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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
THREE BANDITS HOLD
UP TRAIN IN TEXAS
Get $1O,84O From Passengers on
Southern Pacific Express, Over
look $4,000 and Jewels.

San Antonio, Tex. Jan. 1.-Three
bandits who robbed passengers in the
two sleepers of the west-bound Sun
set Express on the Galveston, Harris
burg & San Antonio railway got ST.
$40 and jewelry valued at $4,000. as
shown by passengers reports. They
boarded the train at Cline and es-
capped as the train neared Spoford.
Jose Martinez, a wealthy Mexican
from Durango, who. with his wife and
daughter, occupied a drawing-room,
was overlooked by the bandits. he
carried $4,000, besides jewelry OF
great value. So elated was Marti-Iez
when he discovered he had escaped
that he gave $25 to $3.50 to each VIC
tim of the robbery.
Mrs. J. Carson of Houston who &C.
cupied a lower berth with her four
month-old baby, became hysterical
when the robbers demanded her val.i-
ables. The leader called out: Let
her go, she's only a baby" Under he-
pillow was $1S5.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
100000 FIRE. AT CAMDEN.
Passenger Station, Ferry Slips and
Twenty-Five Coaches Burn.

Passenger Station, Ferry Slips and
Twenty-Five Coaches Burn.
Camden, N. j., Jan. ga lighted
cigarette thrown among rubbish by a
waiting passenger resulted in a $780,
900 in this city on Sunday that de-
stroyed the railroad station of the At
lantic City railroad. the ferry slips.
81 vestibule coaches, four Pullman
cars, the lumber yards of c. B. Cloes
and the Dialogue shipyard.
The fire spread fer six blocks along
the Delaware river and burned all day.
The ferry service to Philadelphia was
put out of commission and the entire
Atlantic City railroad system was tied
up. One hundred and Twenty-Five fire.
men were injured or overcome by
smoke and several persons had mar
row escapes
All the fire companies of this city.
companies from the suburban towns,
firemen from Philadelphia and three
Philadelphia f1reboats fought the blaze.
Albert Brown of Longside is missing.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
STE|NBACH TAKEN
BY ALLIED FORCES
Battle for Town in Progress
for Week.
CERNAY is TARGET OF ALLIES
French Continue to lombard AItkirch
-MueIhausen Is Threatened From
Two Sides-Teutons Fight GAL
!anty to Save Town.

London. Jan. 6.-The allies have en-
tered Steinbach, the town in Alsace
for which they have been battling
week. The fall of Steinbach was adj
mitted in an official statement at Ber-
lin.
The next move by the French will
be the Tightening of their lines at
Cernay (also called Seunheim), which
they are attacking violently. With
the two towns in their possession the
way will be clear to the environs of
Muelhaus en-the objective of the Up
per Alsace campaign. Cernay is three
miles from Steinbach and eight miles
from Muelhausen.
French guns massed before Altkirch
continue their bombardment of that
important railway center, which also
is but eight miles from Muelhausen,
but slightly west of south. Steinbach,
Cernay, Thanh and Aspach are
grouped just north of west of Muel
hansen.
Thus, Muelhausen is threatened
from two quarters-its front on the
west and it's left flank on the south.
First the official accounts related
the taking of "a few houses" by the
French troops. The furious house-to-
house fighting continued and the
French gradually pressed the invaders
back A day later the French official
statement recorded the capture of AN
other row of houses" Today the state
ment told of the taking of the en-
virons Of the church and the GENE
terry The night official made this an
nouncement:
cat Stejnbach we carried the whole
village
The Cernay battle is productive of
more details of the actual progress
of the attack and counter-attack. Of
fetal reports state that in the region
of Cernay the French carried the Ger
man works on the height to the west
of the town. The Germans returned
to the attack, but were repulsed. Later
during the night, with heavier bodies
of troops, they came on again and
with such fury that the French were
compelled to retire. The French re-
formed and directed a night counter
attack, which resulted in the routing
of the Germans.
Meanwhile the fighting on the
French right was continuing with
the town itself the field of battle.
During the night the French fought
their way into the town, taking pos
session of the church quarter. The
German reserves directed a counter
attack in force, and there was heavy
fighting in the open, in which the
bayonet was used by both sides in the
dark.
The French here also were COM
PEELED to retire, but as in the fight
ing on the hill, they reformed and
retook the neighborhood of the cathe-
dral, digging themselves in. At latest
reports they were holding their adj
vantage against violent counter-at-
tacks of. the Germans.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT
HITS FILIPINO RULE
Tells Senate Body 1t Means Era OF
Death-Throat-C Cutting Would Be-
gin If Liberty Granted.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Former Presi-
dent William Howard Taft made
special trip to Washington to plead
with the senate committee on the
Philippines not to enact legislation at
this time holding out promise to the
Philippines of ultimate independence.
They are not ready yet, nor quail
fed for self-government," said Mr..
Taft, speaking as an expert because of
his intimate knowledge of the Fill
pinos gained during his stay on the
islands as governor. He quoted the
words of a prominent Filipino: ''The
American ships would not get around
the islands in leaving us to independ-
ence before the throat-Cutting would
begin.
II don't care for the power of the
United States in the Philippines. l.
would like for this country to get out
of the islands, so far as this country
alone is concerned; but I am thinking
about the poor people of the islands.
They are not fit for government.
They don't like me out there because
l told them so, and told them the
truth. You will find that the case
with lot of people. They do not like
to be told the trush.
"Now," he continued, what time do
I think will be necessary to train the
Filipinos for self-government? The
time that shall give those people an
opportunity to learn English SO that
they shall be an English-speaking
people. That will take more than
one generation and probably more
than two, if you count 80 years as
a generation. You can't educate all
of the people-you haven't got the
money"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
CLAIM WARSAW is SAFE.
Germans Offensive at BoIimow Re-
suits In Slaughter.

