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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28
Drive Against Russia.

OllVc against Russia.
The Austro-German drive against
Russia started about the LIST of Nav
The Russians had up to this time been
on the offensive and had occupied on
March p the Austrian fortress Pre-
mysl This allied victory was achieved
only after long siege. Then the leu.
ton powers assumed the offensive
which swept through Galicia and far
into Russia. On June Przemysl fell
ana was followed by Lemberg on June
70. the capture of Warsaw on Aug. &
the capture of Novogeorgievsk on Aug
10 and the capture of Brest Litovsk on
Aug. %, when Germany and Austria
withdrew many of their troops from
this front. having entirely achieved
their purpose.
The Dardanelles Fighting.
Histories today are occupied with
events that happened In the Spanish.
American war. and what is more in
teresting than the naval exploits OF
1888? Every one remembers the race
against time that the battleship Ore
gon ran around Cape Horn to reach
Santiago Every one remembers Dew
ey's thrilling battle at Manila. Like
wise our children will be greatly in
terested in the Dardanelles campaign.
Here England made her big mistake
On Feb. "a the allied feet bombarded
the forts defending the strait. The
mistake, all military critics agree, lay
in the fact that England did not send
a supporting army with the fleet at the
time of the first attack Finally, when
she did send an army, the Turks were
| firmly intrenched. and this ended In
the withdrawal of part of the army on
the Gallipou peninsula on Dec. 20. The
failure was expensive and tended to
show that the greatest fleet that Eng
land and France could send was pow
erless to force the strait, the best nat
ural fertilization in the world The
estimated cost of this failure, is 100000
lives and seven big battlesAips. On
March Is the British battleships IT.
resistible and Ocean and the French
battleship Bouvet were sunk in the
Dardanelles. On April the British
battleship Lord Nelson was destroyed
by the Turks. On May the British
battleship Goliath was torpedoed in
the Dardanelles, with a loss of SOC
lives. On May % the British warshiT
Triumph was sunk. followed on May
% by the Majestic.
An interesting feature of this cam
paign was the report that came jus
as 1915 was passing that had the Brit
ish continued their bombardment OF
March 10 the strait would have beel
; forced. as there remained but seven
teen shells in the principal fort on tina
day, and the Turks had made al
preparations to evaeuate- However
. this report could not be verified.
After this the scene shifted to tn
Balkan states. where Bulgarian. GEL
man. Austrian, Turkish, British, French
Servian and Montenegrin forces ar
now fighting
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28
SYNTHETIC RUBBER MADE.

Germans Find Suitable Substitute For
Automobile Tires.
German scientists have succeeded in
producing a synthetic rubber. Auto
mobile tires made of this substance
viii stand a years wear and tear.
The necessity for finding new mate
rial for automobile tires was brought
about by the British embargo. which
prevents the shipment of rubber into
Germany.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28

That Would Be Something Else.
The secretary of agriculture says
that the skunk is one of mans best
friends" I'VE can stand that as long
as the skunk doesn't aspire to being
one of our closest friends"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28
|HAlc YOUNGEST Of
BRITISH GENERALS
Sir John French's Successor
Is Popular In England.
HAS HAD A NOTABLE CAREER

Has Been Praised by Sir John For
Ability In Carrying Out Orders, Es-
peciaity During the Battle of Loos.
Reverse Due to Failure Of Subordi-
mates to Carry Out His Orders.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28
IuRE HISTORIES TO Be FILLED
WITH RECORDS or EVENTFUL 1915
sinking Of Lusitania Stands
Out as Most Dramatic
Incident Of the Last
Twelve Months.

W1HE youngster 1916 enters as old
Father Time is cutting another
notch In his gun and labelling it
1915" The old. passing out, will
1nnnbly 50 down In history as the
1o1iest Of all years. Not in the. re-
ID deeds Of man has there been a
oIvemonth period In which so many
IIvuo have been sacrificed on the altar
= he war god Looking back. one is
noGed to consider those events which
- destined to occupy most of the
<oco In the history books that our
dren will study in the years which
{11 Tor them-who knows whati
q course there will be a large mar
- Tor discussion and dispute. Who
- point TO this or that occurrence as
- most important, the most dramatic.
al took place In 1915?
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28
Chronicles Of Year to Fin
Pages In the Books That
Our Children Win Study
In the Future.

