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WEATHER let THK TIMES FOLLOW YOU ON YOUR VACATION. Fair tonight and Tues-I day. 0 0 BRAZIL, INDIANA MONDAY. AUGUST 9. 1915 volume XX7II NTOIBER 213 RUSSIANS IK If "au revoir" i uuuiAiuxJvU) iLUUuiLi uy IT BY AIISTRIANS vt AUtmbA a FORCE OF BANDITS CROSSES -J -3.

fjj BORDER AND ATTACKS urn ii, HM Miff AH MEETS All 1IW DEATH BURSTING OF BLOOD VESSEL OF THE BRAIN RESULTS FR03I SLIGHT JAR. MOTHER NEARLY OVERCOME Earl Robert. Miller Dies Very Sud denly on His llirthdaj' Anniver- sary at the Age of Three Earl Robert Miller, the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John R.

Miller, of 805 North McGuire Street, met death in a most peculiar manner, about 7:45 o'clock last Saturday, night when he ruptured a blood ves- sel of the brain in a slight jar when he fell overbackwards alighting on is back; The boy went into con- vulsions and died In agony in about an hour and "a half. Attending physicians, who did ev- erything in their power to save the lad's life, say the death is one of the most unusual they ever heard of. The boy, who was a bright and i healthy lad has been in as many ser- ious falls as other children of his age and suffered no bad results. Last I Saturday was his birthday anniver TEXAS RANCHERS. A A -f in I If 1 II -ss i I I llul I I'll I II I XX IV A I tsr fi i ll! vi ir xv- rr 'V VS -V sary.

being three years of age. His is done the contempt harge will not parents were preparing to dress him be pushed. before going down town. The child! At the conclusion of the court this was playing with a sister and step- morning Prosecuting Attorney John ped backwards from her. His little Baumunk filed a motion to dismiss heel caught on a rug and he fell to the case now pending before Esquire the floor, but not with unusual great N.

James, but Mr. James refused force. He did not strike his head to dismiss it since he has onlj pow-on the floor. Nothing was thought to cite anyone for contempt in of the incident until the boy acted cases pending in his court, and if he strangely and went into convulsions should dismiss the case he would i ii ruiinruiiL. OFF LOVERS' LEAD (Copyright.) ii'UOTT CALLS FOR FULL MEMBERSHIP LETTERS SENT OUT BY PRESIDENT McNUTT, ANNOUNCE IMPORTANT BUSINESS AT C.

OF C. THIS EVENING The Selection of a New Secretary fc the Chamber of Commerce Will Come Up night. in which ie passed away. Drs. I L.

Williams and M. H. Young were summoned, but they were unable to do anything for him, and it was stated, could not if they had been there at the time. The shock of the death is a blow to the family. The child being the babv Of the familv n-aa a favnrifo TJie.

mother.is -nearly prostrated- with grief and refuses to be comforted, may- have prejucllced the "people oT" Other members of the. family are the township and injured the de-also seeming unable to recover from fendant's chances of obtaining a fair the shock. trial. Mr. Payne intimated that Coroner Harlan Miller was called Mr.

Jones will ask for a jury trial. EDITOR CITED TO EDITOR OF LOCAL PAPER ES-CAPKS CHARGES FOR CON-TEMIT OF COURT. APOLOGIZED TO THE COURT Prosecuting Attorney Asks That the Jones Case Be Dismissed. Politics if Evident on Edges Ralph Plumb, editor of the News- Democrat, will be called into Justice of-the-Peace T. N.