GermdnS' Intensive dt 6oIiH1OW nc.
suits in Slaughter.
Petrograd, Jan. ALI danger Of a
German attack upon Warsaw, the
chief objective of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg, is now past, it was off,
cially announced on Friday in the fol-
lowing statement:
--latest dispatches from Poland
make it plain that Warsaw is no
longer in danger of attack, thanks to
the strategy of Grand Duke Nicholas
and the valor of our troops.
During the past two days we have
made further progress all along the
line, especially in the Carpathians and
in northern Galicia, where the Aus.
:trians are still retreating, leaving
thousands of prisoners in our hands.
Between the Vistula and the Pr
lica there is violent fighting for the
possession of trenches, especially in
the region of the Bzura and Rawka
rivers.
Our losses have been heavy, due
to the accuracy of the German artil-
lery, but the German casualties have
been much heavier At some points
the attacks amounted to no less than
slaughter of the German soldiers. At
Bolimow the Germans attempted to
assume the offensive and were de-
feated. The field is covered with
corpses that have lain there since
last Sunday.
North of the Vistula and in East
Prussia we are increasing our pres
sure.
THE fall of Przemysl is expected
SOON"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
PASS ALIEN BILL;
WILSON MAY VETO
Senators Retain Literacy Test
and Can Repass Measure If
Executive Doesn't Sign.
BELGIANS ARE EXEMPTED
Vote of SO to on immigration Act
After Change to Favor Refugees
Measure to Be Sent to Presi-
dent This Week.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The irnmigra-
ton bill, containing the restrictive lit
eracy test for admission of aliens,
which has been the obstacle in imml-
grafton reform legislation for the
greater part of two national admins
tratiOns, passed the senate on Satur-
day by vote of SO to z.
The overwhelming majority was re-
corded despite the fact that President
Wilson had indicated he would veto
the measure, as did Mr.. Taft, If 1t
should come to him with the educa-
tional test included.
The vote in the senate indicated
that the bill could be repassed by
H more than the required two-thirds ma
jority should the president reject the
measure.
Senators who voted against the bill
were: Brandegee, McCumber, Mar
tine, O'Gorman. Randell. Reed and
walsh.
The bill passed the house February
A last by vote of 241 to 1875.
Although the senate amended the
house bill in several particulars, the
literacy test was unaltered save for
an additional exemption to Belgian
subjects, which was adopted after long
debate.
House leaders probably will ask for
a conference on senate amendments;
but administration leaders are conf
dent senate amendments will be &C.
cepted and the bill sent to the presi-
dent by the middle of next week.
Among senate amendments which
house leaders have said would prob
ably be accepted is one TO exclude
from the United States all aliens of
the African race or of negro blood.
Another strengthens the phraseology
of the prohibition of polygamists.
The closing hours of the days de-
bate were devoted to an amendment
by Senator Lodge to exempt Belgian
farmers from the literacy test and
from the provisions which prohibit
Americans from soliciting or inducing
immigration. The amendment was
adopted by a vote of "a to %.
Senator Root, who made plea for
the Lodge amendment, declared it
would not violate any treaty obliga-
ton. He pictured the Belgians as a
people without country and without
a protecting government who needed
asylum.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
TEUTONS TAKE RUSS POSITION.
Berlin Says 1000 Prisoners Were
Captured on West Banks of Vistula.

