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The sun., 1916-12-19
KAISER'S CONSUL
CLAIMS FRAMEUP
BOpp Says England's Repre-.
sentative COncOcted Bomb
Plot Against Him.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. lS.--Charges that
A, Carnegie Ross. British Consul-Ge
eral in San Francisco. had plotted with
secret agents to discredit representa-.
tives OF the German Government in this
city were made by the defence to-day in
the trial Of German Consul-General
Franz Bopp and six others. charged with
conspirng to violate American neutral
ity by destroying munitions Of war des.
tined for the Entente Allies.
Otto o. Orr. private detective and n
Government witness. testified to-day tba,
he had seen Johannes van KoolbcrRen
ono Of the defendants. carry a bomb
with a clock exploding device to the NJ.
nee or tho German Consul Genera, on
August Is. 1915. He said Van Kool.
bergen was admitted 70 q room I'm The
consulate office usually occupied by
bopp, Van Koolbergen diplayed the
bomb TO himself and to w. A. Mund.Il.
head OF a private detective agency, Orr
testified.
Don't you know that the bomb nm .
taken to Consul Bopp's Office as a result
OF frameup between detectives ana
British Consul-General A. Carnegie
Ross?" asked Theodore A. Roche of
counsel for the defense. Orr denied that
he had such knowledge.
who signed consulate checks?" asked
United States District Attorney Preston
OK frederick Jessen. a clerk In the con.
sulate. who was on tho witness stand.
Mr.. Bopp." replied Jessen.
IL Is the purpose OF the Government
Preston said. to connect Bopp with the
money paid by the consulate to Louis
j. Smith and C. c. Crowley for alleged
dynamiting activities.
The sun., 1916-12-19
MRS. VANDERBILT
UNDER SHELL FIRE
She Writes Of Her Visit to
First Line Trenches on
the French Front.

Mrs. william X. Vanderbilt in an ar
ticle In Harper's Maoasine for January
gives an interesting account Of her ex-
;,eriences at the battle front in France.
She was the only woman permitted to
visit verdun. to he admitted to the ad-
vance stations near the trenches and to
examine the field ho~pitals where no
other women, even nurses. were per-
mitted.
Under the guidance of A. Piatt An
drew. inspector general OF the American
ambulance corps. she visited Pont a
Mousson at q time when the place was
sheiled
She gives this description OF her ex-
perience In a cellar after being awakened
after midnight by the bursting Of shells
"All the boys. Mime. Marin. and a con-
stantly increasing number OF French SOL
diers who rushed In from houses where
there were no cellars had already as
sembled there. 1t was very dark and
cold and we all sat together without
talking much except to count the explo-
sions and to watch through a cellar
window a house which had been set on
fre BY a she'll.
Then when the bombardment slack
ensd somewhat We went outside, but
not far from the cellar door as long as
the shells continued to arrive. However.
they stopped as suddenly. as unreason-
ably, as they had begun. and ! went
back TO bed and almost Immediately to
sleep. for the ordinary silence OF the
night seemed very soothing. The next
morning We learned that the lombard
ment had been reprisal for some
bombs dropped on Metz"
The sun., 1916-12-19
GERMANS REPULSED
AFRESH AT VERDUN
Crown Princes Troops Try to
Regain Seven Mile Front
After BOmbardmcnt.

