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1 ii rv iv i 1 1 i ii pa. nr a tttv i VOL. 37 NO. 167 i MUNCIE, INDIANA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1914 7 PRICE TWO CENTS it rr t-i i- i PAPA At i riH MUNCIE SUBURBS oees ner ftegiment un For the front rp A Underwood.) A 9 Copyrlght, 1IH. Underwood' On: A fBIGll 1 1 1 'f v.

I 4 2 it 1NSPECTIXG HER FAVORITE REG LM THE ITtOXT. CHASE KING Germans Advancing Toward Ostend to Make Fleeing wonarcns prisoners. 1 CAPTURE OF ANTWERP DESCRIBED FROM BERLIN Official Report Admits That the Conduct of. the Belgians Was Valiant. London, Oct.

a. m. Germany has imposed a fine of 20,000,000 pounds ($100,000,000) on Antwerp as a war indemnity. Ixwdon, Oct. p.

m. A dispatcH from The Has-uo dated Sat urday says that, aooordlnc to trust worthy information from Belgium, the iiermana are advani hur Bwlftlr toward Ostend with the object of making the queen and government ofttolul.t of Belgium prisoners. It is said tint the queen haa left for England. Berlin, Oct. 11.

By way of The Hague and London. The German offl cial report on the capture of Antwerp says: "The first shot was fired on September 2 against the outer line of forts On October 1 the first forts were takon by assault. The River Nethe was crossed by the German Infantry and artillery on October 6 and 7., On the seventh Antwerp waa notified that bombardment, waa lmmlnentnd this was begun at 11:80 o'clock In the morning of October t. (Simultaneously an attaoK was made on the Inner forts. Occupied City October on October two of the inner forts were taken.

At 2:30 o'clock on the afternoon of October 9 ythe city of Antwerp was occupied by German infantry without resistance upon, the part of tha Belgians, whose conduct waa valiant. However, the effect of tha German artillery, Infantry and marina division In the first attack was such that resistance waa futile. "A large quantity of suppllea was taken by the Germans. The efficiency of tha German troops waa recognized the emperor In conferring upon General Von Beseler the order of merit-j; AND QUEEN OP BELGIUM Town of Apremont, Taken by' the Is Retaken by the French. CAVALRY OF, THE KAISER DEFEATED BY THE ALLIES Violent Attacks by Teutons Repulsed at Several Points, Allies Holding Positions.

Paris, Oct. m. The, ot-Bclal communication Issued hw th French war office tonight says: "There la no new detail to mention. wcept the capture of a flag; near Las-signy. The lmpresidon of th dn satisfactory." London, Oct.

n. m. With the conclusion of that phase of tha war of the nations which came witU the fall of Antwerp, tha censorship has again drawn a veil over the Baht ing in the greater part of the Euro pean continent, The French communication fanned this afternoon deals only with the battle, or aeries of battles, which has been in progress for four weeks, from east to west in France, with an ver-extendlng line which now reaches northward from tha elbow at Noyon to and across tha Belaian bordar at Armentleres. Allies Hold Positions, Tha statement aaya that the allies have held their jBosJtjenj everywhere, and that German cavalry which attempting to enrelop tha allies- left wing and bad seized certain points of passage on the River Lys, to the east of Aire, waa defeated yesterday and retired to the northeast Into the Ar mentleres district. At the same time the Germans de livered a vigorous attack on the right bank of the Ancre River, between Ar- ras and the Olae, maklng any progress.

Germana Make Vigorous Attacks. The statement' follows: 'First On our left wing German cavalry, wnicn nad seized certain points of passage over the Lys to tha i ui am, wu driven on yesterday and retired last evening into the Ar- mentleres district Between Arras and the Oise the made a very vigor- ous attack "on the right bank of tha Andre, but without making any progj ress. 'Second On the-center between tha Oise and Rheims our troops have1 made slight advances to the north of I the Aisne. particularly In th. region to London, Oct 12.

a. m. "Loti were drawn by four officers," says the Daily New Ostend correspondent, "to decide who should remain in command of Fort St. Marie, northwest of Antwerp, the officer thus chosen being sworn to fight to death. The lot fell on a married man with a An unmarried officer immediately offered to take his place and the officer who originally was chosen reluctantly accepted.

The three officers Jhen retired, bidding a touching farewell to thelrcomrade who remained behind." MEXICANS WAR: SHELLS FALL OH AMERICAN SOIL Gen. Hill's Garrison at Naco Loses Eight Killed and Fifty-. Seven Wounded. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS FIRED UPON: RETURN FIRE Property Near the' U. S.

