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The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
BRITISH SHIP HITS MINE
DENVER MAN, WIFE AND SIX
CHILDREN PERISH.
Nineteen Lives Lost When City OF
Athens. With Missionaries Aboard,
Goes Down of African Coast.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver-The Rev. and Mrs. Ar
thur Duckworth and their six chill
dren. of Denver. were among those
who perished, according to news dis
patches. off the coast of Cape Town.
Africa. when the steamship City OF
Athens struck a mine and sunk.
Aug. 10. They were en- route to In
dia to resume missionary work. after
years vacation spent with parents
and relatives in Denver. Twelve 9TH
ers. including four members of the
crew and five Americans, also per-
ished.
The Rev Mr.. and Mrs. Duckworth.
and their children. Etheb 12; Rosa
lind. 10; Edith. 8; Martha. 8; Scoville,
3, and the baby. months, had been
living in Denver at 1888 High street
since last September. when they re-
turned from viramgam. India. for a
years vacation. They had intended to
return to India in September. but at
the request of the Christian Mission
airy Alliance Board of New York. un-
der which organization the Rev. Mr..
Duckworth conducted his missionary
work. they made arrangements to re-
turn earlier. leaving Denver May %
and sailing from New York July IL.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
PREPARED ro SEIZE HARVEST
Hoover Announces Plans for Control
Of Wheat. Flour and Bread.

Washington.-Herbe c. Hoover
food administrator. announced the
plans for the control of wheat, flour
comprehensive. They have been
worked out fully in view OF the dis
rupting and disturbing conditions of
the European war and the part this
country still has to play. They pro-
vide:
L. For the vigorous prosecution of
all persons who hold more wheat and
flour than Is required In their normal
business.
2. For the maintenance of a fair
price throughout the country. by seiz-
ing. II necessary. the entire 1917 har-
vest and determining the cost to the
consumer
3. For food administration agencies
at the principal wheat terminals
throughout the country.
4. For the restriction OF storage to
thirty days unless special permit is
given by the food administration.
s. For the elimination of specula-
tion by compelling all mills and ele-
vators with more than 100 barrels
daily capacity to take out a govern
ment license
The regulations will go into effect
on Sept. l..
Mr.. Hoover believes that by rigid
application of the regulations the
price of wheat can be stabilized
throughout the year.
With the price of wheat stabilized
1t is believed that the price of flour
will conform and thus a stabilized
price of bread will be maintained.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
TO MANAGE THE PuRcHAsE,
SALE AND ACCOUNTING OF
AMERICAN WHEAT.
GARFIELD HEADS BOARD
ELEVATOR MEN INDoRsE GEN.
ERAL PLAN TO CONTROL
WHEAT TRADE.
western Newspaper union Now- Service.

