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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-23
Exemption Board
Is Nearly Through

The exemption board for Fremont
county is making very careful ex-
animation of the petitions of the mil
itary eligbles in the first ctassifica-
ton for exemption from army duty on
the ground of dependency and VIII
Ishortly be ready TO make their report
to the district board at Pueblo.
The work of the board is practical
ly completed and it expects to make
its certification of Fremont county's
quota of thirty-five men for the new
national army within the next day or
two. There are some details to be
worked out and possibly some
changes will be made in the list of
men tentatively agreed upon. OF the
subjoined list of men. which VIII
probably represent fremont county
N the first conscription. seven asked
:or exemptions. but they were disal-
lowed by the board They may how
ever. be reconsidered at any time be-
fore their certihcatiop is made
The tentative list follows:
Flora Carnella. Florence.
Lester II. Hainline. Penrose.
Samuel Agnew. Canon City.
Elmer Hansen. Coal Greek
Albert Blackford. Howard.
James Walker, jr. Coal Creek.
Frank Stearns. Canon City.
Norman II. Unsworth. Canon City.
Tony Sanguinetti. Pyroiite.
Tony Cassillas. Coal Greek.
Roy Ernest Cooper. Cotopaxi.
Clarence C. Crosby. Rockvale
Clanson Cox, Canon City.
| Clarence Fred Rowe, Canon City.
James Joseph Beach, Cotopaxk
Lon Judson Runner, Canon City.
Harry Lee Mattoon. Canon City.
Alex. Irvine. Coal Greek.
Ralph w. Middlemiss. Canon City
James Joseph Donnelly. Florence.
Louis Strong Lear. Canon City.
James W. League. Florence.
Harold S. Eskilson. Micanite.
George Carino. williamsburg.
Joseph T. Canfield, Penrose.
Marion Ernest Roy. Florence.
Abel Dominquex. Howard.
Joseph Ramiez. Rockvale.
Joseph Lynn Jr.. williamsburg
othir Eugene Isley. Canon City.
William Glib. Canon City.
Felix Pogliano. Florence.
William n. skinner. Florence.
Frank Joseph Arnold. Canon City
Rogue Cabera. Concrete.
Henry Clark Gilman. Florence.
Frank Marsh. Canon City.
Four of the young men in the above
list are aliens. and as such are not
believed to be eligible for conscrip.
tion for military service in the United
States army. Mexico has already filed
protest with the State department,
at Washington against the enlistment
of any Of her citizens in our military
service.
As the War department requires al
least I'VE additional men to be In
readiness 70 80 iAto the selectivs
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-23
WE'RE VISITORS MERE LAST
WEEK

The Misses Leotn and Gertrude
3sondurant went to Canon City Tues
day 10 visit relatives and to meet Mrs.
II. H. Conner Of Sterling. Kans. They
returned Saturday accompanied By
Mrs. Conner. Who will visit her p,
9ents. Mr.. and Mrs. 8. A. Bondurant,
and other relatives. Mn. Conner was
formerly Miss Dssie Bondurant. Mr..
Coner expects . come later. -salida
Mall.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-23
THE SPIRIT OF rs
(By George Washington

There is rank due to the United States among
nations. which will be withheld. if not absolutely
lost by the reputation of weakness.
If we desire to avoid insult, must be able to
repel it.
II we desire to secure peace. OF the mos,
powerful. instruments of our rising prosperity, it
must be known that we are. AT ALL TIMES.
READY FOR WAR.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-23
JESSE JONES IN TOWN

Mr.. Jesse Jones drove into town
from Idaho a day or two ago. Jesse
is the same hustler as OF old and made
more than good with his hotel and
theatre project in Wyoming. Jesse is
taking little rest now but has good
prospects of getting busy again soon.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-23

army In case some Of those regularly
selected and qualified are not present
On the day the hrrt contingent goes
to the concentration camp II 70 pos
-ible another draw.ng viii have ~ be
made in this county 70 provide for
this contingency.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-23

Robert Duncan returned from Wis
II with relatives in Denver on last
Saturday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
CLEWENCE4U FINDS
u. S. ARMY SUPERB
Marvels at the Ardor of General Per-
shing's officers and
Men.

