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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-04
Parker MurdOck
Former Resident
Dies in California

Mrs Scroggs received word from
Chico. California. on Monday Of this
week. OF the death OF her brother-in-
Law. Parker MuIocs. second son of Mr..
and Mrs Ira Mutock. former resi-
dent of this city. at westwood. In
that state on March ssth. The de
ceased viii be remembered as having
been engaged in the cattle business
Mt one time in this county.
The deceased. who lad been in III
health for number OF years. wac
found dead in his bed: having died.
apparently. from heart disease. He
leaves wife. the twin sister OF Mrs.
scrores. and three sons. The latter
are James Muiock OF San Francisco.
Chauneey Muloek. now in the avi-
alton service at military camp in
New York. and Henry 'Muloek of Chi
co. Calf The deceased was n mem.
ber OF the Masonic order and his fu.
neral took place under the auspices
OF that organization.
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Famous Speaker y
to Address Liberty
Loan Meeting Here

Mayor ID. N. Cooper head OF tie
Liberty loan campaign for Fremont
county, announces that big patriotic
meeting will be held at the First
Methodist church in Canon City on
"Wednesday evening. April 10th for
the purpose OF still further arousins
public enthusiasm in relation 10 the
Liberty loan drive to be inaugurated
all over the country, six days later.
L. J. Marshall. of Kansas City. her
aided as one OF the best speakers in
the United States. on this subject. will
deliver the principal address. Mr.
Marshall will make only six addresses
on the Liberty loan campaign in this
state. They will be at Denver, Fort
Collins. Greeley. Colorado Springs.
Trinidad and Canon City. II is ex-
pected that the meeting here win be
one OF the largest Of the kind in
southern Colorado. !
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-04
Says Bull Snakes
are Help, Should
Not Be Killed

Harry Catfin who gets around over
the mountains about as much as any
body says that there are just three
varieties OF big snakes in this coun-
try. There are the Rattlesnake, Red
Racer and Bull Snake. The rattle
snake is OF course dangerous. but AR.
Catiin says the Bull snake and Red
Racer are harmless and should not be
killed. Not only harmless but bene-
fetal to mankind. The Bull snake is
especially valuable as it eats rats.
mice. prairie dogs and gophers. all OF
which are detrimental to agricuitur>
alists. Mr.. Catlin says it is also
claimed that Bull snake will kill a
Rattle snake. This. Mr. Catiin says
he cannot prove but is inclined TO be-
iieve
Mr.. catlin says he has eften heard
that . snake will swallow its young
10 protect them. This he was in.
clined to doubt until one time up in
the Greenhorn. be and some others.
saw Q Rattle snake and some little
ones. They chased and killed the big
Rattle snake and in order to see what
there might be in the swallowing
story. cut II open and found eight
live little Rattle snakes on the in.
side.
Mr. Catlin says there are about
three varieties Of water snakes that
live along the ditches and rivers in
this vicinity-an harmless He do
scribes them a. black. rinsed and
striped.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-04
Canon Girls Doing
Red Cross Work
at Colo. College

Every college and university in the
United States Is "dolng it's Bit by
turning out large amounts OF Red
Cross work. Colorado College is do
ing more. considering It's size. than
any other institution in the country.
This Is the result of an action taken
by the girls. when they drafter them
selves to do Red Cross work for ono
hour every day. During the hour
when the men are engaged In mtli-
tary drill. every woman in college Is
doing some form OF Red Cross work.
Many young women from Canon
City are working In different depart
ments OF the work. Miss Grace Farm
er has charge Of Red cross room
: In which haudaxes and pads are made
Juliet Wilkin u In charge Of q room
Of the Same kind. The Mlsscs Irene
Hamilton and Theo Emmcrson are
making -bandages and sponxes while
Nell Cook and Frances walker pit
In their hour at the city Red Croee
headquarters. mailing complicated
pads. sponsss and bandases.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-04
Canon Mans Plans
for Unsinkable Ship
Commended byNaval
Construction Board

