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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20

quiet and keep control Of his balance
wheel.
Senator Lewis. OF Illinois, assume
that when the President asks the SEN
ate 10 adopt whatever remedy ne may
suggest he will send 70 the Senste INC
facts upon which he has reached NJ,
conclusion. Until then nothing VIII
be done.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20
One Course TO Pursue.

| have deemed II my duty, therefore,
to say to the Imperial German Govern
ment that if it is still its purpose to
prosecute relentless and indiscriminate
warfare against vessels of commerce
by the use of submarines, notwith
standing the now demonstrated impos-
sibility of conducting that warfare in
accordance with what the government
Of the United States must consider the
sacred and indisputable rules of inter
national law and the universally recog-
nized dictates of humanity, the govern
ment of the United States is at last
forced to the conclusion that there is
but one course it can pursue, and that
unless the Imperial German Govern
ment should now Immediately declare
and effect an abandonment of its pres
ent methods Of warfare against pas
senger and freight carrying vessels
this government can have no choice but
to sever diplomatic relations with the
government of the German Empire
altogether.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20
Growing Roll of American Dead.

No limit Of any kind has, in fact,
been set to the indiscriminate pursuit
and destruction Of merchantmen Of all
kinds and nationalities within the
waters, constantly extending in area,
where these operations have been car
ried on; and the roll of Americans who
have lost their lives on ships thus at
tackled and destroyed has grown month
by month until the ominous toll has
mounted into the hundreds.
One OF the latest and most shocking
instances OF this method Of warfare
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20
Law of Nations Violated.

II based its protest on the ground
that persons Of neutral nationality and
vessels OF neutral ownership would be
exposed to extreme and intolerable
risks. and that no right TO close any
part of the high seas against their use
or to expose them to such risks could
lawfully be asserted by any belligerent
government
The law of nations in these matters
upon which the government OF the
United States based it's protest, IS not
of recent origin or founded upon mere
ly arbitrary principles get up by con-
vention. It is based, on the contrary
upon manifest and imperative prin-
ciples of humanity and has long been
established with the approval and by
the express assent of all civilized ma
+iOns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20
Attacks Without Warning.

Vessels Of neutral ownership, even
vessels OF neutral ownership bound
from neutral port 70 neutral port, have
been destroyed along with vessels OF
belligerent ownership in constantly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20
Wilson Justified, Says straus.

at is to be earnestly hoped that the
German government will fully aId
deeply appreciate the seriousness Of the
situation. which now confronts both
that country and this one"
Chauncey ". Depew, former United
States Senator from New York:
president Wilson. with his usral
ySofessorial command of English, has
put the existing submarine question
very well in his note to Germany. I
believe that he was right in laying The
entire matter before the Congress OF
the United States.
81 am in the strongest accord with
Mr.. Wilson's position in this issue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20

have taken it, and taken it In the
confidence that it will meet with your
approval and support. All sober
minded men must unite in hoping that
the Imperial German Government,
which has in other circumstances stood
as the champion of all that we are now
contending for in the interest Of hui
manity. may recognize the justice OF
our demands and meet them in the
spirit in which they are made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20

Really. as a matter OF my own indiyis,
ual judgment. | am more coneernss
about the Mexican situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20
Rights Of Humanity Involved.

This decision have arrived at with
the keenest regret; the possibility of
the action contemplated am sure all
thoughtful Americans will look for
ward to with unaffected reluctance.
But we cannot forget that We are in
some sort and by the force of circum-
stances the responsible spokesman of
the rights Of humanity, and that we
cannot remain silent while those rights
seem in process Of being swept utterly
away in the maelstrom of this terrible
war. We owe it 10 a due regard for our
own rights as nation, TO our sense Of
duty as a representative of the rights
of neutrals the world over, and to a
just conception of the rights of man
kind to take this stand now with the
utmost solemnity and firmness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20
President Speech
Before Congress
Homes Stand He Has Taken Will Meet with Approval ao
Support and That Germany Will Bee Justice
Of Demands.

