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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-06-17
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Charlie Baker took Charlie Little
field to Extra and brought back his
Ford car where it had been in for
repairs.
Clarence Davis put an end to his
five legged colt Monday afternoon.
Quite number of people went to
zee ie curiosity
Our trushy mail carrier, Harry
Hockenberry delivers the mail now
in the automobile he recen lyI pur-
chased.
The Baker medicine man was
making calls in the community Tues
day.
Oscar johnson delivered corn to
Chas CARROT Wednesday.
DIR. Will Hammer and son, Code
Mr.. and Mrs. John Murphy all of At
lantic, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Rowe of
Cass Co., Adam Troxal and Clarence
DAVIS were all visitors at E. B..
Perry's Sunday.
Harvey Huff and sister Mrs. AL
bert Cihak of Greenfield la We're cal
led home by the illness of their faith
er, William Huff who resides in
Extra.
Albert Herrick and Wife went to
Anita Tuesday evening and attend
ed the Band Concert, making the
trip in their car.
The Watkins medicine man visited
the neighborho God Wednesday.
Erke Bros of Extra was visiting
at the Oscar johnson home Sunday.
| Emma Johnson is visiting her
cousin Florence Smith in Extra this
week.
Geo. Huffman and wife of High
land were visiting friends in this
neighborhcod Wednesday evening.
Wilson Huff was called to Extra
Thursday by serious illness of his
father William Huff.
Don't bother your neighbor. Sub.
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New-York tribune., 1915-12-04

York and nearby terminals, called upon
the shippers to cooperate with the rail-
roads in relieving the situation. Inc
shippers were requested to concen-
trate shipments for the same delivery
as much as possible in one car.
"The railroads have mad in effect for
some time" said c. c. Mccain, chair
man of the association, "a rule wnien
permits three separate deliveries with
out extra charge from a carload of ex,
port freight. This is what is termed
split deliveries. and the rule was
established to facilitate export SNIP
ments, by which carload OF freignt
arriving at a New York terminal Is
given the privilege of distribution oy
lighterage to more than one ocean line
"An order may be given carrier
at New York 20 make delivery OF par'
Of q load, while the remainder Is iett
in the car for long periods. Shippers
loading several cars at practicaliy tne
same time will now place the frelRn'
in each which requires the same de-
livery at destination. IL would nave
been no inconvenience to the shipper
il such shipments in different cars had
all been loaded into the same car.
"If this were done the carrier would
be saved the necessity of making sew
eral lighterage deliveries Of small lots
to the same place, and the delivery
service would be more concentrated
lad expedited, to the mutual advantage
of the railroads and the shippers
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
ITALY WILL FIGHT
FOR SERB FREEDOM
Continued from page I

sion Of the entire situation, from which
should have sprung confidence in the
final victory Of the Allies.
The notable contribution which Italy
had made to the Allied cause OF the
war, continued the Foreign Minister,
was shown especially last September
when Austria was obliged hurriedly
to transport considerable contingents
from Gslicia to the Italian frontier,
thus rendering a victorious Russian
counter offensive possible.
Stops Talk Of Peace.
A new convention Of London among
the Allies, pledging each OF them not to
conclude separate peace, was recently
signed by Great Britain, France, pus-
sis, Japan and Italy, he announced. By
this official announcement, said the
Foreign Minister. he hoped to put a
stop to rumors concerning the possi-
bility OF a separate peace which were
frequently cropping out.
Baron Sonnino expressed the hope
that the reestablishment of cordial re-
lations with Greece would insure safety
and liberty in the movements of the
troops Of the Entente Allies in Mace
donia.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
BRITISH SHIP SUNK Z
WITH $5OO,000 CARGO
LangtOn Hall Believed Victim OF
U.Boat ia Mediterranean.

