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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25
l. 5. MARSHAL TAKES CHARGE
 OF ODENWAHL
German Liner to Be Held Until Libel Proceedings
 Are Complete.

Washington, March 24.-On In- structions from the department Of justice, the Hamburg American liner Odenwall, which was held up by tho guns of the fort of San Juan, P. F.. has been taken over into the posscn- sion of the United States court of Porto Rico.
 Lhl proceedings will he com menccd at once. and in the meantime the vessel will be in the custody of the United States marslal for Porto Rico.
 No decision has been r,ached by the department as to whether it will prosecute criminally under the sec tions of the congressional resolution which provides for Imprisonment of the offenders The case is being handled personally by Commissioner General Davia. The preliminary pro- ceedipgs will be conducted py the federal attorney at Sap Juan. but the actual trial will be conducted by Dis trict Attorney Martin. who IS on his way to Porto Rico.
 It was learned today that therf are about 30 merchantmen in ports of the United States whick tho government is obliged to watch AS . sistant Secretary Peters of th.. t. cas- ury department said that ?" I.t l'.ese are at New York, 1l at Boston, five at Philadelphia and Baltimore. six at Galveston, two at New Orleans. two at San Francisco and one at Seattle. All of these ships are practically German ships. Three of the vessels at New York ere Austrians.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25

New York, March 24.--The Rev. L.. M. Birkhead, who quit his pulpit Ill the Methodist Episcopal church, be- cause he believed it's dogmas were outgrown in the modern world, as- serts that Jane Addams is more of saint than good many of the an- cierts lie believes all creeds should be rejected and then all Christians should get together to seek the per feet life.
 "The so-called orthodox" he said, "are telling me about the depravlty of man. his sinful condition and his inherent meanness. I believe in the divinity of man, not in his depravlty.
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SLAvS SW ARM FORWARD.
Bursting Barriers f. Carpathians
 They're In Hungary.

Petrograd, March 24.-Already the southern barriers across the Carpa- thian passes, where they had been on the defensive since December, when the Germans launched their great scheme to help the Austrians and outflank the Russian left from Hungary. The column which was defeated in the last Austro-German attempt to relieve Przemysl, has again attacked with tremendous energy. After IF charges, the Rus sians drove the enemy westward, themselves having to wade neck deep through the swift current of the river San, which is now flooded be- cause. of melting snow.
 This latest initiative on the part of the Russians extends westward beyond Dukla Pass. Further to the east the Russians broke the German grip on a position situated on the sources of the Stirkcy, near Kozio- moka. killing the last man who held the rocky shelters.
 There was even mere fierce fight ing in Western Galicia on the eve of the fall of Przemysl. when 20 Aus trian battalions attacked the Rus sions north of Gorlice. After five at tacks and the counter attacks, which ended in hand-to-hand struggles | with bayonets and butts of rifles. the Russians completely destroyed the 39th Honved division of the Austrian army
 Officers who watched the last 1 moments of Przemysl when, after the charge of the battalion which cap- tured the inner forts, great clouds of smoke arose from the explosion with which the Austrians attempted
 to destroye the remaining defenses, saw white sheets rigged from the
 factory chimneys and white flags flying from the telegraph poles. They
 found that the Qualifications under
 the debris could be easily repaired
 The Russian raid on Memel result
 cd on the capture of great quantity of ammunition and engineering
 equipment
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Irresistible Goes Down.

Berlin, by way of London, March 24.-A dispatch received here from Constantinople and dated March 19, states:
 Reports received during the night of March IS and the morning CT the 18th show that the losses of the al- lies in the engagement yesterday were greater than at first supposed. In addition to the sinking of the French battleship Bouvet. a British battle ship, the Irresistible, has gone down. "The vessel, which last evening grounded and was hammered to pieces by the guns of the forts, is under Wa ter Furthermore, one destroyer was sent to the bottom. If is reported that three torpedo boats of the allies also were sunk, and that one other bat tleship managed to find safety, but 1 in a sinking condition"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25
Bremen and Others De- manding That They Be
 Paid for Labor in Cash.
WARRANTS NO GOOD
Municipal Employees Say They Cannot Negotiate Scrip, and They Must Have Cash for FOGd-Occupati0n
 Tax May Be Levied.

