The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 9, Number 11, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 July 1916 — Page 2

GERMAN U-BOAT " ARRWESJN 11. S. Brings Small Cargo of Chemicals and Dyestuffs. WAS CHASED BY WARSHIPS No Passengers on Board Underwater Craft —Breaks All Records for Submersibles—Beats Blockade — Has Crew of 29 Men. Baltimore, Md., July 11- The German merchant supersubmarine Deutschland lias arrived in Chesapeake bay. Long expected, ridiculed, fabulous as the sea serpent or the Flying Dutchman, she became a reality to the watchers off Cape Henry at exactly 1:20 Sunday and slowly made her way through a network of inquisitive ships and through the mazes of red tape of the quarantine and customs officials to her dock at the pier of the Eastern Forwarding company. Locust Point, Baltimore. She is the largest submarine afloat. The largest German war models are less than 300 feet long. But this submarine of commerce is 315 feet long, exactly one-third the length of the largest merchant vessels afloat — the Vaterland and Imperator. The boat carries no passengers. Iler cargo consists of 250 tons of dyestuffs and chemicals. , The diver also carries a message from Emperor William to President Wilson and a large amount of mail, and is to carry back home a similar amount of nickel anti ’crude rubber, sorely needed by the German army. She is commanded by Captain Kairig and has a crew of 29 men. Both captain and crew are drawn from the German merchant fleet and not from the navy. The craft is unarmed and is being treated by the United States like any other merchant ship. It is said that she submerged whenever she saw any vessel; on the chance that it might be a warship. The English government was not among those who regarded the transatlantic submersible as a joke, and the report is that the Deutschland was chased for 30 hours by English and French warships. She submerged and pluded them by traveling out of her course SOO miles. Because she was forced to make this ( detour she has the record for submarine distance travel. The longest trip previously made by any submarine was the 3.500 miles from Kiel to Constantinople, made by the U-boat that sunk the British battleship Majestic. It is said that the Deutscnland traveled 4,580 miles, I.SOO miles of this being under water. The trip was made in 16 days. She ran through the North sea submerged practically all the time. She was forced to submerge again for a time when she got two-thirds of the way across, when she sighted a Dutch merchant vessel tn her path. And, some 600 miles off the Virginia coast, she was frightened out to sea again for ■a distance of some 200 miles by enemy warships. But on her return sh« was able to come to the surface a hundred miles from land and was not forced to submerge again. The Deutschland was met off Cape Henry by the tug Thomas F. Timmons of the Eastern Forwarding company, which had been waiting at the capes for the past 11 days. And a couple of days ago Capt. F. Hinsch. the marine superintendent of the Ocean Transportation company, as the new merchant marine line is called, went on board the Timmons. He directed the piloting of the ship. “We have proved,” he told members of the Virginia Pilots' association, “that the English blockade amounts to nothing. There will be more submarines from Germany. They will be making regular trips just like the big liners from England in a few weeks. This boat is in excellent condition. She had only two mishaps and these delayed her but slightly. She had trouble with her motors and her underwater lights, but she carried extra supplies and the trouble was quickly repaired. Washington July 11. —The U-boat liner which passed through the Virginia capes will be treated by the United States government as a merchant ship. The vessel will be permitted to discharge her cargo, to take on a cargo for the return voyage, and sufficient gasoline and other stores to enable her to reach home. This program of the state department is based upon official reports that the boat is not armed with torpedoes. Not Starving Civilian Enemies. Berlin, via Amsterdam, July 10.— The charge made in England that enemy civilians interned in Germany are being starved is officially dehied here. Dying Woman Clears Girl. Jacksonville, Fla.. July 11.—Laura Livingston, a woman of the under world, on her death bed in a local hospital, told of the murder of Jesse Adams. seven years ago, and exonerated Miss Jessie Brown of the crime. Fifteen Injured in Collision. Youngstown, O„ July 11.—Fifteen persons were injured, some seriously, when a crowded passenger ear on the Youngstown and Sharon interurban , line crashed into a work car near the .Basin street tunnel here. Marines Patrol Santiago. I Washington, July 10.—Naval officials here were certain that American marines under Col. Joseph H. Pendleiton had entered Santiago, Santo Domingo, without opposition and are now patrolling the city. Executed for Burglary. Raleigh, N. C„ July 10.—The first iperson to be executed in this state for burglary is Lawrence Swinson, a ne■gro, who was put to death in the state prison. Six more electrocutions are to {follow this month. * (

