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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20

are: Mrs. Hays. Mrs. Balabanoff.
Mrs. Thomas, DR.. Healy. with Mrs.
Bernice Newell, Miss Zilfa Phil
lips, Mrs. Grove aud Mrs. N. T..
Walton alternates.
Mrs. Balabanoff read an in
structive paper on immigration,
which the gathering voted so mer-
itorlous as to be given a place in
the bureau of reciprocity. Here 1t
may be read by all the clubwomen
of the state.
- Plans also were made so that
all the clubwomen of the city
may meet President Mrs. Penny
packer of Texas when she visits
here June 8.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20
Too Hot For
BOInbarderS

CoNSTANTINOPLE, May 90
Hidden batteries inside the Dar-
danelles bombarded British bat
tleships so effectively during Mon
days engagement in the straits
that the warships were forced to
withdraw.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20
Mrs. Hamilton
Will Fight For
Her Grandson

Mrs. Eba Hamilton. grandmoth-
or of 7-year-old Gilbert Hamilton,
whom she took in an auto from
Tacoma to Centralia. will make
fight through the courts for the
little boy.
Released on a charge of kid
naping, after Prosecutor Remain
found he had insufficient evil
dence to prosecute her, she will
push her claim that judgment
of an Oregon judge has made the
child hers. and that Mrs. Pearl
Lane, the boys mother, has been
holding him illegally.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20

ner has a police record as a dis
orderly character. and We have
her picture in our rogue's gal
lery.
After the accident. she drove
back to Seattle, put the machine
In the garage, and then disap-
peared. think that she and the
other woman are In hiding In Sc
attic. The Seattle police are
looking for her. The accident
was caused by careless driving.
and We will file manslaughter
charges as soon as We catch the
women"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20
HOME BURNS;
LOSS $4,000

While the family was absent
from home, fire early this morn
Ing completely destroyed the
large bungalow of Mrs. Mary Sc
kor, 51sts and Tacoma avenue.
The loss is $4,000.
Neighbors declared today that
the fire department was slow in
arriving and that the firemen
worked carelessly and Indifferent
Iy in trying to extinguish the
flames.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20

DELAWARE, O., May W
Ohio Wesleyan girls have turned
the tables on the ogling males of
the school, and hope to be free
from same as long az the men,
DRY of their trick lasts. The girls
had protested In vain against
passing through lines OF staring
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20

With all due respect for the
Seattle prisoner who recently was
found to be carrying jackknives
and ground glass in his stomach,
the boys in the county treasurer's
office hereby nominate Charlie
Dutch Reiff for the worlds
champeen Man With the Iron
Stomach
They declare that Reiff can eat
anything, and smile.
They fixed him up fine cigar
he has the habit of chewing and
eating cigars. In this cigar they
put a quantity of soap.
Charlie never noticed 1t.
In the afternoon they tried him
again. This time they used creo-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20
ASKS SWITZERLAND TO
CARE FOR INTERESTS

) WASHINGTON, d. c., May
, 20.-Reports. were current
, today that Germany had ask
, ed Switzerland instead of
J, the United States to repre-
> sent her in Italy when, the
, expected break with the RO-
, man government comes.
, Italy will have the United
, States care for her interests
, in Constantinople, Vienna
> and Berlin when war Is de-
, clared. 1t is likely the
> American ambassador will
p represent Austria In Italy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20

SOte.
Charlie chewed down the cigar
with only too evident relish.
Still one more experiment was
tried. A mixture of everything
distasteful, sickening and naus-
eous was placed In the cigar.
If Charlie noticed anything UNI
usual he kept 1t to himself.
He is at present at homo in the
county jail. He is just-fecently
out of the city Jail, which is his
favorite home. However, he has
nothing but the kindliest feelings
for the court house boys, who are
so generous.
He has forgotten just what he
is in for this time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20
REPAINT PIPE BRIDGE

The council yesterday voted to
repaint the pipe line bridge across
the Puyallup river at Mcmillan at
q cost of 1920.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20

down to work.
Terre Haute, which is said to
have the largest redlight district
In the world for city it's size, IL
facing much the same PROPOSE
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20
COLLEGE GIRLS win

male persons at the entrance to
Gray chapel--then they had q
meeting of the board Of strategy.
After running the gauntlet or
critical feminine eyes when the
girls reached the loafing place
first and lined up to inspect
them. the college 20. o." brigade
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20
CITY SELLS WATER
TO PRIVATE COMPANY

