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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-15

Mrs. J. A. .Caughren and daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Schnur of Chicago, who has
been visiting at the Caughren home
for several days, left Tuesday for st.
Paul. Mrs. Schnur continued on to her
home on Wednesday and Mrs. Caugh-
rem returned to Sank Centre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-15
FRANK MARTIN DEAD

Frank Martin, residing near the
head of the lake in Birchdale town.
ship, died at his home last Saturday.
Full particulars will be given in the
Herald next week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-15

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-15

to the efficiency of the Sank Centre
department and the fine spirit ever
displayed of "do unto others as you
would be done BY"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

escape unscathed. When they at
tempted to repeat the performance
however, they were caught by British
battle-cruisers. and, in the running
fight that followed, the Butcher was
sunk.
First Battle of Its Kind.
This battle will be celebrated in his
tory as the first fight that ever Oc-
CURED between sQuadrons OF battle
cruisers. The Butcher was destroyed
because, with her relatively slow speed
(about 26 knots), she Jagged behind,
enabling the British ships TO concen-
trate their fire upon her.
When il is said that the battle-cruis-
er as a type, has thinner armor than
the dreadnaught, exception must he
made Of the newest German sea fight
ers Of this pattern. Three such vessels
in the kaiser's navy (the Derfflinser
and her two sisters) have a l3-inch
armor belt.
Tho Tiger. which took a conspicuous
mart in the battle that resulted fatally
for the Butcher, is a sister of the Queen
Mary. The Lion (an important par
ticipant in the same engagement had
for mate the Princess Royal, each being
Of 26,35O tons. and carrying eight 1S1s-
inch guns. with a 9-inch armor belt
Three British battle cruisers Of the
Indefatigable class have eight 12-incn
guns, with 6-inch armor; and three
more, Of the Invincible class. are pro-
vided with the same armament and
belt Of seven inches.
On the whole with the possible ex-
ception Of the submarine boat. the
most startling development Of the naval
warfare in recent years may be said to
be represented by the very fast all
big-gun, heavily armored type of yes
sci called the battle-cruiser.
Eight Are Wanted.
We are going to build some battle
cruisers right away. The only question
is. how many. The general board of
the navy wants eight, but congress will
probably provide for a less number
Where pork" or garden seeds are i'm
question, the national legislature is
never niggardly, but votes at home cam
not be obtained with certainty bv Iib-
crafty in appropriations for the de-
fence Of the country.
Nevertheless, in the meantime our
naval constructors have made them
selves fully acquainted with everv-
thing the foreign warship builders have
been doing, and they are ready TO-DAY
10 put afloat, at shortest noseitte 70
tice. (Which means not less than two
years., battle-cruisers equal and even
superior in swiftness and fiRbting ef-
Ilciencg 70 the best now owned by
Great Britaln or Germany. II is sim
ply a question Of getting the r,one,J
Battleships were formerly SLOW cra fl
They we're hardly expected to chase
anything under any circumstances Al
the period of the Spanish war tbe beet
vessels or this type in the navfee ~ The
world we're Of about 1900 tons ~
rying four 12-inch guns, ana ter
speed limit Of 16 knots. Tn ,in-to-
date dreadnaught is Of 10000 tons or
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

