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European War News

4
South of the Tigris river, in Meso-
potamia, the Turks have been driven
back three miles, it was announced
by the British war office in London.
The Danish steamship Elizabeth,
bound tor British ports, and an un-
identified Swedish ship have been cap
tured in the Cattegat by a German
battleship.
The German submarine which tor
pedoed the Channel steamer Sussex
was sunk on April 5, it was officially
announced at Paris. The U-boat's
commander and crew are understood
to be prisoners.
A London Daily News dispatch from
Paris states that the French Bulletin
des Armees says the British army in
France, which numbered 10000 in Au-
gust, 1914, now numbers 100000.
A British Mesopotamia force was
repulsed by Turkish troops in a san
culinary battle near Felabie on April
8, according to a Turkish report to
Berlin. Three thousand British were
killed.
The steamships Englishman, Eagle
Point, Manchester Engineer and Ber
windvale were destroyed by German
submarines, according to admission in
the German reply to the American
note concerning the damaging or
sinking of five steamships. Evidence
is presented to show that these YES
sells were torpedoed legally in accord
ance with the rules of war. In regard
to the Sussex, the note says that only
one German submarine was in the vi
cinity and that it torpedoed one
steamship.
A dispatch from Holland says the
Danish steamer Dorothea has been
blown up by a mine. The crew was
saved.
Another German spy was executed
in the Tower of London. He was the
twelfth put to death since the war be-
gan.
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Domestic

The first ships of the Atlantic fleet
to return from winter maneuvers in
Cuban waters, the battleships Utah,
Florida and Louisiana, anchored in
Hampton Roads.
Suit for divorce was filed at st.
Louis against Harry Kendall Thaw by
Mrs. Christina Thaw of st. Louis, who
asked maintenance and the custody of
their child, Lady Gwendolin Clemmens,
twelve years old. Who the petitioner
is could not be learned from her at
torney.
A contract for 100 howitzers, at a
cost of $2,700,000, was awarded the
Midvale Steel & Ordnance company
at Philadelphia by the British govern
ment.
The enlisted strength of the United
States navy has reached the highest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19
WdShingfOn

President Wilson has approved an
Indictment of the German government
in relation to it's submarine opera
lions, which was prepared by Secre-
tary Lansing. 1t was read at the cab
met meeting at Washington and re-
ceived the Endorsement of every men,
Der present.
Champions of a government hydro
electric plant to produce nitrate for
the manufacture Of war munitions and
fertilizer won their fight in the senate
at washington by inserting an amend
ment proposing an appropriation of
$15,000000 for that purpose into the
Chamberlain army increase bill. The
vote was 43 to %.
Tables prepared in the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce at
Washington shows United States ex-
ports to South America valued at $97,-
100000 for the last seven months.
Mai Gen. Frederick Funston wrote
Adjutant General Scott at Washington
denouncing as false statements con-
tanned in Senator Falls letter to Sen
ator Gallinger in which he severely
criticized the conduct of American
troops during the raid at Columbus.
The hard-fought bill Incorporating
the American Academy of Arts and
Letters and numbering President Will
son, Theodore Roosevelt and forty
eight others among it's charter mem
bers, was passed by the house at
Washington and now goes to the
president for approval.
President Wilson, speaking at a
Jefferson day banquet of Democrats
at Washington, prayed that the Uni
ted States would not be drawn into a
quarrel not of it's own choosing, but
asked whether the people were ready
to go in where the interests of Amer
lea were coincident with the interests
of humanity, and have the courage to
withdraw when the interest of hui
mainly had been conserved. He was
interrupted by cheers and shouts of
yes"
The senate at Washington passed
it's substitute for the house free sugar
repeal resolution, extending the pres
ent duty Of one cent a pound on sugar
until May, 1920. The vote was 40 to
go.
The rivers and harbors appropria-
tion bill, carrying $4,000, was
passed by the house at Washington by
a vote of 20 to 1873. The bill now
goes to the senate.
The senate immigration committee
at Washington decided to recommend !
passage of the Burnett immigration
bill without amendment as passed by
the house.
Great Britain contends in her note
to Washington. that the removal of SO /
Germans. Austrians and Turks from
the American steamship China by the /
British cruiser Laurentic in Chinese
water on February 19, was legal be-
cause those persons were engaged in
plotting against the British govern
ment.
The senate at Washington amended
thu Clayton antitrust law to permit
directorates in non-com-
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mark in it's history. Secretary Dan
iels announced at Washington that the
addition of recruits brought the total
enlisted strength of the navy to 54,011.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19

