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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, Grant Coun-
ty Court-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF Ed
ward d. Nickson, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate
of Edward d. Nickson, deceased hav-
ing been issued to G. ]. Ragatz, OF Po-
tosi, wisconsin;
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
the creditors of said Edward ID. Nick
son, deceased, are allowed and limit
ed by order of this Court until and in
GLIDING the second Tuesday of Feb
ruary, 1916, being the 8th day of said
month, to present their claims and de-
mands against said Edward d. Nickson
deceased, to the County Court for ex-
animation an. allowance.
NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN,
That the claims and demands so pre-
scented will be examined and adjusted
by this Court, at the office of the Coun-
ty Judge, at the Court House, in the
city of Lancaster, in said County, on
the 4th Tuesday of February, 1916.
Dated this 9Th day of October, 1915.
BY THE COURT,
E. B. GOODSELL,
33w3 County Judge.
Brown, Brennan & Carthew,
Attorneys for Executor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-20

Friend-Say, Clarence, how does yo'
manage to shave a gemmerman what's
got de st. vitus' dance? Barber-Hoh.
OATS easy! l jest holds de razzah on
his face an lets him fiddle his whisk-
ers off to suit hisself.-Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-20
Notice for Administration and Notice
to Creditors.

Notice Tor Administration anu NOLlce
to Creditors.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, Grant Coun-
ty Court, Grant County-In Probate.
In re estate of Martha l. Baker, de-
ceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
at the special term of said court to
be held on the second Tuesday of Nov
ember, A. D., 1915, at the Court House
in the City of Lancaster, County OF
Grant and State of Wisconsin, there
will be heard and considered, the ap-
plication of Emma Blackburn as
guardian of Clifford Baker and GeOrg-
la Baker, minor children and kins at
law of said deceased, for the appoint
ment of an administrator of the es-
tate of Martha l. Baker, late of the
town of Beetown in said county, de-
ceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER
GIVEN, That at the special term of
said court to be held at said Court
House, on the fourth Tuesday of Feb
ruary, A. D., 1916, there will be heard,
considered and adjusted, all claims
against said Martha /. Baker, de-
ceased;
AND NOTICE is HEREBY FUR
THEIR GIVEN, That all such claims
for examination and allowance must
be presented to said county court at
the Court House in the City of Lam
caster, in said County and State, on
or before the 18th day of February,
A. D., 1916 or be barred.
Dated October 18th, 1915.
BY THE COURT,
E. B. GOODSELL,
County Judge.
S. H. Taylor, Attorney. SO
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-20
BUILDING A LIFE.

To take into the Utmost shrine
of the soul the irresistible forces
whose puppets we seem to be
death and change. the irrevoca-
biEty Of a vanished past. the power
lessness of man before the blind
hurry Of the universe from vanity to
vanity-to feel these things and
know them is to conquer them
Bertrand Russell.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-20

alton and adjudication of the inherit
ance tax, if any, payable in said es-
tate.
Dated October 6, A. D., 1915.
BY THE COURT,
E. B. GOODSELL,
33w3 County Judge.
Frank G. Meyer, Lancaster Wis.
ATTORNEY for Executor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-20

STATE OF WISCONSIN,, Grant Coun-
ty Court, Grant County Probate.
In re estate of Martha l. Baker, de-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-10-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, Grant &C

STATE OF WISCONSIN, Grant Coun-
ty Court-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Ruth
r. Oyer, deceased.
Letters of administration with the
will annexed on the estate OF Ruth H.
Oyer, deceased, having been issued to
Ed Gratz;
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
PARCEL POST A
GREAT SURPRISE
Growth In Two Years Exceeds
All Expectations.
YIELDS MILLIONS IN REVENUE
Estimates From so offices indicate
f,2oc,ooo,c0o Packages Were
Handled This Year--"Farm
Products Postr Success.

