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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
PRIZE SHIP GOES AGROUND
Spanish Steamer Captured by Germans
Is Wrecked-Two Prisoners on
Board Are Americans.

Copenhagen, Feb. 27.-The Spanish
steamship Igotz Mendi, with a German
prize crew from the Pacific ocean on
board, is ashore near the Skaw light
house. Two of the prisoners aboard
Americans. The prisoners on the Igotz
Mendi were taken from six ships which
had been sunk. Several of the prison
ers had been aboard the vessel for
eight months while she cruised in the
Pacific ocean.
London, Feb. 27.-The steamship
Igotz Mendi, according to a dispatch
from Copenhagen to the Exchange
Telegraph company, was captured by
the German auxiliary cruiser Wolf
nine months ago in the Gulf of India.
The Wolf reached port after raiding
expedition of Is months in the Allan
tic, Pacific and Indian oceans, the Ger
man admiralty announced.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
BROWNING GUN WINS TESTS
"Best in the World" Officer in Charge
of Demonstration Tells Con-
gressmen.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Members of
the senate and house military affairs
committees, high army and navy Off
GERS, representatives of the allied mis-
sions in Washington and a large num-
Der of civilians witnessed on Wednes-
day the first demonstrations of the
Browning machine gun.
1t was staged under the auspices
of the ordnance department. The new
weapon met every test. Senators and
representatives took turns "on the fir
ing line" and expressed themselves as
favOra5ly impressed.
The highest praise came from the
20 men of the detachment brought
here from the machine gun school at
Springfield, Mass, to demonstrate the
gun.
Sergt. Clayton T. Rogers said:
ut is the best gun in the world. both
types. We were asked to form an
honest opinion after these tests, and
this conclusion was reached with that
admonitiOn in mind"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
j. 5. MEN CAPTURE
q TEUTONS IN RAID
Two Officers and Twenty Others
Taken by Yankees.
U. S. MEN DIE IN GAS ATTACKS
Number of Enemy Killed and Wound
ed During Action in Chemin Des
Danes Sector-Americans
Aid French.

With the American Army In France,
Feb. 26.-An American patrol in the
Chemin des Danes sector, in conjunc-
ton with a French patrol, penetrated
a few hundred yards into the German
lines and captured two German Off
GERS, twenty men and one machine gun.
There was some sharp fighting and
wounded. There were no American
casualties. The Franco-American pa
troll was under command of a French
officer.
The news quickly spread along the
American front and developed keen
competitive spirit among the men.
The Boche artillery got the range of
a village late Saturday afternoon and
shelled it vigorously. The streets were
full of officers and men.
Artillery opens Quickly.
With the arrival of the first shell
they vanished into dugouts and bitches.
One officer found he had jumped into
She exposed side of a ditch. When a
shell exploded near him he scurried
into a house and signaled the Ameri-
can guns.
The Yankee artillery began pounding
the Germans, who soon ceased firing.
U. S. Men Killed by Gas.
With the American Army in France,
Feb. 2S.-Five American soldiers were
killed and sixty suffering terrible ago
MES, sent to hospitals in the first Ger
man gas attack on the American sec
tor.
1t would stir the fighting blood Of
every American to view the hospital
where lay the victims of the first
German gas attack. At the hour of
cabling FIVE were dead and the rest
were in hospital struggling like drown
ing men for breath.
Doctors Stirred by Hatred.
At the field hospital where the first
twenty victims of German gas fright
fitness were taken, the doctors were
stirred to the deepest hatred toward
the Boches after having seen the suf-
fering. The struggles of victims for
life could be heard a hundred feet
away.
AS the sufferings became worse, the
mems hands were outstretched as
though they were drowning. Their
fingers distended, they stiffened /;
there was a sudden foaming at the
mouth, then-the end.
The doctors cursed the Boches for
every minute the men suffered.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
THIRTY u. S. SAILORS DIE
WHEN TUG SINKS IN STORM
Cherokee Goes Down Off the Delaware
Capes-Ten Survivors Rescued
by British Steamer.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Thirty Off
GERS and enlisted men of the naval tug
Cherokee are believed to have been
lost when the vessel foundered in a
fierce gale off Fenwick island light
ship, % miles from the Delaware
capeS.
Ten survivors who got away on the
first life raft were safely landed.
The Cherokee formerly was tug of
the Luckenbach Steamship line and
not long ago was requisitioned by the
government.
The navy department made this an
nOuncement:
1.-THE navy department Is advised
that the q. S. S. Cherokee, a navy tug,
foundered off the Atlantic coast. Of
the crew of 40 officers and 80 enlisted
men-ten had been landed at last ac-
counts, these having been taken to
Philadelphia by a British steamer.
Four men were picked up by steam
ships"
Following are the names of the ten
known survivors:
Boatswain E. NJ. Sennott, Boston,
Mass; P. P. Alderman, seaman; I'll.
P, POINTER, fireman; E. J. Hall, sea-
man; c. e. Barker, chief machinist's
mate; z. A. Kezeck, fireman; P. III.
Marmack, fireman; A. A. Wattim.
oiler; G. L. Cudget. fireman; B. F.
Brumfield, radio electrician.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2S.-A British
steamship anchored in the Delaware
and signaled that it had on board ten
survivors and the bodies of ten of the
crew of the Cherokee.
According to the captain of a rescue
ship, the loss of the Cherokee was due
to broken steering gear. The waves
hit her broadside and broke in the
matches. After this the Cherokee re-
manned afloat only a short time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
1902 DIE ON RED CROSS SHIP
Forty-Forty Survivors from Steamer
FIorizeI Rescued by Graft Which
Stood by All Night.