FRANCIS E. BALDWIN 1 x* 1 Ilf 'j ■ ; Wilk fH' I Illi' Francis E. Baldwin of Elmira, N. Y., is the head of a great bottle industry, but not one of his bottles is made for intoxicants, and he is one of the aspirants for the presidentia* nomination at the Prohibition convention in St. Paul July 18. Mr. Baldwin is sixty years old, and has voted the straight prohibition ticket sinne he cast his first ballot. MARRIED MEN TO GO HOME, SAYS SECRETARY Guardsmen With Dependent Families to Be Relieved—Reserves Are Ordered Out. Washington, July B.—Married men who have families dependent on them will be excused from service in the National Guard units of the country during their present mobilization for Mftdcan bonier service. Secretary of War Baker made this announcement. The discharge with honor will be given. Under the order a member of the Guard who is supporting a dependent father or -mother may also be excused front service. Secretary Baker and his advisers decided that this step was imperative to meet appeals which have been flooding the war department in behalf of thousands of Guardsmen whose families have been left destitute by the , president’s call upon the state forces for service on the Mexican border. Subsequently the war department called out the regular army reserves, consisting of between 4.000 and 5,000 former soldiers, to till the gaps in the new regiments created by the recently enacted army law. The first order applies to Guardsmen who have reached the border and also to those who are on the way there or in the state mobilization camps preparing for departure. The order calling out the regular army reserve was announced by the war department in the following statement: “The war department is going to call out the regular army reserves. The new national defense act passed on June 3 provides certain additional regiments for the regular army. The men in the reserve are to be used to till up the ranks of these new regiments.” GOING TO CANADA iS EASY. Dominion Government Says American Travelers Suffer No Inconvenience. Ottawa, Canada. July 10.—Information from many sources has reached the Canadian government that many American summer tourists desirous of visiting Canadian recreation places are not doing so because of a seemingly general belief that Americans are not permitted to visit Canada without obtaining passports, and being subjected to the inconvenience of travel found in the warring nations of Europe. To correct this the government has issued a statement to the effect that there is no conscription of any kind in force in Canada other than that of British-born subjects who would be subject to conscription if living in Englaivl. This would not apply to anyone born in England who is now a naturalized American citizen. Canada is recruiting troops for service in Europe, but recruiting officers are not permitted to solicit enlistments from any but native or naturalized Canadians. Tourists or other travelers from the United States to Canada are not subjected to any inconveniences of any kind other than the usual customs examination of baggage that has always been customary. Passports or other official means of identification are not needed, but it is suggested that those born in foreign countries, and now naturalized American citizens, carry with them their certificates of naturalization. Haib Wins 100-Mile Race. Grand Rapids, Mich., July 11.—Eddie Haib won the first annual 100mile automobile race here. Ralph de Palma was second and Andy Burt was third. A heavy rain delayed the race for more than an hour. British Ship Captured. Berlin, July 11. by wireless.—The British steamship Pendennis, 2,123 tons gross, with a cargo of timber, was captured by a German warship off the Norwegian coast and brought to a German port. Ramsey Is Dead. East Orange, N. J., July 10.—Joseph Ramsey, aged fifty-six, former president of the Wabash railroad, died here. At the time of his death he was president of the Lorraine, Ashland & Southern railroad. Wilson Upholds Army Sentence. Washington, July 10. —President Wilson has confirmed a sentence of dismissal Imposed upon First Lieut John S. McCleery by a court-martial. McCleery was charged with embezsling funds. _ — 4