J. A. Van Buskirk Of this city, re-
Gently wrote to the Navy department
at Washington and suggested the
building Of ocean-going ships with de-
taehabIe hulls and submitted plans
for the construction OF such vessels
as means of minimizing the effects
OF German submarine torpedoes upon
TRANSATLANTIC transportation. Mr..
Van Buskirk's recommendations re-
ceived favorable consideration from
the naval construction board and he
has been asked TO forward more de-
tailed Information on the subject,
Mr. Van Buskirk's theories concern
ing the building of an unsinkahIe
ship are based upon the supposition
that the submarine torpedo Invariably
strike the enemy vessels anywhere
from five TO twenty feet below the
water line and to prevent their de-
struct.on from such a projectile he
wouid construct them with hullS that
are attached TO the superstructure By
powerful grippers that could be in
stantly released from the main deck
In an emergency. by the application
of an electric current. With the hull
removed and allowed to sink the ship
would be kept afloat by a false bottom
and would become a sort of barge
drawing only a few feet of water.
Such ship. of course. would be very
seriously handicapped in its steam;ng
power. but would ride the waves in
comparatively calm sea until relief
could be obtained from towboat thru
an IS o. s." call from its wireless
apparatus Such a wounded vessel.
Mr.. Van Buskirk admits. would be in
some danger OF capsizing in heavy
storm because of its topheaviness-
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BEN =. TAYLOR SIGNS UP FOR
n. N. c. A. WORK IN FRANCE

Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Ben F. ray-
lor. formerly of this city. now living
in Peurose. filled out his papers ap-
plying for y. NJ. c. A. service over.
seas
!; Mr.. Taylor has had some expert
ence assisting in Y. NJ. c. A. work
ct Ciayborne. Texas. and with his
splendid constitution. and fine physic
and his ability to mix well with men
there is little question but what his
services viii be accepted by the war
council.
Mr.. Taylor signified bis willingness
to leave for France at any time the
call came. and states that II was his
hope that he would be put down With
the men in the front line. trenches,
Mr.. Taylor u The sixth man mAkine
APPLICATION from Fremont county since
March 1st
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MRA clvpG BLOCK
AT HosetrAl-
hrs. ciyae BLOCK i quite III Il pF,
0ravsa' hesUltal. vtth pasunania-
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A MArrER oE sAFEIX.

Uncle Joe Cannon is Sc years OF age
but his Wit has lost none OF its mori
ant quatity. In The Republican cloak
room The other day. someone was ask
Ing Why 20 many Of the near beer'
commissioned officers who are making
the var safe for Democrats, wear
spuss-
"Thst's sasy." replied Uncle Joe.
m 4 - heep thar feet from sssd
Ing - thsif deaks.-
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-04
Seizure of Dogs
Incident in Liege

Rsther than cooperate with the
war work Of the Germans by deliver
ing to them al the dogs Of 70 cent?
meters chest measure. n they were
required 70 do By . rscent order.
many Belgians IN the invaded terri.
tory killed their dogs.
In Liega. ON the boulevird Of sauv.
eniers. va found rlatsly Tie dsad
BODY Of . fine dog wearing o. hls
nsek oArd % which was written:
-nisd NJ ~ ceuatzy.~
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-04
Campaign Meetings
Liberty Loan Drive

The Fremont county organization
for the forthcoming Liberty loan
drive. Of which d. n. Cooper of this
city stands st the head With the rank
of major. Is actively engaged in a
campaign of education and is pre-
pairing to '.so over the top" with its
subscriptions to these war eecnrities
A large number OF meetings have al
ready been held In the county for
the purpose of explaining the bond
issue and Of the necessity ef . gener-
al cooperation of the people in az
sisting In its .fletstio1- Fremont
county's minimum subscription to the
loan has been fixed at 1851 GOO Its
maximum has been fixed AZ s3oo. 900
and an effort will be made to reach
that amount.
Friday morning at 10 O'Clock at
headquarters rooms. ID. NJ. Walker.
Major Cooper and w. Boucher will
address q called meeting Of the cap
tains and iieutenants OF Parkdaie.
Cottonwood. Currant Creek and White
horn precincts.
Saturday evening at S O'Clock Gen.
Maupin and Major Cooper will nd
drcss public meeting Of the citi=ens
OF Howard and vicinity at the Howard
school house. The same evening at
the corresponding hour. District At
torney T. Leo Witcher and DR.. ].
Homer Dickson viii address . public
meeting ct the Hillside school house.
Friday evening. April l2th. at 9
O'Clock. Judge Jamcs L. Cooper of
the district court. will address pub
lie meeting OF the citizens OF Fruit.
nero precinct at the Harrison school
house In East Canon.
Monday evening. April 18th. at s
O'Clock. Judge L w. Ibbotsou win ar
dress public meeting Of the citisens
Of Frsitmere prsclnct at the -Four
Nile sekool house.
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new REGULATIONSOF THE
US. FOOD ADMINISTRATION

