South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 280, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 7 October 1915 — Page 1

THE WEATHER. I f FTERNOQM EDITION UTH MDES INDIANA Fair and rnMrr tonight with frost, probably heavy in n r.h portion, Friday fair an 1 colder. lowki: mici 1 1 g a x n.ii n or Fnou- in north, rain ia south portion tonicht. colder: PUBLISHED EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR AND TWICE ON WEEK DAYS VOL. XXXIL, NO. 230. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1915. PRICE TWO CENTS

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Guns Now Dominate Railways Over Which German Supplies Were Transported. Artillery Opens Way. COUNTER ASSAULTS ARE LAUNCHED BY GERMANS Suffer Tremendous Losses in Effort to Regain Lost Positions Violent Bombardment Under Way. PAP.T.S, Oct. 7. By capturing the Germans' massive fortification at Tahure, French troops have pierced the Gainer's lines on a front of more than iivo miles, and their puns now dominate the Challerangc-Bazanconrtry railway. It 13 over this lino that the German forces In the "bloody triangle" formed by the Ob and I.ne have received most of their supplies and their position there has been rendered precarious by the latest French success. The French artillery battered tho Tahurc fort and its neighboring defenses for six days before Gen. Joffre ordered his infantry to advance. Within an hour the shattered fortifications were in the hands cf the foot soldiers, who dashed through the waters of JOrmoiso rivulet and ended with their bayonets the lives of all the Germans who resisted them. Several companies of Teutonic troops, trapped -in the deep concrete and :teel fortifications, surrendered without resistance. Aecordmg to the Paris experts, the French victory at Tahure surpasses in strategical value that which resulted in the capture of Hill No.. 191, north of Massiges, when tho allies' offensive was opened lato In September. They assert that tho army of Crown prince Frederick William, which for more than a year has held a salient position west of Verdun, has been put in a dangerous position because it is now open to attack from two sides. Is Not Slackening. The latest French victory, which resulted in a pain of a mile in Champagne, t-hows that Gen. JofTre's offensive movement to cut the German lines of communication, is not slackening; rather it is gaining momentum. With the southern lino of the Pazancourt-Challerange railway under the domination of the French guns, the Germans must rely almost wholly upon wagon trains and motor troops to supply their army in Champagne. There is another railway running from F.azancourt to Challerango by way of Youzi-ers, Attigny, Bethel and Ichat( let hut it is many miles in the rear of the German army. Tremendous losses wers sustained by the Germans in efforts to retake from the French the positions captured by them in the Champagne yesterday, according to an ottlcial communique issued by the French war olnce today. Furious counter assaults were launched by the Germans In an effort to drive back the French forces that captured Tahure. northeast of isTouane. All these attacks were repulsed, tho Germans leaving many dead r.nd wounded upon the held. The most violent efforts were made by the Germans to dislodge the French from Tahure hill, from vhlch point (CONTINUED OX PAGB THIim;) STRONGLY UNIFIED Siliiman Says First Chief Has the Situation Well Under Control. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Tn a personal report to Sec'y Lansing today on conditions In Mexico, John B. Siliiman. t -Misul general at Vera Cruz, declared that the Carranzista party is strongly unified, despite reports to the contrary. The constitutionalist generals and leaders throughout the republic a re behind Carranza to a man he said. Carranza, he declared, had tho situation well under control. It is he-h-cd here that Siliiman' report may have strong inlluence on the decision of rat Saturday's conference; on the Meioan .situation between the IvttinAmerican envoys and Sec'y Ionising. TBAIN YKi:CKi:i. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. A passenger train bound from Yera Cruz to Mexico City was wrevked Tuesday near Maltrata. according to dispatches to the s-t ate department today. One message statt d that ;ill of the passengers w re killed. A second dispatch stated .') were kilhd and a score or more injured. No foreigners were on the train. TO MAKE UEFOKT. SAN AXTuNIG. Texas. K't. . A report on the n lief work done in northern Mexico by the American Red Cr:..s w ill be made t y i,rig. Gen. Cadevr.i. general manager of the Red 'ro5s here, who left today for Wash-ingtca.

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RIVER PARK MAN DIES AT HOSPITAL John A. Howie Was First Correspondent There to Iteport For Ncws-Times.

