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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30
ONE HORSEPOWER AND A BRICK
 OF BUTTER

Americans have rather unenviable reputation among the European peo- ples of being boosters and buffers. and probably our reputation has been half earned by our inclination as a people to use the loud pedal in pro- claiming our merits to the world. Since the war broke out wild state ments have been made by high of- ficials regarding the part we were destined to play in putting the kibosh on the kaiser. It will be big part, in- deed, but regard for the truth forbids the we should underestimate what the allies have done and are doing.
 In one respect, however-if not in many more-we c9o claim credit for having accomplished more in three months than European genius achiev- ed in three years. In designing what promises to be the most efficient air plane motor in the world we need not boast of what we are going to do, but
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30

can modestly take credit as a nation for already having. found a way to supply energy for the thousands of airplanes which will be sent to Eu- rope, and which, in the estimation of many conservative observers, will be a preponderating influence in turn ing the tide so strongly against Ger many that recovery for her Is impos- sible.
 The best motor the allies have turned out-a French development weighs $50 poundsaand develops 275 horsepower-an average of one horse power for each 3.2 pounds of weight. The Germans have done somewhat better than this but not much. The new American liberty motor also de- velops PTS horsepower but it weighs only 495 pounds, on only little more than half the weight of the French machine, so that average weight per horsepower is only Is pounds. When one realizes that a motor has been tested and accepted by the United States government that has the pow CT to raise 33.000 pounds one foot per minute and yet weighs less than a brick of butter, he has faint mo- ton of what American engineers have accomplished in designing the liberty motor.
 The importance of airplane devel- opment in this country has come home to us since the great war begun but happily we are making up for the years of valuable time that were lost. By conscripting the best engineering and manufacturing brains in the na- tion, we shall be able, within year or two, to pass the European nations which seized and utilized this dis tinctly American invention while our own government peacefully slumber- ed.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30

IT WILL require the services of an expert mathmetician to determine just what the coal dealers of Washing ton will be permitted to charge for coal, on the basis fixed by the govern ment, but the average lord and mast CT of the household will hope that whatever occurs there will be down. ward revision of prices.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30

Genuine Sweet apple Cider at Hunts Candy Kitchen. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30
WHY 1 AM A LIBERAL.

WHY? Because all I haply can and do, W All that l am now, all hope to be- Whence comes 1t save from fortune get.
 ting free
 Body and soul the purpose to pursue. God trace for both? If letters, net a few. Of prejudice. convention fall from me, These shall bid men. each in his degree Also God guided bear. and gayly too? RUT little do or can the best of us o That little is achieved through Liberty. Who. ther, oares hold, emancipated thus, His fellow shall continue bound? Not 1, Who live, love, labor freely nnr discuss 4 brothers right to freedom. That E
 why.
 Robert Browning.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30
RAILROADS IN GERMANY
 ARE SHORT OF FUEL.

LONDON Oct. 30.-The German state railways are faced with a great shortage of fuel and drastic limita- tion of traffic has begun. according to reports reaching here. The railroads propose to levy heavy excess fares on express trains so as to discourage all except unavoidable business journeys.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30

Five mushers arrived last night from Fairbanks.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30
Schooner is Safe

A GULF PORT. Oct. 30.-A cable gram from Montemo Bay. Jamaica, to- day says the schooner Lady Shea, feared lost in the recent West Indian hurricane Is safe here.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30

LLOYDGEORGE, the British pre- mier, during the present year, will have constructed four times as much
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30
by a missile, while Gen. Vanoufsky's spine was seriously injured.
DEMAND FOR SILVER
 COIN IS GROWING

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 3O.- Demand for silver coins is so great that every mint in the country has been placed on a 24-hour-a-day basis to meet it. This never has been ne- cessary before. Raymond T. Baker, director of the mint. announced today that the total subsidiary silver coin age thus far this year totalled $16,- 551. 900 or an increase of more than 800 per cent over the corresponding period last year-in itself a new rec ord-when the total of such coinage was $1,769, 900.
 Five mushers arrived last night from Fairbanks.
 FOR SALE-Basket baby sled with wheel attachment, and baby's bath tub See Frank Mi''ard. k1
 Genuine Sweet apple Cider at Hunts Candy Kitchen. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-30

merchant shipping tonnage as during 1916, and that the crop for 1917 and 1918 is assured. Thus the gigantic contest of endurance goes on.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
FLIGHTS ACROSS ATLANTIC
Will Be Made in Two Days BY Air
Craft Immediately After the War,
Fokker Predicts.

