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The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
ESTERLY CLOSES OPTIC N RICH
 PLACER MIN:

We are in receipt of a copy of the Rogue River Courier, published at Grants Pass. Oregon, containing an account of a big placer cleanup on property that George Max Esterly and others have under option, as follows:
 Seventeen bricks of virgin gold, of total weight of 1,221 ounces, and valued at S23 ,190, said to be the largest single cleanup ever brought from a southern Oregon mine, were brought to Grants Pass Monday by James Lo- gan from the Simmons-Logan placer mine at Waldo. This great mass of gold was the return from a run of 70 days at the mine. It was not, how ever, all the gold in the sluice boxes, as the boxes were not cleaned as they are at the finish of the seasons run, and hundreds of dollars worth of the yellow metal was left in the boxes, to be taken out later.
 As a by-product of the mine, Mir Logan also brought along F 1-2 ounces of platinum, now valued in the market at from $1O5 to $110 per ounce. This increased the value of the product of the mine for the sev- enty day period to $24,532.
 The gold from the Waldo placer is of excellent quality, showing a fine ness of 900, the mint paying $19, or better, per ounce for it. It is cast into bricks at the mine, and these are shipped to the mint at San Francisco through the First National bank in the present instance.
 The Simmons-Logan placer mine has been the leading producer of this dis .rsa ss-4afssssffss operated upon larger scale than any other. It is equipped with hydrau- lie elevators, and has 25 miles of ditches, taking it's water from the east fork of the Illinois river. The property consists of 1,500 acres of placer ground lying between the two forks of the Illinois. It is now under option to Seattle and Tacoma parties at a price understood to be $15),UG0 and it is reported in the past few days the option has been practically closed
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
POLITICIAN ADOPTS
 MODERN METHODS
(By Associated Press)

JUAREZ, Mex, May 4. - General Candido Agulilar, candidate for gov ernor of the state of Vera Cruz, and former minister of foreign relations, is the first Mexican candidate to adopt American advertising methods in his governorship campaign
 Through local agent here, General Agulilar has placed ans sorder for 50,- 900 buttons. bearing his picture and netiee-of hi-~ canuruacy, 0,U0U felt pennants displaying his campaign slo- gan in colors, and large number of artistic display cards in colors for use in store windows and other public places. The order was placed with a San Francisco firm for delivery at once.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
ALL LOS ANGELES MEN WITH ARMS
 RECRUITED
CBv Associated preazi

LOS ANGELES, May f. - With the declaration of a state OF var wI.h Germany this city, fearing that the plan suggested in the Zimmerman note to Carranza might bear .rlir. in- stantly took extraordinary prepared ness measures.
 Chief of Police J. l.. Butler after conference with the military a8thori- ties, issued a call. the day following the declaration, for "preuaredress volunteers" the main purpose 10 pre- vent the burning of the city.
 Chief Buffers call was for men with arms and ammunition, automobiles and automobile trucks. The uues- tions asked each volunteer included address, business and past military experience, make of rifle owned. cali bre and rounds of ammunition over 100000 automobiles are owned in and about the city and before d week was passed Butler was in a position to call out a large force ol uutrained, armed men.
 Printed instructions were handed to each volunteer, which said, in part.
 Signal for immediate mobilization. flashing on and off of street Ights. five distinct periods Of darkness. Con eral blowing of whistles, three minute blasts and one minute intervals.
 "On noting either Of these signals. individuals and organizations who have volunteered their services will proceed at once to the nearest uobni- zation point, taking with them what eyer. arms and -amnaprttiafa --2aza----.=--
 Autos and auto trucks available for use will proceed to the nearest Iuobili- zation point.
 All men on arrival will report to the police officer in charge
 Those not actually engaged in rem dering assistance are urged t8 remain indoors. These signals will not be used except in great emergency
 "A close watch should be kept for fires"
 The effect of this call was noted at once in the buying up by volunteers of nearly all the available supply of ammunition in local stores, Egt with the exception of the opening Of Red Cross headquarters and recruiting sta tions. conditions here are normal
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
SCIENCE GLASSES
 DOING USEFUL WORK
(By Associated Press)

