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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
German Armies Continue Their
Sweep Into Russia Despite
Stiffened Resistance of
Their Enemy.
K0VNO'S FALL EXPECTED
IN NEXT TWO DAYS
WarSaW-PetrOgrad Railroad at
MatkindeIna Is in Posses
sion of GernanS-De-
fenSe Weakening.

BERLIN (by wireless), Aug. IL
The Bavarian army Of Prince Leopold
of Bavaria which captured Warsaw.
has occupied the highly important
railway junction city Of Lukow.
Announcement of the occupation Of
Lukow was made today by the war
office i'm an official statement.
UukOw is 60 miles east Of Warsaw
on the krzna river. Four railway lines
pass through the city. The s,rategical
railway running from Warsaw to the
great fortress of Brest Litovsk runs
through the city. Also railway lines
from Siedlce. IvangOrOd and Kiev.)
The AustrO-German army Of Gen.
Won Gallwitz which had been oper-
ating on the Narew river front, has
stormed ZambrowO and occupied the
city
(Zambrowo is 60 miles northeast of
Warsaw. and j. miles south of LOm-
"a To lies a short distance south of
the railway line that branches off
from the Warsaw -Petrograd railroad
that curves nOrthward toward Ostro-
lenkaO
The army Of Gen. Won Scholtz, which
has been cooperating in northern PO-
land with the forces Of Gen. Won Gall
witz. has captured the bridge heads at
Wilma on the Narew and at Walu
All along the front from the Bug
river TO Parczew the Russians are in
retreat. The crashing strokes of the
army OF Field Marshal Won Mackenzen
have completely crushed all Russian
resistance. the official report of the
German war office says.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
INDICTED OFFICIALS
TO PUT UP FIGHT
VIII Resist Any Effort TO Take Them
from st. Joseph to
Chicago.

CHICAGO. Aug. 12.-W. II. Hull,
vice president and general manager Of
the st. JOseph-ChicagO Steamship Co.,
and Ray w. Davis, assistant general
manager. indicted for manslaughter in
connection with the Eastland disaster
were preparing TO fight extradition to-
day. Both men are at St. Joseph,
Mich, and telephone conversations in
dicated their determination TO oppose
the state officials here.
Attorneys for the men have been in
communication with Gov. Ferris OF
Michigan and asked that he decline to
honor a requisition for their clients
Both steamship officials said they had
been advised 10 resist by physical ViO-
lence if necessary, efforts to bring
them to Chicago.
Efforts to raise the Eastland were
continued today. Shortly after day
break crews Of men working the huge
pumps that are emptying the vessel
of water, and it is believed that
enough will have been taken out to
make feasible an attempt 10 right her
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12

10 hold anyone on suspicion, even," he
said Thursday morning. 1--WE are
farther from a solution at this time
than we were when the investigation
was proceeding"
II was held as true, however, that
a certain eX-Dunkard preacher. living
on the south side Nishawaka street
car line. was kept under police surveil-
lance from the time OF the murder
until he sold his property and moved
TO parts unknown. Il was this man
that rumOr held had been arrested
accused of the crime.
That Sheriff Bailey was making
some sort of an investigation Thurs
day morning was intimated by at
taches OF his Office. Efforts 10 locate
the sheriff disclosed the fact that he
had left the city on business. pre-
sumably and il was not known when
ne would return.
The murder OF Hazel Macklin was
one Of the most skiufully concealed
crimes in the history OF South Bend -
was Chief Kerr's statement Thursday
The identity of the slayer is as much
a mystery today as il was the day the
body was discovered"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
Rumor Hints of Arrest in
Macklin Case; Police DENY

Despite printed reports that the sup
posed murderer of little Hazel Mack
lin. the schoolgirl whose decomposed
body was found in an abandoned
vault on Island park last October, and
rumors in this city that the girls
slayer had been placed under lock and
key. officials OF the police. detective
and sherid's department steadfastly
deny that such Is true
Next Thursday il Will have been one
year since Hazel Macklin left the
home OF her aunt. Mrs W. II. Miller.
to seek a strange man at SpringbrOOk
park. With this man she was to have
gone into the country TO care for
baby and do general housewOrk. No
trace OF her was found until a work
man accidentally discovered her body
in the Island park vault. Vague ru-
mOrs have arisen from time TO time
that her slayer was known and that
he was arrested
However. according 10 a statement
by John b. Kuespert. chief of detec-
tiyes. who supervised the INVESTIGATION
following the girls death. there has
been not one arrest in connection
with the case.
I'VE have not had an opportunity
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
EXCURSION SPECIAL
STRUCK BY FREIGHT

