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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29

TURKS ARE DRIVEN BACK
Make Vigorous Attack on British
Forces at kut-el-Amara.

Delhi, Dec. 2S--A vigorous Turkish
assault against the British forces at
Kut-el- Amara was driven back with
heavy losses, according to an official
report received from General Towns
bend, the British commander. The
report says:
"The enemy launched a determined
attack against a portion of our posi-
ton. which was repulsed with an enc
my loss Of from 600 to 500 killed and
wounded. Our casualties were under
200"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
GOING TO ANOTHER FIELD
British indian Army Corps Departs
From France

London, Dec 2S.-A British Indian
army corps has left France for an
nOunced.
Whether the new field Of action is
Egypt or Mesopotamia is not an
nounced.
In both those theaters there is pre-
sumably already considerable bodies
Of Indian troops 1t is assumed that
the places Of the Indians in France
have been filled by drafts from the
new armies raised on the soil Of the
United Kingdom.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
ANOTHER FIGHT
FOR PROHIBITION
Advocates Prepare for Con-
test in Congress-.
TEST VOTE IS PROPOSED

First Move Will Be Effort to Make
District of Columbia Dry and il This
Succeeds Nationwide Prohibition
viii BE Submitted.
Washington. Dec 29--House lead
ers are preparing for a vigorous fight
over the prohibition issue in congress.
Chairman Webb of the house ju-
dietary committee. an earnest advo-
cate of prohibition, whose committee
has jurisdiction over the question, has
conferred with Chairman Henry Of the
rules committee regarding the pros
pectiye attitude Of the committee to-
ward any effort to report a rule that
will bring up a constitutional amend
ment for nationwide prohibition on
the floor of the house
Members OF the AntiSaloon league
have been active ia their campaign
for congressional legislation and their
efforts have been reflected in numer-
Gus communications to members Of
both houses
The announced purpose OF some OF
the leaders in the campaign is to
seek TO put on an appropriation bill a
rider providing for prohibition in the
District of Columbia and II they
should be successful TO bring up the
constitutional prohibition amendment
for which Senator Sheppard and for
mer Representative Hobson fought
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
LEAGUE OUTLINES PROGRAM
Enforcement Men in North Dakota
Raise Four Issues.

Bismarck. y. D.. Dec. 29.--Four pri
mary objects have been adopted by
the North Dakota Enforcement league
for attainment in 1916, as outlined by
F. L. Watkins. superintendent. They
are.
Stopping the railroads from carry
ing illegal liquor shipments
Removal of incompetent and un
willing officials.
piegers.
Carrying out a financial-e l-educationa
campaign, involving the creation OF Q
$4,000 fund to be used among chill
dren.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
SHIP IN TROUBLE AT SEA
British Munitions Steamer Returning
to Halifax.

New York, Dec. 29.-The British
munitions ship Pathau Of the Mogul
line, which sailed from New York
Dec % for Hull, has been forced to
turn back and is slowly steaming to-
ward Halifax.
1t is reported Captain Chaplin was
forced to return because of engine
trouble
While the ship was being loaded at
her Hoboken pier close guard was
kept day and night and it is reported
her captain made a careful examina-
tion both of her cargo and machinery
before she sailed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29

Washington, Dec. 29.-An uncon-
frmed report from Rome that an un-
identified Italian passenger steamship
was torpedoed while on its way to
Catania, Sicily, with a loss of eight
lives, has reached the state depart
ment 1t was not reported whether
any Americans were aboard. The
American embassy at Rome IL inves.
tigating.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
DIVORCED WIFE is THE
GUEST OR HONOR.

New York. Dec 29.-I. Frank
Aldrich. eX-congressman from
Illinois. who gave a Christmas
tea and musicale in honor OF
Nine. Mariska Aldrich. prima
donna OF the Metropolitan Op-
era company, who divorced
him two months ago. expressed
surprise that the affair should
have occasioned comment
Their two children and forty
OF their friends came TO make
merry as il nothing to speak of
had happened in the Aldrich
home
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
Passenger Boat Aground.

