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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-22
DISCOVERED AN OLD VOLCANO
Layer Of Hard Lava, Still Warm,
Found at Base of Ragang Noun
tains, Philippine Islands.

The Philippine islands still are I'M
explored land to the white man. On a
march some time ago, lieutenant OF
the constabulary found a lava flow
and other evidences of volcanic activ-
ity at the base Of the Ragang noun
tains. Recently an exploring party
climbed the mountains and now an
other volcano is being added to the
maps.
The volcano which the party found
consists of three largespeaks, between
which extends the crater, now quiet.
A fourth peak is thought once to have
stood at one corner Of the crater, for
there is evidence that a great explo-
sion shattered it.
Vegetation in the form Of buckle
berry bushes, scrubby trees, small
tufts of short grass and Canadian
thistle extends to near the top Of the
peaks. Covering the peaks is thin
crust Of hardened lava, which is east
ly kicked up by the shoe, and the rock
underneath is soft, spongy and warm.
At innumerable vents an odorless
steam was issuing. There was no bub-
bling lava or signs Of q recent lava
flow, although on one side there ap-
peared to have been recent blast Of
hot gases. The trees there were
scorched and burned, while the leaves
were still hanging to the dead
branches.-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-22
SHELLS KILL AMERICANS;
u. S. MEN AMBUSH FOES
Number of Pershing's Soldiers Die i'm
Trenches in France-Artiliery
Doing Good Work.

With the American Arm in France.
Nov. 16.-A number of American sol
diers have been killed or wounded in
the recent Smelling OF the American
trenches by the Germans. One she'll
which dropped into trench caused
several casualties. The American ar
tillery fire has been heavy recently
that it has accounted for consider"
able number of the enemy.
The accuracy of the American artil~
lerymen'S fire has evoked enthusiastic
comments from the French superior
officers of the command in which are
the trenches occupied by the American
troops. The general in command told
American officers that the marksman-
ship Of the artiIlerymen was excellent,
comparing most favoraGly with that
of troops which had been at war for
years.
With the American Army in France,
Nov. 1G-American infantrymen ex-
acted q part revenge for Il trench raid
during Il recent night by ambushing
large German patrol in No Mans
Land, killing or wOunding u number Of
the enemy.
The American patrol, in which there
were some Frenchmen, arranged an
ambuscade near the German lines on
Shell-ruined farm.
After lying in the mud nearly all
night, the patience of the watchers
was rewarded by the sight of Il large
German patrol, its number more than
double that of the FrancO-Americans.
The Germans were permitted to
pass, when the Americans and French
men on their flank opened Il hot fire
from shell craters and other shelters
where they We're secreted.
The Germans were taken completely
by surprise and bOlted, carrying with
them their mon who had been hit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-22
WILSON ORDER CURBS ALIENS
United States and Obey Strin-
gent Regulations.

Washington, Nov. 20.-All alien en-
emes are required to register and to
obtain permits to travel, under a
proclamation issued on Monday by
President Wilson. Enemies also are
prohibited from approaching within
100 yards Of water fronts docks, rail-
road terminals or storage houses and
are forbidden to enter or reside in the
District of Columbia. The prOclama-
ton, issued as q supplement to the one
declaring a state of war with Ger,
many, provides further that an alien
enemy shall not, except on public fer,
ries, be Found on 'any ocean, bay, river,
or other waters within the United
States. They are forbidden to fly in
airplanes, balloons or airships and to
enter the Panama canal zone.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-22
Benefit to Business.

The merchant who does the biggest
business buys the most goods, and 1t
is the man who buys the most goods
who gets goods the cheapest. Here,
again, advertising helps the public.
The jobber or manufacturer, shipping
in bigger quantities to the bigger buy
er, receiving his money promptly aad
being at smaller expense in ~arioos
ways, is glad to sell for less 20 the
business man who buys in big quanti-
ties.
Advertising men know, of course, that
if advertiser" v-cTc cpt q public bene-
fit the advertising SIRE could not long
survive, for rrra5"ertisjng stores
would sc0n rise nu II" busy corners
of our grear cities q rive the great
advertis."., torres CIT i" "'.>iness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-22
Some Camp Songs.

