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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
U. S. ASKS FOR PROOF
WILSON WILL TRY TO STOP SALE
or DuMDuM BULLETS.
President in Note to German Ambas
sador Says He VIII Take
Action at Once.

Washington, Jan. 9.--President Will
son informed the German government
on Thursday that he viii use his in
fiuence to prevent, so far as possible.
the sale of dumdum bullets and other
Objectionable ammunition to belliger-
ent European powers in cases where
an American company is shown to be
engaged in such traffic. The presi-
dent will take this step without re-
gard to whether 1t is the duty Of this
government to do so upon legal or
conventional grounds. President VIII
sons assurances on this point were
communicated to the German ambas-
sador, Count Won Bernstorff, in the
state departments formal reply to
Germany's protest against the manu-
facture and sale Of dumdum bullets
to the allies by American concerns.
Mr.. Wilson said that If Germany
could furnish the state department
with evidence any company is manu-
featuring and selling for the use of
the contending armies in Europe car
tridges, whose use contravenes The
Hague convention, the government
would be glad to be furnished with
the evidence, and the president said,
that in case any American company
is shown to be engaged in this traffic.
he will use his influence to prevent so
far as possible sales OF such ammuni-
ton to the powers engaged IN the
European war, without regard to
whether 1t is the duty of this govern
ment upon legal or conventional
grounds to take such action.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
FLAS III ES
OFF THE WIRE

New York, Jan III. G. Ottesca,
for many years secretary of the Wa
bash railroad, has been elected vice
president, succeeding Edgar T. Wells,
deceased.
Chicago, Jan. Ill. Ogden Armour
has warned the country of a beef short
age and higher prices throughout the
country
Ossining, NJ Y, Jan. 11.-Edward L.
Ryder, who sued the New York Gen.
trail railroad for two cents excess
fare collected from him was awarded
the amount and So costs of the trial
Berlin, via London, Jan. 11.-Senor
Gonzola de Quesada, Cuban minister
to Germany. died suddenly of apo
plexy.
Spokane, Wash, Jan. 12.-Robert
Farley city commissioner in charge
of finance, died in doctors Office
of an acute swelling of the larynx
He had his tonsils removed. and while
at his home noticed that he was slow
ly choking. He hurried to the doc
tors Office. where he died IN 90 min
utes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15

nearly all back from the river secur-
ing food for the winter.
A weeks stay was made at Dunve-
gan, some miles from which place
a band of Beaver live on the reserve.
Near them were several prosperous
agricultural settlements.
Many Bears After Berries.
Coming back to Peace River Cross
ing was pleasant and should have
been easy. If one sits down on q raft
or in a canoe and sits still he will
quietly pass the $40 miles from st.
John to Peace River Crossing. Our
luck was a canoe loaned to us. Be-
cause it was the homeward journey
the natural speed of the current, three
miles. was increased to five or six by
the use of the paddles. 1t is tiresome
work, but few days OF it puts large
share of conceit into one when he
tries his muscles against a loafer.
Yes, there were bears, there always
are on the Peace. This was the time
of ripe berries and there were many
bears. We know that they, Indian
like, must have made medicine"
against us, for nothing else could have
prevented our killing one.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
WILSON TO RUN AGAIN7
CANDIDACY HINT IN PREsf-
DENTS SPEECH.
Defends Mexican Policy and Party
Record on Currency and Tariff
Lets Public Judge Acts

Indianapolis, Jan. 11.-President
Wilson on Friday voiced what a crowd
Of more than 1000 people assembled
here to hear him make a Jackson day
speech interpreted as hint that he
might be candidate for the presi-
dency again in 1916. The people
.leaped to their feet and cheered until
the president himself raised his hand
and called for quiet.
The president had been discussing
the Mexican question. and referred TO
his belief that he knew the tempera-
ment and principle OF the American
people, adding that he would not be
fit to stay where he was II he did not
understand them.
There may come a time" he went
on, when the American people will
have to judge whether / know what
am talking about or not"
There was a slight pause, and then
the crowd, which included the mem
bers Of the Indiana legislature, jumped
up and began shouting and cheering.
Realizing the construction which had
been put on his words. the president
held up his hand for silence, and said:
4 did not mean, to stir up any
thing. That was merely preparatory
to saying that for at least two more
years / am free to think know the
American people"
Previously the president had at
tackled the Republican party. defended
the record of his administration on
the Mexican policy and the tariff and
currency questions and declared that
careful examination of the returns
from the elections last November
showed that if it had been q presiden-
tial year a Democrat would have had
majority of about eighty in the cleo
toral college.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
REPORT BRUSSELS IN FLAMES
Former Belgian Capital on Fire--cer-
man Line PerlIed by the
Allies.

