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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-06-03

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eral election
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
PEACE PACT SIGNED
AGENTS OF BASEBALL LEAGUES
AGREE TO ELIMINATE FED
ERAL BODY.
WEEeHMAN GETS THE CUBS
Owners Rush to Sign Up "outIaw"
Players-onIy TWO Magnates Of Old
Organization Are Taken Care Of
Phil Ball Given the Browns.

Cincinnati, Dec. 24.-Representa-
tives of the Federal, American and
:Iational leagues signed an agreement
which eliminated the third circuit
from the baseball map of the country.
AS soon as the signatures had been
appended, 1t was announced on We'd
nesday that Charles H. Weeghman,
president of the Whales, had acquired
the Cubs and the West side team will
be moved to the North side. Joe
Tinker will be manager and the best
players on both teams win be re-
tanned.
Second in Importance to the trans
fer of the Cubs was the purchase Of
the Browns by Phil Ball, deal which
was also made official
Outside of these two every Federal
league owner is out of the game, and
as a playing organization the third
league is now only a memory.
The players of the independent cir
cult will be controlled by the clubs
themselves, which will probably mean
that all outside of the Whales and the
Terriers will be pooled to be sold to
the highest bidders. Hardly had the
Official announcement been made be-
fore scramble started for the stars
OF the defunct organization. President
Hampstead of the Giants started nego-
tiations for the services of Benny
Kauf1, while Captain Huston of the
Yankees began angling for Lee Magee.
Mordecai Brown will be retained = 9
a star member of the Cubs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
LYDST0N WINS A. M. A. SUIT
Supreme Court UphoIds Chicago PLY.
sictan In Long Fight to Gust AS
ISOLATION Directors.

Chicago, Dec 23.-Dr. G. Frank
Lydston won his f1ve-year legal bat.
tie against the American Medical as.
sociation when the supreme court up.
held the decision of the appellate
court and ordered the removal of the
present board of directors.
A complete reorganization of the as.
sociation. national body composed OF
more than 10000 members, probably
will follow. Under the supreme courts
ruling the members of the present
board of directors were elected lille.
gally, inasmuch as the association
was incorporated under a charter
from Illinois, and therefore must hold
it's annual meetings in this state.
The warfare between Doctor Lyd.
ston and the association began when
the physician attempted to prevent
DR.. George H. Simmons, then secre,
tary, from holding three offices at
once. He claimed the affairs of the
association were controlled by an oil.
garchy.
In view of this decision" he said,
1T will remain for the officers of the
association to explain why they have
been spending the associations money
for five years to prevent legitimate
inquiry into the operation of the as
sociation.
1T is probable now that the rank
and file will have something to say
about the operation of the society
will gain the ballot-and that the po
litical operation of the association will
be taken out of the hands of the self
elected few"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
GALLIPOLI FIGHT
BRITISH WITHDRAWN FROM THE
DARDANELLES.
Forces at SuvIa and Anzac Districts
Have Been Transferred, Says an
Official Statement.

London, Dec. 21.-All British troops
in the Suvla and Anzac districts of
Gallipoli peninsula have been with
drawn.
The following official statement re.
garding this step was issued here on
Monday:
''All the troops at Suvla and An.
zac, together with their guns and
stores, have been successfully trans
ferred, with insignificant casualties
to another sphere of operations.
Operations in sectors Of the front
at Gallipoli other than those from
(which troops have been withdrawn are
to be continued, it is intimated in an
other official statement. The with
drawal wa5 effected without knowl
edge of the movement on the part OF
the Turks, it is declared.
Further details of the evacuation
of the Anzac and Suvla zones have
been received" says the official state
ment Without the Turks being
aware Of the movement, great army
has been withdrawn from one Of the
areas occupied in the closest of con
tact with the enemy. By this contrac
tion of the front operations at other
points of the line will be more effec
lively carried out.
Sir Charles Monro gives great
credit for this skillfully conducted
transfer OF forces to the generals
commanding and the royal navy"
The war Office statement leaves the
public to draw it's own conclusions as
to the destination of these Australia.
sian and United Kingdom forces
which must be well over 100000
strong, but it is widely conjectured
that any southwark sweep Of the Teu.
tonic or Bulgarian armies in the Bal.
kans, whether from the north, west
or east, will sooner or later come in
contact with them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE

