South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 243, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 30 August 1916 — Page 3

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Ill CRUISER

ON ROCKS; 20

MEN IRE LOST

Memphis Swept Into San Domingo City Harbor by Heavy Sea and Is Total Loss.

WASHINGTON, Aus. "0. Rear Admiral Pond at San Domingo City, cabled the navy department last i:i:ht that the armored crw.vtr ".Memphis, swept upon the rocks by a he.ivy Ntva in th' harbor there yesterday, would be a total loss, and although it was exported all on Nurd would be. trivfd, 2 men returning to the Khip from shore? le-aw in a motor Lo:it had been drowned. 20 Mm It. The admiral's dispatch follows: "Memphis driven ;uhore by heavy fif.i, Domingo city, west of lighthouse at 4:':o p. m. She hs lyins? close under bluff; has lines ashore and Li getting :rew off. Heavy pen, came up suddenly and ship was uni'ble to pet up steam in time to save hen-elf. Twent;' men of liberty j. arty drowned em way back to ship. Justine (gunboat dragged close in but did not strike and vot out to sen. No other casualties known. Memphis will he total loss. Expect to save everybody on board."

Here's Partial List of Dead and Hurt in Cruiser's Loss

fay ESCAPES FEDERAL PRISON

It.trpif ifinl N.Mvg Scrvlr: WASHINGTON v;. Rear Adrnir.il lnd r-.t Santo Iomint;o today reported to the navy department that Chief Gunner's Mate G. W. ltudd was kill-d ir the M r,phis disaster yestertiay. and that several others wen- drowned. The names of the latter were not given. Lieut. Claude A. Jones of Charleston. W. Va.. -a as seriously ourned. but is expected to recover. "The li.-t of others reported very seriously injured" follows: II. A. Anderson, fireman, second class.

C. I !. A. H J. P. P. J.

J. H. Thompson, fireman, first

Tho M. T. w. s.

i Alleged ex-German Army Of

ficer, Convicted of Conspiracy, Fools Guard.

Willey, machines. Porter, water tender. I Mack well, coal passer. Guninn, water tender. Thompson, fireman.

The United States cruiser Memphis, formerly was the armored cruiser Tennessee. Her name was hanged May 2T, last. Kecently she has been doing duty in San Jomlrigo waters in conetion with the revolution. The Memphis is of ll.'of ton. and las a horse power of .'.".000. Her complement is men. She is the T'aship of the cruiser force of the United States Atlantic llect. '.'apt. I Lt. Peacli commands the Memphis. Other officers on board include läeut. Commander V. Sj.

"Williams. Iäeut. T. Withers, jr., Jäeut. C A. Jones, and Junior lieutenants H. (J. Sponerd. W. J. Carver, 1'. U. Shea. J. Ij. Kef ley ami H. ,T. Pierce. I-aimc-hcc! in 110 f. The Memphis was launched In P. 4. at the Cramp .Ship P.uilding c. plant in Philadelphia. She had ji sp"e d of over 22 knots an hour. Sh" is armed with four 10-inch, sirteen ''.-inch: zi three inch am! four i-pounder guns and carried four torpedo tiihes. She was .".i2 feet long n the water line, 7" feet beam ami Pro! ;i maximum draft of feet. In l'.0S the cruiser, then the Tenj,esee, hail a boiler explosion on board off Port Huenerne, California, in which v-een men were killed. At the outbreak of the present Uuropean war, the cruiser, still the Tennessee acted as a relief ship for Americans ftrnnded as a result, of the war. She carried $ fi.Sf'.T.OOO to Uurope for this purpose and later ne ted as a ferry for Americans between Havre, Prance, and Ur.glish ports, bringing thousands of them from the war zone. I"snI in Kdiof Work. Later the cruiser sailed for the M diterrr.nean where die also was i soil for relief work, again "acting is ;i ferry for Syrians and Armenians from Turkish prt.s in Asia to U.gypt. While engaged in this work ;it Smyrna the forts of that city fired n a launch from the cruiser, which was the rauso of considerable diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Turkey. The commander at Smyrna expressed regret at the necessity of firing upon the launch, and the inident w as dosed. Purins her stay in the Mediterranean the cruiser carried many thousands of refuges to Ugypt.

