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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26

 SINK s. s.
 LEELANAW

LONDON, July 2s.-The American steamsIp LeeIanaw bound from ArchaneeI, Russia, for Belfast, Ire- land, for a cargo Of flax was sunk yesterday by a German submarine off the coast of Scotland.
 The officers and crew of the LeeIa naw were brought 10 KIrkwaII.
 The Leelanaw left New York last May with a cargo of cotton eonslsn. ed to Russia. She had discharged her cargo of cotton and was coming back to Belfast in ballast.
 The Leelanaw was well known on the Pacific Coast She has been en- gagged from time to time for many years in the Alaska trade, and two years ago was under charter to the White Pass and Yukon route, carry ing general merchandise and ma chinery cargoes north and White horse ore south.
 She was steel steamship of 1923 gross and 1877 net tons; 27S.S feet in length; 36.1 feet beam; 21.4 depth of hold; was equipped for passen- gers and carried crew of S4 men. She was built at New Castle. Eng land, and was given an American reg ister when in the government service at the time of the Spanish war when she was sold to the United States though Barneson and ChiIcott, of San Francisco. He home port was San Francisco.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
A. MITCHELL PALMER
 TO SUCCEED LANSING

CORNISH. NN. II. July 26.-Form- CT Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer. of Pennsylvania. will be appointed counsellor Of the State Department to succeed Robert Lansing, promoted to be Secretary or State.
 It was stated that the commission for A. Mitchell Palmer will be sign ed within day or two.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
cRAwEoRo ro sUlLD sroRE.

VALDEZ. July 25. - chas. Craw. ford who was heavy loser ln the Valdez fire has returned here. He will construct sam Blum's new store He has been over at Anchorage where he and Chas. Bush, formerly of Valdez of the cigar firm of Ingram 6 Bush. are now in business.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
MEXICANS MUST
 NOT SHOOT OVER
 AMERICAN BORDER

WASHINGTON. July 26.-Gen. Fred Funston has been directed to prevent any Mexican firing across the Amerl- can border in case of warfare near the boundary line between the United States and Mexico.
 There is fighting threatened at No gales and elsewhere along the border between Mexican factions.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
BERLIN DisLlKEs
 AMERICAN NOTE

Berlin, July 2s.-The American note to Germany has been received most unfavorably by the German newspa- pers. They charge that the United states 10 seeking to cripple the Ger man submarine warfare. Many of tho papers say that to comply with the American demando would mean in ef- feet a suspension Of the submarine war against British commerce.
 The effect Of tho German newspa- per comment on the American note is having tendency to revive the autiAmerioan feeling that had ale most died out
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE
 DESTROYED BY FRENCH

LONDON. July 26.-A French tor pedo boat destroyer operating in con junction with the Italian fleet yester- day destroyed an Austrian submarine and the aeroplane station on Lagosta island in the Adriatic sea.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
LAPS TO RUN EIGHT
 STEAMERS TO GOTHAM

NEW YORK. July 24-The Japan Mail Co.,, subsidized by the Japanese government has decided to establish a direct passenger and freight ser vice between New York, Yokohama, Kobe. and vladivostok. by way of the Panama Canal, and will put on eight new steamers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
FIGHTING BRISK ON
 TYROLESE FRONTIER

ROME. July 26.-It is reported from Cologne, the headquarters of the gen. eral stan, that both infantry and ar tillery duels are in progress on the Tyrolese frontier.
 Premier Salandra left Rome for the front Thursday, to hold a conference with King Victor Emmanual
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
WAR CONTINUES TO
 DRAG ALONG WEST FRONT

LONDON. July 26.-No important cyentualities are reported from the west where fighting continues to be severe, but, without decisive results.
 The German attacks along the FIan- ders lines and on the Crown Princes front have been repulsed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
GERMANY MAY BE
 AFTER PETROGRAD

PARIS. July 26.-It is said here that the Russian drive at Riga is for the purpose Of capturing that fortress and to use 1t as a base from which to op- crate an attempt to capture Petro- grad. the capital of all the Russias.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
GERMAN AERoPLANEs
 FOB TURK ARMY

