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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
Areas Moved in War.

Areas Moved in War.
The area of the countries ranged
against Germany, exclusive OF Italy,
he finds to be 67,OO0,O00 square xii
ometers, with an agsregata popu-
lation of 800,0O0,0ed. Germany and
her allies on the other hand have
a territory of 100000 square kilo-
meters, and a population of 150,-
100000 persons.
The daily cost of the war to the
ten nations now taking part he
places at l69,000,00Q marks lS42, 250,-
900 and he estimates that MP to
the first of April the total cost OF
the war was 40,00O,0O0 marks ls10,-
000,000,0 00.1 Italy again excepted,
he places the annual cost OF such
a war at $15,000,000,000.
Cost by Weight in Gold.
It would take 60,000,000 Of huge
LOCO mark bank notes to pay this
cost, and these notes, stacked up
one on top of the other, would
make q pile 10000 feet high, almost
four miles, In height. In gold this
same sum would weigh M,O0O,00O
Kilograms f52,912SOO pounds,)
whereas the entire gold production
OF the entire world during the past
500 years has amounted to but 49,
Kilograms.
The daily war costs for the Ger
man empire he places at 33,0O0,OOo,
marks ts8,250,oOo, and only 40 days
Of this conflict cost as much as the
whole Franco~Pr ,1ssian war Of 1870
n. The cost to England, exclusive
Of the colonies. Is about the same,
and three months Of this war cost
Great Britain as much as tie Boer
lasting two years and seven
months. France spends q little
more daily.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
~2l,OOO,OOO Men in
the European War

Berlin-In Justification Of the
superlative adjectives that are APP
piled to the present war, William
Michaelis has complied figures in
Over Land and Sea, showing just
how big the war is.
He estimates that 2l,770,000 men
stand opposed to each other-12,-
$4,000 on the side Of the Allies and
8,950,00O for Germany, Austria and
Turkey. On the naval side, his es.
Inmates are as follows:
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29

DisavowaI 5n Asked.
IN view O. m of Illegal.
ity made by German
government wa I'D the right
of retaliation of its acts
and in view of st possibil-
ity of conformin. established
rules of naval " e govern
ment of the Unite@ cannot be-
lieve that the imp man gov
eminent will longer h from dis
ayowing the wanton its naval
commander in sinkini Msitania
or from offering rep for the
American lives lost, Sc ) repara-
ton can be made for dless de-
%struction of human life i IN Illegal
act.
Navigation Rules r cted.
THE government of ID United
States, while not Indifferent to the
friendly spirit in which it is made
cannot accept the suggestion of the
imps German government that
cert. vessels be designated and
agreed upon which shall be free on.
the seas now Illegally prescribed.
The very agreement would, by impli-
cation, subject other vessels to Illegal
attack and would be a curtailment,
and therefore an abandonment, of the
principles for which this government
contends, and which in calmer coun-
sells every nation would concede as
of course.
Contend for Same Object.
"The government of the United
States and the imperial German gov
eminent are ~contending for the same
great object; have long stood to-
igether in urging the very principles
upon which the government OF the
United States now so solemnly in
sists. They are both contending for
the freedom of the seas. The gov.
eminent of the United States will
continue to contend for that freedom,
from whatever quarter violated, with
out compromise and at any cost. 1t
Invites the practical cooperation of
1.-THE imperial German government at
this time when cooperation may ac-
Icomplish must and this great COM
mon object be most strikingly and
effectively achieved.
Ready to Act as Common Fried.
4The imperial German government
Expresses the hope that this object
amy be in some measure accomplish
ed even before the present war ends.
1t can be. The government of the
United States not only feels obliged
to Insist upon 1t, by whomsover VIC
lated or ignored, in the protection of
Tits own citizens, but 1t alasaoa deely-
lly, interested in seeing it made prac-
ticable between the belligerents them
islvs and holds itself ready, at any
time to act as the common friend
who may be privileged to suggest q
way.
"Deliberately ~UnfriendIy."
.In the meantime the very value
(which this government sets upon the
long and unbroken friendship be-
tween the people and government OF
the United States and the people and
government of the German nation i'm
pels it to press very solemnly upon
the imperial German government the
necessity for a scrupulUus observance
of neutral rights In this critical mat
ter.
Friendship itself prompts 1t to say
to the imperial German government
THAT repetition by the commanders OF
herman naval vessels of acts in con-
prevention of those rights must be
regarded by the government of the
United States, when they affect Am
erican citizens, as deliberately I'M
friendly"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
Cincinnati Freie Press.