COLUMBUS, O.. Aug. 12.-Four
persons were killed ana so injured,
some fatally. when an excursion train
on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwes-
tern railroad was telescoped by a
freight train at orient. Ohio. 1 8 miles
south of here, at O'Clock this morn
ing.
The dead:
Thad Mitchell. Mt. Sterling.
Maggie Sellers Greenland.
Thornton Nef. Jr.. Mt. sterling.
Logan Haller. Williamsport.
The injured are all from southern
Ohio points.
The majority Of the victims were
women and children.
The train bore members OF the
Knights OF PythiaS. and their fami-
lies from Bioomingburg. Fayette coun-
~. who had been on their annual
picnic 10 Cedar Point near Sandusky,
and were on their way home.
The two rear coaches of the eXcur-
sion train were smashed by the
freight, which ran into il from be-
hind when the passenger train stop
ped 10 take water. The coaches were
wooden and were badly damaged.
The victims and those uninjured in
the two coaches were taken aboard
the other coaches on the train and
rushed 90 Bloomingburg or TO Wash
lnSton court house hospitals.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
CEMENT TRENCHES
ARE BEING BUILT
Russians Are Strengthening
Forts Which Command the
Gateway to Petrograd.

PETROGRAD. Aug. 12-The de-
fenses of pakow and NOVOgorOd. COM
maudinC the gateway TO Petroerad
from the southwest as being strength
ened New works are being con-
structed long lines OF cement and
steel built trenches are being made.
Forts are being OverhAuled and all
dhe available artillery is being planted
along the heights which stretch from
east TO west south of Lake PakOW and
along the eastern shores of Ilnen
lake, dominating the PetrOgrad-W Wit
cbsk railway as far south as Ono.
Strong counter attacks are being
launched 10y the Russians all along
the line in Poland at numerous points
where the Austro- German advance
has been checked
The seriousness of the German pO-
sition in Courland is shown by the
fact that Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg was sent there TO direct the op-
erations i'm person.
The Russian fortresses of Kovno
and Novo GeOrgfcvsk are still hold
ing out despite the terrific efforts Of
the Germans TO capture them.
In southern Poland the army group
under Field Marshal Won Mackenzen
have been checked west OF the Bug.
particularly I'm the region north of
Cholm where Cossacks drove back the
German advance guard.
Petrograd newspapers particularly
the Novoe Neryma. are discussing the
possibility OF q GermSn drive against
Petrograd in the event the Germans
are successful upon the Riga Wilma
line. but the fact that Russian rein
fo-cements IN Hhat direction have
checked the Germans make the pos
slbiity OF such operations remote.
However. the Russian war office is
evidently determined to bc prepared
for such an eventually. as FAR away
aS 10 seems.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
RESIDENTS ALONG
BORDER PREPARED
Strong Anti-MexiCan Demon
StratiOnS Are Reported
Invasion Was Planned.