The city council yesterday vot-
ed to sell the Tacoma Water
Supply Co. city water this sum-
mer at IN cents a 1000 gallons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-20
RAINS ON RATTLEFTELD

PARIS, May 20.-Heavy rains
in the north of France have con-
verted the trenches into bitches,
and military operations are i'm
possible
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-09

Lady Byzantine" appears to be
an ordinary chicken. If you saw her
crossing the street to get to the other
side you would pay less attention to
her than to a fly if it should settle
on your nose. That, of course, would
be due to the fact that you did not
know that Lady Byzantine" was
"some chicken" She is a little White
Leghorn hen which has laid just 314
eggs in 365 days, thereby winning
the worlds championship. Her home
is at Byzantine farms, Greenboro,
Md, and her owner, A. A Christian,
values the hen at 100000.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-09

"That is hot air clearing house in
there" he shouted. "They have made
a patient of us and have gathered
here to discuss our ills. Not a prac-
teal farmer has had a chance to
throw a word in edgewise for four
days. 1 want about 40 of you fell
lows to get together and We'll organ
ize real farmers assn, where the
real farmers can get together to do
the talking and advising"
A body of speakers will go about
the country preaching organization.
The committee will handle the cam
paign and next year the farmers
hope to have an organization to tell
the bankers, professors, commission
men and editors just where they can
go to.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-09
FARMERS ORGANIZE UNION TOT
BETTER CONDITIONS |

d. In SSlNGlI lSlNS
Six million American farmers are
going to organize union. They are
after collective bargaining. They've
grown tired of being told what was
the matter with them by bunch of
bankers, editors, professors and
commission men who meet every
year under the auspices of the Natl
Conference on Marketing and Rural
Credits.
Just before the conference closed
a few days ago Myron T. Herrick,
former ambassador to France, said
the real source of the financial trou-
bles of the farmer lay in his lack of
organization. They took his tip and
Is minutes after his speech they be-
gan to organize.
The new organization will be
called the Agricultural Organization
society and will represent a fedora
ton of all true organizations of the
100000 American farmers.
"What the farmer needs is cooper
alton" said Herrick. "Unorganized |
farmers have been victimized and I
swfndled. If you organize you will |
make yourselves independent and |
self-sustaining.
"The present Sherman law should |
be amended. 1t should permit COM
binations of agriculture and small in
dustries. Big trusts are wrong, but |
small trusts and cooperative organ
izations are benefit to the nation"
The bankers, professors, editors,
conservationists, rural credit men
and cooperative experts were
stunned by Herrick's speech. They
figured the convention would turn |
out as many others have; a lot of |
steam would be blown off, recommen-
dations made and resolutions passed |
and an adjournment would take |
place without anything actually be-
ing done to relieve the situation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
BIG LOAN TO GREAT
BRIT TAIN PROPOSED

New York, Aug 19.-Plans are be-
ing made for loan, probably of
$500, 100000, TO Great Britain for ten
years, in an effort to check the down
ward trend of money rates.
This report is current in Wall
street. II was reported that a syndi-
cate OF bankers might be formed to
finance the loan, which would run
one, five and ten years.
The fact that ten years is set as
the maturity period of the loan is re-
garded as significant. Heretofore
loans have been for two years.
Meanwhile Sir George Paish, editor
OF the London Statist, who is here as
Great Britain's representative. says
that America has a trade balance in
its favor of over $500, 100000 lie says
the fall in the American exchange on
London to a discount of about 4 per
cent is due to great purchases of
American products by the peoples of
Europe
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
Air Attack ON Out
skirts Of City.
TEN PERSONS KILLED
Damage to Property Declared
Not important.