DEDEAGATcH. (yia Salonika and
 Athens) July 26.-Eleven railway tank cars filled with benzine and eight aeroplaues have just arrived in Constantlnople from Germany for use by the Turkish army on the Galn- poll peninsula.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
GERMANY MAY DECLARE
 MARTIAL LAW EVERYWHERE

COPENHAGEN. July 26.-A Berlin dispatch published here says that martial law will be declared through out Germany in order to suppress the socialist agitation for terminating the war.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
SENATOR PULLMAN IS
 ON WAY TO NORTH

SEATTLE. July 26.-United States Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman of South Carolina arrived here Saturday and left within a few hours for Van couver. B. C.. from which point he sail ed Saturday night for a round trip to Skagway.
 Senator Tnlman will reach Juneau tomorrow evening on the Princess So phia and leave here for skagway the same evening Returning he will be in Juneau again Friday morning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
CHOLERA IN HUNGARY.

GENEVA. July 26.- Dispatches from Vienna say 1t is officially an nounced there that 54S cases of chol- era have been recorded in Hungary. 2s1 resulting in death. There have been 64 cases in the army, 24 soldiers dying.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
GERMAN NEWSPAPER
 IS FORCED 10 STOP

AMSTERDAM. July 26.-The Ger man newspaper Maerkische Volstim- me has been suppressed for publish ing the French account of the fight ing at Notre Dame de Lorette in which the Germans were defeated.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
JUDGE NETERER SHAKEN
 UP BY AUTO COLLISION

SEATTLE. July 26.-United States District Judge Jeremiah Neterer was badly shaken up yesterday when his automobile collided with a jitney bus His condition is not serious.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
MITCHELL TRIES
 TO PREVENT STRIKE

NEW YORK. July 24.-Mayor John Purroy Mitchell of New York has ap- pointed several prominent men, in cluding Louis D. Brandies. to act as arbitrators in the threatened strike of 50.0O0 cloak and suit makers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
carranzistas Threaten Border

LaTTITLT0II- TTT-|--T -1TIIT'
 WASHINGTON. July 26 - Gen. Fred Funston reported today that in spite of tho warning that had been given to Gen Carranza and his as- surances that there would be no fight ig on the border towns which would endanger the lives of Americans. Gen. Gales has assembled 20O0 Car ranzista troops at santa Barbara. % miles from Nogales apparently with the intention of attacking the border town.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
GERMANS SINK THREE
 SHIPS IN NORTH SEA

BERLIN, July 26.-German subma- rines report that the French steam ship Danae and the British steamships Firth and Grangewood have been sunk by submarines in the North ann
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
GERMANS MAY coNFlscATE
 MUCH OF BELGIAN CROPS?

LONDON, July 2s.-A dispatch from Rotterdam says the Germans intend to conhscate the Belgian crops and fix it's selling price by commission.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
LAUNCH SINKS.

The launch "Mable," owned by Ben Bullard. sank at her moorings last night. her lines having become foul- cd. Only slight damage was done to the boat
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
cermanv strenothens West.

ROTTERDAM. July 26.-Over S5.- 900 German troops are reported to have passed Aix-latChapelle during the last week going to the west front.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
srvan to Speak at Seattle.

SEATTLE. July 26. - William J. Bryan will make two or three speech es while in Seattle in addition to his address for the peace society He is expected to arrive here this week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
sroLE TOWN PETS.

Front street businessmen are com blaming at the loss Of several pigeons from the flock that makes the street it's feeding place. lt is said that one man yesterday took six of the birds.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
NEW YoRK's MAYOR
 ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., July PC. = Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, of New York was arrested here yesterday for exceeding the automobile speed limit
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
TurkeY elvea RalIroad to RuIaarIa

LONDON, July 26. A dispatch from Sofia to the Times says that a treaty ceding to Bulgaria the Turkish portion of the Dedegatch railroad was signed at constantinople Thursday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
SPOKANE COMING WITH
 FULL PASSENGER LIST

SEATTLE. July 26-The Spokane will sail tonight with an of her pas senger accommodations sold out to tourists.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, July 26.-Alaska Colo closed Saturday at sS% Chino. 44ik Ray. 22% Utah Copper 65i5 Butte and Superior, 701z
 Copnar Was quoted aL D cents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
LOCATE CLAIMS.