London, Dec. 3.-The British steam
ship Langton Hall has been sunk. Part
of her crew has reached land.
The British steamship Oakfield, re-
ported recently to be drifting in dis
ablod condition at a point about SOC
miles southeast of Cape Race, n. F..
was towed into st. Michaeps to-day by
the Lady Ninien. The Oakfield, which
was bound from West Hartlepool, Eng
land, for an American port, lost her
propeller blade.
The Wilson liner Marengo, from New
York for Hull, which stranded on Good
win Sands, has been foated and pro-
ceeded on her voyage.
The Langton Hall evidently was an
other victim of the submarine cam
paign in the Mediterranean. She left
Calcutta on October % for Philadelphia
and New York, and was reported at
Seez on November 23. She was owned
by the Hall Line, of Liverpool, and
was of 4,497 tons gross.
The Langton Hall was reported TO
have been heavily loaded with a gen
eral cargo made up mostly Of jute, goat
and other skins. burlap and cocoanut
oil, and worth about 100000
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
Aero Dodges Bullets,
Winging Foe at Sea

Paris, Dec. "Details of the aerial
duel in which a German aeroplane was
brought down into the sea off the Bel
gian coast on November 2s are given
by the French aviator who performed
the feat.
"As we approached the Dixmude-
Ypres sector" said the aviator, my at
tention was attracted to a German aero
plane of the albatross type. | made for
it with all haste, but the enemy ma
chine turned about and headed for the
sea.
"The two machines were soon en-
gagged high above the sea, each using
machine guns. few straight for a
hundred yards and then dropped thirty
yards under the albatross, manipulat-
ing my machine so that the speed con-
formed to that of the enemy. Then my
observer let go fifty cartridges.
"The effect was immediate. / had
Just time to move out of the way when
the albatross gave lunge. We were
then A,200 yards up. German anti-air-
craft guns which had previously fired
at us again sought our machine with
their FIRE, but / had other things to
think of than enemy shrapnel-name
ly, whether the enemy machine was yet
effective and would put us out OF ac-
tion if we few little higher.
ave were much relieved TO see the
albatross fall yet more rapidly, until
finally it dropped into the sea. In the
clear weather, through the glasses Of
my observer, the machine could be dis
tingushed, and oil from the motor Of
the enemy machine could be seen
spreading over the surface Of the water,
making large spot on the immense
field of blue"
This is the second machine brought
down by French aeroplane under this
pilot. He alrecdy has been awarded
the War Cross, and has been proposed
for the Military Medal.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
TWO WAR BUYERS
HERE FOR BELGIUM
Sir Horace Plunkett, Also on the
Adriatic, Laughs When He
Hears of Ford Trip.

Three well known Belgians Alloys
Van de Vyere, Belgian Minister of Fin
ance; Baron Ernest dc Cartier, Belgian
Minister to China, and Chevalier Ed
mond Carton dc Wiart-arrived yester'
day on the Adriatic. Of the White Star
Line. II had been reported that they
were coming as a government commits.
sion to obtain a loan, but they denied
this.
NJ. Van de Vyre. speaking for the
party, said they might investigate the
possibilities of making contracts here
for Belgian supplies, but not as repre-
sentatives Of their government. They
will make their headquarters at the
Hotel Gotham.
Baron de Cartier is on his way 20 his
post in China. Chevalier de Wiart is q
brother of the Belgian Minister of JUS
tice, whose wife was imprisoned fol
three and half months by the Ger
mans.
The Adriatic was commanded by Cap.
tain William Finch, who was in charge
of the Arabic when she was torpedoed
by a German submarine on August 10
This is his first trip since that disaster
Sir Horace Plunkett, Irish agricult'
urist, made his seventy-second trains
atlantic trip on the Adriatic. He laughed
when he heard of the Ford peace mis-.
sion.
81 think they will have a stormy voy.
age" he said.
Daniel Mayer, who introduced Pade-
rewski and Mischa Elmsn TO America
escorted Oh the Adriatic Miss Sybil
Vane, his latest find. Her soprano
voice, he declared, will win her a speedy
recognition in the music world. Mr.
Mayer announced that Nine. Steinheil
who was acquitted of the murder OF
her husband and stepmother in Paris in
1909 after n sensational trial that
brought her a worldwide notoriety
is to appear in this country in vaude-
Vile in a few months.
Mr.. Mayer also said that Sir John
Hare, the English actor, was coming to
America in March TO act for a motion
picture company, despite his handicap
Of seventy-four years.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
PEACE FINDS NO
ECHO IN LONDON
Britain Still Resolved IA
Fight Until Germany
Is Beaten.
INSISTS BELGIUM
MUST BE FREED
Member Of Parliament Who
Hinted at Overtures Is
Ostracized In Commons.

