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FRENCH-At Philadelphia. May 6. Louis M. French, of Stamford, aeed 56 years.
 KEENAN.-In Minsted. May IA. Ian. F. Keenan, aged 61. LOCKWOOD.-In Norwalk, May 44. Charles W. Lockwood. aged s6. O'BRIEN=In Norfolk. May IS, Jas- c. OsRrien, aged A. BOWHGAN.-In Norv4aIk, May IE Edith lola Mead. wtfs pf 1ee CudApp BOwuaan. ssd-97.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-20

group was taken at WashIng-
 ton just before Justice Joseph
 R. Lamar of the United States. supreme court and Frederick w. Lehman of St. Louis, the two United States representa-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-20

'tives, left for the conference. Secretary of State Bryan is standing between Justice La mar ton left) and MT. Leh-
 mann.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-20

These. are Snapshots Of some Of the principal figures. in the A. B. G. mediation conference at Niagara Falls, Canada. The picture of. the Anne erieana peace
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-20
Threats Of BIackmail And Payment Of Conscience Money Disclosed In
 Testimony Of De Martino Witnesses

of Ha oProscut Bhnh nstand
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Olnief's Testinaony.

Superintendent Birmingham ar rived early at the session to which he was summoned. Throughout the ex animation he conducted himself as one who had little to do but conduct his office from a police standpoint and province.
 That he is. a man of his word, and kept his promise not to reveal any of the details of the affair. even to the papers, during Siemon's absence in the south, were among facts wrung
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

full flight first indication Of
Russian territory
officially today Lieutenant General
killed shell before Ma
identity
yesterday and today having lost
battle.
Antwerp conveys the re-
Whiok has sent an
against the hurting OF bombs
Antwerp Zeppelin airshlp.
morning dispatch from Antwerp saying
Zeppelin had been attempted last night
however, caused the arshp
the allied armies
that the situation in
battle continues the region Of une %
where said to be making progress
dispatch that Austrlaun
gary declared Japan.
According kilograms the of the Austians
$1,000 killed. 10000 wounded and
$4,000 prisoners
general fresh
against both Germany and Austria Russian troops
now southern half of east
from the Russian CAPT.
describes bulk of the Rus
army marching with terrible force Posen IN
Prussia.
Rome reports Italian government of telegram
chacezng absolute
that AustaHungav has aggressive
intentions against Italy
News received in London from osend conveys
Germany will occupy of naval operations
AGAINST S the English coast
The American embassy italy, has ad
return home while communication between
Europe United States is possible
bomb dropping exploit airshp Antwerp the
matter Of international cons'o
| eraton according to
The Belgian royal family residence in
Antwerp establishing the city This step
taken said to have been directed
principally against King Albert
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

thirdB; Louise Lowry, second-A and
second-B; Cora Montague, first-A and
second-B; Mary Hanson, first-B; Aida
Calson, Spanish special
Professor Ringer, Miss Hobart and
Miss Patterson. the three new mem
bers of the faculty of the High school,
come to Las Vegas with enviable rec
ords They are known as experienced
and well-trained teachers. Professor
Ringer is a graduate of Baker univer-
sity and Miss Patterson and Miss
Hobart are both graduates of the
Kansas State Normal school.
The first general teachers meeting
of the year will be held Saturday az.
ternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the High
school building. Monday will be de-
voted to registration, and the regular
school work will be taken up Tuesday
morning
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26
SURVIVORS PICKED UP BY PRINCESS VICTORIA
Distressing Accident Occurs Twenty Miles from Seattle at Early
Hour This Mornng-Foe and Smoke from Forest Fires Are
Responsible for the Collision Destroyed Ship
Was in the Alaskan Service

The Pacific Alaska Navigation com
pany steamer Admiral Sampson was
sunk this morning at Point No Point
20 miles from Seattle, by the Canadian
Pacific liner Princess Victoria. The
PRINCESS Victoria, reporting the acci
dent, said she was proceeding to Seat
lie with most of the passengers and
crew of the Admiral Sampson.
The Admiral Sampson was bound
from Seattle to Alaska. She had Sc
passengers and crew of So.
The Admiral Sampson sank in four
minutes The collision took place at
$50 o'clock this morning. The Adj
miral Watson, bound for San Francis
co. was near the scene of the acct
dent at the time The air was heavy
with smoke and fog, and it is suppos-
ed the collision was due to this cause.
The Princess Victoria was, bound from
Victoria to Seattle She makes no
mention of damage to herself in her
brief report to her owners.
1t is inferred from the Princess
message that there was some loss of
life.
Point No Point is in the mainland
at the southwest entrance to the body
of water generally designated ON the
maps as Admiralty inlet The Adj
mlral Sampson was a steel steamer
of 1892 gross tons, built at Philadel-
phia in 1898 for the United Fruit com
pany for use in the banana and tour
! ist trade TO the West Indies.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26
Russians, brilliant Charge

