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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
NINETEEN AMERICANS DIE
ON TORPEDOED STEAMER
British Liner Armenian Sunk by Ger
man Submarine-Carried Cargo
of Mules for England.

Washington, July 2.-The British
owned steamship Armenia of the
Leyland line was torpedoed and sunk
by the German submarine U-38 20
miles west of Trevose head, Cornwall,
England, on Tuesday night, and a
number of Americans were lost. The
information came in dispatches to the
state department.
The official count says that 20 men
were lost and ten injured and give a
list of American citizens, white and
colored, who were crossing with the
ship.
The Armenian sailed from Newport
News June II with cargo of mules
consigned to Avonmouth, west coast
of England, for the English army.
The facts in the case as obtained
from Consul Armstrong at Bristol and
all the information obtainable here as
to the character of the vessel were
telegraphed to the president at Corn.
ish, N. HI.
State department officials do not re-
gard the information now at hand as
sufficient on which to express an opin-
ion and especially on which to make
intelligent representation to Germany.
The department therefore cabled to
Ambassador Page to send on at once
all the details he could secure.
The main point in the case Of the
Armenian is whether she is an actual
member of the British navy as troop
ship or a horse ship. She could be
such, either by having been taken
over by the government itself for that
purpose or by the government itself
having chartered the ship, and there
fore making it warship subject to
attack on sight by German war YES
sells
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
MEXICAN CAPITAL AT
MERCY OF LOOTERS
United States Intervention Near
President Wilson Studies Dis
patches on the Situation.

Washington, July 3.-Ffghting for
Mexico City has been going on in the
suburbs for fifteen days. Zapata's
army and armed civilians are fiercely
resisting the Carranza army's en-
trance. Gen. Raphael Pacheco of the
Zapata forces has been killed. In the
capital there is footing. All business
houses have been barricaded. The
bread line Is filled daily with 10000
poor. Food is scarce. Diplomats are
trying to protect foreigners. A train
is held ready to take away officials Of
the Zapata government.
President Wilson has determined to
end the anarchy which prevails in
Mexico.
The policy of. "watchful waiting"
which was modified a month ago when
the president threatened to act unless
the leaders of the several factions in
the neighboring country got together
has definitely come to an end.
The new policy of the president con-
templates forcible Intervention if such
an extreme step proves necessary.
The state department has advised
the president of the terrible condi-
lions prevailing in the Mexican capt.
tai and of the difficulties placed in the
way of the transmission of informa-
tion ofsthe situation of the diplomats
and foreigners there.
Most important from the viewpoint
Of the United States, European gov
ernments again are inquiring if the
president intends to take measures
for the protection of European life and
property.
The administration fears it will
have to re-occupy Vera Cruz once
City.
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D|Az
DIES IN PARIS
Former Dictator of Mexico Dead
at Age of Eighty-Five.
ExllED FROM NATIVE LAND
sx-President Ruled Republic for Thir.
ty-Five Years Fought
Against the United
States.
ExILED FROM NATIVE LAND

