Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1918 — Page 1
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FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1918.
ISBUnCD SIX DATS A VrSKK
TWENTY.fOUE PA6E8 {TWO CENTSI i? ? 1*5S^S
AfMX of SalfOfit 4ffy^ot Cnithifig itoOM by Fo«h'» Troop*.
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ENClRCyR0 ALBERT
e
MIOH in.ATtAU A»OUT LAS- ^ sfOMV JYswreo wnom roc
HUNS RETIRE IN FLANDERS
OSRMAM RCSSRVfS RUN LOW*
DRAINIO SY SLOWS.
6,000*000 Hims Loot
aormsl. Tli* ItaliSMi Iwto sSMi Aio* latlo* in tlx MutlMcn f«net»«n of tba f*lnTn. AMIENS COMINO TO LIFE.
E¥m PIfnofMP Evaoostod **Dnad CHy
of Plenrd/' Undor PIm.
WITH TH* BKmSH AJtKT IK FRAKCK. Attsnnc K lOy tilo AMoefstad PmnO-'^AmlnnA sideii fenas Omo tlM '’4mm e»y of flenrtjT dtoeo «o oopolotbMi of aOonl mm, inetndlac NAW rtftiSOMi. Bod Soforo tlio mrmmt of dio OornuuB lOlmnmhm km mprum, M eosUns to Dfo «a«Ia. Rofusnoo mrm Cfoantaa V^teioo tn thm aUmmu Tburaday earHod offloors nod oilers of QHront Brft> ate, fimaco or tJio Hattod Etnton. nnd •OfiiOOtnon etvfHnao. m tholr way to maos to too groat oatliodrat of Notro Emato. vtolel), doMfto tiw damago from ^rmaa gtina and IkwiIni. rotafas tli# tiUo of tlio SMOt boaotffai to all Tlio oorrico uraa to eotoOrato tiio do-
4^tf from tfao Oof'
Pfitontr—Ogfinan nofwo tUo attar •urrosadod wttli rod, Aetlva Aminat, whito and too* flaga of Oroat Britain.
Fmnea and tlio tJnitod Statoa. and wKh tfio aaototaoco of a ehotr fortnod of Froncfc aoldioni mani «rat ootoomtod Prom tilt imiptt a prloot eJoauontly toM Bio iMorora. sitting among oaad bags and dofirio, tho historf of too catbodrai Bomo window gtaao nrokoa datod baok to tho fotmooatb eontary. Fortunatoiy roucti of tbo glaos bad boon romovod to tiiBO to oavo ft. Tbo oanio to troa of tbo famous bronso statuos of tdsbopo dating back to tbo tbirtoontb contury, and tns lai%o num^ of mrtcolosa paintuid IntorfM’ docoratiofis. Onty ono Of tbo famous paintings wss damaged. That waa out across tbs eontsr by dobris thrown by a Gorman iliolL In tbo city tbo hotisoo evorywboro shows signs of tbo German bombardmont. Boms butidings aro moroly markad by shell contact white others bear gapimi boles la their todes through which roveated the Interiors to some of which the eoyers are still on the tables, picturoa OB the walis and curtains flap-
ping to the breose.
Rven the pigeons, of which there wore sc msny. have gone. It sooma that they oyscuatsd the sboil-toro place at tho Mmo ttaio that tho ontiro population
loft ft
Amiens to still '‘ths desd dty of PIeardv,” and the emptiness of its toiops, bttildings, dwellings, streets and markets has s depressing effect But Amiens is coming to life again.
Tdtnl AllloB Cggimltiof to Piomrdy ^ OHvo May Not Egual Numbor of' "of tn#
toeb«g Tgkfn
. Artiflory Only It
Amortang Along Voolo—Enomy Afrptindt Drop iomti^Ovor Rarti,
Ciuglnf tovorgi Dagtbt.
Fringlr sad IrWgli troopg in Bemdf BfB ..pctohifif gtoBdUy and al« £K#raly afainat Uia Ganmm d#-
fai^iiig Roya.
Stubb^fB miiiBiiea liy Um Oor«
gatna la balAg crmteMl. Tba
•ffg alotvly gtmotmding Uia town. Tiw Fitmoli advanoa nt Villora-loa-Itoya niBkaa tba fall of Roya in-
it ia btUiwad by toilitary
mm. Poaaaaaion of tba town by Franob troops would malia noeoa-
a raetifleation of tho Gorman yna and a rotraat to tha Kotla-
would bo p^^babla. la clinging datdrmtnad
ly
ro|wriio
on tba Bigt of
town aa a bulewrk of tha
foiltionf ba took up altar baiag driran back from tha Amlana ra-
gton,
•ritlab Ruah Forward.
