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ships; two armored cruisers; i've
cruisers; eighteen destroyers; thirty
nine torpedo boats. and six subma-
rtnes Her tonnage Is 221,526.
From the above 1t can be seen that
the Triple Entente has .964 war ves-
sells Of all classes with total ton-
mage Of s,1s6. 051 tons. while the Dual
Alliance has but s24 war ships, whose
tonnage is but 1,16o,2ss tons The
Triple Entente. 1t can be seen, simply
overwhelms the enemy.
While the Kaiser. until recently,
boasted OF the greatest nrray crgani-
zation ever placed In the field. he
made bold bid for naval supremacy,
but England has ever had the best Of
every nation In the world In this re-
spect. Fer claim to rule the seas has
In . large measure been sustalned
since the outbreak OF hostilities-
Most certainly trans-At inntic trafnc
has suffered to small degree. and
those vessels floating the Union Jack
have come and gone at WILL seemingly
with little or no interference.
After reviewing the naval strength
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charged with four pounds of trinitro-
toluol and $40 steel balls 70 guard
against mishaps 1t has safety catch
so that it will not explode until q fan
OF at least two hundred feet allows
a revoIving vane to unscrew the safety
catch and bring the firing pin in con-
tact with the explosive. A slight touch
will then set on the bomb. Another
German bomb is, charged with $50
pounds of chemical which upon ex-
ploding nils the air with gases so
poisonous that every living thing with
in radius of one hundred yards Will
be killed, and the influence of this
gas extends to, a lesser degree for q
much greater distance. Still another
OF these bombs for the use of aero
planists and airships releases tre-
niendous amount of dense smoke.
thereby creating a blanket between
the airship and the earth. thus en-
nbling aeroplanist. to make his escape
before the soldiers below can locate
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paves the way for the heavier guns to
get into action and the real conflict
begins. The work of these aerial
range finders is especially valuable at
night, for by dropping rockets over
the camp of an enemy the gunners at
tached to the opposing army soon get
busy and the battle is renewed with
just as telling effect in the surround
ing gloom and darkness as 1t could
have been done at high noon.
Especial attention has been paid by
scientists In general. and aviators in
particular. to the claim of the sub
marine expert OF the United States
navy who asserts that 1t is just as pos
sible to ..mine the air. against a pos
sible attack by. airships as 1t Is to
mine the sea against hostile feet OF
submarines. The defense proposed
which would be analogous to the min
ing Of marine approaches to impor-
tant ports, consists of sending aloft
each evening large number OF cap-
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him and check his flight with bullets
Kills whole Regiments.

