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WAS IT CASE OF SUICIDE
OR A MURDER PLOT?

Orpet spent quiet night in HIS cell
and this morning appeared consider.
ably refreshed for the first time since
his constant cross grilling at the
hands Of authorities began. He dress
ed himself with care and began to
recover his college boy bearing.
He asked to see his mother and it
was expected that this request, made
several times since his arrest, would
be granted some time today.
The analogy between the Richie
son and Orpet cases as viewed by
Prosecutor Dady was still further
emphasized by the presence in each
case of "the other woman" as mo-
tives for the deaths of girls regard.
ed as lights O. love-" In the Richie
son case the other girl was Miss
Violet Edwards, aristocrat, and
daughter Of rich man. In the Lam.
bert tragedy, Dady said, Miss Celestia
Iouher, an instructor in chemistry at
Dekalb, H., might have furnished the
motive for Marian's death as Orpet
hoped to marry her.
IN their search for the poison which
caused the Lambert girls death, Off.
cials today encountered a tangle of
possibilities. Young Orpet himself
had studied chemistry at Madison and
had access to the laboratory. Miss
Lam bert studied chemistry at ner
high school and could have secured
the poison there. The parents OF
Orpet and of Marian had poisons in
their custody, used in horticulture in
the gardens OF the estates where
they are employed. And Miss Youker.
whom Orpet has visited at Dekalb,
is chemistry instructor at a normal
ItN,. Tpl1 cot
Orpet had access to her laboratory.
The poison which killed Miss Lam
bert had not been definitely deter
mined today, but authorities said it
evidently was a strange combination
of cyanide of potassium and sulphuric
acid These chemicals we're used in
ki.Iing garden insects by the elder
Lambert and the elder Orpet II
Marian had sought to commit suicide,
she could have obtained access to
them.
One phase Of the tragedy which
added to its mystery was the assuf.
ance today that Miss. Lambert was
not In the condition her letters 10
Orpet indicated she feared. Physicians
who conducted the post mortem on
her BODY reiterated today that there
was no reason she should have taken
abOrtive medicine
Friends of young Orpet advanced A
theory in his defense that she sought
to hold him by deceiving him in this
respect
The Other Girl.
DEKAIIB. H., Feb. 14.-Celestia
Youker fretted and tossed In bed to-
day and wondered why "Bill'' Orpet
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GERMANY MAKES GAINS in FRANCE


UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
SOFIA, (via Am sterdam) Feb. A.
Bulgarian troops on Saturday occu-
pied the Albanian city Of Elbassan
and are moving westward to Join tho
Austrlans in cutting off the Italian
retreat from Durazzo. The war office
reported today that the people of Ell
bassan gave the Bulgarian troops q
cordial welcome.
Bulgarian vaneuards are now less
than twenty miles from the Austrian
army approaching Durazzo from the
country west Of TIarana and the two
forces are In constant eommunica-
ton. BY marching westward thirty
three miles to the Adriatic seacoast,
the Buigarians will complete the en-
forces at Durazoo, unless they evacu-
ate and retreat hurriedIy to the south.
ward.
ran Austrian Official statement Sat
urday night reported that the Italians
had attacked Austrian positions west
of Tiarana, indicating they intend to
make stand at Durazzo. Elbassan
is city of $4,000, the second largest
in Albania It is the seat Of Greek
bishop and was capital Of a sanjak
of the Turkish empire when under
the rule of the sultan.]
MOBILIZATION COMPLETED.
PARIS, Feb. A. Roumania's
mobilization now 10 complete, said an
official statement given out here to.
! day. The carpathian and Danubian
defenses have been finished.
DRIFTING INTO WAR.
LONDON, Feb. 14.-BeIlef tha,
Roumania Is drifting into tho war on
the side Of the allies was strengthen
ed today by official dispatches from
Paris reporting tho Roumanlan mo
| billzatIon completed.
Paris also reported that the con
struction Of Roumanian works alone
the Danube and on the Hungarian
frontier to guard against possible In
vasiona by ts,sx Bulsars or Austro
iHunparians have been finished. Worl
on these Notifications, according t,
recent Rome reports has been In pro
qress throughout the winter
Thus far no word has reached Lon
don of an order for tho mobilization
Of the entire Roumanian army.
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No Hurry About Naming
the New Secretary of War

