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VIGO COUNTY QUOTA if OF SOLDIERS SHORT

5:'' Exemptions Here for Mine Workers ti tod Bailroad Hen Euu Heavy {. Ihiring Week.

By Wlqua O'Brfsn.

I Wh«n gongs were being sounded one afternoon last week in joyous prematup# celebration of a consummation I devoutly wished for but not immedif. ately attainable, for reasons that will appeal only to those -with brains, many J, men and women too were busy in varif, ous parts of the city sending out, checking up and passing upon returned questionnaires, with a view of deaiding upon the credentials of the new I candidates for service in Uncle Sam's army and navy insofar as Vigo oounty

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concerned. Vigo county will fall short of the quota, as regards soldiers, the dope charts as mapped out in Washington call for. Is now certain. I That out of the 13,000 and more reg-

Is tracts of which 43 per cent sre in ages open to Immediate service calls. 1 Vigo county will send considerably less than 2,000 in the 19 to 36 calls is now oertaii And this Is proportionately far below Provoat Marshal 'i Crowder*s estimate.

There's a reason, however, for this condition which is not at all to the discredit of Vigo county. 'K Fifty Far Cent Soldiers.

In oao Vigo county division alone, t&S county district presided over in a mobilizing way by Chairman Samuel •'l E. Gray, there will be approximately V 9.100 deferred classifications out of 4,- ?.:• 20ft registrants, practically 50 per cent

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of exemptions from military service /s on industrial and agricultural claims. Probably no conscription board in the i county in proportion to the number of its regislianta haa so many coal $,• miners and farmers to whom the question to be or not to be a soldier is be-

Put at the present time. Tba north side board too Is being *1 asked to place 700 registrants out of 2,200 or more available for military aarvico under the call for selects ranging in ages\from 19 to 36, In deferred classes because they are in officially and finally designated essential occunations at the present time. Many of ''.i those who either ask for deferred !jf classification or have it thrust upon •5* them are coal miners or employes of railroads. The south side has fewer 1 by far of these registrants with esaantial employment in proportion than either of the two boards.

All of which leads up to a saggestion whioh was outlined in the Tribune ~k, aavaral weeks ago, and which has since bean taken up by other leading ftewsi paipers throughout the country.

Tha suggestion is one directed at employers—and they should take it to heart and have it In mind as they go 5 about their daily stujits, just as if this i war had only been half won.

The suggestion is to the employer, *Ttd In no city in the country is it "»ora directly applicable than in Terre ,-iaute, to do his duty by his employe.

Dont put up to him the matter of salting for deferred classification: Perform this duty yourself. Give your loyal helper chance to declare himsalf as to whether he wants to flght for his country, and then if you feel you need him in your business and your country needs him in your businaaa as much or more as she needs him as a soldier, sign an affidavit to that effect. "\J* As Sam Gray Says, 'Don't embarrass your employe. "Don't," as Sam Gray very pointedly put it to a coal operator the other day, "ask a red-blooded boy to sign a document that in his heart' makes him feel he's doing something cowardly."

Marse Henry Watterson, still writing Occasionally for the Louisville CourierJournal, who takes the same stand the writer has taken in this matter, says: "The fact that less than 5 per cent of registrants under the first law filed Occupational claims indicates clearly that it need not be expected that industries will be protected through the activity of registrants. That is as it should be. A man who says he is indispensable must be an egotist, and an agotist raroly is indispensable. The modest employe who says sincerely, that he is not indispensable may be ona who can ill be spared. The employs whose patriotism or pride forbids him to ask for deferred classification may ba th« man who should stay at home."

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.General Crowder says: "Tha employer represents the nation. The maintenance of the military estahlish-

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JA5IES W. KA*EY.

James "\V. Kaney, th5 infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kaney, died featurday afternoon at 3 -o'clock at the residence, 450 South Fourteenth street, fie is survived by a father, mother and one sister. Mary Frances. The funeral will be privare and held from the heme bunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and interment will be made at Calvary cemetery.

