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ON HUN PEACE NOTE

Lawmakers Differ Widely In Their Interpretation and Upon Its Infect In America.

WASH1NGTON\ Oct. I?.—Senators in Washington tonight differed widely in their interpretation of the German not* and its effect upon the American people and their allies.

Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, chairman ©T the foreign relations committee "It is & much more Important step than any that has been heretofore undertaken,'but of course it cannot be accepted 'without qualifications and stipulations as o conditions under which the proposals can be worked out with adequate guarantees."

Senator Williams, Mississippi: "I think Prince. Max is temporizing. He ll trying to camouflage the main points."

Senator McCumber, North Dakota: "It is not my belief that any such tiling as the simple evacuation of ocsupjed territory wili suffice to meet the demand?, either of the American people or our allies in this war. It is exactly the answer that I expected tiie German government would make."

Senator Poindexter, Washington: "I think if President Wilson, on the strength of this German offer, undertakes to bring about an armistice, he will be committing a crime against civilization. Such action by the president would be a betrayal of the cause of the Americas people aad of our allies."

Senator Lodge, Massachusetts, republican leader In the senate, who criticised the president's note to Berlin, declined to comment upon the reply until he had opportunity to study it carefully.

11EE ARRESTED UPON BOOTLEGGING CHARGE

T#& tiBliquor law violators were gathered in by the police Saturday afternoon and night, one on a warrant from City Court after one of the alleged customers had told his 6tory of purchasing a pint of whiskey iur 13, and the other on a search warrant.

Sam Farmer, Wabash avenue soft drink place keeper, wak the first to be taken, and was arrested after a vielting citizen had appeared in City Court Saturday morning and told of the liquor sales at the Farmer place, armer was released upon bond and ordered to appear in City Court Monday morning. He wag recently convicted of violating the liquor law and the case appealed to the Circuit Court.

Vern McNabney, 31 years old, end Fdward Drussel. 40 years old, were arrested at 503 Wabash avenue, shortly after dark Saturday night, on charges of being walking saloons. When taken to police headquarters and searched by Sergeant Thomas Barry, & quart of I real liquor and three glasses for serving the same, were found upon them. Both men were sent to jail charged with violating the state liquor law.

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MRS. AVILJIELMINA SEIKOM. Word has been received here of the death .of Airs.- Wilhelmina Neukom, 84 years old, at the home of licr daughter, Mrs. Lewis Hoffman, at llott, S. L. She is also survived by one son. William Neukom, of Terre Haute, and another daughter, Mrs. James Soules of Dickcnson, N. D. She also leaves a brother, Henry Miller, of this city. The body wilt arrive in Terre Haute Monday and will be taken to the home of William Neukom on North Eighth street, from where the funeral will be held.

EI.LKN MAT IIAKSLEU.

Mrs. Kllen May Baesler, i years eld, died Saturday at the residence, 1529 Spruce street. She is survived by the husband, Herman Baesler one son, Charles Baesler the-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles .Vleiidows, near Riley one sister and three brothers. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon Irom the residence wAUt burial in Oak Hill cemetery.

MRS. CECIL ROBERTS.

Mrs. Cecil Roberts, colored, age 27, wife of llarrv Roberts, died at her home in Lost Creek township at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. .°he ie survived by a husband, Ave children and her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell. The funeral will be held from the residence at- P. m. Monday.

3TRS. SARAH C.'AUEX. The funeral of Mrs. Sarah (J. Allen, who di»?d at her home, 61S Chestnut street, Saturday morning, will be held from the home of D, W. Jones, 16-2 North Sixth and One-half street, Monday, at I p. m.

BEI* J. CARLEIS.

By Special Correspondents VINCENNES. I lid., Oct. 18.—Ben J. Carlein, 35 years old, president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and a member of the local typographical union, who succumbed to pneumonia Wednesday night, was buried in Mt. Calvary cemetery this morning after funeral services at St. John's Catholic church. The funeral was private, conforming to rule prohibiting public gatherings.

