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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
Manchester Guardian
Declares That China
is Endangered.
lsg
ENGLISH polio !, ],
Would See China Grow
Stronger, Says Newspaper,
Which is Semi Official.

London, England. The Japanese
government has delivered to the
Chinese minister at Tokyo, for trans
mission to his government, note en-
bodying the seven demands which
We're included in the Japanese pro-
gram of last spring, the Manchester
Guardian learns from Far Eastern
sources.
The Guardian expresses the hope.
that this news will be 'authoritative-
ly contradicted," as the demands
when previously presented were full,
of danger to China's independence, aa
their general effect would have beer
to place China under the tutelage of.
Japan.
cit is the aim and hope Of the
British policy" the newspaper con-
tinues. ''to see China strong and in
dependent, developing peacefully
without interference from any for
eign power. 1t is duty we owe
both to ourselves and to China. to
help her in that direction, and We
have enormous material interests.
which reinforce what is for us the
only right and just policy"
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, NINE PAvLoWA THE FAMOUS RUSSIAN DANCER. E1Nne
lfR SPECIALLY MADE BALLET COST MORE
or HER COSTUMES Do SHOE BILL FOR oNE yE1np
MOUNT TO NEARLY $1,000. ~ S ioAfs

that Germany is likewise sounding
out Japan's willingness to listen to
separate peace proposals.
Whether amy direct overtures have
been made to the TOXIC government
is not known, but in discussing the
prospect members of the diplomatic
corps in close touch with the Far
Eastern situation, called attention to
the fact that in recent weeks Japan
ese newspapers, apparently without
objection from the government, have
been indulging in more or less hostile
criticisms of Great Britain.
Would Surrender Islands
in order to make Peace with Japan
lit is said here Germany would be will
ling to surrender all claim to Kiau-
Chow and other military and com
mercial colonies in the Carolina is
lands. 1t is uointed out that the
German government acquired these
possessions at time when it appear
ed likely that China was to be parcel
ed out among European powers, and
Berlin wished to he on the scene for
"a share in the division.
Subsequently with the acceptance
of all the powers of the "open-door"
policy proclaimed by the United
States, the value of these possessions
became less real. More recently it is
said with the growth of Japanese in
tluence in China and other parts OF
the far east the Toxic government
has attained such position of pre-
eminence as to make it certain that
for years to come no European pow
er can hope to acquire any additional
territory in that direction.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
OUR OFFICERS
GET NEW TACTICS
AMERICAN MILITARY LEADERS
ARE MATCHING DETAILS OF
GREAT WAR.

Washington, d. C..-Soma idea. of
what American officers are learning
on the battle fronts of Europe was
given the senate military committee
yesterday by Colonel Charles Treat
of the army war college. Much OF
what the colonel said was treated as
confidential, but it is known that
he told the committee that there was
an American observer with each di-
vision of the opposing armies.
Colonel Treat disclosed that the
war department has definite informa-
tion OF the AZ centimeter howitzers
which the Germans used to crush
taeir way through the French.
The guns can be fired without
mounting and can be made ready 70.
use in less than two hours after they
reach a given point.
Both he and General Crozier told
of plans for similar guns now being
prepared in the war department. Pri-
marily they will be used in coast de-
Tense work, although motor tractor
plans for their use in field operations
are being worked out.
General Crozier's s examination by
members of the house committee in
dicated that efforts would be made
to write into the army bill definite
plans for utilizing private munitior
plants i'm times of war
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
STOCKMEN FLAY
MEXICAN POLICY
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS OF CEN.
SURE FOR WILSON'S WATCH
Full WAITING" DURING
NIASSACRES,

Ell Paso, Tex.-Approval by the
executive committee of the American
National Livestock association OF a
resolution demanding better protec-g
tion for Americans in Mexico and a
change in the administration policy
toward that country brought the
Mexican question prominently before
the delegates to the associations
nineteenth annual convention here.
The socalled Wilson forces. led by
Governor J. B. Hendrick, Of Wyom-:
ing, opposed the condemnation of tho
present American policy. Protection
for foreigners by means of American
patrols within, district 100 miles
south of the border until g perman-i
lent peace is established is urged in
the measure, and committee will lsgo
to Washington to urge such action
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BATS WILL EAT
BAD MOSQUITOES
SAN ANTONIO AUTHORITIES UTIL
IZE ANIMALS TO WIPE OUT 4
SCOURGE OF DISEASE.
BEARING INSECTS.

