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Valuable Farm
FOR SALE

Having decided to quit farm
ing, | offer my farm for sale,
located four and one half miles
west of Grantsville, Md, along
the Old National Pike. The farm
consists of SIS acres partly tim
bered with Hemlock, Chestnut
and Oak. Good water; all build
ings in fair condition. For terms
apply to owner,
TACK SIBERT,
R. R. No. l.
Grantsville, Md.
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Notice to Creditors.

This is to give notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans curt of
Garrett county, Maryland, Letters Tes-
tamentary on the estate Of
SAMUEL p. SPECHT.
late OF Garrett County, MARYLAND. deceased
All persons having claims against the de
cease are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof duly au-
thenticated. TO the sub cTiber, on or before
the Is day of July 1915. they may otherwise by
law be excluded from all benefit OF the said
estate. All persons knowing themselves in
debted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment
Given under my hand this 26th day of
January, 1915.
EMMA SPECHT,
Executor.
Deer Park Md
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Financial Statement.

Annual report oi The receipts ana dis
bursements Of the Corporation of
Oakland. Md, from March 1st, 1914,
to February 9th, 1915, inclusive.
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THE STATE OF MARYLAND
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF
STATE
To all whom 1t NAV concern:

To all whom 1t may concern:
Notice is hereby given that application has
been made to the Governor of Maryland for
d n olle Prosequi, in the case of Mrs. l.. b. c.
List, who is charged by wa rant with main
tanning pool table in violation of law, and
ordered to appear in the Circuit Court for
Garrett county, at its March term, 1915, to
answer said charge.
The Governor will take up the said case
for final decision on or after Saturday
February q, 1915, until which time protestst
against such application will be heard AMI
the papers filed will be open to inspection at
the discretion of the Governor.
By order of the Governor,
ROBERT P. GRAHAM.
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$1,000 81
5O,O24 90
ASSETS.

Assets over liabilities ........ $,292 81
ASA 7. MATTHEW'S, Mayor
Test-J. c. DUNHAM, Clerk.
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SINKING FUND
DISBU RSEMENTS.

LIABILITIES.
Draft No. 345.
Old bonded Indebtedness. ..............
Bond issue OF 1909 .......-.................. 4
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You may hear at every street
corner, "Washington will not pick
up again until the Republicans
come back" 1t is sometimes said that
you cannot get an idea of the sentiment
of the country at large in Washington
This is a serious mistake. Washington
.0siautiy a.. in f"- - ,--st ,...,..,.. ..,.--
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-03-04

Much stress has been laid upon the
legislation accomplished In the two
follow. There can DE no disguise of
the fact that the results so far have
been happy, but, to the contrary,
disastrous The whole truth is, the
country looks with distrust on many of
those in charge OF public affairs
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TO EXPLAIN GERMANYS REPLY
AMBASSADOR BERNSTORFF WILL
CONFER WITH LANSING.
Holds View That Note on Submarine
Warfare Was Intended to Pave
Way for Negotiations.

Washington, July II. : Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador
will present to Secretary Lansing the
view that Germany's reply to the
American note on submarine warfare
was intended to pave the way for ne.
gotiations on the part of the United
States with Great Britain, as we'll as
Germany, to adjust questions that
have arisen over contraband and sub
marines as affecting the rights of neu-
trails.
The German ambassador for several
days has been anxious to see Secre-
tary Lansing, but the latter expressed
a preference not to discuss the Ger
man reply until he had examined it
carefully. Mr. Lansing met the am
bassador casually at a club and set
a date for the conference.
Count Won Bernsstorff is confident
that his government emphasized in the
last note it's willingness to work
hand in hand" with the American
government for the establishment of
the freedom of the seas principle with
the express purpose of entering into
negotiations now on the entire ques-
ton of maritime warfare.
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INVENTORS TO AID U. S. NAVY
Edison Accepts Position Offered by
Secretary Charlottesville Wright
Expected to Join.