st. Petersburg, Aug. 26, (via Lon
don)-The "Novoe Vremya" publishes
an account of what it terms the mem
o1able charge of the Russian horse
guards at Gumbinen during the
recent fighting in which the Russians
were victorious. It says:
'The Germans held position in a
small village from which they we're
pouring a murderous fire on the Rus
sian troops. Calvary was ordered to
silence the guns. The first squadron
rede straight at the battery, which.
firing point blank moved down the
Russian ranks frightfuliy, annihilating
the squadron. The second squadron
followed fast and would have shared
the same fate except that at the crit
ical moment third squadron rushed
onto the enemy from the flank, sabred
the gunners and routed the whole
German force.
"The Germans ran like rabbits. dis
carding swords. helmets and clothins
in their mad haste to escape the
avenging Russian horsemen One
squadron of Nizhni Hussars, who al
are famous swordsmen, cut down Il
Germans without receiving scratch
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 26-Ten lives
were lost when the steel passenger
steamer Admiral Sampson, of the Pa
cific Alaska, Navigation company, was
rammed and sunk by the Canadian Pa
cific passenger steamship Princess
Victoria off Point No Point, 20 miles
north of Seattle. at $50 this morning
during a fog and thick smoke from
forest fires. The Princess Victoria
brought the survivors to Seattle.
Eight of the lost were members OF
the crew and two were passengers.
The dead among the crew are:
q. S. MOORE, Captain.
L. COCAMS, Third officer
w. E. KICKER, First wireless op-
orator.
MISS NJ CAMPBELL, Stewardess.
C. MARQUETTE, Seaman.
A. SATER,, Watchman
ALLEN j. NOON, Chief Engineer.
j. b. WILLIAMS, Messboy
When the collision took place the
oil tank exploded and j. Byrne, a pas
senger, was covered with flames. He
was rescued alive and died Just as
the Princess Victoria arrived in Sc
attic.
Captain Perished With Ship
The name of the other passenger
lost is not yet obtainable Captain
Moore could have saved himself, bu
he declared that he would go dow
with the ship, and did so.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26
By the Germans. The attack was re-
pulsed and the enemy retired all along
line"
Germans Assembling Forces

London, Aug. 26.-The Times st.
Petersburg correspondent says that
the Germans who retreated by forced
marches after their defeat by the
Russians at Gumbinnen are assembl-
ing a part of their forces at Koenigs-
berg. The German fortified position
on the river Angerab was abandoned
without fighting.
THE roads beyond the Angerab are
strewn with cartridges, knapsacks and
equipment cast aside in the hasty
flight of the German troops" says the
Times correspondent.
North of Neidenburg sunday and
Monday there was stubborn fighting
in which the Russians were again vic
torious, largely through their superb
use of the bayonet. The enemy here
had established the entire Twentieth
army corps in fortified position.
The Russians had 70 negotiate pits
and barbed wire. aand grenades
were used, the Russians flpally carry
ing the positions at the point of the
bayonet The Germans retTeated~te-
ward Osterode, leaving behind many
guns, machine guns, caissons and
prisoners.
Meanwhile the Win army is driv-
ing the Forst German army corps to-
ward Danzig. The question now is
whether the German forces can es-
cape and how long the Russians will
take occupying the territory east OF
the river Vistula. There they will
ind strong German defenses. 1t is
reported that the Russians on Mon
day reached Marienburg, only 25 miles
from Danzig.
The Germans at Gumbinnen had
all the advantage of numbers and po
sition. 1t was clear case of the
best man winning. Russia was thu
best. The Russian losses include rep
resentatives of all the noblest fami
lies in the empire.
'The Grand Duke Dmitrio Paulo
witch and the Princes John and Ole
Constantinovitch who are subaltern
in the horse guards, rode in the tel
rible charges which will forever b
glory to their regiment and the Rus
sian army"
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

