Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 October 1918 — Page 1

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^jOAN DRIVE v IS LAGGING 1 FAR BEHIND

-4 r-'* Slump In Campaign Threatens Success of Operation Which Had 7

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LETHARGY OF WORKERS IS ALLEGED RESPONSIBLE

Men Upon Whom Dependence Was Placed To Carry Drive Forward Are Falling In Their Duty, According To Those In Charge.

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ttarters tn the Chamber of Commerce "T'thla morning the Fourth sflioan campaign in Vig* county is lacI k* (fing in a manter that three^tenf the aa=! suCoeaa of the whole

Subscriptions to the value of leM an $10,000 had received at the ton hour and the Indications were' at unless some large subscriptions e thrown in late this afternoon or this the day will pass witn rejpta than yesterday, when e business of the day did not total 00.000. *=So cauat_ are operating to imperil success of the drive. One is the

Aire of a large part of the Liberty *V organization to realize that hard Hal effort is necessary to put the 'Three fquota over and the other is the smokeless of the greater part of the large reception a-{berg to come forward with their "Xone of tptiqps. By far the greater part that camouf receipts to date are in small ment is as "-bonds of a face value of less "Women $1,000. Reported and unreported, "because t'igned. It is probable that these motl i efr. fc^ri^tlooB amount to well ever anywKi!,Uo0,0A0. On the other hand less "1 (than $1,000,000 In large subscriptions "CJb*e been receive^ Ttathe. Fail To Make Reports. ^•-i^w^-'sOniB of the dlaappointing featurwr erf drive has been the failure of the

Qufaotnrers' committee to report :er subscriptions. Chairman Topof this committee, has sent letto the heads of large manufacing plants urging them to complete canvasses of their institutions and ort at the earliest possible date to Xldquarters. each plant committees are at irk and they are attempting to seje the complete total before the xrehases are sent in. At the Columa Knameltng and Stamping company }s reported that employes have ala^y bought over $60,000 worth of uids and that an attempt is being xde to raise this sum to more than .000. In every plant carrrasses are ler way but the plant committees e, with the exception of a few toiled to report their progress, large sales committee so far has no report, and several other

Ittees have made only partial ts. Under the circumstances it is arfble for the «*ecrttive organizao make any estimate of the poEl7 which the county finds ltseML e of the shops have done exwork and are in a fltlr way to their Quotas. Others, however, •een unable to g*t tn hulf of the ts they *we asked to subscribe.

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J.GARIAN PREHB i HFM ARMISTICE

PARIS, Oct 1.—Premier ,v Malinoff reared before the Bulgai p:irlh\4 on Monday and read 5 e speech i the throne, which was postponed gj&e first sitting test Friday, ac.*g to a dispatch Sxom Sofia, by

A Basel. ICallnofC, according to German said that the Bulgarian king JT»*w»ffl««it Intended only to ful'air duty toward the faherland

Kter an honorable peaoe that will fthy of the sacrifices which had •nade. The reason for this step,

Si Ifaltaoff stated, was the general "on which confronted the coun-

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JTFIELD. Tnd„ Oct 2.—William 46. and his nephew, Brnest of Shtrley, Ind., were struck »d by the "Muncie Meteor." a car operated under limited the Honey Bee line of the V^ltction Co. of Indiana, be--:-ncle and Indianapolis, toiccident occurred near Wilhe men were worJcTng on and did not hear the ap"Ar, It is thought, because rain was passing a tbem.

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FORECAST.

TERRE HAUTE—Fair and cooler tonJifht and tomorrow. INDIANA—Fair tonipht and tomorrow cooler tonight in north and central portions cooler tomorrow.

ILLINOIS—Partly cloudy tonight ahil tomorrow cooler tn east and south portions tonight.

OTHER LOCAL REPORTS. Temperature by Buntin'a thermometer, 7 a. m., 60 2 p*. m.t 76.'

River staee, 0.6 feet.

LIQUOR TRIALS BLOWUP CAPT. BARRYCURIOUS

Wants To Know of Judge Sh&fer Why Conviction

ACQUITTAL IK TB3$ ZINX CASE BRINGS WARM jftUCE CLASH

Barry Openly Charges Police Officers, Who Are Trying To Do Their Duty Are Not Getting --i- Support.

That certain police officers are "double crossing** the department in regard to court prosecutions of liquor law violators, seems to be the suspicion of Sergeant Tom Barry, one of the oldest members of the local force. Following the trial of Albert Zlnk, soft drink parlor keeper at 16 North Eighth street, in City Court Tuesday afternoon, and after Zink had been acquited. Sergeant Barry went to the chiefs office and ill the presence of several detectives "and spectators, claimed that he was tired of working up cases against certain law violators, securing the evidence and making the arrests to have the case "fall flat" when it came to trial because certain police officers refused to take the stand and tell the facts in the case.