London last night raportad tha Rritiah linaa advancad northwaat of Roys, in tha nalghborhood of Damary and Parvillara, whlla today Paris rtportf a ftMrward movamant
.of tha Froneh. waat and Boys, pB a front of
ib^ t#o and ana-half mllaa. Rbya ta fast baeaming tha Tiitu^ apax of a gallant whkh will toon fnirita a Crushing allltd gtroka. If tha Fnneo-Britigh praiiura oui ba at affaettaaly axartad ag it hat baan
raeantly.
Wtihdrawail la Cempiala. AppsrenUy the ensmy has ocmplsted bit withdrsifaJi, to the Hebutume seotnr. north of Albert. Berlin AnneuBces aifldsny dist Oermait troops retired from smaJi aatlontA tt is not clear how for tho Kuna have foUon back. The onothy ■till holds Albert, but tho Britlah are in tbo woatom outakirta. London dl^tchoa doctaro that the Hrlttah arc atowly stidrcltoff Albert South of Atbort tho Brittoh have advaacod alifhtly la tbo rogton northoaat
^JiorlaBCBurt
ttto Oloo and tho Mats tho leJEt«»eh cBattauo their steady proaaure ;aad have gatoad additional high ground ' west of tbo <toto and northwoat of Rlbo- ' .court Tbs Oormans fought hard to bold Mmiomho and Attlehs farms, but ftoally ware drivon out by Ganoral HumhmrV* man Tha forma are aaat of Thioageurt wood and are on tha high ground daaalnatlBg tha Rlvar DtvattL a email Vltoitory of t^a Otoe GNmaral Humbart*a third Prfnch army holds tha entire plataau aouth of Laaatgny. The anClra enemy Hna la unfavorable from
Bmy to LaaBtgny.
Change to Lya BalianL
Further alight enemy withdrawsla from the Lys aalient were announced to l.onden yeatarday. Tha Hun haa evacuated tha vUlaga of Viaux BarQuin, aouth of Uarrta. imd haa retired batwaaa one and taro miles on a front of nine mUes. Appointment of General von Boahn. who lad tha retiramaat from tha Mama, to tha command of tha German group In Picardy, ia conftmoad oflletolly from HarHB. It ia beliavod tn London that bamuiaa of tha acarcity of leaarvoa tha Qermana will dght on tha dafaiwiim on their praaant line. Flftaaii 'waarva dlTtolona already have bean thrown to between the Ancre and tha Otoe, and tha anany hi aald to have only atataaa fraah dfvtatona on tha entire fooat from tha
Korth sea ta Switaarland. latlmata of Caaugitiaa.
An oAclal astimata in London plaeaa tha allied eapturaa alnca August S at H.«a naan and f?a guna. It ta daclaied tba propurtian of Garman to allied loaaas baa haaa grtatar in tha recent ilghung than at any time ateee 1»!4 Tha total altiad casualtlaB may not be aa large as tha number of Garsnan prtoonara mp-
lurad.
Tha Garman artlUary fire anu aartol aettylty has daeraaaad along the Vaale. WhWu tha rraach And dmarleaaa are aaarttog tktetr firm praBsura. Aartol aparatloas are intanaa. Ob the Brfthrii fooBt tweaty-aight OermaB maahtaaa ware put out of aettoo Wadaaawhile the Brtttoh loat Ottmm Ramiba lave bean dropped mi rapway Iwaattoito wHhto the German itnaa and RyHIah aytotora toiae ilnwu into OerBptay ta attack Thtonvflla and Often burg, American avtatora have brought two more Hun machtoca and have bombed .‘Siiway junettona in tha Mats YariuB area with good Mfeet. f*arir BaiL alBNad Tburaday night By raldere dtoMtod sasend bamtoa A small llPiiF paracna wars klBadf and there matertoi ttofiMura. Jkt Mattoa tnm the aituattao to
AneoLHi
Hbvb Cfsared Lsft Bank of Bhror Don of Enomy and Ar» on Way to Zaragin.
STARTING SOMETHING
NEW SOVERNMENT PUNNED
Dan amf Kiibgfi Laattara BCart Nagotiatiofia* Naport From Khra Armouncaa.
110 AMERICANS CITED.
Colonal Ely* Ltadtog 2tth Infantry,
Commandad for Oaltantry.