John A. Howie, 7 years old, of 2222 Mishawaka av., for many years a resident it .South Bend, died at 8:40 o'clock Thursday morning at tho Mishawaka hospital following a short Ulnes. He w stricken Ferlously ill two years ago, but hal entirely recovered. Ieath was due to heart trouble. Mr. Howie was born in Agdenhurg, Scotland, coming to this country when he was 1- years old. He came to South Bend and lived here the remainder of his life. He was an employe of the Oliver Chilled plow works for 27 years, being engaged in various departments. When he severed his connection with that concern 10 years ago. he was foreman of the foundry. He was married to Miss Gharity Savage Feb. 24. 1S7S. at Ed wardsburg. Mich. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. A. W. Stine. who lives at the residence, a sister, Mrs. Chauncey Airgood of Servia, Tnd., and an uncle, Lewis Smith, who lives in River Park. Ten years ago he opened the news depot on Mishawaka av. He war, the first River Park correspondent for the News-Times, and has handled the distribution of the morning and evening editions in River Park for many years. Mr. Howie was very active in Woodmen circles and was a member of the River Park lodge of W. O. W. He was clerk of the W. O. W. there for many years. Funeral arrangements have not been made NO RAIN HERE SAYS WEATHER FORECASTER Cold, Rut Clear Is the lrrliction For OiK'iiing of Ilasehall Series. Early this morning about the time the newsboys and milkmen were getting up the thermometer dropped. to the lowest point it has since early last spring. The minimum temperature was 4 0 degrees. Tho thermometer reirrafned fairly steady throughout the morning, onlf a six degree change being made up to 1 o'clock. At that time the thermometer registered 4 6 degrees, although there was every prospect that It would become colder, for n cold breeze was blowing. South Bend scoreboard fans will not be bothered by rain, according to Weatherman Swaim. If the rain that is scheduled for Philadelphia for Friday and Saturday passes over, and. tho games are played, overcoats, but not raincoats, will be used here. It's too cold to rain. POTATO PICKERS NEEDED IN COUNTY Local Kmploymcnt Agency Cannot 1111 the Demand For Workers. Too many potatoes and not enough pickers a.T4i the conditions in St. Joseph county. Frank J. Murphy, superintendent of tho loca! Indiana Free Employment bureau has received numerous calls from formers In the vicinity of South Fend and Mishawaka for men, but he is unable to fill the requests. Several men turned down these positions Thursday morning. The potato crop in St. Joseph county has been unusually heavy this year and the price has been lower than it has been for years. Early in the fall when potatoes ordinarily would sell for nearly a dollar a bushel, the farmers were receiving as low as 4.r cents. Some of them refused to haul their crops into the city for that price. TWO SUE FOR DIVORCES One Wife Alleges She Was Iocrtel by llubaiul. P.ecause her husband often struck her, as she says, and stayed out late at nights and finally deserted her, Mrs. Dora Overbay petitioned the superior court Thursday morning to grant her a divorce from Melvin Overbay. She says that they were married on Nov. L'S. 1914. and that the defendant deserted her on Jan. ly, 1915. She asks for the custody of a con and for supoprt money. Mary Kaczmarek petitions the circuit court to grant her . divorce from Kassimer Kaczmarek. The petitioner says that they were married in 1914 and that during the most of their married life her husband has abused her by calling her vile names and accusing her "of infidelity. TO KEEP MARKET OPEN Will Not be Closed Till After Christmas Holidays. The relder the weather becomes, the more strawberries seemingly appear on the city market. Another large supply was on hand, direct from the Newton farm, south of Springbrook park. Grapes were cheap, and chickens took a tumble. IJve chickens sold for lt'c and 17c a pound, a three-cent drop in price over former market days. S.vc ct cider went at l.'-c a gallon. There was a large supply of late fall vegetables and frtiits. The market will be kept open this years as it was last, until the Christmas holidays. This announcement was made by Marketmaster Ilyron F. Miller Thursdav morning. VACANT HOUSE ENTERED Thieves Carry Away the Plumbing Eiture. Ed Neddo. 220 S. Michigan st.. reported to the police department that thieves had entered a vacant house at 4r. Lincoln wy E. and hail rei moved all plumbing fixtures. These, it is thought, were sold as junk. MAKIUAGE LICENSES. H. M. Warte. machinist, Michigan; Dciva Ellis, Michigan.

