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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
TRADE BOOM IN MILWAUKEE
One Firm Gets Enormous Order From
Europe For Leather.

MILWAU KEE, WIS. = The hosiery,
leather, shoe ane machinery indus
tries here are already feeling an i'm
petus in trade, according to state
ments made by manufacturers.
Shoe men say contracts for European
trade have been refused in some in
stances because there is evidence that
the domestic demand will keep the
factories busy. One firm has received
orders for enough leather from Europe
to manufacture 100000 pairs Of
shoes. The larger hosiery mills here
are working full forces, while manu-
facturers of machinery report a slowly
increasing demand from South Ameri-
can countries.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
DANIELS FORESEES PEACE
Secretary of Navy Says United States
Will Be the Medium.

MANCHESTER, N. H.-The time
is not far distant, the Secretary OF
the Navy Josephus Daniels told an
aut ience here, when the warning pow
ers of Europe must heed the peace
proposals. of the United States. The
tender of good Offices of President Viii
so,I he said, was still open.
Secretary Daniels, speaking on "Thf
Spirit of the Wilson Administration.
cha racterized that spirit as essentially
on O. peace.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
GERMAN GENERALfIS KILLED
Pool hammer Slain Leading Troops
Canadian Major Also Victim.

BERLIN - In the casualty list
just issued appeared the name of
Major General Pochhammer, who was
killed on Oct. while leading his
troops in the forest Of Argonne.
OTTAWA = Major T. Rivers
Buckley, comptroller of the household
Of the Duke of Connaught, governor
general of Canada, has been killed in
action at the front, according to a
cable message received at government
house.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
BLAST ENTOMBS
200 IN COLL|ERY
100 Dead In Mitchell Mine at
ROyaItOn, III.
LOWER LEVEL is ON FIRE


Car Sent From OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Enter Shafts-Thirty Bodies Are
Taken Out.
ST. LOUIS, MO. = News was re-
ceiyed here that 200 miners were en-
tombed in mine near Royalton, H.,
eighty-fiye miles southeast of here on
the ST. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway A mine rescue car
has been sent from Benton, ILL.,
A telephone message from the own
er of the Mitchell mine says that of
300 men in the mine only 100 escaped.
Many of the victims are on a lower
level, he reports, which is burning.
The disaster occurred at the Mitchell
mine. twenty-five miles north of Muir
physboro, and was due to a gas ex-
plosion. The men had just gone to
work
Thirty Dead Taken Out.
Thirty dead have been taken from
the mine. Seventy dead are believed
to be in the mine. One hundred living
men, it is believed, remain in the
mine.
A telephone message from Royal
ton says a rescuing party has pene-
trated far into the drifts and is try
ing to reach the entombed men,
Town Aids Rescue Work.
The telephone operator at Royal
ton said that the mine was about a
mile out of town and that everyone in
town except herself had gone to the
mine when they heard the explosion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
ROYAL SLAYERS CONVICTED
Twenty-four Found Guilty in Death of
Archduke.

SARAJEVO = To the accom-
pariment of the booming of cannon Of
the combined n-Montenegrin
army desperately trying to take the
city in time to save them, the twenty
four persons accused of conspiracy
in connection with the murder of the
ArchGuke and Archduches Ferdinand
were found guilty of high treason
Sentence will be passed on Wednes-
day, when it is expected all will be
ordered Immediately put to death.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
EXPLOSION RESTORES MIND
Insane Girl HurIs Lamp at Guardian
and Reqains Sanity.

SHEBOYGAN, WIS. - A shock,
caused by the explosion of a lighted
lamp which she threw at her guardian,
restored the mind of Miss Grace
Gree rwood, who shortly before had be-
come violently insane.
In a sudden fit of anger she picked
th9 lamp off the table in her boarding
place and hurled it with all her
strength. 1t missed her guardian and
struck the wall The house caught fire.
When the excitement was over it was
found that Miss Greenwood again was
ration al.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
"BLANKET BALLOT LAW" VOID

Supreme Court Decides Party Tickets
Must Be Printed on Separate Sheets.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. Tie
Missouri blanket ballot law was de-
clared invalid by the Missouri su-
prerne court. Two of the seven judges
GiSSented
AS a result of this decision the Mis-
souri, ballots will be printed on sepa-
rate sheets for each party.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
Red Flag Law Upheld.