Paris, July 5.-Gen. Porf1rio Diaz,
former president of Mexico, died here
on Friday. General Diaz' wife. Sonora
Carmen Romero Rubio Diaz, and their
son, Porfirio Diaz, Jr., and the latters
wife were at the bedside.
About three weeks ago General
Diaz began to fail rapidly and while
his death was not unexpected, owing
to his advanced age and recent fail
ing health, the crisis came suddenly
Friday afternoon. Colonel Diaz, Jr.,
IN announcing the death of his father,
SAID that he was unable to state the
nature of malady, but expressed the
opinion that the cause was a complica-
ton of diseases, due to advanced age.
Porfirio Diaz was Mexico when
there was Mexico. When on May
81, 1911, he fed the western hemi.
sphere in the face of Francisco I.
Madero's rising revolution, Mexico
started on the wild orgy of disinte-
grafton that now is spending itself
in anarchy. Loosed from the iron
hand,the nation blew up.
Before Theodore Roosevelt was born
Diaz was an apostle of the Big Stick
and it's effective accompaniment of
the soft voice. For 35 years he ruled
Mexico, all of that time, with the ex-
ception of four years, as it's president.
Under his dominance the country was
an inviting spot for American capital,
inuo VIII; oh ho wit
the wisdom of a statesman and true
economist.
His military career, however, had
begun when he took up arms against
the United States. DiaZ was born at
OaXaca, September Is, 1880. His
was of old Spanish lineage. The IA
Their died when Porfirio was three
years old and he was educated at the
expense of the bishop of Oaxaca. He
intended to become priest but
when the war with the United States
broke out he enlisted, at the age of
sixteen.
At time when defeat meant death
young Diaz cast his lot with JuareZ
in the revolution which in 1854
brought about the downfall of Santa
Ana. the one-legged dictator.
His study of military science stood
him we'll, and his campaigns were
succession of victories until, in 1876,
he marched into the City of Mexico
at the head of 10000 men and was
elected president of the republic al
most unanimously.
Assuming the presidency again in
1884, he remained in Office until his
resignation in 1911.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
J,P, MORGAN SHOT
BY ASSASSIN As
WIFE IS NEAR HIM
Assailant Is Captured and Placed
in Jail.
WOUNDS ARE NOT SERIOUS
War Fanatic Enters Home OF Finan-
cier and Shoots Victim Twice
Asserts His Purpose Was to
Stop Munitions.

Glencove, N. Y, July 81. 2. Nor
gan. who was shot twice by Frank
Holt at the bankers country nome,
was reported to be in no serious dan
ger. The physicians said he was rest
ing easy and the police declared ex-
animation showed the cartridges fired
were new and clean, and consequent
" there was a minimum danger Of in
lection.
1t was definitely established that
both bullets fired at Mr.. Morgan had
penetrated his hip and that neither
had pierced the abdomen.
The first shot struck the right hip
and went through in a line almost
horizontal, DETECTING and slightly
downward. The second shot struck
nearer the groin and was detected
much more sharply downward. This
shot came out of the upper leg.
Mother and Wife Suffer.
It was learned, however, that Mrs.
J. Pierpont Morgan, mother OF the
wounded f1nancier, was in a serious
nervous condition as result or the
shock caused by the shooting.
The financier's wife also was said
to be bordering on collapse.
Meantime Junius Spencer Morgan
and his bride, the wounded bankers
son and daughter-in-law, who reached
the country home in the afternoon In
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FIGHT OFF CORTLAND ISLAND.
Two German Battleships Reach kiel
in DAMAGED Condition.

Two German Battleships Reach kieI
in Damaged Condition.
Copenhagen, July 5.-The German
battleship Wittelsbach, which is dam
aged and a battleship of the Kaiser
class, with many shots under the wa
ter line from the battle in the Baltic,
have returned to Kiel. The Copenha-
gen correspondent of Reuters Tele-
graph company states that message
has been received from Cortland, tell
ing of naval battle off the east coast
of that island. Four cruisers were
seen closely engaged near land. A
German torpedo boat with many
wounded arrived at Katthammersvik,
on the east coast of Gottland. The
German mile layer Albatross was
chased by four Russian cruisers and
ran aground to escape capture. Tween
ty-one of the mine layers crew were
killed and twenty-seven were wounded.
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expectation of attending a house
party in their honor at which IS
guests were to be present, were aid
ing three trained nurses in caring for
the sufferer, his wife and mother. The
newly welded couple were ignorant of
the shooting until they arrived at the
mansion.
Assailant Sought Wars End.
Holt. who was formerly an instruc-
tor In German in Cornell university,
was in jail in Glencove He had con-
fessed that it was he who placed in
the capitol at Washington the Internal
machine that damaged the senate
wing. In addition, he had explained
the shooting of Mr.. Morgan, saying he
went to the Morgan home with the
purpose Of inducing Mr.. Morgan to
stop the export of arms and munitions
from the United States to the allies
in Europe and thereby end the great
war.
Mr. Morgan, who is the head of the
great banking house Of J. P. Morgan
& Co., is the financial agent of the
British government in the purchase
of war supplies in America.
British Ambassador Present.
With Mr.. Morgan when he was shot
was Sir Cecil spring-Rice, the British
ambassador to the United States, a
close personal friend.
Holt, the assailant, is an American
born citizen, forty years old. He said
that both of his parents were Ameri-
cans and that his remote ancestors
were French and German.
The assailant carried two revolvers
when he attacked Mr.. Morgan. A
stick of dynamite was found In a coat
pocket
Dynamite in His Suitcase.
In his suitcase, left outside of the
residence, were two sticks of dyna-
mite and number of newspapers and
newspaper clippings. Holt said he had
come with this literature to convince
Mr.. Morgan that the export Of ammu-
milton to the allies should be stopped,
and that he carried the weapons in
case OF trouble He said repeatedly
that he fired only to brighten Mr.. Nor
Can. and that Mr.. Morgan was wound
ed because he had thrown himself for
ward violently in the way of the bull
let's instead of waiting to listen to
what Holt had to say.
Assassin Arrives in Auto.
Before Holt arrived Mr.. Morgan.
Mrs. Morgan, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice.
Lady Spring-Rice and other guests
were seated at breakfast in the three
story brick mansion looking cut on
the Long Island sound.
Holt had hired an automobile ct
Glencove, three miles from the Nor
gan esLste. and had driven to the
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
TRAINS HIT AUTOS; SEVEN DIE.
Fatal Accident at West Detroit, Mich,
and Another in East.

