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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
ANOTHER LINER SUNK
HESPERIAN BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN SUMMARIZED.
Crippled Ship. Kept Afloat IS Hours,
Plunees to Bottom-2o Persons
Lose Lives.
CHICAGO JOURNAL.

London. Sept, S.-The Allan liner
Hesperian, attacked by a German
submarine off the Irish coast Satur-
day evening, sank at SAT a. m. on
Monday while proceeding to Queens
town.
Captain Main and members of the
crew who remained aboard the Hes
perian we're taken off safely.
One first cabin passenger, six Sec
ond cabin passengers and six third
class passengers are unaccounted for,
according to a statement made by an
Allan line official.
A message from Consul Frost at
bassy said the total loss of life might
reach 20
The ffesperian remained afloat
about SO hours after being torpedoed
Captain Main and 20 members of the
crew remained aboard Several
steamers were standing by. The cap
tain. hopeful of being able to save his
vessel, remained on the bridge almost
until the last.
The Hesperian, with $50 passengers
and crew of 300 aboard. was bound
from Liverpool for Montreal 1t was
attacked without warning by a Ger
man submarine just as darkness wal
falling Saturday evening. According
to an early statement issued by the
company. every person was saved.
| About 1000 sacks of mail went dowl
with the Hesperian. The point a
which the vessel sank is about 16l
miles west of Queenstown.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
Democrats Have Failed.

Republicans in the West are not
only hopeful; they are sanguine," OBJ
served Ralph Cameron, former dele
gate in the house from Arizona. at
the Shoreham. Mr.. Cameron made a
tour Of the West before coming East,
and recently visited New England and
other eastern sections. He is going
back home entirely satisfied with the
prospects.
1T is evident that the people are
dead tired of Democratic control Of
government" continued Mr. Cameron
They had hoped for good times, and
no administration ever went into
power with better feeling on the part
of all the people than the present. but
it simply hasn't made good. am not
talking now about the president and
our foreign affairs. We have all got
to support the president. but in the
administration of domestic affairs the
Democrats have failed, and the people
know it. They cannot make an issue
party question, and there is no chance
whatever for the Democrats to dodge
the tariff If it hadn't been for the
war, we would have been in terrible
fix. The war has helped some lines
of industry, of course. but the general
not be until we rearrange the tariff
That will be the task of the next Re-
publican house. Washington Post
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
GERMANS WIN IN ARGONNE
Berlin Claims Gain of Quarter Mile
Along Mile-and-Quarter Front
1000 Captured.

London, Sept. 11.-What appears to
be the final desperate effort of the
German crown prince to smash the
French line in the Argonne has come
to a sudden halt.
After penetrating the allies front,
according to Berlin reports, to the
depth of about a quarter of a mile
on a front of a mile and a quarter,
capturing more than 1,100 prisoners,
thirty-eight of whom were officers, the
Germans ceased their attacks as sud-
denly as they were begun The Ger.
man report details captures of forty.
eight machine guns and more than
sixty mine throwers. Paris asserts
that the French lines were maintained
except to the east of Layon-de- Binar
vile, where the Iermans captured
| part of a tren III.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
CROP BREAKS u. S. RECORDS
Total of 5,641 ,ooo, 900 Bushels of Grain
Is Forecast as Yield of American
Farms for 1915.

Washington, Sept. 10.-All records
for grain production in the United
States have been excelled.
The government September crop re-
port, issued on Wednesday, estimated
the yield of wheat, corn, oats, rye and
barley at 5,641 100000 bushels, an in
crease Of 94,000,000 bushels over the
August returns, and gain of $50 ,0OO,-
600 bushels. or IA per cent, over the
final returns last year. The three lead
ing grains-wheat, corn and oats
will reach 5.S74,0O0,00O bushels, &C
cording to the federal report. The de-
partment of agriculture sticks to the
100000, 0,000-bushel wheat crop theory
and its latest estimate of $4,000, 600
bushels is within 100000 bushels oil
that mark. Well informed grain
traders and growers believe that the
wheat crop will exceed 1000, ,000, ,00C
bushels. These figures indicate 116,
600, 900 bushels in excess of last years
harvest.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
HELD FOR WIDOWS MURDER
Mrs. Nichols, Bound and Robbed of
$4,000 in Gems, Died in Fright, Is
Report-Confession by Prisoner.