London, Dec 2S-An unidentified
Dutch passenger liner is ashore in a
heavy gale off the dangerous Good
win sands. Lifeboats are trying to
reach her, according to dispatches re-
ceived here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
ONE DEAD; ANOTHER DYING
Robbers Attempt to Hold Up ST. Jo-
seph (Mo.) Gambling House.

st. Joseph. Mo, Dec. 29.-Skato
Young of South Dakota was killed and
John Luffy Of Tulsa, Okla. probably
was fatally wounded by Dick Wade
when they attempted to hold up what
officers said was gambling house
here.
Wade was playing cards when the
men entered and commanded hands
up" Wade dropped below the table
and Young fired. Wade replied from
beneath the table with an automatic
pistol.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
WILLIAM S. EDWARDS DEAD
Was Prominent in West Virginia Re-
publican Politics.

Charleston, w. Va, Dec. 2S.-Will-
lam Seymour Edwards, fifty-nine years
old, former Republican national COM
mitteeman from West Virginia, died
at a hospital in Baltimore, according
to a message received here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
ANOTHER LOAN IN CANADA
Bond Issue of 10000 900 Soon Will
Be Issued.

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 28.-Sir George
Foster, minister of trade and com
merce, intimated in an address at the
Peoples Forum that a Canadian do
nestle loan of 100000, 900 might soon
follow the recent issue of 100000
600. Sir George said Canadians would
be called upon to bear greater share
In the financing OF the war.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
Germans Lose 5000 Near Ypres.

Paris. Dec. 2S.--"Information re-
ceived regarding the fighting Dec. 81
between Ypres and Armentieres indi.
Gates the Germans suffered loss OF
more than 5000 men without gaining
any ground" says a dispatch to La
Liherte from its correspondent on
the northern front.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
CONCERNED ABOUT KAISER
RUmors Say Emperor's Condition Is
Causing Anxiety.

London, Dec 2S.-Alarming rumors
are being circulated in Switzerland
concerning Emperor Williams illness,
according to the Zurick correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph company.
The rumors declare the emperor S
condition is causing profound anxiety
in Berlin
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
8ULGARS QUIT THE GREEK
FRONTIER.

London, Dec. ga dispatch
to the Times from Saloniki
says.
"The Bulgarians have with
drawn four miles from the
Greek frontier between Gle
geli and Doiran and are busy
fortifying o strong line Of nat
ural positions. On our side the
work Of fortification is being
facilitated by the fine weather
and energetieally advanced >
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29

Bulgaria will not restore to Serbia
conquered Macedonian territory. which
properly belongs to the Bulgars, Gar
Ferdinand told parliament
IN a speech from the throne the
car formally opened the parliamentary
sessions with a view of Bulgarian
victories against the Serbs and Anglo
French
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
Berlin Reports Attacks on
Western Front.
RUSSIANS ARE REPULSED
German Official Statement Tells OF
Defeat of Accommodating Detach.
Town of Westende SheIed by Allies.

Berlin, Dec 29-An offensive move
ment by the French, who have attack
ed the German lines at Hirzstein. is
announced by German army headquar-
ters in its official statement Details
regarding the outcome OF the attack
are lacking, the statement adds.
Allied monitors have shelled West
ende, on the Belgian coast. three resi-
dents being killed, two of whom were
women it is declared
Train movements at the Soissons
station were stopped by German ar
tillery fire. the report states.
On the Eastern front the repulse
OF Russian accommodating detach-
ments on the Beresina, northwest OF
Czartorysk and near Berestiany. is
reported
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29
reported

Paris. Dec 29--An artillery engage.
ment OF great activity over the whole
front in the Vosges was reported in
the communication from the war Of
fee
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-29

Photo ~ hn'fr'ran rress Association
The movement for legislation I'm
posing an embargo on the shipment OF
war munitions aboard has become so
insistent that Chairman Flood of the
house foreign affairs committee has
determined to call a meeting Of the
on the subjects soon after congress
reassembles
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-17

and did not for moment antici.
pate this occurrence"
Walter Metzenbaum. attorney for
the women. was notified 10 have
his clients In court by 1880 o'clock
or bench warrants for their i'm.
prisonment would issue.
The women were gathered In for
the purpose OF taking their testi-
mony the first thing "Wednesday
morning. In tho hope that some
light might be thrown on tho al
legged operations OF an organized
white slave gang
Billie James. Margaret Jones,
Patsy Martin. Vera West. Violet
Beady. Lily Thompson. Alice Blair.
Veda Raynor and Jennie Green
valid are the women being held as
grand jury witnesses at the county
Jail. They are charged technically
with disorderly conduct
Another phase OF the situation,
Lundln believes. is that many dis
orderly houses operating here are
doing so under Bo-called police
protection"
learn whether gambling houses are
likewise protected" and whether
a certain ring Of men control them
or they are operated by individuals
To this end number OF Jap
anese were questioned late Tues.
day. among them some that we're
trapped IN recent gambling raids
conducted by the sheriffs office.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-17
Blame eKrausefor3 n'sDisappearance
WOMEN ARRESTED IN
RAID FREED AT 2 A. M.
ON BAIL; DISAPPEAR

