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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
TWENTY-SEVEN PERISH
IN STORM ON LAKE ERIE
Lone Survivor, Adrift Thirty Hours
on a Raft, Brings Tragic
Story Ashore.

Cleveland, Oct. %. Storm-swept
Lake Erie has given up another frag-
ment of the story Of it's black Fri
day another vessel pounded to
pieces in the singing gale and grind
ing waves carrying 81 men to death,
a total Of q for the day. The last
vessel is the Duluth-owned whaleback,
James b. Colgate.
Its lone survivor, adrift for 80 hours
on a raft, brought the story ashore.
Half dead from two nights and a day
spent tortured and torn by the seas,
he vas carried off a rescue ship at
C%onneaut, Ohio. He is Captain Walter
G. Rashaw of this city, master of the
Colgate which went down at 10 o'clock
Friday night off Long Point, Canada,
opposite Erie.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
KING OF GREECE MAY MEET
ALL OF ALLIES DEMANDS
Second Detachment of French Marines
Landed at Piraeus-CIash With
Greeks Feared.

Athens, Oct. 20.-Although no au.
thorized statement has been issued
King Constantine, after a conference
with the British minister, is said tc
be disposed to meet the demands 81
the Allies in full. Vice Admiral Dl
F%ournet, commander of the allied
fleet, declared after a conference with
the Greek premier and foreign minis,
ter that he was hopeful that the stu,
alton would improve. The most severe
military measures are now in force 20
prevent trouble.
Athens, Oct. 20.-Possibilities Of a
clash between Greek royalists and a..
lied bluejackets. which apparently
were averted when Greek troops dis.
persed anti-Allymobs and gained con,
troll of the situation in the capital,
doomed up greater when a further de
tachment of French marines was
landed at Piraeus.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
ORGANIZED LABOR URGES
REELECTION OF WILSON
Circular Letter Calls on Officers to See
to It That Wage-Earners Go
to Polls.

Washington, Oct. %. - Organized
labor's first official appeal to it's men,
bership in behalf of President Will
sons reelection was made public at
the American Federation of Labor
headquarters. A circular letter was
sent to all officers Of organized labor,
calling on them to hold special meet
ings if necessary to consider the issues
Of the campaign and to see to it that
~wage-earners go to the polls to pro-
tect their interests against wall
street"
The letter is signed by Samuel Com
pers, president, James O'Connell, vice
president, and Frank Morrison, secre-
tary, the federation's labor represen-
tation committee, and 1t has been sem
to the heads of all affiliated organiza-
tions.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
SEAPlANE Is SHOT
DOWN IN RAID ON ENGLAND
Machine Fails into Sea After Dropping
Four Bombs at Mouth Of
Thames.

London, Oct. PA hostile aero
plane appeared yer the fortified sea-
port of Sheerness at the mouth of the
Thames. Four bombs were dropped.
No casualties have been reported Of
ficially.
An official communication says:
"A hostile seaplane was shot down
and destroyed this afternoon by one
Of our naval aircraft. The machine
fell into the sea. Judging by time it
probably was the seaplane which Wis.
tied Sheerness today"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
Hughes Pays Tribute to Lincoln.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Oct. 20.-Charles
f. Hughes was presented by the
Hughes Fairbanks club with a cane
which, he was told, was made from d
rail split by Abraham Lincoln and pre-,
scented by Lincoln to ID. S. Walbridge
at Kalamazoo in 1856. In acknowledg
ing the gift. Mr.. Hughes said:
II cannot think at this time of any
benediction that can possibly fall upon
the American people equal to impor.
lance to the benediction we have %
ceiyed from the :.mor OF the gentle
humanity of Lilcoln."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
Edison Given Degree Over Phone.

Albany, N. Y, Oct. ga degree
of Doctor of Laws was conferred on
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, oyer
the telephone by DR.. John II. Finley,
president of the university of the state
of New York, at the closing session
of the institutions ~ffty-second con
yention.
Mr.. Edison was in his laboratory ct
Orange, n. y, while Doctor Finley was
in the auditorium Of the New York
Education building here. 1t was the
frs: time a degree had even been con.
ferred over the telephone
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
WHEAT HITS NEW HIGH LEVEL
Flour Keeps Up Pace and Butter Also
Climbs Price Ladder, Selling
at 81 Cents.