more, is armed with l. 14-inch riflet
Cor an equivalent). and can travel
through the water at a rate of % q
% knots an hour. The Queen Elizal
beth carrying eight 1O-inch guns) il
said to be able to make the latter pacd
Germany's Fast DreudnauGhts.
The newest German dreadnaughts
Ersatz Worth and IT, are understood
to be as fast as the Queen Elizabeth.
and are as heavily armed. Such g shin
can run down anything that floats ext
cept a destroyer. a scout cruiser, or 4
hattle-cruiser. In much OF a sea il
could even overtake a destroyer, whose
speed is quickly knocked down by BID
waves.
Unfortunately the best Of our bait
tleships today even including those
now in process OF building are rela4
lively slow, their speed not exceeding
% knots. This is a great disadvan4
tage. inasmuch as speed under modern
naval conditions is one of the most im4
portant elements Of fighting efficiency
The faster ship has the choice Of fight
ing or running away, and IL can choosd
the battle range at which its own guns
will do the best work.
The tendency al present i'm naval
construction seems to be toward a
merging of the dreadnaught with thd
battle cruiser type-WhiCh may signify
that the hattleship of the near futurd
viii be swifter, will carry fewer gums
Though not less big ones), and viii
be less heavily armored.
As for the armor, the prospect seems
to be that eventually il will be dis
pensed with altogether. Improvement
IN the destructive efficiency Of the
torpedo she'll carrying "A heavy load
ef high explosive. which can blow I'M
the whole side Of a ship, armor and all.
bids fair to render such protection use
less. Against the submarine torpedo.
armor has no defensive value.
Accordingly. il seems reasonable 70
expect that within the next few years
the whole idea Of battleship construc-
ton will be revOlutionized. And, where
as up to now suth craft have been
growing steadily bigger and bigger, it
is quite possible Especially in view Of
the menace of the submarine) that
they will be greatly reduced in size
on the principle that il does not nay
ito put too many eggs in one basket .
Speed being prime requisite Of the
battle-cruiser we want our ships of
this type, when we come to build them,
to be the fastest in the world. Hence
the effort now being made by the navy
department to develop a model of hull
scientifically ideal
Model Already Constructed.
The experimental hull model, already
Professionally constructed. is OF wood
20 feet long, and is being tested. with
the idea of modifying its lines i'm this
or that respect. in a great tank Of
water at the navy yard in Washington.
The tank has a capacity OF 1000 600
gallons, and is supplied from the citv
water system. One week is required
TO fill II, because the water has to he
filtered through sand, and incidentally
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
Dutch Socialists Urge
GiOing Back All Seized
Territory To Aid Peace

The Hague, Netherlands. March Is
Dutch Socialists are getting busy in
the cause Of peace. Two German
Socialist members of the Reichshag
recently visited the Hague and Amster-
dam. Exactly what they did has never
been allowed to leak out.
Their visit was closely followed BY
visits from leading Belgian and Sanish
Socialists, while the Dutchmen are be
lieved to be trying TO get in touch with
the French. Austrian and Italian
comrades, through the intermediary OF
their leader TrOelStra, who is, and has
been for sometime. in Switzerland
Discussing common program for
Socialists the journal says the first
point on which an agreement must De
comrades, through the intermediary Of
obtained is this-no indemnity for eth
er side. It goes on TO suggest that Ger
many should give back all territory
occupied in the West in exchange for
the freedom OF the seas" which, it
says, is of much greater Importance
to Germany than comparatively small
increase of territory and population.
In exchange for Russian territory
outside Poland and the restoration OF
Servia and Montenegro, Germany would
get back her colonies. Poland would
be made an independent state as the
car has already promised. This, 1t
from what she regards as the Russian
danger
The great problem" the volk pro-
ceeds. lis that Of Alsace-LOrraine
Only a beaten Germany would cede
AlsaCe- Lorraine TO France and only
q defeated France would agree 20 the
provinces remaining in German hands.
The only solution Is to make an indie
pendent state of the two provinces. or
herhaps Join them to Luxembourg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