Amsterdam, via London, Jan. -
Refugees who have arrived at Bergen
Op-Zoom from Brussels, says the
Nieuws Van Den Dag, report that a
great fire has broken out at the former
Belgian capital
Fighting of a desperate character is
going on in the center of the Franco
Belgian battle line, notably northeast
of Scissors, which, through lombard
ments, seems likely to suffer the fate
of Reims and further east in the viein-
ity of Perthes and Beausejour. From
these points the allies have been try
ing to reach the important railway to
the north, seizure of which would cut
one of the German main arteries Of
communication.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
CIVILIZATION is AT STAKE
Says Germany, Not England,
Fighting for Peace.

Berlin, Jan. I'm this war not
only Germany's existence, but also Eu-
ropean civilization is at stake.
This war means to England moth
ing but the determination of our ship
ping, commerce and industry. She
simply wants our trade for herself.
Her pretext is TO free the people of
Europe from the so-called German
militarism.'
These striking statements were
made to your correspondent by Gen.
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Won Moltke,
chief of the German general staff.
1T is this very militarism which
has kept the peace of Europe for the
past 43 years. Russia and France,
who promptly consented to enter
Great Britain's service, now shed their
blood for British 'maritimima, which
is apt to reduce these countries also
to state of servitude under the Brit
ish arbitrium mundi.
Consequently. and as a matter of
fact. Germany, not England. is striving
for the liberty of the nations"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15

pected to pull out before us and did
not, we moved downstream.
The little Grenfell could make about
fourteen miles. and the river itself
was making eight because the water
was very high. 1t was liquid mud car
rying driftwood and logs-even whole
trees. The sun slowly moved from
south to west, from west to northwest,
and then was hidden behind the river
banks. That it had set we could not
be certain, for there was plenty OF
light until about eleven o'clock, when
we tied up to the banks so the en-
gineer could sleep.
Islands Are Numerous.
The river is full of islands. In the
800 miles there are about two hundred
of them, covered with pine and spruce
timber AS we proceeded the banks
grew lower and the river wider. That
night we tied up at North Vermilion
and went down to the river bank in
stead of up, the river was so high.
Here, 600 miles from the railroad.
there are two little communities of
whites and half breeds, one on either
side of the river. They get mail once
a month and are glad to get it, al
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
BLEASE WIPES OUT MILITIA
Governor of South Carolina Ends
Long Fight With Troops and
War Department.

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 13.-With a
sweep of his pen Governor Coleman
Livingston Blease on Monday wiped
the organized militia of South Caro-
lima out of existence.
The order disbanding the National
Guard is effective Immediately. APP
proximately 1900 men are involved,
included about six hundred whom the
governor had refused to muster out
of service upon orders received about
eight months ago from the chief of
the federal division of militia affairs.
Differences between the governor,
the militia and the war department
over organization and equipment of
the troops were given by Blease as
the reason for his action.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
ALSACE BATTLES ARE FIERCE
Fight Has Been Raging Ten Days on
Hills and in the
Valleys.

Geneva, Switzerland. Jan. 1.-THE
battle in Alsace that has now been
raging for ten days is being fought
under conditions unparalleled in mod
ern warfare. In the valleys and on the
hills-wherever the opposing German
and French troops can gain foothold
1.-THE fighting goes on night and day.
Both sides have suffered heavy
losses at Steinbach. which the French
now hold. The Germans lost 5000 in
killed and wounded in their attempts
to hold Steinbach and their efforts to
recapture it.
Red Cross nurses who have arrived
here state that at some points German
and French soldiers have been killed
by their own artillery.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
ROOSEVELT ON TAFT TRAIN
Former Presidents, In Different Cars,
Escape Meeting on Way From
New Haven.

