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The Washington times., 1915-05-09
Storm Opened Grave.

MAYNESBORO, Pa. May "a very
peculiar result Of a recent storm was
tho tearing up OF a poplar tree by the
roots, which revealed an old vault on
the farm Of Heber Ritter near Trappe
station, In Talbot county, Md When
the tree fell II tore the top OF theegrave
open. and leg bones, about which the
roots had grown, dangled in the, air.
human skeleton, the ehroud. and part
OF a shoe could lie plainly seen In the
broken coffin.
The Washington times., 1915-05-09
Baseball Challenges
Fly Between Scouts

Baseball challenges are flying between
the various Boy Scout troops in tho city
The latest def comes from Troop No II, :,
Of which f. r. Fisher Is scoutma ster
Scout Flaherty is manager. and he
promises not to dodge any chances
The troop recently gave a most sue
cessful minstrel show. and 1t will repeat
II shortly for the benefit OF Troop No
"a. A competent instructor IN the use
Of fife and drum has been secured by
the troop.
The Washington times., 1915-05-09
Mt. Rainier Scouts Give
Banquet at Anniversary

Boy Scouts and officers Of Troop No
., Mt Rainier. observed their second an
niversary with banquet Friday night,
6ooutrnaster c. H. Pryor being in
charge Field Executive 8. g. Aplon
members of the troop committee and
other Mt. Rainier citizens interested in
scout work spoke.
A second troop probably will be or
The Washington times., 1915-05-09

-sanlzsd-la-tAe-e in the autumn,
when there will probably be two troops
in Hyattsville, one in Riverdale and one
in Berwyn. Mr.. Aplin announced at
the anniversary meeting that If the or
ganization of new troops proceeded as
anticipated the local council would per-
init the award OF a trophy to be con-
tested for by the troops of that vicinity.
The Washington times., 1915-05-09

aid: c. H.. Hanson and John n. Seven
son, final illumination; Jesse E. Suter
and Charles A. Annadale. children s
parade: &. J. James and $. A. Postle,
publicity: Perry ID. Patrick and Rob-
ert ii. Hartsom. auditing: F. ID. Pol
lard and A. G. Graves, accommodations
6. f. Wire and r. +. McElroy, ath-
letcs: W. l.. Rhodes. treasurer, and T.
G. Homiller, secretary. f''
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
PoRTUGAL'S NEW RULER SHOT
Head of Rebels Fatally Injured by
senator-Two Hundred Killed in
Battle for Lisbon.

London, May 19.-Joao Chagas,
head of the Portuguese revo~lutionists
and president of the newly formed
cabinet, on Monday was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded. according 10
Lisbon dispatches.
Senior Chagas was en- route from
Oporto to Lisbon to take up his new
duties. At the Entrocamento railway
station Senator Freitas fired four shots
into the body of Chagas. Freitas was
shot and killed by a bystander. Cha
gas condition was pronounced most
grave. The casualties in the fighting
in and around Lisbon during the past
few days are estimated at 200 killed
and 500 wounded The Spanish war
ship Espana arrived at Lisbon to pro-
tect Spaniards and other foreigners.
Rioting such as marked the fall of
the capital again broke out in Lisbon,
according to dispatches. Lisbon is
under the rule of a military governor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE

Nome, Alaska, May 20.-A big lead
opened in the ice of Nome and the
steamer Corwin and the power schoon-
er Polar Bear, the first vessels of the
season coming from Seattle. are ex-
pected to reach their anchorage in the
roadstead without difficulty Friday or
Saturday.
Evansville. Ind, May 19.-Twenty
acres were found covered with fish
when a cofferdam at the government
dam or, the Ohio river a few miles
below here was pumped out. People
came with baskets and sacks for miles
around and carried the fish home.
New York, May 20.-The Cunard
line officials gave out a cable from Mr..
Henderson, representative of the
Anchor line. dated Glasgow, May 10,
in which Henderson states that there
is no ground for the story that the
steamer Pennsylvania was chased by
a German submarine or that any at
tempt was made to fire a torpedo at
her.
Paris, May 20.-The government has
decided to requisition all wheat stocks
at the uniform price Of about $3.50
per hundred pounds.
Syracuse, N. Y. May 20.-That Col.
Theodore Roosevelt's alleged libel of
William Barnes was nothing but a po-
litical manifesto and that the $4,000
libel suit was not brought in good
faith. for pecuniary damages. but was
only "a game to bring down Colonel
Roosevelt before the people of the
United States" we're the main con.
tentions of John M. Bowers, who
| summed up for the colonel.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
RUSSIANS IN R0UT
EVERY REPORT INCREASES MAG
NITUDE OF GERMAN VICTORY
IN GALiCiA.
100000 MEN LOST BY CAR
Big Army Reported to Be So Shaken
and D~isorganized by Defeat That
Only Passive Defense Possible on
San.