PARIS. Dec 1s.-The Crown Prince
last night attacked furiously to recap
ture from the French all their new won
positions at Nerdun. His troops got
into the French trenches at one small
point on the front Of nearly seven miles.
To-day the French came back and drove
the Germans out again. Every foot OF
ground won In the great attack OF FRI
day In restored to France.
The German attack OF last evening
was prepared by a very strong bonn.
bardment lasting twenty-four hours OF
all the new French positions on the
right bank OF the Meusc. From Vauche.
rauville. on the river bank to Bezon.
vaux. German shells OF all calibres burst
necessarily. Particularly on Pepper
Ridge and on the Chambrettes farm tho
German gunners concentrated.
When dusk fell the German infantry
came from their trenches and started
across tho shell blasted ground to where
the French lay waiting for them. French
guns and machine guns opened upon
them a terrific fire. and the advancing
lines were broken. At many places they
never got near the French trenches.
At the Chambrettcs firm. about the
centre of the new French front, the
strongest German attack was delivered
against positions that had been subjected
to the strongest artillery fire. There was
a deadly struggle there that wavered for
a time and ended finally with the Ger
mans In possession OF a few trenches on
one part OF tho farm. The French held
trenches not stones throw away.
Then came the French counter attack.
Dashing from their trenches about the
scrap OF ground held by the Germans
the French infantry hung themselves
upon their opponents with rife. bayonet
and bomb. while tho French artillery
laid n barrage fire OF mathematical pre-
cision.
After spirited engagement the
ofiicial statement says. the French
drove the enemy from tho Chambrettes
farm. which we occupy anew In It's en-
tirety. We took two machine guns"
Since last Friday. when tho big Ver-
dun attack was made. the French there
have taken 1887 prisoners. OF whom
2S4 are officers. 1t Is announced.
The sun., 1916-12-19
RUMANIAN ARMY Is
SAVED BY RUSSIANS
Remnants Of King Ferdinand's
Forces Now Safe Behind
Musc0vito Lines.
HOPE TO STOP INVADER
stand Is to Be Made on the
Sereth Against Won
Mackensen.

1oNDoN, Dec. 1s.-what survives Of
TIE Rumanian army is safe, withdrawn
6ohind the Russian line to bs reorsan-
iSed. The whole Rumanian front Il
now held by Russian troops alone. A
Paris despatch quotes the Petit Pa,Jsian
a. stating this on authority.
The Russians will make stand on or
near the sereth line and are even now
In strong positions where It 10 expected
Ven Aackenssn's drive can be stopped.
Thus Russia hopes to save Moldavia.
Rumanian's northern province. making
good a part Of Gen. BrusllofYs promise
to save Rumania.
: Already the survivors Of Rumania's 8
army. estimated when she entered the
war rs high as 100000 men. are
sheltered by the Russians. They are all
beyond the Sersth River in Jassy, the
new Rumanian capital. or In the Russian
province Of Bessarabia.
Russians Take Charge.
Once Bucharest and Pioesci we're lost.
On December 8. the Russians took COM
pIote charge Of the situation. They sent
heavy forces, particularly Of cavalry. to
check the Teutons. while King Ferd-
inands army started q rapid retreat
that did not end until II had got 100
smilss from the scene Of it, defeats. The
Russians covered the retreat.
Nuscovite troops offered strong re.
distance to the Teutons near Rureu. not
with the intention Of holding the citv
but OF DELAYING the inyad dere until the
last Rumanian was safe and also until
engineers had finished constructing q de-
fensive line south OF the Sereth.
Russia Ii now accomplishing the re-
markable feat OF holding front of
roughly 1000 miles, exclusive Of Asia
Minor. giving ground only In Rumania
for strategic reasons. Russian troops
also are fighting under Sarrail in Mace
oonia and are holding sector Of the
Champagne front In France.
Russia's Task Heavy.
While Russia was extending her front
across Rumania the Teutons were able
to break through nowhere else or even
to dent the Russian lines in Galicia or
Volhynia. and Russia was conducting .
series OF terrific attacks In the Car
pathians
The official statements to-day indicate
that Won Mackensens troops are facing
the Russian prepared line. 4 ineir prog
ress 10 not so rapid as IN the last fort
"t8ot. lho oay statement from bernn
reports that the situation Is unohanGed.
me announcement that hostile COLI
umns. whether Russians or Rumanians
o ~. 'eo. reeans 70 hraha on the
80 o .,a aaeheu oy a,rpianes
VI .n..n ,..0r p,U 70 ns s human'ans.
only "minor en1arements resulting "a
vornbly 10 us' in waliach,a Tn tho
Dobrudia however 4, ia Announced that
the .Pecineasa line has heen
crossed by the troops n,,rs,,inp Can Sak.
harofY' M s,,rnrise is ,si, az ,hat rnr
SakhayofY had 10 abandon thar Inc n
conform 70 the s,tua,ion In XVal,achia
The line IA twen,y.five miles south a, the
Oanuho Ioon et,v lii. rar,h -, 49,
Con.tan,a .C.rrovoda liz. '"'
Ready for Won Nacken.e..
The sun., 1916-12-19
EXPLOITS OF HERO
AVIATOR ARE TOLD
BOelke's Reports Of Combats
With knights Of the
Air Published.

