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The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
MODERN ARTILLERY.

Contrary to, the common belief, the
cannon now in use are no larger in
diameter of bore than many which
were used long time ago. A num-
ber of ships in the British and ltal-
ian navy were armed at one time with
l6-inch guns-an inch larger than
the largest now in service. The bonn
bardment of Alexandria in 1883 was
conducted with guns Of this calibre.
Four hundred and fifty years ear
lier still, Mah1noud II, battered the
walls of Constantinople with guns
whose exact bore is uncertain; but if,
as was claimed, man in armor could
crawl inside one of them, the dame
ter Of the tube must have been fully
equal to that of the giant Krupp
mortar of today.
1t is in range, firing charge and
weight and destructiveness of pro-
jectile that the present-day gun
leaves all previous ones in the infant
class. Three or four shells from the
]5-inch guns Of the Queen Elizabeth
would have blown to bits larger Sec
tion of the walls of Constantinople
than Mahmoud beat down in months
OF firing. The guns used at Alex
andria would not throw missile half
the distance that separated the hos
tile fleets at the battle of the North
Sea, and Notifications which could
have laughed at the earlier lombard
ment dissolve in dust at the touch OF
42-centimeter she'll
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
NOTICE OF PRIMARY NOMINAT-
ING ELECTION.

To be held in Valley county, state
Of Montana, Friday, April II, 1916.
!. Notice. is hereby given. that on
Friday, the 2lst day of April, A.. d.
1916, in the county of Valley, state
of Montana, primary nominating
election will be held, at which the
qualified electors Of the republican,
progressive, democratic, socialist and
any other regularly organized politi-
cal party, shall vote their preference
for candidates for the office Of pres
ident of the United States, vice-presi-
dent of the United States, and nomi-
nate four presidential electors, and
elect eight delegates to the national
convention of their respective poll
tical party, the polls for which cleo
ton will be opened at IL o'clock noon
on said day, and continue open until
T o'clock in the afternoon of the
same day.
Dated this 18th day of March, A..
D., 1916.
w. B. SHOEMAKER,
Clerk of the board of county commits
sioners of Valley county, Montana.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
THE BOOMER FIREMAN.

Upon the swaying engine deck
The boomer tallow stands,
The tallow pot man is he
With black and oily hands,
And the muscles on his brawny arms
Stand out like German bands.
The children coming home from school
At shortly after four,
They like to see him shake the CRATES
And swing the fire door,
And watch the sparks and cinders fly
Like chaff from the threshing floor.
Week in, week out, when he is in,
You can hear this tallow blow
You can hear him tell of past runs
made,
And the way the wheels did go,
And about the blooming hoghead
And what little he did know.
He goes to sleep in the rooming house
And sleeps with other boys;
He scarcely gets himself to sleep
When he hears the call boys voice
Calling another boomer,
And it makes his heart rejoice.
1t makes him think of the storm out
side,
Far different from Paradise;
He thinks Of the trip that he has
made
AS in his bed he lies;
And with grimmy fist he digs
A cinder from his eyes.
Plays pool at the Bank or Orpheum
Like another railroad man;
Eats at the station beanery
And drinks what booze he can,
And can't look a steam guage in the
face,
For he owes near every man.
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy
friend
For the lesson thou hast taught,
Thus on the swaying engine,
Fortunes are never wrought;
But grief and Coulee coal is all
The fireman ever got.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

Montana is going to contribute
more to the general fund of the Mis-
souri, river than it has contributed
since the spring Of 1887. Montana is
doing many big and unique things
this year, and after the snow melts
and starts on it's way to the Gulf of
Mexico, the people down south will.
very likely, have something to say
about Montana's generosity.
At the present writing the over
flow along the banks of the lower
Mississippi is not chargeable to this
part of the country; but later on there
will ooze out of Montana one of the
greatest volumes of snow water, a
volume that is going to swell the old
muddy creek to proportions larger
than ordinary size.
Experts have made a general sur
vey of things as they pertain to me-
teorological conditions and doings in
this part of the country since last
October, and they arrive at the con-
clusion that the last six months have
done wonders in the line of, precipi-
tation. There is an abundance of
snow in the Rocky mountains, and the
sun will do something to it-then
look out.
Montana furnishes more copper.
more zinc, more prize-winning wheat,
more first-class wool, more gold,
more everything that is good than
any other state. AS to snow, it has
done its duty this winter, and don't
you OF anybody else forget it.--Ana-
conda Standard. -
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
CUMMINS' BOOM GAINING.