Berlin, via Amsterdam, May I'll
Every report from German headquar-
tiers increases the magnitude of the
Austro-German victory in Galicia. Late
dispatches state that the Russian army
commanded by Gen. Radko Dimitrieff
lost 100000 men, 100 cannon and 300
machine guns.
Having failed in his efforts to break
through the German lines, General
Dimitrieff ordered a retreat in the di-
rection of the lower San. All reports
agree that the Russian forces have
been SO shaken and disorganized by
their defeat that only a passive de-
tense is possible on the San.
The Germans, who had invested
Przemysl on the 14th from the south,
advanced along the whole line of the
San to a position neal the river bridge
heads, where they began an attack
against the Russians holding the Jaro-
slaw front.
The Prussian guard and the Sixth
Austro-H Hungarian corps occupied the
town bridgehead. The Russian de
tenders consisted of the Sixty-second
division, supported by portions of the
Forty-irst and Forty-fifth divisions,
which had been hastily brought up.
After two days of fighting the guard
took Jaroslaw and threw the enemy
back beyond the river. During the
night the Elizabeth and Alexander reg
iments, as we'll as Austro-Hungarian
forces attacked and captured the Rus
sian position on Meierkopf. The
castle and main buildings were burned.
Austrian lancers and the Fifty-sixth
regiment of Honved hussars captured
the summit of Jupassowsky, taking
1900 unwounded Russian prisoners.
Some regiments, such as the Twenty
fourth. were almost annihilated.
The whole b~ridgehead and also the
city of Jaroslaw we're completely in
Austro-Hungarian hands by the eve.
ming of May Is.
~Petrograd, May 21.-Russian troops
are continuing their at both
extremities of the S00-mile front ex
tending from the Baltic sea to Blu
kowina, but their situation in Galicia
is still critical. 1t was admitted al
he war office that the German forces
had effected a crossing of the Sar
river between Jaroslaw and Legajsl
and had captured positions on the cas-
bank of the river which they havs
strongly fortified.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
FUGITIVE CASHIER GIVES UP
Edward J.. King Of Digger, Ind, Who
Fled with $4,000, Says He Tried
to Sail on the Lusitania.

Sullivan, Ind, May 2~1.-Edward ].
King, the absconding cashier of the
Digger State bank, after "a days of
torment and anguish while living the
life of a fugitive from justice, sur
rendered himself on Wednesday to
Fred F. Bays, prosecutor, when Mr..
Bays met him at a point halfway be-
tween Vincennes and Sullivan. He
was released on $500 bond.
King in telling of his %warderings.
said:
But for the fact that l could not
obtain a passport, ! might have gone
down with the Lusitania."
After wandering about various east.
ern cities King decided to go down
into the mountains of Tennessee. He
wandered about the mountains for
several days and then wrote to Pros
ecutor Bays and made arrangements
to meet him.
King was recently sued by the bank
officials for the recovery of the money
alleged to have been taken. The seit
fixed the amount embezzled at $34..
900.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
J. 0. JR., CALLED TO ACCOUNT
Millionaire Meets Mother" Jones,
Who Wants to Know Why a
Promise Was Not Kept.

Washington, May 19.-John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., was called to account
by Mother Jones, the aged woman
labor leader, for not going to Colorado
last January to stop the labor trou
bles there.
They met at the hearing of the in.
dustrial relations commission.
How are you. 'mother'?" Rockefel
Ter said.
I'm all right" Mother" Jones re.
piled. But why didn't you go to Colo
rado as you said o would?"
Rockefeller assured her that he in.
tended to go to Colorado soon to look
into labor conditions there.
You should have gone last Janu-
airy. That's when they needed you
there" she told him.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
Falling Off in Returns.

