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The Daily Missoulian., 1917-05-13

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India paper if we could get them"
We cannot get any because no more India paper
be manufactured The war has made it impossible to
get any more flax from Belgium, Germany or Ireland and
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buying the Britannica We haze enough sets
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
j. s. WILL AGREE
TO NO COMPROMISE
War is Inevitable Unless Ger.
many Backs Down.
ISSUE HAS NOW BEEN MADE
Won Bethmann Hollweg's Speech
Brings No Change In the Situa-
tion-President Sound
ing Sentiment.

Washington.-Only the cessation of
Germany's ruthless campaign OF death
and destruction against American
shipping can alter the course which
President Wilson and his advisers
have laid down for the United States.
This was the determination of the ad-
ministration following the receipt in
Washington Of Chancellor Won Beth
manufactures discussion Of the
German-American crisis before the
German Reichstag. The German
Chancellor, while he declared that
Germany has never desired and does
not now desire war with the United
States, made no announcement as to
any change in Germany's campaign Of
devastation at sea. His statement
that If the United States considers
the submarine campaign a cause for
declaration of war, Germany will not
have to bear the burden Of RESPONSE
bility for it," and that the German
nation shall also bear and overcome
this" was accepted in Washington as
voicing Germany's determination to
maintain the war against American
shipping in the face Of the obvious
preparations of the United States for
impending war
Germany, it was said, was consist
emily attempted to lay the blame for
her acts on other nations. On pre-
vious occasions President Wilson has
taken the position that Germany is in
no way justified in carrying on sub
marine ruthlessness because Of the
British blockade.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
Seek 1000 Men.

About 1000 men from eastern Penn.
sylvania are expected to enroll for
military training camps this season
by the recruiting committee, which is
composed of C.. Willing Hare, Howard
Henry and B. Franklin Pepper. From
New York $4,000 will go to Platts.
burg, and even little Rhode Island
has promised 1000.
Camps are scheduled at Plattsburg
this year as follows: First, June 2
to July /; second, July 7 to August
s; third; August II to September 8,
and fourth, September Is to October
IA.
Junior camps, for boys between the
ages Of fifteen and eighteen years,
will be held at Fort Terry, Plum
Island, New York, and Portland,
Maine, from June 30 to July 2S, and
August 2 to August 30.
An advertising campaign has been
planned for the eastern district, and
1t will include the distribution of 25..
900 posters. This year the Govern.
ment will pay all expenses and will
furnish outfits. Recruiting blanks can
be obtained at the Office of the Mill
tary Training Camps Association.
Room III, Commercial Trust Build.
ing, Fifteenth and Market streets.
Philadelphia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
DIR. ZIMMERMAN
CANNOT EXPLAIN
His Justification of Mexican
Plot Does Not Satisfy.
U. S. HAS GERMAN CODE
kalser's Secretary For Foreign AffalrA
10 Having An Uncomfortable
Time, Both In Public
and In Private.

