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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
T|]R)!Q]IA| B. MEN KEPT VOTERS AWAY
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Mayor Roberts of Terre Haute and His Crowd Overlooked No
 Chance of Defeat.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 20.- Witnesses testifying in court today in the case against the officials for cleo tion frauds perpetrated last Novem- Der, declared that strong-arm meth ods were used to intimidate voters and keep them away from the polls.
 Mayor Roberts and other officials are charged with having been in- strumental in bringing the crowd of strong-arm men and repeaters to the city in order to secure the re-elec- tion of the council. More than one hundred voters have admitted that they sold their votes and have thrown themselves on the mercy of the court. Some of the voters admitted that they received only 25 cents or the price of a meal to cast their ballots for Rob- erts and his followers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
GERMAN; CONSUL
 |S SATISFIED | FEE
Says He has Evidence Against Seat tie Company and That Case Against
 Him Will Be Dropped.

SEATTLE, March 2O.-Action on the case of William Muller, German consul in Seattle, who was arrested on the charge of conspiracy to bribe an employe of the Seattle Construc- tion & Dry Dock company to secure information, has been postponed until next Tuesday. Federal officials are now Investigating the charges.
 The German official declares that he is not worried over the charges and asserts that the State Depart ment will order the case against him and his secretary to be dropped, as it was a clear violation of the treaty for Seattle municipal police to enter foreign consulate and arrest him on a federal charge. He states that he has secured evidence that the Sc. attle company was violating the neu- trality laws by shipping submarine parts to England and has laid the matter before his government.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
EXPERTS. ADVISE
 JHE::::::PREsDENT
Naval Authorities Assert That Eng. lands Blockade Would Favor
 America If In War

WASHINGTON. March 2O.-Ameri- can naval experts have advised Presi- dent Wilson to admit the legality of the decree of the British admiralty in establishing blockade of commerce, believing that it will establish a pre- cedent greatly favoring the United States in case this country is drawn into war.
 It Is announced that the United States will insist that American ships going to neutral ports must be permitted to reach their destination unmolested by the warning nations. and it is understood that President Wilson is preparing note to the Brit ish government to that effect.
 The blockade against Germany is costing America more than $100,000 per day through the inability of ship pers to deliver cotton, The cotton crop of America last year exceeded all previous records, being more than five hundred thousand bales greater than the yield of 1911. Figures compiled by the government show that the crop reached the enormous total of sixteen million 5OO-pound bales.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
NEGOTIATING FOR PURCHASE OF THE ALASKA NORTHERN
NEW COUNSEL TO HAVE STATED THAT PURCHASE OF ROAD HINGES ON DECISION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL RE-
 eARDlNe GOVERNMENT IN CURING OBLIGATIONS

WASHINGTON, March 2O-The De- partment of Interior officials state that the Alaska engineering commits sion has received thirty thousand ap- plications for positions on the govern ment railroad in Alaska. Nearly ev- cry applicant has sought to gain prestige by being endorsed by some senator or representative.
 It is announced that Joseph P. Cot ton, of New York, has been appoint ed counsel for the engineering com mission to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Attorney Rublee to membership of the Trade com mission by President Wilson. The new counsel for the Engineering com mission is reported to have stated that negotiations for the purchase of
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
HARRY, k. 1AAW'S
 CASE POSTPONED
His Counsel Claims That Prosecution for State Fear To Let Case
 Come ToTriaI.

NEW YORK, March 2O.-The case of Harry K Thaw has again been postponed with no definite date set for the insanity trial. Final hearing on the habeas corpus writ secured by Thaw's attorney to prevent his being taken back to Matteawan asylum and permit his return to New Hampshire has also been postponed for. one month. The prisoner will remain in The Tombs until the trial.
 Thaw's attorneys asesrt that the state prosecution fear to let the iR' sanity case come to trial and that if the finding of the supreme court fa- vors his return to New Hampshire that he will be allowed to remain there a free man so long as he does not enter the state of New York.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