Amsterdam, Dec 23.-Thirty thou.
sand Turkish soldiers are reported to
have arrived in Belgium to fight with
the Germans.
London, Dec 24.-Three hundred OF
600 women employed in the powder
factory at Muenster, Westphalia, were
killed in an explosion at the plant,
according to advices to the Amster.
dam Telegraf, forwarded on Wednes.
day by Reuters correspondent. Great
damage was done to the town, the
newspaper adds.
Berlin. Dec. 2S.-The Cologne Ga.
zette reports that British troops which
have been stationed on islands in the
eastern Mediterranean have been sent
to Saloniki.
London, Dec. 24.-Emperor William
has been compelled to postpone his
trip to the western front because of
a slight Inflammation of the cellular
system. His indisposition is slight.
The kaiser's illness is described In an
official message from Berlin as "Zell.
gewebentzuendung," more frequently
called "bindegewebentzuendung." His
physicians have ordered him to remain
indoors.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
new YORK HIT
BY FREAK STORM
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING Ac-
COMPANY SHORTER, LEAVING
TRAIL OF SEVEN DEAD.
Velocity Of II Miles and Hour ls
Reaehed-eale Lifts Many Roofs
Buildings Destroyed.

Western Newspaper Union News ServicS
New York.-Leaving seven dead and
scores injured and a widespread dam
age to property, freak blizzard, with
its thunder and lightning, amid blind
ing snowfall, its gale rising to a We
locity of II miles an hour; its sleet
rain and slush, swept on northward,
leaving New York coated with a
mantle of snow which the bright aft
ernoon sunshine tried to thaw faster
than the bitter north wind could
harden. The deaths resulting from
the storm were those of Matthew
Ward, fireman, injured while re-
spending to an alarm; Mrs. Margaret
Charles, who was run over by street
car in Grand street; an unidentified
woman found dead in McKibben street,
Brooklyn; deckhand on a canal boat;
a flagman at Tottenville, Staten Island,
who was blown in front of train and
killed instantly; a bicyclist, riding in
a heavy rain, running into an autOmo.
bile at Mineola and being fatally in
jured, and an aged man fell on the
icy pavement in Newark and died of
fractured skull on his way to hos
pital.
Twenty women and children were
rescued from a string of canal boats
which went adrift in the lower bay and
finally piled up on the shore near
Fort Hancock, N. ]. The Brighton
Heights Reformed church, of New
Brighton, s. l., was riddled with light
ming during the blizzard. Roofs were
blown from the Newark city aims
house, the Newark city hospital
nurses home and a number of build
ings throughout New York City and
neighboring communities. A three
story building in the course Of con-
struction was blown over in the Bronx.
Hundreds of windows were smashed
in by the heavy wind and loose OBJ
jects being hurled against the glass.
Pedestrians were blown in front of
moving vehicles. The roof of church
in Brooklyn was blown off.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
U. S. MAN ON LINER
YAsAKA MARU, ToRPEDoED IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN, HAD
$5,ooO,ooo CARGO.
ATTACKED WITHOUT WARNING
All on Board Vessel SaVed-Natlonal
ity of Submarine Not Known
French Gunboat Reseues Passengers
and Crew at Midnight.

London, Dec. 27.-The new Japanese
liner Yasaka Maru, which was sunk in
the eastern Mediterranean Tuesday
by submarine while the steamer was
on its way from London to Japan
with 120 passengers and a crew of 100
aboard, was sent to the bottom with
out warning, according to a report re-
ceived from Port Said from The agents
of the owners.
All of those on board the ship, in
cluding one American passenger, w. j.
Leigh, were saved. The nationality
of the submarine is not mentioned
by the agents, and previous reports re-
ferred to the sinking of the ship as
done by either an Austria. or a Ger
man submersible,
W. J. Leigh is an American citizen,
although born in China His father
was a Californian.
Mr.. Leigh was returning to China
on the Yasaka Maru to take a posi-
tion with business house.
A French gunboat picked up the
passengers and crew at midnight and
landed them at Port Said Wednesday
morning. The company provided ho-
tel accommodations for them and is
arranging to forward them to their
destinations. On the passenger list
were 81 men, 54 women and Is chill
dren, most Of whom were British sub
jects.
The Daily Telegraph states that the
sinking of the Yasaka Maru has re-
suited in the biggest war loss that
has fallen on the market since the
war began. The paper expressed the
belief that $5,OOO,OOO is a likely esti-
mate of the value of the ship and it's
cargo.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
INDICTS ALLEGED PLOTTERS
koenig and Aids Charged With lille.
gal Acts-Freed on 100000
Bonds.

