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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
Major Makes a Capture.

Turning the corner of a traverse, the
major fairly bumped into a German
who had come out of his dugout to see
why the Smelling had stopped
You're mine" said the major, put
ting his revolver muzZle to the Ger
mans breast.
He promptly agreed that he was"
as the major expressed it.
The happiness of the officers and men
as they told the story of that fight to
the CORRESPONDENT turned on gratitude
to their artillery support TT shows
what artillery can do" said the colo
mel. land what the infantry can do
when the guns give them that kind OF
aid. Their work was perfect, straight
on there in front of the mems noses,
with no shells bursting short. and then
they all stopped like an orchestra at
the end of a piece. My only trouble
with the men was to hold them back
from the front line. If there is any
is that kind of support. We got four
good machine guns, and l don't know
how many were destroyed. Germany
is one big battery. She does it with
artillery and machine guns Guns
against her guns. and we shall be all
right. Yes, we had a fine show
He kept on speaking of the guns and
SO did the other officers and men with
the depth of feeling expressive of
realization that the guns meant life
and death and success and failure for
them. Singularly enough, the British
loss in taking the trench was less than
in losing it. They got about thou
sand yards with the first rush. Mostly
they met the Germans coming from
their dugouts and it was nd-to- ha nd
when the Germans did not yield.
AS soon as they had yielded they were
started back toward the British rear
for in the maze of traverses where
rifles and bombs are lying about loose
prisoners may soon renew the fray. The
next day a faint rumble like that of a
human voice came from pile of earth
and it was found that one of the high
explosives had closed the door of d
dugout. The occupants were rescued
alive.
Germans Under Cover
When an officer and some men came
TO the edge of the mine crater they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08

cIoudburst deluged the section be-
tween LeWistown and Creaserstown
Md. Hunting creek came up SO sud
denly that two cattle on the farm of
County Commissioner Frank Stevens
were drowned in pasture field.
Fences were washed away and a half
dozen persons were marooned on the
road for several hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
SINGS At DEDICATION
| Of LINCOLN MEMORIAL
David Bishpan Renders "The Star
Spangled Banner" at Informal
Exercises.

Standing on the spot where the mas
sive statue of Abraham Lincoln Is to
be placed, and facing the United States
Capitol, David Bispham, oratorio
singer, yesterday Informally dedicated
the Lincoln memorial in Potomac Park
by singing THE Star Spangled Ban
ner." Only few persons we're in the
vicinity when the informal service was
held, yet the affair was most impress
sive.
Mr.. Bispham went to the Lincoln
memorial on the invitation of Henry
Bacon. architect of the edif1ce, who is
an old friend. Mr.. Bacon was in Wash
ington on one of his many trips to
note the progress on the structure.
Suitable for Auditorium.
Although the place where Mr. Bispham
stood to sing the anthem was not de-
signed for an auditorium, he said today
that it was admirably suited for sing
ing, the acoustics being excellent.
Mr.. Bacon left last night for New
York. The work on the memorial, he
said. is progressing satisfactorily.
Speaking of the memorial last night,
Mr.. Bacon said:
The avenue Of elms that will con-
meet the memorial with the Monument
WIN De planted in a few days. The
trees will be English elms that will
grow to great height The Lincoln
memorial will be the only memorial of
its kind on this continent There is no
other temple, l believe. dedicated to
the memory of any of the nation s
great men.
Not New Design.
I'm Europe, of course, there are sew
eral similar structures, and the de-
sign necessarily is not entirely new.
The memorial to Victor Emmanuel in
Rome, 1 believe, is a more massive and
more costly edifce than the Lincoln
memorial, which, when completed, will
have cost about $2,000,000. The memo
rial will be finished in three years."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08

The Norwegian steamer Vitalia. from
New York. August 10. for Rotterdam.
has been detained at Falmouth by the
British authorities. On an eastward
voyage last winter the Vitalia was held
at Falmouth more than a month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
Spray British With Fire.