DENVER, May 4. Utilization of the class of exercises in domestic sci ence or manual training now held in many Colorado schools for the relief of the country's war needs is suggest ed in communication from Mrs Mary c. c. Bradford, state superintendent of public instruction, to schools in Colorado. Mrs. Bradford suggests that school girls learning to sew may add a considerable amount to the country's supply of bandages by ex- pending their efforts on them rather than on unnecessary articles often made as exercises.
 q am making this plea in a deep sense of the urgency of the present crisis" she wrote, "and of the great value of the service that could be rendered by the school children of the nation.'
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
ENGLAND AT TER HALF MILLION
 VOLUNTEERS
(BY United Pressl


 LONDON, May 1. -"I want at least 5O0,000 volunteers" Neville Chamber. lain, England's director of national service, has begun his Spring drive.
 Great Britain's army will require large drafts of men during the coming summer, to replace those killed, woun. ded and tired out in the coming "big rush on the western front.
 Chamberlain believes that these re- cruits can only be found in industries which are essential to the war. Prac- tically every Briton of military age and fit, not engaged in an 'indispen- sable occupation" has put on, or been forced into, khaki. The coming levy to replenish the fighting forces of the empire will call up men employed in industries of primary importance.
 Substitutes for these men, therefore. must be found at once. Not only must their places be filled, but the tireless director is planning to extend national service in many directions Lloyd George has said, and all England knows, that such service, together with rigid food economy and recipro- cal methods on the high seas, is a vital factor in the war against the submarine blockade. If national ser vice slackens through failure of the nations manhood to respond to the call, the output of food, clothing and all essentials will be seriously dimin- ished.
 The labor of the country must be organized" Chamberlain said, in nak. ing his new appeal for half a million reerpits for tsa-. -.e', s,.' '---.--'' ''-..''a-s. must be transferred from the less es- sential industries to those of first i'm portance."
 "One of the principles of national service is that every man should be put to do the work that he is best able to do."
 The nation today needs 1000 ship builders, 10000 building laborers, l. 750 miners, 5000 aeroplane builders, 5000 iron and steel workers, and l.. 900 quarrymen. Large numbers of men are also wanted for operations connected with shell and projectile factories.
 The work of national importance cannot be allowed to languish while there are over 3,000,O00 men engaged in non-essential trades. Take bird S eye view of the situation. Picture SC many people engaged in their own af fairs, and so many soldiers, sailors and industrial workers striving for vic tory against a we'll disciplined aud terrible enemy - striving and calling for help"
 Just as surely as England enforced conscription to replenish the ranks of her army, when voluntary enlist ment failed, so surely will she con script exempted men from private business to serve the nations needs if sufficient volunteers are not forth coming in answer to the director call.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
OAKLAND TO GO INTO
 FARMING BUSINESS
(By Associated Press)

OAKLAND, May 4. Proceeding on the theory that in order to have a thing done right, you must do it yourself. this city is planning to go into the farming business. Rather than trust to the uncertainties of in. municipal agricultural commission plans to have every foot of unused land within the city limits under cul ttvation with food products for sale to the general public through the mu nicipal free market. Professor I. F Smith, of the agricultural department of the University of California, is the chairman of the commission.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
FISH TO KEEP DOWN
 HIGH COST OF LIVING

SACRAMENTO, May 4. - Amateur anglers are having their attention called to the fact that they can go long way toward keeping down the cost of living by enjoying their sport with an eye to providing the home larder with fresh fish. Persons liv- ing adjacent to streams, rivers and other bodies of water who have not been anglers are informed of the fish they may catch in the various districts and are advised to take up fishing. According to George H. Neale, deputy game and fish commissioner, there are at least 25 species of edible fish to be found in the waters of Sacra- mento and San Joaquin valleys,
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
ALASKAN COAS I TO BE MAPPED
 THIS YEAR