of 15,0O0 tons displacement, cost $5,- 240,680 and carried complement of 781 men. Her armament consisted of four 12-inch guns, twelve 6-inch guns, eighteen 12-pounders and four 3-pounders. She had an indicated power, of 15,OOO h. p. and eighteen knots per hour speed. The Ocean was laid in 1897 and completed in 1900;
 cost $3,635,1O2; her displacement was 12,950 tons and she carried a com plement of 700 men. Four 12-inch and twelve 6-inch guns; twelve 12-pound- CTS and eight s-pounders composed her armament. Tonnage, 12,95O; speed
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

the Alaska Northern railroad was pro- gressing, and has reached the point where the text of the contract is be- ing considered.
 It is also asserted that Attorney Cotton has admitted that the purchase of the Alaska Northern railroad hinges on the opinion of the attorney general as to the right of the government to incur obligations in excess of the act ual money appropriated by congress for the purchase or construction of railroads. If the decision of Attorney General Gregory is adverse it is be- lieved that the government will con- fine its activities to building road to one of the coal fields during the present year and reserve the Engl neering commissions report until the next session of congress.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
$l02,O0O,00|]O CASE BEFORE; i; IAE COURT New Haven Railroad Minority Stock holders Attempt To Recover
 From Directors.

BOSTON, March 2O.-The case of the minority stockholders of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail road against the directors of the com pany for wrongfully spending the earn ings of the railroad began in the court here today.
 The stockholders are suing the di- rectors for s102, 100000 which they al- lege was appropriated from the earn ings of the New Haven to purchase other competing roads and make up deficits in their operating expenses, in which the minority stockholders of the New Haven had no interest.
 The transactions in high finance were disclosed by the legislative in- vestigation as to the management of the railroad owing to the enormous number of disasters occurring on the line. The investigation developed the fact that while the earnings of the road had been enormous that the di- rectors had milked the treasury to finance enterprises of their own. Many of the most prominent finan- ciers of America, including the late J. P. Morgan, were involved in the scandal. It is believed that some sen sational disclosures will be made dur ing the trial as to the methods em- ployed by the money kings in manip, ulating enterprises to turn the earn ings to their own exclusive benefit.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

LONDON, March 20.-The British admiralty announces that latest dis. patches from the fleet bombarding the Dardanelles state that the British battleships Irresistible and Ocean were sunk by hitting floating mines and not as a result of fire from the guns of the forts. The French battle ship Bouvet was hit by shell from the forts and sunk with all her crew of 621 men. The crews of the Ire sistible and Ocean were saved. Sev- eral other battleships are also report ed to have been hit and badly dam aged by the guns of the forts.
 Terrific Bombardment of Forts.
 Following the loss of the Irresist- ible and Ocean fleet of sixteen bat tleships entered the narrows and op- ened a terrific bombardment on the forts and succeeded in silencing many of the guns The admiralty states that it was not expected that the forts guarding the Dardanelles could be forced without loss to the fleet and that the forts are gradually being re- duced.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
Memel Fort Captured.

PETROGRAD, March 20.-Memel, Prussian Baltic port, has been cap tured by the Russians after a terri, fic bombardment lasting for more than a week. Memel is the most northern German fortress in East Prussia and guards the entrance of the Russ Memel of Niemen river. The dispatches from the front also state
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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
Berlin Wild With Joy.

BERLIN, March 20.-Berlin was wild with joy last night when the news from Constantinople was posted by the war office stating that the Allied fleet of warships attacking the Dardanelles forts had suffered heavily and been forced to retreat. It is re- ported that two British battleships, one British torpedo boat destroyer,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
Aviators Attack British Naval Base

Aviators Attack British Naval Base.
 BERLIN, March 20-Advices from the coast of Belgium state that dur ing Thursday night German avIators visited the coast of England and bom- barded the British naval base at Sheerness, on the English Channel, at the mouth of the River Thames. It is believed that the bombs did great damage to the shipping and warehouses.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
W|CKERSHAM IS
 GOING ID JUNEAU

SEATTLE, March 20.-James Wick ersham, delegate to congress from Alaska, accompanied by Mrs. Wick ersham, arrived in Seattle last night from San Francisco, where they, wis ited the exposition. The delegate will leave for Juneau on the Admiral Ev- ans next Thursday.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
WULFF IS
 COMING ON EVANS

