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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
GERMANS FAIL
TO CHECK DASH
Allies Make Progress in
Northern France.
NEW OFFENSIVE IS BEGUN

AngIo-Freneh Forces, Sweeping For
ward From Arras, Have Captured
Important German Positions-News.
From Eastern Front Conflicting.
London, May 13-The progress Of
the allies offensive in Flanders and
Northern France has given rise to-
the hope here that one of the really
momentous phases of the war is in
process of solution which would be-
regarded as favorable from the Brit
ish point of view. Berlin recognizes
the importance OF the new turn of
events. German newspapers empha-
size in large headlines the beginning
Of the new Anglo-French offensive.
German reinforcements rushed from
Lens and Douai thus far apparently
have failed to check the dash of
troops which, sweeping northward
from Arras, have captured important
German positions. The German war
Ofice says that progress has been
made against the British line east of
Ypres, but Sir John French's laconic
message asserts that all German ef-
forts to break through have failed.
The British field marshal says moth
ing OF the part British troops are
taking in the offensive in the direc
tion Of Lille.
The situation in the huge eastern
battlefield is still obscure, but it is
evident that the gains are not all at
the expense of the RUSSIANS. The off,
cial reports from Petrograd and Ber~
lin are SO divergent, however, that
military experts are loath to commit
themselves
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
CALMLY VIEWED ITS WORK
Lusitania Passenger Says Submarine
Came to the Surface.

Came to the Surface.
London, May 1.-THE statement
that three torpedoes were fired at the
Lusitania was made to the Fishguard
correspondent of the Daily News On
the authority of Rev. Mr.. Guvier OF
the Church of England's Canadian
railway mission, who said the third
found it's mark while the last boat
was being lowered.
When the Lusitania sank, Mr..
,Guvier said, "a submarine rose to the
surface and came to within 800 yards
of the scene. 1.-The crew stood stolid-
ly ON the deck" he said, "and sur
veyed thefr handiwork. could dis
tfnguish the German flag, but it was
impossible to see the number OF the
submarine, which disappeared after q
few minutes"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
carranza to Have Navy.

New York. May 13.-General Car
rama intends to have a navy, accord
ing to General Ignacio l.. Pesqueira,
secretary of war to the Carranza gov.
ernment in Mexico. General Pes
guerra is in the market for warships.
He has the job of getting together a
navy and the nucleus of transport
service for his chief. He wants two
vessels to convert into gunboats and
he requires one transport.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
USE GUNW0mEN IN STRIKES
Both Labor and Employers Hire Fe.
male Assassins, Is Assertion,


male assassins, Is Assertion.
Washington, May 13.-Gunmen and
gunwomen have been used by both
strikers and employers in the indus.
trial disturbances. Police Comnl1s.
sioner Woods of New York told the
industrial relations commission. The
commissioner related details of an III.
vestigation Of the confessions of a
New York gang leader, Dopey Benny
which eliminated in the return of in.
dictmenrs by the New York county
ground jury.
'"This investigation" said Commits
sioner Woods, has shown that New
York gunner have been taken to
Chicago, Boston and other cities. Not
only gunner, but in strikes involv-
ing women workers, gunwomen have
been used"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
poino His Best.

Teacher-ls there no way ] can in
duce you. Johnny. TO take some inter-
est IN your algebra: Johnny-Certain-
". Miss Jinks. In fact. ! do take an
interest. hut somehow !. don't Heem to
,be.able 10 ret hold of'the principle. =
Hehmond Times Dispatch. =
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
AImanacs.