Vienna.-Herr Fokker, the builder
of one of the most successful military
flying machines used in the German
and Austrian armies, predicts an era
of aerial passenger traffic after the
war. Speed, he says, is bound to make
aircraft popular vehicle of travel, but
only for great distances, for which rea-
son the inventor predicts the success
full operation of aircraft on routes be-
tween Europe and the United States
which will run in competition with
Transatlantic liners.
Herr Fokker believes the first at
tempt to fly from Europe to New York
will be made Immediately after the
war, and asserts the route can be trav-
eled in two days at the outside. He ii
of the opinion that all technical handi-
caps will be easily overcome.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
RELEASE OF AMERICANS
In Few Days Promised BY Germany
Quarantine Period at Prison Camp
Will Have Ended.

Washington.-Germany, in a note
delivered to the State Department by
DR.. Paul Ritter, Swiss minister, prom
Uses the release of the Yarrowdale pris-
oners within next few days, saying
quarantine regulations will have been
complied with by that date. The ar
rival of the four American doctors at
Copenhagen was reported to the de-
partment by American Minister Egan.
1t is assumed that as soon as the
status of the Americans is established
to the satisfaction of the British con
sui, who is now sheltering them in
conformity with maritime law, full
provision FOR their return to this coun-
try with the other prisoners will be
made by the State Department.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
ACTION Of SENATE IS
AWAITED BY PRESIDENT

the resolution to blockade in a zone
or destroy contraband cargo. Neutral
vessels challenged could be fired upon
only in case of attempt to escape.
Senator Stone disclaimed entirely
any personal responsibility for the
committees measure.
"Candor compels me to say" he de-
clared, II am not in accord with this
bill as it has been framed and it is my
purpose to offer what l consider an i'm
now therefore to ask the Senator from
Nebraska, Mr.. Hitchcock, to take it in
charge"
He then proposed his amendment
and formally turned the floor leader
ship over to Senator Hitchcock.
portant amendment to it. In that view
Of the situation do not think 1t would
be proper for me to continue further
in the management on the f1o~r of the
pending measure. 1t is my purpose
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
SINKING OF TACOMA
CLEAR-CUT CASE OF
VIOLATION OF RIGHTS
PRESIDENT AND CABINET HAS
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF At
TACK, BUT AWAIT ACTION
OF CONGRESS.
Unwarned Night Attack on Liner Is
Relationships Forty-Five Minutes
After First Torpedo Strikes Vessel
Two of Twenty Americans Lost.

Washington. - The Administration
is waiting upon Congress to give the
answer of the United States to the Ger
man campaign of ruthlessness which
has reached a climax in the sinking OF
the liner Laconia and the killing o1
two innocent American women.
Official accounts of the unWarned
night attacks on the Cunarder regard
ed as the first clear-cut case of vio-
lation of American rights since the
severance of relations with Germany,
have been laid before President Will
son and the Cabinet by Secretary
Lansing. 1t was decided that no step
should be taken until Congress had
time to grant the request for addi-
tional authority to protect the lives
and rights of Americans.
Conclusive official information at the
State Department shows that two
American women on the LacOnia lost
their lives; that if four other Amer
leans among the passengers and the
IA among the crew were saved, it was
only by good fortune, and that the
vessel was sunk without warning in
direct defiance Of all the principles for
which the United States has stood.
Consul Frost's reports from the sur
vivors landed at Queenstown and Ban
try show that the vessel was struck by
a first torpedo without warning at
1890 o'clock Sunday night, $50 miles
off Fastnet, when the steamer was
travelling at II or IS knots on her
voyage from New York to Liverpool.
The engine was stopped as the ship
listed to starboard, wireless calls were
flashed broadcast and six large rock
cts were sent up. Thirteen boats with
and crew got away and
scattered over two or three miles to
prevent collisions in high sea rolling
in 12-foot swells.
About 20 minutes after the first tor
pedo, the reports add, and while some |
Of the boats were still near by, Sec |
Ond torpedo was driven into the YES |
sci, which sank three-quarters of an |
hour after the original attack. The |
small boats with survivors pitched
about during the long hours of the
night until rescue came.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
CHINA MAY ENTER WAR
is TIPPED TO BE NEXT DROBA.
BILE PARTICIPANT IN E1RO-
PEAN STRUGGLE.
Rewards For Her Being Negotiated at
Capitals of AIIies-Regarded AS
Certainty Break Will Come.