.
But OF all the remarkable tales OF
the engines of death that are being
made to take part In this war of ex-s
determination none equals those bearing
on the new guns the French are using
to project turpinite. substance SAID
to produce instant and, painless death
for everything within its reach Eng
itsla correspondents have reported that
entire lines of German soldiers have
been seen standing shoulder to shoul-
der in the trenches. yet every man In
the line from one end OF the trench
to the other was stark dead When
these reports first altered through the
censored channels those at home mar
veled and were prone to regard them
as inventions pure and simple. Yet
from distant points reports similar In
every particular would come through
until there was little room left for
do,,ht. the ,corroboration and substan-
tiation being beyond dispute.
This deadly gas was frst generated
In the Battle of the Marine. and army
surgeons who examined the bodies OF
TN victims declared that those anect-9
"a had been instantly paralyzed and
died in their tracks. The French gun
mat hurled the shells from which this
GAS escaped Is still shrouded In the
deepest mystery. Experts It. Is, said,
are required to operate the gun, whose
ynrecb ar,fsn is as much q secret as
turnfnite itself. Army experts are at
work now trying to ascertain II tur-
pinite win lend itself as readily for
use in aercp lanes as It has in land
batteries. 1t IS known that lydditA Is
rea div available FOR use In aeroplanes
and Zeppeiins. and as the latter are
capable of carrying guns of high
power, 1t Is easily conceivable that
they may yet be equipped with the
gun which discharges the turpinite
Ifnmes. But France is guarding her
secret zealousIy, and there Is little
INK elihood Of Germany being able to
acquire either the guns that Rurl the
gas or the chemical Itself.
Gas "A 1sHell" Producer.
Turpinite has been characterized by
a British expert In ordnance as a gem
uine ..hell', producer The inventor is
NJ. Turpin, the originator OF melinite
and Iyddite, which latter Is merely so
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tive gas balloons. each charged with
a suficient quantity of explosive to
destroy any aeroplane or diriEibie
with which 1t comes In. contact, to-
gether with number OF box kites,
each provided with tail of malIeable
wire. or other material nicely designed
to foul the propellers OF any type Of
engine propelled air craft and ineyi-
tably to bring It to earth. Great NUM-
;bers of the gas balloons, floating at
varying altitude. would be required.
but their cost Is trihing and their
worth of inestim able value It is now
said that these devices have been
adopted and aresin use In Paris, Ant
werp, London and other cities. within
the.war zone which are fearful of q
raid by the dreaded Zeppelins OF the
Kaiser.
Germany Uses Ar Bombs.
Much has been heard of a German
bomb designed for use from the air
which weighs twenty pounds and Is
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of England some might suppose that
it is excessive, and that Great Britain
In maintaining such a formidable ar
ray of battleships is unnecessarily
burdening her taxpayers. Yet as a
matter of fact highlands navy merely
measures up TO the requirements
placed upon It. for It only binds to-
gether and keeps intact that vast ag-
creation of countries and peoples
known as the British Empire. q do
main upon which the sun never sets.
Eng1and's big navy Is to that coun-
try as the monster army the Kaiser
maintains is to Germany. Each serves.
OF. has served. its pilrposethat Of
keeping a hostile, nation from invad-f
ing its soil. But just now the heel
Of Russia Is leaving deep impress.
sion on German territory. and before
long the armies OF the Allies may
have crossed the frontier and Joined
issue with the forces OF the tar But:
the English navy serves stili another.
purpose. She has q wide range Of
sea TO guard IN order to assure her
ships OF commerce absolute seeuE1ty.
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named because the nrst experiments
with ii wefe made at I1ydd. in Kent.
This British expert lately said that 10
lethal in its effect is the new she'll on
explosion that should its use become
widespread: whole armies and. indeed.
entire nations could be exterminated
in the course OF q few weeks
NJ. Turpin Is not only renear kADis :
man. but = very resolrcefui one. ana
one who can nurse a grievance as Wen
az the next. He considered that ne
had been deeply wrou4ed in connec-
ton with his discovery OF iyddite anu
melinite. and he then and there as
serted that when he completed MS e1-
periments with q new force when
would be capable Of killing an en-
tire army in its tracks. he would take
tI,,e care that none penetrated his So
cret. Apparently he has succeeded.
for there are only a few of these guns
in existence and they are manned py
men chosen by n. Turpin.
Germany Not backward.
Rnt Germany has not been lack1ng
IN new devices with which to attack
her foes There are many guns OF
new types and patterns that nave
wrought havoc in the ranks OF Eng
lish. French and Russians. one 81
these gums which the French are
much exercised, about, hurls higniy
explosive missile which, upon burst
inE. sends out a shower of bullets ana
other projectiles in every direction.
single shot from one OF these gutls
has been known to wipe out an entire
company Of infantry.
The new type OF torpedo IN use y
the German navy has already proved
its sdeadliness. Five Of England.s war
ships have been sent to the bottom
by these death-dea1ing engines. Those
who sit quietly at home and await
.tidings from the front are. now pre-
pared FOR the worst. for already their
eyes have been opened to the horrors
of warfare as carried on in; this age
when civilization Is supposed to have
reached its highest stage. Science e