London, Aug. 19.-The outskirts OF
London were .raided by Zeppelins.
Ten persons were killed and thirty
six injured. The damage to property
was not important.
one Zeppelin is believed to have
been hit
The air raid was over the eastern
counties of England.
A Central News dispatch from Am
sterdam says four Zeppelins were
sighted passing over the islands of
Vlieland and Wieringer, off the Meth
erlands coast The dirigibles were
sailing from the east in the direction
of the English coast The hour OF
their appearance is not stated.
London has been visited previously
by German dirigibles during the war.
ON the night of May 81 Zeppelins
made an attack on a district describ-
ed in the official communication mere
ly as "in the metropolitan area" On
that occasion about ninety bombs
were dropped. Four persons were
killed and few others injured
The latest raid is the third of the
series of aerial attacks, which after
a lapse of several weeks began on
Monday of last week. On the two
previous occasions twenty persons
were killed and thirty-seyen injured
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
GOVERNOR PROBING
LYNCHING OF FRANK

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 19.-Governor
Harris has taken personal charge of
the Investigation of the lynching of
Leo NJ. Frank.
The governor is said to be far from
satisfied at the explanation of the
state prison board and officials at
Milledgeville prison farm that the
farm warden, superintendent and their
guards were powerless to resist the
lynchers.
The executive also is understood to
be much incensed at the weakness of
the Atlanta police in yielding to the
demand of the throng in Atlanta that
they be permitted to view the body.
The better class of people openly
call the affair an outrage.
Judge Newton Morris of Marietta,
who succeeded in saving Frank S
body from mutilation and getting 1T to
Atlanta. is practically the only person
spoken of creditably in connection
with the outrage.
Franks body has been taken to
Brooklyn for burial
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
WILL SUPPORT GOVERNMENT
Majority of German Socialists to Vote
War Credit.

Berlin, Aug. 19-Despite the activi
ties of DR.. Karl Liebknecht, radical
Socialist leader, the majority of the
Socialists in the reichstag are prepar
ed to vote a war credit of s2,000,000;
900 when the reichstag convenes.
Liebknecht, who already has asked
the government on what terms Ger
many would agree to a peace, prob
ably will vote no on the proposal to
grant further credits for war pur-
poses. A few other Socialists may
leave the hall as a silent protest, but
the majority of the Socialist members,
following a three-day conference, have
announced their determination to sup
port the government
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
SOUTHERN STATES IN RACE
Seek to Avoid Being Last to Adopt
Compulsory Education Law.

Washington, Aug. IA race to
avoid being the last state in the Union
to adopt compulsory education laws
is apparently under way in the South
ern states, according to reports re-
ceiyed at the United States bureau
of education.
There are now only three states
without such laws, Florida having re-
Gently Joined Texas and South Caro-.
lima in adopting compulsory educa-
ton by legislative enactment. The
three states still without such laws
are Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama,
and these three states are considering
compulsory education laws
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
MAYOR UPHOLDS LYNCHING
Atlanta Executive Thinks Frank De-
served His Fate.

San Francisco, Aug. 19.-J. G..
Woodward, mayor Of Atlanta, Ca,
who is visiting this city, is on record
as declaring that Leo NJ. Frank, who
was lynched Monday night, suffered
the just penalty for an unspeakable
crime. The Atlanta mayor at the
same time warns former Governor
John NJ Slaton not to return to
Georgia.
Mayor Woodward made his dcclara-
ton at banquet of the California
State Assessors association and their
families.
Little or no applause greeted the
remarks of Mayor Woodward, though
he was listened to with close atten.
tion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
REPULSED BY THE FRENCH
Germans Make Furious Night Attack
in Alsace.

Paris, Aug. 19.-French gunners in
Alsace destroyed two heavy German
batteries that had been shelling the
French works on Lingenkopf and
blew up several German munition de-
pots.
In retaliation the Germans deliv-
cred a furious night attack against
the French trenches on the heights
of Sondernacht The attack was re-
pulsed and part of the German forces
who succeeded in reaching the French
trenches were taken prisoners.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
BABY HOLDS UP REQUEST
GIFT Of s16,ooo,oo0 to University A.
fected by Chlds Birth.

st. Louis, Aug. 19-By the birth of
a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Elsey G..
Burkham a bequest of $16.000,000 to
st. Louis university may be delayed
seventy-five years.
Mrs. Burkham is the daughter of
the late James Campbell, railway and
water power magnate. The will pro-
yides that her child will inherit the
estate after the death of Mrs. Camp
bell and Mrs. Burkham.
The estate goes to the university
after the death of Mrs. Campbell and
Mrs. Burkham, or twenty-one years
after the death of either, If Mrs.
Burkham leaves no child.
The mother is young woman
and If she and her child live a natural
life it may be seventy-fve years be-
fore the estate goes to the university.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
BOYS ARE BLOWN TO BITS
Only Pieces of Clothing Found After
Dynamite Explodes.