The idea of a demand upon a be
ligerent power to abandon q GER
tain method.of warfare which fur
nishes the only possibility to force
her opponent to his knees, simply
because such method would en-
danger lives of passengers who en-.
ter the war ION upon enemy ships,
had SO far notoccurred to any one.
AT any time when the union fought
so desperately for its existence, the
congress passed an act designating
every person found upon enemyt ter
ritory, an enemy, no matter wheth-
er such person was an American or
foreigner. An act of defense against
a brutal enemy can never be con
sidered an unfriendly act against
a neutral state, certainly not as a
deliberately unfriendly' act.
Cincinnati volksblatt.
We believe that it would have
been more conducive to friendly re
lations between both countries if
the president had adopted the Ger
man proposition of separate trans
portation Of passengers and amun-
ition. The contention of the pres
ident that he would thereby aban-
don American rights arises from the.
palpable error that he classes ships
carrying ammunition as merchant
men.
Indianapolis Star.
There is a noble and almost ma
jectic restraint about the note,
which puts to shame the excited
utterances of extremists on either
side. OF course it is the highest
wisdom to make no threats against
Germany and to reserve to ourselv-
es the widest latitude and discre
tion in shaping our course in case
OF renewed affront.
Illinois Stats Zeitung.
AS we stated before the present
note to Germany had been pub
lished, apparently our government
had a secret agreement with Eng
land to force a break with Ger
many. We now have the text Of
the note at hand and it justif1es
our anticipations. Germany can
never submit to the tone OF it and
will, as much as we are sorry for it,
find no other answer than the
breaking off of diplomatic rela-
lions.
The Chicago Herald.
President Wilson's third note to-
the German government on the re
suits OF it's methods of submarine
warfare is couched In the language
that q self-respecting man uses to d
friend whose acts have Wronged
him and IN the Language which
no Intelligent man would repent
from a neighbor whose friendship
he valued.
Chicago Tribune.
The reply Of the government to-
the latest German note appears to
be final, SO far as the American con
tentions OF law and right are con-
cerned. II not an ultimatnm in
form, It II an ultimatum ID fact.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29

nationals, founded In custom and
buttressed in law, enlist our de
tense. TO invade them must be an
act unfriendly, not alone to the sui
ferers. but to all mankind. There
can be no misunderstanding, no
misinterpretation of the message,
detailing with ffrmness and admir-
able clarity our dissatisfaction with
the German course, that went to
Berlin yesterday.
Boston Herald.
From the logic Of the presidents
note there can be no escape. From
the responsibilities which it impos-
es the American people exhibit no
desire to retreat. It's closing appeal
to the ties of memory and Of friend
ship, after allusion to the common
interest of two nations, felicitously
points the way to continued peace
but leaves Germany to decide Wheth
er to have it.
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The latest-it may be the latest
note to Germany regarding that
powers violation of the rights of
.neutrals as perpetrated in the Lusi-
tania outrage, leaves nothing to be
said, nothing to be misunderstood,
or doubted. Straight and strong,
clear and outright, it is, as honest
Anglo7Saxon speech can be when
it brushes aside the artificialities
and elegancies of conventional dip
Ilomacy and drives direct from hui
man heart and brain.
Baltimore American.
There is nothing in the note to
go to war over, but there is much
in 1t for the frame work of peace.
1t IS devoid OF palaver. and it is
Webbed together with the fine
meshes of relentless logic. It has
the basis of right and therefore it
does not need to resort to subtlety
or s~ubterfuge.
Baltimore Sun.
Friendly and persuasive in tone,
admirable in expression, unansWer-
able in logic, the note puts IN end
to all quibbIing as to the future.
Germany is given her choice be
tween the neutrality OF the United
States or its hostility.
Baltimore German Correspondent.
One thing seems clear: Germany
will not and cannot give her sub
marine warfare, which for her is an
Issue Of TO be or not to be- She
is Observation-Disclosures to avoid
endangering American lives or prop
erty. wherever she can do SO without
endangering herself.
New York World.
The United States is no longer
concerned with what Germany says.
II is concerned only with what Ger
many does. President Wilson'S
third note to the German govern
ment in respect to the issues Of law
and humanity raised BY the Lust
tania massacre is the final word of
che United States The note is not
ultimatilm ia form. but it liz
an ultimatum in substance.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
Take New Height.