President Wilson has approved an
indictment of the German government
in relation to it's submarine opera
lions, which was prepared by Secre-
tary Lansing. 1t was read at the cab
met meeting at Washington and re-
ceived the Endorsement of every men,
Der present
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19

A dispatch from Holland says the
Danish steamer Dorothea has been
blown up by mine. The crew was
saved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-19

Champions of a government hydro
electric plant to produce nitrate for
the manufacture of war munitions and
fertilizer won their fight in the senate
at Washington by inserting an amend
ment proposing an appropriation of
$15,0OOO0O for that purpose into the
Chamberlain army increase bill. The
vote was az tO %
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THE INcoNsIDERATE BEHAVIOR
OF A CANDIDATE.

Why does Mr. Hughes insist upon
talking about that old-fashioned, not
to say ubiquitous" doctrine. the pro-
tective tariff For nearly the whole
period of its Industrial existence. the
United States struggled along under
protection. The Democratic party in
1918 came to the relief of an afflicted
and hurdened people.
The Republican Administration (not
on account Of the tariff, II Is true)
was overthrow. Before taking over
the reins Of government and for many
years prior to that time, countless
Democratic statesmen had vainly tried
TO persuade the American people that
the protective tariff was an iniqulty.
a veritable contrivance Of devils. 1t
fostered the trusts, and II was an ele-
vator Of prices even to the thirty-sev-
enth story and the tower. They prom
ised relief. The poor should be no
longer oppressed; the cost of living
should be reduced be, as the
sure result of a tariff for revenue
protective only in spots, such as the
Louisiana sugar mills and the Carolina
cotton factories.
Doesn't Mr.. Hughes know what the
Administration did which he is now
attackingl He ought TO know. The
Democrats, under the leadership Of
Mr.. Wilson and Mr. Underwood, re-
pealed that iniqulty and abomination,
the Payne-Aldrlch tariff law--that fos-
ter mother of trusts and high prices
and enacted in its place the present
law Mr.. Hughes knows, of course.
as every head Of family In America
knows, that the trusts have not yet
been dissolved and that the cost Of
living is higher than ever,-that the
price Of everything has reached an I'M
heard-of height-but what Of it?
What of it, indeed? While II ls
true that a protective tariff never fail
ed, under any circumstances. to pro-
tect American industry and American
labor, it Is to be considered that the
war in Europe has upset the plans Of
the present low-tariff administration
considerably. Also It forms an excel
lent foundation for nm allbi. II IS a
very unusual condition
Now. the obvious thing for Mr..
Hughes to do is to give the Demo-
Gratis chance TO get their tariff on
straight. Never mind the patient; let
the doctor experiment That time
won't come, Of course, until the war
is over-aceording to the Democratic
version. In other words the tariff
for-revenue doctrine doesn't fit the
conditions; the conditions must he
made to fit the tariff. So why this
disturbance, Mr.. Hughes2
Besides, when you discuss a little
thing like the tariff. do you not know
that Son-in-Law McAdoo and the other
statesmen of the Democratic family
are likely to repeat their accusation
that you are ''pettifogglng" Charles
ton, W. Va, Mail.
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(l1) The Commerce Court WAS ac.
tually abolished during the Taft Adj
ministration although It has not been
demonstrated that its abolition was a
wise step.
"Any statement hereafter emanatlng
from Mr. Mccormick will be subjected
to the closest scrutiny. The errors
In his first effort are inexcusable and
can only arouse resentment among
labor men and social workers. No
class Is more instant than labor to
condemn and punish those who with
out foundation lay claim TO Its graft
tude.
"Will Mfr. Mccormick explain his
padding Of the Record?"
(Signed) JOHN WILLIAMS,
Ex-Commissioner of Labor, New York
State,
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UNITED STATES HONOR.