WASHINGTON I. WEAVEK. By Special Correspondent. VINCENNES?.. Ind.. Oct 19—Trashlngton Independence Weaver, aged 68 years, a prominent farmer of near v\ neatland, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. I, Scott. Friday. The deceased was trustee of Steen township for five years. Thf* deceased way laid to rest at Wheatland this morning at 10 o'clock.

ISABEIXK COrCH.

By Special Corespondent. SULLIVAN. Ind., Oct. 19.—Word has been received here of the death of Isabelle, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Couch of Detroit, Mich., of Spanish influenza. Mrs. Couch is the daughter of the late Dr. Joseph R. Whalen of Carlisle. The remains were taken to LawrenceviUe, 111., for burial.

merit and of national interests during tha emergency requires that some well-advised third person should look alter the national interest which the registrant himself may not have considered sufficiently. How many employers having charge of some industrial or other occupational group have hitherto taken pains to inform themselves systematically which of their employes are registrants and which are not? How many have studied carefully tha required conditions for occupational deferment as laid d6wn in the president's regulations pursuant to the statute? How many have made it a point to survey their entire plant, so as to single out the really indispensable individuals? with the oncoming of a more extensive registration an even larger outlook is necessary. The general industrial conditions, the supply of skilled men in the industry at large, the possibilities of training substitutes, the availability of women workers— these are soma of the considerations which bear directly on the rwed of occupational deferment aa reUUd to tha need of the army."

Three-fourths as many men have volunteered as have been inducted into service under the draft. And that fact shoirld be taken into consideration by employers,... particularly railroad officials and coal operators, for when you come to think it over it is significant General Cruwder points out that draft boards are not omniscient—and Sam Gray says he isn't, no matter what might be said of Finley McNutt or George Oscar Dix—and ought not to be expected to study carefully each questionnaire with an industrial claim attached to it. And another thing employers must bear in mind is that each registrant'® case is individually considered.

The attempt that has been made to file blanket affidavits covering groups of Industrial workers is characterized by board members as the acme of indolence and impudence.

PETEE M. FOLEY BURIAL.

Late Attorney Will Be Laid to Rest Today. The funeral of the late Tcter M. Foley will be held today. The funeral cortege will leave the residence, 624 South Fifth street, at 9:45 o'clock and proceed to Calvary cemetery. A brief stop will bo made at St. Joseph's church, where a short service will be held, which owing to the health quarantine will be attended by the immediate family and the pallbearers, the other friends remaining in the carriages outside of the church. There will be no mass, the service being as brief as possible. The journey io the cemetery- will then be resumed. The pallbearers will be:

Honorary—Judge James Hughes, of Greencastle Judge John Kawley, of Brazil Judge Jchn S. McFadden, of Rockville Anton Hulman. John T. Beasley and Albert J. Kelly.

Active—Judge John S. Co*, Judge Josiah T. Walker, Harry T. Schloss, Prof. O. L. Kelso, Charles I* Crawford, Louis D, Leveque.

Members of the bar association and many attorneys from nearby points will join the cortege to the cemetery.

TRIAL TRIP IS SUCCESS.

Super-Air Machine Carries Seven Passengers and Several Guns. DAYTON, O., Oct. 19— Tha first American built Hand!ey-Page army airplane dropped anchor at the Wilbur Wright field north of the city late this afternoon after a trip of over 200 miles from Cleveland, covering the distance in about three hours. The machine carried seve» passengers, and was driven by two Liberty engines, and carried several guns. It will be used for test purposes here before its return to Elizabeth, N. J.

The airplane landed |i a mist after having passed through a rainstorm at Cleveland, and was partially obscured from view. It was picked out as a super-air machine by the two engines and the 100-foot spread of its wing. The average bombing machine in operation here is about 45 feet from tip to tip of its wings.

