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Sworn Daily Average Actually Paiil -Circulation in 1910 i Paw 4) AXD GHuWIXG. 10,571 HOME EDITION IT CAN ALL BE PROVED, TOO Vol. 5 No. 248 EVANS VI LLE, MONDAY APRIL 17. 1911 ONE CENT THE LAST SNAPSHOT OF WHITC05IB RILEY ANOTHER FIERCE BATTLE STOLES BABY IS CAUSE OF COURT TROUBLES HERE FROM BEDSIDE OF FRIEND HE ALSO IS HURT CflPT.

CHI. PERKINS DIES EARLY TODAY ram is BADLY HURT II FilCTORY FIRE Thos. Page Seriously Burned When Blaze Sweeps Through Evans-ville Mirror and Beveling Plant. V4 rv ONE THOUSAND FEDERALS AND ABOUT 1,500 INSURRECTOS CLASH, WHIIJS INHABITANTS OF DOUGLAS WATCH THRILLING-PROCEEDINGS ON AMERICAN WOUNDED BY BULLET FROM DIAZ SOLDIER LOYALISTS BREAK AND FLEE, LEAVING WOUNDED TO BE PICKED UP BY RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN. I 1 AUSE SCATTERING Lying at Walker's sanitarium, Wm.

H. Wohler, head miller of the Cadiack Milling is paying today the price of charity. His was the second in a chain of accidents Sunday at Grandview, Ind. His recovery is as doubtful as that of Dr. L.

F. Cage, former representative of Spencer-co, at whose bedside he sat until a late hour not expecting to meet himself the iron hand of fate. Wohler fell through two stories at the mill Sunday night when the floor supported by a rottn joist gave way with him. His back and ribs were broken and his arms snapped at the elbows. His head is seriously cut and bruised and it is thought his skull is fractured.

Dr. Gage was the first injured. A horse ran away with him near Grandview. He was pitched out of a buggy against a telephone pole and injured -internally, it is thought. Wohler went to the Gage home to chat awhile with him and then went to his work at the mill.

Because he was late he walked through the mill hurriedly, stepping upon a place in the flooring weakened by a tremendous weight of flour. FIRE DOES $30O DAMAGE Damage amounting to $300 was caused by fire Saturday night at the home of Mrs. Lillian Meyers, 601 William-st. Mrs. Meyers knew nothing of the fire until she returned from uptown, where she had been doing her Easter shopping.

DEATH DUE TO BROXCHITIS Bronchitis caused the death Saturday of Jesse Miller at his home near Boonville. He was an uncle of Mrs. J. W. Peekr wife of Supt.

Peck of the waterwo-ks. A brother of the dead -man was Fheriff of Vanderburg-co during the Civil war. Fine Weather Now for the Wife to Do Hoiisecleaning: MACHINE GUNS Hv lto I'nitod l'res. DOUGLAS, April 17. At o'clock, this morning 1000 federal troops under command of Col.

Ruynoldo Diaz, nephew of President Diaz, attacked the defense of Agtia I'rieta. The federals opened a terrific lire witfi machine guns. The first attack of the federals was repulsed and they attacked again at 9 o'clock. One thousand federals and upward of 1500 in-sur rectos were engaged. J.

Goll, an American, was struck in the head and slightly wounded while on the Mexican side. The righting start when a federal machine gun opened fire within a half mile of Agua Prieta. The federals advanced in the open west of Douglas. J. C.

Edwards, American war veteran, with five sharp saooters, crept from the insurgents' earthworks, picked off most of the federal gunners and silenced the machine guns. A general lire was kept up by the insurgents' machine gun and one family fled from its home in Douglas when bullets began striking the house. 01 MORE UNCLE SAM llv I lie Inited Press. WASHINGTON, April 17. The Mexican federals and insurrectos were allowed one chance today in the battle at Agua Prieta before the United States intervenes.

Maj. Gen. Wood and Secy. Meyer were at their desks early today expecting the battle and President Tat ordered that the Mexicans be given full opportunity to prove their sincerity in the assurance that the lives of Americans would not be endangered during ttie fight. Col.

Shuniv, commanding at Douglas since the arrival of additional cavalry, was ordered to prevent citizens from needlossly exposing themselves and to disarm any person attempting to cross the line. Administration officials professed satisfaction for Diaz's call for volunteers, although it is interpreted as an admission of the inability of his force to cope with tho situation. "DON'T CROSS THE LI XL" THE OKI) EH "Don't cross the American-Mexican border line under any circumstances; if necessary to communicate across the line, do it by civilians," was the purport of instructions telegraphed by Maj. Gen. Wood, commanding the army, to he "army commander in The stolen baby, Mary Fenwick.

