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The river press., 1914-08-26
Switzerland Faces Famine

Washington. Aug. 1S.-Swiss mills
and factories are closed, business is
at standstill, and enterprises de-
pendent upon manual labor paralyzed,
according to DR.. Charles Hubscher,
charge Of the Swiss legation here.
With the army mobilized, DR.. Hub.
scher said today, crops are rotting in
the fields for lack of harvest hands,
and the country faces starvation un-
less wheat is received from the Unit.
ed States.
Switzerland will remain absolutely
neutral" Dr. Hubsccher said. at is
her only course for self-protectiOn.'
Shortage of food supplies has not
yet been felt, however. and recent dis
patches say American tourists still in
Switzerland have experienced the best
treatment.
The river press., 1914-08-26
Congress May No. Adjourn

Washington. Aug. 19.-The war
in Europe has materially altered the
congressional situation. Not many
weeks ago administration leaders
were expressing the hope that the mi
nority would restrain any tilibuster
against legislation. particularly the
antitrust program. so that congress
might adjourn in time for participa-
tion i'll the fall campaign. The re-
publicans. many of them also eager
to get home for the political fray.
promptly agreed that there should be
no filibuster and that all should pull
together for early adjournment.
Today, however. the adjournment
prospect is eclipsed by multifarious
issues. and the democrats themselves
are putting the brakes on legislation.
Leaders. when asked about adjourn
ment, simply throw up their hands
and say. Time alone can answer: we
cannot adjourn while half the world
is warning"
The river press., 1914-08-26
For Government Merchant Marine

Washington, Aug. 19.-Comprehen
sive plans were mapped out by the
administration today for building up
the American merchant marine with
government money for the immediate
purpose of transporting the products
of the United States to the warning
nations OF Europe and to South and
Central America.
President Wilson approved pro-
ject contemplating the expenditure of
approximately $25,000,000 for the pur-
chase of ocean-going vessels to be op-
Grated under the direction of govern
ment shipping board.
Government insurance of American
ships and cargoes against the risks
of war would be provided for in
bill submitted to congress today, af-
ter it had been approved by the pres
ident. The bill, another of the emer-
gency measures designed to aid in
moving exports, would create tenn
porary bureau of war risk insurance
in the treasury department, and would
appropriate $5,OO0,OO0 for the pay
ment of losses and 100000 for the
operation of the bureau.
1t is proposed to use the ships prin-
cipally in the foreign trade, and it is
the hope of the administration that
through this medium great impetus
will be given to the trade with South
and Central America.
The river press., 1914-08-26
Good Roads Day in Missouri

Kansas City. Aug. 1S.-Residents Of
80 Missouri counties spent today I'M
proving the highways in their vicin.
ity, and when the last worker had
laid down his pick and shovel. the
teams had been put up" it was es-
timated that Missouri roads had been
improved to the extent of $l,O0O,OOO
by the 10000 earnest hard.working
road day volunteers.
Although the day was hot. Govern
or Major stuck to his task of directing
the work of % picked convicts from
the penitentiary. The governor wore
overalls and "bossed" the job as we'll
as ii he We're professional roadbuild.
er.
I'VE will do $4,000 900 worth of work
in the two good-road days" said the
governor after receiving reports from
all over the state.
The river press., 1914-08-26
Application for Pardon

Helena, Montana. August 10th, 1914.
At a meeting of the state board of par
dons, held at its office on the above date,
the following order was made:
In the matter of the conditional par
don. granted by the governor, to one
Whereas, the governor of Montana has
this day officially notified this board that
he has Eranted conditional pardon to
one +. l.. sutton. a convict confined in
the crime Of forgery. committed in the
and sentenced on the gath day OF. April.
1914. for term of two years in the
state prison:
Therefore, be it ordered. that August
2Sth 1914. be set apart for the consider
alton of said pardon. SO granted as
aforesaid, and all persons having an in
terest therein. desiring to be heard either
for or against the granting of the par
don, are hereby notified to be present
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon of said day
at the office of the state board Of par
dons. at the capitol Of said state
Further ordered: that a copy Of this
order he printed and published in the
River Press. a weekly newspaper print
ed and published at Fort Benton, Coun-
ty of Chouteau, state of Montana. once
each week for two consecutive weeks.
viz: Wednesday, August 18th. 1914, and
Wednesday. August 26th, 1914.
Adopted
n. NJ. KELLY. President
7. !. RYAN. Clerk.
Contest No. iil9
The river press., 1914-08-26
Notice Of Hearing

