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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
FRENCH AND BRITISH
ROuT GERMAN ARMIES

London.-Additional important ad.
vances over a front of about one hun
drtd miles by the British and French
armies in France and additional gains
by the Russians and British over the
Turks in Turkish Armenia, Persia
and Mesopotamia are the outstanding
features in the war news.
The important towns of Peronne,
Chaulnes and Nesle and more than
sixty villages have been taken by the
British troops on front of some for
ty-five miles.
Taking up the operations south OF
Chaulnes the French troops recaptur'
ed their old positions in Roye-Noyon
road and including the important town
Of Noyon.
In this region the French have pene-
trated more than twelve miles through
the German positions toward the
town of Ham.
To the southwest the entire first line
of the Germans, including the villages
Of Carleport, Marsam and Nouvron
Vingre, were captured by the French,
while northeast Of Scissors, Group has
been taken.
The armies of the Russian Grand
Duke Nicholas are pressing the Turks
in the Lake Van and Sivas regions in
Turkish Armenia and in Persia opera
lions which have as their objective the
cutting off of the Turks who are be-
ing pressed northward by the British
in Mesopotania, where the Ottoman
forces are in full fight, according to
the British war office.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
FRENCH CABINET RESIGNS

BRAND Ministry Quits Following A.
taeks on Policy.
Paris.-The French cabinet, headed
BY Premier BRAND, has resigned.
The BRAND ministry had been at
tackled in parliament repeatedly the
past few weeks for its economic policy.
It succeeded tho Viviani cabinet in Oc-
tober, 1915, and was reorganized last
Dec. ~, when the number of minis
terial portfolios was decreased and .
war council appointed.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
ARMED BRITISH BOAT SUNK

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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
THAW IS DECLARED INSANE
Cannot Be Taken to New York to
Stand Trial.

adelphia-Harry Kendall Thaw
has been adjudged a lunatic by the
common pleas court of this city and
under the law cannot be taken to
New York on requisition to stand
trial on charges of assaulting Frede-
rick Gump, Jr, high school student
Of Kansas City, Mo.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
BAmACHE, LpMBAGO AND
RHEUMATIC TROUBLES.

Denr Mr.. Editor-l wish to state that
4 suffered greatly from backache, lum-
haRo and rheumatic troubles. I used
= Anuric," the latest discovery of Doctor
Pierce for backache and kidney troubles,
and I can cheerfully recommend the
a Anuric Tablets" to anyone suffering
from any of these maladies.
Yours truly,
J. F. CARRIER.
Leon, Iowa.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
ARREST FINNISH GOVERNOR

New Russian Government Opposes Old
Official.
Petrograd-By order Of the new
Russian provisional government Ad
miral Mepine arrested Governor Zein
of Finland.
Deputy Rodchieff was named as
minister of Finnish affairs and order
ed to proceed at once to Helsingfors
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
CANAL OPERATION SHOWS
HEAVY LOSS.

!. Washington. 49, A deficit of
: more than fifty-five per cent
. confronted the Panama canal
. at the beginning of the calen-
. dar year.
. Expenses of operation and
. maintenance of the waterway
. from the opening to Jan. I last
. exceeded the tolls by $685.
. 355. The total expenses for
. the period were $14,717,072 and
. the receipts from tolls $9,461,-
. III.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23

SISAWST oa0A"o'S ""o ~~'SS
At $1,500,000.
Boston. - Agents of the Warren
line have announced that they had
received indirect word that the Brit
ish steamer Sycamore, which sailed
from Boston Feb. 81 for Liverpool,
had been sunk by submarine.
She carried a general cargo, includ-
ing munitions for the British govern
ment, and was armed astern with q
4.7-inch gun. Vessel and cargo were
valued at $1,500,000.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
Russian Emperor Is
Forced to Quit.
new NATIONAL CABINET
Members Are Said to Be Close
to the People.

. Conflicting reports come from
: Russia regarding RECONSTRUCT
: ton of the government. Cir
: cumstantial, detailed reports
. from Petrograd are that Grand
. Duke Michael has abdicated as
> car. London hears he has &C.
, cepted the throne, conditioned
> on approval by tho people Of his
: acceptance.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
Former Gar Goes to crimea.

