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GERMANY |

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BERLIN, (via wireless to Sayville,
L. ~, Jan, 27.-Briliiant successes IN
a series Of infantry charges against
the French positions on the heights
near craonne were claimed In the Of
ficIaI war Office statement this after
noon. Saxon troops stormed and took
several important French positions
extending along battle line OF ,ooo
yards, pushing the French back upon
the southern slopes. The German az.
sault was a counter attack, delivered
after the French had made an unsuc-
cessfuI attempt to recover the
trenches lost on the preceding day.
1--WE took 865 unwounded French
prisoners, eight machine guns, ana
one pioneer depot from which French
sappers obtained their supplies' said
the official statement., 1--WE also cap
tured other material. English at
tempts to retake positions west OF Id
Bassee, broke under CALLING fire OF the
German artillery. Southeast OF 81.
MthieI. an important position was tax
en- from the French, who made an ur-
successful counter attack.
There are no important changes IN
Poland though the Russians have sur
fered heavy losses In attempts to as
sumo the offensive, particularly IN
east Prussia.
Dispatches from Vienna reported sc.
we're fighting in the carpathians and
admitted heavy Australian losses, but
asserted that the Austrian artillery
has the ADVANTAGE near TarnoW.
The war office today confirmed Cop
ennaaen reports that the small Ger
man cruiser GazelIe had been torpe-
doed of the island Of Ruegen but de-
cIared the vessel reached port without
assistance.
"This attack gave occasion for spec
uiatIon az to whether English or Hus.
sian submarines were responsible"
said the press bureau, in commneting
upon the raid. at has been reported
for some time that the English have
SEM submarines to thc Battle; but the
tendency 10 to believe that Il was
Russian submarine that attacked the
cazeIie. II this Is true, no signth-
cance attaches to the feat"
German and Austrian prisoners cap
4ured by the Russians are being sent
to Siberia, many Of them in wretched
condition, tho offIcial press bureau
charged today.
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Ten Men Selected to Pick Out Speaker For
Illinois House and Put End to
the Useless Balloting.
SIX DRYS AND ONLY FOUR VETS
Browne Blames Primary Election Law For the
-Four Weeks Deadlock and Says Timber
is Not so Choice Now.

man. Butler, Helwig, HOLIDAY, Jack.
son. Leech, Scholes, Shanahan, Smed-
jkai, Tomkins and Young.
The fortieth ballot resulted: Pro.
vine. SO; Browne, go; Kane, 4; Har-
vey, 16; Donahue, IL; Jackson, l; But
Ter. / Burns, Q; Lynch, l.: Brinkman.
/; Scholes, / Leech, /; Shanahan, z.
Present not voting, ten.
The thirty-ninth ballot: Provine.
So: Browne, %; Donahue, IL; Kane,
"A; Harvey. 16; Burns, Lynch. Huston.
Pendergast, one each.
Primary 10 to Blame.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. 27.-Lee
ONeill Browns Of Ottawa, today
blamsla the primary election system
for this <our weeks deadlock on the
Illinois house speakership which to-
day promised to outlast the week.
"While formerly republicans felt
some obligation to the party that had
helped secure their nomination and
election and were willing to be bound
by caucus ties" Browne said, they
now sit up and tell you that because
they were elected by the people they
owe nothing to their party and Will
have their own way whether speaker
is ever elected or not. Not only that,
but it was formerly to the interest OF
the party to see that capable men we're
sent to the assembly. Now any two
by four has an equal chance If he Is
willing to spend lot Of money. The
primary is fine theory, but an ir-i-
descent dream when it comes to prac-
ticability
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AUSTRIA