Paris. July 28.-The French oficfal5
statement this afternoon d
bombardment yesteray Of Far
mes and Of East Dunkirk WAS followed
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29

~ r~etaliatory are from our guns
on the German barracks at WestendeS
and ii Middelkerks.
Five bombs thrown down yester
day evening by 4 German aviator oil
Dunktrk calsedno damage
In the Antois district particular
~ the sector of Souchez, last might
saw artillery exchanges ana engage
ments with hand grenadess
I'm the Argonna, Two German
forts to attack nearIayon and BIA
awhile LaHarazee were checked with
ease.
TN the Vosges We succeeded ysss
terday evening Ia extending andcon
solidating orr positions on til crest
Of the Lingekopf and Iii occupying
height located between the River
Tinge and The stone q~uaIries
threAdsfferent occasions ths enemy
delivered counter attacks, but without
success.
The German artillery yasterdas
bombarded Mount schIuchet
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
ms Secon
omeWhat Pa.
)ltimatuln on /

ssident's lat
sgrading the
ed to Ambas-
to the Ger
follows:
perial German
9Th Of July,
careful con-
'1ment of the
regrets to be
has found it
ause it fails
nee between
nd indicates
accepted prin-
,ity may be
ter in con-
1 the con-
,artial sus-
.es, which
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
OFFICIALS WAITING
LEELANAW DETAILS


Washington, July 2s.-pefails Of
the sinking Of the American stearn-
ship Leelanaw by q German subnsa-
rine were today awaited BY officials
of the United States government
pending which they were reserved IA
their comments.
A full account Of the destruction
Of the LeeIanaW is noIt expected IN.
I'll the American consul al Dundee
Scotland, has completed his investi.
cation. The inquiry was 70 begin
there today with the ARRIVAL Of the
Vessels crew.
Authorities Await Detail
The course to be pursued BY the
American government VIII not ded-
3nitely be determined init al the
facts have been received. 1t IL posi-,
Bile, however, that the procedure will
be the same as in the case Of the
American ship William r Frye when
the United States disputed Germanys
right to destroy American ships even
II carrying contrabands
Officials here are of the opinion
that the Leelanaw should nave been
immune from attack and that Ger
many has again violated the Peussian
American treaty Of 1923.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
The Chicago Herald.
Chicago Tribune.

The reply Of the government to.
the latest German note appears to
be final, so far Al the American con
tentions OF law and right are con-
cerned. II not an ultimatnm in
form, 1t IL an ultinatum III fact.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
d Illegal,
he United
ctton that
nnent rec
the valid
I'd upon in
'ns which
lressed the

OIL submarines
on the high seas
tina the high seas are
. character and cargo of
man must first be ascer-
ore she can lawfully be
destroyed, and that the lives
,batants may in no case be
pardy unless the vessel re-
,aaks IN ma after hpinp
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29

Losses FG1gnSIHI,
Geneva, July as tvia Parisl.The
Tribune prints the following regard
ing the operations n the ItalienWar
theater
THE AustrIans right with utter
contempt FOR death and the Iosses on
both sides are frightful. but those q
the Austrians appear heavier, the It
allan artillery moving them down j
Masses On the Garso plateau the
italians are advancing IN the direcr
ton Of Gorizia On Monte Nero the
Italians have carrier several portions
of the enemy's positions A Podgora
the italians repulsed all Austriana
faeks. MISUNDERSTANDING StTenle
violence with which they wereSdsiivsI
erd
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29

which 1t h
causes of {
DisavowaI
I'm view o
ity made by
government WI
of retaliation
and in view of
:ity Of conformin.
rules of naval "
ment of the Unite
lieve that the imp
eminent will Longer
avowing the wanto
commander in sink
or o offering
American lives lost
tion can be made
%struction of human
act
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-29
10 Ger
Nature
Affair
d remove h

d remove the
5n Asked.
N of Illegal
| German
ed the right
of its acts
st possibil-
established
e govern
cannot be-
r man gov
Ell from dis
on its naval
kin; Msitania
rep for the
1t, Sc ) repara-
for dless de-
n life / IN Illegal
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-12
TRY TO BREAK RUSSIAN LINE
Bring Up Troops Which Have Been
Operating in Region of
Grodno.