Berlin Says 1000 Prisoners Were
Captured on West Banks of Vistula.
Berlin, Jan. 5.-Main headquarters
of the German army issued on Sunday
the following statement:
Several artillery fights occurred
along the whole western front. An
infantry attack to the North of st.
Menehoul was repulsed, with severe
loss to the French.
There is no change in the situa-
ton in East Prussia. In North Po-
land, at Berzymow. on the west bank
of the Vistula, we took a strong Rus
sian position, capturing 1000 prisoners
and six machine guns. The enemy's
attempt to retake the position was
irepulsed, with heavy losses. To the
eastward of the Rawka our attack is
proceeding.
Russian reports of successes in the
vicinity of Inowlodz are pure inven-
tons. Their attacks were repulsed.
with heavy losses, ceasing entirely on
Saturday. Our situation is unchanged.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Kenosha Weddings Less.

Kenosha, Jan. 6.-Kenosha, one time
famous among the counties of Wis
consin on account of the number OF
marriages, was hard hit by the eu-
genics law. The report Of County
Clerk Jones shows that there were
but 2S9 marriages in the county last
year, as compared with 500 in 1913.
Kenosha was formerly haven for
Chicago couples seeking to marry
without publicity, but the records
show that there were but eleven mar
riages of this sort in the city during
the year.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
GERMAN AIRMEN KILL IS.
Attack Also Made on DunkIrk anc
King Aibert's Headquarters.

London, Jan. 2.-Seventeen bombs
were dropped on Dunkirk on Wednes-
day by German air raiders. Fifteen
persons were killed and more than
thirty wounded A number of wom-
en- and children were among the VIC
tins. The raid was carried out by five
aviators. Reports from Furnes states
that German aviators also dropped two
bombs to wipe out the Belgian head
quarters, where King Albert is at
present. No damage was done.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
TOLD MEN TO KEEP COOL.
Commander of Formidable Goes
Down With Ship.

Commander OF Formidable Goes
Down With Ship.
London, Jan. 4.-Captain Arthur N.
Loxley of the battleship Formidable
stood on the bridge smoking a ciga-
rette as his vessel went down in the
English channel after the ship either
had struck a mine or been torpedoed,
according to survivors of the disaster.
Captain Loxley gave his orders as
clamly as if his ship had been in
harbor with her anchors down." said
one rescued sailor. 1.-The only sign
he gave that anything was amiss was
a brief speech with which he ex-
horted his crew, and Steady men.
everything is all right! Keep cool
and be British! There's tons of life
in the old ship. YETI" The captain
and SIS of the crew were lost.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
BANK CHIEFS DENY CHARGES.

chicagoans Say Appointments Made
on Merit Alone.
Chicago, JAM 6.-Both James B.
Forgan, president of the First National
bank, and George M. Reynolds, presi-
dent of the Continental and CONNER
cial National bank, and directors of
the Federal Reserve bank of Chicago
made emphatic denial of the COM
plants made in the public press on
Monday that they had been using the
Federal Reserve bank in this city ''as
a tool to further their own ends" and
pointed to advices from Washington
that no formal complaint had been
lodged with the treasury department.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Lake Mills Schools Reopen.

Lake Mills, Jan. 6.-After an en-
forced vacation of six weeks due to
an epidemic of scarlet fever, the pub
lie schools of this city reopened. The
examining physician examined each
pupil and those exhibiting signs OF
disease were dismissed for longer
period
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Three Men Killed In Wreck.