SEATTLE, March 20.-C. G. Wulff editor of Valdez Prospector, arrived from New York last night accompan jed by his son Henry, and joined Mrs Wulff and their two daughters kece The family will leave for Valdez on the yteamr Admiral Evans sailing March 25.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

submarine were destroyed in the en. gagement Friday. The announcement has also been made that Krupp guns, manned by German gunners, have re- placed the obsolete Turkish guns in the forts and that the forts destroy ed during earlier engagements are be. ing rebuilt.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
BRITISH AND FRENCH FLEETS SUFFER HEAVILY

BRITISH NAVY LOSES IRRESISTIBLE OCEAN FRENCH wARsHP sovvET SUBMARINE CONFIRMED BRITISH CREWS eouvETs CREW PERIsHED- BRITISH ADMIRALTY REPORTS SHIPS WERE HITTING MNEs-sueJEcr TERRIFIC COMMANDMENT AFTER DIsAsrERs-eERLlN WILD WITH JoY-AvIAToRs DROP FIX. PLosvEs ON ENGLISH clTiEs-RUsslANs CAPTURE
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20
British Steamer Torpedoed.

LONDON, March 20.-A British steamer was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel on Thursday night and sank before reach ing shore. It is believed her crew were all saved
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

British Admiralty Admits Loss.
 LONDON, March 20.-The British admiralty admits the loss of two Brit ish battleships and torpedo boat de- stroyer during yesterdays lombard ment of the Dardanelles forts. The battleships lost were the Irresistible and the Ocean, both of the 1900 class.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

IS knots The French battleship
 Bouvet was of the older class, hay ing been laid in 1893, cost $5,503,S50 and carried a complement of 621 men.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

It is reported from Dawson that the Guggenheim Yukon Gold company will acquire the Treadwell concessions| there. The latter company are known to be in financial difficulties. labor liens and other indebtedness remain, ing unsettled to the extent of $100,- 900.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

Mrs. John Wiles, of Ellamar, who was brought to Valdez on the launch| Elvira yesterday. suffering from al complication of diseases. was taken to the Valdez hospital and operated upon this morning. Dr. Dalton rel ports the patient as doing nicely.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

Note-The Irresistible was laid in 1898 and completed in 1902, she was
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-20

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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-17
PLAN TO EXCHANGE IDEAS
Conferences Are 70 Be Hello 20 IL
euss the Best Means OF Fighting
tuberculosis Plague.

How to munition and carry on inc
war against tuberculosis during Inc
coming year will be discussed al SEQ
tional conferences on this subject Do
ing called by the National 'Assocla.
ton for the Study and Prevention OF
tuberculosis, in indianapolis. Ind; Ia
Paso. Tex; Columbia, S. G.; Spring
field. Mass, and Albany. N. 7.
The indianapolis meeting. to be nela
September 2sth, SOth and October lst'
will be known as the Mississippi val
lev tuberculosis Conference and VIII
take in the states of Ohio. Indiana
Illinois, Michigan. Wisconsin. Ken
lucky, Tennessee. Arkansas. Missouri
Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas. Nebraska
South Dakota, North Dakota, MOI
tana, Wyoming and Colorado.
At Ell Paso the Southwestern health
conference will meet September 27th
to October LIST and will discuss not
only tuberculosis, but other health
subjects. This conference includes
Texas, Oklahoma. New Mexico An
IONA, California, Nevada, Utah ana
Colorado.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-17
Would Outlaw Canoes.

