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when Austria was compelled to yield
Venice. The Italian population is large.
and Austria never has succeeded in de-
veloping a friendly feeling on the part
of this population. The municipality
is italian and municipal officers fire.
Quently refuse to speak German.
An American resident OF Trieste once
was roundly abused by the local tax
collector because he addressed the col
lector in German instead of in Italian.
There is an Italian society in Trieste.
whose avowed purpose is to secure
the return Of the Adriatic entrepot to
Italy. Its activities are open and the
Austrian government has found 1t more
convenient to ignore the existence OF
the society than to suppress 1t.
This 10 the sentimental side of the
subject, but It has a direct bearing on
the question of commerce. The an
nounced purpose of Great Britain is to
sweep the German merchant marine
from the seas and regain control OF
the foreign markets which Germany
has invaded to the detriment Of Brit
ish products.
Trieste is an outlet for south Ger
many as well as for Austria. With Tri-
este an italian instead of an Austrian
seaport German goods would be less
likely to seek this outlet and German
vessels would not seek for cargo there.
By dispossessing Austria Of Trieste
England would be able to interfere
seriously with German commerce. AUS
trian commerce in competition with her
own trade she does not fear. because
Austria sends SO little to the neutral
markets Of the world.
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to the United States, with the exception
of magnesite and hops are highly fin
ished articles which are in the nature
Of ,uxnries and tt,ss which are re-. subject to
Whichever party has been in power in
Congress and has enacted tariff legis-
lation. 1t has been unable to satisfy the
Austrian desire for low duties on high
ly finished articles.
Nearly one-half the exports to the
United States are from the Vienna dis
trict The Adriatic provinces do not
contribute large amount.
. Bohemia through Prague as a dis
tributing center contributes about half
as much as Vienna. Beer and hops
from Bohemia form by far the largest
single item, but there are many spe-
cialties.
The Carlsbad district sends the bulk
Of the chinaware. while. Reichenberg
contributes imitation precious stones
to the amount of 100000 and beads to
the amount of 100000. Most Of the
glass and ivory buttons also come
from this district. their value exceeding
100000. Half a million dollars worth
Of fine linens is also contributed by
Reichenberg.
When the war is over the trade rela-
tions between the United States and
same lines as at present. Hops and
beer and magnesite will be wanted by
the b-eweries and iron furnaces and
the general public will continue to buy
Austrian specialtfes in highly finished
and artistic articles. Austria on her
part will continue to take cotton and
copper, tobacco and resin.
Back of the general question of
Austrian trade as related to the war
looms the future Of the merchant ma
rine. Traffic on the Danube will con-
tinue to follow its political geography,
and Budapest will lose none of it's i'm
portance A single company on the
Danube handles 10000 tons of freight
annually. The Danube commerce.
however, may be considered largely an
The ocean routes for what is now
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The value last year was $1.4oo. 900. Cot
tonseed oil at one time had very
good market in Austria. but a strong
group Of capitalists. which had consid-
cradle political influence. This group
succeeded In having prohibitfve tariff
put on cottonseed oil.
years has been making vigorous rep
resentations of diplomatic character
to secure the removal of what is we'll
understood to be discrimination
against an important American prod
continue to be purely OF diplomatic
character no concession Is likely to be
obtained from Austria
-.
Manufactured commodities from the
United States have not large sale,
except in the case of some specialties.
Agricultural implements form the lars-
est item, the total running above ST.
ooo,0 900. Hungary, as the grain-produc-
ing section Of the dual monarchy, is
the largest buyer Of American farm
machinery and especially Of reapers
and mowers, notwithstanding that it
has an AGRICULTURAL implement industry
Of it's own.
much headway. because they have not
conformed to the Austrian preference
for artistic shapes and graceful lines.
range from S1S.000,000 to $4,000, 900.
The heavy balance of trade, as shown
by the disparity Of $S0.000.00O Of Inn
ports and $1s.ooo.oo Of exports. has
heen a subject Of frequent complaint on
the part of Austria against the Amer
ican tariff. Notwithstanding that the
real cause of the disparity is in the
need Austria has of the raw cotton and
copper of this country for its indus
It was an Austrian statesman who on
two occasions proposed European
customs union against the United
States. The simple fact, however, is
that the bulk Of the Austrian exports
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MotionIess Soldiers.