The two survey ships that have been lying all winter at the Seattle port commission dock, the 500 ton Pat terson and the 330 ton Explorer, soon are to start for Alaska to renew the work of charting the thousands of miles of northern coast line, along which yet remains many reefs hidden by the waves to menace navigation. The Alaskan coasts in past years have been the graveyard for many fine yes sels and even for human lives, and only by persistent work by the yes sels of the United States coast and geodetic survey have the inlets and offshOre of southern and western Alas ka been comparatively safe for the many vessels that are now being rout- ed from Seattle, Tacoma and Vancou- yer with supplies for the mines, the salmon fisheries and the railroad building undertaken by Uncle Sam.
 Lack of a sufficient appropriation keeps the survey boats idle in the winter, but the officials in charge of the survey work undertake to make the most of the part of the year dur ing which the boats are in service as they realize the great danger to the development of the northern coun try if reefs and rocks remain any where uncharted south of Boring straits.
 Already supplies are being taker aboard the Patterson and the Explor CT for the soming season.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
PACIFIC AERO CLUB
 PRESERVES MONUMENT
(By Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. - The Column of Progress, the handsome monument crowned by the heroic statue of "The Adventurous Bow man," which stood in the Marina boulevard of the Panama-Pacific Ex- position, and dedicated to the achieve ments of aviators, will be preserved by the fliers. At a meeting of the Pacific Aero Club. held at the base of the crumbling column. the members pledged themselves to make 1t per manent memorial.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
CALIFORNIA WOMEN
 DON OVERALLS
lRv Associated Pressl

STOCKTON, Cal, May 1. - Women employed in a large manufacturing plant here have donned overalls, Thirty-three women in one depart ment were selected to try the expert ment of wearing trousers. The inno- vation is said to have been so sue cessful that the management is con- sidering the adoption of the custom in other departments of the concern.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
JAPANESE CRUISER BRINGS
 GUTHRIE'S BODY HOME.
(By United Press)

YOKOHAMA, May 4. - The Japan csc cruiser Azuma has sailed for San Francisco bearing the body of George w. Guthrie. who died recently while at his post as United States ambassa- dor at Tokio. Mrs. Guthrie plans to sail tomorrow aboard the steamer Co lumbia.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04

It is estimated that three regiments of highly drilled men could be or. ganized in Anchorage among the for eigners there. Many Russians. AIS. trians, Montenegrins, ilavs and Poles are numbered among the men work. ing on the government railroad.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
CL ARK FIGHTING CENSORSHIP
 FEATURE
tBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, May 4. - Speaker Champ Clark left the chair to open his fight on the floor of the house to the espionage bill. He declared that the section was a direct violation of the constitutional guarantee of free speech and a free press. The final vote on the measure will likely take place today.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04

The city is building drain on B street to take care of the water that has overflowed the sidewalk. A crew of men is also at work cleaning up the alleys, and the expense of same will be prorated among the abutting property owners.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
WOMAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS
 HONOREO
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, May 4. - General Joffre, Viviani and their staff visited the house yesterday. Viviani met the many visitors. All of the foreigners kissed the hand of Jeanette Rankin, the only woman member of congress.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
Soldiers Demand Resignation Russian Minister


LONDON May 4-The British troops progressed north west o ardcour capturing the Maakoff fam the Arra front The British gained Fesnoy and neghborng positions taken yesterday notwithstanding the German counter attacks
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04

On Saturday evening tle Eagles will give another of their enidyable dances. New music and good q he
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04
PETROGRAD, May Al

at the headquarters of the provisional government carrying red flags and demanding the resignation of Foreign Minister Mukoff The soldiers and workmen declared Miukoff is fully in sympathy with them.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04

LONDON, May 1.-The Canadians captured the villages of FresnOy and AreuX The Canadians had been looped with entrenc Notifications forming of the strongest points the line running southwest from Lens Scarpe rve and be- Ing one of the last fixed positions protecting Broque Queen to switch to the Hindenburg line.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04

Eagle dance Saturday night, New music.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04

WASHINGTON, May 4-Balfour says the British advance made two weeks before the time scheduled and the losses smaller than expected.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-04

LONDON, May At is officially announced that the Ar cadan topedoed the eastern Mediterranean sank within five minutes after being hit Nineteen officers and fortysx other missing and the press reports them drowned
 (lhe cable is still down and but few messages being received One of dispatches the wireless and another via the Canadian line The full Associated service failed to get through.)
The Huttig news., 1917-05-26

providential scheme, too blind for her to solve. Perhaps, indeed, his own trials had been designed to the end that her greater, truer love, when 1t did come would find her ripe, respon- sive, ready. As for this Mexican gen eral, she would put him in his place.
 Alaire was still walking the floor of her chamber when Dolores entered, at dusk, to say that supper was ready and that General Longorio was wait ing.
 Ask him to excuse me-" she told her servant.
 But Longorio himself spoke from the next room, saying: "Senora, l beg of you to honor me. have much of i'm portance to say, and time presses. Con- trol your grief and give me the pleas ure of your company"
 After an instant's consideration, Alaire yielded. It was best to have the matter over with, once for all.
The Huttig news., 1917-05-26

