davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19
SHOOTING CONTEST FOR
The HERCULES
TROPHY

In the second Hercules Trophy
shoot of the series now being held
by the Benson Rife Clubs, Mr.. E.
A. Brown again proved to be high
man His score was $3.50, and
showed good steady work.
Mr.. L. D. Redfeld made the
same score, but not having entered
the first of the three shoots will
not have much chance for the tro-
ply.
The total scores to date of the
six high men are as follows:
+. A. Brown, s.
DR.. E. B. Thompson 46
Chas. w. Frost 46
John T. Profitt ~. AZ
]. w. Gull 49,. Al
S. M. Davis -. .35
The shoot to be held tom orrow
afternoon decides the ownership Of
the Hercules Trophy. Any OF the
fifteen contestants may win by
making good score in the final
shoot.
The shooting now taking place
will also count upon the score for
the Club Championship Medal
shoot; so members who have not
entered for the Hercules Trophy,
have the opportunity ro try for the
War Department Medal. This
medal contest requires ten shots
each at two, three, five and six
hundred yards slow FIRE and two
and three hundred yards "timed"
Or rapid fire. For each entrant to
fire the required ten shots at all
the distances mentioned takes con-
siderable time, and does not allow
large number to compete in
single afternoon, so only the three
and six hundred yards slow fire
contest will take place tomorrow,
August goth. The remaining dis
tances will be shot on later dates.
not yet announced.
Visitors are welcomed to these
contests and club members are re-
quested to come, and come prompt
ly on time.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19
New Mining Strike

The tunnel on the O. +. Ash
burn property, the Hulda group, in
the Three r. vicinity, IS said to
have passed through about thirty
feet of highly mineralized ground,
carrying low grade copper values
Chalcocite occurs in small string
ers, and it is believed with more
work a very attractive property
will be opened up. The copper
su1phides are expected to run into
high grade values or sufficient ore
of the low grade may be opened up
to make a splendid milling propo'
sition. --Patagonian.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19
Takes Place Held by w. e. Barnes

Takes Place Held by w. E. Barnes
To take the place of w. E.
Barnes, travelling freight and pas
senger agent of the Soushern Pa
cific railroad who died several
weeks ago, Ingram 7. Sparks, OF
Phoenix, has been transferred
from Phoenix where he has bean
travelling freight and passenger
agent for the Southern Pacific lines
He will have his headquarters at
Tucson.
Mr.. Sparks has been in the ser
vice of the railroad at Phoenix fol
the past twelve years, and comes
with a fine record local traffic Off
cials say.-Tucson Star.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19

Call on me for your gasoline, dis
tillate and lubricating oils. G. F..
Moss.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19
Registration Case

The writ of mandamus against
County Recorder Murphy to change
the political affiliation of j. B,
Chapman on the registration books
was expected to be heard in Tomb
stone today before Judge Lock-
wood, His decision will affect
many voters, who failed to register
their politics.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19

Tee piano contest closes Tues
day, August 29th. Now is the
time to get in and work as you've
never worked before.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19
Mrs. j. 7. Mahoney Entertains

Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Mahoney
entertained few friends informal-
ly Friday evening in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. r. l.. Thompson and
their son, Robert Farris Thomp-
son, visitors in town from Nash
vile, Tenn. The game of "Bunco"
was played, the ladies' prize going
to Mrs. Clifton Egerton, while Mr..
Thompson, Sr., captured the mems
prize. Both prizes were pretty
handkerchief bags.
Following the games, delicious
ice cream and cake were served.
Mrs. j. U. Nancy and Mrs.
J. c. Keen then favored the guests
with readings.
Besides the host and hostess and
the honor guests there were pres
ent at this enjoyable affair Messrs.
and Mesdames J. U. Nancy, A.
w. Bard, Clifton Egerton, J. c..
Keen; DR.. and Mrs. E. B. Thomp-
son, Misses Simpson and Wray
and Mr.. j. B. Castleman.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-19
PRESBYTERIAN Church Services.

Rev. T. ]. Hedges the pastor. will preach
at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow
morning and evening.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
FORD TELLS WHY He
IS NOT IN CONTEMPT
Seeks to Have Stricken From
Court Records Motion for
Attachment Writ.