BERLIN (by wireisss). Dec. IRE
plete with dramatic incidents and inter-
esting features are the reports Just pub
lished Of the late Capt. Bosike, the IA
nous German aviator. who brought
down forty hostile airplanes during his
service with the army. which ended
with his death on October 10 last. As
summarissd by the Overseas News
Agency. these reports from the field In.
clude the following:
Shortly after the opening Of the war,
on October 81. 1914. Boelke reported
that on q reconnoitring trip over Rheims
he had observed nine batteries. one Of
which was In close proximity to the ca
thedral. On July 6. 1915, Boelke re-
ported:
THE superiority Of the German ma.
chimes 10 becoming more apparent To.
day had the impression that the enemy
was no longer Offering resistance but
that he had nearly given up hope Of
escape. Shortly before the fall Of the
hostile machine the observer made q
typical movement with his hand ~ II
to say: Why let US 20 on? We are done
for. and surrender"
The reports show that in the majority
Of the air engagements the distance be-
tween the combatants usually was about
100 meters. but often only from thirty
to forty meters. On November 2, 1915,
Boelke approached a French aviator an
close as three meters. HE fed" says
Boelke's report. but 1t didn't help him,
for I was much quicker. I fired 500
shots. keeping UP the fire until ne began
10 fall. I had approached to a distance
Of three meters and still he hadn't begun
to come down. At tho moment when 4
collision seemed inevitable I turned my
machine rapidly on It's left side. The
enemy turned his upside down on the
right hand. did not see him any
more"
Boelke reported . grewsoms incident
on one Of the last Of his raids. on Oc-
tober Of this year.
II wondered at the stubbornness of
the enemy" wrote the aviator. CON
sidering that he must have been finished
a long time ago; but he continued 10
circle In the same fashion. Reason
told me the man must be dead and that
the machine was being maintained In
It's right position only by the rubber
bands at the helm. Therefore I APP
preached closely and saw the occupant
Of the machine leaning toward TIE
right side. dead. The airplane bore the
number 74s5. The horrible picture left
me mistaken. I let the man alone and
attacked the ne1t pne."
The sun., 1916-12-19
MAYOR TESTIFIEs IN LAWSUIT.
Denies Revolver which Fell Ia
Court Room Floor Was His.

Mayor Mitchell appeared as q witness
yesterday before Supreme Court Justice
Piatzek at the opening of the suit for
100000 damages brought by George l..
Tirreli. chief OF the bureau OF standards.
against the Herald for alleged libel in
connection with Tirrclls salary Increase.
While the Mayor was waiting to he
called n revolver fell to the floor. II
came from the Mayors pocket, accord :
ing to an attendant near by. The Mayor,
however. denied he had dropped a pistol.
On the stand the Mayor testified to
the effect that Tirrell's raise was not
wedged into the 1915 budget at the last
minute. a. intimated In the Herald ar.
ticles.
lie gave similar testimony in the suit
by Tilden Adamson. chief OF the bureau
Of contract supervision. who won $25 900
damages against the newspaper on the
ba sis Of stories alleging that he had re-
ceived pay increase Of $1,000 through
'trickery."
The sun., 1916-12-19
FRENCH LOSSES PUT
AT S,SO0,OOO MEN
Berlin Despatch Fixes British
Casualties ut 100000
Germany's Toll Less.

