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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
FRANCIS US.
AMBASSADOR
IN DANGER?
BY tho United Press.

Stockholm, Sept. 24.-The American
embassy at Petrograd was under guard
of a large detachment OF Russian SOL
diers last week and for the past W.
days the American legation here has
been unable to communicate with Ann
bassador Francis. Ma apprehension is
felt here.
There were no arrivals from Russia
for the last few days. Ordinarily this
port is filled with travellers to and
from P~etrograd.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
TRANSPORT SINKS ouIckLY.

An Atlantic Port. Sept. 22.-The big
transport liner Minnehaha,, sunk by q
German submarine September &. went
down in four minutes after being tor
pedoed. according 10 Harry Clark, d
veterinary surgeon who arrived here 40;
day. Nr. Clark said the sinking oc-
CURED In Bantry bay. He learned thu
story from the survivors,.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
BRITISH SEIZE MASS
OF SWEDISH MAIL.
DR.. Hjalmar Lundvahn, Special
Food Envoy From Stockholm,
Arrives in United States.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 24.-Dr. HAL
mar Lundvohma recently, named by
Sweden as a special envoy to the United
States in connection with shipment of
foods. etc. arrived here today from
Christiania accompanied by First Sec
rotary Patrick Reuterswerd. OF the
Swedish foreign office.
A quantity of mail matter, said to
consist mainly of statistics on con-
sumption Importation and production of
foods supplies of Sweden was seized
by British authorities when the ship
put in at a Canadian port for examina-
ton.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
SWEDISH ELECTION CLOSES.

Stockholm, (Friday). Sept. 21.-The
Swedish electoral campaign closed to-
day with elections in Stockholm. It
will be several days. under. the compl-
Gated system Of proportional voting be-
fore the results are known, but it is
already evident from the few elections
that have been held that the influence
OF the Argentine disclosures will de-
prive the conservatives of the control
of the lower house.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
LAFOLLETTE'S REMARKS
SIFTED; TREASON SOUGHT

st. Paul, Mimi. Sept. 24.-Governor
Burnquist has announced that IL an
official investigation of the alleged dis
loyal statements made by Senator La
Toilette at the closing session Of the
Non-partisan leagues high cost of
living conference here eyeal that his
remarks were seditious the Minnesota
public safety, commission, of which the
governor is chairman, will ask for h
Henator's arrest.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
MRS. LANSING JOINS
OPPOSITION TO SUFFS

Washington. D. c., Sept. 22.-.Mrs.
Robert Lansing, wife of the secretary
OF state, has accepted the s-ecretaryship
OF the national organization opposed to
woman suffrage, which recently moved
its Headquarters from New York to
Washington.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
GERMANS GAN in EAST.

Berlin. Sept. 22.-Jacobstadt on the
Dvina, has been captured by the Ger
man forces on the Russian front, to-
gether with the positions on a front Of
rs miles and six miles deep on the
west bank of the river, army head.
announced today.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
FERGUSON PLEADS FOR
HIMSELF IN IMPEACHMENT

Austin, Tex. Sept 22.-Gov. James
e. Ferguson, OF trial for impeachment,
this morning went before the senate
high court trying him and argued that
he be acquitted of the charges against
him.
There will he no vote on the de-.
mu,rers made by the governor. but On
the articles OF impeachment only in
the order in which they were presented.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
FEAR FOR ONE BRITISH GAIN.
Nv Aeeocia+ed Prese

Belgium, Sept. 22.-Fighting still is rag
ing today in the neighborhood of Tower
Hanlets which has beer the scene of
continuous strife since the Of
of the British to the a of
Ypres. on the Belgian front, began. On
the left the British line vas reported to
be intact. but no news of the situation
the right could be had this morning.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
RUSS FLEE BEFORE GERMANS.

Berlin. Sept. 22.--The Russians after
giving up their bridgehead and the ter
rain 1t protected fled to the opposite
bank Of the Dvina, leaving ~Jacobstadt
in German hands together with more
400 prisoners and more than so
guns.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
NEW GERMAN DEFENSE !
! SYSTEM is SHATTERED
Rx Associated Press.

British Headquarters in France.
Sept. 24.-The British vic
tory yesterday east of Ypres has
demonstrated the futility of the
German new system of holding
the line thinly with troops scat
1 tered over a great depth and de-
pending mainly on shell hole and
small redoubt defenses in place
of the trenches formerly occu-
pied.
The enemy scheme of main
tanning the front has been proved
a failure.
AS a result he now finds him
self with a shattered system
which he cannot replace by re-
turning to the old plan of hold
ing the front line trench strong
ly for, if he straightens his line
it would be blown to atoms by
the British artillery.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
FLYING STUDENT kILlEp.