James's court to answer why he should not be fined for contempt of court, as the result of an article published in last Satur- day's issue of the News, which. Es- quire James feels reflects on the hon esty and dignity of that court. Thi3 action brought about a delay in the ease of the State vs. John J. Jones.

charged with hunting without li- cense, Later today Mr. Plumb voluntarily went before the court and offered an apology for the article in a manner satisfactory to Justice James and promised to make a retraction in his paper tonight, giving it the same prominence as the original article. Justice James said that in case this have no power to summon Mr. Plumb into court. The action was hinted in.

ening statement of the defense this morning. Attorney G. S. Payne, jfor Mayor Jones, asked for a contin- nance of the trial on the grounds that the defendant wished time to in- I VRSt.i and HftvrTnint thf OTtont that the allpgrd Tin truthful article Mr. Payne branded the article in question as false and demanded that the writer of the same be railed intp- 'court and tell why he wrote such an article.

He asked that time be granted until the influence of the article is fully ascertained. Mr. Payne declared that Judge Collins of Marion County fined George M. Ray $100 and sent him to jail for 30 days, for a statement no less injur ious than those which the local editor made. Prosecuting Attorney John Baumunk and Deputy R.

V. Tozer said that while they did not defend the article, it has nothing to do with the case on trial and urged that Justice James hear the case. Mr. Tozer said that he believes he expressed the sentiment of the people when he says that Jutice T. N.

James will not be prejudiced because of such an article, and would fairly and honestly try the case. Justice James said that he realized it is a great inconvenience for all the witnesses and the wardens to come here again, but he said the editor of the paper stepped aside from decency when he wrote such an alleged reflection on him since he had no comment on the case, nor nad received the naners in the case at that timc and tnew notIling about It more than he had hcard on the streets. He granted a continuance anu demanded that the editor be cit- for contempt. The deputy game wardens Clark and Butler and Prosecuting Attor- ney John Baumunk held a coufer- enPe Hnd Mr Baumunk then moved that the case be dismissed. Justice j9tnCs refused to dismiss it until the contempt proceedings are disposed of It was stated, however, that thie would likely be done next Sat- urday.

Prosecuting Attorney Baumunk. Emanuel Miller and a witness also consulted together before tins motion was made. The phrase vkhich Justice James specifically objects to in the article mentioned follows: "There is some speculation as to what Justice James will do, since Mayor Jones is responsible for his appointment as ponce court judge. Iolitics on Edges. The case seems to have brought about a political fight around the edges.

TtieMnterest which two or three prominent Democrats are tak- (Continued on Page 6.) APPEAR 111 COURT INVADING ARMIES TAKE TOWN AT THK EAST OF WARSAW EN 1 A NGERI XG RETREAT. RUSSIANS REJECT OFFER Offer of Separate IVace Made ly tlie Gerntans Turned Down ly Russians Germans Continue Advance. (RULLKTIN) BERLIN. Ants. the bnrir of Warsaw on the eastern lank jof the Vsilula has heen occupied by German trfwps.

according to an official statement issued totlay hy the German army headquarters stau. London, "Aug. 9. Reuters corre-rpondent at Petrograd transmits the following "The Bourse Gazette learns from nn unimpeachable source that the German emperor made an offer of pence to Russia last week, through the king cf Denmark. "The answer sent to the king stated that the question of peace negotiations could not be raised at the present time." i Galacia Offered to Czar.

Petrograd, Aug. 9. The report that Germany has made peace proposals to Russia became known in official circles here several days ago, and was freely discussed in the lobbies of the Duma, according to the Vechernee Vreyma. "We learn on good authority, says the newspaper, "that Germany, through Denmark, proposed to Russia a separate peace, Russia to receive Galacia. while Germany would retain the western district of Poland.

A representative of the foreign office categorically denied that there was the remotest possibility, of any peace negotiations. In the lobbies of the Duma, the proposal was discussed as unworthy of serious consideration. Germans Continue to Advance. London, Aug. 9.

The Germans continue to make progress in all directions in their efforts to cut off the retreat of the Russian army from the Polish salient. They have commenced attack on the fortresses of Kovno and Ossowetz, which are among the obstacles they must overcome in order to reach the railway running from Warsaw through Vilna and Dvinsk to Petrograd. They have taken the minor fortresses of Serock, at the junction of the Narew and the Bug, and have crossed the Vistula in the vicinity of Wrarsaw. Further south. Gen Worysch Is advancing eastward, but Field Marshal Mackenseh is being stubbornly resisted and apparently making, at best, very slow progress.

