South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 183, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 2 July 1915 — Page 1

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U. S. OVER THE Stale Department Considers Matter Closed Pending Receipt of Further Official Reports of Submarine Attack. MAY RAISE QUESTIONS OVER EXAMINATIONS Surveillance Exercised by U. S. Customs Officials Likely to be Subject of Probe No New Cause For Complaint. WASHINGTON. July - Thrre was a marked lessening of tension in oftieial Washington today over the sinking of the steamship Armenian with loss of Ametican lives. State department authorities still maintained their oilit ial silence, .ending compute reports from it.- representatives ina sttg tt ing the disaster, eat there was evident about the department adisposition to consider the incident closed as far as this government was concerned. ntlkials generally wore inclined to ;ierept the press reports showing that ipi. Trickev resisted capture and this, together with Ambassadr race's statement that the Pritish admiralty stated the xestd un." on admiralty business, gave the impression that the Cermins were justilied under the rules of war. in sinking the mule ship. It was stated that under international law. a belli-f rent warship is wari. -int.il in sinking an enemy vessel that ignores a halt een thou warning command ;h non-combatants to i be a 1 a id. The point was raised in some quarters, however, that in view of the fact, that CirniMiiy praetiealy had given warning that the kaiser's submarine commanders would sink en- ( my ships without notice, justification might le found for a merchantman carrying contraband to resist capture, sinee under this warning the merchant commander had no assurance of : : . f . t ;-. Fait the majority opinion in administration circles seemed inclined toward tlu former view of the rase. May. Ka'iM Question-.. While it was admitted generally that if the o!!i ial reports should bear i! the weliminarv accounts of the all 'air there would be little likelihood i of any n-w cause for lomplaint to be! made in connection with the issues j l:ov pending between the Fnitedj States arl ;rm mv. it was intimated1 by olhcials that the Armenian miaht raise sinking of the some p l ( s t i o n 3 as to the extent of surveillance exi reis d by Arm rican custom? officials er steamships sailing from the Fnibd States, with contraband cargoes. It bos b en conceded by international law expert-; that Americans have full rights to sell war munitions! to anv nation at war arid there is no u" lr '"'j mn'.U V? statute (laeettag the gover prevent e poi i a 1 1. in oi arms. i.ui u was d.c' led to t e a settled principle that the l':iited States cannot permit : belligerent to si:tlilish a siiply ha: hei e or send government ships munitions of war. This io lal.e aw av phase of t h e ca- it was s;vgested, e the basis of some dismight 1 a i s s i o n a :Ta ir. e mat as tli. r suit of the Arcmenian The '. .eliej' of otiieial that the, i-ue in the laisitat.ia adjib-tfai vaf Kl'actorily has not been changed less of Am rican live.of Gt nnaii submarines case would be with Germany by til is latest at the hands it was slated today. I.iUfly l 1' rsitMartory. Thi-; aititude was the result of the unofficial reports from Germany that n preliminary draft of the Ferlin retde has h en sent to the kaiser and that it i the hope of the German I auTrioritirs mat n w in mu.-i i i-si Wilson and that the plan to safeguard Americans in the war one to he suggested in the note will pro e s at'.siav tory to the American govern1!. Tit. The work of obtaining facts to pre-.-. rA to tlie F.ritish authorities on in-t-i:'. reia e with American shipping is .-til! omg forward. 'lie state department had a new pri x h. b sf against the alleged misuse o r.riti-li of the American lla. for i'o:r bhTati.in. It is Mated that affidavits have been r.t to Washington by Ambassador . r. ird an 1 American consular officers in i rma tlvhig t!h act using the i rs and stripes 1'ritish of lpparently ti . i . . ! . 1 1 1 a 1 k s mar in bv ('irnn.m sulatv- m otigation is being i , - . a . i v i hi: g" . rnrient and it.' ir.i.it ii tliat should th.' 1 . a! V. ill oat tii i rges. Jreat representations I'.ritain. u ; a EX-JUDGE MULLIGAN DIES Represented I'ldtcd Mate in Samoa and rote I'aiiHMi. Poem. T.FAIXOTi .V Kv. - a. , July nth of ( 'll" r, (1.1 alter tii. his w 1 1 f-imer Jutif ll;l!ir Mulligan, formerly t'nited Stairs Tisul general to SaMin.i. aii'l author o;' '"in Kentucky." i' f. !!:;: poem, is d-ad at his home l.r tj.y o! ,ipop!'. IK- was 71 "a r old W.tb the vp!in of the time !ia w : n pr !:ti:-g this uo rtitnent in i ! J i I . J I : i i U e : L'-Mt.glon. 1: '.m made his home his 1 irthplae.KUlsis IRRATMIAT. I!!! 1 1 . ' 1 V ! ! 1 a. it ir :a th , W h i t w i . t ! h . ! :: roj; , . ',.!' tol til He died M'i . - t-y-.'.lY -, t a r s r 1 1 . it ptar. Richard ' d. a tarm r of s. .1 to p, rmit tri-.-t iiim fr luck-jtw. a ,i f : r i lit- county be alt h oi '..n : - I: in;; b g al .lV..-' him to .111 cm; medical ut nor: in , omp l .rcatmuit.