Petrograd, March 19.-Nicholas Ro-
manoff, as the former emperor now is
designated, has left with his staff Tor
his personal estates at Livadia, on
the south coast Of the Crimea.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
.GIRL.WIFE MISSING
FROM VIRGINIA Home
Mrs. Maize Richards, Disappeared
d DAYS. Sought BY Husband.

Another case Of a disappearing
woman, which is thought by the police
to parallel the case Of Marjorie Thomp-
son. who was returned TO her home
recently after having been missing al
most two months, was reported TO the
police yesterday by the husband OF
Mrs. Maize Richards. p. OF 10 North
Columbia street. Alexandra, Va.
Mr.. Richards told what he knew Of
the disappearance OF his girl-wife and
the mother Of his 2-year-old baby early
this morning to Lieut.. Hartley, Of the
First precinct He said that she had
been missing from home since August
q, since which time he had learned
she was living in this city.
Maize Richards, before her disap-
pearance, had worked for a short
while in Washington. During this
time she arrived home at an unusually
late hour. according 10 her husbands
statements to the police This led to
domestic troubles which probably re-
suited in her leaving home. accord
ing to Richards.
Mrs. Richards Is described as being
FIVE feet in height. weighing is
pounds. having a fair complexion and
dark brown hair. When last seen by
her husband she wore a white waist.
blue skirt, green sweater and straw
hat.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
EDUCATIONAL film
TO BE Shown HERE
Damaged Goods" Will Be Display
ed at National Theater Sunday.

A national campaign against disease
will be launched in this city next Sun
day afternoon when the phOtoplay,
Damaged Goods" will be screened at
2:3O and O'Clock at the New National
Theater.
The price Of admission 10 the per-
Torrance will be the uniform Of the
army, navy or Marine Corps. the play
being primarily for the benefit Of the
soldiers, sailors and marines encamp-
ed in and around the District Of Co
mmbia.
The Secretaries Of War and Navy.
with their stats; the surgeon generals
Of the army and navy. officers high in
rank OF both branches of the service;
members Of the diplomatic corps.
members OF Congress and other per
sons prominent in the official life OF
the nation will be present to witness
the PLAY.
Mai Pullman, superintendent Of 20
lice. has been responsible for the ar
rangements and for obtaining the use
Of the film for this educational and
scientific purpose.
Mai. Pullman stated last night that
he had been interested in the produc-
ton primarily as a police matter be-
cause he believes that those persons
who witness Damaged Goods" will be
given such a powerful object lesson
that many Of the sources OF police
problems will be eliminated.
To men in uniform there will be no
charge for admission when the doors
of the National Theater open for the
photoplay on Sunday afternoon. a
charge Of 30 cents will be made for all
civilians who seek 10 see the play.
Tho entire proceeds of such sale TO
civilians will go TO defray the expenses
involved in showing the production.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
WILL TEACH nurses
SURGICAL DRESSING
Classes TO Be Given Instruction at
Mason House.

Students Of surgical dressings who
have already taken courses win be
given special opportunities at the
Mason House, 1905 Twentieth street
northwest, TO learn the new Red
Cross dressings under the direction
Of Miss Mary Cox. an American Red
Cross nurse who is the leading author
ity on surgical dressings in Wash
ington.
Abridged classes will be held for
women who had previous training
in surgical dressings while those who
have not had training will be given
the full course in the new dressings.
Registration has begun for the new
classes.
Miss Kathleen Mackin. Of Drexel
Institute, Red Cross dietit.au on the
faculty OF Mason House, announces a
class in candy making and practical
{ cooking # school girls between the
ages OF u and IS years viii
begin Saturday at 10 a. m. The
course Will cover twelve lessons. DR..
L. V. Barber Will conduct a class in
first aid beginning Monday At 10 p m.
Vacancies exist in this first aid class.
Twenty scholarships in these courses
will be distributed among Washing
ton women. Miss Elisabeth Poe has
charge OF applications for these
scholarships.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
REFUSES Order
FOR WAR need
House Committee Turns
Down Request of Gen.
Bliss for $780, 900.

