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AlApeaI Comes After Smub.

other matters Interested Mr.. Flood
in the years he tracked back and forth
across the Atlantic crook catching in
all the nations Of Europe and he tor
got all about Charles H. Ah,e, But
few days ago there reached him from
the Tower of London a plaintive appeal
for help. an appeal signed most friend
ily by Topper and Spats. Charles II.
Able
]; appeared that NJ. Ahle. suisse
puent to Floods recognition Of him
in the strand, had continued to bloom
and thrive until the war came along
and suspicion was directed TO many
persons Of Teutonic nomenclature. One
day scotland Yard was definitely
aware Of the existence OF Mr.. Able and
that DAY Mr.. Ahle disappea red--into
the gloomy recesses of the Tower. where
German spies and those suspected OF
being German spies are confined. And
on that day Mr. Able recalled that few
persons indeed could Identify him as a
true American and no German agent
an American refugee from justice. IL Is
true. hut American nevertheless--an
that the person best able to identify
him was Detective Flood. Therefore
the letter To Flood.
'Oh. help me out, wrote Ahle. "You
had me right that day ON the strand
But what could ! do? All ! ask IL
that YOU let the Home Office here and
Scotland Yard know I'm 10 German
and that I'm realty wanted IN the old
L. =. 4. Oiod love herr for extorton.
I'm willing to come back and stand
trial Lead me tp tue Tombs :"
Any one may guess how Barney
Flood laughed. but he sat down and
wrote out a deposition setting out all
of the facts about Ahle's career as he
knew them. This and other papers
prepared by the Police Department and
the District Attorneys office are now
on their way to London.
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"'rhIs fellow may act the fool now
bu, hc is far from being simple niihden.
AS Won will 80. by what happened,
CANT. Eergrcr said. Eve left New York
IA, ~ evening and had passed the sandy
Hook light at o'clock when l was IN
my cabin. ,
railroad material tor the Russian Gov
crnment and had a crew of hftN-slN
men. OF whom only fourteen We're Eng
lshmen. the remainder of the crew being
chinese coolies. suddenly a voice from
the dark shouted Hands up turned
and faced Schiller with TWO large re-
volvers pointed at ne. i have your
vessel mined and planted with bombs,
schiller said. You do as l tell you
or YOU and your whole crew and ship
will so t. he'll in less than two minutes
Get your keys out and throw them u
me. Don't NOV, closer, Just throw
the KEYS over here. You have $1,000
sterling in your safe and | want every
pound OF IT,.
II protested that had only so.
We viii soon see what YOU nave,
said Schller and hc produced a paper
/ chart OF my ship Ola which he Indicated
where III. money MAS supposed 10 be
His chart of my sh.p WAS all right hut
the cash box he demanded held only tlo
instead of t2,uo". Then ic went over
all In. papers Iu the hos
"Just then the second engineer came
up and schiller covered HIM too with his
guns and order,"i Inn TO produce his
papers and fdst-n Mr.
"Theu he asked for tie wireless and
locking m, IN my cabin he went 10 IN,
wireless station and covered the two
operators before they could send out AL,
message Befor. lie returned No my
"a. n n',aNN AZ mrs la
3 smashed thc wireless apparatus Tie
( locked the wireless operators up with ms
and let the second engineer 20 out tC
tell the other officers and members OF tn.
crew what had happened and that he
Was in charge.
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LONDON TOWER SPY
PLEADS FOR TOMBS
Able. Proud Fugitive. Appeals
to Detective Flood, Whom He
Snubbcd in England.
Is DREADlNG EXECUTION
Fled After ExtOrtiOn Charge
Wants to BE Safely in
Jail Here.
Is DREADlNG EXECUTION

