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Thur»day, January 18, 1916. CAMPAICN ABANDON AT DARDANELLES ALLIES WITHDRAW FROM AT TEMPT TO TAKE CONSTAN TINOPLE DEFENSES E I E E N A O IS E WITH LOSS OF RUT ONE MAN REPORTS SAT Transport Sunk Berlin, Jan. 10.—The sinking of a transport ship of the allies, filled with troops, at the time of the withdrawal of the French and British forces from the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, is reported in a Constantinople dispatch issued by the Overseas News agency. London, Jan. 10.—It is officially an nounced that the complete evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula has been successfully carried out. General Sir Charles Monro, accord in or to the official statement reports that only one British soldier was wounded in the evacuation of the Galhpoli peninsula, that there were no casualties among the French, and that all the guns were saved, except seven teen wornout ones which were blown up. The official communication issued last evening says: "General Sir Charles Monro re- fiorts the complete evacuation of Gal iToli has been successfully carried out. "The guns and howitzers were got away, with the exception of seventeen \7orn-out guns, which were blown up by us before leaving. "Our casualties amounted to one member of the British rank and file wounded. "There were no casualties among the French. "General Monro states that the ac complishment of this difficult task was due to Generals Birdwood and Davies, and invaluable assistance ren dered in an operation of the highest difficulty by Admiral De Robeck and the royal navy." With the withdrawal of the British and French forces from the southern tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, after the evacuation of the Anzac cove and Suvla bay positions on the western coast in the middle of December, there has come to an end a move ment that was begun with expecta tions of achievements which would have a great bearing on the outcome of +he war. Thousands upon thousands of men los- their lives in the enterprise of effecting landings on the Turkish coast and in the fighting that has been in progress since. In addition, a num ber of battleships and smaller war craft of the entente allies have been sunk or damaged as they poured a rain of shell against the Turkish for tifications in an endeavor to aid their own forces on shore. Military Purpose The chief military purpose of the Dardanelles campaign which was be gun in February, 1915. with the bom bardment of Turkish forts at the en trance to the straits by entente allied warships was the capture of Constan tinople and the opening of the Bos phorus which connects the Mediter ranean with the Black sea so that Russia mierht have an avenue for the receipt of arms and ammunition and also for the exportation of Russian grain. For England, success meant the orevention of another Turkish in vasion of Egypt, and the Dermanent safety of the Suez canal and Englands communication with India. •Vims® Ise in town Honey Politically a victory was expected to have a powerful effect upon the then three still neutral Balkan states, Greece, Bulgaria and Rumania, whose political status has for generations balanced with that of Turkey in the May other British troops landed on ever-changing1 scale of Balkan politics, the north side of the peninsula, near A* U&Afc Oft "Made in a minute— the milk's mixed in it" (Copsrishi, 1915) 0 PLUMBING AND HEATING SEWER AND WATER CONNECTIONS Spence Ilot Water Boilers ana Standard Porcelain Enameled Ware The Best on the Market. TELEPHONE 243 WILUSTON, N. D. There was cited the possibility, now realized by Bulgaria's entrance into the war of preventing the establish ment of a Balkan lime between the central powers and Turkey, and also of the possible opening of a land route to India, an ambition with which the English have long credited Germany. In October, after the successful in vasion of Serbia by the Teutons and the Bulbars, and the reports that Ger man ammunition was on its way to Turkey, a storm of bitter criticism of the goevrnment's Dardanelles cam I naitm broke loose in England. Sir Edward Carson, attorney eeneral, re signed from the cabinet because of a disagreement with his colleagues over the campaign, it was said, and Win ston Churchill, first lord of the ad miralty, the principal target of at tack also resigned. Churchill placed some of the blame on the shoulders of Admiral Lord Fisher, first sea lord. There also was a complete reorgani zation of the French cabinet, which was generally atrributed to the Bal kan Dardanelles situation. The sending of the fleet to force the Dardanelles without the co-onera+ion of land forces was generally conceded to have been the big initial blunder of the campaign. The inadequacy