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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
A HARD FIGHT
IS EXPECTED
IN THAW CASE
STANCHFlELD SAYS 1T WILL
LAST PROBABLY 6 WEEKS.
EVERY POINT IN CASE TO
BE LEGAL BATTLE.

NEW YORK, March l0.-Although
| the prosecution has announced that
they expected to complete their ease
today against Harry X. Thaw, ON
| trial for conspiracy in escaping from
| the Matteawan asylum. John r..
| StanchfiCld, chief of Thaw counsel,
said that he expected the present trial
and the habeas corpus. which may
follow it, will occupy fully six weeks
AS the result of rulings on two
points in the first days presentation
of evidence counsel for the state
maintained that Justice Page had eX-
cluded from the conspiracy trail the
question of Thaw's present mental
condition. Thaw's counsel, however,
hold that the question of admitting
evidence ON that pomJ mas not been
| determined
The states attorneys claim victory
in the two legal skirmishes. In the
first of these Justice Page overruled
objection by Thaw's counsel to the
introduction as evidence of the com
mitment on which Thaw was first sent
to the asylum NIr Stanchfield had
contcnded that this commitment was
illegal and that therefore Thaw had
a legal right to escape from the
| asylum.
The other ruling was the courts re-
| fuSal to admit evidence given by a
witness that since his commitment
Thaw had appeared to be rational
More Witnesses to Harry X. Thaw's
sensational flight from Matetawan
testified today at his trial on IA con
spiracy charge in connection with his
escape from the asylum there How
ard Barnum, gatekepcr at the asy-
lum, told Of opening the gate to ad-
nit milkman. He described how
when the wagon entered Thaw
dashed through ana jumped into an
automobile, which sped away in n
cloud of dust
On examination the witness
said he knew Thaw well and had
talked with him hundreds of times.
He never saw Thaw exhibit bad
temper.
James Hickey, driver of the milk
wagon, gave testimony corroborating
that of Barnum. Before entering the
gate, Hickey said, he saw taxicab
moving slowly along in front Of the
hospital grounds. Patrick Buckley,
kenper of the storeroom in Mattea-
wan, whore Thaw worked at type
writing reports, also gave corrobora-
tive testimony. He said he had talked
with Thaw on many subjects, and
had seen ThaW reading books on in
sanity, history and theology.
Thaw came into court today wear
ing a gray sweater He had a bad
cold, his physician said His attor-
neys sought last night TO have him
taken to Bellevue hospital, but that
was opposed by the prosecution and
Justice Page decided Thaw could Sc
cure needed medical attention in the
Toombs
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
GEN. OBREGON
SAYS he ACTED
IN GOOD FAITH
IN A PREPARED STATEMENT
HE REFUTES CHARGES.
SAYS OFFICER WAS IDOL
IZED IN MEXICO CITY.

VERA CRUZ. March IA decla
ration that General Obregon acted in
good faith in his efforts to relieve the
suffering of the poor in Mexico City
and a denial of charges that he had
prevented distribution OF food sup
plies or otherwise acted in way cal
culated to complicate the situation. is
the substance of Il statement pre-
pared by Alberto J. Pani head of the
National railways. for Charles A
Douglas, General Calpanza's Washing
ton attorney here. u is understood
this statement will be included in one
which is to be delivered to the state
department at Washington. PAM as
serted tha Obregon was idolized by
the poor in Mexico City and that con
ditions there which have aroused pro
tests were due, not to him, but to the
persistent opposition of wealthy resi-
dents instituted with the object OF
bringing the constitutiOnalist cause
into disrepute.
PAM is preparing detailed state
ment of the quantity of food supplies
which has been shipped into Mexico
City, together with what has been
shipped out. and by whom, in an eff
fort to disprove charges that Obregon
deliberately attempted to drive the
people of the city to desperation, using
hunger as a means. He will submit
also statement showing the exact
amount of funds collected and the use
to which this money was put. The
funds on hand are said to have been
turned over to Jose Peralti, cashier
of the Bank of San Luis Potosi. who.
PAM asserts, was thee hoice both of
the poor and the contributors.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
Had Wheat On.