portland. Ore, Telegram)
The Republican party has selected
standard-bearer whose utterances
from day to day justify the people
who chose him. Not only does he
bring before the country the short
ccmings of the Administration that
owes its existence to a divided Re
publicanism. but his criticism is every
where constructive.
He tells what must be done and
VIII be done by the party he repre-
sents to prevent wastefulness and
extravaganza in the governmental
expenditures and to put stop to the
vacillating policy that has caused
other nations to believe that the
United States has no intention of
backing up its demands made in the
interests of justice and humanity.
Most vulnerable Of all points in the
Democratic armor Is its foreign pol
Icy. Primarily this is because OF the
sl,Oils system by which men trained
in the consular and diplomatic serv-
Ice through long years. have been
displaced to make room for poli-
ticians and friends of politicians,
whose sole claim to preferment was
their service to the Democratic party.
"If am elected president Of the
United States said Mr. Hughes last
night. 81 propose TINT every man
put in charge of an important depart
ment shall be man ominently lit to dis
charge the duties of that department"
The denuding of the diplomatic serv-
ice Of men Of experience IN order
to supply political jobs. as has been
done by Mr.. Wilson. 18th his CON
sent, Mr.. Hughes denounces as "a
capital Demonstrating In the good
name Of the United States and dam
aging Its honor" Nobody he adds.
has a right to pay political debts
with the good name and honor Of the
United States"
Which is clear proof that Mr..
Iinghes has not been unmindful Of
ths high principles of government
which must be maintained in order
that this republic shall maintain its
place as shining example to all Ia
tons.
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Its eratltude-Even the Mueh-Tout-
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Of a Republican Administration.
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u For Charles County, Md.

Will be pleased to attend all
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for usage either within or beyond
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-07