Paris, Sept 24.-Georges Clemenceau
formerly premier of France, describes
at great length in his newspaper, L'Hom-
me Enchaine, his recent visit to the
American training camp in France He
says:
81 marveled at the ardor with which
the officers and men devoted themselves
TO practical work on the ground and in
the study of theory. Every one applied
himself to his duties every hour of the
day and often at night.
tThe head of the French mission, who
is not sparing himself, told me that all
these folk shook down'in a few weeks
in a far better manner than any one
could reasonably have supposed. 1t was
because each one is inspired by single
ideato bring nearer the hour when
they will take their places in the line
and talk to the 'boches' otherwise than
by orders of the day"
Five American regiments have been
designated by the United States govern
ment to receive regimental flags donated
by descendants of Frenchmen who fought
in the American Revolution.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
SPORTING NOTES

A suit has been filed by the Baltimor,
team of the Federal league against thu
officials of the American and Nationa
leagues for damages amounting to 5000
600 The Baltimore club claims that il
was put out Of commission by slanderou:
statements of the officials of the two
leagues in order to monopolize the base.
ball business. Chairman Hermann OF
the baseball commission stated Saturday
that they would defend the suit, but
that he was surprised very much to see
the matter brought up again.
The st. Louis American league team
and the st. Louis National league team
will play an intercity series of games
under the direction of the baseball com
mission Communication has been re-
ceived from the soldiers at Camp Sheri-
dan at Montgomery, asking that the
Cleveland and Cincinnati clubs be al
lowed to play an exhibition game there
after their Ohio series. The commission
replied that if the two teams desired to
play at the camp or at any other camps
they would be allowed to do so.
Hard hitting by the recruit outfelders
of the New York Americans, Camp and
Lamar, enabled the Yankees to defeat
st. Louis in the encounter between the
two teams Friday. Camp secured dou-
bic and three singles out of five times at
bat, while Lamar had three singles to his
credit out of five times at bat
In a recent 60-yard handicap held at
Sheffield, England, there were SO start
ers in the preliminary heats, the winner
being H. Thwaites, 81 years old. he hav.
ing started from the l4-yard mark
Rarely have there been two brothers in
the major leagues of the calibre Of Harry
and Stanley Coveleskie. The latter is as
clever with his right arm as the former
Is with his left
Now that the Chicago White Sox team
have won the American league pennant,
plans are being made to accommodate
he thousands of spectators who will
witness the games. II was certainly a
inc race with the rival Sox team bat
ling for the top position and now the
ans of Chicago will have the privilege
# witnessing worlds series contest for
he first time since 1906, when the Chi
ago White Sox team clinched the Amer
can league pennant. The hitting Of
atcher Schalk was the biggest single
actor in Chiosgo's clinching Of the pen. /
lant
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
HOLLAND GLOOMY
OYER PROSPECTS
Stoppage Of Fodder Exports from United
States Is Said to Be Having Bad
Effects on Agriculture.

The Hague, Netherlands, Sent. "a (Cor'
respondence of the Associated Press -
! Gloomy pictures are being drawn here Of
the agricultural outlook in Holland as
the result of the stoppage of fodder ex-
ports from America. The acuteness of
the position has been enhanced by poor
| hay crop and the small farmer in par
ticuar is faced with the greatest diff
cuities.
According to the wellinformed agri-
cultural correspondent of the Nieuws
Van Der Dag, cattle breeders are in great
distress and cattle are growing lean in
the meadows. Pig fattening has come to
standstill. IF the supplies of fodder
and fertilizers are stopped" he writes,
cattle breeding and agriculture will go
TO rack and ruin.
IF the world markets be closed to us
and this is what happens if we cannot
export to Germany agriculture and
market gardening will receive their death
blow and not only farmers but the whole
nation will suffer. The financial status
of the country population viii decline.
Many of the small farmers have already
reached the limit Of their financial ca
pacity, and are on the verge of absolute
impoyerishment Matters have come TO
such pass that the cattle have to be
sold at half their original price. There
goes the farmers working capital, to-
gether with the profits. The whole ma
ton is face to face with bad winter
The downeast Dutch farmer is mean
while advised by one fellow agricultur
list to feed his cattle on willow twigs, as
serting that the willows are readily eat
en- by the cattle and that the animals
thrive on them. 1T saves great deal
of hay" he asserts, "and If the cattle do
not become fat--on the contrary, they |
become little 'stringy are per-
fectly healthy and strong. That shows,
too, in the calves they bear. Small, wiry, |
strong calves are borne by cows that
have eaten lot of wood"
An official report just issued shows
that nearly $4,000 acres less land is un
der crops this year than in 1916, doubt |
less partly owing to the shortage of fer
tilizers. There is an increase of the area
under grain, but this is. like a drop in
the bucket compared with the oversee
imports.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
CONVOYS REDUCE
U-BOAT LOSSES
Material Check the Result of Work of
American and British Naval
Vessels.