| Washington.-Nego looking
to China's entrance into tae war
against the Central Powers now are
in progress at Picking and in all the
Entente capitals, it was just learned
here, and their success depends only
upon the harmonizing of the rewards
to China with the amount of ct-opera-
ton demanded OF her.
1t is regarded as practically certain
that China will sever relations with
Germany and declaration of wa" prob
ably will follow if the Entente will
guarantee satisfactory relaxation of
the restrictions imposed upon the
Eastern empire by the World sewers
after the Boxer troubles.
Facts have been learned from off.
cial and diplomatic circles serve to
clear up much of the obscurity which
has overhung events in the far East
in the past month.
Occasional vague dispatches from
China and references in the lHeichs-
tag to China's abandonment Ct neu-
trality" have thrown only din light
upon Germany's endeavor to keep
China out of the struggle, the 1nten-
tie moves to bring her in and China's
reluctance to change her present
state of peace without adequate guar
antees.
China desires to procure the COM
plete remission of the Boxer inGemni-
ties, which total more than. $30,O00,000 |
a year, and continue until 1910. II
she entered the war, the part which |
and Germany could be repudiated
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
War Is Inevitable Is Comment on Plot

London.-The Daily Chronicle
thinks Germany's attempt with Mex
leo is on par with her other activi-
ties, but, adds the paper, 1T is not
often that such a completely damning
document is brought to light at such
a dramatic moment. 1.-THE disclosure"
continues the paper, fought to clear
the air. 1t rivals the Chancellor's re-
cent speech in the Reichstag as a
frst-class piece of hypocrisy, and
should show every Congressman in
whose mind the interests of his coun-
try rank first that those interests are
in real peril and that the situation is
much too serious to be trified with.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
JAP EMBASSY DENIES 1T

Washington.-The Japanese EN-
sbassy made the following comment
on the conspiracy report:
with regard to the alleged Ger
man attempt to induce Japan and
Mexico to make war upon the
United States, made public In the
press this morning, the Japanese
Embassy, while lacking informa-
ton as to whether such invitation
ever reached Tokyo, dsires to
state most emphaticaIIy that any
invitation Of this sort would under
no circumstances be entertained
by the Japanese Government,
which is in entire accord and close
relations with the other powers
on account of formal agreements
and our common cause, and more
over, our good friendship with the
United States, which is every day
growing In sincerity and COR
diaIity."
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
CHURCH BELLS BEING USED
In Germany For Need of MetaI-Are
Confiscating Aluminium Cook
ing Utensils.

Copenhagen.-Germany now is
drawing upon church bells for war re-
quirements. An order appropriating
bronze church bells has been in effect
since March. One bell in chine may
be retained in default of other means
for summoning the congregation to
worship. A regulation covering the
confiscation of aluminium cooking
utensils also is issued.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
PROVIDES FOR ARMlNG OF Shifts
FOR THE PROTECTION OF
RIGHTS ON HIGH SEAS.
POWER VESTED IN PRESIDENT
Only One Ohioan Among Pacifist
Ranks-Still Greater Authority
Than That Embodied In Measure
Will Be Urged.