playing her part and 50 far thousan az
upon thousands offlives have been
sacrificed upon her altar. And such -
the havoc wrought by the newest en-
sines of death which were being de-
vised when all the world believed 1T
self sto be on the Threshold OF an era
of universal peace!
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HR HILE the reading public. the
s25E world over. has been scan
ming the daily reports from
The European war zone and
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the more civilized and enlight-
ened nations have been valiantly
struggling to establish an In
sternational Peace Congress whereby
ali conflicts might be avoided. and dis
putes arising between the big and lit
tie powers of the world settled by ar
bitration and other humane methods.
Millions OF dollars were spent in an
effort to make this Utopian dream a
reality and. perhaps. the Laird of
slxibo, Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. contrib
uted more literally to this fund than
any other Individual. When the eff
forts of this Peace Congress appeared
to be on the very threshold OF realtZa-
ton war was declared, and its sue
ceeding events have staggered and
stckened humanity.
Yet while these plans for world
wide pacihcation were under way
scientists In all parts of the universe
were working feverishly to perfect
scores Of ingenious and devilish de-
vices to add to the terrors and hor-
rors OF war, each striving to Guido the
other in putting forth some invention
TO open huge gaps in the ranks of the
enemy and leave upon the field of
battle hundreds and thousands of
brave and loyal soldiers cold In death.
their weapons useless and crumpled
at their sides. Science has kept apace
with 1nilitarism. as the new engines
OF death that have wrought such havoc
In: this mighty war attest.
New Death-Dcaling Devices.
Verbally this is war that Is being
wage6 on earth. in the air. on the
sea and beneath the waters thereof.
Huge seige guns that are capable of
hurting mighty projectiles many miles
with deadly effect: other guns that
protect shells loaded with deadly and
nauseous gases whose spreading
fumes leave death and ruin in their
wake; airships that drop bombs and
poisoned arrows upon the heads of
an unsuspecting enemy: submarines
that dart under the surface of the sea
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and send forth torpedoes that upon
coming In contact with the submerged
sides OF battleships. blow them into
atoms andA send into eternity the ofh-
GERS and jackies that man them, and
armored, high-powered automobiles
that dart in and around the enemies
lines, are a few Of the devices that
have aided in bringing the death roll
OF this titanic struggle to hitherto un-
heard of figures. Wars OF old were
struggles where Drawn and muscle
counted. The war now being waged
is one in which brain and satanic cum
ming triumph. And as horrifying as
it has been SO Tar, many oeieve enat
the real conflict has scarcely begun.
Where will iteend? That is the ques-
ton that convulses every non-com-
blatant!
Airships AS Range Finders.
Hardly a day passes that the news
papers do not devote liberal space
to the activities OF the air fleets-
Either hostile aeroplanes meet in a
duel to the death miles above the
earth's surface, or else some intrepid
fyer scars over the enemy's lines,
dropping bombs here and there and
otherwise leaving death and ,destruc-I
ton beneath him. While the air pilots
have succeeded In killing many. OF the
enemy in this way, there are other
uses to which the aeroplanes have
been put that is far more effective.
The airships attached to the
Kaiser's forces have done valiant serv-
ice as range finders. They soar over.
the lines OF an entrenched army and
when directly above that portion
where the fire is to be concentrated,
the pilots signal the opposing range
finders and In less time than it takes
to tell it the masked batteries belch
out their hail of shell and shrapnel
and the range thus established but
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after marching with marvellous speed
to the very gates OF the gay French
capital, she will retreat to her own
soil, there battle against the onrush-
ing Russians and the pursuing Allies
until such time as some nation, the
United states possibly, in the nple of
mediator. will be given heed and the
war brought to close.
Their Relative Strength.
To show the relative strength of
the Dual Alliance and the Triple En-
tente is more or less difficult. due to
the complete separation OF the Ger
man and Austrian fleets, the former
having retired to the Baltic. and the
latter to the northern end of the Ad-
Ratio, thereby greatly weakening the
situation as far as the Dual Alliance
Is concerned. The interposition of the
English and French fleets, between the
widely separated forces OF the enemy,
enables them to deal with the German
and Austrian fleets In detail and thus
concentrate their own forces In over
whelming superiority for united ac-
ton.
When war was declared the coun-
tries involved had their respective ma
vfes UP to that standard each deemed
adequate. England, Of course. leads
all others in the matter OF ships afioat.
tonnage, armament and guns capable
of hurting the heaviest and deadliest
protectiles To take these navies,
country by country. best shows what
might be expected In the event OF a
concerted naval action.
England has thirty-one dread
noughts: forty pre-dreadnoughts.
fhfrty-four armored cruisers: seventy
four cruisers: 167 destroyers; forty
nine torpedo boats and seventyShve
submarines. Her total tonnage Il p
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Death Dealing Devices
Operated OnL and, the
Air On the Seas andUn-
der the Waters Thereof,
All Devised AT A Time
When the World Believed
Itself On the Threshold Of
Universal Peace.
Peace.
By A. R. PARKHURsT, JR-