Superior, Wis. Aug. 1.-TWO boys
six and eight years old, sons of Pearl
Phelps, a pioneer farmer near Solon
Springs, this county, were blown to
bits when $50 pounds of dynamite
exploded from an unknown cause.
The dynamite had been stored by a
road contractor i'm an old shack close
to the Phelps home, near which the
boys were herding cattle.
Only pieces of their clothing could
be found.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19

Four More Steamers Sunk.

London. Aug. 19.-Four steamers,
three of them neutral vessels, have
been sunk by German submarines dur
ing the last twenty-four hours. The
crews of all were saved. Dispatches
have added the 2,270-ton steamer Bon
ME. British, and the Spanish steamer
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
British Gain 500 Yards.

London, Aug. 19-British reinforce
ments, landed on the shores of Suvla
bay, have gained 500 yards in gem
eral assault on the Turkish Darda-
nelles defenses, General Ian Hamilton
reported to the war office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
Texas Casualties
Reported Heavy.
GALVESTON IS CUT OFF
No Definite News From City Be-
Iieved Hardest Hit.

Dallas, Tex. Aug. 19-Scores of
lives We're lost and millions of dol
lars worth OF property was destroy
ed by the West Indian hurricane that
swept the Texas coast, according TO
belated information received from the
stricken districts which have been
cut Off from wire communication with
the outside world The total dead re-
ported is nearly a hundred. with no
definite news out of Galveston, which
city is believed to have been hardest
hit.
A newspaper man who got within
sight of Galveston said the evidences
of destruction that met his eyes indi-
Gated the damage there would exceed
that of the 1900 storm.
At Texas City from twelve to eight
cen soldiers and thirty to forty civil
ians were killed, according to reports
published in Houston papers. A re-
port that the bodies of eight women
washed ashore at Texas City were be-
lieved to have come from Galveston
gave the only detailed information of
loss of life in the latter city.
Loss to Cotton Crop Is Millions.
The damage to cotton will be from
Is to 25 per cent of the entire crop of
Central Texas and will cost the grow
ers millions of dollars. according to
estimates based on reports received
in Austin from towns in Central
Texas
Eight men are reported dead near
Morgan's point and three bodies were
washed up at Sylvan Beach from
some place in the bay
Six persons are reported drowned
at Laporte twenty miles southeast of
Houston on Trinity bay.
Three lives are reported lost at
Seabrook. twenty miles from Hous-
ton, and the town is said to have
been practically annihilated so far as
houses are concerned.
A refugee who escaped from Je-
NAH, a coast town. said only one
house was left standing in that place.
Houston is reported to have suf-
fered damage variously estimated as
totaling from s1,000,000 to $5,000,000.
but only two lives are reported lost
there.
A newspaper man who reached Vir-
ginia Point, the north end of the
causeway that connects Galveston
with the mainland, said he believed
the number of buildings destroyed in
the city would run into thousands.
Military Rule at Texas City.
The estimate places the damage at
Texas City of 100000. The city has
been placed under military rule and
the soldiers are assisting in the recov
cry of bodies from the water. Many
of those who met death at Texas City
were killed in the collapse of build
ings. An appeal for food and supplies
for the inhabitants of the place has
been sent out.
The storm is said to have done lit
tie damage along the coast from Cor
pus Christi to Brownsville, and nc
lives are reported lost in that dis
trict.
No word has been received from
Beaumont.
Reports from San Antonio were tc
the effect that Point Isabel, reported
as being flooded, was safe.
At the adjutant generals depart
ment in Austin preparations were
made to rush tents, clothing and food
to Galveston and other points where
relief may be found necessary.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
CAPE HAiTlEN REBELS RE-
FUSE TO DlSARM.