When the Zink case was called in City Court, a plea of not guilty was pntered by the defendent, and Barry took the witness stand. He said thfct he and Patrolmen Pruitt and Harry Smith had raided the place several nights a«o. He said that when he went into the place Ziztk had thrown the contents of a white glass into a catch basin, but that two bottles of ginger ale and Whiskey mixed had been seized. The liquor was submitted at this point by the state as evidence and identified by Barry to be at least part whiskey.

Pruitt taking the stand said tiiat lie could not .tell whether there was whiskey tn ti e bottles or not and that he did not know whether Zink had thrown liquor into the catch basin or not. Smith when called to the stand said he thought the liquor in the two bottles was whiskey. Judge Paul R. Shafer found Zink not guilty, after having smelled of the contents of the two bottles.

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Following the acquittal Barry went straight to Chief Jack Beattie's office and in the presence of several persons said that Pruitt had made no attempt to secure a conviction. To use Barry's own words he said, "Pruitt before coming on the force was a bar tender

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THE HAUTE BOY DIES FROM WOUNDS

Ototw King, son of Mrs. Sauey Washburn, living south of Terre Haute, on th# Sullivan interurban, is reported as having died from wounds received in action in France. The family formerly lived at 1412 South Eleventh street. Mrs. Wash barn #was advised last week by the government of her pon's death from wounds received July 30.

He left Terre Haute with Company. l."2d Indiana infantry, but was transferred to an artillery company and had been in France since Oct. 8 last. Beside* the mother he is survived by a brother, N\ R. King, who ha« been in the navy service for the past 18 years, and a sister, Mrs. W. Q. i'ferffer, who lire? with the mother,

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TBMFERATtBE RECORD, Oct. 2. 6 a.

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lOCAl COVOTTTOJTS AT A. M. OCT. 3. 1018. Station pressure, 2 9.53 temperature, 59 highest temperature yesterday, 62 lowest temperature last night. 5 precipitation, trace direction of wind, southwest velocity of wind, 5 miles per hour state of weather, cloudy relative humidity 82 per cent.

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CIRCUIT COURT TAKES ON THE M'CROCKLiNS

Eighteen Cases of Liquor Law Violations By One Family Are Appealed—None Ever Tried.

WHY CIRCUIT COURT HERE IS CALLED "LEGAL GRAVEYARD"

Public Is Watchtng The Proems of Appeals From City Court To Circuit Court With Considerable

Interest.

For some time citizens have watched the process of prosecutions in the City Court and the subsequent appeals feo tho Vigo County Circuit Court where cases have piled up with an alacrity and enormity which leads to a suspicion that they will never be tried and that the appellants know they will never be tried when they take an appeal. iYr some time the public has watched for Judge Charles M. Pulliam to taka a hand in the situation aod call a halt on a condition which is reflecting gravely on his court.

Too frequent speculation is heard as to Judge Pulliam'3 opinion of this use of his court, hut to date the judge has not felt inclined to take the taxpayers into his confidence.

The lh"st wholesale appeals were those of the slot machine cases when 92 cases were without any ado appealed to the Circuit Court. The system has been forced to the limit and the conclusion on the part of the public is that it is being taken advantage of, not as a means of securing justice, but actually as a means of thwarting i«§ticer

A '*rarw" ^tample fame to' nnt!ce Tuesday afternoon. Ollie McCrocklin, connected with a notorious soft drink place on North Third street, was arraigned for beating up John Pitts. He was fined $25 and costs and appealed to the Circuit Court, evidently in hope of continued good luck which has enabled him Jo escape justice to a degree which has amazed the people of Terre Haute. Here is the record that is making some, court procedure with a good many cftisens a joke:

What Records Show.

A survey of the police docket dating back to January first of this year shows that eighteen arrests among members of the McCrocklin family have been made. The record reads as follows

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YOUNG SOLDIER FlkST VICTIM OF INFUENZA

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ST. QUENTIN FALL BREAKS FOE SYSTEM

Captured City Was pornerstone of Entire Defense Built Around Once Boasted Hindenbuig Line.

VICTORY SMILES UPON ALLIED ARMS ELSEWHERE

Crown Prince Cannot Hope To Longer Hold Positions On The Aiiette And The Arene—Retreat

May Turn To Disaster.

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PARIS, Oct. 2.—The French, troops now have passed beyond St. Quentin northeast, east and southeast of the town, according to the Havas agency, they hold a line running along the Somme from Tronquoy to Rouvroy, and then along the St. Quentin-La-Fere road to the river Oise at Vendeuil.

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PARIS, Oct. 2.—(Havas)—43ambrai has been mined, but the British forces have fought around the town and thus have foiled the plans of the enemy. The Germans decided on September 1 to bum Cambrai and forced the civilian population to leave.