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VIENNA, Jan. 27.-Thc Austrian
offensive, designed to press the Rus-
SLAMS northward out Of Galicia and to
raise the siege of Przemysl, continues
its successes, the war office declared
today.
In engagements along the carpa-
thians, particularly near the uszok
pass, the enemy has been forced to
ecavuate strong positions on the
heights. Counter attacks upon the
Austrians have been repuIsed with
heavy losses.
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BERLIN (via wireless to London)
Ian 27-In commemoration OF his
sfty4ixth birthday, Emperor Wilhelm
today granted general amnesty 70
5tundreds OF offenders against mill
hry and disciplinary rules since the
outbreak of the war.
Offenders who had been committed
to jail by court martial were ordered
released and fines OF others remitted.
The kaiser also issued q decree an
nullng all legal proceedings and in
yestigations in cases of persons
CHARGED with evading the call TO
arms at the time OF mobilization.
TIE smperor's orders. were issued
1t his Headquarters in the field and
teleg7rhed here for PRONUNCIATION.
Emperor wilhelm, II has the distinc-
I'd today, as ne celebrates his fiftys
sixth birthday. OF being more able to
Weld power for good or evil. than
any ruler since the first Napoleon.
No man In history has aroused so
much discussion. He is conceded ev-
erywhere to be the central figure In
the war
This man OF whom everyone is
talking was born on January II,
1853. His father was Frederick III;
his mother. the Princess Victoria OF
Great Britain. When his father died
on June Is. 1888. after a short reign,
the present emperor succeeded to the
throne. He married Princess Vic
toria Of Schleswig Holstein, who Is
three months older than he. on Feb
'ruary 27, 1881. They have seven chill
dren, six princes and one princess.
William II is a many-sided man.
With a capacity for hard work and
bng hours, combined with mind
quick to grasp essentials he would
nave succeeded in almost any busi-
ness or profession. AS an emperor.
II is for the future historian to say
whether he Is a success or a failure.
Until the war broke out, at least, he
vas thoroughly In love with his WORK
and arose at five o'clock in the morn
Ing In order to do as much as pos
slole. 1--WE Hohenzollerns know moth
ing about dressing gowns" is say
ing Of his.
His program for each day, for
each week and for each month Is al.
ways carefully planned far ahead. OF
course, the war has cut into his or
alnary routine; In fact, the death of
NE Austrian archduke compelled hin;
70 return from Norway where he al
ways spent his annual yachting trip.
he is prodigious reader and on
ms table may be found American.
British anad French magazines and
newspapers as we'll as German. His
,aVorite books are those dealing with
history and economies. For recrea-
uon' he reads Latin and Greek poetry,
horace and Homer being his ia
vorites.
he has a clear. strong voice and
a's recent illness does not seem to
nave affected it-despite reports to
ue contrary. Furthermore. the en-
peror likes to use his voice in loud
singing of hymns or In delivering
ilowery sermons to his family and
crew on the "Hohenzollern," his
'acht. or at one Of the palaces.
But 1t Ia in the role of military
man that William II will be remem
Oered longest and his birthday today
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SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Jan 27.-Re-
publicans of the Illinois house wet
and dry together, today gave their
speakership worries into the hands OF
a committee Of ten, which as appoint
cd will consist of six "drys" and two
.'wets'' from the caucus organization
OF sixty-two and two "wets" from
Thomas Curran's wet holdouts. The
agreement to this compromise plan
gave more promise Of solving the
deadlock than anything else yet pro-
posed. The conference appointees
were: Provine. Funkhauser. Wilson,
Tice, Boyd and Shurtleff, dry; aAd
Brinkman and Scholes, wet" Thomas
Curran announced that he would ap-
point his two members Of the commit
tea this afternoon, following close on
the morning session.
The compromise was advanced In q
resolution by Representative Shurt-
left II proposed the republicans agree
to stand by any candidate unanimous
" selected by the committee Of ten.
If the committee can reach unani-
nifty on any candidate, the deadlock
will quickly be over.
waiter "a. IiONiAC, aSSoAoAA5 ~
plan. withdraws from the race, as alb
solutely unacceptable to the Curran
"w.sts." In case the committee fall to
agree on a man, it is provided by the
resolution that the caucus agree to
stand by Provine. The Shurtleff res
olution also stipulated that none of
the committee members be advanced
for speaker. DRY" democrats at
tempted to forestall the possibilities
of ''wet" speaker by the republican
conference plan by voting for Provine
on the fortieth ballot They declined
to vote until the roll Of absantees
were called when they voted for Pro-
vine. Republicans, however. were
wise and several Of them also refused
to vote while several others withdrew
their votes for Provine after the DEM
ocratic break Democrats who voted
for Provine on the fortieth ballot
were Basel, Cooper. Felt, Green,
Groves. Gruby. Hubbard. Huston,
Kane. Kasserman. Richards and VIII
hanson. Republicans who refused to
vote for Provine were Boyer, Brink
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Gete a New Skull.

