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Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-20


 Holland Enters Protest THE HAGUE Feb soland has protested against the German proclamation.
 THE WESTERN WAR ZONE
 British Aeroplanes Damage Ports LONDON Feb 1s-Thy British aeroanes and hydropanes dropped bombs today Bru zeebruge and Bsnke"ers doing Germans Fail in Attempt to Destroy Air Craft BERLIN Feb l3The government admits that the British have and that the Germans have been cesu in their efforts to destroy the craft
 Raid Dsorganizes German Plans LONDON lThe air raids of the British points in Belgium have dgnzed the German plan of making naval base the north
 Foreigners Expelled From Alsaee PARIS Feb The expulsion of foreigners from Asaoe being
 Zeppelns War on Trenches GENEVA 15zeppen aeropanes engaged battle above the Asace trenches.
 Million German Soldiers in Alsace PARIS Feb l5The Germans have assembled million soldiers in French aeropan have dropped bombs German odrome Mulhausen
 Crippled Aiship Seen AMSTERDAM Feb IA crippled ahp flying this city this morning.
 British Aeroplanes Drop Bombs LONDON Feb Foy British aeroplanes have attacked Osend Ghses and zeebgge Bombs dropped the the German forces engaged in battle
 Allies Take Offensive LONDON 19The allies have taken the offensive all along the battle lines and have made gains points
 THE FIGHTING IN THE EAST
 Driving Russians From East Prussia BERLIN Feb l3Gneral Won Hndenberg driving the Russians making enveopng 
 Germans Celebrate Victory the of the victory reported that 26O00 Russians captured the Prussan battle.
 Austrians Surprise Russian Staff BERLIN Hungarian soldiers rentered Radutz unexpectedly staff captured One general committed suicide.
 Returns From the Front PETROGRAD Feb l5The returned from the front today
 Fifty Thousand Russians Captured BERLIN Feb 17Ffty thousand Russians have been captured in EastP Prussia
 Russians Driven Out of Bukowina LONDON Feb 19The report that have flung the Russians entirely of the province of Bukowina.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-20
Further Threats Made
AFFAIRS
Another Change of Presidents ?

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-The forces of General Carranza today evacuated Mexico City and the forces of the Zapatists en- tered and took possession.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-20
BL0CKADES IN EUR0PE'S WAR ZONES THREATEN
 SERIOUS C0NlPLI ATI0NS WITH THE UNITED STATES

slightly damaged She has resumed her Ans
 Holland Enters Protest HAGUE 19IIoland has protested the German warzo proclamation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
The Daily Newspaper.
From the Country Gentleman

From the Country Gentleman.
Complaint is made that the big city
terminating influence to the farms Thd
questions arise: How far may the city
dailies ~contaminate? Just what are their
communicating intluences2
The charge has always been with US
sensationalism, that they glorify vitious-
ness and crime and grossly e~xaggerate
the lures of city life. Some of them do
this, but not all. The actual reading Of
city newspapers carries. no danger OF con-
terminating the boy or girl On the farm.
The real danger Is in misinterpretation Of
the news--in other words, misinterpreta.
ton of the truth In life.
The city newspapers tell the farmer and
his children of the thousands of unem-
ployed in the cities; of the miserable
state of those whose wages are insuff-
cient for the bare needs Of life; of the
pitiable cases in slums that have no coun-
terpart in the country. You will ind
gaunt hunger in the headlines more often
than reference to the romantic acquisi-
ton of wealth.
Mere complaint against the contarninat-
ing influences Of city dailies will NOT Keep
them from the farm home. Railroads.,
better highways, telephones. and automo-
biles are bringing the countryside into d.
rect contact with current daily events.
The business farmer must scan the mar
ket reports from day to day. not merely
from week to week.
So long as we remain mortal some sort
of contamination will reach out for US.
No hermit in his cave is inviolable. In
the Dark Ages 1t was a crime to dispel
ignorance: the printed word was both
heresy and treason. Today the power OF
the press is our brightest symbol of free
dom. The daily newspaper is bound to
reach the farm, aud if read Alright may
serve as a vast influence for good.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
SITUATION is EVERYWHERE
FAVORING KAISER. HE SAYS