Copenhagen. The German-Mexic
alliance incident, 1t is evident from
reports brought by persons recently
arrived from Germany and from press
reports of the Reichstag sessions, con-
tinues to provide unpleasant moments
for DR.. Alfred Zimmerman, secretary
for foreign affairs. His defense Of his
action behind the closed doors Of the
Reichstag committee and in the open
house has not availed to check either
public or private criticism of the act
itself and. still more, the greater crime
OF being found out.
DR.. Zimmermann's latest explana.
ton in the Reichstag is dismissed by
the Tageblatt as avoiding the real
cruz of the matter, namely, the wis
dom of the step as a matter of policy.
Formal justification for the proposal is
unquestioned, but, as the Tageblatt
points out, the vital point is the effect
that the overtures might be expected
to have on Mexico, on Japan, and on
public opinion in the United States,
particularly in the Western and South
srn States.
Regarding DR.. Zimmermann's state
ment that the manner in which the
American government obtained cog
nizance Of the instructions is still un-
der investigation.
The channel whereby the instruc-
tons were conveyed to Count o
Bernstarff, the former German ambas-
sador at Washington, is described
mysteriously as a special and par
ticularly secure" one, but 1t Is con-
sidered not impossible that the For
eign Office took advantage Of the
State Department, which allowed the
American embassy at Berlin now and
then to transmit communications be-
tween the German government and
Count Won Bernstorff. Embodied with
In such dispatches were other mes
sages, in a second inside" code. One
such message was transmitted by Am
bassador Gerard about the date of the
Mexican discussion.
The text OF the instructions as made
public from Washington has never
been published in Germany. An os-
tensible text has been made public in
Germany, but that was subjected to a
few, though important, revisions, in
GLIDING commission of the offer to
Mexico respecting Texas. Even at
that the Socialist critics have ridi-
culed the idea that the Mexicans would
consider the possibility of conquering
Arizona and New Mexico and have
characterized the idea Of a war be-
tween the United States and Japan
as a dogma like the earlier n Of "the
Inevitable Russo-English collision"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
To FACE WITH
H|NDENBURG LINE
British Now Getting Their Big
Guns to Work.
FRENCH GROUND CLEARER
British Recognize That Great De-
lenses Must Be Smashed Before
Another Move Forward
Can Be Made.

British Armies in France (via Lon
dom THE warfare on the western
front Is becoming somewhat station
airy again, as the British outposts and
patrols have come face to face with
the so-called Hindenburg line, where
the Germans undoubtedly will make
a determined stand. The position is
strong, as they have had unlimited
time In which to prepare 1t far from
shellire, so that the problem again
arises Of smashing down this defense
with sufficient artillery to permit an
other move forward.
Minor actions continue all along
the line between the German rear
guard machine-gun detachments and
the British infantry and cavalry pa
trolls, but nothing approaching the
proportions of a battle has yet de-
veloped. The Germans have placed
great reliance on their machine guns,
as many as a score having been found
grouped in n position during the
retreat. They also have fortified
every possible position in the line Of
retreat, including barbed wire en-
tanglements about cow barns and pig
pens.
The German heavy artillery is COM
ing into play again from fixed posi-
tons back of the Cambrai-St. Quentin
line. 1t is reported that the German
Emperor recently visited the territory
over which the Germans retreated,
having come with Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg, and given his approval
of the methods adopted during the re-
treat.
The British have discovered a plot
to spread disease among cavalry
horses, a German agent having been
found with a vial of meteorological
cultures in his possession and in
structions how to use them. The Ger
mans left behind all manner of traps,
of which, however, the British and
French received information.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
TONNES SING
IN FACE OF DEATH
British Soldiers Maintain Best
Army Traditions.
SHIP. HAD STRUCK A MINE
Parsded On Deck In Perfect Order.
Rescuing Vessels Took Them OF
and the Transport Was
Also Saved.

London. - The British transport
Tyndareus, with a battalion Of the
Middlesex Regiment aboard, struck q
mine on February 8 off Cape Agulhas.
the southernmost point of Africa. The
men were paraded on deck, and, after
r~oll-call, began to sing while they
waited for the ship to sink.
The Tyndareus, however, was saved
and the troops were transferred to
two rescuing steamers, having upheld,
as expressed in the official admiralty
report, "the cherished traditions OF
the Birkenhead."
The admiralty issued the follow
ing statement on the incident:
1.-THE admiralty transport lynda
reus, with a battalion Of the Middle
sex Regiment aboard, struck a mine
at s in the evening of February 8 of
Cape Agulhas. A strong southwest.
erly gale was blowing and immediate
ly after the explosion the ship began
to settle by the head, with prop oilers
out Of the water.
"tAssembly' was sounded and the
men donned lifebelts and paraded In
perfect order. Roll was called and
upon the order Stand easy the whole
battalion began to sing.
1.-TWO steamers dispatched to the
rescue arrived on the scene within
half an hour. During this trying time,
although faced by the probability Of
imminent death, the troops main
tanned steadfast courage and dis
cipline. Never was the tradition of
the British Army more worthily up
held than on this occasion.
Thanks to the devotion and per-
severance of the captain and the Of
ficers, the ship was saved. The
troops were transferred to the two
steamers and taken to Simontown,
where the Tyndareus subsequently re-
turned under her own steam, with two
holds flooded and another leaking"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
EXPECT TO LEVY
STATE WAR TAX
Opinion Expressed by Chair
man Woodward That LegisIa-
ture Will Meet Contingency
PROVIDE FUNDS AT ONCE
Large Appropriations VIII Be Neces-
sary, as Soon as Active War condi-
lions Exist, to Put Pennsylvania
In the Forefront of the States.
Harrisburg

