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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
BY t. r.. MACMECHEN.

n1HIS nation is facing possible in
vasion of Mexico with primitive
military methods, where. the po-
Icing Of inhospitable wastes by mod
ern dirigibles might save thousands Of
lives and millions of money.
No one knows this better than the
aeronautic officers Of our army and
navy, who warned the government a
year ago that il had wofully failed TO
grasp the facts of the worlds progress
in aerial navigation.
The American army must crawl
slowly through Mexico as armies have
crawled for centuries, powerless to pre-
vent an enemy from destroying vita!
bridges and trackage ahead of its ad-
vance, or the placing of ambuscades in
the mountainous way.
If the road to Mexico City were pa
trolled by giant airships, which now
adays may be armed with machine
guns and bombs, Funston's army could
be rapidly transported to that strategic
point without the loss of a single SOL
der. Bridges could not be dynamited
or track torn up by hostile forces. No
enemy along that route could exist
under the constant scrutiny and attack
from impregnable fortresses of the air,
carrying tons of deadly explosives.
WOULD MEAN SPEEDY PEACE IN
MEXICO.
What the United States would be
able 10 accomplish in Mexico in the
way Of quick. humane and decisive
modification if, like Germany, il was
properly equipped with great aircraft
which could operate from shelters
along the Texas frontier and from
transportable field bases at Vera Cruz
is made clear by chief consideration
Of the situation.
Guerilla warfare. even following
mediation, is the spectre of this peon
revolution. The United States must
IDEAL with 100000 people, so per cent
Ignorant and illiterate, scattered over
100000 square miles Of trackless des-
erts. steep and jagged mountain
ranges, tropical jungle and forests.
Against this formidable picture former
President Taft, speaking with the
authority of experience in the Philip
pines, paints its sequel:
Guerilla warfare is a thing easy to
keep up and mighty hard to suppress.
II we go in to clean up Mexico we must
count on putting 100000 men into the
field and keeping up costly warfare,
at the rate of S1.O00.000 a day, for two
OF three years. Disease would thin our
ranks more than bullets, and, having
lost thousands Of lives and expended
a treasure double that which il cost TO
give the Panama Canal TO the world,
we would have on our hands hostile
and ungrateful people. The task of
tranquillizing the country might take
years, as il has taken England in
Egypt and is now taking us in the
Philippines"
That the modern airship is the eff
fective instrument for dealing with
such conditions is made forever clear
by the official report of Brigadier Cen
eral Scrivener. chief of the United
States Signal Corps in his recommen-
dation, last August, urging the i'm
mediate purchase OF large foreign air
chips:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
ARMY'S ROLE IN SUCH A CASE
WOULD BE EASY.

The American army would become
practically nothing more than an o.
cupying army; it's oldfashioned tactics
OF meeting the enemy before reaching
it's base would be supplanted and made
unnecessary by means of the easily
controlled airship in the upper high
ways. The territory between Mexico
City and Vera Cruz, together with the
difference in elevation between the sea
coast and that mountainous capital, af-
fords the most favorable conditions for
operating a long range airship. Tho
distance is easily within the radius OF
any OF the largest modern dirigibles.
Starting on the trip from sea level, the
air cruiser gains in capacity with every
mile that it flies because OF its natural
tendency to become lighter as Its fuel
is consumed. So it could carry per-
fectly adequate supply Of ammunition.
There would be no Mexican war and
very few guerilla raids If this country
possessed half Of Germanys great air
fleet. After the occupation OF the Mexi-
can capital and the transferrence Of tho
airship bases TO that central point. far
inland. an airship patrol system Of Ave
hundred miles outward in all directions
would be 1000 per cent more economi-
cal and efficient than any slow move
ment OF troops fighting their way
blindly through the rough country.
The deserts OF Northern Mexico would
be readily accessible to airships sta
toned on the Texan border. Troops
moved across the country patrolled by
airships would gradually occupy all
strategic points. one airship at each
of these bases could be relied upon To
keep the garrison fully apprised OF the
presence of any marauding bands long
before these bands could reach the OBJ
ject OF their attack. Not a secret OF
the feeble enemy could be maintained
impenetrable, not an ambuscade could
be laid, not a single base OF supplies
would pass unperceived. And the air
ship itself would rain down the I'M
foreseen and decisive punishment
which would effectually scatter these
banGits
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
NONE OF THESE AIR CRAFT TO
BE HAD.

