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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
INTERNED MEN TRY TO FLEE
Several of Is Sailors From Converted
Cruiser Berlin Drowned at
T%rondhiem.

Christiania, Sweden.-TwentEive
members of the crew of the German
converted cruiser Berlin, interned at
Trondhiem last November, attempted
to escape by swimming across the
Trondhjem Fjord, but they We're OBJ.
served by "a guard and caught. AL
were provided with bundles Of civilian
clothing, money and knives. Several
we're drowned. (Trondhjem Fjord is
about 10 miles across here.)
The Berlin, which carried a crew
of 450 men, entered the Norwegian
port of Trondhjem, Nov. II, to escape
from British warships after attempt
ing to leave the North Sea to act as
q commerce raider in the Atlantic.
Trondhjem is about 500 miles from
the German naval base of Keil and
Wilhelmshaven.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
RUSSIAN TROOPS
TURN ON GERMANS.
GRAND DUKE SAID TO HAVE SET
A TRAP FOR kAIsER's
MEN.
AUSTRIANS MOVE ON SERvlA
RepuIsed In First Attack on ogra-
dena-Enqlish Report Zeppelin
Raid Wherein Six Are Killed,
% Wounded.

London.-Several German army
groups in the Russian war theater
have fallen into the trap of Grand
Duke Nicholas and are in the gray
est danger, according to the Daily
T~elegraph's Petrograd correspondent.
"At the moment" says the cores
pondent, "one of the most interesting
points on the Russian front is be-
tween the Dvina and Niemen rivers,
where the Russians, by the capture
of the villa of Toviny, have cut
through the German line, thus pene-
trating the German armies operating
around P~oniewiesch and Vilkomir.
The latter army is in a dangerous
state and executing a frantic retreat
In an effort to extricate itself and
either reconnect with the Ponieweisch
group or join hands with the troops
operating around Kovino."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Most oblislns.

A street car was getting under way
when two women, rushing from op-
posite sides of the street to greet
each other, met right in the middle
of the car track and in front of the
car. There the two stopped and be-
gan to talk. The a stopped, too, but
the women did not appear to realize
that it was there. Certain Of the pas.
sengers, whose heads were Immediate
ly thrust out of the windows to as
certain what the trouble was, began to
make sarcastic remarks, but the two
women needed them not.
Finally the motorman showed that
he had a saving Of humor.
Leaning over the dashboard he in
quired in the gentlest Of tones:
pardon me, ladies', but shall l get
you a couple of chairs Pittsburgh
acknowledgement
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
at Work.

London. = Official announcement
was made of an airship raid on the
east coast of England.
Six persons were killed, % were In
jured and IA houses were damaged
seriously by bombs.
The text of the communication fol-
lows:
1.-TWO Zeppelins visited the east
coast between $50 p. m. and Has
p. M, dropping incendiary and explo-
sive bombs in various places, result
ing in the following casualties:
"Killed, four men, two women; in
jured, three men. eleven women, nine
children, all civilians. Fourteen house
es were seriously damaged
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
VILLA OFFERS TO DROP OUT
CONDITIONS IMPOSED MAKE THE
TERMS UNACCEPTABLE.
Favored, According to Pancho's
Uitimatum.