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h M M OPERATORS ARE FRANTIC Not Enough 3Ien Lieft to Work Wt Virginia Minos. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Oct. 7. With the issuance of orders by Greece for reservists to return, West Virgina coal operators are frantic. They have not recovered altogether from the blow received when the Italian reservists were called, leaving the operators with more than C.00O fewer m n with which to operate their mines in this state. The recall of the Greeks will, damage materially the prospects for a large shipment of coal from now on until the lake season closes and will prevent the railroads from bringing up their tonnage to the marks of other years. Approximately . s.000 Greeks will leave the mines of West Virginia within the next few weeks. FAKE TELEGRAMS SENT Names ri 1romineiit Men Forged in Messages to Ircidenl. WASHINGTON. Oct. 7. Secretary to the president, Tumulty today declared that names of prominent New Jersey residents had been forged to telegrams sent to the president protesting against his decision to vote for woman suffrage. Sec'y Tumulty gave cut only one of the names forged, that of Richard Stockton, commissioner of charities and the telegrams were received last night. Sec'y Tumulty answered them at once. Stockton and the other whose names had been used, then wired in declaring that they had not sent any telegrams of protest. ITALIAfl MINISTER ill SOFIA IS CALLED HOI ROME. Oct. Italv has broken off diplomatic relations with Rulgaria it w:is announced here today. Tho Italian minister at Sofia has been ordered to return to Rome via Greece. Only a few hours before the announcement was made the war oitiee issued a call for additional troops, n is understood that the new forces will be ready to be sent to aid the allied troops now lan iing in Greece for the defense of Servia. Bulgaria's decision to join Germany has been expected by well informed otlicials in Rome, but it came as a surprise to the general public. The. coup of King Const an tine of Greece in forcing Premier Yenizelos out of othce astonished both otf.cialdom and public. The Tribuna hints that a revolution may occur in Greece, saying: "The situation as i:volve.s the allies in Greece is graxely compromised unless sudden internal events give Yenizelos the power to make his will paramount."

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PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT Women Thank Him For His Supiort of Suffrage. NEWARK. ' X. J., Oct. 7 ihe Collowing telegram was sent today to Pres't Wilson by the cooperative committee of the suffrage organizations of Xew Jersey": "The cooperative committee representing all tho suffrage organizations of Xew Jersey, congratulates and thanks you for your magnificent statement in favor of the Xew Jersey stiffrage amendment. "This is the most important aid gien the cause of political equality since Lincoln took his stand in 1S3G, and .your name will be linked with that of Lincoln in the suffrage calendar." WILL NOT BE RETURNED Robert Skinner Said to Have Made Enemies In England. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Robert P. Skinner, consul-general to London, who has been summoned home to assist the state department in working out trade differences with Great Britain, will not be returned to that station, it is reported here last night. Mr. Skinner is said to have been recalled at the recommendation of Ambassador Page because of the growing discontent with Mr. Skinner in England, owing to his reports to this government on the efforts of England to dominate trade with this country-. STEAMER SUNK. LONDON, Oct. 7. The Dutch steamer Texelstroom. 1,601 tons, has been sunk by a German submarine. A dispatch to the-Lloyds says 20 survivors were landed today.

SPeed in Showing Baseball

Plays is Aim Gather in closely fans, the score hoard is up in front of The NewsTimes ot!:ce, the special wire which has direct connection with the baseball park at Philadelphia has been strung, the cnunciator man has bfen prac'ieinsr. the lights tested and everything made ready for the great baseball blow-oft Friday afternoon. We will expect yeu here at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon when the lirst bat. ter on the Boston team will walk to the plate and start the great Contest. It will be o'clock in Philadelphia at that time. There is plenty of space in front of The News-Times office and every fan. big or little, short or v'lj. b an er fat. young or old. male or ffmale, grandfather or grandchild, is cordially invited to gather in close. The News-Times organization that will give out the report of the game to the bans has but ore aim and that i SPEED.

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POLICE HUNT FOR BABY Woman Tires of Life and Takes Mercury Tablets. CHICAGO, Oct. 7. While Mrs. Addie Widlie was dying of bichloride of mercury poisoning police today were exerting their efforts to find her three-weeks-old baby. Tho woman said she lived for two days on two apples which she stole from a peddler's pushcart, and that she lived one day on a meal for which she washed dishes in a small restaurant. Her husband, she said, deserted her three weeks ago, and she took the poison when she was no longer able to provide for her little one. She lapsed Into unconsciousness before telling what she had done with her baby. FRANZ JOSEPH BETTER Austrian Emperor Was Suffering From Severe Cold. ROME. Oet. 7. Reports received by Vatican ollicials say that Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has recovered from a severe cold which he recently contracted and that his health is good. Reports were current yesterday that the emperor's condition was critical and that tho crown princo haa been summoned to Vienna. COTTON STORES BURN British Los is Placed at $10,000,000 hy Rerlin. HERLIN. Oct. 7. (lb Wireless) P.ritish cotton stores at Bombay were recently destroyed by fre with a loss of $10,000, 000, according to the Overseas News agency. of Nevs-Time s Over at Philadelphia a telegraph eiperator will send each play as it happens. Here in The News-Times ollice the telegraph operated will receive It direct. He reads it off as it comes and it is then shown on the board and announced at the same time. The News-Times board is built for speed. The lights Hash and you know what happened. The men are shown on the bairts. Every little detail Is displayed and announced. All you miss is the crack of the bat and the fight of the ball players. - Then after the game is over, you can get the full detailed report erf tho game, to sort of serve ;s an authority on the points in dispute that are bound to arise as it takes a good memory to remember a 1 the details. The News-Times regular edition cirrying the full report, will be on the streets a few minutes after the ht laan ia out. WATCH FOR IT.