COLLECTED by Kenneth S. Clark,
representing the War Department
Comm ission on Training Camp
Activities
"kaiser Bill"
Tune: "On the Beach at Waikiki"
Kaiser Bill, oh, we are coming,
With our Army over sea.
And you forgot our motto,
Which is, do not tread on me-"
It's a job we never started,
But We'll finish Germany;
And We'll hang you, Kaiser Will
liam,
On the highest linden tree.
"Good-by, Bill"
Tune: "Good-by Girls, I'm Through"
Good-by, Bill, you're through.
You'd better start to fret.
Wen tie a can to you,
Without the least regret.
Our Army's mobilizing, 1t sure
looks terrorizing.
We will keep this aim in view:
Wen get you, we'll get you,
Good-by, Bill, you're through.
IDIOT Time"
Here we are, and we're off for Ber-
lin town.
Wen turn Bill and his army up
side down.
And when the Allies make the Kali
ser shed his crown,
Therell be a hot time in the old
town that night, Oh, baby!
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29

Jcff Davis attracted considerable at tention in New York last spring by instituting a hotel for transient "ho- boes." For a long time the venture hropists, city officials and church workers co-operated with him in keep ing the Hotel de Gink open. When summer came came the hobo guests went away, some on roads and some on side door Pullmans, and the hotel was closed. says the Great Divide. of Denver. Davis is credited with the following sketch:
 If you want to learn What is a hobo?' don't refer to your dictionary. Ask a hobo. He ought to know.
 "A hobo is a man making his way from place to place, beating it or working his passage honestly in search of employment, but at the same time looking for an opportunity to bet ter himself
 For instance a aman in your town be comes unemployed, and, believing that he can better his condition by going somewhere else. decides to pull his freight (get away). Being broke, he decides to ride the rods Underneath the train) of the bumpers (between the cars), of the 'side- door Pullmans' (box cars). That man is hobo.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29
TO FIND THE FIELD
 THESE STUDS CAME FROM

truth about the matter was, some one had spilled some dust into the basket of potatoes beside the counter.
 Well when | came out by the way of Anchorage last fall l ran across Spear up in the Matanuska valley. He told me he never found that particu- lar field of potatoes, but he had a patch that was keeping him in spend ing money, anyway. I guess the way potatoes have jumped that 1t was best he never found the field, after all"
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29

place out of Dawson, I met fellow by the name of Spear" Peterson said. He had just bought about half q bushel of potatoes at the general store and when he washed some for cooking he found some gold dust in the bottom of the pan. He wanted to know of the Storekeeper just where the potaoteS had been raised. The storekeeper did
 mt know so Spear set out to trace the spuds to their original field. It's quite joke among the boys, because the
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29
JEFF DAVIS NEW YORK MIL l|0NAIRE
 RISES TIT DEFENCE OF THE HOBO

but I can't draw the color line.'
 some tlme back the governor of Arkansas released S60 men, claiming that it was unjust and uncivilized to imprison them for nothing.
 Tn many parts of America police officers get from 50 cents to g for each hobo they pick up.' Many offic- CTS have made small fortunes in this unique business of bounding jobless men.
 Improved machinery, immigration and the desire of individuals to seek their fortune are the conditions that make hoboes."
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29

The high cost Of potatoes recalls to Charles Peterson, a mining man of Alaska, on incident the first season he went into the Klondil1e It happened over about half a bushel of potatoes Peterson who came out this fall and is now stopping at the Palace, misses the French fred" along with his meals. and it makes him think of the man who ran across the gold dust in his spuds.
 When l got into Forks. little
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29

mate Convict forms, stockades, wood yards, vag road work and jail sen- tences are not gong to help matters. In fact, it only aggravates the situa- tion, and is liable to result in serious trouble.
 There are three kinds of unemploy- ed-those who will work those who won't work and those who couldn't work if they wanted to. The first is known as the hobo, the second as the tramp and the last as the bum.
 But society, police officials and city authorities classify the three as one and treat them accordingly. A man broke and friendless is considered a vag, and made to work for nothing on country roads, rock piles, convict farms, and frequently confined in bull pens for from thirty days to six months. This breaks the fighting spirit of the best man on earth.
 There are more than S0,000 such cases in America today.
 "Peonage is still in existence in the South, especially in Louisiana and Mississippi.
 Governor Brewer stated to me on my visit to the capitol at Jackson, Miss, that they had to enforce the vagrancy laws on account of the negro element I realize, he said, that the penniless white man must suffer,
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29
POLAR BEAR
 ENACTS TRAGEDY

