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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-13
Bridges To Be Rushed.

This decision is understood to be sat
isfactory to officials of Polk and Yam.
hill counties, with whom Commissioned
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

sion for the export OF potash from
Germany. They hoped thereby to In
duce the United States to break the
British blockade and offered carKoes
Of potash in exchange for cargoes
Of cotton or cargoes Of foodstuffs.
The Germans claimed that potash
was used in the manufacture of
munitions and that, therefore, in no
event would they permit the export
unless the potash was consigned to
the American Government, with guar
antees against its use except in the
manufacture of fertilizer, this to be
checked up by Germans appointed as
inspectors.
Negotiations Fell Through.
All these negotiations, however, ZEN
through; no potash has been export
ed from Germany to the United
States since the commencement of
the war. Enough potash, however,
Is obtained in the United States for
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

want of phosphates; possibly of nj
trates also, because I doubt whether
sufficient nitrogen is extracted from
the air in Germany to provide for
more than the needs of the explosive
industry.
The dyestuff industry had been de-
veloped to such a point in Germany
that Germany supplied the whole
world. In the first months of the war
some enterprising Americans, headed
by Herman Metz, chartered q boat
called the Matanzas and sent 1t to
Rotterdam, where 1t was loaded with
a cargo of German dyestuff.. The boat
sailed under the American nag, and
was not interfered with by the Eng
lIsh. Later on the German depart
ment of the interior, at whose head
was Delbruck, refused to allow dye
stuffs to leave Germany except in ex-
change for cotton, and. finally the ex-
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
WAR SHOWED
EXTENT j. s.
DEPENDEDON
TEUTONTRADE
Dye Industry and Other Manu.
featuring Businesses Upset
by HoStiIities - Commercial
Rivalry One of Causes.
By JAMES ". GERARD.

american Ambassador to Germany, July =,
1914, to February 4. 1911.
Copyright, United States, Canada. and In
tsrnatiOnAl, IS17, by the Public Ledger Col
Ambassador Gerard, toho, during the
four years preceding the declaration Of
sooTS tcds IN Berlin and IN constant
toSch SOtth German affairs, has tcritten
o vtOSd story Of his experiences. The
stony 11e Washington Times toiH pub
hsh IN daily instdlEments, of s1hioh the
foIlotctno % the thirty-foTrth. No docU-
HseEt Of diplomacy tOos ever more vitaI
or more Interesting.
Nothing surprised me more as the
war developed than the discovery Of
the great variety and amount Of
goods exported from Germany to the
United States.
Goods sent from the United States
to Germany are mainly prime mate
INDEPENDENTLY $16O,OOO,O 1000 a
year Of cotton, s75, 5000, 900 OF copper,
f15,000,000 Of wheat, $20,OO0,0Oo of
animal fat, S1o,OoO,OOO of mineral oil.
and large amount Of vegetable oil.
OF course, the amount of wheat is es-
pecially variable. Some manufac-
tured goods from America also find
their way to Germany to the extent,
perhaps, Of s7O,OOO,0OO a year, COM
prising machinery. such as type
writer's, and a miscellaneous line Of
machinery and manufactures. The
principal exports from Germany to
America consist Of dyestufts and
chemical dyes, toys, underwear, sur
gical instruments, cutlery, stockings,
knit goods, etc, and raw material
called potash, also known as kali. The
last is a mineral found nowhere IN the
world except in Germany and in a
few places in Austria. Potash is es-
sential to the manufacture of many
fertilizers, fertilizer being composed,
as a rule, Of potash, phosphates, and
nitrates. The nitrates in past years
have been exported to all countries
from Chilli Phosphate rock is mined
in South Carolina and Florida and
several other places in the world.
Ingredients Of Explosives.
Curiously enough, both nitrates and
potash are essential ingredients also
of explosives used In war. Since the
war the German supply from Chilli
was cut on, but the Germans, follow
ing q system used in Norway for many
years before the war, established
great electrical plants for the extrac-
ton of nitrate from the atmosphere.
Since the war American agriculture
has suffered for want Of potash and
German agriculture has suffered for
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
"My Four Years in GermanyBy Ambassador James Watson