Dade neutral trade with Germany
should be listed These orders were is
sued on March Is
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28

One h forced to select the world war
. the most important. and no one will
on1er an argument. But the feature of
~ war that was the most terrible-aH
= 4 3 horrible-was the destruction
e the Cdnard line steamship Lusi
lnnin. which was sunk by a torpedo
GDd By German submarine in the
nglish channel on May {, with the re-
u1fnnt loss Of about LOO lives, inelud-
~ 100 citizens of the United States.
- vessel was torpedoed off Kinsale,
- the coast OF Ireland. The German
zGcRornment has never made known the
omo Of the commander of the under
- boat but has made known the fact
1T be was acting under the specific
1cE8 Of Admiral Won Tirpitz. head of
o German admiralty.
41kn led up to the diplomatic ex-
1nges between the two nations,
11ck for q time were near the break
~ point The United States demand
disavowal Of the act of the sub
urine commander. but Germany fail
oI - comply with the request How
<TcEs after the sinking of the White
~ liner Arabic on Aug. 10. when the
1omatic exchanges were taking
oce. the German government gave to
" government Of the United States
- assurance that no more vessels car
- passengers would be sunk by
man submarines unless sufficient
oGning was given and the safety of
- u0ncombatants provided for.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28

ma On June . Gamma troops 0ccu-
pied the City Of Mexico. Fighting be-
tween the factions continued through
out the year. On Aug. 5 representa-
dives OF the United States and the Cen
tral and South American republics met
N New York city to find means of es-
taDhsning stable government in the
place OF chaotic excuse On Aug. IA
these Representatives sent an appeal to
0osh factions asking that they make
peace On Oct the conferees decid
ed that Carranza was the man TO head
the republic and recognized him, and
ne became provisional president. Villa
Kept on fighting until the passing of
tue year. when be decided he had
enough and gave up the struggle.
Huerta Shows Up Again.
In the meantime, however. Huerta
came from his exile in Spain to New
YORK city. where he remained quiet
for shert time. As he was endeavor-
ing to reach Mexico and again stir ND
the hernets' nest he was arrested at
the border by federal authorities and
held on a charge of conspiracy. Pros
poets for permanent peace in Mexico
seem exceptionally bright as 1915 says
farewell
1T was an of year in political circles.
No big campaigns were on. and every
one looked forward to 1916. which is
presidential year. In the few elections
that were held the Democratic major
ity in the house of Representatives was
slightly reduced and the party's ma,
creased.
The Presidents Wedding.
All the world loves a lover, and all
the world forgot the war long enough
to become intensely Interested in the
marriage Of President Woodrow Viii
son to Mrs Edith Boiling Gait, which
occurred at the Washington home of
the bride on the evening of Dec. IS.
Their brief honeymoon was spent in
Hot Springs, Va. This wedding stands
out as the leading social event of the
year and was the signal for the open
ing of one of the most brilliant social
seasons III the history of our national
capital
Future histories of American sports
will be big volumes. The first notable
event in this sphere was the victory OF
Jess Willard. who. by defeating Jack
Johnson at Havana, brought the
worlds heavyweight title back to the
white race. The big league baseball
season opened on April IA. On June I
Walter j. Travis won the fourth Met
| ropolitan golf championship. On June
| Is Jerome D. Travers won the oper
| golf championship of the United States
| On Sept. William NJ Johnston woI
| the tennis championship of the United
| States On Oct 3 the Boston Ameri
can league team won the fifth and de
/ Gliding game of the worlds series an,
became the baseball premiers of tn,
universe In the football world Prince
ton was defeated by Harvard and Yale
| Yale in turn was defeated by Harvard
In one of the most notable games o
| the year, which was witnessed b
nearly all the officials of the govern
ment. the Army defeated the Navy a
| the Polo grounds in New York Pres
| Nehe "iiSoAi, Win MIS- 1dlt. Nuo l
now Mrs Wilson. saw the game. O
Dec. IL officials of the National an
American leagues met officials of til
| Federal league in New York and star
ed the negotiations looking towar
peace between these rival organiZs
tons
The Eastland Disaster.
| Newspapers are our present day hi.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28
Diplomatic Exchanges.

