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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-27
500 BULLETS PER MINUTE.

The recently invented Benet- Mer.
cier gun combines the rapidity of
fire, range and effectiveness of a ma.
chine gun with the lightness and ac-
ton OF magazine rifle. The gun
is fred from a rest and held against
the shoulder of its operator, who
can either fire from a sitting posi-
ton OF lying prone. The regulation
cartridge is used in clips that hold
so. A good rineman can DISCHARGE
from 800 to 500 shots per minute.
II assisted in feeding by a man to
ill the clips. The gun is at present
undergoing series OF tests by arm
oficers, with view TO its adoption
by the government-Popular Ne
shanics-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-27

Perhaps no one thing VIII do more
TO secure these things than growing
alfalfa.
If that is true, why haven't we been
growing alfalfa?
Because we thought it was impos-
sible.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-27

st 80 years and that they approx
rate more nearly the. masculine
form and trend Of thought. But
he thinks that in the next so years
there will rot be any very great
change In this direction, but that the
laws which govern perpetuation viii
limit her advance. 80 sstk
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-27
We Can Grow Alfalfa.

Many farmers in the carn belt do
not believe that they can grow alfalfa.
They are under the impression that it
requires peculiar climatic conditions.
and a peculiar type Of soil. such as is
found in the western states, particu-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
The Issue and the Verdict

The election of Drukker, Republican in Passac N j. is
the direct President Wilson's public letter April
inviting test to the popular support of his Panama Canal
and other policies,
The issue made by President Wilson solely. In let
ter ndorsng j. Byrne for Congress the President said
MAY the election approaches send you
warm
hope that your
the House and this you honor SHOW
THEIR JUDGMENT WITH REGARD THE PRESENT ADMIN
lsTRAToN. WOODROW WILSON,"
The President three United States
leaders the House stump the district his
tariff policies.
Senator Ollie James Chairman of the Baltimore Convention
which nominated Wilson and adopted plank appauding
the tolls exemption which he seeks repeal
positive explaining before the election significance
would be.
Said Mr.. James
mr. osyrne the choice eyes Of
country the voters the
soNAL INSULT TO PRESIDENT WILSON, coming
State"
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, also stumped
the district and in his last speech said
question people
uphold the President every the
opportunity Wednesday morning New Jersey
or THE PRESIDENT. HAS REPuDlATED HIM tho
end Of fourteen months % his administration"
representative cogngtOn of Maryland had charge in the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
Democrat Who Fought Wilson Panama Policy
Elected by an Increased Vote in
Massachusetts,
Massachusetts,

campaign as g. Democrat frankly
opposing President Wilson'S pol
10y. The Republican candidate
did not mention the topic in his
speeches. but the Progressive,
James B. Connolly, strenuously
attacked Wilson on the tolls
question.
The result is an increased Dem
ocratic majority in a strong Dem
ocratic district for q candidate
who fought President Wilson's
surrender policy. Also an in
creased Progressive vote on a like
issue, while the Republican can
didate who ignored the issue,
polled 1878 votes, against S,70S
for his opponent
In 1912 the Republican vote in
the district was 5,S12.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
WOULD BE A CALAMITY"

WOULD BIZ = GALLANT "
Editor The Georgian;
The greatest calamity that
could befall this country would
be the repeal of free tolls, for the
reason given by the President.
This is true. because repeal for
that reason, commits the United
States to a deliberate interpreta-
ton Of the treaty on one point,
and that Interpretation would be
turned disastrously against US on
other and more important points.
There Is but one step between
the United States and endless
embarrassment, and that step is
repeal for the reason urged by
the President. Defeat Of Mr..
Wilson's bill is Of supreme i'm
portance.
Congress could Immediately
after its defeat pass a repeal bill
and allege as a reason that the
canal was going to be operated at
?. loss Of ten million dollars
year and that the question Of
free tolls should be left to the
American people after they had
been furnished full information.
Repeal OF free tolls Cor this rea-
son would leave US free. Repeal
for the reason given by the Pres
ident would leave US enslaved.
The. question of whether we
should or should not have free
tolls | am not discussing. The
Hearst papers should demand the
abrogation OF that horrible alb
dicatiou Of our own sovereignty
the Hay Pauncefote treaty.
This done, the Congress should
declare thar the canal was open
10 all nations upon terms or
equality, but for American pur-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11