A RUSSIAN soldier has some inter-
"A esting things to tell OF hts expe-
riences while a member of the fmpe-
rial guard, a corps composed entirely OF
picked men.
The czAr was constantly guarded, and
there were so many court ceremonies
and military or Official functions where
at 1t was necessary to remain In rigid
ly correct position. sometimes for hours
at a time, and often with the mercury
below zero, clad in a uniform gorgeous
but overnight and OF an insufficient
number of thicknesses. that it was Of
ten a question whether a man could
maintain his post to the end without
fainting or freezing.
Russian soldiers have, since the days
Of Peter the Great. enjoyed reputa-
tion for military stolidity. il not pre-
cision, excelled only by the Germans.
Yet there is recorded an instance of the
admirable immobility OF a soldier OF
the more excitable French. Nor was
he one of the famous old guard OF the
great Napoleon. but instead mere
palace guard of Napoleon the Little"
in the heyday of the ephemeral bril-
lance of the second empire.
He was posted on guard in a corridor
of the court where he stood SO per-
fectly still that the prince imperial.
then q child, was seized with an fmpish
desire to stir him to human behavior,
and, in the hope of doing so. poured the
contents of bag Of sugar plums sud
denly into his boot The man never
moved, nor SO much as lowered his
eyes.
When, the next day, the story was told
the empress she laid a wager with Col.
Verify, to whose regiment the stolid
hero belonged. that she would succeed
where her son had failed. The colonel
escorted her to the corridor. where she
walked up to the man and endeavored
by every means. except OF course. d.
rect address, to which it would have
been his duty to respond. to attract
his attention. It was quite in vain. He
remained unregarding. respectfully
ri9id. and as IL turned to stone. More
over, she observed Col Verify smiling
at her discontinue. 1t was too much.
With characteristic impetuosfty, she
stepped close to the sentinel and boxed
his ears Not q muscle moved
The colonel had won his wager. The
empress afterward sent the man 9
handsome compensation for the cuff
he had received. but he refused to ac-
cent IL. declaring-and there spoke the
kable Frenchman. after all
that he had been already sufficiently
by the touch Of his SOW
ereign ladys hand on his cheek.
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Austria Hungary are through the
Mediterranean. If the rest of Europe
had kept out when the dual monarchy
started in to punish" Servia, Austria
tional ambition of possessing the sea-
port of Saloniki on the Aegean sea. No
one supposes now that this ambition
can be realized any more than that the
Albanian port of Durazzo ever will be-
come an Austrian outlet. If the war
leaves Austria in undisturbed possess
sion of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the
free access to Spalato on the Dalma-
tian coast will be all that she can
expect.
tro-Hungarian ports on the Adriatic.
Trieste is the headquarters of the Aus
trian merchant marine as of the navy.
Though it's overseas commerce is not
great, Austria has built up a very
good merchant marine. The Austrian
Lloyds a few years ago put on some
fine new vessels for the transit
through the Suez canal to the orient.
AS stroke of enterprise it also i'm
ported an American citizen to become
manager of the company. and made
him an Austrian subject. Notwtth-
standing the government support, the
line has not been very successful.
financially. -aere has been sharp criti-
cism of the directors, and whispers of
scandal in the relation of the COMPANY
to the government.
In spite of the financial losses the
Austrian Lloyds is a very important
part of the merchant marine. and is q
valuable factor in developing Austrian
foreign commerce. The capture of
only one of its vessels has been re-
ported since the beginning of the war,
so the company may emerge with lit
tie actual loss of vessels and cargo
An Austro-American line runs be-
tween Trieste and New York and New
Orleans. 1t has been useful in ex-
panding the trade of both countries by
furnishing direct facilities. The immi-
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grant traffic has been important to
this line.
There are also Austrian steamers to
South America, SO that it may be said
that Trieste is in direct steamship
communication with the leading ports
of the world.
Fiume is a distinctively Hungarian
port, and the Hungarian government
has merchant marine of it's own en-
tirely Independent OF Austria. The gov
ernment gives subsidy Of $1,O00.0OO
annually to the Adria line, which main
tains steamship service between Ffume
and north African ports as well as to
other European ports Another line.
the Atlantica, which is not subsidized,
has q fairly extensive fleet for the
Black sea trade. The Levant Company
maintains a service between Fiume
and Constantinople and other ports.
1t will be seen that should one re-
suit OF the war be to dismember the
dual monarchy and set Hungary up as
a Magyar kingdom. Hungary will have
its own port and its own merchant
marine. It also will have the Danubfan
outlet.
The real question is whether or not
Austria shall remain in possession OF
Trieste. There have been hints that
the allies were ready to pay big price
for Italy's neutrality. and even that
Trieste might be one consideration.
Italians never have been satisfied
with the failure to get Trieste back
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