Prosecutor Lundin and the grand
jury were baked Wednesday In an
Intended Inquiry into the activity
Of a white slave ring said to be op-
Grating here. when nine women. ar
rested Tuesday night as witnesses
and lodged In the county jail. van
ished.
The women were rounded up in
three raids by the sherifrs office.
from disorderly houses in the dis
trict below Dearborn st. IN the vi.
cinity OF Fifth ave. and from an
other house at Sixth ave. and Co
lumbia st.
They we're all taken about 0
O'Clock on warrants charging disor.
derry conduct.
At 2 o'clock Wednesday morn
Ing. eight hours before they we're
to have gone before the grand jury.
the last was released on pail.
Justice Brinker ordersi the re-
lease. He accepted 800 cash bail
in each case. ordering the women
to appear at o'clock Wednesday
morning with 5000 more each to
make up a total bail OF 81 900 each.
They did not appear.
Deputy Prosecutor Summers.
when he learned Of their release,
was highly indignant. especially az
the prosecutors office had not been
consulted in the matter OF bail
We didn't think It necessary 10
watch them all night" he said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-17
CITY FIGHTS
DOCTORS IN
PLAN TO LET
infant Die

CHICAGO. Nov. iT.-Chicago
moved hurriedly today 10 save
Mrs. Anna BollenEer's baby boy
from the sentence OF its mother.
physicians and nurses OF the Ger.
man.American hospital. that he
must die without surgical aid. be-
cause he came into the world
physically deficient.
Police Chief Heaiy called a con
ference with the commissioner Of
health and the coroner TO decide
how to compel the hospital to per
form an operation to save the In
fant.
Found guilty OF being n subnor.
NAL child. and sentenced 20 die be.
cause OF that fact. the baby's life Is
ebbinR away today.
The verdict was returned by a
jury composed OF score OF hos
pital nurses and Or. II. A. Haiael.
den. Only one nurse voted to let
the child live.
The Infants mother was told
that an operation would save the
child's life. but that probably moth.
ing would ever save It's mind from
remaining blank.
The mother wept and consented
to lot the child die
1T is n question OF ethics" said
Or Haisclden. while we all know
physicians do not allow monstrosi-
ties to live. the line must be drawn
somewhere. | have drawn the line
in this case"
The health officer. John Robert.
son. declared he would refuse a
death certificate. thus automatically
compelling Coroner Peter Hoffman
TO Investigate when the baby died,
The parents. as well as the ply
sician. are liable for manslaughter."
said Assistant States Attorney Sui
liyan. ~ the operation is not per
formed and the utmost done TO save
the baby"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-17
REPRIEVE FOR
|, v, ". SOUGHT
BY PRESIDENT

WARRINGTON, Nov. IT,
President Wilson today wired
Gov. spry OF Utah, requesting
him to stay the execution Of Joe
Hillstror, I. W. W. poet and
writer, slated 70 die before
firing squad Friday In Salt
Lake City for murders commit
ted more than year ago.
with unaffected hesitation,
but with the most earnest con
viction Of the importance OF the
case" said the presidents nnes-
sage, ~ again venture to urge
on your excellency the justice
and advissbillty, N possible. Of
thoro reconsideration Of the
Hillstrom case"
He had previously asked for and
obtained a stay OF execution, after
which the board OF pardons review
ID the case and found no cause for
In this view the Utah governor
and the execution date
was set for Friday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-17
ENGLAND JOINS
WITH FRANCE TO
FIGHT AS UNIT
BY WIN. PHILIP siMms

