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!EVENING
EDITION
VOL.
10, NO. 85.
Mill F-4
COMMANDER EDE
Brother of Lieutenant
Lost Life When She went
Down Gets a Letter.
EQUIPPED WITH NEW
MOTORS IN DRYDOCK
Previous Reports Said Motors Were
Old and Worn and it Was Believed
This is What Caused Accident—Let
ter Wfitter Just Before last Cruise.
Los Angeles, Cat., April 9.—Allison
D. Bde, brbther of Lieutenant Alfred
Ede, commander of the submarine
F-4, which was lost off Honolulu
March 25, said -he received a letter
from the commander in which he de
Olared jthe submersible was defective.
'Lieutenant Ede, his brother stated,
wrote that the vessel was leaky and
otherwise in poor condition.
Magruder is the second American
surgeon to give his life to the Ameri
can Red Cross work to cope with the
epidemic of typhus, which is sweeping
the stricken country. The first was
Dr. Joseph Donnelly of Brooklyn, and
of the six American surgeons and
twelve nurses wh« are in the Red
Cross unit to Serbia, only one has
been untouched by ihe dread disease.
None of the other cases has resulted
fatally.
"I expect the whole thing to go up
in smoke any time," wrote Lieutenant
Ede,
In
reference to the F-4. His
brother, Allison Ede, gave out a por
tion of the letter.
Ede said that Lieutenant Ede had
written that the vessel was supplied
with new motors, however, while in
dry dock. Previous reports stated that
the motors were old and worn, and
therefore believed to have been re
sponsible for the loss of the F-4.
Ede declined to give out the. letter,
whleh was written, by his brother two
days ^before the F-4 went on the un
der-water cruise from which she
never returned.
NEUVE CHAPELLE
r'
Another Casualty Ligt
a
ed Todpiy—4,000 Men
Are Named.
London, April 9.—Another extended
list of casualties, totaling 1,108 names,
issued by the British war office, em
phasizing the fierceness of the battle
of Neuve Chappelle, in France, last
month. The killed, in this latest list,
amounts to 336. This makes the total
of the dead, wounded and missing in
the three lists issued about 4,000.
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MOTHERS
Executive Board Backs Chi
cago Union in Fight for
Higher Wages.
Chicago, April 9.—Sanction of the
strike of 16,000 carpenters in Chicago,
because the demands .for increased
wages were refused, was granted by
the executive board of the Internation
al Brotherhood of Carpenters and
JolnerB at Indianapolis, according to
word brought back today by officers of
the union's local district council.
FLEET AT CHESAPEAKE.
Norfolk, Va., April 9.—The Atlantic
fleet, which recently completed target
and fleet practice at Guantanamo,
Cuba, is due to arrive at the Virginia
Capes today and anchor in Tangier
bay, to make ready for target prac
tice outside the capes.
UNITED STATES DOCTOR
SUCCUMBS IN SERBIA
Washington, D. C., April 9.—Dr.
Ernest P. Magruder or Washington,
one of the physicians at the head of
the American Red Cross unit in Ser
bia, has fallen a victim to typhoid
fever. iHls death Is reported 'today
from Belgrade to the Red Cross head*
quarters here.'
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Motion to Quash Indictment
Against Him and Associ-
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hi',- ates Over-ruled.
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Chicago. April. 9.t—William Lorl
tner, former federal senator, and other
officials of- the defunct LaJBalle Street
Trust and Bavihgk bank, must stand
trial on state charges of conspiring to
wreck the inrtltution. This in effect
isthe decl«ioh'4n 'criminal court by
whleb'tbe.motion to.dtauU* tbs indict
ment. was- overruled. Twenty-four of
the twentf-flve oounta In the docu
mtentwara sustained*
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CHOSEN TO HEAD
TRADE COMMITTEE
Harry A. Wheeler.
Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, for
mer president of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States, has
been chosen by that body to head the
committee appointed to co-operate
with the new federal interstate trade
commission in business matters af
fecting the welfare of American In
dustries. The other men to servo
with him are Guy E. Tripp of the
Westlpghouse Electric company and
W. L. Saunders, president of the In
gersoll-Rade company of New York.
The appointment of this committee is
due to the desire of the national cham
ber to assist the new commission in
every way possible.
MUST ATTACK ON
LAND TO FORGE
THE DARDANEUiS
So Declares King of Greece
—Country in Same Posi
tion as Italy.
Rome, April 9.—King Constantine
of Greece is quoted by the Trlbuna as
declaring that it is his belief that it
will be impossible for the Allies to
force the Dardanelles without a com
bined attack on land and sea. His
majesty is said to have declared that
Greece lain the tame position as Italy
«a£4eOtj|ier nations which' have -made
militafy..-pi«paratio»)^ 'btot haW'-not
^abandoned' "neutrality. While their
J^lihciilt, he: Relieved that
their, attitude will be' guided by the
course of events.
ALLEGED GRAFTER ON TRLfUj.
Sioux City, .Iowa. April 9.—Frank
Peirce, former chief of police went on
trial before District Court Judge John
W. Anderson here today on an indict
ment charging that he received bribes
to protect illegal saloons, gambling
houses and "red light" resorts. Peirce
resigned under Are and a citizens com
mittee is circulating a recall petition
aimed at John Deneen, superintendent
of the department of public safety.
Scores of witnesses have been sum
moned for both sides of the Peirce
case.
SMITH COLLEGE CELEBRATES.
Northampton, Mass., April 9.—Chas.
Frances Adams of Boston will be the
principal speaker here today at patri
otic exercises at Smith college in cel
ebration of the fiftieth anniversary of
Leets surrender at 'Appotmatox.
GOVERNOR SPEAKS.
Somerville, N. H., April 9.—Gover
nor Roland H. Spaulding of this state
is scheduled to speak tonight at a re
ception and dinner of the Somerville
Sons and Daughters club.
(HEAT STANDING ARMY OUGHT NOT
London, ApHl 9.—America Is right
In not having a great standing, army,
mads up' of men forced into service.:
America Is rifht in not demanding
that all her yotthg men phall give the
best years of .tfrilr life to military
serrloe. America .is right In going oa
about her business depending" upqn
.the expectation, that when war ''does
coma her voluntary system can be
depended upon.
^^acliutoiif for Americans.
These, are the conclusions that
Americans may draw from this state
ment from the British war office, made
to.,the IXhtted.I^reAB today:.
"Unprecedented strains have been
put upon this voluntary system In this
war and lt .has trlttmphantly with
stood the ordeal
England and' Amsrlca are the only
two flrst class powers In the World
that follow the voluntary system—the
system of keeping militarism In the
baolwround anf depending* to
Pinch, on having their cltisens come
forward, voluntarily, to serve the
coiiOwiy -I
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TRAGEDY IN PEG
Husband Murders Wife and
Slashes Self—Wrongdoer
Goes Insane.
CHILDREN MAKE
TERRIBLE FIND
Nephew Had Wronged' Uncle, and
Story of Affair Ijeads to Tragedy
Confessor Is in Selkirk Asylum for
the Insane.
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Winnipeg, Man., April 9.—Crased
by brooding over his wife's unfaith
fulness, Mike Fox, a tuber in the C.
P. R. shops, killed the woman by
slashing her throat with a rasor in
their little home at 5:30 last night.
He then drew the blade across his
own throat and inflicted a fatal gash.
They were discovered a few moment
later by their little sons, Joseph, aged
9 years, and Steve, aged 6, who noti
fied the neighbors of the tragedy. A
third son, Frank aged 2 1-2 months,
lay in bed in a room off that in which
the crime was committed.
The advice of a priest at confession
on Easter Sunday, led up to the mur
der' and suicide. Two years ago Fox
brought Stanley. Markiewicz, his ne
phew, to Canada from Poland. This
nephew took advantage of the hospi
tality of his uncle, and repaid his
kindness hy inducing his wife to be
untrue.