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lt'gain CmwioiiMie. Hut Hn' of Krf-mrry i SlUIit. POCHHSTFP. X. V.. July -.The condition of III. v. James K. Quigley of ("hiiaico. ww. is ill at the home of his brother. Police Chief Joseph M. Quil.-y. !'." Cady st.. was reported this mfjrnin to he considerably improved. The archbishop rallied during the night and this morning recognized those a round his bedside for the tirst time since Monday afternoon. His brst words words to Anthony czarneki of Chicago, a close physical friend. wer- regarding the welfare of the Chicago archdiocese. I Jr. Ia-s Pcruer. who was In attendance, all night, said at S:l." o'clock that just now although the archiishop's condition was cneouraginir. it did not lessen to any extent the fears of his physicians as to the ultimate result of his illness. ATTACKS BRITISH CABINET John Ilcdmoml Predicts its Tall if tt TaiiiNrs With Home Kule. di-hux, July j.m a sensat i,.nai ! speech here last night. John Kedmond. leader of the Irish nationalists, voiced his distrust of the new national cabi net of Fngland and predicted that the j go eminent would collapse within a "week if it attempted any "insane proposal" like the repeal of the home rule law. 'T do riot ' favor t He coalition government and cannot understand why it is necessary," said .Mr. Redmond. "My mistrust of it was shown plainly by niy refusal to join it; but it was only formed for the war time period. Home rule for Ireland will automatically go into effect at the end of the war and nothing can prevent it except the coalition government might propose to repeal the law. If such :.n insane proposal is put forward tho government would not last a week." SHOT FROM AUTOMOBILE Ketirod Merchant of Ilrooklyn Killed; by Unknown I'nciny. NFAV YORK, July l'. In the presence of his two daughters, Frank Alonza. a wealthy retired merchant, was shot to death early today as ho was walking along Garfield place. F.rooklyn. The slayer shot from an automobile and sped away before the alarm could be Kiven. Just before he tired he rose in the tonneau of the motor car and shouted to Monza: "At last I've got you." Monza's daughters. Julia, 19 years old. and Josephine. 17 years old, told the police their father had lng feared assassination and seldom ventured from the house unlcs.s accompanied by a body guard. They did not know the origin of their father's fears, but believed it to be an old personal feud. LUMBERMAN UNDER BOND hargcil With IVo of MaiN for Fraud. ulcn Purposes. CHICAGO. July 2. William A. Iavis. president of a lumber comI pany hearing tils name, and husband of the woman who. at the national republican convention of ll'lj. started a :b-minute demonstration by unfurling an American flag and a picture of Theodore Roosevelt from the balcony in the Coliseum, was at liberty under bond today, charged with operating a swindle through use of the mails. It was alleged that he conspired with a lumber c Liquid C hrcker employed by tho mid Carbonic Co. to defraud the company in lumber deals. ATTITUDE OF U. S. Ex-Dictator Denounces His Arrest and Declares He Will be Freed of Charge of Violating Neutrality. K PASO, Texas, July Gen. Victorano ilueria.. former president of .Mexico, angrily denounced his arrest i today, w hile lie criticised the attitude of the Crated States government toward Mexico and prciiicted tliat lie Would he lree.1 f th' spiring to violate tin charge of conAmerican ncutrality laws. 1 shall not sp.ak as .Vietoriano Huerta. hut as a simple bstander." declared the former dictator of Mex ico. "What right has the Washington i K ei naieiii m i-ie i.. n. I raneiseo