Washington.-Author to arm
American ships and protect American
rights at sea would be vested in Pres
ident Wilson in bill passed by the
House by vote Of 400 to IS. The
measure as finally passed is far from
satisfactory to the President, it is
said, and administration leaders will
endeavor to have it amended before it
is finally enacted into law to confer
upon the President all the powers to
meet the international situation which
he requested. The House voted down
! all efforts to alter the bill, defeating
proposals to prevent the protection
of ships carrying munitions to Euro
pean belligerents.
Speaker Clark announced the vote
amid applause and cheering during
the day before patriotic appeals from
leaders on both sides of the House,
and when the roll was called only nine
Republicans, three Democrats and the
Socialist voted in the negative They
were:
epublicans-Benedict of California,
Cory of Wisconsin, Cooper of Wiscon-
sin, Davis of Minnesota, Helgesen of
North Dakota, Lindbergh OF Mime
seta, Nelson of Wisconsin, Stafford of
Wisconsin, Wilson of Illinois.
Democrats-Decker of Missouri,
Shackleford of Missouri, Sherwood of
Ohio.
ocialist-London of New York
The measure was sent over to the
Senate, where it is expected the Sem
ate committees bill, approved by the
President and authorizing not only
the arming of ships, but the employ
ment of "other instrumentalities,"
will be substituted
Democrats and Republicans, even
most Of the members who heretofore
nave aligned themselves with the ex-
rene pacifist group, Joined in fight
ng for the bill. Representative Bal
ey, of Pennsylvania, generally rec
)gnized as rejecting the views of |
William Jennings Bryan, voted in the
affirmative and announced his inten-
ion in advance. Democratic Leader
<itchin, who heretofore always has
TODD against the Administration
plans, and Republican
leader Mann, whose utterances often
ave been strongly opposed to the
Presidents international policies,
oted for the measure, the latter hav-
ng supported it in a vigorous speech.
With the sole exception of Repre-
entative Sherwood, OF Toledo, the
)hio delegation voted so,idly in favor
f the resolution reported by Chairman
'lood, of the Foreign Affairs Commit
ee, giving the President authority to
rm merchant ships and voting a credit
f $100,000,0 900 for the enforcement of
n armed neutrality.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
Unable To Deliver Mail.

Baltimore, Md large quantity OF
mail for Havana from Eastern Cuba
was brought here by the Norwegian
steamer Tordenskjold from Daiquiri
officers of the ship reported that the
eastern section of the island has been
cut OF by wire, as well as mail from
the west.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
Barred.

The shade of the man who gOuged
the poor by selling adulterated food
at high prices when he was on earth,
stood shivering before the pearly
gates.
II thought I ordered you to go down
below" said st. Peter.
Il did," replied the shade. "But Sa-
tan wouldn't let me in. He said I
wasn't the sort of person his friends
and bOarders cared to associate with"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
rarIeab PIunaes Into Harbor.

Baltimore.-Four persons we're
drowned, three of whom we're &C
tresses, when a taxicab containing a
party Of seven plunged into the har-
Dor from a Light street wharf.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
ESTABLISH SUBMARINE BASE
Panama officials Report To Washing
ton What They Believe Were
Activities of German.

Panama City.-Germany has estab-
lished a submarine base in the Gulf
of Darien, Panama officials believe
The results of their Investigations
have been reported to officials at
Washington. 1t was asserted by off,
Gals here what they believe to be Ger
man submarine activities in these
waters was a part of the German plot.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08

The Gulf Of Darien is on the north
coast of the Isthmus, between Pan
anna and Colombia, having access to
the Caribbean Sea and thence to the
Atlantic Ocean.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08

No matter how dull trade may be In
other lines of business the whip manu-
facturer has snap.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
Long Session Is Held and Leg
isIation To Grant Use of
"0ther Instrumentalities' Is
Subject of Much Debating
VOTING Time IS UNDECIDED

Naval Bill Placed In Jeopardy for
Time When House BaIks on Bond
Issue, But Senate Reconsiders Its
Passage, Strikes Out Proposal and
Sends Measure Back After II Again
Is Approved.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08

The missed thrush and blackbird sing
while flying. but only very rarely.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08

DIR. Peery's Dead Shot" Is powerful and
prompt but safe. One dose only is enough
to expel Worms Tapeworm. No castor
oil necessary. adv.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-28

c. P. Cronin. State Librarian.
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 Dear Sir:
 Transmitted herewith is (check) fdraftl fmoney order) in the sum of -..... ........ ....... .... dollars, made payable to Library War Council fer the purpose of purchasing books for the soldiers of the United States Army.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-28
NEXT LIBERTY DRIVE.