SEATTLE, Wash, March 10-The
American steel ship William p. Frye
1919 gross tons, owned by the Ed
ward Sewall Company of Bath Me-,
left Seattle November with 5000
long tons of wheat for Queenstown
and has. not been reported since she
passed Cape Flattery the next day.
Captain H. H. Kiehne had his wife and
two small sons with him and a crew of
81. The ships, built at Bath in 1901,
was valued at $150,0OO The cargo
was valued at $2S2,000.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
England Thinks Situation More
Favorable Than Ever
to Allies.
RAMMED BY A BRITISH BOAT
Allied Fleet Is Pushing Its Way
to Constantinople-Von Hin
denburg Has Left North Po-
land.
land.

LONDON. March 10.--Another Ger
man submarine has gone TO the bot
tom. The British admiralty an.
nouuced today that the U-20, built in
! 1913, had been destroyed.
Bombardmcnts of the Dardanelles
after another interruption by unia-
vorable weather, again has been re-
sumed and the allied fleet is said to
have made further progress in the
| Narrows. COnstantinOple, however,
insists no serious damage has been
inflicted except to the weaker fortifi-
cations
A Geneva dispatch reports that
Italian warships have put to sea.
probably for the Dardanelles. This
report lacks confirmation
Germany has taken further meas
ures to conserve food supplies. The
Bundersrath has ordered exportaton
with certain exceptions of all stocks
of barley exceeding metric ton.
As England sees it, not since the
war began has the situation both on
land and sea been more favorable to
the allies than it is today. Confident
opinions of this nature are finding
constant expressions in London.
Slowly but surely, it is argued. the
allied fleet is creeping toward Con
stantnople and thus opening another
road to Berlin the retirement of
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's
army from north Poland is said to be
imminent by many British observers
of affairs; in the west the allies claim
the ascendancy all along the line, al
though no decisive engagements are
being fought, while in the Balkans
and in Italy, according to British in
depreciation of the political news, the
majority s clamoring for interven-
ton on the side of the allies The
crisis in Greece SENS temporarily
bridged by formation of a new cab
met, but whether the new premier
can control the chamber of deputies
is causing much speculation here.
Though officially denied, reports in
sst that a ministerial crisis also has
arisen in Bulgaria
Paris officially confirmed today that
tHt SupcTuTeduilduSHL queen EliZd-
beth slipped into the Dardanelles prop
or Monday and bombarded the Turk
isl ports another of which on the Eu-
ropean side has beeH demolished.
PetrOgrad dispatches say the Ger
man failure to reduce the Russian
fortress of Ossowetz, together with
the reported German defeat at Grod-
no and PFzaSnysz, means definite
abandonment of the German offensive
in North Poland.
In central Poland both the Rus
slams and the Germans are attacking
alternately with no appreciabIe
change The same is true in the Car
pathians and generally along the
western front
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
RATHER TAKE POLICE BEAT.

WASHINGTON, March 10-Patrol-
ing a policemen's beat at Lake For.
est, Chicago's fashionable suburb,
evidently appealed with much more
force to Clyde NJ Spradling and Wal
te" Mcclure, petty officers at the
naval training station at Great Lakes
HIS. than perhaps patroling the
decks OF an American warship. Con
sequently they quit the navy to join
the Lake Forest police force
In an announcement the navy de-
parement said the men had been rec
commended by the commandant Of
the station in response to the request
of Lake Forests mayor
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
LEE GOODSON HURT.

WAYCROSS. March TO- Within
two blocks Of where Mrs John Ayers
was seriously injured in runaway
last night, Lee Goodson, prominent
business man of Waycross. was badly
hurt today when his buggy was struck
and turned over by an automobile.
The accident happened at what is re
garded as one of the citys most dan
gerons corners. II is feared Mr. Good
son is internally injured.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
% HOURS TO GET PROVISIONS

WASHINGTON, March 1O-Accord.
ing to the doctrine laidd own by the
United States in other cases the prinz
Eltel Friedrich can remain at an
American port "a hours for coal and
provisions, in addition to a reason.
able time for making the necessary
repairs. United States officials will
determine the reasonable times for re-
pairs. If the cruiser does not desire
to leave for sea again she can intern
for the war.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
HEAVY BEER TAX PROPOSED.

LANSING, Mich, March 10. "A tax
Of s. on every barrel Of beer made
or sold in Michigan is proposed in a
bill which probably will be Introduced
in the state legislature today. This
bill adds another Phase to the many
sided liquor battle being wager in the
legislature. Legislators, interested in
the bill declare it would produce $40O.-
600 annual revenue for The state high
way fund
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
REPORTS BRITISH DEFEAT.