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L^ijyIK)N^ -Oct. 2.—Wide gaps have been torn in the German line between St. Quentin and LeCatelet by Field Marshal Haig's forces. The British commander reported today the breaking of the German line on the Fonsommes-Beaurevoir front

Sequehart, 4V2 miles southeast of Bellicourt, has been captured, as has the hamlet of Prehelles, just to the north.

$A&S, $ct. 2.—St. Quentin is taken and the cornerstone of the Hindenburg system has fallen.

Thanks to the prodigous and unrelenting efforts of the armies of Gen. Debeny and Gen. Rawlinson, under the general direction of Gen. Fayolle, who commands the groups of armies in that sector, it is a most resounding triumph. But it is not the only place where victory smiles upon the allied arms.

Belgian forces, stroftgty opposed, are making headway toward Roulers and Menin. The Germans are preparing to evacuate the ullle^ region. British

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ALLIES DRIVINC AHEAD AGAINST BOLSHEVIK!

ARCHANGEL, Oct. S.—American, British, Russian and French troops •today occupy villages on both banks of the Dvina river to a point 125 miles north of Kotlas, in the government of

Vologda. They have advanced 75 miles in the last two weeks and they now are about 375 miles southeast of Archangel. The river Is blocked further south by Bolshevik mines and barges which have been sunk in the channel.

Up the Vaga river, however, progress is unobstructed! and Americans are among the forces occupying the important town of Shenkursk.

The aurora borealis Is already flaming in the northern sky. In their advance up the Dvlna the land forces have met with virtually no resistance since September 21, when the Americans were subjected to heavy machine fire for five hours at Seltsko.

ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS THREATEN BULGARIA

PARIS, Oct. 2.—(Havas).—^ntlCerm an &nd pacifist riots are in progress throughout Bulgaria, according to a Zurich dispatch to the JourNT. nal. It is added that rumors ar* cur-

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Total 597,702 Spoils and Left Over 5,490

Net Press .592,212 Net Average Daily Press, Per Day ........23,688

Reports Made at Washington Show State Will Soon Be Among Those Raising Allotment.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—First detailed reports from the 12 federal reserve districts of the progress of the compaign for the Fourth Liberty Loan today reached the treasury department. Messages received prior to today from the district almost universally had told of vain efforts to tabulate subscriptions in the rush of the campaign opening.

While officials today refused to make public the totals subscribed in the various districts, pending receipt of reports from all of them, it was said subscriptions during the opening days were larger and more numerous than at the start of any previous loan campaign.

The ©f towns and cities oversubscribing their quotas continued to grow today. Reports showed that Oregon and Indiana would soon be added to the list of states having raised their allotments. Iowa and South Dakota were the first states "to go over the top" in the campaign. "In a town In South "Dakota," sa!d a telegram from the northrwest, "a farmer of German descent called upon the local committee and asked the amount of the loan allotment. When he was advised that It was $12,000, he said: 'I have a boy in France and I wish to subscribe my town's entire allotment in order to prove to my boy that I am backing him up to the limit.'."

AMSTERDAM, Tuesday, Oct. 1.— At a sitting at the* main committee of he German reichstag on .Monday, Vice-Chancellor Von Prayer read a decree from the emperor announcing the resignation of Imperial Chancellor Von Hertling. He announced that the former chancellor h*d called a meeting: of party leader to discuss the sieaatlSn. An lnd« was then taksa

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Sworn Circulation Statement of THE TRIBUNE for September, 1918

Average Dally..... .25,404 Average Sunday .. .19,177 Average Daily City Circulation, 12,503

DAILY OVER SEPTEMBER, 1917

Gain of 1,716 Daily Over September, 1917 Gain of 1,327 Daily City Circulation

Qver September, 1917

1917—SEPTEMBER DAILY, Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept.' Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept

1 ,23,771 3 .23,159 4. :.... .24,040 5 .23,810 6 23,730 7 23,593 8 24,000 10 23.829 11. --23,759 1 2 23,764 1 3 23,761 1 4 23,743 1 5 24,067 17 23.910 18. 23,917 1 9 24,132 2 0 23,995 2 1 24,130 2 2 .....24.128 24.... ......23,998 25............,..24,120 26 .....24,027 27.... 23,960 2 8 24,159 2 9 ...24,200

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Sept. 3... Sept. 4... 24,720 Sept. 5... 25,332 Sept. «... ... 25,253

Sept. Sept. Sept. 10... .....25,040 Sept. 11... 26,471 Sept. Sept. 13... .25,830 Sept. 14... 25,950 Sept. Sept. 17... ....25,944 Sept. Sept. 19... ....* 25,343 Sept. 20... 25,860 Sept. Sept. 23.... ...... 25,495 Sept. 24 ... ........... 25,800 Sept. 25 ... ...25,810 Sept. 26... 25.863 Sept. 27.... 25,922 Sept. 28... 25,926 Sept. 30... 25,940

Totfi .....642,627 Spoils and Left Over.... 7,534

Net Press 635,093 Net Average Daily Press, Per Day 25,404

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, J. T. Hanrahan, circulation manager of The Terre Haute Tribune, who, having been duly sworn under oath, says the foregoing figures are correct.