BOSTON = The constitutions
atty of the law which prohibits the
carrying of a red flag in parades was
upheld in decision of the supreme
court in the case of John Karnoven.
Karnoven was arrested in Fitchburg
in November last for carrying a rcd
flag in a Socialist parade.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
FRENCH STEAMER HITS MINE

About Twenty or Thirty Persons
Drown; Nearly 500 Saved.
DOVER - The French steam
er Admiral Ganteaume was sunk by
a mine just outside Boulogne har-
Dor.
About twenty or thirty persons were
drowned owing to the panic which
prevailed as the passengers were be-
ing transferred to the British chan.
mel steamer Queen, which rushed to
the assistance of the sinking vessel
Most of the 500 passengers We're
peasants from Pas de Calais, who
were being transferred from Calaies
to Boulogne.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
WOLVES ARE ON INCREASE
Hunters Report Animals Are Becom-
mo More Numerous in Wisconsin.

SUPERIOR, WIS. = Despite the
work of trappers and hunters, five
of whom brought pelts to the county
clerks office for bounty of $40 each,
Wolves are increasing in number in
the vicinity of Superior and elsewhere
in northern Wisconsin.
Several days ago large wolf was
slain nearly a mile inside the corpor-
alton limits. Reports are brought in
that wolves are killing off deer, which
have been unusually numerous this
year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
TAKE STEPS TO STOP DISEASE
Public Places in Peshtigo, Closed to
Prevent Spread of Smallpox.

PESHTIGO, WIS. = By the order
of tie Peshtigo city council which
held a special meeting to take drastic
steps to prevent the spread of small
pox epidemic, every public place was
closed.
This includes the Star theater, all
chu1 ckes and several public dance
halls. All these places are closed sub
iect to the order of the health officer
as TO when they may reopen. There
are eight cases of the disease in the
city. All appeared within few days.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
Rebels in Africa Lose.

CAPE TOWN = 1t is officially
announced that the rebel Lieutenant
Colonel Maritz and his forces have
donia district of Bechuanaland bv
Union of South Africa troops. Lieu
tenant Colonel Maritz was wounded in
the engagement and fed to German
territory.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-30
Killed When Auto Turns Turtle.

AMIGO, WIS. Carl Yankee,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Yankee of Marion.
was killed when the automobile in
which he and three friends were rid
ing turned turtle.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18

The board walk: at Rockaway, N. Y4, was wrecked by the highest tide in
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
Cotton Loan Fund
 is Now Complete
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY SEC,
 RETARY M'Aooo
FUND ovERsUBscRIBED
Yesterday Was Devoted to Securing Subscriptions of $foo, ooo,ooo From Non-cotton Producing States $ts5,Ooo,ooo Now Available.

Washington, Nov. 17.-The country wide effort to furnish aid to cotton producers and find 8 bottom for the cotton market came to a. successful conclusion tonight when Secretary Mo- Adoo announced the completion of the S1S5,0o0,000 cotton loan fund. In making his announcement, Mir. McAdoo declared the success of the plan was now assured,
 The secretary's statement came at the end of a day devoted to efforts to secure the subscriptions necessary N complete the $1O0. 0.000,0 ,00G portion of ton producing states. Earlier in the day. MT. McAdoo issued a denial that the fund was about to fail and stat ing that 1t still locked only a few mil ifon dollars to insure success. Follow ing this MT. McAdoo, Paul M War burg and w. P. G. Harding, members of the federal reserve board, in active charge of the pool plan, took active steps to gather in the remaining mill lions.
 Kuhn. Loeb & Co, of New York, Of which firm Mir. Warburg was a partner before he came to the board, agreed to subscribe $2,e00,0oO. At a luncheon given by John Skelaon Williams, Der be might invest in the fund up to S1,- 500,0O0. His offer was taken to the extent of s1,000,000 and the fUAd com pleted. A few hours after MT. Ba- ruch's offer. word was received from several banks that they were willing to subscribe to an amount of about a. 500.O0O, but their assistance was not needed. As 1t stands, the fund is over subscribed about $300.0O0.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
ESTIMATES OF COST
 OF WAR TO ENGLAND
Chancellor of Exchequer George Places
 It at $2,25o, 900 for Year

