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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Revise New Revenue Law,

Washington, Oct. G.-Stamp taxes
on proprietary medicines, cosmetics,
perfumes and chewing gum. such as
was included in the Spanish war taxes
were voted into the war revenue bill
today by the democrats of the senate
finance committee just before the
measure was turned over to the demo-
cratic senate caucu for approval or
revision.
The committee added the medicine
tax section to make up for any deficit
that their original revision of the
house bill might cause, and also to in
crease the evenue as much as pos
sible, it being understood that the sec
rotary of the treasury would not OBJ
ject if the estimated revenue to be de-
rived should exceed 500, OOO, 900 by a
substantial amount. No accurate es-
innate has yet been given the COM
mittee as to the amount to be derived
from this new tax, but it will amount
to several millions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
THE GRAIN INSPECTION LAW.

The greatest drawback to the pres
ent system of grain inspection in this
state according to Chief Grain In.
spector J. E. Templeton, is the man.
ner in which dockage is determined
as between the grain grower and the
country elevator. The custom since
the enactment of Montana's grain in.
spection law has been for the country
elevator to estimate or guess at the
dOckage. The result so far has been
that the farmer or seller in a great
many cases has taken decided issue
with the elevator man as to the cor.
rectness of the estimate. Indeed
many complaints have been made that
a great deal more dockage often
has been taken than was justified by
the condition OF the grain. AS a re
suit Mr.. Templeton is convinced that
in order to safeguard the grain grow
er a new law is needed,
In discussing the abuses that exist
ed under the present system, Mr.
Templeton said:
1.-THE primary object Of the grain in
spection department it to safeguard
the interests of the grain grower. In
q state where there is no regulation
of the handling of grain, certain abus
es are bound to creep in, as for in
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Small Pay For War Service.

What pay the British recruit re-
ceives who inlists now as a private
soldier for three years or the war;"
as they are being enrolled. is told in
an article in the Westminster Ga
zette.
Pay varies according to the arm of
service for which a man e~nlists. For
instance (subject to certain deduc-
tions). a man obtains $2.52 Il week
as a driver in the royal horse artillery
and S2.3S in the cavalry of the line.
royal army medical corps. royal en-
gineers %(pioneers and drivers). army
service corps and army ordinance
corps also receive $2.3S.
AS, however, the bulk of those who
now join for the war will probably
enter the infantry. it may be stated
that the private soldier in the infan-
try receives $l.6l a week. clear of all
deductions.
The whole of this $l.6l a week is
paid in cash to the man weekly. ac-
cOrding to the ~eXigencies of the serv-
ice. Obviously ii he is on the field
of battle, a modification of the ar
engagements has to be made. At
home he receives his money with reg
ularity.
From the $l.6l there is only one de-
duction. viz. Of 3 cents a week for in
urance. This amount is instead of s
cents IA week charged against the Or
binary civilian. BY the payment of this
) cents a week the soldier is kept in
GOOD standing in his approved society
until he returns to ordinary civilian
life. To the married men there is also
the knowledge that their wives will OBJ
tain the full maternity benefit that
may be due to them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Will Benefit Project Settlers.

Billings, Oct. New form con-
tracts have been sent out by the in
terror department for signatures of
project settlers in order that they may
Immediately come under the terms
of the new 2O-year extension law and
enjoy it's benefits. These contracts
are uniform for all Of the 50 govern
ment projects. according to notice re-
ceived by l. D. O'Connell, federal SUI
pervisor of irrigation, and removes all
red tape by bringing each settler
directly in touch with the department.
Hitherto each project has had a spe-
cial contract of its own.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
England Fears Airship Raid

London, Oct. TN a dispatch from
The Hague, the correspondent of the
Daily Express says Count Zeppelin is
now at Wilhelmshaven on the North
sea, with his staff. Wilhelmshaven
is the point from which the great air
raid on the British isles is expected
to start.
1t is also reported that the cores
pondent of the Express continues.
that Count Zeppelin vas summoned
recently by Emperor William to
Mainz. His majesty said to the count
that he relied on him for a great work
and offered to make him commander
in-chief of the German air fleet. The
count smilingly refused but said he
would accept the title when he re-
turned from England.
The Zeppelin stats are working day
and night at Wilhelmshayen and an
other station is being established at
Emden for other types Of airships.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
ASTHMA AND HAY FEVER
. GUARANTEED TREATMENT

