The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 1

9 vol io NO 167 TUESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 19 1912 PRICE TWO CENTS REEZE ROZEN BY ALL MONASTIR WEATHER ORECAST HLP1N3 AIR umph of the Balkan Campaign warmer Tues WOMAN ADDSTO GUN PLAY WRECK DATA TO BE SENT avenue anti Unc 'Hundred and Sixtv flrst TO GRAND JURY caused a GIBSON HELPS PICK TAGGART MACHINE IVE HIS JURORS ITS MEN 2 2 Shot 2 2 4 4 1 3 3 3 6 6 main 7 7 15 been Page 16 10 10 10 the 10 billowed by Mondaehein and 11 14 14 I Page 14 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 COLUMN 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 COLUMN 5 department COINS ALL MAN IS KILLED Jn Indianapolis oday Trade West Side Civic League meeting 52 3 1 had been sen The 'entire upper portion of flic hotel on the upper floors un able to escape Q' on narged and the ban Strcet 8 8 9 15 New irder of Dr of so college lost and several have been killed Mitchell Mitchell Mitchells had seen opened Editorial Theaters Woman's Railroads dlahapolis and cinlty for today: air and warmer ider irors sht Page Page Page Page north capitaV in the posi could and Many eared foreign born witness whose are being jealously Perhaps never in the history of the de tective department of (lie metropolis lias such a desperate resistance been Beef 18 Hen ry this morn Coroner Durham will not for Indiana for Tuesday and Wedues The Turks seem to have no hope rolling back the Bulgarian forces but they succeed in holding the lines zone the officers of results of the so unreliable can be regarding the mayor made a in reply Mr Wil URTHER EVIDENCE AILS TO PLACE BLAME DIRECTLY HOTEL IRE TRAPS SCORES WOMAN IS KILLED IN LEAP Wild West Tragedy in Heart of Great City Thrills New Yorkers our of Wound ed Are Believed to Be Dy ing Suspects Both Dead the coroner on Man and Woman Sus pected of Diamond Thefts Greet Detec tives With Shower of Lead When Cornered Coroner Durham at the completion of his investigation of the 11 wreck Wednesday when fifteen fives were lost will Submit all evidence to the Marion County Grand Jury recommending an Im mediate Inquiry with a view to criminal prosecution With the testimony of Wil lis York engineer and Everett Cox brakeman of the freight train taken yes terday the Inquiry is rapidly drawing to a close Coroner Durham considering the testimony he has already taken Is of the opinion that some one's carelessness was responsible for the and One Hundred and Sixty ami a wagon and that he took his young wife and started a camp of his own He said they lived happily together until they 'met 1 lie Mitchell camp in Cleveland whence the band went later to Canton A short time afterward the band fled during his absence he siid but he finally found the Mitchells here His wife's parents soon began abusing hitn he said and tried every means to drive him away Stanley declares his father in law wants to get anutner premium for ills daughter and died soon after Ray Barragh a performer and his wife jumped from the sixth story and WH0LERMY ENGAGED The 'whole the Bulgarian army was engaged in the first attack Every avail ableman was moved to the front from the Bulgarian forces investing Adrianople where they were relieved by Servian troops The Bulgarians with all their artillery began their advance on the Tchatalja fortifications Saturday and continued the bombardment of the works throughout Sunday They found the Turkish tions so strong however that they make no impression on them The Bulgarian Croons made their attack to the east of Tchatalja aiming to break through at the point where the railway to Constantinople makes a loop The strong forts the marshes and the guns of the Turkish warships had evi dently discouraged them from making an attempt to turn either flank of the Turk ish lines Should the Bulgarians be successful in their efforts to 'break through the Turk ish left center Nazim Ottoman army will be pushed back to the east and its retirement upon the will be cut olT NO HOPE VICTORY Engineer and Brakeman Declare However Gross Said Switch Was Closed The farmers hoisted a large American flag at the point of conflict and declared that they would maintain their stand with rides if necessary Hundreds of dollars' worth of hay and straw were dumped into the cut by the farmers In their eagerness to refill the excavation More serious re sults am being anticipated by the office in the event the railroad attempts to proceed with the work to the last