Minneapolis, Oct. 21.-Wheat has
touched another new high level. II
sold on the floor Of the Chamber for
$1.82h cents. Flour kept up the pace.
With every increase Of n cent IN
the price of wheat, the price of -four
goes up five cents on the barrel, &C.
cOrding to millers.
Butter, not to be outdone by -four,
is also climbing the price ladder. 1t
sold from 81 to 40 cents a pound, re
tail, in Minneapolis stores.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
Hindenburg Opposes uIeo,, War.

Berlin, (Via London. Oct. 21.-Gen.
eral Won Ludendorf has Joined his
chief' Field Marshal Won Hinderburg,
IN opposing a more ruthless prosecu-
ton OF submarine warfare. Field Mar
shal o Hinderburg's position was
made plain at a meeting of the indie.
pendent committee for German peace
terms when. through a personal epre-
sentative, he requested the committee
10 ABSTAIN from agitation for a sharp
or submarine campaign. General Won
Ludendorf has announced his views
through a letter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
TWO 'QUAKES IN CALIFORNIA
Severe Shocks In Bakersfield and In
OIL Fields.

Fresno, Cal, Oct. 24.-According to
reports received here, two earth
quake shocks that were felt through
out Southern California we're severe
at Bakersfield and in the oil fields in
that district. Power lines between
Bakersfield and Los Angeles were said
to have been damaged, and 1t was re-
ported that a Santa Fe railroad ticket
office at Tehachapi was wrecked.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
ALLIES NOW CONTROL
SITUATION AT ATHENS
French Admiral Appointed Chief In.
spector by Greek Minister of lnte-
rior-Directs Activities of Police.

London, Oct. p3.-Vice Admiral Du-
fournet, commanding the Allied feet
in Greek waters, has assumed COM
plete control of the situation at Ath-
ems and has taken drastic steps to
prevent further rioting.
The Greek police and gendarmerie
now perform their duties under the
eye OF the French commander, who
approves all police orders. No police
officer can be dismissed mol trans
ferred without his sanction.
The vice admiral received these
powers through an appointment from
the Greek ministry of the interior to
be chief inspector" He is empow.
cred to appoint inspectors with SINH.
lar powers in other Greek cities.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
HALIFAX FEARS ZEPPELINS
Military Headquarters Orders Lights
Turned Out at Night.

Halifax, Oct. 23.-All lights, except
a few shaded ones In the West ano
North ends have again been ordered
turned off in the streets Of this city
at night and all blinds must be drawn
according to orders just SEN out from
military headquarters.
Whether a visit from a transatlan,
tic Zeppelin or an attack from the sea
by enemy warcraft is feared is not
known.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
Further Demands Made on Greece.

London, Oct. 24.-The presentation
by the Allies of further demands on
Greece including the removal of Greek
troops to the southern part of the
country and the handing over of Greek
wal supplies is reported by Athens.
The dispatch says the demands were
presented to King Constantine by the
French military attache. Greece is
required to transfer the entire mill.
tary force In Thessaly lin the rear OF
the Allied forces In MacedoEia) to
Morea 1.-THE peninsula forming the
southern extremity Of Greece).
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
Greek Troops In Control At Athens.