J. T. HANRAHAN, Circulation Manager of The Tribune.

Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st day of October, 1918. CYRUS HUNT, Notary Public. My commission expires June 18, 1S21.

INDIANA Will SOON FINISH LOAN QUOTA

IS ONLY TEMPORARY

Leaders Declare Question Will Again Be Pushed Following November Elections.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—The senate late Tu afternoon refused to grant the request of the president that the suffrage resolution be passed as a war measure.

After five days of bitter debate, corridor conferences and cloak room negotiations, the Susan B. Anthony federal amendment resolution enacted by the house last January, received on the final roll call two votes less than the necessary two-thirds majority. Fiftyfour senators were recorded for it and thirty against it, with twelve absent and si* paired.

Before the rote was annouri(4ea'. Senator Jones, of New Me.xieo, chairman of the woman suffrage committee to

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ments. changed his vote from the affirmative to the negative and moved that the senate reconsider. This made the final official record 53 to 31 and left the resolution technically pending on the senate calendar, in position for further consideration, planned after the November elections, when svffrage forces tiope to muster the requisite number of votes.

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WAR IS NOT OVER

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—A warning against "supposing that the war is over now because of the blessed and cheering news that comes across the water" was sounded by Elihn Root here today, in an address before the Wtudents' Army Training Corps at Columbia university. "A long and terrible struggle is still before us," he said. "You, and all that you can learn here, and all that you can make of yourselves—all the power that you can acquire here, will be

lite adjournment n«C before the strutcp'!'-- is over. You committee. m" aayt:o give yyjir Urea."

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German Withdrawal From France and Belgium Is Apparently Near At Hand.

WHOLE HINDENBURG LINE ll SHATTERED BY ALLIES

Field Marshal Haig Draws Net Closer About Cambrai—Enemy Resistance at St. Quentin Overcome

BULLETIN,

PARIS, Tuesday, Oct. 1.—(Havas) —The towns of Menin and Roulers, railway junctions in Flanders, haw been set on fire by the Germans in face of the advancing Belgians, Bru' ish and French tioops. French guns now control the railway line ruining from Ostend through Thourout and Roulers to Courtrai. British monitors are co-operating actively in bombard* ing the German line on and near the coast. -t

By The Associated Press. Germany's defenses between Cmbrai and St. Quentin are crumblirg under the determined blows of Mar* shal Foch, and the time of the expected German withdrawal from France and Belgium apparently is drawing appreciably neareiV

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LONDON, Oct. 2.—Damascus, tie" capital of Syria, was occupied by Gen. Allenby's forces on Tuesday morning, according to an official! statement issued today by the British war office. y*

Damascus is the Turkish fcase in Syria and Palestine and its fall probably means the end of all Turk-" ish resistance to Gen. Allenby in Palestine and Syria. The ancient city is the junction point of railroads leading to the port of Beirut andAleppo 18 miles northeast.

Hindenburg defense system from tii«" Scarps to the Oise. a distance of fifty miles, is being overrun. In the north the valuable network of railroads in Flanders rapidly is becoming useless and in the south the French are pressing vigorously their advance west and north of Rheims.

Northwest of St. Qoentin the BritisH have advanced more than five niilet eastward from the front line of the Hindenburg positions. A salient, most dangerous to the enemy, has beeit driven in between St. Quentin and 3* Catelet and the British are advancing through a big gap in the energy line across important roads and railway# toward LaCateau, one of the most portant traffic centers west of the German border.

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Cambrai has not yet been occupied by the British, but Field Marshal Hai*f has taken important height* south ot the town and east of the Scheldt canal, thus drawing closer the net about Cam-

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VIENNA AGITATED BY

AMSTERDAM, ©ct. Saturday* Vienna newspapers which have beeri received here describe the tremendous sensation caused in .the Austrian cap-* ital by the Bulgarian collapse. Rumors spread with lightning-like rapidity that Turkey had followed suit, that King Ferdinand had abdicated, that his palace had been blown up and that & revolution had broken out in Bulv-iria.

These rumors were promptly denied, but the impression remained that Bulgaria's secession had administered s grave blow to the dual monarchy.

There was a panic on the bours» where the losses, according to the Neues Journal, ran up to ISO points in some cases. The pandemonium the Budapest bourse was such that htisine:-'-- had to b« suspended. The closim: of both the Vienna and Budapest boursi-s was contemplated for a tim»\ The move was not carried out. -how-r ever, although at Budapest a bourse committee was found neoessary to fijt minimum quotations.

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