Washington, July 14.-Orville Wright
is scheduled to join Thomas A. Edison
among the members of the navy bu-
reau of invention Secretary Josephus
Daniels is organizing, it was under.
stood in navy circles here.
Edison will devote himself especially
to submarine development, 1t was said );
Wright naturally to problems of fight.
Neither will be limited to any par
ticular field, according to officers in
touch with the navy secretary's plans,
but 1t was acknowledged that he re-
CARDS the submarine and the aeroplane
as the two things calculated to play
the most important part in the sea
warfare Of the future and is especially
DESTROYS that they receive the most
thorough attention by the new board.
Edison's formal acceptance Of
place In the bureau, already announced
from West Orange, N. j., has reached
Secretary Daniels.
That he had made a definite offer to
the latter was not known until the
fact was made public that Mr.. Edison
would accept, but the suggestion for
the board was made some time ago.
Secretary Daniels appealed to Mr.. Edi-
son to head the proposed bureau on
patriotic grounds
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"PEARCE" LETTER AS A JOKE
Threat to Finish ]. p. Morgan and
J. British Ambassador Not Taken So
Seriously Now.

New Orleans, July 14.-Police off,
Gals investigating the "R. Pearce'
letter received by a local newspaper
threatening to finish" ]. P. Morgan
and assassinate British Ambassador
Spring Rice, hint at signs that indicate
the matter may not be as serious as
at first thought"
Unofficially, some of the detectives
assigned to the case frankly declared
their investigations have unearthed
unmistakable signs that the letter
may have been written merely for the
sake of the sensation it might create.
Despite these leanings, however, po-
lice vigilance was not relaxed. Off,
Gals were more determined than ever
to run the case down and punish the
writer, even though he may prove to
be practical joker.
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shrIners Parade At Seattle.

Seattle, July Is. A procession
which escorted the imperial officers
from headquarters to the council hall
was the feature Of the days session OF
the forty-hrst annual meeting OF the
imperial council, Mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine, in session here At the coun-
ell hall, the meeting was opened by
prayer and Governor Lister welcomed
the Shrineys and the Zuhrah Temple
quartet Of Minneapolis sang. Enter
tainnsnt In the afternoon included Z
steamer ride to the navy yard at Brem-
og>ua and automobile trips.
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Threatens Governors Life.

Boston, July 16.-An afternoon pa
per announces the receipt of an anony-
nous communication in which the
writer, describing himself as German
spy, states that two bombs have been
in the custom tower and that these
will be exploded "about Friday" Al
so, the governor is to be killed, &C.
cording to the message, which was
crudely lettered with lead pencil
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AUSTRIA CONDEMNS
WARFARE METHODS
SCORES INSTANCES OF "BARBAR-
GUS TREATMENT" OF PRlS-
ONERS BY ALLIES.
MAKES DIRECT ACCUSATION
"Red Book" Just Made Public, 10
Called collection of Evidence
Claims Enemy lnfiicts Sufferings
On Defenseless Citizens.

Washington, July 17.-Austria-H Hun
gary's indictment of the methods OF
warfare of her enemies, giving scores
of instances of "barbarous treatment"
OF nationals and prisoners and
breaches of international law, has
been made public in a Red Book"
issued by the Austro-H Hungarian minis
| try of foreign affairs through it's en-
| bassy here
The publication is called "Collec-
ton of Evidence" and is divided into
four parts.
Violations of Rules.
I "The first two parts" says prefa-
tory note introducing numerous deposi-
lions and affidavits, contain evidence
concerning the treatment of Austro-
Hungarian diplomatic and consular Of
the hostile countries. The cases ad-
duced deal with the violations of the
most elementary rules of the right of
hospitality, right consecrated since
the remotest antiquity and respected
even by the uncivilized nations or
tribes. Never before have so many
cases of the violations of this right
been instanced. In several cases the
illegal expulsion or arrest has pre-
coded the actual state of war, a fact
which still further aggravates the Of
tense. The expulsion of the Austro-
Hungarian diplomatic agents from Mo
rocco and Egypt, which is irreconcil-
able with existing international treat
les, has been made the subject of pro-
tests lodged with the neutral powers.
Treatment to Citizens.
"The third part contains evidence
of the treatment to which Austrian
and Hungarian citizens have been SUBJ
jected-in most cases before the open
ing of hostilities-in hostile countries.
thus defined such conduct: To in
flict sufferings on defenseless citizens
of the enemy without imperative rea-
sons is to revert to barbarism'
THE fourth part comprises anthem
tic proofs of violations of the laws of
warfare. From the evidence published
herewith the conclusion is inevitable
that there is hardly rule of warfare
which has not been violated repeatedly
by the hostile armies. To the numer-
GUS cases of disregard of the regula-
tions concerning the use Of prohibited ,
contained in The Hague
agreement about the laws and prac-
tees of warfare on land and of the
Geneva convention, must be added the
outrages of which the
Serbian and Montenegro troops have j..
been guilty. This ruthlessly illegal
way of conducting war operations, and
he cruel and treacherous participa-
ion of the entire population in acts Of
var, certify once more the lapse from
civilization which the people of these
have undergone"
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THAW'S LAST NIGHT IN PRISON
VIII Learn Shortly Whether Future
Holds for Him Matteawan or Free
dor-State to Appeal.

