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The Coconino sun., 1917-07-06

We are fighting Germany because while we were yet her friend-the only great power that still held hands off--she sent the Zimmerman note, calling to her aid Mexico, our southern neighbor, and hoping to lure Japan, our western neighbor, into war against this nation of peace.
 The nation that would do these things proclaims the gospel that gov ernment has no conscience. And this doctrine cannot live, or else democra- cymust die. For the nations of the world must keep faith. There can be no living for us in world where the state has no conscience, no reverence for the things of the srit, no respect for international law, no mercy for those who fall before its porce. What an unordered world! Anarchy! The anarchy of the rival wolf packs!
 Feudalism
 We are fighting Germany because in this war feudalism is making its last stand against oncoming democ- racy. We see it now. This is war against an old spirit, an ancient, out worn spirit. It is war against feud- alism--the right of the castle on the hill to rule the village below. It is a war for democracy--the right of all to be their own masters. Let Germany be feudal if she will! But she must not spread her system over a world
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-06

that has outgrown it. Feudalism plus science, thirteen century plus twen- tieth-this is the religion of the mis- taken Germany that has linked itself with the Turk-that has, too, adopted the method of Mahomet. "The state has no conscience" "The state can do no wrong" With the spirit of the fanatic she believes this gospel and that it is her duty to spread it by force.
 With poison gas that makes living a hell, with submarines that sneak through the seas to slyly murder non combatants, with dirigibles that bom- bard men and women while they sleep, with perfected system of terroriza- tion that the modern world first heard of when German troops entered China German feudalism is making war upon mankind.
 Let this old spirit of evil have its way and no man will live in America without paying toll to it, in manhood and in money. This spirit might de mand Canada from defeated, navy less England, and then our dream of peace on the north would be at an end. We would live as France has lived for forty years, in haunting terror.
 America speaks for the world in fighting Germany. Mark on a map those countries which are Germany's allies, and you will mark but four,
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-06

We saw ship after ship sent to the bottom--ships of mercy bound out of America for the Belgium starving ships carrying the Red Cross and lad en with the wounded of all nations ships carrying food and clothing to friendly, harmless, terrorized peoples ships flying the Stars and Stripes sent to the bottom hundreds of miles from shore, manned by American sea- men, murdered against all law, with out warning.
 We believed Germany's promise that she would respect the neutral flag and the rights of neutrals, and we held our anger and outrage in check. But now we see that she was holding us off with fair promises until she could build her huge fleet of submarines. For when spring came she blew her promise into the air, just as at the be- ginning she had torn up that "scrap of paper"
 Will to Rule
 Then we saw clearly that there was but one law for Germany, her will to rule.
 We are fighting Germany because she violated our confidence. Paid German spies filled our cities. Off cials of her government received as the guests of the nation, lived with us to bribe and terrorize, defying our law and the law of nations.
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-06

land and once upon the sea. But Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Canada are free because of what we did. And they are with us in the fight for the freedom of the seas;
 Also Russia
 Because of Russia--new Russia. She must not be overwhelmed now. Not now, surely, when she is just born into freedom. Her peasants must have their chance; they must go to school, to Washington, to Jefferson and to Lincoln, until they know their way about in this new strange world of government by the popular will, and
 Because of other peoples, with their rising hope that the world may be freed from government by their sol dier.
 Defines place 2 galley
 We are fighting Germany because she sought to terrozize us and then to fool us. We could not believe that Germany would do what she said she would do upon the seas.
 We still hear the piteous cry of children coming up out of the sea where the Lusitania went down. And Germany has never asked forgiveness of the world.
 We saw the Sussax sunk, crowded with the sons and daughters of neu- tral nations.
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-06
Pluck

Don't spend no money for gas," he told the dentist. "Yank it out if it does hurt"
 "You are plucky," said the dentist. "Let me see the tooth"
 "Oh, 'tain't me that's got the tooth ache; it's my wife. She'll be here in a minute"
The Coconino sun., 1917-07-06

All things considered the May cat tie market did a good stunt. It was a trade that needed no apologist.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Effects Of Fear.