Washington, Sept. 24.-Convoying OF
merchant ships by American and British
naval vessels has materially reduced sub.
marine losses, it was said Saturday Off
cially at the navy department. At the
time the convoy system was adopted
records for allied and American shipping
showed that approximately one-half of
per cent Of conveyed merchant craft fell
victims to the German submarines.
The figures have not been worked up
in the weeks that have elapsed since
then, but Indications are that even that
small percentage has been very much
reduced with the general application of
the convoy plan. There have been no
recent submarine losses in the vicinity
of Gibraltar or the Azores, which tends
TO support the view that the convoy sys-
TEN is proving itself effective.
Some navy officials believe that the
massed attack by six German subma-
rines on the conveyed merchant ships, of
which the American tanker Westwego
was one, indicates a change in tactics by
the German admiralty. British and
American strategists, however, are work
ing out a method of meeting massed at
tacks. 1t was said officially also that
absolutely no information of any char
acter had been received indicating that
the submarines would be employed upon
this side of the Atlantic.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
Five Merchantmen and Two
Conveying Destroyers Tor
pedoed Off Irish Coast
ENEMY LOSES
TWO VESSELS
Arriving Passengers Tell of
Heroic Conduct of Officers
When Minnehaha Sank

An Atlantic port, Sept. e4.-Passen
gers who arrived at an Atlantic port
from England Saturday on an American
steamship brought eircumstantial reports
that five British steamships and two de
stroyers out of convoy feet of six
which left Tough Swilly, Ireland, the 3D.
were sunk by German submarines within
a few hours of the port of departure.
The story was told, among others, by
shipwrecked seamen, who were survivors
of other Summarized vessels, and by a
merchant ship officer who had been in
Tough Swilly.
The FIVE vessels, il was said, conveyed
by the destroyers, put to sea shortly
after midnight, and they were attacked
BY massed submarines at daylight the
following morning. The news of the dis
aster was learned when the destroyers
which escaped put back to port bringing
survivors of the torpedoed merchantmen
and war vessels.
'The closest secrecy was Immediately
thrown about the incident" the mer-
chant ship officer said. The survivors
were given positive instructions to say
nothing about il, and no details as to the
names of the ships or the extent of loss
of life could be learned, II was reported
that one and possibly two of the U-boats
were sunk by the destroyers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
T. R. TURNS OUT COPY.
Colonel Becomes Fuil-Fledged Newspa
perman at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Sept. 24-Col Theodore
of the newspaper profession Saturday,
when he spent the morning at his desk
in the office of the Kansas City Star, TO
which newspaper he is to contribute ex-
elusively.
Col. Roosevelt's editorial work viii not
begin officially until Oct. |, but the larg-
er par of his three days stay in the city
win be spent at his desk at the newspa
per office and in getting acquainted with
members of the staff. great crowd
met Col. Roosevelt on his arrival He
was escorted from the railway station
by the Kansas City naval scouts and the
I'd Missouri field artillery. Mrs Roose.
welt is with the party.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24

d. Lysnar, ex-mayor of Osborne, and
prominently identified with New Yea :
land refrigerating concern.
The general charge against the "Amer-
lean meat trust" is that it is surrepti-
tiously taking advantage of the abnor-
NAL conditions due to the war to gain
control of the New Zealand meat trade
for after the-war purposes, and that it is
allied with shipping ring" which ma
nipulates meat freights.
The committee of inquiry intends first
to confer with departmental officials and
then to take the evidence of representa-
tives of refrigerating plants. just before
the first meeting of the committee, of
which he is a member, the prime minister,
William F Massey, said of the investiga-
tion
1--WE are going to inquire into the posi-
ton to the very bottom 1t may be nee
essary to continue the Investigation aft
err this present session of Parliament, in
which case the committee will be consti-
tuted royal commission"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
"No Indemnities, No Annexation. +"
By Edwin Collins Frost of The Vigi
lantes.l