and Another in East.
Detroit, Mich, July IAN automo-
bile in which eight persons were rid
ing was struck by fast west-bound
Wabash passenger train at Greene
avenue, just inside the city limits of
West Detroit, Sunday night, and three
of the occupants were killed, while
the others we're injured more or less
seriously. The dead are: Joseph
Fabyszak, fifty-four; his wife Nettie,
aged forty-two, and Olga Ewinesky, a
twenty-year-old girl.
Farmingdale, N. j., July -Four
members of a Trenton family met
death on the Asbury Park-Farming-
dale road, a mile from here, on Sun
day when an automobile in which they
were riding was struck by New Jer-
sey Southern train. Robert Mayer.
his wife and daughter, Ethel, twenty
one, were killed outright, and Herbert
Mayer thirteen, died while being con.
veyed to hospital.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
HUERTA JAILED; oRozco GONE.
Juarez May Be In Hands of Escaped
Mexican Before Many Hours.

Juarez May Be in Hands of Escaped
Mexican Before Many Hours.
Ell Paso, Tex, July 7.-Gen. Victoria
no Huerta, who has been out on $751;
900 bond since his arrest, was rear
rested on Sunday on a new federal
warrant issued at San Antonio. He
is now locked in the county Jail here
and military guard probably will be
placed about the building to thwart
any possible attempt to escape or at
tempts of friends to release him. 1t
was admitted that Huerta was re-
arrested to prevent the possibility of
his following the footsteps of Gen.
Pascual Orozco, who apparently has
forfeited his bond and escaped across
the border. A message received here
said that General Orozco was at Val
entine, Tex, and intended to cross
the border into Mexico and lead
force against Juarez.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
WAS ON ADMIRALTY MISSION.
Briton Informs Page Armenian Was
on War Business.

IUIOtIuS dSC FNfutCuidIt w 40
on War Business.
Washington, July 3,-The British
admiralty on Thursday informed AM
bassador Page in London that the
steamship Armenian, sunk by Ger
man submarine with the loss of Fl
American lives, was engaged in ad-
miralty business, and that she carried
no passenger. This information was
cabled by Ambassador Page to the
state department. The ambassador
suggested that the Americans who
were lost with the Armenian appeared
therefore to have been members of
her crew.
The incident being the first involv-
ing American lives since the sinking
of the Lusitania created considerable
stir in official circles, but no one in
authority would say, pending receipt
Of official facts in the case, what eff
feet 1t would have on the negotiations
between this country and Germany.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
BRITISH DESTROYER DAMAGED.

Admiralty Says Vessel Was Either
Torpedoed or Hit With Mine.
London, July 3.-The admiralty an
nounced on Thursday that the British
destroyer Lightning encountered a
mine, or was torpedoed, off the east
coast of England Wednesday night,
and that one of the crew was killed,
while IA are missing. The vessel
succeeded in reaching harbor safely.
The Lightning is an old boat, dating
from 1898. She has a displacement
of 29O tons and carries one 12-pound-
er, five six-pounders and two 1S-inch
torpedo tubes.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
Roads to Get Rate Raise.