USTRIA H U N
GARY has been
picked by the
prophets as a sure
loser by the war.
This relates to
the presumptive
loss Of territory.
1t is assumed
there also will be
q great loss OF
trade. This as
sumption is not
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The Balkan trade is the most impor-
tant stake involved in the present war.
The Balkans supply part of the raw
materials that enter into the Austrian
industry and the bulk Of the foodstuRs
that are imported come from the same
source. The Balkans also take large
quantities Of Austrian products. par
ticularly machinery.
Exports to Rumania, Bulgaria. Sarvia,
Greece, Montenegro and European Tur-
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BORDER AT sA1o IN THE AUSTRIAN TYRo1.

High-Grade Special
ties the Product of Its
Industries -,Diversi-
ties of Races Engaged
in Manuf actures.
Teutons, Czechs, Mag
yars and Slavs The
Balkan Trade Raw
Material From the
United States Adri-
attic Ports and the Mer-
chant Marine.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
MAY SOON BUILD
MASONIC TEMPLE
Building Association Meets
Waits For Work TO Begin on
New P. 0. Building.

Definite plans for the construction
OF beautiful new Masonic Temple.
wait only for the beginning OF work
on the new government building. ac-
cording to announcement made last
night, following the annual meeting
of the Masonic Temple Association.
With the completion of the federal
building the association proposes to
sell It's property on Fourth street.
and with the proceeds as a nucleus to
prepare plans for a new building. on
its lots on North Seventh street. near
the telephone building.
At last nights meeting the annual
report showed the finances of asso-
citation to be in excellent condition.
The following officers were e.ected: :
Guy V. Sternberg, president: c. s.
Desch. vice president and treasurer:
ID. b. Wright, secretary. the three al
SO constituting the trustees.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
LUNCHEON At
LA COURT To
DISCUSS R. R.
Palmer Offers to Give Bond to
Complete Survey; Better
Opinion Of Plan Expressed.

a luncheon at the La Court tomor-
row noon has been called by Mayor
Cherrington to discuss the newest
proposition made by w. X. Palmer.
Mr.. Palmer, who left yesterday for
Cortez. says he viii seek to have his
hackers authorize him to give bond
to complete the proposed Albuquer-
que-Salt Lake railroad survey and
turn it over to the citizens. II on the
other hand. local citizens give a bond
to raise the $4,000 and secure the
right of way as Mr.. Palmer demands.
The feeling is general among the
committee that such a bond would
authenticate Mr.. Palmer and the
only investigation proposed is as to
whether his standing as an engineer
is such as will give value to the sur
vey. This proof Air Palmer proposes
to offer
general invitation to all inter-
ested people is extended TO attend
the luncheon tomorrow and doubt
less II will be an enthusiastic affair.
Mr.. Palmer has realized that his
former proposition did not appeal to
local people who might he expected
to be the principal donors and his
newest plan meets more general
favor
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
1878 BUSINESS WAS
BETTER THAN 1872
Local Merchants Expect a De-
Cided Improvement During
the Coming Season.

Local merchants who yesterday
completed their invoicing declared
today that their 1918 trade showed
considerable Improvement over 1912.
and but for untoward circumstances
near the close OF the year. would have
been much heavier.
The holiday business was on lev
ell with that of year ago. whereas
decided Increases were expected.
From August to November business
in every line. showed great improve
ment. according to local merchants
Generally they are well satisfied
with conditions. and predict that the
present year will show decided i'm
provement, due to the readjustment
of values having already taken place
and the better prices received for
fruit the past year coupled with the
fact that many ranchers are going
into the dairying business.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
SEND FREIGHT
THROUGH MAIL:
SAVE HALF
Grand Junction Firms Take Ad-
vantage Of the Fifty Pound
Limit Very Frequently.
MAY PUT IN DEPOT STATION