Henry Ford, automobile msnufac-
turer and peace advocate, who was
served with subpoena to appear as
a witness in the suit brought by Ten
Eyck Wendell against Miller Bros"
automobile distributors. and who dis
regarded the subpoena because the
date OF the trial was set for Decem- =
Der 4. the day on which the Ford
peace ship sailed. has Informed the
Municipal Court why he should not
be held in contempt.
Through Attorney W. e.. sullivan,
Mr.. Ford seeks to have stricken from
the court records the motion for a
writ. of attachment against him on
the ground that the motion is inTuf-
hcient because his testimony could be
OF no material value in the case. He
further alleges that he was justifed
in not obeying the subpoena as no
offer OF witness fees was made him
at the time he was served while at
tending a peace meeting at the Belas-
CO on his last visit to Washington.
In an affidavit bearing the sigma =
ture of Mr.. Ford he acknowledges he
is president Of the Ford Motor Com
pany. but as such has mo personal
knowledge whatever as to the details
OF the business of said company rela-
tive to the manufacture or sale OF Its
automobiles" Referring to his visit
in Washington at the time the scrv-
Ice was made on him, Mr.. Ford de-
clares: II was in the city Tor the
purpose of comforting with the Presi-
dent of the United States on import
ant matters; that, at that time, | had
already made arrangements for leav-
ing the United States on important
business. and. on the return day OF
the subpoena. the fourth day of De-
cember, | was engaged in and upon
the business Just referred to and 1t
was absolutely impossible for me 10
attend court at the time specified
Ford was subpoenaed to give knowl'
edge of certain models of machines
made by the Ford concern. the suit
being brought by Wendell against
the Washington distributors for
S455.S0 alleged to be the difference
between the value of tho machine
Wendell contracted for and the ma
chine he actually received. FenninC
e. Gordon are attorneys for Wen
dell and Miller Bros. are represented
by Attorney Edward c. Dutton
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
THE WAR FEVER SPREADING

There is no disease so highly in
fectious as war. All history has
proved this, but modern conditions
emphasize the fact. No nation, how
ever anxious it may be to do so, can
live unto itself. It's whole economic
fabric is held together with a warp
that binds it to the outside world,
while sentimental ties are stronger
as intelligence and understanding
are more acute. War is a peculiarly
engrossing business; the nation at
war does not let any other business
assume paramountcy, lest the di-
vision of interest result in disaster.
War involves national existence, and
self-preservation is as truly the first
law of states as it is of individuals.
From all directions there come re-
ports of developing conditions which
point to the possibility of new en-
trants in the war. Sweden is defy
ing the British nation because
Sweden's commerce is alleged to be
interfered with by the blockade; in
cidentally, because Sweden fears
Russia. In this case, interest over
weighs sentiment; for the Scandi-
navian people, with their endow-
ment of democratic traditions and
institutions, would naturally sympa-
thize with the cause of Britain and
France.
From the Hispanian peninsula
come reports that trouble is brew
ing. Portugal has for a long time
been sort of protege of Great Brit
ain; her strategically important in
sular possessions have been guaran-
teed by British sea power in return
for which Britain is understood to
have guaranteed her support to the
Lisbon government. This British at
titude has, with the passage of time
caused Portugal to be regarded
somewhat as Belgium was, as d
minor neutral sacred from attack OF
invasion. There is no general, for
NAL guarantee, but the sentiment is
pretty firmly established.
Portugal has been in a condition
of turbulence for several years. The
new republican government has haC
it's inevitable troubles; and among
these is the jealousy with which the
Spanish monarchy has viewed it. Re,
publicanism in Portugal might be
come a breeder for republicanisn
in Spain, and the ancient aristocracy
does not fancy it.
A recent traveller in Spain report
ed that two-thirds of the Spanisl
people are firmly pro-ally in senti
ment, while the other third are pro
;. German; not because the interests o.
their country would be served b!
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
THE RUIN OF AMERICAN TRADE