THE Mudges had just sat down to
breakfast-which was always early
in that house-when the telephone
- rang. Louise answered, but the
call was for Ezra.
WHAT cracked out the old man, i'm
mediately he had put the receiver to his
ear. "WhafS that? You don't
tell me! How much?
No! You don't tell me. now!
And the other money too, eh?
Well. WE'LL"
"Thafs the end of Mat," announced
Ezra triumphantly to the women at the
table. "Nou guess he'll wish he'd taken
little advice"
"Who? What is it?" asked the women
"Eadbrook, replied Ezra.
"What-has happened, dad?" said
Louise, going white and half rising
Nothing, except that they blew open
the safe in his store last night or this
morning sometime, and cleaned him out ;"
"Oh--is that ALP said the girl, sinking
back into her chair.
is that all! Isn't that enough?
Cleaned him right up dry. Didn't leave
postage stamp. What did We think it
might be. anyway"
Il thought it might be an accident" re-
piled Louise. "If it's only money
"Only money!" cried Ezra, not intend
ing to have the luster of his information
furnished. "Only money! 1t wasn't only
his money. Every cent belonging to the
Lunatics' Association has gone with his
The young fool drawed all the money that
was to boost BoXton, and make bigger
n better n buster N what-not Boxton-
and put it into his safe. And it's gone 5"
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Aunt Lyddy shivered. "Thats terri
BILE, Ezra she said.
"Well, he wouldn't mind what told
him-and now look where he is" Ezra
replied, attacking his breakfast
did they say-where he isl" asked
Louise.
"IIes disappeared the COOP He
waited just long enough to tell Joel Tibb
that he's put his shoe store in the hands
of the Lunatics' Club to be sold at auction
and turn everything he owns over to 'em,
and then he went-apd they're looking
for him now"
| OUISE said nothing. Suddenly she
rose from the table and left the room.
They heard her running upstairs
"Now what's the matter with her,"
said Ezra
moment before she replied. Finally she
said calmly: Perhaps 'twould have been
just as well to have broken it more gently,
Ezra"
Ezra had dashed down his coffee and
risen, and was pacing up and down the
fiocr, hands behind his back. shaking his
head and indulging in muttered remarks
of qualification. He stopped to reply:
Nonsense! Didn't | give 'em both
chance? Didn't | tell young Eadbrook
how it stood? He might have had every
thing his own way. He might have been
the biggest man in these parts if he showed
the head for it. Now look at him. Busted!
Worse'n busted!"
Fifteen minutes passed.
Aunt Lyddy carried the
n dishes out to the kitchenand
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washed them hurriedly. AS soon as she
found the opportunity, she went upstairs
and knocked gently at the door of Louise's
room. The girl opened it. She was in
her riding habit.
why, Louise, where are you going?"
ii don't know. I'm going to find Wal
ter. Now, please, Aunt Lyddy, don't
make a fuss about it,
II don't mean to make fuss, replied
the little old woman II say go ahead.
That's what I'd do, if were as young as
you. Wait a minute, Louise. Have YOU
got any money!"
"Ive got little. won't need much y
"You don't know, replied Aunt Lyddy,
dashing into her own room. She came
back with several bank-notes. "Put
these away where you won't lose them, :"
she ordered. "Give me kiss. Now 90
along. 1T Ezra says anything. tell him
you're going out for a ride. That's true
And don't forget to telephone me if"
81 won't promised Louise, putting
her arms around the old woman's neck
and hugging her wildly.
ONCE on the back of her little bay mare
and out of sight of the big stone house,
Louise began to consider
First I'd better go up to the station, :"
she thought, "and see if he has taken a
train. 1t he has. it won't be any use.
The station agent shook his head. mo;
Id have seen him if he'd been here
For moment she halted.
"Walter isn't running away she told
herself. "He isn't that sort He's all
broken up and nervous, and he's gone out
somewhere to think it over. 1t isn't likely
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the mares feet made SO little noise that
only the lonesome note of a hermt-thrush
seemed to travel along with them.
Suddenly Louise refined in the mare so
quickly that she nearly lost her balance.
Dismounting, she led her horse into a
little bower of shrubs patted the moist
flank soothingly a moment, and then
stepped out into the road again.
A FEW hundred feet ahead, man was
sitting on log. His elbows were
resting on his knees, and his chin was sup
ported by his hands. He seemed not to
have heard the approach of the horse.
She was not near enough to see the mans
face. 1t was not necessary.
She came near enough almost to reach
out and touch him on the shoulder, and
he had not looked up.
"Walter!' she said softly. Her breath
was coming fast.
He raised his head and took off his hat,
and the first thing she noticed was red
brand along his forehead where the hat
band had been pressed too tightly. He
spoke:
81 heard you coming. | knew it was
you. You've heard?"
Louise did not reply at once. She sat
down upon the log beside him and took
his hand.
81 knew you'd be here-out on our
road, she whispered.
Then there was a silence.
"Your father knows?' Eadbrook asked
finally.
Eyes. Some one telephoned the first
thing this morning. That's how | hap
pened to come here. | thought you might
need me. | knew you hadn't run away.
| knew you just wanted to get out some
where and think. And so came
She rose and stood before him, and put
both her hands on his shoulders As he
looked up, she bent over and looked deep
into his eyes.
al sha'n't let her have you!" she said,
between her teeth.
Her have me-" repeated Eadbrook,
with an expression that indicated his sur
prise. Then he understood that her mind
was far from the robbery, and that she
was referring to the scene in the doorway
the night before.
Lou he said, standing up and facing
her, "there won't be any misunderstand-
ing about her when tell you what I'm
going to tell. You heard that everything
is gone-the Boosters money and all?
Yes, it's all gone. Perhaps you thought
it was hard luck for me, Lou, or something
like that? 1t wasn't. It's just the way
they punish fools. Sit down, Lou, and
I'll tell you.
SHE heard him to the end without an
interruption or even change of express
sion, save that deeper sympathy was
reflected on her face. There was pause,
and then she said to him:
"Walter, Pm almost glad she turned out
bad" She smiled as she said it. "Isn't
that like woman?"
"I'm not thinking of her, said the man.
ave been wondering-Tve had wild no
tons that they might get Catorno or her.
They must have been working together.
But our county officers don't amount to
much, and the chances are hundred to
one against finding the money on them,
anyway. No; it's my finish, so far as the
store is concerned, Lou. | can say that
coldly, because I've had time to think"
aIbat shall wa do2o aS laJ tho GIRL
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Bv FREEMAN TILDEN
illustration by George E. Wolfe
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he would hire a horse
and carriage. He must
be walking. But which
road?"
Roads ran out from
BoNtOn in a dozen di-
rections. Not only that:
there We're crossroads. that
formed a network like a
spiders web. Louise re-
membered reading in one
of the town reports that
there were los miles of
road, altogether, in the
town. 1t seemed quite
hopeless.
Iet-there was one road
that was different from all
the rest. That was the
one that she and Walter
had so often walked on
Sunday afternoons. They
had told each other many
times that it was the most
beautiful place in the
world. Grass had grown
up in the middle. between
the deep ruts, except for
long stretches that ran
through the woods. Few
carriages ever passed over
it in these days.
Something came out of
the girls intuition-out
of that storehouse OF init
mate woman-knowledge
that has never been
plumbed-and told her
the way to go.
Once on the old road,
Louise fiicked the mare
gently with the whip. A
half-grown rabbit darted
out from the underbrush,
bobbed along in front of
the horse for a hundred
feet, and vanished. A
woodchuck squealed, I'M
seen. somewhere on the
road side, aud ratified
noisily away. The sky was