Almanacs are in existence that were
compiled in the fourteenth century. but
they are only In mnnuseript. The first
printed almanac was iasued ahont the
year l475.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
acouiescence in its position.

acquiescence in its position.
Cabinet officers known as the &avo-
Gates of vigorous steps in foreign af-
fairs are highly pleased. They said
the presidents note is the kind of
document that fulfilled the desires
of every American and upheld the dig.
nifty and honor of the United States,
indicating that the American govern
ment is prepared to go to the faa
length of it's ability.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
FRo4aMAN Nvavs NOT AFRAID
oe:pEATAI.

f London, May 1o.-"Why fear
4. death? It 10 the most beauti-
4. full adventure in 1fle,," were
4. the%last words of Charles Froh-
+ man before he went down with
i. the Lusftania, according to
j. Miss Rita Polivet, an American
+ actress, With whom he was
!. calmly talking just befoNe the
4. end came.
+ Miss Polivet, who was among
i. the survivors taken to Queens
4. town, said she and Mr.. Froh-
+ man were standing on deck
!. as the Lusitania heeled over.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
CARRYING NO CoN1RABANp
Steamships Of American Line Not tc,
Accept Objectionable Ereiui1t.

Accept Objectionable Freight.
New York, May 13.-Steamships OF
the American line running between
New York and Liverpool will not &C
cept contraband Of war az freight, 1T
is announced by the International
Mercantile Marine company, which,
operates the line. Vessels. Of the line.
fly the American flag.
1t was said that the lines, decision
was not the result of the German SUD-.
marine activity, nor the result Of an.
order from Washington. As q matter
Of fact line officials stated no contra.
band had been carried since the out.
break of the war.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13

United States Senator John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi, in state.
ment regarding the Lusitania disas-
ter, declared that if the vessel was
armed Germany was justified in tor.
pedoing her, but" he added, II am
informed that she was not, and that
puts different light upon It,"
Discussing the torpedoing Of the
American steamer Gulfight Senator
Williams said:
IF were president would mobil-
ize the fleet and demand of Germany
not only an apology and indemnity,
but assurances that such an incident
should not be repeated. But this
would be a demand only, and not an
ultimatum."
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
Nothing New.

"Ht9e's fellow eats a lump Of coar'
on a bet"
"Well. history mentions many cases>
OF ostentatious extravagance: Cleo
patra. You will remember. dissolved.
and swallowed a PEARL" - louisville
Courier-Journal.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
coroner'o Jury Passes on Sinking Of
the Lueitanla.

Kinsale, Ireland, May 1.-THE cor.
oner's jury which has been investi-
eating the deaths attendant on the
loss Of the Lusitania returned the fol-
lowing verdict:
''The jury find that this appalling
crime was contrary to international
lsw and the convention OF all civilized
nations, and We therefore charge the Of
Hcers Of the submarine and the German
emperor and the ezg0yernDent OF 0sr-
many, under whose orders they actsd,
Nth The; crime OF eSilif1l snl whole
sale mnrder."
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
cUNMAN "souEALs,"TWEN-
TY.FOUR INDICTED.

New York, May 13.-"Dopey
Benny" Fein, for years the
most feared gunman on the.
East Side, kept his threat and
"squealed."
Detectives are busy arrest
ing twenty-four persons, In
cluding three strong arm
women, who were indicted By
the grand jury ~ q. result of
Fein's confession.
y. .4-ls, j I'd, l - ~ :
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13

Queenstown, May 11.-With all the
survivors now almost certainly &C.
counted for, it is possible to make up
the figures of the toll of death claim
ed by the German submarine which
sent the giant Cunarder Lusltania to
the bottom of the sea.
Although there is still doubt ;as to
whether two torpedoes exploded or
whether the FIRST detonation caused
the big liners boilers to let go, Cap
tain Turner said there was no doubt
that at least TWO torpedoes hit the
ship. ....
Making his first statement since the
steamer went down under him the
captain said:
IT am not certain whether the two
explosions-and there were two-re-
suited from torepdoes, or whether one
was q boiler explosion. -
! u I'm sure, however, that 1'saw the
first torpedo strike the vessel on her
starboard side. also saw a second
torpedo apparently headed straight fol-
the steamers hull, directly below
the suite occupied by Alfred Gwyan
Vanderbilt.
THAT is all i can say until I have
made my official report to the court
OF inquiry" ...
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13

New Shoes Every Six Weeks.
London. - 1t 10 estimated that six
weeks - the life Of an army shoe and
,tAat for year Of the war 1900. 600
pairs WIN be necessary.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
THREE TURK SHIPS SUNK
eY RUSSIAN FLEET.

