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New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
OPPOSE ANNEXATION
Address Calling for Support of Beth mann -HOllweg to Be Published by Committee for Securing Peace.

Berlin, July 19, via London, July 20, 5:15 a. m.-The German national committee for securing an honorable peace" has drafted an address to this country which will be published with in a few days calling for the sup port of Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg and the influencing of public opinion in the direction of moderate peace aims
 The signatures attached to the ad- dress indicate the importance of the movement
 The address outlines the aims of the committee, steering a course be- tween the pacifists and the unsuitable plans of the pan-Germans, which it characterizes as annexation 1unacy." It emphasizes the fact that the con- troversy of the last few weeks be- tween the peace advocates and the an- nexationists has had a harmful ef- feet and thaA therefore it is now nec- essary for the moderates to orsanize and create uniform views concerning basis of peace.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Italians RepuIsed With Stones.

Berlin, July 20, by wireless to Sd ville.-Hurling stones down mountain sides the Austrians repula three strong Italian attacks near Bl cola Pass, the official statement sued yesterday at Vienna reports. I announcement follows:
 After heavy artillery preparati| strong Italian forces attacked thl times our positions sonth and cast BorcOla Pass. They were repuld with hand grenades, machine gJ and avalanches of stones.
 There was heavy artillery fightii At Fella Raibler we captured a nj chine gun. Tarvis was shelled by | enemy"
 The Austrian official statement July IS reported increased artiild fire between T}orcola Pass and the 4 tach valley and in various sectors the Dolomites artillery duels in | Fella and RaibIer sectors, and a nd turnal bombardment of Marlborg9 by Italian artillery which also show increased activity on the Isonzo frd especially at the Gorizia Rridgehed
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New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
IS PROPORTIONAL
 SCHOOL SINKING |?
Cracks Noticeable on Southern Face Might Be Expensive Job to
 Repair Foundation

It is commonly reported about the city that the construction of the new Prevocational Grammar school may be faulty and such that it may be necessary for the school board to lay out several thousand dollars in repairs.
 The site on which the new school house was built is filled-in ground that years ago was swampy land. It is said that the swampy bottom was not substantial enough to hold the weight of the big building and it is beginning to settle, endangering the structure. 1 An inspection of the building dfscloses several bad cracks in the brick side on the southern face of the building, and it is said that these are caused by the building set ting. One crack is between the base ment and the first floor and other cracks are seen higher up on the walls.
 Although the school board has not made any public mention of the fact it is said that the members are ia miliar with conditions and in an off hand manner have asked at least one contractor what it would cost to make repairs and put in a more substantial foundation of concrete and steel beams. This contractor is said to have stated that the concrete alone would cost in the neighborhood of S1O,0OO and the entire job might cost $12.000 or S15,00O
 The cracks In the side of the build ing, supposedly resulting from the foundation settling, are plainly seen. They are on the southern side.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
TEUTON AND TURK l SWEPT ASIDE WHILE
 ALLIES CHARGEON
DEATHS FROM PLAGUE
 NOW PLACED AT 487
Paralysis Fatal in Thirty-one Cases in Last Twenty
 four Hours.

New York, July 20.-On only one day since the inception of the epidem- ic of infantile paralysis on June 26 have more fatalities from the disease occurred than in the last twenty four hours. During this period the plague killed thirty-one children and there were 118 new cases reported in the five boroughs of New York city.
 The latest figures show that the mortality rate still is slightly less than twenty per cent. Since the be- ginning of the epidemic there have been 4s7 deaths and 2,445 cases.
 Reports today from cities and towns surrounding New York show that local health authorities are not inclined to accept health certificates given to children who leave this city as adequate protection against the spread of infantile paralysis. The state health department has taken this ground and has recommended that all children from New York city under fifteen years of age arriving in upstate communities be kept under observation for two weeks. The to- tai number of cases of the disease in New York state outside of this city was officially reported last night as 161.
 Many communities in the states ad- joining New York already have adopt ed a similar quarantine against chill dren from this city, while some have absolutely excluded them.
 Physicians are watching with in terest the trial of a new serum which 1 is being administered to patients at l two hospitals here. No official report has been made regarding this treat | ment The serum is developed from
 blood of patients who have recovered | from infantile paralysis.
 Albany, N. Y, July 20-Ten new 1 cases of infantile paralysis, bringing l the total since the start of the cpl l demic, up to I'll outside Greater New York, were reported to the state health departm today.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
CHILD LABOR BILL.
senator Kern Confident It Would
 Pass Senate.

