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JOSIAH HAYDON

Josiah Hayden was born in Devon
shire, England April 22nd, 1880. He
grew to manhood with his four broth
ers on his fathers farm. At the age
of twenty-five he was united in mar
riage to Miss Elizabeth Snow, to this
union eight children were born.
In 1860, he with his wife and two
children crossed the ocean to the
United States settling near brother
at Constantine, Michigan.
After a short time he came to Wav-
erly township clearing the land and
rearing his family on the farm where
he resided at the time Of his death,
November Goth, 1916 at the grand old
age of eighty-siX years, seven months
and four days. Besides tilling his
farm for years he carried mail from
the Glendale and Waverly post Offices
into Paw Paw, bringing out mail
on the return trip. For few years
this was a weekly trip, then as the
country became more thickly settled
the semi-weekly, then the tri-weekly
and lastly the daily trips through sun
and storm between Glendale and Paw
Paw until our government gave US
Rural delivery, when he retired from
active service and was succeeded by
his son.
His wife Elizabeth, passed out Of
this world in 1884, when after a few
years he married Lamira Driscoll.
They spent their declining years
happily until March 1905 when a
second time he laid away a loving
companion. He was cheerful, peace
able disposition, making friends easily
and keeping their respect. His jour
ney through life had been made with
but few illnesses. His death occurring
suddenly after an illness of only
about fifteen hours.
Those who survive him are his
brother G.. W. Hayden of Benton Har-
bor,, his sons William S. and Horace
J. of Alaska, Charles of Wabash, Ind.
Frank of Waverly and his daughters
Mrs. A. H. Stevens Of Battle Greek,
Mrs. Robert Furbush Of Waverly, also
Mrs. c.. A. Warner with whom he
made his home.
Fifteen grandchildren have known
him and loved him well, while eleven
children will cherish the memory of
dear, jolly, great grandpa. Besides
these there are fond nephews and
nieces and a host of friends.
Father Hayden was a member of
the Church of England and was cate
chised and confirmed in that church;
on the stand in his room could be seen
a prayer book which he almost daily
studied and died in that faith.
Funeral services were held from the
Glendale NJ. f.. Church November 28,
conducted by Rev. w. r. Kitzmiller
Interment in Glendale cemetery.
The true northerner., 1916-12-15

Irene j. Heath, decd. Bond filed
and Letters testamentary issued to
Clifton b. Charles. Warrant and In
ventory issued.
Earl Powers, ct al. minors. Bond
of Guardian filed. Letters issued to
George Il. Pomeroy.
Digory Hayne, decd. Final account
filed. Hearing January 9Th.
Edwin A. Loehr, dec'd. Final ac-
count filed. Hearing January 9Th.
Jane Butler, decd. Order deter
mining Inheritance Tax.
Mable Neale, minor. Release of
Guardian by ward filed. Order dis
charging Guardian.
The true northerner., 1916-12-15
PROBATE COURT PROCEEDINGS

Estates Of
Edgar Labadie, decd. Warrant and
Inventory filed.
Arthur Webster, decd. Warrant
and Inventory filed.
Millie Clark, decd Warrant and
Inventory filed.
William B. Ottman, decd. Warrant
and Inventory filed.
Harvey J. Cooper, decd. Warrant
and Inventory filed.
Betsey S. Swan, decd. Order al
lowing final account and assigning
residue.
James A. Patton, decd. Testimony
of freeholders filed. License to sell
real estate issued.
Adam Ickes, decd. Hearing on
petition for license to sell real estate
adjourned.
7 Farley H. Pierce, decd. Order ad-
mitting foreign will to probate.
f. J. Lockwood, decd. Proof on
probate Of will filed. Order admit
ting will to probate.
Albert H. Simmons, decd. Notice
of and reasons for appeal from order
allowing claim of Mary j. Simmons
filed. Bond filed. Order directing
appeal and Proof of service filed.
The true northerner., 1916-12-15
RIVERSIDE

Ruth Owen is visiting her aunt Mrs.
Effie Barr in Lawton.
The Riverside Aid met with Mrs.
John Frey December 7th, with eigh-
teen present. New officers were elect
ed and all enjoyed the day and the
dinner. Mrs. Ed Cooper, a former
member sent cranberries from Harris
son, Michigan to treat the ladies on
this occasion.
Mrs. Ed Fike and Mrs. Ed Fike Jr.
were visiting old neighbors Wednes-
day and Thursday.
Herman Grahl and family have NOV
ed to Bloomingdale onto the William
Barnard farm.
A letter from Ed Cooper and family
of Harrison states they are we'll and
busy building their new bungalow
which they expect to move into by
Christmas. They like their new
home very much.
Riverside school are making pre-
parations for a Christmas tree for
December 22nd.
The true northerner., 1916-12-15
Court House News