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like a god msttad or the bandit that he is and then at the same time ar rest ami hold an innocent, patriotic .Mexican, w no i.-;is n;- oomer i() visit i his daughter. 1 am charged w ith vi..latinc the neutrality laws, hut 1 .Mil j , , dH- I t satisfied that 1 will be honorablv charged. If it is spite work which pTomptS the American government to takt hostile attitude toward me. I am sur rised; if it is the law, I d not understand it: if it is policy then I char, act rize it as ridiculous. "Tll me is there a government in .MexieoV "No. Well, if tlurt is no govenim nt in Mimcm. whv dos not Washington treat as criminals those Yillistas and 'arranizistas w ho daily meet m your territory, huy arms here, borrow money, and in other w rds. depend upon the Fluted States f,v supplies with which to c.irrv on their work, assassination. thi eiy and pill ae m my once ;air country. ' I went to our court house to ; ro- my innocence of the charge ;!-".;imt me. I was informed, that my trial was postponed until July 11. Why was this? It Is hecause th',' goirnmtnt has nothing on mu'

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HELD CAPTIVES 1 SUBMARINE Richmond Doctor Among Survivors of Armenian Rescued and HeL Prisoner by Germans Who Sank Steamer. SHELL CUT ROPES OF LOWERING LIFE BOAT Cabin Boy of 15 Tells Thrilling Tale Rivalling Sea Fiction, Describing Rescue by Belgian Trawler Stevens. CARDIFF, Wales. July 2. Several members of the crew of the torpedoed Leyland liner Armenian, anions them Dr. J. S. Viso of Richmond, Yu., were made prisoners by 'the German submarine C-oS, which sank the steamship, according to survivors who are in Cardiff. Those taken on board the U-.1S were picked up out of the water, after a shell from the submarine had cut the i ropes of a tilled Iifeooat, wnich was i being lowered. Instead of placing Hit ill in ciii'iiiii'i ll, iumwm i, inu i. Germans retained them. It is declared that, while the Germans showed consideration for the whites, they acted harshly toward the negroes. Some of the negro stock tenders, who were thrown into the water when the ropes of the lifeboat were cut, swam toward the suh- ! marine. When they tried to clamber on hoard the German sailors kicked their hands. Capt. J. Trickcy of the Armenian wa.s the last man to leave his ship. Tolls TliHUin- Talc. An exciting story is told ley Krnest Robert Talbot, u 15-year-old cabin boy and it has all the thrills of sea tale by Robert Louis Stevenson. "That was my tirst trip," said young; Talbot, who wa.s among the 37 persons who left the Armenian in the first lifeboat. It was this lifeboat that was plunged into the water by a German shell cutting the ropes. "The boat was about half way I dow n," continued the cabin boy. "when along came a shell and clipped the ropes clean. We all tumbled into the water and began swiming around. I guess I must have been in the water for an hour before I was picked tip by another boat which I found to contain my brother. We were in the lifeboat about 12 hours before being picked up- but it was not so bad for the weather was clear and the water smooth. We all got mighty thirsty tnough, and I was so hungry 1 could have eaten my boots. All through the night we could seo the Germans tiring minutes light while they looked for another ship to sink. After a bit we discovered the lighthouse on Lundy island and rowed in that direction but when the Germans saw us they tired a shell toward our boat and we turned around and rowed away as f;ist as we could. "At last the Belgian trawler. Tres't Stevens, came along and took us on board, landing us at Milfordhavcn, Wales. "The only ollicers drowned was the fourth otlicer. Four of the crew died in one boat. One had his head blown almost o!T and another had both his legs shot away. Capt. Triekey. who was the last man to leave the Armenian, acted splendidly. Kivp Mdp's Doctor, "Two of the lifeboats were found to be water-lodged, so Capt. Trickcy had live of the lifeboats