Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 September 1918 — Page 2

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Th« American War Mothers who have had do\vntown«window for recruitlng memberships to their organisation last Friday and Saturday report that one hundred and fourteen new members were signed while 88.50 in cash was received from the Grand opera house and in front of the Window Saturday night and Sunday, At which time a contribution bowl for the b«nfflt of the soldiers was provided at the Grand opera house and passed by young women among the spectators in front of Uu ^Lrcaffe store on Saturday evening.

An interesting meeting: was held this afternoon at the l^lks' club house at which reports of the work being done toward the establishing of a commun* ity hout c, and of Mic Lnited States food clubs were heard as well as official notice given the /national recognition. flans wer* made to supply the needs of Hie Fort Benjamin Harrison hospital unit of which Major T. C. Btunkard Is the head, and day* appointed tn which tor sew.1 V Schools' War Work. t.At*r

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Schools reveal the fact that the stamp •od bond sale grew steadily on and the greatest enthusiasm is being demonstrated on the part of the pupils and teachers from th© tinest tot in the primary and kindergarten grades to the youth in High school.

The Thompson school reports more than $500 sale in Thrift stamps Monday morning, while Saturday eight Liberty Bonds were sold in fifteen minutes at this school and the teachers all 100 per cent, bond holders. Miss Mabel MiKee reports that the tiny flve-year*old children in the kindergarten aro among the enthusiastic boosters, coming morning after morning with their quarter for the stamps." The Harrison school has sold $100 of the stamps and Sunday $1,350 of bonds by the school a? a unit.

The Liberty Loan contest in the city and high schools, as well as in the district used as propaganda for the v campaign, is attracting much attention. Superintendent Waits has set aside one day the High schools for the four-minute speeches and contests and the pupils of the school will assemble to act as judges on the different compositions and speeches, to the two best of which Thrift stamps will be given as awards. Time in the grade schools has been also set aside by Mr. Waits for the same purpose.

BIGGEST COAL LUMP FOR STATE MUSEUM

What Is believed to be one of the largest single lumps of coal ever taken our. of an Indiana mine and transported has been delivered to the state museum by the Vandaiia Coal company. The lump weighs 1,500 pounds, or nearly a ton. VI ward Barrett, state geologist, arranged some time ago for the presentation of the roal block to become a part of an exhibit of the Btate'a natural resources, including fuels of all sorts.

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HARBIN, Thursday, Sept, 19.—(By the Associated Press.)—\ proelamatioo has been Issued by the Japanese •aying that only because of its friendly feeling for Russia and not a desire to grain. Japan wishes to help restore order her*. The proclamation lays emrhnsls on the assertion that any one, regardless of nationality, causing diswill be severely punished,

Is believed the proclamation was Issued because the population declines to accept notes carried by Japanese troops instead of Ttusfdan money.

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WAR MOTHERS DOING (HAMBER OlITOf FIGHT AHERICANS RAID HUN SERVICE OVBt STREET PAVING

When told that the Chamber of Commerce had refused to have further to do with the controversy, Mayor Hunter paid he thought the Chamber ot Commerce would "see the light" and see how futile it was to enter into an argument over a thing that had already been settled long ago. He said that the administration was not too busy Saturday to send a committee to the triangular conference if one had been needed, bat inasmuch as the matter had been settled as far as the city was concerned, there was no use to do so.

Mayor Hunter announced that ho intended to be on hand when the first hrick wag laid and extended a special invitation to the newspaper men and County Council of Defense to accompany his party and watch the "starting of a work that ninety per cent, of the people are in favor of and to which one traction company and three members of the County Council of Defense are opposed.'*

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communications and orderi, received from the State and County Councils of Defense had been forgotten as far as Was concerned and that with his authority from Washington, and upon the report tiled by H- M. Wright., chairman of the State Highway's Commission, the work was going to be done juwt as soon fus.laBor aqd machinery could do it.