Berlin, tvia London), Feb. 22.-I.X-
planning the situation in the east Ma
jor Moraht. military expert of the
Tageblatt, points ont that reports from
general headquarters show the pursuit
of the Russians is proceeding in three
directions. The n0rthermnuSt has re-
suited in the capture of ~Taurosgen, but
not without fighting along the line from
Tilsit to Tauroggcn. The Russians,
however. soon We're forced to retreat
again, majcr Moraht says and it APP
pears that no reinforcelnents nave been
sent them from Kovno. He continues:
There also has been fighting north
west of Grodno. probably against the
fortress garrison seltt ahead against
the Germans. The situation is just as
favorable in the district of the Narew
river near Lom2a, where the Germans
still are contending with apparently
fresh Russian troops from the fortress
at Lomza.
This whole movement is the result
of the Mazurian Lake victory. 1t vas
we'll prepared and splendidly carried
out to cover the right flank of the fort
flied line north of Tarsam."
Major Moraht declares the western
situation shows daily the hopelessness
of the allies offensive and adds:
Our procedure there stands in a
certain degree under the pressure OF
general conditions. We must. like Gen
eral Lee, abandon for the time our bold
warfare and restrain ourselves to 2
steady holding on"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
The Wall That Saved Pur;s.

Arn0 DOSch IN the WOrld s. Work.
To the east of Charnbry's few houseA
runs a bad byroad. Where this
byroad joins the highway at the end, of
a hundred yards is a walled-in graveyard.
one wall running at right angles to the
road and facing the open fields. This
wall is pocked with bullet holes except
where the larger %loopholes were knocked
through it from within.
Just as 1t stands the wall should De pre-
served, 1t proved to be one of France's
toutest defenses. Before 1T was fought
one of the terrific combats of the battle
of the Marine. Against it the German army
broke. 1t had been hurled across Belgium
and nearly $50 into France, to be stopped
and routed before his cemetery wall.
AS a cemetery wall 1t Is useless now,
anyway. The graves outside are al1nos
as thick as within, and they extend to the
far side of the plateau. Behind the wall
the iJnmortelles were still lying all awry
as they had beer knocked In haste of com
bat. Before it the fresh graves had been
dug among blood-red peoples.
In every direction, and as far as we
could see for a mile, there were graves,
some unmarked, which were evidently
filled by blond men in dirty gray uniforms.
others marked with rude crosses and by
that we knew they contained darker men
in badly fitting long blue coats and red
trousers. The crosses were made by ty-
Ing two sticks together with cord The
winter will rot the cord, and by sprina
German and French graves will be alike
unmarked.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
NEGRO RESIDENTS
FLEE IN TERROR
Activity of Knight Riders" In
Southeast Missouri Drives
Them Out-Sheriff Asks
Aid of Militia.

New Madrid. Mo. Feb. 22.-As the
Jesuit of the warnings of might riders"
that they must leave the district before
Tuesday morning, nearly 300 negroes
left New Madrid county last night and
this morning. Possibly as many more
are preparing to depart before the time
limit expires. Thus far there a been
no violence.
i The negroes. most OF whom are en-
ployed on farms in this county. will
be severely dealt with unless they obey,
the order announces, and 1t is expected
that much trouble will result. h
sheriff. M. j. Conran, has asked Gov
ernor Major to send militia to help him
restore order.
The order for the negroes to leave
was not based on any specific objec-
tionabl act. it is said, but on ill-feeling
on the part of some whites who be-
lieved negroes We're doing work the
whites should have.
The trouble hetween the whites and
the negroes seems to have its origin in
the and rentals system.
Last December the white renters de-
manded a reduction from Sc to SO an
acre. The negroes We're content to
continue paying Sc and when new rent
contracts We're drawn up in January
more negroes than ever We're given
places on the farms.
Discomfort among the poor whites
then developed. The more prosperous
whites have condemned the raid.
Opposition has developed among the
land owners TO the plan to send the
state militia here to preserve order.
If the militia We're to come said
NJ. j. Conran, a land owner, the troops
would not know what men are making
! the trouble We know them and We
know how to deal with them. The
negro farmers OF this countv are law
abiding and thrifty and are entitled TO
[ ,.,nta.tin, .."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
ALLIED FLEET b0MBARD|NC
FORTS OF C%0NSTANTNOPLE
British B%attleships and Cruisers. Supported BY Strong French
Squadron and Aided BY Ae r%opIanes, Battering Dardan-
eNes-Forts on European Side SIenced, Is Claim.

