, 69 years old, died Sunday morning at the residence, 1614 North Fifth street. He was for many years employed at the Vandalia shops. He is survived by the widow, two sons, Lynn B. McKay, of Seattle, Wash., and Albert of Chicago one daughter, Mrs. John Buchannon, of Pittsburgh, Pa., hine grandchildren, one great-grandchild and three brothers of Shelby county. He was a member, of Esther Court, Ben Hur. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at. the residence. Burtal wijl be in Highland L.avvn cemetery.

Al/ICK WILLIAMS.

Mrs. Alice Williams. 64 vcars old, died at the Union hospital Sunday, following an operation. She is survived by her husband. Thomas Williams: two daughters. Mrs. William Sham, and Mrs. Ralph Murtaugh. both of Terre Haute two sons. Carl and Samuel Sweazey of Clinton, and two sisters and four brothers of Indianaoolis. The funeral will be held at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the residence at 616 Lafayette avenue.

GKORtiK KA.UFFMAN. Oy Qe?rige Kauffman, 61 years old, ''of 1133 South Third street died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning at St. Anthony hospital. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Harriet Kauffman four sons, George, Frank, Raymond and Kester, and two daughters, Chrystine and Alma. The funeral will be held at Iff o'clock Wednesday morning at the residence of the son, George, 1908 South Third .street. Burial-will Jw ia Errand View cemetery.

LEONARD G. WHITE.

*Leonard G. White, 34 yeara old, died at the Union hospital at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. He is survived by his mother, Emma E. White, the widow, Anna White: three brothers. J. T. White and B. B. White of Terre Haute, and H. D. White of Carlisle. Ind.. and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Modesitt and Mrs. Charles Newton, both of Terre Haute. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.

EARL CHAPMAN.

The body of Earl Chapman, who was killed Friday in Columbia City, Mo., when struck by a passenger train, arrived Sunday in Terre Haute and was taken to the Gillis chapel. The funeral was held at 10 o'clock Monday morninrg at the residence of his mother, Mrs. John E. Pierce, 1136 South Second street. Burial was in Highland Liawn cemeteTy.

Mll/BREY PARKKR.

Milbr»y Parker, 26 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zora'Parker, died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the residence near Rosedale, Ind. She is survived by the parents and one sister, Mrs. Edna Wiseman. The funeral will be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the residence. Burial will bo iu JiUsrks-of-the-Creek. c^netary.

rVPANT SOHATTI/BTTtY.

An Infant child of Mr. and Mr*. 15rnest Sohanlbury died Monday morning at the home of the parents on the Bement farrri. east of Terre H^ute. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesdav morning with burial in the Hull ceinetor-. .....

Alfas McdCSirf."

By Special Correspondent. FARMERSBTjRG, Ind., Aug. 1».—Rice McCliiin, 68 years old, died at 10 o'clock Saturday night at his home west of here, after a lingering illness. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Carrie McClain. one brother, Joe McClain of Farmersburg, and one sister, Mrs. Howard Harris of Terre Haute. The funeral will bp held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Farmersburg Methodist church. The Odd Fellows will conduct the services. Burial will be in West Lawn cemetery.

FIND STOLEN HIS

A live passenger Ford automobile re ported stolen from Clarence Cotton, of Clinton, last week, was recovered by the police Sunday night standing in the road near Greenwood avenue and Center street. The machine was placod in the police garage and the awrner notified.

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An old E. M. and F. truck -which was standing on South Seventh street in the 3000 block all day Sunday was also taken to the police garage to await the call of the owner.

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

Farmersburg Woman Cuts Throat At Ruins of Home. By Special Correspondent

FARMERSBURG, Ind., Aug. UKMrs. William Frakes arose Sunday morning without waking her son and grandchild, took a razor and walked out to the ruins of her former home one mile west of here, and there cut her throat.

Mrs. Oliver Ferguson, a neighbor, witnessed the attempt at suk-jde and called a physician who came at once and dressed her wounds. It is thought .that she will recover as the cuts were not deep.

Mrs. Frakes has been worrying lately about her home which was barned three weeks' ago, and her son going to war this month, as he is the only support of Mrs. Frakes and an orphan grandchild, Mildred Julian.

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FRENCH ATTACK MAKE GAIN ON HHff FRONT

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line is vital to the German positions on each side of it. If it should be brokpn the whole German defensive scheme Nvould be thrown out of #int. 'May Make Flank Attack."

While the front over which the "hssault was launched is short compared with those of the Marne and Picardy drives the success attained by the French appears to poiht.to $, possibility of Marshal Foch breaking the enemy's resistance by a flank attack instead of a direct assault against -the strong positions now held by the Germans between Soissons and Rheimig «uui between the Oise and the Ancre

The region in which the attafck was made is quite rough and would seem to be well adopted to defensive warfare. It is intersected by ravines of some depth and has high wooded ridges here and there. It is an extension of the hilly district »iong the Oise where savapo fighting: has been Agoing on for the last week.

(j Roye Still In Peril. Along the Picardy battle front there have been local actions, in which 400 prisoners were taken by the French. London reports that the French have captured St. Mard and Beuvraignes, near Roye, thus increasing the peril of that bastion of the German line west of the Somme.

Farther north the Rriti^vhave penetrated the German positions near Arras./ German attacks in the Flanders sector have been repulsed.

Ill the Merville sector the British have made a "new advance probably following tip the Germans who have been retiring in this part of the Lys salient for the last week.

British Gain at Bailluei^

From Bailluel, which is on the northern side of the Lys salient to the apex of the salient near Vieux Berquin the British have been pressing back the Gernjans steadily, and now apparently have them off the high ground on this sector. The latest British gain was on a front of four miles between Bailleul and Vieux Berquin for a distance of more than haif a mile. The enemy also lost 400 prisoners.

