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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
SHIP ROW COSTLY TO U. S.
Hurley Tells Senate Body That For
eign- Owned Vessels Got Away
Before Board Acted.

Washington, Dec. 22.--The Denman-
Cocktails row, it was brought out at
the shipping inquiry, cost the govern
ment more than dozen ships which
got away to foreign owners before the
shipping board issued it's orders COM
Wandering all construction. A few
also went to foreign governments while
the new board was getting organized.
Mr. Hurley, in response to questions,
declared he alone was responsible for
the building of ships and that if there
were any delay, he was to blame for
them.
Delay in turning out ships, Mr.. Hur-
ley said, was in part attributable to
the small capacity Of American ship
yards.
1.-THE work thus far has been in
many cases preparatory" said Mr..
Hurley, "and it has carried with 1t the
usual amount of annoyance and disap-
pointment, but this period of prepare
ton is getting rapidly behind us and
the period of actual ship construction
in full accordance with our plans is i'm
mediately before u.s."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
LATlNS RETAKE LOST GROUND
Desperate Battle RACES All Day on
Asiago Piateau-Foe's Column Is
Wiped Out.

Rome, Dec. 26.-In desperate bat
tie which lasted all day, the Italians
fought their way back to the positions
from which they were forced the pre-
vious day on the Asiago plateau un-
der Austro-German attack, according
to the war office statement. One enc
my column was wiped out by Italian
artillery.
Some guns and numerous machine
guns which had been abandoned by
the Italians in their retirement were
recaptured.
Berlin, Dec. 26.-Italian counter-at-
tacks upon the positions taken in the
Austro-German attack were repulsed,
as was an Italian drive at Monte Per-
tea, army headquarters announced.
More than 1900 prisoners were taken
in the Col Del Rosso fighting, says
the official statement
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
BANK HEAD KILLS CASHIER
e. A. Strause, President of State Trust
and Savings Bank of Peoria, ILL.,,
Stays 3. M. Meade.

Peoria, ILL.,, Dec. 24.-Berne M.
Mead, cashier of the State Trust and
Savings bank Of Peoria, was shot and
Killed by Edward A. Strause, president
of the bank, in a revolver duel in the
bank building at noon Sunday.
Business jealousy over the honor Of
being named president of the bank
at meeting scheduled for next week
is believed to have been at the bot
tom of the killing. Mead was heavy
stakeholder in the bank, and so is
Strause. There had been bitter feel
ing between them for the last two
months over control of stock.
Strause was booked on a charge
of murder. He gave his age as forty
six and his nationality as American.
Mead was about forty-na.
From what was learned by Detec-
tive Clifford, the men must have had
a short, fierce struggle. The men
fought behind closed doors. One shot
had been fired from Meads revolver
and two from Strause's.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
LEWIS HITS GEN. CROZIER
Body That Ordnance Bureau
Rejected His Weapon.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Col. Isaac
Lewis, inventor of the machine gun
which bears his name, in testimony be-
fore the senate military affairs commit
tee, blames General Crozier for the
failure to supply guns to the Ameri-
can forces now in France and declared
the war department is ''cursed with
CroZierian."
Among other statements made by
Colonel Lewis were these:
1.-THE American forces in Europe
have no guns except those they got
from France.
1.-The Browning gun, which was
adopted by the war department, ex-
lists only on paper and is Pigment Of
the imagination.
1.-THE ordnance bureau has always
been hostile to Lewis guns; it has re-
garded them with suspicion, notwith-
standing thousands are in use in Eu-
rope"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
100 U. S. SOLDIERS PROMOTED
Pershing Honors Engineers Who
Fought at Cambrai-Men Swamped
With Gifts on Christmas.

With the American Army in France,
Dec. 26.-One hundred American SOL
diers received promotions for their
Christmas presents.
Included in the lucky list were two
engineering officers whose GOODNESS at
Cambria helped the British check the
boches' counter-attack.
Numerous enlisted men were COM
missioned in recognition of their ex-
ceptional work since arriving in
France.
The soldiers were swamped with
presents from home, but they did not
forget the French refugee children.
Thousands of the youngsters received
candy and toys from the Yankees bill
leted in dozens of villages.
Christmas eve was spent in song.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
STARTED TO EQUIP
ARMY BEFORE WAR
Sharpe Says Baker Ordered Clothes
Last March-British Use
Heavier Cloth.