Tho coward on the field of battle
dies many times whether death comes
to him or not.
Not only on the field of battle do
men suffer fearsome deaths but in
various walks of life. Their fear of
failure makes weaklings of them, Just
as the fear Of disease, renders them fit
subjects for it.
1t was not long since that some
thoughtless companions of young lady
who had horror of smallpox told her
that she had been exposed to the dis
ease and pointed to some innocent red
splotches on her face as evidence that
she was taking it.. For days and nights
she suffered from pain and fever and
mental anguish. Upon learning the
facts in the case the physician assured
her that she had not been exposed to
the disease and that there were no
symptoms of it. She thereupon took q
turn for the better and rapidly re-
gained her health.
This is but one of the constantly re-
curing instances Of the effects of fear
on the mind and through it on the
body.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
HE GOT The FANS
officer Met Objections Of His
Superiors in Washington.
Offered to Transfer One Of his Heavy.
weight Enci9ns to Make Room
for Extra Equipment.

When a squad OF civilian volunteers
went on battleship training cruise,
! Lieut.. +. H. Roberts one day told them
! about service with the destroyers.
mo special attempt" he told the
volunteers, lis made in selecting the
men to serve in torpedo craft, wheth-
er they are fat men or lean men, short
men or tall men. The character and
spirit are developed by association af-
ter their arrival. AS rule, they are
older than the men on the .battleships.
"You all know that one of the char
acteristics of u destroyer is ability to
make high speed. 70 this end it has
always been the policy of the naval
constructors to keep fittings Of the
vessel strong but of light weight. No
chances were ever lost by the naval
constructors in Tightening the destroy.
ers by removal Of any fittings that
they considered unnecessary"
TO illustrate: A flOtlla of Destroy
ers was dispatched from the Atlantic
coast to the Philippines via San Juan,
the Azores, the Mediterranean, the
Suez canal, Indian ocean and the West
Indies. ....
1t so happened that on one of these
destroycrs the commanding officer was
a man weighing 23O pounds. His two
assistants, both then ensigns, each
weighed well over 200 pounds. Out of
n half-dozen chief petty officers three
of them We're heavyweights, and in the
rest Of the crew were two others of
the same avOirdupois.
e. Upon arrival in the Philippines the
weather was hot and sultry, the sun
keeping the decks Of the vessel warm,
adding another torment.
The vessels original allowance list
had included one electric fan, so the
commanding officer submitted requi-
sition requesting that a fan be fur
nished for, the wardroom, and one in
each compartment in which the crew
were quartered, total of five fans.
The request in due time reached
Washington, and some three months
later was returned disapproved as the
bureau did not wish to add any I'M
necessary weight to the vessel for fear
of reducing its speed.
Nothing daunted, the commanding
officer returned the requisition with
statement thereon Of the weights of
himself, his two commissioned assist
ants and other members of the crew
and requested that one of these heavy
weights be transferred and that man
weighing about $50 pounds be sent in
his? place.
The fans We're forthcoming and no.
body was transferred. Since that time
electric fans are among the few COM
forts found on destroyers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

to. take, ~dild III Liz; haste and Ilever TO
arrive he chose wrong, and has wan
dered ever since.
A man plays a game, or runs race,
or conducts Il business, or marries a
wife, or chooses a friend, or elects a
calling, or forms habit-and by and
by the conviction is borne in upon him,
like growth weighing on the brain,
that he was in error. Now it is too late
to retrieve, says the Philadelphia Led
ger. He must wear for the remainder
of his days the milestone due to the
wrong decision. What is he to do? He
strangled his chance newborn. He ex-
changed his birthright for pOttage. 1t
is of no avail to plead that he had bad
advisers, that he was mislcd, that he
was the tool of environment, that a
base heredity rose up to claim him and
latent faint in the blood broke out
and wrought an irreparable mischief.
The past is there, and its legend is
deeply craven on his brow or scared
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
JUST MAKE A FRESH START
It Is Only Way t. Remedy Mistakes
One Has Made as Past Cannot
Be Lived Over Again.

