Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 September 1918 — Page 2

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"registered for military service* a£ £34 !North Seventh sueei. Thia company

has taken aw the old Commercial i distillery and is now cngnged fn the ^manufacture of war muaiiioaslor the

British government. On© of the youngsters to register I early in this same precinct was ITverett

J. Pinner. who reached his eighteenth year on Jnly 7. Two of the local men to "sign up" early here were Dr. J. R. i i Gill urn and Herman Mayor, of the

United States Trust company. I Celebrates Birthday.

Stanley Cannon, 44 Wabash avenue, celebrated his twenty-first birthday anniversary by regis ton rig- for military I service in Precinct

of the Sixth

ward. One of the busy boards ot the city was that In Precinct of the Second ward. At 11 o'clock 93 prospective

soldiers had signed their official regis•j tratlon cards, and the board was ca.1!ing for more cards, fearing that they would run out of supplies. Many of 4 the business men of the city were included in this list, among them being: Charles "Whit-lock, coal operator

Paul N. Bogart, secretary of the In- ,, diana Coke and Gas compajiy Homer B. Talley, coal operator l'Yed R. Wal i dren, Emmet J. Cody, the Wabash ave- •.? nue hatter Rabbi I. EL Marcuson. of

Temple Israel George S. Wyckoff, head of the Hoy Scout orKaniz.-u.ion in i, this city Frank Worthington, superlntendent of the ft. Tjotiis divlslorYof the v Pennsylvania Railroad company Ross

Garver, manager of the Hippodrome theatre Slgfried Pctersdorf, proprietor of the Petersdorf store Dr. George f|C. Carpenter, lind Pant E. Turk, farmer.

Was Little Levity.

There was little levity demonstrated in the registering today. Men appearfid more serious '.ninded than ever in their lives and while soino feeblo jokes, 'i as to some man trying to kid tho registration board and his friends that he was within drafting age when he knew i! he had parsed the fiftieth milestone i'were passed in some instances, reports K from members of tlie differerit boards show that registrants ha/1 given fnifticiejit. thought to the questionnaire to he signed t« answer iitteiligBnLly and seriously.

While the registration card does not entail the answering- of so many rfuept tions as that of last year, and the more

vital investigation will come later, the I' rpinations wore answered with surprising abvrrity.

There was little crowding, or stajidtrig Jn line to register, although the signing of caxds began "before breakfast0 and has eontinned stead Uy

throoglwnt the day. .| All Classes There. Riudness men pnt. thetr tfot.y tr i their cormtry heftrre tKe pesrsonal inter— I est of biifdness and stood wrth the rt miner, and the laborer carryiug his

I winner bucket, the school boy, the banker, the alien, the declarant, and non declarant awaiting their tarn tp sign up for TTivle Sam.

There were tall men, short men, flit men. loan men, arM boys appearing to be sen roe fourteen, who sij^nod 1R years, wrinkled men, the reety-cheeked 'j, vonth, in fact mm of everv character, whitts and colored, giving a keen i psychological study to the casnaJ observer.

The registration was mmsnalh heavy. Reports showed from SO to 50 men in each precmct tr nine o'clock.

Telling your real, for sure name i'l V1 roved anything but appe*Uing to some n i? men who appeared. One man doclaring in precinct C, Second ward that his was R. T. When qirestioned w-hnt thoso initi.als stood for he vowed that neTcr in his life did he hav« a name but had been called R. T. or

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XVK OAKDBSKB StHBLLEfBRRttGR. Jack Gardener Snollenberger, 10 months old. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. 'K Snoilenberger, of Ijumfcerport, W. Va., du at the home of his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. UarL Snelleuli^rger, 1422 Barbour avenue, late Wednesday afternoon. Besides his parents he is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. SneUenber^or, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Spray, three aunts. Pearl and Marie Snellenberger and Iberia Spray, and two unrles, Joseph and William tipray. Funeral arrangements will not be made until the father, who is in Lumberport, is heard from.

MRS. MARGARET FRET. Mrs, Margaret Frey, for many years a resident of Terre Haute, died Thursday morning at iter home in Chicago, where she had lived for the past .lfi years. The body will be brought here and upon its arrival tonight will be taken to the home of Mrs. llattie McMahan. a niece, 447 North Sixth street. Arrangements for the luneral will be announced later.

HOWAR3 COWNEIJLY.

