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The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
ITALIAN WARSHIPS
FOOL AUSTRIANS
Explore Mine-Defended PoIa Har-
Dor, Fire TorpedoeS and
Escape UnSCathed.
FOE THINK IT AN AIR RAID
SearchIights illuminate the Sky, Bat
teries Open Fire Wildly and Inef-
ficientIy While Destroyers
Quietly Slip Away.

Rome.-Three Italian torpedo boats
have succeeded in breaking the boom
at Pola, the best defined and most
fortified naval harhur in the world.
They spent two hours exploring the
harbor Il few hundreds of yards from
the forts ana came out safely after
they had accomplished their most off
iicult and delicate mission. wheG uc-
merouS powerful searchlights vainly
Illuminated sky and sea and the bat
terieS fired wildly and inetticiently."
The most difficult and delicate mis-
sion consisted in torpedoing Il man-O'-
war. In fact, when the torpedo boats
reached the customary anchorage of
part of the Austrian fleet" possibly
the good roadStead in the channel of
Fasana, the entrance of which they
had successfully forced, tOrpedOes
were fired against large enemy war
vessel, but it was aScertained that
both remained entangled in the nets
protecting the ship and as they failed
to strike hard substance their
charges were not ignited and the tor
pedOes did not explode.
Saved by Nets.
Had the tOrpedoes exploded the
Italian warShipS would not have been
able to come out of POla and probably
would have been lost. In fact, they
owed their safety to the nonexplosion
If the tOrpedOeS.
Three Italian torpedo boats left port
on the evening of November l, and
toward midnight they We're off Pola.
Shortly after midnight the warShips
were near the entrance of the Fasana
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS

Hazel Speelman, IA, found wound
ed beside the dead body of her moth.
"r in barn at Poalo. Kan. was ar.
rested charged with numbering her
mother.
Because II carried too much stuff
about warm, lingering kisses" and
had naughty cover" the "Helluva"
number OF the Northwestern T-nivar.
sity Candle" has been suppressed
Untitled orders of the Unitad
States Steel corporation for the
month ending Dec. 81 reached ll.547.-
2S6 tons, an increase OF 4SS.744 over
the previous month. again breaking
all records.
Advance in the prices of Turkish
Cigarettes ranging from A. cents N
81 per 1000 were announced nv
Lorillard & CO.
Miss Hattie Smith, 81 years old i
dead of pneumonia al CIevoI,rd
Tenn, the flird OF four sisters to die
from TINS maIady within 10 days
The tables We're reversed wien The
atlas Taxi firm of Chicago thraqrerrd
Il go on strike if the taxi drivers,
union insisted upon firing of old en-.
pioyes. The firm will quit business
rather than yield.
Chauncey Moorehead Of New York
was 0equeathed Mrs. |. VI. Pixies now.
der puff and cut glass perfume totrIa
The high cost Of primping has gone
up Chicago hotels announced that
hereafter the girl who dashes IN for =
lowdering OF the nose and a bit Of
toilet water must pay a dime
When Joseph Larson OF Evansville
lnd.r was arrested on a minor charge
he tried TO kill himself in his cell h,
swallowing buttons and needles. He
also ate several matches. = physician
said he would live.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20

handsome woman. accompanied by
an irrcproachabIy groomcd collie. who
registered AT New York hotel aS
ETina Wright, attracted only passing
attention. A few days later came Sa-
lcem. all the way from Egypt. and.
Frustrating himself before the stranger.
addressed her as Madame la Coun-
teSSa."
Miss Wright admitted then thar in
Italy she had been the Countess Mira
Fiori. cousin by marriage of the prrs.
ent king. She had been travelling in
cognito in California until romance
began in a moonlit garden in ancient
Egypt. followed her half way around
the globe, and disclosed her identity
The countess is an American by birth.
She has spent much of her time in
Italy, where under the stage name of
Mile. Blanche Duque>ne. She became
popular aS an opera singer. After her
marriage tO the Count Fiori she Spent
several years among the nobility of
Italy.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
CRIMINAL.