New York, Sept 9.-Owney Talas,
Russian Finn, for two and one-half
months hallboy in the home of Mrs
Elizabeth Nichols. the aged widow
who met death at the hands of
masked men, who robbed her of gems
valued at $4,000, was arrested after
he had confessed. the police assert,
having played a part in the crime.
He was formally charged with MUIR
der. The masked robbers looted the
premises. Apparently their first act
was to strip the diamonds from their
victims fingers. The earrings also
were taken. The value of these gems
was placed at about $4,000 by Mrs.
Nichols nephew, Maitland F. Griggs.
Mrs. Nichols was the widow of
James Edwin Nichols, founder of the
wholesale grocery firm of Austin
Nichols & Co. She was reputed to be
worth about s2,O00,OO0 and it was
known that much of this was invest
ed in gems, which she kept in the
house. She was sixty years old and
quite stout Because of her physical
condition, Mr.. Lord said, it was rea
sonable to assume that she had dice
of fright.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
RTATDUBNOFALLs
TEUToNs CAPTURE STRONGHOLD
RUSS VICTORY AT
TARNoPoL.
5000 PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
Petrograd Statement Says That Large
Amount of War Booty Was Also
captured--czar Expresses Thanks
When Told of Victory.

Vienna. Sept. 11.-Continuing their
terrific attacks to cut the railroads
from Lemberg to Kiev, the Austrians
have crowned one phase of their gen
eral action with success. capturing the
great Russian stronghold of Dunno.
In the capture of this foru ess the
Teutons have obtained command OF
the railroad lines from J.emberg
through Dubno to Rovno zId thence
to Kiev and Odessa. .,ubno is one
Of the triangle of fortresses protect
ing the approach of Kiev and is the
second to fall. Lutsk having been cap
tured several days ago. This leaves
only the third fortress, Rovno. in the
way Of rapid advance toward Kiev
and the outhanking of the great Russ
army, which has nllen back from
Brest-Litovsk.
The Austrian Iandwehr and cavalry
entered DubEo on Wednesday,. They
are already advancing to the north
east, and II they take Rovno. only
about forty-five miles away. it is be-
lieved that they can drive rapidly
northward to the aid of Mackensen' s
army. which is advancing toward
Pinsk on the road to Moscow.
Military authorities here attach
great importance to the capture OF
Dubno and assert it may mean the cut
ting of of large Russian forces in the
marsh district far to the north of the
fortress triangle and southeast Of
Brest-Litovsk.
Petrograd, Sept. ia Russian vic
tory in eastern Galicia resulting in the
capture of 5000 German troops anC
80 guns is announced on Thursday IL
an official statement issued by the
war office here. Enormous losse!
were also suffered by the enemy il
killed and wounded. the official state
ment says. It characterizes the resul
of the conflict as complete German
defeat"
The emperor, having received re
port of the defeat inflicted upon tn
enemy, sent an order to express to hi
valorous troops his Joy and thankful
ness for their success and the heav.
losses inflicted ON the enemy.
An official communication from P:
trograd claims another big Rrssial
success in Eastern Galicia. Following
their reported victory at Tarnopol.
is stated that southwest of Trembowl
during the 7th md Sth the Russian
took as prisoners l5O officers and z
900 men and that the Teutons re
treated hastily toward the River str,
pa. Russian captures since Septen
Der 8. Sereth front total 3S3 officers
over 1900 men AMI great quantit
of guns.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
WILL HURT AMERICA
La Toilette Seamen's Bill an un-
wise Measure.
Claims Of It's Promoters That itg
Would Foster the Shipping Indus
tries Of the Country Shown
to Be Ridiculous.

Gradually 1t Is being discovered
that the La Toilette seamen's bill,
which is to go into effect next No
vember, can be depended upon to ac-
complish nothing but the destruction
of our merchant shipping. At the
time of the Eastland disaster the Off.
hand assertion of a La Toilette dis
ciple, that If the law had been in
operation there would have been no
loss of life. was widely circulated and
as quickly denied by experts who de-
clared that no provision of the La
Toilette law could have robbed the
catastrophe of single horror. And
now comes the announcement that
the law officials of the administration
are agreed that the law does not APP
ply to foreign ships entering our
ports. Though this view was told
from the first by those who studied
the law closely 1t was a fond boast
| OF its advocates that we were going
to do terrible things to the foreign
shipping interests. The decision that
the laws cannot be applied to foreign
craft announced by the attorney gen.
eral. should end all doubt as to what
the effect on American shipping will
be. The president is said to be study
ing the measure, and even though it
was one of his particular pets last
year, he can but be impelled to seek
its repeal in view of what a deeper
scrutiny, in the light of a better
knowledge, must reveal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
BERLIN WANTS MORE FACTS
German Admiralty Seeks Definite
News as to Whether Hesperian
Was Torpedoed.