Ell PASO. Texas. Aug. 12.-Depre-
datiOns by Mexicans continue on Am
erican soil. Strong antI-AeElcan dem
OnstratiOns were reported today from
numerous points on the border. 80
high has feeling risen That d. requires
but a match 10 set adame hOstiliues
along the Rio Grande. While the pe0-
pie of Texas are calling for more
United States troops. all the citizens
living in counties bordering upon Mex
leo are arming themselves
Gen. Frederick Funston, command
er of the United States regulars on the
border believes that some Of the re-
cent depredaiOns committed on the
border. were the work OF Texan out
laws, who had been in hiding In the
Sierra Madre mountains, although he
has been told bv Mexicans themselves
that an organized INVASION was plan
ned.
some OF the Mexican prisoners
taken by Texas rangers proved 90 DC
ordinary cattle rustlers or despera-
does who had crossed the Rio Grande
o. raid ranches Others were soldiers
in one faction or the other OF the va
rlOus armies in Mexico.
Keen interest has been aroused as
10 the relationship thar would exist
between the followers OF Carranza
and Villa in the event OF an armed
clash. While CarranZa is defying the
United States % interfere with MeXi-
can affairs villa is believed 20 have
pledged his support 10 the plan oi
Prest Wilson 20 attempt 90 establish
tranquility in Mexico through the es-
tablishwent of government suggest.
ed by the a B. g. cOnferecs.
MeNicans who crossed the bordes
and burned "a bridge near Langley
Texas. proved 20 bc soldiers ia tia
CarranZista army.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
Court 0verruIeS the Motioa to
QuaSh the Indictments in
Fraud Cases in All But
Five Counts.
TAGGART'S ATTORNEYS
WANT SPEEDY HEARING
Demand That His Case Be
Tried Before 0therS-AII
Indicted Men Demand
Separate Trials.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 12.-
Judge w. II. Eichhorn, sitting as spec
ial Judge in criminal court in the Mar
ion county election fraud cases tc1ry
Overruled the motion of the defense
TO quash the indictments on all but
five minor counts. The trial of Mayor
Joseph T.. Bell, the first of apprOxi-
mately 125 officials and politicians to
be tried. was set for Sept. T.
All of the defendants are charged
with conspiracy to commit a felony
in connection with the registration,
primaries and elections in Marion
county, in 1914, and each is entitled
to a separate trial.
1t was suggested by the attorneys
for the defendants that Thomas Tag
gart, Democratic national committee
man, be the first man brought TO trial.
but Prosecutor Ruckel said he had de-
cided on Bell. A rather heated debate
of more than half an hour between
counsel for the state and defense pre-
ceded the selection of the date OF
Mayor Bells trial.
Five Counts Quashed.
Previous TO that action, Judge Eich-
horn announced that he had sustain
ed the indictment of as counts except
as to five counts, in ruling on the mo-
tion of the defendants 10 quash the
indictment as a whole and each sep
arate count thereof. He read TO the
attorneys a lengthy opinion in sup
port of his actiSn.
Each of the 1O9 defendants repre-
sented by Miller and Bowling, Ryan.
and Ruckelshaus and Henry S. Spaan
filed their motions for separate trials,
after waving arraignment and enter
ing pleas of not guilty.
The five counts of the indictment
which were quashed related to minor
details as to specific acts of individual
defendants and had no important
bearing on the indictment az a whole,
which rests against all the defend
ants.
Just after Judge Eichhorn sustained
the motion of the defendants for sep
arate trials, former District Attorney
Charles w. Miller, of counsel for de-
PENDANTS, said:
References have always been made
in these cases as against Thomas Tag
gart, Mayor Bell and superintendent
Of Police Perrott. when they are re-
any time and we suggest that the
court set the trial of Thomas Tag
CART as early as possible. We believe
this will benefit the public, the court,
the defendants and all concerned
since there has been so much talk
about the higher ups.
This statement started n debate be-
tween counsels as TO whom should be
tried and the time Of the trial Deputy
Prosecutor Joseph Roach answered
Miller as follows:
Il apprehend the court will take
care of that matter at the proper
time. | understood the prosecutor
has the right to say who shall be tried
first and Mr.. Taggart will be taken
care of. when his time comes"
Judge EichhOrn suggested that the
ATTORNEYS confer and come 10 some
amicable agreement on the matter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
DEPARTMENT TO
KEEP HANDS OFF
Will Not Offer Services in the
Threatened Strike of Num-
ton Workers.

WASHINGTON. Aug 12.-The de-
partment of labor will make no at
tempt TO offer the service Of its me-
diatiOn and Cancellation bureau to the
munition plants in New England now
threatened with eight-hOUr strikes, It
was announced at the department to-
day.
Sec'y Wilson has laid down the rule
that until his assistance is asked, his
commissioners viii stay out OF the
controversy. None has as yet taken
hand in any of the strikes in munition
plants in the eastern states.
That the service is active in other
fields. however. was indicated today.
1t was stated that strikes affecting
45,2S7 workmen and indirectly addi-
tional 49.0O2. had been adjusted dur
ing the past fiscal year by the depart
ment's conciliatOrs.
COnciiiatOrS now are at work in the
coal miners strike in southeastern
Kansas; in the machinists strike in
the Becker Milling Co.'S plant at Bos-
ton; textile strikes in Philadelphia and
Norristown, Pa; strike of machinists
at the plant of the Cape Well Horse
Nails Co, at Hartford. Conn. and the
dispute between railroad shop men
and the coal and coke company at
Gassaway, w. Va.
A strike of plumbe at Salem,
Mass, was adjusted by the concilia-
tors, while the announcement Of the
coming of the federal agents led TO a
settlement of the street railways
strike at Providence, r. l., in July.
Settlement of the strike Of 5000
employees of the Standard Oil Co. at
Bayonne, y. j., and of even a larger
numb Der Of employees of the Interna-
tional Paper Co, are other recent
achievements of the service.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
DlSPENSARY IN NEED
OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS
Money Appropriated Not Sufficient to
Run Institution This
Month.