J. w. Garrett, said by the police to
De an ex-conyict from Mobcrly, was
arrested al New Frankfort, Mo.
charged with the murder of Mrs. Sa-
rah Campbell, 60 years old.
Auto bandits who raided a Chicago
drug store paid no attention to the
cash drawer, but compelled the drug
gist to give them 100 morphine
tablets.
While a woman bandit held re-
volyer against his head a man and
another girl robbed James o Athas,
a Chicago visitor, of S25.
Samuel Chalmers took three routes
TO escape Chicago police, gas, poison
and a high leap. The first two failed,
but the third landed him in a hospital
with fractured skull.
The county sheriff of Girard. Ala.
discovered that thieves using rub
be- tube arrangement passed through
hole in warehouse wall had
syphoned out 500 gallons of whisky
seized in recent wholesale liquor
raids.
Three masked men held up an ex-
press messenger at Tarentum, Pa,
and robbed him of $4,000. the pay
roll of the Flaccus Glass Co.
James B. Mcnamara, serving a life
sentence at San Quentin for dynamit-
ing the Los Angeles Times building.
was ordered into the disciplinary dun
geon for refusing to work in the jute
mill.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20

all this time was not lost E"~idrS. had
not dawn been So near the torpedo boat
would have surely prolonged her eX-
pIorurion inside Pola. II Was about
/ five O'Clock in the morning when the
TWO turpcducS were fired against the
Austrian hattl">hip in the EaSana
channel. almost simultaneously and 1T
very close range. They both got en-
tangled in rh" nets protecting the ship.
Evidently three nets protected the
ship. because two were cut, hut the
third prevented the torpcdocS from
striking thr hull. and their prup"!l"rS
kept going outside the water with 4
loud noise resembling that made 10y the
.propcllcrS of an airplanc.
In fact. the Au>trianS on board the
hatllr>hip, as well aN those on board
ether ships and on shore, miStook the
noise ana took it for granted that Iula
had been attacked 10y hostile air craft.
The alarm was raised at once with the
rapidity of lightning. Srarchlghts
were put on and Illuminated the sky,
while all the guns of the aerial defense
on the hills and on the islands. aS we'll
aS all those on the ships and of the
shore batteries, opened fire Simultane-
ouSly. wildly and inefiicicntly.
The Italian torpedo boat headed
straight for the barrier. The AuSrrianS
in the patrol boat watching the en-
trance of the channel. who were not
quite awake, assumed that she was
on" of their torpedo boats going ont To
sea in search of the Italian airplanes
that were raiding Pola.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
SOCIALISTS For Peace

London.-The Scandinavian Social
ist organization has received a tele-
gram from American Socialists asking
It's assistance in calling an interim
honal peace conference at The Hagua
Tor Jun" ;, says a Copenhagen dis
patch. The Copenhagen Social Demo
kraten says that there are good pros
poets that the three Scandinavian
countries will support American ef-
forts in this direction.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
DOM ESTIC.

More than 500 brewery workers in
Scranton. Pa. and vicinity. including
barnmen, watchmen, engineers and
firemen. are on strike.
Seven hundred former convicts
have been provided with employment
by the New York police and given all
possible assistance in their efforts
10 lead honest lives within the last
year.
transmission in The mails of Ii
Quor advertisements. in circulars.
newspapers or otherwise. into states
(which prohibit such advertising, is
barred by bill by Senator Blnkhead
passed by the senate.
In filming Steve Muloski. 30. $500
as wife beater. Judge J. II. Brady of
Kansas City announced that every
wife beater would be photographed
and the picture posted in the city
hall
With Representative Scully of New
Jersey, Democrat, definitely known TO
be elected. the house next session
lined up as follows: Democrats. PIG;
Republicans, 2l5, Progressiyes. >; So
cialist. /; Independent, l.
Heroism in the battle OF Carrizal
won a government job for Dolly Far.
rior, Tenth cavalry trooper, whose
right hand was paralyzed from a Car
rama bullet wound.
With the assembling Of the Tennas.
see legislature the l.. & y. and the
N, c. 4 st. l.. railroads announced
that no free passes would be issued
through legislators for constituents
Agreement to purchase Monticello.
the home Of Thomas jefferson. if
reasonable price can be obtained. was
reached by a congressional committee.
The following nominations were
made by President Wilson: Inspector
general OF the army, Col. John /.
Chamberlain. with rank OF brigadier
secretary of the territory of Hawaii.
Curtis Piehu-laukea.
According TO Dr. Simon n. Patten.
leading economist at the University
OF Pennsylvania, only 25 per cent Of
the graduates practice law after they
leave the university.
Eight men were killed and nine
wounded in the hunt for 10000 deer
in California during 1915 /
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
BY Phone From CopitoI.