Petrograd, May 13.-The
Russian Black sea fleet has
sunk three large Turkish ships
near Soungil. according to ad-
vices received here from Se-
bastopol.
Soungil is on the Turkish
Black sea coast about $50
miles east Of the Bosporus.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
WAR ENTHUSIASTS
PARADE IN Rome

Rome, May 13.-Troops were called
out to disperse a great crowd of war
enthusiasts who paraded the principal
streets, crying. Down with Austria!
Down with GioHitti!" and cheering for
Premier Salandra and Minister OF For
efgn Affairs Sonnino. Most of the
persons in the thnong apparently felt
the greatest animasity toward former
Premier G5olitti, who is regarded :as
thA leader of the peace party.
An attempt was made to storm his
residence, klt it Was frustrated by
soldiers. The crowd 6eered as it pass
ed the German ecclesiastical college.
Demonstrations similar to that in
the capital are occurring in the larger
towns throughout the country.
Clashes with those who favor neu-
trality have been prevented several
times by the iatervention of troops
and the police.
Every precaution has been taken
by the authorities Of Rome to protect
the Austrian and German diplomats
accredited both to the Qnirinal and
the Vatican.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13

Men Of loftier mind manifest them
selves in their equitable dealings. small
minded men in their going after gain.
-Confucius.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
SEA HOLDS MOST
OF The VICTIMS
Few Bodies of Lusitania
Disaster Recovered.
DEATH LIST NOW l,l49

OF This lumber 115 Were Citizens Of
the United States and the Remains
Of Those Recovered Are Being Pre-
pared for Shipment Home.
]. j. + !. + i. + j. i. + i. + i! + + i. +
!. +
+ LATEST FIGURES ON LUsI. :.
+ TANIA HORROR. 4
!. j
!. Total number dead, 1,149. j
!. Total American citizens, ::
+ dead, 115. +
j. Bodies recovered, 144. X
+ Passengers bodies Identified, +
j. 65. !
j. Crews bodies identified, 22. 4
+ Total number saved, 767. !
+ Total passengers saved, 465. i
+ Total crew saved, 302. J
+ i
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13

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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-13
CALLED wILLFuL MURDER

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The Washington herald., 1915-11-14

Marc Monies, Of Italy, and Dan. Hasel-
tine and Jim Carstairs. Miss Lily has
lived in London for several years. where
she has been one Of the reigning beau
ties and very popular.
The meeting happened at ball, rumor
says. He glimpsed the picture face
through the crowds. and made for his
hostess and introduction. In less than
thirty minutes they were seated in some
nice out-of-the-way corner. where It
wasn't necessary to talk too much. He
didn't lose any time. He had known her
many weeks. though It was the first
time she had set eyes on hir-. and so all
the time of talking about thermometer
fluctuations and so on was saved. Con-
versation really ran something like this:
Your eyes are wonderfully"
"Oh. do you think so?"
"Yes. And your lips-when you smile
Just so-ahI"
Silence.
What are you thinking Of when that
shadow crosses the Light"
WHY don't know-possibly-"
"Cf love-"
"Perhaps,"
1t wasn't any wonder at al! that within
the shortest time 1t ever happened to
date. Papa Carstairs was asking. who
Is this Lieutenant Towers and what sort
of a son-in-law would he make?'
What information Papa Carstairs col
lected about the young man was all good.
He was graduated from the Naval Acad.
envy at Annapolis with the class of 1906.
His home was in Rome, Ga. In June,
1911, he was sent by the navy depart
ment to Hammondsport, N. Y, to learn
the art of flying from Glenn H. Curtiss.
In September of 1911 he was sent to the
naval flying school at Annapolis. He was
placed in charge of that school of in
struction In 1912.
When the flying school was transferred
to Pensacola in January, 1914, Lieuten-
ant Towers, still at Its head, went along.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-14
Color Photos
Now a Fact