1t is reported here that the Anglo
French fleet destroyed Turkish
forts on the Asiatic side of the
Dardanelles during the lombard
ment this morning. The forts on the
European side subsequently were
attacked and are still firing.
A powder magazine on the Asia
tic side of the Dardanelles ex-
ploded during the bombardment
by the allied fleets. The forts re-
piled in a lively manner to the fire
of the warships. but without sue
cess.
London, Feb. 2o.-In an attempt to
force the Dardanelles, the gate to
Constantinople. French and British
Warships began a boInbardment of the
Turkish Qualifications yesterday, which
is being continued today. An allied
fleet has been at the entrance of the
Dardanelles for several months and re-
damage was done to some of the Turk
lsh forts. An official statement, issued
In London today, says that ~aeroplanes
are cooperating with the warsh1ps in
the attacks, which had considerable
effect, The present movement evil
IDENTIFY Is the most formidable which
has been made In the effort to force a
way through the D~ardanelles, beyond
which lies Constantiople.
The text of the official
issued this afternoon by the British adj
miralty says
yesterday morning at S o'clock a
British fleet of battleships and battle
cruisers, accompanied by flotilla.s and
aided by a strong French squadron, the
whole under the command of Vice Ad-
m1ral Garden, began an attack upon the
forts at the entrance to the Darda-
nelles.
The forts of Cape Helles and Kun
kale were b~ombarded with a deliberate.
long range fire. Considerable effect
was produced on two of the forts. Two
others were frequently hit. u being
open earthWorks it was difficult TO
estimate the damage. The forts being
outranged, were Unable to reply to our
fire. At 2:45 O'Clock in the afternoon
a portion OF the battle ship force was
ordered TO close in and engage the forts
at closer range with their secondary
armament.
The forts on both sides of the en-
trance then opened fire and were en-
CARED at moderate ranges by the Ven
geance, Corvallis. Triumph, Suffrsn
and Bouvet. supported by the Inflexlble
and the Agamemnon at long range.
The forts on the European side wtre
apparently silenced. One fort on the
Asiatic side vas still firing when tie
operations We're suspended. owing to
the failing light. No ships of the
allied fleet were hit.
The action was renewed this morn
ing after an aerial reconnaissance by
British aeroplanes, The ship, Ark
Royal, is in attendance with a number
of seaplanes and aeroplanes of the
naval wing"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
HOLD RAILWAYS MUST
PROVIDE EQUIPMENT
Commerce Court Rules They
Must Furnish Cars or Be
Liable to Damages.

Washington. Feb. 22.-The Interstat.
Commerce commission held today, in a
divided opinion, that 1t and not the
courts has original jurisdiction in a.
case where there is an alleged failure
on the part of a railroad to furnish
cars to the extent requested by a ship
per. The Illinois Central had denied
the jurisdiction of the commission In
y case involving tive coal companies
and argued that the question was one
for court determination.
The opinion held that a carrier must
do more than provide itself with suf-
ticient equipment for the slack period
OF coal production and must assume the
burden of explaining or excuslng its
failure to furnish cars.
Commissioner Clark wrote a dissent
ing opinion. in which Chairman Harlan
and Commissioner Clements concurred
holding that the question of requiring
a carrier to provide itself with addi-
tlonal facilities or respond in damages
for failure to do so, was essentially
a judicial one and not within the power
of the commission.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
GERMANS SUFFER LOSS i'm
AN ASSAULT NEAR YPRES

Paris. (via London). Feb. 20.--The
official statement issued this afternoon
by the French war department
In Belgium-The enemy GolnbarISd
Newport and the dunes. His batteries
were effectively countered by ours. h
Germans appear to have employed I'M
portant forces in yesterdays attack
against our trenches to the east Of
Ypres. After a heavy bonlbardment Ct
orr positions the attacked
with the bayonet but We're repulsed and
our artillery held by its fire the re-
serves which We're to have supported
the first line attack. The German losses
were very high.
From the Lys to the Disc. and the
Aisne. in the region of Berry-au-Bac,
preat artillery activity prevailed"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
REBEL PLOT
ST|RS TEXAS
Government Unearths Scheme
to Murder All Whites and
Establish Republic of Me-
qrOeS and MexiCanS.
Corpus Christi. Tex, Feb. ETH

Corpus Christi. Tex, Feb. 22.-The
PRELIMINARY inquiry into the alleged
conspiracy to form a republic OF Mexi-
cans and negroes in south Texas by an
uprising on W~ashington's birthday,
postponed today until next Satur-
day by U. S. Commissioner Southgate
ecaus of absence of witnesses.
1t was charged that circulars, print
ed in Spanish, were distributed
throughout south Texas to incite the
murder of all white American males
over Is years old The postponed hear
ing was on charges against Anotolio
Gonzales and Manuel Flores of sedl-
tiouS conspiracy.
Federal n state officials In south
Texas are prepared for emergencies
next Monday.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
THREE SHIPS DAMAGED.
CONSTANTINOPLE REpOPTS

