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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
LOWERING THE DEATH RATE
Figures Show That Fight Aaa!ns4 Tu
bsrcuiosis 10 Being Wadsd
euceetsfuiiy.

We have the assurance Of Dr..
Woods Hutchinson, writing In the
Worlds Work, that the death rate
from tuberculosis has declined. 10 per
cent. in the decade-which means q
saving Of $4,000 to 10000 lives q
year in the United States. The IN
FAINT mortality rate is falling with
equal rapidity, which means annu-
ally saving Of 10000 babies from
those Herods of the twentieth GEN.
tury-the little fevers OF childhood,
dirty milk and overcrowding. The
death rate In ell Of o1r great cities
is being steadily beaten down to a
lower and lower level every year.
The advance census reports show a
lower national death rate than ever
before by nearly 10 per cent,
The fight against tuberculosis 10
steadily becoming more and more Q
fight for better housing, more plsy.
grounds, better food and more Of It,
shorter hours Of work, decent and
civilized shops, workrooms and fac
tories, higher wages, better educa-
ton In the laws Of health. We have
laid the bugbear Of isetransnission
by meat and milk, and are concen-
trating our Are upon the place where
the bacillus breeds-ths infected
house or tenement room. The place
where we look for new cases Of tn
berculosis Is In the same house with
the old ones. We must break thif
link In the chain II ever We are tc
wipe out consumption. From 30 TO
30 per cent of the children In the
tenements living In the same house.
hold with case Of tuberculosis an
found 70 % already infected with
the diseases
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
Particularly for Women.

TIust q woman who sits with
her thumbs up. she may be de-
termineG, but she is truthful.
The one who corres S her thumbs
is apt TO be de- e.rfni and untruth-
full. Look at the thumb if you
want to Judge of people intellect
ua strength, for the longer it is
proportionately, the stronger the
brain.
For infamed eyes and eyelids,
use the white of an egg beaten
up to a froth with two table.
spoonfuls of rose water App V
on a fine rag, changing it a i:
grows dry. or stir two drachns
of powered alum into the beaten
whites of two eggs till a coagu.
lum is formed. Place between
the fold of a soft linen rag and
apply.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
~ TTE~
|, THE HAN ABOUT TOWN
By John Birk


By John Birk
Eggs went up, one door. Bob
says he has mere light ard can
sell just as much as he used to
and he is right there with the
goods.
Did you ever notice, a man
spit his cJd of tobacco in his
hand and then throw it away?
A man was asked do you
know what the diameter is" he
replied the diameter is the cir
conference any man of my ex-
lperience bui ding square silos,
knows.
In 1888 four so ID hogs were
sold for five dollars. now you
lick your lips for a pork chop
and never get a taste.
There were three men left for
Haysville. The last man came
back was Caddy and he walked.
Tae father and son were IN
volveo in an argument, the son
is e and the dad is SO. The sen
claimed that he drank more than
the dad. That may be right.
1t is your own fault of high
cost of living Why didn't you
can snow balls preserved with
satellite acid?
A Jew said that the legislature
passed a law IT, prohibit the sale
of Vasoline, Bone Dry?
Chris Keller got pig face but
as Chris is not in the habit to
face a pig he sold it and went
home to Ma.
Spoke until you are torough
spoken says Ed Gutgsell and the
Cigar make smoke If If go
go to Teches again | stay.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
..n,s. Iii n u 80 Per Yen

snnstriuii = 30 Per Yer
The rape AZ u.i.led regularly to II
up- .ribels cn,il lefnite ORDER to dis
.arti.,re $ received and all arreare paid
=; uniess il tie discretion Of the
b,,hela iiffereut ire ehcnld be
d. mel adv .sable.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
he Know II Was'Foune.

4 clergyman while going :,
church one Sunday morning lost e
pocketbook containing valuable pa.
pers. After the service hs made
known his loss and said thsi who
ever found the pOcketboof and re-
stored It 10 him would bp we'll re
warded.
An old man Immediately rose uF
at the back Of the church and cried
OUT.
cts found, sir!'
"Oh, thank you, thank you, my
man" sail the clergyman. Have
,sou got it with you|
.No. Sir," answered the man
but | coined that way myself after
you id, and It wasn't there then
London Answer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
DUMAS AUDAClTY.
A uniaue Literary Scheme Of
Greet French Writer.