In the "!s:."t Court of the Twelfth
judicial district of the state of Montana,
in and for the county of ChOuteau.
In the matter of the estate of Winfield
s. Stocking, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the will of
y infe!d S. Stocking. deceased. has been
produced and filed herein: that the petit
tiCn of Katherine L. Stocking. of Fort
Eenton. Montana. for the probate of said
will has been filed herein: that Saturday.
the :>th day of August. a. d. 1914. at
70 O'clock Il M. be, and the same is,
hereby set by the clerk Of said court
aus the time for hearing said petition by
the said court or Judge. at the court
ronrl 81 said court in the court house
a; Fort Benton. Montana.
That said notice of said hearing is
given by said clerk by publication of the
same in the River Press. a daily news
paper printed and published at Fort Ben
ton. in said county and state. for at
least ten different days of publication
corsecutiVely.
Is:ed August 1ith. \. D. 1914
GEO. II. PATTERSON.
Clerk of the District Court.
Est publication August IA. 1914
The river press., 1914-08-26
BRITISH TROOPS IN FRANCE
Large Force Joins French Army In
Impending Battle


London, Aug. 1S.-The most impor.
tant revelation of the day has been
that Of the landing of a British ex.
pcditionary army on the shores of
France. Everybody in England has
known for two weeks that a large
army was crossing the channel. The
troops had been assembled at differ
ent bases, one of the largest contin.
gents embarking at Dublin, Ireland
Many other regiments sailed from Liy
erpool, while still others took ship at
Eastbou, Southampton and other
ports along the coast of the English
channel.
The great canvas camps at the mil
itary stations in England were struck
only when it was known definitely that
the ilotilia of transports conveying
the troops had finished the oversee
movement under escort of strong
squadrcns Of warships.
The transportation of the soldiers
lasted several days and during that
time not mention of the expedition
was permitted to the newspapers here.
Even now the strength of the expedi
ton, the names of the regiments COM
posing the contingents and the ports
where they landed are not allowed to
be made public.
1t is known, however, that q large
proportion of the best troops of the
British regular army are now on con.
tinental soil. The reception of the
British soldiers in France was enthus.
iastic. The officers and men of the
two armies fraternized warmly.
Now that the ban of secrecy has
been removed from British troop
movements, and the official press bu-
reau has admitted the arrival of Brit.
ish troops in France, great enthus.
iasm is exhibited everywhere in Lon.
don over the safe arrival of the sol.
diers on the continent and over the
reports showing they were heartily
received by the French.
The river press., 1914-08-26
Oevelopes New Kind Of Wheat

London. Aug. IA new wheat
with five parents and inheriting the
virtues of each of them is the latest
triumph of Prof. Rowland Biffen OF
Cambridge university. 1t is a pecu.
liarly hardy development, growing
from three to three and half feet in
height, stout of straw and also good
for milling, and is especially adapted
for the exposed Fen country. This
new wheat will be put on the market
next year.
There are several other wheats and
barleys to Prof. Biffen's credit at the
Cambridge farm this year. One OF
these is wheat crossed between the
red Fife and the old English wheat
known as Hrowick. 1t is exceedingly
heavy cropper and an excellent grain
The river press., 1914-08-26
Affects Revenue and immigration

Washington, Aug. 1S.-An indication
of the effect of the European war up.
on American customs revenue was
given in the treasury statement today,
which showed that receipts of $11,.
1858 so far this month are about
$4.4OO.OOO below the income for the
same period last year.
Wars effect upon the tide of immi-
grafton into the United States was
indicated by official figures today,
showing a decrease of more than so
per cent in the number of aliens com.
ing in during the first half of August,
compared with the same days last
year. From August to IA the immi-
grants numbered 2O.9S6. as against
56.470 last year.
The river press., 1914-08-26