Observation-Disclosures in all
parts of the country may be able to
listen TO President Wilson's inaugural
address on the morning of March 5
by long distance telephone. The To-
cal Inauguration Committee took ND
with telephone companies the feast
bility If such an arrangement. and il
was pronounced quite possible
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
PERSONAL.

Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee.
~. retired, who commanded the bat
leship Maine when she was de-
stroyed in Havana harbor. is suffer
ing from an attack of neuralgia and
the grip.
Robert Hoe. manufacturer of print
ing presses and son of the inventor
secured a decree of divorce on
grounds of cruelty and desertion.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20

channel, closed by means of iron
chains. steel cables. enormous beams
and nets extending across the mouth
OF the channel a$ Il protection against
submarines. The barrier is formidable
and its removal seems impoSSiblr \
patrol boat iS muored alongside the
boom. tn" men on board are SUPPOSED
10 be oIr watch; instead. they are
asleep.
IW" uut of the three torpedo boats
silently approached the barrier and
their crews got Ia work. In less than
twenty minutes the boom was low
cred sufficiently to allow their passage.
one of the torpedo boats entered the
harbur of Pola and came out after two
hours. There was absolutely no sign
of life inside n" port and few lights
We're 10 b" seen on shore. The Aus
trianS relied 50 much on their mine
fields, barriers and batteries that they
We're quite convinced an attack was
impossible either by day or by night.
and they slept Soundly without watch
ing.
Results Not Known.
The results of the torpedo boats eX-
ploration inside Pola are of course not
known. Undoubtedly they must have
been very valuable, judging by the fact
that no attempt was made to torpedo
any of the enemy ships before two
hours, and ii is to be presumed that
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
SHARK SPOILS TUNA CATCH
Kills Big Fish After Angler Had
Fought Him for More Than
Two Hours.

Avalon, Cal.-JameS Leavy of Salt
Lake City fought blue-fin tuna for
over an hour when torpedo shark
attacked the game fish as it was vainlv
trying To diSengage itself from Leavv'S
tackle. The tuna was badly mutilated.
about fifty pounds being torn from ii.
The tuna had towed the launch three
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
ReViving a CoIioquialisr

That constituent Of yours referred
10 you in terms of great diSparoga-
ment."
What did he say:" inquired Sena-
tor Sorghum.
lie said you didn't know beans"
well, beans don't figure much in
politics out our way. So long as he
refrainS from saying don't know pork
don't bother him."
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Eugene F. Mcdonald Of Lexington.
KY. social butterfly and ex-convict.
was sentenced 70 life Imprisonment
.or the murder OF W. r. Dobbs, an
employe.
The head of Mrs Florence Arlene
Small, murdered wife Of Frederick L.
Small, on trial at Ossippee. y. H.
charged with the crime, was shown 10
the jury by DR.. George B. Magrath.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
lHERE news
EMS COMPILED
PEOPLE.
Boiled Down to
The Readers
sumptlon.
Z FOREIGN.

terdam dispatch says tha
tch government has purchased
interned alrpl42es from the
DeHgerent powers.
Fodder and cereals are 10 be grown
in Richmond and Busby parks. which
are royal property, as the first step
in the new food campaign in Eng
land
The military authorities az Dublin
have suppressed an American moving
picture film depicting Irish historical
events, including Robert Emmets re
bellion in 1903.
The Norwegian steamer Lupus. car
ring conJraband, was taken by the
Germans into Hamburg.
United States naval officers will su-
pervise the next election in Haiti, TO
insure an honest count The people
express satisfaction with this super
vision.
Explicit directions that no part OF
his estate should be- permitted To fall
into the hands Of the German govern
ment or its military officers were in
cluded in the will OF Gullaume der
man. a Belgian engineer, who died re-
Gently.
Eleven persons were killed and 40
injured when a train loaded with per
sons returning TO Edinburgh. Scot.
land, after the New Year holiday col
lided with a switch engine.
The daylight saving plan has been
adopted by the states of the Austral.
ian federation and clocks have been
pushed one hour ahead.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
Moonshine Whisky Hioher

Atlanta, Ga.-Moonshiners Of the
Piedmont in Georgia, Alabama. Tennes-
see and the CarolinaS are not so slow.
They have taken advantage of the high
cost Of living arguments put forth bv
the city manufacturers and as result
liquor that used to sell for
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
FIRES.

