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The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-09
WAR DOES N | I AFFECT POSTAL
 BUSINESS

PARIS, July 9.-War has had con trary effects on the postal service of France. Distractions to commerce and industry resulted in a great de- crease in business correspondence but this Is more than compensated by the increase in personal letters be- tween members of dispersed families and the soldiers and their relatives. In a single day the postal department handed 14,OOO,0GO letters, 7SO,OOO regis tered letters and packages, 135,000 newspapers and 57,OOO postal orders. The volume of matter has steadily in- creased since December.
 But the moratorium, the closing Of number of financial establishments and the suppression of discount has also turned a great flood of collection business to the postal department.
 Naturally, dead letters" have also largely increased, partly through the impossibility of delivering the letters or packages to their destination, but largely on account of defective ad- dresses. Between December 1914, and May 9th last, S,5OO,OOO letters and nearly 6O,OOO packages were thrown into the refuse heap. Among the let ters that have gone to the Dead Let ters Office" during that time were found bank bills to the amount of 360,0 francs, of which the depart ment has been able to return to it's owners only about 3O,oOO.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-09
U H|L } MASCOT. FUR
 RUSSIANS

TELLS, July 9.--Hadzshina, a wild little 6-year-old Kurdish girl, has be. come the mascot of Russian artillery regiment operating on the Persian frontier. She was left behind when the population of the Armenian vii. lage of Hazar fled and Russian sol diers found her, clad in a filthy shirt, hiding in the depths of a bake oven. After she had recovered from fright under the kind treatment of her cap tors, the little one told through an interpreter how she had been left behind by her mother, who escaped taking with her another child. Her father, she said. was soldier and had been taken prisoner by the Rus sian troops.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-09
TELL D|RECT|ON OF SHELLS BY
 SOUND

BERLIN, July 9.-The war has de. veloped what might be termed an artillery ear" especially among the soldiers in this branch of the service. which enables them to judge accur- ately what kind of a shell is being fired at them, and whether or not it is aimed at their battery or at some other spot. Many lives have been saved by this gradually developed oral alertness.
 The artillerist, explains an officer, who has been in the field for months. is able almost instinctively to tell whether a shell is headed for his bat tery or not. The men have learned to pay not the slightest attention to a shot that gives off the peculiar sound indicating that it is aimed at some other battery or position.
 Because of the confusing noise of the artillerists' own battery, the squad tending it usually is divided into two groups, one of which listens for the shells of the opponents, and gives the warning to dive for the shel. ters back of the guns. The men learn to talk with pauses between each word, listening meantime for the tell tale whistle of the dangerous shell.
 Only in the case of a small field can non, fired at a range of, say 2,OOO yards, is it impossible to hear the shell in time to dive into the security of the sheltering understand Those shells have reached their mark about as soon as the sound of their dis charge.
 The 12-centimeter flat-trajectory guns on the other hand gives just enough warning so that the men can make one dive. There isn't one frac. ton of a second to be wasted, but by quick action the artillerist can save himself.
 The big howitzers however give nearly half a minutes warning. AS the officer puts it, one can hear the shells from these guns. and still cut off slice of wurst and take a swallow from ones field bottle" before seek, ing shelter. The shelter in this case must be a genuine shelter, consisting of about three layers of heavy wood, and two yards of earth and stone. Else the shelter and artillerists are gone,
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-09
MEN AT I R ] N l COMPETE FUR
 ? R|ZES

MUNICH, July 9.--Being in the field on soldier duty has not prevented eleven metaphysics students from talk Ing time to compete for the 1000 mark prize offered by the Kant Society for the best answer to the question, What genuine advances have metaphysics made in Germany since the time of Hegel and Herbart? ?"
 pr, Oskar Ewald of the University of Vienna, now at the front, was awarded the 1000 mark prize, which was donated by Prof Dr. Karl Gut tier of the University of Munich Another serving in the war. Dr Kynast of Breslau, won the second prize of 800 marks. The judges were Prof. Hussel of Gottingen, Prof. Hen sel of Erlangen and Prof. Messer oi Giessen.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-09
THE UNKIND WORD

