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THE DAILY MISSOURIAN
EIGHTH YEAR
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916
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INTO GREECE
IS
STOPPED
Report Says Germany In
structs Bulgarians to Evac
uate Grecian Land.
NEW SOMME ATTACK
Allies Start New Double
Barrelled Attack Along
the Verdun Front.
lSy rnltcl l're.
LONDON. Auk. 23. Ocrmany lias
ordered the Bulgarians to discontinue
their advance into Greece and evacu
ate part ot the captured Greek ter
ritory, according to an unconfirmed
dispatch from Home this afternoon.
Several Greek generals have re
fused to obey orders to evacuate East
ern Macedonia before the Bulgarian
advance, the dispatch stated. Instead
of retiring they have prepared to de
fend Eastern Macedonia. Upon re
ceipt of complaint from the Greek
government Germany ordered the
Bulgarian withdrawal, Rome said.
The Home report thus far is not
confirmed from any other source. It
is a fact, however, that only in East
ern Macedonia have the llulgarians
continued their advance in the past
forty-eight hours. After advancing
nearly thirty miles into Greek terri
tory and occupying Kastoria, the Bul
garian right wing made no further
progress.
Russians Resume Aih a nee.
I!v fiiltcl Tress.
LONDON. Aug. 23. The Russians
have resumed their advance on the
entire Caucasus, following the recap
ture of Mush, said a wireless dispatch
from l'etrograd today. The Turks
evacuated Iiitlis.
The official statement from l'etro
grad tonight announced that the
grand duke's offensive near Lake Van
is continuing. From Mosul the Rus
sians nie pursuing the remnant of
a Turkish division dispersed in battle
Wednesday.
Slats Concentrate on Rumania.
Ity fulled Press.
UlNDON. Aug. 25 Budapest dis
paches reporting the concentration of
large bodies of Russian troops on the
Rumanian frontier, evidently with the
purpose of crossing Rumania to in
vade Bulgaria and Hungary, caused
great excitement here this afternoon.
A Bulgarian newspaper said that
the Rumanian war party was becom
ing stronger and that the Rumanian
government had made tentative pre
parations for the Rumanian forces to
co-operate with the Russians if Ru
mania is drawn into the war
Recent United Press dispatches
from llerlin assert that the Russian
diplomats are bending their energies
at present, not to obtaining Ruman
ia's entry into the war but of obtain
ing permission for the Russian troops
to cross Rumania to attack Bulgaria
and Hungary.
Zeppelin- M'lir London.
Ilv I tilted l'res.
BERLIN. Aug. 23. "A German air
ship last night attacked the fortress
of Iondon." said an olTieial statement
issued this afternoon. "Four areo
planes were shot down in air com
bats." LONDON. Aug. 23. One of the six
Zeppelins that raided England last
night reached the outskirts of I.on
don and hurled down bombs, slightly
damaging an electric power station.
Three men. three women and two chil
dren were killed by the raider. Sev
en men. eleven women and three chil
dren were wounded.
'i- Offense Starts.
P.v fnlteil Press.
LONDON. Aug. 23. A successful
double-barreled offensive by the Al
lied forces on the Somme shifted in
terest from the Balkan fight to the
western battle front this afternoon.
The German war office late this
afternoon admitted the loss of Maure
pas village to the French. The French
war orfice announced that General
Koch's troops are consolidated in new
positions north of Maurepas, only a
mile and a half from the important
town of Combles, the local objective
of the present French advance north
of the Somme.
General Haig reported to the war
office this afternoon that the British
advanced their lines on a 700-yard
front against the famous Leipzig re
doubt in heavy fighting yesterday and
last night. While this fighting was
going on other British forces ad
vanced several hundred yards on both
THE CALENDAR
September H, 13, 1C, Thursday. Friday
:nnl Saturday Unitersity en
trance examinations.
September IS. 1!. -", Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday- fniversity resMr.i
tlnn. September I'O, Wednesday-Opening Coti-
voeati fnler-lty Auditorium,
11 a. m.
September 1M, Tlinrsday- University class
ttnrU in all divisions begins.
sides of the road from Longueval to
Bapaume. throwing the British drives
more tightly around the villages of
Guillemont and Ginchy.
The German war office admitted
the loss of the shell-wrecked posi
tions in the Thiepval regions but
claimed the repulse of all other Brit
ish attacks.
WILLL'HAD SAFE AT NEW I.OMlON
Tug. Supposedly Waiting for Bremen.
Defies Allied Patrol.