BERLIN (via SayyilIc), March 10.
The Overseas News agency says
the British have suffered defeat in
southern Mesopamia, losing numerous
prisoners and three guns. The agency
says also that Christiania newspapers
report a collision between a Norwe-
gian steamer and a British subma-
rine and that both vessels were dam
aged
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
ATTACKS SOUTHERN STATES

LONDON, March 10-The council of
the corporation Of foreign bondhoIders
in its annual report today again at
tackled the nine Southern states of the
United States which repudiated their
bonds after he Civil War. The report
classed the nine states with Mexico
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
NO PARCELS TO GERMANY.

MADRID (yia Paris, March 10
The official Journal announces that
hereafter Spanish postoffices will ac.
ceDt no parcels consigned to Ger
many Austria, or Turkey in view OF
the France-British declaration that
merchandise presumed to have been
shipped 10 or from those countries
would be seized.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
APPEAL MADE BY MExicANs.

WASHINGTON. March TO- Today
the Mexican Red Cross appealed to the
American Red Cross through Secre-
tary Bryan for food for the starving
populace Of Mexico City The appeal
said famine conditions were growing
worse.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
MARSHALL FIELD IL

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March
10 Marshall Field H. who has been
i'll here in houseboat, left last night
for New YORK City for special treat,
ment. II IS reported that he has ~
pboid fever
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-11
eREIruNe HAS MADE PROTEST

PARIS, March 10.-E. N. Breitung,
of New York, owner of the steamer
Dacia, has entered formal protest
against seizure Of his vessel by the
French maritime authorities. He has
engaged Paul Goyare. president OF
the French Association Of MARITIME
Law, to defend his interests.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
NILSSON
QUIETLY MARRIED

Washington, Dec. 2O.-President
Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boil
ing Calf were married Saturday night
at the home of the latter. The cere
mony was performed by DR.. Herbert
Scott Smith, rector of st. Margaret's
Episcopal church, assisted by Rev.
James H. Taylor, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian church, which is attend.
ed by the Wilson family.
The guests who witnessed the cere-
mony numbered less than thirty and
when congratulations were over and
a light wedding supper had been serv-
ed the president and his bride motor
ed to the Union station. There they
boarded q train and departed at 11:15
o'clock for Hot Springs, Va, where
the honeymoon will be spent.
Plans for more extended wedding
journey were abandoned almost at the
last hour because of the possibility
of a break in diplomatic relations be-
tween the United States and Austria
over the Ancona note.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
Tells Of Drop to Ground Amid
Fire Of Fierce Conflict
MACHINE SMASHED BY SHOT
Few Ever Survive to Give Account Of
Such q Thrilling Experisnee-Lost
Consciousness as His Aeroplans Drop
ped Through Clouds to = Battlefield
Thousands Of Feet Below.

Paris-The following account consti
tutes record Of an experience out OF
which few come alive. 1t is the story
told by an air man of his fall and his
instinct with the terror of the air.
Scarcely had l burst through the
curtain of Clouds" the aviator writes,
when I saw long tongues Of fame
and the lightning of explosions, while
the air was full of little puffs OF
shrapnel. / was over q battlefield.
Without thinking, in automatic fash
ion making the necessary maneuvers,
l attempted to turn about. But i'm
mediately saw a large enemy's b.
plane making straight for me. 1t was
Just as 1 had finished my visage and
lost sight of the enemy that the irrep-
arabic happened. There was ter
rife crash. The machine was hit by
shell.
1T tilted forward, pushed me from
behind, and the left wing was she'd
ding its remains to the winds. My
levers slackened, the machine rocked,
and in spite of my efforts with the
elevator and rudder pitched forward
and began to fall. The earth rose up
to meet me with terrific speed, and in
stantly the thought of the fire after
the fall took me by the throat. Any
thing but that! With inconceivable
rapidity cut the ignition, and leaving
my levers l struggled to undo my
straps. had no time, though, as we
were down already. First the screw
went into a hundred splinters. and
an indescribable confusion of noises
and movements assailed me.
my straps cut me cruelty. then burst,
and I fell crouched amid the wreck,
still with the illusion Of mad race
through space. In despite Of all l
made desperate efforts to free myself
from the tangle Of cords and wires.
Then I heard voice shouting, Lie
down, in the name Of God-they are
firing at your 1t was only then, to my
intense astonishment, that l grasped
the fact that the battle was filling the
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
PLANS INVASION OF EGYPT
General Won der Goltz Will Command
Turkish Troops.


