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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
GERMANS DESTROY 8 TANKS"
British Armored Autos Battered t
Pieces, Says Berlin.

Berlin, Oct. 23.-The largest part of
German trenches west of the road Of
Eaucourt lAbbaye-le MarQue, lost to
the British on October Is, were recap
tured in the last "a hours, the German
war office announced.
The text of the statement follows:
western theater - During rainy
weather there was an artillery duel on
both sides of the Somme, which was
vigorously maintained.
1.-THE largest part of trenches west
of the road of Observation-Disclosures -
Marque taken by the British on Octo-
Der 1S was recaptured by attack.
"It has just been reported that dur
ing the last great attack the British
used SOME of the much-trumpeted ar
mored automobiles, so-called tanks
Three of them are lying in front of our
lines. They were destroyed by our ar
tillery fire."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
ENTIRE CREW LOST
ON LAKE STEAMER
Finding of Bodies From Merida
~ Reveals Disaster.
DEATH TOLL IS NOW FIFTY
Four Vessels Were Wrecked During
Great Storm on Erie Last Friday
Several Bodies Picked Up
and Landed.

Cleveland, o., Oct. 24.-Local man
ayers of the steamer Merida, owned by
the Valley Camp Shipping company or
Midland, Ont, admitted that the ship
was lost in the gale on Lake Erie FRI
day night. The admission came after
seven bodies of the crew had been
picked up in midlake by two other
ships. So far as known not man or
the crew of % survives the tragedy
The loss of the Merida makes four
lake steamers that went to the bottom
of Lake Erie In the storm. The total
loss of life is 90. fhe marshal of the
Buffers sank, but all 13 of it's crew
were saved. The d. f. Filler went down
with six of it's crew, only the captain
surviving. The James B. Colgate's
crew of %, again with the single ex-
ception of the captain, persisted, while
every man ON the Merida is believed to
be lost.
Bodies From Merida Are Found.
Three bodies from the Merida were
picked up by the steamer w. b. Math-
ews in midlake and taken to Toledo.
-Four bodies were found bearing life
belts by the steamer Charlotte Brei-
tung and landed at Detroit. Reports
from another ship sent out from Ca
madam port to hunt for the Merida are
that wreckage was sighted, but no sur
vivors and that no other bodies were
found.
In the crew of the Merida were III. l..
Jones, Buffalo, the master; Gideon
Fleming, Ogdensburg, n. Y, mate; Jo-
seph O'Connor, Chicago, engineer, and
Thomas III. Moore. Chicago, a deck
hand.
The Merida was due at Buffalo Sat
urday with cargo of pyrites ore. 1t
was commanded by Capt. Ell. l.. Jones
of Buffalo. The ship was 500 tons
capacity and $50 feet long. 1t was built
in 1892. -
Pick Up Body From WhaIeback.
Detroit, Mich, Oct. 24.-The body of
one of the II men who went down with
the whaleback steamer James Il. Col
gate in Lake Erie Friday was brought
to Sandwich, Ont, across the Detroit
river from this city, by the steamer W..
Il. White.
Capt. w. J. Mclean of the White
said he left Buffalo early Sunday morn
ing, and when some distance off Long
Point sighted lifeboat tossing on the
waves. A boat was lowered from the
White and sent to the lifeboat. 1t it
was found the body of man. There
was nothing to indicate who he was.
Captain Mclean said the lifeboat was
No. l of the Colgate's equipment.
The bodies of two men, believed to
have been members of the crew of the
barge d. l.. Filler, which foundered in
Lake Erie Friday night with a loss of
six lives, were washed ashore below
Amherstburg, Ont, about twenty miles
down the Detroit river. They have not
been identified.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
AUTO IN RIVER; FOUR DROWN
Machine Dashes Over Bridge Adult
ment at Chicago When Driver Fails
to See the Danger Signal.