Washington, D. C.-The first two
years. operation Of the parcel post has
been marked by q phenomenal growth
and the revenues 1t has brought into
the public treasury have placed the
PostOfice Department upon self-su6-
tanning basis, according to Governments
officials who have been checking mp
on the parcel post trafic and revenues.
The most extravagant predictions Of
Representative Lewis, the Legislative
father Of the parcel post" have been
exceeded by the amount of parcel post
business during the second year of its
operation.
Estimates of the amount Of parcel
post revenue range between $4,000
600 and $50,000.000 during the year
now closing If books and catalogues
are included, 1t is stated the total
parcel post revenue will aggregate
about $6O.OQ0,OOO. So heavy was the
Christmas parcel post traffic that it is
believed that the total number of pack
ages during the present year win total
1.2OO, 100000.
The Postoffice Department checks
up on the amount Of traffic and revenue
in parcel post twice a year. A COM
plete record of parcels is kept in the
so largest postofices for period OF is
days. The last record for Is days end
ing October Is showed that 10000, 900
packages were handled. The SO 1arg
est posto6ices handle about two-thiNls
Of the total parcel post business, which
makes about 10O,00O,00O packages a
month. or 1,20O,O0O,00O a year. The
April count showed 10000, 900 packages
handled. The phenomenal Christmas
traffic, it is estimated. offsets the diff
ference between the Apr1: End October
counts, and thereby brings the total to
1000, O00. 600 packages.
One of the arguments used in Con
gress for the passage of the Postofice
Departments new railway mail bill ia
that more extension of the parcel post
system is being mapped out and that
the department does not desire to ex-
tend the service until the railroads are
paid under another basis, SO that they
may receive compensation for carrying
the package mail. What these extern
sions involve is not given out. but it ID
said it is planned to develop further
the "farm products post" by reducing
the initial pound rate from S cents to
2 cents and by reducing the rates for
the sixth, seventh and eighth zones.
The success with which the farm
products post" has met in number Of
large cities in developing trade direct
" between the producer and the city
consumer has prompted the Postoffice
Department to formulate additional
plants for the development Of THU
service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
PITH or THE
WAR NEWS

Advices from Amsterdam state that
100000 Germans passed through Col
ogne on the way east. They are be-
ing sent to Gen. Won Filndenburp
preparatory to another great effort
to batter through the Russian lines.
A reliable report In London said that
Great Britain would suggest to the
United States the establishment Of a
joint commission to act as board
Of appeal on rulings by the Prize
Court on ship seizures. !,
The German imperial Chancellor de-
clared that Germany had enough
supplies on hand and enough funds
to keep up the war indefinitely.
Announcement Of creation Of six Brit
lsh armies showed that Kitchener's
volunteers had been merged with
the regular forces, and indicated
that 100000 British soldiers would
soon be at the front.
Foreign statistieians compute that the
first five monthms of war have cos
the nations engaged total Of 5000
600 men and $1,000, 100000.
Berlin announced that eermarf s.....
had abandoned the attemR<
ture ST. Georges IN Fla[ -,
said that the British art,s,~.. 3.
had destroyed the vlllak -.
Il had been flooded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
AUSTRIAN RETREAT
BECOMES RoUT

London. Russian military critics
assert that by the Russian New Year,
January Is, Germany will be fighting
desperately to defend her own from
tiers. and that all hope of capturing
Warsaw and confining operations to.
Russian territory has been destroyed
by the overwhelming defeat OF the
Austrians.
Southwark in Galicia, along the
Dunajec and Biala rivers, the situa-
ton is even more ominous for the
hopes Of the Germanic allies. In west
ern Galicia and along the Carpathians
the Austrians under Gen. Won Roehme-
Ermoln have suffered the fate which
overlook Won Auffenberg and Dankl
early in September. when their forces
were shattered by the Russians. The
Austrians poured a great army
through the Carpathians for the pur-
pose Of crumpling the Russian left
wing and assisting Won Hindenburg's
drive toward Warsaw.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
GERMAN FLIERS RAIN
BOMBS ON CHANNEL PORT.

London.-The Daily Mails CORE
spondent at Dunkirk felegraphs:
In answer to our raid on Cuxhaven
German aeroplanes raided Dunkirk,
dropping bombs all over the town. A
neet of four aerDplanes new several
times across the city, dropping bombs
on each journey. The soldiers in the
streets replied with vigorous rife
fire, but the aeroplanes sailed calmly
on. One seemed to have been hit, for
It turned it's head and descended sew
eral hundred feet before righting t.
self, but 1t got away safely.
No sooner did one aeropiane seem
to be departing than another arrived.
The whole city cracked with the noise
OF the rife shots and bombs which
threw up dense clouds of black smoke.
Buildings and windows were smashed
In all directions. The tramway lines
were cut clear through in one place.
The first bombs fell in the fortifca-
lions. Two more landed near the rail-
way station. Others fell in the Rue
Caumartin, in the kitchen OF the mill
tary hospital near the town hall, in
the Rnes Pierre and Newport, near
the arsenal and in the suburb Of Ros-
endael.
Factory districts in CoudekerQue
and Fumes also suffered. Many were
wounded in these places. The arm
OF child was blown off. An old wo-
man was killed outright. her body
dreadfully disfigured The bombs
were filled with shrapnel which pitted
the walls of buildings.
The official returns estimate the
casualties at Is killed and 80 wounded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
RECORD APPLE YIELD.
Actual Agricultural Crop Greater Than
That OF Previous Year..


