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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915. ONE CENT REAE HOME EDITION ILIrsl Jr JIQjjioLl ON ST1EET? OvTrn7TFiPITI7ITrh TTrTn SAYS a Li LWi oooo3ooooooooo oooto9oooooo9of oooooooooo'0oo ooo-oo oo 0000 I PIUTE INDIAN UNPRISING Blockade Is Drawing Tighter and Tighter Around Germany, Says French Premier. Germany Militarily Stricken and Financial and Economic Condition a Rout, He Adds. BY WM. P.

SIMMS, U. P. Staff Correspondent. Convrihteri. 1015, by the Vnitcd Press.

Copyrighted In Great Britain. Lone Man Gets Best of Seven Policemen In Running Fire Wounds One. Insulted by Watchman At C. I. Station 5 Drew Gun and Made His Escape.

A lone man fought a running gun battle with seven policemen early Thursday morning at the C. E. T. station, in sight of his wife, and escaped after shooting Patrolman John Anslin- 1 fTf5 fCnir rtesT --rC -k ry- 9. X.

The interview took place in Si lrrf ger, 516 E. Illinois-st, in the arm. A fusillade of bullets from the guus ot the seven officers whizzed by him as he ran the gauntlet between the bluecoats, stationed behind stone pillars. The lone fighter dodged them all, ran to the C. E.

I. freight house on Eighth-st and escaped through the railroad yards. The man is Charles Ilornbach of AVarrick-co. He was angered when Night "Watchman John Glass of the station thinking him an undesirable touched him on the arm and said he could not sleep in the seat in the station. Tic got up and went into the ladies' waiting room where his wife was waiting for a train and Glass followed him and told him he could not stay in there.

Ilornbach became insulted and accused the watchman of nagging. Glass threatened to arrest him and Ilornbach pulled out his revolver daring him to do so. He backed Glass out into the general waiting room. Got Drop On Cop. Glass went to the telephone and called police station.

When Officer Bell arrived Ilornbach had gone outside. He took refuge under the shed at the Main-st side of the station. "When Bell came up Ilornbach got the drop on him and commanded Bell to throw up his hands. A riot call was sent info headquarters to which six policemen responded in the patrol Avagon. They found Bell and Ilornbach on the corner argviing.

As the officers got out of the wagon Ilornbach began firing as he ran. The policemen whipped out their revolvers and opened fire. Large pieces were chipped off the stone pillars in front of the station by the bullets. The plate glass in one of the swinging doors was broken. Bricks at the side and front of the The top picture shows reserves rn Colorado) to reinfaige S.

Marshal Xebekei's 'arinj" in its fight wrtlf the rintes, under Chief Tse-ne-gat (Everett tographed below in war dress. INDIANS ESCAPE; USE FLAG OF TRUCE RUSE otTice. When I entered, the prime minister -was pacing the floor, smokinsr a eigaret. He took a seat at a rich empire mahogany desk when the interview began. In Better Position Than In 1870.

"Day for day. the present war has about reached the length of that in ISiO." said the premier. "Out what a difference in France's situation. The nrst three months of the war of 1870 saw our armies at Sedan and Metz prisoners. Another army at Paris invested in all ovr 400,00 men prisoners.

"The world believes France cruised, but 10 years after the war at a universal exposition she showed the world the spectacle of a reborn country. France faced her problems squarely, resolved to solve her most arduous interior political question. She retained her ideals of fraternity and liberty. She applied them to her social laws. She guaranteed her independence both by obligatory military service and by international alliances and ententes which German diplomacy duplicity often tried Avithout success to.

undo. Then came this war which Germany practically prepared, then unchained. Says Germany Miscalculated. "If Germany really loved peace she might have had it in simply accepting pour parlors at London July 29, or two days later by accepting the Czar's call to the Hague tribunal, or on July 31 Great Britain's call to suspend military preparations in view of negotiations at London. "France and Russia adhered to all these pacific attempts but Germany declared war.

She had been mobilizing for 10 days. Germany has badly miscalculated. She realizes it now. "Without speaking of countries other ihan my own Germany expected discord. What she ran against was an immovable block without factions, without divergencies.

Every son of France took up arms, rich, poor, socialists, conservatists, free thinkers and Catholics alike. Today France's policy continues to be what in the name of the government it was stated to be on Dec. 22, 'war without freight house were chipped; and bullets were embedded in telephone poles. A cierar sign a block from the freight house was hit, Vound Is Not Serious. "Wm.