BOSTON, April James A.
Gallivan, Democrat, was elected
to-day to Congress from the
Twelfth District to fill the I'M
expired term OF James NJ. Cur
ley. Democrat, who resigned aft
er his election as Mayor. CALI
van received a majority in a tri-
angular contest.
The vote was:
Galllvan, SOS: Frank L. Brier,
Republican, 1913; James B. Con-
molly. Progressive, 1892.
TIE election of Gallivan adds
another to the Democratic oppo-
nents OF the Presidents Panama
tolls policy
Mr Gallivan believes in the ca
nal for Americans. and made his
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
PHYsloeNoMY.

]. S. G.-You are wrong in con-
tending that Lavater was the first
to write upon the Science or
Physiognomy." Great and lasting
as were Lavaters contributions
to the science" he was by no
means the first in the field. The
first systematic treatise on physi-
ognomy is that attributed to the
wonderful old Greek, Aristotle.
Aristotle seemed TO have thought
Of pretty nearly everything, ana
among the rest of the things he
thought Of was physiognomy-the
art on reading the character from
the face HIS six chapters on the
subject are still very interesting
reading.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
o Letters From the People o

poses, in peace and in war, the
United States would DO with it az
it pleased.
There is an easy way-repeaI
for common sense business rea-
sons. There is a hard way-a
via doloroso-repeal because of
the treaty and thereby fasten
upon ourselves a treaty that
should be abrogated.
Which way shall we take? The
first, if the canal is to be owned
and used by America; the last. II
it is to be owned by America and
used as their own by foreign
countries. A free country is the
vital issue.
S. G. MLENDON.
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
STREET CAR SEATS FOR
WOMEN.
Editor The Georgian

Editor The Georgian:
AS a reader of your paper ,
take the liberty Of asking whethes
it is right for a man, who haA
worked hard all day and when his
work is done being seated on the
car on his way home, to get nm
and let his seat be taken bv a
lady who has been out shopping
Jr out for any other pleasure? I
write this because I noticed in
your issue of April that 10 900
seats for women buttons wera
distributed in indianapolis in tbe
campaign against the monopolv Of
seats in street cars by gentlemen
passengers. 1 should think ii
would be advisable To ask.
through the columns of vour IA
per the lady readers as 10 their
opinion on this question.
BENZ. NJ. BRODIE.
Atlanta.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
Questions Answered
THE BLACK DEATH.

TIE 6EACN QEA ~
II. l. C.-This terrible plague,
originating somewhere in the East,
passed by way Of Armenia Into
Asia and thence to Egypt and
North Africa. Reaching Sicily in
1886, it spread over Italy. France
and nearly all of the countries Of
Europe, including the British
Isles. The mortality was appall-
ing, some $4,000. 900 people dv-
ing from the dread epidemic. The
nature of the great pestilence
has been a matter Of much con-
troversy. but it is generally con-
coded that il was closely related
10 what Is known to-day as The
"Dubonlc plague"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11

The German Government subsidies it's ships
heavily, and we do not protest or interfere.
The British Government pays heavy subsidy
to it's local mercantile marine, and we do not pro
test or dictate to England what she shall do.
Then, after we have spent hundreds of millions
to build canal, after we have put American inter
national shipping-the only kind that completes
with foreign shipping-on an even basis with all
other shipping, taxing our own international ship
ping we tax that of England we are told that we
must not be permitted to the canal that we have
built in our own way.
This country has submitted to undignifed,
weak and Anglomaniac treaty makers.
We have put our international mercantile ma
rine without any subsidy on the same plane as the
other international shipping which means that we
can not hope to build up that part of our marine
We humbly ask permission to give free use of
the canal to our coastwse shipping only.
We desire that the inhabitants of the East and
the West, the extreme Northwest and the extreme
Northeast and all the intervening territory, shall
have the benefit of cheap freights and free use of
the canal
We ask permission to use that canal as a means
of limiting the extortions of the transcontinenta
railroads.
We are told by Great Britain and by some of
our own Senators and by the President of the
United States that we shall not use JaC canal IN CaL
way, in spite of the fact that the free tolls law
exists and was passed without any opposition on the
part of foreign countries until Mr.. Wilson'S pub
Usher was made Ambassador to England, in spite of
the fact that the Democratic party and the Demo
cratic platform the whole people of the country and
Mr. Wilson himself Endorsed the free tolls idea be-
fore election
It is very serious thing for nation like the
United States to display pusillanimity and vacilla
tion in international questions
Every American, regardless of personal in
terest is Inundated by the attitude Of our admins
tration in foreign affairs.
We are told that foreign vessel shall not use
our own canal except by paying toll.
And few weeks later we are told of treaty
which will give to a Central American republic the
right to ship petroleum and coal through the canal
free of charge.
Does any sane man doubt that the coal and oil
interests are represented in this decision just the
English aristocrats with their millions in the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad stocks, are represented in the
protest against free use of the canal by American
coastwise shipping?
The matter must be plain in the minds of all
citizens.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11

