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BRAVERY OF LOCAL E3AH UNO DIED IN WRECKAGE SAVES PASSENGERS LIVES WH; Ervin, Engineer on Perinsy Special, and William Henness, Fireman, Buried Under Many Tons of Coal.

RAILROADERS SUSPECT WORK OF FIEND William H. Ervin, engineer, and William H. Henness, fireman, both former residents of Richmond and well known here, were killed last night when the Pennsylvania special ran into an open switch one and a half miles north of Irvington, at 7 :26 o'clock. The dead: William H. Ervin, 57 years old, engineer, 214 North Seventh street, Richmond. William H. Henness, 33 years old, fireman, 1941 Hoyt avenue, Indianapolis, a former resident of Richmond. Ervin's daughter Ida, who is the wife of William Craft, residing at the North Seventh street address, left last night on the 12:30 o'clock train for Indianapolis to make arrangements for the funeral, and until some word is received from her it is not known whether the services will be held here or not. Rftrflai Plnnad Dawn. l

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pinned under tons of coal against the I oiler and could not be extricated until the wrecking crew arrived and built a track alongside the wreck on which to cperate the crane and lift the 'locomotive.. This work was begun at once . . fctt I wsa f tintll mMnleht that th

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None of the passenger was Injured, although all of them were severely shaken and dashed about In the cars. ' The train was a special from Indianapolis to Richmond and is known as the "hay fever special.", Spenda Nights Here. While Ervin had a home in Indianapolis at 474, Randolph street, he spent very night at his daughter's home here and bad a host of friends in Richmond. Railroad men who were interviewed today are firm in the belief that a deliberate attempt was made to wreck the train for the switch was found cpen, the lock broken and the lamp told. Barely twenty minutes before a solid Pullman train from St. Louis to New York passed over the switch and the , l'ght was burning and the switch properly set. It is possible that the trainmen who were killed underwent terrible torture before they died. Their bodies were together in the underside of the cab, which fell over toward the south, both wedged tightly against the boiler and mass of pipes. Hubbard Grasps Rods." R. F. Hubbard, baggageman on the train, who is also a former resident of Richmond, 1 had a narrow escape from death, saving himself by his presence of mind in grasping one of the rods that run along the top of the car. "When he felt the first suspicious quiver he sprang to the rod and braced himself. The car turned entirely on its side and brought up with a crushing blow, but Hubbard climbed out of his door unhurt. The wreck caused almost a panic among the passengers. They rushed from the doors of the coaches to places of safety along the track, where they remained until assured that there was no danger, tt was at the dinner hour and the dining car was well filled. The diners were tumbled about among the tables and broken dishes. The passengers were taken back to Indianapolis nd arraninents were made for then to continue their trip as the Pennsylvania's main line track was blocked for only a few hours. Finds Lamp Cold. Deputy Coroner Wagner of Indianapolis, was one of the first persons at the scene of the wreck. He said: "The first thing I did was to examine the switch." he said. "There I found the broken lock smd then I felt the lamp, the light in which was not burning. The lamp was cold. It is my firm belief that some one extinguished the light, broke off the lock and turned the switch." Dr. Wagner pocketed the switch lock, which he will use in making his Investigation. B. F. Morris, a rural carrier In Irvington, was about forty rods away from the switch when the train ran Into It. He said that immediately after the locomotives swerved he saw - fire flying from the wheels along the train, an ' evidence that Ervin had applied the air brakes and was doing his utmost till the last to save the passengers on Ms train. - Ervin Saves Passengers. Certainly. the. heroism of Ervin, the englneman, In sticking to his post and using his .last ounce of power to bring the massive train to a stop was largely responsible for the fact that there were no fatalities among t,he passeners. Praise for his bravery was i heard on all ' sides. The train was ' Continued On Page 8ix.J j

NEW INDUSTRY WOULD EMPLOY

Secretary Haas Probes Financial Status of Giant Corporation Which Seeks to Locate in City. RUMELY BIDS ARE IN Club Continues Negotiations With Hamilton (Ohio) Foundry to Close Deal on Gaar-Scott Shops. The proposition submitted to the Commercial club by a manufacturing establishment promising employment to at least 2,500 men, has advanced to the point that Secretary E. M. Haas is making an investigation of the financial foundation of the company. The name of the corporation will not be made public by the commercial club committee on new industries, but it is understood that the company has a plant at Indianapolis. "If this plant can be induced to locate in Richmond, it will mean that homes of 2,500 men will be brought to Richmond," said Secretary Haas this morning. "We will probably know within a few days whether or not the company will decide to bring its plant to Richmond. I am not at liberty now to make public the name of the company." The report of the new industries committee of the Commercial club was made at the meeting of the board of directors last evening. The present status of the proposed sale of the M. Rumely company property, was announced to the board .members. All of the bids for the property that are received by Finley Mount, receiver for the company, are turned over to the Commercial club and arrangement has been made to secure buyers for the property. It was announced that the deal with the Hamilton firm for the purchase of the foundry had about been closed and a meeting with representatives from the Hamilton company would be held Tuesday , afternoon when final action would probably be taken and terms agreed upon. Weather Forecast U. S. Report Unsettled tonight and Wednesday. Probably showers. Temperature ; Noon ..' 78 , s Yesterday Maximum 81 Minimum. . 58