Last Sunday the nephew confessed
his sins to the priest, who advised him
to confess all to the husband. This
he did, and the wife admitted her
guilt. It was brooding over this that
upset Fox's mind.
Markiewicss, after telling the wrong
ed husband of his work, went Insane,
and the day following he was com?
mitted to the Selkirk asylum.
Fox probably will die.
CERMAN CRAFT II
KEtlTRALWATERS
Norwegian Airmen Find
Submarines Hidden Behind
Copenhagen, April 9 (via London)
—A.group of Norwegian airmen, who
have been scouring the coasts of Nor
way investigating rumors that a Ger
man submarine base is located in some
sheltered spot of these neutral waters,
found several German submarines
gathered behind the cliffs at Bergen
Bay.
The submarines were ordered to
leave immediately or else be interned
for the remainder of the war.
WILLISTON MAN
DONATES MEDAL
Williston, N. D., April 9.—Top Sar
geant George Harvey has received
from Lieutenant Modle formerly of
the Company "E" a gold medal to be
known as the Modie medal and which
will be awarded to the member of
Company "E" who proves himself the
best marksman.
Both indoor and outdoor shooting
contests will be held to determine the
merit of the various members of the
company. The flrst of the indoor
shoots will be held, April 25 and the
outdoor shoots will begin September
V. The winner of the highest aver
age on the two tests will be awarded
the inedal.
Rt. Hon. Harold J. Tennant, British Under Secretary For
War, so Declares—England's Territonal Forces
Are Large and Well Prepared.
(Note—The Rt. Hon. Harold J.
Tennant, British parliamentary under
secretairy for war, is Lord Kitchener's
official spokesman in the house of
commons. The following interview
is, therefore, of peculiar interest, par
ticularly since It Indicates Tennant's
approval of the American system of
a volunteer army.)
(BY WM, G. SHEPHERD.)
(Copyright, 1916, by the United Press.
Copyrighted hi Great Britain.)
mentary under secretary for war, the
official spokesman of Lord Kitchener
gn_ the floor of the house of commons.
When you ask Harold J. Tennant
about the war and war results you-are
questioning him on his own ground.
The secretary has to face a tornado
of inquiries that are asked Lord Klt
chener in the house of commons. One
orthe best aeftiires In the British war
office during the war began has been
the close co-operation 'between Lord
Kitchener and Mr. Tennant. They are
personal associates. When Mr. Ten
nant some days ago'.conformed to the
lauat usages in London society by
•^Wiring a pair of hornrimmed sipec
ta«le«. Lord Kltcheher followed suit.
And when Lord Klt6hener imitates a
man. that man must be a respected
friend. What Harold Tennant doesn't
*®*«n»meh:t affalrs from
l2*d JFit^en?r Is likely to get
from Sir Edward Grey, England's for-
elgn secretary. During the strenuous
°JL 5?
w*r
If has been «r Ed-
5.vssi?rc:!„r1*'
SJrSnrtf'/iSv "taw^on to go to
you thlnk. he sald, "Is the feature
.®*. pottor,* whleh Is most
It to mK him aAauHhA
^U^ MllSry M^mwhitihV.%
My* «®»Mhued to fol-
°t»er great oaUons must force
mt^nr service on th«|lr oltlsena, The
English-Amerlcan %lan was being
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doL Wiljiam Hayward
Col. William Slay ward, a veteran of
the Spanish-American war and a na
tive of Nsb.raskn, has just been ap
pointed by Governor Whitman as pub
lic service commissioner of New York
at a 8alary 'of' 4.v5,000 a year. After
holding v&M6iii» political offices in the
west, Coltfriel Hnywari went to New
.York city in 1911 and was appointed
assistant district attorney by Whitman.
MIMER
SLASHES THROAT
Uses Razor in Attempt at
Ending Life When Fac
ing Criminal Charge.
(Herald Special Service.)