Burning of the canoes at Camp Tex
akwitha is a good example. The use
of these extremely frail, unstable and
therefore dangerous chaft should be
everywhere restricted to expert swim
mers. Any others who go out in them
risk their lives, since the least IN
cautious movement is likely to cause
an upset even when the water Is quiet.
While canoes may etill be used by
those who are fitted and ready at any
moment TO swim ashore, it would be
better if they we're put out of use al
together. There is always the dan
ger, as long as they are kept at hand.
that boys who cannot swim may seize
an opportunity to venture out in them.
They serve no purpose that is worth
while. An expert may derive some
pleasure from padding canoe about,
but to persons who want to enjoy a
ride upon the water they offer neither
security nor comfort.-Albany Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-17
EDISON NAVAL
BOARD NAMED
Membership of Advisory Body
Announced by Daniels.
FIRST MEETING OCTOBER 6
Organization Of Experts Nominated by
Eleven Engineering and Scientific
Societies to Contribute Their
Inventive Genius to Navy.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE member
ship of the naval advisory board, the
organization of experts nominated py
eleven great engineering and scientific
societies to contribute their inventive
genius to the American navy, was
announced on Sunday by Secretary
Daniels. The first meeting will be held
at the navy department October 6,
with the chairman, Thomas A. Edison,
presiding.
Desiring to make available the
latent inventive genius of our country
to improve our navy" said Mr.. Daniels
In making his announcement, "a short
while ago l requested Thomas A. Edi-
son to become chairman of an advisory
board Of prominent men who would
make up the board. l also requested
eleven great engineering and scien-
t1fic societies to select two members
to represent them on the board l
have received the nominations of all
these societies and have accepted
them. 1t only remains to have a meet
ing, organize and determine the meth
cd of procedure"
The members of the board and the
societies which nominated them fol-
low:
By American Aeronautical society,
Hudson Maxim, Brooklyn; Matthew
Bason Sellers, Baltimore. By Ameri-
can society of Automobile Engineers,
Howard E. Coffin, Detroit, and Andrew
j. Riker, Bridgeport, Conn. BY the
Inventors guild, DR.. Peter Cooper
Hewitt, New York; Thomas Robbins,
Stamford, Conn. BY the American
Chemical society, DR.. w. R. Whitney,
Schenectady, N. Y; L. H. Baekelan,
Yonkers, n. Y. By the American In
stitute Of American Engineers, Frank
Julian Sprague, New York; Benjamin
G. Lamme, Pittsburgh. BY the Ameri-
can Mathematical society, Robert
Simpson Woodward, president of the
Carnegie Institute at Washington; DR..
Arthur Gordon Webster, Worcester,
Mass. BY the American Society of
Civil Engineers, Andrew Murray Hunt,
New York; Alfred Craven, New York
BY the American Institute of Mining
Engineers, William Lawrence Saun-
ders, New York; Benjamin Bowditch
Thayer, New York. By the American
Electro-Chemical society, DR.. Joseph
William Richards, South Bethlehem.
Pa; Lawrence Addicks, Chrome, N. J.
BY the American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers, William Leroy Emmett,
Schenectady, N. Y; Spencer Miller,
South Orange, N. j. BY the American
Society of Aeronautic Engineers, Hen
ry Alexander Wise Wood. Elmer A.
Sperry.
Secretary Daniels has declared his
intention of seeing that great weight
is given to all conclusions and recon-
mendations of this board not only in
the framing of the Administrations
recommendations to congress but in
the regular operation and develop
ment of the navy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-17
Tune Aids Mastication.

Mr.. Beecham has declared music at
meals a nuisance. Such was not the
opinion of Michael Mail in Under the
Greenwood Tree" Truly now" he
said, there is a friendly tie OF some
sort between music and eating. was
once sitting in the little kitchen OF the
Three Choughs at Casterbridge. hav-
ing bit Of dinner, and brass band
struck up in the street. Such a beau
tiful band as that were! | was sitting
eating fried liver and lights-I well
can mind. All, was! and to save my
life l couldn't help chewing to the
tune. Band played six-eight time; six
eight chews l willy-nilly! Band plays
common; common time went my teeth
among the fried liver and lights as
true as a hair. Beautiful twere. Ahs
shall never forget that there band!"
London Chronicle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-17
ASKSENvOYSR
LANSING TELLS VIENNA DIX. DUN.
BA is NO LONGER ACCEPT.
ABLE TO WILSON.
PLANNED STRIKES IN U. S.
Secretary Of State lnstructs Ambassa.
dor Penfieid at Austrian Capital to
Deliver Note to the Minister of For
eign Affairs.