LOS ANGELES, March 29.--Capt. Jack Bonavita nationality known ani- nal trainer, died here last night as the result of fractured Jaw and severe decorations receive din a strug- gle with a polar bear at a moving picture studio.
 He was putting the bear thru it's customary tricks when the animal be- came enraged and attacked him. The trainer was saved from immediate death by traffic policeman, who fired six bullets into the animal, killing it instantly.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29

in America. What if they demanded charity passes? Think of the expense it would be to the taxpayers. If the 'boes do beat the railroads, at least give them credit for not increasing the taxes.
 "Hoboes ask nothing of society ex- opportunity to migrate that was of fered those early hoboes, the pioneers through Michigan and the North down through the central part of the South, and finally out into the West, thereby clinching the whole of out great, big country into solid union
 But the hoboes are not Christopher Columbusing for new lands these days they are seeking work.
 "'The West still shouts, Come West, young man, come Vest and other parts of the land seem equally eager to impress the public with the gen. uineness of the specific brand of gold opportunities they are dispenclng, and thus the seed of 'hobosm' is sown
 "rhe Pacific coast today is flooded with at least 15,000 hoboes-skilled and unskilled laborers, who have come West either on account of graft ing employment sharks or through ad- of the Pacific coast and its ideal cli-
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29
SENATOR ROBERT IA TOILETTE
 DENOUNCED AS A TRAITOR

adopted by the meeting, which was at- tended by people from all parts of the Wheeling district, including many Ohio towns, as follows:
 Robert LaFallette was scheduled to appear in Wheeling, w. Va, for an ad- dress, Thursday; m view of his recent action in defeating the will of the majority of the United States senators, and in making the United States con- temptible in the eyes of the world, a mass meeting of representative men of Wheeling passed the following res- olutions:
 Resolved, That we utterly con-
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29

demn the treacherous conduct of Sen- ator LaF'ollette and his associates in defeating the will of the United States senate in it's patriotic effort to pass the armed neutrality act, and that we denounce the mass enemies of their country, and recommend to the organ ization which was to bring the senatro to this city that the engagement which they have with the leader of traitors be cancelled''
 Senator LaFollette with cancellation of his engagement here.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29

WHEELING, w. va,--Denounced aa traitor to the American people at mass meeting of 2,000 citizens here recently, Senator Robert M. La Toilette of Wisconsin was ordered not to come to Wheeling as had previous ly been arranged. He was to have delivered a lecture on Undermining of Democracy" at the Eoff Street Temple.
 A telegram was sent to President Wilson. praising him for the fight he had made for armed neutrality and pledging hlm support in the present crisis, and with it the resolution
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-29

 TEMPERATURES

Following are the lowest recorded temperatures for this year and last on the days designated. The minus sign before a aumber means below zero.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

ITO tho Commanding oHlccr. Navy
Yard:
I'VE regret to state that this ship is
out OF provisions and there was scarcely
enough food for last nights suppcr.
Up to the present we have had no
breakfast or dinner. The time is now
13:20 noon.
tSiencd THE ARMED GUARD"
Ihts ship was owned by wealthy
corporation. whose enhancement was
informed by tho Navy Department. af-
ter investigation. that no more armed
guards would be furnished unless the
captain. tho second and third officers.
and the chief engineer were removed.
This was done, and the ship sailed
again with n new crew and enough
TO eat. AS for the sheer cowarlice
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

obcycd my ordcr"-is n compact sum-
mary OF the business. The ship lum-
bercd OH again. the Gunncrs at their
stations aud husily shooting ut IL sub
marine, which presently forsook them
to seek Il victim less pugnacious.
I was recently aboard this same
steamer while she lay in port. a dirty
little hooker You could fancy her
banged about by the winter gales.
standing on her nose or almost rolling
her. funnel under. decks awash and Bit
ter weather for the bluejackets on
lookout or standing watch ut their
guns The same chief petty officer was
going out iu her, with his eager crew
Of. youngsters who lived iii the hope of
potting submarine. Bronzed and
taut. with the navy stamp upon him.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