The overwhelming victory of Sena-
tor Albert B. Cummins in the Min
nesota primaries will probably be
duplicated in the Montana primaries
to be. held on April 21. The rapidity
with which. the, boom is spreading
over. the, state marks the man from
Iowa as the. strongest in the field on
the republican. ballot at the primaries.
Senator. ,Cumpins born amid hum
BILE surroundings in western Penn
sylvania, commencing life as wage
Garner, has. ever had unwavering
faith in American citizenship. His
keynote has been individualism; en-
phasizing the rights and duties of
men and women; always looking to
the home as the unit and foundation
of republican institutions.
Mr.. Cummins came to prominence
as lawyer by winning practically
single handed and against enormous
odds, a notable court victory that
broke an oppressive monopoly, re-
duced the price of barbed wire more
than half and saved millions of dol
lars each year to the American farm
ers.
Thus early he was the champion
of the rights of the many.
Mr.. Cummins at great personal
sacrifice responded to the call of the
home folks to help restore to them
the power to assert and protect their
rights through needed political re-
forms. He was for seven years gov
ernor of Iowa and as such he BAN
ished the seductive free pass and the
boss-ridden caucus, put the corrup-
tive lobby to rout and gave to the ci-
.tizenship of his own state political
equality under the primary system
and allied reforms.
Thus he earned the gratitude of
all men who. love free political insti-
tutions. .., ..... -
=. Mr.. .Cummins carried into the larg
er field of national politics the prin-
ciples he had helped crystalize into
law. for Iowa, especially with regard
to the regulation of corporations, the
income tax, national finances and
banking, antirtrust legislation, the
tariff, liberal support for education,
the, status and relation of labor and
capital, and, progress along political
lines. AS true servant of the peo-
pie he has. been aggressive and ef-
fectual in work in the interests Of the
farmers, the wage earners, the man.
ufacturer, shippers, tradesmen-the
Independent and free Americans who
create the wealth and conserve the
political institutions Of the great re-
public.
He does not need to make either
promises or apology; his record is
that his heart beats right.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

with his own roar, he hears nothing
else.
A red-headed man always knows
his, hair is red. But a red-headed
woman's hair is always auburn or
Titan.
1t doesn't take a newly married
couple long to discover that there is
lot of snoring in loves young
dream.
A great deal of money and time,
formerly spent in European travel,
might be applied to military train
ing.
What has become of the old-fash-
iohed man who used to tie a string
around his finger to remind him to
do something?
1t takes all kinds of NUTS to make
a world, including the ones who in
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
Cause Of the Collapse.

The foreman employed by big
contractor rushed into the office of
the boss, wild eyed and palpitating.
"Boss," said he, in a greatly agi-
tated voice, zone of them new houses
of ours fell down in the night"
whats that" exclaimed the boss,
jumping right up and beginning to
take notice, what was the matter
How did it happen ?"
ut was the fault of the workmen
boss" answered the foreman. "They
made the mistake of taking down the
scaffolding before they put on the
wall paper. ."-Philadelphia Telegraph
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

hale few drinks and set out to set
tie the war.
When an old maid sees boy smok-
ing cigarettes, she knows it is only
question Of time before he winds up
in the penitentiary.
California's prune orchards are
now in bloom and every we'll regulat-
ed boarding house should thrill at
the promised abundance.
Ambassador to Turkey Morgenthau
says he made an umbrella of the
flag. Which is lot better than
making a doormat of it.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
SEALED BIDS