Chicago, Oct. 24.-An automobile
containing six persons plunged from
the west abutment of the Twelfth
street bridge into the Chicago river
last night. Four were drowned and
two were rescued. The saved are:
Mrs. Sarah Bernstein. a schOolteacher,
living at 5649 Indiana avenue; Mrs.
Henrietta Warner, 4440 Drexel avenue.
Both were taken, bruised, cut and half
drowned, to the county hospital. Mrs.
Warmers husband was one of the four
drowned. The bridge had been opened
to permit boat to pass, and the auto,
coming swiftly from the west, plunged
over the west abutment into the wa
ter.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
WILSON'S HAND is INJURED.
Skin Is Torn From Presidents
Fincers by Violent Handshaking.

Albany, N. Y, Oct. 20.-Here at the
capital of New York, great crowd
packed the railway station platform
and struggled for a chance to shake
hands with President Wilson, en- route
to Chicago on Wednesday. The presi-
dent thanked them for their enthusi-
asm and waved his hand again ana
again as the crowd cheered. AS the
train drew out of the station the presi-
dents right hand was bleeding, the
skin having been worn from his I'm
gers by the vigor of the Misunderstanding.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
Method of His Madness.

"You say Mrs. Naggs was here dur
ing my absence?" said the superin-
tendent Of the lunatic asylum to the
attendant.
Eyes, sir" was the reply. "She
called to see about taking her huspanG
home, hut he positively refused to go
said he would rather stay here"
ST always thought there was some
thing wrong about that man," said the
superintendent. He isn't crazy at all.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
KILLED.; 9 HURT IN AUTOS.
Former Mayor Waldemar Brown OF
Manistee, Mich, Dies in Crash.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 24.-Wal-
demar Brown. former mayor of Manis-
tee. was killed and nine others injured
on Sunday when two automobiles in
which they were riding collided near
Manistee while trying to avoid hitting
buggy.
The injured are: Frederick Stone,
registrar of deeds; George Giles, Louis
Austen, son of the county treasurer /;
William Hatch, Frank Jutkowski,
Mike Gloexki, Roy f. Overpack, Will
liam Martison, George Lumsden. Giles
aud Stone may die.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
BURROUGHS BANDIT is HELD.
James Walton Arrested at Dallas, Tex.
ALLEGED to Have Confessed Theft.

Dallas, Tex, Oct. 24.-James Wal
ton. alias Gordon, was arrested here on
Saturday by PinkertOn detectives at
the point of sawed-off shotguns, and
is alleged to have confessed getting
$4,000 in the recent $4,000 robbery
of the Burroughs plant pay roll in De
troit. Later he admitted having shot
the Burroughs paymaster. The pris-
oner implicated his brother and anoth-
er man whose name he refused to give.
He said they had expected to get $780,
600. Walton was an electrician at the
Packard factory. The money was di-
vided between the three.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
RESCUE CHIEF DIES IN MINE.
Engineer Seeking Entombed Men Is
Asphyxiated by Deadly Gas.

Fairmont, w. Va, Oct. 81. M.
Jones, mining engineer sent to Bar
rackville, near here, in charge of a
trained crew from the Pittsburgh sta
ton of the bureau of mines to conduct
the work of rescue at the JamisOn
saine. where more than dozen men
had been entombed by an explosion,
was asphyxiated in the workings. The
body of Matthew Allison, the chief
electrician, who was at work in the
mine when the explosion occurred, was
brought out. Three other bodies were
recovered, among them A4iison's as
sistant, A. w. Vance.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
EX-BANDIT FOR GOVERNOR
Al J. Jennings, Now RevivaIist, to Run
for Office Again in
Oklahoma.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. pal ].
Jennings, once bandit leader, accord
ing TO his formal statement, and now
n revivalist, announced he would be
n candidate for the second time for
the Democratic nomination for gov
ernor of oklahoma. He was defeated
in the primaries in 1914. Under the
Oklahoma law candidates must file
nomination papers by January L pre-
ceding the fall election.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
French Generals Wounded.

Paris. Oct. 23.-Two of the best
known French generals, Brigadier Gen
eral Marchand of Fashoda fame and
Gen. Sainte-C .aire Deville have been
wounded in battle. General Marchand, 5
in iuries are not regarded as serious.
Gen. Sainte-CIaire Deville, however, Is
seriously wounded.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love SINNERS Macarona
and Spaghetti because of its delicious
taste. 1t is good for them and YOU
can give them all they want. 1t Is a
great builder of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irri-
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., for beau
tiful cook book. 1t is sent free to
mothers.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
RAID ON GERMAN PLANTS
Four Tons of Explosives Dropped by
French Air Squadron on Fac
tories Near Metz.

