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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
The Immense Importance OF
L The Potash Deposits

How far the field extends and what /. ~.
productive capacity cannot as yet be known
with any precision. But the area that has
already BEN developed, less than one.tenth
Of the estimated whole. has been Judged 20
contain 300,000,000 tons OF pure potash.
valued at e7O0,000000. The deposits which
would of course. pass into French posses
sion with the restoration Of Alssee have an
Importance apart from their financial value.
Hitherto the only workable and remuners-
tive deposits Of potassium salts have been
those near Stassfurt in Saxony. Germany
has thus held a world monopoly OF salt
which forms one OF the most essential plant
foods and is put 70 a dozen different com
mercial uses. Next 10 Germany the
United States is the largest user of pot
ash. She imported every year from Ger
many about 100000 tons. and it has been
estimated that had she her own source Of
supply in her own soil she would consume
nearly twenty times as much. The whole
world is at this moment literally starving for
potash, and when the war is over the whole
world will have 10 pay ransom fer IL 20
Germany at Germanys own price. The dis
covery therefore. Of deposits that while
small compared with the S,sssfurt fields are
still large enough 70 break the German no
nopoy, is an event OF real moment. And the
chance that has placed them in Alsace and
revealed them just in time to enable France
to step into full possession OF so valuable
an asset is a happy circumstance in which
the whole world, outside Of Germany and
her allies, will find a grim satisfaction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

Chancellor. The contrary is true Count
Hertling was again this time. just as a. tns
fell Of Bethmann, the candidate OF the crown,
He refused to be Bethmann's successor ana
he was on the point, this time, also OF start
inc back to Munich after all the parties
sounded by him had deelared-with the eNeep,
tom Of the Conservatives-tha they could
not support him as Chancellor
Stresemann, who nowhere betrays the
slightest suspicion that he considers the
overturn in the government step toward
parliamentarianism goes on TO explain
why the National Liberals decided to JON
the Cabinet by accepting the vice-presi-
dency of the Prussian Ministry for DR..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

Friedberg The most important reason,
he said. was to restore the peace truce
(Burqfyieden) among the political par
ties; the other reason was to keep the Ns-
,ional Liberal party IN a position o. IN
fuence in order not TO be outdistanced by
the Centrum, or Catholic, party. Such
we're the paltry, sordid and temporizlng
motives of this party; there was nothing
that went to the heart Of things, nothing
that looked TO the remoter future Of the
German people, no expression Of faith in
their ability to shape their destinies.
The conclusion OF the whole matter,
therefore, is that, while Germany has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

either three or seven years more. Nettled by
this opposition, Bismarck and Moltke took
the floor. The aged field marshal declared
that the only safeguard against war was to
enact the bill as 1t stood. The elimination OF
the struggle came on the 18th or January
when the Chancellor delivered an address OF
extraordinary strength. which rang through
both hemspheres. By turns sarcastic. rem
iniscent, argumentatiye, menacing, and even
violent he shed food Of light over the con-
temporary politics Of Europe, throwing open
with contemptuous carelessness state secrets
that all the qudnuncs Of the Continent had
been laboriously prying at for months, putting
of all trappings Of mystery which had sur
rounded him as the Cabinet arbiter OF Eu-
rope. and narrating IN the most matter-of-
fact way the relations Of Germany with Rus
sia. France and Austria The front page Of
this number Of The Weekly shows Bis
marck in the midst Of this memorable speech
RI the thrilling moment when, having de-
cared that the boundary quarrel with France
began centuries ago, IN French seizures Of
the three bishoprcs Of Toul. Metz and Yer
dun, he added that since that time there had
been no generation in Germany which had
not been forced 20 draw the sword against
France.
The Chancellor mad begun by satirically
contrasting the opinions Of Herr Grliien-
berger and his associates on military mat
ters with those Of Count Moltke. Germany's
relations with Austria, he said, are more
cordial than ever; while 'Russias friendship
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Is There an Austrian
MiIitarism?

