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BUPE SENATORIAL BOOM STARTED 8Y DELEGATES OPPOSED TO JIM WATSON

Presentation of the name of John L. Rupe of Richmond for nomination as United States senator, as a candidate against James E. Watson, is being considered by members of the Wayne county delegation to the Republican state convention. Rupe is a prominent attorney. He is ex-president of the Indiana Bar Association and past grand commander of the Masonic Knights Templars of Indiana. He is also a member of the national grand Masonic cabinet. About twenty years ago he was mayor of Richmond, the last public office held by him.

Rupe Content to Name's Use.

"The 'announcement that Wayne county delegates are considering the presentation of my name for the Republican nomination as United States senator Is a surprise to me," Mr. Rupe said today. "I am not In any sense a candidate for that or any other nomination, but I have no objectiqn to having my name presented to the convention if the Wayne county delegates desire to do so." . Following the primary election of March 7. after Watson had announced his Intention of contesting against Harry S. New in the state convention for. nomination as senator twelve of the fifteen Wayne county delegates announced tnt(r Intention of supporting New. It Is now stated that the majority of the Wayne delegation is op- ' posed to the nomination of Watson for '.-the office made vacant by the death of Senator Shlvely. Nlmrod H. Johnson, delegate from the fifth ward, Richmond, said today that a meeting of all the delegates from Wayne county would be arranged to be held either Thursday or Friday of this week, for the purpose of reaching some definite decision regarding the presentation of John L. Rupe's name as a candidate against Watson.

STATE TO ASK TERM IN JAIL FOR BUND DICK Stiff jail term is th only means of stopping the illegal sale of liquor in Hagerstown, according to Prosecutor Reller, who will insist that the judge pronounce a heavy sentence on Blind Dick Elvor if found guilty of running a "blind tiger" there. Elvord is now on trial in circuit court charged with the sale of liquor to Harry Dumford on February 4. Despite the fact that Elvord was fined $100 and costs in circuit court several months ago on the same charge, it is alleged that he has been running his place in defiance of the law since that time. Three half-pint bottles of whiskey, six empty bottles and two quart bottles were introduced as exhibits. All of the bottles were identified by Marshall Pritchard as those he secured trom Elvord's place. Defense Shows Hand. An attempt is being made by Arthur Wtlsdorf. attorney for Elvord. to prove that Harry Dumford, the prosecuting witness, brought the whiskey to Hagerstown from Cambridge City and that in order to escape prosecution for bootlegging he told the marshal that he purchased the whiskey from Elvord. Frank Werklng testified this morning that lie had been deputized by the Continued On Page Twelve. "Y" DIRECTORS OPEN CANVASS TO GET S6.000 Preliminaries for the annual financial campaign to secure $6,000 for the Y. M. C. A. this Aveek were decided upon at an enthusiastic meeting of twenty members who gathered at a 5:30 o'clock supper in the "Y" restaurant last night. The principal speaker was Grover Little, state financial secretary, who in giving results of financial campaigns in other Indiana cities declared that Richmond should easily obtain the desired amount. He said Lafayette had secured $4,000, Marion $4,000, New Albany $3,000 and Logansport $1,200 in a comparatively short time. A. W. Hanson, ansihtant state financial secretary, who will also be actively interested in l Continued on Page Twelve