-I1dIl ~ b .
Chairman Woodward, Of the House
Appropriations Committee, indicated
that 1t will be necessary for the State
of Pennsylvania to levy a war tax
in the event of active hostilities with
Germany. He expressed the convic-
ton that the Legislature would meet
the contingency periodically.
Mr.. Woodward said that in his opin-
ion a large appropriation would be
necessary as soon as active war con
ditions exist, to make possible Penn
sylvania's stand in the forefront OF
all the States in the Union. He de-
clared that such an appropriation
would make necessary the raising OF
additional revenues which would be
levied by the Legislature to the full
est amount necessary. Such appro-
priation and revenue-raising measures,
Mr.. Woodward said, will take preced-
ence over all else in the considera-
ton Of the Appropriation Committee
of the House of Representatives and
will be acted on with the utmost
speed.
81 believe not only the Appropria-
tions Committee but the entire Legis-
lature will do anything to provide
the necessary funds or any other or
ganization or legislative work neces-
sary to have Pennsylvania take her
place in support of the Government
said Mr.. Woodward. 81 think 1t safe
to say that the funds for such pur-
poses will be provided regardless Of
what happens to other projects in
case war Is declared"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
NO ATTEMPT TO DESTROY SHIP.
Liner Did Not Sight Any
Submarine.

London delayed by censor).-The
st. Louis, the first passenger vessel
carrying the American flag to cross
the Atlantic since Germany's DECLARE
ton Of unrestricted submarine de-
struction, and the first armed Ameri.
can liner to enter an European port
since the war began, arrived Monday
morning. She carried a meager num-
Der of passengers-33 all tOld-but
her holds were filled to capacity with
non-contraband freight.
The st. Louis came through with
out interruption. No submarines were
sighted, nor were there at any time
any indications that German under.
sea boats were after the big liner. II
any of them saw the st. Louis they
made no attempt to destroy her, but
kept carefully away from the guns Of
the American ship.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
Jaa Mishap a Liability.

The State Compensation Board, in
an opinion in the claim Of Miller vs..
Maloney, Pittsburgh, affirms the find.
ing of Referee Christley, in awarding
compensation to the mother OF a mar
who, while intoxicated, fell from the
seat Of a wagon which he was driving
and was fatally hurt.
The employer argued that the &C.
cident occurred at a point which was
not in the most direct route that the
deceased could have adopted to drive
the team to the place Of business,
and that he was so intoxicated at the
time of the accident that he must
necessarily have been outside Of the
scope of his employment.
1t Is held that the road taken was
not out of the direct route and was
one naturally taken, and the opinion
says: 1.-THE evidence showed that the
defendant was thoroughly cognizant
of the Incorporate habits OF his en-
ploye. . . . The defendant was on
notice that he was entrusting his
team, as well as his property, in the
hands of an employee Of well-known
Incorporate habits, and 1t now
comes with bad grace for him to urge
that he ought to escape the liability
of law because of the condition Of
the deceased"
The board also affirmed findings Of
Referee Smith in the a Of Brown
VS.. Johnston, Bradford, in which COM
pensation was granted for injuries fol-
lowing a fall while carrying a box Of
tools. A new hearing was held at
Bradford in this case.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
THE WAR BILL
PUT AT BILLIONS
Army and Navy Experts Figure
on Vigorous Campaign.
WILL BE NO PASSIVE WAR
Rely Upon Country To Back Up
Plans-Idea OF Coast Gained
From Experience OF
Belllgerents