The Germans have gained minor successes in the Argonne forest, where the army of the crown prfnee has been trying for some weeks to find a weak spot In the French defenses, but their effort to recover lost trenches on the Lingekopf and the Vosges is recladed to have cost them dearly. ran JAGOwjsjo resign FOREIGN SECRETARY TO GO INTO RETIREMENT. Said to Have Caused by the Meking of Two Blunders. I London, Aug. 9.

The correspondent In Amsterdam of the Exchange Telegraph Company hears from Berlin that the early resignation of Gottlieb von Jagow, German foreign secretary. Is probable. The minister's retirement will be attributed to ill health, but the real reason, according to the correspondent's advices, will be due to two blunders. The first was the Austro-Hungaiian note to the United States regarding the export ations of munitions, and the second was the revelation contained in the Belgian Gray Book that Herr von Jagow urged the division of the Belgian Congo between Germany and France. The foreign secretary's successor, the correspondent adds, will probably be Dr.

Alfred Zimmermann, undersecretary for foreign affairs. No confirmation of the rumor that Herr von Jagow Is about to give up the foreign portfolio been received from any other source. Mrs. Blanche Dais, Sylvia Rem ington and Carrie Bynum went to Indianapolis this morning to attend the millinery openings. I President Lewis McNutt has sent is making no systematic organized ef the following letters to members of fort to stay on the map is fast slid-tl-e Chamber of Commerce today: ing into oblivion.

Brazil has many "Brazil, Aug. 7. 1915. (natural resources, many Sir: ties. and isjin the midst of the most "Wo earnestly hope you will make populous district of the country with it' convenient to be at the member- ample transportation facilities, and ship meeting of the Chamber of Com- Witn all' of these by a united people, merce on next Monday night.

At Witn an organized effort to build a this meeting such action should be City which already has a good start, taken that is for the "best interest for it were an easier task than to start the organization. anew. "If it is for the best interest of the Come to this meeting and bring organization to have re-organization, 'your neighbor and urge upon him the the Board heartily approves such a importance of this meeting. Awake plan. While there is no apology to from your indifference, be progres-offer for any of their actions, we sjve men, ambitious men, for these want to say in way of explanation are the kind of men that do things, U.

S. SOLDIERS SENT TCSCENE Outlaws Repulsed Before Re-Enforcements Reach Citizens, and Six Mexicans Are Mowed Down. Harliugen, Aug. 9 Five American ranchmen were wounded, two of them seriously, and six Mexican outlaws were reported killed and wounded last night in a fight between Texas rangers and ranchers nd a band of Mexican bandits at Norias ranch, ten miles north of Lyford, in Cameron county, according to a tele- j)Hone message received nere irom Norias. The outlaws, estimated to number between thirty and fifty, attacked the Norias ranchhouse shortly before dark.

Fourteen ranchmen barricaded themselves In the house and defended the place until 10 o'clock, when the message said the Mexicans withdrew temporarily. Shortly after the bandits had withdrawn sixteen Texas rangers and armed civilians arrived. At 10:30, the report says, the Mexicans returned, unaware that re-enforcements had arrived. They again charged the house and were met with a volley of shots from the rangers and several of the Mexicans were killed. The outlaws retreated Into the darkness.

A special traln "left Harlingen shortly before 10 o'clock carrying 35 United States soldiers and 12 armed civilians to re-enforce the Americans oa the Norias ranch. Troop Ordered to Aid. Brownsville, Aug. Troop Third United States Cavalry, was ordered to leave this morning for the northern part of Cameron county. It cas reported the Mexicans attacking Norias ranch numbered fully 200.