Crosby, N. D., April 9.—The power
of suggestion proved too much for
Paul Shafer, and as a result he lies in
a local hospital with his throat slash
ed from ear to ear. Shafer is a trans
lent'who recently haa been working at
odd jobs around "rosby. Not long ago
he committed a 'petity offense, was
flltW- iA litUe lafer.
found jfuilty
not contejit
sqM ^'oas^^ |M
rested oft a ch
and plkced In t!
Iff.
All this took place In Shafer's pres
ence. He appeared Interested In the
razor story, and chuckled softly to
himself when the razor was exhibited,
It was only a few minutes after this
that Shafer attempted suicide. He was
found by the deputy sheriff in an out
house where he had been permitted
to go, lying sprawled on the floor, his
throat cut with a razor which he had
evidently concealed on his person so
successfully as to escape detection
when searched. He was Immediately
rushed to a hospital where he now Is.
His condition is very serious, but he
has a fighting chance to recover.
It is hard
to
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it a
MAN WILL
HANDLliNEW YORK'S
TRANSIT PROBLEMS
^.cvraa2b|i0iedtately ar
irfee of ^rand larceny
ee custody of'.the sher-
The prisoner was taken to the sher
iff's office for the time being, the sher
iff intending to lock him lip before go
ing home. He was searched and all
weapons were supposedly removed
from his person. The sherUf, a few
minutes later in a conversation with
some other men, mentioned :he fact
that recently he had discovered a ra
zor, which the latter was carrying
thrust Into the top of his boot. The
sheriff then exhibited the razor, which
was a huge one, as big as a carving
knife.
say Just what connec­
tion the exhibition of the razor had
with Shafer's attempt at suicide. Shaf
er is a young ignorant fellow, and the
charge of grand larceny doubtless
looked pretty big to him. The sight of
the razor probably suggested to his
fear-muddled mind a way of escape
from the punishment that he feared
would be inflicted upon him.
BOB HIZSIHHONS WEDS
HIS THEATRICAL PARTNER
Washington, April 9.—Bob Fitzsim
mons, former heavyweight champion,
was married today to. Miss Temo Zil
len, who has been associated with him
for some time in theatricals. The
bride's gift from the bridegroom Is
said to have been $85,000 In jewels.
AIWEDK1.
Old Feud Culminates in Fa
tal Fight During School
.Entertainment.
Pomroy, Ohio, April t.—In a Knife
-duel at the Howell school house at
Letart, W. Vs., Uft night, during a
school entertainment. Earl Bhlriey,
28, and Vrson BoSworth, 18, both
^married, were killed* Three brothers,
'on side said, engaged In the fighting.
Two others are reported dying: The
-trouble Is said to t)e tht culmination
of an old'feud.
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SOLON
Mttwaakee, A|i«l
Pber Paulas. «!,
state assembly,
today by
the tenth stor to ltatfft.
dnnl fciiik bn
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GRAND FORKS. N. EVENING, APRIL 9, 1915. TEN PAGES—PRICE FIVE CENTS.
RECEIVERS FOR
NEW TO STORE
J. B. Greenhut Co., Owners
of Big Establishment,
Placed in Their Hands.
New York, April 9.—Receivers were
appointed today by federal Judge
Hand for the J. B. Greenhut company,
which operated a large department
store here.
Receivership were applied for In a
suit brought by the Mommouth Se
curities company and the defendant
consented to the appointment. Wal
ter C. Noyes and William A. Marble,
were named receivers by the court.
The amount of their bond was fixed at
$160,000.
The Greenhut .company is a cor
poration with $12,000,000 outstanding
securities, and operates two depart
ment stores on Sixth avenue. The
firms' liabilities, according to counsel,
aggregate $3,500,000 and the assets
are $7,500,000. These do not include
two mortgages, amounting to $3,000,
000 which are secured by real estate
bonds. Another estimate of the lia
bilities Is given in the petition of three
creditors, placing the liabilities at
about $12,000,000, and the assets at
about
$6,000,000.<p></p>ITA11ANUS
ATTACK
sees
Troops, Protecting Barley
Harvest, Forced to Defend
v, Selyes—Losses Heavy.