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WILSON AOGEPTS PLAN Lansing Sends Note to Mexican Government. AID ASKED BY FIRST CHIEF Washington Requested to Help Guard Border From Bandit Raids—Fears Outlaws Are on Way to Attack Towf*. Washington, July 10.—A note formally accepting Carranza’s proposal that dlffernces between the' United States and the de facto government of Mexico be settled by direct negotiations was handed Friday to Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican ambassador designate. The text of the note follows: “ '.Mr. Secretary: 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your courteous note transmitted to me by Senor Arredondo on the 4th inst. in which you refer to my notes of June 20 and June 25, and to assure you of the i sincere gratification of my government at the frank statement of the difficulties which have unfortunately arisen in our relations along the international boundary, and the unreserved expression of the desire of your government to reach an adjustment of these difficulties on a broad and amicable basis. The same spirit of friendship and of solicitude for the continuance of cordial relations between our two countries inspires my government which equally desires an immediate solution of the matter of differences which have long vexed both governments. “ ‘lt is especially pleasing to my government that the de facto government of Mexico is disposed to give quick as well as practical consideration in a spirit of concord to the remedies which may be applied to the existing conditions. Reciprocating the same desire, the government of the United States is prepared immediately to exchange views as to a practical plan to remove finally and prevent a recurrence of the difficulties which have been the source of the controversy. “ ‘Accept, Mr. Secretary, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration. I am. sir, yours very sincerely, ROBERT LANSING.’” The de facto government of Mexico is not sure that it can protect the Amerttan frontier from bandit raids. Ambassador Designate Arredondo so notified the state department. And in connection wtih that notification he suggested that all American troops on the. border be unusually active. The new position assumed by General Carranza and his advisers was a distinct relief to the United States. Orders immediately were rushed to the various commanders all along the line to keep their troops ready for ahy eventuality. LLOYD-GEORGE WAR HEAD. Minister of Munitions Appointed Secretary of State for War. London, July 8. —David LloydGeorge, minister of munitions, was appointed secretary of state for war, succeeding the late Lord Kitchener, who was drowned when a British cruiser bearing him to Russia was sunk. At the same time it was announced that Sir Edward Grey, the foreign secretary, had been raised to the peerage. Lloyd-George had been minister of munitions since May, 1915, when the criticism of Lord Kitchener for failure to supply the army with sufficient ammunition had reached its height. For several years prior to that he had been chancellor of the exchequer. TRIES TO KILL DE LA PLAZA. An Anarchist Attempts to Assassinate President of Argentine. Buenos Aires, July 10.—An attempt to assassinate President de la Plaza was made by a self-styled anarchist. The president was standing on a balcony of the government building reviewing some troops when a man in the crowd of spectators suddenly drew a revolver an<4 fired at him. The shot went wild and the would-be assassin was arrested. The attempted assassination took place while Buenos Aires was celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the independence of Argentina. Safe Blowers Start Big Blaze. Chicago, July 10. —Robbers blew a safe in the Arcade building early in the morning, and through use of too much “nitro” started a spectacular fire, which for a time threatened the Morrison hotel block. Several hundred scantily-dressed guests were forced to flee from their rooms. The burglars obtained little money. Woman Loses $2,500 Gems in Club. Chicago, July 11.—Mrs. George Brandeis, wife of an Omaha merchant, asked the police to search for her $2,500 diamond bar pin which she says she lost in the rooms of the Chicago Athletic club. Japs Beaten in Net Meet. St. Louis. July 11.—I. Kuraagae and H. Mikami, Japanese ttxmis stars, were eliminated as contenders in the national championship tourney when they were defeated in the sectional doubles by Cannon ,and Lindauer. Society Names Dr. R. J. Aley. New York, Jnly 8. —Dr. Robert J. Aley, president of the University of Maine, was unanimously named as the next president of the Natoinal Educational association by the‘ nominating committee. 300 Killed In Earthquake. London, July 8. —A violent earthquake at Caltanlssetta, Sicily, causing the death of nearly 300 persons Is reported in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome. It is said the victims were in three sulphur mines.

