davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
KILLS FOUR AND
ASSAULTS GIRL
Farm Hand SurrenderS After
Killing Three Men and One
WOman-InSane?
nternltIonaI NeMs servLcc !.

international News Service:
POTSDAM y. Y, June % -
Henry Driggs, a farmland, shot and
killed three men and one woman
early today and then wound up his
short career Of crime 10y assaulting
the niece of two Of his victims and
forcing her 10 accompany him TO
Potsdam Here he gave himself up.
The quadruple killing occurred at
the home of Henry Ladue, where
briggs had been employed for
about a year. His victims we're:
Henry Ladue. as years old: his
brother. James, as their sister. Mrs.
Josephine Rogers, Al, all of Stock
holm. and Or. Theron Jenkins. OF
Brasher
briggs had been complaining for
several days that he was not we'll
and Or. Jenkins was called TO at
tend him He neglected his usual
work last night. Mrs. Rogers asked
1S-year-old Harriet Ladue 10 go 10
"a neighbor's for medicine.
Mrs Rogers apparently was kill
ed during the girls absence.
James Ladue entered the house
from the barn a few minutes after
Harriet returned. Driggs shot him
and then Selling the girl, gagged
and bound ner and carried her up
stairs He left her Immediately.
She heard Henry Ladue beg briggs
TO spare his lifc-then several shots
There was a knock at the door and
DR. Jenkins entered. briggs i'm
mediately shot him down. Then.
after attacking the girl he forced
her 20 come 10 Potsdam with him.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
What's a Regulation With
A Request Like Theirs?

lars subscribed 20 Liberty Loan
bonds, and the Fort Madison lodge
OF Elks, OF which he is a mem Der.
suggested that the descendant OF
Betsy Ross make a small flag for
Roam 20 carry 10 the front.
The nag was made and dispatched
20 Sen Kenyon. whose request 20
Sec'y Lansing was answered today
when the state department waived
regulations and consented 20 send
the flag 10 Roam in the next diplO-
matte pouch. Not only will this be
done, but accompanying the national
emblem will go a letter 10 Am bassa-
dor Sharp urging him TO see that
the flag is delivered into the hands
OF Roam.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22


ard VI. Wallstein summoned as Wit
nesses every detective who had any
thing 10 do with the Cruger case
from the time the high school girl
disappeared until her body was
found beneath the floor of Alfredo
Cocchi's motorcycle shop He will
try 10 learn why New York's most
highly trained band Of sleuths fail
ed, and left 20 woman lawyer the
task OF unravelling the mystery
Wholesale demotions i'm the pO-
lice department were rumored
today Capt Alonzo Cooper. who
had immediate charge of the cru
ger case. and three of his detectives
already have been relieved from
duty.
MEANWHILE the police continued
ripping up the cellar under Cocchis
SHOP on the possibility that he
buried the bodies Of other victims.
and detectives pushed ahead plans
for the roundup Of white slave
agents.
Burns Adds Evidence.
From William J Burns. the de-
still another woman narrowly es-
capped Cocchfs clutches a mar
ried woman. the detective said, en-
tered Cocchis shop 10 have some
repair work done. She was accom-
PANIED by her small child. CocChi
attacked her. She struggled but
Cocchi was choking her into sub
mission when the child's screams
frightened him and he released the
woman
Burns laid charges Of inefciency
against the district attorneys Office
also. He declared he attempted 10
have the cellar OF Cocchfs shop dug
I'D early i'm his investigation but that
the district attorneys Office blocked
him
Investigation l. secret
The police are keeping secret the
results OF their investigation Of four
alleged headquarters Of white
sIavers. the addresses or which We're
furnished by COnsuelo Ia Rue She
has not recovered sufficiently to
undergo n lengthy examination.
Miss Mae Mitchell 90 years old.
q rretty brunette. who was often
seen az the shop Of Alfredo Cocchi
win be questioned before the erand
fury
While the police were bending
their energies toward complete
solution OF the Cruger case Mrs
alice Walsh made a frantic appeal
today for aid in locaunr her daugh-
ter Jennie Walsh. @ years Old who
has been missing since "Wednesday
nlght The girl disappeared under
circumstance suEEestinE that she
was abducted by a gang.
The Walsh girl Is a clerk for n
fashion magazine and was the sole
support Of her mother She left
home Wednesday night 70 fl out
her blank I'm the New York state
military census and did no, return.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22