WITH THK AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, July IS (Corrasporidence of the Aeaoctstad Pressl -^Moie than Mb officers and man of tha 2tth infantry have baan cited by Major-Ganarat Robert L. Bullard, commanding tha 1st division of tha td army eorpa, for “oonaptcuoua gallantry to action during tha operations oonAactad with tha <toptura arid dafanaa of CanUgny from May U to Si.** Coionai Hanson X. Ely. oommandar of tha nth. waa one of those cited for "having dlaplnyed emtapfeuous galiantry to tkm handling of his >trooos. making quick decisions and-prsaarvlng
tha mission of hlsiragimant.**
Liautanant-Coional Robert 3. Maxay, of Misaoula, Mont., who was fatally wounded in that action, and who died a few days later, waa cited for having ^"advaniwd with hia first wave in tba 'face of heavy ahMl and machtoe gun fltw." Hto citation adds: "He wm cool under fire and a deptmdabla leader. Although fatally wounded he gave de* tailed directions to hIs second in command a« to |uat what to do, and caused himself to ne carried to the post of cwnmand of his regiment to give Informs* *on to his jreaTmental commander
ni be-',
under ftw."
Captain John 8. Manning, of RrookIjm. N. T.. whose death was latm- announcad, waa cited for having *dtoplayad unusual cooinmn and dtaregarl of danger under heavy artillery when he visited the various portions of his sector and encouraged and set bn example to hia man." Privates Edward C. Mtt, *Clar«noa Fields and Fred D. Marahsil, automatic rtflaman, who raeatv>)d citations, were posted tn a particularly expoeed place and put an enemy machtna gun out of action, killing tlx of tha enemy. They continued at their post until Pitt and Fields ware killed by shall fire and MarShalt wounded. Bargaant J. C. Hurd, tntalUganca mctl«n, waa cited for devotion to dutv In maintaining three observation posts under nis command. Twice hia •5oa*B ware destroyed, but Rergaant Hurd dug his man out and uontlnued to tend tMu.*k valuable Information.
MORE HUN8 SHOT DOWfl.
SiiPObMaa by Soma American Pi lota Still Laeka Confirmation. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FHAKCB. August 1C (by tha Asaociafod rraaa).—Captain Charlaa J. Biddle, of Andalusia. Pa.. It tha latest American aviatesr to bring down a German airPlana Captain ^ddla‘a victory haa not bean confirmed. Lieutenant Vaughan R. MacCortcaek. oi Columbua O.. got his second official Garman nirplana Wednaaday. whan he engaged the enemy tn tha air north af St. Mihial French observers have confirmed tha destruction of the German. Anoth^ enemy machine waa shot Continued on Page Twanky-two.
SAYS 1125,11 WILL BE SI>ENTONRIIAIIIIISON
AMSTERDAM. August lt.-Th« Den Cossacks have ^sarsd the left bask of the Don of their opponents and are Btarchfag vietoHoosiy «« Xarmgta. from whidt thay are only one dmfm <narcli dlstsjit. nays an sActal stotement fsstfed by the Don Cossacks staff and rs«9sfvad bsrs from Kiev. The Bswspapors at Kiev report that tha Cossacks from tbs northmn Don ragloB nave aotarad tha govemmaat Vnroaeah. A dtopatch to the Cotogne Zeitung from Kiev mya that the Tmn sni JKuban govemmonts and the Ntoders in tne sd. loining regions have snteted u^wtlatlont looking to tha eetabllidiment of a kdnt central gpMreminant. WABHINOTON. August lA-Nawa of tba auoeaaa tff tba Don Coaaacka on the river Don. coming forough Amsterdam today, waa expected here, as the Germans have been unable to present n fortw to that part of Russia which could stop these lieree fighters of the stsppea The Coeaacks have persistently refitosd to ract^toe the BrestLitovsk troaty and have baan bnplacabli m thafr hoatUtty to tha Teutons and the BolshevikL It was sugssted by offlctsis here that the contict of the Cossacks to significant At the support the small Interallied army and the Csecho-Slovaks will re cefve from various factions tn their efforts to Sid the Russtans In the reestablishment of the eastern front.
Foch Sends Appreciation
PARIS. Awgwnt aa-—Fneh has asked tke Rev. Cbavies S. MaeFatiaad. gcaenl seeretaty mi tke fodeval ceeucila eff Ourckee mi Ckrtmt ef Amertea, ta eaavey ta «he Amartcaa peeple kla deep appveeietiea mi tkeir BtMal aad apirttwal eappevt. Mr. MaeTaelaad vlaltcd Mandwl Fetob et kto keedgaartete aad tka allied geaevaUaelaee was eatkaataatle la kla pratoe et Amerleea geaerato, etfleera
GERMAN PRESS IS BITTER.
by
Raeognition of Cxacho-Siovaks
Britain Arousas Im.
AMSTERDAM. August lf.-Oerman newspapers comment bitterly on the manifesto issued by Great Britain to recognition of the Cmcho-Slovak na-
tion.
