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The river press., 1914-12-02
Bills Of ladinq Pay Tax.

Washington, Nov. 27.-A ruling of
interest to all railroads was issued to-
day by the bureau of internal revenue,
interpreting the provisions of the war
tax relating to the levy of / cent on
all manifest, bills of lading or other
evidences of the receipt and forward
ing of shipments. The law requires
such evidence of receipt on all ship
ments where the charge is over 5
cents, but the bureau announces that
literal compliance with the require
ment is in some cases impracticable
or impossible
ut is therefore hereby provided
says the ruling, "that where freight is
accepted at non-agency stations, it
must be receipted for by conductors
accepting it. He must see to it that
an internal revenue stamp of / cent
denomination is attached to each of
such receipts and Cancelled as requir-
ed by these regulations before such
shipments are accepted" Baggage
checks for the transportation of bicy-
cles, dogs, baby carriages, ETC., will
be regarded as evidence of receipts
and should be stamped.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Explosion Wrecked Warshjp,

London, Nov. 26.-It was officially
announced here today that the British
battleship Bulwark had been blown up
Off Sheerness. Only IL men out of
700 or 500 on board were saved. The
loss of the Bulwark, according to a
Central News dispatch received this
afternoon from Chatham, was due to
an accidental explosion while ammu-
milton was being placed on the war
ship.
The force of the explosion aboard
the boat was so great that houses in
Sheerness and even in South End, sew
en- miles away and on the other side
of the Midway, were violently shaken.
The people fed into the street in
alarm. When the great ship blew up
dense clouds of smoke and fame shot
into the air. The vessel disappeared
beneath the waves in three minutes.
The river press., 1914-12-02
War Revenue Law In Effect,

Washington, Nov. 3O.-The emer.
gency far tax bill to raise $1O0,OOO,-
900 in revenue will go into effect to.
morrow. The provisions of the meas
ure levying taxes on tobacco, beer and
wine went into effect on November /,
and the remaining sections will be-
come effective tomorrow. The latter
include taxes on bankers, pawnbrokers,
brokers, proprietors of theaters, in
cluding motion picture houses, owners
of circuses and other shows, perfume,
cosmetics, chewing gum and similar
articles, commercial paper of all des-
criptions, steamship tickets, parlor car
seat, and sleeping car berths and tele-
phone and telegraph messages where
the charge exceeds Is cents.
Stamps in denominations of from
SIS to one cent, are to be affixed to
these articles.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Fear German Invasion.

Buffalo, N. Y. Now. 2S,.-Extraor-
dinary precautions have been taken to
guard against possible raid by Ger.
man sympathizers across the Niagara
river. A permanent guard of 80 mill.
tiamen has been stationed at Fort
Erie, opposite Buffalo, and the whole
river front from there to Niagara
Falls and Queenstown is patrolled day
and night by between 500 and 600
members of the newly organized
home guard regiments. Automobiles
and motorcycles are used by the men
on patrol duty.
These measures, it is said, were tax.
en- in response to demands from civic
organizations along the Canadian side
of the Niagara, who insisted in com.
munications to the department of mill.
tia that movement similar to the
Fenian raid was not remote pos.
sibility. Col Sam Hughes, minister OF
militia and defense, recently paid q
flying visit to the territory. Soon
afterward the guard on the Welland
canal was doubled and today the river
patrol was established.
The river press., 1914-12-02
WAR BRINGS ADVERSELY
British Financier Declares Americana
Will Be Affected.

New York, Nov. 27.-Great prosperi-
ty for time awaits the United States,
in the opinion of Sir George Paish, ad
wiser to the British treasury, who sail
ed today for Liverpool. Sir George
had been in this country for several
weeks at the invitation of President
Wilson comforting with bankers and
treasury officials to clarity the finan-
cial problems that have arisen be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain since the beginning of the Eu-
ropean war.
During the war the United States
will have great prosperity" Sir George
asserted. "Your misfortunes will
come later. No misfortune that falls
upon a great number of people can
benefit any other people for any great
length of time. The world is now con-
suming its seed corn, and this means
nothing but loss. The suffering will
last decade. possibly generation" !"
"After the war England will be able
to reduce her expenses for defense
and will save in a few years more
than the war will have cost us. No
peace can be made until there is as
surance that militarism is crushed
forever. Prior to the war our expens-
es on defense We're 100000, 900 a
year; after it's close they will be cut
in half"
The river press., 1914-12-02
Wilson Discusses Suffrage.