of the land forces, when they were sent, was criticized as another. The govern ment's assailants said the camoaien should have been delayed until better preparations could be made. Some thought the result would have been different had the attack been launched immediatelv noon the declaration of war with Turkey. Turk. Army Held Apologists for the government oointed to the fact that at least larere Turish armv had been pre vented from operatiner elsewhere, par ticularly in Egypt and the Caucasus. They argued also that the Balkan situation might have developed much sooner had the effort not been made when it was. The campaign was marked by three major operations, one by the fleet alone and two by the land forces as sisted by the fleet. The net result was the conquest of the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula for a distance of three miles and a narrow segment of its middle western coast about twelve miles in length and hardly a mile deep. Many Naval Disasters The first disaster came March 19 when mines blew up the French bat tleship Bouvet and the British bat tliships Irresistible and Ocean, while they were attempting a dash for the narrows, the fortifications of which they had been bombarding for several weeks. Several other vessels were dam aged at the same time and the fleet withdrew to the Aegean sea. On the same day, it was announced that Ad miral Carden, the British commander, had been replaced by Admiral de Roebeck. De Roebeck continued the bombardment with an occasional dash into the straits by the ships until April, but it was not productive of any great results, according to ac counts from the Turkish side. The Turks, however, reported that with their mobile batteries of heavy can non they were able to damage many more allied vessels. Naval forces were landed March 24 at Seddul Bahr, the tip of the penin sula, but they were not strong enough to hold their positions, though they destroyed the fortifications. Allied troops for a landing force arrived April 26, but meantime the British battleship Triumph had been sunk and the submarine E-5 went aground and fell a victim to Turkish fire. The first contingent of British troops un der the command of General Sir Ian Hamilton, relatively small in num bers, landed at Seddul Bahr April 25 but not without heavy losses. French troops landed on the Asiatic side but they stayed there only three days The French subsequently formed the left wine- of the British on Seddul Bahr. Meanwhile, the general bom bardment of Turkish positions by the battleships was resumed. Early •nm W1LLISTON GRAPHIC Ari Burnu, which afterward came to be known as Anzac Cove. The name was taken from the initials of the Australian and New Zealand army corps, which comprised the landing forces. Their object was to cross the peninsula and cut the communications of the Turkish divisions at Seddul Bahr and storm the Turkish forts on the Gallipoli side of the narrows, thus opening the way for the safe en trance of the British fleet. They sus tained terrible losses during the land ing and troops found themselves in a sort of bowl whose rocky brim bris tled with machine guns. It was a case of entrenchment and almost from that moment the fighting settled down into trench warfare, which was majn tained until August 6, when rein forcements landed, again with great casualties, in the famous Ancftz Cove and Suvla Bay positions. The veteran Ancaz troops won a victory, capturing the Turkish posi tions before them, but the failure of one of the divisions of the Suvla Bay expedition to accomplish the task as signed to it, prevented them from driving it home. General Hamilton, in a recent report, said this operation failed partly through the use of un tried troops under generals inexperi enced in the new warfare and partly through the failure of the water sup ply. The British succeeded in effecting a junction of their forces, but gained no great military advantage. The fighting here has been described as the most awful of the war, both sides suffering tremendous loss. On November 2 Premier Asquith told parliament that the Dardanelles campaign had been a failure. Up to December 9 the total British casual ties on the peninsula were 114,555. BOTTINEAU COUNTY ADVERTISES SELF COMMISSIONERS WILL ISSUE 50, 000 BOOKLETS, 25,000 ISSUED LAST YEAR Bottineau, N. D., Jan. 6.