New York, Dec. 27.-Three indict-
ments against alleged German plot
ters were returned on Thursday by
the federal grand jury. Paul Koenig,
chief detective of the Hamburg-Amer
ican line, and Richard Leyendecker,
an antique dealer, are charged with
conspiring to dynamite the Welland
canal. Edmund Justice, a Hamburg
American line watchman, is charged
with conspiring in the United States
to secure military information regard.
ing Canadian munitions for the Ger
man government. Koenig also is
named in the Justice charge. Koenig,
Leyendecker and Justice were held in
bonds of $4,000, $4,000 and $4,000
respectively. The bail was furnished
by the Hamburg-American line
through a surety company. The pris-
oners were released.
The maximum penalty for the
charge is three years Imprisonment
and $4,000 fine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
SHAFT WILL HONOR
BUCKEYE VETERANS
MONUMENT WILL BE ERECTED
ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN IN
oHIoIANs' MEMORY.

Columbus.-A beautiful shaft will
be erected on Lookout Mountain bat
tlefeld by the state of Ohio in honor
and memory of the Ohio soldiers who
fought there.
The legislature appropriated $4,000
for this monument. II will be located
just below the summit of the noun
tain, which was the scene of the hard
est fighting between the opposing
sides.
The shaft will rise rs feet, will be
of granite, and will be surmounted by
a bali on which there will be a bronze
eagle with outstretched wings. At the
base there will be tablets on which
will be inscribed the names of the IL
Ohio regiments which were in the
battle.
Samuel H. Bolton of McComb, is
chairman of the commission, appoint
ed by the governor, to erect the
monument.
The firm of P. e. Bonnell & Co. Of
Cleveland has the contract for the
erection of~the monument.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
THE SUBMARINE PROGRESS
Naval Constructors to Prepare All
Plans for Bids.

Washington.-Bid for submarines
for the United States nav will here
after be asked on the basis of plans
prepared by the naval constructors.
Heretofore the navy merely has asked
for bids for submersibles to perform
certain service, and the bidders have
furnished the plans. The old practice
of submitting to bidders only the gen
eral requirements of the navy will be
abandoned, but that will not prevent
bidders holding patents from submit
ting alternative bids, and between the
two the navy may make its choice.
The fact that such progress in subma-
rine construction has been made by
the navy's own constructors to permit
of such departure is disclosed to the
annual report of Rear Admiral David
w. Taylor, Chief of the Bureau of Con-
struction and Repair.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
TWO AMERICANS KILLED
VILLIsTAs ATTACK STREET CAR
IN JuAREz, MEXICO.
Mob and Rob Passeneers-Troop
Finally Restore Order-Funston
Increases Guard on Line.

El Paso, Tex, Dec. 23.-Two Amer
leans and eight Mexicans were killed
as result Of severe rioting at Juarez
on Tuesday. One American was killed
in El Paso by bullets of Mexican
snipers, which came from the Juarez
side of the river. He was George A.
Dipert, brakeman, and was shot
while on freight train.
The rioting at Juarez began about
noon. A street car which entered the
town at the International bridge was
stoned by a mob and the pes s,engers,.
including number Of Americans,
were robbed.
The crew and passengers fought of
the Mexicans and the car escaped
back to Ell Paso. A crowd Of Mexi-
cans gathered at the bridge, seeking
passage to American soil Several
Juarez stores were closed. Some were
robbed. Quiet was restored when Cen.
eral Banda, one of those who signed
the agreement With the de facto. gov.
ernment to turn over the villa organi-
zation, fed to tshsArs sEicsn side land
the Carranza consjil pkoned that he
would send over 10000 pesos to- pay
the soldiers.
Shortly after General Banda had
restored order shooting was heard
again in Juarez and reports reached
here that intoxicated soldiers on
horseback were rioting in the streets.
General Ochoa cleared the sire ets of
drunken soldiers and placed tru4 4ty Of
ficers in charge of rifles and am muni-
ton. Ochoa promised to sig b the
agreement to turn over the garrison to
Carranza. According to last ahvices,
Villa left chihuahua City with 400 fol.
lowers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
WoRKMEN ARE URGED TO UNITE.