munition purposes from the burning
OF seaweed on the Pacific coast, from
s o eS N 49, : N so e,Ins n,' al.
IN JJtah- Potash "a aIso obtaInahIs
from feldspar, but I do not know
whether any plant has been estao-
lisneo Tor Its production from this
S neAro OF ene svAi
sr.d IIsIS d pr.S:I 80 ,hs-s 80.
been rumors OF It's discovery In
Spain. do not know how good this
Spanish and Brazilian potash Is, and
suppose the German potash syndi-
cate Will Immediately endeavor to
control these fields in order to hold
the potash trade of the world in Its
grip.
II was a long time after the conn
mencement OF the war before Eng.
Iand derIarsd cottov . contrshsrd
think this was because N The feSr n
Irritating the IJnItad statea hut IN
the meantima Germanv sseured a
great ouantItv ~ cotton uhicb ~
course. was u.ed or stored Tor the
rnanufactura ~ novder aince tbs
cotton Imports have been emf or fhe
Germans ASSERT that thew are manu-
Featuring a powder aouslIv good nv
uaInr WOOD nuIn ~ cour.a havs
mot been ahla to variSv thIs sh.oI,,t.ly
u o "oees Aept Out OF Sermany'
Germany had endeaVored before the
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

the development of the industry there
/ had many negotiations with the
foreign office with reference to this
question of dyestuffs.
The export OF toys from Germany
to the United States forms a large
item in the bill which we pay an
nually to Germany. Many OF these
toys are manufactured by the people
In their own homes in the picturesque
district known as the Black Forest
OF course, the war cut OF, after a
time, the export OF toys from Ger.
many, and the American child, having
In the meantime learned to be salts.
ned with some other article, his little
brother will demand this very article
next Christmas, and thus, after the
war, Germany will find that much of
this trade has been permanently lost.
Just as the textile trade Of the
United States was dependent upon the
German dyestuffS for coIors, so the
sugar beet growers of America were
dependent upon Germany for their
seed. I succeeded, with the able as
sistance OF the consul at Magdeburg
and Mr.. Winslow, of my stan, in get
ting shipments OF beet seed out of
Germany. I have heard since that
these Industries, too, are being de-
veloped in America, and seed is OBJ
tanned from other countries, such as
Russia.
Struggle Over Cyanide Supply.
Another commodity upon which a
great industry in the United States
and Mexico depends is cyanide. The
discovery Of the cyanide process of
treating gold and silver ores permit
ted the exploitation of many mines
which could not be worked under the
older methods. At the beginning of
the war there was a small manufac-
tory OF cyanide owned by Germans at
Perth Amboy and Niagara Falls, but
most OF the cyanide used was i'm
ported from Germany. The American
German company and the companies
manufacturing in Germany and in
England all operated under the same
patents, the English and German com
panies having working agreements as
to the distribution of business
throughout the world.
The German vice chancellor and
head OF the department of the inte-
rior, Delbruck, put an export prohi-
billion on cyanide early in the war
and most pigheadedly and obstinately
claimed that cyanide was manufac-
tured nowhere but in Germany
Therefore. he said, II he allowed
cyanide to leave Germany for the
United States or Mexico the English
would capture 1t and would use 1t TO
work South African mines, thus add
ing to the stock OF gold and power
in war of the British empire.
Manufactured Near Glasgow.
1t was a long time before the Ger
man manufacturers and / could con-
vince this gentleman that cyanide
sufficient to supply all the British
mines was manufactured near Glas-
gov, Scotland. He then reluctantly
gave a permit for the export of a
thousand tons OF cyanide, and its ar
rival in the United States permitted
many mines there and in Mexico to
continue operations and saved many
persons from being thrown out of
employment. when Delbruck final
ly gave a permit for the export of
1000 tons more OF cyanide the psy-
Geological moment had passed and
we could not obtain through our
State Department a pass from the
British.
am convinced that Delbruck made
a great tactical mistake on behalf
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
GIVE SENATE OFFICE
BUILDING ANNUAL BATH

When the Senators now out of the
city for q short vacation. return to
their offices before Congress convenes,
they will find a neatly cleaned. white
ly polished Senate office building
smiling a welcome to them. as the
result of the annual bathing which
It underwent today.
With one Of the Districts Ere en-
gines pumping from the corner, four
hremen directed the cleansing streams
at the smooty walls Of the marble
building. Windows were tightly
closed to prevent the furniture with
In from receiving q bath also.
The work OF cleaning the huge
building will take the better part Of
two days. Three squares Of walls are
to be changed from battleship gray
to crystal white.
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