1t is fearsome thing, this ruina-
tion of Americas foreign trade
which has been imposed by the en-
tente allies through their naval pro-
gram Of blockade and contraband.
There ought to be something done
about it instantcr.
During the fiscal year ended June
30 last our exporte were only $2,-
716,000,00O, or $4O0,0OO,0O0 more
than in any other year in our his
tory. At present they are on the
basis of $3OO,OOO,OO0 a month, which,
if the increase shall persist as it
promises, indicates that they will be
about four billions Of dollars for the
current fiscal year.
Particularly have we a grievance
against the allies for shutting us
off from the neutral markets of
Europe. Gu" exports to Sweden
have fallen from fourteen billions to
seventy-three billions in the first
year of war; to Norway, they have
dropped from splendid nine mil
lions to a paltry thirty-nine mil
lions; to Denmark, they have shrunk
from fifteen millions to eighty mil
lions. Greece bought million dol
lars worth of our goods per annum
before the war; now it is taking
twenty-three millions.
We are being shut out of the
markets of all the world-just as
from those of these European neu-
trails. Our trade to Latin-America
has dwindled to vastly larger sum
than it ever was before. Asia, near
and far; Africa, the islands of the
sea-all are sending testimony to
our commercial distress-by buying
greater quantities than they ever
dreamed of buying before.
To make it worse, as the "block-
ade" against us has been frightened,
as the conspiracy to wreck our COM
merce has been perfected, prices of
what we have to sell have gone to
the demnition bowwows. Cotton
had dropped from 5 cents right after
the war started, to around II cents,
and better, New York basis. Wheat,
which was worth around rs cents
when war started, has fallen until
the downtrodden farmer is getting
only about $1.25. Steel and iron
have suffered in the same way, and
our production of all these staples
has shrunk to the largest figures
ever known.
1t is indeed an awful situation
that confronts us. We ought to dc
something about it. Germany and
Austria and Turkey have quit us
cold; don't buy thing from US. 1t
looks as if they were doing us a
scurvy trick. No matter about the
reasons why they don't buy from US
the fact is that they don't. Maybe
we should reprimand them for it.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
TO STATE
POLICY NEXT WEEK
Sir Edward Grey Is Silent on Ex-
tent Of EngIand's Action on
Blockade Issue.

LONDON. Jan. 2t.-Announcement ~
the governments policy toward the pro
posal that a blockade be established
about the entire German coast probably
Will he made next week
Answering a query In Commons this
afternoon. Sir Edward Grey. British
foreign secretary. declared that the
whole situation with regard to Amer
lea ntradc statistics and thE foreign
Offices policy will bc discussed in
Parliament next week This was taken
10 mean that the ministry will lay its
program before Commons.
The foreign secretary gave no init
nation as 10 how far Great Britain is
prepared to go to prevent shipments
from reaching Germany. lie did com
plain. however. that London newspaper
articles. rrrrortinE TO show that The
present "blGckadc is n farce and docs
not stop shipments To- Germany" are
"grosslN UNFAIR
II must say" was Sir Edwards re-.
mark Il Commons, that the state J..
mcnts recently printed thereon were
not only grossly unfair. Tut entirely
misrcprcsCnt the facts
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TO-DAY

Meeting. Emery lexington Home ana School
Address. our Coast Dcfsnses,' MAJ. Cen.
Hail, Ht5 p. m.
Address. Our National Parks" l. r.
Schmeckebier. Home Club. S p. m
Debate. Georgetown Law School Auditorium.
7:30 p. m.
Election OF Officers. Labor Department Elne
Team, p. m
Track meet for boys. Y. NJ. c. n. 80 p. m.
Dance. Mississippi Society Of Washington,
Portner apartments. Fifteenth and L
northwest, $50 p. m
Concert. New National Theater I Arthur
Smith. 4:3O p m.
Masonic-Lodges: Lebanon, No. Z NJ M.
Royal Arch Chapters: Eureka. No. l. spe-
Cial. grand visitation, school Of instruction.
Knights Templar CommanderieS: roum.
bia. No. ., temple and malta proha bly,.
Eastern Star-Marths, No. T. special. Asccn-
sion, No. 20, anniversary celebration; East
Gate. No. u.
Odd Fellows Lodges: Phoenix. No. q. dc
gree; Central. No. I, and Metropolis. No is
business. EnCBmpments: Magenenu. 80 T.
Rebekah Lodges Miriam. No. s. business
Knights of Pythias-Syracusisn. No. 10. bust
ness.
Pythian Sisters-Rathbone Temple. No s. in
itation
Socialist Party-LocaI Northeast. sll f street
northwest. Sis p.
Entertainment for German war sufferers by
German American Ladies' Aid Society,
Saengerbund Hall. p. m.
Athletic meet for sunday School Bows. Y. NJ.
C. A. 40 n m
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Wants Space To Take II Whack Al
Veteran" and Gets II.