BRITISH DON TS TO ECONOMIZE LONDON, March 28. The national organizing committee for war savings has posters up all through Great Britain urging patriots not to use cars or motor cycles needlessly, to wear old clothes and cut down servants, in order to save for war expenses. A daily newspaper supplements these suggestions with the following "don't" 'list: Don't tip waiters. Don't waste money on cut flowers. Don't use gas when coal is burning. , Don't forget- that papers will-eJeaa many things. . . v.--. Dont smoke too much, or waste matches when spills will do. Don't send letters if a post card will suffice. Don't cease to agitate against the maintenance of unnecessary officials in public departments. Don't neglect the value of glass bottlesand jars, which school boys are collecting In some parts of the country, or of string, waste paper and tinfoil. Don't think of what you want. Don't want it. 20 BUILDINGS BURN IN CAROLINA TOWN LEXINGTON, S. C, March 28. Fire, of undetermined origin early today, destroyed twenty buildings in the business and residence sections of Lexington. The loss was estimated at $100,000. Only three buildings in the business section were left undamaged by the fire. A thirty-mile wind fanned the blaze which was beyond control of the fire department a few minutes after it was discovered. Small fires were still burning in the ruins at 8 a. m., but no further spread of. the flames was feared. TEUTON FORCES YIELD GROUND ON DNEISTER VIENNA, March 28 (via Berlin by Wireless). Admission of a withdrawal on the Dnelster river, in Galicia, by Austro-Hungarian troops is mad by the Austrian war office, but It Is stated that the main positions of the Teutonic forces remain unshaken. Following is the official report:. "Fighting near Latscz, on the Dniester river, described in the Russian re ports as engagements, has constituted only vanguard actions and skirmishes. Austro-Hungarian troops -engaged on reconnoitering, withdrew to the main positions when strong Russian forces advanced. The Russians did not attempt to attack the main position of the armies of General von Pflanzer and General von Dahlen" FUNSTON IGNORANT OF CARRANZA ACT SAN ANTONIO, Tex!, March 28. General Funston has not been informed thus far by Washington that General Carranza has refused to permit the use of the Mexican Northwestern ratf road for the transportation of arms and munitions for the use of the American' punitive expedition. His only Information, the general aid, was contained in press dispatches that had reached" hfm. He said further that no steps would be taken here or at El Paso until official information' has been received. - ,

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FIND JUNK HEAP INSIDE APPENDIX MEMPHIS. Tenn March 28. Surgeons who today operated on Miss Margaret Quinn, a normal school student for appendicitis, found fourteen small gun shot, two pieces of glass, a small particle of an oyster shell and a chipped particle of iron in the appendix. The girl had suffered for several days. She said she remembered swallowing Vie shot about ten years ago, but doesn't know where the other things came from. WINTERS MAY LOSE PART OF ONE ARM Scott "Winters, second sergeant of police, has been taken to Reid hospital for treatment for a serious malady. A blood clot from the heart has lodged in the artery of the police officer's right arm and all circulation below the elbow of this arm has stopped. It is probable that the lower part of his arm will have to be amputated so that the clot can be removed. Winters is one of the veteran members of the police department and a very popular officer. He has beea in ill health for some time.

U. S. SUSSEX MAY DIE OF OTIHDS: - DETMEMTORKBLD

LONDON, March 28; Although it has been established that no American lives were lost in the explosion which damaged the Channel liner Sussex, a telegram from Dover states that George : H. Crocker, of Fitchburg, Mass., who was badly wounded ,is in such serious condition that it is feared he will die. After a brief period of consciousness yesterday, Mr. Crocker has lapsed back into a stupor. . - Mrs. Fennel In Paris. S

Mrs. C. A. Fennell, who was report ed as missing in early dispatches on Monday, is in Paris. Walter H. Page, the United States ambassador, is forwarding to Washington affidavits taken from various deponents who quote officers of the Continued On Page Six. THUNDER'S CRASH ADDS TO REALITY OF MOVIE SCENE It happened in a crowded movie theatre yesterday afternoon when, outside, a miniature gale, tinged with lightning and thunder, was at its height. The hero of the play had just taken note of the fact that the ship was sinking and that a gale was approaching at a terrifying rate. The billowy sea was rolling, the clouds' were growing blacker, the situation was becoming more tense every moment. Suddenly a streak of lightning shot out of the heavens (on the screen, of course). The audience held its breath a moment. Outside a thunder roll, timed to the second, made the scene only too realistic. For a moment the gathering was puzzled, stunned, as it were. Then the true situation dawned and the audience became normal again. TOLLES TELLS MEIKIEAfJS SUCCESS The 12-6 club was treated to a brain duster today when Harry N. Tolles, vice president of the Sheldon school of Chicago, jarred latent brain cells into action. He came not as a reformer or a teacher of a new cult," but as an advocate of system; that is, trying to put business on a scientific basis, analyze it, prescribe remedial measures. Business building, he said, is the power to make permanent and profitable patrons. , Salesmanship is the power to persuade people to purchase at' a profit. . Service is the method of delivering quality and quantity. When business becomes a science, the men who are engaged in it will

AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICE GROWS IN VILLA CHASE

WASHINGTON, March 28. The United States army will have an adequate motor transport service as a result of the latest developments In Mexico. This will be the outcome of the sefusal of General Carranza to permit the use of the Mexican railways by the American punitive expedition. War department officials declared that with the railroads withheld, all that this government can do is to go right ahead with the purchase of transport automobiles. Already four companies of transport workers have been organized, each with twenty-seven big automobiles, and it is expected that this number will be doubled without delay. Meanwhile, the state department will endeavor to expedite the proposed protocol with the de facto government in. order that the danger of friction Continued on Page Twelve DRAFT MEASURE TO BUY MOTORS FOR FIRE CARTS John McMinn, one of the members of the board of public works, said today that at council meeting next Monday evening an ordinance would be introduced, authorizing the issuance of $10,000 of bonds .for the purpose of motorizing the fire department and to purchase a combination automobile ambulance-patrol for the police department. These projects were recommended by council committees at the last council meeting and the mayor, controller and board of works members were instructed to devise a method for financing the same. As a result of a $60,000 public improvement bond issue last year, an $80,000 municipal plant purchase bond issue and a $10,000 temporary loan this year, the proposed issue for the police and fire departments ' would bring the city very near to its legal indebtedness limit. However, there will be a considerable reduction in this indebtedness before the end of the year, and within eighteen months the $80,000 municipal plant bonds will have been taken up. RICHMOND TO ACHIEVE If! BUSINESS belong to a profession, and bickering over little things will disappear. Reduce an enterprise to a science, and it will develop into a profession, and out of it will come ethical standards...:',: ' : . To succeed men must have ability, reliability, endurance and action. If either of these is lacking or is defiant, the man is imperfect. No man is perfect, hence it is necessary for him through introspection to find his weakness and through concentration to develop strength. All men have the same elements of mind and body. Only those who are successful have developed , their strength.

MARCH 28, 1916.

GABRAfJZA REFUSES USE OF RAILROAD MID TELEGRAPH LINES BY PERSHING ADDING TO RIGORS OF BANDIT CHASE

PAYS BACK $35 STOLEN IN 1884 HAGERSTOWN, Ind., March 28. Twenty-two years ago, as J. N. Baldwin, then a huckster, was driving to his home five miles north of here, he was held up by three masked men and robbed of $35, the robbery occuring just at dusk, on the public highway, and in sight of his home.. There was no clew and the matter was dropped without investigation. Mr. Baldwin, who seven years ago moved to Cowan, near Muncie, . and is traveling as an evangelist, a few days ago received a letter sent from this place, in which $35 was Inclosed. The. letter read: "Here is your money. .1 want to get this from my mind and get clear of this sin. All these years since I helped to rob you have been years of hell. I was but sixteen years old and bad company got me into it. The gun I pointed at you while the other two highwaymen, robbed you was a pocket knife. You said, 'O, my God.' Now I have said the same many a time since In my prayers for forgiveness. -The other5 two that helped are' still living, but neither helped me make this up to you." ALLIED COUNCIL REFUSES NEWS OF DISCUSSION PARIS, March 28. With extraordi nary precaution to prevent any news of the deliberations from leaking out, the second session of the grand allied council of war opened at the foreign office this morning. The first session of the economic conference was held this afternoon. It is expected that the council of war and the economic conference will last the greater part of the week. All phases of the war are being considered financial, political, resources and military operations. The fact that Japan and Portugal were called in at the last moment and both have representatives present, indicates that the delegates are looking far into the future in their deliberations. It is believed that the question of financing Portugal is being considered. CARRANZA RELEASES AMERICAN HELPERS EL PASO, Tex., March, 28. Dispatches from Douglas, Ariz., state that all Americans employed in the Carranzista army in Sonora have been discharged on orders from General Carranza. No reason for this action is known. C. E, Kelly, owner of the ranch which was raided by Mexicans last night, sent word here today that some of the bandits were . overtaken by American cavalrymen and that a running fight ensued in which more than 100 shots were fired. At Ft Bliss it was said, however, that no word of any fight had been received. Weather Forecast United States Report Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Warmer Wednesday. TEMPERATURE Noon' 40 Yesterday. Maximum 52 Minimum 38 Local Forecast Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. About freezing or slightly below tonight. Decidedly warmer after tonight and for the next day or two. ' ; General Conditions The storm which crossed this part of the country Saturday, Sunday and Monday has moved to the Atlantic ocean. It is colder in the Mississippi valley except in the plain states where it is much warmer. The northwestern storm is movr ing southeast and will probably bring rain before the end of the week. - W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster.