Paris. Oct. :4.-Four tons of projec-
tiles have BEEN dropped by French
air squadron of "a machines on blast
furnaces north of Metz and on the Metz
and Thionville stations, the war office
announced in its report of aviation ac-
,ivities. Hits were secured on all the
obiectives. it is declared. Another
French flotilla bombarded factories at
Rombach.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
Won kluck Is Retired.

Berlin, via London, Oct. 21.-Field
Marshal Alexander III. X. Won Kluck,
who commanded the right wing of the
German army in its sweep toward Par
is in the fall of 1914, has been placed
on the retired list, at his own request.
He had never returned TO the front
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
German Ship Is Torpedoed.

London. Oct. 24.-The British adj
miralty issued a statement to the eff
feet that a British submarine which
had Just returned from the North sea
torpedoed and badly damaged a Ger
man cruiser of the Kolberg class.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
Prince Henry an Admiral.

Amsterdam, Oct. 24.-Prince Henry
of Prussia, the kaiser's brother. has
been named by Emperor Francis Jo-
seph grand admiral of the Austro-Hun-
garian fleet, an honorary title, says a
dispatch from Berlin.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
Woman Spy Condemned to Death.

Paris, Oct. 23.-It was announced
here that court-martial at Marseilles
has unanimously condemned to death
FOR spying Nine Gomeno Sanches, who
before her marriage was Maria Liber-
dali of Dusseldorf.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
nI.ekmail susnect Eiahts.

New York. Oct. 24.-James A.
Brown. alleged principal in a nation
wide matchmaking plot, was arrested
here. Brown made an attempt to es-
cane and his captors used blackjaks TO
subdue him.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
Inh,, w Kern Is III.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. Ex-senator
John W. Kern of Indiana, who was
scheduled TO speak in Gary on Satur-
day was threatened with illness so
grave that he was forced TO return
here from Laporte.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
Conscience Hurts; Pays s1.1oo.

Washington, Oct. 23.-The treasury
conscience fund was en-
riched on Friday by a S1,lo0 contribu-
tion from an unknown person in New
fork city, wko sent $1,000 bin and
y bill.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27

John Barrett, director general of the
Pan-American union, made flying
trip from the Somme battle front,
which he left on October 6, to Chicago
in order to register in that city on
October II. He had to make an all
night ride in fast war automobile in
order to catch his steamer at Bordeaux.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
Glass VS. CIasa

"Well, there is one thing to be proud
of; we have no class prejudices In this
country"
Him! guess you were never
around when three or four sopho-
mores got hold of freshman"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27

Miss Jeanette Rankin decisively
swept the state of Montana in the pri-
maries for nomination for congress on
the Republican ticket. If she is elect
ed she will be the nations first femi-
nine representative. Miss Rankin is
small, slight, with light brown hair.
She is graduate of the University OF
Montana and of the School of Phi
Ianthropy of New York city.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-27
Time Wasted.

Many a man wastes his time tell
ing other people not to waste theirs
Exchange
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-14
Southern jolDa Items