"It Is the acme of hypoortsy when England gives these notorious traitors a testlmoniat that they are waging legitimate warfare," the Cologne Gaxstte
says:
"Thta recognition will remain only a recognition on paper If the central powers, as they have so far, remain victorioua against the world attack.*’ says the Frankfort Oasette, "Our defeat alone could assist the Csecho-Slovaks to that political independence which the entente grants them so hastily. Neverthlsas. it is a serious step, the importance of which we must not undersstimate from the viewoolnt of propaganda. **Eiigland's stsp.Twhlch to doubtless backed by the remainder of the entente. must certainty affect detrimentally the meager {wospeets of peaca because promises have been made an AuMfian natltm. whi<^ promises could
only matertollxe after tin
Austria."
to coliapM of
BRITISH ON BOTH SIDES.
- r
Righting Against Botahavfki in North, and With Tham at Baku. LONDON, August Id—A curious coincldenes comas to light in cpnnectlon with the arrival of the British at Baku The garrison consisted largely of
Continuad on Paga Twonty-two*
COMPLELEAGraiENT
UNITY DEMONSTRATED MAIN HEADQUARTERS.
AT
DISPATCH FROM BERLIN
AMSTERDAM. August lA-The complete agreement existing between Germany and Auatiia-Hungary has been demonstrated again at the meeting of the emperors at German main headquarters, an official statement from Berlin today declares The statement, which is dated at German headquarters, August 16. reads; "The meeting of the august sovereigns once again has manifested the close un-
derst
COLONEL THOMAS ADDRESSES
OPTIMISTS* CLUB.
STATION FOR ENGINEERS
Colonel Robert S. Thomas, commander of the poet at Ft Benjamin Harrison, tn a speech before the Optimitox’ Club today at the LIlfcxdn hotel, said he had information from the war office in Washington that |MS,tW had been ap-
permanent station lor United States en
gtneent
Colonpl Yliomas said he unddfotood that at least AdM to lAtM men in the engineers corps would he stationed at the fort for the duration of the war. In regard to the retort from W'ashlngton that the fort would he turned into a hostotal he said he understood that onty the permanent buildings would be Irtveu over to the hospital department, and that the cantonment buildings would he retained hy the engineers
corps.
Colonel Thomas has asked for an appropriation to provide for a narrow gauge railroad to run from Batoers htidge to the other side of the fort reservation fo foefUtate the bnOdlng of concjwte roads foroughmit foe fort grounds, Bmimt Morrlspn Smith. ^ Company H. lOth iufoatrr. led a aquad of men tn f ••df* the
bastoSt of fSs C^RIttMta.
erstandtng and complete agreement on political and military tasks, and an Identical and moat loyal Interpretation of the alliance. The intercourse of the monarchs wag characterised by a cordiality commensurate with their personal relatlona as wall as foe interests
of the people.
“Leading statesmen and military leaders h-tve conferred with complete and fruitful recults The kaiser gave audience to Baron Burian. Field BiarsBal Arm and other Austrian mlniatora. while Emperor CTharles received Baron Burian and Field Marshal von Hindenbuig " TO COMBINE FOR DRIVE. . M. C. A. and Other OrganIzationa Make Plane for November 11. Notice was received today by the Indh|pa state council of defense frtnn Arthur H. Fleming, chief of the state's
SERVICES FOR ROOSEVELT. Bishop Brent and the Rev. C. S. MacFarland Visit Aviator’s Grave. PARIS, August 16.-Religious services St the grave of Lieutenant Quentin Roose\«lt, near the spot where he fell to hto death to an air combat last month, were held today by Bishop Brent, of the Protestant Episcopal church, and the Rev. Charles 8 MacFarland. of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. The service took place after a visit to the American front at Fismea Dispatches from fhs American front during the advance to the Veele reported that Lieutenant Roosevelt bad been buried near Chamery, ,esst of Fere-en-Tardenois PARIS, August 16.—Major Theodors Roosevelt, Jr., was cordially received by Premier CHemeuceau today. Major Rooeevelt’t wounds have not healed and he to using emtehes. Fumm» ffPIULFriiGE POSSIBLE MARCH * SAYS PRESENT CONGRESS MAY HAVE TO ACT.
UP TO U. S. TO WIN THE WAR
[By the United Press] WASHINGTON, August Ifi—A hint that the proposed new draft ages of eighteen to forty-five may be still further extended, or the deferred claaswt entered before the war is won. was gfven by General March, chtef*of staff, tssiifylng before foe senate military committee “It is not beyond the rangj of possibility that this congress will have to authorise foe invaaion of other classes in order to carry the work through.” General March Is quoted as saying in testimony made public today. * The Unit^ States is going to see this t|«ing through The way we can win is to put the greatest number of men over there that we can. Hardships! Every one will have hardships! No man can go into war without hardshipa" General Mi^h tuade It clear that there Is little possibility of France or England greatly increasing theii armies Replying to a question of Senator Klrbv, regarding foe strength of England and France, March replied: "Ihe only way that (Sermany can be whipped to by America going into this thing with her whole strength The allies ha\e superiority In man power on tha UMitem front for foe first time, becaree the American troops are there in large numbera" PRESIDENT ON OUTING WINS IM OF GOLF ENJOYS LUNCHEON AT HOME OF E. M. HOUSE.