Fire destroyed three buildings IN
the business section of EstheryiIe
Ia with an estimated loss of 5000 900.
Within a week of the date for its
closing the Willis Wood theater ono
oi Kansas City's most famous play
houses. was destroyed by fire. with A
loss of 100000
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
To Succeed GoethaIs.

"ashington.-Li Lieut.. Col. Chester
Harding of the Army Engineer Corps
acting governor Of the Panama Canal
was nominated by President Wilson
to be governor of the Panama Canal
succeeding Maj. Gen. Geo. W. Goo-
halls, who retired at his own request
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
How New York Grows.

New lOrk.-Fiye hundred and sixty.
our new buildings. at an estimated
cost of s114,690145. were erected in
he Borough Of Manhattan IN 1916. In
1915 the number was 494. and tho
cost estimated at $Gi.G52.S69.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20

BarcelOna-The German cors,,r
general here has issued a notice ra-
Iuesting all youths, aged Is wears or
over, TO register at the consulate in
view of the prospect of soon heing
called to the colors.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20

Senator Thomas p. Gore OF Okla
hcma. who has been i'll at his home
for several days. was taken TO a hos
pital for an X-ray examination, to de-
termine whether major operation
would be necessary.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
Want Nation All Drv

Denver. Colo.-Thc Colorado uoueo
or Representatives passed memo
rial to Congress urging national pro-
hlbl'ion amendment making the Unit
ed States 100 per cent dry" The
memorial now goes 10 the Senat.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
No Friendship in PinochIe

Chicago.-"We were lust nIovin, -
friendly game of pinochle," said Rich
ard Watson. accused with six others Of
gambling. There is no friendship in
rih"chIr. said Judge Mahoney. He
fined Watson SD. the others 81 cocb
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20

miles and tipped the scales at 1856
pounds. The catch was disqualified nv
TUNA club officials on the ground that
IN" shark, and not, the angler. had
killed the fish.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
ACCIDENTS

Lawrence Mohler. fireman. and NJ.
j. Durkin, brakeman, were killed by
ire explosion of a locomotive attached
" freight train near Northeast pa
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
S275,0O0 Fire in Sf psur

St. Paul-Firc practically DESTROY
cd III" Exposition building in the MI
way district here, causing loss Of
$4,000.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20

- cents gallon now commands 81 .,
gallon.
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
Arrests Are Made Almost Daily
and Some Diplomats Are
Expelled.
POLICE ARE kept ON THE GO
Of 425 Espionage Cases in Last Six
Months $50 Were Austro- German
Government Is Very
Strict.

Berne, Switzerland.-AccOr to
Swiss law in general and Il special or
dlnance of the federal council dated
August 4, 1914, in particular, espionage
is prohibited. No foreigner is allowed
To organize, favor or carry out eSpion-
age on behalf of any belligerent power
since the outbreak of the war and quite
recently counter espionage has also
been forbidden.
Spies, male and female, generally
Germans, are arrested almost every
day in Switzerland, and most of them
are tried and convicted. In some cases.
however, no trial follows the arrest of
spy, and this Happens whenever the
spy can prove by documentary evidence
that he is "A diplomat, generally IA con-
Sular officer or commercial agent, n
duly accredited military attache or an
army officer.
In such cases the Swiss police in
variably accompany the spy To the from
tier and there let him loose, and after
his repatriation an official announce
ment is made to the effect that he has
been recalled home by his government.
Ordinary spies are instead tried and
sentenced To a term of Imprisonment
and heavy fine. They are moreover,
expelled from Switzerland. after serv-
ing their sentence. of course. and
threatened with immediate arrest if
they come back
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
Espionage Flourishes.