profitable than small ones in proper.
tion to the dollars invested. He says
that after two or three years investi-
cation the government has published
a bulletin presenting the conclusions
of a survey of representative farms in
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, wherein is
shown who makes the money farming
and how: also who loses it and why.
Following is an extract giving some
of the facts contained in the govern
ment's reports:
''In the first place. it seems to have
discovered that most of it is made by
the landlord, and that chiefly out of
the increase in land values. The far
mer gets poor wages for his work. In
startlingly large proportion of the
cases he gets no wages at all, after
allowance is made for interest on in
vestment and cost of help. The man
on the small farm makes less wages
than the man on the bigger farm, be-
cause it costs more for what the eff.
cheney experts might call overhead op-
Grating costs on small than on a
large farm. If you don't own enough
land to make good sized economic
farming unit, rent some and farm it
along with what you own. If you can't
get it, sell what you have and 60
where you can buy enough, or rent
enough to make the proper unit.
"The department figures show that
as the size of the farm increases the
proportion of it actually raising crops
increases, and the number of horses
and amount of machinery required per
acre to farm it decreases. Likewise,
until the farm gets big enough to
make it possible to handle labor most
efficiently-that is, to have something
for all the hands to be doing all the
time that is worth while-the proper
tionate labor cost is too large on the
small farm. That may be tough on the
intensive experts, but it's a fact they
can't get around. The small farm
must have the various implements,
but they don't do as much work per
dollar of cost that they represent as
on the bigger farm.
"The survey which brought out
these and many more important facts
Included 277 farms in Indiana. 1876
in Illinois, and 227 in Iowa. In each
state rather more than half were oper.
ated by the owners, and the rest by
tenants"
The river press., 1914-08-26
WHAT IS A MORATORIUM

All of us have become geography
students since the war began, and are
cheerfully learning all over again the
names Of cities and provinces we
hadn't heard of for years and years.
And, along with our hurried trips to
atlas and index comes a call for a
look into Mr.. Webster's well-known
book. liking George has signed a
proclamation of moratorium, says
the cable, and we all hike for the die
tionary. After we look we all decide
that a permanent moratorium would
be mighty handy thing to have
around the house. A moratorium,
simply, is permission to postpone
payment of debts, says the Missoula
Sentinel.
Applied to the Bank of England.
moratorium in effect means that it
can issue a larger amount of bank
notes against given amount of gold
reserves. In short. the Old Lady of
Threadneedle Street may and will put
out big bunch of fat money to APP
pease hungry borrowers.
1t isn't the first time it has been nec-
essary for the British government to
help the Bank of England. During
the whole period of the Napoleonic
wars. or for twenty-four years. the
bank lived by special legislation. In
1S47. again in 1857. once more in
1869 and as late as 1890, at the time of
the Barring Brothers stupendous fail
ure, the Bank of England had to be
helped.
In the last named instance the Bank
of France came to its rescue with
vast quantity of gold. Even ten per
cent discount rate-the highest in a
century-now fails to keep gold in the
Bank of England. Therefore, the law
governing it's actions is suspended.
and it may refuse to pay out gold at
any price, but instead pay with its
specially created funds.
The river press., 1914-08-26
Losses From Hog Diseases

Washington, Aug. 19.-Diseases
caused the swine breeders of Mon
tana to lose $500 hogs, valued at
s65,5O0 last year. according to a re-
port which has just been issued by the
department of agriculture
This is an average death rate of 80
per 1000 head. During 1913 the ratio
was 20 per 1000 head and total of
$3.50 head were lost. The latest CEN
sus reports. which are dated January
l. 1914, show that there are $4,000
head of hogs in Montana and they are
valued at $2.1S9.OOO. or sl1.90 per
head.
The farmers of the entire nation last
year lost 7.O04.O0O head of hogs from
disease. Their total value was SIS.
100000 and the death rate 1l9 per l.
900.
The river press., 1914-08-26

Helena, Aug. 2O.-ApproXimately
$4,000 acres Of railroad lands in Mon.
tana will be surveyed this season. &C.
cording to +. NJ. Johnson. supervisor
of surveys, with headquarters at Den.
yer. He states it is the policy of Sec.
retary Lane to survey the railroad
lands as soon as possible in order that
patents may be issued and the land
made taxable. About 100000 acres
in all. lying in Montana. Idaho. Wash
ingtOn and Nevada. will be surveyed
this season.
The river press., 1914-08-26
lNCINERATlNG THE DEAD