5, alleged to have been abducted last week fiom Earlington, by her mother, Mrs. Laury Lacy, will be awarded by the Circuit court of Vanderburg-co. Last week Mrs. Lacy went to Earlington and got the baby. Stories were printed that she had stolen the child from the home its paternal grandmother, Mrs.

Mary Fenwick. The child is now in Evansville in the hands of her mother, who today filed suit to be awarded custody of the child. Mrs. Lacy was formerly Mrs. Fenwick.

She was given a divorce Dec. 15 from Jas. Fenwick. but no provision was made- for the care of the child. The mother had no home for the baby and the grandmother was permitted to take it.

The father is said to be now in Springfield, and in the complaint filed today through Atty. Phil C. Gould it is alleged that he has not shown an interest in or contributed to the child's support. Mrs. Lacy's present husband is Luecal Lacy, a switchman, and it is said he is anxious to have the child in his family.

ooooooooooooo KIDS ROLL EGGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE lo By the United Press. WASHINGTON, April 17. With a squad of police on guard hundreds of Washington children participated in the annual Easter Monday egg rolling on the White House grounds. Adults were barred from the grounds except as escorts to the infants, and from 5 to 1 o'clock tots ruled OOGO OOOOOOO 1 day; warmer Tuesday, is forecast issued- Monday by Weather Bureau. With the exception of a spots in the northeastern tha the few and southern states fair and pleasant weather prevails over the entire country.

I Temperatures reported from other weather stations Monday were: Calgary 30, an Francisco 50, Chicago 40, Des Moines 42.1 Denver 38, Roswell 36, Memphis 52, New Orleans 62, Jacksonville 54, Pittsburg 34, New York 36. The 7 o'clock temperature in Evansville was 50 and the noon temperature was 67 degrees. 5,000 PAY HOMAGE TO "ADDIE" Ji)SS Uy the nltcd Press. TOLEDO, April 17. Five thousand persons viewed the body of "Addie" Joss, late pitcher of the Cleveland Americans, as it iay in state at the Masonic temple today.

The Cleveland and Detroit teams attended the funeral. Rev. "Billy" Sunday preached the sermon. THEY CONSIDER JAP WAR TALK FOOLISH Bv the lulted I'resa TOKIO, April 17. Foreign Ambassador Komura entertained 'U.

S. Ambassador O'Bryan at dinner today in celebration of the signing of the new treaty between Japan and the United States. Both declared the report tending to embroil the. two nations were based on misrepresentation. declaring the treaty showed the kindly and sympathetic relations existing.

HER ARMS SCALDED BY BOILING LARD Miss Alice Griffon, 200 W. Ohio-st, is suffering from severe burns on -both arms, sustaine 1 when she tried to remove some boiling lard from a kettle. The kettle- slipped from tha stove and in trying to catch it the hot grease was thrown over tha young woman's arms. Boehne tolfcqrope Cong. John W.

Boehne has returned to Washington, where he will remain until the close of the special session. Cong. Boehne and family will spend most of the summer in making a tour of Europe that will include a stay of several weeks in Egypt. The npeeial Kaster ions ner tee at Grace Memorial church was well attended Sunday. Tho singing of the double quartet under the direction of Prof.

Brockett was especially meritorious. solos of all the artists were greatly enjoyed. TAFT WANTS TO ASCERTAIN WHAT DIAZ IS DOING Uy thr T'uitetl Press. WASHINGTON, April 17. The State department today sent a telegram to Ambassador Wilson at Mexico City instructing him to ascertain at once what measures Pros.

Diaz had taken to prevent a repetition of the Douglas incident in the killing of Americans on United States soil. Immediate assurances from Diaz in reply to Taft's note of Friday night are also requested. Reports have reached the department that the instirrectos are attacking Santa Luz. Millions of I American capital are invested there. Other points are also re-i ported attacked.

So far no Amer icans have been molested. ooooooooooooo CST A YS J.KT'S KXOW ABOUT Al AIRS By the United Press. WASHIXGTOX. April IT. A resolution directing the Senate Committee on For- eign Relations to investigte conditions on the Mexican border was introduced Stone, (Democrat of Mo.) to-jO dy.

The resolution calls for "a complete explanation and exposition of actual condi-, tious prevailing in Mexico. The committee is directed to report such recommendations as they deem advisable respecting the duty of the United States ooccoocooooooooo BULLET FROM HIS BREAST AS SOUVENIR By the I uHl DOUGLAS, April 17. Judge Hamilto nwas the American struck by a Mexican bullet today. A spent Mauser bullet lodged in his breast without serious injury. It wa sextracted and given to him as a souvenir.