st. Johns, N. F., Feb. 26.-The death
list of the Red Cross liner Florizel,
wrecked at Broad Cove Sunday. is 1922
with A saved, according to wireless
message from Cape Race, two miles
from where the ship lies broken on the
rocks. These survivors were taken off
by the steamer Prospero, which stood
by the wreck all night.
The official list of the survivors from
the Florizel wreck given out here fol-
lows:
Passengers: Alec Ledingham, Miss
Kitty Cantwell, Ralph Burnham, J. P.
Kelley, Major Sullivan, William Par
minter, Archibald Gardner, William
Dodd, J. c. Sparrow. Thomas Whalen,
David Griffith, Minnie Denieff, A. G.
Pagan, G. Maloney. John G. Cleary,
Joseph Slockley and w. N. Dauphins.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
AUSTRIA DEFIES THE KAISER
Kaiser Determined to Use Violent
Measures if Necessary to Force
Ally to Fight Russians.

Washington, Feb. 28.-Further evil
dence of the growing strain in rela-
tons between Germany and Austria
over the refusal of the latter to par
ticipate in the renewed attack upon
Russia is given in an official dispatch
received here from France. 1t quotes
the Austrian premier as formally reit-
Grating on February % that Austria
Hungary will take no part in military
action against Russia or Roumania
and will not send her troops into Tx
rainia.
The dispatch refers to the meeting
between Emperors Charles and Will
liam February %, and says there
seems little doubt that a serious con-
fiict has arisen between the two ma
tons which Germany is determined to
settle by violent measures if neces-
sary.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
Kaiser Is Said to Have Sent
Command to Army to Cease
Operations.
more Firms LANDED At VAsA
German Fleet Is Steamina Tovv.,s
Finland-Teutons Capture so.
600 Rifles and 1000 Ma.
chine Guns.

Copenhagen, March 1.-The German
feet in the Baltic is steaming north.
ward at full speed, presumably toward
Finland, dispatches from Berlin de-.
clared
Berlin, british Admiralty. Per
Wireless Press), March 1.-Germanv,s
military operations on the northern
Russian front are taking their normal
course, the German general staff an.
nounced. Another Esthonian reg.
ment has placed itself under com.
mand of the German staff. At MinSk
the Germans captured $4,000 rifles and
1000 machine guns.
London, March 1.-The German army
has received orders to stop its advance
In Russia, according to the Petrograd
correspondent of the Exchange TeIe
graph company, who has received in.
formation to this effect which he re-
CARDS as reliable.
Early London advices from Petro-
grad stated that the German advance
In Russia had been ordered halted. A
later report from Berlin, issued by the
war office, however, gave no indication
that such instruction had been sent
out
More Firms Landing at Vasa.
London, March 1.-Twelve hundred
Finnish soldiers from Germany and a
large transport loaded with German
weapons and munitions arrived at
Vasa, Finland, according to an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from COpen.
hagen. A Berlin telegram received in
Copenhagen says a large German naval
force has left Baltic port and is sup
posed to be going to Finland.
BoIsheViki and Roumanians Clash.
Berne, March 1.-Continuous fight.
ing is taking place between the boil.
sheviki and ROumanian troops in Bes.
sarabia, according to Wilma dispatch.
There has been severe fighting around
Kishineff.
BoisheViki Aid Francis.
Washington, March 1.-The latest
dispatch from Ambassador Francis at
Petrograd was dated February p, and
arrived Thursday, saying that the Dol
sheviki authorities at that time had
offered to provide train on Il hours
notice when the diplomats decided to
leave Petrograd.
Later another dispatch from Ambas
sador Francis, dated February q, also
arrived and said that the people Of
Little Russia were fighting the Dol.
sheviki at Odessa. The maximaliStS
were holding their ground, the mes
sage added.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
j. S. SEES TRICK
BY VON HERTL|NG
Chancellor Tries to Strengthen
War Party.
ATTEMPT TO FOOL PEOPLE
Washington Officials Think He Wants
to Discredit Wilson's Aims and
Cause Discord Among
the Allies.