"HIS interesting question has been
raised by an evidently well in
- formed writer in one Of the recent
issues of la Revue" (Par!s). Shobbism
is. no doubt, not as general in the Austro-
Hungarian as in the German army, and, in
particular. in that OF the kingdom OF
Prussia. The article in question CONTENDS
that the naughty spirit Of caste Of the
Berlin and Potsdam Junker is almost un-
known in the garrisons Of Vienna and
Budapest. few uper-arlstocratic cavalry
regiments excepted, such as the Windisch-
qraef. DragOHer, whose corps Of officers is
composed mainly of scions Of the oldest
and richest Austro- Hungarian nobility.
The latter, as rule, does not, it seems,
consider the military as the ideal career
Of the aristocrat. The Kinskys, Palffys.
Esterhazys, etc, are too jovial and rich
cavaliers to submit themselves voluntarily
TO the hardships and restrictions Of the
barrack life, while the Prussian Junker.
poor as a rule, is glad to obtain his epau-
lettes and, through them, some heiress
from the bourgeoise class, old or young,
beautiful or ugly, Jewish or Gentle.
The officers and soldiers Of the average
Austrian regiment live together as one
big military family, with the colonel Is
pofer famitios. Snobbism begins with the
brigadier general, the first real tchsios 20
the military aristocracy. Almost all OF
them even il they are OF the humblest
origin. are promoted 70 the ranks OF no
bility. The "Edler von," Ritter Won" or
Baron Won" separates them definitely
from the bourgeoisie. Der Herr the
"Feldmarschal lieutenant" (major generaD
becomes 60 ipso "His Excellency," and
develops, in most cases, into a courtier.
His children generally marry moro or
less rich members Of the old nobility, and
in one or two generations grandpa Kitzin-
ger, the coppersmith, and papa Janovsky,
the farmer, are absolutely forgotten.
These few remarks will. the writer feels
help explain why the Austro- Hungarian
army was defeated by Russia, by Serbia
and Italy before the German General STAFF
came TO its succor. Austria simply has no
trained corps Of officers, in the real techni-
cal sense OF the word. The German officer
is a soldier, born and bred. His career is
life career for him; he bresthes the mill
tsry spirit in his family.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
vTHIS sketch Of Bismarck addressing
the Reichstag January H., 1887,
~ and the following report Of i'm

THIS sketch Of Bismarck addressing
the Reichstag January IL, 1887,
and the following report Of i'm
pending German elections, both reproduced
from an issue of "Harpers Weekly pub
lished that same year, stand as an interest
ing commentary on the present situation,
as the famous German Chan
cellor dwells upon the matter Of Franco
Prussian boundaries. If the reader will
try to put himself in the attitude Of a
reader in the year 1887, picking up this
weekly which he has just purchased from
a newsstand and perusing the account as
though it represented the freshest news
from Germany, the full thrill Of contrast
will be experienced. Here is the account
in full:
"On the 2lst Of the present month Germany
is to hold elections for new Reichstag, IN
place Of the one dissolved by order OF the
Emperor on the 14th Of January, as the re-
suit Of an adverse vote upon the govern
ment's army bill. The debate which preceded
the dissolution was most memorable. The
government had brought in a bill for re-
newal and increase Of the army establish
mert. TO continue seven years, az under the
present law. It's opponents, led By Dr.
Windthorst and Herr Richter, demurred to
some provisions of the bill and proposed an
amendment making its term three years,
arguing that then it would be easy to grant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

taken an important step in the direction
Of parliamentary government, it would be
premature 70 say that it is now to be
classed among the democratic countries Of
the world. Everything will depend upon
further developments. VIII the present
coalition Of the majority parties hold to-
gether? Will they present a resolute front
and force their will upon the Crown in
whatever future conflicts may develop be-
tween il and the national legislature? The
western world can only await develop
ments and meanwhile preserve non
committal attitude toward the young Ger
man democracy, if, indeed, there be one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