Washington, Dec 22.-Without wait
ing for congressional appropriation,
the war department authorized orders
to supply 100000 troops before the
United States went to war, 1t was
brought out in the testimony Of Gen
eral Sharpe, quartermaster general, be-
fore the senate military committee.
The committee investigating the sup
plying of troops went particularly into
the shortage in clothing. Secretary
Baker, General Sharpe said, authorized
orders for clothing and other supplies
for the million men just before the war
declaration and in June approved or
ders to equip another half million. The
only complaints of supply shortage re-
ceived by the department has been in
respect to clothing, General Sharpe
said.
Senator Frelinghuysen took up the
question of quality of the American
army clothing.
isn't it fact that the standard of
our uniform is inferior to the Euro
peanY" he asked. isn't it IA per cent
less In WOOL thickness than the BTU
ish 2"
General Sharpe replied that the Brit
ish use heavier cloth.
General Sharpe said that by speed
ing up production it was hoped that
virtually all would be clothed COM
pletely by December 81.
Late deliveries were blamed by Cen
eraI Sharpe for overcoat and short.
coat shortages. He insisted that there
is no shoe shortage.
Senators Hitchcock and Chamber
lain said it seemed there was too much
delay in the order.
Senator Chamberlain said it APP
peared that department "red tape"
making transmission of business
through the adjutant generals office
necessary was largely responsible.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02

But in that vague medium recognition
was impossible.
Donald saw only the blurred fea-
lures behind the thick glass that COW
cred the face, distorted and twisted
by the refractiOn. He surmised that
it was not Davies. Davies could have
made himself known by any OF num-
Der of symbols of the selman's free
masonry. But then, it could not be
Clouts either.
He caught at the figures hand and
raised it to his sleeve-light. 1t was
a woman's hand-it was Ida's.
They knew each other. Donald took
her fingers in his, and together they
started on the ascent.
To his horror, Donald perceived that
the water was becoming opaque.
It presaged the appearance of the
sea monsters. They were in this lair,
and this substance was no food, no
plankton that those devils pushed
forth before them like veil, but a
material designed to shield them from
the filtering sunlight.
Donald grasped Ida's hand and
fought his way through the chnglng
mass. AS he swung his free ARM
appraised, it struck against rocky
barrier overhead. The ooze underfoot
had yielded to solid rock.
He thrust out his arms on either
side. and still found rock. He realized
that they were no longer ascending
the mountain, but had struck a cave.
Donald stood still, rejecting. olo
Ida understand? There was no way
in which to tell her.
He was about to retrace is steps
when he perceived, long distance IN
front of him, tiny glimmer OF light.
AT first he hoped that it was dayhgn''
But that was impossible.
Ida raised her hand and pointed.
She. too. had seen it, and had placed
the same Interpretation upon 1t.
At every step the light grew clearer
II was not stationary, but swung 10
and fro slowly from side to she, rs
ing and falling, yet seeming to retrea.
slowly as they advanced. Donala
strained his eyes through the mask
expecting every moment to see tne
form of one of his comrades.
The light stood still immediateiy III
front of them, upon level with Don-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
Aruentine's Wheat Crop.

Reports from the Argentine state
that weather conditions are ideal for
the growth of wheat. The official pre-
liminary estimate is for crop of 24O..
600. COG bushels. The large crop OF
1866 was 173,00O,OOO bushels, and
the average for the five preceding
wears was 149,OOO,000 bushels. Domes-
tic requirements are bout 100000
bushels. The large crop now growing
will be available sorle time after Janu-
ary / if transportation is furnished.
The Argentine oats crops is estimat.
ed at SS,OOO,000 bushels, or 100000
bushels more than the crop of 1915, OF
which 100000 bushels were exported.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02

