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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
WAR sPaTs CAUSE DIVORCE
Use OF French Language Classified as
Offense-suspects Tried by
Court Martia,.

Basel, Switzerland.-German mar
tial law is described by Alsatians in
Basel as weighing heavily upon
their countrymen at home.
They declare that the speaking Of
French is classified as an ofense UNI
der the orders issued by the COM
handing generals Of the Fourteenth,
Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Twenty-irst
German Army corps, who cite the
imperial laws Of 1878 and 1882 to sup
port their contention. The testimony
of the children and servants is taken
as proof before court-martial of guilt
Of talking French.
Personal feeling between pro-French
and pro-German Alsatians is running
high, visiting Als@tians declare. The
local courts have granted divorces re-
Gently to husbands and wives unable
to live tremendously because Of their
opposing national sympathies.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
RAT WENT THROUGH TIE WAR
Unusual Pet Was in Soldiers Pocket
During riot Fights in
Flanders.

London.-Perhaps the only rat o.
record that ever went through a mill
tary campaign, e~nsconced snugly in
its soldier owners pocket. at the bat
tie of Mons, the Marine and the Aisne.
is now in London in the possession of
Sergeant Johnson OF the Royal .feld
artillery. Johnson was wounded at
scissors and IS on a few days leave.
'Riily," as Johnson calls his rat.
though the latter is a lady, is pure
white, and was given to the English
soldier by a French girl at the begin
ming OF the During the battle Of
Mons, the rat sat On her masters
right boot. Twice she wandered away.
but came back I'll right and was in
the fighting al the way from Mons to
Melun, southeast of Paris. ard back
to the Marine AID the Aisne. Billy
was It'll Sergeant Johnson's pocket all
the time ana WIS FEVER hurt. When
the soldier landed at Southampton.
after he had been wounded BY shrap-
mel, 4 lady who saw the white rat,
presented to Johnson d black terrier
pup namei "abs to keep Billy com
pany. The rat and the pup are now
close friends.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
GUNS ROAR DRIVES MEN MAD
Soldiers Go at Each Other With Bay.
onets or Rush for Each 9th
er's Threats.

Washington, D. C.--Europe's war is
converting hundreds OF men into raw
ing maniacs, according to Maj. j. j.
Dickinson Of the state department,
who recently saw fighting in the
trenches ear scissors.
They don't fire at each other he
said, but the din Of artillery directed
at the covered trenches is positively
maddening. Now and then l saw men
jump out of the trenches and 60 at
each other with bayonets or in a mad
rush for each others threats.
From my position from trenches a
little behind the actual firing line l
saw hundreds of men brought back.
They did not seem to be wounded.
They were screaming, raving maniacs,
driven insane by that maddening roar
of artillery overhead"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
How the Tide Was Turned OH the
Marne.
Gencrai Galiieni Huris 10000 Men b,
Taxicab Against German Flank
and Forces Retreat to
the AiSae.
BY FRANKLIN p. MERRicK.

AilittI IliOlidI MEMS 5tlSi1S.J
Paris.-It is not generally known
that the Battle Of the Marine was o
by automobiles. General Gallieni had
400 taxicabs and other light motor cars
at his disposal. It will be remem-
bered that Won kluck with the right of
the German army go1 As far as Cham
piley. General Gallieni, as military gov
ernor OF Paris, had a large force, prob
ably hal, a million men, at his disposal
and he was responsible for the defense
III Paris
Gallieli figured that he had more
men thaa he really needed and that
10000 of his men could be spared for
work at she front.
Acting entirely upon his own re-
sponsibility, he ordered his men to
crowd into the automobiles. He made
each taxicab carry nine soldiers. 1t
was a curious sight. There were two
in each seat, two on the hood, one
with the driver and one on each rum
ming board.
Within six hours he throw the whole
10000 against the flank of the Ger
mans at Meaux. about thirty-fiye miles
from Paris. Won kluck evidently had
not reckoned with such a s0rtie. He
was forced TO stop and give battle. The
French, retiring on his front, reformed
and gave battle. The result was the
retreat of the Germans from Marine
to the Aisne after the sanguinaTg bat
tie named from the first river.
This is only one of the great exploits
of the French army automobile trans
port service. No other nation in this
war has used the motor car with the
effectiveness OF the French. The auto
mobile transport service is organized
as a separate branch. Working with
amazing rapidly just after the begin
ming Of the war, the French army Off
GERS drafted into this corps men who
had been employed III automobile
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., skilled work.
men, testers and drivers. The officers
were drawn from the manufacturers,
agents and other heads of automobile
organizations. The heaviest trucks are
used for ammunition carriers and light.
err commercial vehicles for the food
supply. General Mongin commands
the whole corps.
Some noted French race drivers are
now in the army service. Eoillot alter.
mates with the Marquis D'Albufera in
driving General Joffre's car. Several
machines are kept ready day and night
for General Joffre and it is no unusual
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
WASHINGTON.