On top of a bombardment of all the
neighboring part of the British line
where the trenches were farther apart
and of bombardment with mortars and
bombs where they were close together.
the Germans suddenly sprayed the British
front with fire over a section where their
infantry attacked. The British had to
give up their crater, and HODGE, too, and
some five hundred yards of trenches.
When they set out to recover the lost
ground, at first they found the Germans
rad the line brstling with machine guns.
SO they regained only one end of what
they had lost.
The rule in the Ypres salient seems to
be never TO lie down tamely after any set
back. Both sides fight to recover a loss,
no matter what the cost. Sanguinary bat
ties are waged for few acres of ground.
All one day the British kept an almost
continuous roar of shells over other parts
Of the salient. They made the German
trenches boil with dust under clouds of
shrapnel smoke. The German guns re-
piled They threw in some more seven
teen-inch shells into the ruins of Ypres.
and into other points which they had not
considered worthy of seventeen-inch be-
fore The thunders of this artillery duel
could be heard thirty to forty miles to
the rear. 1t made sound like the roll
of a drum, with almost no interval be
tween the shots. Nothing heavier had
been heard since Souchez.
About the next morning guns which
had been silent before came into ac-
ton. They were all directed on the
German trenches at Hooge. sending
tons of high explosives and storms of
shrapnel. Then. at 4:15 by all the
watches of gunners and infantrymen
the guns stopped. The next minute a
British major at the head of battaI-
ion line leaped over the parapet. As
he said, he found nobody at home
The Germans We're in their dugouts,
according to the custom on such occa :
sions. taking shelter from the tornado
of shell fire which makes even a look
out hardly possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
AMERICAN WIRELESS
OPERATOR IS FREED
Held in Custody After Capture Of
Steamer Seattle Last
March.

LONDON. September SC. ]. Maisch
of New York, wireless operator on the
Norwegian steamer Seattle, and a ma
| tive-born American citizen, who had
been held in custody since the Seattle
was captured near the Falkland Is
lands March IA last, has been released
as the result of representations made
in his behalf by the American embassy
George Vielmetter, naturalized
American. steward on the same steam
er. is still held in the naval barracks
at Plymouth. but his release is expected
soon.
Plight Known in July.
The plight of the pair was made
known in July by the American min
lister at Montevideo. Uruguay. The for
eign office informed the American en-
bassy that the men had sailed on board
the steamer Bangor from the Falk-
lands. The next heard of them by the
embassy was report from the Ameri-
can consul at Plymouth. England, who
said they had been held to give testi-
mony in prize court, in case the Ban
gor. which has been renamed the Seat
tie, arrived in Plymouth in charge of
prize crew.
The embassy was next informed by
the American consul at Dakar, Sene-
gal, that two Americans, one of whose
name was given as Maisch and the
other whose passports proved him to
be Veiimetter. had appealed to him by
waving passports from a port hole as
he visited the Belgian steamer Albert
vile. when that vessel stopped at Dakar
on August II. This apparent discrep-
ancy was explained by the fact that
the crew was transferred to the Albert
vile when the Bangor arrived at Free
town. West Africa, from Port Stanley.
Falkland Islands. where the ship had
been held in the harbor from March Is
until July 10.
Waiting for Back Pay.
Maisch is waiting here for his back
pay. He will lay his case before the
State Department when he reaches
New York.
The Bangor. as she was then known,
was captured by the British cruiser
Bristol, charged with being engaged
in unneutral service.
The charge against the Bangor at
the time of her capture last March
was that the steamer had violated its
neutrality by carrying coal and pro-
visions destined for the German aux
iliary cruiser kronprinz Wilhelm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
NOTED MINE CRATER
RETAKEN BY BRITISH
Picturesque" Engagement at
Hooge Described by Press
Correspondent.
CALLED HOTTEST PLACE
IN THE YPRES SALIENT
Men Fight in Trenches, Hand to
Hand, With Bombs and
Sprays of Fire.

=
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE August 26.-The British nave
retaken the mine crater at HODGE IN
one of the most picturesque actions
seen along the British front in long
time HODGE is the name of what was
once a village in region as nat as
billiard table. 1t is in the 1preS sail
ent. where it is generally agreed more
blood has been spilled than over any
similar length of line on the western
front with the exception of Souchez.
where the French made their first at
tack in May and June.
The blowing up of mine under the
German trench recently made HooSe
about the hottest place in the 1pres
salient 1t was one of the largest mines
the British have exploded. and 1t made
a hole in the earth about forty teet
deep and seventy across. The British
charged and took possession of the po-
sition.
In reply to the mine the Germans
brought up their tlame-ejector appara-
tus which they had tried on the French
before. but now used on the BRITISH for
the first time. Around the edge of the
mine crater the Englishmen and the
Germans were at one place only hVe
feet apart. The crater was so. big and
ii had so disfigured the landscape that
1t was difficult to consolidate the po-
sition. as the official bulletins say, par
ticularly when showers of bombs from
either side punished any enterprise on
the part of the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
Germans Under Cover.