Howard Connelly, 24 years old, died "Wednesday afternoon at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Connelly, 2730 Wabash avenue, following a long illness. The funeral will ho held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning from St. Ann's church, with bnrial in Calvary cemetery.

CHAR I, ICS H. SMITH.

By Special Correspondent, PARTS. 111., Sept. 12.—The funeral of Charlen H. Smith, 66 yeaxs old, who was found dead in tho barnyard at the home near Scotland, was held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with bnrial in Wesley cemetery. He is survived by the widow and ten children, one soldier in Franco.

"Rty" all his life. The man was registered as forty-three years of age. Another declared that his middle initial was M. He was told that he must given the name in full, and he replied that he disliked his name and had n»ver used it, that it had always been M. and his reticence called for added oneetions. Kuially the secret came out.

The man's name was Moltke. A colored man in the Second ward declared that, he was a "dyer and a clcaner," ami that he had had feet, remonstrating his ability as a pedestrian h« limped to t-he door. The feminine part of tho board decided that ft was a case of cold feet, rather than flat. feet. "What's on yorrr mind. John?" Joked one man to another.

Quick came the answer, *"Mv eonntry first, and my old woman and the kids."*

The look which accompanied ttie answer reflected the thought nppermoKt, of a decision between his sterner duty of country and the personal one of wife and famOy which wonld be his at some future time.

Another instance wrMcfc reflwtefl a wish which wes father to the thought of finally landing in an ofTicers' shoes, was reported when one man asked his neighbor: "What's the difference lietweeu a corporal and a private?" •^A durned lot of red tape, yon fool.**

Hotel Chef Gets In.

Among the first to register was Albert TL Bclrmidt, clu\f at the TTotel •Denting, who signed his card enroute to the hotel to get the morning meal. Mr. Schmidt appeared before the hoard at Precinct A. Fifth ward. George D. Ijear, delivery boy in the same precinct, claimed 13, but was so youthful in appearance as to make the board members question more closely than usual. Stephen Isaac Wright, whose age was given as 46 nert Monday, Sept, lf, signed first at the Ryan garage, Precinct. /V, First ward. A young man signing early was Tviwrence Hcrz Joseph. 18, who will enter the University of Pennsylvania for military training this fall. An alien declarant. Griff Kvans, from Wales, England, with the Sunbeam Coal company, with two Greeks, one a natnm.H7,f»d citir.ens. the otlier a non-declarant, in the Fifth and first wards, and a German declarant were recorded by 10 o'clock. John Cleary, postmaster, registered earlv hi Precfnct F, together with Tr.

Knoefle and David Roach, purchasing agent of the traction company. Bruce Fn ley and Max TTammel were registered in the Second ward. Precinct C_ 32 Policemen Register.

Thirty-two members of the local police force w«re among those to register during the day.

Mayor ""harles R. Hunter stated that his one regret for the day wns that he wa« too old to register.

Postmaster Joim J. Cleary reported to*his board early "but there was such a crowd aLrwidy wniting that he decided to wait until later to do the official act of signtng np his card.

M.ike Dayer, vice president of the Wyoming-Indiana Oil and Gas company, located at Gody, W -om_ s«»nt his card to Postmaster Cleary and asked to have it filed here. He is a former real estate man of this city.

Women On the Job.

The women of the city were "Mo+ng their bit" to help with the registration work. In almost every precinct they were on the job bright and early, assisting the board by making tfnpiicates of tho registration cards, arranging them the denired order and compiling alphabetical lists of the registrants.

Registrar Richard Wemxike was swrrmpod with work early in the day, and Sergeant Fessler of the United States marine recruiting service offered his services and was at ooce put to work.

Among the' women who wwe assistinp in the county work were Mrs. Faurie Beard at llmento, Miss Edith Rudisell at Riley and Mrs. Bert Callahan in Harrison township.

In reclnct of the Third ward, colored district, four of the women were in the thick of the work: lr«. A. Li. Cabell, Mrs. Fred H. Fvans, Miss Daisy Bishop and Miss Mamie' Donaldson,

KTTSS PEASANTS REVOLT.