To The Editor Of The Times:
If you arc going to publish the let
tors Of trners like the veteran" I
wish YOU would give me a whack at
him. This man makes no reliable
statement about the army: his letter
consists mainly OF long. idle questions
II he wishes TO know who respects a
soldier in time OF peace. ] would ad
wise him to mix up with some Of them
and ask them
"Veteral' asks what percentage OF
ex-soldicrs are successful in life after
leaving military service? ] have seen
thousa lldS of them.
Another OF his questions is How can
you expect any ambitious, practical
young man to cnlist?" ] never met
many practical young men. 1T takes
training and hard knocks to make them
practical
In reply 10 his question, what kind
of an army will We he able to raise
in time of peace while public opinion
regarding ex-soldicrs remains un-
changod"' There is no such thing as
scarcity OF men anywhere. Workers of
all kinds sravitatc to where the best in
duccment is offered A very slight
raise In tho soldiers pay would soon
material
In regard to his remarks about the
strength of the army. ! should Judge it
was at It's lowest during the good times
previous to the panic of 1907. About
that time there were many companies
which had less than n dozen men avail
ahl" for duty: but after the panic this
deficiency was filed so rapidly that
there were too many applicants.
When ! was young l Joined the arnv
ana was with It for more than eight
years. When 7 left the service ! found
mat practical experience and hard
study had improved me so much that
my services were marketable, and !
was able to hold Eood jobs for good
wages during the next ten years AZ
the end Of that time | was A good booze
fighter and instead OF holding nice Jobs
had 10 60 and get lost and tackle ali
sorts OF hard labor for the next fifteen
years
needed brain rest. and hard work
was III" thing for me. Wherever
worked. | met cX-soldiers and sailors
do not know OF any kind OF work
they cannot engage in, or any class OF
workers that can bar them. provided
| th"y can hit the ball.
OIh ana lazy as I am now. I'll bet
| can do rs good days la Dor. or rs
many kinds Of skilled work as the vet.
eran who provoked this correspondence
go BON 1907 "
-
The Washington times., 1916-01-21

such an afliliation, but because the
extreme monarchist institutions Of
Germany appeal to the aristocracy
of Spain. The institutions of king
ship and aristocracy look safer with
the Germanic view dominating
Europe.
Portugal's internal disorders may
provide Spain with an excuse for in
vading, and restoring the old Bour-
bon monarchy. The possibility is ac-
counted serious. There have been
moves in Spain toward a military
preparedness such as is hardly con-
sistent with policy of insistent
neutrality. A quarrel between Spain
and Portugal would necessarily re-
late itself to the lineup in the great
war, because Portugal can call on
Britain for aid. Thus Spain would
in effect become Germanic ally.
The immensity Of the military op-
erations has somewhat distracted
dJICIltlOn IIoil uIlucll lyiIiB hCpSSsS ~
the war. More and more, however,
comes realization that it is last
desperate struggle to maintain alb
solutism and suppress democracy.
Germany needed an external dis
traction to draw public thought
away from internal institutions;
from the socialistic demand for real
popular participation in the govern
ment. The kings and crowns Of
Europe tended naturally to range
themselves on the side which OBJ
viously stood for the maintenance of
kingly institutions. Bulgaria, Greece,
Sweden, Roumania, and now Spain,
have been seen one after another
elbowed into unnatural, illogical re-
lationships to the war, because of
the influence of kingly prerogative
and aristocratic tradition. In every
political move of international scope
is to be described the evidence that
underneath everything else this war
is struggle for popular institutions
and ideals against oigarchy and
aristocracy.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
ROMANCE AND HUMOR
IN ALL-STORY WEEKLY
The Adopted Father" and Othel
Tales in Current Issue Make
Entertaining Reading.

That there are various kinds of people
in any grade OF society is shown in riot
ouslY funny fashion in The Adopted
Father" bv Edgar Franklin. in the cur
rent issue Of the All-Storv Weekly.
William Hart. a fatherless Young man
society leader. adopts a father from
the lower classes to sDite his sister.
who has adopted a waif The adontcd
father insists on showing his "rhildreu''
and all of New York society how
parents should be treated.
Two romances-bctw William aud
his inamorato and between his sister
and her loved one-are nut on the skiu1
b. the antics Of the old man. Mean
while. John Reeves. an eccentric mil
lionaiTc from PittsburCh has disaU-
pcarcd after denounCinc the pronigacy
Of his own son. Just as YOU are won
dcrinG how all these characters belong
To the same story and how any Of IhrI
can escape destruction, comes the great
climax. The author OF Born in Truu,
Bile More Trouble" and othcI
troublOUs tales NAV be depended upon
to rescue his faVOTitcs at the right limr
Tho Secret" a Poesuue tale by Gil.
bert Riddel, "kcvs to Paradise" some.
thing utterly unlike ANYTHING the author
Frank Condor. ever wrote before. ~
Gi-l Who Never Was" hN Paul West
and The DOG Beside the Road" bS
Ray niond 5. Spears. are other tales il
the issue.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Politician for so Years
Finds He Is Not Citizen