J. K. welch. J. A. Nolan and Tim Harrington today filed in the record ing office the notice of the location of 2s lode claims and i4 milisites, in Rhine Creek basin.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26
JOHN RosENE SEVERELY
 HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Seattle, July 26.-John Ro-
 sene. pioneer of Alaska, orig.
 inator of the Northwestern"
 companies and for the last
 several years promoter of the
 Alaska Midland railroad" from Haines to the Panama. and Miss Bertha Heutis. a Se- tie school teacher we're seri- ously injured yesterday when their automobile upset as they were returning from Mount Rainier
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-26

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
ROADS FOR FARMERS.

AgricuIturists Must Have ServiceabIe
Highways For Transportation.
What the farmer needs most in the
way of roads is a road from the farm
to the nearest railroad station-more
miles of dirt. sand clay or gravel in
stead of so many highways, said B. L.
Galloway in an address during farm
ers' week at Ithaca, N. Y. The ma
ton wide movement for good roads is
to be commended. but great deal of
the work has been undertaken with
out due consideration Of all the facts
involved. Only 10 per cent of all the
roads in the United States have been
improved. Of the individual states
Ohio leads with % per cent of improv-
ed roads, New Jersey has % per cent,
New York II per cent. or per cent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19

above the average of the country as a
whole. Pennsylvania has only 4 per
cent of it's roads improved.
The farmer is not especially inter
ested IN highways. Too much atten-
ton has probably been given roads of
this type. What the farmer wants is
a road which is good enough for the
ready transportation of his products
and his supplies and not so expensive
that he is Overburdened to build it or
maintain it. We need sand clay roads
and roads made of gravel or other
readily available material.
The movement for federal aid for
good roads has depended on number
of factors, one of the chief of which
has been the influence of the automO-
bile owner and manufactures. In ad-
ditiOn to this, there have been de-
mands made on congress for high
ways connecting cities, which have
been planned to parallel railway and
trolley lines Altogether about fifty
bills have been introduced.
Legislation for good roads should in
vOlve cooperation between the states
and the federal government. Under
this cooperation the states should fur
nish funds equal to those appropriated
by the government or double those set
aside through federal appropriations;
second, combined federal and state
fund should be used for construction
only, the states assuming all respOn-
sibility for maintenance. The govern
ment cannot commit itself to expense
for maintenance for an indefinite Pc
riod, and the community which uses the
road reasonably should be expected
TO keep it up. The smallest unit to be
dealt with by the federal authorities
should be the state, which should de-
veIop an organization in the state high
way department to handle the work.
The proportion in the allotment Of
funds to the various states seems to
have been a stumbling block in all
preceding legislation. This can be
solved by aIIotting federal funds to the
states on the basis. first, of the ratio
Of the area of the state to the total
area of the United States; second. the
ratio of the population Of the state to
the total population and. third. the
ratio of mileage of post roads to the
total post roads of the United States
outside Of incorporated cities.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
The Lincoln Highway.

/ The lincoln highway means more
than a single band OF improved high
way connecting New York with San
Francisco. 1889 miles away. beyond
7mOuntain, plain and desert, says D. X.
EpsndingtOn. vice president of the
Iiin..Oln Highway association. 1t typi-
fies a crystallization of sentiment for
permanent roads. not good roads. 1t
means a system OF highways connect
ing cities. towns and villages within
Srsve. zone of not less than 200 miles.
all leading and tributary to the one
sgreat artery of travel that in one short
year has been put on the map-put
there to stay on. on which. in the years
10 come. vast sums of money will be
spent by states, counties. towns and
by patriotic citizens who are sure to
establish memorial miles. miles that
will ne units of the gigantic whole.
As routed the Lincoln highway is
convenient to about GO per cent of our
DOJ,n,Htion of fOO.OO0.O00. 1t traverses
sta'es which represent about CT per
GER of the registered cars or the
cOr..rv. Many Of the wealthiest and
mo D~osperOus agricultural and man
ufa ing sections Of the country are
dTil " to It.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Obituary William Labs.