Everything pertaining 20 the
preparations is being carried along
upon a gigantic scale. II is evident
from the work under way that tho
United States is going into the war
with all her might Preparations
are under way for the care of huge
armies. Miles Of wooden huts are
being constructed. surveys are being
made for railways and highways,
mighty stores OF food are being ac-
cumulated. sanitary precautions are
being carried out upon an almost
unprecedented scale and arrange
ments are under way for the accum-
ulation of vast stores Of ammuni-
ton.
The American camps in France
eventually viii aggregate a city as
large as Chicago
The engineering problems alone
stagger the Imagination with their
magnitude
VIII Direct Red Gross.
There is 90 be a concentration OF
authority, and ARRANGEMENTS are be-
ing made 20 bring all the Red Cross
activities under the direction Of Gen
Pershing and his staff
The American commander is tire
less in his efforts TO see that the
troops will be made as comfortable
as possible All day long he is
cIoseted with one department head
after another His capacity for de-
tail is marvellous
The French people are taking a
critical and practical view Of Amer
ica's aid. now that the excitement
attending Gen. pershings arrival
has died down
10 is not too much OF an eXagger-
alton 90 say that the French are eaz-
pecting wonders. And this view has
largely been encouraged by articles
in the press dwelling upon the vast
resources. the mighty wealth and
the boundIess energy Of the Ameri-
cans.
The Americans in France have
taken over six OF the big British
general field hospitals. having a bed
capacity of 10000 This has released
the English -tans for duty near their
front
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
REPORT SINKING OF
DANISH STEAMER PRION

international News Service
AN AMERICAN PORT. June p.
A steamship arriving here today
from a Dutch port, reported the de-
StructiOn OF the Danish steamer
Orion by a German submarine in
the North sea on June (. The crew
was landed on the Norwegian coast
in their own boats. The Orion was
bound for Savannah.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
.EMPL0YE CONFESSES
EXPRESS ROBBERY:
BROTHER HELPED HIM

International News Service.
CHICAGO. June c2.-JameS Bur
Fess platform manager OF the
Adams Express Co. has admittc 2
10 the police that he committed the
So. eco robbery Of an express car
En- the Burlington Yards here Tues
dav night. He named Peter Pelo-
cuin. "A switchman and his brother.
Joe PeIoquin. as accompuces- The
PeIoquinr have not been arrested.
The crime vas traced 20 Burgess
through the dial that was used Do
unlocking the door OF the money
safe in the car.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
Predict Many Den1otions
rs Result of Failure to
Curb White SLaoe Traffic
Investigation May Reach Hgherups Opinion Following Evil
denCe Given by Burns AgenCy-COCCh Not
Yet in Custody, Report.
International News Service

WASHINGTON, June 22-MSnterpetation of dispatch
suited today being reported that the department received
official continuation OF the reported arrest Of Alfredo CocCh
pected slayer of Ruth Cge in Italy developed that the dis
patch acknowledged receipt Of the official orders for his
and stated that they had been passed to the Bologna officials
International
drastic hakeup the New York police department the result
Of the Ruth Cge began at the municipal building today
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22

Four anonymous contributors
boosted the South Bend Red Cross
fund Sl.5SS.54 Friday morning
when a grand total of s3S,57434
was reached in the drive toward the
goal of $4,000.
Having passed the halfway mark
and with but one more day 10 work
leaders of the movement have plan
ned a determined and spirited close
for the campaign.
Awakened 10 the realization Of
what a great aid their contributions
will be TO the cause IF America,
residents of South Bend answered
the appeal Of the Red Cross with
another liberal total Friday morn
ing.
DR.. c. A. Lippincott, who is head
ing the movement to obtain $40, 200
in st. Joseph county as its quota of
the 100000. 600. appeared confident
today that the goal would be reach
ed but declared that every man and
woman of means. lodges. corpora
tons and other bodies must help
and they must do IL now"
Following is the list of cOntribu-
tors for Thursday night and Friday
morning:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
Not All Great
Men From This
State They Say

international News Service
CHICAGO. June 22-The Chicago
Hawkeye club has challenged the
Chicago H0osiers' society.
The HGwkeyes claim the Hoosiers.
through work OF George Ade. as
press agent. have convinced the peo-
pie that all the prominent men IN
Chicago are from Indiana. They say
that for every Hoosier who has be-
come distinguished Iowa VIII pro-
duce two Of equal accomplishments
along the same line.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
Is ENGINEER COMPANIES
FOR REGULAR SERVICE