Washington, d. C.--Last years
apple crop was the largest ever pro
duced in the United States. Esti-
mates announced by the Department
Of Agriculture placed the 1914 yield
at 250.00O,O00 bushels, or $4,000. 00O
more than was produced last year.
These figures represent the actual
agricultural YIELD" the Department
explained. and should not be confused
with those of the commercial crop.
which comprise the marketed portion
Of the total production. In 1913 tho
commercial crop was estimated at 40
per cent. of the agricultural produc-
ton. Using the same proportion for
the 1914 basis, this years commercial
crop would total 10s 100000 bushels.
The States leading in the production
of apples last year were:
New York, 49,60O,O 900 bushels; Penn
sylvania. 23.1O0.000; Michigan, 17,200.-
600; Virginia, 15.SO0.O00; Kentucky,
14.70O.00 Ohio. 1S.30O,000; Missouri.
12.500.000; West Virginia, 1900. 600:
North Carolina, 100000; Tennessee.
s.6OO,O00, and Washington, 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
SAY We COULD
STOP THE WAR
Representatives vOllmer and
BarthOldt Talk.
HOW THEY WOULD END If ALL
The iowa Congressman Declares That
We Are Sending Relief To Bel
gIum and Dunn Dunn Bul-
lets For Germany.
tCopyright.)

Washington, D. Glow the United
States could end the European war in
80 days. by cutting or the export Of
war supplies, was described by Repre-
sentative Vollmer, Of Iowa, to the
House Foreign Affairs Committee
With Representative Bartholdt. he in
dorsed joint resolution to empower
the President, In his discretion, to pro
hibit such exports.
American embargoes from 1874
down to the Mexican arms embargo OF
1912 were cited by Vollmer in legal
argument to support the constitutional
right of Congress to act.
President Wilson," he said, "sus.
pended the embargo Of export of arms
and munitions to Mexico in the inter.
ests OF true neutrality as against neu.
trality on paper.
Il maintain that the pending reso.
luton is in line with the historic
reputation Of this nation as the great
est advocate of peace. 1t is not in
line with that reputation to supply the
instruments of murder to European
nations. Are we to take the position
of the arch-hypocrite among the
nations? Are we to go upon our
knees and pray for peace. and at the
same time supply the death-dealing
instruments to Europe? Are we to
plead with God for peace with the
blood money in our pockets?
1--WE are now in the position OF
sending dollars for Belgium and dun
dunn bullets for Germany"
State Department officials have
practically completed their investiga'
ton of charges made by the German
ambassador, Count Bernstorff, that
dunn dunn bullets were being supplied
from the United States to the armies
of the Allies. An answer to Count
Won Bernstorff will be made within the
next few days.
No Dunn Dunn Bullets.
The departments investigators have
reported that the samples of dunn
dunn bullets submitted by the German
Ambassador as having been made in
the United States would not At any
rife being used by the Allies.
State Department officials have also
been informed by an American diplo-
mat just back from Europe that he
found no ground for charges that
Belgians have been mutilated by Ger
man soldiers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
GERMANS MOVING ON WARSAW FORTS
AUSTR|ANS ARE ROUTED IN BUWWINA
Won HINDENBURG ADOPTS new PLANS
Berlin Reports French Repused in West and Tells Of Pro
gress in Poland Petogad Recounts Advances
KAIsERs ARMY TAKES IMPORTANT POINT IN HARD FIGHTING