encounter with his mother in law In broken English Staniev recited his domestic trouble to Desk Sergeant of if of Tc ha0il ja both thewmilitary and diplo matic situation' will undergo a marked change for a long defense of the front will probably compel the Bulgarians to enter into negotiations without capturing tlp' Turkish capital At Scutari the Montenegrins are at lastmaking soyne headway Theyhave suc ceeded in driving the Turkish troops from of their mountain positions but the Turkish commander has not given up "hope of making a long defense The most comprehensive measures have been taken for the protection of ere the foreign quarter and on a signal which wilDbe given in case ofthe outbreak of disorder the foreign marines and blue jackets will co operate ivith the Turkish military police enjoys the confi dence of the foreign embassies The war day: air day Wednesday fair moderate southwest and west winds Lzia Stanley a gypsy complained to the police last night that the parents of bls wife for whom he had paid a premium of $750 were trying to take her away from liim Stanley said that for a month he had lost trace of his wife but had finally found her in a camp on the Shelby ville road south of Indianapolis where the band had gone into winter quarters Stanley was not attired in the variegated of the gypsies lie wore a long black overcoat light soft hat white collar and neat necktie His clothes were of a fashionable cut His face was scratched Blood flowed freely in the genera! the farmers and the rail although no one wy se Methodist Union of Indianapolis quet and mass meeting Meridian enuren College of Missions installation rederick Elmore Lumley in chair rial science and home missions buildins 7:30 Club meeting Shortridge High School 7:45 jn with the bestowal of the is the contest for (he the" Indiana House of Rep much to for him the pos Marshal However (he term WILSON A BED ROWS BAY TO OBTAIN ONE Attorney Rogers expects to his opening address tomorrow He said tonight he will pre the engineer to close a switch or to see that it is closed?" do said York He had1 said Page 15 for Grand Encampment of In diana Odd 'rdlow Building a ami 1:30 degree work Tomlinson Hall 8 Scottish Rite initiation Murat Temple Traffic Club of the Indianapolis Association meeting Board Building 8 quiry With View to Criminal Prosecution Strange ate Overtakes Customer Seeking Casket for Wife RAI HIGH Nov Caught In the collapse of a casket display case George Newton aged 70 was killed today hi local undertaking establishment whence lie had gone to buy a coffin for the burial of his wife who bad died a few Coroner Will Recommend In Servians Capture Important Stronghold Three Generals 50000 Troops and 47 Guns in Greatest Individual Tri CHARGES ATTEMPT TO TAKE $750 WIE AWAY ROM HIM With the Taggart forces in complete cdntrol of the Democratic administration in Indiana and alwg possessed of a pass key to the rear door of coming ad ministration at Washington some careful figuring Is being done to bestow the plums where they will best serve the purpose of keeping the machine Intact for another campaign Not only are the Indiana Democrats expecting some good places at Washington through the efforts Of Vice President elect Marshall and Ids political sponsor Mr Taggart but there is to be a new allotment of positions in Indiana due to the change in Governors According to' information which seems to bear all the marks of an authoritative statement since the conference of Demo cratic leaders at rench Lick last week Myron King present chief deputy un der State Auditor William IL O'Brien is to have no opposition for the race for the nomination for auditor two years hence The Taggnrt organization will see that Mr King has no trouble In getting the nomination The word also scene of the alleged murder Gibson heartily indorsed the plan and District Attorney Rogers said lie would inter pose no objection Another move con templated by the defense is the introduc tion of a identity and story gua rded District complete morning sent the case in chronological order be ginning with the arrival of Gibson and Mrs Szabo at Greenwood Lake on July 16 last and concluding with witnesses by whom fhe will attempt to prove a motive for the alleged murder Cor ttint Gross was not responsible for closing the switch according to the rules pf the Railroad and that the switch have been closed before he was LONDON Nov Any idea that the Turkish 'government may have of benefiting by continued