Washington, D. C.-Gen. Villa of
fered to eliminate himself from the
Mexican situation.
He did it in a way, however, which
was far from clarifying matters.
IF the peace conferences between
the factions in Mexico reach a sue
cessful end" his message, sent
through Diaz Lombardo, his foreign
minister, to his Washington agency,
mot only Gen. Villa, but all the civil
and military elements affiliated with
the convention party, would be dis
posed to eliminate themselves, if nee
essary, with the single condition:
THAT the men who are placed in
charge of the new situation shall sol
EMMY agree to restore constitutional
order, and that they shall not be
drawn from the decadent and odious
Cientifico or Reactionary party"
Whatever the Washington admins
tration's view-and it has been under
stood President Wilson opposed con-
Slderlng the "C1entltlcOS"-in his Mex
lean reorganization-it was certain
the Pan-American governments are
firm for "Cientitico" recognition.
The Villa announcement onse-
~quently promised immediate compli-
cations. To some extent it limited al
most at a reconciliation with Gen.
Carranza-whom the United States re-
fuses to recognize-against the still
more hated "Cientifico" element.
The Pan-American nations appeal
to the Mexican factions to restore
peace is ready for transmission. Sec
rotary Lansing was uncertain, how
ever, whether it could be sent before
today, Probably it will be made pub
lie Sunday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
ALLIES CREDIT MENACED
INDICATED BY DROP IN PRICE OF
EXCHANGE.
Immense MAJ Bills Maturing Must Be
Paid or Orders Will Be
Refused.

New York City, N. Y~.--Interna-
tional bankers admitted yester-
day that the credit of the allies in
America is being seriously menaced
by the fall in sterling exchange. Con-
~tinuation of the downward movement,
they declared, would result in serious
curtailment of the supplies now being
exported from America for England,
France and Russia.
When sterling exchange dropped
Thursday to $4.72A it reached a new
low record. The slump caused great
surprise, in view of the shipment of
more than $780, 900, 900 in gold and
securities received this week from
England.
Immense war bills are maturing In
this country, and bankers assert that
credit facilities must be established
quickly or the allies will be unable
to place any more orders. Wall street
hears that many manufacturers have
already refused great orders because
they would have had to accept notes
running for at least a year.
Russia has offered bonds, but these
have been accepted only in a few
cases, While no banker will discuss
the possibility Of a complete collapse
of European credit, 1t is general talk
in Wall Street that such a possibility
has been frequently suggested.
There is no question but that the
European conflict has been a terrific
strain upon the nations involved. 1t
already has cost billions of dollars and
the immense cost mounts with every
hour that the struggle continues.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
WOE FILLS DUXBURY
Town Mourns Passing Of Biyalye
Musicians.
Visitors to Famous Massachusetts, Wa
terlnn Place Dug Them to Eat, All
Unmoved by Their Plain
tive Murmurines.

From Duxbury, Mass, comes the
news that the singing CLANS, for
which that resort has long been ia
nous. are now facing determination.
and soon will be relegated to the past
along with the dodo, side hill gouger
and p~lesiosaurus.
Phineas Railnettor, choirmaster Of
the little church on the hill in Dux-
bury, who has lived in that village
for many years. was in New York the
other day buying dance records for
the photograph used for the Saturday
night parish dances.
The singing CLANS have been one
of Duxbury's greatest attractions
since the landing Of the Pilgrims, he
said. land the rapacity and inordi-
nate appetites of the newcomers of
the summer colony are responsible
for the fact that they are rapidly be-
ing wiped out.
by newcomers | mean those Of
the summer colony who have been
coming to Duxbury for only the last
so years, The others. the %genealogi-
cal a~ristocrats of the colony, have
been coming to Duxbury since before
the discovery of the sacred cod
and that, of course, was long before
the Revolution.
Il had heard of the singing clans
long before ! went to Duxbury, about
forty years ago, and when ! became
domiciled there, one of the first things
I did was to investigate them.
Il found that their singing, instead
of being a myth grown from the folk
lore of the fishermen, was an absolute
fact.
The Clans are different from any of
their kind in the world and that is one
a why the government ought to
preserve them, even if the residents
of Duxbury have SO little pride in
the greatest attraction of their town.
Unlike all other shellfish, these
clans have an aversion to water. This,
combined with their singing, seems to
me to prove ~conclusively that they
are descended from birds.
They live along the shores of the
bay, where there are long stretches
of mud and sand flats. My investi-
cations proved to me that when the
side was in and water covered these
flats, the clans, disliking the water.
burrowed down into the soft bottom
for a few inches and waited there
until the water receded.
Their keen sense of sound told
them when it was gone, and they
then come to the surface, zigzagging
their way through the soft ooze.
Then they lie outside their holes,
and after a few moments open their
shells. Immediately the singing COM
mences
In weird, minor key, like the notes
of an aeolian harp far of in the for
ests, their plaintive voices arise. Forty
years ago there were almost millions
Of them, and the great chorus, half an
hour after the tide went out, was most
amazing.
las the tide came in, each succeed
ing wave covering more clans, this
chorus died out, until by the time the
waves were tapping the marsh-grass,
it was absolutely stilled. This proved
to me that just as soon as a clam felt
the waves he again sank into his
shell to sleep until the next low tide.
The natives and fishermen of Dux-
bury never ate the clans. In fact.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
OSCEOLA MOB SHOOTS MAN
Lynchers' Victim Was Implicated in
Killing of Sheriff In Joint
M .s4 Raid. z4.e

