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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
U. S. DESTROYERS EFFECTIVE
American Warships Making Transact
lantic Travel Safe, Say Passen-
gers From Europe.

An Atlantic Port. Aug. 15.-Trans-
Atlantic travel is being made safe by
American destroyers, according to arri.
walls On British liner, after an Amer.
lean destroyer had beaten off a threat
ened attack of a German boat. The
liner left n British port with eight 9th
er steam vessels under the convoy OF
British and American destroyers. On
the third day out perscope was
sighted. Immediately two American
destroyers emitted a smoke screen and
went in pursuit Of the German craft.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
TWENTY DIE IN CAR CRASH
Trolley Coaches Meet Hesd.on When
One Fails 10 Wait at Switch Near
New Haven.

New Haven, Conn, Aug. l5.-Nlne-
teen persons We're killed and more
Than forty injured in head-on troll
ley car collision ut North Bransford,
- miles west Of here, on Monday
night. The crash took place on Il sin
gle track line between this city and
New London. ear speeding for New
Haven crashcH into one from New
Haven. one car should have waited
al a switch.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
viii Remove Pro- Germans.

lei Paso. Tex, Aug. 15.-Becanse
they entertained German consular
agents and other German officials i'm
tJuarez. just across the border from
III paso, arousing the disfavor Of
United States officials, all officers.
military and civilian. who participated
in these receptions will be removed by
the citizen guard.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Tuesdays Results.

uc6OdJS hcouiiss
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York. 5-1; Brooklyn, 4-3.
Boston. .; Philadelphia, l.
Chicago, o; Pittsburgh, O2 innings).
No other games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit, 4; st. Louis, 6.
Philadelphia 3; Boston. /.
Washington, lilo; New York, OIL.
Cleveland. "a; Chicago, 80.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus. A.; Indianapolis, O-2.
Toledo 3; Louisville, l.
Milwaukee. 7-13; Kansas City. GA.
st. Paul, s; Minneapolis, l.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Lincoln, 3; Hutchinson. !.
Des Moines, !; Wichita, 0.
St. Joseph. ,; Denver, 0.
Omaha, 3; Joplin, ,.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
GERMAN TROOPS WIN TOWN
Russo. Roumanian Forces Lose lmpor-
tsnt Railroad Junction in Southern
MoldaVia.

Berlin. Apg TO- Troops under
Fleld Marshal Won Mackenscn captured
the Roumauan town of rontziu a
railroad junction fiji southern Moldavia,
which had hecn desperately defended
by the Russo-loumunian forces. The
capture Of the town was reported OIL
cially on Monday by the German gen
ernl stan
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
ARMEN|ANS BURIED
ALIVE BY TURKS
Officer Tells of Atrocities Against
Helpless Women.
GERMAN RESPECTS NOTHING
Nearly 100000 Persons Massacred by
Order of the Governor of Aft
Little Children Sent to Un-
known Destination.