II was just six years ago this coming
summer that Detective Barney Flood
principal sartorial exhibit Of the Police
department and confidential agent OF
District Attorneys from before Jcrornc's
time. was strollinr along the strand.
shifting the ,hickish London air and
keeping a keen eye out for a celebrated
international crook.
AS Detective Barney sauntered. idly
twiddling his walking stick. he perceived
in the sidewalk ihrong ahead a back and
the back Of head ineradicaby familiar.
Barney was ready then and there to
pledge his hopes of prefermcnt that he
knew the owner Of that back. His mind
went back TO a lively and laughable
blackmail prosecution of December. 1905.
and the early part OF l9O6--the "Fads
and Fancics" case. when collectors and
agents for that interesting array OF biog-
raphies managed to lay hands on some
$4,000 by playing on human vanity.
He quickened his pace. came along
side the stroller he had marked with his
camera eye noted all Of the details OF
his old acquaintance smart attire
copper with not silk thread ruffled.
afternoon coat and trousers beyond re-
proach. spats to the taste OF the King
his Majcsty-and placed a gentle hand
upon the shoulder Of the owner Of all
this magnifcence.
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\ temporary success was gained b!
the Germans last night in the region OF
Chaulnes After "a violent bombardment
they penetrated a French advanced point
west Of Nermandovillers. north or
Chaulnes but were promptly driven out
by counter attack. The French artil-
!cry bombarded German provision depots
In this region to-day.
The French aviation corps has been
very active in the past twenty-tour
hours. All told. seven German aero
planes were brought down 10y French
ayiators and anji-aircrait guns. whi!e
all the French aviators returned un-
harmed Five OF the German machines
were brough; down in the region of Ner-
dun. In the region Of Dontrian. in
champa gne. "A French aviator brought
down "A Fokker machine. the latter fall
ing in flames A seventh machine was
brought down by anti-aircra.t guns near
Ste. Marie-a-Py. also in the champagne.
A French bombarding squadron dropped
fifteen large shells OH Les Sabons rai'-
way station at Metz yesterday and five
on the station at PaGny-sur- Moselle.
Two French machines bombarded Mai
xieres-lc-Metz station. seven miles north
OF Metz, last night.
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Fails 20 Rrmrns her Detective.