Of the planet is summed up in US. and
there is nothing in its past which does
not in some way touch man.
1 have just been reading a remark
able paper presented before the Ameri
can Association for the Advancement of
Science by Prof W. E. Scott of Prince
ton. on The Isthmus of Panama in Its
Relation to the Animal Life Of North
and South America which illustrates
the Importance Of prehumau history to
a proper comprehension of the world
we live in.
Most people look upon the isthmus
of Panama simply as an obstacle in the
path OF commerce and iuterOceanic
communication which engineering gen
ius has at last partly overcome. But
1t widens the mind TO regard it as an
ancient roadway, once far broader than
il is now, over which in long past ages
poured u double tide of life, one current
flowing from the north and the other
from the south, each interminglinG its
strange types with the Indigenous
species Of tho opposite continent.
Before that day in the earths his
tory which biologists call the MlOcene
period. South America had been sepa-
rated from its great northern neigh
Dor and had developed extraordinary
forms OF life peculiar to itself In the
meantime North America was develop
ing its own kinds of animals under the
influence of vast migrations from the
eastern Wollui winch looN pace dNA b99
a wide land bridge, supposed to have
stretched where the Behring sea now
flows.
But at last. perhaps at the close of
the geological day called Olgocene,
the door was opened between the north
and the south by an uprising of the
sea bottom, OF which the ridge of the
isthmus is a relic. and the two CONT
nents became as bottles whose IN
corked necks We're Theoretically Joined.
Then the great ground sloths Of South
America crept into the north. The CO.
lossal megatherium, more massive than
an elephant, slow of foot and ponderous
of limb. pushed his way heavily as far
as Georgia and South Carolina, where
he left his huge bones. The mighty
mylodon dragged himself over the great
plains of the west and up along the
California coast
The great claw-footed megalonyx
penetrated even as far as Virginia, and
( Thomas jefferson saw his bones, though
he did not know whence he came, and
gave him the name which he still bears
in geological boOks--a proof that we
have had at least one statesman whose
mind reached above politics. The giant
shaped carapace like a gun turret,
came, too. but il did not, apparently.
get north Of Florida and Texas.
But at the same time the north
marched upon the south, crossing the
same bridge, upon which the opposed
invaders met, whether with conflict or
only with wondering eyes we do not
know. The northern hosts, however,
were the more numerous and varied.
| We sent the fierce saber-toothed tigers
until they ranged from Pennsylvania
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
" A Romance of Two Continents ~
Bridge Over Which Marched in
Opposite of Strange Creatures

and California all the way down to the
pampas of Argentina
For the porcupines. ant-eaters and
armadillos of South America We sent
our beasts of prey. wolves. cats, rats.
rabbits. mice. and in exchange for the
huge beasts before mentioned we gave
early forms of camels bears. deer
horses (some OF whose wild species
We're bigger than the draught horses OF
the presen) and mastOdOns-
Ii was in the Pleistoceue day that the
interchange attained its fullest devel-
opment. Then. in both continents, there
flourished some Of the most eXtraor-
binary and gigantic creatures that have
ever lived upon this earth. But now
there came. at the close of the Pleisto-
Gene. great and myteriOus eXtinctions.
as Prof Scott says. which devastated
more than three-fifths Of the land sur
face Of the earth" ThereupOn the huge
beasts persisted and their scattered
bones are their only monuments.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

the better the model, the more rapid its
speed with a given power of propul-
sion This, of course, is exactly the
problem TO be solved in the building of
the battle-cruiser that will, in the
shape Of its hull, be d copy Of the
luoueI when the latter has. with modi-
LlcauonS, assumed its final form.
Can Make Trial Run.
me tank is long enough to permit
Lhe model to be run through the water
Tor distance of zoe feet While max
ing ITS brief voyage. the model is sus-
pehded from a travelling carriage that
runs on rails. spanning the tank The
carriage (which pulls the model alongl
weighs 10000 pounds, and is driven by
four electric motors.
Mounted on the carriage is the dyna
mometer' which registers the resistance
olIered by the water to the progress OF
the model Obviously the better model
Wll go through the water more easily
IMAM the model that is less perfect.
accordingly. observations Of the amount
OF resistance afford the basis on which
alterations Of the model are made. The
MODEL, as finally formed, is copied on
a larger scale for the great ship.
BY this simple, yet ingenious, means
our battle cruisers yet-to-be are being
designed in miniature. in order that.
when built, they may he the fastest
craft OF their type, as we'll as the most
efficient in other respects, aflOat any
where on the seven seas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
w WASHINGTON. D. c., March IS
Nv The navy department Is al
ready at work on q model for

