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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
ARABIC CASE is ENDED
GERMANY DECLARES THE ACT
WAS A MISTAKE.
President Wilson's Demands Are Up
held in Note From Ambassador
Won Bernstorff.

Washington, Oct 7.-Safety of non
combatants in the naval war zone is
assured. Washington oficialdom de-
clares President Wilson has won sig
nal victory for the principles for
which he has contended in the subma-
,rine warfare controversy with Ger
many.
Germany, through Count Johann Won
Bernstorff. her ambassador. disavowed
the sinking of the liner Arabic and
promised the Washington government
# would indemnify it for the less of
all American lives. Germany has
yielded on all points brought to its at
tention by the United States.
Secretary Lansing on Tuesday gave
out the text of letter received from
Count ven Bernstorff. which was as
follows:
my dear Mr.. Secretary:
Prompted by the desire to reach a
satisfactory agreement with regard to
the Arabic incident, my government
has given me the following instruc-
tions:
THE orders issued by his majesty
the emperor to the commanders of the
German submarines. of which | mott
fed you on previous occasion. have
been made SO stringent that the recur
renee of incidents similar to the Ara
bic case is considered out of the ques
tion-
According TO the report of Com
mander Schneider of the submarine
which sank the Arabic and his affi
davit as well as those of his men
Commander Schneider was convinced
that the Arabic intended to ram the
submarine.
"On the other hand, the inperia
government does not doubt the gooC
faith of the affidavit of the British
| officers of the Arabic. according tt
which the Arabic did not intend tt
ram the submarine. The attack of thu
submarine was undertaken against th'
| instructions issued to the commander
The imperial government regrets ant
! disavows this act and has notifie,
| Commander Schneider accordingly.
Under these circumstances my gov
ernment IS prepared to pay an indem
nifty for American lives lost on tn
Arabic. | am authorized to negotiat
with you about the amount of this il
demnty.
81 remain, my dear Mr.. Lansing
yours sincerely.
81. Won BERNSTORFF."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
WILL DISCONTINUE.
AUDITOR OF STATE FORCED TO
HALT INQUIRY INTO SCHOOL
LAND FRAUDS.
CLAIM WASTE is UNCOVERED
Many Of the Lands Owned by the
State are UnderIaid With Fine
CoaI-Timber Illegally Sold.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
lumbus.-Because the general as
sembly did not grant funds to make
the inquiry, Auditor of State A. v.
Douahey said he had been forced to
discontinue the special investigations
into the disposition and management
of Section 16 school lands. In max
ing the announcement Donahey made
public report from Examiner John A.
Bliss in Morgan, Belmont, Carroll, Co.
lumbia, Harrison, Guernsey and Noble
counties. He finds in these counties
a total of 3,715 acres, which are valued
at $67,018.
The statement is made that the
boards of trustees required to admin
lister the lands are not legally consti-
tuted, and that gross waste and many
Irregularities exist in the manage
ment. Twelve counties have been ex-
amined to date, and "the same pitiful
results" are noted by the auditor. In
these II counties are 5.29S acres, with
a market value of s250,730, but the
schools are receiving return of only
LII per cent.
To make the situation still more
glaring, Donahey notes that many Of
| the lands are underlaid with fine coal
but says that much of it has been op
| toned by the trustees and considera
BILE has already been mined. More
than $4,000 is due the schools il
overdue rents. Timber has been solt
from the lands illegally and tenants
in one instance threatened to burr
the forests when told they could no
continue to denude the land.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
PREMIER OF GREECE RESIGNS
King Constantine Unable to Support
Policy CT the Minstry-venizeIos
Favors Allies.

London, Oct Premier Venizelos
of Greece has resigned. according to
a news agency dispatch received here,
King Constantine having informed
him that he was unable to support the
policy Of his ministry. Previously,
Venizelos had told the chamber of
the landing of allies at Salonik and
refuted the arguments that the gov
ernment intended to lead the country
into war. vote of confidence in the
ministry was then taken.
The vote of confidence in the Veni
zelos cabinet. taken in connection
with the premier's resignation. is in
terpreted as an open break between
the ministry and King Constantine
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
NeoIectino Mr. Wilson.