food Sfgnor Crespi. Italian Minister
Of food: At a special meeting in
Washington. five hundred leading ho-
tel men from all parts of the country
today pledges themselves TO abolish
absolutely the use OF wheat products
In their hotels until the next harvest
In order that through their savings
and their example shipments OF wheat
to tAis Allies may proceed without in
terrupsion"
HOOVER"
This means that there need be no
mcat1ess days or meatiess meals dur
ing April. 1t also means that we
must save more wheat and wheat
prudncts and all merchants must keep
tract Of every sale OF flour they make
% tknt any time the Government asks
them tor a report they can show just
hnv much Hour they had the first
Of 4ofil how much they received
duri1E he month and their sales dur
ing ~ month. also the amount Of
subs I4utss bought and sold Dealers
sho4 kooe sel1 nsnx 90 sugar to -nex
customers unless they are shsolusely
sure these parties are NOT buying
lflour and sugar at other stores. II is
up TO the dealer entirely TO be in the
clear on this matter and il there is a
mistake made the blame rests with
them.
Yours very truly,
+. B. STEARNS.
Federal Food Administrator for Colo
rado.
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Recruiting Office
in Canon City for
q Few Days Only

Jas A. Fsweett. recruiting sergeant.
is in Canon City for few days, look
ing up recruits for any Of the navy
or army services. He win be here un-
til April sth with headquarters At tho
Mcclure House and viii be Glad to acc
any person Who Is interested or wants
Information
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Meatless Days Of for April
More Wheat Must Be Saved
u. s. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Colorado Division
Denver. Colo.
March 30, 1915


CIRCULAR NO. Il.
TO ALL COUNTY FOOD ADMINS
TRAITORS:
The following wires were just re-
ceived from Washington:
"Meatiess Day should be entirely
suspended for the next thirty days
beginning tomorrow. ! am issuing
statement To press explaining what
7 have already explained TO you that
this is due 10 unusual run of hogs to
market. car shortage during the win
ter which ssin continues. limited
storage capacity. overseas transporia-
ton and port facilities. Large supply
potatoes ana milk and temporary re
movai meat restrictions should facih,
cate enlarged savings bread stuns,
This annoopcoment .zhould not = b
considered by consumers AZ depart
ure from general principles of con,
so,idation Of all foods. The need OF
food on the other side and the need oi
economy In America is greater than
ever. Please give all publicity pos
sible"
-HoovER--
Following cable sent today 10 Vic.
tor Boret. French Minister of food
Lord Rhonda, British Minister oi
New Britain herald., 1918-05-02

might have for the interests of the
House of Hapsburg Lorraine
O dear SiXtus illustrious mann
>nla-in-laW! 9 ParmeSan and Bourbont
What a thing it is to get the letter
writing habit, and to have d large lot.
of Bourbon-ParmeSa relatives by
marriage! Emperor Charles is but too
used to resisters and rebels: Italians
Czechs, Slovaks, SIoVenians. Poles
Serbo- Croats-long is the list Those
Tessters and rebels are mostly pie
bians. How heart breaking must it bas
TO find a mutiny in ones own house,
to be stabbed from the palace purple,
to have ones private menagerie Of
archdul1es kick and bite their mas
ter! If any consciousness or mum
dane things fingers in the ghost of.
Francis Joseph, how violently must
that ghost be gibbering! Read this
from Mr.. Wiclham Steed's "Ha bhG
burg Monarchy" G914)
"As regards the authority of the
emperor over the members Of the
Imperial and Royal house, it seems
likely to remain in future as absolute
as in the past No one who has seen
the Emperor Francis Joseph drill a
dozen archdukes at the reception OF
a foreign sovereign, causing them
to line up like a company of recruits,A
can doubt that his authority over
them is unquestioned. Serious mis-
behavior on the part Of an archduke
is som etimes punished by exile to
distant province. even if the offender
be the emperor's own brother. Other
archdukes have been brusqucly sent
back to their garrison towns for hav-
ing appeared to court popularity IN
j1,A i+a1- 81 h. 81
insubordinate of archdukes and there
have been some whose reverence for
the emperor left something to be
desired-has hitherto ventured to make
public opposition to the head of the
house"
Other times, another emperor-once
a humble, docile other,,
and what distressing bad archducalE
manners!
New Britain herald., 1918-05-02
He Has Resigned.