The contracts for the work, which were let to the Folkes Construction company and to the Carpenter Contracting company, were signetl in the board of works office Saturday and Mayor Hunter personally ordered the work started Monday morning. The contractors agreed to start as soon as possible, and according to the mayor, were not concerned in the controversy further than fulfilling a bom Me contract made with the city,

Fight About OvotV

The members of the County Council of Defense Indicated Monday that they would drop the fight. They said they had taken no action in the matter since the conference at the Chamber of Commerce Saturday when Mayor Hunter sent them word be was too buay to see them. i frlie pfan of havfng committees go to Indianapolis tomorrow wiU likely pe abandoned.

TWO KILLED AS PLANE FALLS AT SPEEDWAY

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 33.—Captain Hammond, of the British Royal Flying Corps, and C. Kinder, of Greenfield, Ind. were instantly killed and i-aeut. Roy Pickett, of the Speedway Aviation Field, Indianapolis, was seriously injured when an airplane in which they were returning to the field from a Liberty .Loon trip to Greenfield, went, onto a nose dive and fell 400 feet while they were preparing to make a landing at the Speedway flelfl at 1 o'clock Sunday evening.

Lieut. Pickett, of the United States air service, who had graduated from the flying school at Kelly field, Texas, and from the machine gun school at Dayton, was on leave of absence at his home in Greenfield, waiting assignment. and with Mr. Kinder, a Greenfield automobile dealer, was a passenger In Capt. Hammond's machine during the return flight trom Greenfield. Kinder was 2$ years of age and is survived by a wife and daughter.

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had flown to Greenfield about noon and were making the return trip with Mr. Kinder as a passenger. The big plane, an English machine of the Bristol type, appeared to spectators as though preparing to make a landing when suddenly its nose pointed downward and it plunged to the ground, falling in & com field at the boundary line between th« Speedway property and the Marlon county poor farm.

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cross the Oise canal and carry out the encircling of St. Quentln from the south and east

Venduheil is nine miles north-north-west of St. Quentln and on the Scheldt canal two miles west of Le Catflet Northwest and southwest of the' town the British have captured German strong points and rapidly are closing in on it from three directions.

Farther north, Field Marshal Haig's men have carried out a successful local attack south of Yillers-Guislain, taking 100 prisoners. In a local operation northeast of Arras the British captured 60 prisoners southeast ot Gavrelle and made some progress.

CUT RAILWAY 4.1 NS8.

Serbian and Allied 3oops. Strike Allied Blow In Macedonia. IjONDON', Sept. 23.—Serbian ahS

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—-Deliv-eries of completed vessels from shipyards in the United States during July "esf. He is survived and August, shipping board reports to- V• _MuIlen of

CAR MEN STRIKE.

Traffic In Springfield, O,, Tied Up By Trouble. SPRINGFIELD, 0„ Sept. 23.—r-Be-cause an agreement could not be reached between the street car men and the Springfield railway company through the aid of Labor Commission er Charles Benhe.im, the men vent on strike today. No cars are running. The men d'-aif-e the reinstatement of six men marked off the list. The wage question is also Involved although no demand has been, made, it is said.

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commission, Would be oommunicated annually to The Hague bureau, which would publish them. The constitution provides for economic equality and for the principle of the oppn door, ail members of the league granting each other most favored nation treatment^

For the first decade after rtie forma tion of the league each state's surplus of raw materials would be divided be tween the other federaJ states, according to a standard to be agreed upon. This would be respective of the imports of the year, the output and the special needs individual fctatas duo to the war.

Members of the league would recog nize freedom of the seas. Straits, canals and connection seas, both banks of which are not in possession of the same federal state would be internationalised and their fortifications retained, guarded by a command consist ing of contingents from all the feder-

allied troops in central Macedonia tated states and commanded in rotation

have dealt the German and Bulgarian communication line a blow expected to bring about a complete readjustment of the enemy positions in the Macedonian the-ater of operations. The important railway Jines from Uskub to Ralonlki and from Grasko to Prilep have been severed and the enemy forces around Lake Dotran and north of Monastir are In danger of being outflanked and captured.