So-called civilized warfare has
progressed" to the point where the
bodies of the slain are incinerated,
and the revolving work of cleaning
up battlefields is thus in some degree
mitigated. There win be no dispo.
sition to deny that cremation is the
safest way of minimizing the perils
OF an epidemic of disease, if not Ell.
tirely averting them. 1t is infinite.
ly better than the old horrible sys.
tenn of burying the dead in huge
trenches, into which hundreds of bod.
les were thrown as though they were
the carcasses of brutes, the sole pur.
pose being to protect the health Of
the living. The old method robbed
human life of it's sanctity and death
OF its dignity. Men marched away
to war in battalions and came not
back again. Their bodies strewed the
field of battle until they could be col.
lected and got rid of beneath the pro.
tecting bosom of the ground. Those
who loved them and gave them as
sacrifices to their country saw them
no more. They did not have even
the melancholy satisfaction of weep.
ing above their corpses. Humanity
became only so much flesh that held
within it the menace of disease.
Yet, aside from the sanitary fea.
ture. how much better is the new
method? 1t is announced that the
Germans are carrying as part of their
equipment incinerators which have a
capacity of twenty-five bodies per
hour. While the statement is made
that wherever possible the ashes will
be returned to the families of the
dead, it is frightful picture which
is conjured up by this spectacle Of
the murderous charges at the front,
converting the living into food for
the white-hot NAV of the incinerators
and the latter converting the bodies
into impalpable ashes, which may
and which may not reach the sorrow.
ing relatives. This instantaneous
blotting out of every vestige of hu.
manity reveals war in all it's terrible
wantonness more vividly than the
most narrowing collection and burial
of the dead.
If the figures given out are correct
and only twenty-five 'bodies can be
incinerated in an hour, it will require
large number of crematories to keep
up the awful pace of the movements
at the front. 1t would require one
incinerator four hours to dispose of
100 bodies, forty hours to dispose Of
1000. and 400 hours, or sixteen days
of twenty-four hours each, omitting
odd hours. to dispose of 10000. AS
the deaths thus far occurring at Liege
may be reasonably estimated at fully
that number. and as the war has only
begun, the horrors of the computation
multiply with its continuance.
The imagination sickens and the
heart falters at the thought of this
frightful sacrifice laid upon the altar
of greed and ambition. The tragedy
is terrible enough when the dead die
for noble purposes and achieve splen
did results. But that these thousands
and hundreds of thousands of lives
must be lost for no reason that will
commend itself to right thinking peo
pie makes this war unspeakably bar.
barous.-Kansas City Journal.
The river press., 1914-08-26

food the department of justice today.
y special agent working in the
middle west telegraphed that he had
found evidence that sugar producers
and reflnels had combined to raise
Irices. another announced that a
state association of -four producers
was issuing Ilice bulletins, and that
evidence gathert d showed t,.a. the or
ganization's prices are followed by
the individual millers.
The river press., 1914-08-26
Zig Demand for American Goods

New York, Aug. 19.-The breaking
off of commercial relations with Eu.
rope has resulted in an unprecedent-
ed demand from Latin-American coun.
tries for American goods, according
to statements today of leading ex.
porters of this city. Exporters say
they are rushed with orders from
their agents and one merchant de.
clared that all the steamships now
running to South America could han
die only one-tenth of the tonnage that
could be sold there in the near fu-
ture.
The river press., 1914-08-26
McReynoids for Supreme Court

Washington, Aug. 19.-The presi-
dent signed today the following NOM
nations:
Attorney General James c. Mercy
nOlds. to be member Of the United
States supreme cour,.
Thomas Watt Gregory of Texas to
be attorney general of the United
States.
The river press., 1914-08-26
Investigating Rise in Prices

Washington. Aug. 1S.-Reports from
officials and special agents investi.
eating the rise in food prices since
the European war began continued to
The river press., 1914-08-26
PROFITS FROM FARMING

In the current issue of the Farm and
Fireside, Judson c. Welliver. Washing
ton correspondent of that publication,
writes an interesting article in which
he shows that large farms are more
The river press., 1914-08-26
For Sale

One o"-hnrse power Case steam en-
gine: one 3oN5+ separator. steel; one g.
bottom John Deere plow. All in good
condition.. F.rouire at
SHARP BIRDS
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-12-04
chief Smith Catches Boy thieves

After many months of untiring effort
Chief of Police Smith on TuesdA y sue
ceeded In solving the mystery of num-
erous thefts of bicycles and accessories,
and arrested thirteen year old Charles
Frank, who informed on his accom-
plice, Ronald Carlson. 1t appears they
have been stealing bicycles, auto shoes
and other articles from autos standing
on the beach. Frank, who has been
under arrest by the truant officer be-
fore, pleaded guilty and was held for
the juvenile court. About the same
time the constable of Mays Landing
phoned to Chief Smith that he had ar
rested Carlson. Carlson was given a
hearing in Mays Landing aud his en-
ployer furnished bail, SO he was not
brought back to Wildwood.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-12-04