BERLIN (by wireless), Dec. 1S.-The
losses OF the French army to date have
been 3.soo,ooo and Of the British 1900
900. according to competent military
authority says an Overseas News
Agency statement to-day.
On the same authority the French
losses on the Somms up to the END OF
November are estimated at not less than
100000 and those of the British at
$4,000.
The statement says:
"The total French losses since the
beginning Of the war have been $780, 900
together 100000. These figures ara
based on most reliable data. They do
not include the losses Of the colored
troops OF both the French and British
armies. but As these coiored auxiliary
troops are always used as much as pos
sible in great attacks. the total of
French and British losses probably is
several hundred thousand higher.
I'm the engagements on the Somme.
since July I. l40 French and British
divisions have been employed. These
from the ocean to Switzerland. The ma
jcrity OF these divisions. after short
rests. returned twice or even three or
four times to the front.
The French losses on the Somme up
10 the end OF November are estimated as
at least 100000 and the British at $780,
900 men.
Thus the total Of French and British
losses on the Sommc are conservatively y
estimated as at least 100000 men. They.
therefore, exceed considerably the Ger
man losses as estimated by Germany's
enemies at 6ao 900 men. As matter Of
fact the Germ losses were much less
than 5o0,ooN Vt the same time IL must
he taken into consideration that about
rs per cent. Of all the German wounded,
after a short time. are able to return to
the front. thanks TO the excellent med ca
care they receive and the high standing
o. German surgery"
The sun., 1916-12-19
RUSSIANS STORM HEIGHTS.
Regain Trrnch Positions From
G~rmnns In Porsk Reglon,

LoNpoS. Dec. 1s.-Russian troops have
been victorious to-day in attack and
counter attack. Several heights in the
Carpathians rna- the Moldavian frontier
have been .tui" o.. whilc in Nolhynla
the Russia E.tN' retaken trench
position vh'ch tn" Germans captured
yesterday In the region Of Forsk.
This news ~ contained in the Russian
of1cial stnte'n,r', which Is made public
by the Wireless rrcss. The statement,
IL Is announced. was intercepted by the
tBritishl Admiralty"
That the Russian official statements
should now he mad" public through this
channel, and NOT by telegraph from
PetroGrad. arouSes curiosity as TO
whether dirc,t communication between
Russia and all hcr Allies except Ru-
mania has been severed. In this con-
nection the activities Of German sub.
marines IN Russian waters are recalled.
The sun., 1916-12-19
LEAVES WAR TO WIN A BRIDE.
british soldier, Here on Missien,
70 Return 10 France.


WATERBURY, Conn.,. Dec. 1s.--Arm In
arm with his bride to be, Private James
Messenger Of the British army LEFT here
tonight for New York, where he will
hnish the mission on which he left the
trenches In France and came to this
country.
The bride to bs 10 Elisabeth Laura
Skahn. who was Q school girl In Lower
Connaught when he was Q boy there.
Before she came to this country six
years ago she promised to wait for him.
but the call to war came and Messenger
answered II. She has been serving as
4 gOverness here.
Messenger kept up his correspondence
from the trenches, and finally she agreed
to marry him II he came over He got
the furlough. reached here Sunday night,
and after they are married they will re-.
turn-she to . homo in Birmingham,
England. and he to the trenches.
The sun., 1916-12-19
RIDICULE IN JAPAN.
Peace Project IL Regarded b
Newspapers a. Farcical,

TOXIC. Dec 1s.-The German peace
proposal probably will be delivered to
the Japanese Government tomorrow.
Commenting on the proposal the news
papers declare that Japan will never
agree to surrender kiao-chou. In gen.
eral they express the opinion that the
peace project AS It has been reported in
the news dispatches Is a farcicai bro.
cedure and will be unacceptable to the
Entente because It Is tantamount to
abandonment OF the object for which
the Entente Powers have waged war.
The sun., 1916-12-19
SAY GEN. Won FABECK Is DEAD
Commander ON SOmme III Since
Summer, Despatches Assert.