~ have arranged with d. ]. Lock
wood so that every sufferer from AS
thma in Fort Benton a try my treat
ment entirely at my risk" DR.. Rudolph
Schiffmann announces. He says:
BUY a 50-cent package of my Asthma
dor or Asthmador Cigarettes, try it,
and if it does not afford you immediate
relief. or if you do not find it the best
remedy you have ever used, take it
back to d. G. Lockwood and they will
return your money, cheerfully and
without any questions whatever. After
seeing the grateful relief it has afford
ed in hundreds of cases, which had
been considered incurable. and which
had been given up in despair, l know
what it will do. l am so sure that it
will do the same with others that l
am not afraid to guarantee it will re-
lieve instantaneously. The druggists
handling Asthmador will return your
money if YOU say so. You r to be
the sole Judge and under this positive
guarantee. absolutely no risk is run in
buying Asthmador."
Persons living elsewhere will be
supplied under the same guarantee by
their local druggist OF direct by DR.. r.
Schiftmann, st. Paul. MINI.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Germans May Get Antwerp.

Berlin, Oct. 7.-Despite the general
expectation that a slight pause would
be made in the advance of the Ger
mans on Antwerp, it was reported to-
day in government circles that two of
the forts had fallen into German
hands.
They were Fort Kessel and Fort
Brocchen respectively east and north
Of Lierre). which were no longer able
to resist the destructive power of the
German siege guns. The capitulation
of Antwerp, according to German mill
tary authorities. can only be a matter
of a few days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
CORRUPT PRACTICE ACT.

The political committees that are
directing the campaign in various
parts of Montana are giving attention
to the requirements of the corrupt
practices act, which seek to eliminate
bribery and other disreputable me-
thods that were a feature of some
former campaigns. The prevalent be-
lief that the provisions of the law ap-
ply ouly to candidates for office appears
to call for correction, as the act states
in plain terms that a voter who ac-
cepts money OF any other inducement
that is offered in return for his sup
port, is also guilty of a violation of
the law.
The more important provisions of
the corrupt practices act are set forth
in these paragraphs:
Amy person or candidate who shall
either by himself or by any other per-
son, either before or after an election.
Or while such person or candidate is
seeking a nomination or election, di-
rectly. or indirectly, gives or provide,
or pay. wholly or in part, the expenses
Of giving or providing any meat Or
drink, or other entertainment or pro
vision, clothing. liquors. cigars or to-
bacco, to or for any person for the pur-
pose of or with intent or hope to in
f1uenCe that person or any other per
son to give or refrain from giving his
vote at such election to or for any
candidate or political party ticket, or
measure before the people. or on &C
count OF such persons or any other
person having voted or refrained from
voting for any candidate or the candi.
dates or any political party or or.
gani;ation or before the peo-
pie, or being about to vote or refrain
from voting at such election shall be
guilty of treating.
Every elector who accepts or takes
any such meat, drink. entertainment,
provision, clothing. liquors, cigars or
tobacco shall also be guilty of treat
ing; and such acceptance shall be
ground of challenge to his vote and
of rejecting his vote on a contest.
Whoever violates any provision of
this act, the punishment for which is
not specifically provided by law, shall
on conviction thereof be punished by
Imprisonment in the county Jail for
not more than One year., or by a fine
of not more than $1,000, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
IN BATTLE.

To read of a battle in which 3,OOO,-
900 are engaged naturally raises WIS.,
ion of wholesale slaughter. All the ap-
pliances of modern warfare are de-.
signed to that end; all the skill and
science of the greatest military eX.
perts are directed to that purpose.
Yet, basing estimates on authentic
to assume that the number Of men
killed in any battle in France will
be surprisingly low when compared
with the death rate under normal cir
cumstances among the same number
of At Gettysburg, for instance,
the death rate per 1000 was 55.5, the
highest in q battles in the Civil war.
According to the figures published by
the Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ance company in the American Expert
ence Table of Mortality, for every
1000 men living at the age of 40 years
there were $50 deaths before reaching
the age of So. For all purposes, this
is exactly the same rate of mortality
as that on the field of Gettysburg.
That is to say, each soldier had the
same chance of surviving the battle at
Gettysburg that a man now 40 years
old has of living to be SO.
At the battle of charlottesville the
death rate among the soldiers engag-
ed vas 20.3 per 1000. According to
the life insurance tables, the death
rate per 1000 among men in peaceful
pursuits ranging in age from AZ to "A
is exactly the same. Every soldier at
Shiloh, where the death rate in battle
was APP per 1000, had the same
chance of escape alive as the average
man Of 80 has of reaching the age OF
50.
These figures are surprising in
showing how far we are likely to be
led astray in calculating the relative
mortality in battle.-New York World.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14