BY VIM, PHILIP SlMMS
PARIS. Nov. t7.-French and
British fighting forces are vlr-
tually one vast machine to-
night.
Hitherto, tho allied. the two
countries armies have fought
more or less Independently.
Heneeforth they Will be guided
by single souree-an inter.
allies war council. Russia and
Italy Will join the combination
later.
The Franco British arrangement
was perfected today IN confer.
ence between Premier AsquIth,
Minister Of Munitions Lloyd.
George. Sir Edward Grey. foreign
and First Lord OF the Ad
Balfour. with Premier Bri'
and. Minister OF War Gallienl. Com.
Joffre and Minister OF Ma.
rine LaCaze OF France.
The nations now purpose TO
strike combined sledge hammer
blows with five times the power
heretofore possible with the armies
acting virtually independently OF
'ne another.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-17
SmILESAS HE
DENIES ALL
CHARGES OF
HIS CAPTORS

V1ptain OF Detectives Charles
Tennant is OF the opinion wednes-
day that Edward Krause OF Ketchi-
kan, Alaska, arrested here Monday
on a charge Of impersonating a fed
eral officer. could clear up the mys-
terry surrounding the disappearance
of three men, II he chose 10 speak.
Tenant believes all three men
are dead.
They are, william Christie. anal
gamator at the Treadwell mines.
Capt. James o. Plunkett OF Ju-
neau. and o. r. Moe. under whose
name Krause travelled In the North.
and who left Seattle IN April. 1918,
with A. II. Dahl. In launch the
two had purchased.
Seattle Man Missing
Shortly after arriving at Tread
we'll with the launch, Dahl sold his
interest to Moe, and returned TO
Seattle.
For a time they corresponded. as
Dahl was looking after real estate
owned by Moe in Seattle. Then
the letters from Moe ceased, and
Dahl has since heard nothing from
him.
The fact that Krause had assum-
ed Noes name and that papers. In.
cluding personal letters and deeds
TO property In the name OF o. r.
Mo- were found on him. led 10 In
vesflgation from this angle
A Suspicious Circumstance
h.r
on Camano island. He says that
more than year ago he received
letter, supposedly from his brother.
SAYING the latter was leaving for
the Shushana district.
II was written In English Noes
brother says the missing man can't
write a word OF English.
Questioned as TO this letter.
Krause at first smiled indifferently
and denied all knowledge Of IT. but
later admitted writing II, at Noes
request
Written on Same Typewriter
n became established Wednes-
day that a letter written TO Mrs.
Christie, purporting 10 be from her
husband. who was spirited away
from the Iredn"ell mihes nov. j.
and which said he was being forced
10 go to Seattle, and letter writ
ten To customs officials at juneau,
Informing them OF the burning OF
the gas boat Lue, supposedly from
Capt. Plunkett, we're both written
ON the same typewriter. on thin.
Berkshire bond paper, and that the
->LSstures both Of Capt. Plunkett
and OF Christie apparently were
traced.
Slips OF paper bearing both orig
inal signatures were found In
Krauses effects
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-17
Boalt Sees a Town of Sorrow; Women
Hover About Mouth of Mine to
Claim Blackened Corpses
of Their Husbands
BY Fred l.. Boalt

l.
RAVENDAE Nov H. With only on the surface with two or three
% still buried
Improvement mpan wrecked explosion here yesterday
the total dead believed will be between 35 and 40
a
brought night and early this morning Two of them found
T. and
Martini found third
smornin
it notye
been recovered
ud One without another without leg Pieces coal and rock
had been driven into other bodies
gathered in little the mouth the shaft talking
as the rain fell on their drenched clothes
A. the bodies brought hastily wrapped .akins
the crowd and removed wooden building nearby where they
the third level 1900 feet below the surface could be cleared sufficiently
the bodies scattered here and there a" the various u where the men
h. the clear and that the bs: would be this
& An Hsuf' & being pnnsd for this eSsn M 20 % on the n so
PRESIDENT secretary
sss this c % @ s 5 s Industrial u" % wa. the : %
Washington; Dave Bott Of and James
% @ o nd, % % :nsT s night the mil" with 'e'e'' vain attempt
Without % moments % waning the % explosion % crashed thru the mine @ M Tues
s % S % @ % ' escape
@ @ as d d%a out the mouth the
M % s % Sd 5 % bdr the % , % srs % ws1s ] f. of % people r. M the % mouth @
stood by with tragedy written faces and dunb watched the
mouth , @ ss. dog d .s'1s 5 thru & % .s Gw s1s % & lone % %
eaeh one en etns with his head and tail doopns % % dejeed, ~
kicked sneaked back His
's sspsd
sn pa"% gas ~ me crowd "
bell esnd after R more than an hour and presently the The
descended thus hruout night The worked Commute
in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-17
A Suit Sale
atGraham's S

This store announces
a rcadjustmcnt sale in
volving their entire stock
of Suits. Most unusual
price reductions for this
season of the year are in
effect. Full particulars,
descriptions, prices, etc,
win be found in their
large ad on page S today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-17

You'll find II on page 5. served up by the
United Press from every theatre In the fight
Ing zone. and covered" In a ehsrseterls,ieal.
ly snappy style.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-27
RUSS ARE ON DEFENSIVE
German Attack Near BoIinow Sue
cessfuI, Berlin Officially
Reports.

