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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
on drying vegetables and fruits for
two cent stamp to pay postage.
GERMANY FROWNS ON
FINN REVOLUTlONARIES

BERLIN, July 6.-The vossische
Zeitung learned that FIVE Finnish
delegates recently arrived in Stock
holm. where they tried to start nego-
tiations with the German minister.
The Firms claimed to be representa-
tivcs of the Nationalist party and
wanted promise of German aid for
their country.
They declared that Finland would
shortly proclaim its complete indie
pendence from Russia. but feared that
the Provisional government in Petro-
grad would take vigorous military
measures to prevent the secession.
According to the statements of the
delegates the proposed Finnish re.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06

public could quickly raise volunteer
army OF nalf million men. many of
whom have Lad military training. but
the country has few efficient officers
and no arms and ammunitions. These
needs the delegates wanted Germany
to supply. but they received no prom
ises and departed from Helsingfors
very much disappointed
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06

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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
The Crow Must Be SUPPRESSED.

Now that the world IS faced with a
serious shortage of food, and that the
price OF seed corn is soaring beyond
bounds, 1t behoOves us all to discrim-
mate sharply between those birds that
are insectivOrOus and therefore the
friends of man and his crops, and those
that are graminivorOus and hence pc
culiarly inlmlcal to human interests.
Among the latter family of cOrvidae,
the crow and his cOusins-ravens,
rocks, magpies, jackdaws, etc.-are
adjudged to stand, despite the fact that
their diet Is more or less omnivOrOus.
Their depredations in grain fields
at the time of sowing are, in fact, 50
serious that in France the secretary
of agriculture has issued bulletins to
the various projects, recommending
the destruction of these birds, and Of
fering information TO this end.-Scien-
tific American Supplement.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
Tea Shlpments Increase.

Apparently the American people are
becoming nation OF tea drinkers.
Shipments of the tea herb to the Unst-
ed States are far ahead of pre-
viOus years. The Shizuka Maru
of the Nippon Steamship company ar
rived at Seattle from Yokohama re-
Gently with 21,39S packages Of tea.
each package averaging SIS pounds,
says East and West. The cargo is
3,215 packages larger than the ship
ment from Yokohama by the Tamba
Maru, which established a previous
seasons record. In addition, the Shi-
zuka brought 1000 packages of raw
silk. 2,575 cases of rubber, 2,215 rolls
of mating, 59S cases of toys, S97 cases
of porcelain, 1925 cases Of manufac-
tured cotton and silk goods and 5,233
sacks Of peanuts.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
Odd Gifts to Red Cross.

Bulllon-heavily twisted fringes
made OF gold wire-dlscarded from the
epaulets worn by Rear Admiral David
G. Farragut, are notable addition to
the strange articles contributed to the
Red Cross melting pot, says the Wash
ington Star.
"They were found in scrapbag
once kept by Mrs. Farragut," says Il
memorandum accompanying the dona-
ton, (which with many other relies
OF the Farragut household, We're sent
by the trustees of the estate to J. b.
Mllner of this city. Mr.. Millner was
one of the Hartford's crew, and for
many years has been interested In get
ting together a museum collection OF
Farragut relics.
A Chinese kimono, valued at at least
$40, is another contribution. The dom
or expects that the Red Cross melting
pot will get more than that out Of this
splendid example OF Oriental work
manshlp.
A most ornately enameled pair OF
opera glasses. apparently Of the period
Of Louis Qulnze, is one OF the decOra-
tive features of the melting pot over
flow. "The widows mite" was in
scribed on piece of paper accompany
ing one OF the contributions. The Of
fering consisted of two silver spoons
of ancient date and long service.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
To Preserve Timbering.