IS much more to us than that Of Bulgaria and
Of all the BulGarophiles in our country This
seemed 70 be a practical announcement that
Germany will give Russia her way IN the
Balkans, in return for standing aloof IN a
struggle between Germany and France Or
the latter country he said, amidst loud ap-
plause
"Tf the French Will only remain at peace
until we attack her, then peace will be Sc
cured 20 eternity But he urged that no
Cabinet, no newspaper, no public man, II
France, dares 20 say openly, We renounce the
rcconouest Of Alsace- Lorraine; and he added
that the moment the French think they can
conquer, they will begin the war This. he
held. was the real peril Of Germany, and this
the argument for the septenuate bill With
the vast preparations on both sides, the war
Of 1870 would be child's play in its results for
France I'm comparison with that Of 1890 or
do not know when
an spite OF Bismarcks 'blood-and-iron'
oratory- possibly somewhat in consequence
OF il since he had described the opposition
az aiming to substitute parliamentary for
an imperial army the amendment proposing
"a three years term was carried by 1876 votes
to I54 Scarcely was the result announced
when Prince Bismarck. making good threat
H. his speech. strobe into the Chamber from
the side room, where he had been watching
the ballot. and read an imperial order dis
solving the Reichstag. with which he had pro-
viied himself In case OF defeat. Then both
siles appealed to the country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
A Staggering Blow Would Be
n Dealt Germany

1T has been shown. then that Germany
for iotty-fve years has built up her indus
tyial and military position on the output OF
the Lorraine ore fields. II those ore field.
are taken from her possession a staggering
and apparently an irreparabIe blow will be
struck at the very root Of her prosperity
and success That blow she can partially
counter By supplying German coal in return
for French ore. II is 20 the interest both OF
France and Of Great Britain that this loop
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

,,r- ~ceo-t reorganization OF the
cabinet at Berlin is such an I'M
/ ror,ant event in the history Of
many that the Interpretation OF 1t by
G'' 1 c.-,vans themselves is well worth re-
n will be recalled that the
.SoI, leader Erzberger. Immediately
The new Cabinet was installed hailed
SIC -,or~e. in an interview with The Asso-
' "a press. as meaning that Germany
"1''s a,ro,scd the political Rubicon and
80 from an autocrscy into democ-
no. - He described The events Of the first
~ November, when very important
...;ors were going on behind the
80 scenes at Berlin, showing how
IT Uertling reserved his decision to
-, the Chancellorship until he had con-
49, 80 With the party leaders; how Baron
,.-,hlrann. the Foreign Secretary, had
.,t.o part in the conferences and had
- the introduction Of the parla-
- system because he was DESTROYS
- - ,bo outside world should know that
-, -ev political era had dawned in Ger
nany. 49,. H.. .,oro
..aovtart ministers from the Reichstag
-5 tbe Prussian chamber was followed.
g.-r Won Payer the ablest statesman Of
:. Progressive party, was selected as
s..-,.a-v of the Interior and Nice-Chan
H.. and Dr. Friedberg. the National
,a.rsl par,v leader Of the Prussian cham
- was made Nice-President Of the Prus-
-, Cabinet The Socialists declined TO
-. seat in the new government, In
&c., bu. they insisted upon the appoint
msot Of the two men just named. and they
.,,k mar. in determining the programme
- action outlined by the new Cabinet. The
-, mos important planks therein are the
,,,rosuction Of equal manhood suffrage
/, Prussia and adherence to the peace
,oli,v outlined in Germany's reply to the
p,14-tbat is to say, the securing Of as
CARLY q peace as possible through re-
,,,riat;or of territorial conquests. The
ligblv interesting fact may be noted in
nas,inc that the new imperial govern
rert as the German press points out, is
ior the 6rst time in its history without
ia prpssian member in IT,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
By F. Woodward Neele

people" moraIized the Major, 81
met the old man last summer in the
Highlands He was staying with some
friends of my friends. saw good bit
of him then, and never saw him again
till | ran against him in town last
week. Said he had some good shooting
down here, and offered me a day or
two" Charlie wondered if he had
met Nellie, and then wondered how to
ask the question. 1t was very simple,
but he could not say it, He framed Il
sentence and voiced it inwardly to
see how it sounded. The longer he
waited the harder it was to say.
"Have you met Miss Seymour at
all?"
1t came out quite suddenly before
he realized he was speaking.
Yes, several times. She was with
her father. A charming CIR" said the
Major, and repeated rcflectively, and
with unction-"a very charming girl. ~
"He does admire her." thought
Charlie "The brute" A huge dis
like of the Major filled his breast. He
hated him.
Here's our station" said the
Major, pitching his cigar stump out of
the window, sercnely unconscious that
the other man wanted to kick him.
A dog-cart was waiting for the two
gentlemen. The man knew Charlie
and touched his hat. "Theres a cart
down for the luggage, sill" he said.
''lf you don t mind waiting a minute,
said Charlie to the major, &" | will send
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