'seriously injured" are: McVeigh, ordinary seaman. Plauck. wafer tender.

T. J. I-ary. fireman, first e !a.-s. H. A. P.ryan, seaman. J. Keegan. fireman, first class. lie-cords of the navy department here do not contain the name of J. II. Thompson, tin-man, first class. The report stated that there were 07 edhers slightly injured, whose names were not given.

WASHINGTON. Aug. The navy department today, by wireless, ordered the hospital ship Solace at the eastern end of the island of Hayti to preeeed immediately to Santo Domingo to take care of the injured from the cruiser Memphis.

500 New Fall Suits in all latest styles in broad cloth, poplins, gabardines and serges, all colors, sizes and (fc 1 A Q C styles, Thursday I W.J

SO UTH BEtt&S CRi'ATCST CARCAiN

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ATLANTA, Ga., Aus-. ::0. Pobert Pay. said to have been a former German army officer, convicted of conspiracy against th United States in connection with munitions plots in New York, escaped from the fed

eral prison here late today with William Knobloch, another prisoner. Fay. who entered the prison June 22. to sero eight years, and Hr.ebloch. sentenced at New York on May to servo IS month-' for using the riails to defraud, had been doing electrical repair work at the prison. Late today they walked past a guard at one tf the gates, saying they were going outside to repair some arc liqhfs. When their escape was discovered shortly hefore; dark, an alarm was sent out and guards searched the countrysiele abe"jt the prison, which is in the suburbs ef Atlanta. i

yzy' Offering TOMORROW,

Made to Sell at $10 to IG.50

UMllrAt the Lcwesl Price Txer Quoted for Dresses ()

COACH'S WIFE GETS JOB AS AN ASSISTANT

JOXPSLOPO. Ala., Aug. T.0. Mrs. I'arl W. Hrannan, tall, athletic and a graduate of the university of Nebraska, will coach the second team of the Jonesboro Aggies here this fall. Her husband is head coach and will handle th first

'team. Heretofore the facultv has

I had to engage a regular coach for

the .second team, and Mrs. Prannon applied for the; job and got it.

ASKS $5,000 DAMAGES feviU!unian Sues Nickel Plate Iload fer Injurie JtocclcI. FORT WAYNK, Ind., Aug. r.0. In a suit tiled against the Nickel Plate railroad here Tuesday for $.r.000 damages, William Pattee, a former crossing watchman, alleges that a blood vessel was ruptured, causing paralysis, when an engine passine his shanty blew its whistle too loudly.

Several million dollars' worth ofl

society at Newport, Ii. I., heard Sergt. Ilhoades, U. S. M. C. on hoard the U. R. S. Utah, lecture on how to wash clothes "with your heads as well as your hands,"

P.tTFPALO MOTH, IilTD BUG, ROACH POISON Sure Kill, 2 5c Lotties at Coonley's. Advt.

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300 Felt Hats, all the latest shades and shaDes.

values to $4

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3of WONDERFUL PURCHASE of

TAFFETA, CREPE DE CHINE and SILK POPLIN

South

üemo s Largest

As rapidly a we dispo of rx EIG rrRCILSE ' f- i yf

aJoBK comrs anotbtr to take iU ( lace, enabling us

to ofTcr EVEN MORE tEXSATIONAL

VALl'UH. la tbU lot ÜjU pof on Kale

TOMORHOW there are 675 STUN-

otters

MSG NEW FALL HILK DRESSES

produced by tie oi tbe BEST Drew

Manufacturer In New Vrk. So

Hbm we ak joa ONLY 9644,

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ure ap to tbe dree you are acnistumed to ee d-pUjy around on at MCC1I II1CIIER PRICES.

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Millinery Depl

for one day, THURSDAY ONLY, The Following Items.

Just received 1 000 untrimmed silk velvet shapes in all the newest shapes and styles,

values to $.UÜ OQ

The Styles

Ar Fm'i Nwt IiM lor tzl Orr little wt e flerK. Kukan Moex moWit, toBf tomr. Georg-

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The Material Iacladc Chiffon Tffrts. StripH TSfUv, TÄfii ivl-OofTtie. C r p J e Chines. blk r.jphns and

worin p 10 $16 Ml ecty ....