Abolition Of the naval ''plucking''
board is proposed in the Witherspoon
bill, favorably reported to the house
by the naval affairs committee.
4 i
A bill to prohibit the importation of
any property of Americans or other
foreigners in Mexico, which has been
'confiscated by the Mexican authori-
ties,' has been introduced in the
house by Representative Kahn of Cali
fornia.
House committee hearings were
concluded on the Mcclellan bill to es,
tablish a federal system Of supervi-
sion Of cold storage warehouses and
limiting the time food products may
be kept in cold storage. 1t is gener-
ally admitted. however, that the house
will not consider the measure at this
session.
Government acquisition Of all tele-
phone properties was advocated be-
fore the house postofiice committee by
Representative Lewis Of Maryland,
author Of a bill for that purpose. and
by Samuel H. Bell OF Washington. D.
c., representing the International
Typographical union.
House democrats who will be mem
bers Of the next congress will caucus
on February 4 to agree upon the re
organization OF the house. 1t is vir-
tually conceded that Speaker Clark
will be chosen to succeed himself;
that Representative Claude Kitchen Of
North Carolina will take the place of
Representative Underwood as floor
leader.
After long consideration the Fed.
eral board, acting in its unofficial ca
pacity as the central committee Of
the $135, 100000 cotton loan fund, de-
cided not to comply with requests re.
Gently received to extend the time
limit for loan applications beyond
February 4.
>
The senate bill TO establish thu
Rocky Mountain national park. com
lprising $4,000 acres In Colorado
mpekly a forest reserves, was passed
$500 aftsr adoptlon \ son<
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
FOOTBALL GAME iALTS WAR
British and German Soldiers Fight on
the Gridiron-k aiser Upsets
the Schedule.

Berlin.-A general order issued by
the German army authorities prohibits
football games III the field between
German and English soldiers.
At Christmas time men from both
sides in the western theater OF war
fraternized and played hOtiy-contested
games Of football. Officers and men
laid aside their arms and watched the
players and cheered them on.
The rivalry became SO intense that
war was forgotten and the men Who
kicked the most goals received more
applause than is usually given heroes
on the fighting line.
At one place where the Germans
and British played the game was q
draw and the players agreed to sus-
pend fighting for two days more in
order to decide the issue on two
games out Of three.
News of this reached the military
authorities and it vas decided that
football was interfering 90 much
with the business Of warfare, aside
from the complications arising from
too friendly contact between the adj
vance guards.
The order was issued forthwith and
there viii be no more athletic con-
tests between the soldiers, who also
are forbidden to fraternize or meet on
any terms except those of bitter en-,
nifty.
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To Probe Warship Accident

Washington, Jan. 25.-Under the
usual naval procedure, Rear Admiral
Howard. compander Of the Pacific
fleet, will appoint a board OF officers
to investigate the explosion on the
cruiser San Diego, resulting in the
death of five sailors and the wounding
Of eight others. Officials said that
likely the inquiry Is under way. The
result will later be review by q board
and It will determine also whether the
circumstances Of the accident warrant
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
MAKING UP FOR VODKA EDIC7
Russian Revenues Nearly Up to Elk.
penses in Spite Of Pro-
hibition.

Petrograd.-Next to the war the
financial side of life is claiming the at
tention Of the Russian public.
In spite Of the war, with it's loss ct
customs receipts, and the abolition of
the vodka monopoly, which together
mean a loss of 100000 900, the reve-
nues for 1915 are estimated at~s1 $780,
100000. Ordinary expenses are esti-
mated at $1,54o, 0oO, 900, extraordinary
expenses estimated at $75,O 900, 900,
making $1,615,0 900. 900 the total ex-
penses for 1915.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
LOST GLASS EYE IN FIGHT
French Soldier Wants New Optic So
He May Rejoin Forces at
Front.