Boston, Jan. 11.--Former Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt and William H.
Taft travelled on the same train from
New Haven to this city. They were
in different cars. and each said on
leaving the train at the Back Bay sta
ton that he did not know the other
was aboard. When photographer
approached Colonel Roosevelt with a
suggestion that he pose for picture
with his successor in office the colonel
exclaimed: Young man, don't be
silly"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
.BATTLESHIP IS SUNK.
FRENCH DREADNAUGHT couR-
BET ToRPEDoED BY AUS
TRAN CRAFT.
SINKING BOAT is RAMMED
Sister Vessel, Also Hit by Missiles,
Tries to Aid courbet, But Sends 1t
to the Bottom, Says an Official Re-
port Issued at Vienna.

Berlin (via wireless to Sayville),
Jan. 1S.-The dreadnaught Courbet,
one Of frances only four warships of
this class. lies at the bottom of the
Mediterranean after an attack by the
Austrian submarine No. u. The war
ONCE issued an official statement tell
ing Of the victory OH Monday.
The Courbet had complement of
1913 men. all of whom are believed to
have gone down with the ship. After
the attack by the submarine, the
dreadnaught's sister ship, the Jean
Bart, tried to tow her to port, and
during her maneuvering the Jean Bart
rammed the Courbet. With her COM
partments already filled by the blow
from the torpedo, the huge vessel
could not Withstand the added blow,
and sank.
News of the sinking of the Cour-
bet came in the following statement
given out on Monday by the official
press bureau:
Vienna reports state that 1t has
been ascertained that the French
dreadnaught Courbet was hit by the
Austrian submarine No. H. The Cour-
bet was rammed by her sister ship,
the Jean Bart, which was attempting
to tow her. The Courbet sank. The
Jean Bart afterward locked at Malta.
The French pretend that only the Jean
Bart was slightly damaged, concealing
the IoSS of tha Courhot
While no date or locality was men
toned in the official statement. it is
believed here that the engagement
was that which took place on Deem
Der Fl in the Otranto channel. east of
she "heel of Italy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
WOMAN DEMOCRATS CONVENE
Third Annual Meeting of League at
Washington Is Welcomed by
Speaker Clark.

Washington, Jan. with delegates
present from practically every state in
the Union. the third annual convention
of the Woman's National Democratic
league was opened here on Thursday.
Speaker Clark welcomed the ladies
on behalf OF official democracy, after
Mrs. William A. Cullop, wife of the In
diana representative and president Of
the league. had called the convention
to order.
Commissioner of Education p. p.
Claxton made an address pointing out
ways in which the women o. Democ-
racy may help in the work OF enlight-
ening the rising generation. Comp
troller of the Treasury Downey also
spoke.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
VIEW Of the PEACE RNER
at FoRT ST JOHN

though it is usually two months old
when it arrives. The whites are we'll
read. well-educated, and have the true
northern hospitality. The half-breeds
form a class by themselves. They
read a little French, but prayer books
and catechisms are all that are avail
able to them in French. Only few
of them have been as far from home
as Edmonton, the others consider Yer
million the center of the earth.
With Vermilion as a base six weeks
were spent in chronological work Dur
ing this time trip was made to a
trading post on Hay river on the oc-
casion of treaty paying Nearly all
the Indians Of Canada receive cash
payments from the Dominion govern
ment once a year. A band of Slavey
Indians, practically untouched by civ
tlization except as to dress, trade at
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
OFFERS PAY FOR SHOOTING
Bryan Says Britain VIII Give Darn
ages TO Family OF Deceased and
Man Shot by Canadians.

Washington. Jan. 9.-"The British
government, without deciding tina
question of liability, will consider pay
ment Of damages for the injured and
to the family OF the deceased" This
statement was given out on Thursday
by Secretary Bryan as message from
the British embassy. stating Great
Britain's position on the disposal OF
the case of Walter Smith, who was
killed, and Charles Dorsch. seriously
wounded by Canadian troopers recent
ly at Fort Erie in Canadian waters.
One of the officials said Great Britain
several days ago had expressed her
regret over the occurrence.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15