lashed together with the water-logged ones in the middle so that they would not sink. "The ir-T.S took on board the ship's doctor, who is on American. They also took on board two other white men. When the negroes tried to climb on board the submarine the German sailors kicked them off. "I had a mighty narrow escape before Triekey surrendered. I was standing on the deck alongside of a negro seaman named Johnson, when suddenly this man struck me with his first, knocking me tlat. As I fell a shell struck the deck house level, near my head. The negro had heard the noise of the approaching shell. It missed him- but killed four men inside the deck house." Twenty-two survivors were brought to Cardiff and are being cared for! here b- the seamen's union. Several ,,,,a;..i are in the war hospital at I F.ri-tol. The Armenian lasted half an hour, j after being torpedoed, according to : John Wiley, a member of the engine i room force, who snid: "I was in the engine room all the time we were beimr shelled. It was not until a shell came down through the engine oom sky-nght ana smasneu one or the cylinders that we gave up hope iff escaping. R was ahotit live minel.' v if'f.T rirrlir M-Vi.in t i .- rmnnini V i f, 1 I I II 1H M kill tl IIIV IlliUi I V rill a.nvrt li ti.r- !wi- liiiK in t Vl air. This was :h minutes after she had been torpedoed. 1 saw Hermans kicking colored men. who tried to clim? aboard the submarine. "The ho. tt in which I got away started with only 10 in it. but within half an hour we had increased it to I saw W. II. Parks, the ship's baker, killed. Ri.s budy was blown to ph ccs." In all about lee shells were tired at the Armenian. The cannonade was directed b.v the commander of the submarine Who. w irin. "r.n-v l.r.vii-Ti overall, stood leaning against the1 conning tower of the submarine. i:.pi.oio kiltus rnTi:i:. MAK.-KILLKS. lYance. July ' 2. Fifteen men were killed and many injured by an explosion in a government fuse factory here Thursday.

YOUTH GOES TO CHAIR Hxpiatcs Murder of I'pre Agent Who Befriended JUm. AFBUItN. X. Y., July 2. .Spurning assistance as he coolly walked to the death chair, 2m. year-old David Dunn was electrocuted in Auburn prison today for the murder of Harry Edwards, a Wells Fargo express agent at Corning in February. 1 ! 1 4 . Thomas Mott Osbdrne, the prison reformer and warden at Sing Sing, tried unsuccessfully to secure a respite for Dunn. The condemned youth was reconciled to his fate, saying that death was preferable to life, imprisonment. His last words, spoken to the prison chaplain were: "Good bye. father." Dunn had hade farewell to his mother and brother Iat night. Three minutes after he was strapped into the death chair he was dead. Dunn's crime created hitter feeling. He had asked Kdwardi for permission to sleep upon the rloor of the oltice and afterward demanded money. When the agent refused Dunn drew a revolver and tired. The crime was promptly discovered by a telephone operator for, during the struggle in the express office the telephone Instrument had been knocked over and

disconnected. Dunn proved knitted many war sufferers. While he was in prison a model prisoner and articles for the Polish CAPTURE FIRE THROWING Official ''Eye Witness" Gives Description of Machine Used For Spraying Hot Liquid. LuNDOX, July l I'.ritish troops have captured one of the machines used by the Germans to throw burning liquid upon the allies troops and a description of the contrivance is given in a narrative written by the; otiieial English "eye witness" at the front and issued by the government press bureau today. "The captured apparatus," says the eye witness, "comprises a portable; ieservoir holding inflammable liquid and means for spraying it. The form! in which 'it is carried strapped to aj man's hack is a steel cylinder conlaiiunf; on ami compresseu