LADY SIBYL GREY SB ‘ /r« H• W< ■ ' ■ " Bl x >* v <;>*< • < a*: x » ' v Ers ♦ * ' i » ■ ' ’ . « -SS Kj 1 Lady Sibyl Grey, daughter of Earl Grey, formerly governor general of Canada, was seriously but net dangerously wounded while with the British Red Cross at the Russian front. INFANTILE EPIDEMIC NOW UNDER CONTROL Work of New York Commissioner Praised by Surgeon of Federal Health Service. Washington. July 11.—“ Doctor Emerson, the New York health commissioner, and his aids, have, by their prompt and efficient action checked what promised to be the greatest epidemic of all times.” This was the statement of Dr. W. C. Itucker, assistant surgeon general of the United States public health service, on his return from New York, where he has been directing the Work of a staff of government surgeons against the infantile paralysis epidemic. “The situation looks encouraging to me,” Doctor Rucker said. “I think it now is under control. Os course I don’t know what turn things might take in the future, but it looks as if we had checked the infantile paralysis epidemic, at any rate. We will not stop work, however, until we are assured that there will be no chance for a recurrence of the epidemic.” Doctor .Rucker will lay before the United States publit. health service two plans for stopping the spread of the disease.- O’me of these is for the study and inspection of every individual in the country suspected of being a carrier of infantile paralysis, and the other will be the thorough cleaning of every passenger car that leaves New York. Doctor Rucker will also recommend that all persons who are suspected of being carriers of the disease who live in New Y’ork be required to report to health officers before they leave the city, stating their destinations. Restrictions upon the travel of these persons will also be imposed. SUES TO BREAK M’LEAN WILL. Son of Late Publisher Charges Father Was Unduly Influenced. ■Washington. July S. —Edward B. McLean began suit in the District of Columbia Supreme court to break the will of his father, the late John R. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post and the Cincinnati Enquirer. The younger McLean is the sole heir, but the property, estimated ft from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000, was held in trust for him. Former Secretary of State Elihu Root is chief counsel for the plaintiff. McLean charges that his father was unduly influenced and of unsound mind when making his will. CAPERTON TO HEAD FLEET. Named to Succeed Rear Admiral Winslow, Who Won Promotion. Washington, July 10. —Rear Admiral W. B. Caperton was designated by Secretary Daniels as commanding officer of the Pacific fleet, with rank of admiral, to succeed Admiral Cameron Mcßae Winslow, who will retire on July 29. Caperton will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Charles E. Pond. Secretary Daniels said the promotion of Rear Admiral Capertoa was made in recognition of his valuable and satisfactory service in Haiti and Santo Domingo. Two Killed in Wreck. Hattiesburg, Miss., July 10. —Two persons were killed and 30 injured in the wreck of a north-bound passenger train on the Gulf & Ship Island railroad. The entire train was derailed by a washout. Nashville Robbed of $71,187. Nashville, Tenn., July 10.—The treasury of the city of Nashville was looted of $71,187.79 by former city officials from 1909 to 1914, according to the final report to the city commission by James Cameron, an expert accountant. Bill Posters’ Association Dissolved. Chicago, July B—Judge Landis entered the formal decree dissolving the Associated Bill Posters and Distributors of the United States and Canada. The decree conforms to the decision he gave some two months ago. Breslau Sinks Russ Ship. London, July B.—Dispatches from Sotchy say the former German cruiser Breslau, now renamed the Mldullu, In the Turkish naval service, torpedoed a transport loaded with supplies and sank a sailing vessel.

HOOSIER SOLDIERS ■ SENTTOJORDER War Department Order to Go Came After Long Wait at Fort Harrison. I / INCIDENTS OF ENCAMPMENT i Fourth of July Celebration Marked by Impressive Ceremonies—Review of Entire Guard Before Governor Ralston. Fort Harrison. Indianapolis.—On the ! plains of Texas there is now encamped ■ a part us Indiana's National Guard I brigade. The remainder is enroute to I border points. The first units left In- ■ ilianaimlis Thursday uight. July 6. folI lowing long-awaited orders from the ' war department. Lieut. Col. John J. I Toffey of the First infantry supervised entrainment and departure. News that the boys were going to ■ the front stirred great enthusiasm I among the four thousand odd men tn { camp, ami created much excitement in | the city. AU day long street cars to j the tort were filled with mothers. I wives, sisters ami sweethearts, bound ; to-make their final farewells. i Officers and men on leave in various i parts of the state were entered by wire to report at camp immediately. And recruiting officers engaged in filling company ranks depleted by physical examination rejections were told to hasten their work. Want Better Cars. Maj. Frank \V. Foxworthy, acting chief surgeon of the