The value Of this great modern arm
which the United States does not pos
sess-is more than confirmed by recent
attempts by the aeronautic officers OF
the army and navy to obtain foreign
airships. efforts marked by utter fall
ure. because every important airship in
Europe is in the hands Of some one OK
the great powers and all the factories
are taxed beyond their capacity TO sup
ply the enormous demand. An officer
OF the navy well informed on the stage
OF development at which military air
service has arrived abroad recently
told the writer that this Mexican situ-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

welded if she had not so signally failed
to prepare for exactly the situation
which Mexico presents.
German technical journals are now
full of descriptions of the armament OF
and shooting done by the new war
Zeppelin V over the artillery grounds
at Doeberitz.
This aerial Dreadno-gh mounts
two-inch cannon in addition TO its ma
chine guns. These weapons are on top
of the hull, at the bow or stern, safe
from any escaping gases. The motors
are muffled as effectively as those Of an
automobile, allowing the ship to
strike without warning during cloudy
weather or at night.
During target practice heavy bombs
have been launched with great velocity
from a safe battle height of mile and
have struck within circles of fifteen
feet. Expert testimony states that
these bombs could be dropped easily
into the tunnels of dreadnoughts, or
four bombs would completely wreck
railway station or other depot OF sup
ply The most startling OF these recent
revelations have been the published re-
suits of the VS. shooting with cannon
and machine guns.
On March II and subsequent dates
the airship, while encircling at high
speed a target II by 33 feet in dimen-
sions, suspended 1000 feet in the air by
kites swaying in a strong wind, scored
a large percentage of hits at a distance
Of 1888 yards. It's cannon, firing across
100 yards, hit two black spots on the
target, representing the pilot and mo-
tor OF an aeroplane.
No coherent body OF troops could ex-
list long against such craftsmanship,
especially when they are practically
stationary on the ground, as seen from
an airship. The presence Of such
terror over Mexico City would hold in
check any threatened massacre OF for
eigners. Not q Mexican would dare
show himself on the streets. Two OF
these modern craft could dominate that
city with the ease OF an army OF occu-
patton.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-10
Hydraulic Mining.

The beginnings of hydraulic mining
reach back into the realm of mythol-
ogy. The story of Jason and the gold
fleece has its origin in that indus
try. for the Colchians. from whom ia
son obtained the fleece. We're great
miners. They We're Of Il country which
in placer gold. and their
meth"d Of operation was to place a
sleeps hide with the wool on it In a
brook and allow the. water to
carry the gold bearing sand over it.
The heavy gold sank into the wool and
was held there. while the lighter sand
and debris We're washed away by the
water. The fieeces thus obtained were
valuable. and it is supposed that they
were used in trade and so came into
the hands of the Greeks. Hydraulic
mining has not progressed much since
the time Of Jason. the one essential
difference aside from mechanical i'm
provement being the present use Of
mercury to assist in holding the water
borne particles of gold. Engineering
Magazine.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-10

"vA1 HEN the Men Left Town" 10 q
side splitting comedy that Is
particularly aprOp0s at this
time Of ~sunragette uprisingA. OF
course the men win out in the end.
Marguerite Courtot, although the
youngest star In moving pictures. ia
also one of the ~cleverest. She has TAX
On some Of the most difBcult parts In
motion picture history and haDdle1
them to perfection.
LOtt3e Blair Parker's "Under South
ern Skies" that famous old play, will
soon be seer In motion pictures. Thu
producing will be done on . mammoth
scale.
Victoria Forde, the pretty seventeen
year-old leading woman, can swim,
ride, shoot. play billiards, drive an au-
tomobile. paint pictures and operate 4
telegrapher's key. She is practicing
ventriloquism and expects to be adept
oOon In that also.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-10
LIFE SAVING CRADLE.

