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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1914.
THE INTERVENTION OF JAPAN.

The entrance of Japan upon the conflict between Germany and Great Britain cannot fairly be based on the requirements of the treaty of alli- ance of 1911. One of the objects of that treaty is "the consolidation and maintenance of the general peace in the regions of Eastern Asia and India" It cannot be said that the general peace is disturbed by the presence of German war vessels or by the occupation of the leased dis trict of Kiao Chau, with it's garri- son of $500 troops. The other ob- jects of the treaty are the integrity of China, with the open door, and the maintenance of the territorial rights of Great Britain and Japan and their special interests in East ern Asia and India. With these the present situation has still less to do. The advice" of the Japanese gov ernment to the government of Ger many to withdraw or disarm her na- val vessels, and, before September 15, to deliver Kiao Chau to Japan with view to the eventual resto- ration of the same to China"-is a challenge to Germany for which neither the claims nor the needs of Great Britain can be presented as a Justification. The motive for this sudden and surprising action must be sought in the aims and ambitions of the Japanese government, and it is impossible to regard these as un- selfish.
 It is not easy to see how the real and lasting interests of either Great Britain or of Japan are to be served by the entry of the latter upon the European war. It would have been far better for Great Britain that the war should not be extended to the Orient, and if she should not be found waging war against European pow CT with Japanese aid. That must prejudice the British cause. The pos sibility of it has already been used in semi-official German statements to arouse animosity based on race feeling and to reinforce the plea that Germany is defending Europe against "Asiatic barbarism." The action of Japan now strengthens the suspic- ion she had long ago aroused that her desire for aggrandizement only awaited an opportunity for its as sertion. Regarded from any tenable point of view, it complicates the sit uation and tends to extend rather than to limit it's mischievous results. And this tendency is intensified by the fact that Russia is the only pow CT other than Japan that has had serious ambitions threatening the in- dependence and integrity of China and the principle of equal opportun. ities for the commerce and indus tries of all nations in China.-New York Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
ROW IN EUROPE
 SENDS TIN UP
Price Goes Skyward-Now Selling for Sixty.five Gents Pound, and Was
 Thirty Gents Before War.

The outbreak of the European war has caused the New York price of tin to raise sixty-five cents a pound, although in the latter part of July tin was sold as low as 30.5 cents a pound. None of the European coun- tries make production which would greatly effect market values, and the disturbance of price is due mostly to the insecurity of ocean freights which are carried very largely in English or German bottoms.
 The known American tin deposits are small, and production from them will probably not be much affected by the exceedingly high prices if these are temporary. However, the operators now working tin deposits may reap a profit if they can market their ores before the drop in prices that is sure to come.
 The benefit which it seems pos sible to get out of the present situ- ation is in the establishment of a tin smelter in the United States in which to smelt Bolivian tin ores and such small lots of American ore as are produced. At present between 30,O00 and 10000 tons of tin concen- trates carrying more than 10000 tons of metallic tin are shipped each year from Bolivia to Europe for smelling. The United States would absorb the tin smelted from this ore easily, and it has been demonstrated that there are no difficulties in the smelling of the Bolivian ores that American met allurgists can not meet. Owing to the lack of European freighters, Bo- livian ores will now be seeking market, and, providing that ships can be found to carry the ore, this will be the opportunity for Americans to begin purchasing the ores that have heretofore gone to Europe.
 A few years ago shelter was es- tablished at Bayonne, N. J., in which to smelt Malayan tin ores, but when it became known the English gov ernment placed a high. export duty on Malayan tin ores not going to some part of the British Empire. Such a thing could not happen in Bo- livia, and to some extent, at any rate, the smelling of Bolivian and other ores in this country would re- lieve American consumers from the speculative profits of the London market.
 Radium Production Affected By War.
 The European war has for the present, at least, totally closed the European market to American radium ores. As is well known, the uranium ores of Colorado and Utah are sold exclusively for their radium content, so little use being known for the uranium that the ores cannot be sold for their content of that element. The closure of the European market leaves but one known buyer, so that while the war lasts and probablyfor some time afterwards the market will be restricted and without the benefit of competition.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
GERMANY's LOWER BIRTH RATE.