i It Coaliton Body With Alexandre Zaimis as Premier is Named by King Is Not New to the Position. MORE BRITISH TROOPS LANDED AT SALONIKA! Servia Rejects Bulgaria's Demands and Hostilities Arc Expected to Open Within 24 Hours. HERUX. Oct. 7. Fy Wireless) The sreat Austro-German invasion of Servia has been launched. The war oHice announced today that the Teutonic forces had crossed the Drina. Save and Danube rivers ;it many places. The Aiistro-Oerman forces are thus attacking the Serbs from the north and from the west. The Save and Danube rivers form the northern boundary of Servia. while the Drina Mows along the western bonier. Heavy artillery opened the way for the advance of the Austro-Oerman forces. For nearly a month the guns have been battering the Servians in preparation for the advance of the Infantry and cavalry. ATHENS. Oct. 7. The itritish legation today liotitied the Oreek government that inerehantlis-' -onsimiel to l'ulgaria will be treated as contraband. AMSTERDAM. Oct. 7. The Vaze Diaz News agency reports that Field Marshal Litnan von Sanders. Herman commander of the Turkish forces in Europe has arrived at lMiilippopolis. Itulgaria. between Adrianopb and Sofia where he nut King Ferdinand. SOFIA. Oet. 7. .Yia lierlin by Wireless) Iluliaria expets the- allies to declare war. ATHENS. 'Oct. 7. A coalition cabinet was formed today with Alexandre Zaimis, governor of the Xational Rank of Greece, as premier ami foreign minister, succeeding Elutberios Yenizelos. All members of the new cabinet are former ministers. M. Zaimis is regarded as pro-ally but he is not a belligerent. The new premier formerly headed a Greek cabinet. He was born in isr" and from the autumn of l'.Hitj until 1911 was governor of Crete, suceeding Prince George in that othce at the mandate of the entente powers. Last March he was offered the pre. miership, but declined it and the office went to M. Gounaris. The decision to form a nationalist cabinet was made at a conference between King Constantino and party leaders representing the various political factions. The absence of M. Yenizelos from th new ministr.v means that the allies have lost o:;e of their strongest supporters in tho Greek government. Land More Troop-. Despite the change of govern iu-nt, which many regard as a riuniph for German inlluence in Athens, the entente allies continue their war preparations on Greek soil. Eritish troops have been landed at Salonika to reinforce the French forces that are in the Balkans to help Servia. Political excitement nms hiuh in Athens. There is much speculation as to how the new government will regard the agreement between Greece and Servia by which this country is pledged to help the Serbs if th.- ai attacked by Bulgaria. M. Wnizelo.' solemn declaration in the- chamber f deputies that Greece must stand by that treaty at any cost was his last ollicial statement "while in office. REJECTS DEMANDS. LONDON, Oct. 7. Servia. backed by the allies, has rejected Pulcaria's demands for the surrender of Macedonia and hetstilities between the two countries are expected to open within 2 1 hours, according to advices recked today. Rritis-h troops forming part the Anglo-French expedition sent asst Servia are now being landed o: to at TURK GOVERNMENT LONDON", Oct. 7. IV-.-cribing the massacres of Armenians 'i--ount liryce in tho house of lords said: "The death of these people rs-il!ed from the deliberate and premeditated policy of the gang now in po.-e.i.,n of the Turkish government. ri!er for the massacre came in every ea direct from Constantinople." He then gave a thrilling nc.tal of the war in which whole caravaas of women and children were kilhd. tlo details of which has been puMi-he.,. and continued: "The facts as to the slau-'ht.'-r in Trebizond are vouched for by the Italian consul. Orders came for the murder of all the Armenian Christians in Trebizond. The authorities hunted out all the Christians and then droe th-m down to the sea front. Then they put them aboard sail boats and carried them some distance to sea and threw them overboard. 'The whole Armenian population, numbering 10. was thu.i destroyed in one afternoon."