The Senators of the United States dealing as
they do with the most earnest convictions OF the
American nation, with the most valuable asset OF
that nation, the right to home government without
foreign interference, carry upon their shoulders
heavy load of responsibility and duty.
The recent elections in New Jersey and Massa-
chusetts have shown the temper of the people, and
that temper is shown in thousands of protests from
all over the United States.
This newspaper reminds Democratic Senators
and others whose mind is on patronage that three
years is not very long time; those years will soon
pass
Let the Senators think of what will happen
three years from now, as they act wisely or fooshly
The success of the Democratic party at the next
election, and more than that the very life of the
party is at stake in this decision in the hands
of the Senate in regard to the free tolls law.
It is true that the Democratic party and all
other political parties that the nation has ever
known are less important than the fundamental
principle involved the question as to whether or
not this nation has right to attend to it's own af-
fairs to regulate it's own waterways, to make laws
based upon the Monroe Doctrine and, although less
important to give to the people of the United States
just return for the spending of hundreds of mil
lions Of dollars by the people.
Far more important than the State of any
Democratic Senator or Presidential candidate or
the Democratic party itself is the fundamental
question of North American government by
North American nation.
But Senators, thinking of patronage and their
own welfare, and bending to the will that dis
tributes patronage, may heed most readily an APP
peal based upon their own and their party in
terests.
We ask them to bear these facts in mind re-
membering that the existence of their party and
their own political life depends upon their decision
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CAN WIN AS
IN MASSACHUSETTS, IF IT STANDS FOR
TRUE DEMOCRACY AND is LOYAL TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
BUT 1T MUST LOSE WHEN 1T REPU-
DATES THE PARTY PLATFORM AND Be
TRAYS THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW WILSON TO DE-
FEAT OR TO FOLLOW THE PLATFORM TO
VICTORY, AND AFTER THE LESSON OF
THESE ELECTIONS, IF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY is DESTROYED 1T WILL NOT BE
MR.. WILSON WHO DESTROYED 1T, BUT THE
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
The LIFE OF THE PARTY AND RIGHTS ARE STA
Not Re the Fault Woodrow Wilson Alone the Democratic Party Crushed
the Next General Election The Responsibility Will Rest With the Senators
That au Patronage Their N Their Party and the Public Interest

1t is perfectly plain in the minds of every Sen
ator.
No Senator demanded the repeal of that Just,
free tolls law until Mr.. Wilson heard from his pub
Usher, Ambassador Page, that England did not ap-
prove of our course
Bear in mind that it is not the English Govern
ment that protests. 1t makes no difference to Eng
land whether or not our coastwise shipping, with
which England does not compete pays tolls or goes
through free.
The British are pleased, of course, to see weak
ness in our administration They are delighted to
believe that we are relinquishing our Monroe Doc
trine, and in the words of Mr.. Wilson'S publisher,
the Ambassador that 1--WE would like to enforce the
Monroe Doctrine if nobody objects"
The real opposition to free tolls in England
comes from those anxious to encourage vacillation
in the administration of this country anxious to
gain foothold, right to dictate.
Remember that those in England who now de
mand free tolls have the impertinence to demand
also that the United States should leave that canal
unfortified
The opposition to the free tolls, which Mr.. Page
represents, is not that of the British Government
at all, but that of aristocrats with whom he has
dined to whose platitudes he has listened and who
are large owners of Canadian Pacific Railroad stock
the stock that fears free tolls and cheap freights
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The people of this country demand free tolls
and the building up of their coastwise shipping.
They demand lower freights, some real advan-
tage for this country for the spending of millions
of dollars on the canal
THE PEOPLE DEMAND ABOVE ALL
FIRM DECISION AND DETERMINATION BY
THE UNITED STATES TO RULE NOT ONLY
ALONG OUR OWN SHORES AND THE BOUN-
DIARIES OF THE PANAMA CANAL, BUT ON
THIS ENTIRE AMERICAN CONTINENT, AND
TO REFUSE ALL DICTATION
We tell the Senators who have this matter in
their hands that they will either uphold the Mon
roe Doctrine, adhere to the pledges of the Demo
cratic platform and legslate in accordance with the
will of the people, or legslate to please American
railroads. English holders of Canadian Pacific Rail
road stocks and few American snobs who delight
to honor the King.
The Senators will do their duty, neep their
pledges and refuse to submit to dctaton upon this
canal matter; or they will cut their own Threats
politically and the throat of the Democratic party,
and they and their party will deserve that fate if
they betray the people and their political word
of honor
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11

