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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-12-24

Benton Harbor, Mich, Dec. "
''King Ben" Purnell, supreme head OF
the House of David, has returned.
Protected by the shadows of night. the
Seventh leader" of the land-a title
self-bestowed-slipp quietly back in.
to his domain and took charge of his
flock. 1t was evident king Ben" felt
that his influence was necessary to
prevent the desertion of some of his
"inEer circle" to the "infideP' host
and the district attorney who is sur.
veying the rulers deeds under federal
light.
Ceremonies attendant to the admis-
sion of young and comely women to
the inner circle as alleged in SEN
sational affidavits made by women
who revolted and fed the colony after
witnessing some festivities, are the
basis for the inquiry. 1t was discov'
cred that he had departed for some
place two weeks ago.
Just where king Ben" had been is
a mystery. However, early in the day
a band Of vigilants espied him. He
skunk across the street from his chic
possession Garden of Eden
This spot, to those who do not know
it. is an amusement park and one o.
the chief sources of revenue of the
'holy rollers"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-12-24

three tens in the toe of his stocking
some warm morning.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-12-24
"An' little folks can't find him,
Cause they're always fast asleep"

Old folks must see Sanity Claus when sockins gil.
For they keep the chimney corner they're always dreamy still
But Sanity Claus don't mind EN-
If even watch they keep.
An little folks can't find him,
Cause they're always fast asleep
| know the old folks see him an like him mighty we'll
An why he doesn't mind EN- s-he knows they tell
But little folks dream of him
Wen bundled in heap
An they hear him comm, comm
Down the chimney in their sleep.
Frank l. Stanton IN Atlantis Constitution
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-12-24

Several of the business firms remem-
Der of a Winters family residing near
Baraboo, but cannot locate the farm.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-12-24

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
IN NNOHASTE
TO SEND
DE:STR0YERS
COL. COCKTAILS REQUEST
SUBJECT OF CONFEREN-
CEs AT WASHINGTON
TODAY.
THREATENS z0NENEUIRALl1y
THREATENS SzONENEUIRALlIY

Washington, Dec. 14.-Colonel
Goethals' reiterated request for de-
stroyers for use in enforcing the neu-
trality laws of the Panama canal
zone was the subject of conferences
between Secretary Garrison and
Counselor Lansing of the state de-
partment and Rear Admiral Fiske,
chief Of the navy'sy bureau Of opera
tons. No decision resulted aid the
indication tonight, because of the del
icacy of the questions involved, was
it might be several days before ac-
tion is taken. GOethals notified Gar
rison that misuse of radio communi-
cation within the canal waters and
the necessity of preventing misuse Ct
the zone as base of supply by the
belligerents required the presence Of
swift moving war vessels. Before ac-
tion is determined upon it is under
stood the administration officials will
80 deeply into the question of the
powers and obligations of this gov
ernment controlling activities in wa
ters adjacent to the canal zone.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
BELIEVED PRESIDENT VIII.
SON WILL WAIT ANOTHER
DAY BEFORE RETURNING
MEXICAN VOLLEYS.
CAkkANZA DEtI Is ldNUREU
Officials at Washington Refuse
to Attach Any Importance to
his Statements.

Washington, H. c., Dec. 14.--Al.
though both Provisional President
Gutierrez and Carranza assured the
American government that their
forces were instructed to confine fire
to Mexican territory, nothing official
was received indicating the receipt
o' such instructions by the Naco COM
manders, meantime intermittent fir
ing continues.
Will Wait Another Day.
The general belief tonight is that
President Wilson, will wait at least
another day and then, if demands of
the United States are not complied
with, the threat of the Washington
government to return with artillery
fire any firing into American terri
tory, will be carried out.
No Further Orders Given.
AS yet, no further orders will be
sent to Brigadier General Bliss, in
charge of the Mace, Ariz., situation.
Administration officials attached no
Importance to the statement Of Car
rama, if the United States fired into
Mexican territory it will be an "act
of hostility" Some pointed out that
the American government is inclined
to regard shots from Mexico into the
United States will the same aspect.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
SEVEN KILLED
BY EXPLOSION
Natural Gas Wrecks Two Story
Apartment House in
Cleveland,