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NEWPORT. R. I.. Aug. 10. The United States battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire received rush orders today to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to Vera Cruz, Mexico. News that the two great battleships probably would sail southward within a few hours caused great surprise here, as the plans of the navy department recently laid out called for the Atlantic fleet to remain In northern waters until August 31. The Louisiana is the flagship of the Fourth division of the fleet. The Louisiana was in port when the orders came for her and, the New Hampshire. She immediately began to take on coal. ASKS FOR SQUADRON. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Commander McNamee of the Sacramento at Vera Cruz today- wired the navy department asking that ' a battleship squadron be rushed to Vera Cruz to

RUSS ABANDON SECOND CHAIN OF DEFENSES TO KAISER'S WAR MACHINE

BERLIN, Aug. 10. The Russian fortified city of Lomza which had been holding up the German advance across the Narew river, was occupied today by German troops. German forces, under General von Flack, after a series of flight attacks, broke through vtbe line of forts, encircling Lomza at daybreakNews of the occupation ; of atatenient iseuetf by the war office to day. Lomza Is approximately ?& miles northeast of Warsaw. The city had been invested after a series ol: rear guard fights. - " " , The German war office also announced further progress 'for the hoops attacking on the Kovno front Despite vigorous fire from the Russians the Germans are closing in on Kovno". : Surging toward the second line Russian fortress of Brest-LitovBk,' 110 miles east of Warsaw, the Austro-Ger-man forces of Field Marshal von Mackensen and Arch Duke Josef Ferdinand are sweeping away all resistance at every point where the Russian rear guard makes a stand. , If the Austro-German forces are able to continue their steady advance, the Russian army of Grand Duke Nicholas may find upon its arrival at BrestLi to vsk a human wall through which it cannot cut: . .General von Scholts's German forces south of the Ostrow-Wyszkow road are MOLTEN IRON BURNS FEET OF WORKMAN While pouring hot meta! out of a ladel pot at the Wayne works yesterday, Samuel Feldhaus, 135 South Ninth street, was severely burned on both feet when the molten iron was accidently spilled on him. Feldhaus and some other men were pouring the Iron into moulds, when in some unknown way the pot was spilled and the iron splashed on his trousers and ran down his shoe tops to his feet. The injured man was taken to his home in an automobile and is resting comfortably today, although it will be some time before he is able to walk. GRAND JURY INDICTS 12 AS RESPONSIBLE IN EASTLAND WRECK CHICAGO, Aug. 10. The Cook county grand jury today voted indictments against men whom the jurors believt responsible for the Eastland horror. The number of indictments, State's Attorney Hoyne said, was between , six and twelve. Indictments by the federal grand jury are expected tomorrow. The names of the men to be indicted and the exact number were secrets. 1 "The work of the jury so far as the Eastland matter is concerned, is finished," said Mr. Hoyne. -, ; One report around the court house is that the indictments will include four officers of the Chicago-St. Joseph Steamship company, one official of the Indiana Transport company, Captain Harry Pederson and J. M. Ericson, engineer; two federal steamship, directors, lessees of the Eastland, members of the crew and federal Inspector!

Louisiana and New Hampshire Await Sailing Orders When Commander McNamee Asks for Squadron to Protect Foreigners in Mexican Republic protect foreigners. "The situation is growing more serious all the time," bis ' dispatch stated. McNamee on his own initiative re called' the gunboat Marietta to Vera Cruz from Progresso. FOREIGNERS IN DANGER. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Commander McNamee of the gunboat Sacramento and in charge of American