1OR q decade or more men OF all
= the more civilized and enlight-
ened nations have been valiantly
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-01
May Cause Complications

Washington, March Ex-Governor
Colquitt's reward of $1,000 for the de-
livery on Texas soil of five Mexicans
suspected as murderers of Clemente
Vergara, has caused state and wal de.
partment officials serious concern for
international complications.
The five Mexicans sought are Cap
tain Apolonio Rodriguez, Milo Ceara,
Juan Cassmillion, Andreas Rodriguez,
and Dinomisio Martinez.
In his report today Brigader Gen.
eral Bliss says:
"The men named are charged In
the newspapers with completely in
the death of Clemente Vergara."
The right of the governor to offer a
reward for the apprehension of a fug'
tive from justice is not denied by the
officials. But in this case it is feared
that the offer may lead to an attempt
to kidnap the Mexicans and bring
them into Texas, which would he in
violation of the extradition treaty be
tween Mexico and the United States
and afford the Mexican government
ground for a demand for the pun
ishment Of the kidnarpers, with al
sorts of legal entangler.ents.
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For a National University

Senator Dillingham; has introduced
a bill appropriating 100000 for the
erection Of buildings and SIS, 000. 900 for
a permanent endowment fund for q
national university at Washington.
Under the provisions of the bill the
new institution will not interfere with
the many colleges and universities all
over the country but will offer post.
graduate courses for those desil ing to
take up some special study. Students
desiring to perfect themselves in some
special branch would have not only the
advantage of the course at the ma
tional university but also the ad-
vantage Of study in the various depart
ments of the government along the
lines in which they seek to become
proficient.
1t was the desire of General WASH
ington that the capital of the nation
should become the seat of a great uni
versity and it Is said that in his will
he left a small sum to be used as Il
nucleus of a fund for such an institu.
ton. More than a century has passed
and nothing has been done toward get
ting the university started beyond the
introduction of a bill. What has be-
come of Washington's bequest, If in
deed he made one, seems to be lost
in the archives of governmental his
tory.-Anaconda Standard.
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Carnegie Accused Of Treason

Washington, March 25.-"If Andrew
Carnegie, who continuously assists
the cause of Great Britain were the
citizen of any other nation, he would
be charged with treason" declared
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon today
in the course of the Panama tolls de-
bate. HE has never hesitated to
spend his millions in ~endeavoring to
inculcate a reciprocal feeling for
Great Britain in the minds of these
people of the United States"
The senator's attack on Mr.. Carne.
gle, came as the climax to an hour of
hot argument during which Senet tor
Jones of Washington, who also op-
posed a repeal of the tolls exemption,
had read, under protest, several let
tiers attacking the contention of Pres
ident Wilson.
The debate was cut off when the
subject vel over to tomorrow under
paglie mentary procedure.
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Roosevelt Reported Safe

New York, March 24.-All feeling
of anxiety regarding the safety of
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who is in
the jungle in Brazil, had been re.
moved by additional advices from An
thony Fiala whose party lost it's equip
ment in the rapids Of the Devil in the
Papagalo river. Fiala reports that the
colonel is in good health and was not
with the party that met with mishap.
With another part of the expedition
Mr.. Roosevelt is exploring the Rio Du:
viata Dr. River of Doubt. a hitherto
UNEMPLOYED stream. Fiala says Col
Onel Roosevelt will reach Manaos
early in April, the point marking the
end of the expedition. From there the
former president will start for Madrid
to attend the wedding of his son, Ker.
NIT.
Fiala states that he lost two canoes
loaded with food and equipment, but
that his party of eight men are safe.
He sent the dispatch from Santorem,
Brazil, and was to leave that place
for ManaOs today.
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NO LAND OF REFUGE