Paris.-Emile Decostered, a French
soldier. has written an oculist in Paris
asking that he be supplied a new
eye. His letter states that he fought
with his regiment until a week ago
when he was wounded by a ball that
hit the glass eye and shattered It.
1.-The doctor, noticing ! am without
an eye" says D~ecostered, lis holding
me in the hospital. Please send me
an eye 90 that / can Join my com
u2nd."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29

thing for him to enter one Of them and
drive the whole length Of the battle
front in the course Of the night.
There are now $4,000 automobiles
and 2,00Q trucks in the service Of the
French army.
biggest feats was the transfer Of the
British army from Braisne, between
Soisne and Reims, to st. Omar, a dis
lance Of 40 miles. The 100000 men
were transported to their new posi-
tions within three days.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
ENEMIES IN DEATH EMBRACE
Frenchman and German Eayonet Each
Other and Die With Hands
clasped.

London.--A French observer of the
battlefield Of the Marine tells that he
saw a Frenchman and a German lying
together. apparently In the act Of ex.
changing a handshake. Coming near.
er. he found that each man had bayo-
neted the other. and had fallen. in a
death embrace which mimicked the
pose Of greeting friends,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
Survivors Are Few.

"One hundred and twenty-three sur
vivors have been rescued from the
Bluecher's of 1856 and it is pos.
sible that others have been saved by
some OF u destroyers. No reports
of any destroyer or light cruiser fight
ing have yet been received at the ad-
miralty, though some apparently has
taken place.
Their lordships have expressed
their satisfaction to Vice Admiral Sir
David Beatty"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29

Edwin v. Corp pleaded guilty q
Sheridan, Wyo., to a charge Of big
amy. He was alleged TO have mar
ried women in Chicago, Denver and
Portland.
Joseph May and William Brown
were convicted OF coloring oleomar-
garine without paying the required
federal tax in the United States dis
trict court at st. Louis.
Resolution calling upon all social
lists to work for peace and interna-
tional disarmament was adopted BY
conference Of socialists OF neutral
countries at Copenhagen.
Further testimony, ~purporting to
show that James Sullivan, United
States minister to Santo Domingo,
had attempted to use his office Tor
private advantage was introduced at
New York.
Large engines and slack business
have combined t. increase unem-
N. Deguire at the western railroad
wage arbitration hearing at Chicago.
Degnire declared the railroads kept
a blacklist.
Representatives of the railway COM
MISSIONS OF Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana, in a confer
ence in Kansas City, agreed to fight
the increase in rates asked for by rail
roads west of the Mississippi before
the interstate m commission.
Francis Fl. Griffen, an attorney, and
his wife, Clara FL. Griffin. pleaded
guilty at New York to indictments
charging them with using the mails to
defraud their acq~uaintances Of high
social standing out OF sums aggregat.
ing 100000.
John w. Albright, who, according
to private detectives, has in the last
fifteen years obtained more than
S250,000 through forged motgage
swindles, is under arrest at Wau-
kesha, Wis, and, the detectives say,
has made a confession.
Smith Mcpherson, one of the re.
publican leaders Of Iowa since 1870
and for fifteen years judge Of the fed
eral court in the southern Iowa dis
trict, died at his home at Red Oak. He
had been i'll for six months, following
heat exposure in Kansas last July.
= y
w. r. Ellis, who represented the
Second Oregon district four terms il
the national house Of representatives
beginning with 1892, died at Portland
He was a native of Montgomery
county, Indiana. and an alumnus o.
the University Of Iowa, class of 1874
The 500. 0o0, 900 gold pool organ
lied in New York to meet American
obligations abroad shortly after thu
| outbreak Of the European war, will be
a"DaIldoNea, because O1Ahefs beiisNt
the necessity for it has passed. Bank
ers back OF the pool have comnaani
Gated their decision to the federal re
serve beard.
There was q large decrease las
year in fatal accidents in both thi
anthracite and bitumineas coal fslf'
Of Pennsylvania, according to fsure-
made public at H~arrisburgh by thu
State department OF mines. In tn
bituminous field 401 fatal accidents
were reported last year against 81
in 1918, while in the hard coal regior
| there were 500 in 1914 against ga TIL
previous year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
ATTEMPT BY TEUTON SQUADRON
TO REPEAT ATTACK ON ENG
llSH COAST TOWNS is
FAILURE.
TWO BATTLE CRUISERS
SERIOUSLY DAMAGED
British Ships Suffer Only Slight In.
iury-Clash Occurred Between
Liahs Cruisers and Cestroyers
Only 123 of Crew
Are Saved.