western Newspaper Union Now- Service
Washington. Organization Of the
governments plan to control wheat
and flour production and sale was
perfected here in series of import
ant developments. as follows:
Creation of food administration
grain corporation, to be capitalized at
$50. 900, 900, to manage the purchase,
sale and accounting of American
wheat
Issuance by the President of an ex-
ecutive order providing for licensing
of wheat and rye in mill and ware
house in accordance with the control
plan of the food administration.
Appointment OF grain division of
the food administration to control the
wheat corporation, with Herbert
Hoover as chairman of the board. and
Julius Barnes of Duluth. MINI, and
New York. as president of the wheat
corporation, and designating OF indi-
wduals.
Announcement of the personnel of
the committee. headed by President
Harry A. Garfield of Williams College.
to fix as soon as possible a fair basic
price for the 1917 wheat crop.
Decision Of the millers of the coun-
try to cooperate in negotiating velun-
tary regulation of the milling industry,
and appointment OF miller's commit
toe to look after the task. with James
f. Bell of Minneapolis as chairman
and A. r. Husband OF Chicago as sec
retary.
Unqualified Endorsement of the gen
eral plan OF operation to control the
wheat and flour trade voted by grain
and elevator men of the country at
meeting attended by 100 representa-
tive men OF the industry
The wheat purchasing division and
corporation will be made up of the fol
lowing executive officers:
Chairman, Herbert Hoover. San
Francisco; president, julius Barnes,
Duluth. MINI; treasurer c. w. Nc
Garragh, New York city, president Me-
chanics and Metals bank; vice presi-
dent. f. G. Crowell. Kansas City Mo-:
transportation director. Edward Cham
bers, Chicago. vice president Santa Fe
railway; counsel, Judge Curtis H.
Lindley, San Francisco. and secretary,
j. w. Shorthill, York. Neb.. secretary
National Council of Farmers Co.
operative Associations.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
new EXEMPTION RULES
LAW FRAMED IN INTEREST OF
THE NATION.
sity Of Being More Strict by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. - Renewed emphasis
was laid by Provost Marshal General
Crowder upon the fact that Congress
framed the army draft law in the in
terest of the nation, not in the indi-
vidual For that reason the lines are
being drawn tight IN the matter of ex-
emptions.
The government has acted slowly in
bringing home to the people the rigid
character OF the draft act. There has
been much discussion of the problem.
based on an erroneous view of the
laws purpose which assumed that
married men, for instance, would be
exempted without question and that
the burden of military duty was to be
carried fully by the single men
among the ten million registered.
Gen. Crowder has taken the position
in recenS rulings that married men
will be exempted only when it is to
the interest of the government that
they should be excused from service.
II the removal of the drafted man
from his family circles would result
in the family becoming public bur
den. It is to the interest of the gov
ernment to leave him in his civil occu-
patton, so as not to care for his de-
pendents.
An Interpretation similarly rigid
has now been placed upon exemptions
for industrial reasons.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Allies Want s4 ,ooo, ,ooo. 900 Loan.

Neutrality-suspicious. soon will be
asked to authorize another loan of be-
tween s3,0OO,000, 900 and $4,000 900. 900
to the allies Secretary McAdoo and
Chairman Kitchin of the ways and
means committee, agreed on this and
also agreed upon the desirability of
raising a larger sum than $4,000. .000,-
900 for war purposes by taxation.
Congress probably will be called upon
at the December session to revise the
war revenue bill now before the SEN
ate. increasing the sum to be obtained
through taxation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
COLORADO TROOPS
ORDERED TO FRANCE

Washington, Aug. 14-Plans for
sending the first national guard troops
to France have been perfected by the
War Department with the organiza-
tion of division which will include
troops from twenty-six states and the
District of Columbia.
The states from which the national
guard troops are to be assembled are:
Louisiana. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
New York. Ohio Georgia, Alabama,
Iowa, Illinois. Indiana. Minnesota,
Maryland, South Carolina. California,
Missouri. Virginia, North Carolina,
Kansas, Texas, Michigan. New Jersey.
Tennessee. Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colo
rado. Oregon. The others come from
the District of Columbia.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Hogs Sell at .s1s, Cattle at s,4.so.

Chicago, Aug. .1G.-AIl records Tor
high prices were broken in the hog.
cattle and sheep markets here and no
relief short Of government interven-
tion appeared to be possible. A top
price of SIS for hogs was established,
an advance OF 25 cents over Tuesdays
record price. $l7.75. Cattle reached a
top price of $1490. and many are be-
ing held for $500. The record price
Tuesday was $14.60. and on Monday
$14.40.
The minimum prices for the poor
est grade packing hogs was $1700.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
st. Louis. Mo.-spelter. ss.42.
Arizona.


Molybdenum in commercial Quanti-
ties In the Wallapais. and high-grads
at that, is reported at Kingman.
Purchase of Ajo Consolidated Cop
per Company property has been made
by New Cornelia Copper Company.
The two smelters at Douglas pro-
duced 21.500.000 pounds of copper dur
Ing July. about million less than a
normal month.
The Consolidated Arizona Smelling
Company is gradually enlarging its
smelter at Humboldt. and that work
will be completed by Nov. 1.
The valuation of the mines OF Ari-
zona will add $15S, ,743,373.57 to the
taxable wealth of the state this year.
the total valuation fixed by the State
Tax Commission being s330.631 .9s4.76.
against $171. .Sss.616.1s In 1916.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Nevadans peport l.w.w. Leader