of the German government when he
imposed this prohibition against ex-
port of goods to America Many
manufacturers Of textiles, the users
of dyestuffs, medicines, seeds and
chemicals in all forms were clamor-
ing for certain goods and chemicals
from Germany. But It was the pro-
hibition against export Of the Ger
mans which prevented their receiving
these goods. II 1t had been the Brit
ish blockade alone a cry might have
arisen in the United States against
this blockade, which might have ma
terially changed the international sit
uation.
The Germans also refused permits
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

port ofsdyestuffs from Germany ceased
and other countries were compelled
to take up the question of manufac'
ture. This state of affairs may lead
to the establishment OF the industry
permanently in the United States, al.
though that industry will require pro-
lection for some years, as undoubtedly
Germany, in her desperate effort to
regain a monopoly of this trade, will
be ready to spend enormous sums in
order to undersell the American
manufacturers and drive them out of
business.
Many Negotiations.
The commercial submarines Deutch-
land and Bremen were to a great ex-
tent built with money furnished by
the dysteuff manufacturers, who
hoped by sending dyestuffs in this way
to America that they could prevent
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
TRAINS UNDER GUARD
RUN IN BUENOS AIRES

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 10s-For the
FIRST time In twenty-four days, trains
were running into Argentina today,
marking the governments successful
step in combating the general strike.
All those in operation today were UNI
der strong military guard. Even IL
the present paralysis OF business on
account of the strike Is ameliorated,
leaders predict another similar move
ment about the FIRST Of the year.
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
TO GIVE "sUNsHlNE DANCES"

November 1 at the Fort MyerS Hospi-
tai, a series of weekly Sunshine
days" will be held at the military and
naval hospitals in the District under
direction of Mrs Leland G. Stearns,
and Mrs. Everett s. Brown, Of the
Church Hospitality committee Of the
District War Service Commission
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
U-LNERS SENT
TO CRUSH DYE
INDUSTRY HERE

edly the most exploited ana fooled
workingman in the world, 10 COM
PEELED not only to work for low wages
and long hours. but to purchase his
food at rates fixed by the German
tariff made for the benefit Of the
Prussian Junkers and landholders.
(COnffnued Tomorrov.l
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
Vital Records.
Births.

Births.
Fred A. Z. and Jessie Kitchener. boy.
John and Nellie r. MIstretta, boy.
John W. and Bertha L. Schaefer, boy.
@. Eugene and Ruth Doyle, girl.
Lewis and Gertrude Harper, girl.
Benjamin K. and Grace d. Greene, girl
Guy G. and Alice Irving, boy.
Nicholas and Trena Chumas, boy.
Oscar and Mary Queen, boy.
Daniel and Beatrice Turner, girl.
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage Licenses
Thomas G. Thompson, q, and Catherine A.
Potbury, Is, both of Washington. d. O.
, The Rev. Charles s. BrieEs. .......-..,,-
Clyde LomAx. 81, Of Washington, d. O., and
Julia E. MAssolettI, n. of Catlett, Va.
The Rev. Howard +. Downs
Thomas p Meyer, s., and Dora Thomas, q,
both of stanardsville, Va The Rev. How
ard T. Downs.
Charles o. Roaten, %. of Newport News, Va,
and Lucy NJ Groves, %. OF Hsrndon, Va.
The Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson.
Carson W. Groves, a, and Mary z. Clat-
terbuck, 2, both OF Warrenton, Va The
Rev. Cornelius s. Abbott
Leslie L. Combs. n, and Rhoda Lohr. q.
both Of Washington, D. c. The Rev. Sam
uel H. Greene.
homas Rodney Dobson. %. and Frances Irene
Scott, q, both OF Washington. D. O. The
Rev. George A Miller.
Robert Stanley. "a, and Lula KArnss. n, both
of Bedford City, Va Tho Rev. Daniel H.
Martin.
Fred W. Horstkottle. 81, OF Spokane, wash,
and Esther L. Moore. 30. OF Springfield.
Mass The Rev. William J. Brooks.
Thomas Mcdowell Rives. a, U. s. A, of
Norfolk, Va. and Eleanor Pierce Mullins.
"a. of Alexandria, Va. The Rev. Randolph
H. McKim.
Dan lie Ray Borden. %. and Pauline Patter-
son Stone. 3. both Of Washington, D. G.
The Rev. Charles Wood.
F. Luther Staley, IS. and Alma K. Richards.
Il, both OF Frederick, Nd. The Rev. John
II. Jeffries.
Charles s. Robinson. %. and Lillian E. Muir
ray. q, both OF Petersburg, Va. The Rev.
John z. Briggs.
Calvin J. Scruggs. q. and Ollie ]. Anthony
Is, both Of Richmond, Va. The Rev. Mar
tin p. J. Egan.
Otto Mercy oliver. "a. OF Prospect, Va.
and Bessie May Mann, ID. Of Farmville,
Va. The Rev. H. B. Hosley.
J. d. williams, %, and Clara L. Peyton, 81.
Tho Rev. W. A. Jones.
z. Carter, 40 and Rosa B. Jones, q. The
Rev. W. H. Jernagin.
r. Page. IS and Lucy Adams, IS. The
Rev. W. J. Howard
E. Butler, 81, and Blanche E. Masterson, 81.
The Rev. J. Z. Roberts
E. W. Thomas, q, and Nettis Marsell, IS.
Tho Rev. W. A. L. Morton.
z. Wright, %, and Louise wilkins, IL The
T. Gordon. "a. and Lottie B. Barber. 20. The
Rev. H. Newman.
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
Deaths.