Great French Writer.
Amer can. realers are acoustic
~ :.,'r-'ei Is n their newspa
b1t sf.aee their> astonishl
-GoalJ. 80: Avorita journal
Isl ir.',x.o~.s iSits, in dsily'4ns :
ments ana adapted- according too
.iotio,.s- Of sQme.staff writer.
classic such as;tc;s for exam :.
Dante's "Inferno!,' Yet the aste..
.ishment so excited xoAld n6t.4
without a parallel in the annals c
newspaper management, .inasmuc.
as Homer once figured as a feu!lle-
toniste for Partisan newspaper;
When Dumas the elder was edit.
ing his journal, LIE Mousquetsire
Urban FACES, one of his assistants.
who vas an exceptionally fine Greek
scholar, was one day enthusiastic
ally expatiating upon the beauties
Of the '1iad" and the Odyssey"
Dumas grew most interested.
of only you could read them in
the original" sighed FACES.
"Whv not?' asked Dumas.
'But," exclaimed FACES, "my
dear fellow, you don't know alpha
from omega!"
"Will YOU translate for me?'
asked Dumas eagerly.
Accordingly Iages undertook thu
task. Beginning with the first
book OF the "Iliad," he would read {
line OF the Greek and then give .
literal translation. Dumas quickly
caught the spirit of the epic. A.
FACES read he wrote a translation
and signed it.
ON the name Of all the ancients
NJ. Dumas" exclaimed FACES, "bui
you are signing your name to the
1liadp"
Certainly" responded Dumas
chat is, to my version of it. II
viii appear as a feuilleton in Ii
Mousquetaire."
FACES was filed with dismay, as
lie afterward related, but befor,
such audacity and naiyete he felf
/ helpless. Ilew was he to convihc.
q writer accustomed to every tt
umph. that he WIS too bold2
Al 50 tie next day an install
{nent of.zhe 11liad,.". as rendered
half an hour or so>by a man W.
could no. read the Greek alphabe'
appeared at the bottom of the pag.
of L Mousquetaire, with the note
"Continued in our next"
This enterprising bit of journal
ism raised such a storm of criticism
that Dumas was persuaded to dis
continue it after the third install
ment, though it vas doubted thai
he quite understood what was th'
srouble.-St. Paw Pioneer Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09

Pretty silk or brocade photo
graph frames may be made as
gifts for friends or brothers,
sisters or cousins who are at COL
Iege, utilizing the college colors
when selecting the covering:
Yellow and white for Bryn Mawr
rose and gray for VaSsar, blue
and white for Barnard, blue for
Wellesley, orange and black fer
Princeton, crimson for Harvard,
dark blue for Yale, carnelian and
white for Cornell, blue and white
Pennsylvania brown AMI white
for Brown. and black and b ue
for John Hopkins
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
An Awful Sad StOIu But True.

There was some excitement in
Hosmer Sunday afternoon Four
young ladies of that place had
entered an outbullding. when the
floor gave way, depositin9 them
IN the vault below One of the
girls was in up to her chin before
it was realized what had happen.
ed. The others were laundering
about when their cries attracted
a number of men to the scene
and they were soon hauled out on
terra firma again. Petersburg
Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09

The city council meetjn regl-
lar seSsItn Monday evening.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09

do 1t Now3s9.s.fibe for the Jasper
Weekly Courier, bon,t put .off for. tor
morrow what 5cdTsriislolsy. ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
Market Report.

From the Jasper Courier M3rch
II, 1893 10 ye-rs ago. All far
mers admire the increase SO 90
we CD
Best Clean C. al g. per bushel.
Hogs SO 80 on foot
Wheat Soc per bushel
Corn Soc per bu shell
Eggs &c per dozen
Butter 15c pr pound -
Clover seed 81 40 per bu 'hel.
Farmers are buSy,so"ing watts
Garden work has ;beeh.tbF ..Tage
during the week.
Mr.. Joseph Stuttn, manager OF
the Jasper Novelty Works, de-
livered a. ad lress 10 t..Is business
men of Eerdinand last Sunday
afternoon on'tha feasibility. OF
them starting. some kind o. a
wood working mandatory. pro-
baby a desk Co. The business
men of that enterprisia@ town
are going to have a new manu-.
factoring plant this year.: They
never will be satisfied unless they
do.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
.sP 49, -.