ask King George to convey to the
king OF the Belgians the admiration
with which Great Britain regarded
"tbe heroic resistance of his army and
people to the wanton invasion of their
territory and an assurance of the de-
termination of this country to support
in every way the efforts of Belgium
to vindicate her own independence and
the public law of Europe"
Tales of German Cruelty
The premier declared further that
the Belgian government was taking
steps to get the established facts of
German atrocities, as related in the
sta ent given out yesterday by the
Belgian minister here, to the know
ledge of the whole civilized world.
Britain Needs Recruits
The opponents of compulsory mill
tary service in Great Britain momen-
tarily raised their heads in the house
of commons today, but the premier
roassured them. He said there was
no intention of introducing this sys-
tenn. He added, however, that Secre
tary of war Kitchener needed all the
recruits he could get 1t was a. great
mistake to think. Premier Asquith de
clared, that Great Britain wanted only
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

100000 men.
The rush of the main Russian army
toward the fortress of Posen in the
German province of Posen, if true,
is regarded heer as the sensational
news of the day. It might account
for the Germans falling back in east
ern Prussia.
French Abanoon Alsace?
The report that the French have
abandoned their positions in Alsace
has not been confirmed, although it
is lebelled as official by the news
agency which carried it Other YER
sions of the same statement do not
contain this reference and the French
embassy today declared that it knew
nothing of the matter
French Frontier Attacked
German forces delivered an attack
on the French southern frontier yes
terday (Tuesday). They were re.
pulsed and retired all along the line
This information was given out by
the official bureau this afternoon. The
text of the announcement is as fol
lows:
1T is officially announced that OF
August 25 the French. on their south
ern frontier. were attacked in force
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26
The FATAL DAY
IS COMING
FAST
YOUNGSTERS LOOKING FORWARD
WITH GRIEF TO SCHOOLS
OPENING
The TEACHERS ARE ASSIGNED
MANY NEW FACES WILL BE SEEN
IN CITY CORPS AND NOR
NAL FACULTY
STATE SCHOOL Is JAMMED
PRESIDENT ROBERTS SAYS MORE
ROOM is URGENTLY
NEEDED
The TEACHERS ARE ASSIGNED
STATE SCHOOL IS JAMMED

The melancholy days are fast ap-
preaching when the smiles will be all
scowls on the countenances of the
young folks hereabouts and little
James the Hopeful will be heard to
call: Il don't want no more apple
pie in my lunch basket"
School opens Monday Already the
shadow of the coming event has cast
a Hamletian gloom over the commun-
ity. And even # it is a sort of fun
for us old moss backs to sit back and
laugh at the tragedy of it, it isn't any
more sport now for the youngsters to
answer to the first roll call than it
used to be for the above whispered
moss backs so or 100 years ago.
Wherefore. brethren, school your
selves in patience and-excuse us.
Normal Is Crowded
Teachers in the various schools
have already been assigned. and prac-
tically all the preliminary arrange
ments for the fall term have been
made. At the Normal University the
situation is unique in the history of
the institution. Because of lack OF
accommodations fully 65 applicants
will have to be turned away. Many
of these are students from out of
town, and if it were possible to take
care of them the families would move
| here at least for the school term In
the fifth and sixth grades the regents
are confronted by puzzling PROPOSE
ton. There is room only for "a pu
pills.. and there is an enrolment OF AZ
who are entitled, by right of promo
ton, to attend Besides these there
are IS additional applicants.
j President Frank H. H Roberts L
wrestling with the problem. but ha
arrived at no practical solution. TIL
one simple way out of the difficult,
might be for the regents to split tn
class in two, employ an additiona
teacher, and give each a separat
room. If some provision is not mad
to take care of those at least VIII
have been promoted, the school Wi
find itself in the position of denyin
the benefits to which the pupils ar
rightfully entitled.
There have been several change
in the faculty of the Normal. Th
following is the list of teachers a
revised to date:
, Frank H. II. Roberts, president an
: professor of sociology and history
, Frank Carroon, dean and professor {
! psychology and education; Thoma
. G. Rodgers, assistant dean and PR
| fessor of mathematics; Ida Kruse Nj
Farlane, special lecturer: Arthur
) Van Horne, professor of Latin an
librarian; Bessie Watt, critic teache
: first and second grades; Esther MAI
2 gan. critic teacher, third and fourt
a grades: Mabel e. Hail. matron L
a Casa de Ramona; Susie Whitaker, pr
i fessor of commercial branches; Jel
q ME Pearl Hutchinson, critic teache
h seventh grade; Harriette Edyth
Mann, critic teacher, eighth grade
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26
AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR AGAINST JAPAN.
Which HAS DISCOVERED THE TAKING OF
KIAO CHOW, China, IS A DIFFICULT TASK