Washington, July 1.-THE railroads
traversing what is known as West
ern Classification Territory" will re-
ceive practically all of the advance
in rates for which they asked, it was
announced unofficially here.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
SAYS SIX AMERICANS LOST.

Five Negroes and White Physician
Lose Their Lives.
Cardiff, Wales, July Six Ameri-
cans persisted when the steamer Ar
menian was struck by German sub
marine, according to Joseph Carter,
a member of the Armenian's crew,
who arrived here. He said that the
Americans who lost their lives we're
five negro muleteers and white ply
stefan who was caring for them on
shipboard.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
HOLD RoTHsCHIL7 PRISONER,
Germans Answer Leniency Plea by
MAKING Him Work,

Berlin, July "A Bavarian courier
reports that among the prisoners of
war at Lerchenfeld, one of the quar-.
tiers of Vienna. is a member of the
Paris branch of the Rothschild family,
who was captured while driving an au.
tomobile. The courier declared that
efforts made through the Spanish en-
bassy to have special treatment &C.
corded M. Rothschild resulted in his
being compelled to work in the hay
fields with other prisoners at four
o'clock the next morning.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
Cholera Epidemic Spreads.

Paris, July IA dispatch to the
Havas agency from Geneva states
there were two cases of cholera in
Vienna, five in Moravia, three in ST.
lesia, two in Cracow, four in Yavprow
and twenty-eight in yalovitch.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
Admiral cowles Retires.

Washington. July 5.-Navy depart
ment orders announced on Friday the
retirement July IL of Admiral w. P.
Cowles, commander in chief of the
ksiatic fleet, who was detached from
his command and ordered home.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
Tower Falls, Twelve Hurt.

Rock Island, ILL.,, July IA light
tower 60 feet high on which scores of
people were perched viewing an ex-
hibition by Aviator Miles collapsed in
Exposition park, causing serious in
juries to dozen persons.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
German Losses 100000?

London, July THE German official
casualty list now includes 1900 pages.
AS each page contains about 300
names, it may be reckoned that Ger
many's losses so far aggregate $780,
600 officers and men.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
U. S. to Lease Million Acres

Washington, July 7.-Grazing lands
in the Grow Indian reservation in
Montana will be leased for another
three-year period, the Indian cffica
announces. More than 100000 acres
are included in the tract.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
vlcE.PREslDENT THREATENED.
Marshall Declares He Has Received

Marshall Declares He Has Received
Dozen Anonymous Warnings.
st. Louis, July 7.-Thomas r. Mar
shall, president of the United
States, has been threatened with
death in more than a dozen anony-
nous letters which he has received
during the last six weeks. Vice-presi-
dent Marshall made this statement
on Sunday to newspaper men here.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
iowa CITY Doctor Heads Hospital.

Indianapolis. July 5.-3Dr Charles S.
Woods of this city, who has been for
the last two years professor in the
Iowa State college, at Iowa City, was
elected secretary and superintendent
of the Methodist hospital.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
German Submarine Raised.

Amsterdam, July THE German
submarine U-30, which was sunk off
the mouth of the Ems through an acct
dent, has now been raised, and only
one man Of the crew is dead, says the
Telegram.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
ouioIev's Condition Grave.

Rochester, N. Y, June 30.-Four
physicians held consultation at
the home of Chief of Police Joseph
M. Quigley, where his brother, Rt.
Rev. James E. Quigley of Chicago, lies
critically i'll. 1t was announced that
the prelates condition is gravely seri-
GUS. Archbishop Quigley is suffering
from a nervous breakdown.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
Fire DESTROYS Spirits.

Amsterdam. July 5-The Berlin
Tageblatt states that fire in dis.
tiliery at koenigsberg Prussia. de-
stroyed more than 100000 quarts OF
spirits.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
TRUCE CALLED IN MEXICO.
Reported That Villa and Carranza
Will Make Peace Soon.