Bombay, July . (By MaiD The fol-
lowing statement by a British officer
now in hospital here presents vivid
picture of the sufferings undergone by
the Armenians, of which comparative
ly little first-hand information has
hitherto been forthcoming:
Before | got my wound in the fight
ing up beyond Bagdad l came into con-
tact on several occasions with highly
educated Armenian who had escaped
from the Turks and was being en-
ployed by US as an interpreter.
Bury Sick Woman Alive.
The interpreters story follows:
What you have read and heard
about Armenia Is not huhdredth part
of the truth. Dante's Inferno was n
heaven compared with the hell that the
Turks have made of my country.
Something of the awful reality of the
past twelve months | have seen myself
in passing through on the way to the
front
"At Aleppo there are four factories
ported Armenians, 1000 Armenian
women are being employed under ter
rible conditions. The women are all
deportees One of them said to me:
ION a halt during our deportations
/ saw q gendarme bury a sick woman
alive
"Cold-blooded murders We're an ev-
eryday occurrence. Our guards had
orders to kill on the spot anyone who
Jagged behind on the journey. Often
several were killed at once. end there
was no separate grave for them-the
bodies were just thrown into ditch
together and covered. 1t was all hor-
rible to behold, but our eyes eventu-
ally became hardened to the sight.
Bah, Messguene and Tor are three
places never to be forgotten by us Ar
menians. | have visited them. Do
you know what happened there few
months since? BY the order of the
governor, Aft, nearly 100000 of my
brothers were murdered, massacred by
armed Circassians.
AT Bosanti, saw six railway trucks
of little Armenian children being dis
patched to an unknown destination
What had these little innocents done
to offend? Was 1t the mere fact of
being alive and being sons and daugh-
tiers of our thrice unhappy race?
"The German soldiers that one sees
around the sections In Armenia are
generally of low type and not far
behind Tx Turks in their disregard
for the rights of our people.
German Respects Nothing.
Their cruelty is little different
from that of the Turk, but the differ
ence is only one of kind. The Turk
for example, often respects certain
things which we have learned to asso-
ciate with our religious or racial be-
liefs.
The German has no respect for
anything, nothing Is too sacred for his
prOfane hands
THE waters of the Uphrates, the
sands of the deserts of Mesopotamia,
are the graves of the whole Armenian
nation. | can no longer weep My
fears have frozen in my eyes"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
German Respects Nothing.


La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 15.--Fred T.
Wilson, 1.-THE hermit of Danberry,
aged siXty-seven years, was sentenced
In United States court to one year and
one day in the Fort Leayenworth
prison for utterlng threats against
President Wilson.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Ban on Planes 70 neutraIs.

Washington, Aug H. Neutral coun
tries have been pouring III ord r. for
alrplauos az such rate that In order
10 conserve the supply for itself and
allies tie government has prohibited
The export Of aircraft.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Call Dealers in Coal Quiz

Washington, Aug. 13.-Wholesalr
coal dealers of the city of Washington
were directed 10y the federal trade
commission to appear before II for a
conference on prices charged custom.
crs. The hearing WINS in connection
with the effort TO fix ana enforce
prices.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Arrest Alien for pisIoyal Talk.

Muncie, Ind, Aug. 14.--Andrew Man.
ner. alien German ironworker who ls
said to have declared he hoped al sol.
dlers fighting against Germany would
be killed, was arrested on complaint Of
fellow workmen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Roosevelt TO Address League.

Racine The annual convention of
the Wisconsin League Of Municipal
ties will be held in Racine Sept %,
&c and 27. and Col. Theodore Roose-
Welt will address the convention on
Sept &c
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Former villa Chief Dead

Juarez, Mexico. Aug lJ.-Jose Ynez
salazar former chief to Francisco VII.
Ia, wns shot and Killed at Nugales
ranch Americans brought the details
Of Salaazur's death at the hands of Il
small baud Of home guards.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
statisticisn to Get New Place.

Madison w. II, Burhop of Madison,
statisuoian Of the Wisconsin indus
trial commission. will be appointed by
Gov. Philip as a member of the new
state board on workmen's compensa-
ton insurance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
anndv Arrested In Cleveland

Cleveland o. Aug l5.-Dr Leroy
N. Bundy, thirty four, negro wanted
in Eust st. Louis In connection with
the murder of two persons during the
recent race riots there. WINS arrested
by police here.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
One Year for Larceny.

Racine-Philip o. Belknap. "a years
old, who claims that his father at
South Royalton, VT, is member OF
the state legislature, was convicted of
larceny and sentenced to one year in
state prison.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Nav % business in State

Madison The secretary Of state
has issued certificate Of authority
10 the General Steel company Of
Wilmington, Del, 70 do business IN
Wisconsin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Elelder la pardnned

Madison Louis Fielder. who was
sentenced 70 the house Of correction
on ian 3. 1915. for abandoning hin
family was conditIonally pardoned III
Gov Philip
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16

New York, Aug l5,-Fightng arrest
In which shots were fired by pursuing
United States secret service agents.
man whom the federal authorities uc-
cuscd of being French swlndler was
taken into custody.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Rhodes Examinations oct. %.