DISMISS MINERS' PETITION,

They Will Have to Walt Until the New Interurban Cars Come. On September 7, the miners of this district asked the public utilities commission to require the Vandalla railroad to establish suitacle train service from Terre Ilaute to the Glenn Ayr mines, cast of Terre Haute. At a con ference here on Sept. 27, it was agreed that the traffic should be handled by the traction interurban line. Cars will be run as soon as the traction company gets the equipment. Archie Forbes, the miners' representative, accepted this arrangement and recommended that the miners' petition to the state commission be dismissed without prejudice.

REV. RICHMOND ENK0UTE.

Rev. and Mrs. R. O. Richmond and two small dauErht^rs fr"m Terre Haute were recent puests of Mrs. B. M. Wyirjn in Huntington Park, Ca!.. one of the suburbs of I^s Angeles. The Richmonds aro on their way to Manila, where Rev. Riclmtond has accepted a charge. They will sail soon by way of San Francisco to the Philippines.

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LONDOX Oct. 19.—'This week's attention has been centered on the spectacular rescue of French and Belgian cities from the Germans, while the difficult and dangerous work of the Americans and French on both sides ot' the Argonno sector has received little attention. Yet an advance by the Americans measured in yards between the Argonne and the Metis© is more important in its possibilities of disaster to the Germans than an allied victory measures by miles in Pi card y and Flanders.

The capture of Grand Pre Wednesday, on the eastern flank of the Argonne, is permitting the Americans to move along the eastern side of the northern prolongation of the Argonne massif, called the Bourgonne forest. At the end of the week Franco-American operations west of the Bourgonne, led to the capture bf the town of Vandy. From here an encircling movement has begun toward the north side of the forest The Bourgonne obstacle to the Luxemburg border will undoubtedly soon be wiped out. Therefore, General Pershing's drive can continue under less difficulties of natural defensive positions toward Stenay, where the main highway leading out of France via Luxemburg crosses the Meuse.

To check General Pershing's advance, the finest Prussian veterans are now being thrown against him. Nevertheless, the American pressure continues relentlessly, to close by degrees the Luxemburg door of retreat.

CANADIAN SOLDIER TELLS EXPERIENCES IN PRANCE

Private Beekwith, Here for Lecture When Influenza Ban Is Raised, Was Four Times Wounded.

Privat® R. E. Beekwith, a Canadian war veteran at the age of 19, is in this City for a lecture at the Liberty theatre, when the quarantine is lifted by the state board of health. Beekwith is an American citizen, born in Norwich, N. Y-, anJ at the age of 15 he crossed to St. Catherine, Canada, where he enlisted in the Canadian army and was later transferred to the famous Nineteenth battalion. Beekwith has been wouricTed four times by shrapnel, once gassed by the deadly chlorine which has affected his lungs and heart, and has also received some tear shell which has rendered his eyes useless for further military service. He was in the battles of Ypres. Vimy Ridge, Chourcelette and St. Eloi.

Beekwith has some wonderful tales of his experiences in France. In one instance he stated, when he was commander of the divisional dispatch riders. there was a call for one first'-clasS rider to take a message to some of the trenches of a preceding gas attack and he being the only first-class rider near was detailed to carry the message through. He quickly commissioned two other dispatch riders to follow him so that in cuso he should fall they could pick the message up and carry it on. After riding for a little while they encountered some gaa and he knew that if he could not get by that they could not. So, sending them back, he tried to ixuike the gaa alone. Aa it happened he only had to pass through the end of the cloud which took only a few seconds, but upon reaching the headquarters his horse fell dead and he was none the worse for his experience.

At another time when he was up in Belgium they had orders to go over the top at 6:20 in the morning and the artillery was supposed to cut the wire in front of the trenches. But when the time to go over came, the wire had not been cut and the battalion was forced to cut the wire by hand. It took just twenty minutes to cut the ten feet of entanglements in front of the trenches and when they reached the German lines they callod the roll and found, out of the original 1,100 of the regular attacking party, that only ninety-five remained.