increasing numbers. Sometimes the
merchantmen attacked has been warned
and summoned 10 surrender before be-
ing fred on or torpedoed; sometimes
Messengers or crews have been vouch-
safed the poor security of being al
lowed to take to the ships boats be-
fore she was sent TO the bottom. But
again and again no warning has been
qiven. no escape even TO the SHIPS
boats allowed to those on board
Tragedies Foreseen.
VIVA. this government foresaw must
happen has happened Tragedy has 1oi-
lowed tragedy on the seas in such iash-
ion with such attendant circumstances,
% 70 make il grossly evident that war
faro Of such a sort, if warfare it be-
cannot he carried on without the most
valuable violation Of the dictates alike
of right and Of humanity. Whatever
Tho disnosition and intention of the
Imperial German Government 1t has
,oapifestlv proved impossible for it to
keep such methods of attack upon the
.o,,,roerce of its enemies within thu
bounds set by either the reason or the
heart of mankind.
Latest Policy Is Wanton.
In February OF the present year the
Imperial German Government informed
this Government and the other neutral
Governments of the world that it had
reason TO believe that the government
Of Great Britain had armed all mer-
chant vessels Of British ownership and
had civen them secret orders TO attack
any submarine of the enemy they might
encounter upon the seas, and that the
Imperial German Government felt Justi-
God IN the circumstances in treating
all armed merchantmen OF belligerent
ownership as auxiliary vessels OF war
which 1t would have the right to de-
stroy without warning. The law OF
nations has long recognized the right
Of merchantmen to carry arms for pro-
lection and TO use them to repel attack,
+bongh 70 use them in such circum-
stances. at their own risk; but the I'm
perial German Government claimed the
right 70 set these understandings aside
in circumstances which it deemed eI-
traordinary. Even the terms in which
II announced it's purpose thus still
further to relax the restraints it had
previously protested it's Willingness
and desire to put upon the operations
If its submarines carried the plain
implication that at least vessels
which we're not armed would still be
exempt from destruction without warn
ing and that personal safety would be
accorded their passengers and crews;
but even that limitation, If it was ever
practicable to observe it, has, in fact
constituted no check at all upon the
destruction Of ships Of every sort.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20

Washington, April 19.-Presiden'
Wilson in his speech 10 Congress 70
day said;
Gentlemen Of the Congress:
situation has arisen in the foreign
relations Of the country Of which II
is my plain duty to inform you very
frankly.
Il will be recalled that in February
1915. the Imperial German Government
announced its intention TO treat the
waters surrounding Great Britain ana
Ireland as embraced within the seat OF
war and TO destroy all merchant ships
owned by its enemies that might be
found within any part Of that portion
Of the high seas, and that it warned ali
vessels. of neutral as well as Of bel
ligerent ownership, to keep out OF the
waters il had thus prescribed or else
enter them at their peril.
The government Of the United States
earnestly protested. 1t took the posi-
ton that such policy could not De
pursued without the practical certainty
~ gross and palpable violations OF the
law of nations, particularly If subma-
rine craft we're TO be employed as It's
instruments, inasmuch as the rules pre-
scribed by that law, rules founded upon
principles Of humanity and established
for the protection of the lives OF nom
combstants at sea, could not IA the nat
ure Of the case be observed by SUCH
vessels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20

neutrals and the sacred immunities of
-combatants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20
"STAND BEHIND
THE PRESIDENT"
Even at This Late Hour
It's Fitting to Demand
Redress" Says Gotham.
nc,ard behind the President"