VICTIM OF CUTTING AEERAY IN HOSPITAL

A street fight was staged about 7 o'clock Saturday night at. Sccond and Cherry streets, and as a result Charles Streator, 30 years old, \vas"so badly cut with a pocket knife in the hands of Charles Burk, 49 years old, that after l.is wounds had been dressed at police headquarters it was necessary to remove him to St. Anthony's hospital in the Hunter ambulance.

Burk, who was also Injured In the fight, was sent to jail charged with cutting with inten, to kill. The police were unable to glean information that would tell them what caused the fight

POLICEWOMEN ARE BUSY.

Morals of Public Guarded In Efficient Manner. Terre Haute's two policewomen, Catherine O'Donnell and Louisa Zimmerman, were much in evidence along "Wabash avenue Saturday night, and several street flirtatious were broken up aa soon aa started when the little gold badges worn by the two women were flashed into the light. The two women, working on both sides of the crowded thoroughfare, were kept busy until almost midnight guarding the morals of the younger men and women inclined to use the city streets as places of clandestine meetings.

Several girls were stopped,' and when unable to explain their reasons for walking up and down the street flirting with Camp Rose, soldiers who happened to be in the city, and with other men, were ordered to hie themselves homeward, or prepare for a ride in the patrol wagon. Several young men inclined to become fresh with passing girls and women were also handed a dose of the same medicine by the two women, and a few of the smarter of them were handed a severe jolt when given their choice of leaving the streets or going to jail.

One man at Sixth and One-half and "Wabash, who took advantage of passing woemn and made them the targets for his flirtations, was embarrassed •when the two policewomen flashed their badges and told him to move.and move rapidly, -A look of shame appeared upon his face as he slunk away and was lost in the crowd. The two women announced that the Saturday night guarding of the business district was a thing that was to be continued, and that if some of the more persistent person?, both mnde and female, did not cease their flirtations, arrests would be forthcoming. Several persons are said to have been spotted, and will be watched in the future.

Strange Han Wondering Aroand Center Street

Horace Tune has "put one over" on Will Cheney. It was so good that Cheney admits that he was just a little scared and that certain parts of his anatomy behaved like the palsy.

The joke was perpetrated a few evenings ago when Tune donned a helmet, beit and sword, which were taken from a German' officer and are now on exhibition in the Tune Brothers' clothing store window. Tune waited until dark and then went across the street to the Cheney home 011 South Center street. Cheney answered the knock at the floor. The surprise of being suddenly confronted by a big strapping German officer, caused him to turn a deathly pale. "Does Mr. Cheney live here?" said Mr. Tune. "Ya-Ya-Yes, I-I-I-am Mr. cneney, wa-wa-what ca-ca-can-I do for you?" said Cheney. And right there Tune "spilled the beans" by bursting out laughing, much to the comfort of Cheney, who recognized the alleged German feld meister. "Yon certainly got my goat," said Cheney, "f thought a l^ig German flying machine had landed and the Germans had captured the city, but believe me. there was a queer feeling went straight up my neck."

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GBEATESTSINGLE BLOW RECEMG1MANS

Enemy's Most Powerful Natural Defense on West Front Is Wholly Shattered.

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Practically all of the St. Gobain night, as all of the" federal reserve massif, including the village of that banks were closed on the holiday. New name, has been cleared of the enemy. York's subscriptions at noon aggregatTho French and Italians have taken ed more than $50,000\000, and Chicago's Craonne and Neufchatel and are with- $27,000,000. These additional subscripin four miles of Laon, the last remain?- j.tions brought the New York district's ing German defensive center of impor- total to $562,275,150, and Chicago's to tance between St. Gobain and Hirson, $404,454,000.

twenty-two miles to the northeastward. In the Champagne the French a»d Americans have progressed more than six miles north of the Retourne river and are still advancing. The FrancoAmerican troops apparently have occupied practically all of the Aisne bend. Rethel and Attigny are within their grasp, and they are within twenty miles of Meizerres,

North of Cambral fhe British and Americans have advanced to within nine miles of Valenciennes. They are encountering stiff resistance between Solesmes and Le Cateau. The French also appear to be meeting with strong opposition off St. Quentin, between Guise and Ribemont.