Finding from reports reaching its
Offices that some of the personal tax
returns of wealthy people in Ohio this
year are not satisfactory, the state tax
commission SEM to every county the
following drastic letter: This commits
sion regrets to have to say that some
district assessors throughout the state
have evidently paid no attention to
Circular No. "A, dated April 20, 1915, in
regard to failure to make reasonable
returns on personal property. Your
attention is again directed to that cir
cular, and it is asked that you read
it over again; and if you have not act
ed upon it, you are hereby instructed
to do so. There is no doubt that very
many millions of dollars of personal
property owned by. men of mean and
quite able to pay their taxes have
escaped taxation through in~eficiency,
Indifference and negligence of taxing
officials, and through their acqui-
escence in the wide sentiment that it
is perfectly legitimate for anybody to
escape taxation if he can do 80. The
effect of this situation is that the tax
rate is high and the bulk of The taos
are paid by citizens in modest circum.
stances.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
Exhibits of Stock.

When the foot and .1outn disease
was raging in Ohio a few months ago,
many county fair associations con-
templated abandoning live stock ex-
hibits at their fairs this year. Now
that danger of new outbreaks is over
most of them have decided to go
ahead with their exhibits. The Sum
nit county fair association asked the
state agricultural commission if it
would be safe to hold a cattle exhibit,
and the answer is that it would be so.
The commission is not looking for any
recurrence of the disease. Fairs that
are expecting state and county sup
port should make every effort to hold
a complete annual exhibition as re-
CURED by law, so as to take no
chances on not being eligible to re-
ceive public funds" is the answer of
the commission to county fairs that
want to know whether or not they
should hold live stock exhibits this
year.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
WILL FIGHT WITH GAS
LORD KITCHENER ADVOCATES
THE GERMAN METHOD.
Necessary to Employ Tactics of the
Enemy-Demands 100000
More Troops.

London, May 20.-Lord Kitchener,
secretary for war. speaking on Tues
day in the house of lords, indicated
the intention of the allies to use poi.
sonous gases against the Germans.
At the same time he made a demand
for 300, 600 more men.
The British and French govern
ments," he said, feel that the troops
must be adequately protected from
the employment of poisonous gases
Only by the adoption of similar meth
DDS can we remove the enormous and
unjustifiable disadvantage which must
exist if no steps are taken.
Reviewing the fighting which had
taken place in Flanders since his last
speech. he said:
The improvement in the weather
enabled our troops, which had been
fensive. The action at Neuve Cha
pelle was fought with. great gallantry
and enabled US to occupy what. from
a military point of view, was a very
valuable position.
Toward the end of last month the
Germans carried out a violent at
tack on a portion of the allied front
held by the French northeast OF
Ypres. In order to succeed, the en-
envy employed vast quantities of poi
sonOus gases in defiance of the rec
ogniZed rules of warfare and in VIC
lation of their pledged word. The
allies were utterly unprepared fol-
this diabolical method of attack
which undoubtedly had been long ano
carefully prepared by the enemy"
Summing UP. he said:
In recent operations our losses
have been heavy, but the task was
one which ~necessitated great sacri
fees. The spirit and morale of the
troops were never higher.
THE news from the Dardanelles il
thoroughly satisfactory"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
Senate O. KS Civil servle e.

The only administrative measure yet
to run the gauntlet of the legislature
is the Moore-Barns civil service bin.
This has to receive favorable action in
the house before it is ready for the
governor. The senate accepted the
conference committees report by a
vote of IS to 9, minority members
voting solidly against it. Chief fea-
lures of the bill are the adjustment of
noncompetitive examinations and the
administration of the law by a BIZ
partison board of three. State en-
ployes now holding positions under
noncompetitive examinations, though
their positions are declared vacant, are
not compelled to take competitive ey-
animation in order that their anne
may be certified for appointment.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
Many Bills Pushed Over.

The final adjournment of the
legislature will occur Thursday,
May 81. a date which will mark the
ending of an unusually long session.
The date was fixed by adoption by
both houses of the resolution offered
by Representative Mooney of Will
liams. By it's terms, the legislature
will take an eight days recess, will
return May q for the signing of bills
on which the clerical work will have
been completed during the recess, and
on hat day will adjourn sine die.
Unfinished business to be attended
to include the passage by the senate
of the long budget, of deficiency, and
sundry appropriation bills and cattle
damage claims by both houses. The
Sprague congressional gerrymander
probably will be amended, but is
scheduled to pass both houses. The
JAG bill, limiting municipal bond
issues but increasing municipal reve-
nu,,s and taxation by relaxing the
Smith 1 per cent tax limit law restric-
tons, is marked for passage by the
senate.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
Insurance Illegal.