Ninety eight deer licenses were is
sued this year,-twenty more than
last season.
To this date eighteen hundred gun
licenses have been issued, being seven
hundred more than were issued during
the whole of last year.
The true northerner., 1916-12-15

Popular Meehanies offers no premiums;
employs no solicitors 10 secure sub.er;ptioos
The true northerner., 1916-12-15

Ruth Owen is visiting her aunt Mrs.
Effie Barr in Lawton.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
SENATE MEASURE Is BLOCKED
Bill intended to Prohibit Travel On
%Belligerent Ships Tripped by
Republican.

Washington, Feb. G5.-The first at
tempt to introduce legislation warning
Americans off armed belligeretnt ships
made in Congress by Senator Gore,
a Democrat, was summary blocked
by Senator Brandegee, a Republican,
and under the rules of the Senate was
postponed for one day.
Senator Gore sought to introduce
his bill to prohibit passage Of Amer
leans on such ships and also intro
duce a concurrent resolution requiring
passage by the House, but, unlike his
bill, not the approval of the president.
A one-day truce, with both sides
preparing for a renewal of the con-
fiict, was the apparent outcome of the
battle between the administrations
forces in Congress and those fighting
to modify the presidents stand against
Germany's intention to sink armed
merchantmen.
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ZEPPELIN RAIDS HEAVY TOLL
REVISED FIGURES SHOW SIXTY
SEVEN WERE KILLED.
Many Reported Injured in Recent At
tack on English Coast
Die From Wounds.

London, Feb. 2S.-The revised off,
cial figures of the casualties in the
Zeppelin raid of January 81 over Eng
land have been given as 67 killed and
III injured.
The official communication announc-
ed the figures as follows:
Killed--27 men, 25 women and Is
children; a total of 81.
Killed-45 men, SO women and 10
children, a total Of lit. Grand total,
1874.
These figures are greater than pre-
viously given-59 persons killed and
101 injured-because several persons
reported injured have died from their
wounds, some children under 16 years
Of age had been returned as adults,
and several cases of slight injury had
been treated at hospitals without a
record being made of them.
"The number of bombs dropped ag.
gregated 1893"
During the raid referred to. Zeppelin
airships visited Norfolk, Suffolk, Lin.
colnshire, Liecestershire. Stafford
shire and Derbyshire.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
SLAVS TAKE PERSIAN CITY
Russian Forces Capture k~ermanshah
After Three Days Battie-En
Route to Aid British.

Rome, Feb. 28.-The report that
Durazzo, an Albanian port on the
Adriatic sea, had been evacuated by
the italian troops stationed there 10
confirmed.
Petrograd, Feb. 28.-The important
Persian city of Kermanshah has been
captured by the Russians after a three
days battle, according to dispatches
received here.
The movement Of the Russians from
Hamadan southwestward to Herman
shah brings them to within $50
miles of Kut-el-Amara, on the Tigris,
where General Townshend's British
force, which was ascending the river
for the conquest of Bagdad, ia be-
sieged by the Turks.
An official dispatch from Teheran,
said that after a series of battles in
the mountain passes, as a result of
which the Russians captured a con-
siderable quantity of booty, the Turks,
who had been aided by Germans, had
retreated toward Kermanshah. Ker-
manshah is $50 miles southwest of
Teheran and has a population Of about
10000. The routes from Bagdad,
Shuster, Ispaham, by way of Hama
dan and Suleimaniyah, meet there and
make the city an important center OF
traffic.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
WILL FIGHT FOR
SMALL NATIONS
PREMIER ASQUiTH OUTLINES
ONLY TERMS OF PEACE OF
FERED TO ENEMY.
MUST OVERCOME MILITARISM
Prime Minister'S Stern Declaration
Creates Deep Impression in House
Declares France Must Be
Adequately Secured.