Washington, July 20--After con- ference with President Wilson today on the child labor bill, Senator Kern, the democratic leader said he was unable to predict whether an attempt would be made to pass the measure at this session of congress. If the bill gets before the senate l have no doubt it would pass by tWo-thlrdS vote" he said.
 Senator Gallinger, the republican floor leader, declared again in the senate today that the minority ia vored passage of the bill at the pres ent session.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Netherlands Aroused.

Washington, July 2O.-Minister Van Rappard of the Netherlands, dis cussed with Acting Secretary Polk to- day Great Britain's so-called black list under the trading with the enemy act" It is understood he was informed that the United States had come to no definite conclusion as to the form of action to be taken.
 The Netherlands considers that it's interests as a neutral in this situat tion virtually are identical with those of the United States.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
ZEPPELIN WRECKED
Airship That Attacked Riga Hit by Russian Guns and Brought Down Near Tulxum, Says Hague Dispatch.

London, July 20, 1O:20 a. m.-The Zeppelin which recently raided Riga was hit several times by Russian anti Rircraft guns and wrecked near Tu- kum, according to a Central News dispatch from The Hague quoting re- ports received at Cologne. The ma- lority of the crew of the airship was saved and German engineers rescued the engine and other parts of the machinery.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Captain Of Deutschland Prepared
 to Leave at Any Moment
WILL NOT LAND AGAIN
Spends Several Hours Studying Maps of River and Bay With Captain Hinsch of Interned Liner--Mum on His Plans

Baltimore, July 20.-Prepared to leave port at any moment, Captain Paul Koenig, commander of the Ger man merchant submarine Deutsch- land, put on his uniform today first time since he landed here eleven days ago and for several hours this morn ing studied the charts of the Patap- sco river and Chesapeake Bay with Captain Fredericg Hinsch, com mander of the North German Lloyd Liner Neckar. When Captain Koenig went back aboard the undersea liner he took. with him a duplicate mani fest of the ships cargo. Another copy was ready to be taken to the custom house.
 Captain Koenig said he would not leave his ship again and indicated an early departure, but said nothing that would give an idea just when the submersible would leave.
 It was understood the Deutsch lands engines and submerging ma- r chinery had been given a final test and were found to be in perfect con- dition.
 Hidden by Screen. At dawn today the screen of tugs and barges was drawn about the sub marine merchantmen Deutschland. To all appearances she was ready to start on her return voyage to Germany last night. This morning just before she was hidden from view, it was ob-
 served that she was submerged to about the same depth as when she came into this port with full cargo. l All through the night the tug Tim
 mins played it's searchlight over land
 and water, practically covering all 1 approaches to the pier where the Deutschland is berthed.
 Toward midnight the vigilance of 1 the German guards about the pier
 frightened. Several launches were l found lowering about the waters near i the submarine, and while the Tim
 mins threw it's searchlight beams
 upon the strange craft the night su- 1 perintendent of the Eastern Forward l ing Co.,, local agents of the submar- inc owners, made a long tour in a l motor boat of the waters about the
 pier to inspect the mysterious visi- 1 tors.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
MORE RECRUITS WANTED.

New Haven, July 20-The local army recruiting station received orders from Washington today to enlist mon for the Connecticut National Guard in addition to those for the regular army. Recruits secured will be trained at Fort Wright and then sent for ward to the Connecticut regiments on the border.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
200 FISHERMEN LOST
Large Fleet Caught In Teeth of Mon- soon Off Island of CeyIon and Over 100 Boats Are Missing.

London, July 20, 9:90 a. m.-Two hundreds fishermen are believed to have lost their lives in a monsoon off the coast of Colombo, Ceylon, ac. cording to dispatch received by the Exchange Telegraph company. A large fishing fleet was caught by the storm and more than one hundred boats have failed to return.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
ON VILLAS HEELS
Carranza Cavalry Expected to Run Down Bandit. Momentarily--MeS- Senger Reveals His Whereabouts.