Mount Clemens. Mich, Sept. CIVIL
bur D. Mong, a cadet aviator Of Cleve-
land, was killed this afternoon, when
the government aviation field. 1t is
said that Mong attempted to loop the
loop too close to the earth.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27

Booker 7. Washington. tho great
leader Of he negro race put his ban on
the liquor traffic. He said. Strong
drink is one OF h worst evils that be-
set the negro"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27
TALK Of PEACE
To HIDE PLOTS
Central Allies Accept Pope's
Proposal So Far as 1t Does
Not Interfere With
German Aims.


Amsterdam, Sept. -24.-Maxi-
milan Harden, editor Of Die Zu-
kunft, lecturing in Berlin, said
he was convinced peace was at
tainable this year if Germany
promised to waive the right to
rule Belgium. This statement
aroused a hostile demonstration
fromfthe audience and many per
sons left the hall.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-27

Washington, d. c.. Sept. 24.-The re-
plies made by Germany and Austria to
Pope Benedict's peace proposals con-
tain nothing that will in any way alter
the position of the United States as
outlined in President Wilson'S reply
to the pope
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
WHAT Is NORMAL PROFIT?

Much is being said in congress about regulating prices, but
what is meant is the regulation of profits. Neither congress
nor any other power on earth can fix prices below the cost of
production without at once destroying the source of supply.
AS a war measure something will be done to limit profits Sc
that the public may not be unduly burdened.
What is a normal profit? For several years before the
war broke out, manufacturing, mining and agriculture were
conducted on a narrow margin of profit, and all producers are
now entitled to a fair profit, which is their wage. 1t is as nee
essarv to stimulate production as it is to guard against extor-
ton.
GOODS was ten per cent during the period of years before the
war, that rate may be taken as a normal profit and the producer
should still be permitted to earn that rate of profit, although
the goods may cost twice as much now as they did then-that
is. if he made ten cents on a dollar on an article he should
make twenty cents on the same article if it costs two dollars to
produce.
Every business man knows that a certain margin Of safe
ty must be maintained and that if ten per cent is that mar
gin of safety it must remain ten per cent, no matter what the
cost of production may be. The normal profit and the margin
of safety varies tremendously in different lines Of industry. a
manufacturer of cotton goods or wheat flour can operate on a
narrow margin and should be satisfied with a comparatively
small percentage of profit because his products are staple and
can be sold at any time in almost unlimited quantities, and be-
sides that he can insure himself against most of the risks incl
dental to his business.
It is probably sounder business to sell gray cotton cloth OF
wheat flour at an advance of ten per cent over the actual cosi
of production than it would be to sell silver bullion or copper
at an advance of twenty-five per cent, because the risks are so
few in the former industries and so great and so impossible
OF anticipation in the latter. There is very little difference
between the factory cost of competing flour or cotton mills
but copper mines now in active operation show costs of pro-
Guction varying all the way from six cents IA pound to sixteen
cents a pound for copper. In fixing reasonable prices the ac-
cent should be put on the word onable.-Commerci
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
GERMAN WOLFISHNESS

When Butcher went to London after the battle oi wd'er
loo and saw its vast riches for the first time, he exclalmeu'
What a CITY to lootl" prussian milharists of today are OF the
same type. Former Ambassador Gerard says the uermah peo-
pie who submit to militarism and autocracy do so because 'e!
have been promised security, riches untold and the oonnhioho .,
the world. If Germany makes peace without annexatohS IL
indemniies it will be because she lacks power TO 0 III ""riu
as she has robbed Belgium and northern France.
Bismarck was wiser than this generation OF Prussian NIL
itarists. He fought and looted Denmark, Austria ano france
one at a time, in which he followed the example OF frederich
The Great. The kaiser has made the mistake OF trying q
it all at one stroke. Had the United States kept out u 'hfs
war our day would have come according to the formula vi
Bismarck and Frederick the Great. AS Mr.. Gerard says, w.
would have been attacked, and that while Europe STOOD grin
ming by"
We have the testimony of Ambassadors Gerard and Pen
field and Ministers Egan and Van Dyke, who have watcheo
Prussian militarism in action. Their knowledge is Hrs naho
and what they say is conclusive. We could not nave escaped
war with Germany and we had to choose between fighting now
and letting Germany attack us in her own good time. Ter
many tried to make a secret alliance with Mexico ana japan.
If her scheme to embroil us with Mexico had succeeded
she would have had an excuse to come to the rescue OF nr ally
after disposing of this war, and we would have been unpre-
pared for such a struggle. With Mexico as a base OF opera
lions she would have attempted to cut the United States In wv
w way of Texas and the Mississippi valley with no strong nat
ural defenses to overcome. IT is better to fight her to a finish
In Europe than to let our own country become the theater OF
war. MI Gerard is now free to expose German autocracy, and
what he says will be read with deep nterest-Exchange
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
SPANS INTERNAL SORE