At another time they were ordered to attack the Prussian guards, the pick of the German army. After a bayonet flght which lasted for about five minutes they found what it took to make a German soldier face the bayonet. The German machine gunners were chained and padlocked to their guns and forced to fire upon their retreating comrades.

After another flght with the Germans in Belgium they entered- the enemy dugouts and found a baby mutilated on the ground and fixed in such a way that if lifted would explode a mine. One time in Belgium they found a small baby stuck to a door on a calfskin, with a bayonet through it, and underneath the Germans had written "Two Calves."

At one time out in No Man's land the Germans surprised them and before the Canadians were aware of the situation th^y were surrounded by the Germans, but surprised them with a bombing attack, broke through their ranks and got back safely to their own lines. After muster roll had been called they found their sergeant was missing. They thought he would be taken back to a prison camp, but instead the next morning they found him hoisted above the German trenches with a bayonet through each leg and wrist. These are only a sample of the German barbarity and can be vouched for by this young soldier.

MAY ADJOURN COURTS. Dr. Maurice VanCleave. aecretary of the Vigo county board of health, appeared in the Vigo County Circuit and Superior courts Saturday and requested Judges Charles L. Pulltam and William T. Gleason to retrain from holding any jury trials during the continuance of the Spanish intluenza epidemic in this county. While no definite agreement was made, it is believed that this ruling will be abided by.

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General Chairman James S. Royae, City Chairman Hal Dronberger and E. C. Melssner, chairman of the work in the country districts, were each gratified last night at the success of the loan, and each of them expressed their thanks to the members of the various committees who labored so earnestly throughout the three weeks of the campaign.

Hoosiera' Consciences Clear. Will H. Wade, director of sales for the Liberty Loan In Indiana, In a statement from Indianapolis, gave the entire credit for Indiana's success in the fourth great financial drive to the patriotic Hoosiers, 'who never yet failed to meet every war requirement that the government of tho United States has laid upon them." "Thousands of splendid Hoosier men, women and children practically have ceased their usual pursuits in Indiana for the past twenty days and have worked without thought of reward or rest to the end that the other thousands of Hoosiers, facing death or victory in France, mfsrht not falter in the steady march they are making towards Berlin," he said. "Liberty Loan county organizations have faced the most tremendpus financial task ever imposed on a people with no thought of giving up, and, except in a few isolated instances—where ignorance was the principal fault of those concerned—the three million people of Indiana have taken the winning of this greatest Liberty loan battle to their hearts and homes and bank accounts. Indiana couldn't help but be wholly successful when Its people were so completely united that public opinion automatically took care of the isolated persons, who had not yet heard the story of this war. Liberty Loan organization heads throughout the district feel that not the least of the benefits that has come to the state from the splendid 'do or die" campaign that is just closed, is to be found in the Hoosier amalgamation that has taken place. Never before has Indiana done a thing without the use of a majority and minority. This thing has been don® unanimously, The clean consciences of .Hoosiers,. today,, are their own beet thanks."

ISSUE IS OVERSUBSCRIBED.

Washington Advlcet Show Total "Of More Than Six Billion. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Success for the Fourth Liberty Loan was foreshadowed tonight by treasury official* An oversubscription was predicted, although official advices up to a late hour showed the minimum quota of JG.000,000,000 still uncompleted. Officials based their statements on reports of the greatest aelllng ol the campaign today.

Reports of the day's activities were slow in coming in to loan headquarters here. The clerical staffs of banks and loan committees in every section delayed the work of compiling their figures, which made computation of the final returns exceedingly slow.

In some quarters here tonight there was admittedly a feeling that the campaign may not have resulted in attaining the goal. But the pessimistic expressions were outweighed heavily. The situation, it was said, prohibited the emphatic and unqualified statement that "the loan had gone over the top. Yet hourly new reports indicated more strongly that an over-subscrip-tion was to come with the compilation of complete reports.

Report Next Friday.