San Antonio. TEXAN army OF
mosquitoes eatihg bats, several thous-
and strong. Will be, turned loose IN
San Antonio next month. If as has
been predicted for it, the army sue
ceeds in Gripping seriously the ac-l
tivities of the germ-laden mosquito
population, many other cities may
follow San Antohio's example and
establish their "municipal bat
roosts."
DR.. G. A. r. Campbell, who has
made special study of bats, is re-
sponsible for San Antonio's bat roost.
The institution came into existence
last spring. 1t was not success in
its first year owing to the fact that.
It was established late in the spring,
and its population was not numer-
Gus enough. This spring there is a
large army of bats on hand and it is
expected to get an early start.
DR.. Campbell says that one bat
in the course of single day will eat
|one thousand mosquitoes. He expects
hordes of mosquitoes to perish daily,
and that by the end of the summer
the pestiferous insects will be almost
|if not entirely, missing from this To-
cality.
The fight of the bats will begin
about February ,15 and from then
until April 80 they will fly about all
night long, trailing and devouring
mosquitoes. DR.. Campbell says that
the more malaria, typhoid and other
germs mosquito carries, the better
the bat relishes it.
After April 80 the bats grow less
hungry and more sleepy. BY the end
of July their flight totals only about
two hours. Soon thereafter the sea-
son for baby bats arrives.
A neighboring city having written
to Dr. Campbell asking him to get
rid of mosquitoes. he replied: Breed
bats" Then he got another letter in
quiring "But when you've got rid OF
the mosquitoes how do you get rid
of the bats?"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
HOW GERMAN SEA
PLUNGER ESCAPED
CAPTAIN OF SUBMARINE Viz
REBATES EXCITlNG STORY OF
ESCAPING BRITISH OCEAN
METZ

Budapest, Hungary, ry,-Naval Lieu
tenant Wenninger commander of the
German submarine U-17 which torpe-
gives the following description of
how his submarine was caught in the
net of an English boat off the east
coast of England and how under the
most difficult circumstances he sue
ceeded in saving the boat and crew
from capture.
He said that they left their base
early in the morning and passed into
the North Sea. the boat being under
water With the periscope awash. 81
looked through the periscope," he
continued, ''and could see red buoy
behind my boat When ten minutes
later | looked | saw the buoy again,
still al the same distance behind us.
| steered to the right and then to
the left, but the bouy kept following
us ] decended deep into the water
but still saw the bouy floating on the
surface above us At last ] discover
ed that we had caught the chain OF
the buoy and that VIC we're dragging
it along with us. At this time | also
saw through the periscope that a
strange small steamer was steering a
course directly behind US and the
buoy. Atthe same time my sounding
apparatus indicated that a screw
steamer was III the vicinity. Obser-
walton revealed that five enemy tor
pedo boats were approaching from
the north | increased the speed OF
1 the boat in the expectation of being
able to attack one of them. The
five torpedo boats arranged them
selves in circle. ! sank still deeper
and got ready for eventualities.
I At this juncture my boat began to
roll in most incomprehensible man
ner. We began to rise and sink al
Iternately, The steering gear being ap-
| pafantly out of or0er. Soon after
wards, | discovered we had encoun.
tered wire netting and were hope
lessly entangled i'll it. We had. il
TACT, got into the let Of one Of the
hunters surrounding us.
For an hour and a half the net
ting carried us with it, and although
/ made every effort to get clear of it
it seemed impossible There wa.
nothing to do but to increase the
possible so that / might try to breal
4 the Netting. For unataly when w
started / had pumped in from five t,
six tons of water, filing all the tanks
~ increased the weight of the boa
to the utmost and suddenly we fel
a shock and were clear OF the net
ting. / then descended as deeply il
, the water as I could, the menomete
showing thirty meters. We remained
under water for eighteen hours
When ! wanted to ascertain wher
We We're, ! noticed that my compass
. was out of order For a time
steered by the green color of tn
water, but at last had to get rid o
the ballast in order to rise.
II then discovered that inc memo
meter continued to register the sam
depth and was also out OF order.
had therefore to be very careful no
: to rise too high and thus attract th
. attention of the torpedo boats. Slow
I ly the periscope rose above the SUI
. lace and ! could see the enemy i
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tax right of Indians. The Indian
view is that they are not just sub
iects TO taxation, and they protest
the payment OF any taxes for local
government.
The white man takes a different
view, and holds that the property of
the Indian, other than that over
which the government exercises con-
troll, is subject to taxation, and the
different authorities hold differently
between these two contentious, with
result that all palsies Interested are
hoping for final decision on the is
sues, and a general lineup under the
conditions which both parties Will
understand
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front of me, and towards the left the
east coast of England. / tried to
turn to starboard, but the rudder did
not work In consequence I had to
sink again to the bottom of the sea
where | remained for six hours, at
the end of which l had succeeded in
putting the compass in order and al
so in repairing the steering gear.
But upon rising this time, we We're
detected by a torpedo-boat which
made straight for us, forcing me to
descend again. I remained submerg-
ed for two hours, then turned slowly
outwards and at distance of some
frty meters from the leading enemy
craft passed towards the open sea. At
nine O'Clock in the evening we were
able to rise to the surface in safety. "
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
Albanian Seaport Cap
tured by Teutons
Concerns Rome.
AUSTRIAN ENVOY
Protests to Washington Over
Presence of Guns on Ital-
ian Liner Verona.