Probably no transactions between
mo governments will occupy more
mnce In our children's histories than
1ooe between President Wilson and
- German government On May ID
- nrst protest was filed by Secretary
- State Bryan. This was six days
Glfor the sinking Of the Lusitania- The
1tman reply. failing to meet the de-
Dends OF this government and in
my details extremely unsatisfactory,
- followed by another note on June
y On July "a the third and last Lusi-
nnia note was dispatched. in which
k1oGident Wilson stated that any
(uther entertainments on the part of
Germany would be considered ..delib-
ontely unfriendly." Then. finally, on
OFT 8. Germany disavowed the sink
hg Of the liner Arabic and gave the
1Uurances already referred to.
Shortly after that. however, or on
Nov. I, the Italian liner Ancona was
tnrpedoed in the Mediterranean sea by
submarine carrying the flag Of Ger
0nny's ally, Austria Nine Americans
~ their lives when this steamer
INK. On Dec. IL note was sent to
Austria demanding a disayowal, repri
mand of the submarine commander
and reparation for the loss of Ameri-
en- lives. The reply of Austria was pub
Inhed in this country ON Dec 10. She
seated that the evidence was incom
pete and gave indications of wishing
% compromise. But President Wilson
cent on Dec. 20 what has been termed
NE 'stiffest'' note since the war start
81, In which he positively refused t.
compromise and demanded that the
requests of this nation be needed a
once.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28
The Eastland Disaster.

Newspapers are our present day his
tories, and throughout the year they
were crowded with sensational stories
about sundry things. The biggest of
these was the sinking of the excursion
steamer Eastland in the Chicago river
with the loss of 9S1 lives The boat
was overcrowded, having BASS per
sons aboard. This occurred on July "a
Harry Thaw. long in the limelight,
claimed his share of printers ink. He
was placed on trial on March 5 on
charge of conspiring to escape from
Matteawan and subsequently acquit-
ted On June Is he was granted the
privilege of having a jury pass on the
question of his sanity His twelve
peers found that he was sane. and his
release followed.
Charles Becker. former lieutenant of
the New York police force. having been
convicted of instigating the murder of
the gambler, Herman Rosenthal, was
electrocuted at Sing Sing prison on the
morning of July 80. thus ending one of
the most famous and sensational cases
in the criminal history of the country.
The most revolving crime during the
year was not the work of one man.
On the night of Aug. 10 a mob of citi-
zenS. presumably from Marietta. Ga,
broke into the prison at Milledgeville
and took therefrom Leo Frank. Frank,
Jew, had been convicted of the muir.
der CT Mary, Phagan. Marietta girl
In IA oil 60 e
lanta- He was rushed through the
country in an automobile to the home
| of his alleged victim, and when the
| sun rose on the morning Of the 16tf
it shone on his body dangling from
| the limb Of tree. He was lyncheC
after a fellow prisoner had made {
dastardly attack on him with a knife
Civilization was shocked.
/ Another sensational crime was TIL
| attempt to aSsassinate ]. Pierpon
Morgan, the inancier. On July
! Frank Holt, a German college pro
fessor, shot the banker at his Glel
| Cove On. j. home. but the wound wa
inconsequentiaL Holt later Commits
suicide by jumping from the top OF hi
Jail cell to the stone floor He had be
come demented because Mr.. Morga
was lending money to the allied pow
erS.
The death list includes Fanny eros
by, the noted hymn writer; Jane
Creelman, war correspondent; Fran
James, last of the bandit James brotl
ers: Mary Anna Jackson. widow {
'.Stonewan' Jackson; W. R. Nelson
editor of the Kansas City Star; Bool
er 7. Washington. noted negro edI
Gator, and others.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-28
Recall of Dumba.