If had known in the morning How wearily all the day
 The words unkind
 Would trouble my mind l said when you went away. I had been more careful, darling, Nor given you needless pain; But we vex our own
 With look and tone We might never take back again. For though in the quiet of the evening You may give me the kiss of peace Yet well it might be
 That never for me The pain of the heart should cease How many go forth in the morning Who never come home at night, And hearts are broken
 For harsh words spoken That sorrow can never set right. We have careful hearts for the
 stranger, And smiles for the sometime guest. But oft for "our own
 The bitter tone, Though we love our own the best. An! lip with the curve impatient; An! brow with the look of scorn, 'Twere a cruel fate
 Were the night too late To undo the work of morn.
 Margaret F. Sangster.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-09
GERMANS ASKED GIVE READING
 TO TURKS

BERLIN, July 9.-Through the agency of the "Deutsehe Durerbund' in Constantinople, an appeal has gone out throughout Germany for German literature which may be placed at the disposal of the Turks.
 "The Turks" says the appeals, Hike their army, will be advanced in cul ture after German pattern" Germans therefore are asked to give their sup port to the move to supply Turkey with German literature. It is hoped and expected to establish reading man books will be obtainable.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-09

So complete in every detail is the British commissariat system that the men in the fighting line are being sup piled with fresh water, which is car ried daily across the channel from Dover.
 Baron Montono, doyen of the dplo- matic corps at Petrograd, is one of Japan's foremost diplomats. He has lived at Petrograd since 1906.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-09
NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders or the First Bank of Cordova will be held at the office of said bank in the Town of Cordova, Alaska on Tuesday July the 18th, 1915, at the hour of o'clock p. m. of said day at which meeting the directors of said bank shall be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business trans, acted as may regularly come before said meeting.
 H. I. LEWIS.
 Assistant Secretary.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-09
Situation Wanted |.

rooming house or to cook at a camp, or roadhouse. Mrs. c. Phillips, Chitina, Alaska.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
PERKINS RESPONSIBILITY.

Theodore Douglas Robinson, form
Progressives, and Prof. Frederick M.
er State Chairman of the New York
| Davenport, who was the party's can
didate for governor last year, are in
| favor of a complete reunion between
the Republican and the Progressive
parties. To this end they advocate an
abandonment of the Progressive or
ganization and the enrolment of its
members as Republicans. With them
stands Chairman Hamlin of the Erie
County Progressive Committee. Mr..
Hamlin recently called his committee
together at Buffalo to discuss this
question and, as indicating the gen.
eral lethargy which has fallen upon
organized Bull Moosery, only 1902
were present out of a membership of
24O.
Though not a member of the COM
mittee, Mr.. George w. Perkins was in
attendance-presumably in his capaci-
ty as national committeeman of the
Progressive party-and he violently
opposed the contemplated reunion
His efforts were successful to the
point that no formal resolution was
passed; but all the reports from the
meeting are that an Overwhelming
majority of the committeeman favor
ed reunion to the end that an undivid-
ed opposition may confront and de-
feat Democracy in the presidential
election next year.
Mr.. Perkins motives are not clear
His responsibility, however, is evil
dent Whatever his purpose may be,
the result of the policy which he ad-
vocates can be nothing else than
continuance of the present administra-
ton in power.
No Progressive can deceive himself
again. In 1912, under the stimulus of
passionate resentment and carried
away by a thrilling devotion for
great personality no less than by
thrilling devotion to certain political
principles-in. 1912 Progressive
might we'll be excused for believing
that his cause and his candidate would
be triumphant at the polls. But the
election returns of that year, and of
last year, have shown conclusively
that organized and active Progressive
ism is simply deed of gift to the
Democrats. Roosevelt and Taft, in
1912, together topped Wilson by near
ly a million and a half of votes. In
1914, Progressive candidates for con-
gresS operated to retain the Demo
Gratis in control of that body. A sim
liar program in 1916 means a continu-
ance of Democratic ascendaAcy in the
executive and legislative branches of
the government. 1t means more i'll
considered and disastrous statutes; it
means a further diminution of pub
lie revenues and a wider profigacy
with public moneys; it means a pro
crossing paralysis of our government
tai ctivities-national and interna-
tional; it means, to a certainty. that
the United States shall find itself,
when the European war is ended,
stripped naked to every hostile blast
that shall blow across the seas
wheather it be military or CONNER
cial in character; it means, in short,
administrative locomotor ataxia for
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
EQUITABLE LIFE NEWS,
A. 1. Myers, The Equitable Man