Observation-Disclosures which have
been made for military, naval and
economic operations against Germany,
in the event Of war, are based upon
plans for warfare of a most thorough
character.
These estimates are not describ-
able In terms of millions, or Of hun
dIeds of millions. They run into bill
lions, and will tax the resources Of the
United States, If they are legislated
for as army and navy experts Will
recommend.
No Passive War.
Official comment upon these esti-
mates will be withheld until war
comes, and until the President him
self has outlined his policy and pro-
posed his program. After that Con-
gress will have to deal with the ques-
ton of money-revenue on the one
hand and expenditures on the other.
Any feeling that may exist in Wash
ington or outside that anything but a
passive war may be carried on with
out grave cost to the country will, 1t
Is said, be removed soon after the
Army and Navy Departments have
spread before Congress the campaign
plans, and have confided to the coun-
try the expense which will be involved
In their execution.
There need be no surprise If $5,-
900, 900, 900 is asked for to finance the
irst years work. This is half Of the
total cost of the Civil War and ap-
proximately Is times the cost of the
war with Spain. The cost OF the
Revolutionary War-s135, 193, O00-is a
mere bagatelle in comparison and that
Of the war with Mexico, estimated at
800, 900, 900, is but a drop in the
bucket.
The enormous totals which have
been arrived at in the army and navy
calculations have long been before
the President. He has gone over
them, up and down, forward and back
ward, in his consideration of all
phases Of such a conflict as is now
ahead. These figures undoubtedly
have caused him concern, but 1t is not
to be supposed for a minute that he
has hesitated in fixing his policy be-
cause of the money which must be
spent.
Nor Is II assumed here that the
country generally, though unprepared
for the estimates, will balk when the
time comes to pay the bill. 1t has
been vaguely felt in all quarters that
the price would be heavy. The expert
ence Of other countries now belliger'
emit has shown that modern warfare
comes high. Some Of the European
governments even now face bank
ruptcy, but not one Of them has stop
ped to count the money cost.
Current taxes will be increased to
some extent. The cost Of food and
clothing will increase to a marked de-
gree. All this goes without saying.
But is is unlikely that in any case
the Government will exact anything
like as much money from the Ameri-
can people as Great Britain, for in
stance, is demanding from her people.
There is no thought here OF a so per
cent. income tax upon individuals or
60 per cent. levy upon corporations.
This Government will be able to
finance a war with Germany without
such drastic measures. There are
billions of dollars of available funds
in American banks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
TUNNEL UNDER U. s. ARSENAL.
Three Men Discovered Trying To
Enter the Reservation.

WATERFOWL, Mass.-An attempt by
three men to enter the Watertown
arsenal reservation by burrowing un-
der a fence was reported by Patrol
man David A. Thompson, who said he
fred Ave shots at the men after two
of them had fired at him. While the
officer was pursuing two Of the in
truders, the other ran through the
fence hole into the arsenal grounds.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
HEN SETS WORLDS RECORD.
Kentucky Leghorn Lays SO Eggs In
SO Days.

Lexington, Ky.-A worlds record
was made here in the international
consecutive e~gg-laying contest when
Lady Walnut, white Leghorn, No. 707,
laid an egg. 1t was the eighty-third
consecutive day that this hen has pro-
duced an egg. She is owned by DIR.
r. j. Ireland, Of Louisville, Ky. The
best previous record was SO eggs in
that many consecutive days.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
CANADA DISCUSSES HEAD TAX
Charge OF So On Travellers Entering
United States.