Madison Examinations for the
Rhodes scholarship for residents of
Wisconsin will be held at the Uniyer-
siiy Of Wisconsin on Oct and 3.
Scholarships will be granted 70 Wis
consin students in 1919, 1927, and
1902
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Leon Landmark is Razed.

Leon The Slayton hotel. built rs
years ago, the oldest building in this
village is being RACED Il was the
home 81 the slayton family for three
generations
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
AuetrIane sc Headquarters.

Rome. Aug. 10. The Austrian chief
of STAFF % the Itaiian front General
yon smetzendorn has rem6yed hla
headquarters from Trentlno TO the
Isonzo from, according 10 information
received here.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
captor Of Bandit is Dead.

La Crosse Thomas L. vought, who
led the posse that captured the famous
Younger brothers. after the Mortified.
Mimi. bank robbery in 1876. died here
at the age OF 81 years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Hoos Smash Records =, Az

Chicago, Aug IA new record
price for hogs was established nj the
Onion stock yards when Miller q Hart
purchased two loads at Sl7 hundred.
weight The record price for August.
1916, vas S115J.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Reject First Man Drafted.

Fond du Lac William Goehel, the
FIRST man drafted In the First district
of the county, was rejected owing TO
fat feet George II Meyer the first
man drafted in the Second district.
claimed exemption.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Woman and Three Sons Killed.

Bloomington, H., Aug. II. When M
automobile I'm which they were riding
was struck by an Illinois traction car
near Bloomington Mrs. John Kruger
and three sons, Elmer, Henry and
Ralph. were killed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
WrItIna unlversIty tiIstory.

Madison A history Of the tfniyer-
sity IL Wisconsin II being written BY
Prof } Z Al pyre. English depart
meni at tie University.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Tumultvs on Auto Trip in East

Portland, Me, Aug. l5.-Joseph p.
Tuuulty secretary to the president.
and Mrs 1umulty arrived in Portland
by automobile from Burlington, Vt, on
a vacation tour
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-08-16
Force to Be About 10000.

Discussion of the time and place of
mobilization Of the division or of it's
departure for France are not permis-
sible under the voluntary censorship.
The structure of the division as given
in the official statement shows it will
conform to the reduced trench warfare
divisional organization recommended
by Major General Pershlng, which
would give II total strength with aux
iliary troops, of approximately 10000
men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
DANIELS WAY GET
ENGLISH SHELLS
Ambassador Page Informs
u. S. Hadfields Is Conf
dent 1t Can Fill Contract

Washington, Jan. 30.-Contracts Tor
something over S3,OO0,oOO worth OF
armor piercing shells let by the navy
to Hadfelds, Limited. the English con-
Germ. may be filled despite the British
governments order that that company
should no: proceed with the work so
long as the exigencies Of war continue
A dispatch from Ambassador waiter
Hines Page, at London, transmitted by
the State Department TO the Navy De-
nartment to-day, said that while the
British authorities felt constrained to
withhold consent for the Hadields COM
many to make the shells for the present
on account of national needs, as under
stood by the public. officials Of the con-
Germ were reasonably sure that objec-
ton would disappear within twelve or
fifteen months.
Even after that delay, the dispatch
said, it probably would be possible 10
deliver the projectiles within the time
stipulation originally made by the COM no
pany-nineteeE months for the 4,oOo
i4-inch projectiles and sixteen months
for the 5000 16-inch types. =,
Inasmuch as the shells are to be heid
in reserve. there being no immediate
need for them, navy officials are of the
opinion that they can afford TO await
further developments and hold the con-
tract in allegiance for some time Mean
while efforts will be made 10 reach a
better understanding with American
manufacturers, whose lowest bid was
5000 a shell above the English price,
and preparation for the construction OF
a government factory will be fastened.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
BELGIANS RESIST
BEING SENT AWAY
Fail to Appear for Deport-
alton, but Germans
Seize Hostages