begun and it is believed these confer
ences may have a bearing on the final
decision. The conferences will be
with particular references to definite
plans for increasing the army. The
president was assured today of the
cooperation in this of the house COM
mittee on military affairs in letter
from Representative Hay. chairman
1t read:
"Mv Dear Mr. President:
81 have been instructed by the COM
mittee of military affairs of the house
Of representatives to convey to you
the very great appreciation which the
committee feels for the confidence
which you have shown in its good
faith and patriotism and to assure
Won of its desire to work in harmony
with you in perfecting a plan which
would be of the greatest benefit to the
country.
Very cordially and sincerely
yours,
JAMES HAY"
Carter Harrison Suggested.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Carter
Harrison. former Chicago mayor, was
suggested for secretary of war today
by Representative Sabbath. The sug-
xestion was made to the president
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RUSSIA

[United Press Leased Wire Service.1
PETROGRAD, Feb. 14.-The Rus
sian Black sea fleet siienced a por-
tion Of the Turkish shore batteries
near Vitze during heavy lombard
ment on Wednesday and Thursday,
it was officially announced today.
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Man Blown Up.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. IA
John Janda, an employe OF the Cedar
Rapids Oil company, was instantly
killed at o'clock this morning when
terrific explosion occurred In one
of the oil houses. He was working
alone and the exact cause of the e&
plosion will probably never be known.
The plant was saved from destruction
by fire. Janda IS survived by a wild
ow and two small sons.
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GERMANY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, Feb. 14.-The Zeppelin
L.-2O, sister ship to the Liz, recently
destroyed in the North sea, was re-
ported In distress of the west coast
Of Denmark yesterday, in Copen-
hagen dispatch today to the Daily
Mail. The airshlp's engines were
working irregularIy.
The Exchange Telegraph's copen-
hagen correspondent reported today
that from several sources he had
learned the L-20 has been sighted
drifting In tho North sea.
The L-20 flew slowly over Nance
island Friday morning with her en-
oines evidently crippled, the CORES
pondent reported. She disappeared
in the mist while her nose was point
ed westward.
GERMAN GAINS.
LONDON, Feb. 14.-German troops
have made the most successful drive
against the French lines since their
defeat at the battle Of the Marine early
In the war, the Berlin war office
claimed this afternoon.
In the last forty-elght hours Of fight
ina, Berlin reported, the teutons havs
captured nearly a mile Of French POSI-
tlona In the Champagne region, az
we'll az 400 yards by an unexpected
smash In tho vosges. No greater Ger
man gain since the battle Of the
Marne has been reported on the west
ern front, excepting the defeat admin
istered to the British At Ypres last
May.
The French war office this after
noon admitted the loss Of 200 yards to
the Germans in the vosses fighting.
Tho official statement issued at Paris,
however, was silent on the operations
In the Champagne, where the Ger
mans report gains on a wide front.
Continuing their batterln0 tactics
against the French left wing, the teu-
tons stormed 700 yards Of French
trenches northwest Of Lasure, Berlin
reported this afternoon. The gair
was in the same region where the
Germans Saturday reported the cap
ture Of 700 yards Of French positions
r. The reported advance carries the
Germans southwark toward tn.
strongly fortified French block house
on souain-Smmespy highway, scene
Of bloody fighting in the September
offensive Of the allies.
Berlin reported the capture Of SOW
en- French officers and 800 mon in
yesterdays fighting In the Champagne
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ENGLAND

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, Feb. 14.-The first proc
Iamation calling upon unmarried men
eligible for military service under the
conscription act was posted at Wal
lasey near Liverpool today.
CRUISER STRUCK MINE.
LONDON, Feb. 14.-The British
cruiser Arethusa which has figured in
some of the most thrilling English
naval exploits of the war has struck
a mine off the east coast, the ad-
miraIty announced this afternoon. 1t
is feared that she is total wreck
Ten of her crew were lost.
The Arethusa, a light cruiser built
In October, 1913, had several encoun-
ters with German torpedo boats and
other warshps early in the war and
became known as the daredevil OF
the English fleet. Her exploits in
spired several English poets to create
rhymes In her honor and tho Are
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TURKEY