Rome, April 9.—The Italian column
operating In Tripoli under the com
mand of Colonel Gianlnazzi, for the
protection of harvesting the barley
crop in southeast Misda, has been at
tacked by a force of 1,000 rebels, ac
cording to advices. The rebels, after
a sharp fight, were beaten off. The
losses were heavy. Of the Italian col
umn 118 were killed and wounded.
EXPECT RULING.
THAW CASE
Defendant's Counsel Looks
For Decision Late This
Afternoon.
New Tork, April 9.—Counsel for
Harry Thaw hoped that decision
would be rendered today by the ap
pellate division on Thaw's appeal from
the order of Justice Page that he be
returned to Matteawan asylum.
Whether the court will order him
back to Matteawan or give him liberty
to return to New Hampshire, it is un
derstood that either the state or his
attorneys will be given the opportunity
to take the case before the court of
appeals.
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Will Your Children
Be Financiers
If Not Y6u Are Partly to Blame
For Not Encouraging Thrift
And Economy in Their Youth.
The principal of buying, selling, dealing and
handling sums of money is the same whether
you deal in ordinary daily purchases or in
transactions involving thousands of dollars.
Help Your Children Today.
Let them do part of the family buying. Teach
them the road to economy and thrift by. en
couraging them to read the Daily Herald
Ads and thus acquaint themselves with the
world's buying and selling possibilities...
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MUSCOVITES NOW CONSDER BEST
spring are beginning
m,Utai7 P»Wlies
JITNEYS IN CAPITAL.
Washington, April 9.—Washington
soon is to have jitney buses. To meet
the problems their coming will offer,
the district commissioners have been
thinking hard. Licenses will be requir
ed and autos attempting to operate
without licenses will be classed as
"illejltneys" and so treated. Liability
insurance may be required. Definite
routes will be laid out and the buses
required to follow them. It is believed
the coming of the Jitneys will reduce
present congestion on many street
railway lines.
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EVENINO
EDITION
THAT AUSTRIA WIL SEEK PEACE
Fighting in Two Arenas to Determine Future Course of thd
War—Italy Takes Steps to Use Railroads for Moving
Troops—New Pourparlers With Bulgaria.
London,, April P.—On both the western and raniiiin front Trsttlsa
5*® Pro?TeSBin* which may affect vitally the future ooune of the war.
In the French territory between the Meuse and Moselle rivers, the al
lies are attempting to force back the German wedge. Paris that
a large amount of ground was won. but BerUn contradicts Xbe
Joss of life probably is the heaviest in the west since the battle of
8ounors«
In the east, the struggle is carried on furiously along the Omv
pathlan front, particular Importance attaching to the fighting In the
Besldds, over which the Russians are attempting to force their way to
the plains of Hungary. Petrograd claims thM the Austrian annyhas
been cut In two, giving the Russians a clear road to Hungary, hug
Vienna insists that effective resistance Is being
offered.
Dispatches via Athens set forth that the allied fleet is the
Dardanelles not far from Bolair, on Gallipoll peninsula, but news
is without official confirmation.
Nothing has come to hand to confirm the rumor circulated yeamw
day that Germany has declared war upon Holland.
CLAIMS AUSTRIAN OPERATIONS HAVE COLLAPSED.
Petrograd, April 9.—With the Russian forces In possession of al
the main summits and slopes of the Beekid mountain, amy nlllinsii
here assert that the Austrian operations in the Carpathian! have col
lapsed. The Russian general staff Is now oomlderlng the best aimroech
to Hungary.
In view of these conditions, the talk of a separate peace Mr Ans
tria-Hungary has been revived. Such a poeatbUlty is iHf-iinsnfl 'widely
In the Russian press and diplomatic circles. It is based largely on the
reported attempt of Emperor FVaocis Joseph to enlist the of
the pope In this direction. From the flrst it has been here
that the only terms Russia will consider will be the imm mi
sion of all Slavic demands.