An istroouetion. - :: S~S Q
Harry was walking. with AnSFhei
boy. when he was ,je 81 So ;py : friend
a year or so older apd inclined to
manners. :.
Introduce me, Harry" the new
conner whispered pompoasb:.: =
Harry twisted, REDEEMED and at
last turned to his companion with,
"Jim, have you ever seen Gilbert
Spencer ?"
NO." the other boy ans.
well" Harry blurted t. red
dening still more and jerking one
thumb over his shoulder toward the
newcomer. that's him p-Lppin-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1917

The nigbt has a Thousand eyes,
And the day hut one
Yet the light % t}r.. Y ole world
dies
With The 6 i0e So
The mind has thou ID eyes,
And the heart bu' one.
Yet the light Of tn whole life
dies
When love j done
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
IFInl!l S 5. dies.

The lesson.next Sunday WI be
Jesus The Bread q Life. John
6; - 10
All q the teachsrs and assis.
tanC teachers of the seh)ol were
appointed q program committee
to preprre an E4s er Program
and report it. to the schocI rot
later than March Is
Next Sundays lesson ought to
be espee- Herest . the adults,
and evs IysFarent, is therefor ,
urged %. come to listen to the
presentation Of next Sundays
lesson. School opens promptly
at $3.50 a. m.
ID. VI. Kean, Superindent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
AMERICAN IN LONDON.

Mrs. Miller Graham, who is now
one Of the wealthy hostesses of
Grosyenor street, will take the place
Of Mrs. Keppel, who was such q
great favorite of King Edward. She
is the widow Of a California million
sire and one Of her ball novelties
was a huge watermelon which VA
splled into the middle Of TIE rnnm
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
LEGAI.BEANKs.
arranty .Def. Ni.sg,,aiaf. n

~ W.NAiat.J Dce
Chaitie Mortgages Real Estate MoItga~
gees, Inventories Suponeas, Warrant
Reports etc. for Sale, at the CouEinR
OFFICE.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
Improved Camera.

This e6htenienee Of tile ediiiera has
been further increased by the addition
of means for accurately judging the
actinic value of the light at the time
of making n picture; ana thereby ar
Flvlhg at the Correct length Of expo
sdre to be given the sensitive film, says
the Scientific American. The improve
ment relates particularly to those
cameras Which carry roll film. AS
these films are now made they are
backed with a sheet Of Black or red
PAPER for the purpose Of protecting
them from the light, and they have
imprinted on them numbers which APP
pear under a tiny opening in the back
of the camera and serve as guide to
the operator in properly spacing the
exposures on the film. The new
scheme, In addition, COhtemplates at.
taching to the backing paper, pieces
of sensitized paper at regular inter
walls which pass along under another
opening, and by observing the change
which takes place in the color of these
pieces as they are exposed under the
opening, the operator Is enabled TO az
rive at the length of time the shutter
Is to be opened in making the exposure
for the desired picture.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
LIVING COST A CENTURY AGO
Sugar Was 27 Cents a Pound and a
Coffin Sold for $3.50, According
to Old Ledger,

Chester Knlpe has compiled some in
terestlhg data, collected in this sec
don. setting forth what it cost our
forefathers a century ago to live,
writes North Wales (Pa.) CORE
spondent Of the New York World. At
that time potatoes sold at 30 cents a
bushel, coffin was made for $3.50
and % cents was charged to mail
letters.
Some of the data are obtained from
I'm old ledger kept by David C. Kulp,
fuhnder Of Kulpsvilie, near North
Wales, from 1913 TO 1884.
Some of the interesting prices shown
follow: In 1913 sugar was 20 cents
a pound; in 1915 it was q cents
bohhd coffee was % cents a pound
dhd molasses SIPS a gallon. Calico
was 33 cents a yard, cotton flannel,
% cents and a handkerchief cost 50
cents. Shoes for adults cost $1.20 a
pair and for children 80 cents. TrOus-
ers sold at 80 cents, suspenders 43
cents, stockings 81 cents, writing pa
per 4 cents a sheet, candles % cents
pound, tobacco 1914 cents pound
About 1915 oats sold Mt so cents u
bushel, straw 4 cents Il bundle, powder
80 cents a pound. Eggs sold from 6
to II cents dozen and butter brought
from 10 to u cents a pound. Tea at
that time sold at $1.02 a pound. Meats
were exceedingly cheap. Pork was
eehts, feal cents, beef G cents a
p0uhd. Flour was cents I pound.
Anent labor, it is shown farm
hand was paid 30 cents day except
ing in the harvest season, when GO
cents was paid a hand. Mr.. Kulp
CHARGED 9 cents for cutting a pair of
trousers. THE entries show that he
"made a new frOch for Polly Rina-
walt" for 81 cents. Snuff was used
extensively then and the price was II
cents d pound. The village storekeep-
ef pnid 81 Il week to have his mer.
chandise hauled from Philadelphia to
Kulpsville. The records show Mr.. Kulp
was a milllner and charged 40 cents
for altering n bonnet"
In 1916 Kulp paid David MeschteI
$3.50 for making a coffin for his father
p6tdtdes sold ut 80 tehts d busheI
nnd bricks cost $3.50 per thousand. He
was allowed per cent discount OF
banknotes, paying 95 cents for u dol
lar bill,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
Matter Of Fact.