within eight miles of the aWrsaw-Pet-rograd railway and the troops of General von Woyrach that crossed tha Garwolln-Kurow road are .within twenty-five ' miles of the railway running from ' Warsaw Into - central Russia by way of Siedlce. These are the only two avenues of escape for the Russian prmy in the aeetor of Warsaw. PKTROGRAD, Aug. lO.-Evacuauon of Vilna baa been reported by the Ruslan war ,: office.. The evacuation has-begun. - The treasuries - of the great library and - museum are being removed. Vilna is a city of .nearly 200,000 inhabitants and. an important railway center, 55 miles southeast of Kovno and about 225 miles northeast ot Warsaw: ' - - - Announcement of its evacuation was the first intimation that the retreating Russian army would abandon the Kov-noGrodno-Brest-Litovsk line of defense and (draw further into the interior' of Russia. Kovno and Grodno constitute the main defenses of Vilna which is on the . Warsaw-Petrograd railway and it is considered improbable that the Russians would evacuate if they expected to. keep the two fortresses. A German Zeppelin flew over Cowel, Poland, 50 miles east of Cholm Monday, and dropped several bombs near the railway station. 14 PERSONS DIE WHEN AIRSHIPS RAID ENGLAND LONDON, Aug. 10. A squadron of German Zeppelins believed to have contained live of the giant airships of the latest pattern, swooped down on the east coast of England last night and dropped bombs which killed fourteen and wounded fourteen persons. Considerable damage was done by incendiary shells. One of the 'ships is' reported to have been destroyed. A British aviator was killed in an aerial duel with the Zeppelins. News of the raid was officially announced this afternoon. The last air raid over England reported by the press bureau took place on June 2. Of the killed one was a man, nine were women and four were children. Five men, seven women and two children were wounded. MEXICAN MARAUDERS LOSE AT SEBASTIAN HARLINGEN, Tex., Aug. 10. Mexican ..bandits who were defeated in their attack on the King ranch house' at' Norlas Sunday, night, attempted to raid the town of Sebastian; early today. They were surprised. by a night wachman who gave the alarm.' He was shot by the marauders who then fled. Another band of Mexicans is reported to be headed for the Yturria ranch In. the northern part .of Cameron county. United States ; troopers and Texas rangers are ; in; pursuit "

interests: at Vera Cruz,' has appealed for American battleships to be rushed their to protect American property. The battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire, now at Newport, R. I., are in readiness to sail just as soon as orders are received. The sailing orders are held up temporarily, pending word from President Wilson at Cornish. Despite the fact that Admiral Benson, acting secretary of the navy, declined to admit that he was planning

to send the vessels south, and Secre tary of State Lansing when asked point blank whether orders to get them going had been authorized by him, said, "There are no warships going to Mexico as yet." When asked regarding the dispatch received by the navy department say ing that the anti-foreign sentiment In Vera Cruz was growing and that because of this the gunboat Marietta had Continued. On Page Two. MAYOR ORDERS BUDGET OF 1915 PARED TO BONE Eversman Draws First Rebuke From Executive With Demand for Auto Ambulance for City Use. BALANCE RUNS LOW lontroller cManan rtOunces Temporary Loan May Be Necessary Until Fall Taxes Come Due. At the mayor's well attended cabinet meeting last night the heads of the' various departments were notified by City Controller McMahan that there would be a very small balance in the city treasury at the close of this year and the prospects were that even more difficulty would be experienced in keeping the operating expenses of the city government within the narrow bounds of the municipal income. The controller also declared that It was also possible that the city would have to arrange for a temporary loan Continued On Page Two. LANSING STAYS MOVE BY NAVY AT VERA CRUZ MEXICO CITY, Aug. 10. Diplomatic red tape was still holding American warships in American harbors this afternoon despite an urgent appeal by Commander McMamee for ships. He wired ' the state department that the situation in Vera Cruz was very serious. He stated that antiforeign speeches were being made on the streets, unchecked. He asked that at least two warships be sent to dominate the situation. Admiral Benson got Into touch with Leon Canova, chief of the Mexican affairs bureau of the state department. The latter contrmed the report that the Vera Cruz situation was serious but he warned Benson not to order any warships south without specific authority from the state department. Benson and Conova went, to see Secretary. Lansing. The latter declared that the sending of ships south would upset the program approved by the Latin-American diplomats. Under no circumstances could they go unless conditions became more serious, he declared. Admiral Benson returned to the navy department where he set In motion the machinery to put them in readiness for any emergency. He was plainly deeply angered -because the navy had once more been tied up by the diplomatic branch of the service. ' - " ' Officials today believed energetic action would be forced by Carranza In a few days. They declare- he. Is convinced Y thatthe United States Is hostile.';. ' '

emission to j COUNTY COUNCIL TO PA APPROPRIATION AT OK Bridge Engineer Mueller C ondenins Structure as Unsafe. New m Bridge to Cost Between ' . $75,000 and $100,000. t INTERURBAN TRAFFIC DANGEROUS to PUBLIC

Traction Line Ordered Off Bridge. County Attorney Gus Hoelscher, acting on the in-. structions of the board of county commissioners, this afternoon ordered the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company to discontinue the operation of cars

over the Main street bridge. demned as unsafe for traffic Mueller.