Indiana brigade. > sent a telegram to Acting Chief Surgeon Birmingham of the United States ■ ; medical department, urging that the Indiana troops be provided with tourist" sleepers or with steel-frame boxcars in which bunks could be built. ■ j Maj. Robert H. Tyndall of the artillery ■ : battaiion has asked for the latter type - i of car for his men if tourist sleepers ; cannot be provided for the long trip south. “These old wooden day coaches are not fit for the long travel that would be required of the men.” said Major Foxworthy. “They would be thoroughly unsanitary, and the effect of traveling in them for so long a period would be extremely bad for the men. Imagine traveling three or four days sleeping upright, three men to a double seat. I would rather see Indiana’s soldiers wait a few days longer and provide them with better transportation facilities. They would be better men i when they reached the border.” Fresh From European War. Heroes of the European war. two members of the Fort Wayne company, I First regiment, are now ready for a scrap with Mexicans or any other possible enemy of Uncle Sam. They are Corp. Martin Stacy, who was one of nine survivors of the famous Princess - Patricia«regiment of Canada, after its engagements in the early stages of the war, first at Neuwechappelle and then Ypres, and Corp. Raymond Brennan, who as a member of the headquarters staff of the Third brigade. Canadian field artillery, saw service both in northern France and in the Dardanelles. Stacy is a “Soldier of Fortune.” In 1907 he fought with of Nicaragua, having been employed by revolutionary leaders who visited New York looking for fighters. He fought with the revolutionists until United States marines arrived and then, to use his language, he “beat it” because he did not want to be in the attitude of opposing his own country to which he always has been devoted. With the outbreak of the European war he went to Ottawa, Canada, and in August, 1914, enlisted iu a regiment which, five months later, was all but wiped out in one of the fiercest engagements of the present war. The regiment, however, captured several thousand Germans before it finally met its fate. Stacy had a narrojv escape from death when he was buried in a dugout, an underground place for the soldiers to rest after duty- in the ttrst-line trenches. A Geripan shell destroyed the dugout and Stacy was buried beneath earth and timbers. He received injuries which placed him in the hospital and which made it i>ossible later to obtain a discharge and return to the United States. He has been back about two months. Brennan received a flesh wound in the teg from a rifle ball and also suffered from fever, but he is now in fine physical trim and ready for another scrap. Both Stacy and Brennan, however. were glad to be released from further participation in the European war and they say that luck alone allowed them to survive. Both men. because of their experience.. are vmuable men for Captain Miller's company. They have done much to train the new recruits in their work.' Becoming Real Soldiers. Without a murmur about the discomforts of sleeping on damp ground after a flooding storm the other night, the soldiers pile<fcj>ut of their tents the following morning at 5:30 o’clock, the hour for the first call, and prepared for another day of drilling. Tents were “tied up” to permit the sun to dry the ground and all bed ticks and blankets were placed in the sun to remove the moisture. No one would ?ver have learned from the boys that the weather man had almost spoiled all the joys of camp life. New Incorporations. Meridian Mutual Fire Insurance company, Indianapolis; insurance on property; directors, George J. Marts. Albert S. Johnston, John O. Wilkes, Edward H. Ruschhaupt, Everett C. Arnold, Sibley F. Everitt. Vinson H. Manifold, Gilbert D. Laymon, Albert Johnson. The Central States Gas company, Vincennes; capital, $1,000,000; to supply light, heat and power; directors, Harry J. Sloan, Joseph A. Sloan, William J. Hartnett

Big Fourth of July Doings. -The Fourth of July celebration at | the camp was something that the folks | who saw it will remember for a long | ) time because it was an impressive and ■ beautiful thing—something that ought j to make pleasant memories. The occasion was made noteworthy j I especially by the participation of i 4.5U0 khaki-clad soldiers, by the fir- 1 iug of a national salute of 48 guns, i by a formal review of the Indiana ■ troops before Governor Ralston and j by a brilliant display of fireworks. J ■ Governor and Mrs. Ralston arrived at 6:30 from Turkey Run, where the governor had made an address. Their ; , car was placed at a convenient point i ' and Franklin L. Bridges, the adjutant ■ general, and Maj. I’earle A. Davis, j quartermaster, joined them. Colonel ! Aubrey L. Kuhlman, commanding the , brigade, then came down the field at i » the head of the column, attended by • 1 his staff. When the commanding ofli- | I cer reached the governor's car he with- » drew from the line and joined the cum- I . mander in chief. lhe Second regiment. Col. Thomas » B. Coulter, commanding, was first in , the line. The Second infantry bam| | 1 of Bloomington