this post, which is 700 miles from the
railroad by the usual route of travel.
The Beaver Indians, who hunt be-
tween Hay river and the Peace, are
greatly reduced in numbers and con.
siderably influenced by more than a.
century of contact with white and half
breed traders and servants of the fur
company.
Slow Trip Upstream.
Returning upstream Vermilion to 81.
John in August was another matter
as regards speed. The current was
not quite SO strong, but the steamer
belonged to the Hudson Bay company.
The ways of the company are still
the old ways of the north. There must
be French-Cree word for manana
since the thing itself certainly exists.
The boat was comfortable, however.
the weather perfect and the compan-
ionship excellent.
1t took three weeks to reach Fort st.
John, where from the river banks, 900
feet high, the Rocky mountains are to
be seen. The first of civilization in
the persons of several young settlers
went to st. John with US.
Here also are remnants of once
powerful Beaver tribes, who in early
days burned the trading post and
killed the traders. AS treaty had
been paid considerably in advance OF
the advertised date, the Indians were
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
TWO SHIPS SUNK BY MINES
Forty Lives Are Lost When Danish
and British Vessels Are Sent
to Bottom.

London, Jan. 9.-Forty lives were
lost in the sinking of two steamers
by mines in the North sea on Thurs
day. The Danish steamer Shingolf was
lost off the east coast, and IL members
steamer Alfredia was sunk off Scar
borough. The crew took to the boats
and nine of them arrived here. The
captain and IL others are missing.
and are believed to have persisted.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
SLAYER Gets Life Sentence.

Champaign, H., Jan. 1S.-Scott
Stone, slayer of his wife and four chill
dren, escaped the gallows by pleading
guilty when arraigned in the circuit
court Il sentence you to life imprison.
ment.' said the Judge.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
Bandits KIN Policeman.

ST. Louis, Jan. 12.-Police Sergeant
Michael F. Gibbons was shot and al
most instantly killed by two bandits
ne discovered holding up Waterman
and blowing safe in Delmar station
OF the Wabash railroad.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
! HE PEACE river was first
brought to the notice Of the
world by Alexander Mackenzie.
Not satisfied with following to

the Arctic ocean the river
which bears his name. he went up the
Peace river. crossed the Rocky noun
tains and made his way to the Pacific
ocean. which he reached in Septem-
Der, 1898. The previous winter he had
spent at Fort Macleod, built for his
convenience. and afterwards contin-
ued as a trading post. Fort Macleod
is located on the north side of Peace
river, six miles above Peace River
Crossing. and nearly opposite the
mouth of Smoky river.
Last summer the American museum
sent an expedition up into that coun-
try, and the trip up and down the
Peace river is entertainingly described
by Pliny E. Goddard in the American
Museum Journal. After telling some
thing of the changes in trade routes
and Of the preliminary journey from
Edmonton to Peace River Crossing, he
continues:
The Grenfell, the little river boat
that was to take us downstream, had
steam up and dinner cooked when we
arrived. About two that afternoon we
crossed the Peace and took on several
cords of wood. With whistle to jeer
at the company's boat which had ex-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15

We were very happy when Sunday
night at eleven o'clock, two hours
after darkness had come in the early
days of September, we padded our
canoe alongside the company's boat
Peace River. Kind friends helped US
unload. A CHEEKY fire in the saloon,
cupfuI of tea, and welcoming smiles
soon drove cut the cold and stiffness
accumulated since five in the morn
ing. This was at the end of the tele'
graph line
Will the North pass as our West has
passed? Even when the Peace river
is settled as it soon will be, there
viii remain a vast fur-bearing region,
but that the peculiar types of white
people and Indians with their present
customs and manners can long survive
is a question. and they make the real
North
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
Turk General Wounded.

Paris, Jan. 1S.-Chukri Pasha, who
commanded the Turkish troops in their
heroic defense of Adrianople against
the Balkan allies, has been wounded
and taken prisoner by the Russians in
the Caucasus
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
lanan warship in Atlantic

New York, Jan. 1S.-A cruiser which
Captain Williamson of the steamship
Curacao believes to be Japanese was
sighted off the Azores on the Curacao's
voyage here from Havre which ended.
The warship did not give its name.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
S. 3. Aeooett Dies.

Chicago. Jan. 12.--s. B. Leggett, sec
rotary of the Pennsylvania lines west
of Pittsburgh. is dead in Pittsburgh,
of aplopexy. The announcement was
made in Chicago by officials OF the
Pennsylvania company.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
VOTE OUT NEGRO EXCLUSION
House Strikes Out Senate Amend
ment to immigration Bill
1852 TO rs.