London-David Lloyd George, min
lister of munitions, addressed a meet
ing of 1900 trade union officials and
workshop stewards at Glasgow on the
imperative need of an agreement be-
tween skilled and unskilled labor. In
his appeal to the workmen, Mr.. Lloyd
George said: Either we must tell
the soldiers that we are sorry that
we can not get the guns to enable
them to win throughout 1916, owing to
the trade union regulation, or we must
tell them that if they manage to hold
out for another year perhaps Ameri-
can workmen will help us get suffi-
cient supply for 1917 Another al
tentative is that we might tell the
kaiser frankly that we can not go on"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
BRIDE SEIZED BY FATHER
Former Congressman VoIImer of
Iowa Says Wealthy Chicagoan
Must MAKE Good"

Davenport, Ia, Dec. 27.-Before Ed
ward Victor Palm, rich young Chica,
goan, can claim Dorothea Vollmer as
his wife he must go out into the world
and make good" That was the ulti-
matum delivered to the young couple
by former Congressman Henry Voll.
mer, Dorothea's father, when he
learned of the secret marriage of the
pair on Wednesday. Mr. Palm left
for Chicago alone on Thursday. His
bride and her brother, Harry Vollmer,
will leave for California Their stay
on the coast will be indefinite. They
were married in Davenport at Trinity
cathedral by Dean Marmaduke Hare.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Youths Admit Check Frauds.

Toledo.-""We have kited hundreds
OF dollars worth of checks since we
left Chicago six weeks ago." said Wal
ter Hollis, 19, who was arrested here
for attempting to pass a forged check.
Hollis and Claude Mason, 10, pleaded
guilty of forgery and were held to the
grand jury. Hollis says his father is
J. Finley Hollis, of the Fidelity-Phoe-
nix Insurance company, 173 LaSalle
street, Chicago. Mason said his
father is Frederick Mason, paint deal
er, Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago.
"We couldn't get money enough in
Chicago to enjoy the high life that we
wanted" Hollis said We've been
somewhat successful
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
FORD RETURNING TO U. 81
illness Forces Chief to Quit Peace
Party for America, Message
Saya.

Copenhagen, via London, Dec. 27.-
A dispatch to the National Tidende
from Christiania says that Henry Ford
left Christiania on Thursday secretly
for Bergen, where he expected to
board the Norwegiar-American line
steamer Bergenhus to return to the
United States. The reason for Mr..
Ford's sudden departure, the dispatch
reports, was said to be that his doctor
had ordered him to rest his tired and
over-worked nerves. The remainder
Of the expedition, ignorant of Mr..
Ford's departure, left for Stockholm
during the day.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
U. S. OFFICIAL KILLS TWO MEN
r. L. Knox, Surveyor of Customs for
Port of New Orleans, Shoots
Attorneys to Death.

Baton Rouge, La. Dec. 24.-Robert
L. Knox, surveyor of customs for the
port of New Orleans and prominent
Louisiana attorney, shot and killed
Ben Foster, an attorney of Hattias.
burg, Miss, and Alex Franko, an at
torney of Natchitoehes, La. in the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad
depot here. Knox had been suffering
from mental trouble and for several
months had been in a sanitarium in
Washington for treatment. He ar
rived in Baton Rouge on Wednesday,
supposedly from Washington.
According to reports, Knox knew
neither of the men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
RECEIVED CONGRATULATIONS.

Washington.-Aumlral George Dew
ey, hero of the battle of Manila Bay,
observed his 18th birthday anniversary
at his home here. He received large
number of congratulatory messages
and a number of friends called to pay
their respects. Despite his advanced
age, Admiral Dewey still takes an ac-
tive interest in naval affairs, being
Chairman of the General Board of the
Navy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
HOUSE ON PEACE ERRAND7
Presidents Personal Friend Expected
to Sound Sentiment on Peace
OVertuFes.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The report
was current here on Tuesday that Col.
E. M. House of New York city, the pres
ident's close friend and adviser, is 60
ing to Europe again to sound the senti-
ment on peace oyertures. The report
was denied at the White House by Sec
retary Tumulty, but despite this some
credence was placed on it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
BRITISH GENERALS SHOOK UP
Lieutenant General Murray Succeeds
Sir Charles Monro and Latter
Relieves Haie in France.