FINE BREEZE AND WEATHER
MANCHESTER. Maaa, August IkPresident Wilson, who Is enjoying a
i section council of national defense, to | brief outing on the North Shore, plaired the effert t^t a mutual aintoement hmmU round of golf today with Mra WUson been effected whereby foe Young Men a I,t .na Christian Association, the Young Worn- {***** Rear-Adm^i T. Grayson and en’s Christian Association, the Ameri-jwon. Later the Prosident and Mrs. can Library Association and foe war} Wilson, with other frienda had luncheon camp community service will combine I at foe summer home of E. M House. In a drive for money, starting Novem- North Shore residents very generally her IL The Information also states that haT* observed foe President’s wish that the Knights of Columbua foe Jewish * be be permitted to obtain recreation Welfare Board and the S^vatkm Army j quietly. The weather was fine, with a will cmnbine In a campaign for money i cod breesa some time in January. 1919. | —
Boy ICiiled by Pitchfork
(Specta* to The Indianapolis Newal NOBLESVILLB. Ind.. Aagast IS^ Bagene FleMs, age eeven. a mmm of Jesse Flelda was tnstsatly killed today whea a pitekfork stradr klai oa tke kead. He was playing la a aisager la a bam wkea the fork fell from the kayatow. *1110 prongs penetrated the skall and tke lad *«ns dead wkea Ms father reaefced hina. MRS. A. W. ROACH HEADS
REORGANIZATION OF INDIANA SOCIETY COMPLETED.
PUNS FOR NATIONAL BODY
Mrs. A. W. Roach, of Richmond, was elected state war mothers, succeeding Mra Alice M. French, of Indianapolis, today on tbs second day of a convention of the Indtotoa chapter of American War Mothers at the Qaypool hotsL Ths other state officers, who have served with Mra French for the year during which the organisaUon has been to existMce. were unanimously reelected They are: Mra A W. Mason. Coiuinbua registrar; Mra C. B. O’Donnell, Vincennes, financier, and Mrs. W. E. OchUtres, (Jonnsrsvllls. scrfptor. "My policy will be to create peace and hamony; that all war mothers In the state of Indiaba may be ona" Mra Roach said after her election. * National Plana Although it had been intended to give the fcH-enoon session to completion of both state and national business, It was possible during that time only to complete the reorganisation of the state society. and the national business was postponed until after the luncheon. A state constitution and bylaws 'were adopted The only war mothers present beside the Indiana women, who came from nearly every county In the state. Were '„.*^’*^*’*"®* Autenreith and Mra W. N. Npwmeyer. of Pittsburg. Articles of Incorpomtloii of the American War Mothe^ filed yesterday with the secretory of state, provided hat national offleers should be elected at this convention« Morning Ststion. The morning session* opened with Mrs French presiding. After a discussion on the question of the exact requirements for legal organisation of a national body of women. Mra Roach was chOMn to act as temporary chairman of the etmvention She app^nted Mta Autenreith as praliamentorian. Mra Elisabeth S Carr, Maritm county war mother, presided at the luncheon in the chateau room, and informal talks were made by several women at the head of county organisations. A reception was held last night in the Riley room for all soldiers, and parents, daughtora sisters and wives of soldiers, with several hundred persons to attendance Dancing and a musical entertainment were features The convention closed this afternoon.
ASKED TO SAVE HARVEST.
"Women of Leisure" of New York
State Told of Acute Situation.
NEW YORK, August 16 —An appeal to “women of letoure" of New York stofo to save the harvest by volunteering for farm work at good pay was made here today by the industrial commission of
the state department of labor.
The appeal says that several hundred women between the ages of eighteen and
thirty-five are needed for foie week. n| crosslngT
Women not employed in essential Industries are preferred. The scarcity of farm labor has been increased because of the return tooths cities of hundreds of students and sehfiOl teachers who have spent their vacations working on farma
"The farm situation to acute." the
statement asserts, *'and unless the women of letoure enlist at once and go out to help harvest the crops much of the w;ork already done will have been
done to vain.”