More money is needed to carry out
the work Of the children's dispensa ry
according TO a report made Wednes-
day afternoon at a meeting OF the
board of directors. The report show
ed that S435.S9 will be received by
the dispensary from the Federation
for social service when the last dis
bursement is made. The Anti-Tuber-
cuIosis league gave the dispensary
S12q67 making a total Of S565.67.
This money will run the dispensary
until the middle OF August according
TO the report. and will settle all bills
that have accrued during June and
July.
The board Of directors is at present
looking for permanent site for the
dispensary Several are under con-
sideration. and a discussion as 10
which would prove the better home
for the dispensary took place at the
meeting. The sites are all located in
the west end
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
CASHIER DENIES STORY
Says He Borrowed $4,000 from a
Friend i'm Chicago.

CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, Aug. 12.-FOl-
lowing an announcement by the bank
officials and detectives that Leo Per
rim, paying teller Of the Cedar Rapids
National bank. had confessed to tax
ing $4,000 of the banks funds Perrin
repudiated their statement and said
that he had borrowed the $4,000 found
in a sofa pillow in his mothers home
from a friend in Chicago. He also
said he was suffering from the wrongs
of another Investigation Of his al
legged Chicago loan is to be made by
officers of the bank.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
CHICAGO FIREMAN
WAS ALSO A COP

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Hugh sand is
a money maker. or rather was until
yesterday. For three weeks he has
been on the citys payroll as fire.
man and also as patr0lman. For
the former position he received Sis
a month and as a patrolman he re-
ceiVd SIS.
Yesterday Chief Of Police Healey
learned that sand was on the two
payrOlls and suspended him. sand
explained that he has a mother, an in
valid father and a wife and two chill
dren 10 support. Discovery of his
role was made by policemen com
rades who saw him ighting "A fire.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
FORMER RESIDENT KILLED
B. B. Harris and Wife Are i'm Auto
Hit by Car.

According TO word received here,
=. h. Harris of Los Angeles, Cal,
formerly a resident of this city. was
killed recently and his wife was Sc
verely injured in an automobile acci-
dent near Los Angeles, when a street
car crushed into the machine being
driven by Mr.. Harris.
Mr.. Harris was formerly superin-
tendent of the South Bend PlOw Co.
and he resided on w. COlfaX av.,
where the residence of Elmer Crockett
now stands.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
FIND OESERTER IN JAIL
Man Held for Burglary Proves to BE
Fugitive Soldier.

a deserter from the United States
army has been found in the person of
Anthony RuSZki. held at the county
Jail pending trial for burglary Ruszki
- years old. was arrested at Walker
ton in June. charged with stealing a
watch. He gave his name As Thomas
ROce. An army circular disclosed TO
the sheriff that the man had deserted
the army at Laredo. Texas, in April.
after having served only four months
Of a seven-ycar term.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
PreS't Wilson Reaches Wash
ingtOn and viii Go Over the
Mexican Situation with
Secretaries.
MAY DIVERT VESSELS
TO SOME NAVAL BASE
Atlantic Fleet viii Not Leave
Newport for Southern
Drill Grounds Until
Monday.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 12-Shortly
after Prest Wilson returned 10 the
White House today il was announced
that no cabinet meeting will be held
tomorrow. 1T was explained that the
president has returned TO washing
ton TO be in personal touch with the
situation. He does not regard the
situation so alarming, however, Il
was announced. as TO require any con-
certed action. The trip was made
without incident Private Sec'y Tu-
multy. who returned last night from
a vacation i'm New Jersey, met the
president at the station.
Sec'y Lansing, who conferred with
PreS't Wilson at noon, told him that
he believed the battleships ordered
south should be diverted 10 an Amer
lean port such as Hampton Roads or
at the worst TO the naval station at
Guantanamo. Cuba.
He also told the president that the
trouble i'm Texas was entirely due TO
disappointed bandits and former sol
diers who were anxious 90 rob and
murder and that his reports indicated
that there was absolutely no connec-
tion between the fighting there and
the Mexican revolution.
Quiet at Vera C1'z.
Lansing brought with him certain
reports received from Consuls Canada
and Silliman at Vera Cruz showing
that the Carranza capital was quiet.
At his request the navy department
was directed 10 get q report from its
representative at Vera Cruz which
Will be used TO check up additional
reports expected later today from
Vera cruz state department agents.
Secretary of War Garrison this af-
ternoon called upon General Tasker
H. Bliss. chief Of STAFF Of the army.
for a complete list of all troops i'm
continental United states available for
duty along the Mexican bordZ This
includes all the soldiers in the cOun-
gineering corps.
armed Intervention I'm Mexico defni-
tely removed before the latin Ameri-
can diplomat entered into the recent
conference with Secretary Of state
Lansing. but 10 was agreed BEFOREHAND
that there should be no "act or de-
sign which might mean an inter
ference in the internal affairs Of Mex
leo"
This was the official statement Of
the Argentine government 20 General
Carranza in reply 70 his protest made
public by the Carranza agency here
today.
WASHINGTON. Aug. -. - Sec'y
Daniels stated he had wired Capt.
William +. Scott Of the gunboat Mari
eta. at Vera Cruz, for "A complete re-
CONTINUED OK PAGE NINE)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12