He was a half mile from the border when struck. OWNERS INDICTED F0R FIRE HORROR MAX liLAXCIv. ISAAC HARRIS. These men are the owners of the Triangle shirtwaist factory, whose employes were among the 145 persons killed in the Washington square fire, New York city. Blanck and Harris have been indicted for manslaughter in the first degree.

Everyone at city liall was ou hand Monday morning' to respond to roll call, and the names ot City Judge Gould and Building Inspector Bren- tano were wiped off the sick list A cs Heart trouble, from which he had suffered for' several weeks, caused the death early Monday-morning of Capt-. Chas. G. Perkins 818 Riverside-av, one of the best known rivermen in the city. He was 74, and until his health failed recently was actively engaged in the management of his various river interests.

Capt. Perkins was a native of Ohio. He moved to Cincinnati when a small boy and at the breaking out of the Civil war was one of the first to volunteer his services. Entering the army as a private he rapidly won promotions until he was commissioned captain of the gunboat. Brilliant, where he served until the close of the war.

Capt. Perkins located in Evansville in 1 8 8 and established the rlhree-time-a-day boat service be. tween Evansville and Henderson. He looked after his interests until the burning of the Jewel in 1910. Four daughters and one son are left by the aged riverman.

The funeral arrangements will not be completed until Edward Perkins, his son, living at New Orleans, reaches the city. iGLE Si HOLDING UP RAILROADS? Bv thf I uited lre. NEW YORK, April 17. Charges that the Postoffice department under present management is "holding up" the railroads to ripore than $20,000,000 a year were made today in a statement by Pres. Ralph Peters of the Long Island railway.

As vice chairman of the Committee on Railway Mail Pay Peters says the government insists on regulating their rates the railroads will -insist that it treats with them as other business concerns are compelled to do. Peters points out that 3800 mail carriers are carried for the government without charge. This would cast the government 000 a year if performed under contract. The free passenger service is also rendered for clerks off duty and inspectors, said Peters, which is taking undue advantage of the railroad. I XOYEL FEATURE A negro divorce trial will" he the entertaining feature given by the Grove Camp of Woodmen- Circle Thursday night, April 27.

The characters have been rehearsing their parts for several weeks and the company may present the farce for the amusement of other camps of the Circle. DISAPPEARANCE OF BARBER A MYSTERY Mystery surrounds the disappearance of E. E. Elder, Wrest Side barber and confectioner. His place of business was closed Saturday and all efforts to locate him have so far been unsuccessful.

It is clamed that Elder was heavily in debt and that he lost considerable money on his candy and delicatessen WILL BUILD BIG FURNITURE DEPOT The contract for the big furniture to be erected by the Globe-Bosse-World Furniture Co. will be let after hids are received Monday evening at the office of Architect Shopbell. The structure will be three stories high, will be of brick and will be 24 2 feet long and 9S feet Construction work will be started immediately after the letting pf the contract. GIVEN CHANCE TO SEE HIGH WATER To give people a view of the highest water that has. been ex perienced along the Ohio for -utmost 10 years at this season of the year the steamer John Hopkins will make a trip to the government locks at Spottsville Tuesday afternoon.

The steamer will leave at 2 o'clock and will return to the city at 5:30 o'elock. Green river is now out of its banks and is pouring immense quantities of water into the -already swollen Ohio. Seymonr, Iud. With tuanked men stanuingf- guard a crow of men Sunday tore" up about S00 feet of track built across a park by the Southern Indiana Railroad Co. S5000 DAMAGE TO FACTORY T'uos.

Page, night watchman at the plant of the Evansville Mirrjr and Beveling Works, is in a serious condition at his home, 23 Corbierre-av, as the result of burns he sustained Sunday night when he dashed through smoke and fire to reach a telephone to notify firemen that the plant was in danger. Page was beaten back by tb blaze in the and failed in his efforts to send in a still alarm. He ran two blocks down the Be't railroad and turned in a general alarm from box 32. Dr. Clothe, who attended the injured watchman, says his condition is serious.

The damage to the beveling works will amount to about covered by insurance. Had fire engines turned out on the first alarm instead of having to wait for the second, the damage would have been greatly reduced. The plant owned and operated bv John Weber and John Zutt. Watchman Page is unable to for the carting of the blaze in the office. FLOWER THIEVES ARE BUSY AGAIN The open season is on for the I flower thieves.

i Mrs. Fanny K. Uoacb. 1101 U. Third-st, is the victim to re-j port flower losses to the police.