The exchanges with Austria We're
specially important, as the United
states government had on Sept 3 re-
Quested the recall of the Austro-Hun-
8artan ambassador, Dr. konstantin
0umba- This diplomat had been con-
eected with plots to foment trouble In
1cfories in this country that We're sup
pVtng munitions of war to the enemies
the central powers The request was
mediately granted. and the diplomat
1led on Oct 5. about a month prior to
- sinking Of the Ancona-
Aside from the submarine warfare,
I'VE other features of the war stand
el destined to worry young Alneri-
~. future students of history These
q the Austro-German drive against
e1a. the operations at the Darua-
- the aerial warfare on London,
= allied offensive at Loos and the
4uo- German drive through Servia,
which Bulgaria played a big part
y sure, some will say that this OF
. should be included In this resume
~ every one Is entitled to his or bel
Non. Many will claim that in this
- i've great features OF the wal
entz1nce of Italy in the struggle
nQ1d be included. This occurred or
~ a but the operations on the Aus
italian front were Of comparatively
- significance. Others win say tha1
- British order In council which for
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-02-16
FINDS GYPSY BANDS
TRADE IN GIRLS
Federal Investigator Locates the
White Slave Markets.

Denver, Feb. 13.-New York, Phil
adelphia, Chicago, st. Louis, Mime.
apolis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Dal-
las and Kansas City are white slave
markets, where gypsy girls and white
girls, the latter stolen, are sold for
sums ranging from $500 to $4,000.
This is the statement made by Will
liam F. Fitch, special investigator for
the department of justice, in au off,
cial report sent to Washington.
Ftch's report follows several weeks
of secret inquiry and contains con-
fession from the wealthy chief of a
local gypsy band According to this
mans statement, he is worth nearly
5000 900, having 100000 ON deposit
in Chicago banks and $4,000 in Den
yer. In fear of death this chic: told
Fitch that for several years gypsy
bands in all parts of the country have
traded in girls. obtaining for them
sums seldom below $1,000. The traffic
began with gypsy girls, husbands SELL
ing ing their wives, and recently has
extended to white girls.
Chicago has been the clearing house
for the slaves, who were brought
from all parts of the country to Ko-
komo, Ind, and there held until sold.
Often the girls were "farmed" out or
resOld. much as baseball players are
handled.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-02-16
DAYTON CHARGES AIRED
Daughter of Judge jackson and
Others Appear as Witnesses.

Daughter of Judge jackson and
Others Appear as Witnesses.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Feb. 13.-That
she had strong suspicious that Judge
Dayton had something to do with the
removal of her father, Judge John j.
Jackson. from the federal benCh, al
though her father had never told her
so, was testified by Miss Lilly Irene
Jackson, only daughter of tho late
Judge, before the subcommittee Of
congress which convened here to in
vestigate the charges against Federal
Judge A. G. Dayton. Miss Jackson
swore that her father remarked to
her that there was something .nder-
handed about his being put off the
bench. Other witnesses heard by the
committee were Judge Reese Biz
zard, Judge j. G. Mcclure and Will
liam Beard, prominent local attorneys.
The charges against Judge Dayton
allege that he Disseminated against
the miners unions and striking min
crs; that he Is tool of corporations,
and that money was used to secure
the seat he now holds and in tle un-
seating Of Judge John J. jackson.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-02-16
new ship BILL
IN The MAKING
MOdlfles Senate Measure and
viii Be Put Through House.
ACTION LIKELY EARLY IN week