air. "Separate chambers for the consist of suitable lengths of latter ; metal ; pilc. J "It is fitted with universal joints, and a nozzle capable i-i rotation in' aiv direction. When the valve is; turned on the air pressure for es thej oil out of the nozzle in a tine spray i for a distance of more than 20 yards. The oil is ignited automatically at the nozzle and continues to issue in a sheet of flame until the air pressure falls low or the oil is exhausted." The narrative gives the following information as to military operations: "South of Messines on the night of June 4 some Ravarians who had recently taken over a section of the de fenses, celebrated their presence in the front line by undertaking a local offensive form. "A party under a lieutenant advanced to make a bomb attack on our trenches, but the men did not follow their ollicers, who were bayonetted on our parapet. "In one quarter of the front on : Friday (June 23) our artillery silenced j tnree iterman guns, mew uown a house which was sheltering a fourth and also dispersed hostile working parties in front of Cuinchy. "The Ra Bassee church, which has been a familiar landmark in front of our right is gradually disappearing. The Germans so far have knocked; down the front part of the roof. It is not known whether the dismantlement is rendered necessary by the structure's unsafe condition or undertaken for other reasons. "It is reported the Germans are again using engines for throwing burning liquid against the French." KERN SEES WILSON Asserts President Is Certain of Reelection and Will Be Supported by Bryan. WASHINGTON. July Z. 'Pres't Wilson will be renominated by acclamation in the democratic national convention next year." said Sen. Kern of Indiana, leader of the upper house, at the staV department today. "lie will have no stronger advocate than Mr. l'ryan. He will have no more earnest supporter throughout the campaign than .Mr. Dry an. and you may take my word for it. the president will have no supporter whose assistance he will need more than Mr. Rryan. "As matters stand today, with no immediate prospects of an end of the Ruropean war. 1 consider that I'rcs't Wilson is certain of reelection by an overwhelming majority. 'Vertain claims have recently been made by republicans that they would win the senate next year. It is scarcely modest for me to speak of my own state, hut I will say that they have no more chance of electing a republican from Indiana next year than they have of eh-cting a republican senator from Georgia." .cen. Kern declared that the oneterm plank in the Baltimore platform which was put in as a n attirmation of a similar plank w h n .Mr. I'.ryan wa.i a candidate. He said it was taken over from earlier platforms just as the labor and other planks were taken over. The .-enator added that he believed the senate would adopt a modified plan of debate rub as the fust work of th coming session. He pointed out that 40 democrats in the senate signed a petition lat February ask ing him a chairman of the caucus to appoint a special committee f,r reision of the senate rules. This committee, of which ecn. Owan of Oklahoma is chairman, will report to the democratic caucus of the senate the first week in December.

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Steamers Caucasian, Inglemoor. Welbury and Argyll Are Latest Victims of Kaiser's Under Sea Craft. CHEWS TAKE TO SMALL BOATS AND ARE SAVED No Confirmation Is Received of Reported Capture of Krithia, Turkish Stronghold, But the Ottomans Suffered Defeat. FAUlOUTh. England. July 2. The chief otrieer and IS men of the Caucasian crew and all of the Inglemoor crew were landed here today. Other of the Caucasian's crew were taken to Penzance. The sailors said that both the Caucasian and the Inglemoor were sunk by shell tire. LONDON, July 2. The British steamers