Ity foiled Press.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Aug. 23
Nosing her way through a fog, while
the little tugs snuffed and snorted
alongside, the North German Lloyd
steamer Willehad swung into the pier
of the State Ocean Steamship Com
pany here today, adding another chap
ter to the German defiance of the
Allied warship patrol off the Atlantic
Coast.
Customs officials and all New
London believe the coming of the
Willehad forecasts the early arrival
of the merchant-submarine Bremen
from the German port of that name.
The Willehad had made the trip
from Boston without escort. Coming
through the Cape Cod Canal and
thence out to open sea, the liner trav
ersed more than fifty miles of her
journey through a zone in which she
was subject to attack or capture had
enemy ships sighted her. She sailed
beyond the .1-mile limit but was not
molested.
It is believed here that the Willehad
is to serve in the same capacity for
the Bremen as the Neckar in Balti
more harbor did for the Deutschland.
The Bremen's cargo probably will be
transferred to the Willehad, which
will act as a "mother ship" for the
submarine, housing her crew while
they are in port and also protecting
the submersible from enemy eyes.
As the Deutschland was nestled
close to the Neckar, with a protected
tug on the opposite side and a wall
and a barge acting as barriers at
either end, so the Bremen probably
will be smuggled into the pier along
side the Willehad here.
Interest was increased this after
noon by reports from Baltimore that
the Tug Hcnsa, formerly the Tim
mins. of Deutschland fame, was to
leave that port, carrying a barge
loaded with rubber and nickel. There
is as yet no. positive information as
to when the Bremen will arrive, but
all indications are she will put in at
this port.
ARMY BILL NOW 1! t. 3. 1 7fi.StO.fi:,
Unprecedented Total Reached When
House Approves the Amendment.
Ity United Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The Ex
pensive American sea and land pre
paredness measure was brought up to
the unprecedented total of $045,470,
S40..r4 today when the House con
curred in the Senate amendment to
the army appropriation bill.
The army appropriation as it is car
ries $257,590,530.10. It provides
wherewithal for operation of the act,
which increases the size of the regu
lar army to 175,000 men in peace time
and 256.000 in time of war, and a na
tional guard from 127,000 to about
425,000 men.
Other appropriations arc: Naval
bill, .$313,.84,212.84. Deficiency in
army and navy establishments $34,
523.00. Fortifications, $25,748.50; upkeep of
the United States Military Academy,
$1,225,043.57.
Bumper Crop for Ion a.
Ry United Press.
DES MOINES. la.. Aug. 25 With
the prospect of a bumper crop the
men, women and children farmers of
Iowa today motored Des Moinesward
for the big state fair- Among the fea
tures is an exhibit of 03 herds of pure
bred beef cattle from Iowa. Minne
sota, Wisconsin, Illinois. Missouri,
Mississippi. Kansas. Oklahoma, Ne
braka. South and North Dakota.
Coal Kates ?U:, to $1.40.
Ity United Tress.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. Pending
investigation the Interstate Commerce
Commission today authorized the es
tablishment of rates from $1.25 to $1.
40 per ton on bituminous coals from
the mines in Illinois to Moberly, Mo.,
via East St. Louis.
IE,
CRUMBAUGH DIES WILSON
IN A FULT0NH0SP1TAL
In Bad Health for Years.
Death of M.U. Custodian
Not Unexpected.
WAS 58 YEARS OLD
Every Student and Faculty
Member Was Friend to
Familiar Figure.
James Edmund Crumbaugli who
has been custodian of University
property for several years, died at
5:30 o'clock lasi night. His recent
illnes.i was short-lived, but he had
been in bad health for several years,1
and his death was not unexpected.
Recently Mr. Crumbaugli became,
very ill, and was taken to a Fulton .
hospital, where he died yesterday. He,
received a sunstroke several years'
ago, and from this he never complete
ly ri covered.
He was born in Columbia, and
spent most of the 5S years of his life
in this city, where he was known by
every student and member of the fac
ulty in the University.
After receiving a public school edu
cation, .Mr. Crumbaugli entered the
University, graduating in 1879. He
then studied law and practiced for
several years, holding the offices of
city attorney and justice of the peace
during this time.
Becoming interested in handling ex
hibits, he left his profession and en
tered into the interesting work of pro
curing and managing exhibits at fairs
and expositions. During this part of
his life, he had charge of exhibits for
this state at the fairs of Omaha, Port
land. Charleston, Buffalo, St. Louis
and Jamestown. He was appointed
to a similar position for the Panama
Pacific Exposition, but resigned on
account of his health.
During the past few years, Mr.