The operations centering about Mezolahoros, Including the import
J®1 Ppjnte of Bartfekl, Lupkow, Uzsok, appear virtually to have end
ed, with the Austrian« on the defensive along the whole which la
perceptibly weakened.
DEEP SNOW HINDERS RAPID ADVANCE.
Deep snow, which still covers the Carpathian ridges, stands In the
way of a rapid advance Into Hungary. Onoe this difficulty Is over
come, the Russians will reach the southern
to
slopes,
further advance will be artificial defenses which are assumed to have
-betn erected.. ,*•?- ..
^country between Jhe gen, and Laborcia riven is considered to
g°™e thf b^t route. The Russian stafT is of the opinion that the
Germans already tate MuiMMt alt available troops from other nnfat.
to defend thisregimi, and therefore they will be unable to offerany
more formidable opposition than heretofore.
On the other hand, it ls expected that the German answer to the
Russian offensive will be the development of a new movement In Po
land, starting from Thorn or Cracow. Bnt the Invasion of Hungary is
regarded here as a foregone conclusion, unless the Germans are able to
transfer a formidable force of first line troops to strengthen the Aus
trian armies.
ITALY'S PARTICIPATION "NECESSARY."
^Gfoeva, April t, VU Paris.—Railroad rolling stock is withdrawn
Italy from the Swiss frontier, it is reported here, for the movement
In Northern Italy, destined for the re-
gion bordering on the Austrian tyrol.
that the towns which form fortresses in the famous
quadrilanteral are garrisoned with fully equipped troops which lack
only heavy artillery, which will be supplied soon.
Mian dispatch says that at a mass meeting last night, at-
dfP.uVes
from
a™]
n,J
Milan, a resolution was adopted
characterizing as "absolutely necessary" Italy's participation fat the war.
^A„NT.Z° &EARN BULGARIA'S ATTITUDE.
Paris, April V.—The allies are considering the advisability of onen
P011rparlers with the Bulgarian government to leant definitely
1521*^51^ country intends to take in the European crisis, says
the Peltit Parlslens Rome correspondent, who adds that these negotia
tions are desired by the pro-Russian elements In Bulgaria who wl«h to
act In co-operation with the Entente.
L1ABUTY CASE
TOPRgECOURT
Replies to the United States
Note on Sinking of the
William P. Frye.
Washington, April 9.—The German
note, in which that country assumes
liability for the destruction of the
William P. Frye by the Prlns Bltel
Frederich, was made public by the
state department. In the note, Ger
many also assumes liability for the
cargo, under the treaty of 1828, but
insists that the case be taken to the
prize court.
Aeted Ulaiir BWMa
'nt Nsaita frem thsSI^
German oDOiMaMer atiiedi
cordonee with the
iaw aa
laratlon of London |ad ttb
prtsswdlwsnoa ThtoMiat|
tom«
-fsil
where of
and the moot serious obstacle to a
.irJ
Hie Reply. .j
The reply waa handed by the for
eign office at Berlin to Ambassador
Gerard, who cabled it today to tha
state department. It follows:
"The undersigned has the honor to
make reply to the note of his excel
lency, Mr. Jahies W. Gerard ambas
sador of the United States of America,
dated the third inst., foreign office
number twenty-eight ninety-two, rel
ative to clalma for damages for. the
sinking of the American merchant
vessel William P. Frye by the German
auxiliary cruiser, Prlns Eitel Fried
rich.
"According to the reports which
have reached the German government
the commander of the Print Bltel
Fried rich stopped the William P. Aye
on the high seas January 17, 1I1S,
an&jwarched her. He found on boaM
a cargo of wheat consigned to Qeese*.
town, Falmouth or Plymouth to order,
After he had flrst tried to remove the
cargo from the William P. Frye tta^
took the ship's papers and in* ww*#'
on beard and soak the atal* ,• ,js*%