New York, July Hilary X. Thaw
has slept in Ludlow street Jail for the
last time, perhaps, in his life as pris-
oner. He is to know shortly whether
the future holds for him Matteawan or
freedom. Supreme Court Justice Hen
drick will then announce his decision
on the motion, made to have the order
committing Thaw to Matteawan in
1908 formally vacated.
If the decision is in Thaw's favor
the state will appeal, according to Dep
uty Attorney General Cook. There
would then come before the court the
matter Of bail for Thaw until the ap-
peal should be decided.
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PRESIDENT DEVELOPS IDEA
Spends Day Working on Policy of U.
S. Toward German Submarine
Warfare.

Cornish, N. H., July 16.-President
Wilson made progress in the develop
ment of his ideas as to the next step
in the policy to be pursued by the
United States toward the submarine
warfare of Germany.
He spent practically the entire day
working on the question and allowing
the impressions which he had gathered
from repeated reading of the last Ger
man note to take shape.
He wrote long letter to Secretary
Lansing and received one from him.
1t was said that the communications
had to do with the German situation,
but nothing of their contents was Civ
en- out.
Mr.. Wilson will return to Washing
ton in time for next Tuesdays cabi-
net meeting and on that occasion he
will take the first opportunity of con-
ferring with his official family over
the German question.
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ONE LIFE is LOST IN STORM
Great Damage Done in Portions Of
Southwestern Minnesota, South
Dakota and Iowa.

Minneapolis, July 17.-One life was
lost, and considerable damage to barns
and roofs of houses was reported in a
wind and rain storm which swept por-
tions of southwestern Minnesota and
South Dakota and Iowa.
The greatest damage was done along
the line Of the Omaha railway which
runs through st. James and Worthing-
ton to Sioux Falls.
Frank Lane, farm hand working on
the farm Of Tom Smith, seven miles
from Worthington, was killed when a
barn blew down.
Crop damage from hail and the
heavy wind occurred in the vicinity Of
Heron Lake and Mountain Lake.
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Welded on Valentines Day.

Winona, July 16. - Forty relative.
and friends gathered at the home Of
DR.. and Mrs J. F. Holden, to be'euests
at the marriage Of their daughter
Eva, to William John Gage of Fargo,
N. d. Instead Of witnessing 4 mar.
rage, however, they we're advised OF
= ceremony which was performed last
Valentines day at Moorhead, Mimi,
by the Rev. Mr.. Ward, rector Of. the
Episcopal church there. The secret
had been carefully guarded and aone
had been allowed to share It.
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THAW IS DECLARED
SANE BY VERDICT.
LIBERTY IN SIGHT FOR SLAYER
OF STANDARD WHITE AFTER
LONG FIGHT.
COURT HUNS LIKE A DYNAMO
Crowds Stand Up in Seats AS Jury
Comes in-State Asks Time in
Which to Prepare
Appeal.