It Is extremely unlikely the nation will know the final figures before next Friday. The banks have until Thursday of next week to complete their work and add their subscriptions to the total .pledged through their institutions. The following aay's ngures, therefore, will be the first indication of the exact amount the country has invested.

Literally millions of subscriptions have gone into the looal committees everywhere today, telegrams tonight stated. If they can be taken as a criterion, thousands upon thousands of small subscribers returned today and invested more. Never before, officials declare, have the persons who buy small bonds pledged themselves so far in advance. Their earnings and their savings for the next few months will continue to come into the nation's wajr chest in a steady stream.

Circumstances Against Loan. The greatest loan in history was offered to the public under circumstances of the worst nature. Telegrams tonight were replete with assertions that thousands of persons "had not bought their limit because of peace talk." Many believed strongly the war's end is near, and only straight from the shoulder talk had brought them into line, the telegrams asserted. Through these, officials said, thousands of dollars could be expected to be added to the totals.

The Minneapolis district was officially credited with completion of its quota late this afternoon, at. Louis was the only other district over the top officially. But officials refused to entertain doubts that any of the 12 districts would fail. The district executive commissions, too, were confident that the day's drive would result iu success.

Navy Makes Good Show*

The navy's slogan, "Fight or buy bonds—the navy does both," brought it through with flying colors. Rear Admiral Cowie reported eubscrlptlons aggregating $33,000,000. This sura is more than the navy subscribed in all three previous loans, and $7,000,000 above the quota sat for the navy in this campaign.

W. L. Woodrow. president of the Old Dominion Steamship company, telegraphed Secretary McA.loo tonight that the company would invest in the bonds the entire $900,000 -which the government paid it for the insurance on the company's ship. Tyle*v Which was sunk by a submarine.

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seven miles from .both cities. The Germans are reported to be concentrating a great mass of infantry and artillery before Valenciennes, which is of vital importance aa a communication center.

The Anglo-American advance eastward from LeCateau and Waasigny, and the French attack along the Oiee valley and between that river and the Serre are rapidly squeezing the Germans out of the salient which extends southward into the region of Laon. The French are forcing the enemy back on Vervlers, nine miles southwest of Hirson. The latter village, which is the western bastion of the impassable Ardenes, is also the objective of the British and Americans operating on the French left, Its occupation will split the German armies at this point.

In the northern portion of the Aisne bend tho French fcave driven the enemy across the canal between Chateau Porcien and Attigny, and are on the outskirts of the latter village and Thielt, both of which are important enemy towns.

The least spectacular of all the allied military operations, but probably the most important, is being worked out on a very small front northeast of Vouziers-

Americans Cross Aisne*

Here the French and Americans, after passing Vouzieres, have crossed the Aisne on a front of about three miles and have begun a flanking operation around the northern end of the wooded hills which are a continuation of the Argonne massif. They have already captured Vandy, three nines north of Vouxieres. An advance of five miles will bring them well around the end of the forest, forcing the Germans from the wooded area and permitting the Americans between the forest and the Meuse to swing northeastward toward Tenay and Montmedy.

Buasaney and Dun are the principal defensive centres barring the Americans' way, The finest of the Prussian troops are reported to be opposing Pershing's men between the Argonne and the Meuse. In the face of the most stubborn resistance, the Americans today advanced more than a mile on a front of about 15 miles, forcing the Germans bacli upon the heights southwest of Dunn,

Reoceupy Part of Serbia. In the Balkans, the allies have reoccupied more than two-third of Serbia, four-fifths of Albania, all of Greece and are pushing rapidly westward into Montenegro. Allied troops were last reported within 85 miles of Belgrade. They are within sixty miles of the Hungarian frontier near the Bulgarian border the same distance from Hungarian territory near the Montenegrin boundary, and less than fifty miles from the strip of Hungarian territory that extends southward past Cellinje.

Aided by Montenegrin Irregulars, the French and Serbs ae rapidly cutting off the Austrian army in Albania by their invasion of Monten^p'o. At the same time, the Italians are pushing northward against these AustFians northeast of Durazzo.