London, Feb. 25.-Premier Asquith
found himself Unexpectedly face to
face in the House of Commons with a
new demand for the governments
views on peace. He took up the
gauntlet almost eagerly and in a
bristling 15-minute speech made it
clear that the British governments
determination to carry on the war to
the end without compromise had not
abated since the early days of the
struggle.
For Belgium and Serbia.
The only terms of peace Premier
Asquith offered to the enemy coun-
tries were contained in the historic
announcement which was the out
standing feature of his speech at the
London Guild hall in November, 1914,
which he repeated:
1--WE shall never sheath the sword
which we have not lightly drawn, un-
til Belgium-and | will add, Serbia
in full measure all and more
than they have sacrificed; until
France is adequately secured against
aggression; until the rights of the
small nations of Europe are based
upon an unassailable foundation and
until the military domination of Prus,
STA is wholly and finally destroyed"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
CALLS TRIP LANDMARK OF WAR
Specially Privileged Observer Of
Conflict in Europe.

London, Feb. Pa landmark of
the war; is. "The Nations" editorial
characterization of the visit of Col.
e. M. House, President Wilson's per.
sonal representative to Europe.
mo one," the publication says,
chad anything like his chance for
valuing the general factors which will
decide the fate Of Europe now dread.
fully in the balance. Neither side
knows what the other side thinks.
1T is well, therefore, for the world
to have at least one carrier of ideas
and intelligence. AS eyes and ears
for President Wilson,, he must have
been a specially privileged observer
of the conflict"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
DoUAUMoNT SToRMED AND CAP
TURED AFTER VIOLENT BoM-
BARDMENT BY GREAT
GERMAN CANNON.
COLLAPSE OF FRENCH
RIGHT WING Is FEARED
Troops on "Pepper Heights" Believed
Falling Back Upon Remaining Forts,
Defenders Retire to Within Four
Miles Of Clty-kaIser Wit
nesses Triumph.

Berlin, Feb. %, via London.-The
French forces in the Champagne have
made an attack on the German posi-
tions South of St. M~arie-a-Py. The
war office statement says the French
penetrated the first German trenches
over a distance of about $50 yards.
London, Feb. 28.-The great French
fortress Of Verdun, considered i'm
pregnable, is now seriously threatened
by the greatest German drive on the
western front since the march on
Paris.
The Kaiser was a witness to the
capture of Douaumont, the Berlin Of
fee announced. The steel clad fort
Douaumont, keystone Of the fortifica-
tions on the northeast, and but four
miles from Verdun, has been stormed
and captured by German troops, &C.
cording to an official statement issued
at Berlin. Brandenburgers entered
the works of Douaumont.
French Statement Vague.
The statement from the French war
office did not confirm the Germen re-
port, but indicated that the 4ench
have been compelled to take up new
positions. The vagueness of the
French official statement in view Of
the German claims Of a great victory
aroused feelings of uneasiness here.
Paris reported the battle raging
with new fury on both wings but made
no definite statement Of the outcome
of the bloody struggle on Pepper
Heights" foul and one-half miles from
Verdun itself, where the French war
office declared the French were under
heavy attack.
French Positions Taken.
French positions southwest and east
of Louvemont, have beer captured,
said a later official statement from
the German war office, which admit
ted, however, that reports of the cap
ture of the village of Champ Melville
were incorrect.
This Berlin statement indicated that
while the French right Is giving way
the left, resting along the Meuse
heights, is maintaining its position,
despite terrific o~nslaughts.
Fort Douaumont was the key to q
strongly fortified line of defenses
forming the last line of French de-
lenses extending outside the forts on
the north and the northeast. It ST
considered probable here that its cap
ture has been followed by the coll
lapse of the French right wing which
is believed to be falling back upon
the remaining forts of Verdun. The
French positions on the Pepper
Heights" and just east of the Meuse
are believed to be threatened by the
capture of Douaumont. il they have
not already fallen.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
NORWAY TO REMAIN NEUTRAL
Scandinavian Country Wants to Be
Friendly With All Powers, Minis
ter to United States Says.

Minneapolis. Feb. 26,-"We want to
maintain to our complete neutrality
and our friendly relations to all pow
ers and we hope to succeed in doing
So"
This was the only statement that
H. H. Bryn, Norwegian minister to
the United States, who has just ar
rived in Minneapolis, would make.
Following the custom of diplomats,
the minister would not comment ON
international affairs in Europe.
The Norwegian minister is here to
present the compliments of King
Haakon of Norway to E. H. Hobe,
consul for Norway in the Twin Cities
for 25 years.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
CONGRESS STANDS
BEHIND PRESIDENT
DETERMINED TO TAKE NO AC-
TON WHICH MIGHT EN-
5ARRAss EXECUTIVE.
WILL AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS
Wilson Reiterates Statements Out
lined in Letter to Stone, That He
vii Refuse to Permit Abridqe-
ment of Rights of Americans