The Devil sat by the lake Of fire, on
a pile of sulphur kegs;
His head was bowed upon his breast,
his tail between his legs.
A look of shame was on his face, the
sparks drpt from his eyes,
He had sent his resignation to the
throne up in the skies.
I'm down and out" the Devil said,
y --be said it with a sob
tThere are others that outclass me
and I want to quit the job.
He'll isn't in it with the land that lies
along the Rhine;
am old and out Of date therefore 7
+. resign.
One I<rupt munition with his bloody
49,. shot and shell
Knows more about damnation than
=: all the imps of he'll.
Give my job to Kaiser Bill or to Fer
dinand the car
o.. to Sultan Abdul Hamid or some
such man of war.
7 hate to leave the old home, the spot
I love SO we'll,
But l feel that I'm not up to date IN
the art of running hell
And the devil spat a spirit of stream
at a birthstone humble bee,
And nuttered, I'm outclast by the
IIOhenzollern devi1try"
ANON.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-02
PAST THE TWO MILLION MARK.

The local Liberty Loan committee
announces with satisfaction and pride
that New Britain has gone past the
two million mark in contributions
and that if money continues to pour
in the next two days like it has dur
ing those just behind US the total for
this city will be $2,6O0,OO0. That
would be more than a million dol
lars over the quota, which is S1,5s9.-
900. From all over the countr7, re-
ports indicate that when the final 40
counting is made every district will
have exceeded its quota by a gener-
Gus margin. What a splendid thing It
would be of New Britain could fur
nish the Government with million
dollars more than 1t has been asked
to contribute! 1T can be done, with
out a doubt, if we double up" on our
loans. If you have one bond. take
another. IF you took two, make it
four. Those who are in a position Il,
do this have an opportunity to place
New Britain on a pinnacle which will
make it the envy Of the neighborin3
communities and which will reflect
everlasting credit on the city S we'll
as the inhabitants thereof.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-02
Mr.. Hughes Address.
New York Tilnes)

The address of ex-Justice Charles
E. Hughes to the American Ncwspe-
per Publishe rs Association was so
admirable as an Interpretation of the
duty OF the citizen in the war to pre-
serve civilization and dem ocracy, so
judicious in dealing with the Govern
ment's responsi bility for, the punish
ment of sedition, 80 valiant in oe
Tending criticism of the conduct of
the war. so f1awIess and invigorating
in It's patriotism, so strong in the
faith Of victory and Of 8 temper sane
and temperate. that it will rank as
one of the inspiring Uttcrances of the
war by a representative American.
There was the ring of exemplary
-partisanship in Mr.. Hughes dec
laration, "I stand on that platform
supporting the President of the
United States" Coming from a man
who was lately the Republican candi
date for President and is now the
official leader Of that party. the
pledge was impressive. Sincere with
the matter Of fact honesty so charac-
teristic of Mr.. Hughes. there was no
reservation. But he insisted on the
right and duty OF what has been
called constructive criticism" It
could not have been better stated
than as follows;
War demands fighting men WHO
see straight and shoot straight. 1t
New Britain herald., 1918-05-02
PRlNIELY PRUSSIAN PASTINES.

If reports from the theater OF war
are true, the German Crown Prince
has been passing the time lately by
firing the long-range gun with which
the Germans have been bombarding
Paris and Incidentally killing French
dentally' because to beings like
those WHO are guiding the German,
forces trivial matter like the slaugn-
ter of innocent non conbatants is
really OF no consequence at all We
are not surpr1sed. either, that the
heir to tho Pruss1an throne should be
reported as engaging in this hellish
pastime. From what we have seen
and heard of him it would be jlst the
kind of sport which would appeal
to Il degenerate mind such as his. We
can almost picture him Strutting
about in gleeful anticipation while
the gunncrs prepare the shells for
him. He has nothing to fear. Well
behind the lines, out Of danger, he
the fendish mechanism which hurls
the carrier of death and desoIa ton 20
miles through the air to it's destina,-
ton. There is only one thing lacking
to I'LL tho princes cup of JOY to over
flowing. He cannot see the victims
of his gun as they writhe in torture
or lie prone in death. Had he ONLY
the courage to advance to the point
Whlther he drives his columns OF
dumb slaves in a mad attempt to
break through the Allied defenscs, ne
might be able, with the aid Of q tel
escope, to enjoy this final dainty vi.
sion. But that would endanger the
life of the German Crown Prince,
heir to the Prussian throne, and that
must be avoided above all things
Soon we shall no doubt hear of him
begging to be carried as a PASSENGER
on a G-boat, SO that when a steam
ship with women and children is tor
pedoed he can observe to his hearts
content how the victims Of German
are sent to his hearts
content how the victims Of German
frightfulness are sent to a wa,terv
grave without a moments warning.
Still. he may refrain from making
such a trip after all, owing to the
fact that American and other Allied
destroyers are on the alert fo- his
pirates and are making il unco,u-
Portable for the U-boat crews. And
American gunners arc no respccters
OF royal Prussian personages.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-02
(Springfeld Republican J