Spain is threatened with a revolution inspired by Germany
"he king and the masses of the people are anti German, bui
most of the army officers are pro-German. Catalonia, the
northeastern province of Spain and the most important in
dustrial section of the country, seems to bear a somewhat SINH
lar relation to the kingdom that Ulster bears to the rest of Ire
land. 1t demands special concessions and local selfgov ern-
ment. A strong committee of defense, supported by the army
has been organized at Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, an
that city is in constant communication by wireless with Berlin
Spain cannot side with Germany in active warfare, because
her prosperous trade would be destroyed at a single stroke b
The British and French fleets. But the nation is so torn by fac
lions and German agents have so much influence in certnli
quarters that the Spanish government cannot take a firm start
against German submarine outrages. There is little doubt o!
The existence of submarine supply stations at many point
along the Spanish coast, and one of Spain's real dangers now IS
that our allies may locate some of these stations and peremp
loriiy demand the punishment of those who give aid to Ger
many and thus violate the neutrality of Spain.
When Germany was scheming to secure important terri
torial concessions in Morocco part of her plan was an offensive
and defensive alliance with Spain, and she held out to some o
the Spanish leaders the hope that some day the British woulo
be forced to vacate Gibraltar.
The king is democratic, but he has never been able to ge
rid of the old aristocratic ring, through which a thousand fam
lilies are said to monopolize all the fat offices. Catalonia al
ways has leaned to republicanism and the monopoly of offices
held by the clique of mobiles at Madrid always has been a sor,
spot at Barcelona and throughout the province.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
DUTY TO OUR n

Cardinal OConnell, speaking in Boston, put the situation
aptly and thus: "The air is rent with a thOusond strident voic-
es shouting Historically a thousand different principles. All
this is poor service to the nation. Let us have done once for
all with these bewildering oratiOns; the one thing now neces-
sary and the only thing that will stand firmly through all the
varying vicissitudes now before us will be this principle-om
country is at war and we are bound before God to render it
our fullest service"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
FUTILE TALK OF PEACE

Germany has made no offer of peace. The reichstag reso-
luton contains nothing new and offers nothing definite
Chancellor Michaelis talks of war forced on Germany, and
honorable peace, and the invincibility of the kaisers armies.
Never again will the kaiser offer peace he will make a German
peace. The only important statement the new chancellor
made was acknowledgment of the serious shortage of food, ac-
coTnpanled by assurances that the people would be fed later In
the season with the loot of the grain fields of Rumania.
The reichstag has passed a peace resolution that means
nothing and has crawIed back into its hole at the crack of The
kaisers whip. His people cry for bread and he gives them
a stone IN the form of an assurance that his submarines Will
be able to make England and France suffer in the same way
For weeks the world has been waiting for the reichstag peace
resolution. Instead of influencing the imperial government,
the reichstag heard its masters voice.
Are the German people as easily cOWed as their elected
representatives? Their emperor, the iunkers and the military
caste believe that they must fight until they defeat their foes
and are able to dictate terms of peace because anything short
of that spells death to autocracy and Prusslan mllltarlsm
They care nothing for the people, but they fight like rats in a
corner to save their own privileges and authority CONNER
cial.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
EAT A BANANA AND SAVE BREAD

The best way to save flour is to stop the eating of bread.
But such advice is worthless unless we know what to eat in
stead Of bread. During these summer months our gardens and
The cheap vegetables that flood the market furnish the answer
But all the year around the banana, a tropical fruit, which is
easily and cheaply grown, can be depended upon very largely
to furnish starch and sugar and a good supply of mineral salts
at a price which under ordinary conditions is no greater than
wheat flour.
Bananas are brought to our market while they are still
green, in specially fitted boats which touch the ports in the
West Indies and Central and South America. Our ability to
get bananas at ten to twenty-five cents a dozen, depending
upon their size and condition, is regulated by the carrying ca
pacity of the banana fleet. Any readjustment of our shipping
to meet the need Of freighters for carrying munitions and sup
plies across the Atlantic which withdraws these banana boats
from service cuts off a very important food supply.
1t is foolish to urge people to save wheat by consuming less
bread if at the same time we make it impossible for them to
get the cheap food from the tropcs-New York Mail.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

There are a certain number, of course. who are d+votinE
tin r inventive genius to thinking up reasons why they III Ill
be exempt from service. And what a mountain of good va I'D
In accomplished if all this ingenuity were devoted to dcN!&in2
ways to win the war.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