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Congress has
settled down to await developments
in the submarine controversy between
the United States and Germany, with
an overwhelming majority Of both
houses apparently definitely deter
mined to take no action which might
embarrass the administrator in the
present stage of diplomatic negotia-
lions.
A few of the more ardent advocates
of legislation designed to keep Ameri-
ans off armed ships continued their
activities, supported by a telegram
from former Secretary Bryan, but most
Of them admitted there was no pros
pect of immediate action.
Stand Behind President.
So far az the administration is con-
cerned it was stated authoritatively
that while any agitation of the issue
just now was undesirable, there is
no disposition to oppose a vote on
pending resolutions II their sponsors
try to force one. 1t was said that re-
ports from the capitol during the day
showed ~conclusively that both Senate
and House will stand behind President
Wilson in his refusal to permit any
abridgement of the rights of Ameri'
can citizens ON the seas, as outlined In
his letter to Senator Stone.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
KEEP U. S. AHEAD OF GERMANY
Badger Explains Building Policy For
muIated Years Ago by Navy
General Board.

Washington, Feb. 24-The object of
the building policy formulated in 1903
by the navy general board, it was dis
closed before the house naval COM
mittee, was to keep the United States
ahead of Germany in the race for ma
val supremacy. The statement was
made by Rear Admiral Charles J.
Badger, a member Of the general board,
who explained that the policy had con-
templated a feet of 48 first battle
ships by 1919, to accomplish its pur-
pose.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
Negro Attacks Woman; Lynci,ed

Gainesville, Ga, Feb. 26.-Jesse
McCorkle, a negro was taken from Jail
here by half a hundred men and boys,
hanged to a tree in front of the city
hall and his body riddled with bullets.
McCorkle was arrested for breaking
into the home of A. T. Heath and at
lacking Mrs. Heath, whose husband
was away. The oma shot the negro
In the wrist with a revolver, but she
was o~verpowered. When caught Nc
Corkle's wounded wrist was still bleed
ing and he had the revolver In his
possession.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
Albanian Dictator EIees.

Rome, Feb. 26.-Essad Pasha, die
tator of Albania, has abandoned his
country before the Austro- Bulgar ad-
vance. Dispatches from Bridisi re-
ported his arrival in Italy. Essad
Pasha is the last of the Balkan rulers
who took up arms against the Austro-
Germans forced to fee from his ma.
tive country. First King Peter of Ser.
bia. and later King Nicholas of Mon
tenegro fed to Italy. Essad Pasha
became provisional president and die
tator Of Albania shortly after the
prince Of Wisd abdicated the throne.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
BOMB IN NEBRASKA CAPITOL!
Janitor's Report Of Explosion at Lin.
coin Starts lnvestigation-onIy a
Fire Cracker.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 26.-Authorities
at the state capitol building mini
mized the report of the story told by
a janitor that a bomb had been explod-
ed In the state house furnace room.
Investigation disclosed that no dam
age had been done.
officials believe a large fire cracker
was placed In a small brass tube found
lying in a storeroom and thrown with
an accumulation of trash into the fur
mace by the night janitor, causing an
explosion"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
Alaskan Mystery Is Solved.

Seward, Alaska, Feb. 26.-The mys.
terry Of the light on Fire Island, which
caused several men to risk their lives
in a rescue trip in January, only to
find the island deserted, has been
solved by the arrival in Anchorage Of
a party from the long missing launch
Onward, after a 15-day battle with the
ice and a trip overland from Tyonek,
west Of Cook inlet. The Onward.
which left Seldovia, January 10. reach
cd the ice shelf On Fire island on the
14th. The men built fires which were
seen on the main land.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
Austrian Reply on nPetroIlte.n

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Austria, sup
plementing her request for more in
formation concerning the protest
against the submarine attack on the
Petrolite in the Mediterranean, has
informed the United States that her
version of the affair is that the sub
marine commander thought the Petro-'
lite was an enemy ship disguised UNI
der the American flag, that he fired
upon her as the ship changed her
course and he believed she was about
to ram him and that the Petrolite's|
captain voluntarily furnished food.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
GERMANS SEIZE BRITISH SHIP
Seven Men and One Officer Sail into
Santa Cruz With 2o6
Prisoners.