Reno. Nev.-Fifty armed business
men of Lovelock went to Rochester
mining camp at midnight, seized C.
w. McKinnon. brother-in-law of w. D.
Haywood and an IW.W. organizer.
took him to Lovelock and shipped him
away to Ogden. Residents of Roches-
ter are forming a Citizens League
John Gilbert, resident of Rochester.
also was deported. McKinnon Ten
days ago was driven out of the Yer.
ington copper district by citizens.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Refuse Passports to stockholm Meet

London.-The allied nations have
agreed that no passports shall be is
sued to Socialists desiring to attend
the international conference sched-
uled to be held at Stockholm, at
which peace will be discussed. An
drew Bonar Law, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, speaking for the British
government in the House of Com
mons, announced that the United
States. France and Italy had agreed
with England that passports permit
ting attendance at the Stockholm
conference would be withheld.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
New Mexico.

The assay office OF the Wildcat
Leasing Company at White Oaks,
about twelve miles northeast of Car
rizozo. was destroyed by fire.
Tonnage for Mogollon district dur
ing July amounted to approximately
$4,000 tons and yielded nearly 5000
pounds, or three tons of gold and
silver.
1t is estimated that earnings of
Phelps-Dodge Corporation for the first
half of this year were in excess of
S15000.000. This was equal to $34 a
share. against which there was paid
in dividends S14 share Copper pro-
duction from the company's own smell
ters Appropriated $1,000, 900 pounds,
which included products extracted
from custom ores.
The Lincoln Oil Company have
their rig up and are now ready to dig
In section IL. five miles southwest of
Hagerman. The Mexola Petroleum
Company of Oklahoma are setting the
packer In a well in section is. which
is three miles northeast of Dayton.
First oil was found at a depth of $40
feet. The company expects to find oil
in paying quantities at a depth of 940
feet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Wyoming.

It is understood that the Casper
Oil Company is soon to begin opera,
tions on larger scale in the Thirty.
three Mile field
According to a Lander report a
number of parties OF prospectors have
left that city for the Red Desert to
locate. oil lands.
The Roxana Petroleum Company OF
Tulsa. Okla, was granted a charter
to do business under the laws of
Wyoming. The capitalization of the
company ia named as $4,000. 900.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
carranza Drops German Entertainer.

Ell Paso. Tex.-Because they enter
tanned German consular agents and
other German officials in Juarez. just
across the border from Ell Paso, Tex,
arousing the disfavor OF United States
officials. all officers, military and
civil, who participated in the recep-
tions 10 the Germans will be removed
by the Carranza government. Among
those who will be removed are Gen
Francisco Murgia. Gen. Jose Carlos
Murgia. Governor Arnulfo Gonzales OF
the state of chihuahua and others.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
"RaInbow Division" Going to Franc.

Washington.-Ame Rainbow
Division"-l9,OO0 strong-will be the
next to see service in France. Com
prised OF national guardsmen repre-
senting states from New York to Tex
as and California-and including the
First Field Hospital Company of Colo
RADIO, the new forces will soon be sent
abroad. Brig. Gen. w. A Mann, Chief
of the Militia Bureau. has been select.
ad as the division commander.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Montana.

About 5000 coal miners In Montana
have asked an increase in wages.
Wyoming miners in District 90 are
seeking the same wages paid in Mon
tana.
Reflection of the labor troubles in
the Butte district is found in the July
copper production figures OF the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company. The
output for last month amounted to H.
100000 pounds OF the red metal, as
compared with 2o.400,OOO in June and
2S,4O0.00O In May.
The General Petroleum Company's
plans for developing the holdings in
Wyoming which 1t acquired from the
Wyoming Montana Development Com
pany, better known as the Rispin in
terests, are more elaborate than at
first reported. The deal whereby 1t
took over the Rispin properties in the
Salt Creek field, consisting of ten sec
tions, also included the Rispin hold
ings In the Lusk field in Niobrara
county, where the Producers (Texas).
Big Indian and others have interests.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Exemption Board Members Arrested

New York.-Louis L. Cherry and DR..
S. j. Bernfeld. members of the local
draft exemption board. ordered re-
moved by President Wilson, were
placed under arrest by agents of the
Department of Justice.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Bank Cashier Killed by Auto.