Disregarding the urgent plea OF
Mai. General Tasker II. Bliss, acting
Chief of stan, and the recommends
ton OF Secretary Baker, the House
Committee on Appropriations has
failed TO report the appropriation of
slS9.OOO for the Military Intelligence
Section OF the General Staff. This
appropriation was contained in the
supplemental estimates of the War
Department to be submitted as a
part OF the urgent deficiency bill.
Maintaining that this action on the
part of the House means a severe
blow to the effectiveness Of the army
the conference committee on national
preparedness, late last night, issucd
statement taking vigorous eXcep-
ton
III Congress stands by the report
Of its committee" says the state
ment, "it not only means the Grip
pling OF a branch OF the service that
is OF increasing Importance as the
was progresses, 1t means a serious
handicap on Gen Pershing in his
campaign on the Western front.
Committees Report.
1.-THE Committee on Appropriations
explains its action in cutting out this
vitality needed appropriation on the
ground that in July 1t had set aside
500, 900 (Which was one-half of the
amount asked at that time) for use of
this service. In the opinion of the
committee. this sum will be sufficient
to last until December. when the
members feel that the department
needs will be better known. AS n mat
of fact. it is problematical whether
the original 500, 900 will last until De-
cember ]. It will not last the several
weeks or several months after Deem
Der that will be consumed in Con-
gressional debate. In the meantime,
the work of the department will come
to a standstill.
Great Britain has never made pub
lie the sums she has expended for this
service. Information from reliable
sources, however, places these eXpen-
ditures between S3,0OO,O0O and SO. OOO. O0O
a month. a policy of foresight would
dictate that our leaders in Congress
should err on the side Of extrava-
gance; double any amount that may
seem necessary today rather than cur
tail this very modest appropriation
| estimated as absolutely necessary by
our army Chiefs
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
'Stoo Cold to Dip;
Ship the Kellermans
To Folk in Uruguay

Merchants who are overstock-
ed with bathing suits should
ship them south OF the equator
to sunny Uruguay. Down there
summer reigns between the
months OF November and March.
and. according to Consul Will
liam Dawson, OF Monteyideo.
the population IS very keen on
bathing in the warm tropical
surf and would appreciate the
opportunity to buy stylish and
well-made American bathing
suits.
There is a demand Tor both
mems and women's bathing
suits and rather a prediction
for vivid colors on the part Of
inhabitants OF Spanish descent.
who comprise the main portion
of the population. Cotton and
wooden materials are favored.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
WANT DEER KILLING
STOPPED FOR YEAR

Now that the open season for deer
is at hand. the Department OF AEri-
culture points out that fifteen States
permit the killing OF does as well as
bucks, and urges that laws he enacted
10 make 1917 a closed season for
docs.
The department points out that the
killing OF Of the breeding stock makes
impossible an increase in the Supply
Of deer. and that a doe spared this
fall means one more fawn as well
as one more doe next spring.
Vermont, Pennsylvania and other
States where does are protected the
year round have found their stock
OF deer to increase rapidly.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
TOTAL OF S97 men
CERTIFIED FOR ARMY
District Appellate Board Expects to
Soon Achieve Quota.

There were Sg7 men certified for
service in the national army when the
District Appellate Board wound up its
sessions yesterday.
OF these men 5Oi are white and 393
colored. The fun quota Of l.022 men
will be secured before the board COM
pletes its work, sometime within the
next fortnight
In more than 70 per cent Of the ex-
cmptIon claims nlcd the Appellate
Board has reversed the decision OF
the local boards. The action of the
Appellate Board in these appeals dem
Onstrates that the majority of the
local boards have passed registrants,
where the exemption claims left some
doubt as TO their right for discharge.
Other boards have had no appeals
filed from their decisions and in such
cases the Appeal Board is scanning
the afEdavits carefully with a view
to seeing that none are exempted
without due cause.
1t developed yesterday that some Of
the men who had been examined anG
certified had been given notices that
they would be treated as deserters.
The notices were the result of a cleri-
cal error, and while they caused much
confusion and great resentment on the
part of registrants, the matter was
Strengthened out after due explana-
ton.
On September &c, the first 45 per cent
of the NATIONAL army from the Dis
triCt will move to the cantonmcnt
camp. Considerable criticism has
arisen because the date of entertain
ment has teen constantly advanced.
Many men have sold out their bust
ness, others have given up their jobs,
and many have come from distant
cities expecting that they would be
called for service on September S.
The delay has caused them much en-
barrassment and money.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
JACK FROST RETIRES
FROM LOCAL field
Yearly Visitor Postpones Permanent
Stay After Two Days Visit.