Ell Paso, Tex, July 2.-Following
the announcement that Villa and Car
rama are considering a peace agree
ment to avoid a new revolutionary
movement which might unseat them
both, Chihuahua reports that a tenn
porary armistice has been declared
near Encarnacion, south of Aguas-
calientes. Travellers from the south
report that furious fighting was in
progress Monday at Encarnacion.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
TURK TOWN TAKEN BY ALLIES

Anglo-French Forces Capture krithia,
Says Athens Dispatch.
Athens, July "a Mitylene dis
patch says it is reported there that
the allies have occupied Krithia on
the Gallipoli peninsula.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-07-09
STOPS DRINKING in ALABAMA.
Statewide Prohibition Goes Into Eff
fect-No Disorder Reported.

fect-No Disorder Reported.
Montgomery, Ala, July State
wide prohibition went into effect on
Thursday. Every saloon and dispen-
sary in the state was closed Wednes-
day night. There was no disorder in
the transition. The saloons were
closed under the provisions of the
Merritt-Denson bill enacted in Janu-
airy.
The fool-killer., 1915-03-01
THAW.
cor melt, if you want to-

Seeing that our old friend, Harry
Thaw, has again been on trial, / was
to write the following beau
tiful Poem for the occasion. There is
more of it, but this is all have room
for:
Thaw, Thaw, -Thaw, Thaw,
Thaw, Thaw, Thaw,
Thaw, Thaw, Thaw, Thaw,
Thaw, Thaw, Thaw.
Thaw, Thaw, Thaw, Thaw,
Thaw, Thaw, Thaw,
Thaw, Thaw Thaw, Thaw,
Thaw, Thaw, Thaw.
The fool-killer., 1915-03-01

Mule delegate, jumping up and
kicking several Jackasses back
wards.
Take him down! Lynch him!''
brayed oneof the Jackass dele
gates who had been bribed with
bundle Of hay.
You talk like burned old
Socialist said another conser-
vative Jackass. Don't you reck-
on these Honorable Mules know
how to run this convention?''
But the Jackass who had the
floor still kept it. He layed back
his ears and paved the all with
his fore foot, saying;
The Children of Israel had
their Moses, and the Blind Man
has his Dog, but these Jackasses
are without Leader. Be Unknown
unto you, therefore, that hereby
announce myself as an independ-
ent candidate for Gate Keeper.
and I propose to turn all my Bro
ther Jackasses into the Pasture
that the Mules stole from us.''
Robbery and confiscationp'
brayed dozen Mules at once. and
nearly all the Jackasses crossed
their hoofs on their breasts and
groaned.
Then, after moment of awful
silence, things began to happen.
There was hair and heels, mud
and mule shoes, blood and brays,
all through the air. The danger
GUS agitator'' had been kicked to
death by the Capitalistic Mules
and the Old-Party Jackasses.
Thus ended the Jackass Conven-
ton.
The fool-killer., 1915-03-01
ROOSEVELT TO WILSON.
Oyster Bay, Mar. 8.
Dear Woodenroller:

Dear Woodenroller: j
It amt so about us being enc
mics, is it? We are plum good
old chums, amt we? That S right!
I knew you would agree with me.
We are both great men, aln'tWe,
Woodenroller? My natural mod
esty forbids me to say which is
the greater of US.
That's always been one Of my
failings-a super-abundance of
modesty. Great pity for a man
like me to be so heavily hand
icapped. If I just had the brass
to put myself forward and de-
mand my rights, I could accom-
plish wonders. If it wasn't for
my modesty, almost believe I
could build up and operate sue
cessful and fourishing war like
Cousin King George, Cousin Car
Nick and Cousin Bill Kizsr are
doing. just envy them boys the
fun they are having. Amt there
some way we can manage to take
a hand in it? I'd give most any
thing if we could.
/ know you claim to be a lover
of peace, but you and Brother
Bill Bryan have been meddling
in Europe's affairs in a way
which suits me exactly. Keep it
up, dear Woodenroller! Just one
or two more meddlesome notes
like you have been sending tc
Germany and England will get
us into the war up to our necks.
Hurray! Wouldn't that be just
bully? Say, my dear Woodenroll
er, it never will do to let thai
chance slip by, and if there is
anything / can do to help get vi
into the war, am at your service
I want you to know that am ne