City employees, and particularly members of the fire department, are making determined effort to have the city authorities arrange some means of paying employees in cash, because of the difficulty of cashing city scrip, and the big discount demanded when they do cash it.
 Few of the business men of the city will accept the scrip, even at a dis count of 20 or 9 per cent, it was stated yesterday, and the city em- ployes anticipate more than ordinary trouble when they try to float the scrip they will receive for their work during March. On this account, they are making much complaint, and Mayor Bloom has placed the matter before the bankers. business men and insurance men of the city. in the hope that something may be done to i'm" prove conditions.
 Mayor Bloom and Fire Chief Brien- CT spent some time yesterday morn- l ing, in efforts to arrange for the March scrip to be handled by busl- ness men, but without success. Here tofore. Fire Chief Briener himself has arranged for cashing the scrip paid the fireboys. but with each passing month he has experienced increased difficulty. An informal discussion ol the matter was had yesterday, al the Chamber of Commerce rooms, by the mayor, fire chief and several busl. ness men, and it was decided thai as soon as the budget for the year IS prepared by the city, it will be known exactly what can be done and wha' will have to be done.
 Feel Loss of License Money.
 The city is heavily in debt. and ls going even further in debt eacf month. The loss of the revenue iron the saloons will aggregate aDou
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Aviators Succeed in Drop ping Bombs on Subma-
 rine Base.
DESTROY ONE BOAT.
 DAMAGE ANOTHER
AviatOrS Pass UnScathed Through Rain of Missiles Hurled by German Guns. But One Is Forced to De.
 ScpMd in Holland.

Rotterdam March 24-Three Brit ish av.ators tooay made very dar- ing and successful raid over Ant, werp. Their object was the German submarine base on which they drop ped several bombs. According to a news dispatch, one submarine was completely destroyed and another ser iously damaged.
 Two of the aviators returned in safety to the point where they started but the third was forced to descend on Dutch territory at Kruiningen one of the Zeeland islands. He is now interned in Troningen.
 After leaving the British aviation base in France the three avators flew at great speed along the Belgian coast On the way they were chased by German machine.
 Antwerp was reached at 7:3( o'clock this morning. As soon as tho raiders were sighted, fire was open ed upon them from every available gun. From all parts of the city anti air craft guns sent shells which burs around the airmen. Hundreds O shots were fired from rifles.
 As they approached the dock yards the raiders swooped downward, ther came to a level at height of opl. 1G0 yards, immediately over a small dock upon which the new submarine were lying. Each dropped severa bombs, number reaching the mark
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Missionaries and Teachers in Persia Evicted and
 Buildings Confiscated..
WASHINGTON ORDERS
 MORGENTHAU TO ACT
Ambassador at COnstantinOple Free to Call Upon Cruisers Tennessee and Worth Carolina for Aid in Pro.
 tecting Americans.

Washington, March 24.-The United States ambassador at Constantinople, l Mir. Morgcnthau. was cabled by Secre- tary of State Bryan today to protest | to Turkey against indignities by Turkish troops to American mission aries and Americans generally in Per sia.
 The offense of Turkey is aggravated by the fact that the uprising against the American missions, especially at lJrumiah, has been led by Turkish consul, Raghib Bey.
 The action of the state department was taken upon report to it from the United States consul, F. w. Smith. of Batum Russia, who is now at Tiff lis, Persia.
 The United States has no force to apply. It nearest naval vessels, the cruisers Tennessee and North Caro- nna, are in the eastern Mediterran-
 can. No instructions have gone to them, but by understanding between
 the state and navy departments, these
 warships are always at the disposi-
 ton of Ambassador Morgenthau. They
 were used by him on previous occa-
 sions when it was reported to him
 that American interests and lives
 were in danger on the eastern Medi- Iterranean.
 a It is announced officially that the
 Turkish troops under Raghib Bey en- tered Urumiah and drove out the mis- 'sionaries and heaped insults upon
 T. c. ,>ns~ sNd
 deacons were leaving the town. Some
 of the clericals are reported actually
 to have been beaten. An American
 missionary named Allen is also re-
 ported to have been insulted.
 Officials expect that Ambassador
 Morgenthau's reply will corroborate the reports of the Persian relief com mittee in New York.
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Bohemians and Moravians Taking Up Arms in Behalf
 of the Allies.
GARRISONS IN BIG
 CITIES MUTINOUS
Fall of Przemysl Starts lliOting in Which tuStrO.(.prmanS Are ASSail- cd Germans Fleeing From
 Country.