Attorney General Turner in an opin-
ion declared illegal the system of CO.
operative or reciprocal insurance,
maintained by hundreds of individuals
or companies in Ohio acting as an as.
ISOLATION to insure each other against
losses of many kinds. The opinion
was given to State Insurance Super
%intendent Taggart and was based on
an investigation of a Merchant and
Manufacturers Insurance Exchange,
promoted by a Cincinnati attorney.
The opinion held that Ohio corpora
tons subscribing to such insurance
are exceeding the authority given
them by their charters. Any persons,
firm or corporation entering into that
business can be made to pay the state
a tax of 5 per cent on each policy, the
attorney general declared.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
REVIEWS FLEET
PRESIDENT ALSO SPEAKS AT
LUNCHEON IN GOTHAM.
Has Praise for Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels and the Navy-Re-
ceiYes Ovation.

New York. May 19.-President VII
address on the American flag and the
protection It carries for Americans at
a luncheon given in his honor by the
New York citizens committee for the
reception of the Atlantic feet.
When the president arose to speak
soon after reviewing the parade OF
sailors and marines from the feet he
was cheered enthusiastically.
The president declared that the
luncheon was not the occasion at
which II was wise for him to make
an extended address. He said he al
ways had had a deep interest in the
navy.
1T Is right" he asserted, that
America should have a great navy to
express its character"
The navy, he added. brought the
United States into touch with the rest
Of the world. Secretary Daniels was
praised warmly. Under him, the presi-
dent said. the navy had become more
and more efficient. The secretary,
he declared. had his entire support.
The navy of the United States"
the president continued, expresses
our ideals. The feet lying here at
New York is a great feet and has
nothing of buster about II. The great
thing about America is that it wants
no territory and questions no other
nations honor. We stand for human
ity and for the things that humanity
wants"
Speaking of the flag. the president
asserted that II typified all that was
best in the world.
The mission of America" he went
on, is what her soldiers and sailors
should think OF. They have nothing
to do with shaping Of policies. Some
times the persons who run the United
States forget the principles upon
which 1t was founded. but the people
themselves forget.
When a crisis occurs in this coun
try It is as If you put your finger
on the pulse Of the nation-as II you
put your hand on the pulse of a dy.
namo.
We lift nc threats against any ma
ton or class in the United States
This feet in the river is a great sol
enn evidence that the force Of Amer
lea Is the force of moral principle
There is nothing else for which she
win contend"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
Rockefeller Wins rax Sniff.

Cleveland. - John D. Rockefeller
was upheld by Federal Judge
Clarke in his efforts to resist collec-
ton of taxes in Cuyahoga county on
$311,000,0 600 worth of personal prop
erty. Clarke granted an Injunction
sought by Rockefeller, restraining
county officials from requiring the oil
king to pay over the tax money.
The big Rockefeller tax was as
sessed by Fackler and Agnew in Feb
ruary, 1914, after the takers swooped
down on the Forest Hill home of the
oil king. They served Rockefeller
with tax papers, alleging he had re-
manned in the county more than six
months of the tax year and, therefore,
vas a resident of Ohio for tax pur-
poses.
The county's only hope now of col.
lecting taxes on Ro~ckefeller's enor-
nous holdings of stocks, bonds and
moneys rests in az appeal to United
States circuit court. If the injunction
is sustained there, a final appeal may
be taken to United States supreme
court, it is stated. Prosecutor Locker
said the appeal will be taken up al
once.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
Tariff Has Aided ENGLAND.

If it were not for the American mar.
ket, the textile districts of England
would be in a serious condition. There
had been a severe depression in the
districts, and it is doubtful if under
any circumstances the year 1914 could
have been a prosperous one, if peace
had continued. It was the United
States that saved that part of indus
trial England. With the probability.
therefore, that the Republicans will
make the tariff the issue in the coming
national campaign, the Englishmen
are not in any jovial frame of mind
when contemplating what may happen
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
PARTY ON THE RUN
Democratic Leaders Foresee,
Certain Defeat.
Situation Now Is Undeniably Favor
able to the Republicans, and Viii
Become More So as the
Months Pass.