every direction, calculating that In this
way he could bound a paralIelogram
ana return to his starting point. But
ne saw nothing, and he did not know
that he had returned to the place from
which he had set out.
He started wildly backward. beliey-
ing that the submarine lay behind him.
AS he walked, dragging his weight like
convict's chain and ball, suddenly
the outlines of the F55 appeared be-
fore him.
He realized that she was lying with
her bow higher than her stern, At
once he grasped the situation. She
had sunk with her bow toward land,
and from this end, therefore, he must
start on the ascent of Fair islands
Subterranean base.
And this discovery renewed his cour-
age. Of course, the others were en-
deavoring to make the ascent, while
he had gone foundering in the wrong
direction, downward toward the heart
of the crater.
He made his way parallel with the
submarines bow, keeping well within
sight Of the elusive craft, which would
disappear momentarily before his eyes
and suddenly appear again, almost
within arms reach. Suddenly he
stopped. He stared at the oozy floor.
His light had cast his shadow in front
of him.
But that was impossible.
1t was no shadow. It was a fiat
tened man, a dwarfish figure, ridicu-
lousy misproportioned, resembling an
image seen in curved mirror. 1t ap-
preached slowly and uncertainty. For
a moment Donald felt his heart stand
still with fear. 1t was a nightmare
figure, terror incarnate. A little glow
flashed from it's arm. They drew to-
gether.
They stood looking at each other,
peering through their thick masks.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
WORLDWIDE REVOLT
PLANNED BY |. ". ".
BoIsheviki, Irish Agitators Also
Involved in Plot.
SHILKA INCIDENT is CITED
Arms and Ammunition Found on Rus
sian Ship Believed by Federal
Agents to Be Intended for
Revolt.

Washington, Dec. 26,-Evidence has
been uncovered by government agents
indicating that American Industrial
Workers of the World, Russian boil
shevlki, Irish agitators and revolution
lists in various countries at war with
Germany may be seeking to lay the
foundation of an elaborate worldwide
plan to overthrow existing social or
ders.
This was admitted by officials here
on Wednesday in connection with news
of the discovery of quantity of rifles,
revolverS and ammunition in the Rus
sian freighter Shilka, which has just
arrived at Pacific port manned by
mutfnOus bolSheviki crew.
Government agents suspect that the
guns and munitions were intended for
the Industrial Workers of the World
in this country, although it was said
a full report on the mysterious cargo
has not yet been forwarded by OIL
Gals at the port of arrival.
Other Evidence Seen.
The Shilka incident is only one of
many cases leading officials to believe
the connection between plotters in sew
eral of the allied countries may be
more tangible than the indefinite link
of moral sympathy
Certain Irish agitators and ]. W. w.
leaders recently have gone from the
United States to Russia, after being
N of
and reports have been received that
bolsheviki organizers would come to
America before long to spread their
doctrine of direct action for communal
organization.
Action will be particularly swift, Of
ficials say, when armed resistance to
the law Is threatened and when other
material forces are employed by the
agitators.
Customs inspection will serve to
prevent importation of arms, and the
close supervision of crews of incom-
ing and outgoing vessels is expected
to make impossible the traffic of COM
munications on a large scale intended
to foster revolutionary activity.
L. w. w. Menace Strong.
Although prosecution of 1. w. w.
leaders recently has been vigorous, of
ficials have evidence which they claim
shows that the menace of this Organi
zatiOn, believed to be supported large
iy by German money, remains strong.
Further action against the agitatOrs
is forecast. This will be FASTENED if
1t is found that the band is working
with Russian bolsheviki leaders to
bring about premature peace in Ger
many's interests, or to hamper Amer
lea at home.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
is DEAD, SO HURT IN CRASH
Women and Children Spread Over
Roadway in Pittsburgh When Run
away Car Leaves Rails.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 26.-Sixteen
persons were killed and every other
one of the Ia passengers on Knox
Vile street car was more or less hurt
here when the car ran away in tun-
mel which connects the South side
business district with the South Hills.
After wild dash of almost mile
through the tube, the car emerged at
Carson street, jumped switch and
turned over on its side. The roof was
ripped off and men, women and chill
dren were scattered along the road
way.
Eight of those killed were women
and one a little girl
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
GERMANS RULE
PEACE MEETING
Dr.. Won KuehImann Made Chair
man of Farley.
RUSSIANS GIVE THEIR TERMS
Central Powers ENJOYS Promise to
Begin Examination of BoIsheviki
Program-kaiser Plans
to Attend.