Customs House, Across the Border, Is Wrecked. Naco, Oct 11. Four holla from Governor Maytorena's guns fell on American territory last night dur mg a renewed attack bv Villa ad herents on the Carranza garrison of aco, Sonora. General Hill, commanding th nr. rison.

lost eight killed and flftv.aovon wounded. Maytorena's loan In ported tb be from twenty to 200. oi me lour shells wrecked large residence. Another damaged property near fhe'tilted State cus toma house. Tha others fell In a stock Meld and in a mercantile establish.

ment. i Ilanduto-Hand Fighting. Maytorena's Yaqui Indians attark.d general Hill a troops entrenched in Naco, shortly befere midnight. Hand iu-iiai ugniing tne trenchea ro. suited.

The engagement continued an hour before the Indians finally retired was reported that a band of laquis were pursued east of Naco by ueneral Hill's soldiers. Several Tenuis crnsaed th hnnn.i.r., line in order to attack the Naco earri. son in the rear. They were Dromnfiu dtaarmed. TreWousIv American diers were fired upon and returned tha fire.

Americans Struck by Bulleta. In addition to the shells manv hut. tets fell on the American side. One Yaqui was taken prisoner to the Naco, (Ariz.) Opera house. Three of Hill's men who crossed the line were do.

armed, and returned to the Mexican side. Two Americans, Lee Hall, a nrnmi. nent citizen, and Comoral McAllitr Troop Ninth United States Cavalry, were struck by stray bullets. Hall waa shot in the head and seriously hurt, McAllister waa shot through the hand hile on sentry duty in the stock yards'. i J( S.

Trooper Pica 'of Wound. Hall and McAllister made the total American vlctima of the Mexican fire rBtlnd on Third pa. RETIRED FARMER A SUICIDE James Brosler, of Lapel, Ends life -IT. With Bus; Poison. Anderson, 11.

Jam Brosler, 6, a wealthy retired farmer living at Lapel, ended his Ufa late last night by drinking paris green, which ne had purchased last spring with tha Intention of killing potato buaa Brosler owned a tine farm Just in the edge of Hamilton County and waa considered one of the most prominent cltl-zens of his section. Several weeks ago hla wife died suddenly and It Is believed that grief was the cause of his rash act He is survived by one. son. REACHING ACME OF PERFECTION Only Few Years Have Brought About Remarkable Bor der Change. ARE REAL WIDE-AWAKE PLACES OF DWELLINGS All Are, an Indication of the Great Growth Enjoyed by Magic City.

3iu 1cJjlA, The time is not'so long nact when JUincle'a excellent suburbs were more of a Joke than a reality; when the so- called auburba consisted of laree tract of vacant lots and a few scat tered houses and when the property owner who resided in thse suburbs waa accused of leaving the city to es cape the high property prices and the city taxea But how different ia the situation Muncie ia blessed with real wide awake euburbs of which the whole city can justly be proud. The Bub- urban aectlona of the Magic City are so rapidly Ailing; up with modern residences that vacant lota are actually scarce and are selling at a prem ium and property price are aa high If not higher than in moat of the residence sections of the city. What Few People Have Done. What high school bo or sir Is can not remember when Normal City, for Instance, was a sparsely settled district, with few or no sidewalks and the streets rutty and dusty In dry weather and hub deep in wet weather: r-when- the- raaidenoea aver-, few-and far between and when that whole district now known as Normal City was not altogether a desirable place to live In. hat ten or twelve-year-old boy cannot remember when Northview.

that section of the city lying directly north of the city, was almost bare of residences; when the streets were not even, laid out and the lots Were not even plotted; when a se'wer" or water line In that section was a thina dreamed olfjand not a reality? And now picture in your mind what Normal City and Northview are today and you ara sure to come to the conclusion that Muncie really has auh. urbs; real suburban suburbs that, go to help make up the city and hich in time are designated to become a Dart of the city! Examples Are Numerous. Normal City and Northview are cited only as examples. Riverside. the neighbor of Normal City, was only a thinly settled district fifteen years ago, but now ranks as among the most heavy populated suburbs; Forrest Park, while hot a suburb in the same sense as Normal City jind North-view, was a woods fifteen yeara ago with underbrush and stumps dotting tCeattaned Third Page.) GLASSWORKJERS TO HAVE FIVE PER CENT INCREASE Compromise Agreement Reached at Cleveland Association Had Asked Ten Per Cent.

Cleveland. Oct. 10.Members of the National Window Glass Workers Association and representatives of the manufacturers' organization reached a waga agreement here by which iho workers will get a five per cent ln- creaae. They asked a ten per cent advance. The agreement will affect about 6,000 men.

Jn addition they will get one and one-half per cent of their earnings for each advance In the price of glass during the Ufa of the con tract. The plants will resume oper ations October' II and the contract will run until May 29. 1916. when they close. positions of the principal architectural features of the city was handed to the German civil administration through the American minister.