London.-Balked at other points, the
Germans are making another attempt
to break the Russian line in Northern
Poland. They are advancing from
khorjele, on the East Prussian frontier
along HE Orzyc river, and by the roads
leading southwark to Przasnysz. This
is one of the routes the Germans took
in their great drive from East Prussia
in February, which finally ended in
their defeat at PrZasnysZ.
For their attempt they have
brought up troops which have been
operating in the region of Grodno and
some of the new army training since
the outbreak of the war.
The point selected for the attack
is the nos favorable along the East
Prussian front. The splendid railway
system a bring troops and their sup
plies to the border and good roads
lead to Przasnysz.
A battle of almost equal importance
is in progress farther north, in the
region of Suwalki, where the Russians
have pressed the Germans back to
their own border.
The Russians appear to have coun-
tered successfully the German often
sive on the Pilica river, and in the
.Carpathians Nthey are withstanding
continued attacks along the whole
front.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-12
PRACTICALLY A WARNING
Communication to carranza Reported
to Be an Entire Change Of Policy
at Washington.

Washington.-New and urgent rep
reservations, amounting to practically
a warning, have been sent by the
United. States to Gen. Carranza, de-
handing an improvement Of condi-
tions in Mexico City.
D1plomatists familiar with the con-
tents of the note which American Con-
sui Silliman has been instructed to
present to Carranza interpret it as an
entire change Of policy on the part
Of the Washington government to-
yard the Mexican situation.
The communication to C~arranza,
drafted after conference between
President Wilson, Secretary Bryan
and Counsellor Lansing, was guarded
with secrecy pending some word from
Carranza and to his attitude.
1t was said by some officials that
the note contained the strongest rep
reservations ever made to Carranza,
and indicates that the American gov
eminent is rapidly losing patience
with his indifference to the objection
able acts of Gen. Obregon at Mexico
City.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-12
WOMAN CONFEssEs'
CHECK F0RGER|Es
GETS $500 en- BOGUS PApEa
SIGNED BY PHILAN.
THRO?IST.
WILLING TO TAKE SENTENCE
Had Millionaire Write Name on Fly
Leaf Of Bible and Then Copied It
for Use on Check-Man
Suggested Scheme.

Tulsa, Ok.-Miss Florence Cogwill.
an attractive young woman, about %
Years old. under arrest at Sapulpa for
forging the name of Charles Page,
millionaire philanthropist of Tulsa. to
a check for $500, has confessed. i'm.
a young man who she said
told her his name was Glenn Denning
She says she met Denning on a train
between ~Bartlesville and Tulsa.
Denning, she said. proposed that sba
attempt the forgery and outlined the
plan under which she proceeded. The
woman entered Pages office in the
First National Bank building late Fri
day, and requested that he write his
beneath a verse of poetry she
had written on the fly leaf of a Bible
n was carrying. She said she
wished to preserve the signature az
a memento of the philanthropist. Page
consented. She executed a very
clever forgery of the signature to the
check which she attempted to pass
on the American National Bank of
Sapulpa. The bank became suspicious
when the woman said she would take
but $1,000 and leave the rest on de-
post, and had her arrested.
She broke down and confessed it.
saying she would accept Is years in
prison If need be, to shield her fam
lily. The police of several cities are
looking for Denning. Miss Cogwill
told the Sapulpa police she was TO
have been married at Ottawa, Kan,
March 8.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-12
SUBMARINES SINK
3 ENGLISH SHIPS
ACTIVITY OF GERMANS SEEMS
TO BE RENEWED NEAR
THE COAST.
81 MEN REPORTED W
n British Steamer Tanqistan Is
Struck Amiship adnd Goes Down
In Ten Minutes-Attacks at
Three Different Points.