However, if the use of war bread is dependent upon the
passage of the food bin, we need not worry about any immedi-
ate Interference with our dietary preferences.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

Anarchists of the Goldman stripe are belligerent enough.
The pity is their fighting ability cannot be directed against the
enemies of the freedom they affect to value so highly.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

Berlin has been seeking to assuage the feelings of Argen-
tina. Germany's confidence in her ability to do as she pleases
and make it all right afterward remains unshaken-Washin
ton Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

A few weeks ago the kaiser was reported to be taking the
cure in a sanitorium, but as his ailment was merely depression
he is finding a better cure Watching the retreating Russians
and keeping as far away as possible from the west front.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

Russian reverses on the field are said to be having the eff
feet of consolidating political parties in Petrograd. 1t is a
question of solidarity or suicide for the republic.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

The kaiser says that American forces will not take any de
cisive part in the war. If not it will be only because the Ger
mans will have been decsively beaten before our troops arrive
in full strength.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

Those of you who failed to find your numbers in the list
need not feel aggrieved; .here is not a thing to prevent yoi
from volunteering even at this late day.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

\ man in New Castle assaulted a wooden Indian. Yet
there are some who think that OratOry is needed in this state
to arouse the war spirit-Pittsburgh Post.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

Somebody asserts that ice cream is healthful and every fel-
lows best girl married or single agrees with him-Spokes-
man-RevieW.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

The German bands are no longer playing 'From Hamburg
to the Persian Gulf but have substituted, "Its a Long Way"
etc.-Los Angeles Times.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

There could be IA regiment of good men recruited every day
from the young men who attend the baseball games. Has the
war department ever thought of that?-Los Angeles Times.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

If Ivan is on the run Olga is standing firmly by her guns.
The militant women of Russia may yet shame the men into a
show of courage.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

The active participation of the crown prince in the present
crisis suggests the belief that the kaiser is thinking less of a
place in the sun than of a place for the son-Pftsburgh Post.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

Kings are topping all around him, but King George is not
worrying. His lack of authority seems to be his chief source
of strength Columbia State.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

AS a general thing, when wife holds the purse strings. hus-
band feels that getting a little money is like cutting the Gordian
knot-Dallas News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

AS a general thing the kind of man who shaves only once
brave, but don't try to prove it by starting a rough house-Gal-
weston News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

Outwitting the submarines is by all odds the best outdoor
sport of the present day:-Portland Oregonian.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04

A military dictatorship in Germany might have some good
results if it would only dispose permanently of the crown
Prince Springfield Republican.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09

troop with other Indiana COM
panies, will rec i've their train
ing.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
Evansville Boy Honored.

The Wessider,' publish d
at Evansville has this to say Of
Curtis F. S,inson:
Curt" as we all know him
out here, is the son of VIM. L.
Stinson, and has charge of the
&c and Toe department. o the
Ssnson Bros Store, He is a
member of Troop A, Indiana
National Guard. and had the
honor of being the first man in
this part Of the state to enlist on
the first call for volunteers. He
holds the rank Of corporal in his
company and will leave. accord
ing to present arrangements
about August 9th, for the south
ern training camp, where tn,
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
A New Light on
Convict Road Wo,'

The advantage of having a
trained organization for usi.g
c-nvicts on rad co7;trl,tiln Is
well shown by recent instance
where a road was greatly neeced
for military purposes. This par
ticular road is a link in the
system designated for improve
ment By the state highway de-
paitment, but money for the
work had not been appropriated.
II is Very necessary for the ser.
vice of one of the camps now
under construction ard funds for
Its impro, emert were available
from the appropriation for that
camp. The work is greatly aid.
ed, however, during the prevail
ing scarcely Of labor in that
n ighhurhood by the fact that a
large number of the con.ic,s can
be assigned to the job under
foremen accustomed TO manage
such labor. The help to the ma.
ton in an emergency which this
training in convict road building
afford ought to be taken heart
to heart by the authorities of
those states which have not
made a good trial Of such high.
way construction. 1t is entirely
successful, not only in the south
but in California, Washington
and Colorado. II other states
will follow the lessons of the ex.
perience gained there they may
expect equally good results, and
their road building program need
not be seriously checked. Incl.
dentally this use of convicts.
making them an asset instead OF
a liability of the state, is strictly
in line with the urgent call fol
the utmost economy IN the al
minis,ration Of public affairs al
the present time.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
Killed By Falling Limb.

Dyersburg. Tenn, Aug. 8. B.
J. Campbell, a tie.cutter, was
killed at Richwood's when a
large limb of tree fell on him
Campbell was in the employ
of the Chambers Tie Company
of Fulton, Ky. He was A years
Of age and is survived by a wife
and four children. Funeral ser.
vices will be held at Finly.