Vienna (wireless to Sayville) Jan.
25.-The following official statement
was issued from the headquarters of
the general staff:
THE Russians are working with a
big force on their third line of de-
lenses eastward of -Gorlice and are
surrounding it with wire entangle-
ments.
"The Russian movement northward
from Warsaw, in the neighborhood of
Przsasnysz, is of considerable proper
ton, although the strength of the
troops there is not indicated
Thus far all attempts to advance
in this region have been easily re-
pulsed and no fear is felt of the pos
sibility of further invasion of East
Prussia
Berlin, Jan. 25.-"In East Prussia
and North Poland the situation is
unchanged.
THE German attack against Boil
NOW was successful. The enemy's
counter-attacks were repulsed with
heavy losses for the Russians.
Russian attacks northwest of Opoz-
no also failed"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-27
VENGEANCE OF BLACK HAND
Police Get Clue That Two Victims
Were Killed by Friends of
Men They Slew.

Laporte, Ind, Jan. 25.-The theory
that the Black Hand society was re
sponsible for the murder of Joseph
Mirisenna and Salvatore Cuine in Fox
park in this city January l3 was con-
firmed. Acting Chief of Police Borg
received an affidavit from a woman
boarding house keeper in Cleveland
declaring that members Of an Italian
society and friends Of Paul Contine,
who was murdered September 10,
1914, in Cleveland, and Mariana Picci,
who was killed about the same time in
Sandusky, secured revenge on Cuine
and Mirisenna, who were alleged to
have killed Contine and Picci. The
Laporte police are holding two sus-
poets. The grand jury will investigate
the woman's story
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-27
ALLIES GAIN IN ALSACE
German Attack Near Steinbach Wins
Trench, But 1t Soon Is
Retaken.

Paris. Jan. 25.-Slight gains by the
allies in counter-charges IN Alsace af-
Ter losing one of their advanced
trenches under German bombardment
are officially reported. On all the
other fronts the days activities have
been confined to artillery fire.
TOnight's official communique says:
There has been a heavy lombard
ment by the Germans in the region to
the north of Sillebek and a lively
fusillade near the Chateau d'Heren-
bag, but no attacks by the infantry.
Fifty meters of trenches were de-
stroyed by the heavy bombs of the
Germans
In Alsace. in the region of Hart
mannsweilerkopf, we have made prog
ress on our right. Near Steinhach an
attack of the enemy directed from
Uffholz and prepared for by violent
bombardment made him for q short
time master of one of our advance
trenches, which has been retaken by
a vigorous counter-attack."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-27
PHONE TELLS TRAGEDY
CHICAGOAN HEARS KIN SHOT BY
WIFE IN MILWAUKEE.
Notifies Police, Leaps Train, Reaches
Scene of Attempted Murder and
Suicide.

Milwaukee, Jan. 25.-'My God, I'm
shot"
yes, l heard it; III be right up"
This was the long distance tele-
phone conversation between Milwau-
kee and Chicago, when Archie Jones
of East Milwaukee. an aristOcratic
suburb, was shot by his wife when
talking to his brother, J. F. Jones OF
Chicago.
An instant after these words the
Chicago brother heard another shot
and then he heard the banging OF the
Milwaukee telephone receiver as IL
swung against the wall.
Calling the Milwaukee police Dy
phone, he hurried to train, which ne
caught by margin of one minute, ana
was at his brothers side two hours
and twenty-three minutes after the
shot, to find the second shot had been
fired by Arches wife at herself, IN
fiicting a mortal wound.
The shooting is the elimination OF
a romance between Archie Jones, then
OF Fort Wayne, Ind, and Clara Boken
of another northern Indiana city.
Jones will live, but his wife is dan
gerously wounded. Before she be-
came unconscious she made a state
ment saying she had done the shoot
ing, believing her husband was plan
ming TO divorce her.