Olathe, Kan. Jan. 6.-Three men
were killed, two of them trainmen.
THE other man in charge of an emf
grant car, when Frisco freight train
dumped the track and plunged down a
12-foot embankment.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
1wo NEGROES Are Lynched.

Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 6.-Two ne
groes, Ed and Will Smith, were taken
from the Wetumpke Jail and lynched
hv mob. They had been accused OF
imnlication in the murder of r. A.
ctil,well. an Gilmore county farmer.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Germans Drop Bombs.

Berlin.-German airmen have drop
ned bombs on British ammunition
stores on the outskirts of Rosendael
and Goudskerque, near Dunkirk,
France. The explosion, 1t is stated,
killed and injured hundred persons.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
U. S. Intervenes In Haiti.

Washington. Jan. 6.-American Min.
lister Bailly-B Blanchard, at Port au
Prince. has been instructed to protect
C. Williams, an American clerk in the
bank of Haiti, threatened with arrest
by the government,
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Caravan Submarine Is Sunk.

perIin (via Amsterdam), Jan. Cit
;s reported here, though not officially
Confirmed. that a German submarine
.onk the British battleship Formidable
With two torpedoes and was herself
sunk three hours later by mine
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Cav NEGRO confesses He Set Fire.

Beloit, Jan. 6.-Rockford (Ill.) police
saw that Phil Reed, oOlcred man of
this city, has confessed That he set
fire to the residence of Mrs. Nan
Brown. colored, of South Beloit. He
duplicates. Mrs. Brown There was
loss of $4,000 by fire.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Fast Train Is Wrecked.

Albert Lea, Mimi, Jan. 6.-The fast
Des Moines southbound passenger
train on the Minneapolis & st. Louis
road was wrecked at Emmons, MINI.
A relief train arrived here with IL of
the injured.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Captjves Number 1,17e,8oo,

Paris, Jan. 5.-The figures Of the
international bureau show the number
of prisoners of war held by various
belligerents total '1,179.S00; 604,200
men were captives of the triple en-
tente powers and $4,000 by Germany.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Aaree to Trade captixes.

Rome, Jan. Sit is asserted that
Pope Benedict has received answers
from Emperor William and King
George promising assistance for an
exchange Of prisoners incapable OF
fi0htine.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Air Raids on Zeppelin Base,

Amsterdam, Jan. 6.-Many German
soldiers were killed by bombs thrown
by French atiators>in raid upon the
aviation station at Etterbeek French
flyers succeeded in partially destroy
ing the station.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
BRITAIN PRAYS FOR ALLIES.
lintercession Day Is Observed h
Churches

London. Jan. 4.-Large congrega-
ttions crowded the London churches
for the observance of Intercession day
and offered special prayer for the
success Of the allied arms and in re-
membrance of those who have fallen
ON the battlefield.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
VIII Exchange Prisoners.

London.-An agreement has been
reached between England and Ger
many providing for the exchange OF
prisoners of war incapacitated for
further service.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Two Jan Aviators Killed.

Kyoto, Japan, Jan. 1.-Two Japa-
nese aviators, while flying in an aero
plane between Kyoto and Osaka, fell
to the ground and were killed.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
SHIPS TAKE AFRICAN PORT.
All Teuton Vessels in Harbor Disabled
by British.

Capetown, Jan. 6.-Two British
warships, the Fox and the Goliath,
have bombarded the troops occupying
Dares Salaam, German East Africa
mort. All the German vessels in the
harbor were entirely disabled and
MANY prisoners were taken. The Brit
;sh losses were one killed and IL
wounded.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08

German East Africa, of which
Dares Salaam is one of the chief ports.
lies between British East Africa and
the Portuguese colony of Mozambique.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-08
Grandson as Best Man.