An undisguised blessing has come to
the hard working house wife. who in
seasons past has worried over the max
ing of home made candies and other
daintie4in the form of cakes in various
assortments through the agency Of our
we'll known resident and land owner,
Henry HI. Ottens.
CT course, Wildwood in a general
way and Wildwood visitors have
known that Mr.. Ottens had what is
CONNOLLY called a candy factory some
where in Philadelphia. IF any Of our
Wildwood folks drop into the Reading
Terminal market, where they are hold
ing a big food show, they will find on
the Filbert street side q beautiful dis
play OF candles of fifty or more varIe-
ties, and pastries made entirely from a
pure and wholesome concoction, which
has been created by Mr.. Otthns aud is
known as Jack Frost. For many years
he worked in his laboratory at 1923 131
South Front street, aud Mr.. Ottens
feels that he has successfully solved
one of the hardest propositions Ia the
making of candy; that is to create a
basic preparation that will maintain it's
freshness and sweetness for an indefi-
mite period; this is something that all
candy makers, II not all candy eaters
realize, that candies are apt to become
stale and musty when they are kept
for any length of time. Any woman,
even school girls, can easily make a
batch Of delicious s'home grown can
dies" within the short space of half an
hour. after once having bought a jar of
Jack Frost from their nearest grocer or
from Mr.. Ottens direct. The exhibit
ton at the Terminal Market which is
to be run this week and next, is draw
Ing many visitors daily, and one of the
chief exhibits are delicious pyramids
of candy which have been built in Mr..
Ottens' factory under his personal
supervision. Aside from the candies
there is a splendid showing of pastries
in which Jack Frost is used.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-12-04
Mayor Baker Talks with City
Officials

Mayor Baker, of wildwood Creat, in
3 talk with the City Commissioners on
Thursday afternoon before their regu-
lar meeting was called to order stated
that the Commissioners had q big job
on their hands In the way Of repavlng
streets. the proposed high school and
the coiored school. Mr.. Baker favored
the ~resuffacing OF streets and asked If
the Commissioners could not see their
way clear to do this work at once, he
wished they would repair the holes and
ruts In several OF the streets of the first
ward. Mr.. Baker also talked on the
subject Of a high school site, and said
he thought that a Pacific avenue site
was not desirable, as the trolley cars ran
past 1t and secondly and most impor-
tant because the city would have to
purchase a site on that avenue, while
they could use the lot opposite the
Wild wood station without cost, as 1t
was city property. Commissioner
Hendee suggested the tract at New
York avenue and Twenty-sixth street
which Is a city park. Mr.. HARRISON,
q member of the Board of Education,
said the first ward locations were out
Of the question because the boards OBJ
ject was to have the school centrally
located. HARRISON said the site oppo-
site the station was not suitable be-
cause of the noise of two railroads.
The sites which are now under consid-
Grafton are located as follows:
Block opposite Wildwood station,
block or Pacific avenue, Roberts ave-
nue. to Youngs avenue; block on Pacific
avenue from Montgomery avenue to
Baker venue Any Of these sites will
cost upward Of 500, 900. By selecting
the park plot this large sun Of money
will be saved to the city.
The Commissioners explained TO
Mayor Baker that it was up to the
Board of Education to select the site,
but Mr.. Baker told them that they
could have a great deal of influence in
suggesting a site. He explained that
the schools were now overcrowded and
advocated the high school and desired
1t started as soon as possible.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-12-04
OTTENS TRACT NOTES

Mr.. aud Mrs. F. Zwirner entertained
his sister, Mrs. Lavinia Boehringer,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Borrow and VIM.
Shaw on Sunday.
Albert Ernest and family are spend
ing a few weeks In Vineland.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. Hemmer, OF
Camden, spent a few days IN their 18th
avenue cottage.
Miss Edna Kay, of Philadelphia,
was entertained over Thanksgiving by
Miss Margaret Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gabell spent the
week end here In their cottage.
the over Sunday visitors were Mr..
and Mrs. F. Cannon, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
StoneIy and daughter, F. Branin and
son, Edward Brad way. Mr.. and Mrs,
d. r. Gibbs, s. King and R. DOTS.
Mrs. H. Taylor entertained her moth
er, Mrs. Lafferty, and brother, on
Sunday,
Charley Church spent a few days
cunning off shore, bagging a few rah-
bits.