Berlin, Germany. Sept. s tvia Lon
dom The German admiralty has yet
no information regarding the He's.
perian case. The sinking of the liner
was officially commented upon to this
effect: "It is advisable to await more
definite news as to whether the
steamer was actually torpedoed. and
if SO, under what conditions
Washington, Sept. S.-The White
House and state department have sus.
pended judgment on the sinking of
the Allan liner Resperian by a Ger.
man submarine, pending the receipt
of definite information as to the cir.
cumstances of the attack 1t has
been announced that this government
will take no action until all the facts
are at hand. The same course was
followed in all other cases growing
out of the German submarine activi.
ties
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17

AND NEAR

Copenhagen. Sept. "a dispatch
from Berlin attributes the slackening
OF the German advance In Russia to
severe floods which are hindering op-
erations on the entire eastern front
Evansville. Ind. Sept 9.-Thomas
Sherwood of Lexington. KY. charged
with passing forged checks here and
said to be wanted in Detroit and other
cities, was sentenced to the state pris-
on for one to five years.
New York. Sept. 10.-Gustav Stahl,
the German reservist. who pleaded
guilty to perjury in making state
ments that the liner Lusitania was
armed. was sentenced by Federal
Judge Hough to one year and six
months in the Atlanta penitentiary.
Cleveland. o., Sept. 1O.-Cleveland
and Canton tO.) capitalists have
closed contract for sS0.O0O.O00 to
supply Russia with 100000 rifles.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
Peril of Lad.

A report has been issued by the
United States bureau of labor statis-
tics on the industrial conditions in fac
tories making lead storage batteries.
particularly with relation to the dan
ger of lead poisoning. In the con-
struction of lead grids the workman
is exposed to the lead dust and lead
fumes. In some plants provisions Of
hoods and exhausts over the kettles
serve to minimize the danger.
Another danger lies in the making
of the lead oxide when this work is
done by hand; but, in some factories
this work is done by machinery, which
is inclosed so that there is practically
no danger to the operators. Alto
gether conditions in the United States
are considered decidedly bad COM
pared to conditions in the same indus
try in Germany and Great Britain.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
CAR HEADS RUSS ARMIES
Notifies President Poincare of France
Of the Change-kept Secret in
Petroerad.

Paris, Sept. 9.-Emperor Nicholas
has taken over the command of the
Russian armies. Whether this will re-
suit in the complete elimination Of
Grand Duke Nicholas is not yet
known. Apparently the cars action
has been kept a close secret in Petro-
grad because the first intimation of
this action would come in a personal
dispatch from the Russian ruler to
President Poincare. The message from
the czar to the president follows:
In placing myself at the head of
my valiant army, take particular
pleasure in addressing you, monsieur
president, most sincere wishes for the
grandeur of France and the victory OF
it's glorious army"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
MAY PACIFY MEXICO
SECRETARY LANSING CALLS PAN
AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
Expected That Meeting Will Be FINAL
and Plans Formulated for De-
cisive Action.

Washington, Sept. 8. = Secretary
Lansing announced on Tuesday that
the A, B, C Mexican peace mediators
are to meet with him within a few
days to consider the next moves by
the American governments in the Mex
lean situation.
1t is expected this meeting will be
the final one, and plans will be for
mulated then for decisive action.
Significance attaches to the imme-
diate holding of the conference be-
cause of the Mexican border troubles
and the fact that Carranza, of all the
important Mexican chieftains, has
failed to reply to the peace proposals,
While it is not believed that the
mediators will determine on armed in.
tervention, it is expected that the plan
will be given consider alton in view
of the border raids.
Irritation is increasing along the
border, according to dispatches. Gen
eral Funston and other military com
manders on the border are uneasy
while their troops stand facing across
the international line the armed
! forces of Carranza. The dangers o.
an outbreak increase with the hours
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
SCHWAB HOME Threatened
Letters Threatening 10 Blow Up Sum-
mer Mansion Are Received by
the Steel 'Magnate.