Approximately $647,OOOOOO invested
In lite insurance last year.
Mr.. w. E. Covey OF Duluth sold q,
$l9UO month Equitable Income
Policy last week, annual premium
approximately $1,000. Wealthy in
vestors are buying our Income Polio
les.
Germany contributes annually
twelve million dollars toward pur-
chasing life insurance for her indus
trial population.
Expert authorities assert that
pauperlsm in any country decreases
IN direct ratio with the increase of
life, insurance written.
For the last fifty years England has
exempted from taxation all money
paid tor life insurance up to one-sixth
OF a PERSONS entire income.
1t is estimated there are ten mil
lion paupers in the United States,
most of them women, children and
old men,-REMEDY; MORE OLD
LINE LIFE INSURANCE.
=. A policy aggregating several mil
hon dollars was written last month
by the Equitable covering the factory
employees of the Studebakcr Com
pany numbering some twelve thous-
and people. This is being done by
many large employers of labor in this
country.
Investigate our new Monthly In
come Policy.
Equitable Life Policies are real
asset, Cashable like a Bank Draft,
9 per cent money loaned on them.
Talk it over.
6fo money loaned by the Equitable
to its Policyholders on their policies
Over $95,000000 of this sort of assist
ance to Policyholders now on the
company's books. Investigate our
Policies.
A. I. Myers, The Equitable Man.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
THE EDITORS PRAYER.

An editor went to church the other
day and was called upon to lead in
prayer, when he resopneded as fol-
lows: Almighty, the kind Father,
who doth from thy throne look down
on the government of delinquent sub
scribers we most humbly beseech thee
to draw near unto them and whisper
few things into their ears that the
statutes torbit us to print Thou
knowest our wants, but the Subscrib-
ers know them not and seldom, if
ever, stop to inquire. Let it be known
to them that there are big patches
on the homestead of our pants, and
that there is an aching void in the
front of our back-that we hunger
and thirst and they ask us not to
come and sup with them. Thou know
est, Lord, that our ink and print
paper costs money, but the subscriber
knoweth il not, and careth a great
deal less. Thou knowest that we are
cold, and the subscriber bringeth not
the wood he promised, and we are
shivering and shaking while he roast
eth his shins before the red hot fires
of his mother Tell him all these
things, Lord, and if he faileth and
bringeth no succor, Danish him to
the lower regions to dwell among the
Republicans, the Democrats. the
Popocrats and Calamity Howlers. and
Thine shall be the praise throughout
our newspaper career.-Maysville
Mo-, Pilot.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10