WASHINGTON. June p Six
teen companies of engineers viii be
ordered into the regular service by
Pres't Wilson today They will
comprise the picked force of the en-
tire national guard The various
units now are being selected by the
war department These companies
will be utilized 10 lay out the various
cantonments that are 20 be CON
structed for the further training OF
the new national army and national
guard
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
International News Service

InternauonaI NeNs StfVlce.
WASHINGTON. June 22.-State
department regulations were smash
ed 20 smithereens today when an ap-
peal from a great granddaughter Of
Betsy Ross, maker OF the first Amer
lean Flag, that her small replica Of
the first flag be sent 10 an Iowa
boy in the French trenches, brought
an affirmative response.
Mrs NJ @. Robinson Of Fort Mad
ison. Ia. transmitted through Sen.
Kenyon Of Iowa, a request 10 Sec'y
Lansing 10 send her flag to Philip
Roam. a member Of the American
am bulance corps. Roam Is Fort
Madison's lone contribution 10 the
war other than several thousand dol
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
APPLICATION BLANKS READY.

FORT HARRISON INDANAP-
Oils. Ind June Application
blanks for the second officers train
ing camp may now be secured from
Lieut.. Col Crawford OF Fort Har-
ris0n. 10 was announced today that
all applicants who failed 90 be re-
ceived in the FIRST camp must MAKE
second application if they wish to
attend
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
MISUNDERSTANDING"
INDIANS CALL Lands
Tnternational News Service

international News Service.
LACROSSE Wis. June %. -
"SagO-ye-wut-ha. Sago-ye- Wut-ha
is the name by which Federal Judge
Kenesaw Mountain lands OF Chi
cago. vacationist. Is known today on
the Indian reservation here It
means He keeps EN- awake"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
WANT Fast REPRESENTED.

CONCORD y. r. June 2--Gov.
Keves today sent 20 Pres't Wilson p
telegram signed by himself and an
the governors Of the New England
states. asking that this section OF the
country be given representation on
ths infsrza->e commerce commission.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
CONTEST FoR AVIATION CAMP

WASHINGTON, June Con
tracts for the construction Of a
fourth aviation field for the train
ing of army flyers 10 serve In
France. We're let To-Day The held il
20 be located az Belleville, III, %
miles from East St Louis. The
contract was given 20 the United
States Construction CO. Of ST. Louis.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
Watch With Interest Work
OF BLACK Jack" Pershng;
Press Pays High Tributes
Efficiency of Organization Pre- pairing For Advent of Troops
From United States eCeiveS PraSe-BuiId-
ing Huge Camps For Men,
International - &C =.

PARIS June 22.-Lke the head of great corporation
John j. PerShng the American commander conducting his
plans the lines of goth century business efficiency The busiest
Paris today may be said to be United
quarters in the Rue De Constantine
Gen PerShng right in his element Naturally hard worker
he extending himself get the greatest labor
accomplished within the shortest time
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
GYPsIEs HAVE LOST BOY?

IntPrnatlOnlI NtNS NtTIlCt
NEWARK. o.. June pa boy
believed 10 be Jimmy Glass, stolen
from Jersey City a year ago. was
found with a band OF gypsies arrest
ed az Granville this morning There
are 20 children in the party. \
charge of trespass has been placed
against the gypsies TO hold them
until Jersey City authorities can be
heard from.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
ANONYMOUS
G|VERS BOOST
MERCY FUND
County Little Over Half Way
Toward $4,000 Goal in
Drive For Red Cross
With One Day Left.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
Late afternoon subscriptions
reported at headquarters total
ed SS,s77.7o. This brings the
total of the fund up TO about
$4,000. Included i'm the Late
contributions was a donation of
$500 from the American Trust
Co. Judge George Ford and
III. +. Dalton each made 500
gifts.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
CUDAHY IN HARNESS so
BOYS CAN GO TO WAR
lnternational News Service +:

international News Service:
CHICAGO. June %. - Patrick
Cudahy. who retired a year ago. re-
turned 10 the harness today. resum-
ing his duties as head OF his big
packing nrm while his two sons
drill and hsht for Uncle SaD>-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22
egjn Probe of "Wor)d's Perfect Police Machin
Senate Considers Bill
To Commander Mines
And Reduce Coal Prices
International News Service

WASHINGTON, June 22-First steps congressional
action TO throttle the coal trust and bring down the price fuel
taken today when the committee
began consideration OF the Pomerene resolution authorizing the
president TO fix coal prices and necessary take the coal
nd RI
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-22

CONTINUED on PAGE FoUR1
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
a LITTLE WAY.