Washington, Feb. 27.-German I'm
perial Chancellor Won Hertling's
speech in the reichstag continuing the
ligerent powers has not changed the
situation, in the opinion of high Off
Gals here.
Instead of marking an advance to-
ward peace, it is regarded rather as
deliberately calculated to strengthen
the hands of the German militaristic
party by endeavoring to convince the
German proletariat of the impractical
BILE nature of President Wilson's aims
as disclosed in his most recent address
to congress on February IL.
While stating his readiness to ac-
cept the presidents four fundamental
principles for basis of peace, Count
Won Hertling dismissed them as ideal
istic and unavoidable by insisting that
they must depend for their application
upon the realization of conditions
which cannot be met.
No Move for Peace.
In the official view his treatment of
the subject was ironical and designed
for very different ends than the adj
vancement of peace.
Attention was directed by officials
to President Wilson's former charac-
terization of the German chancellor's
utterances as Every vague and con-
fusing," and it was said that the pres
ident's comment had peculiarly apt
application to the Hertling speech of
Monday.
Want to Create Discord.
Officials noted particularly Hert-
ling's reference to Ireland, India and
Egypt and regarded them as calcu-
lated to create discord between the en-
tente allies and continue a deception
of the German people, who apparently
believe the military party is willing to
make peace without aRneXations and
indemnities.
Hertling's suggestion of a conference
of the belligerents apparently meets
with no greater favor than heretofore,
and officials see not the slightest hope
of ''round table discussion" in adj
vance of a complete acceptance by the
central powers of the broad principles
upon which the entente is willing to
consider peace terms.
Hertling's speech was carefully stud
led by President Wilson and state de-
partment officials. Intimations that
the president would make it the occa-
sion for another address Immediately
found no official support.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
BIG u. S. GUNS USED IN ITALY
War Department Says Heavy Artillery
Is Also Being Used Against
Huns in France.

Washington, Feb. 26.-American-
built ordnance of the latest type and
heaviest caliber-10-inch, Pinch and
14-inch rif1es-are in service on the
sector of the western front held by the
American army and on the Italian
front. it was learned at the war de-
partment on Monday. The general be-
lief has been that very few American
heavy guns were in Europe.
The guns sent TO Italy include a
number of 14-inch rifles, both of the
45 and 50-caliber.
Reports from Italy say the results
achieved by the heavy American ord
nance already has elected expressions
of admiration from the Italian gun
nerS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
Won HERTLING HINTS
AT PEACE IN RElCHSTAG
Chancellor Says Presidents Message
Is Step Forward, But Declares
Britain lmperiaiistic.

Amsterdam, Feb. 26.-Speaking be-
fore the reichstag the imperial Ger
man chancellor, Count Won Hertling'
made this declaration:
81 can fundamentally agree with the
four principles which in President Will
sons view must be applied in mutual
exchange of views, and thus declare
with President Wilson that general
peace can be discussed on such ba-
sis.
"Only one reserve need be made in
this connection: These principles
must not only be proposed by the pres
ident of the United States, but also
must actually be recognized by all
states and peoples.
"But this goal has not yet been
reached. There is still no court of ar
bitration established by all the nations
for the preservation of peace in the
name of justice.
"England's war aims are still thor
oughly imperialistic, and she wants to
impose on the world a peace according
to England's good pleasure.
eff proposal came from the OPP
posing side-for example, from the
government in Havre-we should not
adopt an antagonistic attitude, even
though the discussion at first might
only be unbinding.
Meanwhile I readily admit that
President Wilson's message of Febru-
airy IL constitutes perhaps a small step
toward mutual rapprochement."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
NAMES OF u. S. GAS VICTIMS
Pershing Reports Casualties to WASH
ington-loWan Is Killed In
Action.