[ United Press Leased Wire Service.]
BERLIN, Feb. 14.-Turkish troops
advancing on the British port Of Alden,
the "Gibraltar Of the east inflicted a
severe defeat upon British troops and
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RAN CE

LONDON, Feb. 14.-By battering
blows south of Saint Marie, the Ger
mans are making desperate efforts to
drive a wedge in the French line
with the object Of bending back tho
whole French front In the Cham
payne.
The German smash has been sue
cessful, according to Berlin des-
patches. They report gains on tho
French left wing that more rnan off,
set the advance made by the Frencn
on their right, In the fighting north
west Of Massiges.
Both Berlin and Paris agree that
the fighting in the Champagne 10
heavier than at any time since the
French rushed forward in the great
offensive movement Of last Septem-
Der.
In several respects, tho present
struggle, though less violent paral-
ieis the September offensive. In sep
tember the French drive hit the Ger
man line hardest around Maison De
Champagne. The German counter at
tack, as in the present fighting, was
delivered with the greatest force on
the French left.
Official dispatches from both capi-
tails Indicated heavy slaughter with
no important changes either In the
Champagne or the Artois. The
"nIbbling" Of the past two weeks Is
believed to have resulted In casual
ties Of between $4,000 and 100000.
The fighting 10 now spreading to
nearly every sector Of the front, the
Germans mostly on the offensive.
There is nothing thus far, however,
in the reports Of the Smelling to In
dicate artillery preparation by the
Germans for the predicted grand Of
fensive.
|, OFFICIAL REPORT.
PARIS, Feb. 14.-German troops
| captured 200 yards Of French
trenches east Of SeppoIs In upper Al
SAGE, the French war office admitted
/ In an official statement this after
noon, but most Of the lost ground
was retaken by a French counter At
I tack.
| The war office statement Indicated
/ in the Champagne or north Of Arras
where the Germans and French have
been locked In desperate struggles for
more than forty-eight hours.
| The German onslaught in upper Al.
SAGE was preceded by most violent
! bombardment that wrecked portions
| of French trenches. Before the Teu.
tons could dig themselves In, they
| were driven out of most Of the newly
conquered positions.
| The war office reported a French
victory In bloody encounter at the
village Of FrIse, south Of the Somne
"sunday afternoon we captured
several German trenches" said the
official statement.
| "The Germans counter attacked. A
German company was deciminated ex
cepting seventy men, who were made
| prisoners.
"The German losses were consider
able"
374 LIVES LOST.
| PARIS, Feb. 14.-Three hundreo
and seventy-four lives were lost wher
/ the French cruiser Admiral Charner
was sunk off the Syrian coast. Dis
patches confirming the loss Of the
cruiser today said that only one mar
out of 375 aboard was saved.
The ministry Of marine gave out
statement last night expressing fea'
for the safety Of the Admiral Char
ner, 4,6eO ton cruiser. 1t was
stated that no word had been re
ceived from her since February
when a German report stated that {
French warship had been torpedoee
by a German submarine.
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CRUISER STRUCK MINE.

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The Other Girl
DEkALB. H., Feb. 14.-Celestia
Youker fretted and tossed In bed to-
day and wondered why "BilI'' Orpet
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MOBILIZATION COMPLETED.

PARIS, Feb. A. RoumanIa's
mobilization now 10 complete, said an
official statement given out here to-
day. The carpathlan and Danublan
defenses have been finished.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-05-11
BALDWIN,.