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EL PASO, Tex., March 28. General Carranza has refused to grant the request of the United States government that American troops sent into Mexico in pursuit of Francisco Villa be permitted to use the Mexican Northwestern railway for the.transportation of supplies. The first chief has also notified General Gavira, the military commander at Juarez, that he must not permit the passage over this line of any shipment of food, ammunition or equipment for the American troops. Carranza has further barred the United States authorities and General Pershing from using the Mexican telegraph lines to and from Juarez. This development shows that the American troops must depend upon their own lines of communication for food and ammunition. As they proceed ' further into Mexico in pursuit of Villa it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to get these supplies.

RAID BY VILLISTAS NEAR FABENS CAUSES ALARM ALONG BORDER

EL PASO, Tex., March 28. When Carraiua's refusal to let the U. S. use the Mexican railroad became known today It caused a -wave of pessimism to sweep along the border. This was further intensified by an attack made last night by Mexican outlaws, upon the ranch-of C. E. Kelly, ex-mayor of El Paso, near Fab ens, a border town east of El Paso. The bandits crossed the border under cover of darkness, raided the I ranch and beat the superintendent. This man, though badly injured, made 1

FAILURE OF JOHfJ DOUGAfJ TO SIGN HIS LATEST WILL LOSES HOSPITAL 825,000

Plans for enlarging Reid Memorial hospital and for financing the project will be considered within a short time by the board of directors, the physicians advisory board and Interested patrons of the institution. This announcement was made today by one of the directors of the hospital. The institution is now too small to accommodate all applicants for treatment. For several months a waiting list has been kept. Private rooms at the institution are at a premium and lately almost as many charity cases have been cared for at .the' hospital as paid patients. More Room Needed. - The hospital board estimates that cost of increasing the size of the hospital will approximate $40,000. "Two things that the hospital stands in vital need of are a, maternity ward and an isolation ward where infectious and contagious disease cases may be cared for," one of the hospital officers said today. "The hospital is the city's most useful public institu tion and the city has now outgrown SEIZE RAILROAD DESPITE MEXICO CRIES SEN. FALL ' 'EL PASO, March 28. "Ignore Carranza's arrogant refusal to permit Amtrican troops to use Mexican railroads; take them at once; send troops Into Mexico and treat every armed Mexican, Villista or Carranzita for what he is an outlaw and a bandit. If President Wilson could forget his pride of opinion and see the truth the Mexican problem would find a ready bolution." - Thus Senator Fall, of New Mexico spoke his opinion of the Mexican situation today while supplies for the American troops of ' the punitive expedition , were blocked by orders of the Carranza government. -.

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his way to the T. M. Win go ranch and informed, a detachment .of., troop - K. Eighth Cavalry, of the outrage. Sergeant Burns Immediately led a "flying squadron" of ten cavalrymen In pursuit of the bandits. Raiders Disappear. The Mexican raiders bad disappeared by the .time the troopers reached the Kelly ranch at midnight It was believed they had re-crossed the Rio Grande, but to be doubly sure of this fact two other cavalry - detachments Continued On Page Twelve. the hospital. If the .institution eon. tinues to meet the public demands and is to be operated on a high standard of efficiency is must be enlarged. There is plenty of room for expansion but there are no funds available to expand with. We hope to find some way, however, to carry out our project." It was learned today that the failure of the late John B. Dougan to sign the last will drafted by bim lost to Reid hospital $25,000, which Mr. Dougan had intended to bequeath the institution, to be used for its expansion, which bequest he had written into his unsigned will. POLE SAVES STORE DAMAGE FROM MAD FLIGHT OF HORSES For some time John Marshall has been trying to have a pole removed from in front of his store on Fort Wayne avenue. It was fortunate for him, however, that the jole was still standing yesterday afternoon, else he would . have had the novel experience of witnessing a team of runaway horses gallop through his show window into the store. A team hitched to one of W. H. Backmeyer's garden produce wagons became frightened on South Eighth 6treet, and sprinted north toward North E street, the driver jumping after the horses were beyond his control. Turning onto Fort Wayne avenue, the team came to an abrupt halt v. hen the wagon tongue rammed the telephone pole in front of the Marshall store. 100 MINERS CAUGHT BLUE FIELD, W. V., March 28., One hundred miners were entombed today by a mine explosion at West Vivian. A telephone message received here shortly before noon said it was reported that all had been killed, buc anotber message a few minutes later said that four men had perished, all others escaping. '

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