The Philadelphia Press thus suc-
cinctly gives expression to the opin-
ion that all intelligent men hold with
regard to the seamen,s law:
.'The passage of the La Toilette bfll1
in the last house of the last session Of
the last congress was a supreme act OF
folly.
Its impracticability and unwisdoml
have been fully demonstrated
1t has already done much harm and
will do very much more If it is allowed
to stand.
The first and immediate duty of
the congress shortly to assemble viii
be the unconditional repeal of this i'm
possible and hurtful statute
Yet our friend the Press omits from
this otherwise admirable utterance
one important observation. 1t fails I'd
remind its readers that Woodrow VII
son played a capital part in the enact,
ment of this Impossible and hurtful
statute" in spite of the warnings and
pleas of competent advisers
OF this fact the rress. we are conf
dent, is informed, and we have M
doubt it will dedicate portion Of its
unquestioned influence to induce Mr.
Wilson to assume at once the leader
ship of the movement for the repea
of the noxious law.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
WILSON TO AID SUFFRAGE
President Issues Formal Statement in
Which He Says Question Is Not
National But State Issue.

Washington. Oct S.-President Will
son came out for woman suffrage. In
formal statement he declared that
he would vote in favor of amending
the New Jersey state constitution to
that effect His statement follows:
Il intend to vote for woman suf-
frage in New Jersey because believe
that the time has come to extend that
privilege and responsibility to the
women of the state; but shall vote,
not as the leader of my party in the
nation. but only upon my private con-
viction as citizen of New Jersey,
called upon by the legislature of the
state to express his convictions at the
polls.
Il think that New Jersey will be
greatly benefited by the change"
Two members of President Wilson's
Enthusiastically of War Garrison
and Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
had previously issued statements de-
claring in favor of woman suffrage.
Private secretary to the president. Jo-
seph P. Tumulty, also had announced
that he would vote in favor of it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE

Washington, Oct. 6.-PreSident vii
son, Secretary Daniels and Chairman
Padgett of the house naval committee
decided at conference held at the
White House that the naval program
for the coming session of congress
shall include the addition of fast bat
tie cruisers to the American fleet.
Terre Haute. Ind. Oct. 6.-The city
council by vote of to on Monday
decided to remove Mayor James Cos.
som as a result of the impeachment
trial. He will appeal to the circuit
of the things charged the court will be
asked to pass on the validity of the &C.
ton on the ground that the law re
quires two-thirds vote of all ten
members instead of two-thirds of a
quorum, one councilman being absent.
Washington, Oct g.. Arguments
against the proposed increase in pas.
senger fares between the Mississippi
river and Rocky mountains were pre-.
sented to the interstate commerce
commission. Members of state rail.
way commissions took the stand the
increases were not justified.
Auburn. Neb.. Oct S.-Church Howe
former consul to Sheffield. England
Montreal. Canada, Palermo. Italy. and
Antwerp. Belgium. died at his home
here.
Chicago, Oct. S.-Max Palenske, for
mer assistant cashier of the Drover s
National bank, was indicted by the
federal grand jury in connection witt
the misapplication of funds of the
bank. The indictment contains thres
counts. charging misapplication o
funds, the making of false entries ant
defalcation of $4,000.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
Peaeehhaker Bryan.

Just what method Mr.. Bryan will
follow If he goes abroad to reduce Eu|
rope to peace has not yet been di|
vulged. 1t is some months since Jan9
Addams undertook a similar mission
and she is still describing to patient
audiences how many agreeable per
sons of distinction she met in the vari
Gus capitals of Europe Whether Mn
Bryan purposes to deliver his cele
brated lecture on The Prince Of
Peace" before all the kings and
kaisers wherever he can catch, them
or merely to express to them in pri
vate his personal disapproval Of hos
tilities, is his own secret. He is likely
any day to discover brand new plal
for stopping the war.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
Founder Of nHotel s,s oInk..

JEFF Davis, who claims he is
king Of the hobos, president of
the National Hobos' Association,
founder of the "Hotel de Gink,"
writer and humorist, his secret serv-
ice man." his secretary" and three
"lieutenants" are in Columbus JEFF
and his fellow-hobos retired to a quiet
roOming house" at 5371a North High
street, where hotel, q la de Gink, was
founded. They will make their head
quarters in Columbus for several days,
while their leader gathers material
for series of stories on prison re-
form which are to appear soon, he
says, in one of the leading magazines
He says that the work. of Warden Os-
born of Sing Sing prison, New York.
is wonderful
Primarily he says he is in Columbus
in the interest of the hobo, who, he
declare, is a man willing to work and
goes about the country looking for op-
portunity. The tramp is a man, ac-
cording to Davis, who won't work and
the bum is one who can't work.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
GERMANS IN SERBIA
TWO RUSSIAN CRUISERS SHELL
BULGARIAN PORTS OF vARNA.
! SAYS DISPATCH.
RoumANlA READY TO ACT
IBoHa Government Hands Passports to
the Entente ENJOYS and Waits War
Dcciaration--Freneh Troops Reach
Serb Border to Aid Ally.