Office of the City Clerk
Glasgow, Montana, February %, 1916.
Sealed bids will be received by the
city of Glasgow, Montana, on the
8th day Of March, 1916, at the office
of the City Clerk, for the furnishing
said city, for their Oil engine at the
light plant, crude oil F. 0. B., Glas-
gov, Montana, in car lots, one year,
and according to the specifications
on file in the office Of the City Clerk.
:, The approximate estimate OF the
quantity of oil needed is 10000 gal
Ions.
H. d. PALMER,
u City Clerk
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
NOTICE.
Taxpayers League Will Hold Meeting
to Perfect Organization.

to Perfect Organization.
The second meeting of the Valley
County Tax Payers League will be
held on Saturday afternoon, April /,
at p. m., in the court room of the
county building, in the city of Glas-
gov, by order of the temporary or
ganization.
The perfection of permanent or
ganization will be taken up and cop
les Of forms Of constitution and by
laws used in the governing of such
bodies will be submitted for the ap-
proval of the tax payers interested.
This meeting is of vast Importance
to all tax payers in Valley county
and recognition of the day and date
should be noted and effort made to
attend.
DAN MCKAY,
Chairman.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
1 a. - =
Ginger Snaps

adequate national defense is the
best peace measure.
Possibly the German navy is mere
lyrtoo proud to fight.
An exchange calls Col. House
"rtnan of parts" Usually foreign
parts.
Il
However, you can't call Colonel
House latest photograph speaking
likeness.
And some men never realize how
mean they have been until they run
for office.
The British navy keeps a million
people busy without counting those
in Berlin. ....
Unless a man looks silly when he
tells a woman he loves her, he does
not mean it.
"South America respects U. S.,
says army officer" Thank heaven,
somebody does!
"Let me make myself plain" said
Mr.. Ford. Too late, Henry, nature
beat you to it.
Pshaw! Those rude Germans never
wait until the allies are ready before
beginning drive.
The downhearted married man
should cheer up, the chances are his
wife isn't a mind reader.
Germany's insistence on attack
ing armed ships doesn't seem to ex-
tend to the British navy.
What has become of the old-fash-
ioped man who used to say he had
so many "head of chillun?"
|
Sympathy may be all right in its
place, but it's poor substitute for
beefsteak if a man is hungry.
Showing the depressing effects OF
the war. England is said to be taking
up chess as a society game.
Grand Duke Nicholas, may have
visions of travelling over Alexander
the Greats route in the other direc-
tion.
Evidently Bull of Bashan Bryan
thinks his is vox populi. Infatuated
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
NOTICE..

There will be a combination sale
held at Foy's barn on Saturday,
April first. Anyone having anything
to sell, or desiring to buy anything,
notify f. F. Jacobs, or leave word at
the Markle Transfer company. If.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

be confused upon realizing suddenly
that both he and his table were some
Is or 20 feet from the place they ap-
parently should be-"
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

For Sale-Good seed corn, both yel-
low dent and flint; will also sell
short horn bull, two years old,
color red. z. J. Foust, Glasgow
Montana.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
City Clerk

L0st-A reward will be paid to the
party returning my dog, "Mac," to
= me. Cyril Moore.
For Sale Cheap-One pedigreed Dur
ock Jersey boar, two years old. In
quire ]. X. Willis, Avondale, Mont.
Turn Your Old Accounts into money.
Make the fellow pay that failed
to come through after you trusted
him. We have system for col
lecting that is effective. For par
ticulars write the Western Ad-
justment Agency, Box 228, Libby,
Montana. 2-t pd
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

Grand Duke Nicholas, may have
visions of travelling over Alexander
the Greats route in the other direc-
ton.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

Showing the depressing effects OF
the war, England is said to be taking
up chess as society game.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

Sympathy may be all right in its
place, but it's poor substitute for
beefsteak if a man is hungry.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

Evidently Bull of Bashan Bryan
thinks his is vox populi. infatuated
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-24

What has become Of the old-fash-
ioped man who used to say he had
so many "head of chillun ?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
German Embassy Officials
Unable to Explain Presence
of Prize Crew Aboard Appam