Crumbaugh held a position with the
University. He was interested in per
petuating the memory of old teachers
and students of this University. It
was through his interest and his ef
forts that many of the pictures that
are now seen in the corridors and in
the alumni room were secured. He
was well known to all the students,
and every year brought him a new list
of friends, with whom he had grown
to be a part of the institution. On ev
ery special occasion he could be seen
contributing his services to make the
occasion a success, and the manner in
which he protected the campus from
forgetful tread showed the love he
held for the University and its tra
ditions. He was the son of the late Henry
Crumbaugli, one of the prominent pio
neers of Boone County. He is sur
vived by three sisters. Miss Cornelia
Crumbaugh. a local school teacher,
Mrs. J. V. C. Karnes and Mrs. J. H.
Lipscomb of Kansas City.
Funeral services will be held at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning at the
home.
MTHKKTF.RS (HITS THE BOARD
Former St. Louis Police Head Tells
Everyone Gnodhvc.
Ity United Press.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 25. Samuel B
McPheeters, ousted president of the
St. Louis Board of Police Commission
ers, visited police headquarters this
afternoon and shook hands and said
good-bye to all the officials there. He
had no statement to make.
At headquarters McPheeters was in
company with Walter D. Thompson,
one of the other commissioners and
the man who is said to be slated for
the presidency of the board. Addition
al evidence in support of this rumor
was supplied as McPheeters escorted
Thompson through the offices of the
board, explaining to the commission
er the duties of a president of the
board.
Will Visit (5. A. R. Encampment.
Mr. and Mrs- J. M. Jacks, 017 Ann
street, left for Moberly this morning.
From there they will go to the G. A.
It. Encampment at Kansas City, re
turning by Excelsior Springs to Mo
berly in time for the Ninth Missouri
Encampment. September seventh and
eighth.
War Destroj's 7.V5 Towns.
By United Press.
PARIS. Aug. 25. Statistics from
the Ministry of the Interior, available
today, show that 753 towns have been
destroyed by military operations since
the war began and up to June 30.
AGAIN TALKS
H, R, El
President Indicates He Will
Stand by Trainmen in
Their Demands.
ROADS ARE WORKING
Are Having Telegrams Sent
Urging Arbitration, Say
the Brotherhood.
Ity United Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. With
President Wilson and the railroad
presidents apparently hopelessly at
loggerheads in their efforts to prevent
the threatened strike, the President
today stirred up excitement by sud
denly calling the heads of the rail
road brotherhoods to the White
House.
The conference with the brother
hood chiefs lasted an hour and a half,
adjourning just at noon. According
to the workers' representatives, how
ever, it left the situation unchanged.
They were asked to accept no com
promise, they said, and given the im
pression as they left the White House
that the President would be expected
to stand firmly by the proposal which
they have accepted hut which the rail
road presidents refuse.
The brotherhood men while at the
White House placed before Wilson the
charge that a nation-wide campaign
is being conducted to influence senti
ment in favor of the railroads. They
presented telegrams to show that the
Northern Pacific is paying for favora
ble messages forwarded to Washing
ton. Want Favorable .Messages Sent.
The following message, the brother
hood leaders say, was sent by Super
intendent DeRorco of the Northern
Pacific to all agents of their road:
"It is highly important to get the
trainmen question talked by farmers,
stoVk-raisers, dairymen and mer
chants. Please get many of these
classes in your town and vicinity to
send telegrams rush to President
Wilson at Washington, urgently re
questing him to settle the controversy
by arbitration. Telegrams should show
the business of signer. The tele
grams are to be paid for from station
funds and statements sent me for
voucher, your credit. I want you to
send copies these telegrams to me
by wire as soon as transmitted to
President, using our own wires for
this. Might be well to have some of
the prominent signers send messages
to their Congressmen, Senators,
Washington, in addition those sent
President Wilson. This very impor
tant and must be given preference
over normal business today."
The pressure from their members
for prompt disposal of the issue with
the railroads is becoming strong, the
brotherhood men told the President.
The brotherhood men deny specif
ically they had been asked by Presi
dent Wilson to consider possible leg
islation by the present Congress.
"The situation is just rocking
along," said A. B. Garretson of the
conductors' brotherhood.
"There will be no compromise."
A meeting of the railroad presi
dents lasting from 11 a. tn. to 1 p.
m. resulted in the announcement that
they had agreed on no proposal to
make to the President, and would con
vene again sometime later this after
noon. .MAY PIT IN JOURNALISM COURSE
Nebraska Editors Want School in the
State University.