New York, July 16.-Harry Kendall
Thaw was declared sane by jur,
| which for nearly three weeks listened
to testimony given in the supreme
court here before Justice Peter Hend
rick. Forty-eight minutes were con
sumed and two ballots were taken In
reaching a verdict. Justice Hendricks
will announce shortly whether the
commitment upon which Thaw was in
carcerated in the state hospital for the
criminal insane at Matteawan shall be
vacated, thereby giving to the slayer
of Stanford white the liberty for
which he has fought in the courts for
nine years.
1t was at the end of day of ad-
dresses by counsel and the charge of
the justice that the jury retired. While
the IL men were celebrating the
crowd in the court room and about
the court house was augmented by
scores of people who believed that a
verdict quickly would be found.
Shortly before o'clock a bailiff
came from the jury room and informed
Justice Hendrick that a verdict had
been reached. The doors Immediately
were locked and Justice Hendrick, as
cending the bench, warned the specta-
tors that any demonstration would be
met with severe punishment
Declare Thaw Now Sane.
Then the jury came in. In reply to
question by the clerk of the court as
to whether verdict had been reached,
the foreman handed over a sheet of
legal paper, which was passed to the
justice on the bench. Justice Hend-
rick read it and handed it back to the
clerk.
Gentlemen of the jury" said the
clerk, the question you have been
asked is this, is Harry X. Thaw now
sane? Your answer is yes"
Despite the warning several persons
stood up in front of their seats. The
court room hummed like a dynamo.
State May Prepare Appeal.
The verdict recorded, John B.
chief counsel for Thaw,
made motion that the commitment
signed by Justice. Bowling, following
a verdict of not guilty on the ground
Of insanity which was returned by the
jury at Thaw's second trial for the
murder of White, be vacated.
Justice Hendricks asked Deputy At
.orney General Becker what he had
% say to such motion. MIR. Becker,
n reply, requested time in which the
state might prepare an appeal. JUS
ice Hendrick reminded the lawyers
hat he had not given his decision and |
hat consequently it had not been fin
lily decided which side might desire |
IN appeal.
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Action Satisfies Germany.

Washington, July 14.-Taking over
of the Sayville wireless station by the
United States has met with the salts
faction of Germany and no complaint
will be lodged with the state depart
ment, it was learned through German
embassy officials.
Litigation with the Marconi COM
pany threatened to close the Sayville
station by Injunction at one time and
it is stated on authority that the Ger
man ambassador had considered re-
questing the American government to
take charge.
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France Celebrates Fan Of sastIIIe.

Paris, July 15.-Today is the nation
al holiday, the anniversary Of the fall
OF the Bastille, which h also the ami
versary OF the Inauguration of the
third Cor presently republic. On &C
count of the war the military features
OF other Bastille days are lacking, but
at the same time the nation has taken
the occasion to express its loyalty and
patriotism with It's whole heart.
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ADMITS TORPEDO
SANK NEbRASKAN
GERMANY SAYS COMMANDER OF
SUBMARINE FAILED TO SEE
AMERICAN FLAG.
BERLIN EXPRESSES REGRET
Offers PREPARATION and Asks That Incl
dent Be Considered unfortunate
Acc acknowledgements Closes
Incident Except as to Pay.

Washington, July 17.-Although off
Gals were pleased by receipt of ;
memorandum from Ambassador Ger
ard formally transmitting Germany''
admission of liability and expression
of regret for the attack by German
submarine on the American steamer
Nebraskan, they practically decided
that the lega! points raised by the in
eident would require the dispatch Of
a note on the subject further to con
serve American rights in the war zone
Washington, July 16.-Germany, in
an official memorandum transmitted
from Berlin by Ambassador Gerard,
admits that the American steamer Ne
braskan was torpedoed by a subma-
rine, expresses regret and readiness to
make reparation and assures the
United States that the attack was not
meant for the American flag, but is to
be considered an unfortunate acct
dent"
Secretary Lansing made public the
German memorandum, which disposes
of the question whether the Nebraskan
was struck by torpedo or by mine.
The German memorandum closes the
incident, it was said, except as to the
payment of damages.
Makes Announcement.
The state department made this an
nouncement:
Ambassador Gerard has telegraph
ed to the state department the follow
ing memorandum from the German
foreign Office relative to the damaging
of the American steamer Nebraskan
by German submarine:
The German government received
from newspaper reports the intelli-
gence that the American steamer Ne
braskan had been damaged by a mine
or torpedo on the southwest coast of
Ireland. 1t therefore started a thor
ough investigation of the case without
delay, and from the result of the in
vestigation it has become convinced
that the damage to the Nebraskan was
caused by an attack by submarine"
Evidences Cause Doubt.
After the attack the ship headed
about for Liverpool and, conveyed by
British ships, reached port safely. No
one was seriously hurt in the explo-
sion, which left evidences causing |
some doubt at first whether the ship |
had been struck by a torpedo or a |
mine. American naval officers, how
ever, finally came to the conclusion
that it was a torpedo.
The Nebraskan case, coming close
on the sinking of the Lusitania, and
coupled with the attack on the Gulf
light, threatened to become one of
the important issues in the contro-
versy with Germany over submarine
warfare. There were some circunl-
stances which made the case more
complex.
The Nebraskan had been under char
.er to the White Star line of the Inter-f
rational Mercantile Marine, but the
'harter had been Cancelled and sheswas
home to carry coal from
Newport News to California for the
United States navy u
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ORDER OF BATH IN SERBIA
Aimed Against Disease In General and
Typhus in Psrticuiar-HeaIth of
People Better.