The Hague, Jan. 30. The deportations
Of Belgian workmen continue, but at
a slightly lower rate than previously,
according 10 information from an I'M
questionable source. 1t is said that
the deportations from Brussels are now
being made at the rate Of about $50 men
daily. Many of these men, it is alleged,
arc not idlers but skilled workmen, who
have been engaged for at least part
Of their time in their trade.
In some provinces the Belgians. 1t
is said, are adopting methods Of pas
sive resistance to escape deportations.
This resistance takes the form Of
failing to appear at the appointed
place of examination. Out of seven
teen hundred men called in five COM
munes near Malines. not more than
one-half presented themselves. There.
upon the German military authorities
arrested three prominent men IN each
commune, holding them as hostages
until the appearance Of the absentees,
who in the meantime were hunted by
squads Of soldiers. In Brussels many
of the summoned men who failed to
appear are now in hiding.
About one thousand Belgians con-
nected with the work of the American
Relief Commission members of pro-
vincial and communal committees OF
helpers i'm storehouses, mills or soup
kitchens have been deported TO Ger
many over the strong protest Of the
As a result OF vigorous
protests, however. few of these men
have been returned TO their homes, and
no others are being taken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
Both Entente and German
Troops Thrust Forward
in Trench Raids
FRENCH AND BRITISH
BAG NINE AIRPLANES
Eastern Fighting Slackens
Though Berlin Reports
Success

London, Jan. 80. - Vigorous trench
raids by both sides and aerial activity
marked to-day along the Western front,
where the armies arc feeling for each
others weak spots. On the other fight
ing fronts, except in Macedonia, where
there were few patrol actions, the
intense cold prevented activity.
II would seem that the French have
abandoned. for the time at least. their
effort TO win back their losses at Hiii
SO4. near Verdun. The Germans report
that the French suffered heavily IN
their attacks on Sunday.
Along the rest of the front there
were only trench raids. German st-
tennis to enter the Allied trenches
were beaten off at Badonvillers' near
Soupir and near Beaulne by the French
and near Het Sas by the Belglans'
The British made raids near the Butte
de Warlencourt and near Souchez, do
ing much damage and collecting lew
prisoners.
There was considerable aerial activ-
ity. the French bringing down three
German planes and raiding vigorously,
while the British destroyed three
planes and drove three others to earth
On the East front neither side re-
ports important engagements. Berlin
saws that activity has been renewed
along the Aa River, and that IT is
Favorable" but gives no details. Rus
STA announces that Saturdays fghtlng
near Jacobeni has yielded total Oh
l.15S men and sixteen trench and ma
chinn nrns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
German Official Says
"Black" and Gray" Lists
Throttle NeutralS
ENGLAND'S EYE ON
TEUTON COLONIES
Plans to Take Richest OF
All War Prizes Sought
by Allies

Borlin (by wireless to Sayyille), Jan.
20 BARON Won dem Bussche-H MADDEN
hansen. Under Secretary for Foreign
Affairs and formerly secretary OF inc
German Embassy at Washington, COM
menting on London dispatches regard
ing the peace situation, said today
"The argument AS to Great Britain 3
unselfshness I'm the world war, based
on the fact that the peace condltlonS
outlined in the reply of the Entente 70
President Wilson provide no territoriai
advantage for England, though riGhly
satisfying the land hunger OF her aires
is. as usual with British argumentatlon'
specous and failacious.
"Apologists POW find il convenient TO
ignore the TACT that England ALREADY
has pocketed i'm Germanys captured
colonies the richest territorial rewards
of any Of the Entente powers. lhese
rewards. however. are insignificant Tor
ENGLAND IN comparison with the puf-
nose for which she went to war, name :
iv. the destruction of an inconvenient
rival and the continuance oil pre-
dominant position in the worlds trade.
Even neutrals suffer through the black
list and blockade.
Using Chain Boycott
"To Justify the blacklist Lord Grey,
when Foreign Secretary, argued that
no rights or property Of blacklI sted
firms we're injured, but that the hrms
enioved freedom of trading in every
respect with all except British foreign
subjects. The point over which the
British note glded carelessly and
which is vital to the entire argument IS
that a blacklisted firm, as is wen
known. is robbed of the right to DO
business with other neutrals,. this, be-
ing accomplished by means OF chaiL
boycott introduced by England.
aAnv one having business relations
with a blacklisted firm, or who is even
suspected of such 'unfriendly' conduct
risks being himself placed on the
blacklist. The British design, you see.
is to paralyzc completely the trade OF
a blacklisted firm with neutral con-
Germs, the British government being I'M
willing to recognize the generally ac-
cepted principle of freedom of trade.
"The British censor even conilscates
any bank balances of these blackllsted
firms, and payments due to them from
British sources are held up.
"More and more, England is classify
ing the business houses OF neutra!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31
CONSTANT,
PACIFIST LEADER,
REBUKES WILSON