Topsfield, Mass, Jan. 4.-With his
grandson. John F. Osborne. as best
man, John R. Osborne was married to
Miss Alice Ropes Smith.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-16

les or sausage, and the quahty
and honesty are just as skillfully
capitalized. This manufacturer
Of milk and eggs knows a few
advertising stunts and creates a
desire and satisfies an appetite.
II have a list Of customers
he said in speaking Of eggs. who
want eggs at all times regardless
Of price, and it is my business to
give them what they want. OF
course the price is high. / have
q large waiting list all the time,
and / contract to deliver eggs in
dozen cartons the year round at
fifty cents. These eggs are just
what / say they are. They are
shipped the day they are pro-
duced. The sealed cartons bear
my brand Of quality. The hens
are kept under approved sani-
tary conditions and are grain
fed. If I ask a customer, are
you willing to pay a penny more
for an egg made from grain than
you are for an egg made from
the dung hill?' there is no an
swer to the argument for price. =
Table eggs are shipped from
Sidnaw to Marinette, Menomin-
ZEE, Chicago and the copper. coun-
try by express daily. The din
ing car service Of q railroad
serves them exclusively. They
are featured in Chicago clubs.
and it is even said that many
who cannot afford the luxury in
the cities. are willing to pay the
price for snobbery, so cleverly
has this man with advertising
genius played upon human weak.
ness and used It to his profit.
The Jersey milk IN bottles goel
10 Houghton and Hancock and
the other places in The copps1
country, whero those who hav(
= II - So - =
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-16

"The waste in farming is ap-
palling. The loss in freight
rates, for instance, is a thing the
ordinary farm producer never
stops to consider. ! am begin
ming to believe that the industry
Of agriculture offers one of the
greatest present opportunities to
capital and corporation manage
ment. ! never made any money
out of this proposition until
specialized on the production of
quality products, and until l had
live stock equipment Of the high
est efficiency. I can't work with
dull tools.
"On the production side of the
business, it makes a lot Of differ
ence to me if / throw a handful
of corn to a chicken and get back
one egg or four. In 1913 my lay
ers, in round numbers over q
thousand. averaged me LOG eggs
per hen per year. That is not
enough. Before / am through
every hen I keep must produce
$50 eggs a year. Every hen on
the place is trap nested. / am
striving for better poultry and
more of it and for eggs and still
more eggs.
A worlds champion Jersey
record was made at this plant.
and now there is q prospect Of
some chicken records being es.
tablished under the same man.
agement. A three thousand ego
incubator conveys some idea o1
| the extent Of the enterprise. A
thirty thousand dollar dairy
barn. housing rs Jerseys Of roy
|al blood. is another standard By
which to measure the equipmen,
lof this food manufactures. 4
this barn Il every device known
Ito cow care. More than this,
There are unusual comforts 1o1
the caretakers. The owner hal
: theory that 70 secure greateat
G6lelency from men, he must
|px6vide them with the 6timuli.
10 dub rooms and : library make
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-16

in the Chicago Dairy Show, in
Texas and California. surely we
can put a new Interpretation on
that tired word. opportunity" !"
II thought / knew the name
of every town in Michigan, "
wrote a prospective purchaser to
the famous Roycroft Farm, but
tell me- where is Sidnaw?''
And for the sake Of perspect-
i've, be it known that the Roy
croft Farm is the place where
the wonderful record Of a worlds
champion Jersey was made,
where milk was produced which
scored SO per cent at the Chica-
60 Dairy Show and was pro-
nounced by the judges to be the
purest market milk Of which
there is any record in the world. /"
Geographically, Sidnaw is just
half way between the Equator
and the North Pole, and thirty
miles south Of Lake Superior.
It's leading exports are Laid
Yesterday eggs. /" bottled milk
and cream. cottage cheese, roast
ers and broilers de luxe, /" Jer-
sey bull calves, pedigree poultry
and alfalfa hay. And Of course
there are cord wood and ties, for
the first crop Of timber is still
unharvested and the products Of
the poultry and dairy industry
follow close at the heels Of the
lumber camp and saw mill.
A rare personality hides his
name behind the Roycroft Farm.
It Is 3 one man enterprise con-
Quoted for profits, and the iden-
tity Of the owner shall be name
les ainee IL h hisl wish. BY vo-
cation Ne q 1 food maker, manu-
facturer and af1ciency ongiueer
who ha6 simply taken : leaf from
The experionee o. Ccxheeio, Jim
Hin and Henry Ford and opp1iod
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