Sales was standing in front of his saloon at Eighth and Locust-sts, as the men came running up the street, A bullet crashed into the transom above his head breaking the glass. Another bullet went through a window, hit the bar mirror in the saloon and fell on top of the ice-box under the bar. The second bullet was found on the flooy. The wound is not serious. He was taken to St.

Mary's hospitals. A local freight train was pulling out on the C. E. I. just as the battle was taking place.

Ilornbach may have taken it. His wife was taken to police station and is held for safe keeping. Ilornbach had a belt full of cartridges and is said to have remarked he would catch the 7 :15 train or die. Captured At Boonville. Word from the chief of police at Boonville stated that Ilornbach was caught there at 11 o'clock as he got off a traction IN UTAH AND riding out of Cortex (southwest- Indians defending him also escaped.

The Navajo scouts have been ordered to the scene to aid in the pursuit of the fugitives. The scouts are to be used in tracking the Indians, while Marshal Nebe-ker's men will do all the fighting. An Indian, Havane, was injured Wednesdav and he was still living Thursday. Chief Old Posey, leading a band of the insurgent Indians, crossed into the Navajo reservation Wednesday. The posse found evidence of several signal fires the Indians have built.

Old Polk, who evaded capture with another band, is thought to be seeking reinforcements. A report has been received that the Utes may join Old Polk. The Indians, it is said, believe the white men have killed 25 squaws and papooses. COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER SITES City council will meet in caucus Friday night at the call of Mayor Bosse to consider two new police station sites. One is the property at the rear of Dr.

J. H. Keith's office on Third-st and facing "Yalnut-st, owned by Capt. Williams and Mrs. C.

M. Hazelrigg. This is the newest site to be considered. It is 100 feet square and extends back to the Wells- Bijou theater. The owners are said to have asked $50 a foot front.

Mayor Bosse stated Thursday that the property could be bought for $9,000. The other site is at Third and Walnut-sts. Mrs. Margaret E. Fares has asked a price of $7,500 for her property, and Jos.

Schweitzer $3,500 for his house and lot next the patrol house. WRONG NAME ON AFFIDAVIT Because the name of Charles Schwambach, 1201 Third-av, appeared on an affidavit filed in city court against John Rhein-heimer, a mistake was made in the use of his name. It should have been' Henry Schwambach, 203 E. Columbia-st, who made out the affidavit against his father-in-law, Rheinheimer. "I've never had any trouble with my Chaa.

Schwambach laughingly stated Thursday Chas. W. Ullmer, treasurer of the Evansville Brewing celebrated his 7 Sth birthday Wednes day. The office force at the prew- err presented him witix a boag.net.' I COLORADO I Mancos Jim, the "Good Indian," who is acting as smide and advisor to U. S.

Marshal Xebeeker. Capt. Jack Marston. celebrated American soldier of fortune, took these first photographs of the Piute Indian war. He was in Bluff, Utah, a hundred miles from the nearest railroad, nen me war broke out, bat succeeded in getting these picture through the Indians who had cut off the town and rushed them to the Newspaper Enterprise Assn.

The band of Piutes started the war when United States Marshal Nebeker attempted: to arrest Tse-Xe-Gat, one of their number, for the murder of a Mexican. The Piutes are a stolid, unintelligent race; but stubborn as fighters. They are among the few Indians whose numbers are increasing. The war has resulted in the death of five Indians and of one member of the posse which is now besieging the Indian position, eight miles west of Bluff. Kin Of Chancellor Of England Here Dr.

Arthur W. Evans, Welsh evangelist, will be the speaker at the Y. M. C. A.

meeting at Evans hall Sunday afternoon. Dr. Welsh is a relative of David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer of England. In the world-famous Welsh revival he addressed nightly audiences of 5,000 people. Dr.

Evans is a wit and humorist. Preceding his address the "big meetings" orchestra will give a concert. MACHINE BUSTED, GLOATS N1BLACK BY EDWARD MEEMAN Press Staff Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25. "The great democratic machine has fallen down.