The German embassy has no record
of Lieut.. Berge and officials suppose he
may be an officer of the German mer-
chant marine in the auxiliary service.
Embassy officials. as well as American
naval officers. are puzzled and do not
understand how submarine could
spare such a large prize crew to out on
the Appam.
There is the possibility that the crew
might have been taken from some
unreported German raider or tina, the
twenty German prisoners of war on the
Appam might have been taken into
service as the prize crew. None of the
ofiicials could understand why an Of
hcer with the rank OF lieutenant would
leave a submarine to take command
of a prize.
Prince Hatzfelt Of the German en-
bassy is leaving for Norfolk late today
to take charge Of the situation. The
embassy officials said they had practically
nothing but what was contained in the
news dispatches and that they were
nystifed
The first report to the German embassy
came from the German consul at Norfolk.
who telegraphed that a German aux
ibary cruiser had coma into. port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
Gen. Miles Says Army
of 394, 900 Is Enough
for U. S. in War Times

Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, L. s. A.,
retired, appeared before both the SEN
ate and House military affairs commit
tees yesterday to discuss the prepared
ness bills. He told the Senate commit
tee that the country should have a
standing army of 10000 in peace times
so organized as to form a skeleton of
an army that could be recruited to a
total of $4,000 in war.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota, a vet
eran of the civil war. appeared before
the committee in advocacy of a stand
ing army of 100000.
In his testimony Gen. Miles said that
under his plan there would be ninety
seven regiments Of infantry at a peace
strength of 1000 men each, twenty
regiments of field artillery on a peace
footing of four guns to battery,
also on peace footing, and eighteen
regiments of cavalry. By recruiting
each infantry regiment to strength
Of 5000 and making each light battery
eight instead Of four guns. he said. the
force would become virtually 100000
without additional officers or regi-
ments.
Force Adequate, He Believes.
This. Gen. Miles thought. would con-
stitute all the army the nation needed.
There is nothing to indicate" he
said, that a larger military force will
be required in the near future. II ever"
Gen. Miles added that he was not
alarmed by the reported ability of any
strong European belligerent to land q
force Of 100000 men and sweep the
coast line. Such a force would be in
q precaEious position on the coast. he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
ASKS FOR INFORMATION.
Representative Kelly Calls on Navy
DEPARTMENT for War Craft Report.

In view of President Wilson's speeches
in the middle west about the nation fac
ing a crisis, Representative Kelly of
Michigan today introduced a resolution
calling upon the Navy Department for a
report as to the earliest possible moment
the sixty-seven vessels now being con-
structed or authorized for the navy may
be completed.
THE President says the sparks are fly
ing all around and no man can tell what
a day will bring FORTH" explained Rep
resentative Kelly in a statement accom-
panying the resolution. Il cannot under
stand how the President, knowing the
danger as he only can know it, has made
no suggestions to Congress that the ships
now under construction ought to be
rushed to completion. Preparations which
do not materialize for five years would
not avail us anything if our danger is a
present one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
MRS. JACoBus s. JONES DIES.
Funeral and Interment to Take
Place in Saltillo, Tenn.

AS the elimination of long illness,
Mrs. Jacobus s. Jones died this morn
ing in her apartment at the Brunswick
The body will remain there until to-
morrow evening, when it will be con-
veyed by her husband to Saltillo. Tenn,
Mrs. Jones' girlhood home. where in
terment will be made. Funeral services
will be held in Saltillo at the residence
of \, ). James H. Craven, sister of the
deceased In addition to Mrs. Craven,
another sister and a brother survive
Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Jones had an unusually wide
circle of friends here. Her husband for
many years has been connected with
the general lana Office. He is a thirty
third degree Mason. and is past poten
tate of Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine
past grand high priest of the Royal
Arch Masons and past master of Co.
lumbia Lodge, No. 3, F. A. A. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
PREDICTS FAVORABLE REPORT
Committee Action on Naval Plant
Expected Next Tuesday.