% stand behind the President
This is the keynote Of comments OF
President Wilson's note to GERMANY
made last night by we'll known New
Workers. Professor Ellery I. Sto"eli
toa5 ~ the department Of international
law al Columbia. summarized what
NAV be regarded as public opinion
somewhat more fully, when he de-
Even now. it is fitting that we
should at this late hour insist upon
redress. and we should break with
Germany if she does lot make IT,. A
rupture Of relations is better than
dishonoring negotiations. War IS pref
cradle 70 disloyal neutrality"
Continuing, Professor Stowell said;
"The German government threat
ened. after February IS. 1915, 20 sink
passenger liners within .speciheeSS
Zone. President Wilson replied viii
his strict accountability note.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-02

write me queer, unhappy letters,
can't you see you have everything
worth living for?
Why do you reach out into the I'M
known world? Ihave paid for every
phase of my experience. l want to
save you as much of that price as I
can.
And, if you can't be saved by my
advice, let your pride save you, on
this ground; That no genius ever
earned the title by aping others.
Genius is something that burns
in your own soul, so, until you find
yOurself-which means until you
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-02

discover what you are best fitted for
you cannot strike out on the ge-
MUS trail. And remember, even after
you have started, that there is no
royal road to the dazzling goal that
has such a radiant halo about it.
Do not initiate. Do not f1atter. Be
yourself. And tell the truth.
Above all, do not initiate or fiatter
me. When you write to me tell me
things that will make me feel that
l am helping you to accomplish some
thing worth while. Letters like that
will make me happy. The others dis
treSs me.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-02
WHAT is MOST DANGEROUS RISK?- GUILTY
AFFECTIONS, SAY INSURANCE COMPANIES

BY JACK JUNGMEYER
Seattle, WASH, May 2.-GuiIty
affections are as dangerous as dyna-
mite, in the estimation of life insur-
ance companies.
None of the established concerns
are willing to accept the risk on the
love philanderer or the viOlatOr of
the seventh commandment.
Death by violence, say the coldly
calculating actuarieS, is too prob
able.
1t is the commercial worlds trib-
ute to clean living.
1--WE regard the moral hazard as
equally important with the physical
condition of an applicant" said
Rob't S. Boynes, for Is years with
one of the big insurance companies,
and former president of the Com
mercial club here.
illicit affections are a bar sinsis-
ter. Policies are not issued to per-
sons whose private life will not bear
the moral spotlight.
"And every applicant, whether he
knows it or not" continued Boynes,
'is secretly investigated on this
score.
''In every large city corps of
special Investigators is maintained
for that purpose. They keep tab on
the private affairs of policy holders
as well as applicants.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-02

"a few days ago threw $4,000
policy request into the waste bas-
ket because the mans morals proved
to be rotten.
''The public doesn't realize how
much business life insurance compa-
MES reject for this reason hundreds
of dollars annually.
From our standpoint it pays to
live a clean life. Indeed, it is i'm
perative."
Insurance companies agree that
the scarlet road" is one of the most
perilous hazards a man or woman
can take. Examining physicians,
agents and detectives in their employ
are constantly admOnished to ascer-
tain the applicants possible secret
tFansgressiOns.
In the category of high moral
hazard come not alone love piracy,
but drinking and gambling.
'Plunging - heavy speculation"
added Boynes, 'is very dangerous
from our standpoint. The man who
plunges is quite apt to Overstep, face
ruin and kill himself
ct ought to be apparent why life
insurance companies. cannot accept
the high chances of death involved
in loose living.
''In the first place we could not
impose upon the morally clean the
high premium necessary if we should
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-08-25


serious proposition, and yet 1t can be
just as surely managed as the small
patch If only thorough enough methods
are employed. Great persistence is re-
quired in keeping right after the pest
until it Is gone for good.
To rid large fields of quack grass two
things are essential-first, the ready
prevention of all green leaf growth;
second, bringing the roots out Of the
ground by some means easier and
quicker than hand digging. Summer
following is regarded by many as the
best way to accomplish this. =
Some have smothered the weeds by
means of thick heavy growth Of some
crop like hemp. rye or clover. AS a
rule, however, when quack grass has
once taken full possession Of field no
other crop, no matter how thickly
sown, can be relied upon to control OF
eradicate 1t. U
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-08-25
Making ,het' Little
Farm Pay
By G. c. B0WSFiELD