The use Of poison sprays has not
only been found effective in preventing
the destruction Of plants and fruits
but 1t is now being tested as a means
Of preserving buildings. The timber.
ing Of Westminster hall, the famous
old structure adjoining the British
houses Of parliament, has suffered
greatly from the ravages Of wood.
worm, XestObium tesselatum. Archi.
tect Frank Baines, who states that
the grub lives only In the oak, finds
that holes large enough to bury a
man waist deep have been made in
the oak trusses of the magnificent roof,
with its shingled span of So feet and
he believes the work of destruction
has been going on 400 years. Some of
the patching done 100 years ago has
shared the attacks made on older por-
tons. As a last measure of protec-
ton, spraying mixture has been pre-.
pared by Prof. H. M. LEROY from
cedar wood oil, soft soap, paraflin wax
and certain powerful chemicals. and
the several applications of this that
have been made are expected to give
relief. Gas masks have had to be
worn In applying this powerful inssc-
ticide.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
A Heroine of War.

! Nine. Maitre, wife of the deputy for
Saone ct Loire, Is one of the most he
role figures In France today, says LII
Illustration.
! From the beginning of the present
war Nine. Maltre has lived the life of
a soldier with the Alpine Chasseurs
She has been foremost In every battle
with the regiment to which she has
attached herself. Many a time she
has been wounded when on her err
rands Of mercy. Like soldier at the
front, she was In the thick and thin of
II, not needing the hail Of bullets or
bursting shells.
Fortunately her wounds were slight
and not to hamper the surgeons at the
hospitals she retired to her own home
to nurse her injuries. For her heroic
services she was well rewarded. hav-
ing received many decorations, among
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
MANY GIRLS ARE swINDLeD
WouId.Be Movie Stars Induced TO Part
With Money on All Kinds
Of Promises.

Young girls come to New York by
the scores Of hundreds, determined to
win fame and much money in motion
pictures, says Film Fun. They believe
they can do this.
In most cases they have only little
money and very few friends wiser than
themselves. Sooner or later each re-
ceives card of Invitation, signed with
an unfamiliar name, but bearing every
evidence of good taste and sincerity.
II informs the ambitious one that
the writer has learned she is open for
an engagement in the pictures, and II
this Is so will she please call. She
does call and is met with a cordially
that might arouse suspicion I'm a star,
but which pleases the innocent one.
Very adroitly she is put in posses
sion of the information that she Is
needed in the work, but three or four
weeks training is absolutely necessary
to prepare her, even though she may
have acted for years on the stage.
And the charge will be $50.
Usually, IL she seems reluctant, an
assistant is called into conference, and
presently a special price Of S25 Is
agreed to.
If 1t may be surmised from the con-
versation that larger sum can be OBJ
tained, the aspirant for stellar roles 10
told that stock may be purchased In
the corporation In amounts anywhere
from 500 to $1,000, and an investor
will receive enormous dividends, and
the necessary preparation for screen
success without tuition. A contract
is guaranteed to each investor.
Everybody In filmdom knows Of the
existence Of the concerns, Of which
there are several that vary but little In
their plan of operation. They all carry
regular ads in the daily papers. 1t Is
from responses to these advertise
ments that addresses are obtained.
One concern charges an enrolment
ieesUf 50, III tioffal, each for a. course e
20 lessons, and cOnfers diploma when
these have been completed. Then the
new actress is advised to have n strip
OF Aim made, Jus. TO show how well
she screens.
The charge for this is only S25. She
is assured this is essential to success.
The near-riOt that often ensues when
young woman shows up with her
strip Of film and demands the star part
which has been guaranteed her, and
which she believes she has earned
and paid for, would be very funny If
it were not in many cases so tragic.
This very thing would happen
oftener than it does but for the fact
that studios and managers are safe
guarded against oil visitors.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
Glass Bottom Sea Boats.

After refusing to accept $4,0O0,00C
shrapnel order at the beginning of the
European conflict from the British gov
eminent because of humanitarian rea'
sons, Charles r. Bryson, president OF
the Electric Steel company, has placed
his patriotism above his conscientious
beliefs and Is now aiding Uncle Sam
in seeking a solution for the German
submarine menace, says Pittsburgh
correspondent of the New York Com
nercial.
He has submitted plans to the gov
eminent of his "glass-bottom" patrol
BOATS, which, he declares, can be used
as a means to rid the sea of the u
boats, mines and other unseen perils to
navigation.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
Amazed at FrivoIity.