Great is the power of matter-Of-fact,
greater and made up of richer elements
than perhaps we care to remember. 1t
Is part of the power-the eternal power
of the story teller over the mind Of
imam. There is no great story teller,
from Hunter to Scott and Guy de Maui
PEASANT, who, whatever else he may
have, has not the faculty for matter-Of-
factness.
II is the treasury from which the wit
and cynic draw their income, and often
the philosopher his capital.
Stranger still, it is the bed rock upon
which the poets build their palaces ;
glorious views from top windows are
made possible by the hard substance
below the basement, and the men who
build without it, trusting wholly to
Imagination, are not the men who en-
dure.
What reason is to faith, matter-Of-
fact is to Imagination.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
Uncle sam,s Land purehaaes.

The United States gave less than
two cents an acre for Alaska, less
than three cents an acre for California,
Nevada, Colorado and Utah, less than
Il cents an acre for Florida and less
than 81 cents an acre for the Phillip
pines. Even for the Canal zone only
1888 an acre was paid, but the gov
eminent is Offering Denmark more than
$295 an acre for the Danish West In.
dies.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
Sounds Reasonable.

Bob Goree, who has recently been
In New York, brings back yarn of a
man showing his rich aunt from the
country the sights along Broadway.
Zone night the young man took his
aunt to see n musical revue. He was
keen on making a good impression, as
he had great. expectations from the
old lady. SO he was quite taken back
when, as soon as the curtain rose, the
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26

Hotel Attendd;t--"Get your head
out of the elevator shaft. What's the
matter with your Uncle Eben-"Just
minute, son. There's a fellow just
hiade M ascension in that durn thing,
and I'm going to watch him make the
parachute drop."-Puck.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
Taqore's Philosophy.

My heart is ftill and l feel that hap
piness is simple like meHd6w flower.
l look around me and see the
silent sky and flowing water and feel
that happiness is spread abroad as
simply as a smile ON child's face
TagOre.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26

good dame grasped him by the arid
and hurried him from the theater.
Disgraceful Such bad manages
mentr she said, Indignantly, when
they had reached the lobby. Just
fancy allowing the curtain to go up
before those poor girls were
dressed :"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
One Way to Be Safe.

'May we have some more crullers,
grandma? I'm sure they won't hurt
us if we're careful not to enjoy them"
Life.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
Breeding for Winter Eggs

DIGGOIll$ AOA w AAAS~A GSSS
To get winter eggs, one OF the
prime requisites is thatthe stock
be Matched at the proper time.
Pullets make the best layers
but must be hatcl1ed eallv. or
they will not begin laying be-
fore the decline in price.
Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Is
lahd Reds, Wyandoltes, Orph-
ingtons and Sussex, may be-
hatchcd in January, Feb nary
and March. The Leghorns,
Anconas. MinoiCas, Spanish
and AnnaIusians may be hatch
ed in March and Aprii.
The medium weight breeds,
to produce winter eggs should
be Matched early.
Now is The time to mate the
breeding stock TO provide fertile
eggs by January and February.
Hens make better breeders
than pullets.
Do not breed from the cntile
flock.
Select a few of the most
promising individuals, and breed
from Il csc alone.
DO not breed from weak or
sick individuals.
Hens that lay in November
and December are the best lay
ers in the fccl,. Breed from
them
In selecting tie breeders, re-
member that condition.. all vigor
is Que of tie most important
factors.
Select birds with It short head,
stubborn btak, prominent eyes
long broad back, strong legs,
set well apart, smooth and CLOS
sy plumage and frey red and
we'll developed comb. The mail
bird that proves the best fighter
and can crow the loudest and
longest if he possesses tho other
necessary characteristics, may
be placed at the head of the
breeding flock
Keep pure-bIed stock, because
it may be kept at a greater
profit.
Allow the breeding flock free
range.
Confne or dispose of all males
except those used for breeding
! purposes.
Gull the flock carefully once u
month and dispose of all drones
and weak individuals,
Green feed in the form of
green oats, rye. wheat, alfalfa,
cabbage, sprouted oats, alfalfa,
clover, beet pulp, or any other
form of green, succulent vegi-
tation will aid in keeping the
stock healthy, make Them lay
and cut down tie feed bill. By
| +. w. Kazmeir, Poultry Hu1
bandman, A. q NJ. College Of
/ nAxyoC
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
ANNOUNCEMENT