London, Oct. 9.--The Austro-German
drive into Serbia has begun. An Of
ficial statement from Berlin announced
that German and Austro- Hungarian
troops have crossed the Dvina, Dan
ube and Save rivers at numerous
points and established firm footing
on Serbian territory.
The Cologne Gazette reports two
Russian cruisers actively lombard.
ing the Bulgarian port of varna.
A news dispatch by way of Munich
announces that Roumania will issue a
decree for general mobilization with
An twelve hours Meanwhile, advices
from Bulgaria state. Bulgaria, having
given passports to the diplomatic rep
resentatives of the quadruple entente
at their own request. is awaiting an
Immediate declaration of war from
the entente allies.
The situation in Greece Is chaotic
and analysts here believe 1t to be but
. question of hours before all the
Balkan nations are involved in the
war. Whether the allies will declare
war on Bulgaria or wait hostile &C
lion by the Bulgarian government
which is bound to come very soon. is
still a question.
The start of the Teutonic invasion
Of Serbia. which has for its object
mot only the crushing Of Serbia al
n power. but the ultimate advance tc
Constantinople. to the relief of tht
boleaguered Turks, is the most i'm
portant event of the days develop
menfs
An official dispatch reached Lon
don stating that the Austro-Germar
armies concentrated against Serbs
total 100000 men. .
No formal declaration of war ha!
come from Sofia. but dispatches from
there relayed via Berlin declared Bul
garia expected to be at war within |
lew hours.
Serbian forces have been masse'
along the three rivers for severa
E~.lxs. ready 10 meet the invader.
An entire French army corps. II 1
reported here. has reached the Serbial
frontier.
ENJOYS OF the allied powers lef
Sofia. according to Athens dispatches
General Liman Won Sanders. German
commander In Turkey. has arrived a
PhfllIppopolis. where he is in confer
ence with the Bulgarian Car Ferd
nand- Other German officers are re
ported to have left Constantinople TO
Bulgaria for the beginning of tn
Serbian invasion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
BELL DENIES ALL CHARGES
indianapolis Mayor Says He Didn't
Give Bills to "6ud" Gibson
Explains Receipt.

indianapolis. Oct s.--Practically
complete denial of having knowledge
Of wrongdoing on the part of anybody
I'm the primaries. registration sessions
and general election was made on
Thursday by Mayor Joseph e. Bell. on
the witness stand in his own behalf
IN the case In which he Is accused of
conspiring to commit a felony at the
primaries, registration sessions and
general election of 1914. in the Grim
innl court Bell denied that he gave
James t"Bud'D Gibson s11 in one-dol-
lar bills election day and asserted. in
explanation of the testimony concern
ing the receipt by himself of $500
from Lucius o. Hamilton, that it
formed part Of a payment amount
ing to 5000 credited on the treasur-
er's report to himself and Thomas
Taggart-
Examination in chief of Mayor Bell
was concluded at the time Judge w.
II. Eichhorn adjourned court.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
Insurance Concerns, Riqht.

At conference in the Office Of At
line of action to be pursued in refer
ence to testing the rights of liability
insurance companies under licenses
recently issued by State Insurance
Superintendent was discussed. With
Turner were Judge George B. Okey
and Timothy S. Hogan, who have been
retained by the Ohio Federation of
Labor. It is the present plan to bring
a suit in quo warranto against one or
more of the insurance companies to
test the right to act under licenses
that have been issued.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
Ohio schools Show Gain.