The population of Europe has not declined in its rate of growth during the last generation, the 1O0,OO0,OOO increase in the thirty-three years pre- ceding 1905 being equal to that in the fifty-two years preceding 1872. The people of the German Empire increased from 45,0O0,O00 in 1880 to 65,OOO,O00 in 1912, but the birth rate has fallen from maximum of Al per thousand in 1876 to little ov- CT 28. a thousand in 1912. Before the present conflict the German Min ister of War commented on de- crease of births in the empire amounting to 75O,000 year, the lowering tendency becoming specially noticeable and alarming since 1900. The rate of decline has doubled in a decade, and Prof. Wolff, the Ger man economist, estimated that by 1920 the birth rate in Germany would be the lowest in Europe.
 The burdens of government and of preparation for war had fallen on
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05

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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
New Army At Ostend.

LONDON, Sept. 5.-The new army being raised by England to operate in the rear of the Germans is being assembled at Ostend. The first troops have already reached there and 1t is understood here that the 72,00O Rus sians, the 15O,000 English and about 100000 Belgians will compose the new forces. It is also rumored that the French will send detachment of fully 100000 men from southern France by transports to join with the English in attacking the rear. thus forcing the Germans to retire from Paris.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05

To give a boy the fun of riding on a goats back without injury to the animal there has been patented a saddle partly supported by three wheels, one on each side and the third in the rear. 'ta -.:.. ..-
 Because frosts do the most dam age when the air is calm, a Paris scientist has advanced the theory that orc- ards and lvinyards can be protected by electric fans to keep the atmosphere moving.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
German Torpedo Destroyers Damage

German Torpedo Destroyers Damaged
 LONDON, Sept. 5.-Seven German torpedo boat destroyers have return ed to Kiel badly damaged after an encounter with the English ships in the North Sea which they attacked and tried to destroy with their tor pedoes. The big guns of the battle ships soon drove the German vessels to seek cover and seven of them were badly damaged as result of the encounter.
 Germans To Force Way In Paris.
 It has been reported here from Paris that the Germans are trying, by using mass formation and by very weight of numbers, to force their way into Paris between the forts, which are some miles apart.
 French Are Standing.
 With their backs against the big forts the French are standing and have driven the Germans back time after time, inflicting terrible losses upon them and forcing them to re- tire and reform after each assault.
 Still Using Artillery
 The French are still using their artillery and depend upon it to de- stroy the German army. The gun ners have proven wonderfully suc- cessful with the new guns and are taking a heavy toll from the German troops.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
Northern French Forts Abandoned
 Without EiQht.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-The German ambassador Count Bernsdorff inform ed reporters today that he had re- ceived information from Berlin that all the forts built by the French in northern France along the Belgium border had fallen without fight, the French evacuating them and destroy ing the huge forts.
 French Abandoned Them and Ran.
 The ambassador claims that the French abandoned the forts and ran wlen the Germans approached and that they have never stood up against the Germans, leaving the way to Par is almost unopposed.
 German Ambassador Makes Charges.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-The Ger man ambassador Count Bernsdorff has charged the United States with violating the proclamation of neu- trality and asserts that he has the proof that two British cruisers have been supplied with coal ten miles from this port by American ships fly ing the American flag.
 Protests To State Department.
 The German ambassador has made strenuous protest to the State de par4ment against the alleged viola rions and intimates that the officials might exercise greater care in pro tecting the neutrality of the United States and that all the violations seem to be in favor of the enemies of Germany, while the Germans were for many days forbidden to use theil wireless station and were cut off iron connection with Berlin excepting | through London.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
Austrian Army Done For.