Nebraska editors are urging the es
tablishment of a school of journalism
at the state university. Among those
active in urging the prompt establish
ment of the school are Victor Rose
water, of the Omaha Bee; H. E. New
brauch. of the Omaha World-Herald;
Norris A. Huse. of the Norfolk News;
Ross Hammond, of the Fremont Trib
une; and Adam Breede. of the Hast
ings Tribune.
Won't Name Secretary Yet.
The committee from the Com
mercial Club decided at a meeting
yesterday not to elect a secretary to
fill the place left vacant by C. O.
Hanes until the Retail Merchants' As
sociation shall have elected their new
secretary on Sept. 11. The commit
tee from the Retail Merchants' As
sociation was C. B. Miller, O. W. Bout
well and H. R. Richards. The Com
mercial Club committee was M. F.
Thurston, E. S. Stephens and H. S.
Jacks.
THE WEATHER
for Columbia ami Vicinity: Cenerally
fair tonight and Saturday; not much
eliange in temperature.
for Missouri: (ienerally fair tonigut
and Saturday; not iiiu-li eliange In tern
Iieratnre. U'entlier Conditions.
There has been a eominued fall In pres
Mirc eondittous throughout almost the en
tire Interior of the country during the
past tnentyfoiir hours, and a breaking
i I of the extensive "high" Into si'teral
smaller eenters of slight intensity. This
has resulted In very slight change in the
weather eomlltlons as yet, fair skies
prevailing titer the Interior, and showers
along the northern and southern borders.
Temperatures ranged below (in degrees
oter the ltoeky Mountains districts and
western Plains ami oter the iqier Mis
sissippi Valley at 7 a. m. while readings
in the seventies tere eonfined to the
!ulf and South Atlantie eoasts, and to
central Oklahoma and southeastern Kan
sas. l'alr weather is indicated for Columbia
during the nett thirty-six hours, ttlth very
little change in tenqieratures.
Local Data.
The highest temperature in Columbia
yesterday was sti, ami the lowest last
night was oi; preclpltatl (HI; relative
humidity - p. in. jestcrday. :iO per cent.
A year ago .testerday the highest tem
perature was 74, and the lowest r7; pre
cipitation, .mi.
The Almanac.
Sun rose today. r:."l a. m. Sun sets,
ii:."il p. ni.
.Moon rises 2rJ7 a. in.
The Temperatures Toda.
7 a. in. C, 11 a. in. SI
s a. in. C.X 1 m. M
!i a. in. " 1 p. in. 7
in a. in. 7!i 1' p. m. S!i
WINS THAI'SHOOTINC CONTEST
Albert hot en Breaks !)7 Out of 100 In
Handicap Event.
I!y United Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 25. Albert
Koyen of Fremont, Neb., won the pre
liminary handicap shoot at St- I-ouis
yesterday afternoon. Shooting from
the 19-yard mark, Koyen broke 97
out of 100, with L S. Rambo of De
Ixmg, 111., a close second with 9C. Sev
en men tied for third place. There
were more than 530 marksmen entered
in this event.
The Grand American with 700 en
tries started immediately after the pre
liminary event. It will not be finished
until late this evening.
Among the professionals Guy Hollo
han of Spokane. Wash., and Homer
Clark of Alton, 111., each broke 39 out
of 100. Bart Lewis of Auburn, 111.,
and Harrison Kennicott of Evanston,
111-, each made 9S.
In the special race between Crosby
and Gilbert, consisting of 50 single
and 25 double targets, Gilbert won out
by one target.
In a special exhibition match,
George W. Maxwell of Hastings, Neb.,
the one-armed shooter, broke 97 out
ef 100.
The best work of the week among
the women has been done by Mrs. L.
G. Vogel of Detroit, who made a 97.
Mrs. A. Topperwein made a 91 yes
terday. TO PLAY WABASH ALL-STARS
Browns and St. Louis Team Will Meet
Next Sunday.
The Wabash "All-Stars" of St. Louis
will make their first appearance of
the year before Columbia fans Sunday
when they meet the Browns at the
fairgrounds park. The railroad team
claimed the amateur championship of
the state last year and have fully as
speedy a bunch this season. They
have won two games from Mexico, 2
to 1 and 3 to 1-
The Browns will show about the
same line-up as in their last few
games, but expect to be in much better
condition, as they have had several
stiff workouts this week. The men
are getting their batting eyes again,
and with a little tighter boxwork. ex
pect to give the Wabash outfit a close
game.
Included in the Wabash line-up will
be Elmer Jackson, left field, who
burnt things up in the St. Louis City
League last season. He will also
manage the team in the absence of
Montrcville. Heberer. catcher, was
with the Three-Eye League last year
and Block, pitcher, formerly twirled
in the Southern Illinois League.