~ The navy department Is al
, ready at work on a model Tor
a kind of warship wholly new TO our
maritime fighting service, the battle
cruiser, or swift all-big-gun vessel,
which, as a type has proved itself so
wonderfully efficient III the European
conflict
The general board of the navy de-
clares that we need eight of these ships,
10 be built with as little delay as posi-
sible Lacking them. we should be at
2 frightful disadvantage in case Of war.
The battle-cruiser Is a kind OF dread
naught. But it differs from the ordi-
nary dreadnaught in certain very i'm
portant respects. 1t has engines twice
rs big and three times as powerful, and
in speed it is greatly superior. Our
new built dreadnaught Pennsylvania
has a speed Of % knots; the newest
British and German battle-cruiscrs can
travel ten knots faster.
Less Heavily Armored.
ATo gain such extraordinary speed,
some sacrifices in other respects must
be made. The battle-cruiser is less
heavily armored than the dreadnaught
and carries fewer guns, though the lat
ter are as big as any with which the
5readnaught is provided. II can take
part. however, in pitched battles
against dreadnaughts, it's superior mo-
bility going far TO compensate for the
above mention disadvantages
II should be mentioned. in addition,
hat, for the sake OF speed, the battle
cruiser is made longer and narrower
than the dreadnaught. The ships dis
placement" is less-in other words, il
loes not weigh so much.
For illustration one might compare
The Pennsylvania with England's new
est battle-cruiser, the Queen Mary. The
former has a displacement Of 81 400
ions: the latter. $1,000. The Pennsyl-
ranla carries u lf-inch guns, the Queen
Nary, eight 10 = Inch guns. This new
ireadnaught OF ours has side-a rmor II
inches thick; the side armor Of the
British vessel is thinner by five inches.
Excellent for Raids
The battle-cruiser is a much more
formidable fighting machine than the
Test Of the 'predreadnaughts." as the
nttleships that preceded the all-big
gun ships are now called. Combining
he speed OF the fast cruiser with heavy
lrmor and the biggest guns, it is spe-
hally valuable for raids in waters
where the enemy is stronger, and for
lttacking powerful convoy escorts.
In these and other ways the opera
ions for which the battle cruiser is
ldspted resemble those of cavalry in
Military movements on land.
1he raid made by the Germa us upon
scarborough and one or two other Eng
! ish seaside towns was undertaken by
iattlc-cruisers, which. after doing a lot
4 damage and killing a number Of
'eople were enabled by their speed TO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

His Soul" two Quality wonderplays.
Miss Dunbar occupies a place all
her own in the silent drama She
f- the ideal mother" and has
played maternal ancestors to scores
Of stars on the speaking stage and
on the screen.
She is thoroughly at home In
either tragic or comedy roles. Miss
Dunbar viii be seen soon in a strong
character part in "The Price OF
Malice" a new Metro production in
which Hamilton Revelle is starred
and Barbara Tenant is featured.
In private life Miss Dunbar IS
fond Of all Out-of-d doors sports.
She is an excellent swimmer and
horsewoman, and an ardent base
ball fan. 1t is estimated that she
has played a mother role in at
least five hundred motion pictures
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

treated with alum to coagulate and get
tain.
In a word, the water must be abso-
lutely pure to start with, to insure
scientific accuracy in the results OBJ
served. As for the latter, they are OBJ
tanned by propelling the model ship
through the water by the use Of a
given amount of power, the resistance
il offers to such propulsion being (as
registered by dynamometer) less in
proportion to the correctness of Its
lines.
Expressing the matter in other terms,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
News Notes
MOViela
BY DAISY DEAN.

TATRED. duplicity, love, remorse
and -sacrifice-all in the heart
Of one woman. all conferred and
focused on one man. in one day. Such
Is the theme that gives Bessie Barri-
scale some rare acting opportunities. in
the forthcoming Triangle feature, Bull
lets and Brown Eyes
William Desmond is the masculine in
truder who comes into the life of the
heroine portrayed by Miss Barriscale,
and is saved from a sudden and VIC
lent end at the hands OF her relatives
only by the fact that she decides she
needs him alive more than her country
needs him dead
Two nations which have as vet no
place on anv map are revealed at war
in this latest production Of Thomas H.
Ince. and some remarkable scenes Of
fighting with the most modern engines
OF warfare are promised
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