PATRONAGE SEEKING SENATORS WHO RE-
FUSE TO HEED THE WARNING OF THE CIT
IZENS, AND PREFER TO SACRIFICE THE
PARTY AND THE COUNTRY TO THEIR
GREED FOR PATRONAGE.
THE MERE ABANDONMENT OF WILSON
AT THE NEXT ELECTION WILL NOT SAVE
THE PARTY, FOR 1T WILL NOT BE WILSON
ALONE WHO WILL HAVE BETRAYED HIS
TRUST, BUT THE WHOLE DEMOCRATIC Or
GANIZATION WHICH HAS BEEN FAITH
LESS THE OUTRAGED VOTERS OF THIS
COUNTRY WILL DEFEAT, AND NOT ONLY
DEFEAT BUT DESTROY, THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, AND EVERY PATRIOTIC CITIZEN,
NO MATTER WHAT HIS FORMER PARTY AT
FILIATIONS, WILL REJOICE TO SEE so
TRAITOROUS A PARTY FINALLY ELIMI-
MATED FROM THE POLITICS OF THE MA
TON
1t is not necessary to remind the Senators and
the country of the very simple nature of the ques
ton before them.
If they abide by the pledge of their party they
will uphold and refuse to repeal the free tolls law for
coastwse shipping to which their party platform
pledged them, and upon which this Democratic ad-
ministration was elected
If they are faithful to the traditions Of the
United States and the Monroe Doctrine, they will
not permit selfish foreign interests to dictate to the
people what we shall do with our own property and
what we shall do with our own shipping and our
own waterways.
THE PANAMA CANAL rs A PART OF THE
COAST LINE OF THE UNITED STATES
We have the same rights in that waterway as
we have in New York Harbor and in the Mississippi
River or in the Bay of San Francisco
This country unselfshly has opened a great
commercial pathway between the oceans, saving
millions annually to foreign commercial fleets and
practically nothing to the United States, which, to
its disgrace, is without shipping.
We are told that the United States has no right
to subsidize it's own ships through free tolls and
give American ships an advantage.
But there is no advantage to American ships,
for no foreign vessel compete in our coastwise
trade, or engage in it.
1t will not cost an English ship any heavier toll
if our coastwise ships 60 through free
1t will not cost an English ship any less if our
own ship is taxed.
AS a matter of fact, the treacherous plan to re-
peal the free tolls would make the American coast
wise ship practically the only ship using that canal
without subsidy"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11

of the Presidents Panama surrender bill The Pres
ident him to stump the Passac district Mr. Covngton
said:
the people their
district register by
your party sup
port Of your President all his policies"
Representative Glass of Virginia the able author the
of the Presidents currency bill also Mr. Glass
final appeal to voters
futile appeal " elect o'5yrns
enemies Of call oeyrnes CONDEMNATION
THE ADMINISTRATION"
Democratic Candidate Byrne stood frankly for Panama
tolls and the Wilson industrial policies That was
his sole issue.
Republican Candidate Drukker opposed Panama tolls sur
render and attacked the Wilson tariff and trust policies
The Panama policy made chief issue of the Socialist
candidate Demarest campaign who Outspoken than
the Republican candidate in attacking Mr. Wilson's tolls
peal bill
How the PasaiC IN J district previous elections
EarE n-nra
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01
Phantom Ships.