Tlte Colors Ar cht Newest lor Fall! MKiO'gtt tioc. Ailinn tfiwn. xt:l gretn. fcpm, nilira flum. n t aj

tlk Valuta $13j to S1&30Ju cr

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Our buyer in New York shipped us 100 pattern hats, all beautifully trimmed, Lyons velvet, satin and velvet combination, trimmed with all latest fancy's 34 QC opecial thursdays

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Since we bought these Furs, prices have advanced 20 to 40 and today large city stores are marking up fur prices. But not at Ellsworth's our furs will sell at these low quotations! But don't wait come now Thursday, while selection is good. Selling begins Thursday, August 3 1 st.

TAX MEETING DELEGATES

ARE TENDERED BANQUET

lVrrret iludw While Fjijoyins Informal IVel'' by lndiun0Klis Mombvrs.

INDIANAPOLIS. Aus. "0. After :i day i"i a lialf considering the aripd tax sAste-m.s in different states, the d'lepates to the 10th annual conference of the Nation;;! Tax association forgot the problem of how to i-rinc alout uniform taxation, and njoyed a banquet piven in their honor Tuesday uiht by he Indian;ijol!s menil'fr's of the asstoiation. ;Si provision for the affair had been made on the procram. so tonight's rpooelie and business were move1 fop.v.rd to the aftenioon. The l-in-f!iiet was infonna! and no program vas observed. r.c of the principal speakers late 5n the alternoon wa.- I r. Adam hortt. a member of the I'anadian civil service commission. cn "Fome A.sjM ts of Canadian War Finance.' He explained the sacrifices c'aii.iii.i 3ias made and outlined the means !ev;?te! for raising revenues, such as loans. I.vuames ef lominion and bank currency, levying f special wjr taxes and other methods. A the round table iiseussion of arious me-thods of assessing taxes. t!u s-ntiment of th delegates aiTean cl to be divided. Many thought tht assessors ho:ld r.ct be elected, und others thought that v;ls the projr way to choose them, others c orid mned the present system of ti wraLsir.K ir perty as entailing to much rev! tape. All a'r d that m'n train d for the .-rk shouM be em- !! J in apprai.-in- rropertx. arol .-h .!,) paid .'nin :i- irate to their .--rvlce-s and trairun

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Were we obliged to buy these muffs at present wholesale prices we certainly could not quote

prices like these:

Genuine Hudson seal ball muffs $11.00. Genuine Scotch mole ball $25.00. Genuine Beaver ball $18.00. Genuine Northern Mink Muffs $18.00. Genuine Eastern Mink Muffs $25.00.

Dyed Skunk Muffs $15.00. Natural Jap Cross Fox Muffs $25.00. Black Coney Muffs $5.00 and $10.00. Natural R accoon Muffs $15.00. Oppossum Muffs $15.00.

Fancy Sets Russian Ermine Sets $100.00. Mole with Ermine Sets $100.00. Taupe Fox (pointed) Sets $110.00. Fox Furs Fashionable Fox Furs the whole fox family, Pointed Fox, Taupe Fox, Hudson blue Fox and Black Fox. Black Fox Muffs or Scarfs $11.00. Taupe Fox sets $50.00. Pointed Fox sets $75.00.

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Fur coats at summer prices that's what this sale is. The models are the latest and the prices the lowest.

Hudson Seal Coats, 42 in. long at $65. Hudson Seal Coats $100. Hudson Seal Coats $110. Hudson Seal Coats with skunk collar $125.

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Hudson Seal Coats with wide sweep $150.

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Hudson Seal beaver $200. Hudson S eai

Taupe Fox $250. Hud son Seal with Skunk $250.

ith Ermine $250.

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;.,,., .. j.v l'!; ,t'.:K ;. a.e tlerms -f A. I Kinds. :'-, littles. S,.ld Only a: Cwalci. AA L

10 more days left to buy 3 Interstate Fair Tickets for SI. Admission at ate 50c each.

TUB BJBLtGHT&ST SPOT fV TOWN

0 more days left to buy Interstate Fair Tickeb for SI. Admission at -ate vjc , i - i V. Ii,