Toronto, Ont.-A head tax Of IS on
all travellers entering the United
States from Canada, said to be under
consideration by the Dominion Gov
eminent, was discussed at a meeting
of Canadian Railway officials at
Niagara Falls. The new tax will be-
come effective after May /, it is under
stood. The money is to be refunded
on the travellers return to Canada.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
2s5 FROM NEW RAIDER.
Germans Send In That Many Prison.
ers To Rio.

Rio Janeiro.-A new German raider,
slipping past the British warships on
guard in the North Sea, has reached
the South Atlantic and sent nine or
more merchantmen to the bottom. Ac.
cording to survivors from the sunken
vessels the raider is the Seedaled (Sea
Eagle). a formidably armed craft,
operating with the same success an(
daring as Its predecessor, the Moewe
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
SUBMARINE cHAsERs HELD.
Two Built For Mexico Ordered Not
To Be Delivered.

Chicago.-Two submarine chasers,
built by an Illinois company for the
Mexican Government and ready for
shipment, have been ordered held by
the United States officials at Washing
ton. The president Of the company
which built the boats said the boats
had not been Communicated, but sim
ply ordered held. Each submarine
chaser is rs feet long and the build
ing required 40 days.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
EGG ROLLING TRANSFERRED.
Shifted From White House To the
WASHINGTON Monument.

Washington. = Egg rolling within
the White House grounds on Easter
Monday, a custom almost as old as
the White House itself, will be aban-
doned this year because Of the inter
national situation, and the grounds
around the Washington Monument
will be used. Under the present rule,
policemen keep all unauthorized per-
SOM at a distance from the White
House.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
80 AMERICANS cAPTIvEs.
Taken Into Germany BY Raider Moewe
On Second Trip.

Washington. - Official dispatches
from Copenhagen confirmed reports
that two American seamen had arrived
there from Germany with the story
that some so others taken in raids by
the raider Moewe were held
In detention camps. Reports from
many sources have convinced officials
here that Americans captured on this
British steamer Esmeraldas are held.
AS yet no reply has come to an in
quiry sent through the Spanish For
eign ONCE a week ago as to whether
there were Americans among the
crews Of vessels captured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
WILSON ENDORSES FUND.
commends the Work Of Raising
$4,000, 900 for Jswlsh Sufferers.

Washington.-President Wilson sent
a telegram indorsing the raising of a
$10,O 900, 0G0 fund for the relief of Jew
ish war sufferers in which he said,
"The Russian revolution has opened
the door of freedom to an oppressed
people," and urged that they be N
couraged.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
Technical Aid for U. S.

The brains, equipment and plant of
State College have been placed at the
disposal Of the Government military
authorities. This action was taken
by the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees. 1t was announced
by President Sparks that the offer of
students, campus, buildings and la.
boratories was made in view Of the
present critical situation in the ma
TONS affairs. Among various ways in
which the State College expects to as
sist the Government is the formation
Of a research committee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
NEW AMBASSADOR ON WAY.
ignacio Bonillas, OF Mexico, Travelling
To Washington.

San Antonio, Texas. - Ignacio
Bonillas, Mexican Ambassador to the
United States, accompanied by his
family, left here for Washington to
assume duties of his Office. The Am
bassador expressed the belief that an
era of complete understanding be-
tween the United States and his coun-
try is at hand.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-05
LATEST PEACE RUMOR.
A Bourse Report That Germany Has
Offered Terms To Russia.

London.-A dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph from Amsterdam
says:
According to a Berlin telegram re-
ceived by the Amsterdam Bourse, Ber-
lin is filled with rumors that Germany
has offered a separate peace to Rus
STA. The terms offered are said to be
complete autonomy to Poland, the in.
standardization Of Constantinople,
the evacuation by Russia Of Austrian
territory and a Russian pro%tectorate
oyer Armenia"