It is expected that within the next few days Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo will announce the s' cond liberty bond offer with the amount of the issue and the rate of inter- est. The expectation is that the rate of issue will be per cent and in that case the first is sue will be tai;er up and percent bonds given in exchange tor them.
 It is not LOO early for the people of Ar- zona and the people of GreenIec county to be- gin planning as tn what they will do in aid Of the success os ttis second call t,r moI,ey to carry on the war with Germany and her anto- cratic allies. ft has already been announced by several of the big mining companies operat ing in the state that they will in buying the second issue of The liberty bonds credit the pur chases to Arizona. This fact will insure creditable showing for Arizona, but it is not alone the mining companies and other prosper ous corporations who will be expected to spond to this coming liberty loan call, but each indiiduai who can possibly do should get his matters in shape for taking some of these bonds. If we will all join in thus sup porting the government the result will be not only additional credit to those who get in with their Savings but it will be great satis- faction in knowing that we, who remain home while the flower of our young men are
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-28
AMER|CAU LIBRARY ASSN. ID. RAISE
 sl.00Q,000
MT. W. B. Kelly,
 Editor, The Copper Era. Clifton. Arizona.

| Editor, The Copper Era, 1 Clifton, Arizona.
 Dear Sir:
 l The American Library Association has beth asked by the War Depart ment to assume responsibility for providing adequate library facilities in all cantonments and trainine camps. Therefore, Secretary of War Baker has appointed Library War Council of ten members, with MT. Frank A. Vanderlip Of New York as Chairman, to aid. the Association in raising a fund of S1.000,000. i I have been asked by this council to serve as Director for Arizona, and zona is called on for. g. contribution of only s2.0O0. We have until Oct. first to complete our quota. i The time is so short that a direct personal appel to those loyal and l Jiatriotic citizens who have so liber ally responded to our country's prev | ious calls is deemed best.
 The writer has just returned from national law conference in the east, and from personal observation knows of no more meritorious meas ure than this-to supply reading matter, instructive and entertaining, to our young men.
 | Please bear in mind that the money raised will be spent largely for books on such subjects as Aviation. Wire 1 less Telesraphy. Submarines Auto ! mobiles. Sisnalline. First Aid and Bv- giene Travel and History, especially relating to the countries at war 1 foreign language study books, especi- ally French Grammars and diction- aries. Tn other words for books that will make the men better soldiers. fit them for service in France and occu- ! py usefully their sapre time This ; is cause deserving your active sup port.
 Each citizen. then, should recognize that this is a cause deserving ac- tive support and regard it as an op- : portunity to helr: and every Social, Business. Religious and Woman's to raise the tipuIated sum at the ap- pointed time. The response to tbis
 appeal should not be grudging hut generous Let all unite in an earn
 est effort to prove anew our patriot ; ism, and to show our solicitude tor the brave men who have sacrificed
 more than we can compute to serve
 the country.
 Remember that this is for Your Bov,
 AS stated above. on account Of the short time an organized campaign is Iinnossible. so EVERYONE is rAduest
 et to send his or her contribution to
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-28

the undersigned.
 Make chicks or money orders pay able to Library War Council. A full list of contributors will be submitted to the War Department, and publish cd upon receipt.
 CON P. GROWN,
 State Librarian. T hereby proclaim the foregoing of greatest merit, and earnestly request from the people of Arizona liberal and cheerful compliance with the re- auirements contained therein.
 Thomas F.. Campbell,
 Governor of Arizona. |.