London. Dec. 23.-Lieutenant Gen.
eral Sir Archibald Murray has been
appointed to succeed Sir Charles
Monro as British commander at the
Dardanelles. says an official statement
issued this afternoon. Sir Charles
Monro has been appointed in command
Of the First British army in France
in succession to Sir Douglas Haig.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Shoots Two,

Alliance-Lemuel Obney, aged 62
years, was under arrest here, charged
with shooting his wife, aged SO,
and Fred Brown, formerly boarder at
the Obney home. Brown told police
Obney shot at him when he found him
in the kitchen of the Obney home.
Two of the shots, Brown said, went
wild and hit Mrs. Obney. Mrs. Obney
and Brown will recover.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30

Columbus. - Ohio streams in many
sections, particularly in the south
ern part of the state, either have
overfowed their banks or are peril
Ously near food stage. The high
water thus far has caused no deaths
in Ohio, but two are reported from
Kentucky. Colder weather has served
to stop at many points the heavy
rain which had been falling, and as a
result several sections are breathing
easier.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
SAID TO AGREE TO AN INVASION.

Rome.-Germany's efforts to per-
suade Greece to tolerate the eventual
cooperation of the Tureo-Bulgarians
and Austro- Germans in the forthcom-
ing operations against Saloniki are re-
ported to be successful, owing to the
kaiser's personal guarantee that
Greece's territorial integrity is not
threatened, and that once the Anglo
French troops are driven from Sa-
loniki the Germanic allies will evac-
uate Macedonia and restore it to
Greece.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
FIRE FOLLOWS AN EXPLOSION.

New York.-Fire, believed to have
been of incendiary origin, broke out
on the British sugar steamer Inch
moor when she was moored in the
Erie Basin, South Brooklyn. AS the
crew of the Inchmoor lifted the hatch
above hold No. 8 to fight the blaze a
terrific explosion shook the ship This
was followed by several other blasts
in quick succession. 1t was stated by
officers of the shio that nothing of an
explosive nature had been stored in
hold No. 8. 1t is believed chemical
bombs were responsible.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
RUSS TAKE BULGAR PORT?
Cars Fleet Reported to Have Landed
Troops at Varna After Fleet
Laid Town in Ruins.

London, Dec. 23.-The Daily Chron-
icle reports the capture of Varna, Bull
garias chief Black sea port, by the
Russians. 1t says the bombardment
silenced the Bulgarian guns and laid
the town in ruins, the garrison suffer
ing heavily.
The Russians then. according to the
report, landed infantry and artillery
without loss and in sufficient force to
hold the town against Bulgarian at
tack.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Mexican General and STAR

Mexican General and Staff Executed.
Mexico City, Dec. 27.-Friends of
Gen. Rafael Egula Lis have been in.
formed that he, with all his staff of.
ficers, has been executed at Cuautla
by order of Emiliano zapata. The or
der was fulfilled publicly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Duke Gives PASTORS s1nonn

Durham, N. c., Dec. 24.-Checks in
the sum of $4,000, the gift of James
b. Duke, multimillionaire tobacco man.
ufacturer Of. New York, were sent to
the superannuated preachers of North
Carolina.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
VIII Be Given Free Trips.

Ravenna-At the farmers institute
held here it was determined to give
the boy and girl winning first prizes
in crop raising and domestic science
contests next year free trip to Wash
ington.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
viii Aid Suffrage Cause.

Columbus-Ohio suffragists have
sent Mrs. Louis A. Dickinson of FIRE.
mont to Washington this winter to
represent them in the fight to induce
congress to pass the Susan B. An.
thony constitutional amendment CIV
ing countrywide suffrage to women.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Mrs. Hers Sayings.

"Men is jes' like babies in q lola
ways" observed Mrs. Jonathan Ftp
as she collected cigar ashes. "an' Jbu
don't never want to punish 'em be-
fore you finds out whether they is
actin up becuz they's mad or les
becus they is hungry er some'n is
hurtin' 'em." Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
Mo Plot on the Mlnna.nta.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Unlted States
District Attorney Preston at San Fran.
cisco wired the department of Justice
that the explosion aboard the steamer
Minnesota recently had failed to re.
veal criminal acts.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-30
pulled TRIGGER with His Toes.

CinciAnati.-Leaving his wife and
four children eating breakfast, Clint
Drummond, aged So, went to his
room, leaned on the muzzie Of shot.
gun, pulled the trigger with one Of his
toes and sent charge Of shot into
his heart, dying instantly.