LCNTDON, Sept.. 12.—(Russian peasants who revolted against the Bolshevik government a few dav* ago are reported to have entered Petrograd and to have been joined by a largo part of the population, says a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Central New? Agency. Severe fighting is proceeding in the city and arcs have broke# out at several places. o

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BRITISH FORCES PUSH TOWARDS!. QUENTIN

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miles sooth of St. Qnesttn, by repulsing enemy attacks. The British in their drive for St. Quentin have reached Vermarvi, about six miles east of the Hindenburg line, going through Cambrai, which with St_ Quentin.form the central pivots of the German defenses between I .a Fere and Tpres. Counter attacks launched by the Germans in an effort to prevent the British from driving a wedge between Cambrai and .St, Qu-entin, were repulsed near Gouzeaucourt. Unfavorable fighting weather has served as an aid to the enemy, bnt despite the rain and the stiffer resistance of the foe. Field Marshal JTaig's men continne to make progress towards the Hindenburg line.

Action fr» St, Gobain.

ArllTTery activity contmncs in the St Gobain sector a.nd also between the Aisne and the Vesle, where the Germans are making a vaJLmt effort to retain possession of the St. "Gobain and Chemtn-De- Dames strongholds and prevent the allies from forcing them to fall hack all along their line east of Rheims. In the region of I^affaux and in the Aisne area enemy attempts to approach new French positions were repulsed with the Germans losing SO prisoners.

In Flanders T*r1tish have advanced their lines northwest of Hulluch and made progress west of Armentieres. which the Germans took from thorn last spring. In the TTavrincourt wood sector the enemy artillery is active. At Oronze.au court the British have re-established their I (no after repulsing the Germans who gained a foothold in one of the most hitter local engagements since the rapid drive was halted by bad weather conditions several days ago.

PERSHING IS READY.

Ha»t Large Force of Men for St. i hiel Drive. WITH THIC AMi'HJCAN ARMY IN T-iORRAIKTE, Kept. 12.—II is known that General I^rshing haa a lnig*? American army under his command, and there seems little doubt that adequate forces would bo at the disposal of Marshal Pooh for an important push in the St. Mihlel sector were the opening moves to develop a suitable opening. The St. Mihiel salient is nearly 20 miles wide at its mouth, from Fresnes, 12 miles southeast of Verdun to Pont-A-Motts-sou, and somewhat more than 16 miles in depth with its apex Just to the southwest of St. Mihiei. It was driven into the French line in a sudden German eruption, southeast of Verdun, early in the fall of 1914 before the line had become entirely stabilised after the Marne .and Aisne battles.

The French checked the German push near St. Mihiei, and preveonted a debouching movement in the flanks. The positions taken up by the Germans were strong ones, however, and there is on record no previous orgamr^d attempt to reduce this menacing bulge pointing at the heart of France between the fortresses of Verdua and Nacy.

Marshal Foch ha« caased-the launching of thie attnc* almost co-hictdently with the virtually complete elimination of the various salients the Germans drove fnto the allied lines in their offerrstvefl during the present fighting year. The Ilhidentmrg Tine had again become the German defensive position aVortp almost its entire length, and the German defense was stiffening materially at all points where the French, British and Americans were pressing in upon them.

The German command now will have, It appears, another problem to meet in dealing with the out break of its foe in another and comparatively distant quarter from that in which the bulk of the fightinpr has been done in this year's campaign.

FOXKER SESTATOE WES.

"WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—^Joseph C. S. Blackburn. 80, former jremtlov from Kentucky, and in recent years resident commissioner of the Lincoln memorial commission, died earlv today at his home here. He was stricken shortly after arising with a recurrence of heart attack.", from whk.n he was a chronio sufferer. He served throughout the civil war with the confederate army.

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opening of the afternoon session and District Attorney Edwin. S. Wertz closed.

Admits All Charges*

Debs' speech, said he, was a complete confession. It was a confession not only that he opposed all wars, but that he actively opposed this one and the machinery by which it is being prosecuted. The district attorney traced the carefully wording of the defendant's speech at Canton. O., which led to his indictment, to the outspoken declarations of the St. Louis anti-war program.

In his first words, Ddbs said: "I have no dispute with the evidence presented by the government no criticism for the counsel for the prosecution. I would not take back a word of •what I believe right to

He spoke of sympathy for the Bolshevik I, and Mr. Wert?: suggested that the court instruct t.h* defendant to coajfjijjS^is remarks to the evidence.

Is Given Free Hand.

"I think we will let him talk in Ms own way." replied the judge. Debs said tliat history showed that minorities had always been right on great questions, and recounted the martyrdom of men. who, like Socrates, thought in advance of their times. Lincoln and "Webster, he said, bitterly opposed the Mexican war and criticised the administration of President Polk.