A Paris dispatch says the French
mission to the United States was
amazed at New York city's frivolity,
compared with restricted Paris, where
restaurants and cafes, as well as pub
lie places and amusements of all sorts,
are subject to regulation. Evening
clothes and decOllete frOcks are barred.
Telephoning, telegraphing, photograph
Ing, travel, dancing, stock exchange
dealings are all regulated by the gov
ernment; also food, staples, gas, etc.
"If you go into this thing as we did
in 1914" one French officer remarked
to his American host, "all this will be
a dream a year from now"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
alRMEN STUDY BIRD LIFE
Declare Wild Ducks Execute Move.
nnepts With a SimuItaneousness Not
Found In Military Bodies.

French military aviators, In addition
to fighting the German machines, d.
recting the artillery fire and making
photographs of the enemy's lines,
trenches and Notifications, have found
a new field of usefulness In the scien-
tific pursuit of ornithology, says the
Rock Island Union.
The degree of perfection Of Observa-
ton obtained by the French aviators
has enabled them to make minute
and scientific observation of the habits
of birds in flight.
The aviators have definitely estab-
lished that swallows in flying always
maintain an average altitude Of 700
yards. Wild ducks prefer an altitude
of 1880 yards, or little over a mile.
Lapwings or tirwits maintain at all
times an even greater altitude. French
aviators have met them at a height Of
2,15O yards.
While nearly everyone knows that
wild ducks always fly In single file
behind their leaders. II has remained
for the aviators to discover that the
wild ducks execute every movement
with simultaneousness and degree
nof precision not to be found In the
most perfectly trained military body
In the world.
4 IF, for example, the lead duck
! ehanges the position of a wing in or
Ter to fly either higher or lower, all
Of the others make the same move
ment with a degree of precision that
gives the impression that the tips Of
the wings are all attached to a wire
and that the movement is made by
the lead duck merely pulling lever
that controls the rest.
The aviators have further estab-
1ished that the average speed of wild
ducks in flight is 651a miles an hour
when they are flying Upward and 6S
miles an hour when flying horizon
tally.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
Big BUSINESS men
Some Who Do a Days Work Be-
fore Breakfast.
Lord Rhondda and Lloyd. George Of
England, Roosevelt and Rockefeller
Among Quick Thinkers.

Lord Rhondda, the food controller,
is one of the greatest business men
England has ever produced, London
Tit-Bits says. His lordship 10 accus-
toned to commence his days work be-
fore he rises In the morning. From
then until the time when his dressing
is completed he Is busy with various
problems, and upon many occasions
he has actually settled important mat
tiers In connection with the department
at the breakfast table. Thus, when he
arrives at his Office he has already
done what many men would consider
a good days work.
Perhaps no member Of the win-tlie-
war government leads more strenu-
Gus existence than its leader, Lloyd
George. Always up before six in the
morning, he is busy even ut breakfast
when he gives his attention to multi
tudinous affairs Of state. Although he
Invariably spends his wcek-ends at his
charming house in the country, the
prime minister Is In constant touch
with 10 Downing street by telephone.
II any important question arises during
his sojOurn out Of town, less than half
an hour finds the premier back at No.
10. This wonderful little Welshman
frequently makes an "ai,-night sitting
in order to solve some problem Of mo-
mentOus importance that has cropped
up"
Our foreign minister, Arthur Bal
four, Is another expert ut time saving.
He gets through large amount Of cor
respondence every day during meals,
debating letters to his secretary be-
tween the courses. AIfndngn he IS SET
dom seen In the house Of commons
nowadays. it was invariably his prac-
tice before the war to compose his
speeches while listening TO the debates.
Ex-President Roosevelt is another
celebrity who has reduced time saw
ing to fine art. He constantly takes
q paper and pencil out with him when
he Is riding on horseback, and at such
times decides upon his reply to a diff
ficult question or outlines an article
for the press.
]. ID. Rockefeller believes in an econ
Omy of words. When he has an i'm
portant piece Of business to negotiate,
he thinks out beforehand what is the
simplest and quickest way Of getting 1t
through. Another man who had once
to negotiate an important oil deal with
him, one involving the transfers of
hundreds of thousands Of pounds,
spent weeks in preparing for the final
momentous interview.
Mr.. Rockefeller walked into the
room where he was sitting with his
piles Of papers. "How much?" he
asked. The man named figure, though
almost surprised into dumbness by the
bluntness Of the question. Fright"
said the millionaire, and left the room,
thereupon handing over the other
party to some of his subordinates for
the completion Of details. while he him.
self gave his attention to other mat
tiers. 1t Is part Of his system Of saw
ing time that his mind and attention
shall only be occupied with the settle
ment Of principles. and that thereafter
the arrangement of details shall al
ways be taken in hand by his numer-
GUS assistants, who are quite compe-
tent for the purpose.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
Conserving Leather.