With the establishment of the new
parcels post rate. fixing the limit at
nifty pounds, the Grand Junction.
lostoifice was converted into a small
sized freight house this morning, and
Postmaster Price will send in a
frantic plea for permission to estab-
lish a sub-station at the Union depot
so that freight shipments by mail.
may be handled without going out
through the uptown office.
II is more than likely that the de-
partment will authorize the local Of
nee to lease one of the express Of
fices at the depot, discarded when
the Globe and Wells Fargo Express
companies consolidated their offices
here
Two or three tons of freight mat
ter were shipped by parcels post
through the local office today: most
OF ii came from the Leach -Coalter
wholesale grocery although the Mesa
Flour mills, the Grant Rug Works
and other local firms took advantage
of the new rate which became erfec-
tive yesterday. Included in the ship
ments We're fifty pound bags OF sugar,
condensed milk, soap, apples, tobae-
co. canned goods, rugs. plate glass,
flour and scores of other articles.
Wagonloads of goods were dumped
Into the postofiice this morning and
afternoon literally blockading the
mailing rooms.
A considerable portion OF the ship
ments today were sent to Bluff and
Monticello. Utah. where the freight
rate is $500 per bundled. while the
new mailing rate is $i.0S per hun
dred. Extensive shipments will be
made from here into the Uintah
basin country, and alst iuto noun
tain stuwns which are not connected
with the railroads by stage. as Uncle
Sans rate is much less than the or
d:nary freight tariff. II business
continues to increase as II did today
il viii be necessary, not only to Sc
cure quarters at the depot for heavy
shipments, but the railroads will be
compelled to put on extra mail cars
at this point, as Grand junction is
peculiarly situated to be benefited
from the new postal rates.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
new WRECKER FOR THE
LOCAL RAILROAD SHOPS

Local railroad men were pleased
yesterday with the arrival of the new
ID. & r. G. wrecker, which will be To-
Gated here permanently. The wreck
er itself is certainly beauty 1t
weighs ] l43. 700 pounds and Is capa-
BILE of handling a 35-ton load. The
wrecking arm is mounted on patent
swivel base. Heretofore the local
yards have had no wrecker at all and
the arrival of this one will enable
them to handle all wrecks for quite u
distance. This wrecker comes from
Pueblo, Pueblo getting new 40
ton wrecker in its place.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
To HOLD FAIR
IF POSSIBLE,
BOARDS PLAN
Special Election TO Submit Sale
TO People will be Called
in Spring.

That there will be county fair
next fall If possible and that the cit
izens will have another chance to
buy the grounds is anticipated to be
the result OF the annual meeting of
the Mesa county Fair association to-
morrow.
If municipal ownership is submit
ted next spring as is expected the
fair grounds matter will also come up
again. The directors are loath to
give up the idea OF holding fanr
and. In spite OF the fact that fore
closure proceedings are in progress.
they hope to retain possession OF the
grounds.
quorum may not be available to-
morrow in which case the old direc-
tors will hold over.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
MAYOR HAS HAD 80 TRIALS

Mayor Cherrington may now prop
'erly be referred to as veteran jur-
ist. During his term of office in 1918
his honor presided at no less than 80
trials in police court, as lord of the
high. low and middle justice. doled
out fines and jail terms to more than
half that number of lawbreakers.
ID. and d." as the police officials re-
fer to the drunk and disorderly cases
made up most of the grist. but the
mayor declares that great headway
has already been made in the regu
lation of booze sources.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
MRS. SMITH IS GIVEN PRESENT

Mrs. John Smith. whose watchful-
ness prevented serious wreck on
the Rio Grande last fall. received a
s25 check from the railway company
yesterday as an appreciation of her
services.
Mrs. Smith saw a rockslide at a
curve above Palisade. while she was
at her home across the river. She at
tracted the attention of Engineer
Price Dittman. who slowed his train
in time to prevent the wreck.
The story of the wreck was given
publicity by The Sentinel at that
time. a-r
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
PRAISE FOR ELKS EDITION

Words of praise on every hand
were heard yesterday and today for
the Elks' edition published by The
Daily Sentinel Wednesday evening.
There were many compliments for
the edition, which was handsomely IL
lustrated and printed in purple ink.
while it also contained the only COM
plete report of the dedication exercis-
es published in the city. AS a re-
suit hundreds of extra copies We're
purchased by visitors and by local
Elks who wished to send them to
friends.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
COAL SHORTAGE KEEPS
FUEL CONCERNS BUSY