Byron P. Allabaugh. Is yrs, Walter Reed
Hospital.
Milton Patterson, IS yrs, as Pa. ave. NV.
Matte S. Kent. 70 yrs, Garfield Hos.
Catherine Bishop, n yrs, 75IE P st. ne.
Emma l. Phillips a. yrs, Georgetown Hos.
Joseph c. johnson, 80 yrs, 124o Wisconsin
ave. NV.
Daniel Shields. s. yrs, st. Elizabeth.
Ruth N. Honey, 3 mos, Children's Hos.
Annie n. Washington, % yrs, st. Elizabeth.
Ruth Barron, 30 yrs, Wash. Asy. Hos.
n
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-10

The mere fact that man of eligible
age for selective service is a state OF.
flcer or employee should furnish no sui
hclent claim for exemption according
to resolution adopted as the sense of
a meeting of the council of State, the
Governor and heads of various state
departments. This resolution, OF
course. is not deemed to be applicable
to those employees or officers who
have other claims OF exemption.
The resolution as adopted reads:
II is the sense of this meeting that
no State officer or employee in any
executive department of the state gov
eminent should claim any exemption
from military service under the selec.
tive draft law by reason OF the fact
that he is a state officer or employee.
This resolution is not intended to ap.
ply to claims for exemption by such
officers or employees who may have
valid grounds for exemption other
than the fact that they are In the ser.
vice of the state, but Is simply intend.
ed to place officers or employees in
the executive department OF the State
Government on the same footing as
citizens engaged in private business.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-10
Change In Draft Quota Made.

Governor Beckett sent out to the
exemption board In each of the coun.
ties OF the state special letter notify.
ing them that the provost marshal has
found an error In his figures giving
the gross quota Of North Carolina In
the selective draft and advising the
boards that there will be revised fig.
ures as to the net quotas for each OF
the counties. The new figures will
make changes Of only few in practl.
cally all the counties OF the state.
]. J. Mackey, the special clerk In charge
OF this phase OF the work of the ad.
jutant generals department, will have
the revised figures ready forthwith
and they will be made public as soon
as compiled.
There will be no material changes
In the figures per county except In a
very few instances: Bladen will
change from III TO 1853; Iredell from
1856 to IA, Pasquotank from 10 to
121; Pitt from 336 to $50; Mecklen.
burg and Charlotte will not be chang
ed; Buncombe county will have three
less In net quota to raise; Forsyth
two less; Winston.Salem. no change;
Durham. two less; other counties mi
nor changes.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-10
More Appointments Made.

Adjutant General Register announ.
ces that federal recognition is entend-
ed to the first regiment North Carolina
field artillery as of July 81. The en-
listments have proceeded quite salts.
factorily and the field artillery gives
promise Of early enlistment to war
strength.
The department of the adjutant
general announces a number OF ap.
pointments as follows: Capt. Don =.
Scott, adjutant of the third infantry
commissioned major. first battalion
third infantry, vice J. J. Bernard, dis
qualified on account OF physical con.
dition; Capt w. A. Graham. company
H. third regiment, second battalion,
third infantry, vice Chambers, pro.
noted; e. c. Price. Jr., captain; A. W.
Linor first lieutenant, and w. ]. Me-
Cullen, second lieutenant, Company
H, third regiment.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-10
Planning Bio State Fair.