London England THE Austrian
drive down the eastern coast OF the
Adriatic, having passed beyond the
Montenegrin border, now is said to
have resulted in the capture of the
Albanian seaport. San Giovanni Di
Medua
Rome advices indicate that the
Italian government is concerned at
the extension OF Austrian influence
southward along the Adriatic, but
there are no Indications that further
measures to oppose the Teutonic
forces are under way.
1t is said that no alarm is felt in
Rome for Avalona, which has been
occupied by Italian troops, or for
Durazzo, in the hands of Essad Pa
sha, provincial president of Albania,
who has cast his lot with the Entente
Allies.
Austria Makes Demand.
Zwiedihek, charge of the Austroi-
Hungarian embassy, today asked the
state department what the United
States intends to do in the case of
the Italian steamship Verona, which
arrived in New York several days
ago with two guns mounted at her
stern.
Have Match for FokiSsr.
London, England Reuters cor
Respondent at British headquarters
in France describes a visit that he
made to the aerial headquarters and
Isays the Germans must tie we'll aware
that Great Britain possesses a battle
plane which is a very effective ans
wer to the German Fokker machine.
ialthough only a limited number of
them are. yet in actual service.
The correspondent describes a sin
gle days fighting against the Fokker
machine, in illustrating the effective
manner in which the British are able
to deal with these German aircraft,
which. he says, although extremely
valuable as lighting machines, are
believed to have a flying radius of
only $50 miles.
British Loses to Turks.
Berlin, Germany.-The British
forces going to the front of the
troops surrounded by the Turks at
Kut-el-Amara attacked the Turkish
ipOSlt1On near Menlar1 on January Il /,
but We're repulsed after an engage
ment lasting six hours, according to
official reports issued by the Turkish
headquarters
The British left about 5000 dead
on the field added the dispatch, while
lit says: "'rhe Turks losses were
comparatively slight. Generar Ayl-
mer, commander of the British
forces. asked and obtained one
days truce in order to bury the dead.
| British Losses Heavy.
British soldiers taken prisoners
stated that the British had also lost
5000 in killed and wounded in the
| fighting near Shek Aid
"The Turks attacked another Bri-
/ tbs detachment advancing to the west
of Corna from Nun Tefik which
caused the British to retreat. The
British left 100 dead"
Declares I}ritons Lost.
Berlin, Germany-An official Tur-
kish statement received here says
that British forces in Mesopotamia
made another attack upon Turks, but
gave up the effort after sustaining
Iappalling losses.
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EUROPEAN WAR LOSSES
EXCEED 14,9OO,OOO MEN