resistance must be shattered by news of the fall of Monastir' In the capture 'of that inp'qrtant town the Servians took three Pashas including the commander in chief Zekkl Pasha 50000 men and forty seven guns thus achieving the greatest individual success of the war Monastir was the second city of importance in European Turkey' Itwas stronghold in Macedonia and by its downfall Macedonia passes completely out of Turkish hands What part' the Greeks played in the capture has not yet been ascertained It is known that the Greek army was marching to the assistance of the Servians and it is supposed that the Greeks were able to cut off the Turkish retreat to the south A' The Servians naturally will be elated at this victory which outshines the capture of Saloniki and must have a great moral effect on the future course of the war DOMESTIC Lawyer Gibson accused of mur der helps select his jury Page inal arguments closed in trial of New York gunmen Page Ettor witness says he saw police fire revolvers during Lawrence riot Page President Bryan of Indiana Uni versity speaks in Washington Page pemocrata urgtf primaries for lection of potmastersv Page SiKApromoters accused by govern meat of gigantic get rich quick swindles Page Identity lieved Mrs John met the should called in from his station several hun dred feet east where lie had been sent to the passenger train York refused to tell whom according to the company's rules and regulations the responsibility for the closing of ym switch rested' when the head brakeman was detailed to other duty AVOIDS DIRECT ANSWER you asked Coroner Durham "to add to your testimony that according to your book of rules in case the brake man Is busy elsewhere If Is he duty of The SV George at Los Angeles Scene of Midnight Blaze atalities Are Wilson was not to be in this predicament He remedy the situation and lost Securing a boat the distln guished Jerseyite announced that he tended rowing over to this city across bay to obtain the necessary bed REJECTS OERS HELP Despite objections the household offers of assistance from neighbors ably was little moje than an artillery preparation which in all important bat tles lasts several days for the purpose of drawing the enemy's fire and locating his batteries As tiie effect of the victory at Monastir will be to stiffen the Servian government In Austrian pretensions the consular troubles atPrisrend and Mitro vitza are' breeding ai dangerous spirit of ill feeling between Austria and Servia which 1s little calculated to favor diplo matic negotiations The newspapers of both capitals reflect this feeling Paints lurid war picture 200ANGRY ARMERS UNDO WORK COSTING THOUSANDS Determined (Ohioans Battle kailroad Men and ill Up Grade Cross ing Cut' LIMA Nov An army of 200 determined Allen County farmers rallying aroipd an American flag and armed with! picks and shovels fought off a construc tion gang of the Chicago Erie Railway Company today and refilled a grade cross ing cut near hero undoing work which had cost the railroad thousands of dollars The clash was the result of the rail road's refusal to keep the highway open while a bridge across the Erie double tracking was in the course of construc tion fight between road laborers riously hurt' ARMER DIES IN BUTCHERING Henryville Man Struck on Head by Pulley While Hanging 1 1 KN UY VILLE Ind Nov Long f0 years old was killed tyg while assisting in bunging a butch erel beef A pulley used to raise the beef broke loose and struck Mr hong on the head causing bls death soon afteie lie linl been living with his sister Mrs 1 Aaron CummlngB boat which quickly set out across the water' contained all When it returned there was a regular bed as a passenger The Governor seemed to think his' feat was nothing unusual' and said he had en joyed bis trip very much The Wilson household has now settled down and tile occupants expect to be just for tiie remainder of tiie time here although there is evidence that tiie residents of (lie island do not intend to allow them a great deal of pri vacy Jn arrival here Mr Wilson and' party were greeted by tiie city officials and was enthusiastically cheered especial interest being taken in his arrival by tiie Ameri can sojourners The speech of welcome and son said: "As soon7 ns I knew fenced to four years hard latter I thought of a rest in Bermuda The friendship ex isting between tltc United States and Great Britain is a very happy and natural one I hope nothing will happen during my administration