LONDON. Dec. 10 (Tuesday). Gen.
Won Fabeck, commander In chief of one
OF the German armies on the western
front, is dead according to German
newspapers. says a Reuter- despatch
from Amsterdam.
An Exchange Telegraph despatch from
Amsterdam says that Gen. Won Fabeck
commanded on the Somme front and
that he became sick after the summer
fighting.
The sun., 1916-12-19
Nisht Work Case Dism isse d

WAsHINGroN. Dec. 1S.-Without de-
Gliding constitutional questions raised,
the Supreme Court to-day dismissed A
test case appealed by the Charles
Schweinler Press. corporation of New
York city. to determine validity of New
York's woman labor law which prohibits
night employment OF women.
The court held that the question had
not been determined as required by the
highest New York court. but only by
an inferior court.
The sun., 1916-12-19
German bonds Held in Repr,..,

LONDON, Dec. 1s.-sir Samuel Evan,
president Of the British Prize cour,
ruled to-day that German bonds con-.
under the reprisals order and tha, Co
man securities to tho value Of 3O.ooa
marks. which were seized while on tbe,v
way in a letter to the State Commerce.,
and Savings Bank Of Chicago, shoplS
remain in court.
The sun., 1916-12-19
BRITISH SURE OF
mo" TO GERMANY

Continued from First Page.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-10-06
ANNIVERSARY Of
THE GREAT FIRE
Next Monday named for
general cleanup and
fire prevention day

Governor Ferris has designated
next Monday October 9th, as estate
Fire Prevention Day." The Governor
urges concurrent action upon the part
of newspapers, public officials, school
teachers, fire departments, and all
civic societies and property owners in
a general cleanup and all dirt and re-
fuse, and the removal of fire hazards
as not only to promote beauty and
sanitation throughout the state, but
to have a pronounced influence in low
ering the fire loss. The fire losses in
Michigan every year run into the
millions, and the loss of life into the
hundreds. Seventy-fve per cent Of
the fires and accidents are due to pre-
ventable causes, and could easily be
avoided by the exercise Of reasonable
care and precaution. Next Monday
is the anniversary of the great
Chicago fire, and Governor Ferris
urges the people of Michigan to see
to it that Fire Prevention Day means
something this year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-10-06
WOULD DISTRIBUTE
FEDERAL ROAD FUND

Dana p. Smith engineer and Lewis
Waber, chairman of the Board Of
County Road Commissioners were in
Lansing last week to attend the State
meeting of the County Road Commiss-
toner's and Engineers. The meeting
resulted in a plan being formulated
for the introduction Of a bill in the
next legislature which will properly
distribute among the counties of the
state, the federal appropriation for
the building of good roads. Seventy
five million dollars was appropriated
by the government to be distributed
among the states. Of this sum,
Michigan will get$2, 1885, ,756. To equit-
ably distribute this sum and specify
what roads shall receive the benefit Of
it, is the object of the proposed legis-
lation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-10-06
FIRE DESTROYS SCOvEL BARN

Fire destroyed the large barn on
the G. S. Scovel place east of town
last Monday evening. The origin of
the fire is unknown, although it is
supposed to have originated from a
gasoline engine, stationed in the barn
and used for pumping water. Harry
Tellam and E. A. Aseltine were the
first on the scene, and soon a crowd
had collected. The stock with the eX-
ception of a cow and calf were saved,
as was also buggy, lawn mower and
some small articles. All the tools and
other contents, together with several
thousand grape baskets, two sheds,
one small barn and a smoke house
were all a total loss. At least a
thousand dollars worth Of tools went
up in smoke. The buildings and con-
tents were partially insured.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-10-06
SHIP SOME CERTIFIED GRAPES