Paris, March 24.-A dispatch from Lemburg states that the news of tho fall of Przemvsl has caused intense excitement throughout Bohemia and Moravia.
 Rising against the Anstro- Germans are said to have occurred in all the big towns.
 Mutinies have broken out in the garrisons of Prague, Iglau, Budweis, Pilsen, Tabor and Reichenberg and according to the dispatch, the Ger mans are fleeing the country
 It is stated that ~he Czechs are playing the Russian march.
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ALLIES SEND MORE SHIPS TO
 DARDANELLES
Troops Landed on Gallipoli Peninsula for General
 Attack.
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London, March 24.-A force of al- lied troops was landed on the penin- sula of Gallipoli yesterday from trans ports in the Gulf of Seros, according to dispatch from Athens to the Daily Express.
 A general attack upon the fortfiica- tions of the Dardanelles is to be un- dertaken Immediately on the arrival of further French and British war ships now on tbcir way to join the at tacking squadron.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25
PHILLIPS MAKES BOND.
Altheimer Man Accused by Girls Re-
 stored to Liberty.

w. J. Phillips of Altheimer, held on charges of pandering and carnal abuse because of alleged actions with Ellie Sanders and Estella Myrick, young women of Altheimer, yesterday furnished bond for his appearance be- fore the grand jury and was released. Phillips bond was fixed at $500 by Justice of the Peace G. c. Ford at +Sherrill, to whose court change of venue was taken. Nine of the best men at Altheimer signed as sureties.
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ST. FRANCIS BONDS.
Chicago House Purchases Entire Issue of $465,O 900 for Levee
 Building.

March 24.-St. Francis Levee dis trict bonds of s465,O00, authorized by special act of the legislature. were sold here today to John Nuvvine & company of Chicago, who offered a premium of SLIGO and to assume the cost of engraving and printing. The purchasers paid $250,0OO in cash and are to pay the remainder in monthly
 installments of $50,O00.
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To Plan Revival. [

A meeting of all the Christian men of Pine Bluff will be held at the Y. M. c. A. tins evening, to plan for a revival service which is to be held in Pine Bluff in the near future. A series of cottage prayer meetings will also be planned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25
Greece Waits on Bulgaria.

London, March 24.-According to the newspapers of Athens. Greece will not range herself on the side of the triple entente powers by herself. the correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company says in dis patch from the Grecian capital. She will take an active part in the war only coointly with Bulgaria.
 Isolated intervention on the part Of either Greece of Bulgaria. the cor respondent continues. will be regard ed in Athens as ineffective.
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INVENTOR SUICIDES.
Morgan Robinson, Who Devised Peri. scope, Found Dead at
 Atlantic City.

Atlantic City, N J., March 24.-Mor- gan Robinson, one of the best known short story writers, and the inventor of the periscope used on all subma- rines, was found dead in his room at the Alamac hotel this afternoon. Phy- sicians said he died from an over dose of protiodide. He sold the peri scope to the government for $50, ,000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25

Eastern railroads are contemplat- ing filing with the interstate com merce commission tariffs providing increases in freight rates on lake and rail traffic. Those which have all ready been filed will become opera tive on next Saturday, unless sus- pended by the commission.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25
Paris Gets Scare.

Paris. March 24.-All lights were ordered extinguished at 1O:3O tonight, and word was sent to police and mili- tary authorities to be on the alert for aircraft.
 This action was taken because the officials had been notified that hos tile airships were seen north of Paris.
 The usual alarm which would walk en the sleeping population was not sounded
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Resume BOmbardment.

Paris, March 24.-Bombardment of the Turkish Notifications in the Dar- danelles was resumed at 10 o'clock yesterday morning by, an allied fleet. according to an Athens dispatch to the Havas agency. The warships were accompanied into the straits by a number of mine sweepers
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25
All Buildings on Frontier Dynamited in Anticipation
 of Attack.
ITALIANS SEIZE
 GERMAN SUPPLIES
Government Refuses Request oi Ger many That Mission to Erytllrea He Permitted to Continue on It's Way.
 Italian Papers Wnrlikc.