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hedtkey are
the proud parents of a baby boy.
School closed in Dist. So last Fri
day with a. picnic on the school
grounds.
Mrs. J. H. Craft is the proud pos
SCISSOR of new Oakland car.
Fritz Anderson was caller at the
Sumser home on Monday evening.
Ben Sumser has rented the Mollett
farm and is now operating the same.
Mrs. Hans Idem spent Saturday and
Sunday at Crown. >s.@..-
Last Monday during the wind storm
Charley johnson met with quite SER
ious accident. Charley was hauling
dressing and the wind blew the rack
from the wagon, and struck a tele-
phone pole, breaking it. Charley was
thrown off but luckily escaped unin-
jured.
! Mr.. Hullett is employed at Harry
Crafts.
Mrs. Katie and Rose Eisenhut
spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs
Sumser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Sumser spent
Friday evening at the Eisenhut home
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MAY YET LEAD
ENGLAND'S HISTORY
Speedy Trial and Execution
of Leaders Caused Both
Praise and Criticism of
the British Officials.

have difficulty in standing three years
confinement
MacDiarmad is a cripple as result
Of a beating the police administered
to him when he created a disturbance
in 1911 at the time of a visit of the
king to Dublin. He got out Of Jail
only a short time ago, where he had
been sent for three months for making
an anti-recruiting speech to an audi
ence of Irishmen in Galway.
He has been for long time active
in Irish politics and always on the
nti-English side. He has been an Or
ganizer for the Sim Fem and was bust
ness manager Of Irish Freedom until
it's suppression a year ago.
Ceannt was another of the studious
rebels and wrote essays and short sto-
ries in Gaelic. He was a member of
the executive committee Of the Gaelic
league.
The Sim Fem pronounced shin
fane) movement is the most singular
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LIVONIA.

Mrs. Van Ganderen and Mrs. Pal
mer returned last week from different
points in Iowa, where they had spent
several weeks visiting friends.
Miss Estella Schumacher enter
tanned the Misses Ida Mae Schmidt
and Alma johnson from Baldwin on
Saturday and Sunday.
Quite a few Of the young people
from here attended the party at Art
Johnson's Wednesday night. The
party was in honor Of Miss Ruth N.Y.
berg, sister Of Mrs. Johnson.
Miss Barbara Young Of Baldwin
spent Sunday at the Geo. James home.
Mrs. Guptill and little daughter,
Joy, from Annandale, spent several
days with the formers daughter.
| Loretta
Mrs. Thompson and son, Of Mime
apolis, are visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Lundberg.
Mrs. Will Lundberg of Minneapolis
spent several days here last week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Tufte and
daughter, Helen, Sundayed at John
Gramhill's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Tiff entertained
a large number of friends Sunday.
Miss Zelma Leonard spent Sunday
with the home folks.
School closed in Dist. IA Wednesday
after very successful term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Kreger have
our deepest sympathy in the loss Of
their infant daughter, Ruth. The lit
tie one passed away Saturday after
noon. The funeral was held Monday
afternoon and interment was in tn,
Crown cemetery.
! The basket social in district l.
proved success in every way. TIL
Iprogram was excellent. Ed Fole,
|auctioned the baskets and deserves
honorable mention, as the proceed
from the baskets and lunches amount
ed to $50, which will be used to pur
chase an organ.
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GREENHOUSE.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Betzler spent Sun
day with the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fradette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. Cordes were en-
tertained on Sunday at.H. Stellow's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Foster, Randi
Anderson Alma Magly and Hide
garde APPEL, of Princeton, were callers
at J. Seifert's Sunday.
Messrs. Hugo, George and Max
Betzler, and Fred and Charley Bau-
man called on Willie Heruth Wednes-
day evening.
Misses Edith and Esther Lindstrom
spent Sunday afternoon with the Le-
ander girls.
Fred Beto is here from Montana
and is staying at Geo. Wilhelm's for
few days.
Mrs. Theo Foster and Randi Peder-
son visited the West school Monday.
Mrs. L. Gennow went to Foreston
one day last week on business.
Ed Saxon was a Princeton visitor
on Sunday.
Miss Edith Lindstrom closed a sue
cessful term of school near Milaca
last Friday. She was accompanied
home by her sister, Esther, who went
down last Thursday to visit the
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Heruth and Mr..
and Mrs. M. Shrode and daughter,
Violet, and Roy Appellate Of Prince
ton spent Sunday at H. Reiman's.
! A dance will be given Friday even
ing, May IL, at Robideau's barn. Ev-
erybody is invited. Come out and
have a good time. This dance is Civ
en- for the benefit of the base ball
boys.
The local ball team crossed bats
with the Long Siding team on the
local diamond last Sunday and our
boys trimmed them up to the tune of
LA to 4. Neal Grow showed his ability
as twirler and Art Robideau eff
GENTLY filled the position behind the
bat. The ball team will play at Estes
Brook next Sunday, and it is predicted
that the boys will return with another
scalp hanging on their belt.
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REVOLT IN IRELAND
TO CRISIS IN
Facts About Sim Fein Move
ment, to Which Is Attrib-
uted the Uprising That
Resulted So Seriously.