Every coal concern in the city is
away behind in their orders. and
while extra teams are being em-
pluyed. there IL q serious shortage in
many places. Others are also hur-
ried in their work, and while there
is plenty of coal to fill the demands
1t is by no means easy to deliver IL.
The continued cold weather has
made considerable inroads on the
supply of business houses and resi-
dences.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
STRUTHERS CHIEF DEPUTY

Billy Struthers, who. as announced
BY The Sentinel Tuesday, was ap-
pointed deputy clerk of Salt Lake
county. holds the position of chief
deputy. He is on duty in Bingham
canon, and draws a salary of SIPS a
month.
Struthers was courageous Off
cial here, and will doubtless have
plenty of use for his sand" in the
rather wild camp at Bingham, where
Lopez began his murderous career.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
NEW TELEGRAPH SYSTEM
INSTALLED ON The GRANDE

A radical departure from the pres
ent system of telegraphing has been
ordered by Vice President E. l..
Brown of the Rio Grande road. The
order effects the Rio Grande. the
Western Pacific and the Rio Grande
Southern. 1t contains code system
in place of the present way of hand
ling messages. Local officials stat
ed today that this new departure
would increase the efficiency of their
department at least so per cent
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
Pirate Tries
to Rob Ship
Associated Press.

San Francisco, Jan. "A hand
to-hand battle with Enthusiastically
garbed pirate who had planned to
rob Il ships safe of $1,000. Gle an out
the Twenty-Five passengers OF vaiua-
bles, and escape in launch, which
was following the ship. is the story
told by Captain Renter OF the steam
ship Willamette. which arrived this
morning.
A. b. Nelson, the pirate, and Joe
Lorain. suspected OF being confed-
eratc, were turned over to United
States authorities.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
UTAH RANCHER DIES
INLOCAL HOSPITAL

Marines Johnson. a Monticello
rancher, died last evening at st. Ma
rvs hospital. MIR. Johnson was 81
years old and came to this country
forty years ago from Denmark.
In Monticello, Utah, he leaves a
wife and four children. who have
been notified of his death.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02

l. n. Pepper. who returned the first
OF the week from Grand Junction,
completed deal while there. dispos-
ing OF twenty acres of land to An
drew l.. Olson of Iona, the consider
alton being $4,000. or $3.50 per acre.
This land is situated in the heart of
Peppers gardens. and Is as fine as can
be found anywhere in the grand state
of Observation-Disclosures Press.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
ANOTHER CONSOLIDATION
MEETING HELD TODAY

Another conference was held today
between the committee from the Pal
isade Fruit Growers association and
the directors of the Grand Junction
association in this city. Aside from
a few details still to be settled, the
two associations are practically
ready for amalgamation, although
the question will first be submitted
to the stockholders.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
CARD index FOR ALL
POLICE COURT CASES

Mayor Cherrington expects to in
stall a complete card index in police
headquarters shortly that Will form a
comprehensive record OF the work.
The cards will carry a description
of the arrested man, his age, nation
ality, etc. as well as a record of the
disposal of the case
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
Second Bandit
Locked in Mine
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Bingham. Utah, Jan. 2.-Emulat-
ing the example of Ralph Lopez, an
Armenian miner. Yousof Bessir. shot
and probably fatally wounded a fell
low countryman at Lark. near here
todas. and took efnges in the Utah
Copper Company mine. A posse,. is
pursuing him underground. There
are guards at the portals.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02

Mrs. NJ. r. Emmert and Millard
Emmert of the Garfield section are
here today. Both mother and son
were thrown from wagon in run
away few month sago and neither
was expected to recover, but they
are in fine health now.
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02

Carmen James vinton and J. A.
Dowler left for Glenwood yesterday.
where they will temporarily repair
some cars that were smashed up in a
wreck there several days ago. so that
they can be brought to Grand juno
tion for permanent repairs. 7
The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02
SUFFRkGETTES MARCH
ON ALBANY CAPITAL
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Nyack. N. Y, Jan. 2.-Suffra gettes
under General Rosalie Jones started
this morning on tho second day OF
their march to Albany. They hoped
to reached Tompkin's Cove. Is miles
north, tonight.