stance, the question of dockage, which
is always a bone of contention be-
tween the buyer and seller. Practi-
cally all grain contains foul seeds and
other impurities for which an allow.
ance is made in buying. At the ter
minal markets dOckage is determined
accurately in each lot of grain. At
the country elevator it usually is es-
timated or guessed at, with the result
that the seller very frequently gets
the idea that more dockage is taken
than actually exists in his grain.
Many complaints on this subject reach
the department in the course of a
season. These are investigated when
possible and many cases have been
found where too much dockage has
been exacted.
"Some buyers admit that they aim
to get enough more than the actual
dockage to protect themselves against
the shrinkage of grain in storage or in
transit. The department does not APP
prove of this and takes the position
that this shrinkage must be taken in
to consideration in fixing the price to
be paid and that the grower is IN
titled to pay for the full amount of
clean grain delivered, just as much
as he is entitled to correct weights
and grades. The North Dakota ware
house commission says concerning
this abuse that a buyer has no more
right to protect himself against this
shrinkage than he has to take an extra
amount from the farmer to protect
himself against possible leakage from
cars, and that when a man once starts
the practice OF taking a little extra
to protect himself in this way, it is
easy to 60 a step further and try to
make the expense of operating his ele-
vator in the same manner.
"The dockage taken from grain has
a value when separated. almost equal
to that of the grain itself. At the ter
minals or milling points it is carefully
cleaned out and sold for stock feed.
The shipper in this state not only gets
nothing for it, but pays the freight on
it to the terminals. A careful investi-
CATION of this subject indicates that
the dockage on wheat shipped from
this state averages n pound to the
bushel and on flax Sc pounds to the
bushel. 1t is a simple matter to fig
ure out how much good stock feed is
being given away with each carload
and how much freight is paid on it for
which nothing is received in return.
On fax the dockage has been known
to run as high as 80 per cent. When
the dockage on flax is very heavy it
consists principally of mustard seeds
which at the present time can be sold
for $50 a ton. The only way to en-
tirely eliminate the question of dock
age is for the grower to clean his
grain. However, very few are pre-
pared to do this and | would like to
+ request that where the seller is dis
satisfied lie should send samples of
his grain to this department.. to be
: graded and to have the amount OF
dockage accurately determined, for
which service no charge is made.
COPIES of the rules for grading
grain will be sent to any upon
application"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
WAIT FOR WAR NEWS
Information From Battle Front Has
Been Closed Down

London, Oct. 6.-Never since it's
start has the battle of the Aisne,
which now has become virtually a
siege of the German positions on the
Disc and north of this river, shown
such a dearth of news as on the 25th
day of the struggle.
The British information bureau,
never very diffuse, completely closed
down on current events from the
battle front several days ago and it
probably will SO continue until Sir
John French, the commander of the
British expeditionary force, puts his
army in motion again.
The r%eticence of the Paris official
communication last night was even
% marked than usual. 1t furnished
no inkling of what had happened after
the Germans chad forced the French
to yield ground at certain points" on
the all-important western wing.
1t is argued here that these inter
mittent variations r inevitable and
not necessarily important in such a
hard fought combat, throughout
which given positions are taken and
retaken and taken again many times.
That the allies, for the present pos.
sess greater mobility than their foes,
seems to be indicated by the news
that they have been able to raid the
German lines of communication, cut a
railroad and destroy a train belonging
to the artillery of the German i'm.
perial guard.
AS the enormous wastage in horses
progresses. it is claimed for the allies
that their possibilities for such move.
ments will increase while those OF
their opponents decrease. German
cavalrymen on bicycles already are a
common sight and the Russian ad,
vance which is cutting Germany off
from the horse producing districts OF
Hungary must, if maintained further
increase the shortage in re-mounts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
May Try Diriuible Airships.