London, England. The gross
casualties in the war up to the be-
ginning of January exceed 14,90O,-
900, according to the computations
of a prominent statistician and stu
dent of war estimates.
The basis for the figures is Of.
flcial and other reliable information
The number of killed is estimated at
one in every five, and prisoners talk
en- average one in every seven or
eight.
The experts estimate Of eros.
casualties suffered by each warning
nation follows:
Russia, 100000
Germany, 100000.
Austria-Hungary 2,S00,CO0.
France, 2.30O, 900.
Great Britain. 100000.
Italy. 100000.
Belgium, Serbia, Bulgaria and
Turkey. 100000.
Grand total 100000.
In the present war. at least 21,.
100000 men are under arms.
Figures furnished by previous wars
show that in the Balkan struggle
of 1912-1913 350,OOO men were
killed out of 1,250,0O0 engaged In
the Russo-Japanese war 555, 900 were
killed out of 2,5oO,OO0 engaged.
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i'll exportations to American con
sumers Of 5.00S,499 cigars. Dur
ing these months of 1914 the total
shipments amounted to 47,972,05
and in 1915 to 50,9S0, $40.
February was the month of larg.
est increase when 9,120,4s7 cigar.
were shipped as against 4,0S7 20:
in 1914. January and March showed
small advances. July and September
increased about q million each. Aug
ust two million while October fell off
over $500 900.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
BUTTER MAKES
HEAVY INCREASE
RECEIPTS AT NEW YORK ARE
1866 Observation-Disclosures
CENTS TOP PRICE ON
MARKET.

New York City-Wednesday-
Butter unsettled; receipts S,265;
creamery extras 80 score. 80 cents;
creamery, higher scoring 80 1-2 q
3S cents; firsts. 81 12 q 81 cents
seconds, 25 a 27 cents.
Chicago, Ill.-Butter lower; re-
ceipts, 6,917 tubs; creamery extras,
so cents; extra frsts, 2S 1-2 a %
cents; firsts % q 27 cents; seconds,
23 q "a cents.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
Blockade of Germany
andConscription Win
be Settled.
LABOR LEADERS
Will Determine Attitude
England Delays Answer on
Mail Seizure for French.

London, England The position of
the British government on two mat
ters of prime Importance in the con-
duct of war are to be determined as
the result of proceedings under way
today. The attitude of labor toward
compulsory military service will be
decided at a great conference meet
/ ing in Bristol. A debate on the
question of the Blockade of Germany
is before the House of Commons.
The Bristol conference is the most
important of it's kind ever held in
England, representing more than q
100000 members of the trades
unions. The compulsory military ser
vice bill having passed the House of
Commons and having encountered lit
tie opposition in the House cf Lords,
the outcome of the long campaign OH
this issue will depend largely on the
attitude of organized labor. Although
great opposition to compulsory devel-
oped at the London labor conferences
it is believed that this feeling has
died down a considerable extent since
that time.
There are intimations unofficial in
nature, that the British government
has decided against formal block
ade of Germany. 1t is pointed out in
the English newspaper which reflects
the views of the government that
such a blockade might weaken Great
Britain's hands and increase friction
with neutrals
1 London. England.-The foreign
office today handed to the American
embassy an ad interim reply to the
| American portest against the deten-
tion of neutral mails. The note states
that a formal answer to the repre-,
sentations of the United States will
! be made as soon as the French gov
ernment has signfied its approval of
the attitude of Great Britain.
( 1T is understood that the formal
Ireply will defend the action of the
British authorities by citing evidence
that the Germans have been abusing
the privileges of first class mails. The
British govei nment will rely on the
postal conventions adopted at the
Hage for the jurisdiction of its meas.
ures.
The United States protested to
Great Britain last night against the
interference with the mails between
this country and Sweden.
London, England The British
foreign office published list O
goods inthe postal bags of the Cen
trail powers taken from the Dutcl
steamships Frisia, outward bound
the Tubantia, inward bound and tn,
Rydam The mail bags taken from thu
F'risia contained rolled gold chains
gold earrings, bracelets, rings
brooches. drugs, dyes, oleograph.
and machine needles.
The Tubantias S mail bags are sais
to have contained four sacks of rub
ber in packets marked Samples Will
out value" of total weight of 73
IL pounds, addressed to Hamburs
from Brazil; also packets of WOO
from Uruguay to Berlin of sample
sizes.
Examination of the Ryndam"
mail bags have not been completed
but the mails are alleged to hav'
contained sixty per cent newspapers
thirty per cent propa ganda and te,
per cent goods. "all of enemy origin
addressed in the most cases to firm
!, with German names in the Unite,
States.
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GERMANY WANTS PEACE
WITH JAPANESE EMPIRE,