Washington, Jan. BY vote OF
252 to rs, the house on Thursday
struck out the senate amendment to
the immigration bill providing that "all
members OF the African or black race"
shall be excluded from the United
States.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
Asks Cost Of U. S. Army Of 100000.

Washington, Jan. ia resolution
requesting the secretary of war to sub
NIT estimates prepared by general
stan for mobile army of 460,-
600 men was adopted by the sen.
ate.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
Monteneqrlns Invade AustrIa.

Cettinie, Montenegro, Jan. 1S.-of.
cial announcement was made on Mon.
day that Montenegro troops had again
invaded Austria, advancing ten miles
from the border of Herzegovina to
Trebinje.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-15
Six Die in Farmhouse Fire.

Ironton, O., Jan. 13.-Mrs. Jennie
Duff and her FIVE children. the eldest
girl of eleven, were burned to death
on Monday. Their farmhouse just
east of here was totally destroyed by
fire.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-07
SHOT.
by VILLA BUT
ARE YET ALIVE
Narrowing Story Was Re
lated by American Doc
tors From Mexico.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Naco, Ariz., Nov. Oh. r. Thig-
pen and James Miller, American doc
tors, and two chauffeurs A. L. VIII
son and j. D. Pylant, who were re-
ported by General Villa to have been
shot, arrived here today from Villa
Verde, % miles south of Sonora.
Weary from long marching and
suffering from the strain of having
been three times condemned to die by
Villa, the four Americans were ex-
hausted after crossing the line were
at once put to bed. Thigpen said
they were taken for spies when they
arrived Wednesday on the Aqua
Prieta battlefield without credentials.
Villa, they said, declared them Car
rama agents despite their protests
that they had come to aid his men
wounded by the hail of bullets an6
shells from the Aqua Prieta garrison
The order for their immediate exc
cution was rescinded only after Col
Bracamente of Villas staff who know
| the doctors had interceded for them.
Again at Villa Verde the following
day Villa ordered the men shot ant
once more Bracamente's intercessiol
saved them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-07
SUBMARINE IN.
OPEN SEA SANK
NUMBER SHIPS
German Undersea Vessels
Penetrate Straits of Glib
ralter and Get Busy
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Paris, Nov. 6.-The straits of Gil
braltar have again been passed by
German submarines which on Thurs
day sank two French and one Italian
steamships. The crew of one vessel
is missing. The following statement
was made by the marine ministry to-
day:
"The enemy's submarines, coming
from the Atlantic, passed through the
straits of Gibraltar on the night of
November 2. They sank on Novem-
Der 4, the French ship Dahra off Ar
ecu, Algeria, and the French ship
Calvados, and the Italian ship Ionic
near Cape wi.
"The crews of the Dahra and Ionic
were saved. There is no news from
the crew of the Calvados.
News Of the presence of a number
of German submarines in the Medi-
terranean bears out information re-
ceived from private source recent
ly. 1t was to the effect that Germany
had decided to send most of her sub
marines to the Mediterranean, having
virtually abandoned her campaign in
British waters in consequence of the
engagements she had entered into
with the United States.
This disclosure is said to have been
made in the form of an announcement
by the German minister at Bucharest,
Roumania.
In England, however, the sugges-
ton has been advanced that Ger
| many's abandonment of her subma-
rine campaign in English waters was
due to the effective measures adopted
by the British and the large number
of German submarines reported to
have been destroyed. Activities OF
submarines in the Mediterranean &C.
cording to this theory are designed te
divert attention from the ending OF
the campaign near the British Isles
as well as to impress the Balkan
States.
The sinking of the Ionic was re.
ported from London last night. The
Dahra, 2,127 tons gross sailed from
port Talbot, Wales on October Z fol
Tunis. The Calvados is not men
toned in maritime records.
| German submarines have penetrat
i ed the Straits of Gibraltar previous
| ly during the war. This was first &C
complished successfully when Captain
Hersing made his now famous tril
with the U-51 from Germany to tn
Dardanelles last spring. In Septem
Der a number of merchantmen AM
!: transports were sunk in the Mediter
ranean by submarines but recent.
nothing had been heard of their &C
Invites.