Washington. Oct. Enquiries are
being sent out by the navy depart
ment to builders of airships as to their
preparedness to construct dirigible
balloons if the navy should decide to
adopt that kind OF air craft. No bids
have been asked for, as it has not yet
been decided that the navy. which up
to the present has confined it's aerial
work to aeroplanes is ready to turn to
dirigibles. Officials desire to ascer-
tain. however, what may be expected
OF American airship builders in the
way OF quality. size and price.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Make Eread From Flowers.

London, Oct. 1T is reported that,
owing to a scarcity OF wheat, bakers in
Holland are making palatable nour-
ishing and cheap" bread from a mix
ture of ground tulips and wheaton
flour. This is a novel departure, al
though in the seventeenth century tu-
lips were cooked and eaten as vege-
tables. The natives of Siberia today
eat tulip bulbs, although they strike
the unaccustomed palate as somewhat
bitter and acrid.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
London Wool Market.

London, Oct. 6.-The fifth series OF
1914 wool sales was opened here to-
day under war conditions not pre-,
~viously experienced in the wool trade,
The attendance was large and demand
was animated for woods suitable for
clothing and government clothes, such
as secured breds and splits, which ad-
vanced 20 to 80 per cent over the July
rates, while greasy crossbreds ruled
10 to Is per cent. Trading was prac-
tically for the home trade except a
few bales taken for America.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Anaconda, Oct. 7.-Sheriff Kelly

Anaconda, Oct. 7.-Sheriff Kelly
yesterday refused to accept prisoners
from Butte for incarceration in the
county Jail, after the county commits
sioners of Silver Bow county and Adj.
Phil Greenan of the militia had come
to take the Butte prisoners. The rea-
son given by the Silver Bow authori-
ties for their wish to transfer the
prisoners here is the fact that the
Butte Jail is o~vercrowded with its SIS
prisoners. Mr.. Kelly said he refused
to accept any prisoners other than
those committed by a district judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
More Troops From Canada.

Ottawa, Ont, Oct. 6.-Canada will
raise Immediately and send to the
front men with a first reinforcement
of 10 per cent, a second expeditionary
force OF 10000, making $4,000 in all.
This decision was reached at today's
cabinet council. The second contin-
gent will bring the total of Canada's
force at the front up to more than
SO, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Our Funny Language.

A man feels put out when he discov-
ers that he has been taken in.-Chicago
News.
The sun., 1914-09-15
Austrian Embassy in italian
Capital Is Invaded by
Crowd.
ENVOY PROTECTED ~
HEAVY POLICE GUARD
Demonstration Proves >cnti.
ment of People. Says
"COrrierc della Scia."

Bv THE SUNS and N, london nn,. ",r."
E'ay Serrt.e
CHiAz0D con Tire Itllo-SwiSi Sfnu'er)
Sept. l4.--ScrioJs dHnohstrat.ors -.
CURED yesterday morning in Rome
About fortnight ago tho author.
altered the hour of changing the -J.l-s.,
NJ tho Royal Palace. which had been .
O'Clock IN the afternoon. Bc~au-e p.
the patriotic and warlhc dvmoas'ra
tons the ceremony vas ordered sor II
O'Clock IN the morH.ns. 5ectGs. .!c.a
were fewer people about II: tHat hou7
However several thousands. ,uc.-,
students and worktucu. assembled lear
tho palace for 4 demonstration shout
ing Down with AUSTRIA"
A great force az pole, prr;e,'td tae
Austrian Emhassy staff r>s.clng n
CAiagi Palace. Many ,:r"o. wero
guarded by ;he police. ~@o made c'or.r
to d.sperse .hc dcm,ns:ra,ors
IN many cases tho sl.or acted .7Iu.-
lcssly. The famous Cafo AraIram va
closed b. the mob, and tie r!AIu.
Colonna where the Austrian Urras
j. located. was invaded
The police made many arr..',- sr.o1s
me prisoners was Cuo.!p C.ran. an
officer IN TIE artillery.
'rne ROM cor-cspoaieo- % no Cour.
rt1vo dcito S,rd writes
"To-days demonstration Indicates tb,
real feelings Of the country. I.b..
The sun., 1914-09-15
DEAD STAND IN ROWS.
SPECIAL ca5i, Despotcs 10 Trr So