On the western front the British and French are 'progressing successfully in their encirclement of St. Quentln. The French have seriously menaced the Germans by the capture of Vendeuil,' nine miles south-south* east of St. Quentin.

Reserves in Retreat.

German and Bulgarian reinforcements thrown in to check the Serbian advance toward Uskub, have been forced to join in the retreat of their comrades by the impetuous Serbs, who now have advanced forty miles since Sept. li. Prisoners captured from the enemy are being added to as the progress northward continues and the quantity of war material also in increasing.

The aalient driven into, the Bulgarian lines at Sokol has been widened until now tbe alUea are advancing on a front of nearly fifty miles, stretching from east of Monastir to the Vardar. When they reached the Vardar the Serbians were able to cut the railway running south toward Saloniki and the only communication line of the Bulgarians in the region of Lake Doiran. On the western flank the Serbs have pushed to the highest point of the mountain region in the upper part of th* Cema bend and cut the railway from Graske, southeast TJskub to Prilep, the base of the German army operating north and northeast of Mona-stir.

NEW SHIPS OVERCOME All SOBMARMEiOSS

every three years by a delegate of the states. Safety of private property on the high seas would be proclaimed and the naval priz*. law and blockade law abolished.

WAR PROHIBITION READY FOR VOTE

WASHINGTON, Sept. M.—National prohibition as a war emergency was considered today by the house with the consideration of the $13,000,000 omergency agricultural appropriation bill with its senate rider in prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages after nest June 30. Plans were to vote only 'm the prohibition amendment and then to send the bill to conference f#r adjusting of differences between the senate and house on other features. "Dry" leaders hoped to reach a vote on the senate amehdment before adjournment today and they expected lt§ approval by a substantial majority.

Obituary

NICHOLAS STKIIfc*

.'NIcMiis Stein, 74 years old, died at 10:4.) o'clock Monday morning at the residence, C70 Swan street, following a three weeks' illness with uraeraic poisoning. The decadent was born in

Armstadt, Germany, and came to America when a boy. For several years he was engaged in the boot and shoe business at 421 Wabash avenue. In 18'J6 he was one of the founders of the J*ort Harrison Building and Loan association, and was president of the Institution from that time until his death He was a member of Humboldt lodge of Masons, tloctbe lodge of Odd Fellows and was a civil war veteran. Surviving are three children. Charlee F. hteln. Misses Gertrude and Mae Kteln, and two grandchildren, John Stein and £n,^aJ^ae

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FRED II. MriXEJf. 67 years old, died at

11 o clock .Sunday morning at Kt. Anthony hospital after three weeks' illby two sons. __ Wayne, Mich.,

dav show wrrp n™ than enmmK Hugh J. Mullen of Indlanapolts, uay snow, were more than enough to and a sister. Mrs. W. T. Cronin, of Terrs offset the submarine losses of America Haute. The body was takei to the since the beginning of the war, 1

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HKNRY D. SMITH.

Tfenry Smith. 7." years old, died at 2 1S o'clock Sunday morning at the residence, 2406 Thompson street. He is survived fry the widow, two sons five daughters and a brother, Charles Smith He was a resident of Vigo county during the greater part of his life. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Third United Rrethren church. Third and Grant streets. Burial will be i» Highland Ija.wn eetnet«»rv.

DAVm A. KATO*.

Pavld A. Katon, 7if years old, died at o'clock Sunday morning at the residence of hi.s son, 1224 South Fourteenth street lie ip survived hy a son Kiohard Katon, and a daughter. Mrs! Gertrude Pillow. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the residence ot his son. Burial will be in Grand View cemetery.

HEAROD niM.KY.