Loveland.-William Persons 26, un-
married. assistant cashier OF ma
tionai bank at Wellington. was killed
in Loveland when the side car OF the
motorcycle in which he was riding
was struck by an automobile driven
by ]. L. Marvel of this city.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Burbank oevises sure-crop Wheat

Santa Rosa, Calif.-Luther Burbank
announced that he was ready to dis
tribute his wonderful new wheat-a
special cereal which will yield 1888
bushels per acre without regard to soil
conditions
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
United on War-Time Problems

Portland. Ore.-Western states pre-
sent a united front in meeting the
LW.W uprising. increasing crop pro-
duction and other wartime problems.
This is the result of the conference
OF six western governors here.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Jurx lndIets hos for race Riot..

Belleville, Ill. = Sixty-cight indict-
ments against los persons. the
charges including murder arson con-
were returned by the grand jury here
which has been investigating the race
riots In East st. Louis July l to 3.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Crude OH Highest in Fifty Years.

Pittsburg, Pa.-The Joseph A. Seep
Oil Agency announced an advance of
Is cents barrel in the price of oil,
Pennsyivania crude being quoted at
s325. the highest price in fifty years
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Colorado.

The Santa Cruz, located near the
Ophir Loop. and operated by Wick
man and Fantone of Telluride, is max
ing one of the seasons new shippers.
A dispatch from Idaho Springs says:
''It is the stated intention of the Con
solidated Mines Company. operating
the old Yukon group at Alice. to
erect 10O-ton mill on the property
this fall
The quantity of petroleum mark
eted in 1916 from the oil fields of
Colorado was 1926 barrels of forty
two gallons each, a decrease of H.
24O barrels. or per cent, from the
output in 1915.
A Florence report says: The vein
of copper in tSe Browning claim In
Boneyard Park Custer county. has
opened up to such an extent that 1t
is now considered the largest vein of
copper in the state.
Another monster lead, presumably
the Rudge. has been cut in the Camp
Bird tunnel at point $50 feet south
of the Yellow Rose side lines, Ouray
district. The lead is fully thirty feet
wide between walls and carries high
er. gold values than any of the leads
heretofore cut by the big bore.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
China Declares War on Germany

London.-Reuter's limited has been
officially informed that China has de-
clared war upon Germany and Austria
Hungary, the declaration dating from
10 o'clock Aug. IA.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
De La Hoerta oov.rnor

Mexico City-Adolfo de la Huerta,
who has been provisional governor of
Sonora, has been made provisional
governor of Yucatan, the richest
state in the republic
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Pastor Appointed Warden of Prison

Sioux City. lowa.-Rev. ]. R. Per-
kins. pastor of the First Christian
Church of Sioux City. was appointed
warden of the Iowa penitentiary at
Fort Madison. The appointment takes
effect Sept /.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Miner Argues with Boss and /. sbo,

Jerome, Ariz. = John Daggs. 35
miner, was shot and probably fatally
wounded in quarrel with Patrick
Keams. mine shift boss. Keams sur.
rendered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
Coast Welcomes Japanese.

A Pacific Port-The hospitality of
the Far West was poured out for the
entertainment of a Japanese mission
which landed here en- route to WASH
ington.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
President Makes Army Promotions

Washington.-The President sent
to the Senate the names of thirty
seven new major generals and 141
brigadier generals.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17

Madrid.-The whole of Spain has
been placed under martial law follow
ing disorders resulting from the gem
eral strike which is spreading.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News ssrvsos.
Metal Market Prices.
New York--Lead-Spot, 10h lie.
Bar silver, S2Hc.
Copper-Casting. $2712k.
st. Louis. Mo.-Spelter, $S42.
Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates, so
per cent. $17.00 per unit. Crude ores.
60 per cent. $500; rs per cent, s9.40
glz.0O; 10 per cent. $S.70@10 1000 per
unit.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17

London.-It was stated here on high
authority that the allies probably will
not reply to the peace suggestions
from the vatican. Officials regard the
character of the note as not requiring
a direct answer The suggested terms
are considered here as being over
favorable to Germany.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17