London, Nov. r, $50 p. m.-David Lloyd George, chancellor of the ex- chequer, in the house of commons to- day estimated that the cost of sone year of the war for this country would be 450, 100000 pounds (S2,250, ,000, ,0O0), , the largest amount England has ever spent on a war and more than twice what was spent in the conflict with South Africa during four years.
 To pay tbis enormous bill, the gov ernment had decided to raise a loan of $50, 00a.000 pounds ($1, ,750. .0OO, ,000), which would be issued at 95, bear in- terest at the rate of 3 1-2 per cent and be redeemable at par March l, 1928.
 The chahceci3or proposed and the house unanimously supported him that the nicome tax should be doubled, but only collected on one-third of the in come this year; that an extra half penny Gone cent per half pint should be levied on beer and an extra three pence (six cents) per pound of tea. He explained that the expenditure on the British troops would be higher in pro- portion than that of any other country in the world, as the pay and the cost of the army and navy were greater; there were separate allowances to the men and their families, and pensions were on a larger scale. Already 2,OO0,- 0Gj were serving and another million were in the course of enlistment.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
Mexican Peace
 ], Plan is Upset
PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT CHANG. s Es HIS MIND.
BROKE AN AGREEMENT
With General carranza-chanse Be- lieVsd to be Due to Pressure Brought by General ViIis--obreson in Com mand of Capital.

Mexico City, Nov. 17.-Generai AL varado Obregon today assumed sT1- preme command of the capital and tI,e federal district. The minister of war, the governor and all the military off, cers are required to report to him.
 The troops Of General Obregon's di- vision. which had been ordered north, will remain here and those of General Jesus Carranza which were to have replaced them, are now in Puebla. which city is reported to be threatened by large force of followers of Emil iano ZaRhta and former Federal Gen erals Argumedo and AgIilar
 Just when we believed armed strife would be avoided said Gen Obrs- gon today, Gen. EulaIio Gutierrez changed his mind regarding the last offer of General Venustiano Carranza don't believe this was due to lack Of honor on the part of Gutierrez. but to pressure on hiS by General Francisco Villa
 A number of foreign factory owners in the federal district have made com plaint to their respective legation cor ceTning alleged forced loans imEuse+ by followers of Zapata under General Navarro. .
 Word was received here today from the governor of the state of GuanajuaTn that the advance guards Of General Villa had been driven back after sharp skirmish south of Lagos.
 Owing to the activity of the ZaData troops in the federal district the en- tire line of constitutfonalists has been strengthened
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
BATTLE IN FLANDERS
 DRAWING TO A CLOSE
After SeVen-Day Struggle German
 Effort Appears to Be Broken.

Bordeaux, via Paris, Nov. IS, 2.15 a. n.-The Bulletin of the Armies of the Republic thus sums up the military situation:
 '"The second great battle in Flanders seems to be drawing to a close. At the present date, November IT, after a fierce struggle lasting seven days, the German effort appears to be broken.
 ''It has been, as with the preceding attempts, a massacre of dense columns of infantry led to the assault by new iy appointed officers whose bravery does not compensate for -lnexperience. In the presence of such results, it may be affirmed that the superior instruc- tfon and preparation of which the German infantry gave proof at the be- ginning of hostilities-qualities which greatly contributed to their successes fn the month of August-have disap- peared and that today, as far as dfS rection of fighting, fire control and maintenance of contact between in- fantry and artillery are concerned, su- periority has passed to our side.
 Tn 6 word, three months of war has tempered the French army and depreciated that of the Germans. In the language of the fabulist the Ger man rf1inoceros stubbornly dashes against the wall with a mad hope of treading on the tail of the British lion. win the rhinoceros gain fresh strength and try again? Will the Germans carry their obstinacity So far as to strip some of their fortresses of troops in order to gain few miles of coast? The near future will tell us"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
HOLE STOVE IN STEAMER
 .PLYMoUTH'S BOTTOM
ScraPed Bottom at the SunI<en Mea- dows-Inrush of Water Threatened Engine Room,