The British are within less than a mile of Douai, which they have practically surrounded.

AMMUNITION TRAIN SAVED BY OPERATOR

UNION-TOWN-, Pa.. Oct. 12.—Barricading herself in the tower at the Pennsylvania railroad crossing at Gist, near here, this afternoon, Miss E. M. Venzl, a signal operator, pluckily held her post and fought a revolver duel with three' men who attempted to wreck art ammunition train by placing ties across the tracks,. With bullets crashing through the sides of the tower house she returned siiot for shot until the arrival of the freight train fright-

ened away the intruders. Hurley of the United States shipping Miss Venzl had noticed tft# men board will sell at auction before a notampering with a switch, ao,d ordered table gathering of diplomats and'offlthem away. They pointed" revolvers dais at Newark, N. J.. Monday afteirat her, and retiring to the tower h6u*e noon. The ships, built by the Emer:he procured a pistol and opened fire, genoy Fleet corporation, must bring The crew of the freight train, which was signaH^d to stop, found a pile of logs dragged up°n the track and switches and telephone line tampered with.

DIES FROM MIES

By Special Correspondent. SULLIVAN, Ind., Oct. 12.—Eli Bean, a miner of Shelburri, died today in the county hospital here, of injuries received when he fell twenty-five feet from a rock dump. He was putting a car on the dump when the arm piece broke and he fell under the bannisters, breaking his back in two places. His nose was broken and his head badly crushed. A wife and four children survive him.

WASHINGTON, Oot. 12.—Casualties lists issued today contain 325 names divided as follows: Killed in action, 15 missing in action, 63 wounded severely, 206 died from wounds, 20 died from accidents, 7 died of disease* 13 died fro-Ti airplane accident, 1.

The list contained names of Indiana and llimeie men as follows: INDIANA, CORPORAL RICHARD F. TURNER,

South Bend, wounded severely. CORPORAL HERMAN SHANEL, Logansport, wounded severely. PRIVATE CHARLES E. FARMER,

Anderson, wounded severely. PRIVATE PETER J. PIASECKI, South Bend, wounded severely. PRIVATE MANSQN WILLIS, Clinton, missing in action. PRIVATE ORVAL -GRSEN, Milroy, missina in action.

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LIEUTENANT MARK E. HELLER, Wi'mette, killed in action. CORPORAL ROBERT A. HUCKINS,

Dunlap, killed in action. PRIVATE PETER L. STRONG, Hanover, died of disease. CORP, WALTER BUMBLACKYS,

Chicago, wounded severely. CORPORAL CLIFFORD FERRELL, West Frankfort, wounded severely. PRIVATE BENJAMIN E. BUTTS,

Kinmundy, wounded severely. PRIVATE WALTER F. DARMOFAL, Chicago,- wounded severely. PRIVATE CHARLES A. ALLISON,

Lincoln, wounded severely. PRIVATE JOHN W. EDWARDS, Porrisville, wounded severely. PRIVATE HARRY H. MEYER, Edwardsville, wounded severely,. PRIVATE GEORGE A. REED, Warren, wounded severely. PRIVATE ROY RUSHING, Lawrenceville, wounded severely. PRIVATE WILLIAM M. SCHUBERT,

Crystal Lake, wounded severely. PRIVATE GEORGE J. STRATE, Okawviile, wounded severely. CORPORAL FRANK DOUGLAS, Ply^ mouth, missing in action. PRIVATE ALVIN J. BERGGREN,

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LIBERTY DAY PUSHES LIBERTY LOAN UPWARD

Totals Now Have Passed Three Billion Mark, and Officials Have Renewed Hope.

T,tWDON\ Oct. 12.—The greatest WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—The nasi ingle blow the Germans have yet re- tton's celebration of Liberty day ap ceived on the west front was delivered pears to have pushed the Fourth Libby the allies today. t-erty Loan ov$r the $3,000,000,000 mark.