IT have done things have scorned all restraint, all laws except those of my desires, and so, perhaps, l am a vandal. Make sure of this, however, 1 shall not injure you. Mexico is no more sacred to me than you, my hearts treasure. You accuse ne of indelicacy because I lack the strength to smother my admiration. I adore you; my be- ing dissolves, my veins are afire with longing for you; am mad with the knowledge that you are mine. Mad? Caramba! 1 am insane; my mind tot ters; l grope my way like man blinded by dazzling light; I suffer agonfes. But seel I refuse to touch you. I am a giant in my restraint. The strength of heroes is mine, and I strangle my impulses as they are born, although the effort kills me. Se- nora, I await the moment of your vol untary surrender I wait for you" He extended his arms, and Alaire saw that his olive features were distorted with emotion; that his hands, his whole thin, high-strung body were shaking uneontrollably.
 She could summon no coherent words.
 You believed l was 2 hawk and
The Huttig news., 1917-05-26
CHAPTER XXI.
The Doors of Paradise.

Alaire began the mockery of playing hostess with extreme distaste, and as the meal progressed she experienced a growing uneasiness. Longorio's bear ing lad changed since his arrival. He was still extravagantly courteous, beautifully attentive; he maintained a flow of conversation that relieved her of any effort, and yet he displayed a rpDressed excitement that was disturb ing. In his eyes there was q gloating look of possession hard to endure. De spite her icy forInality, he appeared tG be holding himself within the bounds of propriety only by an effort when, at the conclusion of the meal he cast restraint aside.
 She did not let him go far with bis Woolng before warning hIm: "I won't listen to you. You are man of taste you must realize how offensive this Is. "
 Let us not deceive each other,a he insisted. I've are alone. Let us be honest Do not ask me to put faith in your grief. I find my excuse in the extraordinary nature of this situation" "
 Nothing can excuse indelicacy," she answered, evenly. You transgress the commonest rules of decency."
 But he was inpatient "What sen timent You did not love your hus- band. You were for years his pris- oner. Through the bars of your prison 1 saw and loved you. Dios! The first sight of your face altered the current of my life. I saw heaven in your eyes, and l have dreamed of nothing else ever since. We'll, Providence opened the doors and set you free; God gave heed to my prayers and delivered you to me. Now you pretend to grieve at your deliverance; you ask me to re- speet the memory of your jailer! De cency? Delicacy? What are they ex' cept artifieialities, which vanish iI times of stress? Alexander the Great Caesar, Napoleon, Porfirio DiaZ-the, were strong. purposeful men; they lived as live. Sonora, you daily with love-"
 Alaire's face was white with anger as she replied: "You cause me to for get that you are Gly guest. Are you the man I considered you or the man you are reported to be?'
 "Eh?"
 Are you the gentleman, the friend, you pretended to be, or-the vandal whom no woman can trust? You treat me as if you were my jailer. What do you mean? What kind of man are you 10 take advantage of my bereave- ment?"
 After moments consideration, Lon- gorio began haltingly: "I don't know what kind of man 1 am, for you have changed me so. There was a time
The Huttig news., 1917-05-26