Most of the flower thefts of last season were traced to boys, who made considerable "change" stealing choice plants in one part of town and selling them in another. WILL COTTON KING GET of Danit-l J. Sully, Onton King, Who Is Suing John Hays Hammond Others for SSl.oO0.OrtO for "Knocking" Him as a Cotton l-'vpoi t. He Hi Counsel Are Having a Haul Time Serving on Hammond and the Other Defendants. AMERICAN MERCHANT AND WIFE INJURED Bv lr.

'LONDON. April 17. Henry H. Selfridge, former manager of Marshall Field's uouse and who introduced American department store methods in London, suffered a broken arm andsevere cuts about the head in automobile accident today. Mrs.

Selfridge's arm was also broken. The brakes of the auto refused to work while iecending a hill and the machine crashed into a house. Selfridge's mother and eldest daughter were severely bruised. The two younger children escaped injury. Tbe "Signs of tne Times," is is plain, Are: "Game Is called because- of the rain.

But pray do not sorrow, "Double header tomorrow" Has a soothing effect on the brain. Ntrsu4 The federals broke and fled, leaving a dozen men on the field. As the combatants moved southward from Douglas bullets fell thick over the city. One United States trooper's hat was pierced. A cavalry horse was struck in the flank and bolted across the border with his ridM ('apt.

(Jan-jot then ordered tho troops to cover behind buildings. Two ambulances from Douglas returned from the field loaded with wounded. Goll, a Douglas reporter, was wounded while in the insurrecto trenches. The entire population of Douglas viewed the battle in spite of the danger. Two school buildings were riddle dwith bullets.

A holiday had been declared, however, and the buildings were empty. Officials in the American custom house were driven out. At noon Lopez, insurrecto leader, stated 14 insurrectos had besn wounded but none killed up to that time. He declared he believed the federal losses so far are 50 killed and 100 wounded. WILL STE Texas.

This explains tho use of two civilians in carrying a message to the Mexican federal commander from Col. Shunk, commanding the United States troops at Douglas, Ariz. Gen. Wood has telegraphed instructions that if either the federal or insurgent troops of Mexico enter American territory they are to be disarmed and heid and that everything possible must be done to preserve neutrality. Advices received hero say it is reported that the insurgents have built trenches close to the American border.

Dr. Vasquez Gomez is in constant, communication with the insurgent junta at El Paso, Texas, who transmitted to him ssages from the insurgent army advancing on Juarez. Mindful of the incidents of last week around Agua Prieta, Dr. Gomez telegraphed a message of warning to his constituents to avoid injury to American lives or property. He was advised that the insurrectos had mobilized practically their entire army in Chihuahua, under Francisco I.

Madero, to within striking distance of Juarez. The messages that Dr. Gomez sent to the insurgent forces, in a manner still unexplained here, prevented the attack last night ou Juarez. CORNER land in the lfith century with a grant from Lord Baltimore. That wealthy uncle was very old, coughed "something awful" and it was said that he had 'consumption.

When he was thought to be near death Frank was summoned from Evansville. Of course he went, for he was expecting a part of the wad. ne expected it strong enough to nerve himself to kiss the old fellow and take a chance at getting a few tubercular microbs in his system. The show of affection was what Frank expected to win for him. He even had a notion that he might be made the favorite in the will.

The old man lived longer than he expected and Frank came home. But later the uncle died. Frank waited a long time and nothing was ever written about the will. Then he went to Baltimore. Incidentally, being a lawyer, he asked about the estate.

"We never told you because it was no use, for uncle left it all to the Methodist Foreign Mission Board," a sister informed him. Frank nearly fainted. It took a quantity of religion out of him, they say. in fact, he was a long time getting around to the point, where he even would read about foreign missions. Now, however, the old Gore religion is coming ack and in time Frank will perhaps be just as strong religiously as ever.

1 ME 1 This Photograph of the Hoosier Poet, Who Is Dying at Indianapo lis, Was Taken On a Visit to Washington in Recent Years. BUGLERS SOU! lift ARRIVAL OF EASTER SUNDAY Buglers in the tower of St. Johns church awoke the city Easter Sunday at sunrise. For over a mile the blare of the bugles sounded, calling the sleepers forth. The custom was one in vogue in the middle ages and is still practiced in Germany.

The four buglers are designed to announce the resurrection of Christ. Rev. Dresel inaugurated the custom in Evansville Sunday for the first time. The buglars: P. M.