The St. Gobain massif, most power- Everywhere reports received here toful natural defense on the west front ^night indicated, loap workers were and the keystone of the enemy's re- -under an avalanche of subscriptions, f-istance, Is rapidly, passing into the £^n accurate count of which probably bands of the French. 1 twill not be complete before Monday.

The apex of the huge wsst front The day's effort has resulted in insalient is thus crushed in, and the stilling renewed courage into the workGermans are staggering backward on ers, and gave treasury officials new a front of nearly seventy-five miles, hope. extending from the St. Gobain forest Only two districts. New York and eastward into the Argonne regioii. Chicago, reported official figures *to-

Led by President Wilson and Secretarp McAdoo, the gospel of loaning money to the government was propounded by hundreds of speakers tonight. The president \spoke in New York, and McAdoo in Chicago.

Railroad Men Heavy Buyers. The rivalry among railroad employes is growing rapidly. Employes in the I northwestern region have subscribed an average of $103 per person, 79 per cent of them having bought bonds. The central-western region reported tonight that 72 per cent of the persons on its payroll have subscribed. Regional directors of the other railroad divisions advised the railroad administration that their loan committees are going at full speed.

The various government departments started out tonight to make next week show greatest results among their employes. Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Houston sent special messages to the respective employes throughout the nation. Representatives of the department of labor have been instructed to spread Liberty Loan literature wherever their duties take them.

Navy Selects Slogan.

War loan officials have selected "fight or bay bonds—the navy does both," as the official slogan for the navy. Several thousand were submitted by enlisted men in the navy, and the war loan officials were asked to decide the winner. The official slogan was submitted by G. L. Cobler, an apprentice seaman at the San Diego, Cal., baval carop.

Liberty Bonds wlTt be taken !n payTor 22 ships, which Chairman

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$1,000,000 or moro each. Diplomatic representatives of every allied belligerent government have been Invited to attend the celebration and witness the launching.

The police at midnight raided a pool room conducted by Harvey Brown, at 1625 North Third street, and arrested the proprietor on a charge of running a gambling house. Four patrons, Arthur Abbott, 20, John Murray, 18, Thomas Hanley, 37, and Otto Hoffman, IS, were also taken in the raid.

The officers found 30 cents in real money and a pack of cards upon a table and the property was duly confiscated. The four men in the place were allowed to go but will be called Monday as witnesses against Brown.

»Thievee Saturday afternoon stole an automobile belonging to John Adams, 602 North Eighth street. According to the report made to the police by the owner of the machine, it was taken from his garage, on the rear of his lot, in daylight after an entrance to the building had been gained by forcing a large door. The automobile, as described by the owner, was an Overland five-passenger machine.

WOULD BE SEPARATE.

Emperor Karl Informed That Hungary Must Quit Austria. ZURICH, Oct. 12.—Leading statesmen of Hungary, backed by delegations of citizens, have informed Emperor Karl that detachment of Hungary from Austria is the principal war aim of the Hungarian people, according to advices received here today. Counts Tisaa, Andrassy and Apportyi are reported to have declared that such separation is inevitable and urgent.

BROTHERS UNITED BY LOAN PARADE

YOI~NGSTOWN, Q., Oct. 12.—A detachment of Italian War veterans marched in the huge Labortv Loan parade here. During the parade one of the "Bersaglieri" hailed another, calling him by his name, Guiseppi.

As a result two brothers, Guiseppi and Gugglielmo Benacci, met for the first time in eighteen years, neither having known the other's whereabouts.

Guiseppi bears three wounds and a decoration for valor. Gugglielmo is a brick mason here. A friend heard the name used and called Gugglielmo by telephone.

Hoping he might find some relative Gugglielmo hurried to the hotel where the Italians were stopping end found bis brother. .-

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about to be extinguished by the'kaiser, sprang to arms determined to make the world safe everywhere for democracy. All honor goes to the genius of Columbus and to tho great nation which produced him.

Must Provide For Army.