PETROGAD, Sept. 5.-Grand Duke Nicholas has reported to the war of flee here that the Cossacks pursuing the Austrians have finally given up the chase, having scattered the rem- nants of the two huge Austrian arm ies which were operating in Galicia and stating that the Austrian army of Galicia had no further military val ue.
 Russians Control All GaIicia. The Russians now control all of Galicia and the two armies which have won a victory from the Aus trians are now moving to form a junction near the headwaters of the Vistula, where they will be joined by several new army corps and will start the invasion of Austria Hungary from g point where the Russion con- mander can turn towards Berlin or Vienna as he may decide.
 Germans Sending More Troops.
 The war office here has received word from agents in Prague that the Germans are rushing an army of 500,- 900 men across Bohemia to oppose the Russian advance and prevent an invasion of Germany through Aus tria.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
German Wounded At Brussels

German Wounded Al BrusseIs
 OSTEND, Belgium, Sept. 5.-WOrd reached here today that the Germans in Brussels have ordered all the peo- pie of the former capital from the Boulevard Botanique, while the thou sands of Germans are being taken from the trains because they do not wish them to know of the heavy losses at the front which the Kaiser's troops have sustained in the fight ing with the allies.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
shirtwaist Dance Tonight.

Shirtwaist Dance Tonight.
 The Moose will give shirtwaist dance tonight at Moose hall and will serve refreshments at midnight as usual with excellent music by the Pinkus orchestra.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05

Nubone Corsets. Try Mrs. St. Marie's for one of those Nubone corsets. tt
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-05
ALLIES PROMISE
 STICK TOGETHER
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in the sky and it is feared that the Germans are spying out the Belgian positions and are headed this way from Brussels.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16
ENGLAND's COTTON PLANS

Washington. Oct Sir Cecil
Arthur Spring Rice Great Britalns'
Ambassador, Informed Secretary
Bryan today that England would
purchase all her cotton In Egypt this
year, owing TO the crop Of that coun-
try being distressed by war The Sec
rotary was further informed that
England would deal similarly with
all It's colonies In the matter OF both
cotton and copper Just how much
this will reduce the expectations
from the United States cannot be
determined. but 1t is assumed that
the Great Britain p Icy will be to
take an the cotton her colonies have
available
The United States exports to
England about three and h half mill
lion bales under ordinary times This
years crop Of Egypt Is 100000
bales. being slightly above the nor
NAL yield, there remaining from last
year about two hundred thousand
bales"
England is entirely within her
rights In the matter and the United
States, has no legitimate grounds for
criticism. We are In a position that
demands that We refrain from any
sort Of meddllng In European affairs,
but all available money and the keen
business sense Of the American peo-
pie should be turned to the establish
ment Of American factories. go that
we would not depend on foreign
countries to take our raw material.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16
DANGERS OF FOOLISH
LEGISLATION

A bill Is said to have been intro
duced in the Texas legislature to
provide that any farmer who raises
more than twenty acres Of cotton.
shall pay a fine OF 5000 or go to
the penitentlary for a year.
Some men go daffy when a popu-
lar fad sweeps over the country and
we're It not for the influence Of the
few sensible law makers the country
would soon be run to the limit OF
folly. II folly has any limit, No one,
probably will contend that the cot
ton acreage should not be reduced.
but who. before now, ever thought
II a crime Of the felony class Tor a
farmer to plant a big crop It may be
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16
THE HABIT OF SAVING

The pupils OF the schools OF Bis
bee, Arizona, saved more than S2,-
coo Of dimes, nickles, and pennies,
In the school year closed In June
The sum saved is remarkable, and,
more than this, the whole scheme Is
q lesson for youth and old age, alike.
The BIsbee Review, commenting on
this, says:
"The bank is finding that II wins
In another way Not few parents
are Learning from their children,
They have begun to save and carry
accounts to which they are adding
twice a month Before the children
began to save In the schools, they
had no accounts.
"Bisbee district schools installed
the saving system In May OF last
year. II met with immediate favor.
and there has been constant In
crease. The first savers ere still
savers, and. best Of all. are now try
ing to save more than they did when
they commenced
"The saving habit Is the easiest
Of all to educate, and this part Of
the educational system Of the schools
Of the district Is believed to be one
Of the very best ever introduced II
certainly shows real results In the to-
tai Of over $4,000 to the credit Of
the children. The plan operated I'M
der is simple The children, with
ttelr odd pennies. nlckles, and
dimes, simply buy stamps which
each school tercher has The school
teacher turns In the cash and her
stub Of the stamp book. and It
checks with the stamps taken up
from the children. These at the bank
are accepted as cash and entered into
the savings bank book OF each child"
Exchange.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16
GRAND JURY CONVENEs
AND ADJOURNs MONDAY