Field Marshal Haig's men re-occu-pied Outterateen, about three-quarters of a mile east of Merris, which probably marks the maximum progress in this region in the last week. South of the Baiileul-Vieux Berquin road, the terrain slopes gradually to the valley of the Lys, on the eastern hank of which it rises again. Apparently, the Germans have been pushed across the road. Further British progress toward the Lys would endanger the German hold on Mount Kemmel and the hfgh ground in that region. The British also have made a slight advance southwest of Merville.

Next Move Uncertain?

Marshal Foch has not followed up his success of Saturday, when he drove the Germans back between the Oise and Soissons in the region of Aurtreches. The terrain there is most difficult, and further operations probably will depend upon the situation in -the Lassigny-Roye area, west of the Oise. Apparently, the "French effort was made more as a diversion than as a determined effQrt to force the enemy back to the Oise, as he probably would have to retire to the river, if the French captured the present German line through Roye, Lassigny and

Noyon. The situation along the Aisne-Vesle sector is unchanged. The enemy continues his harassing attacks, using artillery and gas, but the French and Americans manage to cling to their bridge-heads, north of the Vesle.

In the Vosges, American troops have advanced slightly near Frapelle, captured Saturday. The Germans have been shelling the village heavily.

Austrian efforts to regain the islet 111 the lower Piave, taken last week by the Italians, have failed. In a counterattack the Italians drove the enemy back and took 30 prisoners. In the mountain region the artillery has been active at isolation points.

OFFENSIVE LOST TO FOE.

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With Austrian Reinforcements •my Will Be On Defensive. PARIS, Aug, 19.—Havas Agency.— The German press is attempting to reassure its public that a general retreat is necessary on the western front to allow Gen. Ludendorff room to maneuver and to assume the initiative on a vast scale, the newspapers report, A general retreat the newspapers say would be a direct result of the recent allied successes.

The newspapers assert that even if the Germans receive re-inforcements from Austria they have lost the power to command events, as Marshal Foch has the initiative and will keep it.

German propaganda insists that the German general staff will retain the initiative by forcing premature engagements on the American army and thus wearing it out before it is fully prepared.

L'Homme Libre 6ays that the American forces taking part in the Picardy offensive could not be compared in size with those of the French and British. It says that America will soon have a first class army in France and that it will have airplanes which the German aviators will have reason to fear. 1

FREEMAN APPOINTED

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19—W. J. Freeman, of Terre Haute, president of Indianfe. Coal Operators' association president of the Green Valley Coal company, and a member of the State Council of Defense, has been appointed coal production manager for the Indiana coal district by James B. Neale, director of production for the federal fuel administration at Washington, according to word received today.

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S SENATE QUITS VACATION FORM BILL

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bill would place every roan between 18 and 45 under control of the/war department and that it would be possible for him and Secretary Daniels to work out in harmony a program to supply men for the navy for the fighting branch- and also the merchant ship servicev

Representative- Caldwell, of New York, suggested' that the army provide for enlistment of women to do noncombatant work as is donetby the navy and Mr. Baker said so far the army uses for such service men drafted and not qualified for military duty.

Regarding supplanting young officers' in non-combatant duty by older men, Secretary Baker said all young officers capable of military duty are. being relieved as far as possible. He added that youths in colleges who are drafted, if retained there for training, will be put in uniform.

Turning to the Thomas ''work 01* fight" aihendmeht, added to the bill by Seriate' cOmfriitt.ee, the secretary said he could see no objection to it in view pf:the fact that the regulations of the president are to be relied upon to carry it into effort. Regarding its provisions for revoking deferred classification for men ,who refused to work, he added: "That seems to me to be entirely propefi** fiafy Utjo# President.

In ease of a strike, he said, the presi-.j dent oould determine whether suspension of work was "in good faith." and could defer suspending exemption of workmen. .."Then you would be willing*to use the draft regulations in industrial dis- i putes," Mr. Baker was asked. '^Yes, to a limited extent," the secrptary replied,

Chairman Dent emphasized that the i Thomas amendment' was not a part of the department's bill. i "I have a very strong feeling against a slacker using exemption," the sec- I retary said, adding that even though the "work or fight" amendment was: not recommended by the department' he thought it might be well for congress to make such a declaration to deal with industrial slacken.

When Representative Lunn, of New York, joined with Chairman Dent in opposing the Thomas amendment, Secretary Baker and also General Crow'd- I er pointed out that the amendment is not mandatory and that discretion is left to the'president.

Pointing out that the existing "work or fight" regulations involve conscription of labor, Mr. Baker declared that with men being drawn from the farms and industry it is only fair to require a skilled man to work or fight. "The amendment seems to be entirely consistent with the policy the war department is enforoing and is unobjectionable," he said.j "And I am less disturbed becanse the attitude of labor as a whole is fair and wholesome, helpful and patriotic."

Extension Af the draft age limits, Mr. Baker said, necessitates the bill's provision broadening draft boards' power over "occupations and employments," as well as "industry, including agriculture,"

When committee members complained that too many men are being taken off farms, the secretary said^ it is not intended to draft more farmers under the new law and that the present policy will continue. General Crowder pointed out that local boards are responsible for --selecting from farms.

The law permitting men to be furloughed home for harvesting crops his not .been used to any great extent, Mr: Baker said, and has not been found "very necessary."

SUNK BY U-BOAT.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1&.—The Norwegian bark Nordhav was sunk by ft German* submarine 125 miles off the Virginia capes Saturday. Her crewescaped in small boats and have been brought into an Atlantic port by an American warship.

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