played an inspiring , march, ami the regiment drew a big I , ciieer as it swept along. Then came i the Third regiment. Lieutenant Colottel i Freyermuth commanding, followed by ' t the First regiment and its band, with ; , Colonel Naftzger at the head. _ The artillery battalion, afoot, passed , [ next with Major Tyndall iu command. ! Capt. Norman Nicolai ami his Indian- j j apolis company of signal corps fol- I lowed the artillery, and then came the | . hospital corps under Maj. Larue Car- > . ter. The final column brought up the j . Franklin ambulance company under : I command of Capt. A. G. Chittick. ’ : The review was the first of the un- i mounted type ever held at Fort Harrison. The cyistom is becoming common ! ; in the United States army and the i . spectacle did not lose its color through . the absence of the horses, although J ; many wished to see the artillery bat- , > taiion mounted and with field pieces. ! . No horses have been provided for the | . use of the wheeled units in camp. Gov- I . ernor Ralston expressed a wish to see i • the brigade equipped with horses iu : > order that a complete review might be ; i had. , Following the review there were concerts of the First Regiment band of ' > Marion, ami the Second regiment band . I of Bloomington. Battery Bof Pur- i ■ due university fired the national salute, ; . one gun for each state, and torches j . of retl tire were ignited in the company I streets, making a striking Fourth of ■ . July spectacle. The men, waving red torches above . their heads, did snake dances and the > . night was made merry with songs and . frivolity until taps sounded at ten , o’clock. The band concert closed with the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Soldiers and civilians stood with bared heads and a great shout went ; up that was carried through, the camp. Those College Boys. The members of the Second Regi- ' meat band, composed almost entirely j of Indiana university students, hail i from several parts of Indiana. They ■ , are a lively lot and about one each day they find time to give a yell for “Old ■ 1. U.” The personal of the band is as ! follows: Chief musician. Cart F. Brand; priu- > ci pal musician. Archibald Warner; ■ i drum major. Charles H. Steinberg; ■ sergeants. Maurice Kahler. John H. | Keck aqd Roy E. Whitehead; quartermaster sergeant. Hugh W. Norman; ; cook, James Jackson; corporals. Harold S. Baker, Edward J. Boleman, ■ Ivan D. Carson, John A. Danglade, ■ Harry V. Duzan. Homer Hargrave, i Benjamin F. ’Scribner and Dale F. ; Stansbury: privates. Robert F. Brew- i ster, Harry W. Garton, Arthur L. Glaze. Lertie M. Hylton, Paul M. Jer- ' rell, Paul M. Meloy. Carl D. Middle- j stat, George T. Poince, Lloyd A. Rust, ' Claude Turman and Harold B. Wegmiller. Letters From Home. Letters —the most welcome literature, ami some are truly gems of literature —are pouring bath good cheer and sadness into Camp Ralston. Letters, though they be stained with j the tears of a wife or mother left lone- , ly and sad at home, are treasured, of j course, but the’ones most prized are | those which, figuratively speaking, pat the soldier boy on the back ami help him to keep up his spirits. Buried in Blanket Rolls. Those letters which tend to give the ; boys the “blues” are buried deep in j blanket rolls, to be saved but not read j again, while those tilled with cheerfulness and praise, even though hiding the real feeling of a fond parent or loving wife, are passed from hand to hand to be read by all. Those good-cheer letters are the kind most needed by the soldiers—they help the boys, struggling with themselves to fight off a touch of homesickness which naturally haunts them at times when they think of dear ones left brtiind. to keep up their courage and be brave, Wife Writes Bravely. One of he company commanders is 1 happy because his wife, whom he left 1 in tears when he said good-by at nome. : has written that she has reconciled herself to his going and intends to be 1 “as brave as a soldier’s wife should i be.” 1 One soldier was much distressed by a letter which being | given to his famttytO vacate the house ; jn which they li/e because of unpaid , rent, and another was sadttened by a j lefte«<fr<mu-his young son wh\.-h told ] of hardships which face the family. < ALL AROUNDTHE STATE. ' Evansville. —When William Bauer of ] this city was rowing in Foote’s lake, ; near here, a large spoonbill cattish j jumped Into his boat. Charles Jourgans and William Fuhere witnessed ; the feat, they say. ( Lake Wawasee. —Eugene Shireman, < fish and game commissioner of Indiana, says he will recommend to the next session of the Indiana general | assembly a statute which provides for j the licensing of all persons to fish in ( the waters of this state. |