London, Dec. 20.-A dispatch to tie
Exchange Telegraph company from
Amsterdam says:
ut is reported that Field Marshal
Won der Goltz, commander-in-chief of
the First Turkish army, is establish
ing his headquarters at Aleppo, Syria,
where the Turkish and German troops
under his command are being equip
ped for an invasion of Egypt. En-
peror William and the sultan of Tur-
key have sent Field Marshal Won der
Goltz messages of good will, in which
the hope is expressed that his career
will soon be crowned with a crushing
defeat of the entente allies.
'The field marshals force consists
partly of the Cogstantinople army
corps, which is under German officers.
The soldiers are armed with Krupp
rifles"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
AUSTRIAN REPLY
IS MADE PUBLIC
Note on Sinking Of Ancona Said
to Be Unsatisfactory.
VIENNA DEFENDS OCCURRENCE
Nothing in American Protest to War
ran tPutting Blame on Govern.
ment or Submarine Captain.
vienna DEFENDS OCCURRENCE

Washington, Dec. 19.-The official
text of Austria's reply to the Ameri
can note on the Ancona, made public
here, reveals that the Vienna govern.
ment denies that the views present.
ed by the United States, even If cor.
rect, warrant the blame for the dis.
aster being placed on the commander
of the submarine.
The reply denies also that blame
can be placed on the Austro-Hun-
garian government, even If "a most
rigorous legal construction were ap-
piled to the judgment of the case.
The note also states that the Aus
tro-Hungarian government is unable
to determine what the United States
intended to indicate when it mention
ed the attitude which Germany had
assumed toward submarine warfare.
It was agreed seemingly in official
quarters that the official text does
not minimize realization of the
situation which was impressed on Of
ASA0AS Wy SAC uuOuASAoA S0OAOSs Ouk ~
also was apparent that the door to
further negotiations is not closed.
Second Note Completed.
President Wilson has completed
work on the second note to Austria.
Friendly relations, it was stated au-
:horitatively, are nearing the break
ing point and their continuance will
depend entirely on the reply Austria
will be asked to make Immediately to
the second note.
While the word "ultimatum" was
not used by officials in discussing the
note it was indicated that the reply
viii state clearly the alternative
which will follow If Austria's reply is
unsatisfactory.
The gravity of thu situation did not.
Aowever, cause President Wilson to
postpone his departure for the South
on his wedding tour.
President Wilson, while on his we'd
ding tour, will keep in constant touch
with the White House, and, if neces-
sary, Secretary Lansing will go to
see him to discuss the situation.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
TWO GERMAN SHIPS SUNK
Submarine Destroys Cruiser and Tor.
pedo Boat.

Amsterdam, Dec. 20.-It has been
officially announced in Berlin that the
small German cruiser Bremen and a
torpedo boat accompanying it have
been sunk by a submarine in the East
ern Baltic sea.
The announcement said a consider
able portion of the crews of both YES
sells were saved.
The Bremen was built in 1903. 1t
lad displacement of $3.50 tons, was
$40 feet long and 43A feet beam and
in peace times carried a crew of about
zoo men.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
air with its tumult and that the earth
...1.. ....al,la.,o. .-.s4l, ..x.a,,l,o..o