District Court convened at Claire
mont Monday and the Grand Jury re-
ported within 80 minutes after being
empaneled that they found no viola
tions Of the law requiring their in
yestlgation, and we're discharged
Judge Thomas In his charge to the
Grand Jury and in his order dis
charging them paid high tribute to
our law abiding citizenship and stat
ed that Kent county had made rec
ord worthy Of special mention lie
paid high tribute to Sheriff Nc
Combs 6s an officer.
Judge stInson. our efficient Dis
trict Attorney. Jas A. Henderson,
our Court Reporter, Judge Cullen C..
Higgins Of Snyder and Attorney
Green Harrison Of layton attended
court Monday Glrard Reporter.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16
NOT SUBJECT TO SEIZURE


Washington. Oct 1O.-Contlnuing
Its policy OF forging out a complete
code OF regulation OF shipments OF
American products. not only TO neu-
trail. but belllgerent countries, the
State Department today announced a
decision relating to exports OF cotton
seed oil The decision marks a dis
tlnct advance in the exemption OF
seml-contraband goods from here
when carried in American bottoms
This declaration, In effect. Is that
American trade In cotton seed oil in
neutral bottoms. Is not subject to
seizure or detention. not only when
destined for neutral countries, but
when shipped to Germany n not in
tended for military uses. The British
government has assented to so much
of the proposal as relates to ship
ments to Holland Of neutral goods,
such as food stuffs. which The Meth
erlands government has enlarged
for expectation
The solicitors opinion goes beyond
the mere matter Of cotton seed oil
and lays down the principle that cot
ton Is non-contraband and is not sub
Jet to seizure even when shipped
to belllgerant country. providing II
is on American or other neutral
ships Therefore, there IL no imped-
lmcnt to the shipment Of American
cotton to Hamburg consigned to
German splnners.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16

bad economy, and may operate to
the financial disadvantage Of the
community, yet, why should the
criminal calendar be crowded with
such indictments. and why should an
honest farmer and his family be dis
graced by a penitentlary term. mere
ly because Of his having under taken
to grow more than fixed acreage in
cotton? Such a legislative act would
tend to destroy popular respect for
law and would ultimately lead a peo-
pie into anarchy.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16

Our friend d 7. Farley was here
the other day and asked the Signal
man II a newspaper man would
knowingly publish an untruth. He
looked like he had an item for the
paper and when told that no reput-
able newspaper would publish any
thing but the truth. he withdrew and
failed to unload.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16

Hermlelgh country called at the Sig
nal office Saturday. He informed us
that his cotton would make from
thse-fourths to bale per acre and
he gathered an abundance OF feed.
He says he has put up enough feed
to run him two years and lots OF his
neighbors are putting up a great deal
more than enough feed to run them a
year
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16
See Hardy NJ. Boyd for Abstracts
OnIce over First State Rank. Il

Mr.. and Mrs. l. Bassinger who
moved from this country to
Austwen two years ago have come
back here to stay Mr.. Bassinger
said he didn't know Just where they
will 20. but will stay Just as close to
Snyder as he can get
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16

Mr.. D. Nation has sold the lower
part Of the building in which the
post office located to DR.. ]. y. bod
son Tho upper part OF the building
belongs to the Odd Fellows lodge
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16
The Signal and Dallas News. sl.7s.