Those individuals who may be for.
tunate enough or unfortunate enough,
as n may view it, to have a suffi-
cient income to come under the in.
come tax law. cannot escape paying
by taking up their residence in any
of the European countries, says the
Helena Record. In fact. If they do so,
they will pay more in the shape of an
income tax than they would have to in
this country. How the citizen of the
United States who tries to escape the
tax by taking up his residence in Aus.
tria would fare is an illustration in
point of the desirability of remaining
on this side of the water. Under our
law incomes Of single people up to
$4,000 are not taxed, and the tax on
incomes beyond that figure up to $780,.
900 Is one per cent.
In Austria they are going to levy
taxes upon incomes of only $500, to
the amount Of 1888. An income of ST..
$50, which here is exempt, will there
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First Printers Devil

In the early days of printing this
art was much of a mystery, and ig-
norant people thought the printer
evoked the aid of the powers of evil.
Aldus Manutius, the famous Italian
printer of the sixteenth century, went
to Africa on an exploring expedition
and brought back with Inn a very
black negro boy. Negroes were a
rarity then. The report Immediately
gained circulation that the printer
had been employing the black art in
his work and that the pickaninny was
in reality an imp of Satan. He was
called the Little Black Devil" The
charge became so serious that the
printer was forced to exhibit the ne
gro in public. In his announcement
he said:
BE it known to Venice that l, Al.
dus Manutius, printer to the Holy
Church and to the Doge, have this
day made public exposure of the
printers devil. All those who think
he is not flesh and blood may come
and pinch him."
And this is how the term "printer's
devil" had it's origin.
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Will Search for Lost Shin

San Francisco, March "a. = To
search the Arctic for the lost Cana.
dian exploration ship Karluk is the
mission Of the steam whaler Herman,
which left San Francisco today for
the north. The Canadian government
is sending the whaler to the. relief of
the Karluk, which with the greatest
part of her crew, has been missing for
several months.
Explorer Stefanson, commander of
the expedition, who with three Of the
left the Karluk which was fast
in the ice, to hunt caribou, could find
no trace of the vessel when they re-
turned. The ice had broken up by a
gale and the ship, it is supposed drift
ed eastward.
Captain G. T. Petersen, skipper of
the Herman, believes he will find the
Karluk somewhere between Point Bar
row and Herschel island and locked
among icebergs. BY the time the
whaler reaches the arctic, it is expect.
ed that the ice will be sufficiently
broken up to permit the ship to search
the wastes.
The Herman is carrying a stock of
and fuel that will enable
her to remain in the north If neces-
sary until the season again closes.
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pay a tax og $23.91. An income of
Sc, $50, is here taxed only n per cent
on the $2,25O above the exempt limit.
or $22.5O, but in Austria 1t must pay
$215. One of $4,000 here pays $3.50
against $3.50 there in primary income
tax. But there is must really pay much
more than that. Incomes from in
vestments are subject to two per cent
and also to other local surcharges, so
that in Vienna an income of $4,000
from investments must pay a total tax
of II per cent, or $500.
If the taxpayer happens to be a for
eigner domiciled in Austria, who is
paying to his own government a tax
on his entire income, he must also
pay to Austria the full tax rate not
merely on that portion of his income
which he derives from business in
Austria or which he spends there, but
on the whole of it, which may be &C
cumulating or be spent in his own
country.
Under these conditions not many
tax dodgers will go to Austria.
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Rate Hearings Postponed

Washington, March 24.-Oficial an.
nouncement issued today by the in
terstate commerce commission, indi.
eating the likelihood of taking addi.
tional testimony in the eastern ad.
n rate case, as late as April %,
was accepted as making it certain
that a decision of the case could not
be expected before May at the earli.
est, and probably not until June.
The commission announced that it
would begin to take the additional
testimony March 30 and 81, and that
if necessary the hearing would be
completed April 20, 81 and %. AS
Clifford Thorne, chairman of the rail.
road commission of Iowa, represent,
ing eight western states in opposition
to the proposed advance, is to present
his views on March 30 and 81. it is
hardly possible that the hearings can
be concluded until late in April.