We must do the necessary things at home just as our soldiers must do the necessary things on the battlefield. They cannot fight, they cannot win, unless the great home army provides the funds for victor}'. We must be performers as well as patriots. The $8,000.000,000 the government now requires must be subscribed by the people. "The fact that emly on* week remains to subscribe for the Fourth Liberty Loan and that we are still short. $3,500,000,000 makes it necessary for us to consider some of the specific things that must be done to win success. Many families, for instance, think they have done their full duty when, the head of the family subscribes for bonds, but the head of the family has not done his full duty unless he

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should buy them immediately if the children are able to buy bonds and have not done so they should buy immediately. "In even.' family the question shpuld be immediately reviewed and additional subscriptions made as far as it is possible to do so.

Word to Farmers.

"A word particularly to farmers: They did splendid work in the Third Liberty Loan, but they nlust do more for the Fourth Liberty Loan. Farmers have not yet sold their crops, and may not have the ready money to pay for the bonds immediately. But they are selling their crops right along and will soon have the money to invest in Liberty Bonds. Each and every farmer in the United States should subscribe for Liberty Ponds now and pay for them when he has sold his crops. The banks ought to carry the farmers and every other class of people on their subscriptions until they can pay them. The banks owe it to the country to still further demonstrate their patriotism by lending money to all subscribers to Liberty Bonds at the same rate of interest the bonds bear, namely, 41-4 per cent"

WADE ISSUES CALL.

State Chairman flTafces Plea for Support From Indiana. Liberty Loan sales chairman in Indiana counties included in the Seventh federal reserve district, yesterday received the following telegram from Will H. Wade, state director:

A six billion dollar Liberty Loan cannot be sold unless individuals, firms and corporations use bank

We invite charge accounts. We have already over 7,000 people in Terre Haute who aro- enjoying this convenience. They prefer our methods to those of the cash stores where they must pay within thirty days. We have cash store prices which are greatly lower than the regular installment stores. Come and get acquainted with our liberal methods*

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credit to pay their subscription. "We cannot possibly pay this vast sum in cash. All classes of people should and must lend their credit to the government at this time ty anticipating future income and paying when those funds are available. The man without capital has bought Liberty Loan bonds 'generously on the payment plans. Other classes have bought with available cash but unless the farmer, the manufacturer and the wealthy make additional purchases promptly by borrowing money of the banks or buying promptly on some of the payment plans the Loan will fail. The situation is critical and your solicitors should pointedly impress upon all the necessity of buying with more than their cash. They should buy more by borrowing at the bank or buying on some payment plan. Tho farmer especially will have large sums of money available in the nest, few months from the sale of his farm products. The government should have the use of this money immediately ant' the only way that it can be made available is for the farmer to anticipate these funds by purchasing on the installment plan or borrowing at his bank.

MID LACKS RESITS

Armed with a search warrant sworn out after a report had been received at the police station that eighteen vases of whiskey had been delivered to the Health office soft drink parlor at Fifth and Wabash, six patrolmen went to the place Saturday afternoon, and searched for an hour and a half without bringing a single drop of real liquor to the surface.

Soft drinks of all kinds were found in an abundance, but working on the alleged sure thing tip, the oillcers were firmly convinced that wet goods of a more intoxicating kind were concealed somewhere about the prerni&es. Following the long search it was decided that the tip had been either premature cr phony, and the officers dex'arted empty handed.

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Output In Past Six Heaviest In History. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—More coal was mined from April 1 to Sept. 28 than ever before In any half year period in the history of the American coal industry.

This production record, fhe fuel administration announced today, was established in the face of many handicaps, chief of which was the shortage of help. From 50,000 to 60,000 miners were inducted into military service, while probably as many others left the mines to work in war Industry plants.

Despite this loss, however, bituminous tonnage was 311,216,000, or 12 per cent more than was turned out in the corresponding period last year, regarded then as a top mark. Anthracite production was 61,651,000 toni, an increase of 2.1 per cent.

There would have been a stl'l greater output, the administration said, except for the epidemic of Spanish inflenza in snany of the mining districts In the east last month.