Washington, Nov. 28.-President
Wilson again today defined his posi-
tion on woman suffrage in a letter to
Miss Mary NJ. Childs, a government
employe here, reiterating that he be-
lieved the question to be state issue,
II am deeply impressed with the
woman suffrage question:" wrote the
president, "but l believe it can best
be worked out by states rather than
by changing the fundamental law of
the nation. Such a change would run
too far and too fast ahead of the gen.
eral public opinion of the country"
The president will see a delegation
of suffrage workers in the near future
but is not expected to change his
position announced again in today's
letter.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Britain s Bio War Fund,

London, Nov. 27.-Chancellor of the
Exchequer Lloyd George announced in
the house of commons today that the
war loan of 50,OOO,OOO had been
greatly oversubscribed.
The chancellor gave no figures. He
said, however, that a feature of the
loan was the enormous number of in.
dividuals totalling nearly 100000 who
had made application for small sums,
These, the chancellor declared would
receive the first allotments.
Concerning financial conditions in
the country the chancellor said the f.
nancial deadlock which followed the
outbreak of the war was due to inabil.
ity to collect outstanding debts
abroad. AS an instance, Mr.. Lloyd.
George referred to the United States
which he said owed Great Britain
about a million sterling ($5,OOO, 900
but we could do no business" he add
ed,
The river press., 1914-12-02
Encourage Open Markets.

Washington, Nov. 2S. S.-Assistant
Secretary Newton of the treasury to.
day granted permission to the city of
Dallas, Texas, to establish free open
market on federal building site re-
Gently bought by the government.
Farmers and truck gardeners may
place their products on sale without
paying fees.
If the experiment works we'll in Dal-
las the plan may be adopted in other
cities where the government has sew
eral hundred unoccupied building sites
which, in the ordinary course of events
may be vacant for several years to
come.
The river press., 1914-12-02
WAITING FOR WAR NEWS
British Authorities Question Reports
Of Russian Vistory.

British Authorities Question Reports
OF Russian vistory.
London, Nov. 29.-While minimiz.
ing the exaggerated reports of Rus
sian successes in the battle in north.
ern Poland, where the German EN-.
peror has Joined Field Marshal Won
H1ndenburg to offer his advice and en-
courage his troops, the latest available
reports from Russian headquarters
state that the advantage in the fight.
ing still lies with the Russian army.
1t is also officially said that enor-
nous losses have been inflicted on the
Germans, but no mention is made of
the capture CT German divisions, which
has so freely been claimed by the Pc
trcgrad correspondents of London and
Paris papers.
Opposed to this is the German Of
ficial report, which says that the Rus
sian attacks have been repulsed and
that the German counter-attacks have
been successful. Some days must
elapse before this battle, which prom
ises to prove the most decisive of the
war, is concluded.
Field Marshal Sir John French, COM
mander of the British expeditionary
forces on the continent, in an official
statement, gives an optimistic view of
the situation in France and Belgium
from the standpoint of the allies.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Penite entiary Nearly Empty,

Columbia, S. c., Nov. 26.-Governor
Cole Blease last night issued 1O1 par.
dons. paroles and commutions to pris.
oners in the state penitentiary and
county convict gangs. Six who will be
released are serving long terms and
81 shorter terms for manslaughter;
46 are negroes.
AS rsult of the governors action,
less than so prisoners will remain in
the state penitentiary tonight. Since
he assumed Office in January. 1911,
Governor Blease has extended elem.
ency to 1,430 convicts. He has made
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Years occasions for granting liberty
to prisoners.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Americans Had Narrow Escape,

Washington, Nov. PA bomb from
a German airship fell in front of the
American consulate at Warsaw early
today, breaking the windows of the
consulate, but injuring no one within,
according to a telegram dated today
from American Ambassador Marve at
Petrograd. Several persons in the
street in front of the consulate were
killed and wounded but none of them
were Americans.
The incident was regarded here as
indicating the proximity of the Ger
man advance guard to Warsaw. Amer
lean consuls received instructions
early in the war to leave the zones of
great danger whenever invading fore
es arrived in their vicinity.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Large Number Need Food.