Secretary Joseph E. Pogue, Of thu
state fair, is delighted with the move
ment that directors launched for max
ing the fair this year a conservation
affair that will be In line with the
general movement for conserving the
resources of the state and stirring the
people in the matter Of home eco
Monies and general agricultural prog
ress. This will be the ffty.seventh
state fair, and 1t will be held October
1920.
The woman's building will be com
pleted in ample time at cost OF
$4,000 and will be quite an addition
which will swing fully in line with
the war conditions and needs. 1t was
decided to give the grandstand re.
ceipts OF the fair on Thursday Of fair
week to the Red Cross. This was on
motion Of Col. J. c. l.. Harris. The
resolutions adopted by the executive
committee declare that the fair must
be made to bear its part in effective.
ly co-ordinating features of the fair
so that 1t will play an important part
In the nations vital scheme OF food
production and conservation. A tele.
gram was sent to the President that
the management OF the fair Is with
him In heart, soul, bone and muscle.
until the war is over. Cooperation
was pledged to the state government
in efforts to increase food production
and growing food for those who fight
in the great war.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-10
HERALD'S REVIEW Of NORTH CAROLINA
Record Of Important Events AT The Capitol And
Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers
Planning Many Winter eardens

Reports from all sections OF North
Carolina indicate that already the cam.
paign OF the agricultural and food con.
servation forces for winter gardens IL
having Its effect II is we'll known
fact that North Carolina people have
been prone to regard a garden almost
altogether as summer luxury. With
millions OF dollars saved through the
planting and utilization of more and
larger gardens than have ever hereto
fore been planted, however, thu PEG.
pie OF the state have been In a re.
ceptive mood for information regard.
ling fall and winter gardens.
Among the vegetables that may be
planted during the month Of August
are snap beans, belts, carrots, col
lards' kale, rape, radshes, spinach.
turnips, mustard, Irish potatoes and
others according to Mr.. G. r. Hudson,
State Agent for Farm Demonstration
Work.
The planting Of strawberry patches
may also be started during August
These crops will supply the table dur
ing the early fall months and many OF
them through the winter.
Indications also are that a large
acreage Of fall or second crop Irish
potatoes will be planted, especially in
eastern North Carolina. The second
crop OF potatoes, unlike the early
spring crop, is easily kept during the
winter Potatoes bid fair to continue
to sell at high figure, and all food
are urging that every fam
lily insofar as possible plant a sui
fcient area to supply Its own needs
with a surplus to help supply the de
nands in their localities.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-10
KERENSKY IS AGAIN
.RE|GN|NG IN. RUSSIA
TAKES UP HEAVY TASK IN THIS
CRISIS AT REQUEST OF THE
WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUSE
Many Changes Are Forecast as Pre-
mler Intends to Conduct a Strona
Government to Garry Out Old Prin-
clples Thought Best.

Petrograd-Premier Kerensky has
returned to Petrograd and withdrawn
his resignation. He attended min.
isterial meeting and afterwards con.
ferred with various political leaders.
M. Kerensey has Issued manifesto
in which he declares that he con.
siders II impossible when the country
is threatened with defeat without and
disintegration within to refuse the
heavy task again entrusted to him,
which he regards as an express order
from the country to construct strong
revolutionary government to carry out
the rrin ip'es a.ready laid down.
AT the same time" says the man.
ifesto, 81 consider II inevitable to
introduce changes In the order and
distribution OF government work with.
out allowing myself to be Influenced
by the drought that these changes
will increase my responsibility In the
supreme direction Of the 6ffairs Of
state"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-10
Mitchell DIsbursIng officer.

Raleigh.-Mr. ]. Frank Mitchell, who
has been travelling passenger agent of
the Norfolk Southern, will be Federal
disbursing officers for the selective
draft In North Carolina. The resigna-
ton of Mr.. A. L. Fletcher to become
captain Of the Supply Company. Field
Artillery. left the position open, and
Mr.. Joe Mackey was appointed to II.
He having declined to serve, left the
office again open. and Mr.. Mitchell
was recommended. Mr.. Mitchell Is
railroad man of wide experience, and
will bring fine abilities into play.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-10
Field Artillery Has t,t2s Men.

The total strength Of the First Field
Artillery is l,129 according to reports
received by Supply Officer. Captain
A. l.. Fletcher, who will shortly begin
the distribution of equipment. part OF
which has been received by the prop
erty and disbursing officer here.
The strength of the various batteries
follows: Battery A. New Bern, 175;
Battery b. Washington, 1872 Battery
c, Durham. 1862; Battery d, 167. Wades.
boro; Battery E, Lenoir, 1858; Battery
F, Mooresville, 173; Headquarters
Company, Raleigh, liz; Supply Com
pany, Raleigh, So.