PEACE: A CHILD'S PARABLE

Once upon a time a burglar entered a. house. He stole some money. The woman of the house heard a noise and got up to see what had caused it. The burglar shot her and escaped. The shot awakened the husband, and he pursued the burglar down the street. During his flight, the burglar emptied every chamber of his revolver shooting at tho man, but missed him. Finally, the burglar was overtaken and the men fought. They fought a long time, blow for blow. The burglar was getting the worst of it. He said to the man, *LooK here, be sensible. What's the use of this fighting going on any longer? let ua have peace. You go your way and I'll go mine."

The man replied, "You stole into my house, You shot my wife. You've got my money in your pocket." The burglar said, "Your wife should have kept eut of Bay way. I won't give back the money. It's mine. It's in my possession. You can't take it from me. Therefore, what's the use of us beating each other up? Be sensible. Let us have peace between us."

The man swung a terrific blow over the burglar's heart, and the burglar fell dead. Moral: If Germany can quit now and keep a tenth of what she has stolen, she has won the wax. In dealing with mo idiots, the fist is mightier than philosophy. MAX EHRMANN.

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reply would be received "iavor^biy" bjr President Wilson. That the president will respond quick)y, probably early ne*t forecast tonight.

It was stated at the aftl^d rmbassfes here tonight that in exchanges of the last few days, President Wilson ha* been fully advised as to the French and British attitude toward the peace campaign and that when he replies, he will do so now in lull accord with them.

No Maudlin Sympathy,

Significant counsel was offered in these quarters also against »any "maudlin syrtipatliy" for Germany, growing out of the clever manner in which the Teuton statesmen may nave indicated both in their present lefly rid in inspired reports eman 1 from Germany, that a spirit, of repentance has come over the Hohenzollerns.

Summed up, the opinion tonight was that the president would stand by his original statement that there can be no discussion until Germany withdraws, unequivocally, from occupied territory—and that he is not disposed to discuss the fioint further.

WOULD CREATE DISSENSION.

Germany Adroitly Seeks to Involvg II. 8. and Allied Nations. WASHINGTON, Oct. 32.—Admit reference to allied acceptance of th« president's fourteen peace princples is seen hero as confirmation of Germany's original idea that she could create dissension among the allies at a time when the president was appealing to the chancellories of England and France for a frank statement of war alms.

And fn answering1 the thirtf fnerrtry of the president—whether the spokesmen of Germany represented mere*y the constituted authorities now conducting her war—the kaiser has re» plied as expected: "The reichstag hag approved, and hence we speak not only for ourselves, but the people.**

Not Gone Full Distance.

Upon cursory study of the German reply, such state department official# as were in Washington tonight admitted there might be some surprise that Germany had gone so far in meeting the president's demands.

But, they pointed out, Germany has merely advanced her position aod hA* not gone the full distance.

She has countered on the question of evacuation with a "suggestion" for mixed commission to arrange atjtaila. This obviously, it is pointed out, is rie. signed to prolong negotiations and get the president into a long range argil* ment, And on the second point, th# reply carries the insinuation that Oer» many accepts the president's fourteen peace principles, assuming that the allies do also.

Fail To Grasp Question.

On'the third point, it has beoi state*! repeatedly that the president asked the question as to whom the spokesmen of Germany represented, not because he didn't know, but rather becuuuo he hoped, by employing this scathing sarcasm he could "get across" to the C"-« man people his demand that their spokesmen be responsible to them.

W. C. T. V. HAY EKING SUIT.

Evansvilie Branch Wishes to Have Beer Signs Removed. EVANSVILLE, lad., Oct. 12.—In reply to a request of the local Women's Christian Temperance Union that, all beer and whiskey signs in the city be removed from buildings, wagons ar.d billboards at once, Henry J. KarKe% president of the board of safety, ha# informed the women that the board is powerless to act in the matter. Hi has advised them to bring a test suit in the local courts and this probably ill be done.

An opinion of Joiin K. Brill, ^.-ity attorney, says that the statewide prohibl* tion law says nothing about advertise-. ments that were put up before lb4 present lew- Into effect-