London. Nov. %. That the popula.
tion of Belgium which must be fed
during the winter probably will be
many thousands more than seemed
likely a month ago, is the conclusion
of the American commission for re.
lief. Large numbers. most of whom
belong to the agricultural element have
returned to Belgium or are going to
return, with the result that there will
be an enormous addition to the starv-
ing populace. as it is impossible to get
work.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Rammed German Submarine.

London, Nov. 23.-The secretary of
the admiralty announces that the Ger
man submarine boat U-1S, which was
reported off the north coast of Scot
land this morning, was rammed by a
British patrolling vessel and fouder-
ed.
The patrolling ship rammed the sub
marine at 1880 o'clock this afternoon.
The U-18 was not seen again until / 20
when she appeared on the surface fly.
Ing white flag. Shortly after this
she foundered just as the British de-
stroyer Garry came alongside. The
destroyer rescued three officers and %
OF the submarines crew, only one be-
ing drowned.
The river press., 1914-12-02
CLAIM RUSSIAN VICTORY
over Forty Thousand Germans AiIeo.
ed To Have Been CAPTURED.

ed To Have Been Captured.
Petrograd, Nov. 26.-The military
party in Petrograd continues to in
sfst that there has been a great Rus.
sian victory on the battlefield be-
tween the Warta and Vistula rivers
In Poland. This claim is based on
unomclal reports, which even assert
that an entire German army corps
has been broken and that 4S trains
which will accommodate $4,000 wound.
ed and prisoners, have been ordered
out from Warsaw.
Semi-official advices received from
Poland show that the German defeat
at Lodz. eliminating in the capture of
German army corps, was the result
OF Russian maneuver by which the
Germans were led into an inextricable
trap.
The Russian left wing resting on
the river Warta and the Russian right
wing on the Vistula moved forward in
unison in the last two days. Simul.
taneously the Russian center gave
ground and the Germans followed, ap-
parently relying upon a German COL
umn from Wielun to repulse the Rus
sian left wing and to form a juncture
with the main German forces.
The plan failed as result of the
battle on November 25, when the
force from Wielun was repulsed.
Thereafter the Russian wings advanc-
ed and closed the gap through which
the German center had passed. In the
meantime Russian reserves had come
up and they surrounded the Germans,
thousands of whom surrendered. 9th
ers fought their way north in an ef-
fort to join the German left wing in
the vicinity of Lowiez. town "A
miles southwest of Warsaw.
The river press., 1914-12-02
FEAR GERMAN INVASION
British Authorities Preparing For
Remote Possibility.

British Authorities Preparing For
Remote Possibility.
London. Nov. 24.-Remarkable ru.
mors are circulating in London con-
cerning the means the Germans expect
to use in reaching England. Guns
which can shoot across the Strait Of
Dover, submarine transports capable
of landing large detachments of SOL
dfers on the English coast, and sub
marine forts along the Belgian coast
are among the mysterious devices gos-
sip accredits Germany as having in re-
serve.
"Christmas dinner in London" is the
latest slogan of the German troops
along the Belgian coast. Officers and
men have constantly circulated the re-
port that they expect to invade Eng
land. While English officials have
said little about possible invasion,
there has been no lack of preparation
to receive the onslaught of any force
OF Germans which manage to cross the
20 miles of water between Dover and
Calais.
English aeroplanes and dirigibles
are constantly on the alert. The sea
is fairly alive with naval craft of all
descriptions. Mines are carefully plac-
ed. and any landing in England would
doubtless be made at terrible cost, if
such landing be possible, and once
landed an enemy would find coast ar.
tlllery and every possible sort of OBJ.
struction standing between the sea
coast and London
Hundreds Of thousands Of young sol.
diers have been giving practical les.
sons in digging eptrenchments from
one end of England to the other. And
the work has all been directed by mil.
itary experts who saw to it that earth.
works were erected where it was pos.
sible they might be useful in case
some great disaster should befall the
English navy.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Land Swindlers Convicted.