They are such dear, familiar feet that
Alonr the path with ours-feet fast Or
And ~ .ng to keep the pace. IL they
mistake.
Or tread upon some flower that wa
would take
Upon our heart or bruise some reed
Or crush poor hope until ii bleed
We must be mute.
Not turning quickly to impute
Grave insult for they and we
Have such little way to go--can be
Together such little while along the
way,
We will be patient while We may.
So many little faults we find.
We see them. for not blind
Is love. We see them, but II you
and
Perhaps remember them. some by
and by
They will not be
Faults then-grave faults to you and
me.
But just odd ways, mistakes or even
less.
Remembrances to bless.
Days chance so many things yes,
hours;
We see so differently in sun and
showers.
Mistaken words tonight
May be so cherished by tomorrow's
light.
We must be patient, for we know
There's such little way to CO."
Anonymous.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
Shad00t American Eagle THROWS Fear into German Heart

| America. the German stuffs might
get some valuable informat on. bu'
the German people certainly would
be plunged In despair.
II the United States Is able to place
| H. .he battle line in France. when The
campaign gets fairly under way mex;
spring, one (deleted by censor J-ths
number of British and French troops
that will be standing IN the trenoh hes
allied military experts will be delight
ed. They do not expect 80 much help
In so short time.
TRANSFORMATION Biz Problem.
The only precedent for the efforts
OF America To play part IN the war
in France lies In the transport over
seas In 1915. of Canadian and AUS
tra'ian troops. The Canadians and
one regiment of Boer war veterans,
the Princess Pats. incline during the
urst wipter, but "A Canadian division
WIS not able TO take over "A sector of
ITS own until April, 1913. eight months
altor war began. The Australian and
New Zeaiand army corps reached
Egypt, on the way to the Dardanelles
campaign, about the same time that
the first Canadians disembarked NJ
France
i IS not thot possible here that the
nlted States can greatly better the
record of the British dominions. be-
ctuse the dominion troops had the
advantage OF the existing war ma
chinery in London. and were at first
placed under British staffs. The
American army is being compelled TO
linprovise its own machinery and its
own staff out of war establishment
not more than one-fifth as big as,
and with far less war experience
than the one existing in London in
1911 (Deleted by CENSOR.
When. Ia the distant future. the
American armies do charge upon the
'nemy. the science OF war VIII bear
little resem blance TO the 1915 and
-9lf fighting which the phrase "over
he top conjures up to the average
'eaGer. \ great bonlbardment. while
lnes OF men wait in trenches with !
iXet bayonets to charge upon the |
'nemy at dawn: a wild bayOnet melee /,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

among spluttering machine gun bull
4 lets then the feversh orga nization OF
captured trenches against counter
! att ttck-this was war. In the old days
I OF the Somme. Such War is almost
/ obsolete now. BY the time Pershing s
! men go in" it will be as out OF date
, aS the tactics Of Shiloh or Ge.tys-
/ burg
When | went over the captured
ground on the Vimy ridge and be-
yond. during the battle Of Arras, ard
again last month when I saw the
Flanders battlefield, my main interest
was in the signs and portents visible
of The kind OF war the American
will have to wage. To try to predict
what war viii he like IN 1919, or even
late next year, would be madness; but
II Is safe to say that 1t will be. frs
ard foremost, "a war of concrete. And
there wiz be, in the zones of the Of
fenSives, no trench systems Trenchec
cannot exist, they become mere death
traps, under the weight OF metal
poured out during an up-to- date
battle.
The first evidences OF the concrete
war were available last spring Profit
ing by the lessons of the Sonme the
Germans installed thouSAnds OF mix
ing machines behind their lines, and
ttgtn constructing the little pill
boxes" az the troops call them, or
camouflaged clockhouses tuilt of
blocks Of concrete 10 and 12 feet
thick. big enough to hold garrisons
OF 20 or thirty men, with narrow Sits
TO permit machine gun fire and flame
throwing.
These pill boxes are the backbone
of the German defensive system to-
day. They are 50 strong that moth
ing hut "A direct hit from the heaviest
Kind OF shell will demolish them
They shed ordinary field gun and
howitzer shells like -aindrops. Next
to the pill box, the ruined house now
proves the hardest nut to crack.
Steel girders are placed across the
cellar, then upon them are poured
many feet Of concrete. and below
crouches the garrison, safe against
with machine guns.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