Numberless indications point to Re-
publican success in next years presi-
Dental election. The country has not
profted under Democratic govern
ment. Industry has been checked.
Taxes have increased. Wages have
declined. Despite abundant crops and
q state Of peace, unemployment and
poverty fill the land. Nor has Demo
cratic administration impressed itself
upon the people as q moral benefit.
Nobody discovers new or commend
able influences of conscience in the
life of the country. On the other
hand, many conditions tend to offend
the public judgment. Commonplace
men fill large official posts. From
whatever angle the Mexican policy
may be regarded, the impression
grows that our standing in the west
ern hemisphere is not what it was
that the administration has to a de-
gree made sacrifice of the Monroe doc.
trine; that somehow we have met q.
large situation and instead of augment
Ing our W authority and dignity in
connection with it, we have lost re-
spect and prestige.
There is a general feeling, too, that
We nave not carried ourselves credit
ably in relation to the warning Euro
peans. No positive declaration of our
rights has been made; no ringing as
sertion of American spirit has gone
forth to sustain our national self-re-
spect. ALI these things together have
made a situation highly favorable to
the Republican party.
In addition, and likewise tending to
Republican advantage, we have wit
messed collapse &C the movement in
augurated at Chicago following the
nomination of Mr.. Taft in 1912. Bull
Mooseism is dead. The multitudes
who fiocked to its banner have re
turned to their old party affiliations.
Everywhere, with the single exception
Of California, where political chaos
still reigns, the Republican party lie
a revived, an expanding, a hopeful
quantity. The fact is admitted in the
conduct of those who in terms deny
it. Democracy, only a little while
back aggressive, is on the defensive.
Arrogant presumption has given place
to explanation and apology. Plainly
the Democratic party is on the run.
And its leaders, including President
Wilson. are vainly attempting to rally
Its forces and revive its spirit.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
SILVER FLOODS A coRNFIELD
Metal Worth $4,000 Melted When
Five Freight Cars Burn Near
Nebraska City.

Omaha, Neb, May 20.-A small army
of railroad section hands were put to
work to gather $4,000 worth of silver
which was spread over a large corn.
field near Nebraska City. The metal
was part of the cargo of a freight train
which, burned there late yesterday.
Five freight cars were destroyed and
the silver was melted; rivers of 1t ran
down the burrows Of newly planted
corn the entire length of the field.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
MExlcANs SHOOT U. S. CITIZEN
Unidentified American Shot Near
Ebano-vice-C Consul Directed to
Make Full Report.

Washington, May 20.-An American.
not yet identified, employed by the
Husstecs Petroleum company near
Ebano. in the Tampico district, was
shot by Villa soldiers about May z,
Vice-Consul Bevan at Tampico ad-
vised the state department. Bevan at
once was directed to obtain the nam
Of the victim and make a full report
on the matter. 1t is said the Ameri-
can was shot accidentally following
the fight resulting in the capture of
the Ebano pumping station by the VIII
listas.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-28
FURNACE WORKERS
Scared By LIQUID
Men Met Most Horrible Death When Huge
caIdron Of Molten Iron Stag
Pours Over Them

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cleveland. = Sometimes the men in
the blast furnaces in the flats
who look every day into the caldrons
of molten fire of melted iron are seized
with sudden sickness. A mai has a
momentary attack of nausea, born of
a flash of thought of what would hap
pen if he should miss his footing as he
strides with his pronged shovel on the
balcony on the edge of the lake OF
bubbling, white hot Stag.
The sickness is like that of a
structural iron worker growing dizzy
on a beam high above the ground. The
furnace man, like the iron worker. re-
gains his nerve quickly and keeps on
at his work without a thought of
danger.
All the horror of sudden death un-
der the hot Stag from the furnace came
upon Henry Sadler and George Frank
as they sat eating their lunch at the
River furnace of the Corrigan & Nc
Kinney Co. at the foot of Stark
weather-av s. w.
Inc Two men were deluged With
molten Stag, even as they tried to es.
cape, when a huge caldron mounted on
railroad trucks tipped over as it
passed over a trestle above the men.
Sadier was burned to death almost
instantly. His body was terribly
scared. Frank was conscious and suf-
fering when employees dragged him
out of the stream of liquid fire. He
died in st. Alexis hospital, where he
was taken in Hieber's ambulance.
What caused the caldron to tip as
it passed the men On the ground could
not be learned. The liquid metal set
fire to the wooden trestle and the fire
department arrived at the furnace at
the same time as the ambulance called
to take away the victims.