—Immigra tion work of a character and magni tude never before attempted by a board of county commissioners was launched in this city today when the board of Bottineau county let the con tract for printing 50,000 booklets de scriptive of Bottineau county and her resources. The booklet will be profusely illus trated with halftone views of farm scenes from all parts of the county, as well as photographs depicting the scenic beauty of the Turtle mountains and their fishing lakes. The booklet will contain^ a great deal of descriptive and statistical in formation, all of which is vouched for over the signatures of the several members of the county board. An issue of 25,000 copies of a sim ilar booklet was printed and circu lated in the eastern states last year. The results of this method of adver tising have been so satisfactory to the board that it was decided to get out a larger and more comprehen sive edition this year. IMMIGRATION AND LABOR SUBJECTS IMPORTANT MEETING TO BE HELD IN BISMARCK, THURS DAY, JANUARY 13 Bismarck, N. D., January 5.—Im migration and labor—methods of en couraging the former and of assur ing an adequate and a better supply of the latter—will be discussed in re ports to be presented to the executive committee.of the North Dakota Fed eration of Commercial Clubs in busi ness session at Bismarck, beginning at 10 a. m., Thursday, January 13, by committees and joint committees named during the recent convention in Fargo. County Unit Plan The county unit plan of promoting immigration the question of North Dakota's participation in the Chicago Herald's permanent exposition of nat ural resources and some practical method of bringing farm labor to North Dakota when it is wanted and where it is wanted, will be among the matters covered in the reports. There will be no speech-making the session will be confined to the presen tation of reports, their discussion, and, if possible, the adoption by the North Dakota Federation of Commer cial Clubs of some definite line of ac tion based upon the conclusions so arrived at. The executive committee of the North Dakota Federation of the Commercial Clubs consists of Presi dent J. P. Hardy of Fargo: Vice Pres idents W. E. Holbein of Minot. Frank Hyland of Devils Lake, E. J. Lander of Grand Forks and F. W. Turner of Dickinson, and Secretary-Treasurer R. F. Flint, of Bismarck. Members of Committee The committee which has hsd un der consideration thr Clb'CfT) TJirnH nlan. representing jointly the North Vnta RopVor?' ?«SO'V'"' 'OH Ivi! Federated Clubs, consist® of TT F. Emery, Farro: J. Dexter Pierce, Lari more, and F. Flint. Bismnvr-k. The joint bankers' and commercial clubs' committee which will report on the "o^ntv unit plan of encouraging im migration is comonsed of E^n °ry of Far^o. R. F. Flint, Bismarck, I J. Dexter Pierce of Larimore, repre spn+'n"- the F^derf+in*! "n'1 McFadden, Farero: F. W. Cathro. Bot +inenu: .E. Phelan, Bowman, and C. S. Newberrv. Can-ine^on. r"m,oj°ri+ incr the bankers. The joint committee on farm labor includes Messrs. Mc Fadden, Flinf. Pierce. S^cretarv C. W. Graves of the Grand Forks Commer cial club, and Secretary G. L. Price of the Bismarck Commercial Club. Invitations Extended Invitations have been extended to representatives of the Devils Lake Commercial club and to prominent citizens of Cavalier county to tell at this meeting of their experience with the county unit plan, and everyone who is especially interested in immi gration, in farm labor, or the prob lems of the North Dakota farmer and the state in general, as regards these 6ie articular points is urged to attend sessions, beginning at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, January 13, in the Commercial Club rooms at Bismarck. The North Dakota Federation of Commercial Clubs, with live wires in all of the executive positions, hope. during the coming year to take up and bring toward solution a number of problems which are of terest to the state at large. The meet ing in Bismarck next woek wil: Ik: liie beginning of an active campaign in which it is hoped to enlist the sup port of every commercial organiza tion and booster club in North Da kota. SEEK TO RELIEVE STARVING POLAND CABLEGRAM SENT TO PREMIER ASQUITH AND DUPLICATE SENT TO WILSON Chicago, Jan. 10.—A cablegram urginjr Great Britain to lift the block ade sufficiently to admit sunnlips the destitute of Poland, was put on the wivpa Vi»re last vM "i to H. Asquith, prime minister of Eng land. A telegram also was sent to Presi dent Wilson quoting the dispatch to Mr. Asquith and to the British. Ger man, Franch, Italian, Russian and Austro-Hungarian embassies at Wash ington. The communication to Mr. Asouith follows: "The underisgned duly elected offi cers of legally constituted organiza tions. numbering half a million Amer ican citizens, representatives of four million Polish speaking residents of the United States, hereby most re spectfully present an unanimous re ouest to his majesty's government that the blockade against ships car rying provisions and clothing and destined for the war stricken dis tricts of Poland, be raised and vessels carrying such carro, be permitted to unload at the harbor for Danzing or some other suitable port for distri