Cleveland, o., Dec l4.-A natural
gas explosion in a two-story apart
ment house killed seven and serious
ly injured eight ard wrecked the
building today. The windows for
blocks around were broken and per
sons across the street were knocked
down. The dead are Of foreign ex-
traction. The exact cause of the ex-
plosion is unascertained and the ex-
plosion blew out the walls of the
building and the wreckage was fired.
Firemel rescued the dead and dying
from the flames.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
AuStrianS Driven Across the
Drina River With Heavy
Losses; Their Slavic Enc
my Prepares to Force
Home Important Victory.
Suffering in Poland Intense

London Dec l4The Servians after fierce battle
pied Belgrade, according to Nish dispatch Reuters
The most striking feature of the day the candid
NISSAN by the Austrian Of the defeat of the Austrian
army in Sea and apparently the abandonment of it's third
tempt to invade the territory Of it's Slav neghbor
Unofficial information from Nsl is that Servans after
bitter fight recaptred Belgrade While ttrbuting
to the eney force the Austrian office plainly
the extended retirement with heavy indicates
that the Austrian army will defensive to repe the
Servians. ==sNuA
The Astrians had occupied Belgrade Dec besieg
ing it since July 49, large portion Of the city, it said
destroyed by fire Of the Austrans The
at Ns and details unavailable Of the reported
occupation of Belgrade
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
POST OFFICE IS
SELF SUPPORTING
First Time Since Creation by
Benjamin Franklin Is Asser-
ton Of Burleson.

Washington, Dec. 14.-AssertinS
that for the first .4ime since it's or
ganization by Benjamin Franklin, the
post office department is on self
sustaining basis, Postmaster General
Burleson submitted to President Will
sen today his annual report. It. re-
cords-enormous growth in the depart
ment's business because of the par
GELS post and postal savings bank d.
visions and recommends program
of postal legislation to increase the
scope of the departments activities.
Mr.. Burleson features his report
with an estimate that a surplus Of
$3,569,545, the second Of his admins
tration, will be shown for the fiscal
year of 1914 when all claims and
charges have been met. On that
showing he basis his declaration that
the department has been securely
placed upon self-sustaining basis"
Growth of Parcels Post.
Rapid growth of the parcel post
vastly increased postal business dur
ing the year. The departments field
menal rate; it is still expanding. Not
Withstanding the decreases of parcel
post rates authorized January Z, 1914,
economics Of administration have
kept expenses within the revenues.
OF, the departments financial con-
dition the report says:
Increase in Revenues.
"The postal revenues for 1914
amounted to $287,934, 4,565.67, an in
crease over the preceding year of
slightly less than per cent, as COM
pared with corresponding increase
CT slightly more than eight per cent
for 1913. The audited expenditures
for the year amounted to $3.50, 49,
769.16, and the adjusted loses due to
fire, burglary, ETC., to $14,33.46. The
excess of audited revenues over aud
tied expenses and losses is, there
for $4,376, 463.05.
Government Ownership.
Reviewing his recommendations
for government ownership of tele-
graph and telephone lines, Mr.. Burle-
son says:
"The postmaster general renews
the recommendation embodied in his
last annual report that congress SER
iously consider the question of de-
claring government monopoly over
all utilities for the public transmits
sion Of intelligence and that steps be
taken as soon as practicable to in
corporate into the postal establish
ments the telegraph and telephone
systems of the country.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
DRESDEN ARRIVES
At port SAFELY
Santiago, Chile, Dec. 14.-!t
was officially announced that the
Dresden is damaged and will be
allowed to make repairs, but
then must sail or else inferno.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 14.--The
German cruiser Dresden, the only
warship to escape from Britishers in
the engagement off Falkland Islands
recently, reached Punta Arenas safe
ly. according to message from the
American consul, Latham, there. The
German embassy here stated the Of
ficial information is that eight Eng
lish cruisers participated in the ma
val battl".
The minister Of marine his been
informed that two British warships
have entered the Straits of Magellen
in pursuit of the German cruiser,
Dresden, which has taken refuge in
Punta Arenas.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
REPORT BACK BONE
OF COLD WAVE BROKEN

Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE first cold
wave Of the year striking the middle
west will probably be passed by to-
morrow night according to the fed
%eral weather bureau here, which re-
ported rising temperatures tonight in
the extreme northern states. The
cold wave is passing to the east. Ten
degrees below zero was the minimum
recorded, ranging to 2 below here,
and a severe frost as far south as
Corpus Christi. Texas
Temperature Of l6 and Is below
were reported in the Dakotas, Min
nesota and Montana early in the day.
1t had risen several degrees by night.
There were extreme cases OF suffer
ing in the tenement districts. In the
northwest, Moorhead registered 4 be-
low early and 2 below at 700 to-
night.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
COAL TESTS
PROVE SUCCESSFUL

Washington, Dec. IA formal
announcement of successful naval
tests of coal from government owned
iMatanuska fields in Alaska was made
by Secretary Daniels before the nav
al committee Of the house. The tri-
ais demonstrated the coal as good as
any and pointed the way to an ade-
quate supply of fuel on the Pacific
coast when transportation facilities
are available. Daniels answered the
questions regarding the national de-
fense and told of the proposal to
build half million dollar projectile
plant at Philadelphia. He admitted
that it was no secret in the navy that
the, supply of shells for the great
guns OF the battleships was made.
quate.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
SURVEYS OF ENTIRE
STATE NOW FILED

Township plats and field notes
were received by the state engineer
today which included all of the unsur-
veyed portions of the state. The
plats just filed cover the most of the
Fort Berthold Indian reservation ly-
ing on The south and west sides of
the Missouri river.
The field work was done by gov
ernment surveyors and the notes and
plats worked up at the General Land
office at Washington. Government
plats and field notes of the surveys
of the entire state are now on file in
the state engineers office.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
PARDON BOARD
Findings OUT
NUMBER OF CONDITIONAL
PARDONS HAVE BEEN
GRANTED.
CIl|zENsuIPS ARE RESTORED
DR.. Thor MOeller's Sentence Is
Made an Indeterminate One
by Board.
CI1lzENSuIPS ARE RESTORED

DR.. Thor Moeller, Minot, has had
his sentence made an indeterminate
one of six to ten years. This will
make him eligible to parole sooner
than under his former sentence. DR..
Moeller was sentenced from Ward
county, to ten years, fer second de.
gree murder
A number of conditional and full
pardons were granted by the board Of
pardons which was in session Decem-
Der 2-3-4 The findings Of the boaru
follow:
NJ. D. Kirchner, Bowman county,
four years, arson. Conditional par
don.
Leonard Leary, Bowman county,
four years, arson. Conditional par
don. ...
c. G. Eide, Stark county, five years,
rape. Sentence made indeterminate
sentence of one to five years.
James w. Morrison, Morton coun-
ty, one year, obtaining money by
false pretense. Conditional pardon.
Peter Lazoe, Cass connay, eight
years, manslaughter. Sentence COM
muted to six years.
Herold Brown, Mckenzie county,
one year. forgery. Sentence commut-
ed tc expire Dec. Is, 1914.
Fred Hamlin, Steele county, fifteen
years, murder second degree Sen
tence commuted to expire April /,
1915.
Charles Cox Ward county, forgery.
Conditional pardon.
Samuel w. Chadwick, Ward coun.
ty, soven and one half years, rape.
Conditional pardon.
Charles Lenzen, Divide county,
twenty years, robbery. Conditional
pardon. ....-
Frank Bobolz, Nelson county, sew
en- years, rape. Sentence would have
expired January Is, 1915. Pardon.
Roy Hutton, Burke county, one
year, grand larceny Pardon.
John C. Page, Morton county, five
years, grand larceny. Conditional
pardon.
Thomas Kelley, Cass county, one
year, petty larceny. Conditional par
don.
August A. SholtZ, LaMOure county,
one year and six months, grand lar
ceny Sentence commuted to one
James Rybin, Foster county, twen-
ty years, murder second degree. Con-
ditional pardon.
Fred w. Bujensky, Foster county,
five years, forgery. Sentence made
indeterminate sentence of three to
five years.
Govrnor Griffin, Bottineau, county,
fifteen years, rape. Sentence made in
determinate sentence Of five to fiji
teen years.
Thor Moeller, Ward county, ten
years, murder second degree. Sen
tence made indeterminate sentence
of xix tc, ten years.
Ira Edgar Wead, Bowman coanay,
two and one half years, incest. SEN
tence would have expired December
26, 1914 COMMITTED to expire De-
cember 23,, 1914.
The following applications for re-
storstion Of citizenship were grant
ed:
Samuel Hayes, Cavalier county.
Harry Wilson, Cass county.
Nels A.. Erickson, Cavalier county.
Andreas Braunberger Sheridan
county.
Jesse Grey Bear, Benson county.
Thorstein lStadstad, Grand Forks,
county.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
Believed Operation
Necessary to Restore
Kaiser's Health