London. The German General Staff
reports the repulse Of French attack
In the Argonne. 1t announces that
the Russians have been badly beaten
west of the yistula, that the attacks
In the Ravka region are proceeding
and that reports OF Russian successes
IN Poland are pure Inventions.
The Russian General STAR reports
that the Austrian retreat in southern
Galicia has developed into a rout,
that the Austrians are also being beat
en- in western Galicia, that all German
attacks on the Bzura-Ravka front have
been repulsed and that the Germans
have undergone a severe reverse in
fighting fifty miles north Of Cracow.
The French War ONCE reports the
success Of operations in Alsace and
announces that the slackening OF the
allied offensive noticed recently has
been caused by the incessant rains all
along the front.
Italy despatched warship to pro-
tect her interests in Durazzo, the Al
banian port. A rebel force is reported
marching toward Durazzo.
The withdrawal of six German army
corps from before Warsaw was due to
change of tactics by Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg.
The effort to take Warsaw has not
been abandoned. The German Field
Marshal has diverted troops to Ger
winsh. on the Vistula River, north Of
Warsaw, and Groitzy, on the Vigtula,
south of Warsaw. He is attacking
with all his strength toward the Rus.
sian fortresses at Nowo Georgiewsk
and Iyangorod.
These two forts command the ap-
proaches to the unfortified Polish cap
ital.. The Germans have captured an
important Russian position at Borji-
NOW, but have gained no other import
ant advantage. Nevertheless, the Ger
mans are everywhere holding their
own in Poland.
The Austrians, on the other hand,
have been again defeated in Galicia,
and have lost Uzsok Pass. The Aus
trian retreat in Bukowlin is described
as almost q rout.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
CAPTAIN WENT
DOWN WITH SHIP
Stories Told by Survivors Of
the Lost Formidable.
MAGAZINE DID NOT EXPLODE
Thirty-Four Other offIeers Perished
With the captain--Portsmou
Chief British Naval
station.

London. Five hundred and seventy
nine men persisted by the sinking OF
the British battleship Formidable in
the English Channel on New Years
Day. according to the latest estimates.
OF the crew OF 78O men 2O1 were
saved. cutter, with SO living aboard
having reached land since the first
casualty list was compiled.
Many of the survivors Of the For
midable were landed at Brixham. De
Won. others at Lyme-Regis. Dorset.
which indicates that the disaster oc-
CURED at the western end of the Eng
hsh Channel, although the admiralty
has not given the location, nor has 1t
made definite statement with refer.
ence to the real cause.
Survivors relate that the warship
was struck above the magazine. The
explosion was terrific, but the maya
zine was not reached. Had this also
blown up the ship would have found
cred without there being time to save
anybody.
AS the water rushed in the men on
Tie Y OEluludUI6 uuIT1Su W Tic USCA.
They found that the vessel already
had a heavy list to the starboard. The
small boats were sent out. A cutter
foundered and the men in her were
drowned. A launch and a pinnace sue
ceeded in getting away.
Albert Edward Cooper, master-at-
arms. one of the survivors landed at
Lyme-Regis, said the explosion oc-
CURED between 100 and 2.30 o'clock
in the morning. When he reached the
deck the ship had begun to settle on
the starboard side. Boats were
launched and remained near the ship
to pick up survivors, but some Of the
boats. which stood out about 20 yards,
were swamped by wreckage.
The men were all scantily clad and
suffered terribly from the cold during
the 20 hours occupied in reaching
shore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
GERMANY GUARANTEES FOOD.

American Ambassador Joins Represen-
tation In Belgian Situation.
London. IA Reuter- dispatch from
The Hague says:
1t is authoritatively stated that the
Netherlands Minister at Berlin. sup
ported by the Spanish Minister and
the American Ambassador, recently
made representations to the German
Government concerning the requisi.
tfoning Of food in Belgium.
The German Government imme-
diately gave assurances that as long
as the Inhabitants. of Belgium were
supplied with food from elsewhere no
reQuisitioning of food would take
place.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
FRENCH ATTACKS IN ARcoNNE
BEATEN OFF BY GERMANS

Berlin. {via wireless to London.) -
The Official statement issued by the
German army headquarters says:
Some of the enemy's ships, accom-
panied by torpedo boats, appeared of
Westende (Belgium). without firing.
On the whole of the western front
artillery fights took place. An infantry
attack by the enemy followed to the
north Of St. Menehould Gin the Ar
gonne Forest). It was beaten OFF with
severe losses to the French"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08