Wertx later reminded the Jurv in his tarn, that in tho days of Polk there was no espionage act, such as that under which Debs was accused.

Deb*, continuing, quoted "Wendell Phillips as saying that the glory of men was to trample un.tust laws under foot. He spoke for an hour and twentyfive mrnntes. Concluding, he thanked the court for its consideration o£ him and, bowing very low, sat down.

The speed with which the case has been conducted is believed to constitute a record for trials of similar importance. The jury was selected Monday. and In two days more the cai*o was ready for it. Mr. Wertz issid that he looked for a quick verdict.

History of the Case.

Debs, four times socialist candidate for president of the United States, was Indicted for violation of the espionage act as an outgrowth of remarks he is alleged to have made in an address on June 16th before the state convention of the Ohio socialist party at Canton, Ohio.

The indictment. containing ten counts, was returned by the federal grand Jury of the Northern Ohio district on June 23. and Debs was taken into custody the next day.

Then foflowed a legal battle in wtrich counsel for the defense sought to qoaSh the indictment on the gr-orcnd that the .free speech section of espionage law as passed and amended by congress is unconstitutional. Federal Judge Dl C. Westenhaven who presided at the trtal. overrated this motion.

Judge Westcuharwar tn so ruling also disregarded four of the ten counts, in view of the government's announced intention of entering a nolle tn each of them. The court referred decision on three of the remaining six counts, and let the following counts stand:

Attempting to cainse msnbordiuation, disloyalty, mutiny or refusal of duty in the military or naval forces.

Attempting to obstroct the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States. opposing the cause of the United States by words.

Concerning reservation of decision on the three counts Judge Westenhaver said: "Each of the three remaining counts, except perhaps one, is sufTVc.ifnt in form and substance and is unobjectionable on the ground of duplicity. ''Any contention that the espiona^je law is unconstitutional is, in my opinion. frivolous and entirely devoid of merit."

In the Canton speech Debs was alleged to .have declared that the purpose of the allies in the war is the same as that of the central powers, and to have urged his hearers to realize that they were -'fit for something better than cannon fodder." It was charged he declared himself equally as guilty as Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, recently convicted of violating the espionage law, praised the Bolsheviki ajjd the i W, W„ ciiwi counselled, ins

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from the penitentiary. I am accused of crime, bnt I look the court in the face I look the Jury in the face I look the world in the face for hi my heart no accusations of wrong festers."

As he spoke he alternately faced the court, the jnry and, lastly, the spectators. He spoke with few gestures, and in the main his argument wae an exposition of the principles and hopes of socialism.

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audience not to worry over the charge of "treason to the masters." Conviction on the count* charged carries a penalty of twenty years' imprisonment and a $10,000 fine on each count.

United States District Attorney Edwin S. Wertz is in charge of the government's case, assisted by Joseph C. Brei ten stein and Frank B. Kavanagh.

Morris Hniquit, of New York, former socialist candidate for mayor of New York Seymour Stedman, of Chicago, who defended Rose Pawtor Stoke a Joseph W. Sharts, of Dayton, O., and Morris "Wolf, of Cleveland, are attorneys far Debs.

HENRY WALTHAEL SUES. Movie Star Cannot "Get Along" With His Wife, It Seems.

CHICAGO, IIL* Isept. 12.—Henry B. WaJthall. movie star,, tiled suit for divorce from his wife, Mrs. Isabelle G. Walthall, declaring she had deserted him and would not return.

Walthall is in Txs Angeles and Mrs. "Walthall is somewwhere in the east WalthaTTs attorney, J. S. Dudley, sa.ld the actor would show that after several years of constant wrangling Mrs. Walthall left him in March, 10IT. while fhery were living &L the X£dgewU«r Beach hotel. "The Waithalls simply did not get akmg. She left him in March. 1912. and refused to come back." the attorney said. "He mis tn Chicago two months ago and consulted me about suing. He signed*the di-wm» bill then, but decided to give her another chance. "He wrote to her and asked her t.o come back with him, and," hearing nothing, derided to go thmrrgti with the suit, notifying me by mail from Los Angpfles to fc» so."

Walthall Denies Strit.

LOS ANGKLES, Cal„ Sept. 12.— Henry B. Walthall, the moving picture actor, today disclaimed all knowledge of a suit for divorce filed in his behalf in Chicago. He is employed at a locnl studio, but admits his wife is not here or in Chicago. He refused to make known her whereabouts.

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