As Il rule spies of Swiss nationality
are more severely punished than for
"ignerS, as Switzerland is determined
on absolute neutrality, but all the same
espionage tlouri>heS everywhere to
such great extent that practically all
the foreigners in Switzerland neutrals
or belligcrentS, are spies or dabble in
espionage or counter espionage.
Comparisons are odious, but il is q
fact that out Of 42J cases of espionage
brought before the Swiss courts during
the last six months $50 dealt with Aus
tro-German spies or with people who
We're working for the central empirrS.
and the charges in these latter cases
were not of espionage. pure and simple,
namely, the securing of information
about the enemy. but Of a criminal ma
ture, such as attempts against life and
property, arson. blowing up of railroads
and factories and such like. Austro-
German spies are. after all. nothing
else but ordinary criminals.
II must be admitted that the Swiss
police have very difficult task in
catching AuStro-German spies who. as
a rule, are very clever and invariably
have good aCcompliceS. For instance
VIII" would have suspected that a most
respectable German lady. the widow of
The Madison journal., 1917-01-20

|terdam dispatch says that
tch government has purchased
~ interned alrpl41es from the
Igerent powers.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-27

Not when, but How Fast.
1T is not a question of when. but
how fast" said DR.. Garfield with ref
erence to government action in con-
trolling the coal mines of America.
He explained that he did not believe
government control should come alb
ruptly but should be a gradual pro-
cess.
Lays Blame on War.
Blame for the coal shortage which
exists today was laid directly at the
door of the war by DIR. Garfield. He
declared that the shortage has been
caused by a greatly increased con-
sumption due to war work and stated
that the Increased production had
failed TO meet the demands.
The United States now lacks 50,0Oo.-
600 tons of coal. despite the fact that
the production for 1917 will exceed the
production for 1916 by 100000 the
Fuel Administrator declared.
Railroad congestion has greatly ag-
gravated this situation. according to
DIR. Garfield. He made it clear that
he did not desire to shift any of the
blame for the coal shortage to the
railroads. but stated that transporta-
ton difficulties had decreased produc-
ton this year by 20.1GG,442 tons.
Roads Should Act ms Unit.
In the opinoin of DR.. Garfield the
condition of the American railroads
today y the result of government
pt"cy. He stated that in a time.
such as the present. 1t is pecessary
for the railroads to act as a unit.
Under existing conditions they can.
not do this either physically or
legally" he said.
The policy of the American govern
ment has been to preserve compsti-
The Washington herald., 1917-12-27
NEARLY BILLION
FOR RAILWAYS
$947 ,267,74l Guaran-
teed Carriers Under
3 Plan of President.

New York, Dec. 26.-The rail-
roads of the country will be guar
anteed net operating income at the
rate of $947.267.741 annually. under
the plan as announced by President
Wilson tonight.
The latest official figures. as
compiled by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, show net oper-
ating income for the years ending
June 80, 1915. 1916 and 1917 as fol-
lows for all the roads of the coun-
try:
In 1915. s72S.212.o7s: in 1916. ST.
o4a,S39,S22; in 1917, $1,O69,75o.514.
To Pay Dividends.
The average for the three years
antounts to S947, ,267,471.
Net operating income represents the
amount Of gross revenues left after de-
ducting all operating expenses and
taxes. In any railroad income account
an operating income is added which
gives the gross income and from the
latter usually are deducted interest on
debt. funded and unfunded. and items
listed under "all other deductions"
This leaves the net income and from
the latter dividends are payable. Usu.
ally after dividens is left the so-called
surplus for the year.
Statistical compilations as regards
eleven important systems of the coun-
try operating an aggregate mileage
Of 6i,S72. or about a quarter Of the
total mileage of the country. show
that an average of the last three fis'
cal years in effect insures at least the
payment of the dividends now being
maintained. A good deal. it is held
depends on satisfactory arrange
ment as to any new financing needed
The Washington herald., 1917-12-27
PRESIDENTS ACTION
STUNS WALL Street
Freakish Movements Looked for in
Railroad Securities.

New York, Dec. S.-President Will
sons action in taking charge of the
railroads and guaranteeing net earn
ings for the period of the war equal
to the average earnings for 1915. 1916
and 1917 creates the most astonishing
financial situation with which Wall
Street has ever had to deal. 1t is ab-
solutely without precedent. Wild ex-
citement and freakish movements of
prices are a certainty.
The reaction that the Presidents
action is sure to cause will be all the
more violent because it follows a ses-
sion in which the worst that could
happen was discounted. The utmost
despondency prevailed on the Stock
Exchange today. The prices recorded
for some standard railroad stocks and
bonds suggested the passing of diyi-
dends and even receiverships.
Among the astonishing prices re-
corded for instance. was g. l-2 for st.
Paul preferred. and '4S1-f for Balti-
more and Ohio preferred ,4.,s