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CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-George Weyer
Of st. Louis. was today given new
skull when local surgeons grated a
piece OF shin bone. several inches
square into place in his head. The
case was the first of its kind in Chi
cago, according to Or. H. J. Haiselden
who performed the unique operation.
"A large area Of the Uranium had to
be removed and replaced and thers
is every chance that the bone will
knit and the new skull will be as good
as his old, one" said Haiselden.
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RUSSIA

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PETRoGRAD, Jan. 27.-Develop-
me nts of new Russian offensive, aim
ed at konigsbers, capital Of east Prus-
sia on the gulf Of Danzig, was an
nounced in an Official statement today.
Russian forces operating in east Prus-
sia north of insternberg, attacked
alona a line extending from Ma!Wish-
ken to Lasdesnen and were success
full in pushing back the Germans. The
Russian outposts now are within fifty
five miles Of konissberg, nearly half
the distance between that great fort
ress and the Russian frontier.
The advance upon konigsberg Is
being made along the route Of the
Northern railway. instead Of by the
more direct route that lies through In
sterburs. The Germans are offering
stubborn resistance and are being re-
infcrced.
Reinforcements are being sent to
the army of Grand Duke Nicholas,
MOVING along the right bank of the
yistuia to invade Prussia near the
fortress Of Thorn. Only outpost en-
c.oen,ents are occurring In this re-
oion the skirmishing taking place
around kikoI. On the left bank of the
Vistuia and southeast Of Skiernievice,
German attacks were repuised, the
Russian fire siIencins two German bat
teries.
The Austrians have Increased their
activity aIonu the line of the carpa-
THAN mountains, leading southeast
from the CukIa Pass, particularly at
Jasliska and Uszok, but have been re-
pulsed with a loss of 500 prisoners.
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What the War Moves Mean
Bv J. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.

would be able to take large risks by
keeping well within range of the
large calibre British guns, thus per.
mitting her own shells to be fired at
penetrating distances. The speed of
the Derfflinger is not publicly known
and has been concealed by the Ger
man government; but 1t is probable
she is several knots faster than the
2S knot Lion and at least the equal
Of the 30 knot Tiger.
The speed factor, while accounting
for the destruction of the compare
lively slow Bleucher, must have been
controlled In the case Of the dread
naught cruisers by the willingness of
the Derfflinger to keep within range
of the enemy's guns and thus cover
the retreat Of the less heavily armed
German vessels.
1t Is difficult to explain the escape
of the Moltke and Zidlitz on any 9TH
er ground than this.
The problem of armor protection
versus big guns thus has had the
first test OF the war. The date, how
ever, for drawing conclusions is not
available. The GIerman government
has not divulged any information con-
cerning the condition Of the Derf-
finger after the fight and until this
Is known, comparisons will have to
be withheld. Nevertheless it would
seem from the plight of the Lion that
the British designers may have gone
too far in concentrating on 1875 inch
guns to the detriment of armor pro-
lection.
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rh,w Sees a Chance Now.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Friends OIL
Harry K. Thaw enthusiastically pre-
dicted today as the result of the elm
ination of William Travers Jerome
from the new legal fight, that Thaw
will soon be entirely freed. At the
same time Jerome and the attorney
generals office united IN denying
any other significance behlno Jer-
ONES withdrawal than appears. Jer-
ome hinted he was tired of insults
afor doing his duty" while Thaw was
acclaimed as conquer
ing hero. Attorney General woodbury.
said he was not warranted the e3-
penae of special counsel.
Jerome's elimination is admittedly
~. .,.in for Thaw. At each OF the
Thaw Z @ sanity trials, Whites slayer
had gone along swimmingly until Jer.
ONE took him in hand. Then he went
to pieces.
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Money for the Jobless.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-The jobless
are just $4,000 better off today as
the result of sermon" delivered
last night by former President Theo.
Roosevelt at the metropolitan opera
house The box Office rsceipts-do-
mated to helping the unemployed
were $1,000 A like amount was
raised by collection Colonel Roose-
welt then donated $4,000.
"My gift has a string to 1t, how
ever" he said. 81 once received the
Nobel peace prize OF $4,000. If an
all-wise and omnipotent congress acts
with such speed that I can get that
money from the foundation organized
To administer it, soon enough to do
some good, I will donate $4,000"
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a Double Murder.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Bodies of a
man and woman, both with heads
crushed, were found early today in an
East Hath street apartment. A bloody
hammer and hatchet were found near
the bodies. The woman is Miss Mar
ion j. Franklin, 80 years old, stem
ogranher out of work, whose home was
in Wilkesharre, Pa. The man is be-
lieved to be John CHRISTOPHER, so, an
engineer of Union Course, Long Island.
The janitor, Joseph Kriegieder and his
wife, were arrested by the police. The
woman, the police say, was too intox-
icated to talk coherently, but they
gathered from her mutterings that she
believes her husband knows something
Of the deaths. Miss Franklin boarded
with the kriegleders
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The War in Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our kevolution-
ary Neighbors of the South