London, Dec. 3.-Peace talk th,,
seems to come from Switzerland, Rom.
Madrid or America, always vague ana
usually negative, strikes no audibly n.
sponsive chord in London. The mou
the fortunes of war appear to turn
against the Allies the less the British
seem inclined to listen with patience 10
any suggestion that peace can come
through means other than military
achievement.
When Mr.. Charles Philips Trevely,n
in the House of Commons ventured 10
express the view that there was meth.
ing inherently disgraceful or humiliat-
ing in obtaining, by negotiation rather
t. by battle, the aims for which We
are fighting," and urged the govern
ment 10 inform the House IL any pro.
posals Of peace came either from neu-
trails or belligerents he was but re-
peating the opinions known to be en-
tertained by his distinguished and
scholarly father, Sir George Otto Ire
velvan, Moreover, his statement that
termination Of the war by negotiation
would give q greater guarantee OF per-
manent peace, because less hatred
would be engendered, served TO emphs-
siz, the spirit of the House and the
people at large.
Mr.. Bonar La, said that il was use
less folly to pretend to believe that
Germ. Ly :tuld give up Belgium, Po-
land I'D A. ace-he might have added
Serbia-until she was beaten; T. p.
O'Connor said that such speech would
be forbidden in the French Chamber,
the Russian Douma or the German
Reichstag, and the discussion closed
with the announcement Of a third mem
Der that Mr.. Trevelysn's constituents
in Yorkshire had already selected an
other Liberal for his seat, as they could
not tolerate his opinions.
All observers agree that the peace
advo ties in Great Britain have
dwindled n numbers. The labor els-
ment, at one time inclined to be luke
warm in the support OF the war; Is
now credited among its most outspoken
adherents. II is admitted on every hand
that the fortunes of war do not al
nresent favor { Allies. still, the Brit
ish are not dismayed, and the universal
belief is that no chancellery which
sounded" Downing Street on the pos
sibility of peace would find a welcome:
That "men, munitions and money
will win the war is the common con-
viction that no adversely has shaken.
Even that portion of the Londo1 rres,
that likes to enlarge on the "muddling'
of politician: is Just as stuooo.h on
that point ; anybody else. The war Of
attrition is slower than many koped,
but nobody has lost confidence in !.
outcome. .,
II Greece, or even Rumania, should
ioin the Central Powers Downing
Street, it is becoming increasingly
clear. woul be undisturbed. With the
British feet afoat and the British army
gaining strength week by week; with
British territory uninvaded, indeed
vastly increased in area, notably in
Africa. it is argued on all sides that
Loidon will not consider peace sugges'
tions from any source while Germany
remains in Belgium.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
u. 5. TO PROTEST
USE OF HOOKING
Will Ask That Seized Ship
Be Held for Prize
Court Action.
BRITAIN EXPLAINS
ORDER TO COURT
SAYS Trial Will Take Place in
London for Greater
Convenience.

Washington, Dec. 3.-Vigorous repre-
sensations will be made to Great Brit
ain by the United States against the
reQuisitioning Of the American steam
ship Hooking without prize court pro-
ceedings. This became known to-day
after the receipt OF official confirmation
from American Consul General Young
at Halifax of reports that the Hooking
had been held.
The action of Great Britain is to be
vigorously contested as in violation OF
international law. A demand will be
made, 1t is understood. that the ship
be retained in prize court on the charge
that she is partly German-owned, and
that the court act promptly in the case.
The representations probably will IN.
clude also the cases Of the Genesee and
Ithe Kankakee, which also are owned by
the American Transatlantic company.
The State Department had been notified
by the company that the Genesee, at
st. Lucia, W. l., had been requisitioned,
and that the Kankakee, now en- route TO
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, would
be reQuisitioned.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
TOD SLOAN, 0USTED
BY BRITAIN, IS BACK
Not a Friend at Pier to Greet
Once Famous Jockey, De-
ported as Undesirable.