ioSpoN. Sept. l5.-The Times corre-
spondent near Molun describes the
German retreat in a hurricane. VITA
rain descending IN torrents, the way s'd'
brooks swollen 20 l,tle torrents. II"
continues:
The gun wheels sink deep n th"
mud and the sold ers, unable 20 oNiri-
cate thcm. abandon the guns.
"A wounded soldier who has just re-
turned from the front told me that they
fled as animals fee who arc cornercd
and know il.
Imagine the roadway Uttered with
guns. knapsacks. cartridge belts. maXims
and heavy cannon. There are miles OF
roads like this.
And the dead Those piles Of horses
and those stacks OF mon I have seen
again and again. Again have seen
men shot 50 close to one another that
they remained standing after death.
AT night time the sight is terrible.
horrible beyond description They cam
not bury whole armies.
3
dead carrion birds are gathered. led by
the gray throated crow of cvil omen.
and with host of lesser marauders at
his back Robbers. too. have descended
upon these fields.
| "Trainload after trainload OF British
and French troops have swept toward
the weak points of the retreating host.
THE allies have chosen this advantage
| OF the battle-ground; there is network
/ of railways Ike the network of "A spider's <
web All tho railways centre upon
Paris, and It IL possible to thrust troops
| upon the foe AT any point with almost
incredible speed. and food and ammunl-
ton are practically within arms
reach"
The sun., 1914-09-15
AVIATOR LOOKS DOWN
ON FLEEING GERMANS
Sees Fugitivcs Making Swift
Retreat After the Battle
Of the Marnc.

LONDON. Sept 1.-THE Paris CORE.
spond"nt OF the standard sends the fo,
lowing:
The best view or .Ne ret-ca..o, Gov.
man armies was obtained Nv a F-.nrA
military aviator, who asccndin: from a
point near V;ry-le-Frsnco's. few north.
ward across the Marne and then eastward
by way Of Reims. down 10 tho region Of
Nerdun and back again in zgsag course
20 spot near Soissons IL saw the
German hosts not merely In retreat but
IN flight, and In some places IN dlsorder,v
agh.
TT was wonderful sight 20 look down
upon those ten and hundreds or Thousands
of moving men, IN. long gray columns Of
the Kaiser's picked troops some marching
IN northorlv. others In northcasteriy di-
reciions and all moving with a tre-
mendous rapidly which was eloquent of
their desire to place themselves beyond
reach Of the allied armies. who were
harassing them every step OF the way.
The retreat was not confined 20 the
highways, but many German soldiers were
running across fields, jumping over fences.
crawling through hedges and vending
their way through woods without any
s"mblunce Of order Or discipline
These men doubtless belonged 10 the
regiment which. badly cut up tn the fierce
lighting which preceded tn" general re-
treat was deprived of Tho majority ~ its
officers and non-conmissionCd officers.
They were mere rabblo Of fugitives.
many without rifles, having abandoned
their weapons In the mad haste 70 escape
the vengeance of French and British pur-
suers These scenes ~ almost panic
stricken flight were witnessed al the end
OF a weeks hard hghting"
The sun., 1914-09-15
FLEEING GERMANS IN
BELGIUM, IS REPORT
English Correspondent Says
Shattered Remnants of Host
Are RccrosSin~ Frontier.
,g.c,ai cab,. D,soa,ch to Tss SCI

LoSDoN. Sept IA correspondent
os the D1iiy ChrOpiClc, telcgraphing
from Client. says:
The German rieh; wing has been
shattered to atoms Ii IS s!mply fugi-
I've mob which hoss night and day,
hoping 70 escape or -hak" or It's re-
lentless pursuers. Tho vanguard of the
ilceing Teutonic host has nov rrcro>sed
the Belgian frontier. II is composed
merely OF remnants of the proud nust
which. a fortnight ago, at Mons and else
whcrc. swept tho thin British line from
it, conquerlns path"
Tho correspondent ;rcd;s the now Be,-
Sian offensive as Of great Importance.
II" says that a new Belgian army has
apparently sprung from nowhere, made
its appearance in the field, ana aided
by rcenforcements OF French field ar
tillery tackled the invader with graft
tying results, drawing on tho German
rccnforc"mcnts and thus rendering N
caicuable service to the allies