any rate, was thr0bbing with things
unutterablc. But to her that was
i'll Who could tell Of what she was
thinking?
And then the nights when they
danced together, or she sang! p.
And in town, had they not met on the
same swcetly familiar footing? Always
such good fricnds-that was the worst
of tiff she were not so horribly,
frankly friendly How could a man
tell, when a girl looked at him so
straight so brightly, with such speaking
eyes that said-nothing? Well, there
was but one way to test her real thoughts
and that was to throw himself at her
feet. He was going down now to her
old country home for the first time,
and let the chances but offer he would
seize upon it.
He had brought for her a very prec-
ious bit of china-Nellie adored china
carefully packed in shavings in its
wooden case, and rolled for greater
safety in his rug. When they were
alone he would give it to her and then,
if he could, if he only dared
Charlie fell to earth with crash
as his fellow-traveler awoke with a
stifled snort. The Major was the first
to collect his thoughts.
Are we getting near CO" he
asked
Charlie looked at his watch
"Ten minutes more ought to see
us in" he said
"Do you know the country around
here at alp" continued the Major,
wideawake now aud inclined to chat
Every slightly" said Charlie; Il
have only passed through in going
north"
cob" said Major Slmm, "then
you will not know the whereabouts of
Benton Manor. | am going"
Benton Manor" interposcd Char
lie "are you going there? That's
rather funny, for I'm going there
myself"
Every far off, laughed Major Slimm.
Nice people, the SeymOurs, You
know them well, | dare say?"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11
Continued on page II.

l, 1911, esUImaUeu 0o.f per cent, COM
pared with 56.7 per cent on May /
last year and 56.3, the ten-year av-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

the streets of Pennington should be
put in their best possible condition,
before thew are piven their animal
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

Woman's friend is Large Trial
Rnttla nf Cannl prae ariYs+iov, IT,, =
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

"Fairly well, said Charlie, and eyed
his companion. Why was this fellow
going to Seymour's? Was he a rival?
The yellow tiger in the lover was
stirred.
Curious how one runs against
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

NJ dUUuI 70 yeaTS OF age he pro-
fessed hope in Christ and united
with tho Eire+ Pant;-+ rls.-..at. &c AZ
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

liver, kidneys and bladder. A trial
35c bottle of SanOl will convince you.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

POT Flat River
225 st. Louis
-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

W. A. Kennedy has large list Of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-11

~~a~V5 p ~
And with high endeavor make it
Fit to shine in paradise.
Solicited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25

The Apache Trail. the
splendid new automo-
bile road from Globe.
Arizona. to Phoenix.
running for l2O miles
through a country OF
scenic wonders, has
opened a recreation
ground unique in sew
eral ways. Up to the
present. interest has
centered in the auto
mobile tip. There is
a stage line Of touring
cars connecting with
trains. enabling per
son. making a trans
continental trip to
cover some Of the dis
lance and enjoy. a
change by taking this
detour. But the at
fractions OF Roosevelt
Lake. formed by the
great Roosevelt Dam
the good black ba"
fishing in the lake. the
nearby cliff dwellings
and the Sal, River
Federal Bird Reservs;
. ton. to say nothing OIL
the fascinating seen
ery. are resulting IN
long stop overs 81
Roosevelt.
Ioayi,sy S0aisssr POI"
CympgHs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25

Vincent Astors new
land sailboat. re-
Gently built for him
by the Bursess-Clrtis
Aeroplane Company
for use at Palm Beach
this winter. 10 the finest
craft Of this class ever
constructed. The de
sign provides for the
substitution OF runners
for wheels. SO it can be
used az an iceboat. as
it probably will be next
winter. In the picture
i, is being tried out
near Marblehesd
Mass by an employee
Of the seroplane com
pany.
1 B.if,HaiiOH.ii tin
ST.. Zee
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
40 Die in STORM
IN INDIANA TOWN
Tornado Sweeps Over New Al
bany, DemoIishing Scores
of Dwellings.
VICTIMS BURIED BY DEBRIS
Citizens of Neighboring Towns Hasten
to Aid Of Sufferers-City Hospital
OVerflown by lnjured-Gover-
nor Asked to Send Troops.