Columbus = Ohio has an army
of 1,29S,655 enumerated school youth
between the ages of six and q.
so compilation of reports made by
H. D. Sygert, statistician in the state
department of public instruction,
shows.
This is an increase of more than
$4,000 over last year and the largest
proportional annual increase in the
history of the state.
The state gives 50 for educational
purposes for each enumerated youth.
this money going to the various school
districts, and based on the enumera-
ton just completed will contribute
approximately s2.6OO,OO0 for this dur
ing the coming year.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
Appointment of Deputies. :

In a ruling to Prosecuting Attorney
Perry Smith, of Washington county,
Atty. Gen. Edward G. Turner held that
under the Kramer honest elections law
passed last winter, there is no duty
resting upon the sheriff to appoint dep
uties at the request of the Anti-Saloon
League and the Home Rule Associa-
ton, as such, but that if the duly con-
stituted committee or committees file
the signed statement provided for in
Section 5169-15 of the General Code, it
is the duty of the sheriff to appoint
deputies in the precincts designated
In such statements"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
Railroads and LEGISLATION.

The words spoken by Mr.. Tai
before the American Bankers assoc
alton, at Seattle. advocating NOR
tolerant attitude toward the railroad
are in accord with public opinion. Th
railroads were guilty of offense
against the public welfare and tn
PEOPLE finally rose in revolt whicl
undoubtedly, went to extremes. Raj
roads were investigated" officials dij
graced, onerous regulations put sins
force and rates lowered to unprofitabl
levels. The result was, in many case
Exchange.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
ISSUE MUST Be NET
Democrats Cannot Evade Tariff
Question.
Voters VIII Demand an Explanation.
Of Failure of the Underwood Sill
to Meet the Needs Of
the Nation.

The Democrats will be fortunate II
they can shift the issue in the next ma
tional campaign and sidestep the tar
i'll, which, in my opinion, they cannot
do, Notwithstanding just at this time
the European war overshadows all do
nestle questions" said DR.. H. l. Dun
lap. a merchant of Chicago and tarix
expert, in an interview at Washington.
"The Democrats have claimed that
the Republicans have used much in-
genious mathematical calculation to
prove the contention that the Under
wood-Wilson tariff bill has wrought in
jury to the country. The Democrats
themselves have used the ingenuity OF
convenient calculation to prove that
the new tariff is blessing.
For instance, the quarterly state
ment of importations and duties COLI
lected, issued by the department Sf'
commerce, extends the first quarter OF
the fiscal year, 1914, from July ! tol
October 8, 1913, during which period
the Republican tariff law was in full
force and effect. For this quarter the.
duties collected on imports amounted
to sS8,3S0.457 which was boldly cred-
tied to the Democratic law by the Sec
retary of the treasury and others. Had
the Underwood law been in force for
this period. with its average ad valo-
rem duty for the peace period Of ID
per cent on all imports, the duties coli
lected for this quarter would hafe
been $57.395,953, difference in favor
of the Republican law of sec. .9S4.504.
So it is entirely fair to say that for
this quarter the Democratic law was
benefited by its predecessor.
In the same manner the Democrats
SO analyzed the second, third and last
quarters to make it appear that the
Underwood bill was bringing benefits
together with sufficient revenue. The
late Mr.. Payne was right when he said
that a proper analysis of the Under
/ wood bill would show that the bill in
its first year would have left deficit
In the treasury, except that 1t was car
ried out on the crutches furnished by
the Payne law, which it superseded
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
CHICAGO BARS CLOSE SUNDAY
Mayor Thompson Notifies City Coun
Gil of Action-"Lid" Goes On
Next Sabbath.

Chicago, Oct 6.-Sunday saloons in
Chicago are doomed. Mayor Thcmp
son by executive order will enforce
the state Sunday closing law. He
made this announcement in a message
read to the city council on Monday.
The message came as complete sur,
prise and caused a tremendous sensa-
tion.
The mayor said the opinion of the
corporation counsel was that existing
city ordinances permitting. under GER
tain restrictions, saloons to remain
open on Sunday could not nullify the
state law
In view of this opinion Mayor
Thompson said he believed it to be his
duty to enforce the law.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
Distribute Literature.

Voting as unit, the supreme court
justices ordered Secretary of State
Charles @. Hildebrant to accept and
cause to be distributed arguments
against the proposed constitutional
amendment for statewide prohibition,
and against the amendment initiated
by the Constitutional Stability League
limiting resubmission of twice defeat
ed proposals. The court issued a
peremptory writ of mandamus as pray
ed for by the two committees. A
broad, liberal construction of the leg
islation is made by the court. The
court finds that the broad provision
of the initiative and referendum
amendments required that the argu.
'ments should be submitted to the
electors, and that they should not be
prevented from receiving arguments
on both sides, Notwithstanding tech
nical defect in the work of the consti
tutional convention that framed the In.
itiative and referendum proposal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
OHIO WOMAN SUFFRAGE
PARTY CONVENTION
Call For Meeting to be Held in Cleveland
Thursday and Friday, November
Eleventh and Twelfth