air with its tumult and that the earth
was trembling with reverberation.
Mechanically | tried to raise myself
OH an elbow. But at that instant on the
stone that protected my head came the
smack OF Il bullet, which went rico
cheting Oh in the midst of shower of
SPARKS. My giddiness increased. and
felt that was gradually losing con-
seriousness; then coma. l do not know
how long 1t lasted. but gradually con-
seriousness came back, and the tumult
of the battle seemed to fade away in
the distance. A confused sound Of
voices reached me, and l felt that l
was being dragged along by the feet.
Suddenly l fell into hole. Four or
five soldiers We're standing round me,
looking with pity at me. A great stu
por was over me and prevented me
from moving or speaking
THE voices of the men seemed to
come to me from afar, but could cas-
lily make out their sense and even no.
| tice the queer phraseology of some Of
the remarks, such as, He is we'll touch
ed up He is not altogether done for,
but his face is a jelly and so on. Then
commanding tone from some invisi-
BILE person asked. Have you caught the
air MANI Yes, lieutenant answered
one, and in reply to query as to how
l was. we cannot see; his head is all
bloody. and he does not move, but one
would say that he looks ut u.s. Take
him to the hiding hole
1.-The men replied that 1t was not
possible because the enemy was pour
ing Il curtain of fire with noxious gases
so that not field mouse could pass.
TO the captains hut, then. and was
taken very carefully up and carried
along the passage trench. while over
head the noise of tearing metal and
roaring shells was unceasing. Sud-
denly my bearers threw me against the
side and slipped into the corners just
as tremendous report burst over our
heads, followed by shower of sliding
earth and stones. The force of the
shock seemed to Danish my torpor and
set me on my feet, to the intense as
constituent Of my bearers, who then led
me the rest Of the way till was in the
presence of the captain. grizzled fell
low, smoking pipe, leaning against
the sand bags, with his kept tied with
4 handkerchief under his china peace
full and jovial looking figure.
HE was extraordinarily calm and
held out his hand with kind smile and
the remark, You had devil of a
tumble; l thought you were done for
Just at this moment great German
biplane in distress came sliding toward
us in an oblique fall. The captain i'm
mediately gave the order to fire, and
from all sides rang out fusillade from
Invisible soldiers. The machine came
to ground like thunderbolt, passing
a few yards above our heads. There
were three men on board. two of whom
were dead, lying over the edge. and the
pilot was stolidly maneuvering in des-
peration to fall within his own lines"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South St Paul. Dec. 1S.-Cattle-
Receipts, 1000; steers, $3.75@9.00;
cows and heifers, $4.25@6.00; calves,
$3.75@9.25; stockers and feeders, 81
0O@6.75. Hogs-Receipts, 300; range,
$5.95@6.20. Sheep-Receipts, 100;
lambs, s3.0O@9.65; wethers. $4.75@6.-
Is; ewes, $2.5016.OO.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Dec. 1S.-Wheat-Dec..
$1.13N; May, $1.15N; July. $1.15h.
Cash close on track: No. 1 hard, 81
l6N; No. l Northern, $1.13A @1.15A;
No. Northern, $1.07A @1.12A: No. 3
Northern, 1.00A@1.0sh; No. yell
low corn, 72h@73hc: No. 3 white
oats, 3sN @39Xc; aax, $1.07A.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
St. Paul Grain.

st. Paul, Dec. 19.-Wheat-No.
Northern, s1.13A @1.16A; No. 2
Northern, $1.07A @112A; No. Mon
tana hard, $1.11A @112A; corn, 72k
@731ac; oats, 1914 @39Ac; barley,
56@63c; rye, ss@s9kc; fax, $2.O7A.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
Chicago Live Stock.

st. Paul, Dec. 19.-Wheat-No. 1
S6.00@11.00; COWS and heifers, $3.50
@S35; calves, s675@1O.25. Hogs
Light, s60O@6.65; mixed, $6.10@6.75;
heavy, s6.25@6.75; rough, $6.25@6.4O;
pigs, $4.75@6.90. Sheep-Native, So
100000; lambs, S690@960.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
TURKS TO ATTACK sAL0NIKI
Reported That Mosiems Have Accept.
ed Germany's Proposal.

London, Dec 20.-A dispatch to the
Daily mail from Saloniki says:
"The Germans have asked the
Turks to assist them to drive the en-
te0te allies out Of Salonfki, but they
required assurances that they will
evacuate Greek territory as soon as
the allied army is crushed and thrown
into the sea. 1t is understood that
Turkey has accepted the proposal"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-Wheat-Dec.,
$1.17&; May, S1.19A; July, Sill Is.
Corn-Dec., 695sc; JAN, 73hc. Oats
Dec, 41Rc; Nay, 45c. Pork-Jan.,
$3.50; May, $1S.62la. Butter-Cream-
cries, 26@33kc. Eggs-27@30c. Poul-
try-springs. 12c; fowls, lie; tur-
keys, 16c.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Dec. 1S.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. hard, $1.14as; No.
/ Northern, $1.13as; No. 2 Northern,
$1.09ss. Flax-On track and to ar
rive, $2O7A.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24
French 10 In Paris.

Paris, Dec. 20.-Field Marshal Sir
Jean French has arrived ut Paris from
eAo front He will be received BY
1resideat PoiDcare.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24

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