SEES LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Lord Cecil Believes tfitemational ComtniMioii fg Nueteus. LONDON, August Lord Robert Cecil, undereecretary of state for f«rHgn affairs, speaking teat night at a I government dinner in celehratloa ot the I fourth snnIvenHiry of the eetobltehraent I of foe International commlsston on r«I \ictuatllng. said he b^leved the commle- ; Sion formed the nudeue of a league of ‘nationa He said he would not venture to speak ot all the United States had done and is doing to the matter of supplies, but he was aattefted foe Amertoane had thrown their whole heart aad acul into the con-
test
R R Stevena of foe United States shipping board, on behalf of foe United States, assured the diners that enough shipping would be available to win tne war. He paid tribute to Italy’s splendid victory over the Austriana. Sir Robert mmid: ‘We now are. not only In the alitanee with the grentest partnership of nationa but we are rng&ced to the greatest enterprtee taxing the energies of mankind Ail the suffering and all the great strain on our lesources can he met only by the cmnplete
I pooling of them "
FIVE HURT WHEN CABS HIT Pemons Returning From Picnic at
New Albany in Accidant.
[Special te The todtanapotte Newt] NEW ALBANY, Ind., August 11-An
Interurbsm car on foe lines of the Louisville A Southern Indiana Traction Company ran into foe rear end of a city street car last night and five persons were Injured and a score badly shaken up. The city car was returning from a
pjenio at Glenwood park.
Mrs. Jennie Ttckard, of Marlon, suffered a wrenched back She is viidting Mrs. Raymond Bettman, who also was bruised. Others requiring medioai attention were Mrs. Eawara Bettman, William Belch and Mra. William Belch. The ends of both cars were demoUfoed.
Cap Htfo Truck; Six Hurt.
(Speolal te The IndtaeapoUa News) MUNCIE, Ind., August 16.-Orla Fa-
vors. a truck driver for the Wgrtier OftAT Company, suffered aevere injuries y«8terday, and two women and a man, who were passengers, and the motorman and conductor on an Industry Street <ter, were shaken up, when the street car ran into a truck it a street
The truck was wrecked.
TlCOLOeiMEN
PLAN TO CHECK RENTS.
REFUSE TO GIVE NAMES AND drive away REPORTER.
EMPLOYED HEAR STATION
Plan
War Department Announces
for Furloughs.
WASHINGTON. August K -The way
ppoprtated for huiWlng the fort into a, been opened for aoidlers to camp
moiEK ro« FU. WOKKiltSIlVEKESIJPPlY
IS NEARLY EXHAira
to grt away for emergency work on the form. The war department announced today that enlisted men may obtain furloughs to engage In agricultural work by making application to their commanding officers or by having relatives or other interested persons apply through the local boards at which they regtotored.
TAKE ALLEGIANCE OATH.
Sol-
Two Thouuaand Foreign-Bom diera Become Americans.
PETERSBURG, Va.. Anaust 16L—Two thousand forsign-bom soldiers fooas Camp Lee took the odfo of elisglaace aa eUlsens of the United States hers today at a fMUie msetlng In Central park. Louis F. Post. ssiistoBt eecreta^ eif tehor. and the ranktag officers o# the
camp took part lit the oeremooieB*
PLANS MADE TO OBTAIN FROM OTHER cfrlES. ^
IT
MEN OBTAINED FOR PLANTS
At the present rate ot lee consomptloa in ladlaoapt^ foe city’s reserve supply will he exhausted Saturday notm. Stanley Wyefcoff. federal food administrator fw Marion county, annooneed today. Plans for bringing Ice in from other cities are being carried forward, foe food adntinistmtor said, and thers to still no indication that restrictions will be placed on domestic consumption. Ten carloads of ice will arrive In the city tomorrow frmn other ettias in foe Continued on Pago Twtfity^woi :
LEAGUE OF STATES IS L
AUTONOMY IN HOME AFFAIRS IS PROPOSED.
REPORT OF CZECH ORGAN
LONDON. August lA-A plan has been adopted Jfor the * formation of a league of Austro-Hungarian states, to be autonomous In dealing with home affairs, according to a Vienna dispatch quoting the Ciizecb radical organ in the Austrian capItoL The Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Copenhagen tramunits foe dispatch as {Hinted In the Berlin Vpesische 2toltung Tim quototiem from the Czech organ reads: *Tt to teamed from a reliable source that Premier Hossarck has reached an understanding with prominent representatives of all the Austrian parties for a complete revision of the Austrhui constitution. It Is planned to form a number of states that shall have home role, including the Gmtnan, Csech. Polish and South Slavonian states. These, with Hungary, will form a league of Austro-Hungarian etotea'*
Two women, colored, both of'whom say their names must remain a dark iecret, are worktog aa section "men” on the tracks ot the Indianapolis Union Railway Company near the union station. "You better go way and leave ue alone, was the only reply a questioner could get when he attempted to learn their nances. The reporter persisted. attempting vainly to presentee argument that such work should be called to the public’s attention as an example of women dqlng their patriotic duty in a new field. Five minutes of parley ended abruptly when the heavier one of the two raised her crowbar In a menacing way and repeated her desire forThe questioner to “beat it" He did. - When men in the section gang were asked whether the two performed their work satisfactorily, thy told the visitor to watch the women for • while. The two up-ended burled railroad ties swiftly and experUy. and seemed to be doing as much work as any three men in the gang.