Copies of the plan were given to every artillery commander and the greatest possible consideration was shown. When tha surrender of the city was negotiated no military could be found." Tha dispatch adda that conditions In Germany are absolutely normal, de spite tha war. Pope, King and Cardinal Victims of the War? Rome, via Paris, Oct 11. "The appalling tragedy now waging in Europe may have been the last blow to the heart of aged King Charles of Roumanla," says the Tribuna. "Also the relatives and intimate friends of Cardinal Ferrata say that the origin of his illness was dua to excessive work In his attempt to master the situation and co-operate with the pope in trying to end the conflict.

"Thus the illustrious victims of the war, among the tioncombatants, number already a pope, a king and a cardinal, 'the papai aec'reUry' of TWENTY-TON BOULDER WRECKS CARS; 3 DEAD Huge Rock Crashes Down on and Rio Grande' Passenger Train. Grand Junction, Oct. 11. Three persons were killed and fourteen were several aorinimiv when a twenty-ton boulder, falling from a precipice; crashed into the day-coach and smoker of Denver Rio Grande passenger train No. 3, eighteen miles east of thia city today.

The dead: H. R. HOLLIXGSBET, Pueblo, traveling salesman. THOMAS C. TENKENS.

Grand Junction, Manager wholesale grocei-y. HARRY BRADDOCK. Chicago. The ifijured include Ralph Cox, of Boulder, and Adna Branting-ham, of Ohio. All the in jured will recover.

Crumpled steel sides or Cars. The train was runnine at hieh speed when a rock struck the couplint between the tender and the smoking car, parting the Before th automatic airbrakes had brought the rear section to a stop a huge boulder crashed on the smeking car and the day coaeh, shattering the roofs and crumpling the steeK sides. Twenty passengers in the tw'o cars escaped -'-At the point where the wreck occurred the tracks closely paralleled the Grande River, the cliffs rising sheer above the river bank. Much of me wrecKage or tne two cars was precipitated Into the swift mountain stream. Relief trains were hurried from Palisades and Grand Junction.

Eiaht of the injured were brought to the hospital here. The tracks were cleared and train. bearing the less seriously Injured. continued on Its journey. f'-'i EXT BEFORE IT LEAVES FOR SAFEGUARDING OF SUFFRAGE IS ONE OF STATE'S AIMS Elimination of "Floater" For-eign Vote Possible Only Under New Constitution.

MEANS PURIFICATION OF ALL INDIANA "ELECTIONS Various Means Being Advo cated by Which This May Be Accomplished. Th h.in. i. -j, 11 run -m Mar touching- directly upon on. of tk tola twua now of th.

in the caUlng of constitutional eon v. uiinwT aiieeiinar in at at at in. article will dfscrlb In de- ana rov- nature, and r. cushion. "-iiim uii- How to purify our elections is the most fundamental political Droblem of Indiana today.

The need of safe guarding the suffrage ia recognized by all as one the main necessities for constitutional change. Some of these proposed changes in our suffrage clause involve registraUon tf voters, I unnaturalized for- VU11 lax quirements and educational test. The last three propositions are subject to wide difference of opinion. Equal suffrage would probably be submitted to the people by the convention, but as a separate proposition, to be deter mined upon Its own merits, without In volving the constitution itself. A requirement that every voter Contlnriwl on Third JAPANESE REPORT FORT SILENCED BY WARSHIPS Tokio, Oct 11.

The following offl cial statement relative to" the JaDan ese operations around Tslng-Tau, seat of government of the. German poncaa sion of Kiao-Chau, was given out here today: 'The German forts. warshiDs and aereplanes are trying vainly to arrest the Japanese advance. We are sus taining no damage. The Japanese warship silenced litis fort and drove a warship out of range of their guns.

Our aviators answered an unsuccessful attack by German airmen on Jananese mine draggers by flying- over Tslne.Tan and dropping bombs the Alcalay paper factory burned and tne Drewery and many other establishments torn to nieces, according to this witness. The officers' club, the Montenegrin legation and the Hotel Moscow are among buildings which have been damaged gravely. The beautiful street of Klna Michael, in which are located the Franco-Servian bank, the university and a church, has been So reduced by fire and cannon shells that It la hardly recognlxable. up It THE LESSON OR ANTWERP. Permanent Fortifications of No Avail, Says Roiisaet.

Paris, Oct. a. m. The military consequences of, the fall of Antwerp are not aa great aa the lesson to be learned therefrom of the futility of permanent fortifications. This CZAKS OLDEST DAUGHTER SCORE OF BOMBS FROf.1 2 GERMANS KILiijRISIANS Teuton Aviators Fly Over the French Capital and Drop Death-Dealing Devices.

TWENTY PERSONS HURT; tOSS; SMALL Apparent Effort to Damage! Great Cathedral of Notre Dame One HitsRoof. Paris, Oct. p. m. A score of bombs, launched on different quarters of Paris, by two German today, killed four clviliana and Injured twenty others.