Washington, ID. C.-Not since the
outbreak of the war in Europe has the
capital of this country been more
stirred than by the action of President
Wilson in directing to Great Britain
a sharp note of protest against her
continued interference with American
commerce.
Leaders OF all parties in Congress
were congratulating the President on
his firm stand for the rights of Ameri-
can citizens. That Congress is pre-
pared to uphold him In any further
action he may see fit to take TO i'm
press Great Britain with the earnest
ness of the protest was evident. AS
a tangible proof of this. members OF
the Senate took occasion to let loose
score or more petitions from Ameri-
can shippers protesting against con-
tinuance OF the hardships imposed on
them by British officials.
The President. in talking with call
ers at the White House. discussed with
frankness the reason prompting the
Government to file the protest. At
the same time. there was nothing
belligerent about his attitude. and
nothing to justify the belief that the
United States has any intention Of
going to war about the matter,
viii Demand millions.
This much the President did make
plain. That when the war in Europe
Is over. England will be called upon
to pay damages which her course has
inflicted on American trade. Whether
she does or does not agree to respect
American rights from now on. Great
Britain will be called upon to make
good American losses. Acquiescence
at this time can only prevent these
claims from growing larger Already
they total well in millions Of dollars.
In this connection the President
emphasized quite plainly that the con-
tention made By the United States in
the present note Is no new thing. Eng
land long ago and In every war to
which she was not party held to the
position that neutral commerce shall
be allowed to enjoy the freedom of the
seas anu uOt Oc DuOJSCScu " uAuuc
interference
There was, he pointed out. no ques-
ton of treaty violation involved All
that the United States was contending
for. he Indicated, was that Great
Britain should respect principle CT
international law Of which she herself
was the founder and to which she
had always subscribed until the pres
emit war made 1t expedient for her to
ignore the requirement.
The greatest hardship, from the
standpoint of trading. however, was
when Great Britain. in complete dis
regard of her previous position in m
ternational law, presumed to question
the ultimate destination Of every
cargo leaving American ports for Eu-
rope. For this reason she refused to
respect shipments consigned ito
order" although only BY this practice.
common in times Of peace. could
American exporters discount bills of
Iading at the banks without waiting
for the shipments to be delivered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
GREECE READY TO MosoLlzE.
All Necessary Measures Taken. says
Premier.

Paris. The Havas correspondent at
Athens sends the following excerpt
from q speech delivered by the Greek
Premier, M. venizelos, during q dis
cussion Of the budget in the Greek
Chamber of Deputies: "All the neces-
sary measures to assure the national
defense have been taken since the out
break of the war. can again assure
the Chamber and the country that at
the present moment Greece is ready
to mobolize at any hour and on every
point Of her territory all the con-
tingents Of her army"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
MANY COLO COINS MAnE.
Mints Turned Out 4,is4,112 Pieces
During 1914.

Washington. D. c. - Gold coin
amounting to $53.457.S17 in 4,1s4.l12
pieces was minted by the United
States during the calendar year ended
December 81 last The total coinage
Of all money was valued at $6I.75O,-
1912 in 154,S50,157 pieces. The sill
yer coinage was valued at $6.OSS,S2S.
with 31,S6S,655 dimes leading in num-
Der. There were s0.56S,4S2 1-cent
pieces coined. Coinage for the Philip
pine Islands amounted to 6,975, 900
pieces; for San Salvador. 1000, 0S0
pieces; Costa RIGA, S5s, ABS pieces, and
Ecuador, 100000 pieces.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
PANAMA EXPOSITION OPENED.
President Wilson Pressed Button Last
Midnight.

San Diego, Cal.-The Panama-CaI-
fornia Exposition, San Diego's II
month celebration Of the completion OF
the Panama Canal. was opened mid
night. when President Wilson, in
Washington, pressed an electric but
ION that turned on the lights in the
buildings and grounds.
Preceding the formal opening was
the dedication of a music pavilion and
rrammoth organ presented to the ex-
position and the city of John D.
Spreckels.
William McAdoo. Secretary of the
Treasury. represented President Viii
son In the nights ceremonies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-08
ENGLAND IS ASKED
TO PAY DAMAGES
Congress Will Support the
Presidents Protest.
NO ROOM FOR A DEBATE
Nothing BeIIlserent In Wilson's At
titude, But Tone OF communlca-
tion Firm - London Pro
fesses Great Surprise.
NO ROOM FOR A DEBATE
BRiToNs INSURE AGAINST
WAR WITH y. S.

London.A premium Of Is
guineas per cent, was being paid
In Lloyds ON policies worded:
To pay q total loss in event Of
q declaration Of war between
Great Britain and America,
within IL months from date"
The premium to insure against
war being declared between Nor
way and Great Britain within IL
months is now Z guineas per
cent