London, Aug. 26.--The most
startling development of the Eu-
ropean war today was the report
that the main body Of the Russian
troops is marching on the fortress
Of Posen, Germany, In aneffort
to deal the kaiser a singing de-
feat. This fortress defends the
province lying next Berlin, from
which the fortification is distant
only 100 miles. The Russian
force is large, and it is believed
it has an excellent chance to over
come the German defenders who
have weakened by the molibllza-
tion against France, England and
Belgium.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

Paris, Aug. pa dispatch to
the Havas agency from Madrid
says the Spanish government has
declared its neutrality respecting
the war between Germany and
Japan. Another dispatch to the
Havas agency from Hamburg says
that 1900 merchant ships are tied
up at the Hamburg docks.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26
FIRE mARsHALs IN AsHEvILLe

Asheville. n. c.. Aug. 2s.-AsheviiIe
is preparing for the entertainments
next month of the many visitors who
will be here for the annual convention
of the Fire Marshals' Association Of
North America. The convention VIII
meet September Il and continue IN
session several days. The attendanee
will include the heads OF the fire ae-
partments in many Of the leading
cities Of the United States and can
ada
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

London, Aug. 26.--It was an
nounced officially that German
ToeoIand, had surrendered uncon-
ditionalIy. The allies will enter
kamina Thursday morning. Pre-
mier Asquith, in the house of
commons this afternoon, read a
communicated from the comman-
der-in-chief of the forces in
British West Africa, saying that
the authorities of Togoland, the
German colonial possession on the
west coast of Africa, had surren-
dered.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

London, Aug. 26.-The Paris
correspondent of Reuters Tele-
gram company says raid by
German cavalry division in French
territory is reported by the Petit
Parisien, which states that when
the Germans arrlved~at a o'clock
Tuesday morning they encountered
cred a regiment of French artil-
Iery, which practically annihiIated
them.
Referring to the fighting near
Monsz, the paper says:
"The British bore the brunt of
six furious attacks. Wounded
British soldiers declare that the
allies raised veritabIe hecatomb
Of German corpses near Monsz."
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

Paris, Aug. Pa report was
in circulation this afternoon that
Russian troops yesterday occupied
Marlenburg, in west Prussia, 27
miles southeast of Danzig. This
news hac not been confirmed.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

Sue Hutchison, critic teacher fifth
and sixth grades; Wilhelmina voll-
mer student in Germany and Spain
teacher in Spanish in seventh and
eighth grades; Mac H. Donaldson.
professor of English; Clyde D. Will
liams, director of Manual arts: Clar-
ence Flavins Lewis, professor of
science; Marie SENEGAL, assistant di-
rector of art and music; Charles Ed
ward Mcclure. associate professor OF
education and history; Lulu. E. Stall
man, professor of household arts:
Rose kellogg. assistant in domestic
science: Ruth Anderson. assistant Il
brarian.
The City Schools
At the Castle High school the teach
ers will be as follows
Byron ]. Read. superintendent man.
ual training. Elmer c. Ringer, High
school principal. science; Harriet K.
Davis, English; Iva Markham. Latin
and history; Mabel Hull, Spanish and
mathematics: Mrs. Adolphine Kohn
music and art: Mabel Hobart, prinei
pal eighth grade; Hattie e. Patterson
seventh grade: Jeanette Ward
fifth-A and sixth-B: Emma Tamme
fifth-B; Messy York. F1fth-B an6
| fourth-A-
The Douglas avenue school will bs
conducted by:
Minnie Kohn, grade principal; Bar
tha Papen, fourth-B; Mary Kramer
fourth-B and third-A; Teresa Devine
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

London, Aug. 26-Since the with
drawal of the allied armies to the de-
fense Of the French frontier, virtually
no news has reached the public of
the military operations in southern
Belgium.
British Lose 1000
Owing to the difficulty of compiling
a correct list along such an extended
front, no details of the British casual
ties, which Premier Asuith estimated
yesterday at 1000. have been receiv-
ed.
The announcement of losses, howev-
er only seems to have intensified Brit
ish determination. judging from the
extra work being performed by the
recruiting officers today The tena-
city oii, purpose was further evidenced
by Premier ~Asquith in the house Of
commons this afternoon in making the
announcement that he proposed to
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26
TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS

reports public transmitted from Berlin
b. duration at
complete Austrian
entire and
flight first indication Of
Austrian advance territory.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-26

AT LAST the Aus
trians have found
somebody they can
whip; viz, the Rus
SLAMS.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-05

Mrs T. L. Oak or HlairsyII". Pa ,
who has been spending tn" winters in
Daytona for several ya"rS past, re-
turned to- tue city Friday afternoon To
remain lpr the SEASON as usual Mrs.
Oak~ has mad" many friends here who
have h"rn looking forward to her
coming
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-17
LAWS and Moral Progress.