Caucasian and Inglemoor were sunk by a German submarine during the night. The Caucasian and Inglemoor were sunk off the Lizard, the extreme southwestern point of England by the submarine U-H9. sister ship of the U-38, "which sank the Armenian, causing the death of a number of Americans. The Caucasian was the first attacked by the submarine. After she had been sunk, her sailors were picked up by the Inglemoor, which in turn was attacked by the submarine a shoit time later and sent to the bottom. Hound for Now Orleans. The Caucasian, a vessel of 4,G5 tons, was bound from London for New Orleans when attacked. The ship was owned by the Petroleum Steamship Co., Limited, and was built in Lx9!. Her length was 36 3.3 feet and her beam 49.8 feet. The Inglemoor was a steamer of 4.:'.3l tons, owned by the Moor line. Limited. She was 363.1 feet long and rl.l feet in breadth. London was the home port of both ships. si nk orr IRISH COAST. I OX DO"" July 2. The British steamer Welbury, bound for England from Matanzas, Cuba, was sunk by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland last night. The members of her crew were landed .at Castletown, Ireland, today. The Welbury hailed from Hartlepool nni was a vesspl of tons. It was built in 1907. The sailors of the Welbury given 10 minutes in whioh to West 3,591 were leave their shlp.s. They took to the boats and w ere later picked up 1 y a trawler. The Welbury carried a cargo of 5.400 tons of sugar. Capt. Reterson said on his arrival at Castletown that the submarine's commander expressed his pleasure on linding that the steamer carried sugar. Re fore the Welbury sailed from Matanza.s some one had painted in white letters inside the forehold this warning: "You have a cargo of sugar for England. You will never get there." om; si nk, oxr: dali:d. CARDIFF, Wales, Ju'.y 2. The Rritish steamer Argyll was sunk and the Tunisiana damaged by a German submarine, according" to advices received by shipping agents here today. The Tunisiana was torpedoed June 23, hut wa.s beached near Lowestoft nnd subsequently repaired. She was a vossc 1 of 4,220 tons, and placed between Kngland and Canada. The Argyll was 3,5 4 7 tons and hailed from New Castle. tvriv di:i t:at unconfirmed. ATI! KN.S, July 2. No citicial confirmation has yet been received of reports that the allies have captured Krithia. chief defensive poMtion of tho turks on Callipoli peninsula, but it la known that the Anglo-French forces have won important heights and have inflicted heavy losses on the Ottoman troops. The Turks' losses in the last 10 days of fighting near Krithia aro estimated at more than 12,000 men. Supported bv the allied warship.s. who poured a terrific fire upon the Turks' redoubts. French troops on Wednesday captured several trenches and communicating tunnels which the Turks had constructed. Tlv; bombardment by the warships which caused severe damage to the Turkish forts wax conducted from he Dardanelles and from the gulf of Faros. i YACHT BURNS. TWO ESCAPE Ga-oline i:plodes on Power Rout and Ship i PcMrojed. CHICAGO. July 2. Two men narrowly escaped death in a fire that did $!,f0o damage to the 40-loot power yacht Lavinia. Tho boat was moored near Riverview park when it caught lire. A large quantity of gisoline ex--dofled and Rdward Duffy, owner of the boat, and a companion were on the -acht at the time. Roth men leaped into tne river to save themselves and were hauled ashore by f.remn. The fire was not extinguished until the yacht was buried to the water s edge. SAYS HE MADE THREATS Charging that her husband has threatened to kill hr and that once err tihasized his threat by throwing ' a meat fork at her and woundinir hr in the arm. Algo Ktnpanosxi pelitloni ed the superior court Friday afternoon to grant her a divorce from Andrew Kulpanuski. They verc married in 1310.