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What Bulgaria Will Do, and Get PAK1S t. T. A-vording to copies of scnii-olhci.il Pulgarian papers received lor-' today, these are the terms of the pact between Germany and the So'.ia governmi nt : l'ulgaria is to b-nd Germany its railroad lines for the transportation of troops and supplies. Bulgaria will attack Servia with ail the forces available. Germany will simultaneausl attack Servia from the north with a a army of ;He.0'je men. Bulgaria Will recie all of Macedonia. Bulgaria will be permitted after t'ne war to make any demands it wishes upon Greece. Salonika. Preparations for an extension of the war are proceeding with feverish haste in all quarters. Greece though protesting against the landing of the allied troop at Salonika, has made no effort at armed resistance and is not expected to do so. The French troops landed at Salonika have already lett for the Servian frontier. The military authorities still withhold definite hgures as to the total number of men in the allied expedition, but it is now rumored that 7e.Uot Fn rich ttoops and 80.000 P.ritish, 1 f.o.noo in all will help the Servians. EEi i sei ai dii;n r IIF.HIJN" 0y witelcMs). Oct. 7. A dispatch from Bucharest to the Iokal Anzeiger states that Premier BadoslavoiT refused to see the British oharg d'affaires at Se!ia when he made hi tinal call. At that time tin Bulgarian premier was engaged in a conference with th German. Austrian and Turkish ministers. The Briiish ollicial was received by the premier's lirst secretary, but was unable to see M. UadoslavoiT. LONDON, Oct. 7 The Bussians. Itritish. French, Kalian and Serbian ministers hav asked the Bulgarian go. e-arueiit for their passp. a : s. Uulsaria's reply to th Kassian ultimatum demanding an immediate break with the central powers was delivered to M. Savinsky, the Bussiau minister at Se)tia, at 2:40 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. He Immediately notified Premier Badoslavoff that it wa. unsatisfactory and that diplomatic relations were at an end. The Dutch charge d'affaires has taken over Bussian interests. It is expected that the other entente powers will place their interests in hi hands ale). King Constantino of Greece has assumed entire personal control of the government. In Alexander Zaimis. King Constantino, broi her-in-law of the kaiser, h:ts obtained a minister whose watchword is neutrality. Not onh did King Ferdinand reject the Bussian demands, but he immediately sent an ultimatum I Serbia with a time limit of 'J4 hour demanding the immediate eession of Macedonia to Bulgaria. The king's decision that M. Maimi should head a neutral cabinet wan leached Wednesday after he had conferred with M. Zaimis and with Former Premier Bhallis. M. Gounaris and others'. King Constantino at the moment appears to hold the balance of power in the near ra.-t. PACKERS' APPEAL TO Much Correspondence Between United States and England is Expected. WASHINGTON. '!. 7. - Special (. -n-bb-ration was gVen by S'-o'y Lar.sing t" the appeal of 'h;' :u" . ackers askir g the state depart men, t., pi-dest against the recent British prize court d eision onliscating mi'l...!;s ,,f dollars worth of m at trod-in-Ts. While tb. c s e,f the pack-r--will be included in t:m note dealing with the gem-ral subjrt ,? British inte rf. renee -.villi American trad- with neutrals, the questions invoBvd .ir so many and complex that much f .ither i i rre-pondence is expected. S,-e-y Lansing said today that all of the cases could not be brought nmb r one note, hence it is i:if.-rnd that th long delayed general prote againsinterference with American ship: which is r.ow receiving the nnishir.g t.,u he.; will only br: ..ch tho di.at;sI'.o tii ii of the I'nited States of a broad w ay in tie pack r's cas s. The detailwill be tak.n up iii enrr' -porub -nee ! Uk ly to !.. prolong d and vo'.umino. From the .cjts. t of the complication growing from the war. the United Stat s has con-i-t' ntly refused to accept Great Britain's po.-itioii that the burl n of proof of the ne itral destination of cargoes, is 'H Anii nc.tn shipP . This cjuestion on th conversoi -hich the British court deoisam was rt nb rt d is lik !y to briag oat some spirited int rch.in.grs. In additi"n to ak;ng the state dt -fartment t reiue to recoemze tho prize court ruling. rcpr s. ritativt s of the packers in.it th.:'. v,-.,rps; of -- Is now h I ! in Br:tih ports are detained without ouc-tmn in international law.

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