It is being relegated to the scrap heap." Rep. Mason J. Niblack, democrat of Vanderburg, Gibson and KnOx-cos, twice speaker of the house, startled the house with these words today. He was greeted with applause from republicans and some democrats. Niblack spoke in behalf of the Friend resolution, that house employes should be paid from the first day of the session instead of the day they actually began work.

The resolution was defeated, 50 to 37. "The great democratic machine, pretending as it does to own the legislature and pretending to organize things in this legislature has fallen down. Lots of bad things have taken place in this legislature. "I believe the machine is on its way to ruination. The powers that be have lost control.

The powers that be thought they could control everything whether Just or unjust. This shows they cannot." THE WEATHER. For Evansville and Ticinity: Fair tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature. Evansville Thursday afternoon. PARIS, Feb.

25. Pre mier Rene Yiviani today pictured Germany to me as a hopelessly beaten nation, in the first interview the prime minister has ever granted any newspaper man, French or foreign. "The German torrent is checked." he said decisively. "Germany is militarily stricken. An implacable blockade is drawing tighter and tighter about her.

Despite all precautions Germany has taken to conceal the truth, I can assure you that her financial and economic rout is the prime minister's private Evansville Man, Gets Sentence By the tralted Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25. David C. Allen of Evansville could not pay a fine of $100 foi violating the revenue law, and was sentenced to jail for 30 days in federal court today.

Judge Anderson said that Allen did not commit a serious offense when he twisted tobacco and brought It across the Ohio river from Hen-derson-co to Evansville to sell, and imposed the least fine possible. Allen said he' did not know be was violating a law. He will be brought to ear. The local police had telephoned for Ilornbach. K.

OF PLAN TO ESTABLISH BUREAU 0 EMPLOYMENT MORE ENGLISH SHIPS SUNK Bv the United" Tress. LONDON, Feb. 25. The British steamer West Killed in battle with paleface son of Chief Posey who went to the aid of Chief Tse-ne-ct. "BEAT IT" nil uprr ici in I lAlHil WJhh LJA II HILL lltIL linU WAITING FOR SODA Told Her He Would Be Right Back and Got Away With His Clothes.

Watchfully waiting for the re-1 turn of her husband, who had promised to buy her a drink, Mrs. Katherine Miller, 714 William-st, kept the vigil for over an hour in the hamburger stand at the rear of the saloon across from Evans hall Saturday night. Grown tired and thirsty from the long wait, she finally made inquiries from the owner. She was told that Edward G. Miller, her husband, went like a flash through the saloon and made for the front door.

When she arrived at home, Mrs. Miller found that her husband had preceded her. "He had packed all his clothes and left," she said. He's a Mystery Mrs. Miller claims that he enticed her to go down town.

"We were married a year ago last May and he has deserted me four times," the wife said Thirs-day. "I had a good job before we went back to live together. "I don't know what to think of him. When we are separated he keeps the telephone wires busy calling me up, and while we are living together he stays away from home nights. Gene is a mystery to me." Mrs.

Miller, before her last marriage, was Mrs. Katherine Rohrman. VEIiEfiiAfl FIGHTS FOR THE PRIMARY Albert J. Veneman. First dis trict chairman of the Citizens' league, has gone to Indianapolis, where he will speak Thursday night on the Ballou-Jones bill to submit the question of holding a constitutional convention at the 1916 election.

If the proposition carries, the convention would not be held automatically, but the 1917 legislature would be expected to call it. Veneman will urge Vanderburg co legislators to defeat the Stotsenburg amendments and pass the Ballou-Jones bill. Elmer Long: pleaded guilty In circuit court Thursday to the charge of robbing John Jourdan of Johnson Station of $50 at the Ohio-st bridge. Jas. Reddish and Louis Angel pleaded not guilty to the charge, A jury Is hearing the evidence in their triaL Fire, caused by sparks from a flue, did $5 damgae to the bom of Dave Moskowitz, 107 Grant-st, at 8:30 Thursday morning.

Company 6 -was called, HUBBY ern Coasts was mined or torpedoed off Beachy Head, and her crew and passengers landed at Portsmouth An employment is being County Auditor Beard has gone organized by the Knights cf Colum- to Indianapolis to oppose the bill bus. Its object will be not only to 1 wiiich would make the county insecure worlr for the unemployed, i stead ot the state pay the cost of todav. but to aid others in securing bet- ter positions. Those of the Cath- stitutlons. it would cost vanaer-olic faith will receivo the benefits burg-co $40 for every prisoner tak-of the bureau.