We'll. we'll" said Barney most ana
bly, N ii isn't my old friend Charles
H. Ali, The best little collector Fdds
aud Farcics ever had--my old friend
Charley OF Fats and Fducios. How are
YOU"
Th. person add essed trrued upon Mr..
Flood eyes as cold as hsh's eyes. in
which no recognition dwelt. merely an
noyance at unwarrantable familiarity.
His drawl might have crushed any one
except Central Office runner.
You. sir. have the aivantag. OF me, -
he returned Il never saw YOU in my
life. 10 not know YOU"
"oh. yes YOU do persisted BARNEY.
still affaby Now think OF all the per-
sons in the world you should rem. mber.
No: Don't remember me pnching YOU
the time you tried to sNtorf $500 from
Edwin Mayne Post Of Tuxedo. the Stock
Exchange broker, and how you told Mr.
Post and others that Col. Mann welded
n very treuchant pen Don't remember
that at ALL
II repeat. sir 'epli,d Topper and
Spats "tha, YOU have me at an aivan.
tage. You are tn, victim OF a deluslon
For the present you are annoying. II
you continue to delay my walk | shall
/ summon a bobby"
"Oh. very we'll" said Barney Flood
/ knowing perfectly well that extortion
! for which Ahle was indicted on October
| l3. 1893. Is not an eXtradltablc offence
! even though Ahl- had skipped his bail ri
| 81. 900 put up by Martin Engel. HAY, 4,
| your own way, deah boy Give my re-
CARDS to his Majesty. Ia ia"
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LEwEs. Del. March 30--A tall, blond
haired young German. giving MIA name
as Ernest Schiller, is in jail here to-
night charged with piracy FOR having
single handed captured a British ship
with crew OF fifty-six men on the nigh
seas.
The blame for his own capture and The
Illustration OF his plans Schiller Places
on -four pals In Hoboken. who backed
out and left me alone % 30 ahead with
out them
Schiller slowed himself away On the
British steamship Matoppa in HoooNen
and crawl.d out OF the lif"boat at
O'Clock last nigh, after the steamship
mad cleared Sandy Hook ligh;SiiJ. WIN
two revolvers he made his way 10 'he
cabin of Capt. Richard Is isner ana
took charge of the vessel. "hi'A WI
bound for Vladiyostok. siberia. with
barbed wire and railroad materials.
Schiller kept the British captain a
prisoner in his cabin while ne proceeded
TO the wireless station and rounded VI
the two wireless operators and smasheu
IN. wireless outfit lie then marched the
two operators TO the captains quarters
and sent for the second engineer. 10
whn,n b, issued instructions to keep the
Vessel ON her course during the nlght.
Threatens All On Board.
#, also sent out word 10 the other
officers and the crew not TO attempt 10
rescue the captain under penalty Oh Ger
tain death for all hands on boafd
schiller told second Engineer Harris 10
notify the entire crew that their lives
d.pend.-i on his (Schiller's) good humoi
because he had mined the vessel ana
placed in the cargo bombs which ne 'ou'o
explode at any moment he saw NJ:
The life Of every man on this sh.p de-
pends on absolute obedience I" .n.
orders schiller told his captives. See
,ha, they are carried out to the letter II
YOU value your lives. II you do as
tell YOU | shall endeavor TO save you al
and destroy the ship without loss o.
/ life .,,.,
During the whole night the British
! crew obeyed Schiller and headed IN
vessel down the coast after the capto
/ had ransackcd the boat for papors
money aud guns lie confscated three
/ reyo,vefs he found among the Ens!'s ~
officers and also gathered in $40 IN Eng
l.sh money and slc in American CT"
-eugN. 49,
In III. morning Schiller went on 'n'
briJp. with the captain and ordered IN
/ shin headed for the Delaware Break
wa,cr lie declared that he had satisfied
himself that the cargo Was not su"h pa'
contraband az he had suspected when ~
smuggled himself On board, and that th'
cap,a!n's story during the night anou
his wife and children in England mac
greatly impressed him.
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The official oommunlpue issued oN
the French Wa" Office Tonight follows
South o. the Sonme We bumlarded
provision depots AZ PuzeauN and
Hallu. IN the region Of thaulncs.
West OF Nouvion an enemy aero
plane was brought down by our spe-
cial guns The machine fell five
meters IN front % our trenches. The
passengers We're killed. We brought
back TO our lines the mitraill. uses
from the aeropline.
North of the A.sne the ,i-e of ouI
batteries directed agaius; enemy or
ganizations on the NauC.e!c plateau
caused heavy explosion.
In Champagne our specla, cannon
brought down "A German aerUplane
which fell In the enemy lines na:
Saint Marle-a-P,.
In the Argoine We bombardel
Malancourt wood enetgeticslly. At LA
Fille Mortc one of our mines destroyed
German trenches and another de-
s,royed an enemy post "A, Hill 2sj.
West of the Meuse in the course
OF the day the bombardment was con-
tinued In the region ot Malancou:t
without infantry action.
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For these reasons, Schiller announced
ma, he would spare everybody on board
and give them chance 10 take 10 the
boats and land before the vessel n1ew
un. Nobody, however. was In leave the
vessel before Schiller was safely ashore
To guarantee his own safety Schili'r
ordered A boat lowered and commanded
three members Of the crew 10 man II
with two officers.
81 shall take two of your "t'lceis WIN
M. A, hostages said Schiller TO capt
E.rgner ~ YOU attempt to ram my
boat the lives Of Your officers VIII he
forfeited
Schiller reckoned without the steam
pilot boat philadelphia As soon as
schiller started off IN hs boat from 'he
steamship capt. Rer.rer hoisied Slghai
aags giving the name of his vessel and
SAYING 'piracN .,..,
Cant, \. W. tonwell Of she pilot
boat saw these signals. He went straight
for the lifcboa, in which Sehii'er was
attempting To land. and, Grasplng the
situation called out To schiller mat
II, would tow him inside the break
water. conwcl, DECLARED that S'hiler
would drown Il he tried to land on the
beach The sea was rollInS h'en anu
scli,u.r accepted the offered tow.
Capt. Berencr AZ the same Inn" ss
nailed ashore what had happened ana
the Icwes and Hcnlopsu coast guards
immediately started out in their NE
boats to capture the German pirate.
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Srl.iler was sitting IN III" stem oi
the boat. keeping ms English boat crew
and hostages under cover Win Ms re-
volvers. when the coast guarus 'IoS'u
i'm on him. The German quickly real
lied that resistanc. was useless. lie
,hr.w his r,volyers overheard Just As
the coast guards jumped on HIM and
pinned him down.
when he was landed hel,, schiller
nut up a terrific night. however IN an
attempt to escape, but was soon pui
In irons and turned over 10 the JUS
,ice of the peace. Napoleon Ronaparte
Register who has four armed guards
watching the German prisoner III the
jail Tonight
pr. W. Il, Messick has examined Srhll-
Ter in the cell and is OF the opinion
that I've is either "A drus user or ~ men-
tally unbalanced,
III my four pals IN Iiobohen had not
backed out. got scared. I would hay.
accomplished my purpose schiller de
clared. II woud have sunk the vessel
and others as we'll. even though ! had no
bombs There are several otheg ways
of sinking a ship. know, for ! served
three years on the British training ship
conway in Liverpool and also studied
marine engineering in Hull My tou"
mails could have navigated this vessel
ye,y we'll and taken her wherever |
wanted To 90
II spent three weeks IA New Norh, or
rather in Hoboken. preparing for this,
| went along the docks buying drinks
for the sailors and learning from them
what ships wee sailing with contrahnnd,
W Food for Two Days.
"I also got together a crew # four
men. very able men, but the sailors Led
to me-. They told me TINS ship was
going 10 sail on Thursday of last week,
hut she did not san untl the following
Wednesday night, There ! lay in tn.
llfeboat on the upper deck, waiting for
the ship to sail and cursing the sailors
who had lied to me. For two days
did not cat I had only brought some
sandwiches with me.
1T got very cold too, only during the
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The afternoon communlque was a,
follows:
South of The Sonme. after a violent
artillery bomba ldment as preparation,
the enemy penetrated one of the adj
vanced points of our line at "a point
west of Nermandovillers. north of
Chaulnes \ counter attack on our
part. however, drove them out at once.
West of the Meuse the Germans last
night delivered several counter at
tacks against our positions in the wood
OF AvOcourt. All these assaults. how
ever were driven back by our cur
talns of fire and The firing Of our ma
chine guns and infantry detachnents.
which caused heavy losses in the ranks
OF the enemy. This was notably the
case before the redoubt Of Avocourt.
where the Germans left piles of dead.
There has been no new military en-
deavor in the region of Malancourt.
East of the Meuse and in the Woevre
district here have been intermittent
ombardments. The Germans have
thrown into the Meuse north of 81
Mihiel "A great number of floating
mines. which. however, have caused no
damage.
In Lorraine there has been activity
on the part of our artillery between
Domevre and Bremcnil There has
been no other happening of Importance
to report from any other point on the
front
During the day of March 20 one OF
our aerial attacking sauadrons threw
down fifteen shells OF large calibre on
the Metz-Sablons railway station and
five others on the railroad station
at PaEny-sur- -MOselle. During the
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East of the Meuse iNe Germans
directed IA violent attack this morn
ing on our positions around Fort Duu-
aumont. accompanied 10y the throwing
OF burning liquids. The enemy was
completely r.pulscd \ little later II
second attack On the same point had
no more success and also cost the
Germans very appreciabls losses
In the WOev.e there WAS intcrm.t-
tent artillery activity.
In the Nosges "A strong enemy recon-
naissance which attempted TO reach
our trenches 10 the north OF Wissem-
bach was dispersed by our fire cur
tain.
Aviation: In the course of the dav
our avators were very active. In
Champagne. in the region OF Don
trian. one Of our pilots brought down
Fokker. which fell in flames in the
enemy lines.
In the region Of Neidun five Ger
man aeroplanes were brought down in
the immediate vicinity of the lines.
our ueroplOnes were attacked many
times, but all our pilots returned un-
injured
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STORM CAUSES fire
RELIEVED WIND AND COLD
PLAYED PART IN LAST
NIGHTS BLAZE.