Coming home late the other night
! Mr. Jones was surprised TO find his
front door aiar. Hearing strange noises
as he entered, he hurried upstairs There
terrible sight met his gaze His little
daughter lay dead on the floor with a
great cash in her forehead. His wife was
in the grasp of powerful man, who
flung her from him; and she, too, lay
motionless on the floor,
Seeing that he was discovered, the
ruffian tried to escape. But Mr.. Jones
rushed upon him, and, after a desperate
struggle, threw him down, and knelt
upon his breast with his hands upon his
throat.
stop a minute" gasped the man.
What are you trying to do TO me? Tell
me your peace-terms.
Peace termsl" calculated Mr.. Jones.
For such a one as you. there are no
other 'peace-terms' than these: You
must be rendered powerless ever or re-
peat such crime. Therefore, before
have quite ehoked the life out of you,
shall turn you over to the police. Then
shall let justice take its course till
YOU have suffered the extreme penalty
of the law"
"No, don't do that" pleaded the man.
"Just listen TO reason. Now ! have
in my pocket jewels and money that |
found in your house. After your unpro-
voked attack upon me, ! might justly
keep them. But, as | owe YOU no ill-will,
I make you this proposition. Let me go
free, and l will return you everything !
have taken. In other words, we will re
store the status quo. As for your wife
and daughter. they may be the subject
Of friendly discussion at some future
time. You cannot justly take from me
NV right to decide my own destiny"
Hearing these pacifc words Mr.. Jones
n once
Well what would you have donei
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
ULTIMATUM
TO GERMANY
Argentine Demands Salts
faction or She Will De-
clare War
MOTION FOR WAR
BEFORE DEPUTIES
Berlin's Answer Sought on
Luxburg Affair - Mass
Meeting Calls for Break

Buenos Aires, Sept. 24.-The Argentine
government has sent an ultimatum tC
Germany. In its note the government
demands formal statement from the
German government of its attitude To-
ward the behavior Of its minister, Count
Won Luxburg, and repetition Of the
promises made respecting Argentine ship.
ping in connection with the Toro settle
ment,
The Argentine government has re-
ceived no explanation from Berlin since
disclosures by the American secretary Of
state except a verbal statement from
Baron Won Dem Bussche- Haddenhausen,
under .secretary of the German foreign
office, made through DR. Molina, Argen-
tine minister to Berlin, which Argen-
tina considers insufficient.
The Argentine foreign minister made
statement in the Chamber of Deputies
Saturday regarding the situation, and it
was understood that the radicals had
prepared a resolution which they intend
ed to introduce declaring a state Of war
already exists with Germany
The government is anxiously awaiting
Berlin's response before deciding upon a
rupture of relations or a declaration of
war, and according to the foreign Office,
If the German governments reported APP
probation of Won Luxburg is confirmed,
will consider it an insult and
declare war Immediately If no confir-
nation of this report is forthcoming,
only rupture of relations is likely
A declaration of war would result in
b shakeup in the cabinet, several of the
ministers maintaining that no cause for
war exists, although majority of the
ministers and the public generally are
willing to follow the government even
into war.
A great mass meeting was held Sat
lrday and there was a unanimous call
Tor an immediate break with Germany
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
GREEK FLAG OVER GREEK NAVY
Change Is Result of Recent Balkan Con-
ference in Paris.