Now and then q man pauses to take
account of stock, and looks back rue
fully over the course Of his life to note
the many places where he made the
wrong turn or was showed off the track
by adverse circumstances. He says to
himself, believing what he says, that if
he could retrace his steps and take a
fresh start. knowing what he knows
now, he would not make such a mess
Of things again. He can put his finger
down on the very spot in the map Of
his life where he went wrong. There
was blurred place on the trail, where
there was no trace of the footprint of
any who passed that way and no mark
of the woodlands AK upon tree. It
was for him alone to choose the way
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
6P'0RE


Fred Clarke is making $125,O00
this year off the Kansas farms
raising wheat, which is $4,000
more than whole bevy Of ball
players we know make III lite
time raising cain.
When AL Mamaux left the Pr
rates he returned to the club
house to get his talcum powder
Perhaps when he got outside he
found his nose was shiny.
Jack Barry and Pants Rowland
Rave both announced they will win
the pennant. We can now rest
easily until one of them makes
good.
Magnate Frazee has been in the
theatrical business so long that he
thinks getting rid of an umpire
lis as easy as getting rid of an or
chestra director.
Fred Fulton's manager says he
likes grand opera. He must have
something against Fred.
If Benny Kautf happens to win
National league batting honors
there will be job open for some
good press agent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

just now there is some talk: Of
trades with the Browns. Such
trades might be beneficial to both
clubs. 1t is understood that Rup-
per would willingly part with any
members Of his club except Baker
Pipp, Walters and Peckinpaugh.
Phil Ball has been quoted to the
effect that he would trade or sell
any player on his club, excepting
SIsler.
There are some fine ballp1ayers
in both lots, fellows like Pratt.
Shotten and Sloan of the Browns
and Hendrvx, Gilhooley and Mai
sci of the Yankees who might b.
benefited by such a change.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Gun Cotton,

Gun cotton may be made as follows:
immense cotton wool in boiling di-
lutte solution of potassium carbonate,
wash with water, and then dry. Then
steep for a few minutes in cold mix.
ture OF one part Of concentrated nitric
acid and three of oil of, vitriol, then
squeeze, and again place in a fresh
acid mixture and leave for 4S, hours.
Then squeeze and wash for long time
with running water, and finally steep
IN a solution of potassium carbonate.
Gun cotton is insoluble in water, al.
cohol, and ether. It takes fire at 800
degrees Fahrenheit burning away rap
idly but without explosion. When ig-
Fitted in confined space or by percus-
sion. it decomposes with violent deto-
cation, the energy of which equals
that of five times its weight of gun.
powder. Is, s--.-.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Simple Instructions.

Reginald bought On evening tie, and.
wishing to be immaculate, asked the
shop assistant to tell him the correct
way to tie bow. +. ::
"Well, Sir" said the obliging assist
ant, "you hold the tie in your left hand
and your collar in the other. Slip your
neck in the collar and cross the left
Eand end Of the tie over the right with
the left hand, steadying the right end
with the other hand. Then drop both
ends. catching the left with the right
and the other with the other. Reverse
hands and pick up the loose end with
the nearest hand. Pull this end through
the loop with your. unengaged hand
and squeeze. You will find the bow
tied, and all you have to do is to dis
entangle your hands.''-Rehoboth Sun.
day Herald. .:.i
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Shark Fishing Season.