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-
voy to the United States, and to ask
for his recall.
Secretary Lansing formally an
nounced the action on Thursday
U. S. Note to Vienna.
Secretary Of State Lansing gave out
the following statement:
The department has instructed Am
bassador Penfield at Vienna to de-
liver to the minister for foreign af-
fairs the following note:
Mr.. Constantin Dumba, the Aus
tro-Hungarian ambassador at Wash
ington, has admitted that he proposed
to his government plans to instigate
strikes in American manufacturing
plants engaged in the production of
munitions of war. The information
reached this government through a
copy Of 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-
spire to cripple industries of the peo-
pie of the United States and to inter-
rupt their legitimate trade, and by
reason of the fragrant violation of dip
lomatic propriety in employing an
American citizen protected by an
American passport as secret bearer
of official dispatches through the
lines of an enemy of Austria-Hun-
gary, the president directs me to in
form your excellency that Mr.. Dumba
is no longer acceptable to the govern
ment of the United States as the am
bassador of his imperial majesty at
Washington.
Believing that the imperial and
royal 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 his
improper conduct, the government of
the United States expresses it's deep
est regret that this course has be-
come necessary and assures the i'm
perial and royal government that it
sincerely desires to continue the cor
dial and friendly relations which exist
between the United States and Aus
tria-Hungary LANSING"
1t was the answer of the American
government to Doctor Dumba's ex-
planation of his intercepted letter to
Vienna outlining plans for handicap
ping plants in this country making
war supplies for the allies.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-17
AUSTRO-GERMANS CAPTURE
BIG DUBNO FORTRESS
Petrograd Reports That the Russian
Left Wing Is Relieved by Vic
tory at TarnopoI.

Vienna, Sept. 11.-Continuing their
from Lemberg to Kiev, the Austrians
have crowned one phase of their gen.
eral action with success, capturing the
great Russian stronghold of Dubno.
in the capture of this fortress the
Teutons have obtained command of
the railroad lines from Lemberg
through Dubno to Rovno and thence
to Kiev and Odessa. Dubno 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 outfianking of the great Russ
army, which has fallen back from
Brest-Litovsk.
The Austrian landwehr and cavalry
entered Dubno on Wednesday. They
are already advancing to the north
east, and If they take Rovno, only
about As miles away, it is believed
that they can drive rapidly northward
to the aid of Won 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 off 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 and
80 guns Is announced on Thursday in
an official statement issued by the
war Office here. Enormous losses
were also suffered by the enemy in
killed and wounded, the official state
ment says. 1t characterizes the result
of the conflict as complete German
defeat"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-17
REFEREE CALLS BOUT A DRAW.
Majority of the Newspapers Declare
in Favor of Mcfarland.

Majority of the Newspapers Declare
in Favor of Mcfarland.
Brighton Beach Motordrome, N. Y,
Sept. 14.-Billy job, who refereed the
observation-disclosures bout, gave it as
his private opinion that the contest
was draw. This must not be taken
in any way as an official decision, but
job, as one of the spectators, consid-
ers he has as much right as anyone to
express a personal opinion. The ma
jority of the New York newspaper
critics said that Mcfarland won on
points.
Packy Mcfarland outpointed Mike
Gibbons before a large house. Glib
bons' work was fast but futile against
Packey's infallible blocking, and in the
last three rounds Mike was beaten.
The stockyards boy took the first
round by shade on clean work. The
second, third and sixth were even, and
the fourth. fifth and last four went to
Mcfarland.
Packey toyed with Gibbons in the
ninth and tenth rounds, laughing as
he blocked Mikes lead or ducked his
swings.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-17
Abyssinia.

The population of Abyssinia, which
has an area of 100000 square miles,
is now estimated to have reached T.
100000. With the exception of the
republic of Liberia, Abyssinia is the
only country of Africa absolutely in
dependent of European control. The
Abyssinians may be separated into
four groups-the CALAIS, in the south
and southwest; the Shoans, in the
center; the Tigres, in the north. and
the Danklis, IL the east. The Shoans,
numbering 100000. furnish the rul-
ing class, and it is to be noted that
every physically able man of them is
a soldier, the present sovereign, Lid5
Yassou, grandson of Menelik, depend
inc on them to maintain his sovereign
tv.