Leather is one of the materials
which must be used economically in or
der that the army may have shoes, har-
ness. saddles and puttees. The depart
ment of agriculture explains that the
civilian can conserve leather by maxi
ing his shoes last as long as possible.
f;reasing them when the leather gets
hard and dry; wearing heel plates or
otherwise preventing turnover heels,
which ruin the shape Of a shoe, and
having them halfsoled when practical
BILE, will cut the family shoe bill, and
Asip the government keep the soldiers
properly shod.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
PowderIess Gun Deadly.

An American inventive genius has
invented a powderless gun, which may
revOlutiOnize land attacks. The gun,
which might be taken for large grind
stone at n short distance, is revolyed
at great speed by an electric motor
and is capable of firing hundreds of
shots a minute. The bullets are car
Red in small cups, which hold them
until the gun reaches the proper po-
sition for their discharge by centrifu-
gal force. The weapon is accurate at
five miles, is cheap to operate and is
noiseless.-Capper's Weekly.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19

Them the Groix, de Guerfe;. with silver
clasps.
The chasseurs were transferred to
the Flanders front, and one day while
busy On the battlefield a shell, spliatcr
injured her on the forehead just over
the eye, which made 1t necessary for
her to be brought to hospital, where
she could be under constant observa-
ton. Here she was frequently visited
by civil and military officials, and az
reward for her heroic deed she was
decorated with the cross Of the Legion
Of Honor
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
Always Have PERUNA

Mrs. L. A. Patterson. 1899 Kentucky
ST., Memphis, Tennessee. writes:
81 have been q friend OF Peruna
f3r many years. | have used 1t of
and on for catarrhal complaints and
found it a very excellent remedy.
] have a small family OF children.
Times are hard with US, but l can
tca-cely afford to do without Peru
ma, especially during the season Of
the year whom coughs and colds
are prevalent. We always recon-
mend Peruna to our neighbors, for
;he benefit It has been to u.s."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-12-19
What Every Man VIII Learn.

q One lesson which this war is going
to teach us before we get through with
II, says the Ohio State Journal, is that
the individual doesn't amount to so
much In the general scheme Of things
as he thought he did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-19
DRINK HAIR DYE NOW
Bone Dry Sufferers in Topeka Find
New Joy Producer

When booze-fi fighters spent fifty
cents a half-pint for hair dye and
drink it, how dry is Topeka?
That's what they are doing. Off
GERS on night beats picked up half a
dozen empty bottles and cartons III
alleys Sunday night after familiar
characters had passed that way. The
collection was taken to the police
station.
There is hair dye. manufactured
by chemical company in the east
and sold by Topeka druggists contain
ing not only per cent of alcohol but
a lot of other poison. Then it con-
tains quantity of sulphur and sage.
1t is guaranteed to darken gray and
faded hair That is what the old
white horse fiends' are using as a
substitute for alcohol.
Unless some of the other ingredients
contain something with a kick there is
scarcely enough alcohol in a gallon of
the mixture to produce Il respectable
jag. A physician said today that a
weeks continued use of the compound
ought to kill the sturdiest alcohol fiend
in town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-19
Greatest Occupancy of Territory
Since Battle of Marine.
German Line Appears to Have
Now Given Away.
TAKE 500 SQUARE MILES Land
TeutOn Retreat May Be to De-
lenses Better Prepared.
Unexpected Superiority OF Brit
ish Gunfire Is Responsible.