Jack Frost has evidently decided
that he was a bit early, and has
gone back into hiding to give be-
lated "straws' a few days more of
grace. According TO the weather
man. this section will be favored
with fair and warmer weather to-
day and Friday.
The antics Of the mercury We'd
nesday night were similar to those
OF Tuesday night, and two days in
succession of winter weather had
driven all of the Palm Beach suits
from the streets and stimulated the
sale of felt hats nOticeably. But it
is all over for the present. accord
ing to the weather forecasts, and
those who made haste to get out
Overcoats may lay them aside again.
So far as is known, no crop dam
age resulted from the sudden drop
in temperature.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
Federal Agents Raid
Home of Prof. Nearing

Toledo, Ohio, Sept. l2.-The home Of
Scott Nearing, radical professor, was
raided here tonight by Federal
agents.
Nearing was ousted recently from
chair in Toledo University for his
stand against national defense. Pre-
yiohsly he was dropped from the
faculty OF the University of Penn
sylvania.
The Federal authorities sought
radical literature against the draft.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
Important Change In Schedule.
Snufhern RnIInrnr Gr.an.

After Saturday. Sept. Is, train No.
l22, leaving Washington on Satur-
DAYS at l:i5 y. m. for Harrisonbu~E.
will be discontinued. Train No. q
will leave Washington for Har-
risonburC al S:45 ?. m. daily except
Sunday.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
HEBREWS In UNIFORM
WILL GET BURROUGHS

Burroughs will be granted the Jew
ish soldiers, sailors. and marines for
the Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashonah
holidays, according to announcements
from the War and Navy Departments
yesterday.
The furlouShs will extend from noon
SeItember 16 to the morning of Sep
tomber 10. for Yom Kippur, and from
noon September . TO the morning of
the 9th for Rosh Hashonah.
The Jewish Publication Society Is
preparing to distribute about 60. 600
ogies OF a Jewish pIayerhook to the
Jewish soldiers andf sailors of the
United States forces
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
TROOPS SILVER
in COLD night
Southerners Peel Spuds TO
Get Close to Cooking
Fires.

TWAS bitter cold, twas bitter
cold"
So said the color sergeant in one Of
Kipling's Barrack Room Ballads. So
say, also, the thousands of Uncle
Sans warriors who have been SILVER
ing in the frosty night mists that rise
from the Potomac even beneath two
army blankets.
The camps at American University
apparently felt the cold wave more
than some Of the others. Reports on
the weather at Fort Myer. Potomac
Park and the Third District OF Co
lumbia Infantry camps are quite as
conflicting as the statements Of kip
ling's color sergeant, who one moment
declared that Danny Deever's friends
were shivering from the cold, and the
next declared Il was a touch OF sun. "
This might possibly be explained by
the fact that some of the soldiers ct
the camps are from sunny Florida
while others hail from the chilly climes
OF States bordering on the ST. Law
renee and the Great Lakes.
Seek Kitchen Duty.
Kitchen duty" generally the last
thing a soldier would think of asking
to be assigned TO. has suddenly be-
come very popular. Dozens Of South
erners at American University camp
were to be seen peeling potatoes and
towering around the great camp COOK
stove.
One officer. who recently spent a
night at this camp. declared he slept
under three blankets yet couldn't keep
warm. On the other hand. a nonom-
missioned soldier. probably from
Alaska, declared il was quite warm
out at camp and the men didn't need
any stoves or more blankets TO keep
them warm.
over at the Third Regiment camp
the d. c. Guardsmen' bones ached
and their teeth Chartered, but they are
steadily refusing TO bring into use
their tent stoves. They are expecting
orders to move South, and think that
the installation Of stoves would link
their luck on getting them soon.
Student officers at Fort Myer would
fain put on overCoats only they
haven't been issued yet At night
they content themselves with mild i'm
precautions on Jack Frost and snug
gle quickly under their blankets, over
which are piled up extra uniforms,
bathrobes and the like.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
Appointments Made.