Urging the construction of an entirely new bridge at Main street over the Whitewater river, Engineer Mueller reported to th board of county commissioners this morning and action was taken by the board to make recommendations to that effect to the county council immediately. ' The bridge is in such a bad condition at present that it il unsafe for the heavy, traffic of interurban cars and public travel, according to the report, and steps should be taken immediately to discontinue the passage of the heavy cars, over thebridge. """an-'Sdvlae that steps be taken WtnouTdelayfbr the" reT

moval of the old structure and the erection of a new concrete bridge not less than 60 feet width of roadway and in keeping with the traffic now using the structure," is the concluding statement in the detailed report of the engineer.

MUELLER'S REPORT INDICATES DANGER The following report vat submitted by Bridge Engineer MueUer to the board of county commissioners : Hon. Board of Commissioners, Wayne County, Indiana. Gentlemen: Complying with your request for information and a report covering the present condition of the Main street bridge over Whitewater river in the city of Richmond, Indiana, I submit to you herewith my report as follows: A report on the condition of the Main street bridge was submitted to the board of commissioners in the year 1911, a copy of which Is on file with tbe county auditor, la called to your attention. This report gives in detail, information, and sets out the defects, the causes and the unsafe condition which then prevailed. Four years have passed since this report was made and during this time no action has been taken to relieve any of the unsatisfactory conditions or improve on them. ' The disintegration by rusting was very effective in the five years preceding 1911. The amount of rusting in the four years since 1911, has been more than twice as great as it was in tbe five years previous to 1911. It is therefore necessary to call your attention to tbe fact that the loss incurred at the end of the past lour years in the life of the structure, has resulted in reducing the possibilities of repairs to a stage where it ceases to be economical, or receive favorable consideration. After my recent examination of the conditions of the present structure, I Continued On Page Two. GERMANS SINK BRITISH CRUISER BERLIN, Aug. 10. The British auxiliary cruiser inda has been sunk by a German submarine. The English auxiliary cruiser was torpedoed north of Bodge, while en tering Restfjord. The Swedish steamer Geoeatel saved eighty members of her crew. The Inda belonged to the Insular and Peninsular line before being taken over by the Admiralty. WANTS EVERY CENT DUE. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 10. Every penny that'c coming to Uncle Sam under the revenue lawa will have to be paid while Collector .Peter Kruyer is on the Job. ' The latest warning to be issued to field deputies over the state concerns the - war tax on wines, cordials and similar goods. Unstamped goods of this nature are . to be seised and held lor evidence In proecuti3B

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by County Bridge Engineer Disintegrating Past. -The engineer reported that he Is of the opinion that the bridge can not be satisfactorily repaired for the traffic now using the bridge is too great for aafety even if the bridge were new. When the bridge was built, the int urban cars were not as heavy, and the traffic not as great The disintegration of the bridge has been greater the last five years m in the flv years preceding this time, according to the report. . A Commercial club committee composed of Richard Sedgwick. Fred Krone and E. M. Haas, also appeared before the board thla morning, and alter the reading of the engineer's report urged the board to take immediate notion. City Attorney Bond was also present and made the admission that unless something was done by the county in constructing an entirely new bridge, the city would be liable for any accident that might result from It. He said the matter was of such a serious nature that action must be taken at once. Bridge Would Cost $75,000. The cost of a new bridge would be approximately $75,000 to $100,000, and perhaps more, according to the commi6sioners. The plan suggested - byEngineer Mueller would save the county a good deal of money by using the present structure in building other bridges in the county. Next year eight bridges will be built by the county, and according to the engineer, the Main street bridge could be torn down and parts of it used in making these, other structures. The estimated expense of the other-small bridges la $13,900. A concrete bridge is the only practical one for the kind of traffte that passes over the Main street bridge, he said. '. Richard Sedgwick proposed that In order not to block traffic over the Main street bridge while It la being built, a concrete retaining wall be built on the north side of the bridge and the city could be filling this with waste material and gravel while the arch across the channel la being built. The old iron structure could then be used as reinforcement to the new structure,- and no blockade of traffie would result. Engineer Mueller, however, believes that the most practical method would be to tear the old bridge to pieces while the new bridge is being built. A temporary bridge- would have to be built across the channel where the old National road bridge was located, directly north4.of - the street railway power plant. Street car traffie would ' Continued On Page Eight. ; TURK AEROPLACE SINKS SUDMARICE CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. submarine of the allies waa sunk oJ Dulair yesterday, by a Turkish aero, plane.' All en board perished. Bombs were .dropped on the craft

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