look at her. He grinned at his con- rades, who had crowded in behind old 1 Pancho.
 .'Soi Let us go outside and learn more about this" Longorio waved his men before him, and followed them out of the room and down the hall and | Into the night.
 When a moment or two had dragged past, Dolores quavered. "What are they going to do with hm?"
 "I don't know. Anyhow, you need not fear"
 There sounded the report of a gun shot, deadened indeed by the thick adobe walls of the house, yet sudden and loud enough to startle the women.
 When Longorio reappeared he found Alaire standing stiff and white against the wall, with Dolores kneeling. her face still buried in her mistress' gown.
 Give yourself no concern" he told them, quickly. T beg q thousand par dons for Felipe. Heneeforth no one will molest you"
 Was that a-shot?' Alaire inquired faintly.
 "Yes. It is all settled"
 You killed him?'
 The general nodded. Purely for the sake of discipline-one has to be firm. Now your woman is badly frightened. Send her away SO that we may reach an understanding.
 "Oh-h, This Is frightful,' Alaire gasped. II can't talk to you. Go Let me go"
 The man pondered for an instant. T agreed re1uctant1y,"f Tor see you. too, are unstrung. Very weIll My affairs will have to wait. Take few honrs to think oyer what I have told you When you have slept you win feel differently about me. You will meet me with smile, eh? He beamed hopefully.
 "Sleep? You expect me t6ssleep?'
 "PIease," he begged. "Bea1ty is like delicate flower, and sleep is the dow that freshens it. Believe me, you can I rest in all security, for no one can come or go without my consent. You are cruel to postpone my delight; nev- ertheless. yield to your feelings. But. star of my life. I shall dream of you. and of that little priest who waits with the key to Paradise in his hands,
 He bowed over Alaire's cold fingers. then stood erect until she and Dolores had gone.
The Huttig news., 1917-05-26
CHAPTER XXI.
The Priest From MoneIoya.

That was a night of terror for tho women. Although LongOrio's disci- pline was in some ways strict. in oth- CTS it was extremely lax. From some quarter his men had secured a supply. of mescal. and, forgetful of Felipe's unhappy fate, they rendered the hours hideous. There were singing and quar- reling, and shot or two sounded from the direction of the outbuildings. Morn ing found both Alaire and Dolores sadly overwrought. But they felt some relief upon learning that the gen erul had been unexpectedly summoned from his he'd at daylight, and had rid- den to the telegraph office.
 Profiting by his absence. Alaire yen- to devise some means of escape. But soldiers were everywhere; they lelled around the servants quarters; they dozed in the shade of the ranch build- ings, recovering from the nights de- bauch: and an armed sentinel who paced the hacienda road gave evidence that, despite their apparent careless ness, they ndu Dy H0 HtedHs Fetd%ca their vigilance. X round of the prenl- ises convinced Alaire that the place was actually guarded, and showed her the futility of trying to sllp'6WAv. She realized, too, that even if she managed to do so, her plight would be little better. For how could she hope t@ cover the hundred miles between La Feria and the Rio Grande when every peon was an enemy?
 She was standing In one of the open sashless windows when her former protector, the old lieutenant, bade her good morning and paused to smoke 8 cigarette. |.
 Well. 1t was a great night sNasn't it2" he began. And we. have great news this morning. We are gping tO fight you gringos."
 T hope not.' !
 "Yes; 1t will probably go hard with you. Tell me this city of Washington is fine city, and very rich, is it notr'
 "Oh, yes" asf
The Huttig news., 1917-05-26

(Continued Noxt Week-l
The Huttig news., 1917-05-26

You do speak their language" Alaire said, after she had watched them for a few minutes. "You lave bewitched the creature" Dave nod.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
NEWS OF STEELTON
Paxtang Hook and Ladder
Company Elects Officers

At a meeting of the Paxtang Hook
and Ladder Company last night Off
GERS for the ensuing year were
elected. At the meeting a service
flag containing nineteen stars was
also unfurled. The officers elected
were: President, Silas Railing;
vice president. J. Capella; treasurer,
James Coleman; secretary, Robert
Black; assistant secretary. Harry
shannon; trustees, three years, Ru-
ben Darr; foreman, Ed He'll; first
assistant foreman, James Murphy;
second assistant foreman, Charles
Attick; directors, William McDer-
mot. James Coleman, Robert Attick,
George Lehr, Charles Attick, Charles
Callahan; representative to relief,
Charles Attick, Silas Railing, John
Hamilton; delegate to state conVen-
ton, John Hamilton alternate,
Jacob Capella; patrolman. John P.
Murphy, Harry BuffingtonS Robert
Atticks: assistant chauffeur, Ruben
Darr, Dan Wolf; auditors, William
Reider, Harry Shannon, Charles
Callahan; janitress, Mrs. Carlson.