New Albany, Ind.-Probably forty
persons were killed and 100 or more
were injured by a storm which swept
over New Albany, demolishing scores
of dwelling houses and several indus
trial plants.
Twenty-Five bodies have been recov-
cred, and it is expected that this num-
ber will be increased materially when
the debris of wrecked buildings has
been cleared away.
The lighting system for the resi-
dence portion of the city was disabled
by the storm, and the work of res
cue proceeded slowly and with diff
Guilty.
In addition to the bodies taken to
undertaking establishments, there
were others that were taken to private
homes.
The storm struck the Corydon Pike
about two miles from New Albany
and moved southwest Entering the
city at State street, near Haly, it
swept through three blocks At the
intersection Of State and Pearl
streets it left the ground and then
struck again at Vincennes street and
the Charlestown Road, nearly a mile
away. At that point dwellings in
three blocks were demolished.
In its progress along the Corydon
Pike the storm uprooted hundreds OF
trees and destroyed many small
houses, many of whose occupants
were injured. In West Union, a sub.
division OF the city, the wind swept
path two blocks wide and more
than a mile long. demolishing houses,
several factories, and destroying a
school building for negroes.
Twenty-Five children were in the
building. Many of them, it is known.
escaped, but the exact number of vic.
Tins here will not be ascertained until
the wreckage has ben cleared away.
After the storm had passed rescuers
found a baby about months old
floating in a small stream into which
it had been borne by the wind. The
ehilds was alive and clinging to a
dog which apparently had been killed
by the storm. The child died in the
arms of its rescuer, and the body was
taken to an undertaking establish.
ment. Later an aunt identified the
baby, and then reported that both
the father and mother had been killed
A call was made on the Governor
for State troops, and 1t was reported
that these were on the way. Mum
bers of citizens from surrounding
towns fastened to New Albany and
offered such aid as they were able
to render.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
LIABILITIES ARE
GIVEN INCREASE
RULING HANDED DOWN BY WEST
VIRGINIA COURT AFFECT
ING DEFUNcT BANK.
DEPOSITORS WILL LOSE ALL
II Is Also Shown That Account Of
Large Grocery Concern Was Over
drawn To an Amount Totallnq
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Fairmont, w. Va.-The liabilities Of
the defunct Citizens Dollar Savings
Bank were increased $154,0OO by a
decision handed down by court.
At trial it developed that Less G..
Race had cashed at the bank $1O9, 900,
which the bank charged to the account
of the Smith-Race Grocery Co. The
stockholders of the grocery company
contended that this should not be
charged to the company. The checks
and interest amounted to $125,00O
The records showed that the gro
cery company had overchecked itself
$4,000, and this, too, was wiped out
by the decision, so that the additional
liabilities of the stockholders OF the
bank are $154,O00. The first estimate
OF the liabilities were $4,000, MAX
ing $3O4.000 in all. Those who were
caught in the crash will lose nearly all
they had in the bank.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

PoRTLAND.-PriVate John Poor Of
the Third Company. Coast Artillery
Corps. died OF q bullet wound received
when he tried to halt two strangers
detected near the 12-inch gun batteries
nc Fort Williams.
LONpON.-Private messages have
reached The Hague that Emperor
William IS suffering from a severe
nervous breakdown. IFS physicians
have ordered MIN to take the cure
at Homburg
FALL RIVER, Mass.-"Mlss Rose
Thibault" known I'm this city and
Providence as a housemaid. has turn.
ed out TO be Arthur Legrasse.
lNDlANAPOLlS.-Before the United
States District Court here adjourned.
sixiy-soven OF 1853 men accused OF
violation OF the Election Laws I'm In
diana had entered pleas OF guilty
NEW YORk.-W. j.. Hawley paid
S475 at a sale OF the library effects
for q copy Of "The Presidents OF the
United States, 17891914." edited BY
James Grant Wilson. from coutribu.
tions by various eminent writer's.
NEW YORk.--Henry Morqenthau.
OF the American Jewish Relief Com.
mittee. announces that 100000. 900
must be raised IN the United States
BY June for Jews IA the war zone