London, Dec. PA dispatch to the
Exchange telegraph from Copenhagen
says:
Ihe Berliner Zeitung says Emperor
William has informed his government
that he contemplates going to Brest-
Lltoysk If the diplomats arrive at an
agreement, in which case he will en-
deavor to assemble all the sovereigns
ana regents of Europe in peace con-
ference, as was done after the Ma
poleonic wars.
The emperor is credited with hav-
ing declared that everybody wants
peace and that the future offers so
many great tasks that all states must
cooperate in them"
Peace Farley Opens.
Amsterdam, Dec PA dispatch re-
ceived here from Brest-Litovsk. Rus
STA, dated Saturday, says:
To-day at four o'clock in the after
noon the peace negotiations were be-
gun at a solemn sitting.
prince Leopold Of Bavaria, as COM
mander in chief of the German forces
in the east, welcomed the delegates
and invited Haiku Pasha, as the senior
delegate. to open the conference Haiku
Pasha, after an expression of desire
for a satisfactory result, declared the
negotiations formally open and pro-
posed Doctor Won Kuehlmann as the
presiding officer. The German foreign
minister was unanimously elected
chairman"
"At Won Kuehlmann's suggestion the
chief Russian delegate stated the chief
principles of the Russian peace pro-
gram in long speech, which coincid-
ed on the whole with the well-known
resolutions of the workmen's and SOL
diers' deputies.
Here Are the Terms.
"The Russian terms include:
"First-No compulsory annexation
of territory taken during the war and
speedy evacuation of such territory.
"Second-That political independ-
ence shall be restored to all nations de-
prived of independence by the fortunes
of war.
"Third-That national groups not in
dependent DSlOTS the war SIldlI ueCluc
by referendum whether they shall be-
come independent or give their alleg-
lance to some power.
"Fourth-Where mixed rationale
ties occupy any territory the rights of
the minority shall be defended by a
law assuring educational
freedom and administrative autonomy,
if possible.
"Fifth-No belligerent country shall
be required to pay contributions and
private persons shall be compensated
for losses incurred through the war
from special fund contributed by all
the belligerents on a proportional
basis. The same principles shall be
applicable to colonies as to the par
ent countries.
"The final clause Of the terms pro-
hibits the boycotting of one country
by another and provides for separate
customs agreements and for naval
blockades not pursuing direct military
objects.
1.-THE delegates of the central pow
ers declared their readiness to begin
the examination of the Russian pro-
gram. The result of their labors will :
be discussed at the next sitting"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
CHAPTER TX.
On the Sea EIoor-

~'iS iva
s.-, struggled for balance as the sea
n s ~ enyeloped him. He CROPPED
SrS Ne water as in a fog. The swirl of
n, 'V.lng air from the oxygen appara-
,os. ~ me lock carried him some dis
Ia s from the submarine, and then
S lei lett himself sinking.
h = Sank very slowly, and as he sank
h, sped for Ida. He could not find
cor, n, Inc submarine had disappeared
=, ng Waded to and fro clumsily. He
u,i,t me cead man who wakes in an
nar raolted purgatory of desolation.
hp . was nothing anywhere-noth-
bis sU ouiF The yielding water, at which
r. sefS clutched fruitlessly.
s'o to walk for six PAGES in
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-02
To Keen Pipes of Furnace Clean.

In order to recover small articles
dropped through the floor register
grating of a hot-air heating system
without tine necessity of removing
section of the pipe, mesh gratings may
be fitted into place. No. gauge wire
mesh may be used In pieces just large
enough to fit into the metal box be-
low the register.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-17
Mary ceeasI.. Red Lee.

Tho death of Mrs. Mary Cornelia
Read Lee, widow OF the late Col.
James Fenner Ice. who died sunday,
Jan 9th, OF paralysis, 81 her home,
Myrtle Point, " on the Patuxent river,
~. Mary's county.
Mrs. Leo was OF an old colonial
family, being the granddaughter Of
John Eager Howard and daughter Of
William George Read and Sophia
Howard Read, Of Savannah, Ca. She
was born IS years ago In Baltimore
City, In the house where the Enoch
Pratt Free Library nov stands.
She was educated in tho conyenl
schools OF this country and OF Paris.
When II years cid she married AL.
bert Henry Carroll, grandson Of the
signer and brother OF the former Gov.
John Lee Carroll, OF Maryland. Mr..
Carroll Joined the Confederate Army
and was killed in a skirmish on the
eve OF the Battle OF Antietam
Later sho married James Fennes
Lee, young lawyer and son OF Col.
Stephen States Lee, sof Baltimore,
Col. Lee died 20 years ago, after hav,
ing served his country and state both,
From 1885 TO 1892 Col. Lee was serving
the country as representative to Aus
tria-Hupgary and Brazil, he being the
first accredited representative to ths
Republic OF Brazil.
Mrs. Lee had been living In St
Mary's since 1892, when Col. Lee
purchased their late home.
Mrs Lees children By her first
marriage are Miss Ellinor Carroll, d
this county, and Countess Agne.
Heussenstamm, 81 Austria, and ID,
following children BY The second mar
riage; Mrs. John Moseley Walker, o
Owings Mills, Baltimors county; jas
Fenner Leo, Of this county, and Mrs
James HrIscoe, Jr.s Of CoYans. Baiti
s~elA eouniy Tho fQnopine grand
81 survive: Sa enner wal
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-17
Red Cross pspsrtmsus.