/ Rev. Father Hayes has already given
$1,000 on certain terms which have
been complied with. 1t is thought the
| Shenandoah electric light plant and
- lmogene council will come to terms
| and by t4se %ime warm, weather comes,
the system WIN b put in.
Knoxville.
Eddie Thornl)urgh ~ Tommie
earns. charged with inurderous 90
sault on City Marshal Anderson OF
! Pleasantville, will be tried at this term
Of district court here. Both youths
are members Of prominent families at
Pleasantville. The city marshal is all
legged to have been hit on the head
with an iron poker and left for dead
on the streets one night last Deceml
Der. The youths were arrested and
| held on $4,000 bond each. Three
charges were placed against each Of
| them. So
Dow City.
John Thompson. farmer near Dow
City, narrowly escaped death one day
last week when he entered the yard to
feed his cattle. A bull which had Of
late been showing rather mean dis
position, charged down upon him and
pinned him up against a building with
such force as to crack several ribs,
and would no doubt have ended the
earthly career OF Mr. Thompson in very
short order had not his son appeared
in the nick of time. armed with a pitch
fork and drove the maddened brute
away.
PeIia.
The North Porterville school house
was destroyed by fire Thursday even
ing of last week. The fire occurred
about $50 in the evening after the
| teacher and the pupil shad ali left.
Kenneth Byram, the. teacher, had
reached his home in Pella, when ne
was called UP and informed that the
house was burning up. The school
house was small brick and plaster
structure already quite old. so the loss
Is not great. 1t is supposed to have
caught fire from the stove. as it was
the custom of the pupil who did tho
janitor work to cover the fire in the
evening.
keokuk.
Mrs. Carl Pappas. OF 1102 johnson
street. is believed to be the youngest
mother in Keokuk. A seven-pound Apg
| was born to Mr. and Mrs Pappas. The
| mother, according to the age given by
her parents, is IL years and two
| months old. This is believed to be the
| record here. altho medical records
show births before the. twelfth year.
The attending physician states that
the condition Of mother and child is
, very satisfactory. The child Is said to
| be normal Mrs. Pappas was Elizabeth
! Brown. and she was married to Pappas
| in Fort Madison on Jan. Is, 1915. There
was some question about the girls
age at that time People who saw the
| girl then insist she Is older, but mem :
bers OF her family insist she is only H.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-14
BLOWN THIRTY FEET IN AIR.
Quarry Worker Seriously Injured BY
Explosion of Dynamite.


Fort Dodge, Feb. Thames Elks. OF
Gilmore City, is in critical condition
at ST. Joseph's Mercy hospital as the
result Of an explosion Of dynamite In
a stone quarry between Humboldt and
Gilmore City Saturday morning
Even if he survives his injuries it is
extremely doubtful if he RECEIVERS his
eyesight.
Elks was working with another man
in placing a dynamite charge. He
asked his companion if it was ready
to explode and understood him to an
swer that It was not. Elks crossed
over to the charge and was pending
over it when the dynamite exploded,
throwing him into the air about thirty
feet: t@ ~
His injuries are critical. The at
tending physician stated today that
his face is SO badly swollen and full
Of small holes, cut by fine stones. tha>
he could not examine his eyes He be-
iieves. howe aver. that both eyes were
burned so badly that the injured man
Will lose his sight of both Besides the
cut on his face the burns are serious.
His left forearm is burned and
bruised: his abdomen cut and burned
and he has a compound fracture of the
left knee. His body is full of holes
made by the dynamite and stones.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-14
HOUSE OF WORSHIP At MASON
CITY COMPLETELY WRECKED
d BY FIRE. .,.,...E
LOSS Is ESTIMATED
At ABOUT $4,000
Sewer Construction Work in Streets
Delays Arrival Of Firemen, and Other
Buildings Are Observation-Disclosures
Loses Sermons, Manuscripts and Rec
" ords Of lnestimabIe Value. III
Special to T:n,es-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Feb. H.--Fire that is
believed to have been started by over
heating Of the furnace and pipes car
rying hot air to different parts Of the
building. discovered within fifteen
minutes or so after the last members
of the official board had left the board
meeting. held after services Sunday
morning. totally, destroyed the Chris
tan church at Main and Ninth streets,
entailing a loss Of about $4,000 FIT
teen thousand dollars insurance was
carried on the building. -.s. -s 81
In addition to the loss of the build
ing and all the, furniaure. Rev. c. II.
Devoe. for six years the pastor Of the
church, lost all the sermons and other
manuscripts and records which he had
gathered together during his twenty
five years Of service in the ministry.
This loss can not be estimated in doi-
lars and cents, but it is no small one
Blocking of Main street between
Eighth and Tenth streets. because OF
the sewer construction. hampered the
fire department in it's efforts to lay
hose. and the men had to go to hy-
drants by routes far longer than those
that ordinarily would have been fol-"
lowed, causing an unavoidable delay
Just when every minute was precious.
The church. building. while consid-
cred in good condition, was by no
means a new structure, having beeh
built in 1898, tho later remodeled and
repaired. 1t was Of frame and brich
veneer construction, the brick veneer
ing running about half way up the
walls. and. of course. all the timbers
in It were as dry as the proverbia'
finder so the flames spread rapidly.
Other Buildings Threatened.
The fire greatly endangered the
Cheney & Peterson garage. occupied
by that firm. and NJ. ]. Lyons, On tho
ground floor, and by J. 3. Maroon
carpenter and cabinet working shop
on the second floor. adjoining the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-14