Washington, March General Per
shing reported one American soldier
killed in action on February 70 the
day Of the German gas attack, three
dead from gas and IS severely Woun0'
ed on the same day.
Killed in action:
Elmer e. Reyelt, private, Harlan Id
The following privates were gas VIC
Tins, the first two succumbing FeOru'
airy 26 and the third February q:
Joseph A. Schumacher, Bristol, "a
Sid Coleman, Cord, Ark; George L.
Galloway, Fairmont, N. G.
The following, severely injured, Wef0
privates belonging to trench mortar
battery:
Jacob Anger, Louisville, KY; Robert
M. Beatty, Hammond, Ind; FRANK l.
Mahoney, Muncie, Ind; Alvin NJ Mas
terson, Rochester, Ind; Schuyler ~
Mowrer, Monticello, Ind; DaVla L.
Plunkett, Hammondsyille, o.; Aua|
Bielawsky, Irvington, n. j.; Enlle ~
Cote, Manchester, n. H; Waiter D.
Daum, West Orange, N. j.; Marvin n n
Dunn, Anderson, Ind; Addison W.
Jones, HopBinsville, KY; Joseph Oolu
en-, 5 Hester street, New York; james
w. Griffin, Livingston, KY; Chester "
Harris, Albion, r. l.
John Brown, wagner, Muncle Inu1
also was severely wounded FeDrual'
90, and Bernard J. Beckwith' pLl'a.%
Morocco, Ind, was slightly Wounueu -
the same date.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
1854 DIE ON HOSPITAL SHIP
Landed by an American Tor
pedo-Boat Destroyer.

London, Feb. 2S.-One hundred and
siXty-four persons are missing as a
result of the sinking Of the British
hospital ship Glenart Castle in the
Bristol channel
The official report follows:
"The British hospital ship Glenart
ned at a. m. Tuesday. She was out
ward bound and had all her lights
burning. There were no patients on
board.
Survivors have been landed by an
American torpedo-boat destroyer.
Eight boats are still adrift"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
YALE MAN KILLED IN FRAME
Curtis S. Read, Naval Aviator W"
Rank of Ensign, SLAM at
the Front.

New Haven, Conn, March L -,+v
message eceived at Yale uni'' lass
stated that Curtis Seaman Read .l ant
of 1918, n naval aviator with Tie 40
of ensign. flying in France mas ogor
killed. Read was assistant nc and
of tie football squad last yea, hove
had he remained in college Wou.u +orn.
been manager this year. bis Vows
ity connections were Scroll ana n ,rss
and Delta Kappa Epsilon. hT I'D Of
son Of the late William A. Nv
New York city. ...bnnan
A brother, Barton, Of the TIT ..itb 8
class. also is flying In FfaH''
naval contingent.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
LOST U-B0AT CHASER SAFE
Little Craft Missing Since January is
Reaches European Port After
Battle With Gale.

Washington, Feb. 27.-Safe arrival
at a European port of a 110-foot sub
marine chaser, with a French crew
aboard which had not ben heard from
since January Is, was announced by
the navy department. The little craft
was separated from its escort during a
terrific gale while bound for Europe.
With the engines disabled by the
storm, the crew rugged up sails from
bed covers and sailed 80 days.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
FORT AND TOWN
OF REVAL TAKEN
Germans Occupy Stronghold A.
ter Fight With Russ.
ENSIGN KRYLENKO is SHOT
Former Commander of BoIsheviki
Army Wounded by Socialist-Gen-
eraI Brujevitch Named Dicta-
tor of Slav Forces.