Ode to Bobo.
(Mauriee Morris, in New York Sum-
Bobo | sing
do not know the man;
He may be short or tall or fat or thin,
Brown hued or black, gamboge or tan;
High principled mayhap or stepped
in sin.
OF details such as these do not know
a thing,
Yet. as before, Bobo | sing.
He is, you know, the latest thing in
Hayti,
A matter not particularly weighty,
Perhaps; and Admiral Capeton now on
the scene
May have him tell his tale to some
marine.
Thus revolutions come and go
In lands that lie couth of us, as you
know.
But Bobo, maintain. whate'er his fate
Has won a place upon this hemis-
phere
Unique; and history will mark him
great
And trumpet forth his fame that all
may hear.
Bobo a doctor is-of what l don't
recall;
But mark you, Doctor, not General
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
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Miss Ora Hadsall entertained 4
number of young friends last Thurs
day evening, the occasion being her
sixteenth birthday. She was the re-
cipient of many nice presents and the
evening was thoroughly enjoyed bv
all present.
Ed. Fisher of Van Wyck spent last
Sunday at the ]. f. Rutledge home
]. H. Mabee left Monday for Long
Valley with his threshing machine,
which he sent by freight. He took the
crew with him and will do consider
able work in that section.
Dean Long is at home once more
after long seige of typhoid fever in
a Boise hospital.
J. E. Rutledge and wife returned
from Brownlee this week.
Harold Foote has returned home
from Long Valley, where he has
been working during the summer.
Prune picking and packing is in full
swing. J. L. Phillips purchased G.
c. Painters prune crop and also a
crop of prunes on the Thomas ranch
across the river.
R. E. Thompson of Arrowrock
spent Sunday visiting his family in
Middleton.
Mrs. Lane and son of Missouri are
visiting Mrs. Lanes brother. w. W.
Crist.
Miss Nellie Rutledge is on the sick
list this week.
Frank Wagner of Seattle, Washing
ton, is visiting his uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Meth.
l. M. Rutledge and family attended
the Grange picnic at Arcadia, Ore
Wednesday of last week Miss Elsie
Ray returned home with them for a
few days visit.
Ira Bray is on the road to recovery
after having been in the hospital with
a broken leg. A horse fell with him
while he was driving stock. The break
was in the ankle joint and caused him
a great deal of suffering
The employees at the o. S. L.
bridge were called up the line in the
vicinity of Banke last week to help
fight fire.
The Quaker Show company left
Sunday for New Plymouth, where
they will show during this week
The diamond ring given by the
Quaker Show company to the lady
getting the most votes, was awarded
to Miss Nellie Rutledge. Mrs. Leo
Zimmerman was successful in getting
the $1,000 wicker chair, it was very
nice and very desirable prize.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
EUROPEAN WAR PRIMER.
By National Geographical Society

Kholm, or Chelm, as the Poles spell
it, has been one of the most interest
ing of Polish towns under Russian ad-
ministration, for from this quiet cor
ner of subject Poland the government
program for the rusication of the
Poles has been directed. Just over
the Russian border, surrounded by
endless acres of forest and agricul-
tural lands, the whole region in which
it lies possessed of but indifferent
means for communication, and, so,
screened from the feverish, suspicious
politics of Warsaw and other Polish
centers, Kholm, in peace times, was
strategic point Of rare advantages
for the propagation of Russian inHu
ences.
The Russian ideals, the Russian
tongue, Russian methods and the Rus
sian religion entered Poland by way
of Kholm, and from there painstaking
efforts were made to spread them
among all the peasantry. The Rus
sian point of view has sought to pen
citrate by way of the Kholm- Lubin-
Ivangorod railway line, and from
here, too, it has made its way south,
even beyond the Galician borders to
the great Polish city of Lemberg
Thus, Kholm, which the Russian
soldiers defended so splendidly, was a
Russian stronghold in more senses
than one. It was the sentimental and
intellectual heart OF the Russian pro-
gram in Poland.
Kholm is the seat of a Russian
bishop. The national Greek Church.
though it claims but few followers
over the Polish boundary, is here
strongly intrenched. The city sup
ports a number of Greek churches,
and an ecclesiastical seminary long
founded here offers to the Poles and
to Russian missionaries the
learning of the Greek Church. The
Russian church has based mighty eff
forts from Kholm for the CONVEX
sion of the Poles to the Church of
most of the Slavs." Its success, how
ever, is still hanging in the balance.
The city is very ancient 1t was
founded by Daniel, Prince of Galicz,
as business headquarters for rich
family estates 1t is today living
specimen of archaeology, with the
railway running through it as one of
the few reminders of the modern age.
The shell fire of today, shaking this
out-of-date, time-sleep city, must
cause an uncanny realization among
its citizens of the strides that the
ages have made since Kholm last
came into immediate contact with the
outside world. The city, most of
which was built without plan, pro-
vides a home for 10000 people, and
before the war outbreak provided an
arsenal quiet but powerful source
of justification plans and sincws.
Lublin, the important manufacture
ing town of this part OF Russian-Po-
land. lies IS miles west-northwcst of
Kholm, by the Kicf-Warsaw Railday,
Kholm forms the south termination
Of the strategic railroad that runs be-
hind the last line OF Russian defense
in Poland, that north-and- south line
of the Bug, reinforced and continued
north from the Bug, by the kholm-
Brcst I.itoviski Bieostok Osowiec
railway. Its possession, therefore, is
of great military importance, The
country around Kholm grows an alb
undance of grains and is also very
rich in it's production of other agri-
cultural products
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
our nation.