Amsterdam, (via L%ondon), Feb. 20
A dispatch from Constantinople gives
the following official statement. issued
by the Turkish war office:
Early yesterday morning British
and French ships opened their BON
bardnncnt of the outer forts on the
Dardanelles, firing 400 shots without
much success. one soldier was slight
ly wounded by a fragment OF stone.
'Eight armored A~nglo-French ships
bombarded the other forts OF the Oar
danelles for seven hours, without 81
lencing them. The enemy fired shots
from guns of great caliber.
Three hostile armored ships were
damaged. One of them, a flagship. was
damaged severely"
Another version of the Turkish re-
port as received here from CONSTANT
nople, says that on the Turkish sida
one man was killed and another slight
~ injured.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
STATE OFFICE IS
ROBBED OF FUNDS
Deputy Secretary Of State In
South Dakota Testifies to
Mysterious Losses
From Drawer.

Pierre, $. D., Feb. 2O.-That "A large
hm of money belonging to the state
VAS stolen from the drawer of his desk
n the secretary of states office, was
given by JOIN 4. Nelson. deputy, as
he reason there was not sufficient
fances to the state treasurer. and ac-
counting largely for the shortage in the
office. The sum OF 81, 500 was deposited
~ Mr.. Nelson on January %, and on
hat same date 81 900 was deposited In
he American Exchange bank to make
tutiicient funds to pay the state treas
lrel the 81 800
statement. Mr.. Nelson. when asked to
Explain about the 81 900 prior to the
ine it was deposited on January %,
iaid he you'd not like to answer. II
ne did. he would not want it given
publicity. Finally he asked If corn
PEELED to answer. and doubted the au-
thority of the committee. He was given
pvcr an hour to look up authority. then
returned TO the stand n said he had
not had sufficient time. tOn an opin-
Ion of the attorney general. read to
him. that the committee had fun au-
tiloritY. Nielsen said the money had
oeen stolen and that he had personally
made up the amount by the deposit of
January %.
Not Sure of Amount.
Nelson testified that he had no idea
how much money was stolen from the
dra W"r. but he thought as much as
$4,000. Later he said he was unable 10
state the amount stolen. The drawer
had been pried open. There was no in
dication that the door or window had
been broken into. He had in mind
SOM one who might have taken the
money, bat did not want to make
charges. He did not know whether it
was stolen during the first hall or sec
old half of the year 1914.
He was asked as to the receipts for
tho months OF July. August. Septem-
Der, october and November. which
were paid over to the treasurer by
checks. and if ii was not "a fact that
the money could not have been stolen
in those months
Mr.. Nelson answered that he did not
% The witness took fun respon-
SIblillN for all the transactions of the
office and said the loss was his own
and he has made it M He had carried
the lcss at first by taking current fees
That came in the next month and re-
p~lenished the fun of the previous
month.
Says Giassner BiameIess.
Mr.. Glassner had never dom any
worn IA tthe ONCE 10 amount to any
thing, he said. AS to the present short
age, testified 10 by State Accountant
Trurar, Nelson said there are a num-
Der of items to offset that and fees
still due the office from various cor
porations. If there is any shortage, it
is due to errors. His own fault entirely.
Some fees "a been lost by checks
which the office had received and
which were since protested.
The witness thought he had notified
Mr.. G~lassner. secretary of state, of the
robbery in November; 1t was quite a
time after the money had been stolen.
He had never notified the attorney gen.
eral.
I The committee may not compel him
ia come. but probably will be satisfied
to make a report showing the general
lo~oseness of the accounting system in
the office of the secretary OF state.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
RESERVE BANK NOTES
BEING C0UNTERFEITED

Washington. Feb. 26.-The first coun-
t~erfeit of a federal reserve note has APP
peared. 1t is a S. note of the Dallas
Federal Reserve bank, printed from
poorly executed etched plates. the Sc
cret service says. on two pieces of pa
per. with silk threads etWeen The
note Is a quarter of an inch shorter
han the genuine note and, Chief FLYNN
says, is such a poor piece of work that
it should be readily detected.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
RUSSIA DENIES REPORTED
HEAVY LOSSES IN BUkOWINA

Petrograd. (via London), Feb. 20
The Russian headquarters staff. in a
statement referring to a recent Aus
trian official statement declared that
the Austrian assertions that they cap
tured $4,000 Russian prisoners are not
true. AS an example the headquarters
staff cites the Austrian claim that they
captured 12. 900 Russians during the re-
treat in Bukowina. This number it is
stated. exceeds the total number of
Russians engaged IN this front and the
actual Russian losses We're seven Of
ficers and 1000 killed, wounded ano
missing.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
EX-BAND!T JAMES HELD