When an officer and some men came
10 the edge of the mine crater they
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
100000 RUSSIANS TAKEN
BY AUSTRO-GERMAN TROOPS
Late Reports Increase Magnitude Of
German Victory in Gaicia-Russ
Lose 100 Cannon.

Berlin, via Amsterdam, May I'll
Every report from German headquar-
tiers increases the magnitude Of the
Austro-German victory in Galicia, Late
dispatches state that the Russian army
commanded by Gen. Radko Dimitrief
lost 100000 men, 100 cannon and 800
machine guns.
Having failed in his efforts to break
through the German lines, General
Dimitrief ordered retreat in the d.
rection of the lower San. All reports
agree that the Russian forces have
been so shaken and disorganized by
their defeat that only a passive de-
tense is possible on the San.
The Germans, who had invested
Przemysl on the 14th from the south,
advanced along the whole line of the
San to a position near the river bridge
heads, where they began an attack
against the Russians holding the Jaro-
Saw front.
The Prussian guard and the Sixth
Austro-Hungarian corps occupied the
town bridgehead. The Russian de-
tenders consisted of the Sixty-second
division, supported by portions of the
Forty-frst and Forty-ffth divisions,
which had been hastily brought up.
After two days of fighting the guard
took Jaroslaw and threw the enemy
back beyond the river. During the
night the Elizabeth and Alexander reg
iments, as well as Austro-Hungarian
forces attacked and captured the Rus
sian position on Meierkopf The
castle and main buildings were burned.
Austrian lancers and the Fifty-sixth
regiment of Honved hussars captured
the summit of Jupassowsky, taking
1000 unwounded Russian prisoners.
Some regiments, such as the Twenty
fourth, were almost annihilated.
The whole bridgehead and also the
city of Jaroslaw were completely in
Austro-Hungarian hands by the eve
ming of May 10.
Petrograd, May 21.-Russian troops
are continuing their successes at both
extremities of the 800-miIe front ex-
tending from the Baltic sea to Blu
kowina, but their situation in Galicia
is still critical 1t was admitted at
the war office that the German forces
had effected a crossing of the San
river between Jarosfaw and Legajsk
and had captured positions on the east
bank of the river which they have
strongly fortified.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
FUGITIVE CASHIER GIVES UP.
Edward j. King of Digger, Ind, Who
Fled Wi.h $4,000. Surrenders.

Edward j. King of Digger, Ind, Who
Fled With $4,000, surrenders.
Sullivan, Ind, May 21.-Edward j.
King, the absconding cashier of the
Digger State bank, after "a days of
torment and anguish while living the
life of a fugitive from justice, sur
rendered himself on Wednesday to
Fred F. Bays, prosecutor, when Mr..
Bays met him at a point halfway be-
tween Vincennes and Sullivan. He
was released on $500 bond
King left for Vincennes to see his
wife, who has been i'll since he fed.
King, in telling of his wanderings,
said:
But for the fact that I could not
obtain a passport, I might have gone
down with the Lusitania.'
After wandering about various east
ern cities King decided to go down
into the mountains of Tennessee. He
wandered about the mountains for
several days and then wrote to Pros
ecutor Bays and made arrangements
to meet him.
King was recently sued by the bank
officials for the recovery CT the money
alleged to have been taken. The suit
fixed the amount embezzled at 1884,
O00.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
ALLIES TO FIGHT GERMANS
WITH POISONOUS GASES
British War Secretary Says IL viii
Be Necessary to Employ En-
emys Tactics.

London, May 20.-Lord Kitchener.
secretary for war, speaking in the
house of lords, indicated the intention
Of the allies to use poisonous gases
against the Germans At the same
time he made a demand for 100000
more men.
"The British and French govern
ments," he said, feel that the troops
must be adequately protected from
the employment of poisonous gases.
Only by the adoption of similar meth
DDS can we remove the enormous and
unjustifable disadvantage which must
exist if no steps are taken"
Reviewing the fighting which had
taken place in Flanders since his last
speech, he said:
THE improvement of the weather
enabled our troops, which had been
strongly REINFORCED, to take the Of
fensiYe. The action at Neuve Cha
pelle was fought with great gallantry
and enable US to occupy what, from
a military point of view, was a very
valuable position.
Toward the end of last month the
Germans carried out a violent at
tack on a portion Of the allied front
held by the French northeast of
Ypres. In order to succeed, the en-
envy employed vast quantities of poi
sonous gases in defiance of the rec
ognized rules of warfare and in vio-
latiOn of their pledged word The
allies were utterly unprepared for
this diabolical method of attack,
which undoubtedly had been long and
carefully prepared by the enemy"
Summing up, he said:
In recent operations our losses
have been heavy, but the task was
one which necessitated great sacri-
fees. The spirit and morale of the
| troops were never higher.
The news from the Dardanelles is
| thoroughly satisfactory"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
GRANDDAUGHTER FOR WILSON.
Girl Born to Mrs. William G. McAdoo
Daughter of the President.