SABETlIA. Kan, Jan. 2l.-After more
than half a century OF party leadership
in his township. George Root, of Sa-
betha. discovered that he was still a
British subject. He has lived sixty
years in the United states OF America &.
and fifty-eight of them in Nemaha
county. He is a Republican partisan and
has attended national conventions OF
his party.
His discontinue is fully enjoyed by
the boys of the past half century over
whom he has so long lorded. At sev
enty-eight he is hale and greatly be
loved.
Root has taken out his naturalization
papers with Jim Thomlinson, another
old-tme Republican, who has dwclt and
voted in Nemaha county thirty-three
years.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
SUBSTITUTES" FOR COTTON

Senator Hoke Smith, in an attack
the other day on the British conduct
Of the blockade against Germany,
devoted himself especially to what
he assumed to be Englands lawless
treatment Of this country's cotton
trade. In the course of his obser-
vations he presented statement de-
signed to carry the conviction that
Germany has found a substitute for
cotton that, in the manufacture Of
explosives, is even better than cot
ton itself and that has for months
past placed Germany beyond the
possibility of needing cotton.
It is curious how stories of this
kind gain currency, and then ac-
ceptance among intelligent men. The
fact is that Germany has not found
a substitute for cotton in the manu-
facture of explosives. 1t has been
known for a long time that wood
pulp. sawdust, probably alfalfa,
could be used as a substitute for
cotton in making explosives. There
is nothing new about it,
But there is vital difficulty about
using any substitutes for cotton.
There is a vast difference in the re-
lation Of the explosive to the area
of resistance, when substitutes for
cotton are used. To employ the sub
stitute would make it necessary for
Germany to manufacture a complete
new equipment of arms adapted to
its use. The bore, the sights, etc, of
every shooting arm-machine gun,
rifle, howitzer, etc.-would have to
be changed.
1t is thus perfectly simple for
Germany to use wood pulp in max
ing her explosives. All she needs to
do is to manufacture a complete new
outfit of weapons and equip with
them her armies from Riga to Os-
tend, from the Dwinsk TO the Per-
sian gulf. That is all. 1t is a per-
fectly simple eXpedient. Of course,
while crossing the somewhat agi-
tated stream that Germany is now
fording it might be a trihe embar-
raising to stop and make such an ex-
change of horses; but doubtless our
highly efficient German friends
would do it without difficulty.
This nonsense about substituting
something else for cotton in explo.
sives, has been exploded in the ut,
most detail by several scientific anC
technical writers. Sir William Ram,
sey, in letter so simple and de-
void of technicality that anybody
can understand it, explained the
whole situation some weeks ago. anc
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Believes Policemen Should Not Re-
ceive Less Pay Than Mail Car

i" the Editor or THE TIMES
The salaries of public officials should
u. commensurate with their NuCatiOnS
u" more p' IN paid IN" public official
=, IN" less art is lC tc hc able 20 fulGll
ms dut! in Inunn,r that would I've
most IIeasing to the public
II I"tttT-C carrier requires 500 mnEth-
" to efficiently fulrIl his .iutina. GER
ta'r,IN the Guties Of the constabulUry
must Justify the rnNln"nt OF a like
amount at least. 1t has seen saiC. that
nail service requires n higher DECREE of
mentality than til" polio" service. ,IJt
mis- Is rarely, true. because we hsv"
placed tie diplOmatiC - rNiCe above that
OF nrdiuPry routine work.
The policeman duty Is in the nature
OF diplomacy. and. further than th:s at
times he must risl his life IN the inter
cst Of public order.
1t has D"cn repeatedly stated that the
excess salary cNCl aud above that re-
ULirod for aCtral mCc' sstics - what
makes business COnditiors Drosperous
because the ""rnCrs then nave some
surplus to spend for other things The
District Commissioners c"Ild perfCrm n
public "crViC" l'N advancing tho saIa~ic'
Of tho '0ns,ahrlary now: the mon who
work seven days in every week with
only the customary leave OF absence al
lowed other employees who work. bnt
SIX DAYS weekly.
ALBERT ROSEN NBEEG
Baltimore, January 20