There will not be- many cars of
Certified Grapes shipped from Paw
Paw this year, for the reason that the
fruit does not come up to the stand
ard, and further that the growers
have not learned yet how to put up a
package that will pass the inspection
Eventually however, all growers will
come to it. "The Wolverine" shipped
carload of certified grapes to st.
Louis last week and another car of
uncertified fruit to tHe same party
The certified fruit brought twenty
cents per eight pound basket and the
others eighteen cents. Several other
cars of certified grapes will go out
this week.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-10-06
PARTRIDGE TRAPPED
ON DOCTORS PORCH

DR.. Van Week was awakened last
Monday morning by a great commo-
tion on his front porch. The porch is
screened in and it sounded as if
some one was trying to tear it all
off. A hasty investigation revealed
the fact that the commotion was
caused by big plump partridge, that
had flown through the open screen
door and was endeavoring to fly
through the screen. The Doctor
finally captured the bird, but being
naturally of a timid and chicken
hearted nature, could not bear to kill
it. Consequently the partridge was
given its liberty. The writer knows
of several people who would have had
partridge for dinner, if one should
accidentally get trapped on their
front porch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-10-06
MRS. LOUISE SHAEFER.

Louise Egelus was born in Preston,
Canada, on December 23rd, 1843. She
came to Paw Paw with her parents
at the age of twelve years, and resid-
ed there until she was seventeen.
They then removed to Ann Arbor,
where in 1861 she was married to
Siegfried Shaefer. They went to live
in Clinton, Michigan, where her hus-
band was in business, and remained
there four years; then came back to
Paw Paw, making their home in the
village until 1880, and afterward upon
the farm where they lived until the
death of Mr.. Shaefer, about thirteen
years ago, since which time she has
lived with her daughter, Mrs. Hall
in Lawton.
She has been in failing health fo1
several years, and after several weeks
Of suffering, she passed away on the
morning of September 26th, 1916
aged about seventytwo years anc
nine months.
At the age of twenty-eight she be.
came member Of the Christian
church at Paw Paw, and has always
lived faithful and consistent life
taking a great interest in the affairs
of her church, even when she was un
able to attend the services.
She leaves surviving her two sisters
Mrs. Mary Welcher of Jackson anC
Mrs. Kate Pugsley of Three Rivers
and one brother, Edward Egelus Of
Idaho. Also three sons, Charles
Shaefer of Lawton, Henry and Franl
Shaefer of Paw Paw, and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Minnie Hall of Lawton
She also leaves nine grand children
and one great grand child.
A true friend, a loving sister, de
voted mother and a good christian
woman has gone to her reward.
Funeral services were held at tn
home of her daughter on Thursday
September 2Sth, conducted by Rev
F. A. Shape of Paw Paw.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-10-06
MEN ORGANIZED
A SOCIAL CLUB
y. M. G.. A. starts in with
25 charter members
and occupy "Cham-
Der of Horrors

A new social organization is occupy
ing the chamber of Horrors" in the
First National Bank building under
the post office. This chamber" was
Judge Killefer's justice court for
years. 1t has later been occupied as
a barber shop and cigar store. The
new club started in with twenty-five
charter members, and the following
officers President, c.. w. Reynolds;
secretary, Charles N. Hathaway;
treasurer, Barney O'Dell. The name
chosen for the organization is The o.
M. G. A. and the motto selected, GAS
we journey through life, let us live
by the way" The club furniture is
of a non-descript character, being
donated by the members. 1t is as
rule of antiquated design, and in a
dilapidated state Of repair. The
tables range from the round green
top with slot in the middle kind of
former years, to a sewing table which
some member evidently "swiped"
from his wife's sewing room. They
vary in heigth and previous condition
Of servitude." 1t is useless to at
tempt to describe the chairs, as space
and descriptive powers would not per-
NIT. A committee is laboring on a
constitution and bylaws which will
undoubtedly cover all the points need
ed in this unique organization.