Girl Born to Mrs. William G. McAdoo,
Daughter of the President.
Washington, May PA daughter
was born to Secretary and Mrs. Will
liam McAdoo, who was Miss Eleanor
Wilson, the youngest daughter of the
president, at 9:15 o'clock Friday
night. The baby, who weighed between
eight and nine pounds, is already
named Ellen Wilson McAdoo, after
Mrs. McAdoo's mother, the late mis-
tress of the White House. The child
was born at the McAdoo home in
Massachusetts avenue. Secretary Nc
Adoo has five children by a former
wife and one grandchild. The first
person to be notified of the arrival of
the young McAdoo heiress was the
president. The McAdoo baby is the
second grandchild of the president, his
daughter, Jessie Wilson Sayre, having
given birth to a baby at the White
House on January II. The marriage
of Secretary McAdoo and Miss
Eleanor Wilson took place in the blue
room of the White House last May.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
ALIENS PERILED
IN MEXICO CITY
Outlaws Who Attacked German
Official Menace Others.
FOOD QUESTION Is SERIOUS
TWO Thousand Men, Women and Chill
dren Join in ETsa1 Riots at
HermosiIio and Loot Fiji
teen Stores.

Washington, May 24.-OutIaws in
Mexico City, who assaulted the Ger
man charge d'affaires, now are threat
ening the lives of other foreigners, &C.
cording to diplomatic dispatches re,
ceiyed here. One message states
that lind escribably loathsome" con
ditions prevail and that the govern,
ment is powerless against bandits.
Several popular demonstrations be,
cause of the food shortage have oc.
Cured in the Mexican capital within
the last few days. Reports to the
state department say the situation is
serious. The convention and the local
government are said to be giving con.
sideration to methods for relieving the
situation.
The international relief committee
has purchased in the northern part OF
Mexico about $500 tons of cereals for
distribution among the needy in Mex.
leo City, if satisfactory arrangements
can be made regarding transportation
and guarantees
Nogales, Ariz., May 24.-Two thou.
sand men, women and children joined
in bread riots at HermosilIo, capital
Of Sonora state, and looted fifteen
stores, two of them American, the
rest Chinese, according to reports
reaching here.
The Yaqui situation at Esperanto is
said to be tranquil. A train from
Guaymas was stopped by red flag on
the track with the notice, "All for.
eigners and Mexicans are warned to
leave Sonora, which is now a YaQui
republic" pinned to it. The passen
gers laughed and the train went on
it's way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
25zozzOzEOzEoz
! MARKET REPORTS !
Observation-Disclosures
MilWankee No. % 1n1E

milwaukee, May p, 1915.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 251ac;
prints, 261ac; frsts, 24025c; seconds,
2lQ22e; renovated, 200201bc; dairy.
fancy, 24@25e.
Cheese-American full cream. new
made twins, 15@151bc: Young Ameri-
cas-, 1514 Q16c; daisies, 151s016ct
longhorns, 16Q16ac; Iimburger, fan,
cy, 151a @16c.
Eggs.-Current receipts fresh as to
quality. 1701712c; recandled, extras,
2O@21c; seconds, 13014c.
Live Poultry.-Fowls, 16c; ROSTERS,
lie; springers, fancy, 171ac.
Wheat.-No. northern, 1.5501.57;
No. northern. 1.530157; No. 8 nor
thern, L35@1.47; No. 1 velvet, 1850
156.
Corn.-No. 8 yellow, 76c.
Oats-No white, 5255053c; stan
dard, 53A0534c; No. 4 white, $50
52ac.
Barley-No. 8, 7Sc; No. 4, 770771ac;
Wisconsin, 7707Sc.
Rye-No. 1, 11S150119.
Potatoes-Wisconsin or Minnesota
red stock on track, S2095c; white
stock, 3704Oc.
Hay-No. l timothy, 15.5O0165O;
No, 2 timothy, 135O014OO; clover and
clover mixed, 12.5O014O0; red top,
mixed, 11.OO012.5O; rye straw, $3.50
SIS.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 1900
40; fair to best light, 740@IS0; pigs,
6.0006.75.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 7.O0@875;
feeders, 4.00@575; COWS, 3.5O0675;
heifers, 5.750725; calves, 7750S.50
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
RoUMANIA TO FOLLOW ITALY.
Army Is on War Footing and viii
Strike at Austria.