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ri, PASO, Texas, Jan. Z1-leh
,bousand troops were dispatched east
ward from Aguas Calientes toaas
=, assist General Felipe Angere
army in the siege of Tampico. Inc
troops will march through San LUIS LUIS
potnsi. it being the plan to capture
tb;s town from the Gutierrez force
enroute to the gulf coast.
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T()RkE: !

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ATHENS, Jan. 27.-Genera! Jemal
Pasha, former Turkish minister OF
marine has been appointed command
err in chief of Turkish forces in the
campaign against Egypt, according to
dispatches from Constantinople today.
Three Turkish army corps are report
ed to be marching on Egypt.
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c,. me Carranzista troops are now de-
sl, a'ed 70 have been driven back from
Tho o'erritory surrounding Tampico.
on..,s s ,ast command !. holding ground
Sa.side Sue the city is said to have been
ana Ia.ed , In a sharp fight yesterday
r, withdrew into the port.
,,s me railway line between Victoria
re today. vas fopenea iof sei'
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Feminine Faith.

A woman is perfectly willing TO In
trust her life's happiness to man,
but she never has faith enough in him
to permit him to pick out S22 rug
Toneka CAPITAL.
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ENGLAND
[By Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Corresnondent.1 ~.

by Ed L. Keen, United Press starr
Correspondence
LONDON, January 27.-Deprlved
Of the services of the swiftest wing
of her navy, Germany will confine her
naval activities In the North sea sole
Iy to submarine raids for many
weeks, admiralty officials predict to-
day. The German battle cruiser Derr-
Finger is reported badly damaged In
the Sunday morning battle that re-
suited in the Bluecher's sinking. The
MoItke is said to have been In flames
as she headed back to Heiigoland.
OF the four German speed craft thas
steamed out to raid the British coast,
only the Zidit Is reported to have es-
capped serious injury. Single handed,
she 10 not expected to venture away
from the German naval base.
The Won Der Tam, another OF the
kaiser's speed monsters, is reported
to have been dry docked for repairs
few weeks ago. 1t is practically
certain she did not participate In
Sundays engagement. The Goeben Is
in the Black sea under Turkish flag.
Admiral Won Tirpitz, consequently
lacks the speedy dreadnaughts neces-
sary to combat on anything like
equal terms with EnnIand's North sea
fleet. Dispatches from HarWich
claim at least one German destroyer
was sunk In the Sunday battle, but
the admiralty has no confirmation.
The German report that British
battle cruiser was sunk, is denied. 1t
is admitted the Lion, Beatty's flag
ship was damaged and forced to with
draw from the battle line.
Survivors Of the BIeucher landed
at Leith, declare Captain Erdman Of
the BIeucher went down With the Ger
man battle cruiser. He remained on
tho bridge to the end although he was
wounded.
SOCIALISTS ALARMED.
LONDON, Jan. 27.-Fear that the
inefarious system Of secret diplomacy
may cause a breach between the Unit
led States and Great Britain was ex.
lpressed yesterday in a public mani.
festo issued by the executive commit
day. It called upon the British gov
! clear statement regarding the points
now in controversy with the U. 6
1--WE view with anxiety, possibility
Of serious friction between Great Brit
ain and the United States as an out.
come Of the controversy over maratine
rights and questions or contraband,"
read the manifesto.
! ave suggest that the socialists of
both countries formally protest
against the continuance Of this sys-
tenn Of secret diplomacy that already
| has brought such grave results"
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creelman is Sick.