London, Dec. 14.-A Munich tele-
gram states it has Sheen decided to
operate on Emperor Williams throat,
but the operation is being deferred,
owing to the feverish condition Of The
emperor, says a Berne, Switzerland,
dispatch. Last night Basel dis
patch said the emperor will be oblig-
ed to undergo an operation on his
throat, and probably he will not be
permitted by the doctors to return to
the field until after Christmas.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
ALTERNATING AFFECTIONS,

Napoleon, N. d., Dec. 14.-Sueing
for $4,000, Mrs. Eva Rott was award
ed Judgment of s1,5O0 against Hell
on Goehring, charged with alternating
the affections of the husband of the
plaintiff. Rot is register Of deeds.
The father of Miss Goehring is coun-
ty treasurer and the defendant was
his chief deputy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
COMMISSION SUSPENOS
RATES ON live STOCK

1 Washington, Dec. 14.-Proposed in
creases of freight rates on live stock,
fresh meats and packing house prodl
ucts from western centers to eastern
cities were suspended by the inter-
state commerce commission until
April lis, for investigation. 1t is es-
timated that the increased rates
would have yielded the roads an add
ed income of nearly ten millions an
nually.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
War Bulletins

London, Dec. 13.-It was Off
ciaIly announced that the Turk
ish battIeship, Messudiyeh, was
torpedoed and sunk in the Dard-
anelles Sunday by, a British sub
marine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
500 Wants TO
REPLACE PASSENGER
TRAIN TO W|ShEK

Superintendent Scott Derrick of
the 500 road has asked the state rail
road commission for permission to
abandon the passenger train between
Bismarck and Wishek and replace it
by an accommodate train.
The commission will hold hear
ing on the petition within the next
few weeks.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
SOME BULLDOG.

Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 14,-The
use of a pulmotor failed to restore
life to w. S.. McKinsi IS bulldog, suf-
focated when Mckinsie's home burn
ed yesterday. The animal had been
around the world aboard a United
States warship with McKinsie, who
was formerly in the navy, and was
highly priced.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15

The Emmons county commission
ers must be from the "ould Sod
The Braddock News printed the pro-
ceedfngs on green poster supple.
me1t.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
Keep Tab on Your
Representative

j. .
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been made by the Tribune to
cover the Legislative sessions
completely. Reports Of both
houses will be published daily.
Keep tab on your representa-
tives this winter by srbscrib-
ing to the Tribune.
Three months for one dol
lar: Order now.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15

Toxic, Dec. 14.-It is reported
that the German armed merchant
man, Oxford, was captured by
the British in the Indian ocean
and the German converted cruis-
er, Cormorant, entered the har-
Dor of Guam, in theLadrone arch
ipeIago.