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cleveland. Upon the invitation OF
the Woman Suffrage party Of Greater
Cleveland, the Ohio Woman Suffrage
association will hold its Both annual
convention Thursday and Friday, Nov.
IL and IL, at Hotel Hollenden. The
executive committee will be in session
on the evening of the 10th, but the
convention proper will begin at 10
a. m. on the 18th. At 1 .. m. lunch
con will be served to delegates, visitors
and friends, the delegates being the
guests of the Woman Suffrage party
Mrs. Ethel Snowden, the wife of the
Liberal member of the English parlia-
ment, will be the only speaker at the
luncheon. Mrs. Snowden is a brilliant.
beautiful woman of great oratorical
powers. One hour on the 18th will be
set aside in memory of Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, who was born Nov. 12, 1915,
and who was responsible largely for
the calling of the first woman's rights
convention in 1848.
Ohio speakers and workers now in
the campaign states will tell of their
experiences.
All suffrage associations are urged
| to send delegates, and attention is
| called to the following articles of the
bylaws, article 2, section /: Local
dues paying societies may become aux
iliary to the state association by pay
| ing into the treasury annually 25 cents
for each of their paid-up members
Such local auxiliary societies shall be
entitled to three delegates by virture
of such auxiliaryship, and to one addi
tional delegate for every 25 members
Section 2. Non-dues paying local so
cieties, such as campaign committees
mems leagues, woman suffrage parties
etc, may become auxiliary to the state
association by the payment of a fee o.
So annually into the state treasury
Such auxiliaryship shall entitIe sucf
societies to two delegates in the stats
convention" All delegates signifyins
their intention of attending the con
vention before Nov will be enter
tanned by Cleveland people. Thos,
wanting further particulars in regar,
to the convention generally should ad
dress Mrs. Upton, state headquarters
Warren, o. Those wanting informa
ton in regard to local matters addres
Mrs Refus P. Ranney, general loca
chairman convention committee, 10
Euclid-av, Cleveland. The call is signe
by Mrs. Frances M. Easement. Paines
. vile; Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, Wal
ren; Miss Zara Dupont, Cleveland
Mrs Dora Sandoe Bachman, Colun
bus; Mrs. Helen Wise Molony, Cincir
/, natl; Mrs. Ethel R. Vorce. Cleveland
, Mrs Zel1 Hart Deming, Warren: Mr.
o. F. Davisson, Dayton.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15

London, Oct. S.-A dispatch to Reu
ter's Telegram company from Sonia.
sent by way of Petrograd, says:
"Bulgarias reply to the Russian u
tiEatum is unsatisfactory. The Rus
sian minister has notified Premier
Radoslavoff of rupture OF diplomat
ic relations between the two coun
tries
Russian interests in Bulgaria have
been consigned to the Dutch charge
d'affaires"
King Constantine of Greece, broth
er-in-law of the German emperor. ap
pears to hold the balance of power o'
the near East in his hand for the hour
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria rejected
Russia s ultimaturn demanding that
she break with the central powers and
expel German officers who have taken
charge Of Bulgarias army staff and
at the same time. say several CORE
spOndents. sent an ultinatum TO Ser
bia. allowing twenty-four hours for
the cession of Macedonia to Bulgaria
The program of the Gernlanic EN-
pires apparently includes consolida
ton of their field operations with the''
Turkish allies by sweeping clear
path from Berlin and Vienna to Con
stantinople Thus the crucial field O
warfare has shifted from the Frenct
and Russian fronts to the Balkan pen
insula. where German success woult
mean realization of Emperor vii
lians ambitions for expansion TOWARD
! India and Asia
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
CHARGE FRAUD AT POLLS
Head of Dry Forces In Minneapolis
Says Law Was Violated-Wets
Claim 10000 Majority.

Minneapolis, Oct. 6.-The county op-
tion election here on Monday was bit
terly contested, both the vets and the
drys making every effort to get out the
largest vote possible. Frank e. Aid
of Cincinnati, manager of the wet or
ganization. claimed his side had been
victorious by from 5000 to 10000 ma
jority.
Rev. George B. Stafford. at the head
of the dry forces. said:
There has been the most shame
less violation of law by the vets,
wagon load after wagon load of illegal
voters having been taken to the polls .