Cape Haitien, Haiti, Aug. Is.
Another detachment of Amer
ican marines has been landed
from the warships off this
port.
The rebels have refused to
disarm and In some sections
have expressed desire to
fight the Americans.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
Russians Sink Turk Ship.

Petrograd, Aug 19-Russian sub
marines have joined the Black sea
fleet raiding Turkish commerce. An
official statement reported the sink
ing OF Turkish steamer, coal laden,
along the Asia Minor coast east Of
Constantincple.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19

Paris, Aug. 19.-The government
committees in charge of provisioning
Paris decided to recommend that all
restrictions be removed from the sale
of refrigerated meats imported from
America. Hitherto only certain deal
ers have been permitted to sell this
meat. 'The average price of a carcass
is equivalent to about Is cents a
pound.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
COTTON TO BE CONTRABAND
Great Britain and France to Issue
Proclamation.

London, Aug. IA proclamation
declaring cotton to be contraband Of
war is expected to be issued shortly
by both Great Britain and France
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
Two Norsk Ships Sunk.

London, Aug. 19.-The Norwegian
steamers Romulus and Mineral have
been sunk. The crews were saved.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
WILMA NEXT OBJECTIVE
Armies Of Won Hindenburg Con-
tinue Moving North.
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WILMA SHELLED; FALL
CONCEDED.

:. Petrograd, Aug. 19.-German !.
i. aeroplanes are persistently !.
!. bombarding the city of Wilma, =
!. about fifty miles east of Kov- +
= no. The possibility of the cap 4
+ ture of Wilma by the Germans +
= is foreseen in Petrograd and =
+ operations preliminary to its J.
+ evacuation are in progress. :.
+ +
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Berlin, Aug. 19.-The Russian for
tress of Kovno has been captured by
the Germans.
An official announcement from the
war office says:
THE fortress of Kovno, together
with all the forts and war materials.
not yet counted. is in German hands.
More than 400 cannon were taken.
The fortress was stormed in spite
of the most tenacious Russian resist
ance'
The capture of Kovno, the most
important German victory since the
taking of Warsaw, forecasts the sur
render by the Russians of the strong
ly fortified Kovno-Brest Litovsk line,
of which kovno was the northern
stronghold.
Austro-German forces already are
within striking distance of the outer
forts of Brest Litoysk. the southern
end of the Russian line of defense.
Kovno fell under the eye of Gen
eral Won Hindenburg Capture OF the
fortress is the first personal triumph
of the "old man of the Mazurian
lakes" since the great Austro-German
campaign in the east was inaugural
ed
The six great forts defending the
city from the west and southwest
were blown to pieces by the inces-
SAINT pounding of Germanys great
forty-two-centimeter guns and a host
of minor pieces.
Attack Lasts Only Week.
The forts of Kovno have been un-
der direct attack for scarcely a week.
The German siege howitzers were
moved in closer each day and finally
battered a gap in the Russian fortifi.
cations southeast of the city through
which General Won Eichorn threw sew.
eral regiments.
The great guns were rushed up TO
this new position and opened up a
bombardment on the principal forts
Of Kovno, including the three located
at the confluence of the Niemen and
Wilma rivers. Infantry assaults fol-
! lowed and the Slavs finally surren-
dered the city The garrison is re-
/ treating over the railway to Wilma.
Kovno is the stronghold that barred
the German advance on Wilma on the
Warsaw Petrograd railway, the i'm
mediate objective of Won linden
burg's drive in the north.
Wilma lies fifty-seven miles east of
Kovno and without adequate fortif.
cations it is not believed possible by
German military men that it can
resist capture by Won Hindenburg's
armies
The capture OF Wilma, and with il
the important railways radiatine
throughout Northwest Russia, is ex
pected within a fortnight. The civil
ian population began evacuating the
city ten days ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-19
College Pictures Free!!

A SERIES of fOrty-five views has
~ been prepared by the State
College to show the students at
work in Agriculture, Engineering,
Home Economics, Pharmacy and
the General Science departments.
Also numerous views Of Sports
and Student Affairs are included.
They will be sent free to all who
write for College Life Pictures.
Drop a postal to
President EIlwOOd {. C.PeriShO
South Dakota State College
BroOkings, South Dakota