London.-An official announcement
issued shows that German submarines
March 9 sank three steamships.
The statement says:
The steamer Tangistan was sunk
by a German submarine off Scarbor-
ough at 1890 o'clock the morning of
March 9. Only one mar of her crew
OF 38 men was saved.
THE steamer Blackwood was sunk
by a submarine, without warning, off
Hastings at 6 o'clock the morning of
March 9. Her crew of II was saved
German submarines appeared early
March 9 at three widely separated
points on the British coast, and, it is
stated, officially, without giving warn
ing to the crews, sank three British
merchant steamers.
In one case, that of the steamer Tan
gistan, which was t%orpedoed off Scar
borough, in the North Sea, 81 men of
her crew of 38 are missing. Only one
man from the vessel was picked up.
The attack which sent the Tangistan
to the bottom was made half an hour
after midnight.
At 6 O'Clock in the morning another
submarine sank the steamer Black
wood off Hastings, in the English
channel, while a third submarine sank
the steamer Princess Victoria off Liv-
erpool at 9:15 o'clock.
News Of the latest exploits of Ger
man submarines came just as the Brit
ish public was congratulating them
selves that the threatened German sea
blockade had been a failure.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-12
RUSSIAN WAR OFFICE REPORT
Many Prisoners Taken As Well As
Seven Officers and Three Ma
chine Guns.

Petrograd.-The Russian war office
has made public the following official
communication:
"Our offensive continues on the left
bank of the Niemen and in the district
southwest of Grodno. Our troops drove
the Germans back behind the front of
Sopotzkin-Lypskov and then pushed on
vigorously.
I'm a similar manner in the Miawa
district our attacks we're crowned with
success. We took about 900 prisoners,
including seven officers and also three
machine guns.
"On the left bank of the Vistula, in
the region Of the Pilica, the fighting
is assuming the character Of a great
battle.
In the Carpathians, between the
Ondawa and San rivers, the Austrian
attacks continue. Southwest of Luto-
wisko the enemy tried to cross to the
right bank Of the San, but in a counter
attack the Austrian units which had
crossed the river were ann1hilated."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-12
ARE NEAR coNsTAnTMOPLE
MORE Turkish Forts on the Asiatic
Side Have Seen siienced-Turks
Make Resistance.

London.-The British and French
fleets have battered their way a step
nearer to Constantinople, not, how
ever. without daamge to the ships en-
gagged. and the battle for the OAR
danelles continues.
More Turkish forts on the Asiatic
side have been silenced, according to
a statement by the British admiralty,
but the Turks are making a terrific
resistance. and shells from their Ger
man-made guns have found more than
n mark on the b~esieging craft.
From the number of ships engaged
and the size and range of the guns,
the battle Of the Dardanelles is un-
anything in history, according to
experts. At $1,000 yards the
huge battleship Queen Elizabeth of the
British squadron, assisted by smaller
ships, is still hurting shells across the
Gallipoli peninsula into the Turkish
strongholds on the Asiatic shore The
admiralty statement carries. the OPP
erations through Sunday, and admits
the Turks not only scored three minor
hits on the Queen Elizabeth, but that
most of the ships inside the straits,
both French and British, were struck.
None was sunk and there were nc cas-
ualties.
The Turkish forts, Bumili Medjidieh
Tabia and Hamidich Tabia, fringing
the Asiatic shore line, we're silenced,
as were the Mount Dardanus battery
farther south. The Turkish casualties
are not known.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-12
BRITISH CAPTAIN IN JAIL
News of the Seizure Of the Wyvis-
brook Is Reported From New
Orleans.

New Orleans.-The British steam.
ship Wyvisbrook has been seized by
Carranza authorities at Campeche and
her commander, Capt. Muir, has been
placed in Jail, according to mail ad.
vices reaching here from Progreso.
The Wyvisbrook sailed from New
Orleans for Progreso February Is with
a full cargo of merchandise. Arriving
at Progreso, Capt. Muir found the gun
boat P~rogreso, which has since been
sunk, on guard in the harbor, and was
informed that the port had been closed
to commerce by an order from Gen.
Carranza. The Wyvisbrook then went
to Campeche, where the vessel was
boarded by Carranza officials, who
took charge and placed Capt. Muir in
prison.
The vessels crew Is composed en-
tirely OF British subjects. It is said.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-12
ENDS HIS LIFE IN CEMETERY
Chicago Bankers Body Discovered as
Depositors Fight at Doors
of His institution.

Chicago Illinois. - While several
policemen were struggling to main
tain order among hundreds of anxious
depositors in the private bank of
Mecca & Manno, which closed its
doors, another policeman discovered
the body of Ignazio Mecca, senior
partner of the firm, on his lot in
Mount Carmel Cemetery here. He
had committed suicide by shooting.
Mecca & Manno conducted a typ
ical Italian bank and steamship
agency and while their accounts
were comparatively numerous, the in
dividual deposits we're small. d.
The crowd in front of the bank re-
NAMED patient for some time in the
belief that the doors we're opened.