"Tod" Sloan, once king of jockeys,
came back yesterday on the White Star
liner Adriatic. OF the friends who
Joined in the ovation to him when he
returned from his great sweep in Eng
land in 1900 not one was at the pier
yesterday to greet him.
Sloan, James Todhunter Is his full
title, has just been deported from Eng
land as an undesirable under the De-
fence Of the Realm Act on the charge
of keeping a gambling house. He al
most lost the unruffied calm of his
debonnair manner when he was asked
how il all came about. -.
ITS a frame-up, pure and simple
he declared with emphasis.
Then he told how the trouble all
started when he ran across a man
named Jeffrey Taylor. This man, he
said, who afterward turned out to be
a lieutenant in the British army, in
sisted on going to Sloan's apartment to
play cards. Sloan Won fl50 at the
game and the stranger left an |. o. U.
The next act in the little drama the
climax of which was his deportation,
said Sloan, was the appearance Of two
detectives who told him of Taylor's
connection with the army and con-
Quoted him to the Cannon Row police
station. They also took Mile. Dherlys,
who lived with her sister in the same
house.
The next day the woman was es-
corted by government officials TO
Dieppe and advised not TO make her
future home in England. Sloan was
sent back to America.
The former jockey said that he might
ask the State Department to investi-
gate his deportation, but would consult
his attorneys first. At any rate, he
said, his chief concern was for Mile.
Dherlys. He hinted that the proprie-
tors Of two famous London gambling
houses had instigated the entire
trouble.
"Tod" has reached the ripe old age
of forty-one, at least it seems old to
him. lie said that in the last few
years he had been putting on. weight
at shocking rate. To-day he actually
weighs 112 pounds!
Sloan says he has turned to the mo-
ton picture field. His plans are not
yet definite, but he laid he had been
doing some work before the camera in
England and would probably try to
continue in the same field here.
About dozen French jockeys had
enlisted in the war, Sloan said.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
DERBY MAKES
FINAL APPEAL
Urges Recruits to Justify
His Plan and Stave On
ConscriptiOn.
BRITAIN is READY
FOR COMPULSlON
Machinery Organized and Oiled
to Receive New System With
out Much Jarring.

London. Dec. BIN an appeal ad-
dressed to "all men Of military age IN
the United Kingdom" Lord Derby Di'
rector Of Recruiting, says the recruit
ing campaign is coming to an end ano
"by December IL we shall kno"
whether the men of the United King,
dom between the ages Of nineteen anc
forty are prepared to give the army
the forces il requires
The appeal concludes by. urging
every eligible man to join the army
"and show his country that he puts
her interests before his own; to- snow
the world, Allies, neutrals and enemies
alike, that there are hundreds OF thou'
sands of her citizens who are ready te
fight for her." >.
The Joint Labor Recruiting Commit
tee also has issued an appeal TO the
free men of Great Britain" to "lustlfy
the faith of the nation in the voluntary
system and enroll themselves at once
in the great volunteer army which
stands between us and the loss OF our
rights and liberty"
No figures concerning the recruits
thus far enlisted under Lord Derby''
plans are obtainable, but member OF
the Recruiting Committee is quoted as
saving that the results point to the
undoubted success of il and in greater
measure by far than had ever been an
ticipated.
Whether the government decides te
continue voluntary recruiting or to re-
sort to conscription after December III
conditions will continue much as they
are now. Lord Derby's scheme has or
ganized all the machinery Of conscrip'
tion. except the factor of legal power
10 enforce the processes OF the ma
chine. Conscription would slide II
easily and soon be working as smooth
ly as the present system.
Lord Derby's scheme mas renewed TN
army of the "hand TO mouth methods
of recruiting by a campaign Of posters
speech-making and personal exhorta
tions. It has given the government
definite knowledge Of the numbers o.
men eligible for military service, witt
their degrees Of eligibility, with equal
ly definite statistics of those engaged
in indispensable" civilian pursuits
and has separated them into classes a.
the men Of continental nations are
grouped. so that the War Office may
call up class after class when they are
needed.
Compliance is still voluntary, bu
the power of public opinion remains
entrenched in the background, ant
with an accurate knowledge of all the
men who may be considered shirker'
the local committees will be able to in
woke the pressure Of public sentiment
accurately and strongly upon theii
heads.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
Hooking RequisitiOn
Has u. S. PreCedentS