Rome. March PA half million Austrian troops are now massed in Southern Tyrol mad the Trentino, where strategical organization for q fortnight has been carried on with feverish activity, indicating that inva- sion is feared to be imminent.
 Practically all villages between Su- Zanne and Lake Gorda have been evacuated by their inhabitants. Many houses along the frontier have been dynamited, so as not to hamper the range of guns and to destroy cover to an invading army.
 The eastern portion of the city Of Rovera has been razed and the debris used to improvise Notifications. Field batteries are posted on every point of vantage. Trees have been ruthless ly felled everywhere.
 The region is entirely devastated. Heavy guns are mounted at an altl- tude of 1000 feet. The inhabitants along the frontier are treated as spies and closely watched.
 German Mission Halted.
 The Italian government is said to have refused request made by Ger many that mission sent to Erythrea be permitted to continue it's journey through that district into Abysslnla. Italy's refusal is reported to nave been based upon the belief that the object of the mission. was to inclte an (attack by Abyssinians upon British forces in the Soudan
 Erythrea is an Italian protectorafe lin East Africa, bordering on the Red sea, opposite Turkish territory lh Asia.
 Commenting favorably upon the ad- iournment of the chamber of deputies, the Giornale d'Italia says every depu- ty now is convinced of the necessity for Italy to act energetically, facing !any sacrifice, even a supreme strug- gle, to realize Italian aspirations. The paper adds:
 with the full liberty of action granted by parliament, the govern ment is now free to choose the way the means and the hour of using the weapons at it's, disposal with the firm ness and prudence necessary to n' sure success. while the country, arm ed and disciplined, is ready for ev' erything."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25
Germans Make Three Attacks.

Paris, March 4.-Tonight's of- ficial statement says:
 North of Arras the Germans undertook two attacks Wednesday night on the great spur of Notre
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25
The Weather

Increasing cloudiness Thursday; rain and colder at night; Friday, rain or snow and colder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-25
Italy Seizes Supplies.

Geneva, via Paris, March 24.-The Italian government ordered the selz- ure yesterday at Luino, near the Swiss frontier, of 29 freight cars contain ing graphite, sulphur and other sup plies said to have been destined TOT the Krupp gun works at Essen, Ger many.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05
Bryan Is FLatly Opposed to
Wilson's Preparedness Plan
Wilson Gives Views on
Prepar dness in Speech
in New York Last Night

Washnston 5-Former
saamss PRESIDENT Wilson's national defense today formal
Manhattan OF NewY York;
of
90 our peace safety and challenge the
bv
of matte pans
he
which the administration congress against the adop
ton OF the plan. " S e 80 ~OF0
have read the Presidents speech and
e doing
follows his criticize his
our peace safety
~ ne has aTnounsed policy before adopted this
ever endorsed party and
rom the people, whether he has correctly interpreted the
parture from traditions
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05

New York. Nov. 5.-President will
son discussed national preparedness in
an address at the fiftieth anniversary
dinner of the Manhattan club, in the
Biltmore hotel here last evening,
President Wilson said:
Mr.. Toastmaster and Gentlemen:
/ warmly felicitate the club upon the
completion of fifty years of successful
and interesting life. Club life may be
made to mean a great deal to those
who know how to use it. ] have no
doubt that to a great many Of you has
come genuine stimulation in the asso-
Citations of this place and that as the
years have multiplied you have seen
more and more the useful ends which
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05
WARRANTS FOR
MEMBERS OF THE
ST. DENIS co.