Galveston, Tex, July 20.-The cap ture of Francisco Villa by cavalry of the de facto government is momen- tarily expected, according to a cable gram received today by Juan A. Ma teos, Mexican consul here. The mes sage said a Villa messenger, captured yesterday by Carranza troops, told of Villas whereabouts and that force has been sent to capture h{m.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
ArfiIIerr Fire Heavy.

Berlin, July 20, Via London, 6 n. m.-Repeated French attacks so of the Somme were repulsed by Germans the war office announ today. The French and British tillery fire developed to pitch greatest intensity on both sides of SOmme.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
AID MAIL SEIZED.

Berlin, July 20, by Wireless to Say wlle.-A despatch from Amsterdam eys the British authorities confiscat- ed the entire first class mail Of the Holland America steamship Noordam, Rotterdam.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Rome Reports Progress.

Rome, July 20, via London, D. m.-Despite the handicap of element weather the Italians are tinuing their pressure against Austrians in the Trentino and ] scored advances in some sectors.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Declaration Causes Resolutions Committee to Go Into Executive
 Session As Debate Is Waged
HANLY CONFIDENT OF
 VICTORY IN BALL0TING
Indiana Candidate Expected to Re- celve Presidential Nomination on First Vote - Lively Discussion Whether Sulzer's Personal Appear ance Will Have Any Effect-727
 Delegates and 36 AIternates There.


 St. Paul, Minn., July 2O.-Whether William Sulzer of New York, by a last hour appearance before the national prohibition convention today could rally enough delegates to his support Tor the presidential nomination was the question that predominated vir- tually every discussion before the con- vention was called to order this morn ing.
 An effort to inject an anti-Catholic declaration into the prohibition plat form caused the resolutions commit tee to go into executive session while a bitter debate Waged
 When the convention opened at 9:45 a. m., Hanly managers predicted his nomination on the first ballot.
 The report of the committee on credentials was adopted without ob- jection. This report shows 727 dele gates and 36 alternates on the floor of the convention. Thirty nine states and the District of Columbia were represented. There were ten com plete state delegations.
 Efforts to adopt the resolutions committees draft of a platform with out first printing and distributing copies to delegates precipitated con- tention among delegates.
 The advocates of immediate adop- tion Of the proposed platform receded from their position under the pres sure of opposition from the floor. William Shaw of Boston withdrew his m otion to debate without printing, and the convention recessed until ? p. m.
 Convention in Uproar .
 For ten minutes the convention was in an uproar, delegates standing on chairs and shouting wildly, while Chairman Patton vainly attempted to restore order. The majority of the delegates evidently desired to have de- liberate discussion of the blanks in the proposed platform before taking up the question of adoption.
 The much -heralded appearance of former Governor Sulzer of New York, before the convention as an aspirant for the prohibition presidential nomi- nation did not materialize. MT. Sul- ger arrived in St. Paul and went to a hotel, where he consulted with 1rlendS. Il am Wiling to lead II they want to follow me- he said.
 The. proposed platform leads off with strong declarations for nation- wide prohibition and woman suffrage. These blanks are followed by anti preparedness and peace blanks. Re- ciprOcal trade treaties with foreign nations and a federal trade commits sion of specialists were recommend ed.
 Taking up the Mexican situation the platform declared the democrat ic party has blundered and the re- publican party evaded responsi bility." I'M Mexico needs not a conqueror, but a Good Samaritan" the platform de- clared. The plank on free institutions declared for absolute separation of church and state with an absolute guarantee of full religious and civil liberty. Government owned and oper- ated terminal elevators and ware houses were urged, together with the abOlishment of all boards of trade and chambers of commerce dealing is options and futures.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
COMPLAINANT ALLEGED
 TO HAVE DISAPPEARED
Theatrical Magnate's Driver Said to Have Seen Victim of Beating in Lat ter's Room in KiIby House and Prosecutor Gibney Becomes Sus- piciOuS When He Fails to Present Himself at Trial.