Johnstown, Pa, Sept. 10.-Charles
M. Schwab has received three letters,
the last one recently, threatening to
blow up his beautiful summer home
"Immergrun," near Loretto, if he did
not stop shipping steel and other war
material to Europe for the use of the
allies. according to information here.
Mrs. Schwab and the servants left
hurriedly and the big mountain man
sion is closed right in the height of
the early autumn social season. I'm
mergrun" is one of the most beautiful
country places in the Allegheny noun.
tains
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
AIR RAID ON LONDON
PRESS BUREAU SAYS FEW
CASUALTIES REPORTED FOL-
LOWING ZEPPELIN ATTACK.
10 SLAIN IN ANOTHER RAID
German Airmen Injured Forty-Three
Persons When They Dropped Explo-
sives on Eastern Counties of Eng
Iand-SeVeral Fires Extinguished.

London, Sept 10.-The press bu-
reau announced that hostile aircraft
flew over the eastern counties and the
London district on Wednesday night.
dropping incendiary bombs.
The raids occurred shortly after
midnight. 1t was announced that
there were few casualties reported
and that the fires caused by the
bombs were under control
Ten persons were killed and forty
three injured by bombs dropped from
German airships in the raid on the
western counties of England on Tues
day night. it was officially announced.
In addition, three persons are miss
ing.
The Zeppelins were fired at by anti.
air craft guns and aeroplanes went up
to combat the German craft, but they
were unable to, locate the raiding air
ships.
The official statement on Tuesdaj
nights air raid follows:
Three Zeppelins visited the east
ern counties and dropped bombs
Anti-air craft guns we're put in ac
tion. Aeroplanes went up but were
| not able to locate the airships.
Fifteen small dwelling house:
were demolished or seriously dam
aged. A large number of doors AMI
windows were broken. Several fire.
were caused, but they were promptl.
| eXtinguiShad There was m Othe
serious damage.
The following casualties were re
ported:
Killed, two men, three women
five children; wounded seriously. fou
men, eleven women, five children
wounded slightly, nine men. five won
en-, nine children.
! Missing believed to be buried i
the debris, one man, two women. A
were civilians except one soldier
who was reported seriously wounded
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
TRAIN HITS AUTO; FOUR DEAD
Members of San Francisco Theatrical
Company Victims of Accident at
Johnston City, III.

Johnston City, ILL.,, Sept. 9.-Four
persons we're killed and two others
fatally injured when passenger train
No. 120 of the Chicago & Eastern Iii
nois railroad hit an automobile here.
The dead: A. Brownall. Tom McDon-
aid. Harry F. Dixon, A. Brown, all of
San Francisco. The fatally. injured: !:
A. Brown. Jr., San Francisco; Oscar
Mooneyham, West Frankfort. Ill.
All except Mooneyham were mem.
bers of a San Francisco theatrical
troupe whom Mooneyham was driving
to Johnston City. where they expected
to give a performance
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
MANY ARE INJURED
WHEN CARS CRASH
Number Are Seriously Hurt in InteTurhan
Wreck Near Huron, 0.
OTHERS SUFFER FROM BRUISES and CUTS
Crew of Limited Are Blamed for the
Accident, Motorman and Conduc-
tor Disregarding Order, Ac-
cording to Report.
Western Newspaper union News service

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Sandusky. - About 35 persons were
injured, II seriously, when the
east-bound Lake Shore electric
limited, leaving here at 1O:45 a.
m., crashed into the west-bound local
just east of Sages siding, between
Huron and Ceylon Junction, at 11:O4
in the morning.
A relief car was sent from here
equipped with cots and with three
physicians aboard. The more serious
ly injured were brought to Providence
hospital, this city The rest, suffer
ing generally from bruises and cuts
from flying glass, were treated on the
scene. Rescue work was carried on
in driving rain
The following were taken to Provi.
dence hospital here
Arnold, Charles, 35, Sandusky, mo-
torman on local, both legs broken, cut
about head and face; condition seri-
Gus.
Barnes, NJ NJ, Sandusky, motorman
on the limited, right leg broken and
probable internal injuries; condition
serious.
Troike, August, sandusky conductor
on local, cut and bruised about head
and face.
Whipple, Miss Rose, Toledo, right
leg fractured, badly bruised about
the body
! Nikola, Andrew, SO, Toledo, cut
about the head and neck.
orose, Andrew, eight, of Toledo,
nephew of Nikola, head cut.
White, D. D., Castalia, bad cut over
right eye and probable internal in.
juries.
Rossell, Antoine, %, face cut; may
lose left eye.
Reed, Frank, SO, Sandusky, back
cut and badly sprained.
Terrill, F. E., 80, Lakewood, cut
glass
The crew of the limited, NJ M
Barnes, motorman, and E. C. Baker
conductor, both of this city, are
blamed for the accident 1t is said
they had instructions to wait OF
Sage's siding fol the local to pass
but disregarded the order and tried tt
run onto the next siding.
The limited had preceded abou
500 feet beyond the siding when tb,
: motorman saw the local come arount
a curve directly in front of him, wit
| nesses declare. He applied his brake
: Immediately, retarding the speed of hi
car. but not enough to avert the acci
!, dent. Motorman Arnold, in charge o
: the local, also applied his brakes an
> then jumped, breaking his legs.
Both cars were probably travelin
/ about ten miles an hour when the
came together. The impact smashe
t the vestibule on the limited and threy
d all passengers to the, floor. The lin
: tied was running double header an,
: was crowded. Of the injured the ma
0 iority were in the smoking car of tn
= first limited. There were only fe7
o passengers on thel local, and these a
/. escaped with a severe shaking up an
e cuts and bruises.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
DUMBA'S RECALL
ASKED BY U. S.
FOR STRIKE PLOT
Lansing Tells American Ambas-
sador to Inform Vienna
Government.
SOUGHT TOTIE UP U.S.PLANTS
Austrian Envoy Told Secretary Of
sfate That He Acted on Orders
From His covernment-Archi-
bald Says He ls Innocent