At his home in the town of North
Lancaster, on Tuesday night, May IL,
died William Laabs, at the age of 65.
Deceased had lived in North Lancas-
ter many years and was highly res
pected citizen. He had been in bad
health for long time, and the end
was not wholly unexpected.
There survive to mourn his death,
the widow, Bertha Laabs, formerly
Miss Bertha Hyer, and six children,
as follows: Gust, Lancaster; Annie,
wife of Otto Block, Lancaster; Bertha,
Herman, Minnie and Title at the
family home. These all were devot-
ed to husband and father, and each
did all he could to relieve the suffer
ing of their dear one.
Funeral was held at the home, on
Friday morning at 10 80, the Rev.
George Recht, officiating. Burial
was made from the Liberty church,
in the nearby cemetery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Sandy Reasoned Well.

Sandy McEwen is six years old. The
other day a girl baby was born in the
family across the way. Said Sandy,
worldly wise:
1.-THE first week s'pose she'll have
a birthday ev'ry day. The first month
she'll have one ev'ry week. The first
year she'll have one ev'ry month. Aft
er that she'll have one eV'ry year for
ever an ever"
mo, dear-only till she dies" cor
rected an older member Of the family.
sis that so" answered Sandy scorn-
fully. Saint George Washington been
dead for quite some time, and amt he
having birthdays YETI" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Smyrna.

Smyrna can lay claim TO a loftieT
lineage than perhaps any other city
on the earth. 1t is her proud boast
that from the earliest dawn of history
down to the present time her continu-
ity of name and fame is unbroken. 1t
is in this spirit that she claims Homer
for q citizen. His river. the Meles.
which gave him a name. runs near the
city. and the cave is still shown where
he wrote his poems. Smyrna has not
been slack in appropriating Homer,
endowing him even with local tenn
pie. The saddest chapters in the his
tory of the city are those which record
earthquakes and-massacres of Greeks
by Turks.-London Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Arrestinu a Citv.

Berwick-on-Tweed has more thar
once been ARRESTED" by contending
nations, since. being Independent OF
both England and Scotland. by lega
fiction or reality. it has happened tc
offend one or the other of them in q
crisis. By the way, it may not be
widely known that Berwickon-Tweed
is still at war with Russia. for the
town was specially mentioned as sep
arate belligerent in the ultimatum de-
livered to Russia ere the Crimean
struggle began. But when the peace
was signed afterward the name of Der
wick was omitted as party to this.
So technically Berwick still continues
to be at war with the czar.-LOndon
Answers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
0bituary--CharIes D. Parker.

At a hospital in Milwaukee, on
Tuesday, May IL, died Charles D.
Parker, at the age of So. Deceased
had been in bad health for number
of years, and of late had made his
home with his sister, Mrs. A. j.
Pipkin, of Boscobel. By occupation
be was a travelling salesman, and one
of the jolliest of goodfellows. 1t is
said that he was overtaken at Day
ton, Ohio, by the great flood of three
years ago, and that he has not been
we'll since. He was badly used
by the exposure and mental and
nervous strain of that occasion.
A short time ago Mr.. Parker went
to Milwaukee to consult specialist,
but failed to get relief. Besides
the sister, Mrs A. j. Pipkin, de-
ceased leaves a brother, former state
Senator Dwight 7. Parker of Fenni-
more. He was a son of the late
Dwight T. Parker, one of the sterl-
ing pioneers of Lancaster, who opened
a store here as early 1843. Later
on, when the railroad went to Bos-
cobel, Mr.. Parker moved his store to
that city, and at the time of his
death, 1871, he was without doubt
the richest man in Grant county.
Charles D. Parker was buried in
the Boscobel cemetery, after a fun
eral at the home Of Mrs. Pipkln, on
last SATURDAY. morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
DRY HOLLOW.

sDscizl Correspondence to the Herald.
Ralph Meir lost valuable horse by
the breaking of its leg.
Miss Emma Weisheit visited August
GRATIS at Sitter, Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. Born, ST., was caller at
John Spease's and VIM. Martins.
Agnes Gard is working for Robert
Pagenkopf.
Church was we'll attended at Far
view, Sunday evening. Services again
on Sunday evening, May %, beginning
at o'clock.
Ed Martin was caller at Lancaster,
Monday, VIM. Born also.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
GOOD ROADS.