The best season for catching sharks
seems to be during the cooler months
from October to March. Fishermen
say that sharks are not so plentiful at
other times Of the year.
The flesh, fms, maws, jaws and
other bones, livers and skins all enter
into the commerce of Alden, which is
the center of the shark-fshing indus
try. The fresh meat of the smaller
sharks is sold regularly in the fish
bazaar at very reasonable prices to the
poorer classes Of natives who cannot
afford other sorts of fish. The meat
is strong, but is said to be quite palat-
able when one is accustomed to eat
Ing, 1t. The principal consumers Of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Change Does Some Good, Perhaps
Yanks and Browns Would Benefit by Trade

From New York circulatefr rum
ors Of a coming shake-up2 in the
Yankees which may carry with it
the disposition Of Bill Donovan
as manager of the club. potentially
on OF the strongest in the league
at the start of the season and
which is now barely holding ON to
fifth place.
Col. Jacob Rupert, one of the
club owners, is said to be on the
war path, and if he is he cannot
be much blamed!
He and Capt. Huston. the other
Yankee magnate, have not spared
money or work to get a winning
ball club. They bought a bunch
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Pure Kaolin Is Rare.

Pure kaolin or China clay is rare,
1t is mined in parts of Alabama, Del
aware, Georgia, Massachusetts, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Caro-
lima, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee and
several other states. There are work.
able deposits Of f1reclays in 18 states,
important deposits being in western
Pennsylvania, in the coal-mining reg
ion of Ohio, in belt across New Jer-
sey from Perth Amboy to Trenton, in
parts of Maryland, Missouri, Alabama
and Colorado. Ball clay is mined in
New Jersey, Kentucky, Missouri, Colo
RADIO and Florida: Brick clay of good
quality is found in nearly every state
In the Union. A very plastic clay,
known as gumbo, is found in the
Southern states.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
GAMES TODAY.
Washington at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland.
Boston at St. Louis.
Prehistoric japanese Canoe.

WOrkmen engaged in the dry river
bed of the N'amazue.gawa, Osaka pre-
lecture, have unearthed huge canoe
made Of camphor wood. It has not yet
been completely uncovered, but the
part so far dug out measures over 40
feet in length, 6 feet in width and 26
inches in depth. There are traces of
the canoe having been colored blue.
According to Psychologists the canoe
Is about one thousand years old. and
though several similar canoes have
been discovered In various parts of the
country, nothing like the present one
in size has been f0und.-East and
West News. - - -~.-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

BY tile Drarid OF the iron that has en-
tered into his soul. Can he go back
The years and the closed doors and the
finished chapters tell him no.
But the forward look and the futur-
ity provide him with better way to
take. When Mrs. Peterkin, in the story,
had spoiled her cup of coffee by put
ting salt in it and was trying to re-
deem the error, by the neutralizing &C.
ton of all sorts of chemicals, the lady
from Philadelphia suggested that she
make a fresh cup. Seeing that you
can't go back, why not make fresh
start exactly where you are? Decision
has miraculous way Of finding q
standpoint of rock in the middle Of q
quickso' .:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

of insists when they acquired the
Yankees and at once set about to
build real pennant contender.
Last year their hopes were
blasted by a series of accidents
that put many of their stars out
OF the running. This year there
causes Of defeat may be described
to indifferent playing and failure
OF the potential hitters to be any
thing but potential.
The Yankees lack the punch.
The club is lackadaisica1. 1t
doesn't play ball with a snap.
Perhaps manager Donovan is to
blame, but more probably it is his
players.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Finds, Volcano Is Hottest at TOP.

Notwithstanding what the old text
books say, it now appears that vol
cano is hottest on its surface. This is
the conclusion. drawn by scientist
who has made extensive Investigations
in craters in Hawaii and has obtained
samples of gases and lava before they
reached the air. Laboratory studies
of these samples make it appear that
much Of the heat required to keep an
open lava basin in fluid condition IS
supplied by the chemical action of the
gases. From these investigations the
scientist concludes that in times of
great activity the temperature at the
surface of volcano undoubtedly Is
higher than that below the surface.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
, Don't Use; Rhubarb Leaves.