Osceola, Arkansas. - Andy Crum
was shot to death in jail here by a
mob of Is men, after the jailer had
been overpowered.
Crum was arrested in connection
with the killing of s. D. Mauldin,
sheriff Of Mississippi county, Ark, in
a raid by the sheriff and a posse on
alleged blind tigers on Island 81, in
the Mississippi River, July 81.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
QUICK ACTION FOR SLAYER
English bath Tub" Murderer, Con.
victed July I, Hanged Yes
terday at Maidstone.

London, England.-George Joseph
Smith, the wife murderer, was hanged
yesterday at Maidstone.
Smith vas found guilty by a jury
on July l.. He was accused of MUIR
dering three wives in order to collect
insurance money on their lives. In
each case the woman was found
drowned in a bath tub soon after the
welding ceremony.
After Smith was sentenced, the
court, complimenting the jury upon
its verdict, declared that the prisoner
had gone through the ceremony of
marriage with two other women, both
of whom he had robbed of money.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Seeks STRANGE Beast.

Washington.-Preston Gibson, who
added to his fame several years ago
by winning a bet of 1000 that Char
ley Street of the Nationals could catch
a baseball he would throw from the
top of the Washington monument,
now has bet that amount with a fell
low member of the Metropolitan Club
that the latter cannot bring forward
a four-footed animal with blue and
white stripes, the stripes to be not
more than two inches wide.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
ARMY AlRSHIP TAKES A DROP
Capt. Knox Killed, and Lieut.. Sutton
Probably Fatally Injured at
Fl. Sill.

Washington, D. Capt. Knox,
detailed to the q~uartermaster corps
at Fort Sill, Ok, was killed, and Lieut..
Sutton of the signal corps vas in
Jured seriously when Aeroplane No. At
became unmanageable during a prac-
tice fight at Fort Sill and crashed
to the ground. The accident was an
nounced in a telegram to the war de-
partment shortly after noon yester-
day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Forest Fires In Manitoba.

Winnipeg, Man.-Fve forest ram
gers were helpless to stop raging for
est fires in Northern Manitoba Al
though the Hudson Bay Railway is
well protected with fire guards, dam
age Is feared. Train loads of men
have left for Moose Lake to fight the
flames.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
sAruian Attack EaIIs.

London.-A dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Bucharest, which was de-
layed in transit, says that the Aus
TRANS throughout Tuesday violently
bombarded the Serbians near Orsova,
and that an attempted landing by
Hungarian troops at Ogradena, off the
Danube, near the Iron Gate, failed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Austrian Note ia cabIed.

Washington.-The American reply
to the Austrian protest against export
Of arms to the allies as a violation of
the spirit of neutrality, was eabled to
Ambassador Penfield at Vienna, the
state department announced. Tbs en-
tire reply will reach Penfeld by Sun
day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

Port au Prince.-Sudre Dartinguen-
ave, president OF the senate, was
elected president of Haiti by the ma
tional assembly He succeeds Gen.
vilbrun GuilIaume, who was assassi-
mated by q mob.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Easy Money.