North and northwest of Nish, the Serbians, French and Greeks are driving the Austro-Germans back up on Belgrade.

MUST GO TO RHINE.

Impossible fer Hlndenburg to Reform Line While Allies Attack. PARIS, Oct. 19.—There Is every reason to believe that it will be impossible for Von Hindenburg to establish his next line of defense before the armies reach the Meuse and the Rhine. The Germans to reach their new line must evacuate practically every inch of France, four-fifths of Belgium, all of Alsace, part of Lorraine and the cities of Ghent, Antwerp, Maiines and Brussels. if this should done, this vast forced withdrawal would include the territory whioh Prince Max, of Baden, tried to use as a bribe to the ftUita in order to secure an armistice.

The new line follows the Meuse from the Holland border, near Maastrecht. past and including Liege, Namur, Dinant and Mezieres, thence following approximately the present positions past Metz and Strassburg and then along the Rhine to Bastle. This line would be about 340 miles long, shorter than the old one by nearly 150 miles.

The Hun command figures that by evacuating Alsace, it can hold the Rhine line from Strassburg to Switzerland, a distance of seventy-five miles with only a handful of men. The probable active battle front from Strassburg to Holland would therefore be only about 265 miles long, against its length of nearly 600 miles at the moment when Foch launched his offensive. Furthermore, with Strassburg and the Rhine protecting the southern flank, Liege and thfe Meuse—the northern flank—and Namur, Dinajit, Mezieres, Sedan and Metz supporting its center, the new front would be not only short, but terrifically strong.

Keep War From Own Land. Between this line and the German frontier lie portions of Belgium, France. Lorraine and all of Luxemburg, which would serve as the battle field, the Germans hoping to the last to keep the horrors of war outside their own country.

Adding color to the above, news that the enemy is partially evacuating Alsace long ago reached Paris. Throughout

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Belgium the Huns now are demanding that Belgian church and civil authorities aid to maintain order upon their departure. The fall of Ostend, Bruges and Lille already makes Holland the allied flank, and frees the coast.

The titanio withdrawal In Flanders, and the fact that Mots is the pivoting region, explain the stupendous resistance against the Americans in the Champagne, where a vital blow »»ht be struck at the plan. The retreating line must swing .back to Liege, witn disaster dogging every step, as King Albert's command hourly threatens to turn defeat into rout- The British

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ILL WITH INFLUENZA. Richard Aitken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kutrh jMtl"n, of 31* South Twelfth street, is ill with influenza in a hogiiLai Cleveland, O. Word was sent, his parents by the medical officers' naval auxiliary reserve yesterday. Telegrams were sent at once by Mr. and Mrs. .Vttken to determine In which hospital their son was confined in order that they might go to his bedside.

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COAL PILE ON FIBS.

Quantity of Fuel At Leonard Hurt Greenhouse It Destroyed. About sixt'y tons of coal in the fuel room of the Leonard Hurt greenhouse at Twenty-fifth and Oak streets became ignited shortly after noon Saturday and flre company No. 6 was called to the scene. To reach the smoldering coal pile It was necessary to lay more than 1,100 feet of hose and five hours were spent in flooding the coal pile.

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same time aa the firemen's petition was presented, asked for a raise in salary based on a 15 to 60 per cent basis, and the petition also was pigeon* holed when the city budget was signed.

At the present there are tivo inert off duty from the police force, and several others hare signified their In-* tentions of seeking positions payingmore money.

It Is said that -wfSi tfte trext tvnflsri'T. in September, 1913, that the firem-rt and the policemen will be taken care of. They contend that by that timo tho high cost of living may recede, and that they may not need the advaace as badly as at present.

TO ADOPT CHILD.

Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Dowden o| West Terre Haute were given perrriis. sion to legally adopt Lois Edna Pearson Saturday afternoon. The writ ol adoption was granted by Judge Charlea L. Pulliam In the Circuit Court.

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