London, Jan. 26.-An attempt by
a German cruiser squadron to re
peat the attack recently made on
Scarborough, the HartlepooIs and
other British coast towns was frus'
trated by the British patrolling squad.
ron, and in a running fight the Ger
man armored cruiser Bluecher was
sunk and two German battle cruisers
were seriously damaged.
The British ships suffered only
Slight injury. So far as is known
only l23 OF the B~luecher's e OF
$50 we're saved.
a battle also occurred between the
light cruisers and destroyers, accom-
panying the bigger ships, but the re,
suit OF this engagement has not yet
reached the admiralty.
The British We're superior in ships
engaged, weight Of armament and
speed, and the fight of the German
ships into the mine and submarine in.
tested field possibly saved them from
further losses.
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e

A return to nearer the normal in
he shoe manufacturing business dur
Ing The coming year was predicted by
President John S. Kent in his annual
address before the New England Shoe
ard Leather association at Bostcn.
A constitutional amendment grant
Ing the ballot to women was intro
duced in both houses OF the Missouri
legislature. II the amendment passes
both houses Of the legislature, it will
be submitted to a popular referendum
in November, 1915.
With the departure OF the steam
ship John Hardie from Norfalk, Va,
and Of the steamer Kassala from Bal
timore, the commission Tor relief in
Belgium will have eight vessels cross
ing the Atlantic with feed enough to
iced the BelsaE.s for nearly three
W. Ks.
John Z. Outright, of Lincoln, Neb.,
American vice consul at Nottingham,
England, was recalled according to a
statement by Secretary Bryan because
q letter written by Nj. Outright and
published in an Omaha paper con
tained expressions Of opinion in re
gard to the European war
Moses Freedman, former superfn.
tendent Of the Carlisle Indian school
~ Sunbury. Pa, and G. J. Mort, for
mer chief clerk, were indicted by a
federal grand jury on charges OF en-
bezzling money belonging to the stu.
dents and of burning receipts for
students money given them by the
financial clerk OF the institution.
Mlonois general assembly went on rec
ord 40 favoring the passage just as
oOon a. the ~speakership deadlock is
dissolved and the legislature organ
l1ed. OF ar appropriation to reimburse
live stock owners who have suffered
losses through the slaughter OF cattle
Infected with the foot and mouth dis
!
Mrs. Maurice Campbell, known on
lhe stage as Henrietta Crosman, filed
! voluntary petition In bankruptcy at
New York, listing her liabilities at
317ye70 and her assets-said to be
p~kincipally money owed her by her
husband-at $4,000. Maurice G..
4%& x 3AA N S&&2a - -S
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29

1Ac HUuIllduldu ARMY Is UCiu5 hNI
bilized and students from the uniyer-
stiles are being ordered home, accord
ing to a Paris dispatch.
A German official statement fixsA
the losses Il the allies during the
past four weeks in the west at about
10000 and at the same time fixes
the German losses at less than one
quarter OF that number.
Frances foreign m dimin-
ished in value 1000. 100000 francs in
ten months OF 1914, compared with
the total OF a similar period in 1913,
according to figures compiled by the
customs administration.
II not only hope but / know that we
shall be able to fight through this i'm
mense struggle. In the domain OF
financial and economic affairs we are
equal to every demand, however long
the war may last" is an utterance at
tributed to Rudolph Havenstein, presi-
dent of the German Reichsbank, one
of the foremost financial authorities
In Germany.
An air raid on the British isles,
with towns in the county of Norfolk
as its objective, and the royal resi-
dence at S~andringiam as its especial
mark, is the latest enterprise under
taken by the Germans. Bombs were
dropped lear Sandringham palace.
Other bombs fell on Yarmouth, Kings
Lynn, Cromer Sheringham and Bees.
ton. Reports are that several per.
sons were killed and a considerable
amount Of material damage was done,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29
Sight German Cruisers.