Apparatus Designed For Carrying IN.
jured Persons Down . Ladder.
Invented by the wife Of a retired a6-
mtral of the United States navy, q little
cradle, or litter, is designed to enable
injured OF unconscious persons to be
brought safely out of buildings where
the only exit is a ladder, says Popular
Mechanics. 1t was invented primarily
for carrying sailors or soldiers from
battlefield or fighting place to the hos
pital, but it's adoption by fire compa-
MES is rapidly demonstrating its efi-
cheney in the lines Of peace. In max
ing a rescue one fireman descends one
rung ahead of another, thus distribut-
ing the load.
The cradle weighs but four and one
half pounds and makes a bundle only
eighteen inches long and less than i've
inches in diameter. The cradle proper
consists of a double thickness of heavy
canvass three and one-half feet long
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-10

and eighteen inches wide. To each
end Of a heavy canvas strip attached
across one end of the main sheet and
projecting ten inches at each side is a
patented catch, held firmly in place
with a piece Of stout leather riveted
directly to the canvas strip. A har-
ness Of canvas and leather IL provided
for each of the two men who are to
use the appliance. Shoulder straps Of
canvas four inches wide, with two
metal rings at each side, permit the
cradle to be hooked to the shoulder
harness.
Used as a litter, this device has prov
ed much more flexible than the stand
ard stretcher. which il Of little . in
descending or ascending stairs where
sharp corners have to be turned. The
new apparatus leaves the hands free.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-10
Electrical Copper Refining.

A plant laid out on a very extensive
basis for the teaching and electr0lytic
precipitation of copper is being con-
structed at C~hiquicamata, Chile. The
ore body to be worked in this vicinity
is in excess Of zoe. 600 tons. The
first unit Of the plant now in course Of
erection has been designed to treat
10000 tons Of r per day. The refn-
cry viii have an output Of about 1885,
COO pounds Of copper per day. Energy
for separating the copper from the ore
win b transmitted 70 The plant nrsm Z
eenerating station On the coast over
alghty.nve miles Of. line q 100000
voltG-Blectrical Worl1.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-10
Where There's
a Will
There Is Also q Way
BY I. COELL
Copyright by Frank A. Aunsey Co.


There isn't any use Of living to be as
old az the hills as l have unless you
can do exactly az you please. especial
~ when your own think best IL a great
deal better than anybody else's think
best.
Now. I'd been thinking secret-hke
and saying open that twas high time
my graDdniece Luella was married.
1t wasn't likely that l could live on
indefinitely. and it might be some
amusement to me in the hereaf ter to
recollect the features Of Luella's hus-
band.
And it would be pleasant to have q
little child about. a boy or a girl. for ne
to pet during the few remaining years
to ne on earth. when one naturally in
clines to the young.
! didn't know where an eligible
young man was coming from in these
parts. But from the minute l was
born ! always had an opinion on every
subject. and I knew I'd end the young
man somehow.
So when young Dudley Holbrook's
auto turned turtle in front Of my yard,
and young Dudley Bedrock draped
himself around my stone post and gar
den gate with q broken arm and a
broken collar bone | bad the hired man
carry him straight up to the spare
room.
After the doctor had set his bones
and bandaged his head l sat awhile by
his bed and listened to his blabbing.
Then I made up my mind he'd do to
marry Luella.
Nothing's so good an index Of char.
acter and past actions as delirium talk.
and. after l listened hard for ffty-6ve
minutes and heard no mention Of cho-
rus girls, jack pots or other metrOpoli.
tan poisons. l decided he'd do.
So. going out from the sickroom. l
addressed my grandniece:
Its a special di%spensation for you.
Luella. an act Of Providence. This
young mans name. according to cards
and other memoranda in his pockets, is
Dudley Holbrook. The newspapers
had a deal to say last year about the
fortune old Holbrook left his sons
when he died. consider this a most
suitable marriage for you"
Luella's brown eyes opened wide.
It's a way they have when Luella is
angry. But l won't tolerate anger in
a young person and prepared to say DO.
But all that Luella uttered a
what about the young man. and
what about Freddie?"
My grandniece has a most annoying
habit Of bringing up topics wholly IT.
relevant to the subject under discus
sion. What had my Granddaughter
Freddie to do with the question:
"Freddie" ! stormed. Don't you
dare think Of marrying Freddie! II
ever l had such an idea in my head
for you twas when he was in kits and
not in college. Freddie indeed! There
10 too much society about Freddie. it,
Ill frat and varsity and varsity and
frat. Too much society. say. ]
won't have you marry Freddie!"
! went back to the sickroom and tool
another look at the injured young man
He had q strong body. a clear. fresh
skin and a look about the part Of him
that wasn't bandaged that told M hi
hadn't abused the money his fathel
bad LETT him.
%. having made mp my mind that Il
tie young mas didn't die he shoult
marry Lue3le, J fen quite com1estabsl
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-10