Nish, July ia new style Order
Of the Bath has been set up in Serbia,
not as an order of chivalry, but as a
modern sanitary measure, aimed
against disease in general and the ty-
plus bearing louise in particular. The
International Sanitary Board is re-
sponsible for the new order, which is
already making a decided change for
the better in the health of the Serbian
people.
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England to Limit Cotton Export

England TO limit Cotton ExportS.
London, July 1.-THE British gov
eminent hopes very shortly to limit
the export of cotton to neutral coun-
tries to the precise amount of actual
need.
The Marquis of Crewe, lord presi-
dent of the council and Liberal leader
in the House of Lords, made an an
nouncement to this effect in the upper
house.
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Ohio Floods Cause DAMAGE.

Lima, July 17.-Flpod conditions
worse than in 1918 prevdil here. Fire
men and policemen in boats were busy
rescuing persons marooned in 1000
Hooded houses.
The Ottawa river IL 10 feet above
normal, and rising several inches an
hour. Torrsntial rains in the last few
days caused the food.
Several deaths are expected among
invalids removed from flooded houses:
to hospitals In boats. Footbridges
were washed away and cottages were
swept down the y1veg.
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England to Limit Cotton Exports

England 10 Limit COTTON Exports.
London, July 1.-THE British gov
eminent hopes very shortly to limit
the export of cotton to neutral coun-
tries to the precise amount OF actual
need.
The Marquis Of Crewe, lord presi-
dent of the council and Liberal leader
In the House Of Lords, made an an
nouncement to this effect in the upper
house.
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r. /. Traction Men strike.

Providence, r. l., July 16.-Twenty-
four hundred employees Of the Rhode
throughout the state, went on strike At
midnight. There was no disorder.
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POSITIONS
IN ARGONNE TAKEN
TRENCHES ALONG TWO MILE
FRONT CAPTURED BY GER
MAN TROOPS.
SHELL ARRAS AND SCISSORS
Teutons Put Long Range Guns in Ac.
ton on Plateau Across Aisne-
Attacks on French Near Yer
dun Cease.

Berlin tV1a LOndOn), July 15.-Ger
man troops have captured French posi-
| tions in the forest of the Argonne fol
width of 1.8 miles and a depth o.
nearly three-fifths of a mile, the off
cial statement announces.
The Germans took 1851 prisoners
captured two field cannon and render
ed eight cannon useless.
l. Vienne lie Chateau, near the region
of the latest German success, is "a
miles west of Verdun.
The gain is the most important
made since the crown princes armies
began their new assault on the French
lines west of Verdun.
Impetuous charges carried the Ger.
man lines forward for a distance OF
1000 yards toward the Verdun-Rheims
railway, now less than eight miles
from the German trenches.
lombard Arras and scissors.
Paris, July 15.-Both Arras and Sois-
sons are being heavily bombarded by
big, high-powered explosive shells, Off
cial dispatches report. The Germans
have put in action several long range
guns on the plateau across the Aisne
and are attempting to level scissors.
Fires have again broken out in Arras,
where the Germans are attempting to
complete the destruction of the town.
In the Argonne the crown princes
army has ceased it's attacks on the
French positions guarding Verdun.
War office dispatches indicated that
the fighting in this section was of
local character and did not constitute
the beginning of any real offensive
against the fortress.
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Balkan RuIers to confer.

London, July 14.-An Athens dis
patch to the Daily Mail says that a
conference is to be held at Athens at
an early date between the kings Of
Greece, Roumania and Bulgaria.