- NE hears occasionally the I'M
patient and contemptuous ex-
- clamation: "Oh, that is ancient
history" 1t will generaIIy be found that
the persons who make use OF that eX-
preston are ignorant of ancient his
tory and have very little knowledge of
history of any kind. Yet a knowledge
of history is the basis of human
progress
Imagine the civilized world waking
up tomorrow morning with every trace
of historic knowledge, and all memory
of what occurred in the past, wiped
completely out of mind, and placed
beyond recovery. The world would fall
into confusion. There would be no
guidance for statesmen or for scien-
lists.
Every new problem would have TO be
solved by the long and painful method
Of trial and error. There would be no
stimulus of pride, emulation and cOnfi-
dence springing from the recollection
of mans past achievements. A nation
without history would be like a man
without memory.
Nothing is more certain than that
the long reaches into the past which
historical and archaeological students
tluence in shaping the course of modern
civilization. 1t may not be so obvious
That the revelations of geology, which
go back OF the time when man had
been evolved from his anthropoid an
Cesiers. possess a similar value, but it
is nevertheless true The whole career
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

FT7IE the valley, walking everyday
the the blue hills Just cloud-blue
perhaps The blue hlto him they lie wall Will
their he bit @ The treestviste
shade to to when the heatgr
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18


andt In Oughened
into the leaves and nngg
boughs
he love- the hilltop who always
the valley, pOddng
q long on he cloud
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
CHAM AND BUD"
PERFORM MIRACLE

From England comes one o. INC most
amazing stories Of the motion picture
in war times that has yet been chron-
icled
It tells Of a wounded British soldier.
robbed OF his speech by n gas bomb, ana
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

Very few child actresses ever keep
their fame when they grow up. Bessie
Harriscale il one of the few. Miss Bar
rIscaIe can write poetry Hs well act.
and "A volume Of her poems Will soon be
published.
invalided home. He attended A picture
theater where Ham and Bud comedy
was being shown and was so amused by
the comedians that his speech was sud-
denly restored.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
Models Are Made For Battle Cruisers,
Swiftest and Most Effective Fighters
By-
Rene Bache

to
Lrgatf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
SHE'S THE GRAND DAME
OF MOTION PICTURES

We Refer to Helen Dunbar, Now
Playing With Metro
She's the grandest mother" OF the
screen, is Helen Dunbar. who was
last seen on the Metro program in
"a Corner in Cotton" and Man and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
IN 4 NEW ROLE

Charlie Chaplain had a motion picture
taken OF him signing that new year s
contract for 100000
Those who have seen the picture ex-
press disappointment Chaplin went
through the entire ceremony Of signing
without falling down stairs, upsetting
the desk or kicking the other party to
the contract on the shins.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

I William Gillette has signed with Es-
sanay and viii appear in many Of his
well known plays including sherlock
Holmes and Secret Service Mr.. Gill
lette will begin work on the first Of
these very shortly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18

Blanche Sweet. who has appeared a.
a ragamuffin. an anarchist, a drug fiend
and mesmerists subject, among other
roles, is to be "a lady" in the coming
Laskv adaptation of Henry Seton Mer
riman's novel. The Sewers" a Russian
political story.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.

- NE hears occasionally the i'm
patient and contemptuous ex-
- clamation: "Oh, that is ancient
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-14
Hon. to WIN Happiness

Everybody is in pursuit of happi-
ness and yet no two are governed by
the same ideas as to what constitutes
perfect bliss. 1t is the exception when
anyone is found who is really happy
and contented. The more resources
people have the less likely they are
to be contented or reconciled to their
lot in life. ....
Generally, when people are satiated
with everything that life can offer,
they are morose, and sigh for more
worlds to conquer. They are out Of
health from over-indulgence, or some
thing is wrong that they cannot in
some way right. They are out of
tune with themselves or their envi-
ronment.
II was never intended that mortals
should be so satisfied with this world
that they have no desire to try to
get to a better one. The truth is,
there are few persons who are so
situated that it is possible for them
to be happy.
Naturally, there are times in the
lives Of most persons when Affections
fall so heavily that it seems difficult
10 find rift in the clouds through
which any sunshine may be expected
to brighten the future. But if one