"Any fishing up where you spent
your vacation?"
PLENTY. In fact, there wasn't any
thing else. All we got to eat was the
fish we caught ourselves, and they
charged us SIS a week for Serving it"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Worth Closes London House.

London.-Consternation was caused
among the employees of Worth's here
by the sudden announcement by Man
ager Ponce that the establishment
would close, having lost business on
account of tht war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
MANNED SOLDIERS MAKE LACE
Industry Taken over by Government,
Which Sends Agent to U. S. to
Create Market for Product.

San Francisco, California.-Russia is
seeking to create a market in the
United States for Russian koustar or
lace handwork of the peasants, with
a view to providing employment for
her MANNED soldiers, according to an
announcement made by Theodore
Kryshtofovch, special commissioner
from Russia to the United States, who
has arrived here from Petrograd via
Japan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

Observation-Disclosures General
Burleson has authorized an 11-cent
stamp, to meet the demand for a
stamp that will cover at the same
time both insurance and G. o. d.
charges on parcel post matter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Iowa Postmaster Removed.

Cedar Rapids. Ia.-J. A. oxley, post
master at Kenwood. has been re-
moved from office by Postoffice In
spector Griffin as the result Of O rob
berry, in which $500 in cash and
stamps was taken.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Last Civil War officer Retired.

Washington.-Col. John l.. KLEIN,
the last officer on the active list Of
the United States army who served
in the Civil War, has been placed on
the retired list. He is GA years old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Italy to Buy American Grain.

Rome.-The latest official reports
regarding the harvest show that Italy
needs 100000 quintals more Of
grain for her consumption until next
year. Most Of this grain will be pur-
chased in America.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

Starkville, Miss.--C. ID. Wilson was
shot and instantly killed by W. A.
Thomas, who resented Wilson's at
tentions to his sister, Roma Thomas.
The girl Witnessed the tragedy, and
later attempted suicide.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
SHOOTING IN Crowded CAFE.

Los Angeles, Cal-R. G.. Cunning
ham, a city fireman. entered a crowd
ed cafeteria in the downtown district,
shot Miss Flora Sanders, an employe,
twice and then fired three bullets into
his own body.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
n"
Illinois Farmer Missino

Nashville, Ill,-Miss Ruth Perry and
George Perry of Lively Grove told
officers that their father, George
Perry, Sr, had not been heard from
since Wednesday, when he departed
for Nashville with $500.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Texas Wheat for Brazil.

Galveston, Textile British steam
ship West Wales, laden with approx
mately 2S5,000 bushels Of wheat,
cleared for Rio de Janeiro. This is
the first cargo of wheat to be sent to
Brazil this season.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
browns in 4 Feet Of Water.

Champaign, Ill.-Miss leila Win
slow, a music teacher, was drowned
in four feet of water at the high school
swimming pool. 1t is thought she was
overcome by heart trouble.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

Pana, Ill.-Jesse stiilwell. Jr., "a
years old, lay down on the Illinois
Traction tracks near the Sleeps Head
crossing and permitted the st. Louis
north.bound sleeper to pass over him.
Death was instantaneous.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Portuguese Cruiser Aground. safe.

: 'tUaHSsC NEUTSDT odTGs
Parfs.-The Portuguese cruiser Re
publica, which ran aground near Pen
iche, south Of Lisbon, while on her
way to Oporto, is not believed to be
In a dangerous position. according to
advices from Peniche.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Search for Boy In Vain.

Ottawa, Ill,-Searching parties who
have worked in%defatigably for five
days have no clew to the whereabouts
of Ray Knoblauch, IL years old, who
disappeared last Wednesday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

New York.-Women and children
were trampled and 300 passengers en-
gagged In a wild riot aboard the steam
er andrew M. Smith, on FIRE in the
middle Of the Hudson. 1t was all
staged for The movies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

1t is calculated that 100000 tons
of carbon, most Of it in the form Of
coal, is the average yearly amount
burned in large cities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Allies Buyers of Cattle.