Greek Troops In Control AZ Athens
Athens. Oct. 20.-Greek troops are
in complete control of the situation
here, anti-Ally mobs are being dis
persed and for the time being a serious
clash between civilians and French
marines seems to have been averted
The anti-Aliy leaders. however, are
continuing their attempts to organize
demonstrations and the crisis is by nc
means past. 1t is understood that
King Constantine, following confer,
ences. sent personal appeals to the
most prominent of his supporters urg,
ing them not to stir up strife.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
WORLD WHEAT CROP SEVEN
PER CENT BELOW AVERAGE

Rome, Oct. 23.-The total wheat
harvest of the world is estimated
by the international Agricultural
institute as 7 per cent below the
average and 25 per cent below
that of last year. The institutes
report includes for the first time
the crop of European Russia which
it estimates to be 20 per cent less
than that of last year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Perhaps 1t is true that the wastage
In connection with marketing the farm
crops of the country Mount to more
than a billion dollars a year, but IL
probably isn't regarded as wastage by
those who get the money.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
U. S. ORDERS 200 AEROPLANES
MAJ Department Takes First Step 20
Expand Aviation Service.

Washington, Oct. Fl. - Orders for
more than 200 aeroplanes have been
placed by the War department as 4
first step in expansion Of the aviation
service under the army reorganization
act and contracts for about 100 addi-
tional machines of various types prob
ably will be awarded in the near fu-
ture. In most cases delivery within a
short period is stipulated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

The dancing masters, who seem to
be in a rather revolutionary state of
mind this year, are also talking about
a conservative form of the tango, as
if anything like that would be worth
bothering with!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

A nautical person who says onl, a
demented shark would attack human
beings should tell us how to dlstin-
guish between a crazy shark and one
that Is sane.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
NO RECALL OF BORDER TROOPS
Withdrawal to Await Decision OF
Joint Commission.

Washington, Oct. 21.-No further
important relief of border troops Is
contemplated by the War department
until after the American-Mexican com
mission at Atlantic City reaches a de-
cision. II this is satisfactory, the
troops, it is said, will return in a body,
Otherwise all will probably be left al
their present border stations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Husbands should not be misled. The
announcement of the fashion authori.
ties is not that women are going to
wear their skirts longer, but that they
are going to wear longer skirts.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
GREEKS ASK WILSON TO HELP
Hellenic Americans Urge That Protest
Be Sent to Allies.

Birmingham, Oct. 23.-Greek-Amer-
leans at a mass meeting here, address
ed a formal protest to President Will
son against what was termed a Sub
version of the Grecian state" The
President is asked to make represen-
tations to the Allies concerning their
attitude towards Greece.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

War aviators report that they can
see $50 miles In every direction from n
height of 1000 yards. But nobody In
Europe, no matter how high he goes,
n see fifteen minutes into the future
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Invariably, when a man writes n
long communication to n newspaper,
telling 1t in his frank way that II
should be wholly neutral as regards
he great war, he ends by LAND Ing on
II side or the other with both feet
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

While 1t is summer in the United
States ii is winter in Argentina. Think
OF the poor people in Buenos Aires.
with the temperature at 20 above zero
and coal commanding $40 a ton.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
HUGHES DENIES SECRET PLOT
NO AGREEMENT MADE WITH
O'LEARY, NOMINEE SAYS.
Democrats Charged Former Jurist
Promised to Make Speeches Salts
factory to Critics.

New York, Oct. "a. - Charles E.
Hughes, Republican candidate for
president, has denied the charge of
the Democratic National committee
that he had entered into a secret
agreement with the American Inde-
pendent Conference in which Jeremiah
A. 0leary is said to be the central
figure.
His denial was in reply to a state
ment issued from Democratic head
quarters in this city containing what
purported to be a report made by Mr..
O'Leary, at the session of the confer
enCe in Chicago, of what occurred at
a meeting between Mr.. Hughes and a
committee from the conference head
ed by O'Leary.
Satisfaction Promised, Claim.
In this alleged report, OLeary was
quoted as having said: Mr.. Hughes
promised that his future conduct in
the speech-making line should be en-
tirely satisfactory to the interests Of
the committee"
The Democratic statement charged
that O'Leary and his committee were
delegated to meet Mr.. Hughes and as
certain his attitude with reference TO
mr.. R~oosevelt's pro-British and anti
American u~tterances in particular and
his (Mr. Hughes) policies in gen.
eral."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Observers say the horse Is holding
his own, in spite of the popularity of
the automobile. IT'S well. Horses are
too expensive to keep as pets, and
the idea of eating them is not appetiz,
ing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
AUSTRIAN PREMIER is SHOT
Killed by Vienna Editor-News Causes
Sensation in Berlin.