Damage estimated AT from $500 20
$500 was done, when a fire broke out
last night in the II. T. McCord q Son
elevator, on East Third street.
The blaze was discovered at about
S o'clock by Charles Thomas. who
saw the flames from the street. Snow
and cold retarded the firemen. who
had the blaze under control shortly
after they arrived.
II. T. McCord said today hat the
fire had its origin in the engine room
under the office. 1t is thought TO
have started from a stove or chimney
in the engine room. While the fire
in the stove ordinarily Is permitted TO
die out toward evening, Mr.. McCord
said that on account of the extreme
cold more fuel had probably been put
into the stove than usually. and that
the fire was urged on by the high
wind blowing at the time.
Office furniture and the office
floor was damaged. The loss is Gov
cred by insurance.
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IN Old AGE
Former Rich Manufacturer Die
Alone i'm Claim shack.

Newell. Jan. 12.-Marvin Bough-
ton. SIS years old, living alone. vas
found dead on his ranch thirty miles
east of Newell. He was last seen by
neighbors five days previous. A pio-
neer in Deadwood. at one time own
ing bedrock title TO quite a block OF
the city, he was widely known and
greatly respected, Mr.. Boughton
was an Indian fighter in early times
and many years ago was mayor Of
Cheyenne, Wyo. Going to Montana
from Deadwood. he made a fortune in
manufacturing brick, having yards in
several cities. Later. reverses came
and ultimately he lost everything. He
then drifted westward TO the Pacific
coast, where he remained until
brought back to the Hills as a wit
ness in an important land ease about
three years ago. He located IN his
present homestead of 800 acres less
than three months ago and had only
been living or 1t about a month
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-12
BANKERS Meetings
THREE FINANCIAL INSTITt-
TIONS ELECT OFFICERS-DA-
KOTA STATE ELECTION
TONIGHT.