| bombs. and emergency rations IN
case they are cut off Whole DAYS
are sometimes required TO reduce
! these redouhhts. unless cases of high
! explosive can be brought up TO settle
them. Shell holes IRE also concreted
and connected by underground pas
sages. invisible. unlike the trenches,
from hostile aoroplanes.
II is ny increasing the depth OF the
defensive zone that the epemy is able
10 hold out under the boInbardments
10 which he is subjected. Trench
systems of the old kind could be en-
ttrely DESTROYED. the old style deep
dugouts broken in or filled with
poison gas. while today il is next 10
impossible to smash all the hidden
blockhouses or discover which mong
thousands of shellhcies. over lie.
vastated area several miles deep. are
filled with defenders.
When the Americans attack they
VIII go forward in small groups, be-
hind an artillery storm OF such in
one cannon will he firing behind every
lnfantryinan who advances. Already
in the last Nerdun attacks, more gun
ners than infantrymen We're en-
ployed; II tactics develop along the
present lines, it will rot be more than
year before cannons are more
plentiful than soldiers
Poison gas. boiling oil drums. flame
throwing machines. are increasing in
effectiveness on both sides. The rifle
bullet, once the prime weapon of de-
structon, gave way at the beginning
of this war to the machine gun
stream and the shell: many soldiers
have told me that they think the new
weapons OF scientific deviltry will
have superseded the uechine gun and
the bomb before another Campaign
has ended.
II Germany fears American mill
tary prowess and wants peace before
the American army is in the field,
she is taking a long view. But the
blockade, and the financial power Of
the United States are already making
themselves felt The popular feeling
in France and England that our sol
diers and ships are going To do great
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
0SAGES ENTERTAIN PONCAS
Democracy Features Opening Of Inter
Tribal Social Season.

Special 10 The World.
PAWHUSKA. Okla, oct. 20.--There
Is a vast contrast between the Osages
and their tribal guests, The Poncas.
FIFTY vehicles loaded with Poncas ar
rived this week and the tribe wen,
1nto camp at the Usage village. Very
Few came in autos, while practically
all the Osages have high-powered cars
The auto item, however, makes no diff.
ference at the Usage "roundhouse, :"
where the gift party opening the sea-
son was held whore inter-tribal dances
are In progress. There millionaire and
tepee Indians ming1e exultantly. The
Poncas have not been generally Wis
tied 10y oil prosperity.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

mistic' but IL IS probable that Britons
and Frenchmen do not sufficiently
realize what has been dOne by Amer
ican bankers, and by the stoppage cf
supplies to neutrals which during the
whole war have filtered into Germany
in enormous quantities.
America" said member of the
government YESTERDAY is doing about
three times rs much as we thot, last
spring. would be possible at this date.
if Americans arc annoyed that our
people expect them TO perform impos-
sible miracles let them remember
that such hopes are the highest Cx-
preston of confidence and apprecia-
ton that we can give their great
country"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
Tulsa hoy Snsncctcd

PNWIfUSKA, Okla, Oct 20
Harry Campbell, Tulsa boy, is held
on charge of assisting in the robbery
Of q. 7. Iittle's store at Bigheart.
George w. Myers is held on charge
Of robbing w. C. Rogers store az
Skiatook. 1t is believed both robber-
les were the work of gang operating
out of the big railroad towns OF Okla
homa and Kansas
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
Kaiser Prefers DiSadvantageOus Peace
to Facing Uncle Sam When
Springtime Comes
ENTENTE IS EXPECTING GREAT THINGS
Opinions of American Prowess Too
Optimistic; New Kind of War
fare Being Developed

LONDON Oct 2O.-The fighting season of 1917 is drawing
towards close and when these lines read is probable
that no further important military will place
the main theater of action east until the
pagn of 1918 with American troops line ready to
play their part the next act of the drama the war
With the waning of the fourth great campaign in France
public interest Is shifting from events Russia Flanders
to the military preparations of the United States and the eff
forts of the German empire to make the full
weight of her antagonist make itself in the field