Bucharest, May 21.-Roumania's en-
trance into the war will follow that
of Italy. The Roumanian army is on
a war footing, and will strike at Aus
tria through Pennsylvania. A minis
terial council was held on Wednesday
at which the premier presented to his
colleagues the latest information re
ceived from the Roumanian envoy at
Rome. It is understood that this
was to the effect that Italy's cabinet
has decided for war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
Articles of incarceration.

ATLlCtCS Ol
Articles of incorporation were fled
in the Office of Secretary of State
Donald as follows:
Junek Bros. company, Milwaukee;
capital, $4,000; incorporators, J. ].
Junek, Anton Junek and Mary Junek
Wisconsin Water, Light and Equip
ment company, Waupun; capital, s10,-
900; incorporators, A. NJ. Baker, R.
Schnutz and G. w France.
The Citizens Telephone exchange
of Sheboygan fled an amendment in
creasing its capital from 100000 to
s125,O00
Chetek Cooperative Mercantile com
pany, Chetek; capital, $4,000; incor-
porators, o. E. Miller, Edward Often
bolt, Thomas Hanson, c. A. Rehm and
A E. Tyler.
The Jefferson Oil company. Milwau-
kee: capital. $4,000; incorporators. F.
J. Rainier, John c. Zeman and w. P.
Jurak
The Wisconsin Hydro-Stone Mann
featuring company, Milwaukee: can
ital. $4,000; incoTporators, Bernard
Does, Charles Marnit and Robert J.
Barth
The Milwaukee Net company, Nil.
waukee; notice of dissolution.
The Twentieth Century Amusement
company. Milwaukee; capital, s5.0OG.
incorporators, Julius TRIM, ". s. Hell.
faer and Jacob S. Grammar.
Tie Northwestern Canning com.
pany. Clear Lake; capital, 10000; in.
corporators, A. ]. McLennan, A. A
Holiday and j. J. Leipzig.
The Randolph Improvement com.
pany, Randolph; capital, s32, 900: in.
corporators, E. ". BRANDED, w. P
Owen and E. J. Hughes.
The knights Of Columbus Home as.
ISOLATION of Hudson; capital, $4,000
incorporators, David F. O'Connell
Robert Friend, a. P. Kealy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
Wisconsin Leads.

Wisconsin scores another point Ac-
cording to report from the United
States department Of agriculture re-
laSing to the price received for butter
during the year 1914, Wisconsin's but
ter during every month Of the year
received from one to three cents per
pound more than either Illinois or
Iowa. Other states had not yet been
reported on, but these three states are
among the leading dairy states Of the
Union, so it is safe TO say that Wig
consin butter leads all other for quail
ity, and likewise quantity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27

Beloit-Henry NJ. Hyde, Beloit '88.
special political and civic betterment
newspaper writer, has accepted the in
vitation of President Eaton to deliver
the commencement address this year.
Mr.. Hyde was a literary leader in his
undergraduate days.
Stoughton.-This city is going
through stirring evangelistic cam
paign under leadership of Evangelist
John NJ. Linden of Madison, former
first assistant of Billy Sunday The
town has never experienced such a
religious awakening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
GERMAN spy HANGS HIMSELF.
KuepferIe Ends Life in Jail in England
Leaves a Note.

London, May 22.-Anton Kuepferle,
the alleged German spy, who was
charged with communicating naval and
military secrets to Englands enemies,
committed suicide in his cell in Brix-
ton Jail on Thursday by hanging, thus
bringing the trial to tragic and sud-
den close. The body was found when
warden entered Kuepferle's cell to
deliver his breakfast. Kuepferle left a
note saying he could rot mount the
scafold for such a death. He said
that he had been in many battles and
said he was not dying as a spy, but
as soldier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-27
State Rural Credits Sound.

Progress in the matter of solving
the rural credits of the state, as far
at least as mortgage loans are con-
cerned, has reached point in Wis
consin that anyone owning farm
in any portion of the state can Sc
cure a loan with promptness and at
a reasonable rate of interest. Local
banks may make farm lands, know
ing that they can dispose Of them to
concerns that are organized to special
ize in such loans.