Mr.. ]. W. Russell called In Tues
day and moved his subscription
date up another year and sent the
Signal to a party In Arkansas.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16

Tho Presbyterian Synod OF Tex
as closed It's session at FL Paso Tues
day.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16

Just received car DomlnOe lump
coal Phone 1854.
]. c. DAWSON.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16

A good second hand buggy for sale
or trade See
l7tf Mrs I'D Ward.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-10-16

wANTED-To buy a good Jersey
Mich Cow. Must be fresh In milk.
i7-2tp l.. L. Lightfoot
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-24
Increase in Population

In the year 1916. which followed on
the final overthrow of Napoleon. the
population of Prussia as. il then exist
ed. did not amount TO 1885, 900 When
comparing these figures with the re-
suits of the census of today We must
not forget TO bear in mind that Prus-
sian territory has become considerably
enlarged as the result of the success
full war of 1866 against Austria. TAX
ing Prussia without the states that
now belong to il. but were then indie
pendent-that is without the present
Prussian provinces of Hanover Hesse
and Schleswig. Holstein-the popula-
ton amounted in 1916 to l3.700,600 in
habitants: by 1910 it had increased to
40. I00. coo There is consequently
every probability that by the year 1915
the population Of Prussia will have in
creased more than threefold since
1916
During all these hundred years the
average annual percentage of the in
crease Of population has remained toll
erabIy stable. During the first half of
the cenfury-that is to say. from the
year 1916 to the year 1S64-this aver
age annual increase amounted to LII
per cent; from 1854 to 19l0--in other
words, during the second half CT the
century-it has increased at the rate
of lie per cent per annufn IL We
turn our attention to the figures re-
corded in the separate provinces we
see that there is vast difference in
the increase shown for the two differ
ent halves of the century The aver
age annual increase CT population per
hundred amounted in East Prussia
during the first half OF the century to
1.43, whereas in the second half it
only reached "a per cent. In the case
Of the province Of West Prussia we
have an increase of 1.64 per cent dur
ing the first so years, as compared
with 81 per cent during the latter
half of the century; in Pommerania
we have L SO as against 39 per cent;
in Silesia 1.23, as compared with Sc
per cent On the other hand. the in.
crease, CT the. population in the prov
ince of Hanover only shows an aver
age annual increase of 81 per cent
during the first fifty years of the CEN
fury. which rose to 80 per cent dur
ing the latter half; for Westphalia we
have SO per cent, as compared with
1877 per cent, and in the Rhine prov
ince 1.97 per cent, as compared with
163 per cent Continental Correspon-
dence.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-24
Claims Our Villages AppalI

No distinctively American style has
arisen, and the average American
home remains as ugly and as undis-
tingushed as a Zulu kraal. In its
essence, it is simply square box.
And from that archetype it proceeds
upward, not through degrees Of beau
ty, but through degrees Of hideous-
ness. The more it is plastered with
ornament the more vulgar and forbid
ding 1t becomes. The more It is adorn-
ed with color the more that eolnr be-
comes madness, debauch, a public
indecency. Take train ride through
any American state and you will be
siekened by the chaotic ugliness of
the fitting villages houses sprawling
and shapeiess, green shutters upon
lemon yellow churches, huge adver-
Using sign upon every fiat wall, an in
tolerable effect of carelessness. ignor-
Rnce, squalor, bad taste and down
right viciousness. But make the same
sort of journey through France or
Germany say from Bremen TO Mtl-
Mich or from Paris to Lyons or
through Austria or Italy or Switzer.
land, and you will be charmed by the
beautiful harmony visible on I'll sides,
the subordination of details to general
effects. the instructive feeling for CO.
lor, the sound grouping. the constant
presence of a tradition and a style.
The design of the peasant houses
changes twenty times between the
Westphalian plain and the foothills
l.. -.
is a subtle reflection of the physical
environment, and an unmistakable ex-
preston of human aspiration, worldly
estate and character. / don't know
any ugly village between Bremen and
Munich, nor even a village without
its distinction. its special beauty. its