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AMisTKUDAM. July 2. A Zrvpelin airship exploded Wednesday while leaving its shelter at Brussels and was completely destroyed, according to a report received here. Livery man in the crew of is said to have perished. XISH, Servia, (via London), July '2. Destruction of an Austrian aeroplane that bombarded Belgrade was announced today by the "servian war office. The following statement was issued: "Early Sunday we forced a landing and captured Micharskau. We took 1 S 5 prisoners. The enemy lost heavily In killed and wounded. Our booty includes a field telephone. Hoi ritbs with bayonets, and five ammunition wagons. "Early Monday four hostiln aeroplanes Hew over the suburbs of Belgrade. They were attacked by our artillery. One was forced to land on the Tlejania heights. where it caught tire :uid burned. The others bombarded Obrcnovatz without result." STOCKHOLM. Julv 2. Severa.l Swedish ships in the harbor of Windau. Russia, are reported to have been sunk when that port was bombarded by German warships. P.UCHARKST, July 2. Nicolas Filipeseu. one of the most, imluential statesmen in Rumania, was today elected president of the wing of the conservative party which, favors the entrance of Rumania into the war on the side of the allies. PRETORIA. South Africa. July 2. Two Rritish aeroplanes successfully bombarded German troop trains at Otavi, German Southwest Africa, it was announced today. Xearly inn German soldiers are believed to have been killed. PRTROGRAD. July 2. Cen. Tokareff. one of Russia's best known military leaders, was killed on Tuesday in leading a charge against one of the Austrian positions in Calicia. BELIEVE MURDER DONE IN B00NVILLE MYSTERY Will Pxhumc Rody of Man at Pirt i Relieved to Re an Invent Ho Character. IJOO.NTlbbi:. Ind.. July 2. The body of a man believed to have been murdered Sunday night, will be exhumed here in an effort to identify it. The police had gone on the supposition that the man was Tom O'Connor, but O'Connor, it has just been learned, is alive and visiting at a farm house in the northern part of Vanderburgh county. On the supposition that O'Connor had been murdered the police arrest - ed Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Hester, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Coleman and their son. Veslev Coleman. 20 years old. all of whom had ben living in a camp near here. The body was found on the southern railroad tracks near Chandler, but the throat had been cut indicating it had been placed on the track to conceal a murder. The body was identified by a brother and several others as that of O'Connor, who is an eccentric -character of some means, known as "Walking Tom." because of his custom of walking everywhere he goes instead of using the railroads. Sheriff Frank Phillips still believes ! he has a murder mystery to untangle and he will continue to investigate. LEAP FROM PATROL ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE Two of Youthful Bandit Gang j Are Recaptured After Hot Pursuit. A daring attempt to escape from hv two or f in u.vpii mem nerv ot tne gang that stoned the rew of ihe Ne w York Central train at the New York . .... , ...i i.. i i ... :- . .. . r rro it 'i t ion i4iTii.ii',i 4'WTiirte -iii York and Joseph Story of Pittsburgh I leaped out of the patrol as it stopped at the door of the county jail.j and ran down the alley with Patrol-1 man Cutting and Turnkey King of the jail in hot pursuit. Storv was caught between William and Taylor sts. in an alley where hei had hiden behind a pile of rubbish. Taylor was trapped in a hedge on S. j Tavlor st. bv a group of citizens, whoi held him there until the orheeni arrived. King made both captures, assisted by Patrolman Cutting. Story and Daniels, with the other members of the gang, had been found guilty ejf trespass in city court Friday morning and were being taken to the county jail. None of the others attempted to escape. That the gang will be accused of tampering with consignment by from Chicago, is a gove rnment mail federal autliorit'b probable, according' to Dej-uty Pros. Nyr I he train Was delayed nearly 3m minutes, and the .

brakeman was seriousby cut about tbe'of Indiarapi head with a str.ne thrown by a mem-I this citv. I.

her of the gang. P.ertillon meurenunts hue bierij taken of them. It is thought th-it some of them might be wantel in other cities. The gang was com nosed of Story. Daniels. Watson Thurman. Wililaini Wilson. John Carson. James Pugh and Joseph Harley. Fran!; Kc es and another witness testihed aga:r;-i them in city court Friday morninc. alleging that they had seen the gang j both stone the train an.l attemnt tol tol ride out of the citv on it. Keces i a switchman in the New vurk. intral yards.