washington. d. C.,-Following
closely on the inspired utterances in
the Frankfurter Zeitung, suggesting
that Germany is prepared to treat
with Belgium for separate peace,
inquiry here in we'll informed quar-
ters gave strong ground to the belief
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
UNITED STATES BUYS
MORE FILIPINO CIGARS

Manila, p. 1.-The cigar trade be-
tween the Philippines and the Unit
ed States is growing rapidly. A com
parative statement issued by the
collector of internal revenue for the
periods of January to November,
1914, and 1915, shows an increase
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
INDIAN TAXES
STIR COUNTIES
RIGHTS OF NATIVE AMERICA Ns
QUESTION OF CONSIDERABLE
IMPORTANCE ADJOINING
RESERVATIONS

Pierre. S. D.,-A number of coun-
ties in this state which partly lie
within Indian reservations are very
anxious for a final decision as to the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-27
FIRE BRINGS
DEATHS TO HALF DOZEN

Seattle, Wash Six persons are
dead from a fire which destroyed the
interior Of the tiye-story TAI
Walker building.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-11-02

season will be back at his old place
at tackle. Towniey played great
game at tackle last Saturday. but
he hasn't the form Mayer displays.
Sig Harris. assista.: coach OF Min
nesota. returning from the Illinois
Purdue game, brought word that IL
linois will use the forward pass
largely against Minnesota, But Min
nesota showed they can meet the for
ward pass game and can play II. This
was displayed against Iowa.
The Hawkeyes attempted Is passes
and completed 4. netting them total
gain of 80 yards. The Gophers at
tempted s and worked S. getting by
173 yards.
Macomber OF Illinois is said TO be
a good passer and the ends are fair
on catching. Minnesota has Wyman,
"A demon on throwing the pass and
Capt. Baston. last year all-Amertcan
end. Is about as good a receiver as
there Is In the conference this year.
II Baston shows the form all sea-
son he has displayed to date it will
be Impossible to keep him OFF the
All-American again this year.
Despite the large score run up
against the Hawkeyes last Saturday
Coach Williams is trampiing out
every spark of Gopher oyer-confi-
dence.
The Illinois team, while not play
ing good ball the first part of the
season, is expected to be at her best
for the battle with the Gophers here
next Saturday
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HUGHES DEFINES POSITION.

In what he terms My Conception
OF the Presidency" Governor Hughes
has issued declaration OF views
which makes his position so clear
that he who runs may read
MIR. Hughes declared it to be the
supreme duty OF the president to at
tend to the business OF the nation, to
safeguard its interests. to anticipate
It's needs, to enforce its laws He
declares that the first act OF presi-
dent who takes this view OF his du-
ties Is to call about him the ablest
cabinet the country can furnish. men
who can deal with the tremendous in
ternatiOual and domestic problems
which will confront us in the next
four years." and in this connection
he calls attention to the appointment
OF Bryan and Daniels. chosen solely
as a matter OF political eXpedicncy
and with abundant knowledge that
they were absolutely incompetent, as
the kind OF act OF which his ideal Of
a president would not be guilty.
Mr.. Hughes pledges himself. il
elected. to stand absolutely on prin-
siple. four-square to every wind, be-
ing neither shifty nor vacillating. be-
cause principle and conviction. not
self-intercst and political expectancy.
will be his watchwOrds.
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year. and 1t Ii more than probable
that couple Of these changes will
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For Weak Kidneys

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