Bismarck, N. D., Nov, 5.--Members
ct the st. Denis company refused to
pay for their nights lodging beca SO
OF the noise in the Mckenzie hotel.
The police held their train till the COL
lections were made. Later it was dis
covered, 1t is alleged, that four mem
bers had failed to pay. A warrant
was secured by Proprietor Patterson
The authorities at Jamestown were
notified to make the arrest.
Along distance message from James
town brings the information that no
arrests We're made there and that the
authorities know nothing of any war
rants issued at Bismarck for members
of the Ruth ST. Denis company
The st. Denis company will appear
here tonight at the auditorium accord
ing to schedule.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05
Reported Villa Is
Holding Prisoners
Four Americans He
Reported Killed

Douglas, Ariz, Nov. Information from sever
al reliable today definitely contradcts Villas
statement to General Funston at Naco yesterday that
Drs. III. r. Thigpen and James Miller and two Amer
lean chauffeurs J. D. Pylant and A. L. Wilson had
been killed Wednesday by Carranza rifemen
Aqua Prieta
They declared to be held prisoners at
Villa Verde 20 miles south of Naco and the belief is
general that Villa deliberately told the story of their
death in order that he might them to supply his
urgent need of surgeons without being subject to
inquiry and the necessity of giving them up.
Villa in reporting the deaths, told two different
stories which led to further investigation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05

may be served by organizations Of
this sort.
But have not come to speak wholly
OF that, for there are other Of your
own members who can speak of the
club with a knowledge and an intelii-
gence which no one can have who has
not been intimately associated with it..
Men band themselves together for the
sake OF the association no doubt, but
also for something greater and deeper
than that,-because they are conscious
Of common interests lying outside their
business occupations, because they are
members Of the same community and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05
Claxton Urges Complete
Remaking Of the Normal
Schools of Northwest

Grand Forks, NJ. D.. Nov. 5. A
complete renaking of the normal
schools of the northwest so that they
can adjust themselves to the critical
needs of rural education. is needed il
the schools of the country are to prop
erly serve their purpose declared p.
fP. Claxton. United States commission
er of education, in an address before
the North Dakota Educational asso-
citation yesterday.
DIR. Claxton maintained the rural
school system of the country is all
wrong and that immediate and radi-
cal changes are needed TO bring about
a satisfactory condition.
Farming is the only real profession
left, unless 1t is the making OF farm
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05
Young Foraer Captured.

Jamestown, N. D., Nov. 5.-Deputy
Sheriff Fitzgerald returned to James,
town today from Windsor, ILL.,, with
youthful forger, 16 years Of age. want
ed for passing worthless checks at
'Eldridge, near here. The young man
came to North Dakota to work in the
harvest fields and stated that he forg-
ed the checks to get money to go back
home
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05

Grand Forks, d. Hoover; superintendent OF
the
schools Larimore schools
Taylor, the
term.
time prior
cation association published
Mr. Taylor did not intend again the position fact
had resulted Mr..
his friends and assuming proportions
n
matter Mr. Hoover yesterday steted that n view the
WILL himself candidate
for , state % superintendent % Of p9blc instruction
cuso1 Of his present administra tive Junew
three at Caseon eight at Park River and his eleventh
he spent five years in the rural schools of Ohio . -
Hoover conductor teachers Institutes lecturer
at ",a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05
SERIOUS RIOTS
AT WLKESBARRE

IS Wilkes Barre, Pa, Nov. 5.-There
was more rioting in the street car
strike here today when the company
resumed operations Of two car lines.
Disorder broke out in the central part
of the city several times: Stones, clubs
and pieces of iron we're hurled through
the car windows by sympdth thizers.
State police and mounted city police
rode through the crowds and dispersed
them. Four arrests were made on
charges or riot against the prisoners.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05
F
STEAMER
ON FIRE

New York, Nov. 5.--No word con-
cerntng the British steamer Rio Lagos,
reported on fire 800 miles south Of
Halifax, N. s., has been received here
today by the steamers local agents
Simpson, Spence & Young. The agents
expressed their belief that the fire was
not serious. as the Rio Lagos appar-
emily did not request the Frederik
VIII, which sighted the distressed
steamer, to stand by, but merely to
notify Halifax by radio.
The local agents denied today that
the steamer. which sailed from New
York for Queenstown, Oct. 81, carried
munitions
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-11-05
King Constantine Is
Backing Yanakitsas
Who Precipitated the
Latest Grecian Crisis
SWEEPING rEUToN1c VICTORIES REPORTED

Berlin, (Wireless Sayville), Nov. 5-Advances all
along the line by the Teutonc forces invading Serbia
ture of 700 Serbians is reported. 1t is also reported
that the Bulgarians completely defeated the French
forces which landed at Saonik at point northeast OF
Prlep. Part routed and part captured The first
French prisoners arrived at Kustindil.