Kansas City, Nov. 26.-E. G. Cham
bers of Kansas City, president of the
Chambers Land Company and three
of his alleged agents, were found
guilty here today of misusing the
mails in connection with the sale of
Everglades land in Florida. Sentence
was deferred.
The case was one of several worked
up by the government investigating
the sale of Florida lands. These de
PENDANTS are subject to maximum
sentence of five years in the peniten-
tiary and a fine of $1,000 on each
count on which they were found gull
The river press., 1914-12-02
Reserves All Cattle Hides.

London, Nov. 24.--Field Marshal
Earl Kitchener, secretary for war. is
sued today a decree reserving all the
hides of full grown cattle for mill
tary purposes. A special company
having charge of the leather business
of the country is organized. All the
tanaeries will be operated in ccnnec.
tion with this company, receiving
their quotas of hides which they rre
to tan for the army.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Big Order For War SUPPLIES.

Chicago, Nov. 24-British orders
for more than $15,OOO,OOO worth of
and equipment were brought back by
Frederick S. Fish, of South Bend, Ind,
who just returned from England, it
was announced today. England has
contracted for 500 automobile trucks
from a Kenosha, Wis, firm, while the
French government has ordered more
than $1,00O.000 worth of automobiles
from Jackson, Mich, factory.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Fusitives Return From Canada

Portland, Ore, Nov. 27.-Many fu-
gitives from justice from the United
States are being forced to return to
this country on account of the infiu-
ence of the European war in Canada,
according to United States District
Attorney Clarence l.. Reames of Port
land. The careful watch kept on for.
eigners by the Canadian authorities,
and even the fear of conscription are
believed by the district attorney to
be the contributing cause.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Destroyed Ammunition Train

London. Nov. PA dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle from a correspondent
in Northern France says:
"wednesday about noon a tremend-
Gus explosion was heard and felt for
miles along the allies line. The
source of the explosion apparently
was behind the German line. Later
it was learned that British naval
airman dropped a bomb squarely on
German ammunition train, which
blew up."
The river press., 1914-12-02
Machine For Diaaino Graves.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-Machines to dig
graves for European war victims have
been perfected by Chicago concern.
it became known today. Work has
been started on 13 of the mechanical
buriers which have been ordered by
two of the allied nations. On days
when there has been no contact" the
machine, it is said, may be used for
digging trenches.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Troops Go To the Front,

Havre, France, Nov. 2S. Directly
following Lord kitchener's speech at
the lord mayors banquet in London,
in which he said he had 1880, 900 men
ready to land in France, there has
been steady stream of transports
from England to Havre. AS many as
200 ships of various sizes have been
lying outside the harbor at one time.
Men are being landed as fast as the
ships can find berth.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Cavalry Horses Dying.

Montreal, Nov. 24-The authorities
report the death of over SO horses out
of batch of 742 purchased by agents
of the French government for light
cavalry service and brought to Mon
treal from Texas. 1t is feared an
equal additional number may succumb.
The animals arrived on Sunday and
were placed in shed on steamship
pier
The river press., 1914-12-02

Helena, Nov. 3O.-Announcement
has been made by Bishop John P. Car
roll of the Helena diocese that James
J. Hill, of the Great Northern. has
given him a check for $50 900 for the
endowment fund of st. Charles col
lege in this city.
The river press., 1914-12-02

AS It IS desired to complete the fund
and ship the flour as soon as possible,
it is requested that charitably dispos-
ed citizens who wish to assist in this
relief work make their contributions
within the next few days. Remittan-
ces will be received and acknowledged
by R. C. Giddings, at the Stockmens
National bank or Grand Union hotel:
Grant Sharp, at Sharp Bros. store; or
w. X. Harber, at the River Press Of
fec.
The river press., 1914-12-02

Galata Journal: The Havre land
office established record last month
for the amount of business passing
through it, which has never been
equaled in the northwest. The Office
took care of GIT final proofs, over 700
filings, several contests, and receipts
for the month amounted to almost
$45,OOO.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Cattle Disease Under Control.