Poultry owners are in q quandary
over the expense Of feeding their hocks.
Farmers In many cases believe that
grain is too high for the profitable rails
ing Of ducks and chickens. Many prac-
tical owners claim that unless they
adopt an economical system Of feeding
the high market value Of grain win
force them out Of the poultry industry.
So far as duck raising Is concerned.
it never could be profitable without a
study Of economical feeding and mar
keting. The best way to get rid OF
heavy grain bills Is to dispose Of the
ducks at the age Of about two months,
when they should weigh three to four
pounds. The cost Of feeding Is the
lightest up to this age that It ever can
be in raising these fowls. Very little
grain is required. Young ducks need q
sloppy ration, mainly of wheat bran
and middlings, In which may be stirred
a small proportion Of stale bread or
crackers. Young fowls are also fond
Of skimmilk with small portion of
bread or boiled potato. With this kind
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-08-25
,IsFE ? ; y \ y n ? W ; 2 90. .
Farm and
''' Garden
FIGHTING oUAcK GRASS.

. " = t't ~ -- =
Great Persistence 10 Required In Get.
ting Rid Of the Pest. 5Ffa
Prepared by Wisconsin station.l
There Is no sleight Of hand way Of
getting rid Of Quack grass.
A Douglas county farmer who has
had successful experience along this
line was right when he wrote, ANY
one who starts out to exterminate
quack grass must begin with the un-
Outstanding that his undertaking will
exact OF him an unlimited amount Of
grit, determination. back ache and 81.
bow grease"
The method to be used depends,
among other things, upon the nature Of
the field and upon how thick the weed
Ia growing. On small 9 :eas Of not over
two or three rods square 1t Is perhaps
most easily and effectively killed BY
smothering. Tar paper or some like ma
terial has been used with good results.
To make smothering successful, &C.
cording to A. l. Stone, state weed In
spector, the material must be extended
well over the edges Of the patch. Sue
cess depends almost entirely on shut
ting out all the light from all the weeds.
If they do not get the light the plants
cannot grow and VIII soon die. III.
On large areas smothering Ia hardly
practicable. An acre or q whole field
overgrown with Quack grass Is more
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-08-25

rows. Twelve or fifteen inches will
usually be the best distance. which win
make the marker either four feet or
ak feet In width.
An old pair Of buggy thllls will be
satisfactory handles If they can be OBJ
tanned. or strong, slender branches
from trees win do fully 'as well If they
are straight and six or eight feet in
length. EFF the son has been finely
pulverized In readiness for the garden
seed this marker will make straight
lines BY simply pulling 1t over the soil.
II the ground,i Is not smooth and rather
stony It will be necessary to weight
down the marker. aud this can be done
by placing stones In a sack and tying
them to the frame~-Michigan Farmer.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-08-25