bution anion? inhabitants of that part of Poland devastated by war. "We raise this request uoon the broadest demands of humanity. The terrors of war visited upon thf inno cent, peaceful population of Poland have been augmented by famine, pes tilence and death. One-third of a generation, the youngest, has practi cally ceased to exist. The remaining, youth, old men and women, are now upon the threshold of extinction by starvation, disease and exposure. The world cannot countenance the exter mination of an entire nation in such excruciating agony." ELBERT BEDE SAYS Charity may cover a multitude of sins but it doesn't obscure them from the public gaze. We suspicion some folks say times are hard and business dull just to keep you from thinking that they are making money. When a woman talks to you at the top of her voice there is little need to worry. She never asks you for money except in a low voice. It is quite a trick to raise and sup port a half dozen boys, but not nearly as much of a trick as it is to raise them so they will support you. WHOLE The prettier a woman is the harder it is for her to keep from feeling jea lous when some other woman's good looks are commented upon. When a man begins telling that he is offering as a sacrifice to the people, it is a pretty safe guess that he con siders himself more than a majority. A Berkley student is able to hold his breath for ten minutes. The chances are that he may never marry and his accomplishment will be value less. Woman insists in putting a man in a position where to be polite he must say she doesn't look ner aipe— and then tells around that he is a natural born liar. An exchange warns us to "beware of the woman who agrees with you." What's the use of wasting time in warning us against something that will never happen. When a man marries a leading chorus girl, who has had her undress ed-up picture in the paper, every body knows as much about what he is getting as he does himself. If the socialist propaganda will do half what it advocates claim it will, it will fulfill about ten times as many of the promises made for it as any other party has. It's easy to sit around the sawdust box in a country store and solve great problems of state because those who solve problems there are never called to account for their mistakes. MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA AND SPAIN If there were no war in Russia, this season would see the beginning of many a happy wooing there. The night before the wedding, if it is at all pos sible, a dance is given which lasts all night, and on the actual day of the marriage the bridegroom and his friends walk about the village play ing musical instruments and throwing sugar to the children. lfAV yp "MY! HOW GOOD IT SMELLS" Yes, and it looks good, and tastes good, too. There is no doubt about the goodness of bread baked from SILVER SHEAF FLOUR. The beautiful crust and the rich aroma tell the story of a perfect loaf. YOUR MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED. Grist Ground While You Wait Our electrical driven grist mill enables us to grind your grist while you wait. When you consider this ex cellent service together with the low exchange rate and small charge you will find that we give you a profitable market and a service that cannot be obtained elsewhere. M. S. WILLIAMS, Manager nA OlhftrS Your cares in comfort- Pl» Hwt In sunny Spain etiquette is so very restrictive in the matter of courtship that it is a wonder that young people ever manage to get married at all. Even when, after many difficulties, the engagement is accomplished, the par ents have a deciding voice in fixing the date, and, as they prefer long engagements, the wedding day is usually fixed somewhere in the dim future. The best man and maid of honor are expected not only to fulfill the usual duties, but to contribute—some times very substantially—to the ex penses of the wedding feast. Wed ding cakes are unknown, but instead packets of sugared almonds are dis tributed among the guests and sent by post to those who are unable to be present. THE LOS ANGELES TIMES MID WINTER NUMBER It is doubtful if any newspaper in the country is more famous for its special numbers than The Los Angeles Times whose Midwinter Number is an annual feature. Its 1916 New Year issue has just been received in all the bright joyous of 190 interesting pages. It is made up of five beautifuL magazines in addition to the usual news sheets. Five magazines of thirty-two pages each, with art cov ers, all printed on fine book paper in bright colors. The art work is sur passingly fine and the text is illum inating. It tells one everything he wants to know about the southland. Gen. Otis is a splendid advertiser for his state. 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