to disturb the rela tions of the two countries" 1 Shop Early Aside from the humanitarian argument In favor of early Christ mas shopping there Is another reaaon 2 You Get Better Bargains SULTAN BEGS POWERS TO BRING ABOUT PEACE Pa0e I of Page Tom Page Mann bowling Neither Cox nor York placed directly tiie blame for the catastrophe in their testi mony before Coroner Durham Much in formation was given the coroner relative to thcrerk however which may be of use when the report is submitted to the grand Jury comment in drtail on the evidence which he has gathered preferring to lot tiie evi dence speak for itself at this time TOLD SWITCH WAS CLOSEtK Cox told the coroner that under in structlnH from P1 Hines conductor he had asked and Carl Grss a brakeman if the switch into which the passenger train plunged had been closed Cox said Gross told him the switch had been closed York made the same state ment and said in addition that Gross had told him that the switch had closed Evidence and statements made to oner Durham however indicated gone out that be the Taggart nominee fur Governor four years hence when it mines time to select a successor to Mr Mr was men tioned for this honor previous to the last Democratic state convention but he was to be brought out only in case Mr Ralston developed a weakness Mr served several years as chair man of the Democratic state central com mittee and established a record as an effective organizer COLBElfr BOOMED OR SERGEANT A few lfys ago it was reported at Washington that friends of Mr King there had started a boom for him as a successor to Daniel Ransdell of In dianapolis as nergeaiit nt arms of the United States Senate Mr King promptly hat lie knew anything of flic ort such a boom Now the political Is that Thomas Colbert su TURKS LOSE MACEDONIA viileii crazed nt his gun work Vogel turned Ida gun upon bls voting woman companion She was shot tlirougli the abdomen and soon expired Vogel made quick work of himself bv putting the last bullet from his gun Into his head and fell dead At the hospital to which ail of the wounded were removed ion the me nr overruled tbdat ana for his ca mat while Plum Pudding Well rather Sit sounds tike Thanksgiving Did you ever hear of a Plum Pudding Party? Read how It Is given In The Sunday Star Counsel for Lawyer Accused of Murder Does Not Approve Ac tion of Client a warrant issued fofy the arrest of his parents Stanley said ids wife was Maggie SULTANfrfeEGS OR PEACE Despite the fact that success has rested upon Turkish aripk at Tchatalja for the first time since the Balkan war beganthe Sultan has addressed an other appear to the great powers for intervention in the hope of bringing about peace This new appeal is believed to have' been inspired mainly by the disaster to Turkish jirms at Monastir ighting continues fiercely on the Tchatalja lines the' Bulgarian attackbeing concentrated at the left center where a desperate conflict is said to have been waged all day 4gain the'invaders were driven back but hot heavy losses had been suffered by the Turks i According to an announcement by the War Office the battle at Tchatalja is turning the tide of war to the side of the Turks Mahmoud divisions assumed aggressive and attacked the enemy The Turks report that they captured several guns and threw the Bulgarian formation into disorder There was a great slaughter on both sides however according to reports! TURKS STRONGLY ORTIIED An optimistic tone replaced the dejection hitherto apparent in official circles 'and confidence was expressed that the troops would be able to hold the lines at Tchatalja Visitors to the front declare that the Bulgarians are confronted by an almost impossible task and that the difficulties to be encountered by the invading jirmy before it can hope to reach Constantinople are well nighinsurmountable TakTng ad vantage of the delay occasioned by the gathering of the Bulgartua orc thT(HrKB strengthened their ilnes received reinforcements from Constantinople' dug trenches and otherwise prepared themselves so? as to give 'tlfe defenders a decided Advantage The are now strongly fortified in a line of defense that always has been declared practically impregnable Nov Yorn lawyer oi Mrs Rosa Menschik ms counsel Robert? chosfc five of tne twelve se Mr Elder said to ne not auprove" of lie had deferred to Gib son "because he is alawyer and after all he is the one not I who will be affected by the A jury was selected after fifty eight talesmen had been