TIE xOON0 4OOAo Ann = 0O0AAA0AAAs
or two Of clover or alfalfa for range
and forage ducks will return a salts
factory rate OF profit.
1t is folly for those who have to buy
grain to raise large flocks Of ducks to
maturity. As the birds attain their
growth they require heavy feeding, and
there is little profit in them. This Is
not the only point to be considered.
Ducks at two months bring the high
est price per pound that they ever
bring, and this meat is produced at the
lowest cost. Therefore I can state in a
few sentences that for the average
poultry owner the only way to succeed
with ducks Is to sell them when they
are somewhere around three pounds,
or four pounds at the highest See
that the feed consumed up to this time
is along the line indicated. For in
stance, there Is not much expense In
supplying skimmilk and stale bread or
crackers, and these are among the most
valuable foods for them. A thin mash
of bran and middlings, in which may
be placed some boiled potato or turnip
and stale bread, Is also one of the
cheapest rations. Skimmilk can be
used here also. Clabbered milk and
cottage cheese will also afford a maxi
mum amount Of nourishment at min
imum cost.
| Owners who can secure malt can
make up a cheap ration with that for
| hoc III 20
ply culled potatoes and vegetable tops,
and 1t is also possible to buy from
bakeries and restaurants a great deal
Of wholesome food that has become
stale. This is a suggestive outline of
feeding and can be varied. A low
grade of -four Is sometimes available
in place Of the other mill supplies. If
cornmeal and beef scraps can be mixed
with this a good ration is secured.
Either skimmilk or water will do for
the moistening. The proportion should
be one pound Of low grade -four, one
OF cornmeal, four of bran and one of
beef scrap. 1t will do no harm to add
little boiled potato or turnip to this.
Keep within these lines. and the ex.
pense will never reach more than 20
or 80 per cent Of the market value Of
the fowl.
Those who made q success last sea-
son had been prudent enough to recast
their business according to this plan.
The marketing Of young ducks is also
of vital Importance. 1t is foolish for an
owner to raise fowls unless he can get
profit out Of them. SO careful inquiry
among experts who are supplying the
Chicago market show that it is best to
sell the birds when they are about two
months old. after they have been
raised on the kind of diet here de-
scribed. A duck at two months ought
to bring 60 to Is cents. and the cost of
feeding up to this age need not be
above 10 or Is centss In contrast to
this high rate OF profit Is the unfortu.
nate experience Of many who keep
their ducks to maturity. feeding high
priced grain for three or four months.
This b about the same as throwing
money into the fire. only those farm.
srs who have considerable cheap grain
and vegetable waste and who raise
their own meat can afford to keep
ducks beyond eight or ten weeks. The
cause Of many failures viii be under.
stood by those who study the sugges-
tons In this article.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-08-25
A Handy Garden Marker.

A handy garden marker can be made
Of the scrap material found on nearly
every farm, and 1t will prove a time
saver during the planting time season
and more efficient than using two
stakes and long cord for every row
that must be marked. The marking
pieces should be placed at distances
apart depending on the width Of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26

tional government and the several
states set forth in the measure re-
ported to the senate by its committee
on postoffices and post roads as a
substitute for the Shackleford house
good roads bill finds approval
Senator Bankhead's committee dis
sented from the legislation passed
in the house in that it preferred a
definite sum per year rather than
ANY amount up to $4,000, ,O00," be
lieved that the money should only be
eXpended for construction or improve
ment and not for maintenance, and
also included in the distribution to the
several states the additional factor of
area, besides population and post road
mileage.
In both bills the states match the
federal dollars, but the Bankhead bill
definitely calls for $5,O00,OOO in 1916;
s1O,OOOOOO in 1917; s15,000,00O in
1918: $2O,OOO,O0O in 1919, and $25,0OO,'
Geo in 1920 incidentally the senate
substitute requires that a state shall
establish state highway department,
though its apportionment remains 20
its credit for at least three years
so that the five states which have yet
to adopt the policy of the other
states will have ample time in which
to comply with this reasonable super
vision of the expenditure of the joint
money.
If state does not properly main
tain a road constructed by the fed
eral and state authorities, which
roads are decided upon by the secre
tary of agriculture and the state high
wav department, the secretary has
the power to withhold a further appor
tionment of funds if, within si>
months after he has given notice il
| writing to the state highway depart
ment of a state, the neglected roads
are not given the necessary attention
That the good roads bill has al
excellent chance of passage in th'
senate is indicated in the replies re
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26

have holdings in section 1928 and
in S-2-3, in the Fox district, and a
well will be begun within short time
in section s. Mr.. Sykes, who Is in
the lumber business, has been award
ed the contract to haul out the rig
timbers at once. The company also
takes over what is known as the
King-Hivick property in section 1888
in the northeast edge of the Healdton
pool
This company is made up of ag'
gressive oil men, and they will not
await the development of the GYPSY
and Fox Pool wells before they enter
the Fox district with the drill.