displayed IN face of danger. the case
WAS exceptional. The reports indicate.
as will be displayed In the course OF
this story. that American merchant
officers are acQuitting themselves
bravery, as might be expected. amid
the gruvcst hazards imaginable.
LACONIC. HUT III; KNEW
HOW TO GET RESULTS
The statement of this chief master
alarms is extremely laconic. lie has
no gift of narrative. but he knew how
to get results. The hrcropm gang in
Il panic the instant the submarine was
sighted. swarming on deck to tumble
into the boats. the disgraceful rout led
by the chief engineer. and two navy
men driving them below to their duty
II threatened to shoot him. he
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

this commander OF the armed guard
said. with u smile:
Sure. I'm going again And 5oot
men In our barracks would give al
months pay to swap places with u,
Yes; l know they're warm and drvS
ashore. and they get fed like fiyhtinrf
cocks. But there's something doinpb
with us crews that arc ordered om
Get the difference? BY good lucl, ri
haven't been blown up yet, but there's ii
lads I'm tho draft that have been Tor
pedocd q, couple of times. Do you seoE
them hanging back? Not on your ,ife
All that ais those guys is that thcyy
have to wait too long to get anotho,l
ship"
(To Be Continucd,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

A new manifold, termed "The Rams-)
horn, has been constructed of simple pip
ing. 1t is on the exterior Of the engine. 1t
is manifold OF easy curves SO that there
are no sharp corners for the raw gas to lodge
against and be pushed into the cylinders. |
The next development was to give the
gas the proper amount Of heat after it came
from the carburetor.
What is termed hot plate is built in
at the top of the throat of the carburetor SO
that the gas coming straight up from the car
buretor hits the hot plate, the dimensions
of which have been worked out very scien-
tifically, and then passes around the easy
curves of the smooth manifold in perfect
state of mixture and at the proper tempera-
ture to each of the cylinders.
The case of this Chalmers engine has
been proved.
l. On August and ?, Joe Dawson
drove Chalmers equipped with this same
engine 1898 miles in "a hours-faster and
farther than anyone ever before had travelled
on land, sea or air.
If there's a flaw in pattern, or part, a
solid day of bitter, brutal speed will find it. :
2. There are over 1000 Chalmers
containing this engine now in use. They
check up past all expectations.
Therefore, the Maxwell Motor Com
pany, which has leased The Chalmers Motor
Company, has put it's 0. K. on this engine,
and accordingly on the Chalmers car.
90 per cent of any automobile is the
engine; and no car can be bit better than
its engine.
So you are safe in writing your check
for Chalmers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
The Coming Of a
GREAT ENGINE
1t Makes High P0z0er Our Of Lozv G1ade Gas

Men who drive cars are face to face with
condition that becomes more and more
serious each day.
That condition is the constantly de-
Ginning grade Of gasoline.
Nearly every engineer has said goodby
forever to high-grade gas.
For the moment, and possibly for all
time, multi-cylnders, counter balanced
crankshatts, and little tricks with valves
give way in engineers discussions to the
gas problem''
Every alert engineer is bending his
utmost to make ''one drop of gas now do
the work Of two''
Just as great situations produce great
men, SO out of this condition has come
great engine.
It's Chalmers
1t makes high power out of low grade
Compared with other engines of the
same size or thereabouts, it shows:
More bo7cer More rapid acceleration
Greater economy Greater length ofhye
Greater smooth,ess
ind an a,nasiag ability 10 start quickly on
q cold day, and 10 qoarm TIP qOithout delay
The Chalmers engine is a simple one.
That is one reason why it is SO good.
In many engines of the moment the gas
passes on It's way from the carburetor to the
cylinder through tunnel, which runs all
the way through the engine block
Before the gas gets to the cylinder it is
forced to turn many sharp angles and does
not become completely mixed with the air.
This results in raw gas running into not
only one but all the cylinders, particularly
when the car is cold, and especially when
running for the first five or ten miles.
In the case of the Chalmers engine this
type of intake manifold has been com.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

