The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 16, 1915, Page 3

THE NONPARTISAN LEADER THREE ~ News of the World in Paragraph and Picture News Snapshots Of the Week: strongholds, making Scutari, Montenegro, Ford, in a plan to “get the boys from the trenches by Christmas, report on the execution of Miss Cavell, the English nurse. Dr. kaiser. Kenneth G. Triest, young American, Great Britain is enjoying a large rush of volunteers for services in the army. o — —————— The Democratic national conven- tion will be held, at St. Louis on June 14th. \ England claims she will have an army of four million men by April first. Missouri democrats are urging J. W. Folk to seek the chief-executive- ship of the “Show Me” state again. By permission of the Interstate Commerce Commission a general rise of passenger rates have been made * on middle-west lines. Villa forces are reported to have suffered a severe route in a battle five miles north of Fronteras last Thursday. Captain Boy-Ed and Captain von Papen, German naval attaches have ELIOT H. GOODWIN Eliot .H. Goodwin, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of. the United ;States, has sent to all the trade or ‘ganizations of this country and the {American chamber of commerce in iBerlin, Paris, Milan and Constanti. ‘nople a referendum embodying six rec, ommendations for settling disputes be. tween nations and enforcing world on: der,, Preliminary to opening of congress committ: mony with the president, still remained head of ways and means committee, while Senator Kern will continue to lead senate ma- jority; the plans for the cloture fight were outlined by Senator Owen. In the war area the Serbs were driven from their last their capital, while Russia was denied by Roumania the use of the Danube. Henry " selected the Oscar II. as his peace ship.. Brand Whitlock, minister to Belgium, returned to Karl Buenz, Hamburg-American director on trial for neutrality offense, said he acted for the . arrived home after being held by English as a German spy. Bl WHITL % been recalled by the imperial gov- ernment. All you can do with a wishbone is to get it picked. What we need nowadays is backbone. We will always” need markets but don’t need, some one else to monopo- lize them. ! You can just bet your bottom dollar that whatever your banker says it isn’t said for your good. Don’t throw away the Leader. Pass it on to some one else and make one more friend for your orgaization. There is no shortage of ammunition at the League headquarters. What we need is more men. Altho Siam is regarded a semi-civ- ilized nation, ‘illiteracy there is un- known; every inhabitant can read and write as education there is cumpul- sory. The supreme court of the State of Washington has upheld the grohibi- tion law of that state and she will join the list of dry states on January first. Much acrimony and bitterness characterized the discussion of Presi- dent Wilson’s policy in dealing with European billigerents, by the Senate last week. Imperial Chancelor von Bethmann- Hollweg announced in the German reichstag last week that there will be no more. peace talk until the al- lies ask for it. It is far better to spend nine dol- lars to get control of our own mar- kets than it is to lie down and let ees prepared their programs. H G-TRIES a bunch of pirates take the shirt off of our back. The Teutonic allies have aban- doned Lemberg, it is reported. The cause of the abandonment is said to be scurvy and also the desire to shorten the lines for winter purposes! The longest kiss, so far as the pub- lic records show, was two hours dur- ation. It was bestowed upon Mr. Ketchum by his fiance in New York City. She is now suing him for di: vorce. President Wilson plans to form al- liance with all the nations of the American continent, which would pool -their military forces, navel and land, for defense against monarchi- cal aggressions. Col. Roosevelt declined to make a speech in Toronto, Canada for fear that he could not resist the tempta- tion to critizise the United States for its complacent attitude towards Germany. If they keep on passing laws to protect song-birds and continue re- fussing to pass a few laws to protect farmers, the farmers of North Da- kota are soon going to wish they were canaries. If it is true, as they say, that the big fellows are spending money to prevent the Nonpartisan League from growing, all we have to say is that somebody is not getting his money’s worth. W. J. Bryan, ex-Secretary of State and, chautauqua .lecturer, has been cited by a New York court, toshow cause why he should not be held in | i ”JII | I ["aifl} I l;lili", 3 | - Representative Kitchin, though 3 CUTARI] <> ¢ PHOTOS ©BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION $ KARL BUENZIN® not 1; complete har- contempt, for failure to answer a summons. - Comptroller of the currency Wil- liams, reported that the losses of the Casselton bank exceeds the total capital and surplus. He repeats his recommendation that national bank officers be obliged to give surety bonds. On December the 9th fire wipedm the town of Hopewell, Va., which sprung up last summer in, connection with the new Du Pont powder fac- tory. More than 7,000 people were left homeless. The fire started in a restaurant. E. E. McCall, chairman of the New York public service commission, form- er ustice of the supreme court and a recent candidate for may of New York City, has been removed, from of- fice By Governor Whitman, He was charged with having interest in cor- poration over which he had supervis- ion, contrary to law. [~ DAVID MOYLAN David Moylan, counciiman, attorney and municipal judge elect of Cleve- land, O., was a railroad switchman 18 years ago. An accident deprived him of his right arm. Seven years later another accident cost him his left arm.. It was then that Moylan turned his attention to law and worked ‘with all his might and brain until he mastered the subject. He practiced a while as a lawyer, and four yeara ago was elected to the city councll. In the recent election he ran for muni. cipal judge and was elected by a good plurality, The portrait shows how ‘Judge Moylan signs his declsions. -