To avoid criticism, the soldiers and
sailors who have been discharged from
the service, irregardless OF cause, are
requested 10 return 10 Headquarters,
Iseonardtown, the knitted garments In
tended 10 be worn with their uniforms.
Civilians are not entitled to these gar
.ments, therefore this request has 70 DO
made. We feel sure that our men are
patriotic enough 70 understand. and
win not wish 10 wear these garments
without the uniforms.
MRS. GEORGE r. Is0tkEA,
Vice Chairman, ST. Mary's County
Chapter, American Red Cross.
The Red Cross work Is rapidly grow
ing; the knitted garments are being
sent into the National Chapter each
month. Since the auxiliaries were
organized in june over 100 wooden
garments have been sent 70 France
and our camps In America, Many
letters of appreciation have been re-
celved, thus making us more anxious
and willing TO contribute 10 the COM
fort Of our boys, who are making the
great sacrifice.
Join The 81 Mays County Chapter,
American Red Cross, In this way
you are helping your boy or your
neighbours boy.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-17

cording to a statement d = 81 he
powers at Washington the income TAX
lwar reyenuel Affects Z 900. 600 persons
and will yield the government Sc. 400.
O00,O00' mostly from new sources.
coNcLULroN.
The showing as attested BY the fors-
going statement proves that the vice
president, cashiers and directors have
been alert. This ii also true OF the
clerical force and, indeed, every per-
son connected with the institution. IL
far as our knowledge goes, has striven
TO do his part faithfully and we'll, SO
to the aforesaid we wish every happi-
ness with which the All Wise may be
pleased to shower His blessings. And
we hereby acknowledge their Loyalty
during the year. So TO each stock
holder and patron our hope and pray-
err is that each day may greet you with
the glad consciousness of His pregence
and that each step OF your way may
be taken with full assurance OF His
guidance ana may each experiences
that may come to you, whether 1t be
bitter or sweet, make you still surer of
His unfailing mercy and goodness.
L. +. MUAToRD,
President.
January 9Th, 1918.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-17
Mrs. Alice Hayden.

Died at her home near Compton,
Md, on Tuesday morning, Jan. stb,
Mrs. Alice Hayden, widow OF the late
Ally Hayden, aged II years. Mrs.
Hayden was a lifelong resident 81 st.
Mary's and one Of the county's most
estimahle characters, and her death
leaves q vacancy difficult TO 1ll IN q
community that had known and loved
her so long. She is survived by five
grown daughters and one brother, Mr..
J. Thomas Abel, of Compton. May
she rest in peace!
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-17

/ Died on Monday afternoon at
o'clock, at the Jesuit residence, ST.
Aloysius Church, Washington. D. c..
Father G. S. Lancaster, in the 76th
year OF his age The death OF this
aged and dearly beloved priest closes
career both holy and notable, and
richly Is he deserving of the eternal
reward ioHhieli he has been called.
Father Lancaster was born February
18TH 1912 in the city Of Philadelphia,
Pa, and was educated Al 81. Joseph's
College, Philadelphia, and Of George
town University, Washington, d. c.,
graduating from the last-named insii-
tuition In 1859.
On December 3ls. 1862, he entered
the noyitiaie of the Society Of Jesus,
afterwards teaching for several years
at Georgetown University and Con
zaga College, Washington, and at
Loyola College, Baltimore, being or
dained Priest on April 2lst, 1870
In August, 1870. he came to So.
Mays and began an association
which ripeucd into The deepest affection
for Southern Maryland and her people
and which the latter most bounuiuiiy
returned. HIS FIRST appointment was
as pastor OF Sacred Heart Church,
where he laborrd for nineteen years,
reluctantly relinquishipg that charge
10 20 10 Our Lady's Chapel, where for
thirteen more years be cementcd the
bonds 81 friendship and love which
until the day Of his death bound him
10 the people Of 81 Mary and idenil'
ficd him with her interests. lie also
uinlsiered al NcHtowu for iourtcen
years and ~ ST. John Co. two years,
never falling 70 win ne .astiug aiec
lon 81 his charges
Among BE most Important assign
ments was thai ot Treasurer 81 George
town University, which he heid for one
year, and a. assistant pastor 81 81
Aloysius Church, Washington, FOE
four years 81 the iruiis Of his tlrcless
energy and zeal can be- mentioned the