The damaire done to property was small. The air. men appeared soon after noon. One began the attack by dropping a bomb' near the Northern railway terminal another in Rue St. Lazare, and a third which landed at the rear oi the Cathe dral of Notre Dame.

Three more bombs were hurled tiv the same airman in the vicinity of the Bour8e A house was set on fire, but tne loss waa not great One of these missiles atruvk within one hundred yards of an office occupied by American newspaper. Hilled to Explode. The second aeroplanealso flew over the cathedral, dropplna four bomh one of which lfghted on the roof of the church, but failed to explode.1 A second fell in the square where the bishop's residence is located. A third struck the parapat of the Qua! de Bourbon and glanced off Into the Seine. The fourth disappeared in the Seine near the bridge ef Nofre Dame.

The second Taube appeared to air at the cathedruL while the nthsr n. chine attempted to hit the Northern and St. Liza re stations. Altogether twenty bombs fell. The Germans flew at a vary low altitude.

Continued on Third Page. ALLIED FLEET SINKS TWO AUSTRIAN TORPEDO BOATS London. Oct. 12. 3:10 a.

A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Rome says: "It Is reported here" thai the Anglo-French fleet off Ragusa, Dal-matla, Friday sunk two Austrian torpedo boats, one of which was escort ing a steamship laden with munitions of war. Their crews were saved, "a torpedo boat destroyed is reported to have been tnjured by striking a mine." THE WEATHER Washington, Ort. THC OWiriortSHia ii. forecast: witt terhapj CECIDED BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE INDIANA Fair iwn md LErT Monday; unsettled. OIEtO Fair Mon- day; Tuesday northwest of Soiasona.

Between, opinion is expressed by Lieutenant Contlnned 8ond Pat. THAW'S CASE AMONG CIBQT QCCflDC PflllDT I IIIUI UUI UIIL uuuih 'I I I r. supreme i riDunai 10 Begin 'Year's Work Today Wil! Craonne and Rheims, German attacks made at night have be-a repulsed. Continues wt Third rnae. GERMAN GUARDS GUT TO PIEGESJYJUSSIANS Statement Comes in an Official Report From.

Petrograd Prince Wounded, Petrograd, Oct 11. The following official cdmtnunication from, the Rus-1 sian official staff was issued -today: iVOur cavalry on the front attacked today and cut to pieces several bodies of German advance guards and took as prisoners all those who escaped extermination. (The place where tha battle occurred Is not mentioned in the statement). "During the fighting the Russian standard bearer, Prince Oieg, a son of Grand Duke Constanttne. who reached, the enemy tirst, was shot through the leg and slightly wounded." t'nebanged in Easrt Prussia, "On the front in East Prussia tha situation is unchanged.

The Germans, profiting by their communica-i tlons, are trying to hold tha positions they occupy In the vicinity of the frontier. 'Several engagements have taken place on the left bank of the Vistula during the transportation of troons from one side to the other. 'In Galicia the Austrians have snlit in groups and are operating In va rious directions. In spite of tha pru dence of their offensive 'our cavalry succeeded In surprising an Austrian division on tha march and attacking! by across lira dispersed part it." 1 Call on Wilson, Oct. 11.

With the rival today of Associate Justice Pitney me entire membership of the Supreme Court was ready to begin tomorrow the year's work. Outside of brief r. cesses to enable the Justices to prepare opinions, the court will be In session until next June, Opening day will be featured by a formal call by the on rresment Wilson, in accordance with a custom almost a century old, and by the swearing into office of James C. McReynolds, aa an associate justice, to succeed the late Justice Lurton. New Attorney General.

The court also will receive the new Attorney General, Mr. Gregory, whose commission will bt spread upon the court's records. The real business of the court will begin Tuesday. No decisions are expected until Monday, October II. Among the first motions to be mad wllj be one to advance the hearing of xna narry xnaw extradition case.

The state of New York will urge an early hearinir on the rrnnnri that Thaw's continued presence In New Hampshire Is a reflection on the New tax lovcrnment. Germans Spared Monuments at Antwerp: Used Plan of City Half of Belgrade Destroyed by Austrians' Bombardment London, Oct. 11, 9:35 p. m. The following dispatch was received here this evening from Berlin by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company: "An official report from Antwerp says all the forts there are In our possession.

"Main headquarters reporta that the Belgians accepted tha German of- fer ta arrange so that all historical monuments should be spared aa much aa possible and that tha day before tha bombardment a plan showing the Rome, Via Paris, Oct. 11. The- ait- uatlon in Belgrade, Servla, is such as to cause at once astonishment, pity and admiration, according to a man who has Just arrived here from the Servian capital. He said that after eleven weeks' bombardment by the Austrians the defenders of Belgrade still bravely resist although half the city "has been destroyed. The tobacco factory has been rased,.