~ OLOR photography. the goal of in
ventors and scientists for years. has
~ at last been realized. So perfect
has been made the process that the max
ing OF color prints is now open even to
amateurs OF course a special camera
and special kinds of plates are neces-
sary.
Three plates are inserted in the camera.
and the front plate is dropped to the
bottom of the box. The image to be
photographed is reflected to this bottom
plate by mirror. The other two plates
receive their impressions directly from
the lens. Each of the plates is coated
with chemicals which enable it to record
certain colors. one recording the red. an
other the yellow and the third the blue
tones of the object
A separate positive is made from each
plate. the positive from the blue plate
being made on paper and the red and
yellow positives on thin films. The two
film positives are superimposed on the
blue positive, with the result that the orig
inal three colors blend into a myriad of
hues when a print is made from the
combined positives.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-14

everything promised to go smoothly and
happily. The ceremony was to take
place October 5.
Everything might have gone happily
and smoothly IL the brides grandmother
hadn't up and died.
She had been living at Chelsea, en-
deavoring to recuperate failing health
and she seemed to be enough improved
to move to her daughters home in Lon
don. But she selected for her demise
the day upon which she was to have
been moved, which was also the day OF her
granddaughter's marriage. Furthermore.
II was at the exact hour of the bridal
that she breathed her last-which set the
worlds tongue a-wagging. Heavens
marriage and a death in the family. all
on the same day. All in the same hour!
My, my, And. by the way. wasn't this
the Carstairs family which preferred to
live in London rather than in America,
their home all because Of something or
other in the way of craftsmanship
what was II, anyway? Odds and ends OF
unccnventionality, airing of soiled family
linen. as 1t were. back in Philadelphia.
Which was the only bit OF shadow on
the wedding. 1t took place in the royal
chapel of the Savoy, a historic London
chapel, where scores OF great weddings
have taken place. 1t was a social func-
ton of importance, exceptionally pretty
like the bride-and attended by many
Americans, including Ambassador and
Mrs. Page and Henry James, sometime
American, but now brand-new English
man. with his naturalization papers still
cracking in his breast pocket. The re-
ception at Claridge's, planned to follow.
was cancelled at the last moment be-
cause of Grandmother Carstairs death.
Papa Carstairs loaned the bridal pair
his house in Chesterfield st. for year.
which he'll probably spend in America.
The principal ornamention of the house
is the Orpen portrait Of Mrs. Lily Cars
tairs Towers.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-14

DR.. Taylor went to her Immediately
and when he saw her condition rushed
her to a private room in the American
jections of the now preparation which
they had both worked on.
For twenty-four hours he did not leave
her bedside. Every moment he watched
the course OF the infection, taking copi-
Gus notes on the condition Of the nurse.
her pulse. respiration ard temperature.
She was at all times cheerful and conf
dent of the outcome. She told the doc
tor at her bedside that she had injected
the culture because she knew he had
hesit"ted to use the cure and also be-
cause she wanted to give him clean
case of gangrene only without mixed in
fe"tions as is generally the case with
soldiers
Within two hours after she had taken
the culture the symptoms developed
The thigh began to swell horribly, but so
rapid was the work of the new vaccine
that the infection never reached a fatal
virulency
at was a frightfuIly dangerous and
brave act" said DR.. TAYLOR In DISCUSSING
Il later. Whether II proves conclusive
~ that we can henceforth cure all gas
Pangrene. 7 hesitate even now to affirm.
because we checked the infection at the
start. However, from now on the new
medicine will be administered to all SOL
diers. II our success continues as 1t
started Miss Davies has made a wonder
full contribution to science"
The remedy that DR.. Taylor and Miss
Davies discovered is a quinine prepare
ton. DR.. TAYLOR previously had written
many articles for the London Lancet,
famous medical paper, on the expert
mental treatment of gaseous gangrene
artificially induced in guinea pigs. They
The Washington herald., 1915-11-14