' fi— WWWMMMW ' INDIANA BREVITIES 1 Lafayette.—Dared by his compan- ' ions to walk on top of a high bridge • superstructure. Lyle Blevens, ten. fell j ami was killeti. Indianapolis.—Six persops were reported drowned in the state during • the Fourth of July holidays. All were : pleasure seekers j Intlianapoiis.— Dr. Amelia Keller has : announced that efforts to merge the i two largest suffrage Itodies iu the state i —the Woman’s Franchise league ami ' the Equal Rights leagtle—had finally I been successful. ! Indianapolis.—-The st'dte boartl of heatlth has preparwl vigorously to eni force a resolution adopted to prohibit : the use of the common drinking cup ; in hotels, restaurants, fountains and ■J other public places. ! liidiantipolis.p-The Great Western Manufacturing company of Laporte has been incorporated with a capital ! stock of $309,900. The company pro- ' poses to manufacture and sell automobiles, aeroplanes and parts. . Monticello.—Rev. M. A. Hughes lys ; offered his services so any farmer who ; needs help iu the harvest. Farmers j here are greafly handicapped by the i absence of so many young men who left with the National Guard. I Bloomington.—William B. LeonI ard has a pet Kansas jackrabbit i which runs about his farm, but comes ’ each night to the kitchen to sleep. He j has inserted an advertisement in the I papers asking that >no one harm the j rabbit. i Fort Wayne.—Bichloride of mer- | cury tablets caused the death of the i two-year-old daughter of J. D. Rauch, I president of the American Dredge i company. The baby "picked up a box I containing the tablets and ate several ' before discovered. Lafayette.—Lafayette citizens are I responding generously to the appeal ' for money with which to care for the i dependents of members of Battery R l and Battery C. Without solicitation I $1,900 has been, raised, and more than | S3OO a .month 1 pledged. I seem to have i conspired in ‘the Kankakee region {.against the automobile, and within | two days have causetl the wreck of | three cars just south of Kouts. The I muskrats burrow under the gravel on i the roads ami the cars break through. Hartford ’City.— The mystery in re- ' gard to music from a piano that I had aroused the members of the Lucas I family from their slumbers during the night for some tftny has been cleared : up. Two mice, light housekeeping in | the interior of the piano, have been j caught. , Indianapolis.—A committee of nine | Progressives who favor accepting the ■ advice of Colo.nel Roosevelt to support I Charles Evans Hughes have sent letI ters to party workers over the state, i seeking the opinion of repiesentative Progressives on the future course of ■ the party. Terre Haute. —A special meeting | the Mine Operators’® association was held here to discuss labor .'trouble at the Shirley mine No. 3 in i Sullivan county, where the miners i have been on strike since April 1, antj I at the Speedwell mine across the river | from the Shirley mine. Lafayette.—G. 11. Hoops, a steeplejack, who came here-recently froth ini tliahapolis, amazed hundreds of people 1 in the business district by clinibing to. i the top of the statue of Justice on" I the Tippecanoe county courthouse and ealndyr lighting a cigarette. The stat tie is 200 feet above »the ground. Indianapolis. —Ten persons injured but none dead, was the record o's i safe and sane Fourth of July here. Two children may lose their eyesight and others suffered burns from the explosion of cannon' crackers. , No deaths resulting directly from the use of fireworks were reported from outstate. Elwood.—The First M. E. church here, whose $30,000 property wa» almost hopelessly involved in debt i few years ago, has paid more than $9,000 of its Indebtedness, accortling to reports of the church stewarts. Another note for $3,300 has just been paid, and will be burned, with public ceremonies in the church July 16. Booneville. —Judge Roberts of the circuit wur L ,ias granted the saloon men of**Booneville an injunction preventing city officials from paying election expenses for wet and dry election held Friday which was carrietl by the drys. The drys will also endeavor to secure an order enjoining the county commissioners from granting renewal licenses. / Alexandria. —Hundreds of "letters anti slbout 500 postal cards have bee® mailetl this week by Alexandria girls to members of Company F. Second Maine infantry, at Laretlo. Tex. The acquaintance began when about 50 girls, - who heard the Maine troops were coming through Alexandria, went to the Lake Erie station with baskets , of cherries for the soldiers. Aurora. —Rev. Father Joseph C. Stedman, age twenty-five, of St. Mary’s college. EUenora, 0.. has been appointed pastor of the St. Mary’s Catholic church here to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. Father Joseph J. Macke several weeks ago. Mr. Stedman was born and reared in this tity. Columbus. —Mrs. Charlotte Krienhagen is dead at her. home »here, aged one hundred and two. When she was ninety-five she “grubbed” a stump from beside the grave of her husband to make a place for her own grave. Clinton. —Donald Dushane, superintendent of schools of Madison for five years, has been chosen superintendent of schools here to succeed James Wilkinson, who has been selected superintendent at Goshen. Terre Haute.—Mr. and Mrs. William Sims celebrated their sixty-first wedding anniversary here. They have re-*. sided on a farm near this city for 69 years. Warsaw. —The wets of Washington township have filed a petition asking for an option election. There are 182 signers. Pierceton is in Washington township.