Excelsior Springs. Mo, Feb. 20.-Fun-
erai services for Frank James. the for
mer outlaw, who died last Thursday.
were held today on his farm scar here.
John F. phillips. II former federal
Judge. who defended James when he
was tried for mIrder and acquitted in
Gallatin. Mo, delivered the funeral I'd
dress.
After the services today the body was
taken to st. Louis. where it will be
cremated and the ashes returned to Q
sa fe deposit vault in this cit"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
DISABLED LINER is
dashed BY HIGH GALE

Norfolk. Va. Feb. 2o--The coast
guard cutter. Onondaga, which left hero
Yesterday to assist the United Fruit
steamer. Santa Marta. disabled with
freight and passengers off Hatterss S,
reported today she had been stopped by
a gale 45 miles from the distressed ship
and was waiting for the storm to sub
side before proceeding. Other coast
guard ships in he vicinity are work.
Ing toward the liner. She has beer re-
ported in no ammiEsnt danger.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
RUSH Of GERMANS
BELIEVED CHECKED
!. ON RIVER N|EMEN
Teutonic and Russian Armies
Again Locked In Combat
Won Hindenburq Trying
to Flank Warsaw.
CZAR'S ARMY REINFORCED
Both Sides Have Sustained
Heavy Losses In Galicia-
Kaiser's Forces Harass-
ing British In Belgium.
CARS ARMY REINFORCED

Geneva, tVia Paris>. Feb. ga
dispatch from Cl'acow says the
Russians ave begun to lombard
Frzemysl With new heavy artil-
lery and that they have driven the
Austrians back along the line
krosno = .iaslo = Gorlice The Aus
TRANS are reported to have suf-
fered heavy losses in the last three
days at Wyszhow, near Dukla pass.
Petrograd, tvia London), Feb.
W.-The Russian minister to Ru-
mania. Nj. Pollevsky-Kozelle, in a
report to the Russian foreign min
lister, M. Sazanoff, says that ac-
cording to sue Information as he
has been able to gather, Runania
Will continue her present policy OF
armed and watchfml waiting, tax
ing sides neither for nor against
Russia and her allies.
London. Feb. 22.-German movement.
on the northern extremity of the east
ern battle front hold first place in
the military situation. particularly so
as Petrograd believes that Field Mar
shall Von Hlndenburg is trying to flank
Warsaw from the north, a task which
the Russians think is rather daring
and fraught with great risks unless the
German commanders forces are over
"iiSiiIllIiS.
The first ru3l, of the Germans over
the east PruSsian frontier seems to
have spent itself. The now
are reported to- be locked with Russian
relnforcenlentS at many points, from
the Niemen river, below Kovno. down
to the right bank of the lower Nistula,
and military experts in london say 1t
Is difficult to visualize this position.
The campaign i'm the Austrian crown
land of BukoWina continues with pros
poets of developing into a decisive bat
tie on the banks of the river Pruth.
In Galicia the repeated violent Aus
trian attacks against the Russian po-
sitious in the Cafpathian passes have
been costly To- both sides. but they have
left the alignment little changed.
In the west tn" Germans are ham
mering away in "a endeaVor To ecov-
CT lost ground and are reported to be
keeping the British troops especially
busy to the southeast of Ypres in Bel
GUM n elsewhere along their COM
paratively extended front. but, accor
ing to French and British claims, With
out appreciate gains.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25

The hottest region on the earth is
thought to be the part of Persia Dor
dering on the Persian gulf, where there
is a record OF 100 degrees for 40 DAYS.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
HOW HEAVY is PAINT?

Probably no car owner realizes in.
terms of pounds how much paint he
motor car figured recently that Il.
pounds of paint went on the body OF
his car. The paint is applied in III
coats and is finally sem out finished
with as much care ais. the finest piano
Telephone troubles in the tropics art
largely due to the wires becoming COW
cred with air plants,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-25
MEXICAN REPUBLIC
NEAR BANKRUPTCY
Weighed Down BY a Debt of
$780, $50, 1000 Only Stable
Government Can Save
Her From Ruin.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. - All
the native Roman Catholic clergy
in Mexico City are being held for
$5OO,0O0 ransom, official advice
from ~diplomatists in the Mexican
capital received here today say, and
the only priests exempted are those
of foreign nationality, who have
been ordered to leave the country.