Berlin, Oct. 24.-Count Karl Stuerkh,
prime minister OF Austria, was shot
dead while at dinner at "a hotel, by
Ludwig Adler. editor of a Vienna peri.
odicai. Three shots were fired, each
taking effect. News of the assassina-
tion spread like wildfire through the
German capital and caused one Of the
greatest sensations Of the war.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

1t Is said that more than half a mil
lion talking machines were manufac.
'ured In this country last year. No
body seems to know how much canned
music was turned out.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

The residents along the Holland
roast are developing such sharp ears
that they can hear heavy firing" al
most any calm day on the North sea.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
cARRANZlsTA FORCES OF 1000
TROOPS SENT AGAINST BAN
DTS ARE CAUGHT IN TRAP,
Ell PASO HEARS.
BATTLE STILL RACES IN
SANTA ISABEL DISTRICT
General Pershing Reports ViIiistas and
C~arranzistas Are Still Striving to
Hold Their Positions, Indicating
That Recent Conflict Was Not
Of Decisive Character.

FL Paso, Oct. 24.-In the lack Of
detailed news of the battle between
the forces Of Villa and Carranza.
rvSnor, which claims Mexican origin,
says that Ozuna was caught in a trap
bv Villa, Ozuna himself being killed
and his forces annihilated.
Recent semi-oficial reports from
Chihuahua City say that General
Ozuna, with a force Of 1000 cavalry,
two sections of machine guns and a
large supply train, left Chihuahua City
on October 10 to take the field against
Villa.
A message dated the 18th said Gen.
eral Ozuna had been ordered by Gen.
eral Trevino to proceed along the
Mexican-Northwestern railway rein
forcing his column with the troops
stationed along the lines of Fresno,
Las Escobas and Santa Ysabel, which
would add a thousand men to his
command.
Fighting Still in Progress.
Chihuahua City, via Ell Paso juno
ton, Tex, Oct. 23.-The advance co.,
umn Of General Ozuna engaged the
enemy who concentrated all bands
numbering over a thousand men at
Santa Ysabel. Further fighting is in
progress.
Says Battle Not Decisive.
San Antonio, Oct. %. General
Pershing reported to headquarters
hat both the Villistas and Carranzistas
are striving to hold their respective
positions following the encounter near
ISABEL, indicating that the conflict
was not of decisive character. Accord
ing to the field commanders best in
formed, Villas command consists OF
about 500 men with arms and an equal
number without arms.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

One drawback to office boys who
have risen to milIionaires is that they
can't see their own Office boys In the
same light.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
Pioneer Jewish Writer Dies.

Chi5ago, Oct. 23.-Peter Boyarsky,
pioneer of the Jewish Journalists in
Chicago, died here after a short i'll
ness due to bronchitis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

AS to consuming insects, we can say
TO the doctor who recommends them
as food, If we eat any twill be an ac-
cident.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

The world would not ~revolve were
1t not for the foolish optimists, who,
like squirrels in their wheel, keep It
going round.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Careworn parents of small boys are
not disposed TO stand in the way of
the movement to make wooden shoes
fashionable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

A poet who writes about the ''inef-
fable peace Of the stars" had in mind
the celestial and not the theatrical
sort.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Soldiers from all parts of the world
are lighting In Europe's war, but that
4" sat tnitke it any more popular
among neutral nations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

When the country goes in FOR pro-
ducing more beef cattle it also might
grow a few more cowhides to convert
into leather.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

The newest dance has been dubbed
the too too" Apparently a sort of
stutter step.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

There is too much geography in that
big war.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Now the banana crop is reported
ruined. Well, there1l be fewer skins
to slip and fall down on next year,
that's all.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

At present import prices a dollar bill
Is worth almost enough to pay for the
uyestuf 1t contains.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

The fulillment of a good many of
the meteorological predictions now
adays has to be postponed on account
uf the weather.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

1t is hoped that military influence
seen in society dances won't lead to
IA revival Of the sidestep.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26
GAIN DECISIVE VICTORY, RcuT-
ING RUSSIANS AND RouMANI-
ANS OVER WHOLE FRONT,
ACCORDING TO BERLIN.
AUSTRO-GERMANS CAPTURE
T0PRAl SARl AND COBAOiN
Slavs Driven Back by Teutonic Allies
Along Narayuvka River in Galicia
Germans RepuIsed with Heavy
losses South of Somme
River in France.