OF May z
Irving X. parkway. attendance
board of nsanity and recording
papers. April n and May 29.... 30
6. H. Hebert. car fare and expense
trip to Bism arck .-.."..... .... wv
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Miller. gravel for roads,.
second district. 1876
Northern Telephone Co.. Tele-
phone rent for courtmonth
OF INV
City of Westhope, relief county
pool. report No. 0...........................- 81 o.
w. 6. Croker, supplies for court
....-.."..-... IL %
State treasurer. support of county
poor. inmate at tuberculosis
sanitarium. December to Mar,
81, = y W
The report of Irving II. parkway. chair
man board of insanity in the matter of
the insanity of Dave Carol. was received
and approved and on motion warrants
ordered drawn as fOllowe:
Witness fees and mileage....--S 90
On motion the following bills were audit
ed and allowed: ..
Imperial Elevator Co. bridge pill
ing for county bridges 400 80
The Bottineau Courant. publish.
ing commissions proceedings
and supplies for court house...... 81 80
The North Dakota Eagle. supplies
for court ous u 10
On motion board adjourned without
date
G. H, Hebert.
County Auditor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-07

in explaining his attitude, 81 feel that
it is essentially of public concern. I
believe that if discussion in the open
this treaty with Nicaragua would die
as it ought to die. / believe it is bas-
ed upon deception and misrepresenta-
ton, on fraud, tyranny and corrup-
ton, and | am prepared TO show it.
regard the treaty as so fundamental
ly important to the people of this
country that if 7 cannot get the con-
sent of the senate to place before the
senate facts which I have in my pos
session, shall feel constrained to
disregard some Of the rules of the
senate and put these facts before the
country.
"All kinds of charges have been
made against Secretary of State
Bryan and other officials connected
with the office. The only way to deal
with these charges is by pitiless pub
licity"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-07
CARS MUST STOP
ON NEAR Side
SAYS COUNCIL
Continued from Page ~