Gro Be Continucd.)
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

If one rabbits foot is lucky, four
should be even more powerful to bring
good fortune and this seems to be the
case if We are TO believe the report
lately published in the Moberly
papers \ Wabash fireman daily no
ticed a rabbit in the same spot on his
run and finally called the attention
of the engineer to it, Then one day
the rabbit was missing, but in the
same spot appeared an object which
looked like a large pocketbook A
stop at the nearest town and a short
run on foot took the fireman to the
spot and there sure enough, was a
pocketbook containing $4,000
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

A Spanish coin that he has carried
siXty-nine years is the treasured pos.
session of James G. Howe, Macon
county pioneer The coin was given
TO Mr. Howe when he was boy EN-.
ployed as clerk in a store at ST. Au-
bert. At that time the coin was in eX'
cellent condition. All these years Mr.
Howe has carried the coin in his pock
cts and it now is worn to smooth
disk, no letter or figure being deciph
erable.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

Clark City, once a flourishing town
tender at one time for county seat
honors, has done some extensive
dwindling and now is scarcely a vii
lage with only memories of former
prestige. That, however, did not pre-
vent the few remaining residents
from registering disapproval when
the railroad proposed to list it as
"Seyb"
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

Not quite three months after he and
his wife were pardoned from the Mis-.
souri, penitentiary that they might
take care of their nine children left
with neighbors in Stone county, John
Davis was killed in a runaway. Owing
to the peculiar way in which he wore
his beard he was known as Two
Whiskered John" The nine children
who survive him all bear names be.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

When two DeKalb county citizens
fell to fighting in the streets of
Weatherby last week the Saturday
crowd only shrugged its shoulders and
said, "Oh, that bull calf has broken
loose again" The reference was well
understood by DeKalb county folks,
for the fight was simply another out.
cropping Of the ancient feud which
grew out of the famous calf case-the
case of the calf that strayed from
home Occasioned a dispute over its
ownership and has since marched
through the appellate courts and the
Supreme courts of Missouri with its
ownership still a matter of frequent
contention.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

Dean Goslee, of Skidmore, is the
winner of the first prize of $50 in the
Boys Acre Yield Corn Growing Cen
test, according to the announcement
of the judges made at the office of
Superintendent Bert Cooper. Tie
boy won this prize with an acre OF
corn that yielded Is bushels and SO
pounds.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

Conservative estimates based on the
number of rabbits that have been
bought by the produce dealers and
stores in Allendale, Denver and Grant
City indicate that between $4,000 and
Worth county during the past two
months November and December.
And this does not include those which
may have been used for home con,
sumption.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

Noting that the name "Nishnaho'-
ma" had been suggested for a street
in Des Moines Ia, the Tarkio Ava
lanche reminds the neighbor state of
the fate of a river bearing that name.
The Missouri part of the Nishnabo ma
river is called the Nishna the Iowa
part is called Botna.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

Clarence. the 11-year-old son of
Charles Dinwiddle, living just south OF
Oregon, dropped a 22 target rifle
which he was carrying. The weapon
was discharged and the bullet took
effect in his right breast. Tho acci-
dent did not prove very serious, but
was a near tragedy
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

Weston has some of the oldest
societies not only in Missouri, but in
the west. Among them are the Ger.
man Benevolent society, organized
December IL, 1858; The Weston lodge
No. So, A. F. & A. NJ. was organized
in 1912, and the knight Templars
lodge No. 2 of Weston is the next
oldest in Missouri
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

Starting as a farm hand thirty years
ago, Herman Potter, who died recently
at Wellington. invested his savings in
real estate. and when he died owned
about twelve hundred acres of Lafay'
ette county farm land. His estate is
estimated at 100000.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-01-06

Something of the highwayman in.
stinct is shown by the watchdog be.
longing TO Perry Calhoun at Dunn
As a young woman was passing the
Calhoun home the dog ran at her
barking furiously. The young woman
in her fright, fled, and as she ran
dropped her handbag containing valu
ables. The dog very promptly re
trieyed the handbag, carrying it to its
masters door, where it eventually was
found and returned to the owner.