The official report issued by tho
Press Bureau gives the following ac-
count Of the engagement:
Early in the morning q British pa
trolling squadron Of battle cruisers
and light cruisers, under Vice Admiral
Sir David Beatty, with q destroyer flo
tilla under Commodore TyrNihitte,
sighted four German battle cruisers,
several light cruisers, and a number
Of destroyers steering westward, and
apparently making for the English
coast.
THE enemy at once made for home
at high speed. They we're at once
pursued and at about $3.50 a. m. ac-
ton was joined between the battle
cruisers Lion. Tiger, Princess Royal,
New Zealand and Indomitable on the
hand and the Derfinger, Syedlitz,
Moltke and Bluecher on the other. A
we'll contested running fight ensued.
Shortly after ] o'clock the Bluecher,
which had previously fallen out of line.
capsized and sank.
Admiral Beatty reports that two
other battle cruisers were seriously
damaged. They We're, however, able
to continue their flight and reached
an area where danger from German
submarines and mines prevented fur.
Their pursuit.
mo British ships have been lost
n u casualties in personnel at
present reported are slight, the Lion,
which led the line, having only eleven
wounded and none killed.
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Bluech6r Re-risged Last Year,

The Bluecher vas a cruiser of IS.
$50 IONS displacement, and although
commissioned III 1908, was complete
" re-rigged last year. She was nor
classod as a battla-eruiser. but was in
the next class to those formidable
fighters. With her were the Derainger.
Germany's latest battle cruiser, which
had just left the builders hands, and
the battle cruisers Seydlitz and Molt
Ike, the latter a sister ship Of the
Goeben, formerly OF the German, but
now OF the Turkish fleet, which was
recently reported damaged by the
Russians in the Black sea.
The British squadron, commanded
by Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty, who
also was in command at the battle
Off Ielgolaad last Au@ust. consisted
Of the battle cruisers TIGER. Lion.
Princess Royal, New Zealand and II,
domitable. The first three OF these
cruisers mount eight 13.5 inch guns
each, and even the New Zealand and
Mdomitable carry T. inch gums. which
arc equal ID those III tile DssainEer,
the only one OF the German ships that
had better than II inch guns.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29

This unique picture Of the king Of
the Belgians was taken In the trenches
where his valiant little army is de-
tending the last few miles Of the devas-
tated country. Every morning the king
pays q visit to his soldiers, asks, after
their welfare and generally comforts
them. On this occasion he presented
the men with warm rugs. the gift Of
Queen Elizabeth.
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news Of THE WEEK
CONVERSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
4 BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters in Brief Form for All
Glasses Of Readers.
WAR NEWS.

The Roumanian army is being NO
bilized and students from the uniyer-
stiles are being ordered home, accord
Ing to a Paris dispatch.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29

Abolition Of the naval "plucking'
board is proposed in the WitherspooI
bill, favorably reported to the house
by the naval affairs committee.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-29

With the departure OF the steam
ship John IIardie from Norfalk, Va,
and of the steamer Kassala from Bal
timore, the commission Tor relief in
Belgium will have eight vessels cross
ing the Atlantic with fced enough to
iced the BeIs.al.s for nearly three
WIS.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-03
CITY COURT CASES.
Norwich Man Given Chance to Leave
Town-CaIIer Beaten with Stick and
Broom.

In the police court Wednesday morn
ing Philip MCGEE. an inmate of the
almshouse, received a sentence of 80
days in Jail for drunkenness. Sentence
was suspended for six months
John Coughlin, who gave his home
as Norwich, and who was found under
a passenger car in the local yards
late Tuesday evening, also received
80 days for intoxication, but had his
sentence suspended on condition he
leave town at once.
Esther st. Onge, minor, pleaded
guilty to the theft of $3.50 from Mrs
Jennie E. Lille, a dressmaker Of 1913
Valley street. With {, companion, she
had been in the room just before the
money was missing and owned up
to the theft when questioned by the
officer. All but half dollar was re-
turned by her to Mrs. Lille. The
case was ordered continued for three
months, as the girls previous record
was good
Frank Gallus and his wife Katie
were charged with assault on Edward
Gadarouski, and the latter was found
guilty and paid fine and costs amount
ing to 1855. The trouble was over
stove. which the complainant left
at the home of the defendants when
he left a short time ago. He went
to get it and was assaulted, as he
claimed, the weapons being a stick
and a broom. The defendants claim
ed Gadarouski was drunk and used
insulting language during his visit