sessment to pay expenses already in
Cured.
A resolution was adopted to appro-
pirate $4,000 out of the general fund
to pay time warrants due June 10.
1916. An ordinance was also passed
appropriating $500 out of the city
fund to pay bills incurred by the
street department in the month of
June. Anothte ordinance appropriate
ing $175 to pay feed bills incurred
by the police and fire department was
also passed. The regular monthly
bills were allowed and ordered paid.
After IncOnsiderate AutQists.
At the request of Alderman We'll
an ordinance will be drawn up which
will prohibit the use of 'eut-Outs" on
automobiles and motorcycle. He said
that he had received many complaints
from people claiming that church
services on Sunday evening were dis
turbed as we'll as people who are
asleep.
Alderman Sorrells registered a
complaint about the speed maniacs
He said that automobilsts on Fifth
avenue, OIlNG SlIctl duu Mail SlI CC'
exceed the speed limit and run very
recklcssly," and that stop should be
put to the practice. He said that if
all persons caught exceeding the speed
limit were arrested the, city would be
out of debt in one day.
A permit was granted J. B. Simon
to cut down the sidewalk in front OF
the Best theater to the level of the
street.
Alderman Sorrells said that the
water pipes laid at the corner of Fiji
tnent havenue and Locust streets by
Robinson brothers, We're not laid ac-
cording to city ordinance. which re-
quires them to be placed certain
number of feet underground, and
made a motion which was seconded
and passed that the contractors be in
structed to comply with the law.
To Revise Ordinances.
A motion was made by Alderman
Sorrells to look over the ordinances
of the city and revise them if neces-
sary. The purpose is to determine
the duty of the board of public affairs
and the mayor. The committee ap-
pointed is composed of Alderman Sor
rells, City Attorney Earl S. Wood
City Engineer Frank r, Allen and
Mayor Simon Bloom.
Alderman Simpson said that some
kicks have been registered to him be-
cause the Bluff city houses on Ninth
avenue between Ohio and Nebraska
streets did not yet have sewers laid.
The report of the police committee
showed that fines collected in June
amounted to $3.50, while fines amount
ing to $776 were worked out. The to
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-07
GRANT FILIPINOS
TERRITORIAL
GOVERNMENT
Jcnes Bill Not Expected BY Presi-
dent to Pass at This Session
Of Congress.

Washington, July 6.-Representa-
tives Jones of Virginia, chairman OF
the house insular affairs committee,
is to report to the house within Few
days his bill granting the F1liplnos
the widest form of territorial govern
ment, but denying to them lndepend-
ence until they shall prove that they
can maintain a stable form of govern
ment.
president Wilson and Mr.. Jones
conferred over the proposed leglsla-
tion. The president announced he dld
not ieXpect tn, Jones bill to become a
law during this session of congress.
The bill will make provision for
immediate organization of Filipino
senate and house, the former to con-
sist of twenty -four and the latter OF
ninety members to be elected by FILL
pino citizens qualified as unedr Unit
ed States laws to vote. The president
of the United States is to appoint I'M
til full dependence is granted a gov
eraor general. advice governor-gen-
eral and the Justice of the Filipino
supreme court.
The governor-general shall-have
the right of veto of legislation, but
may be overriden by two-thlrds
vote of tn, senate and house. Abso-
lutte veto power for all Filipino legis-
lation is to be vested in the president
o. the United States.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-07
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that Road
Improvement district No. 1 of Jeffer-
son county, Arkansas, will receive
sealed bids for furnishing and
spreading on the road known as. the
Main street pike, one thousand yards
of gravel, said gravel to be placed as
needed on said road from the city
limits to the end of said road. Bids
to be directed to j. A. Clements, sec
rotary, and will be received up to II
o'clock, noon, July 10, 1914. The dis
trct reserves the right to reject any
and all bids;
P. P. BYRD, president,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-07
ATTENTION. LADIES

FOR A SHORT TIME WE WILL
RENOVATE YOUR OLD MAT
TRESSES AND MAKE LIKE NEW
WITH THE BEST OF TICK AND
BEST FINISH FOR $500; ALSO A
LESSER GRADE FOR $3.50.
PHONE 500
Turner Bedding Factory
WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF
ALL GRADES MATTRESSES
AND PILLOWS
PINE BLUFF. ARK, 6-7-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-07
BOTTLE BURSTS;
WOMANS EYE OUT
SODA MAKER LIABLE
Continued from Page u

The following applicants were eX-
amined for supreme court licenses
Chas. D. Harmon, w. f. Clark, Law
renee B. Burrow, Thos. K. Martin
Thil Gallery, Samuel w. Trimble, L.
A. Pindall, Arthur F. Triplett, Frank
Nj. Alice, w. j. Lanier, w. IS. Coble-
ntz, Cecil Randolph Warner, Geo
Knox Craceraft, Milton w. Guy, Jas
r Bussey, s. H. Mann Jr., j. w.
CDonnel, r. R. Mcintosh.