Marguerite Clark Married. NEW YORK. August 16.-Marguerfte Clark, the moving picture actress, te foe bride of Lieutenant H. P. Williams, of Washington. D. C Both gmrm their ages as thirty-one. . SE TEAM ALONE; MAN
PERSONS FARMER
UNCOVER BODY OF NEAR HUNTINGTON.
DIES IN A SHORT TIME
[Special to Tbe IwHaaapolto News] HUNTINGTON, Ind., August 16.-Per-sons passing on a road adjoining a gravel pit near this city today saw a team hitched to a wagon standing in the pit near a eaveln. but no man was in stsht On digging into the pile of earth that had slid down they uncovered Franklin M. Sprinkle, age fifty-two. a farmer, who still was breathing when ^ound, but who died to a short time. 'Hto neck had been dtoiocated and he was otherwise injured. The widow and eight children survive.
Raising of Tax Valuta on Profltaar-
Ing Owntra Suggtatad.
WASHINGTON. August M.«>Ratstog of tax valuatione on the ^property of landlords guilty of eharging extortionate rents to war workers. It was announced today, te one method by which the bureau of Industrial iMtOSfaijL through the eenifoeyatlon af leeal etty governmasto. te undertaking to elieok
rent promemlng.
Part of Woman's Body Found. WOOS'TER. O. August 16.-Jamea Martin, caretaker of the Point Breese Chutauqua grounds at .Bmlthvtlte, near here, yesterday found the lower half of a woman’s body ig a weighted sack in a water hole near the grounds, according to word received today by Sheriff Milton C. Miller, of Wayne county. Indications were that the body had been In the water several weeks. A woman's hat was found in the sack.
WILLING TO GIVE $60,000 TO WABASH ENDOWMENT.
TRUSTEE ^OARD WILL MEET
Federal Resarve Examiners. WASHIMOTOM. Aognst U.—The fadtrsJ icwrrc hemrd today appobUsd J«ba A. Win. auditor of the federal reaerre bask ot St Loela and W. W. Paddock, exaniiier of tha Phlladelpbia reserva hank, as federal leaerve eaamlnera n
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FOR BUTIER COLLEGE
STUDENTS TO QUALIFY FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE.
EQUIPMENT TO BE PROVIDED
Butlm' college was notified today that a unit of the students’ army training coTpm will be established at Butler college at once and will be in working operation when the college opens next menth- The object of the corps which fas been established under foe President. to to qualify students for effective service in foe armed force of foe United States, to permit qualified students to complete their education while to training and to provide a reservoir from Continued on Fggo Twonty^hroo.
[SpMial to The Indlanspolte News] CRAWFORD8VILLB. Ind.. August K. -Oovemor Goodrich has offered Wabash college here ffiO.OOO If It will start and successfully comidete a campaign to add f&OO.OOO to the institution’s en-
dowment.
information to that effect was learned in college circles in this city today. The proposal, it was said, wae made at A recent conference of some of tbe trustees tn Indtenapolte. In case the foil half million would not he obtained, the Gov ernor has agreed to give 10 i>er cent, of any silm ;foat to subscribed. Will Be Held Tueeday. In connection with tbe offer, ft wae announced that the board of trustees of Wabafo will meet te this city next Tueeday to consider the proposed drive. The college's productive endowmei the present time te sHghtly In e: of tl.000,000, which does not Includi value of the campus of forty acres tn the eentw of (TrawfordsvUte and
year
The Governor's subscription would be included in the added t6w.W of assets rosklng ft necessary to raise only $466,000 to <totatn it. It te understood that fosre te a possibility of another Indianapolis resident duplicating rhe Governor's offer. which would account for 96 per cAnt of foe total. 'The general education board, founded by John D- Rockefeller, which previously has shown aa interest
in Wabash, also may aid. Member Many Yeara.