London, Feb. %. - A dispatch re-
ceived from Santa Cruz, Teneriffe
Canary Islands,, says the British
steamer Westburn has put in there
for repairs flying the German flag and
with a prize crew of seven men and
mi officer. The officer is believed to
belong to the German raider Moewe.
In addition to her own crew there
are FOG prisoners taken from various
British vessels on the Westburn. The
Westburn left Liverpool January 81
for Buenos Aires.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-03-03
ALLIES WAR LORD BUSHES TO
VERDuN TO OPPOSE KAISER's
ADMINISTRATIONS CAP
TuRE FIVE TOWNS
FRENCH LINE CRUMPlED
BACK Is BERLIN REPORT
Wings and Center Retire to Within
Six Miles of Fortress, German War
Office Claims-Both Sides SUI
fer Enormous Losses-Teu-
tons Capture Supplies.

Paris, Feb. 26.-The fighting In the
region of Verdun continues undated,
according to the French official c)m-
launched by the Germans with huge
electives have been repulsed. The
artillery duels are going on with great
Intensity east of the Mouse despite a
heavy snow fall.
Paris, Feb. 26.-The German losses
during the first four days OF the bat
tie around Verdun are authoritatively
estimated at 150, 900.
The German offensive is recognized
now as probably only the beginning
of a determined effort to take the
fortress, formerly the key to the
French front, and compares in VIC
lence and losses to the battle of the
User. The French u that the
battle may continue a fortnight.
Smash Way Forward.
London, Feb. 26.-By a battering as
sault, the Germans have smashed
their way forward on a eight-mile
front, capturing six villages and farms
north of Verdun and taking thousands
of prisoners, Berlin reports. Not only
the French wings, but the French
center has been hurled back to within
six miles of Verdun, the German war
office reports. The crown prince has
stormed and taken the heights of
Champ Melville, barely five miles
from Verdun in the bend of the Mouse
river.
Germans Take More Towns.
The Germans claim the capture of
Champ Melville, Cotellette, Marmont,
Beaumont, Chambrettes and Ornes, viii
lagos and groups of farms extending
in a line east from the Mouse and
less than two miles from Verdun's
forts.
The French center, Berlin reported,
has been broken and hurled back
upon Louvemont, as the wings
crumpled under terrible German at
tack.
The official statement from the
French war Office, while claiming that
the German Verdun offensive is being
halted, virtually admits the capture Of
Champ Melville, Beaumont, Ornes and
the villages and farms between them.
Teutons Capture Supplies.
Berlin also reported the capture OF
immense quantities of supplies, the ex-
act amount having not yet been com
piled.
The two wal lords of Europe are
now directing the operations in the
great battle for Verdun. Paris dis.
patches reported that General Joffre
has arrived at the French front and is
personally directing the defense of the
fortress. The news has created great
enthusiasm in Paris.
Kaiser Directs Blows.
Across the battle front the kaiser
surrounded by his ablest staff officers
and the crown prince. are planning the
blows being struck in the greatest Ger
man offensive since the defeat at the
Marine.
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PROBE OF CHICAGO SCANDAL?
Woman Testifies Before Aldermanie
Committee She Considered Pay
ments She Made as Loans.

Chicago, Feb. 26. - Action by the
grand jury appears as among the pos
sibilities in connection with the split
salary" charges of Mrs. Page Waller
Eaton against Mrs. Louise Osborne
Rowe, commissioner of public well
fare.
During the questioning of Mrs.
Eaton before the aldermanic commit
tee it was brought out that she con-
sidered the payments she had made
to Mrs. Rowe as loans.
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Urges Powers to Remain Neutral,

Urges Powers to Remain Neutral.
Picking, Jan. 26.-Dr. Paul S. Rein.
sch, American minister to China and
the heads OF other legations in Pc
king, have received a formal circular
dispatch from the military governor
of Yunnan, and Jen Kao-Tseng, civil
governor Of the same province, urg.
ing foreign powers to remain neutral
in the present Chinese revolution. Yuan
Shi Kai has again proclaimed his I'm.
worthiness to ascend the throne, and
expressed his regret that his lack OF
virtue. 10 responsible for the unsettled
conditions.
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Clears Objection to indictments.

San Francisco, CAL, Feb. 25.-Judge
Maurice T. Dooling of the United
States district court cleared away all
technical objections to the indict.
ments brought recently against Baron
II. III. Won Setback, German vice con-
sui here, and rs other individuals and
firms for alleged violations of Ameri-
can neutrality. Attorneys for the de-
PENDANTS sought to quash the indict.
rnsnts on the ground no competent
Itsstimcny had been given to the grand
Jury upon which to base the indiot-
meEts.
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Picks Up Wateriossed Ship.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 26.-The Norwe-
gian steamer Storstad towed into
Hampton Roads the schooner William
M. Critebett, which was picked up
waterlogged and abandoned $50 miles
below Cape Henry. The whereabouts
of the crew is unknown.