RERLI\. Aug. 12.-Although Rus
sian resistance has stiffened as a re-
suit Of the arrival Of reinforcements
on the TANKS in Courland and south
crn Poland. the AustrO- German ad-
vance continues unchecked
Optimistic dispatches received to-
day from Warsaw indicated that the
fall of koVno might be anticipated
within the next as hours The Ger
mans were said TO be shattering the
forts with their heavy guns
Field Marshal vOn Hindenburg is in
personal command of all the Austro-
German troops on the line between
Riga and the Narew front. his pres
Cnce indicating the extreme import
ance attached to the operations in
that quarter by the German general
staff
With the WarSaw-PetrOgrad railway
I'm possession of the Germans at Mat
hndelna, southeast of OstrOw. the
Germans have cut off the escape Of
the Russian forces operating on the
((CONT1NUED ON PAGE TWO)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
ARMY AVIATOR KILLED

FORT SILL, Okla. Aug 12.-Quar-
termaster Knox of the first aero squad
ron, L. <. A, was instantly killed, and
Lieut. Sutton was probably fatally in
jured today when their aerOplane in
which they were making test flights
fell several hundred feet. The squad
ron had just been transferred here
from California.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
MAIL SHIP is HELD UP
German Submarines Send Three YES
selS to Bottom.

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 1.-THE Nor
wegian mail ship, Iris, bound from
New Castle to Bergen, was held up in
the North sea by a German submarine
today and compelled to throw over
board all the Russian mail matter
Then she was allowed to proceed.
Some Of the lost mail was very valu-
able
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
PRINCIPAL SIMS is BACK
Head of High school spends Vacation
at Lake Superior.

+. l. Sims. principal Of the high
school has returned from an extended
trip i'm the lake region. He spent sew
eral days on a little island called Isle
OF Royal in lake Superior. where he
gathered a collection Of stones. which
he is having made into watch charms
etc. The stones are known as green
stones and are secured by breaking
up large rocks that are on the island
and sorting the stones from the other
materials.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
FEW PEOPLE AT MARKET
Rain Keeps Buyers Away and Prices
Are SIashed.

Rain put a damper upon the city
public market Thursday. The rain
did not keep the growers away, but
prevented the buyers from putting in
an appearance As a result garden
truck sold for a song, the farmers
cutting the price on vegetables in two
in order that they might sell out and
leave. Green corn, apples, cUcum-
bers and pickles were In abundance.
Peaches We're scarce.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
German Troops Are Arriving
in West Flanders to Prevent
Further Advance of the
Allied Forces.
FRENCH AIR FLEET PAYS
VISIT TO ENEMY CITIES
Hard Fighting Is Reported All
Along the Center and Right
Wings by the French
War Office.

AMSTERDAM. Aug. 12.-Prepara-
tions are being made by the Germans
in West Flanders to meet another Of
fensive movement by the British east
of Ypres. Since the battle of Hooge,
which resulted in extensive gains for
the English. the Germans have been
pouring heavy reinfOrcementS into the
region east of Ypres and north of that
along the Yser Not only infantry but
great cavalry forces are thought TO be
engaged.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12

LONDON. Aug. I2.-The British
fishing smacks Ocean Gift, Esperant
and George Borrow, have been de-
stroyed by German submarines The
crews were landed today.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12

John Danzyszuk. laborer; Barbara
BiZcZak. shirtmaker.
Joseph w. Garter. farmer. Warrick
Co: Ethel Coleman. teacher.
Harry r.. Shineberger. telegraph op-
orator. Granger Ind; Grace p. Cow
erly. Granger.
:. j. Brainerd. teacher, Nicaigan:
Hildin YOungquist
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
HONORS GUEST.

Mrs. j. Gayman, 9O7 Milton av.. en-
tertained at dinner Wednesday even
ing in honor of Mrs Manda Baker of
Akron, Ohio, who is visiting friends
in the city There were Il present
at the dinner.