Washington, Feb. 27.-News of the
capture, of Petrograd by the German
military forces now advancing rapidly
toward the Russian capital Gf it has
not already been taken) is hourly ex.
pected. The state department an
nOunced the receipt of a cablegrom
from David r. Francis, the American
ambassador at Petrograd, which said
that the German forces were within
eight hours of the capital. Ambassa-
dor Francis said that he was leaving
Petrograd Immediately 'if he cam
Berlin, Feb. 26-German forces
have occupied Reval, on the Esthonian
shore of the Gulf of Finland, 2OC
miles west-southwest of PetrOgrad
after an engagement with the Rus
slams.
This announcement is made in the
official report from general headquar-
tiers. The text reads:
"The town and fortress of Reval
were occupied at 1920 o'clock this
dllSI d UdLllcs
"Pleskov (Pskov), south of Lake
Peipus (162 miles southwest of PetrO.
grad), is in our hands,
Take Pernau and Dorpat.
German troops have taken Pernau
a Russian seaport in Livonia, 80 miles
northeast of Riga, and Dorpat, 157
miles northeast of Riga, the German
war office announced. At Pernau the
Esthonian battalion placed there went
over to the Germans.
In the German advance of Dorpat
5000 Russians were taken prisoner.
This flying detachment Travelled 13O
miles in five days and one-half.
The advance guard of General Won
Linsingen's troops, in the south, has
reached Zhitomir, 85 miles west of
Kiev, and has established contact with
the Ukrainian forces.
In Bovno the whole staff of the Rus
sian special army fell into the hands
of the Germans.
Brujevitch Dictator.
London, Feb. 26.-General Bruje-
witch has been appointed successor to
Ensign Krylenko as commander in
chief of the Russian armies, accord
ing to a Berlin dispatch, forwarded
from Amsterdam by the Central News
agency.
General Brujevitch, according to the
message, has been proclaimed dictator
and has ordered the Russian troops to
fight to the last. He was formerly
chief of staff to Ensign Krylenko.
Ensign Krylenko, then commander
in chief, was shot and slightly wound
ed on Saturday in Petrograd by So
cialist, according to an Exchange Tel
egraph dispatch from Amsterdam.
Krylenko's wound was in the neck.
His assailant was arrested.
Peace Promised Soon.
Amsterdam, Feb. 26.-Count Won
Hertling, the German imperial chan
cellor, announced in the reichstag that
the Russian (bolshevik) government
had accepted the German peace condi-
tons, and he added that the conclu-
sion of peace must ensue shortly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
CAMP CUSTER CHIEF QUITS
War Department Announces the Re.
tirement of Brig. Gen.
James Parker.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-The war de-
partment announced the retirement of
Brig. Gen. James Parker, who has been
in command of the National army can
torment at Camp Custer, Mich. Cen
eral Parker received his first commits
sion as second lieutenant of cavalry in
1872, served in the Spanish-American
war and saw service in the Philippines.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
DIsLOYAL OFFICER PUNISHED
Capt. D. A. Henkes Dismissed and
Sentenced to Confinement at Hard
Labor for IS Years.

New York, Feb. 25.-Capt. David A.
Henkes, Sixteenth infantry, o. S. A.,
has been sentenced to dismissal from
the service and confinement at hard
labor for % years by general court
martial held at Governors island.
Henkes, who is Of German descent,
.endeavored to resign his commission.
saying he did not care to fight against
relatives and friends.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
WILSON FIXES WHEAT PRICE
1920 BusheI in Chicago Remains Mini.
mum for 1918 crops-Presi-
dent Praises Farmers.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Important
steps in the food situation were taken
here.
President Wilson issued a proclama-
ton guaranteeing every farmer mini
mum of 81 a bushel for 1918 wheat.
He also indicated that farmers will so
far as possible be exempted from the
draft.
With No. Northern Spring as the
basis, the price of the spring crop is
follows.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
FULTON GIVES MORAN K. o.
Heavyweight Boxer Knocks Out Vet
eran in the Third Round at
New Orleans.

New Orleans, La, Feb. 2e.-Fred
Fulton showed without doubt that he
has class enough to meet Jess VIII
lard for the Championship. He
knocked out Frank Moran, the only
logical contender, in the third round
of 20-round fight before the biggest
crowd that has seen fight here I'm
years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
lowan Fined by Food Chief.

Burlington, Ia, Feb. 27.-Peter
Lamp, proprietor of an elevator at Ma
pleton, Ia. and reputed to be the
towns wealthiest citizen was penal
lied $3.50 by ]. f. Deems. Iowa food
administrators, for selling wheat with
out substitutes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
19 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
Fourteen Vessels of More Than 1900
Tons Destroyed During the
Past Week.

London. Feb. 2S.-Eighteen British
merchantmen We're sunk by mine or
submarine in the last week, according
to the British admiralty report. Of
these, II were vessels of 1000 tons or
over and four were under that ton
mage. Seven fishing vessels also were
sunk.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06

President Wilson paid high tribute
to the patriotism of farmers. declar-
ing their work equally as important as
that of the soldiers in uniform.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
Mrs. A. 8. cummins is Dead.

Washington, Feb. 28-Mrs. Albert B.
Cummins, wife of the senior senator
from Iowa, died here after an illness
Of three days.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-06
Germans AGAIN Bomb Nancy.

Paris, Feb. 2S.-German airmen
again bombed Nancy, inf1icting some
casualties, the war Office stated this
afternoon.