hlIC0eneT, CduOTnd,
Grand Duke Nicholas and other heroes
OF the allies cause
Yet Mary Davies has never sailed a
warship, helped to man a cannon. car
ried a musket nor been any nearer to
the actual firing line than Paris.
For Mary Davies - otherwise Miss
Katherine Mary Gwendoline Davies Of
Wales-is but a nurse at the American
hospital in Paris. Yet she voluntarily in
oculated herself. without telling any OF
the physicians at the hospital, with the
deadliest, the quickest acting. and most
infectious Of all infections that are
known to the battlefield.
That is gas gangrene. Through uer
heroism both its nature and cure have
been discovered and as a result the lives
of tens Of thousands of soldiers will be
saved.
DIR. Kenneth Taylor. American physi-
clan at the hospital, had been laboring
for many weeks to discover a cure for
the infection. After many experiments
on guinea pigs with a new vaccine he
finally found a successful cure, or at
least a cure which worked we'll with
guinea pigs 1t was a question of course
whether the vaccine would work as sue
cessfully on a human being.
Mary Davies. who has studied bacteri-
ology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris,
had been the assistant of DR.. Taylor In
The Washington herald., 1915-11-14
Welsh Nurse One
of Wars
Greatest feroines

showed that Qulnlne mad not only been
used successfully as an antiseptic for
gaseous gangrene but as a general anti
septic.
''Quinine has shown 4 marked bacteri-
cidaI activity against the gas bacillus"
he writes. 1T has inhibited its growth
in vitro where it was ten times as effec-
tive as carbolic acid. 1t has reduced the
mortality from gaseous gangrene in
animals from 100 per cent to IL per
cent.
"QuiHine has shown strong laboratory
evidence of value as a general antiseptic
Its general bactericidal power was
higher than that Of carbolic acid II
was especially effective in a menstruum
Of pus. II did not damage healthy It's
sue in local injections of effective con-
centratiOns. 1t is known to produce
local anaesthesia, frequently a desirable
result. It produced no symptoms Of
intoXicatiOn in the animals treated. II
was used in hypertOnic solution. II
showed a strong antitryptc action in
vitro"
In twelve experiments thu Dr. TAYLOR
conducted along these lines he used
forty-seven guinea pigs. Twenty of the
animals which were not treated after
incubation. died Only nine out OF
twenty-five animals. ~ per cent. died
aIIGT receiving lHt injections OF QUlnln6,
while several other treated animals
temporarily benefited by the treatment as
was shown by the extended duration Of
life above that Of the control DR. Tay-
Tor asserts that the usual course of the
fatal Infection following intramuscular
incubation has been under thirty
hours This makes il the most rapidly
fatal OF aIl battlefield Infections
Miss Davies. before she went 10 the
American hospital as a nurse. was on
the bacterio'"Cical STAFF Of the Pasteur
Institute in Paris She is the Youngest
dau@hter Of the late Sir Henry Davios.
formerly rr"vinriaI governor in India.
and has brother. Colonel H s. P.
Davies. on star duty in London.
Her two sisters are married 70 officers
Of The Indian army. GeroraI Louis
Tucker and Colonel SaundCrs Of The
Tventy-ninth LanCers. After her 70
CNrerv she went 70 london for short
holiday and to rnCurPrate. and whiIo she
wa there became the heroine Of he
hour. But she remained FROM Nov work
ONLY for a short tire and hrrrinI hack
to the American hCsnital as quirkly IS
her booth rot frned 70 har.
~ TAYLOR is one 90 the most h-'I-
lia~t of tho Younger American ,hvSf-
clans He was ~ 40 Tnfvprsir. =
Minnesota Medical COLLEGE IS s:uT~-t
and special worker until a voar n~"
half ago. He vas 4 college --rf..n'e
and married boz r. ho took ~ -" tvIy
Of medicine at the Vrivorsi'v NJ N'~na-
sofa. specializing in bnctoriO'oc' With
his wife he went to Europe r'~ tho COM
rletion of his medical cducat5o0 and for
advanced work in research in France
and Germany and was abroad when the