Paris, Jan. 3O-Baron d'Estournelles
de Constant, Senator and President of
the Parliamentary group favoring in.
ternatlOnal arbitration, commenting to-
day on President Wilson's address to
the United States Senate, said:
General opinion in France on the
message of President Wilson is i'm the
main unanimous, but naturally is ex-
pressed in very differing terms. French
opinion unanimously finds great salts
faction, and even real consolation, in at
last hearing the voice of the Ameri.
can government raised against the war
of aggression and conquest which we
have been fighting for nearly three
years, and which We did all that was
possible to prevent.
"On the other hand, opinions are
divided as regards the expression of
this sentiment. Many of my friends
think the expression matters little.
Many others think as | do, that a mes
sage of the President of the United
States ought not to be capable of mis-
Interpretation.
when President Wilson declares
that he wishes q peace without victory
he clearly desires to say that the Ger
man government should renounce all
idea Of conquest, and consequently
make public before the world and be-
fore history the Inonstrous confession
that il let loose war lor nothing; that
it has sacrificed millions of human ex-
istences and incalculable wealth for
nothing. for the eternal confusion of
Prussian militarism, the scourge of
Germany and the world.
But Mr.. Wilson seems to say some
thing different. He seems 20 say that
the struggle will be a draw between
the aggressor and his victims, and that
the war will end in peace without a
conclusion, without morality. That is
neither possible nor even conceivable.
There must be a victory, and there will
be a great victory. a victory Of the
right of the people,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31

pursuing far-sighted selfish purposes J
Why, for example, does England inter-
fere with Americas trade with the
Philippines and Eastern Asia, where
only neutral interests can be made to
suffer? Why is the American mail TO
tho Philippines seized by Englandf Ger
tainly not because they hope thereby to
strike Germany.
Besides the blacklist. the English
have also a highly confidential gray
list. Firms whose names are Oh this
list are characterized as houses with
which It IL not desired that English
men shall trade.
1.-THE number Of names on the gray
list Is much larger than on the black
list. Against the blacklisted firms there
is an absolute embargo on goods and q
considerable restriction Of mail privi-
leges, but correspondence with those on
the gray list still is permitted. This
leads. however in most cases, TO moth
ing. owing TO delays"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-31

Berlin. Jan. 3O-The food problem
owing 70 weather conditions, difficulty IN
obtaining bread on bread cards and the
shortage in the meat supply, have
caused many well-to-do persons 10 take
advantage of the municipal 1000
kitchens, where a nourishing and appe-
thing ration is obtainable. Among
these persons are the members OF
number Of American families.
The food supply crisis is turther
brought home 20 residents OF beriih
in the most direct manner by the as
eussions regarding the introduction OF
a standard bread.
The proposed abolition Of wheaton
rolls and the issue of uniform loaves o.
mixed rye and wheat are Objectionable
both to the upper classes, which prefer
the tastier rolls, and to the working
population. which will have 10 pay more
for the mixed loaf than for the present
rye bread.
However, the authorities declare the
change is inevitable to obtain the maxi
mum amount Of bread from gwen
quantity of flour. Otherwise the week
" bread ration would have to be re-
duced.
Upper Glasses Hungrier
The difficulties are due. not 10 any re-
duction in the total supply for Berlin,
but TO the fac, that the better classes.
which formerly consumed only part OF
their bread ration, are now using u
down 70 the last roll. Another factor
consists Of the supplementary ratons
issued 70 the working classes to exc
out inadequate supplies Of other arti-
cles Of food
The bread problem also has been ac-