Editorial in The San Francisco Bull
letin: One passage in a zee article
of William Allen Whites may well be
perused by prohibitionists and anti
prohibitionists, people who believe in
making others good by law, and PEOPLE
who do not, and, in fact, by all kinds
and shades of opinionated humanity.
1t has an idea in it, a forty-horse powa
er, 1915 model, Kansas-made idea.
"a state, or a county, or q city,"
says William Allen White, SOLDERING
up, getting the alcohol out of it ssys-
tenn, goes through much the same pro-
cess under the prohibitory law that a
man goes through when he swears off
with a mighty oath. When the man
quits, after a high resolve and with
more or less emotion connected with
the performance, whether he lapses or
not depends largely on the man, some
what on the attendant circumstances
of his r~enunciation, and a little-but
very little-on the phraseology of his
swearing off pledge"
OF course, the prevalent idea is that
a law prohibiting people, say, from
going fishing on Sunday, or saying un-
kind things about their neighbors,
would settle the matter at once.
Americans are accused of having small
reverence for law in the abstract, but
| they rave a wonderful amount of faith
in a law in the concrete. Once a law
requiring everybody to obey the ten
commandments is put through the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-17
FOR
SLAUGHTER OF
FIVE A MYSTERY

Spring Green, Wis, Aug. 1T.-Edwin
H. Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright,
former close friends and neighbors,
estranged by Wright's infatuation for
.Cheney's wife, came together here yes
terday to care for their dead.
Cheney, whose two children were the
victims yesterday of a murderous me-
gro, made arrangements for their bur-
ial in Chicago. OF his former wife.
Mamah Bouton Borthwick, VINO, since
Cheney obtained his divorce In 1911
has lived here in Wright's bungalow,
until her death yesterday, be said
nothing.
Il have two children who were mur-
dered here" Cheney told friends. He
made no mention Of his former wife.
Cheney and Wright both stopped at
the home of Andrew T. Porter, whose
wife is Wright's sister. They rode
from the station to Porter's home in
separate automobiles, which each had
ordered from Chicago.
Thomas Brunker, a laborer on the
Wright estate who was reported last
night to have died from his wounds,
was still living today, although phys
icians expected his death at any min
ute, they said.
The motive which actuated Julien
Carleton. the negro, in his murderous
attack which caused five deaths and
left four persons suffering severely, is
still a mystery.
A suspicion that he had been influ-
enced by an outside source rested on
a remark by Carleton Immediately
after his arrest and when he feared
his death by poison vas imminent.
I'll tell you before 1 die" he told a
deputy sheriff. .
Later when physicians told him he
was in no danger from death by poison,
the negro declined to explain his for
mer statement. 81 did it in self-de-
fense," he said. Neither statement was
given any credence by the authorities
at Dodgeville, where Carleton was
locked in jail.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-17
FAIR TO CARE FOR WOMEN
Minnesota Exposition Arranges Fol
Comfort of Mothers.

So anxious are those In charge O,
the Minnesota State Fair, Sept. 7-12,
to provide for the comfort of women
and children that a new department
has been organized, called the Depart,
ment of Public Welfare, and placed In
the hands of a committee of seven
women with many years OF experience
in such work.
Mothers will find the Fairgrounds,
nursery, and kindergarten we'll equip,
ped to care for their children while
visits are being paid to other places
at the Fair. At the Rest Cottage there
will be a chance any time to rest, wash
hands and face, and re-arrange the
clothing. II anyone becomes ill the
Emergency Hospital is equipped to
give expert attention instantly at no
cost. s
Near the Women's Building a large
headquarters tent will be erected,
where programs interesting to women
will be held during the entire week.
Women from the country will have q
splendid opportunity to rest and visit
at the Farmers Club Headquarters
near Agricultural Hall. A visit to the
State Fair should present no terrors
to any woman.