Athens, Sept. "a Correspondence OF
the Associated Press. The Greek flag
has again been raised over the Greek
navy, Greek officers and crews are aboard
and the navy has resumed its independ-
ent status after a year of merger with
the entente fleets. This applies to the %
warships of the light squadron, consist
ing Of destroyers, gunboats and light
cruisers, and also to the bsttleships, chief
of which are the Lemnos and kilkish,
| formerly the American battleships Idaho
and Mississippi.
This change back TO Greek control is
one of the results of the recent Balkan
conference at Paris, when the allied mill
tary and naval activities were confined
to the Saloniki region, while the new
Venizelos regime was strengthened by
entrusting to 4 the military and naval
control of lower Greece. The entente
troops were rapidly withdrawn from all
these southern sections, ard at the same
time the entente crews turned over the
warships to their Greek commanders.
II WAS last ocNOUtI tndb tA-NihE Sou-
stantine's military and naval activities
were considered by the entente allies as
such menace in the rear Of their Sa-
loniki expedition that allied control
should be applied On the light squadron
there was a change of flags and crews
and the ships went to Saloniki, where
they Joined the allied squadron. The
battleships Lemnos and Nilkish remained
at the arsenal near here. but had some
of the vital parts removed so as to rem
der them incapable Of doing any damage
by the government then in control.
A crowd of several thousand Greek
officers and their partisans gathered in
front Of the American legation at the
time, trying to have the American min
lister intervene, which he sternly refused |
to do, as being matter entirely outside
his functions The American author I
tiles are satisfied this demonstration was |
planned by the then existing government /
for political effect. to create the impress
sion that American sympathy was
against the allies II failed Of that ef
feet. and thereafter the delegations of
agitators had to bear a request from the
ministry Of the foreign affairs before be
ing received at the American legation.
Now that the navy IS again In Greek
hands there Is prospect that the light
squadron may play a considerable role
against the submarine activities Of the
central powers in the eastern Mediter-
-anean and the Egean. Il j. said that
more losses have occurred in this section
han in any field Of submarine activity
but chiefly in coasting vessels. The
5reek naval patrol j. very active, not
sniy against the submarines. but in seek
~ ont the many hsses where they hide
.mone the islands and take on their sup !
,iies of gasoline and food
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24

This would enable the Irish ports TO b
closed against England and the establish
ment of stations for submarines ON tn
Irish coast and the cutting off of TIN
supplies of food for England. The serv
ices of the revolution, may, therefore, de
eide the war
He asks that telegram to this effect
be sent TO Berlin"
This letter was signed 1872 Sl6i
O230' and was addressed to Count Won
Bernstorff, Imperial ambassador, Wash
ington, d. c."
After citing an extract from letter
from Capt. Boehm, the committee stated
that he was too loose of tongue" for
the good of his service, and, citing a re-
port of the German military information
bureau of Ma ch 81, 1916, quotes the re-
port as follows:
"Too great confidence in the silence Of
his fellow men, especially the members
of the American Truth society, was
probably the cause of his becoming
quickly known here"
The committees statement continues:
$50 the notorious American Truth So
ciety, which so strenuously denied its
pro German associations figures as in
directly linked up with Germany's secret
This society is still ex-
tant, and jeremiah A. O'Leary, its NOV
ing spirit, is now the editor of Bull re-
Gently shut out of the mails for publish
ing seditious matter
Many inventors, the committee states,
the seized papers show, are represented
as having plans involving the use of de-
vices of destruction. One entry is cited
as follows:
"Junc Is, lol5-Sender, G. S. Viereck
contents, inquiry as to bombs; supply
offer Told to send further details
Possibly the further Details" the
statement continues, ARE indicated in
another entry of four months later:
Sender, Viereck. Contents, offer of
Dicrc acid
"Picric acid is a constituent of many
nigh explosives"
An entry entitled pure war expenses"
rom the Won Igel papers is made public
~ the committee as follows: Edward
Emerson, ST 900; Fair Play (Mr. Braun
g, 700; Fair Play tMr. Braun, 81 500;
Marcus Braun, $1,000; J. Archibald, So.
100
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
NEW INSURANCE PLAN.
To Be Drafted as Result of Protests
Filed Against Original Bill.

Washington, Sept "a. - Attacks by
representatives of insurance companies
and senator's on the validity of the in
surance provisions of the soldiers and
sailors civil rights bill resulted late
Saturday in an agreement by the Senate
Judiciary subcommittee at Washington
to consider a new insurance section to be
drafted by representatives of the war de-
partment and the companies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
NEW ZEALAND STIRRED
Is Investigating the So-called American
Meat Trust"

Wellington, New Zealand, Sept. "a
Correspondence of the Associated Press
The operations of American packing
companies represented in New Zealand
are at last under official investigation.
The special committee of the dominion
House of Representatives which is
charged with inquiry into the activities
Of the. so-called american meat trust,
has held its first session.
The investigation is the outcome of
months of cutlery and agitation in New
Zealand by farmers organizations, poll
ticians and newspapers. Perhaps the
most determined and energetic assailant
of the American packers" has been W.