In eloquent language the pontiff de-
scribes the terrible condition existing
in Europe, which he declares is head
ed for destruction unless the bellig-
erents are willing to listen to the ap-
peals of disinterested friends to cease
suicidal war. Such conditions. the
pope feels. amply justify him in tax
ing the present opportunity to suggest
what may be. he hopes. at least
foundation upon which peace negotia-
tions may be initiated.
AT best Pope Benedict's proposals
are only, suggested as a rough basis
for such negotiations and he realizes
that the details in all their complexity
must be worked out patiently and in
spirit of copciliation by the bellig
erents themselves.
Unqualified approval of President
Wilson's plan for the avoidance of fu-
ture wars by some form of interna-
tional organizations which shall have
behind 1t the necessary power to en-
force its judgments. is given by Pope
Benedict, who declares that along
with such splendid project must go
an effective arrangement for reduc-
ton of armaments to point just suf-
ficient for defensive purposes or to
carry out the mandates of the world
court.
1t is inconceivable, the pope holds.
that any permanent peace can be
maintained unless the various peo-
Piles are willing to gather in an amity
founded upon a recognition of ma
tional rights.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Rome, Aug. 15.-Peace proposals
made by Pope Benedict have been de-
livered to all the belligarent govern
ments.
The Pope suggests restoration of
Belgium, Serbia and Rumania, and
peaceful solution of the problems OF
Poland. according to reports received
from Vatican sources.
The Pope's peace appeal proposes
that there be no annexations and no
indemnities except In special cases,
such as Belgium and Serbia: the re-
turn to Germany OF her colonies In ex-
change for the occupied departments
of France; freedom of the seas; dis
armament, and the formation of a Su-
preme Court OF Arbitration for the set
tlement OF future international dis
putes.
Washington, Aug. 15.-An unofficial
outline of Pope Bepedict's peace pro-
posals received here Ndiscloses that the
pontiff includes some of the princi-
pies of world peace for which Presi-
dent Wilson has declared.
Among the Pope's proposals are re-
duction of ornaments. freedom OF the
seas and that there shall be no retail
commercial supremacy. These are re-
Garded as the foundation stones of the
Pope's plan.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17
VATICAN OFFERS
TERMS OF PEACE
RESTORATION OF LANDS WITH
NO INoEMNITIEs SUGGEST
ED BY THE POPE.
TO GATHER IN AMITy
eoNTIFF WOULD RETURN GER
MAN COLONIES FOR OCCUPIED
PROVINCES IN FRANCE.

western Newspaper Union New. Service.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17

London.-A day of great political
excitement in London concluded with
the announcement that George Nicoll
Barnes. minister of pensions. had
been appointed to replace Arthur
Henderson as labor member Of the
War Cabinet
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-17

western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
A Jig-Saw Puzzle Nation.

Russia refuses to crumble notwithstanding she
has government notwithstanding she has no central
control with the tradition of liberalization evap-
Grating rapidly with her alleged leaders pygmes that
even post-Diaz Mexico would have spurned; despite
all these things she remains peaceful and solid-or
stolid-business, the war saying goes, is "as
usual"
There has been such remarkable spectacle of in
trinity of national will combined with tenacity of ma
honal fabric in modern history. Russia is not in
anarchy. Her people, following the true ideal of a
nation of villagers" go about their daily work almost
undsturbed by the chaos at Petrograd The nation is
rot the prey of violence of disorder, of crime The
reign of the Bolshevik is not reign of terror or an
srgy of blood Not even the threat of communism of
iivding up all the lands and all the goods of Russia
lmong the poor people has undermined or sapped the
Inherent integrity Of Russian character Vast sections
f her population under Zemstvo, or local control,
ire unaware that their nation is headless and are as
prderiy and industrious if nothing had happened
this sort of thing goes much longer Russia
viii cease to be nation and become an agglomeration
f Zemstvos, local bunds remotely similar in opera
ion to our States What difference does it make to
he average Russian? For centuries government has
meant nothing to him but suppression and despotism
Government service and as function has always
meant to him the local authorities Therefore he sees
70 reason for getting excited over the doings at
eetrograd
Apparently the Cossacks are the only people who
getting excited about it. and it is doubtful if they
an establish stable and authentic government all by
themselves. The Cossacks, whose ancestors were hre
ang giants Of the seppes of Tartary come by their
ighting blood naturally. Their leader, Cen Kale-
Ines has the good wishes Of all Americans but II is
doubtful If he overcome Slavic phlegm.