London, March 19.-The greatest
occupancy of territory by any bellig-
erent since the German sweep toward
the Marine thrilled England today
Allied forces this time, are the gamers.
1t is the German line that has given
away.
Nearly five hundred square miles OF
territory between the Arras sector and
the river Disc have been added to the
allies holding.
today over the success of the aiiles
pushing" experts were inclined TO
put the soft pedal on the popular
tendency toward over-optimism-
They pointed out that the German
retreat was not a headlong flight, but
a methodical. systematic turning back
from untenable positions to others.
doubtless long and carefully prepared
The retreat has undoubtedly been
accelerated by the allies unexpected
superiority-une to the Ger
mans. They have surprised the enemy
with the vigor of their pursuit.
German Retreat Orderly.
But the lack of reports of any con-
sidera BILE losses of men and materials
by the Germans indicate the with
drawal was far from a disorderly re-
treat.
There was much guessing here to-
day as to the new line to which the
Germans al retreating. The one most
favored by military experts was from
Donai to Cambria, St. Quentin, La
Fere and scissors. Observers here do
| not think the Germans will permit the
/ allies to gain the approaches to the
! valleys of the Sambre, Scheldt and
Scarpe without Strenuously contestine
their advance.
al l.
| ly consolidating their lines and still
pressing steadily against the Germans
On the whole front of seventy miles
| along which the great push developed
gains, the British and French forces
| have taken seventy cities towns and
villages At some places the thrust
forward has carried the allied troops
ten miles into territory formerly occu-
pied by the Germans.
! Berlin Reports Retreat.
Berlin, March 19.-Eyacuation OF
French front extending from Arras tC
the Aisne river is announced by the
| German war office.
| Several lines of French trenches
over an extent of 500 metres in one
sector and 500 metres in another on
terday by the Germans. Nearly SOC
French prisoners were taken.
Claim All Zeps Returned
Berlin, March 19-An attack or
London by Zeppelins lasting one and
1 one-half hours has been made. the
war office announced today. Bombs
were dropped successfully and the air
ships returned safely.
This probably refers to the raid re-
ported in Saturdays dispatches. One
! Zeppelin was shot down in France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-19

has been one of turmoil. 1t is said
that the wife was merely a child when
they were married.
White Slave Charge.
Last summer she visited the county
attorneys office and filed complaint
against her husband, charging him
with white slavery" She charged
that he had forced her To submit to
unseemly relations with other men for
his profit A warrant was issued i'm
mediately and Parker was found pass
ing the court house. He was arrested
and the matter was talked over in the
county attorneys office. Some way
or other it was patched up and she
agreed to dismiss the case.
Then Parker fled suit for divorce
and asked for custody of the child.
Pending the hearing of the case the
boy was placed in his care and he in
turn turned him over to his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. I. W. Parker.
Along in January, Mrs. Parker, the
mother found the boy out playing with
other children and it is said that she
kidnapped him. Anyway. she and her
child disappeared and there has been
a constant search ON ever since. The
latter part of the week information
was received to the effect that mother
and child We're at Wakeeney. Kan,
with Mrs. Parkers brother BenOison.
Judge Dana issued an order instruct
ing Sheriff Larinler to bring the child
back into the jurisdiction of his court.
Mrs PARKER followed her boy to
Topeka. in fact she cared for him on
the trip and when the sheriff took
him to the county detention home she
went there with him and stayed last
night Without notice to her, a hear
ing was held in Judge Dana's cham
bers today and the judge signed the
order PREPARED by the grandmother
attorney, Tom Humphrey. The order