British war vessels swarm Gust out
of sight off our coast, says the Hart
ford Courant German war vessels
Gust out of sight are lowering about
the Atlantic to capture French or Brit
ish ships. Mysterious searchlights flash
along the eastern horizon for the en-
tertainment of those at the seashore.
Startling, indeed-and then "nihil fit"
What does it recall to the adult mind?
Don't you remember that mysterious
Spanish fleet" which spread a scare
all along the coast, not by any means
emitting Washington? There never
was any such feet, but that made 10
difference. Thoughtful residents of
Boston quietly transferred their safe
deposit contents to similar depositor-
les in Worcester Conservative New
Haveners went to Hartford and put
them in safe deposit there. The fleet
never showed up, but the scare did,
and now the ghost, the same old spec
ter, is on the job again. Will it ma
terialize this time?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01
What 1t Costs to Kill One
Man in Modern Warfare

The cost of killing a man Is OBJ
tanned by dividing the total cost of a
war to any of the belligerents by the
number of men killed on the other
side
In 1870-1S71 France spent 100000
900 in the actual expenses of the war.
Repairing materials and giving succor
to the victims of the war, expenses
that are justly to be added, cost an
other $200,000,000. France paid ST.
000,000,000 as war indemnity plus an
other $400,000,OO0 in interest on the
sum, loss Of revenue, forced contribu-
tions by the enemy and upkeep of the
German army Of occupation. This
third category of expenses, not being
inevitable in all wars, cannot. properly
be included.
On a similar basis here are some
facts about other wars:
RussoTurkish war (1S77-187S)-
Turkey, s40O,OO0,O0O.
Russo-Japanese war, Q905) Russia,
$1,000, 100000.
The number of men killed or who
died Of wounds in these wars were:
Franco-Prussian war-Germans, 28,-
600
Russo-Turkish war-Russians, 49,
600.
Russo-Japanese war-Japanese, S.
600
Whence it results that the cost Of
killing each man was as follows:
In 1S70-1S71, $4,000.
In 1S77-1S78, $4,000.
In 1905, $20,400
What will kill the greatest number
and reduce the effective force most
will be not the rife or cannon, but
fatigue, typhus or cholera.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01
BIG GERMAN CRUISER SUNK
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse Wrecked
in Battle Off West Coast
of africa.


London, Aug. -o.-The German
armed merchant cruiser Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse has been sunk off
the west coast of Africa by the Brit
ish cruiser Highf1yer al survivors
were landed before the ship sunk
Winston Spencer Churchill, first
lord of the admiralty, SO announced
in the house of commons today.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
one of the palatial steamers of the
North German Lloyd line. At the
outbreak of the war it was converted
into an armed cruiser, and since has
been reported active in searching for
British merchantmen. 1t had ton
mage of 14,349, and was built in
1897. 1t was 626 feet long, with a
beam of sc feet.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01


of Austrian Poland, and that the
advance continues, marked by fire.
quent engagements, in which the
Austrian forces have been routed.
Flee Toward koengsburg.
The following official communica
ton was made public here on Thurs
day:
"Our offensive both in East Prus-
STA and Galacia developed increasing
success on Aug. rs. The Germans
hastily retreated everywhere toward
Koenigsberg and Allenstein.
SIN Galacia our troops \are marching
rapidly on Lemberg; they are APP
preaching the city quickly Our cav
airy has pushed the enemy every
where on our line, our advance fire.
quently engaging the Austrians, who
each time have been beaten and
routed"
It is Officially announced that the
Russians have occupied Tilsit town
sixty miles northeast of Koenigsberg,
East Prussia.
Move on to Berlin.
That the plans of the Russian army
contemplate an attack on Berlin with
In three weeks was officially admitted
on Thursday. At the same time 1T
was stated that not only has the Rus
sian mobilization been completed, but
that there are now 100000 men
under arms.
The troops have been divided into
four armies of 100000 men each.
These armies are being placed in the
field from the inland mobilization
centers to operate one behind the
other, the rearward one filling the
gaps in the ranks of the one in front
after each general engagement.
French Abandon Three Cities.
Paris, Aug. 2S.-France has aban-
doned the fortified city of Lille, of
100000 inhabitants, as we'll as Rou-