III He attempt of Sir Roger Case
ment to land arms and start a
revolt in Ireland, his failure and
subsequent arrest; the revolt led
by Peter H. Pearse, who was provi-
sional president Of Ireland for a day:
Thomas ]. Clark, signer of the proc
lamatiOn of the Irish republic" and
others and the hasty execution of the
leaders have drawn the attention of the
entire world to Ireland. This, on what
seems to be the eve Of the adoption Of
a CONSUMPTION bill in all England and
Ireland, may lead to many changes in
the British cabinet.
The revolt is the outcome Of the Sim
Fem movement which started about
fifteen years ago. All Of the leaders
in the uprising were active members
Of this movement, which has for it's
object the realization Of the century
old dreams of a republican form Of
government for Ireland, entirely free
Of British domination.
Peter II. Pearse, who was executed
in the Tower of London, was one of
the best known Of the Irish scholars.
He was comparatively a young man,
not thirty-fve and unmarried.
Until the revolt started he was head
master of st. Enda's school in Rath-
farnham, near Dublin, an institution
that aimed to teach Irish boys the
Gaelic language and history and so pre-,
serve the Irish national spirit against
English inroads.
Pearse was described as above all al
enthusiast, poetical and idealistic and
quiet, gentle man with high sense
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OF justice and a hatred of oppression.
He entered active life as a barrister,
soon becoming a leader in the Gaelic
league and editor of it's journal, the
Morn Of Light. He had written many
Irish plays and essays.
James Connolly the "commandant
general Of the Irish republican army"
and also vice president of the republic,
spent some time in the United States
and was active in Socialist propa-
ganda.
About eight years ago he returned to
ireland to organize labor movement
He took charge of Liberty hall, the
Sim Fem headquarters, which were
demolished in the Dublin instruction,
during the absence of James Larkin in
this country. He was editor of the
Irish Worker, which was suppressed.
He was Catholic and north of Ire
land man.
MacDonagh Soldier.
Thomas MacDonagh, also reported
shot by the British authorities, was
the military organizer of the Irish vol
unteers. He was a student Of tactics
and strategy and planned many Of the
details of the revolutionists' attempt to
conquer Dublin. He occupied posi-
ton similar to that Of adjutant gen
eral Of the volunteers and was a mem
Der of the general staff.
With his military bent he combined
a strain Of studiousness and was one
Of the Irish intellectuals who took so
large a part in the revolt. He was a
master Of arts and was professor of
French and English in st. Enda's, the
school Of which Peter Pearse was head
master. He wrote several essays and
plays in Gaelic.
The schoolmaster-sold was only
thirty-two years old and had spent
much time in studying works on mill
tary matters and familiarizing himself
with the great military campaigns OF
history. He was a particularly close
student and adm1rer Of Napoleon.
The organization in 1913 Of the Irisf
volunteers gave MacDonagh his Op
portunity, and after much work il
quitting them on stable footing ht
was made commandant of the Dubii1
district. Later he got an even highe,
command and had large part in plan
ming the tactical moves the rebels
made when first they seized the post
Office, the Four Courts and other point
in Dublin.
For MacDiarmad and Joseph Plum
kett, who with Edward Ceannt hav
been sentenced to three years 1mpris
onment, the sentence is almost tn
same as a death sentence according
their friends. MacDiarmad and Plur
kett both are In feeble health and wi