Dow City.
While engaged mt her usual house
hold duties one day last week Ars.
Jacob Bremser, of Dow city, dropB~o
dead. She was rs years old ana the
mother of ten children.
Washington. -,
Harry Petit was killed by the fax
ing of n tree Thursday afternoon. he
and a number OF laborers were clear
ing timber on the Schold farm, two
miles from his home. He was 80 years
of age and leaves a wife and small
daughter
Fort M addison. =,
In complying with the safety first
campaign Of the Santa Fe railroad.
officials gave notice that they would
furnish glasses to their employees who
work in machine shops. boiler making
and at steel work. The reason for TINS
is to protect the eyes from flying par
'ticles of steel.
Colfax.
w. X. Escher. OF Parkersburg. has
purchased controlling interest in the
First National Bank at Colfax, Iowa,
and has come into possession of the
property. Mr.. Escher sold his bank in
been living the past few months, ans
made the deal at Coffax. buying a
big block OF stock. enough to more
than secure a control of the institu-
ton.
Jefferson. g.
Ross Potter, whose furniture store
here was burned Dec. 20, has been ar
rested on charge of arson. Inc
charge was flied after q representative
from the state fire marshars office con :
Quoted an investigation here. 1t Is al
legged that Potter was seen coming OUT
of the rear OF his store few minutes
before the fire was discovered. The
loss was estimated at about $4,000.
Charlton.
Capt. G. w. Alexander, one OF Chart
toms pioneer residents, and cx-conred-
crate soldier. met with a serious acct
dent Wednesday afternoon. He had
been standing at the top OF the stair
way in the Smyth building, leading 10
his office, and had been talking to j.
w. Krideloaugh. = He started to turn
around and was standing 80 close to
the stairway that he lost his balance
and fell clear to the bottom of the
stairs. He had notarial seal in his
hand and it's thought that his head
struck it az deep cash was cut.
lmogene.
The attorney for Imogene, F. @.
Pierce. OF Marshalltown. has been noti-
fed to draw up a franchise prepare =
tory 10 an election for the voting OF
bonds for the electric lighting system
AS soon as this will be turned to the
council, and it is duly published, being
made public the required thirty days
election will be held, altho it Is Thought
this much will not be needed and the
bonds will not be made that heavy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-14

has some very interesting as We'll as
exciting experiences to relate about
her work during the two years she has
been in China, and some of them are
of the hair raising nature, several
towns in close proximity to her having
been in a state of terror over uprising
of natives at times during the past
year and many miraculous escapes
have been made TO communities where
dauger TO foreign missionaries was
minimzcd by the presence of govern.
ment truops. She says but little
-thought is given to a war between ia
pan and China by residents of the
Chinese empire who are high in gov
eminent positions and that much of
the news 10 that effect in American
papers is mere jingoism.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-14
IOWA WINS sY ONE POINT.
Stages Five Defeated Second Time
This Year by Hawkeyes.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Iowa City. Feb. l4.--1n the fastest.
tiercest. toughest. and yet best battle
waged on Towa's basketball floor the
current season. the Hawkeyes playing
great teamwork game, took the
naughty Stage Maroons down the line
for another one point walloping Satur-
day night. The score was IS to Is, as
against the 10 to is victory Iowa
garnered in a few weeks ago on the
Windy City floor.
The spectacular performances OF
Eannick the Junction star, who is
playing the game of his life this year
at left forward, and the great per-
formanceS Of the Won Lackum
brothers. together with the unity anu
lighting spirit OF the Hawkeyes gave
them the victory.
The stellar performer on the Maroon
quintet was Captain George, who
played a great defensive game and
altho a guard. proved himself an I'M
usually fine basket shooter.