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WAGE INCREASES Chiefs Kerr and Sibrel Head Petitions From Police and Fire Departments Asking Raise For All Employes. DECLARE THEY EARN MORE THAN IS PAID Safety Board Will Consider Matter at Special Meeting and Increases May be Put up to Council in Budgets. Kvcry member of the South Rend police and lire departments asked for an increase in salary at the regular meeting of the board of public safety Friday morning. A petition from the police department, with the names of Chief of I'olice Millard V. Kerr ami Chief of Detectives John R. Kuespert heading a list of was presented and placed on tile. This petition w;us wholly unexpected, it was said, bat will be ivon the consideration of the board at a special meeting some time next week. That it would be included in the department's budget of appropriations was the statement of one member of the board. The fire department presented its requests for increases in the form of a tabulated table. The increases named were practically the ame a were named in a similar p. tition madelast year before the annual preparation of appropriation budgets. Following is the present salary of members of the police dcparti.u nt and the increases they ask: I'ri sent Salary Increase Chief $1.5 tin $2,e-ni Detective chief 1.2dm 1.70m Captains (-) 1.1 on l ,; n Sergeants ( 1) l.t'-b 3.4' Detectives (7t '.oat 1,::om Patrolmen 4 " ) . . . . .oju l.l'Mtk Rca-on. I'rgrd for Incir.w, Reasons set forth in the petition that the various increases should be granted are the rapid growth of the city in the past eight years, growth in area, lare industries failing to receive proper protection through lack of patrolmen, the good work done by the department although short ha ruled, and the vast number of people in th city whose saftty depends upon one single patrolman whos work is al ready more than- that to be required 1 4)f om. man I Jt was su gested in the petition paid ?7." a year of sersecond year. that new patrolmen be month during tlo-ir first i vice $ M a month for t he and full pay in the third year. The petition was signed by the entire foice. Following are the salari s of members of the lire department and the increases ask d: Present Salary . $ i ..'mm . 1. -MM . l.MMM 'Hill Increase i.r.Mo l.'JMM l.n.sn Chief , Assistant chh f . . , 'aptains 1 ... . Lieutenant -; Forty bos men, truckmen and Irhers ask that their pav b raised from floei to ? 1,0 On a year. These incr as-s w ere asked last y ear and were refuser' bv the council. The 'petitions from both departments wall i be considered by the safely in the board, i pnroprobably he included priation budget.s which will Jo ed before the rmivor on Julv 1, bv the linn nee com in it t of the uncil after they hae been approved by ! the ( ity controller, and w ill be taken 1 M by the - ity council about si pt. 1. .Mayor Keller refused to di.-ctiss the petitions otlor than to say that ho willing to consider them wrun f nted to him. "We will 'ivc them whatever consideration they m. Tit." he said. "It is probable that the safety board wall lib recommendations with them, and what action will be taken de pem: largely upon what the.-e are." The mavor also stated tint the citv needed more patrolmen. ' .o.,c - , l'ii'cn W.153 -Mjr-.ssr d in the pctitioic i ; f""'1 th', ltI"' "-'.- i we felt that we the department as - - - - more money than we are given, J.e S Kurst.ert. chief of te tive s. made 1 a similar tat merit. I Fire Chief Sibrel. in pre s-a'.tii: - the t petition, stated that the ;;r,. departj in' took the same attitude that It I had taken hu-t ear. i Claude M. Hild. -brand ami K-irl I Havens. ity 1 in men emplo'oi by tho electrical department, also presented .... ...... i a petition lor increase:-, stating u.ai the bazard undertaken by them war rant' d s :c h ar. action. Th y stated a skim: a no definite am-cint. merely "s i btantial iner a.-e." The report of the police department for June -how d that there had been :b7 arre.-as, 13s of whieh wt :or intovicatioti. Stolen ar: 1 lost 2 ' wax proper property amounting tr Jt ree overt d ar; l returned v iJ owners. Three men per, al farm were s i , t to he j j n,j ;ana and or.: woman I v."a s S" ht to the Indiana woman's prison , Tn,. be ard a How e.l P. S. Law ton. an . employe .,f th. 1 latt'.e'd Flectrn a! Co.. lis. a licen-e to operate !fl r.vton wiil superintend th e Willllk of the vw F rity building at Main : ron bl-'!. m r and JcfCROP DAMAGE $500,000 II VSTI'l'. x. , .Ir.lv Croa i dama-'c in we.nern Nebraska r- .-altmg from the iob nt hail torm of ' imsdav nii;ht. vav .-titr. atcd toil.i at $ . "'. . tif :tbou Tla s'oim sir::-k an area tif about s iu.ire miles n.twee:i ' C.tlt tier and Fairhcld A few days he fure a crop hiss d" $J"''.t ; o was dne by a storm west of this city.