Mr. Hughes is the first leading pub
lie man to recognize fully the indus
trial complications necessarily attend
ing the call to the colors of 100000
men. Others have demanded the i'm
mediate drafting of that immense
number of soldiers without mention
ing the agricultural and industrial
crisis that would result Mr.. Hughes
in his admirable New York speech
before the newspaper publishers fav-
ored putting the 100000 into the
field ''at the earliest possible mo-
ment" but he had the sense to add:
Let us have a comprehensive indus
trial plan to insure needed direction
Of industrial effort, fo'' we cannot
otherwise provide the fighting men.
If 100000 men are to be called up,
the compreh ensive Industrial plan
cannot be developed minute to-
soon. 1t is Indispensable.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-02
Forget the Interest.
lLynn Itenl).

Should the time ever come when
the government needed it, the con-
scription OF wealth would be made
with the assent and probably the APP
prevail OF the majority Of the Amer
lean people, referring to them in the
sense that they represent the indlcat-
ed wealth. Then why should few
men hesitate to buy Liberty bonds
because the interest rate is not so
great as they can get in other kinds
of invcstm emit? It is time for this
kind of men to forget the 5 II or Il
rate and brush up their patrio tisna.
It Is the United States which gives a
man Of this stamp power to earn
money and protects him in hts en-
joyment Of what he can buy with it.
Now the United States needs to Dor
row his money to defend itself from
the attacks upon it's honor and rights.
They want it to equip and maintain
the army and navy To sustain the
flower of youth we have sent into
France, and placed upon the great
fleet. Wake up, New England! For
get the amount of interest: on the
bonds. and remember only that the
money is guarding our patriotic youth
in association with hallowed mother
prayers.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-02
On the Thurman Coast.
{ From the Springfield Repub,

(From the Springfield Republican,
few days ago an alarming report
came from Stockholm in regard to an
a agreement between Germany and the
"white'' government by which Finland
was to be extended to the east, ulti-
mately taking in PetrOgrad, while
Germany was to have an outlet and
naval base on the Arctic, no doubt
with control of the new railway which
Russia had just finished. This wholly
credible report is now substantiated
by q report of an attack by the
white guard on the Russian railway
near KEN. This town Is in latitude
IS degrees, at the mouth of the KEN
river. and at the head of a bay on
the west coast Of the White sea, 1870
miles west-by-north from Archangel.
Where the allied forces are is not
stated but having the advantage Of
railway communication, they should
soon be on the spot; and 1T Is probable
that the reported attack was merely a
raid not backed by any considerable
force If the reds of Finland and
Russia. who have been at Odds but
here face q common enemy, continue
to stand together good defence may
be made.
In preventing Germany from es-
Anton
coast Great Britain has, of course
a special interest, for Germany al
ready enjoys far too great a strategic
advantage through its control of the
Baltis and the Kiel Canal, besides its
threatened control Of the Black sea-
1t Is significant too. that in the Brest-
Litovsk treaty it is stipulated that the
submarine blockade of Russia's Arctic
coast is to continue till a general
peace is concluded: for It's U-boat
operations Germany would find
base on the Thurman coast invaluable.
PERHAPS the most interesting and
important aspect of the case, however,
is that for the first time the Allies are
fighting for and beside the Bolshe-
Wiki. They cannot we'll fight for and
beside them in the west, and against
them in the east. However much
they might have preferred the sue.
cess of a more moderate faction the
logic Of events has made them the
allies of the "reds'' so long as tho
"reds'' are the dominant force in Rus
sia Their diplomacy, as we'll as their
military operations, will have to be
controlled by that fact.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-02
Soldiers TO Aid the Loan.

(From the Manchester Union)
Fifty enlisted men and Don-com
missioned officers are on their way
from France to America to help the
Liberty Loan. Shouldn't it make us
proud of ourselves, to feel that our
soldiers, besides doing our lighting
for US, have to worry their heads
about our part of the job! The OBJ
vious thing for US to do is tn get this
little old Liberty bond issue hand
sonely oversubscribed before these
fifty ENJOYS get over her. Then we
can give them the glad hand with gooI
grace.