examined Six of them are farmers all are married They were locked up at the village hotel tonight after Justice Tompkins had warned them not to discuss the case or read newspaper accounts of it REPORTS CLASH DENIED Reports of a clash between Gibson and daughter of Mr and io said he had in a camp and that after he the for some time he negotiations with the father to irr according to Ho gypsy cus tom He strid after a festival in the woods which all of the gypsy camps near attended tiie wedding was solemnized in a Catholic Church in Bright wood (sptefal to The Indianapolis Star HAMILTON Berni ud a Nov 18 That tho United States is going to have an other strenuous President was Indicated today when President elect Wilson took charge of Ids cottage her After tiie hubbub of landing and the greetings official and otherwise had beei safely passed through at noon the Gov ernor and family proceeded to in the private cottage tented for their use Everything proceeded nicely until the President to be began counting noses and taking an inventory of the available supply of beds at the same time To 'his amazement he discovered that the parly was one bed shy of the necessary number Governor planned to hold Shot 'through abdomen Mn WILLIAM BUTLER bartender in hip and back May not recover i he lead jnan Is known 'by several names registered nU the hold an Joseph Vogel The police declare that he Is nt Pole named Pherea Doragyeskb 'x The woman with him had registered as Lotlie Vogel Vogel was about 48 veurs old and tiie woman about 25 SUSPECTED ROBBERY 'I he deleelivew were on the trail of the pair suspecting them of having been ac cmnpllcrs in a diamond robbery for which Sophie Brekendorf a domestic had been hold for tiie grand jury today The woman who had lost tiie jewels (raced the girl to house and told tiie detectives of her discovery After a taxicab chase today the detectives learned that the Vogels had sought lodg ing al the Elsmere Hotel at Cortlandt avenue first street In the Bronx Central Office Detective Martin Ay and Private Detective John Allen and Louis Gerade went to tho hotel in search of their quarry late tonight Louis Mondscheln the proprietor told of the couple having arrived In a taxicab early In the evening and ordered Wil liam Butler a waiter to showthe de tectives to the room OPENS WITH MAGAZINE GUN Vogel opened the door in response to sumnioiis and as Allen forced' his way le was under over then lay TWO DEAD OUR DYING AS RESULT GOTHAM IGHT The Indi anapoli Star V' A i 4 t' a previously in his testimony that the Tule book did contain such instructions Coroner Durham later questioned York along the line he had opened iir by this question The testimony of Cox tho brakeman follows in part: were stalled on the Irvington hill At one life was persons are believed to in a fire which started about midnight In the St George HoDd Third and May streets Margaret Harrington an actress play ing in a local vaudeville theater jumped from a fifth story window and missed a gin of perliitendent of the State House building and grounds will have strong support from his friends for this honor Mr: Col bert is a prime favorite witli the Demo cratic state officials including Governor Marshall and it is believed that when the latter becomes presiding officer of (he ScQale lie would like very Jiave Colbert on the job Mr Colbert is also mentioned as 14 sible successor of united states Edward IL Schmidt of the present marshal wljl not expire SUMMARY THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 19 in declaring that the counb arrest Vogel struck the detective the head with a blackjack and grasped a magazine pistol which upon the bed HIk first bullet struck Allen in head (ind he fell probably fatally shot Delective ay and Gerade rushed Into flie room Butler It is declarcd'tliat they did not fire a shot but expected to seize as sassin They were not quick enough Vo gel let go one shot after another nearly every one taking effect ay imd Mondschein both received prob ably fatal wounds in the abdomen Gerade was shot In the leg and hack and Butler received a bad wound in the hij WOMAN ALSO IRES The woman also armed had fired sev eral shots some of which it Js believed The vivilms nf (He tragedy PEAD JOSEPH VOGEL wanted a Durham ings to Ade may feast" Page Apple show is closed promoters gratified Page Property owners drop paving peti lion to admit of competition Page Clancy alleged to have known of dynamite plots Page his counsel caused