Are you doing anything for
good roads? Is your community
doing anything? Is your county
alive to the value Of rock roads,
roads Of a permanent type? If
you are a farmer you ought to
be able to realize the value of
better highways more keenly
than any other citizen.
1t is a fact that the chance
visitor and the man who is look
ing for Il location are likely to
Judge Il neighbOrhood or a re
gion by the kind of highways it
maintains. Stretches of mud
holes blast a community's repu-
tation. Bad roads kill church
life and choke education. Church
es and schools are dependent
very markedly upon good roads.
Where the roads are stretches
of mud in winter and dust and
old rutS in summer neither
schools nor churches may -four
iSh.
When you find a farmer who
opposes good roads and fights a
reasonable taxation for building
better highways you will find a
man who is a drawback to his
community. He should have
been left behind somewhere in
the nineteenth century. - Farm
Progress.
q 9 ~ 3 p
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Havana's Water Supply.

For more than three hundred years
the water supply Of the city of Havana
was carried through an open ditch,
built in 1892. The supply originated
at the springs of the Almendares river,
nine miles south of the city, and this
source still provides an adequate flow,
for the springs, which have since been
fully developed, number 400 and are
enclosed by a heavy wall of masonry
which is constantly under military
guard. An aqueduct has long since
snpplanted the ditch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
MILEAGE of Public Roads.

The public roads of the United States
have a mileage ten times the length OF
the steam railroads. and the passenger
traffic on the public roads is more than
200 times the passenger traffic Of the
railroads.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
Saves Socks From Shine.

Up-to-date bootblacks have adopted
a celluloid sheet which fits over the
top of an oxford, protecting ths hosiery
Of the patron from being soiled by the
polish. It's spring top keeps it
clamped about the ankle, and as it can
be wiped off with cloth 1t is easy al
ways to keep it clean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
French LoquacltY.

There is no nation like the French
A French milliner will make hat out
Of a piece of felt and nothing: and
French official will make a diplomatic
episode out of nothing at all, putting
into Ave minutes of futility all the
Gallic civilization OF centuries,-Ar-
uold Bennett la the Century Magazine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
The Reason Of IL.

''Why is it that novels are so much
more popular with the women than
with the men"
"In a novel the fellow invariably
asks the girl to be his wife."-Chicago
Herald.
The log cabin Democrat., 1915-06-01
KIRBY NOT TO Be IN
GOVERNORS RACE

Little Rock, June Ii have no in
tention of becoming a candidate for
governor, | am receiving a great
many solicitations to enter the race,
but | shall not do so"
In this positive language Associate
Justice w. F. Kirby disposes of a per
sistent rumor that he will seek to Sc
cure the gubernatorial nomination.
One of these rumors even went so far
as to announce that Judge Kirby
would resign from the supreme bench
to enter the campaign, and that Attor-
ney General Moose would be appoint
ed to succeed him. 1t is understood
that Judge Kirby still has his eye on
the United States senate at the oppor-
tune time.
The log cabin Democrat., 1915-06-01
SHERIFF RETURNS
With PRISONERS

Sheriff W. w. Bishop returned last
night with Frank Honeycutt, white,
and Tom Taylor, colored, both charg-
ed with grand larceny and jail break
i G. The two escaped when Lee
Blount broke Jail at Conway last Oc-
tober. A week or two later they were
arrested on larceny charge in Desha
county and sent to the county farm,
where they were confined until yes
terday. Sheriff Bishop learned a few
weeks ago of the mems whereabouts
and arranged to have them held at
the expiration of their sentences.
Deputy Sheriff Roy Hendrickson,
who accompanied Sheriff Bishop, was
delayed while making trip from De
mas to the Desha county farm in an
automobile and will not reach Con-
way until tonight
The log cabin Democrat., 1915-06-01
ABANDON 5. |. A.
ORGANIZING WORK

Little Rock, June 1.-The School
Improvement Association work. so far
as its direction by a state organizer
is concerned, is to be abandoned July
|. This is the advice that has been
received from the General Education
Board, which has borne the expense
of the organization in the state.
Every other state in the south, where
the work is being carried on. has made
provision through legislative appro-
priation for assisting in its expense,
but Arkansas has done nothing, and
this has caused the General Board to
withdraw its support.
The work was started in 1908 in
Arkansas, and since that time Miss
Eva Reichardt has travelled all over
the state, organizing societies and
bringing about better spirit of CO.
operation in rural as we'll as city and
town schools. She has received $75 a
month and expenses, nine months
each year.