A sensation was sprung in Berlin town court this morning during the trial of P. S. McMahon, the New Britain theatrical magnate, who was charged with assaulting Francis J. Smith, when Prosecutor William H. Gibney ordered Constable John Hackett to place Harry Mack, Me- Mahon's chauffeur, under arrest on the charge of preventing the appear ance of Smith, the complainant against McMahon. McMahon was also charged with breach of the peace and after he entered plea of not guilty, Prosecutor Gibney asked the court to adjourn his trial until later date, so Smith could be found. Judge Griswold continued the case until Tuesday, July 25 at g o'clock in the morning.
 Prosecutor Gibney then read the warrant charging Mack with having prevented the appearance of Smith and the chauffeur also entered a plea of not guilty. The prosecutor asked for an adjournment in this case, too, in order to consult with States At torney Hugh M. Alcorn. Judge Gris- wold placed McMahon's bonds at s1OO and Mack's at $500, both of which were IuIIllSHeu Dy the NeW Bf1Lal1 man.
 Smith Badly Beaten.
 As stated in the Herald yesterday, / McMahon is alleged to have adminis- tered a severe beating to Smith, an enploye on his farm in Kensington Tuesday evening. The man was later found by First selectman Gibney and given lodging at the Kilby House. The services of a physician were re- quired and MT. Gibney secured Dr. R. M. Griswold. Smith was found to have been badly bruised. Because of his condition, MT. Gibney decided to let him stay at the hotel until court this morning. Last evening about 9:30 o'clock, MT. Gibney was told that Smith had left the hostelry. He 1m- mediately went there and found Smith gone. Constable Hackett was notified and he, with MT. Gibney secured the surrounding neighborhood all night, but failed to secure any trace of the missing man.
 Mack Said to Have Visited Smith.
 Later Prosecutor Gibney was in formed that Mack had visited Smith In his room and that both had left at the same time. This morning the prosecutor dwelt at length on the seriousness of the case, saying that not only the town but the state stat utes were involved. Tampering with B witness, is a serious charge he said, and he asked that Mack's case be ad- journed until after the McMahon trial. Judge Griswo1d set Thursday morning, July 27, as the date for Mack's trial. A capias was then ls- sued for Smith
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Notified Not to Trade With AIneri-
 can Houses on Blacklist
NEW ASPECT IS UNCOVERED
Many Concerns Under Ban of British Government Place Gases in Hands Secretary Goes to Washington.

New York, July 2O.-Business and banking firms here have not yet de- cided just what they will do regard ing the action of the British govern ment in placing them upon it's trade blacklist. Many of them have put their cases in the hands of the Mer- chants Association, and the secretary of that organization is now in Wash ington confer ring with government officials.
 Big Concern Warned.
 A new aspect of the situation was disclosed by R. l. Dunn, head of the American Association, which in cludes several hundred concerns do- ing business in South America. He said that an attempt had been made to keep American firms with British affiliations from having business rela- tions with the blacklisted houses. Tn our association" said MT. Dunn, 'there are about twenty-five British firms that have come here since the opening of the war. Many of t1ese have American capital invested. They employ British labor, but to all in tents and purposes they are Amer ican firms The head of one of the biggest of these concerns told me of this blacklist more than a month ago. He said he had been warned not to do business with any of the firms on the list.
 Refuses to Obey Mandate.
 William Schall, IT,, of the banking and shipping house of Muller, Schall & Company said that last winter the firm was told by some of it's customers that they would have to stop doing business with certain German firms. MT. Schall said that after assuring the British embassy in Washington that members of his firm, with but one exception. are citizens of the United States, he was told that the name of the secret blacklist if a guarantee were given that no business would be done with Germany. MT. Schall refused to make such an agreement and yes terday he saw the name of his firm am ong those on the official pubic blacklist.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
TORPEDO BLAMED
Dutch Shipping Council Fails to Alt tach Responsibility to Any Bell1ger- ent for Loss of Vessel.

Berlin, July 20. by Wirless to Say yille.-The Dutch shipping councli has completed it's investigation of the explosion which damaged the Holland America freighter Eemdijk last April. It was decided, the Over seas News Agency says, that the ex- nlosion was caused by a torpedo of unknown origin.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

The British admiralty announced on April IS that the Eemdijk, while on passage from Baltimore to Rot terdam, with the Dutch colors painted on her sides, had been torpedoed by "an enemy submarine.' Fragments of the torpedo, the admiralty said, were similar in appearance to those found in other cases in which ships were torpedoed by German submar- lines.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
WEATHER.