the former to give outiJuliUs Keller run down and lo an interview tonight denying that there! jured seriously by train Page was a breach and declaring that in "casejL Grand Encampment of a show down" he would defer to Mr convene here today Page Elder Ralston comes to Indianapolis tp It is possible that the jury will be taken I seek home Page to Greenwood Lake tomorrow to the Council demands data on city property rentals Page advisers declare in favor of open primary Page Local tobacco dealers chfferam re sult of' trust ruling our successful candidates representative file expense counts of murderer of boys fixed Page LOCAL will submit wreck find grand jury Page preside at Progressive ships of the foreign fleets have been as signed to positions from which they can command the outlying parts of the city ALLIES ORCE APPEAL With cholera and typhus ravaging Tur demoralized army and powerful enemy 'hammering at the gates of the capital undoubtedly' the object of the commanders in ordering tbe attack the Tchatalja line was to compel another appeal to tiie It seems incred ible that Bulgaria for the more glory of a triumphal entry into a ci it does not desire possession of should wish to take ns mio a msease infected 'Turkish reports even ficial dispatches of operations have been throughout that little attention paid to tiie statements Tchatalja battle issued at Constantinople Sunday and Monday The operation prob SPORTS Purdue resumes secret practice for Indiana "'game Page A A favors International Olympic ederation New' owners take control Douisville ball clubf Pae key Mcarland accepts Dillon as work features League games Page Simons defeats McConnell in city billiard tourney Page Hoppe wins from Sutton in Gotham billiard games Page Automobile builders return from Detroit convention Page TRADE AND INANCE Hog prices work lower with con tinued heavy receipts cattle slow Page Numbier of local stocks and bonds net advances on opening call Page Wall street experiences sluggish opening because of conditions abroad I Page Wheat market closes strong on news of troops reaching ConT stantinople DEPARTMENTS Intermingled various plums speakership of rescntatlves which is now absorbing the Interest of the state The speakership carries with It the naming of tho committee chairmanships which ap uninl rnents nracl i rally determine thp course of legislation Witli the Demo crats In overwhelming control of both Houses the only question Is whether speaker shall be a progressive democrat or one who will hold the bars against pro gressive legislation Slated for Governor King for Auditor and Colbert for Sergeant at Arms of Senate Correspondent inds Thousands of Dead Along Tchatalja Lines BERLIN Nov The liveliest imagi nation would be unable to the trightful eondltioys existing among the Turkish troops at Mademkeui on the lines of Tchatalja according to Maj Eu tle war correspondent ot the Tageblatt He says thousands of dead and dying lie along the road Men with stretchers are engaged day and night gathering the dead for burial and the wounded for transport to the hospitals He continues: "Wherever I looked I saw fhe dis torted faces and stiffened hands of tne CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 COLUMN3 'II'J I 'NW 1 4 11 II Sala 'I I 1 is r'i MWCSUGa wovst i KifiT aI Jw I MH J23 ln i Sun sots a :26 NpT I 1 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTEIIDA ipiiniion Zl JL MnBfnntuHt A Xmluj I Amount during the ji hours ending nt 7 3 I In SBfwSsSbLfffnln I NHWz BEm I 1 To tn I amount since In 1 1912 3X S2 7 11 1 WffXlunUUUlflSfA 1k I ISIrili MnSr 1 I I A 1 1 ll I 1 Jena rf 11 I A I rrr 1 I i XL I bi Mil utm since Jan 1 (excess S2 I IeL lempora WizZfrn lu 7 vht 1 jOtCR wAkSm I I Lowest 33 Sanio Unto Lat Year 11 XJ i 7 30 Highest 4 0 J'T77BnMKTT 1 JI I Lowest 3 1) rz jSt iWl I 4 an Cktc kJ nzx ONiuN i A 'f 1U i i Imperial to 'Die Indianapolis Starl NKW YORK Nov Battling againflt ollicers of the law and scwnil citizen as sistants a woman and a man suspected diamond thievea tonight shot down five men fatally wounding four The man then shot mid killed the woman ami tinned lhe gun on himself dying in stantly 'Ihe scene of this tragedy was not in Vogel Killed by her omanloii after Him hud assisted in shooting officers WOUNDED MARTIN fay 3 Central Office de tective Shot tlirougli abdomen Will likely die JOHN ALLEN private detective Shot in head Will die LOUIS GERADE piivale detilhe Shot In jrg LOUIS MONDSHEIN proprietor of.