Because rhubarb leaves contain GER
tain substances which make them poi
sonous to a great many persons, spe-
cialists Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture warn housewives
against using this portion of the plant
for food. A number of letters have
been received by the department call
ing attention to the fact that certain
newspapers and magazines are adyo-
eating the use of rhubarb leaves for
green's, and that disastrous results
have followed the acceptance Of the
advice. 80. 4. !
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
BY PAUL PURMAN

Have YOU a small delicate lady,
like hand?
If so lay it on the picture and
compare it to Everett Scots
Have you big ham-like maul'
Then try it out with Louis
Glisto's.
Everett Scott, Boston Red Sox
shortstop has the smallest hand
in baseball. Whether or not it.
has anything to do with his play
ing or not Scotty doesn't claim to
know, bnt nevertheless it stand,
that Sco'tN, either on account of
his hands; or in spite of them is
about the best shortstop in the big
leagues.
The ponderous mitt of the
Cleveland italian first baseman is
SAID to be the largest in the big
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

leagues since Larry Mclean went
into the movies.
Louie himself is no svelt sylph-
like person, and his meat hooks
resemble the rest of him. It's
hard to see how Louie can make
an error for when the ball gets
into his mitts it's just like falling
into a bucket.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

shark meat are the Arabs, although
the native Jews and Somalis also use
it. The SomaH and Arab are NOLAN.
medans and their religion forbids eat
ing the flesh of any fish that has not
scales. However, the working classes
of natives are so poor that shark meat
is the only sort of fish they can afford.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
In Damp Weather.

Piano keys are wont to stick in damp
weather, especially when the instru-
mcnt is IN old one. In almost every
case, the sticking will not be between
the@kcys. but along the front. This can
be relnedipd with little trouble. Take
Il thin knife and work a little corn
starch between the keys and the front
board and they will slip easily.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Fans! Measure Your Hands With These!
They Have the Extremes in the Big Leagues

Fans! What kind of hands
have you? (: !
Try them out on these life size
outlines of the mitts Of Scott and
Guisto and see how they size up.
The large black outline is the
exact size of the hand of Louis
Guisto, Cleveland first. baseman,
said to have the largest hand in
big league baseball. i.''. ':','
The smaller shaded outline is
that of the hand of Everett Scott,
Red sox shortstop; the smallest
mitt in baseball.
How does your hand measure
with them?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Well Provided.

'How was the camping party1r
"Enjoyable.''
II presume you ate fish every day?r
Yves. We were thoughtful enough
% bring some sardines, cannec her.
ring and salmon from town." 1928 J
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Correct.

The teacher had been telling the pu-
pills about the great forests, particu-
larly the pines, and had asked if any
one could tell which Of the pines had
the sharpcst needles. Johnny. in the
front row, raised his hand and on being
asked, said, "The porcupine."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
EARNING 4 LIVING.

It can never. be said of the farmer
who earns good living that he
doesn't get it, nor of the farmer who
gets a good living that he doesn't earn
1t. Both do 18th.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
Force Of .'.,bit,

Bank Cashier owe us con-
siderable overf!rafl, madam. What
shall we do about it?' She-"You may
charge it, please.'-Judge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
1ilefish Records for Six Months.

The total known catch of tile6sh
for the first half of 1917, as reported
to the United States bureau Of Ash
cries, was 4,55e, 1856 pounds, for which
the fishermen received $247,OS7. The
quantity for the corresponding period
IN 1916 was 1900, 900 pounds of an I'M
determirable value.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24
BASEBALL SCORES
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GAMES THURSDAY.
Milwaukee, 4; Indianapolis, /.
Louisville, 5; Kansas City, 4.
Minneapolis Toledo-wet grounds.
No other game scheduled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-24

Batteries = SOthOrOn, Rogers and
SEVERED; May and Thomas.