The Senate committee on naval at
fairs failed to reach a vote today on
Senator Tillman's bill to provide for
construction of a government armor-
plate plant to cost not more than $11,-
900, 900. Senator Tillman said the COM
mittee would vote next Tuesday. and
predicted that the bill would be re-
ported favorably.
Secretary Daniels met with the COM
mittee today and said he had recon-
mended a 10.000-ton government plant
to begin with in order to keep alive
competition. Some members of the
committee favor a 10000 instead of a
20, 900 ton plant which the bill con-
templates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
ACT COST THIRTY LIVES.
Swiss Colonies Exposed Plot of Rus
sian Poles Against Germans,

LAUSANNE. Switzerland. via Paris,
February 1.-The Courier de Vevey
saws the two Swiss colonies who are
under arrest charged with commune
eating military information to the
Teutonic powers had a document In
Russian cipher decided by an expert of
the Swiss war department. This docu-
ment contained information regarding
a patriotic plot on the part Of the in
ha bftants Of Russian Poland against
the Germans who had occupied their
territory, according to the newspaper
and as a result of the communication
of the document by the two Swiss
colonies to the Germans. thirty Poles
The Courier adds that the Swiss ex-
merit has been heartbroken since he
learned the use made of his deciphering
talent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY
WILL TAKE. A VACATION
State Department Reports No Spe-
cial Significance in Mr.. Nor
genthau's Return to US

BERLIN. via London. February /, s:32
ANA dispatch from Constantinople
to the Berliner Zeitung says that Hen
ry Morgenthau. American ambassador
to Turkey, will leave Constantinople
tomorrow on vacation trip to the
United States, and that he may pass
through Germany and visit James w
Gerard, the American ambassador to
Germany. on his way home. The CORE
spondent adds that there is active dis.
cussion regarding Mr.. Morgenthau's
departure at the present time, espe'
cially as the business which devolves
on the American embassy in Constan.
tinople has increased enormously, owing
to the necessity of caring for the in
terests of the countries at war will
Turkey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
EXCELs IN TARGET PRACTICE.
Atlantic Fleet Past Year Beats All
Its Former Records.

The target practice of the Atlantic
fleet the past year has been at least
rs per cent better than the year before
and the best target practice ever held
at sea by the fleet" wrote Rear Admiral
Fletcher, commanding the fleet, to
Chairman Padgett Of the committee.
Mr.. Padgett announced today. Admiral
Fletcher will soon appear before the
committee to discuss navy conditions.
Rear Admiral Straus. chief of ord
matters before the committee today. He
told of the differences between the IA
inch target shells. which cost the navy
$62, and the regular 14-inch service
armor- piercing shells. costing s4lO
each intended to go through an enemys
highly protected thick steel armor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01

At the State Department it was de-
clared that there was no special signin-
canoe in the return of Ambassador Nor
genthau to the United States at this
time. He had been given leave of alb
sence on his own application. it was
stated. in order that he might attend
to some private business requiring his
presence in the United States. The af-
fairs of the embassy will be in charge
of the first secretary, Hoffman Philip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
WEAK ANDlRRESOLUIE,
IS CHARGE AGAINST j. S.
Head of National Preparedness
Committee Calls for Lincoln
Birthday Observance.

Henry A. Wise Wood, chairman of the
conference committee on national pre-
paredness, today made public in Wash
ington a statement designed to draw
attention to the possibility of having
increased military preparedness organi-
cations as well as individuals interest
ed in that subject celebrate the ami
versary of Lincoln's birthday. February
~. by renewing their demands for ad-
ditional national defense.
After quoting part of Lincoln's Get
tysburg address, the statement is, in
part, as follows:
"A series Of events unparalleled in our
history has proclaimed that we are both
weak and irresolute-weak because we
have allowed otner nations to kill our
citizens and have not resisted irreso-
year to go by without taking even pre-
liminary steps toward turning our mill
tary resources into effective military
strength. Irresolute. also. because even
as yet we are unable to agree as to
whether anything at all should be done
in our defense, much less to evolve a
program for self-protection.
This, notwithstanding we have men,
material and money in sufficient album
dance to enable US to set about in
stantly to repair our long neglect of
our own safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
Jewish Suffering to Be Cited.

NEW YORK. February IA volume
entitled The Black Book of Jewish
Suffering" will be submitted to the
committees on foreign relations of
Congress February "a, when a public
hearing will be held by the House COM
mittee on a resolution urging Euro
pean countries to admit Jews to full
citizenship rights at the end of the
war. The book contains documents
telling of the sufferings the Jews have
undergone in the war. particularly in
Russia,