Stockholders and directors OF three
Madison banks yesterday held their
annilal meetings. The only notewor-
thy change of officials. was that at
the First National bank, Whereby r.
j. Schueller succeeds - c. Legee As
assistant cashier.
The following are the officers and
directors of the First National bank
c. E. Olstad, president; w. =. Dan
iels. vice president; M. III. C~olgrove,
cashier: F. j. Schueller, assistant
cashier; William Rohrer. assistant
cashier.
The directors are G.. h. Oistad. ~.
Z. Daniels, ]. A. johnson, w. O. Gle
napp and NJ. II. C~olgrove.
The following officers and diree-
tors were elected by the Security
state bank:
G. E. Clstsd, president: w. O. Gle
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when it left, but only one 10 the
south train, which followed.
Many Frostbites.
There were a number of minor
frostbites during the day, but up TO a
late hour there had been no report of
serious freezing. Among those whose
faces were nipped by the cold was
Henry Conley, Milwaukee railway
conductor. who while on his way TO
the passenger depot this morning was
forced TO stop and rub snow on a spot
Oh his cheek that the frost had turn
ed white.
Plumbers were kept busy during
the day repairing damage done by the
cold to residence water services
throughout the city. The plumbers
told that the demand for repair men
during the forenoon was such that
they were unable to give the prompt
response they would liked to have
given.
Perhaps the greatest sufferers
were the mail carriers and delivery
wagon drivers. One city mail carrier
had a finger badly frosted. The
rural carriers started u this morn
ing. 1t is thought improbable that
they were able to complete their
trips. Most drivers today made de-
liveries, running beside or behind
their wagons In some places drifts
compelled them to climb into their
vehicles.
Bad for Farmers.
The country roads are practically
impossible for automobiles. and a few
Of the small number OF farmers who
came 10 the city during the day eX-
pressed intentions of remaining in
town all night. Scores of business
men and their employees who live only
a few blocks from their wcrk ate
their midday meals at nearby res
taurants. y
Farmers say they do not think that
stock in this section suffered eX-
tremely. Some said that while the
storm will prevent cattle from feed
ing in the corn fields. owners gener-
ally had ample warning of the inn
pending drop in temperature and pro-
vided for the proper sheltering of
their animals.
Cold Wave General.
Reports received this afternoon
over the Western Union telegraph
wires are to the effect that the cold
Is general over the northwest. 1t Is
thought that WATERFOWL is about
the hardest hit of any of the South
/ Dakota cities. 1t is said that the eX-
tremely low temperature. wind and
snow have caused a tie-up there and
that business Is all but suspended.
Temperatures ranged from p de
grees below zero in Iowa, TO so de-
grees below zero in parts of North
Dakota and SIS degrees below zero in
western Canada.
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FATAL DEMONSTRATION
Boy Shows Shotgun Safety-kills
Brother Who Is Watching.

Redfield. Jan. 12.-Lee. the 49,
year-old son OF Mrs. c. C. Country
man, living three miles north Of here,
died Saturday as the result OF a gun
shot wound received at the hands OF
his 13-year-old brother the day be-
fore.
The two boys were in the kitchen
of the farm home examining a shot
gun. The younger boy held the gun
and, 1T Is said, endeavored 10 show
his elder brother how the safety
catch on the weapon worked. The
gun was accidentally discharged and
the full charge of shot struck the
brother In the center of the left thigh
about six inches above the knee. The
bone was badly shattered by the shot,
but the direct cause Of his death was
loss of blood and shock. BY the time
a physician could be summoned such
a loss OF blood had occurred that the
unfortunate young Ia was too weak
TO survive.
Mrs. Countryman, who Is a widow,
lost her oldest son. then Is years old
by %pneuonmia three years ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-12
WOODMEN INSTALL
LOCAL LODGENEN SERVED WITH
SUPPER FOLLOWING ANNUAL
BUSINESS SESSION.

Madison lodge. Modern Woodmen
OF America. held its annual meeting
and installation of officers in the
lodge hall last night. VIII Woest-
mar was the installing officer. and
the following will preside over the
lodge during the coming year:
A. G.. Gray. consul; j. w. Herring
ton. adviser; C. II. Roberts, banker;
+. l.. Kelley. clerk; WIN Westaby.
escort; c. A. Angle, Waterman: Emil
Rathke. sentry; A. G. Gray. trustee.
A supper and social time were had
upon the conclusion OF the business.
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ANTISALOON LEAGUE MEETING
POSTPONED.

There were not enough men met
today al the A%ntisaloon league meet
Ing TO call the meeting TO order. T..
f. Hunt. the leagues representative
from Mitchell, was present. On mo-
ton ii was decided to postpone the
meeting for two weeks from this
date. There will, therefore, be no
meeting this evening.