Gable. Jos. Schweitzer, John Bressler and Frank Robertson, sounded their horns for 25 minutes. A contribution of $1,200 was made Sunday night to reduce St. John's church debt and 32 chil dren were confirmed KCL1PSE OF THE SI OX APRIL 28 Better get your smoked glasses ready.

There will be an eclipse of the sun April 28 and it will be visible in all parts of the United States with the exception of the northern and noitheastern portions. -After the eclipse this month the sun will continue to run along in its regular way until Oct. 22. when the annular eclipse will be pulled off. SEVERAL STABLES IN WEST SIDE BURNED Several stables in the neigh borhood of W.

Franklin-st and Tenth-av were badly damaged by a fire of. unknown origin Monday morning. The total damage will Ho hmuoti SI T00 and S2.000. i The blaze started in a stable in the rear of Otto Schindler's sa loon and the flames had spread to adjoining property before be ing discovered. ao.

nose company went out on a still alarm that was quickly followed by a general call from box 125. EDWARD SCHMIDT LANDS HARSHALSHIP Bt tfco rnlte.1 rrw WASHINGTON, April 17. A decision in the Indiana Republican patronage fight was announced today by President Taft in the following appointments: To be U. S. Marshal, Edward S.

Schmidt, Indianapolis; postmaster at Ft. Wavne, Robert E. oth are said to be compromise candidates representing neither of the warring factions. TWO DAXCES TONIGHT The members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and of the Liederkranz-Maennerchov Singing society will dance out the Lenten season Monday night. The trainmen have engaged Evans hall for their annual-Easter ball.

The tackv dance eiven by the firmnn pincers will be at Lieder- kranz hall, Third and Main-sts. Itobt. A. ReH, rharged wHk obtaining money under false pretenses in connection with the sale of stock in hia chair factory, was to have been. tried Monday in the Circuit court but he trial was postponed on the motion of his attorneys.

No date has been set. roCOOQOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOJOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOO LEMON Those housecleaning days you have been longing for havo arrived. The weather is just right now for getting rid of the winter's accumulation of trash in the back yard and while housewives are making things spick and span it wouldn't be a bad idea for the city to give some attention to its streets and alleys. A good, strong man with a heavy broom turned loose in the down town alleys would be able to make a migfcty big improvement in conditions if he only stuck to the job long enough. Fair Monday night and Tues- DIES AFIER TWO YEARS' ILLNESS After an illness of two years Mrs.

Frances E. Summers diei Saturday night at her home near Newburg. She was the widow of the late W. I. Summers, one of the larfe land owners of Warrick-co; a sister of I.

Odell, local insurance man, and of Mrs. Robert Ruston, also of Evansville. Funeral services will be held at the family home Tuesday. AUTO DRIVE DRAWS FIVE-DOLLAR FINE Fred Kiechle, 19, rural route No. 11, was fined $5iin City court Monday morning for operating an automobile "without a license The arresting officers said Kiechle caused them trouble -on two occasions Sunday when he refused to heed their warnings to slow down in passing Main-st corners.

The young autoist was dismissed on a charge of provoking the blueccat, who placed him under arrest, as Kiechle came out of a photoplay theater. WOOL NOT TO GO ON THE FREE LIST By the United Press. WASHINGTON, April 17. Wool will not go on the free list in the Democratic revision of the tariff, accord- ing to members of the Ways and Means today. The party leaders have decided on about 40 to 50 per cent reduction on manufactured woolen and 50 per oent on raw wool.

"i Ttie ttaoeball team of the colored V. A. will go to Owensboro April 23 to meet the high school team of that city." BY HOBBY PICKLES. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOCOOOCOOOOCOOOOOOOOOO Uh, huh! This is "him," the Hon. Frank C.

Gore. The "Honorable" is still in the future, however, and it is one of those things that may never materialize, as they say Frank has no political aspirations. But he is an attorney and sometime or other it seems all attorneys in some way acquire the prefix "Hon." To be a good at torney is one thing and to be a good Methodist is another. Frank is a good attorney and once cflli I was a very good Methodist. In fact most of the Gore family were originally pillars of of Methodism.

They have perhaps followed WTesley's religion more numerously than any other family. Frank was strong at one time for foreign missionary wTork. Now he would rather not talk about that branch of religion. That is all because the foreign missionaries are now spending considerable coin that should have fallen into Frank's hands- that he should have "heired" as the law would say. Frank had a wealthy uncle living in Baltimore-co, Maryland, where the Gore's first landed wlie nthey came over from Eng-.