It cas said the bandits raided the Norias ranch and drove away fifty horses and took a quantity of provisions and several rifles. A special train was started from Sarita, carrying fifteen voluntters to aid the ranchers. Sarita Is Iforty miles north of Norias. A special train with United States troops and state officers was also sent from Brownsville. Until these trains reach some station where these is telegraph service, little can be learned of the outcome of the battle.

is KILLED III FIE MARCELLUS DAVIS OF -KNIGHTS-YILLE MEETS DEATH IN GLEN AYR NO. 1. MINE. Marcellus Davis, an electrical ma- chine miner of Knightsvtlle, was killed about one o'clock this after noon in Glen Ayr Mine No. 1 of the Glen Ayr Coal Company, at Terre Haute.

A heavy fall of slate caused his death. The deceased man was formerly of Montezuma and lived In Knlghts- ville. He married Miss Nettie I Northway, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Northway, of Knightsvtlle.

I He is survived by the widow and two children. Mr. Davis was one of the best citizens of Knightsville. He was interested in church work and Sunday School. A host of friends will be shocked to hear of his tragic death.

Mrs. Williab Durkin of Cleveland, is visiting in the city with her mother Mrs. George Johnson. Miss Meda Decker, who has been the recent house guest of Miss Wini- fred Wilson at Nashville, has returned home. Mrs.

C. B. Lewis and daughter, Florence, who have been the recent house guest of Mrs. George Patter son in Indianapolis, have returned home. line I the President, Lewis McNutt, for a membership meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, which will be called at the Assembly Room of the Davis Hotel tonight at 8'clock.

It is urgently requested that every member (be present as this meeting will in a great measure have much bearing on the future of this organization. It behooves every man that has any interest In Brazil, who ever did ary thinking, to get behind this Chamber of Commerce and use it, for this organization is allowed to dissolve, it will be an inestimable loss to the city and the commercial interests of, the city, however iflipcantu may apepar io you now, as itT wllI be Some trme before" aTTOtheT could be organized, and that would" be too. la.te for. Brazil. Bear- well in mind-that the smaller town that that build cities, empires and nations.

If you are a good citizen, and want a good city and good town to live in, you must do the things that the good citizens do in their towns and remember that you can ac complish more collectively than individually. GETS SPEAKIKG DATES James B. Davis Has, Three Speaking Dates in the District -Gets Much Encouragement. James B. Davis of this city, who announced his candidacy for th-3 namination for congress has received a host of letters, and many telegrams from Republicans all over the district congratulating him on his entrance in the race.

Mr. Davis has already agreed to make speeches at three different places in the' district. He is receiving much encouragement from the leaders of thj party as veil as men from the rank and file. NEW CASES ARE FILED. Francis Hawkins, et al.

vs. Edward liana wait, et on McGregor, Knight Miller, attorneys. James Qulnby vs. Daniel Dayton, I et for accounting and receiver McGregor, Ktflght and Miller, attor- nevs. BIRTHS.

RECENT Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Halstead have received news of the birth of a baby daughter to Mr.

and Mrs. George i i I PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF VI GO MEETS TERRIBLE ACCI-- DENT AT SHADES OF DEATH. FALLS MORE THAN 120 FEET Dangerous' Precipice at Montgomery County RpsorL Adds. Another. r4 ATctiraTTo Its List.

Prosecutor Richard, A. "ATerneke, of Vigo County, is at St. Anthony's Hospital, Terre Haute, in a critical condition as the result of a fall at noon yesterday down a steep embank ment at the "Shades of Death. Wer-neke was assisting a young woman of his party to cross Lovers' Leap when he lost his balance- He rolled about 100 feet and was precipat-ted from the cliff across a stream 20 feet below. He was cut and bruised from head to foot, and last night attending physicians were uncertain as to the outcome of his injuries.

His most serious hurt was bruises about the head. It -was not known last night whether or not the skull was fractured. Attendants at the hospital said that this was not probable but an X-ray test will be made this morning, it was announced. Phvsicians Are Hopeful. Worn eke was brought to the hospital about 5 o'clock yesterday evening.