Berlin, by wireless to SayYllle, oct.
24.-The War office announces that
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's army
In Dobrudja has gained a decisive vic
tory over the Russians and Reumani-
ans driving them from their positions
over the whole front. The Teutonic
Allies are pursuing the enemy.
The towns of Toprai Sati, IA miles
southwest of Constanza and Cobadia,
II miles southeast Of the Danube town
Of Rachova, have been taken by the
combined Austrian, German, Bulgarian
and Turkish forces.
Roumanians Fight Stubhornly.
London, Oct. 23.-On the Transyl-
vania front hard fighting continues in
the mountain passes but with the re-
suit In doubt, owing to the conflicting
statements Of Berlin, Petrograd and
Bucharest war offices. Petrograd says
the Roumanians have been forced
back in the Buzeu valley. Bucharest,
however, does not concede this, assert
ing that counter-attacks by the Teu-
tonic Allies here were repulsed at the
point of the b%ayonet. II Is evident
from the official statements that no
great changes in position have taken
place anywhere along this front but
that the R~oumanians are fighting ten
aciously to hold back the would be in.
yaders of their country.
Teutons Win Over Russians.
The battle of the last week along
the Narayuvka river in Galicia has re-
suited in an important victory for the
Austro-German forces over the Rus
slams, according to Berlin. Here the
Russians after a general attack by the
Teutonic Allies between Svitelniki
and ~Skomovochy, were driven back
suffering heavy casualties.
During the morning and the after
noon, the Germans launched violent
attacks against the positions newly
won by the French in the Chaulnes
wood south Of the Somme river in
France. Both attacks were repulsed.
the Germans suffering heavy casual
ties, according to Paris.
Notwithstanding bad weather on the
Macedonian front, slight additional
progress has been made by the Allies
In the Cerba river region.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

There are times when we can scarce
~ escape the conclusion that the older
this country gets the less sense 1t has.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Peanuts and onions are recommend
ed as a cure for insomnia, and it may
be all right, If you sleep alone.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Anybody who says that n kiss Is like
stroking u cat possibly knows all there
Is TO know about strOking q cat.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Neither wooden shoes nor cloth
shoes would be a calamity and they
might even prove a blessing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Better TO wear out than rust out"
doesn't apply TO the 1916 wheat crop.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Just as o o as n man buys n new
raincoat the weather clears up.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

Would you say because a girl accepts
a proposal by letter tina the mails
w.rc used for fraudusent purposesf
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
18TH CONVENTION
Of SUfFRAGETTES
TO Open SEPT. 6
Course to Be Pursued in
National Carr paign to Be
Decided.

Atlantic City, Aug. 12.-The forty
eighth annual convention OF the Ma
tlOnal American Woman Suffrage as
ISOLATION will be held here September
6 o 10. The principal work of the
convention will be to decide whether
the association viii confine it's efforts
in the future to federal or state leg
islation, or both.
The convention will determine,
among other things, what course the
sutfra9ists Will pursue tc press the
advantages won in the endorsement
CT their cause in the platforms OF
the various political parties. Lead
ing sutfragists are enthusiasts ic in the
belief that the developments of the
convention will pave the way for what
they confidently assert is the inevita-
bic establishment of national suffrage
for women.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait of New
York, president Of the association
VII preside over the convention. DR..
Anna Howard Shaw, honorary presi-
dent, is expected to address the dele
gates. Former Justice Charles Evans
Hughes, Republican presidential
nominee, and Theodore Roosevelt
nave been invited 20 speak.