Hartford, July 20. - For Hartford and vicinity: Unset tied, prOba hly rain tonight and Friday. Increasing winds.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-27
Do A Little Thinking.

Elsewhere in this issue of The Re-
porter is a well written article by a
Decatur county farmer, A. M. Chris
man, who owns farm on Weldon
creek east of Leon, on the subject OF
taking steps to prevent the excellent
bottom farm land along Weldon from
overflowing, and we commend the
article to our farmer readers, espec-
tally to those who own land along
Weldon creek There Is tremendous
loss every year or two on account of
Weldon and other creeks in Decatur
county overflowing, and the farmers
should be up and doing in the way Of
of this loss year after year. Drainage
has been tried out in other counties
and it has proven most profitable
investment to the land owners. Why
should not Decatur county farmers
be taking advantage of the opportun-
ity to improve their farms. Right
down below us in Mercer and Harri-
son counties, Missouri, there was re-
Gently presented big petition to es-
tablish a drainage ditch, straighten
our Grand River, and stop the loss
by overflow on the rich farm lands
of the Grand River bottom. When
the hearing was held on the petition
there was not a single land owner
made any objections to the establish
ment of the big drainage district.
They have been convinced that it
means thousands of dollars to them
every year, and insures them crop.
Read MIR. Chrisman's article, and do
little thinking and figuring.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
As Taken from the Office of the Leon
Loan and Abstract CO.-FrOm
January 1st to 21st, 1916.
As Reported by w. A.
.F POllSh.

c. r. Rauch to Howard Tedford,
lots in Lamont 49,. $3.50. .$35OO.
James Storey to A. ]. Surbaugh,
40 acres in High Point twp $154O.
G. and j. Miller to J. H. Smith, ne
sw and Sc except that part east of
railroad of section 18, Eden twp ST..
Cora Smith ct al to E. J. Holmes,
40 acres in Decatur twp. >. $1,000.
Alpha Woodard to Maggie Hale,
out lot 4, e1A, out lot 5, Deca-
Heirs of Geo. E. Hurst to c. H.
5, Letters addition to Leon. $1,000.
Frank Dalby to l. j. Dalby Lum-
ber Co., lots in Lamont -. $4,000.
l.. j. Midgorden to w. G. Jones,
lot 6, block IA, Lamont. -. 81 SO.
c. M. Friedburg to G. c. Davis,
WIZ sw14 swA 27, Burrell twp $500.
Andrew Sell to L. P. Hastings, su-
burban lot to Van Vert ..$41O0.
l.. P. Hastings to G. S. Barr, sdbur-
ban lot to Van Vert .......$41OO.
d. e. kindig to H. M. and Kather-
inc Hills, VIZ lots z, 8, 8 Lamont IS.
M. A. Peters to J. W. and Kitty
Moore, lots and suburban lot to
Pleasanton -. ..... ....$1250.
S: S. Melchert to D. d. Shaken
berry, 225 acres more or less, Wood
land twp -. -. -. ..... $4,000.
F. E. Teale to J. and Sarah Pear
son, 159 acres in Decatur twp $4,000.
j. S. Allen to the Reorganizcd
Church Of Jesus Christ of L. D. S.,
lots in Lamont =. .........$ $500.
w. c. Jones to Sherman Reynolds,
lots in Lamont -. ........ $5375.
F. w. Newcomb to G. NJ. Sprague
and T. j. Bell, 159 acres in New Buda
twp .....: -. -. ..:... 5000.
VIM. Scott ct al to w. C. Ward,
lots in Garden Grove -. $11OO.
o. L. Eaton to L. w., J. G. and M.
E. Tullis, e1a nwA seA 20, Decatur
J. H. Burrows to First Baptist
church of Gainesville, Mo-, lots l, 2,
7 and 8, block 10, LETTERS addition
to City of Leon -. -. $500.
Frederick Ford to Isaac A. Monroe,
eA seA seA 27, Bloomington
twp -. -. $zl0V.
Fred Weseman to A. N. Smith,
swA and VIZ seA section 4, Hamil-
LOu Twp .$AooVV.