Washington, Nov. 27-Satisfied that
the ravages of the foot and mouth
disease among cattle have been check
ed and the epidemic now is under con-
troll, officials of the bureau of animal
industry determined today to begin
lifting the quarantine imposed on the
cattle markets of various states.
The river press., 1914-12-02
Fort Benton Flour Fund.

The fund contributed by residents
of this vicinity, with which to supply
a carload of flour for the relief of des-
titute victims of the European war,
has been increased by additional do
nations the past few days. The COM
mittee in charge of the matter makes
this report at noon Tuesday, Decem-
ber /:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-16
 HEAVIER RAILS ARE TOBE PUT DOWNBY THE PENNSYLV Will Try 120-P0und Rails to Handle Constantly Grow
 ing Traffic
GOSSIP OF EARLY
 USE OF STEEL RAILS
This Character of Track Made Possible the Great Crops of the C0un- try by Providing Rapid
 Transportation
ny HoIIAND

New York June 15.-(Special)-If the Pennsylvania Railroad company does equip, as is it's announced purpose, it's main line with steel rails which will weigh 120 pounds to the yard it will again set the pace for railroads of the United States. Should harvests hereafter prove this year then it is not unlikely that the railroad companies which are occupied in making the harvests from the fields to the markets may find it imperative to in- . crease the weight of their rails. A 120- pound steel rail Is expected by the ex- perts to prove equal to the very great wear and tear and the terrific pounding which the operation of heavy and high speed trains entails. There is, however, unless the manufacturing methods are improved no assurance that rail weigh ing 120 pounds will not contain hidden defects similar to those to which refer ences has recently been made before the interstate commerce commission.
 The ablest American authority on rail construction. Dr. P H. Dudley, is confi- dent that hidden defects in steel rails can be prevented provided certain formulae for the construction of the rail are fol- lowed. Dr. Dudley has made a study for more than 20 years of steel rail construc- tion. He said this morning that science had undoubtedly shown the way by which the perfect steel rail could be made. Manufacture of this kind entails greater costs for the rail than does the method ordinarily used, but in the long run, in Dr. Dudley's opinion, the economies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-16
Safeguarding Life at Sea

The Titanic was lost becauseof an extraordinary combination of adverse circumstances that may never happen again An iceberg rippedopen It's side in such a way that the water flooded one compartment after another slowly and gradually until the mil ghty vessel sank Had the commandments extended beyond the water line, running long Iitudinally. as well as laterally as they do in the latest types of steamships with double bottoms. the Titanic would have survived the fearful carsh. But we learn by experience. No teacher is more valuable. The vaterland. like the Olympic. the Acyuitania, and all the great vessels of recent construction has a steel double bottom, extending it's length and bulkheads not only across the ship. but running from end to end These bulkheads reach above the water line and in each a ladder ex- tending to the top, offers chance for escape fV any unfortunate occupant who may be caught by the hurried closing o fthe bulkhead.
 The constructors of the Vaterland made a daring experiment before its trial trip They took 1t out to deer water, flooded one-third of it's compart ments and let the vessel sink as fai | as she would. hTe result was watched with painful apprehension. Many pro- tested agaiust such an unusual and daring trial. but the vessel floated and all the availabel power pumps in her
 vicinity were requisitioned before she
 couuld be relieved of the enormous vol
 ume of water with which she had beer
 1 flooded. Steamship builders declare
 | that this was the severest test of the
 kind to whic modern steamships had
 ever been submitted hTe fact that is
 was sosuccessful brings an assurance
 i O. perfect safely on the high seas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-16
FILE SUIT AGAINST
 SOUTHERN PACIFIC

Los Angeles. Cal, June i5.--A suit against the Southern Pacific company and various leasing oil companies was to be filed today by D. J. Justice. special as sistant to the United States Attorney General in the United States district court for the district of southern California.
 An object Is to recover 5000 acres of land in the Midway and Sunset districts, and other suits are to he filed separately to recover other mineral lands granted to the railroad company.
 The land was selected under the in- demnty provisions of the act of Con gross of July. 1886, granting certain al- ternate odd sections within 20 miles of tn cline of the projected railroad the understanding being that the lands must be nonmineral.