House Bill Provides That the Ship
ping Board Shall Go Out Of Bus-
ness In Two Years, the Powers and
Property Of the Board to Be Alb.
sorbed at the End Of the Period by
the Secretary Of the Navy.
Washington, Feb. 13.-Unless there
Is a change of plan, the administra-
ton ship bill in modified form will
be passed by the house early next
week. This does not mean that the
measure will become a law at this
session of congress. It is held to be
impossible in the short time remain
ing for this congress-, which will ad-
journ by limitation on March 4, to
PASS ship bill.
Developments in connection with
the ship bill situation followed one
another in rapid succession. In the
senate the measure was displaced by
cloture proposal advocated by Dem
ocrats, angered by the Republican
filibuster. On the house side Of the
capitol tfe leaders were in confer
ence in an effort to pave the way for
action on the ship bill in that body
early next week. Among those who
conferred with the house leaders on
behalf of the administration was Post
master General Burleson.
Nv
the capitol that the compromise bill
suggested by the house leaders was
not approved by President Wilson.
This compromise, the work in large
rart of Representative Kitchir of
North Carolina, provided for a union
of the Weeks naval auxiliary bill and
the Gore substitute offered in the SEN
ate, the shipping corporation so form
ed to terminate at the end of two
years, or at the close of the war.
A new bill, which will be whipped
into shape at once and offered in the
house is made up of provisions of
the Weeks bill and the Gore substi-
tute. 1t provides for the creation of
q shipping board of four cabinet Off
GERS and three civilians, to be charged
with the duty of acquiring and oper-
ating ships in the merchant service.
An appropriation of $40,000,0 600, to be
raised by an issue of bonds. is made
available for the purpose. Under the
proposed law the shipping board
would go out of business in two years.
At the end of the period stated the
powers and property Of the board
would be absorbed by the secretary
of the navy, who would have autnor-
ity either to operate ships directly or
to lease them for operation Dy pri-
vate persons or corporations.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-02-16
RUSS QUIT EAST PRUSSIA
7taf Dozen Engagements Raging on
the Eastern Front.

London, Feb. l3--The German off,
Feinl statement says that coinc!dent
With the arrival of the kaiser on the
battlefield in East Prussia the Rus
.atans were compelled to retreat hast
1iy from their positions east OF the
Naxurian lakes. The Germans cap
tured $4,000 prisoners and fifty guns.
IN edditicn TO other war material
In central Poland, on the riglt hank
OF the Vlstula, the Germans are pros
ecating an offensive and have cap
tured the town OF Serpedz. with sew
.erd hundred prisoners. The 9itua-
tion on the left bank of the Vistula
"a unchanged
There can be no doubt that crisis
In the military situation OF tie east.
ern war zone Is rapidly developing,
and out OF II will come the decision
whether In the near future Germany
1s 70 capture Warsaw and cut off the
Russian base of supplies, with large
slice OF Russian Poland territory, or
whether Russia Is to oyerrun the Car.
psthians. sweep the Hungarian plains,
sweep south towards Vienna, sweep
northwest toward Koenigsberg and
East Prussia, and assume the mas.
terry OF that important theater Of the
war
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-02-16
CALLED BY DEATH

James CreeIman, Noted Newspaper
Writer, Passes Away In Germany.
New York, Feb. 13.-Word was re-
ceived in this city from Berlin that
James Creelman, war correspondent,
newspaper writer and former editor,
died of brights disease in the Ger
man capital. Mr.. Creelman went to
Berlin as special correspondent for
New York newspaper. Cree'man
was born at Montreal, Canada, on
Nov. IL, 1859. At twelve he ran away
to New York, where he entered q
printing office. To improve his edu-
cation, at sixteen he entered r. De-
Witt Talmage's lay theological col
lege. In 1878 he Joined the staff Of
the New York Herald. Later he went
to Europe and served his newspapers
from nearly all of the European capt.
tails. He covered" all of the modern
wars and in the course of his career
interviewed the worlds most famous
men. Mr.. Creelman was married in
1891 to Alice l.. Buell. of Ohio. His
home was in New York.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-02-16
RUSSELL STAYS ON JOB
PREVENTS ARREST OF S0LONS

Columbus. Feb. l3.-Price Russell,
Democrat who this week resigned as
state insurance commissioners, told
head of the department until his sue
cessor, Judge Frank Taggart of Woos.
ter, has qualified. Russell's action
Prevented the arrest of about forty
members of the house who went home
without permission. After announce,
ment of Russel's decision the house
lifted the call under which 1t had been
sitting, and tho Howard bill, reducing
the salary OF the state insurance COM
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-02-16
single TAX
PROPOSAL

Columbus, Feb. 13.-Single tax ad-
vocates viii propose u single tax
amendment to the constitution TO the
Ohio voters next fall. This announce
ment was made by John ID. Fackler
OF Cleveland, Petitions will be cir
culated for its submission. The pro-
posal leaves untouched the present
uniform rule of taxation for the state
at large, but would give each political
subdivision the right to determine by
piajority vote that all local revenues
should be raised exclusively by tax
on land values.