Governor Goodrich te a former student of Wabash, and for many yaara haa been a member of its board of trosteec, which accounts for hte daeiHMated loyalty to foe institution. Pierre Good ri^ his eon. also te a graduato of tbe
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Dr. Wilmer Christian, of Indianapolis, a member of the exeeutlve committee of the board of trueteee of Wabash lege at CraWfordavilla, cpnllrmed foe report today that Oovarnor (foodrfch had offered 186.606 fo an addad andowment fond for foe instHution. He said that foa proffer waa made at a recaat conference of some of the trustees at tha Univarsfty Club fa this efty. FoBowi^ that tha cal! waa teeuad for tha meating of foa trusteaa at Crawfordavilte nmet Tueeday. To Hava Training UnIL [Spwtei te The ladtaaaiiette Nm] franklin, Ind.. Attfuat K.—C. X. Goodell. prealdent of Frank^ has received a telegram from thu United States officer to charge of military instruction at schools and e«dtegect. announcing that Franklin cotleae has met all requirements demanded by the government and that steps will be taken at once to establteh a military training unit at the college. Mines Off Augtrailan CoaaL SYDNEY. August K.—The finding of sddiUonal enemy mines along tha AinF> traUan coast te aanouncad.
BRAZIUANIPIS MBYIHOAT
Madrt^sds Sent Down by SHsd Firs From Short Hangs Without Warning. CAPTAIN AND CREW SAVED
Row About for Four Hours Beferg Being Pickod Up by 8ttamer,'5 Which Brings Them to Port.
NEW YORK, August IS-The Bra-" sUten motor ship Madrugada. 1.61$ gross tona was sunk by shell fire by a German submarine Ihuraday near Wintmt Quarter fooai. off the uothera Virginia coast. Captain Prederlcl; Rouse and hto crew of twenty-one men told of foe destruction of the veasel on being landed h^ today by a steuner which picked them up. The captain and crew escaped in lifeb^ta and were rescued after rowing for four hours. The Madrugada left New York two days ago. cartylng a cargo consigned to Santos, Brasil According to Captain House, the submarine spared at T:I0 a. m, emergIng aimut 2*W vards from hte veisel. and opened fire without warning, sending eleven shells Into her. The crew Immedteteiy took to the boats and the ship went down within a few minutes. Nd attempt was made to molest the llfeboato of which thare wrere two, according to the captain’* statement He estimated that the undersea boat waa about 466 feet long. She carried two guns, fore and aft.
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Schooner Sybil Safa In Port WASHINGTON, August IS — The American schooner Byhli. recently reported sunk by a German iubmartfie. hM arrived safelv at Glouceeter. Maaa,. the Tiavy department today was In- , department also announoed todav that the other members of the crew of the echooner Progresa. one of the fishing ve^le sunk off the New England coast, had been report^ rescued. MEW UMD IN THE DISTAMCE Lloyd Qoorgo Looko to Futuro—Victory Aeourod by U. S. LONDON, July 16 (Correspondence of the Associated Prese).-"There Is a new tend confronting us," mm Premier Lloyd GeorXe in a recent sfieech. "What manner of country It will be," he continued. "will depend on how the war goes and on how .Uunga go after the war. "I am more confident today than I have ever been, and for reasons It would not be ralevant for me to enter on at the moment; but one of tho latest reasons Is the impression mado on me by foe Amertcan troope 1 aaw in Franoe. They are auperb In mateHal and in training, and foe way they have borne themaelvM In the trying conditloni of battles they have fought 1 foUml a great ^^eplrlt of confidence which •'.‘iS.’**^****** o***" conviction of vtetory. The war has upset everything and when It te over the falling back Into nonrnal condltiona will be another dteturbaiwe. There will be a great aoclal andjfconomlo disturhance. *J’^*.t* two alternatives One to *’*''^* ■obered the miniona wm ^ve passed through the R ffi^, whether In Franoe or to the anxttea at home. Thelf vision will hat# sja: clearer, ftrnflp md wore exaltei Thera are millions ivho have been in dally conimot with death, ^kjiig hourly Its trap dwra. Thay have coma teto contort with very terrible realtotes. That te one view. 'The other te that there are mtllttHei wito for theae years havs endured lilw vations. disedmfort. wretchednaas, aai wall aa pain and terror, and who hava made up their minds to have a gocNT tlma for the rest of their lives when It te over. That is a very dangerous frame of iplnd for a nation to bf In." rnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmiflm'mmmmmmmmmiilmmmm COAL MANAGERS NAMED. Twenty-Elght Men Will Hava Chfifgfi of Production. WASHINGTON, August lA-The fuel administration announced today the eppointmbnt of twenty-eight production managers, one for each of the coal producing dietiicts of the country. Each manager will have charge ef tbe campaign for incraaaad production In hi* district, and to him the production committees being fonned at the maiority of the bituminous mines will report Each production committee will consist of six members, three representing tbe mine management and three representing the workera Where a mine te failing to product tha maximum tonnage it will be up to the production committee to ascertain the cauae and maka Improvemant Each week the committee will poet a list of the names of tha men who have been absent, who have worked short hours or who have loaded less than a fair amount of coal, and tha raasons will ba Mt forth as to whither In each particular case the blame lies with the cem{lany or with the workers WEATHER INDICATIONS.
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