Washington, Sept. 11.-Ambassador
.Penheld at Vienna was instructed by
cable to inform the Austro-Hungarian
government that DR.. Constantin Dunn
ba no longer Is acceptable as an en-
roy to the United States. and to ask
Tor his recall.
Secretary Lansing formally an
nounced the action on Thursday.
v. s. Note to Vienna.
Secretary OF State Lansing gave out
the following statement:
The department has Instructed Am
hassador Penteld at Vienna to de-
liver to the minister for foreign ar
fairs the following note:
~'Mr. Constantin Dumba, the Aus
tro-Hungarian ambassador at Wash
ington, has admitted that he proposed
10 his government plans to instigate
strikes In American manufacturing
plants engaged in the production oil
munitions Of war The information
reached this government through a
copy of a letter Of the ambassador to
his government. The bearer was an
American citizen named Archibald,
who was travelling under an American
passport The ambassador has admit
ted that he employed Archibald to
bear official dispatches from him to
his government.
by reason of the admitted pur'
pose and intent of Mr.. Dumba to con
Epire to cripple industries OF the peo
pie of the United States and to inter
rupt their legitimate trade, and by
reason of the iagrant violation OF dip
lomatic propriety in employing ar
tmerican citizen protected by an
american passport as a secret bearer
Of official dispatches through ths
lines OF an enemy of Austria-Hun
Eary. the president directs me to in
form your excellency that Mr.. Dumbs
~ no longer acceptable to the govern
rent OF the United States as the am
sassador of his imperial majesty a
washington
believing that the imperial and
psyal government will realize that the
government of the United States has
no alternative but to request the re
call OF Mr.. Dumba on account OF hi
improper conduct. the government o
the United States expresses its deep
est regret that this course has be
come necessary and assures the i'm
perial and royal government that I
sincerely desires to continue the cor
aial and friendly relations which exis
between the United States and Aus
aria-Hungary. LANSING"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
Criticjzes Enemies of Labor.

Columbus. Corporations which
adopt a paternalistic policy toward
their employees, yet oppose legis-
lation to improve labor conditions and
forbid their employees to join labor
unions, were criticized severely by
Thomas J. Duffy of East Liverpool,
state industrial commissioner, discuss
ing the labor movement here. Mr..
Duffy formerly was an officer of the
Ohio Federation of Labor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
RepubIican Party's Future.

The Republican party is not going
to disappear from the politics of this
country as force to be reekoned
with in the future. 1t still has field
for usefulness, and if it accomplishesi
nothing more than to prod the Demo-
cratic party and keep it from getting
out of harmony with the people. as
the former so conspicuously did. this
service will be worth reviving it from
its present moribund condition.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-17
Woman Ties un Bills.

Youngstown. = Creditors of the
board of education to the amount
of about $4,000 besieged its Of
fees for payment of their claims,
only to be told they would have to
wait two and possibly four more
weeks to get their money. Mrs. R. s.
Baker, only woman member of the
board, voted mo" at the recent ses'
sion on approval Of claims, and her
vote was just enough to defeat action
She has been leading fight to secure
a different form Of presenting bills to
board members.