Chicago.-An order for 100000
head of cattle to be shipped to Great
Britain and her allies is said to have
been placed with a Chicago firm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

Petrograd.-The council Of minis
tiers has approved the project for the
utilization of prisoners of war and
foreign laborers for the manufacture
of war supplies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Office Chatter.

"How do you like your job%' asked
the inkwell.
Its dirty work" replied the new
blotter. "Still it's rather absorbing"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

When a millionaire dies it generally
develops that he was worth about
500, 900 and that he had been paying
taxes on a valuation of $4,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
officer. Where Are You2

"Has the backward season arrested
the cotton CROP" we asked the south
ern planter.
ut has" he replied, "but we think
we will be able to bale it out"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

A catalogue Of the fishes Of Maine
shows that the state has 140 species,
but only rs are fit to eat, and only IL
are Of commercial value.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
ONLY ONE CROP nF.LAND

Good corn land is very scarce. See
ad of neutrality-suspicious. Co. in
another part Of this paper, and write
them for full particulars.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Zero said q Be seekIna Loan.

Lima, Peru.-It is understood that
the Peruvian government has entered
upon negotiations for the floating OF
. loan in New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

Our Christian year 1915 corresponds
to the year 5676 in the Jewish cale1-
dar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

Frankly admitting that the baby re-
sembles its father is the shortest way.
1t also is the safest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Tired Of Him.

He--I always pay as | go.
She (yawning)-I don't think you'll
ever become bankrupt.-Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

The number Of telephones in the
United States has increased fifteen
fold in the last "A wears.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

Yes, Cordelia, the female bookkeep-
,er may be a countess.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Typo Convention in Baltimore in 1919

Los Angeles, Cal.-Baltimore was
formally selected as the convention
city of the international Typograph-
ical Union for 1916.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

Submarines for naval purposes were
first developed by France.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

The first balloon ascension took
place in 1888.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19

The thread Of the silkworm is one-
thousandth of an inch in diameter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-19
Puts Prisoners to Work.

JOAQUIN MENDEz, Guatemala"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-15
Has Six Subdivisions.

The National Realty Co. Is offer-
ing lots In six subdivisions, all well
within the Ford tractor district. The
newest of the lot Is Empire park.
located on State-st., or st. Cosmos
line, which will be to Ecorse what
Woodward-ave. is to Detroit This
subdivision was opened to the pub.
lie Oct IL. and opportunity will be
given until Oct. % for CUSTOMERS 10
buy six or more lots nj one time.
Empire Heights is hebind. but still
within easy reach of every big fac.
tory in the district. In the north
OF Ecorse there are still few lots
left in the Riverview subdivision.
Highland subdivision is half block
from the Visger school. and half a
block from West jefferson, while
the Railway Terminal subdivision is
between viseer and Salliotte roads.
few blocks from Jefferson. Here
discount will he given for the pur-
chase OF more than one lot az time
until Oct. %.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-15
Ants and Suffragists
Increase Efforts AS
Election Nears
VOTE SEEKERS
ARE CONFIDENT
Leaders of Cause to
Invade Doubtful
Counties

TRENTON, n. j., Oct. 15.--New
Jersey suffragists and their equally
hard working sisters, the ants, to-
da ybegan the last lap of weeks OF
hot camPaigning before the special
election which will grant or deny
the ballot TO thousands of women,
next Tuesday. Sunday will be a
day OF rest. and on Monday the big
final appeal to put New Jersey in
the suffrage ranks will be made.
Suffrage leaders today were con
fidcnt the measure will carry. Thew
are countign on the outlying dis
tricts 10 give them enough votes to
Offset the rather doubtful counties
OF Hudson, Essex, Union, Camden
and Atlantic, where the situation is
shrouded In mystery. In these
counties the big factories will hold
the balance OF power.
Every night this week. and on
Monday night, speeches will be
made in every city in the state.
Several auto loads OF New York