Dorothy Kalb. permanent teacher at
Wilson Normal; y. l. McNutt perma-
Heut teacher, Eastern High; Rhoda
Watkins. permanent teacher. Eastern
Hish; L. Il. Lowe. permanent teacher.
Business High; Emily Miladofsky,
permanent teacher, Business High;
Mrs. NJ. H. MoUlton. permanent teach
The Washington herald., 1917-09-13
Juror FAINTS AS JAMES ALLEN PAYS
Death PENALTY FOR MURDER OF Wife
Murderer Makes No Statement Prior to Exc
cution and Seemed Resigned to
His Fate

and turned. and finally with a sick
ening thud. louder than the first
one when the rope became taut. he
ceased swinging and hung per-
fectly still.
A doctor came forth with a steth-
oscope and opened Aliens shirt. He
frOwned and said. Better let him
! hang about twenty minutes longer"
and walked away. The man on the
floor was still unconscious. For a
moment there appeared to be two
dead men in the corridor. All the
time the hearts OF most of the ju-
rors were beating like trip ham
mers in their ears.
Murderer Dies Easily.
1t was all so quick that only thirty
seconds elapsed from the time that
Allen stepped on the scaffold until his
neck was broken by the fall. To the
tune OF Nearer, My God. to Thee"
Allen had gone nearer his God, as
sisted by law and society.
Then came the second test of the
nerves Of the watchers. Some of them
got a little closer to the swinging
man and others backed away and
sat down somewhere.
Most Of the men admitted that they
expected to see Allen gasping for
breath and suffering in anguish. but
nothing Of the kind happened. lie died
as easily as if he had been shot or
struck by lightning. The stethoscope
came out again. Then the CONVERSE
ton drifted to other hangings Some
spoke of electrocutions and compared
human killings. Fourteen more min
utes went by and some one came in
and announced that they had phoned
for the undertaken. A man went up on
the scaffOld and loOsened the rope.
Slowly the body was lowered until
Aliens head reached a cushion on the
floor. A long basket was brought IN.
Aliens neck was examined. He was
examined all over. Three men lifted
him in the basket and covered him up
and carried him out of sight.
Then every one left the corridor as
quickly as they came. The legal kill
ing was over. The witnesses were
anxious to get in the sunshine again.
Aliens Crime.
Aliens crime, the plunging of a but
cher knife in his wife's heart, was the
direct result of an overdose of cheap
gin. Had he been sober his wife
could nave prevented the tragedy
by physical force. Soccer he was afraid
Of her; drunk he was afraid of moth
ing. The killing occurred on Poto-
mac street in Georgetown, at the
Allen home. following a short quar-
rel about the attentions of some
other man to Aliens wife.
1t was In November and Aliens
wife was sewing on a winter dress,
which she is supposed to have held
up to her husband with the taunt
that the other man gave it to her.
Allen was tried and convicted in
June of the following year, and SEN
fenced to die on June Il. Judge
Gould respited him for five months
on a question at the trial as to the
degree of murder. April IL he was
respited TO May Il. The President
was appealed to and he was respited
month by month until yesterday
morning.
Allen leaves an 1l-year-old son, an
eyewitness of the killing of his
mother. His fears regarding the boy s
future were put to rest by the re-
ceipt of a letter by Mrs. Zinkhan
from Miss Fessie Fisher, a resident
of Hyattsville, Md, volunteering TO
care for the boy.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-10

The Valdez Drug Store has an ex- hibit in it's windows which is attract ing considerable attention from our citizens on account of it's costly na- ture. It consists of three potatoes marked $25 and three onions marked $50. The proprietor takes no chances and locks them in the safe at night.
 Full line koenig's Chocolates at Keystone Produce Co. If
 CITY EXPRESS, Phone S2; ready to transfe, that baggage for you. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-10
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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Feast Day of Sts. Gordian and Epi- machus. martyrs; St. Comgall, St. Isidore, patron of Madrid; St. Anton ius, Archbishop of Florence.
 Columbus discovered the Tortugas Islands in1503.
 virginians and Marylanders engag- ed in a naval fight in 1895.
 Connecticut Colonists declared war on the Pequots in 1887.
 Lord Thomas Culpepper became Governor of vorginia in 1880.
 First Town Meeting called the re- sist British aggression at Abingdon, Massachusetts, in 1770. Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticon- deroga in 1775.
 The American war frigate United States" launched in 17s7.
 The Pope prohibited Uncle Toms Cabin" in papal territory in 1853.
 Troops at Meeruit. India, revolt ed, bringing the Sepoy mutiny in 1857.
 Fire at Troy. N. r., destroyed 671 buildings, 2 lives and property val ued at $3.000.000 in 1862.
 "Stonewall" Jackson, Confederate General, accidentally shot by his own men, died in 1862.
 Jefferson Davis captured near IT, winsville. Georgia, in 1865. Brazil declared abolition of slavery in 1888.