Hearod Risley, 81 years olfl, died at **30 o'clock Sunday mornint at the residence of his son, 1433 South Eleventh street.. He is survived by five sons. Charles. James, John, Theodore arid Goldon Tlisley, and a daughter, Mrs. Daisv Hash. The body will be sent to feandborn, Ind.. for burial.

O^fAR F. isvax*.

fscar F. Han«, yearn old. died at 1:15 o'clock Sunday morning at the residence, 3010 South Eighth street. He Is survlred by the widow, Amanda E. Krans three daughters, two sons and a brother. Funeral arrangements were not made last night.

WHS. A\\A DOPFBR.

Mrs. Anna Dopfer, 81 years old, died at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the t'nlon hospital. She is survived by two sons and a daughter. The l'uneral will be private, with burial An Highland Laws c*met«ry.

MRS. ALICE IlllOW.V

The body of Mrs. Alice Brown, who died Saturday at the Keith hotel, was shipped Monday to JSurelta Springs, Ark., for burial:

"s- 'liEORGE BODCflKit. By Special Correspondent. BRAZIL, Ind., Sept.* 8S.—Oeorge Boucher, well known Pennsylvania engineer, died at his home at Indianapolis tbis morning of paralysis. Trie deceased was formerly of Clay county, being raised at Staunton. He is survived b.v a widow and one son, Hubert Boucher, In France. Three sisters and a brother also survive as follows: Mrs. T. M. Weaver of Cory, Mhss Anna Boucher, a teacher in the ctty schools, and N'elle and Harry Boucher, west of the city. The funeral fiU be held at Xndlanapolla Monday. i _.

WILLUM E. DOOSOX.

"BRAZIL Ind, Sept 23.—William K. Dodson, aged 71. died at the home, west of the cilj'i this morning of complications. A widow, daughter, two brothers and a sister survive. The funeral will be held i (. the residence Sondav at ip.ni., interment Harpoid cemetery.

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Biontha old son of John Wagl« and wife, died at the home, w«at of th* city, This morning of stomach tnowMe. The £uiutr*l *i£i Us bold J&onday awrateg.

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employes. Harrison township showed $10,500 Fayette came to the bat with $8,400, ami partial reports from outlaying districts promised equally pleasing reports from other towpships.

Boy Scouts Show Well.

Tronp 10 was the only organization of the Boy Scouts to make a complete turn-in and they showed .subscriptions amounting to $27,000. It was estimated that the total for this junior organization would amount to more than $100,000. The railroad organizations ro« ported more than $10,000.

Tho rush during the day was so great that many of the districts ran out of blanks and supplies and had to stop wort? for a abort time In or^er to securc more certificates. Tbe demand for an opportunity to sign tip was constant, rind the- workers seemed to ba,ve the unanimous support of every one to the city and county.

The quota set for "*igo is $5.400,M0 and in spite of the excellent showing made with the voluntary subscriptions the workers will have to turn in an average of about $750,000 per day to put the county over the top by next Saturday, the time set for the close of the drive.

Every mine in Vigo county was organized for the Liberty Loan drive Monday. The mine committee divided itself into two sections,- one working imong the operators and the other among the mine?--. Committees have been appointed at each mine in the county and are at work, and at the latest reports the miners were hitting 100 per cent In their subscription averages,

DR, C0NGLET0N GOES.

Dr. G. C. Congleton Sunday received his commission as first lieutenant in the medical corpfi and was notified to report immediately at Camp Sherman. He left at once for his post.

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KILLED IN FRANCE

Mrs. Margaret Busslncr. formerly Last Locust street, Terre Haute it now living at Brazil, Monday received from the war department word confirming the death of her son in France,

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iomas L. Bussing, aged 25. a former/ employe of the Vandaiia. phops. Tha first word came several days ago and later Mrs. P-ussing received rmoflVntl word that the first report was an er-or. The war department ofiicially notified the mother of the fate of ber son Monday.

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