New York. Nov. 1.-The Fall River line steamer Plymouth scraped the bottom at the Sunken Meadows in Long Island sound opposite. Fort Schuyler SIS she was on her way to Fall River tonight with 300 passen- gers on board. The impact knocked a hole in the steamers bilge and caused an thrush of water which threatened for time to invade the engine room.
 Captain Rowland, when he found the pumps had all they could do to keep the influx in check, turned the Plymouth about, the boat returning to her pier in safety with few if any of the passengers knowing what had caused the reversal of the Plymouth's course. It was nearly three hours af- ter the accident that she reached her dock. Arrangements were immediate ly made to transfer the passengers to Newport on the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad
 The Plymouth, it was announced, will be laid up indefinitely, the Pris- cilla taking the place of the disabled steamboat. There were some panicl1y manifestations among the passengers when the Plymouth made the turn and started on her return trip, but Captain Rowland, assured them there was no occasion for alarm and soon managed to calm their fears.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
COMMITTEES OF. WOMAN
 SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
Miss Caroline Ruutz- Rees of Connee-
 tiout Chairman of Literature.

Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 17.--With ap- pointnent of chairnasn of important standing committees and formuIat of plans for the work of the coming year, the business left over from the National American Woman Surage as- sociation's annual convention was com pleted here today at meetings of the executive council and the board of directors
 The board of directors appointed Mrs. Medill Mccormick of Chicago chairman of the committee on con- gressional work with Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago as vice chairman. It was announced that Mrs. Funk would go to Washington and take charge of the work before congress.
 Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw of New York was made chairman of the mem bership committee, which has jurisdic- ton over admission of suffrage organ izations to the national body.
 Other committee chairmen named were:
 Elections-Mrs. Sherman Booth, Chicago.
 Literature-ATiss Caroline Ruutz- Rees, Connecticut.
 Presidential Suffrag Eliza beth U. Yates, Rhode Island!
 The next convention city will be se- lected later by the directors.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
BRITISH DENIAL OF
 USE OF DUMDUM BULLETS. Counter Claim to Charge That Has
 Been Made by Germans.

London, Nov. r, TAO D. m.-The war office tonight issued a. statement denying German allegations that the British troops have used dumdum or soft nosed bullets, but maintaining used by the Germans.
 The statement describes the British and German service ammunition as very similar, the bullets being pointeJ ] with steel and the envelope coated with cuprO nickel, covering the core, except at the base, and conforming with the provisions of The Hague con- vention-
 In the opinion of Sir Victor Hors- ley. & well known surgeon, this bullet is probably the most humane pro- jectile yet devised for the reason that the long, solid point, consisting almost entirely of hard nickel sheath preciudes as far as possible any ten deney toward deformation of shape, while the strength of the sheath pre- vents the bullet breaking up into frag- ments except in very exceptional cir cunlstances.'
 The statement concludes:
 There is, however. clear evidence that Germany has not confined herself solely to the use of this unobjection- able ammunition. Her troops in boL'l Togoland and France have been proved to have used bullets with a soft core and hard, thin envelope not entirely covering the core, which type of bullet Is expanding, and is expressly prohlb- ited by The Hague convention"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
GERMANS STILL BATTERINe,
 AWAY AT ALLIES LINES.
Alona the Franco Belgian Frontier Almost Continuous Artillery Duel.

London. Nov. 1T, 9.45 D. m.-Unde- Eerred by wintry weather and floods, the Germans are still making an ef- fort to break down the allies defense along the Franco-Belgian frontier. AL though the Berlin official report refecs to the day as having been quiet one, there has been an almost continuous artillery duel, with occasional in fantry attacks. but apparently without either side making any progress.
 The line from the coast to Nieuport, which has been receiving less atten- tion eirce the Germans began their at tempt to get the British out of Yprcs, again has been subjected to bora- bardmert which is described as a very violent one, while to the south of Dix nude the Germans have been trying under fire from the allies cannon to buiId works to check the food which compelled them to eTacuate part of their trenches.
 At other points the big guns again have been busy and Rheims has been subjected to another rain of shells
 From the allies point of view, prob ably the most important operations are those to the south of Verdun, where the French troops for some time have been trying further to relieve the pressure which the Germans have been exerting or the fortness. They have at last succeeded in this, according 10 the French official communication, and besides making some progress on the hs1Rhts of tho Mouse they have ad
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
CATTLE EPIDEMIC HAS
 COST s75o,ooo THUS EAR Of This About S4oo,oo0 Has Been Borne by Federal Government.