our nation.
Yet Mr.. Perkins advocates this.
Why? Is he actuated by hatred, by
covctousness or by envy? He may
pirate Of Principle as much as pleases,
but he cannot long make that a
mask He knows-n3ne better-what
DSmo ,r2tic administration and Demo-
cratic Legislation have hiteherto meant
for those business and financial in
terests with which he has been most
clearly identified. Does he now be-
lieve that those interests henceforward
are to fare better at Democratic
hands If so, what is his warrant for
that belief? Why does he seem so
willing to accept responsibility for
maintaining the Democracv in power2
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10

Two years ago, we recall, the A. B.
c. nations conferred on Mexican af-
fairs. The Niagara conference afford.
ed lot of correspondents an excel
lent opportunity to visit the Falls.
But did anything helpful or practical
come out of the conference? This
years A. B. c. conference was held at
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
TOThe Builder
oEo=-oEo

Progressthe Motto of Civilization is no more forcbIy
FIXTURE.
Time there was when any sort of fixture would do as
means of carrying electric current from the wall to posi-
ton of need Today the Lighting Fixture is not make
shift affair." but rather part of the Home Furnishing.
Indeed, graceful fixture properly Illuminated is
thing of Beauty, Satisfaction Comfort-yes, Necessity
Just as much is the Living Room Rug the Davenport
the Chairs or the Table.
Yet wthal it is often difficult to convice the Builder of
the economy OF proper original installation. How often
do argue that economy to add to the construc
tive cost OF the building for better foundation better
walls better woodwork better paintand in fact end
less number of items at increased expense Later
when ready to purchase Lighting Fixures-you scrmped
and schemed and saved and finally purchased an outfit
OF scmpy measly little cheap fixtures to hang in the
You purchased line furniture rugs s1er crocker1 and
no end OF furnishings to enhance the beauty of your
home. There amidst the socaIled economy hangs what
you failed to consderbut what developed to be more
important than the furniture and harder to changethe
lighting Fixtures wholly inadequate entirely usats-
factory and still you wondered just what the matter
Do, you know that often tmore money is invested in
doorknobs and key holes than in lighting fixtures for
so-caed modern residence?
Mrs. Builder prides herself her ability to entertain
her furniture her rugs her dresses and her hats yet fails
IN the one item that first attracts her vsitorLIGHT By
this not meant that ones visitors unduly critical yet
we all are more or less given to Looking Around and
form our impressions accordingly.
1t is true that the Fixture dealer is selfish because
lighting is his business but existing conditions facts
and privileged to protest against such conditions
particularly in view of the tremendous possibilities for
giving the consumer comfort cheer and enjoyment far
beyond their general conception Science in its rapid
progress has enabled us to enjoy light from two great
standpoints Economy and Efficiency The evolution of
the electric light bulb from the Edison Carbon Lamp to
the Mazda Fiament was immence We now have the Nj
trogen Lamp all but perfected
Is it unfair to ask you Mr. Builder to furnish a suitable
surrounding for this evolution in light by installing a fix
ture that will grace its beauty and lend tone of harmony
to the building and its furnishings?
oEo=-oEo
Idaho Power g. Light Co
Phone 122 119 So 9TH st.
Continuance of Excellent Service
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
A SUCCESS.

As an after-dinner speaker he was
always in request;
His speech consisted of five words
YOU almost know the rest
But what applause would greet him as
he rose and said, said he; -
81 amt much of speaker, but-"The
next cigars on me"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
OF Course.

Mamma was taking daughter to
task:
II don't like the way you ard Jack
hang over the front gate every even
ing" she demonstrated.
"Well, as to that, there's a gre; t
deal to be said on both sides" replied
daughter.-Judge.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
His Experience.

what makes you think you're
qualified to run hotel?" inquired the
man behind the desk.
WELL" 'confded the applicant
Give had summer home for IS years
and all my friends have automobiles"
Buffalo Epress.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
All Right Internally.

DO you see that strong, healthy
looking man over there?"
II was just admiring his physique"
THE doctors gave him up years
ago."
"You surprise me-"
Eyes. They found they couldn't
get anything out of him. "-Briming-
ham Age erald.