It is proposed to en to Michigan City and $17 for The steamer Deptford was torpedoed off Scarborough and went to the bottom. One member of her crew was drowned. The others were landed near Scarborough. Germany has now sunk five British By United tress. WASHINGTON, Feb.

25. A telegram from U. S. Marshal Nebeker, fighting the Piute renegade Indians in southeastern Colorado and Utah, asks for a detachment of 20 Navajo police scouts from the Ship Rock agency and says that Tse-Ne-Gat, the Indian murderer sought by the gov ernment offficials, and whom the Indians are defending, has escaped, using a flag of truce. The Whisky No Excuse For a Mail Clerk Robbing The Mail By the United Press INDIANAPOLIS, Feb.

25. "Whisky is no excuse," said Judge Anderson in federal court today In sentencing John M. Work of Evansville, railway mail clerk on the C. E. I.

railroad, of Chicago, to Leavenworth prison for two years for stealing money from letters. Work pleaded that he had been guilty. CLEVELAND TO BE CALLED BY LABOR By the United Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25.

Senator Cleveland of Evansville is going to be "called" by organized labor. He is a member of the committee on mines and mining which killed the bill to compel the operators instead of the miners to hire the shotfirers, by recommending indefinite postponement. IOWA DRY By the United Press. DES MOINES, Feb. 25.

Gov. Clarke today signed the Mulct repeal bill, which will close all Iowa saloons Jan. 1, 1916. TWO GO INTO BANKRUPTCY Samuel B. Sanoloff, a merchant, has filed petition for bankruptcy with U.

S. Commissioner Wart-man n. His liabilities are $3,256. IS and $580. Sam Kwashe fthe Independent Bottling hag also filed petition in bankruptcy with liabilities of 522.25.

ships in two days. to Boonville officers to watch AUDITOR OPPOSED TO PAYING FARES FOR PRISONERS transporting prisoners to state in everyone taken to Jeff ersonville. WOMAN SUFFRAGE GETS NJ LIFE 11 the United Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25.

The limited woman's suffrage measure which was believed to have been killed indirectly in the house received a new lease of life today. Speaker Bedwell announced that the Lyday resolution, giving committees power to kill bill was not enforced because it had not received the constitxitional majority of 51 votes. Woman suffrage advocates were jubilant. DANIELS ORDERS COURT MARTIAL BY the United Press. WASHINGTON, Feb.

25. Secy, of the Navy Daniels today signed the order for court martial of five men alleged to be involved in the recent explosion aboard the U. S. cruiser San Diego, due to low water in the boilers, which cost several lives. U.

S. IS GIVEH SAFETY ROUTE By The United Press. WASHINGTON; Feb. 25. Safety lanes through which American ships can reach German ports were defined by the German embassy here today.

This information was given to Sen. Smith of Georgia in conference at the embassy, concerning the American steamship Carib, destroyed off the German coast. make the new organization self sustaining and not be a burden on the members of the Knights of Columbus. The first move in the organization of the bureau will be the bringing of Archbishop John J. Glennon of St.

Louis here on April 12 to deliver a lecture. His subject will be "The Lights of the The proceeds of the lecture will go toward establishing the employment bureau. It has not been decided where the address will be given. If this entertainment proves successful the Knights of Columbus may bring other prominent men here to give lectures. Archbishop Glennon is said to be one of the finest orators in the country.

PRIMARY BILL PUT IB: SENATE By the United Preaa. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25. Sen. Van Nuys, democratic floor leader, today introduced the much talked of primary bill.

It is hoped by organization men this will take the place of the Jones bill which is now in the hands of the committee. JURY OUT IN Word received from Mt. Vernon, Thursday at noon was that the jury in the $5,000 damage case of Jasper Marshall against Mrs. Margaret Schreiber on grounds of false imprisonment was still out. The jury received the case at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.

Marshall was imprisoned in city jail here as being implicated with Melburn Schreiber, a son, in taking out Mrs. Schreiber's auto without her consent. Steamboat Inspectors Haynes and Williams went to Uniontown, Thursday to Inspect the tow-boat Kellis. The case of Gilbert King, charged with malicious trespass on the property of Cephas Pasco, han been continued In city court till Friday. i I..