Halifax, N. s., Dec. 3.-The proceed
ure in the cases of the American steam
ship Hooking and the Danish steamer
Hamborn, acquisitions for which have
been applied for by the British govern
ment, was made public to-day.
The applications, made to Justice
Drysdale, sitting as a judge of the
/ Prize Court, were presented under the
provision of the prize rules promul-
gated shortly after the outbreak of the
war. Under the rules as they existed
until March of this year, neutral ships
and goods could not be requisitioned.
AS result an Order in Council was
passed revoking the existing rules re-
lating to requisitioning by which the
saving clause regarding neutral ships
and goods was eliminated.
4 The question of the power Of prize
court to permit requisitioning by the
government Of neutral ships and goods
under the new rule came up before the
Prize Court in England, in the case Of
the Zamora, in which Sir Samuel Ev-
ans, president of the British Prize
Court, after reviewing a large number
OF previous cases, especially in the
courts of the United States, held that
the power of government 10 requisi-
tion neutral ships and goods, before
they were concerned in a prize court,
was not violation OF international
law.
Justice Drysdale granted the appii-
cations and the necessary orders were
issued by the registrar. The course of
the proceedings will be as follows:
The commission of appraisement has
been issued to the marshal, who will
elect one or more competent appraisers,
administer oath TO them TO appraise
the vessels at their true value and
to certify to the court the value so
arrived at Upon the filing Of these
certificates OF appraisement, undertak-
ings will be filed by the Crown to pay
into the court, If so required by the
order, the amounts so found BY ap-
praisement. Releases will then be is
sued for the vessels from the mar
shal's custody, and he will deliver
them TO the Crown.
The American Transatlantic Com
pany, az owners of the American
steamship Hooking, to-day fled pro-
ceedings in Admiralty against the
British steamer Pascal for $4,000 dam
ages alleged to have resulted from
collision between the two vessels dur
ing a storm in the harbor. It was
claimed that the Pascal dragged her
anchor and struck the Hooking. The
marshall took the Pascal into custody.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-04
Deny Hooking RequisitiOn
Violates Law of Nations


London, Dec. 3.-That requisitioning
the American Transatlantic Company's
ships is opposed to international law is
strongly denied by government officials
here. Their case. as semi-oficially CIV
en- to The Tribune, is, apart from the
fact that the vessels are enemy-owned,
that prize court proceedings were taken
against the Hooking and the Genesee
at Halifax and ST. Lucia, respectively.
For the convenience of all parties 1t
was deemed desirable to transfer the
trials to London. where all cases
against transatlantic ships could be
heard simultaneously. For this pur-
pose the cargoes. against which no pro-
ceedings have been taken. are now be-
ing discharged. but the ships will b0
brought to England.
1t is true that the ships have been
requ sitioned by order of the court in
the sense that use is being made OF
them cn the voyage, but IL is pointed
out that provision is clearly made for
such action in the prize court rules.
Moreover, the government contemplates
no action which would prevent restora-
tlOn OIL tne 5nips 10 tnelr o"ners III lHe
event of the proceedings being un-
successful
Strong rejoinder is also made to the
owners arguments against requisition,
it being stated that requisitioning a
ship flying neutral flag against which
prize court proceedings have been in
stituted and before a decree of condem-
nation is made is neither unprecedent-
ed nor contrary to international law.
1t is argued that during the American
Civil War several British ships were
requisitioned, one being sold by order
OF prize court before decree of con-
demnation was pronounced.
II is quite evident that the British
authorities believe they possess a very
strong case, which undoubtedly will be
argued at the earliest possible oppor-
tunity