He was in a dazed condition, and had been according to members of the party, since the accident. However, he did not lose consciousness. This fact prompted his physician to believe that his injuries were not unusually- serious. SMALL BOY INJURED. John Bon of Mr.

and Mrs. John Northway, of 116 East Jackson street, met with a painful injury about ten o'clock this morn ing, when he fell from a veloscipede breaking the left arm between the wrist and elbow. The larger bone was broken. Dr. M.

H. Youn, attended the injury. ATTEND RACES. Bertha Murdock, Pansys Young-blood, Gladys Spear, Lillian Eppert. Mr.

and Mrs. J. D. Polloni and son Koy, attended the races In Terre Haute, yesterday. AUSTIN MILLER ILL.

Austin Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fmanuel Miller of North Washington street, is reported critically ill to day. At a late hour this tfter- noon he was little improved, if any. iMi'ttuTt i I and pronounced the death due to the cerebral hemorrhage.

The deceased boy is survived by, the parents, 3 sisters and 3 broth ers. Other close relatives and scores of friends join the family in their sorrow. Funeral services were held at the residence at 2 o'clock this after noon. Rev. E.

M. Muncie, officiating. The little body was laid to rest in Cottage Hill Cemetery. RAILROAR ANDY ROONEY SUCCUMBS WITH PNEUMONIA AT HOME IN CHICAGO. WAS WELL KtlOVn HERE Pneumonia lroves Fatal to Well Known Railroader After Two Weeks Illtness.

Andy llooney, veteran railroad engineer of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, who has made the run between Chicago and Brazil for many years, and who is well known in Brazil, died at 9 o'clock yester- day at his home in Chicago, of pneu- monla after about two weeks' ill- neps- Mr. Rooney entered the service of the C. E. I. in November, 1895, and continued until halted by ill- ness a short time aco, during the greater art of which period he made the run from Chicago to Brazil.

The funeral services will he held Wednesday morning at Washington, Ind. "LOST" CHILDREN RETURN Florence Lewis, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B.

Lewis, and Cath erine, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther A. Williams, were re- I'uneu m. police as iosi nus u- noon after they had been away from home.

I that in the beginning of the organization there was selected a secretary from out of the city on a three mcnths trial. Since that time con-sfiderable pressure has been brought to bear for a home man. "Also if we kept Mr. Collins it would bo'at an increased salary, which did not feel the Board at this time was able to pay. Mr.

Collins desired to know what he could expect, and It was either necessary to close a contract with him for the future or advise him that his services would not he needed after a certain period. Acting on our best judgment we gave him sufficient time to secure a place elsewhere. "Mr. Jerome Bogle made a proposition to the Board at a salary more in keeping with our financial condition, and based on the membership. The proposition, which was a business proposition, appealed to the members of the Board and met their approval.

The By-laws read as follows; 'The Board of Directors shall select a secretary and submit jt to the members for their approval. Every member of the Board wants to do what is for the best. If it is the concensus or opinion that a foreign man should be employed instead of a home man, the Board will endeavor to secure a foreign man. In doing so however, we want to point out that this will require time and deliberation, and a much higher salary will necessarily have to be paid. At present we do not have the.

finances and increasing the membership Is the essential thing. "We are at your service. "Yours most respectfully. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS, C. C.

LEWIS McNUTT, Pres. Meeting Convene at Eight O'clock. Mrs. Ray Slack, who was operated home from 10 a. m.

to 2:30 p. m. on last Monday is getting along as jit was learned that the children had wel1 aB could be expected. She isjgone to a store to buy candy and at tiie home of her parents Mr. and Resiled oa" friends on tlfeir return 1 A general call has been Issued, bynalptead of West Lafayette, Ind, 'Mrs.

Nobel Tarvin, west of the city. r..