Washington, Nov. 17.-To date the federal and state governments have spent approximately S75s,000 in the campaign against the livestock foot and mouth disease epidemic Of this about $400,00O has been borne by the federal government, almost exhausting the available funds of the department of agriculture. An emergency appro- priation of probably $2,500,O00 will be asked of congress when it meets to complete the work of stamping out the disease.
 Experts of the department estimate that about $700o0O alone has been spent for slaughtering condemned eat- tie, one-half of which is borne by the federal and the other half by the state governments. The last outbreak of the disease-that of 190s-cost the fed eral government alone $30O,000. The infected states the nincluded Penn sylvanfa, New York. Michigan and Maryland.
 On reports from field inspectors that outbreaks of the disease had occurred in the state of Washington and the District of Columbia, department off cers prepared today to place the af fected areas under quarantine. Action was withheld, however, pending re- ceipt of more definite information.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
WoMAN's CURIOSITY RESULTS
 IN DISCOVERY OF MURDER
Saw Two Men Dump Barrel Contain
 ing Body of Man

New York. Nov. IA woman's curiosity tonight resulted in the quick discovery of a probable murder and the entire detective force of Queensborougk is now seeking two men who left a barrel, containing the body of an un- known man, on a lonely street under the Queensborough bridge. Seeing the men drive up a wagon to the curb, dump a barrel there and drive quickly away, the woman looked into the bar rel as she passed it. The feet of a man met her gaze. She ran to a po- liceman and told him of her find and when the officer had pulled the body out he found that it was still warm and that there was a bullet wound near the heart. An ambulance surgeon who was summoned said that the man had been dead less than an hour.
 The body was that of d man about 2S years old, who looked like an Ital- ian. The police believe his death was the outcome of a vendetta and that he was killed in upper Manhattan, placed in the barrel andlthus taken across the East River on a. ferryboat aEld then carried to the place where he was found by the woman. A prescription found in his clothing furnished a clue which the Manhattan police have been asked to run down, while the Queens borough authorities are hunting for the men who drove the wagon
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18
TWO MEN INSTANTLY
 L KILLED BY A TRAIN
Were Walking Along Tracks of Long
 island Road.

New York, Nov. 17.-Three young women walking arm in arm along the Long Island railroad tracks near Lau- rel Hill, on their way home from fac tory work after dark tonight were struck by a fast moving train and two of them were instantly killed. The third was nortally injured.
 Those killed were Billicent Brani- gan. IT years old, and Fannie Berg strom, 16 both of Brooklyn. The in- jured girl is Mabel Rankin, also of Brooklyn. She has a fracture of the skull and internal injuries.
 The whistling of 8 high wind in the cut through which they were walking Is believed to have deafened the girls to the roar of the train coming behind them around sharp curve. They were walking the tracks as a more direct way home than the highway afforded.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-18

The German forces keep battering at the allied lines to the south and east of Ypres, but the French claim present situation.
 The allies, according to the latest official communication, have been de- uvering attacks from the Yser to the heights of the Mouse and record pro- gross at all points along the line.
 In the eastern arena no decisive ac- tions are reported. but one may be expected soon in Russian Poland, where the Russian advance has come into contact with heavy German con tingents.
 The Austrians are moving back from the Russian army in GaIicia, but against the Servians and Montenegrins the Austrians apparently are making marked progress and are again threat ening Belgrade.
 The Germans have captured in the battle of Kutno, Governor Von Korff, of Warsaw, and his staff. the forts at Smyrna have fired upon a launch of the United States cruiser Tennessee, which was entering the Gulf of Smyrna to arrange for an an- chorage for the cruiser.
 The Prince of Wales. who is now at the front in France, has been made aJ1 aide de camp to Field Marshal Sir John French.
 The German converted cruiser Ser lin. formerly of the North German Lloyd line, has interned at Trondhjen, Norway. It Is believed she had been acting as convoy for German sub marines.
 Several large American-owned fac- tories in Petrograd have been taken over by the Russian government for the manufacture of small arms, for the supply of which Russia has depended on France.