After January LIST, 1917 1 will furnish Township Plas
at the following prices:
For township rat small 7x7 in. showing entered
land only .........., .,.,,,t.. .......... - SOC
For a township plat larger, l2x12 inches showing
entered land only .......... 49,. 49,. 49,. 81 90
For a township plat showing form of entries,
of claimants, and character Of entries a.. ..... 200
For a township plat showing form OF entries names
~ Of claimants, character of entry, and number 800
For a township plat showing form of entries
of claimants, character of entry. number, and
date of filing entry Observation-Disclosures. -. 400
1t my purpose to keep my pats up as
nearly possbe The above prices authorized by General
Office for tire benefit of the Local Land Offices.
D. c. SAVAGE,
Kenna n M
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
immense DAMAGE by Rats.

There is said to be one rat to ev-
cry acre of land in England and Wales,
causing an annual loss to farmers that
Is estimated at S73,O00O00.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
You Never Can Judge.

There once was man named
OLeary who remarked, Though Il
face may be CHEEKY, find with alarm
that despite its great charm, it may
say things that make me quite weary"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
EVERYTHING Complete.

"Well, Henry" 1 said to my neigh
hor's little 10y. Il suppose you will
soon be running the new autOhObile?'
80, no." he said. "NIy papa bought
Il chauffeur with the car."-Exchange.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
sIessina to Man.

The telephone is a great thing. It
saves many a lOvesick young man
from putting stuff down on paper that
would lose him breach-of-promise
suit.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
Uncle Eben.

"Happlness," said Uncle Eben, ais
what most everybody thinks he'd be in
Joyin' if he had somebody else's chance
at It."
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26

The fact that cgotism Is mild form
of insanity probably explains why sci
entists think nearly everybody Is
crazy.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26

Everyone foresees a commercial
fight at the end of the war. Hasn't
there always been commercial war
fare2
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26

Even stOgies are To Cd up. But
that is natural with shidke.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26

ills tbjiittry has been invaded, too,
and the pneumococcts Is ito mean cI'
envy.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26

At least the man in the submarine
misses a good deal of monotonOus seen
cry.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26

What's the use of being bold, bad
spy If you can't be sure of being tiled
even when you succeed in getting ar
rested?
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
Treat Virtue With Honor.

The greatest 0ffense against virtue
is to speak m against it,-Hazlltt.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26

Did woman ever sue for divorce In
which the complaint did not allcge
cruelty?
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
Seat Of The Pulse.

The average pulse Of healthy m@S
seats saventy.two times d Minute.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-26
WANTED

FOR SALE-Five work and
rood mares. See Powhoton
Iarter, Elida, or ]. D. Daniels
lear Kenna.
Wanted to Purchase Two
ice fat hogs; dressing about
700 lbs. each. Apply at this
flee.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-04
Situation Unchanged.

Washington. March 3.-Minister
Zmmermann's defense of Germany's
intrigue on the ground that 1t only
was intended to be carried out In the
event the United States did not re-
main neutral Is not taken TO change
the situation in the slightest degree.
Whether 1t was presented to Gen
eral Carranza or not does not In the
opinion of American officials alter the
established fact that Germany while
seeking the offices of the United States
to make peace and while protesting
her innocence of any intention to vio-
late American lives. was at the same
moment preparing unrestricted sub
marine warfare and was intriguing to
attack the United States with two
allies.
Mr.. Zimmermann's references to an
alleged plot by the United States to
unite Pan America against Germany
are regarded with mingled feelings OF
incomprehension and amusement. The
Pam American union, the Argentine
embassy and the state department can
find record Of no such newspaper
publication as Zimmerman contends
revealed the plot" in Buenos Aires