FORMER M. r. STUDENT IS DEAD
Ralph Waldo Marshall Succumbs to
Heart Disease In Kansas City.
Ralph Waldo Marshall, a student in
the School of Engineering, died yester
day at his home in Kansas City after
a brief illness of heart disease.
Marshall was 21 years old. He was
a graduate of Norman Ward School
and of Westport High School. In
his vacation he was employed as a
draftsman at the Foster Lumber Com
pany. Besides his parents he leaves a sis
ter. Miss Ruth Easter Mahshall. and
two brother George and John.
Entertains Her Guests.
Miss Hazel Hossman this morning
entertained several guests from Baton
Rouge, La., vvith a party from 10
o'clock to 12.
. I TICKETS THURSDAY
BRING TOTAL TO 80
Evans, Jacks and MeHarg
Have Regained Lead
TheirTotalNov97.
THREE DAYS REMAIN
Hall Theatre Is Being Fixed
Up for the Performance
on Monday Night.
Seventy-one tickets were sold yes
terady for the benefit performance of
the new Hall Theater- This brings
the total up to S07, and the committee
has three more days in which to reach
their mark.
Evans. Jacks and McIIarg won a
double header yesterday and regained
the lead by .good base running and a
new set of signals. They sold 41
tickets yesterday, bringing their total
up to 97, and leaving only :i of the
original 100 to be sold.
The sale at the box office was light
yesterday). This was accounted for
by cne of the committeemen who said
that the people were expecting to be
called upon, and did not take the
trouble to go to the theater for the
tickets. The committee will try to
cover the entire city, but a few people
will be missed, and everyone is re
quested by the committees to go to the
box-office is not solicited.
"We are trying to arrange a larger
program than we expected to have at
the start," said Manager Woods this
morning. "I am trying to get the
best vaudeville that is to be had, and
do not wish to announce the program
until I can give the entire show."
The new theater is nearing comple
tion and will be ready when the crowd
arrives on Monday night. The show
will begin at 8 o'closk, and there will
be a selected musical program for that
evening. The last shipment cf scen
ery is in, and the finishing touches will
be completed by Saturday night.
The additional purchasers of tickets
yesterday were:
Mrs. A. Frendendall 2. O. B- Stice 1.
Allen Music Store 1, Dr. Stanley Smith
2. Berry McAllister 2.
"A Farmer" 2. H. E. Pickett 2. Paul
A. Barth 1.
J. C. Gillespy 3, R. C. Cochran 2, Eu
gene Cox 2. C. C- Lightner 2, C. B.
Bowling 25, Doctor Sutton 1, D. V.
Vandiver 2, Arch IcIIarg 2, Cash 5.
T. T. Simmons 1,11. M. McPheeters 2,
Jasper Hulen 1, E. C. Anderson 1. J. T.
Rowland 1, F. B. Rollins 4, E. W ten
sing 2. Frank Martin 2.
2 CIRCUIT COURT CASKS FILEI1
Both Suits Are Against W. II. and E.
A. Morgan.
Two suits to come before the Octo
ber term of the Circuit Court were
filed this morning with Circuit Clerk
J. E. Boggs. One of the cases was
that of Ishmcl Keith against W. H.
Morgan and E. A. .Morgan. The other
was that of Nora Keith against the
same parties.
The plaintiffs, Nora Keith and Ish
mel Keith, allege that on October 14,
1915, W. H. and E. A. Morgan appear
ed before Justice John .S. Bicknell
and charged that the Keiths had
committed robbery to the extent of
$120 in the form of a check drawn of
the Harrisburg Bank.
The plaintiffs allege that they were
unduly arrested upon this charge, that
they were imprisoned for a period of
sixteen hours and that they were com
pelled, and did. give bond for $300
for appearance in Circuit Court. Since
that time the Keiths allege that fur
ther prosecution has not been made
and that the said prosecution is now
ended. Each of the suits filed today ask
for $1,000 punitive and $1,000 actual
damages on the ground that their
good name, fame and honor has been
injured.
A. (. Hlnnian on Vacation.
Albert G. Hinman, a student in the
University, who attended the Summer
Session, and advertising manager of
the Daily Missourian, left for St.
Louis this afternoon. From there he
will go to Chicago and then on to his
home in Oshkosh, Wis. He will re
turn in the fall.
Mrs. Brlreham Returns to St. Louis.
Mrs. George F. Briggham of St.
Louis returned home thlB morning
after arranging for the entrance of
two daughters and a friend in the
University.