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BERLIN, Jan. 27.-James Creelman,
American war correspondent, Is seri.
ously i'll here. He was removed to
hospital today where it was said he
was suffering from heart trouble and
Bright'S disease.
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THIS IS BIRTHDAY OF THE KAISER
T RANCE

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PARIS 27.-Heaps Of dead,
Victims series Of reckless and
blood, ges against the allies en-
trenr Is, formed the German
arr %irthday present to Emperor
w today.
Ihs>,red by the presence Of the
kaiser on the battle front, German
forces made simultaneous night at
tacks Of unusual ferocity on the
Frenc', and English lines from the
seaceast southward nearly to Rheims,
according to advices received here to-
day. Except in the vicinity Of Graz
onne where the French were forced
ia evacuate a trench, the Germans
were hurled back. They left many
dead and wounded on the field.
The fighting along the wooded
heights west Of Craonne was most
furious early today. Desperate infan-
try assaults upon the French posi-
tions followed celebration and song
service along trenches supposed to be
commenorations Of the kaiser's 56th
birthday. Strains of Idle watch am
Rhine" were still drifting across to
the French lines when the German
attack suddenly broke on the French
left. The Germans were within 500
yards Of the barbed wire entangle-
ments before they were discovered.
seareh,iohts were played on the ad-
vancino Germans. Machine guns pour
ed witherinu fire into their ranks.
The German charges against the
French lines were being renewed
hourly today. The kaiser is reported
on the German front near Ypres TO-
day.
NOTHING BUT SUCCESS.
ey Vim. Philip simns, United Press
staff Correspondent
PARIS, Jan. 27.-German forces on
the west bank Of the Meuse at ST.
Mihiel have again been cut off from
direct communication with the main
body Of Gers, ans en- ths east bank
french artlTleryr1en Rave DESTROYED
new pcntoons thrown across the riv
er at this point by the Germans
scarcsly had the enemy. succeeded IN
replacing the bridges destroyed by
French shells a few days ago, when
the bombardment was resumed.
French infantrymen continued yes.
terday their attack on German POSI-
tions on the east bank Of the Meuse,
opposite st. MihleI with the object Of
cuttinu off and surrounding the Ger
mans who made reckless infantry
charges. Their efforts to win French
trenches as "birthday present" to
the kaiser, were repulsed with severe
losses. In the Arsonne, another Ger
man infantry attack was hurled back
after a bloody clash Of bayonets.
Violent cannonading in the region
of Nieuport and Ypres and from Lens
southwark to Scissors, was reported
today. A German aviator signalling
the position of allied guns to Ger
man artiIIerymen near Nieuport, was
brought down by Belgian rifle fire
and captured.
The war office this afternoon Issued
a flat contradiction of the German
claims of successes west of Labassee.
Reports Of a brilliant English victory
in that region have been confirmed,
the war office announced. More than
400 German dead were picked up
alonc the Eethune road.
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THE WEATHER

Fof Keokuk and vicinity: Fair and
colder tonight Thursday fair and not
So cold.
For Iowa: Fair and colder tonight.
Thursday fair and not so cold
For Missouri and Illinois: Generally
fair tonight and Thursday. Much
colder tonight with cold wave east
and south portions. Moderate to fresh
northerly winds.
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Weather Conditions.


An area Of high pressure, with much
colder weather, has moved down into
the northern plains states, where the
temperature is from 20 to "a below
zero this morning, and the tempera-
ture is falling rapidly on Its front in
the lower Missouri and upper Missis-
sippi valleys. with light snow flurries.
Stations on the gulf and Atlantic
coast are the only ones east of the
Rockies reporting the temperature
above the freezing point.
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight and Thursday, the
temperature falling below zero tonisht
and moderating slightly during Thurs
day.
Local Observations.
Ian Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r
2s D m.-3G.20 20 S Clear
81 T a. m.--s03s 8 N Cl'dy
River stage. 700 M. 2.6 feet.
Change in past "a hours. rise a.
Mean temperature 26th. 20.
Highest temperature, 33.
Lowest temperature, z.
Lowest temperature last nieht, 8.
FRED z. GOSEwISCH,
Observer.
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