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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-24

Mr.. N. l.. Meade has gone to Salt
Lake to work. Mr.. Meade is a prin-
ter by trade Also Mr.. House has re-
turned to the ship yards at Los An
geles.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-10
NEW PEACE MOVE IS NOT AT
ALL POPULAR IN WASHINGTON

Washington.-The new peace move
is not popular here. 1t is believed
that the President will give it quick
and decisive answer.
Leaders of Congress are unwilling to
negotiate with Germany for peace
Here and there a member of the
house or senate who hesitated about
entering the fight against German au.
tocracy thinks that it would be well
to discuss terms with the Berlin gov.
eminent, but the more sturdy con.
gressmen believe that the President
should turn the proposition down fiat.
There is very little sympathy here
for Germany, Austria or Turkey, and
a majority of the senators and repre-
sentatives hope that the president will
give a quick short answer to the Ger
man chancellor.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-10
PEACE OFFER MADE
BY GERMAN RULER
=
PROPOSITION MUST, SIGNIFY
UNQUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE
OF WILSON'S TERMS.
NO COMPROMISE IS POSSIBLE
Great Principle Is "Reiqn of Law
Based Upon the Consent of
-: THE GOVERNED.

En- eror William issued a procla.
nation to the German army and navv
in which, after announcing that the
Macedonian front had crumbled, he
declared that he had decided in &C.
cord with his allies to again offer
peace to the enemy.
The text of the, note forwarded bv
the imperial German chancellor.
Prince Macmillan, to President Will
son, through. the Swiss government
follows:
"The German government requests
the President of the United State TO
take in hand the restoration of peace,
acquaint all the belligerent states of
this request and invite them to send
plenipotentiaries for the purpose of
opening negotiations.
cit accepts. the program set forth
by the President of the United States
in his message to Congress on Janu.
airy and in his later pronouncements,
especially his speech of September 81,
as basis for peace negotiations.
with a view to avoiding further
bIoodshed, the German government
requests the immediate conclusion Of
an armistice on land and water and
in the air."
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-10
STRONG LANGUAGE EXUDES
FROM GERMAN NEWSPAPER

Amsterdam.-Germ is beginning
to realize and admit that it is ma
ton of scoundrels.
Press comment, always the best key
to the public opinion of a nation, is
veering around to the point where it
is confessing. Germanyis faults. Frank
ly the German papers are beginning t
admit that they must abandon the
idea that their armies are fighting for
conquest, and realize that what they
are fighting for is bare existence.
cit is a matter of damnable import
ance," says The Cologne Gazette, al
ways regarded as a semi-Official jour
nal, whether we are or are not re-
garded throughout the world as ma
ton of blackguards. Indeed we are
being so regarded"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-10
DESPERATE FIGHTING GOES
ON ON AMERICAN FRONT

With the American Army North
On the line stretching westward from
The Meuse who are opposed by rein
forced units of the German army were
busy Strengthening out the kinks left
in their long front. 1t was a day lack
ing spectacular operations, but sum
mary of the reports reaching head
quarters indicated the desperate char
acter of the fighting. The general line
was not materially altered, but such
changes as were made were to the
advantage of the Americans.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-10
MAY BE SHREWD MOVE
TO HINDER SALE OF BONDS

Neutrality-suspicious. thought concern
ing the German peace offer that found
expression in many quarters was ina
the Germans, in launching their enoi'
just at this time, probably hope TO a.
feet the fourth Liberty loan by creal
ing the idea that the end of the war },
at hand. 1t is believed, however th"'
their effort will have the directly OF
posite effect. Officials were confident
that the American people will more
generously over-subscribe the loan
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-10
TERsE COMMENT ON GERMAN
OFFER AND AS APT AS TERSE

Washington.-It hardly is taking a
position in advance of the American
government to say that if the present
proposition signifies Germany's un'
qualified acceptance of the four prir-
ciples laid down by President Wilson
it will, be considered. If it doesn't; II
it is an acceptance Gin principle" with
saving diplomatic language paving the
way for quibbling around council ia
BILE, it will not be considered.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-10

By conctrring in the prohibition
amendment to the agricultural extern
sion bill the house of representatives
last week made it certain that the
country would be ''bUne dry from July
1, 1919, until the war is over and the
armed forces defnobilized. The manu-
facture OF wine will cease on May I
next. The president already has or
dered the cessation Of the making Of
beer after December /.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
UNITED THOUGH FAR APART
Ceremony Known as "Handschoeh'
Recognized Under the Dutch Law
as Legal Form of Marriage.

Not so very long ago Bocr In Pre-
toria was married to Il girl in AmSter-
dam, Holland, the ceremony constitute
ing what the Dutch call handSchoen,
or glove marriage.
In spite of the fact that distance
of 5000 miles lay between the bride
in the Netherlands and the bridegroom
in the Transvaal they were just as ef-
fcctivrly married under the Dutch law
as if both had been present in the
same church.
The bridegroom sent to his friend,
or best man, in Amsterdam power
Of al ,orney to represent him aS his
proxy at the ceremony. and at the
same time forwarded his glove, which
at the proper moment when the two
were made one, was held by both the
bride ana the proxy. The wedding
was duly registered at Amsterdam
and at Pretoria, where the bridegroom
filed an affidavit with the proper mag
iStratc.
This curious form of marriage Is q
purely Dutch institution, the custom
having originated, II is said, In the
old times of Dutch Ratayian rule. 1t
is, however, IA dead letter In the Trans
vaal since the English took over that
colony.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
Presence OF Mind.

An Englishman in travelling through
Ceylon was the guest Of dockyard
official at Trincomalee.
"The dinner was excellent" he says,
"but when 1t was about half over |
was startled by hearing the wife OF
my host tell the native servant to
place bowl OF milk on deer-skin
near her chair.
although she spoke as calmly as
# giving an ordinary order | knew
at once there was a snake somewhere
in the room. for they prefer milk to
anything else. AS hasty movement
might have meant certain death, we
all sat like statues; but, for all that,
my eyes were inspecting every nook
and corner, with peep under the Ia
BILE. However. 1t was not until the
milk was placed on the deer-skin that
the snake appeared. And then, to our
amazement a large cobra uncoiled
itself from my hostess's ankle and
gided towards the bowl, when, OF
course. 1t was Immediately killed.
But just fancy the nerve OF the
woman, though she tainted when the
thing lay dead on the floor How
many could have remained motionless
In such circumstances?
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21

Emotional Faculties of Afflicted Bel
aians Probably Paralyzed by the
Horrors They Had Witnessed.

Mr.. Brand Whitlock, former Ameri'
can minister to Belgium, has been
talking about the horror of Louvain IN
the London Daily Telegraph:
81 was struck by the lack of pas
sion displayed by all those who had
so terribly suffered. l seldom heard
any of them express hatred of the
Germans or any desire for revenge.
"None of them, rs far as l could
learn or observe, even acted In the
tragic manner. There were no he
roics and no histriOncs; they did
not even demean themselves as do peo.
plc in the cinema or the romantic nov.
els.
an moments of great danger, or
great strain and tragedy, people are
simple and natural; they do not act
in the theatrical sense of the word"
To say that a play could he acted
without gesture or other expression
of what we feel is absurd. Nor
would | think. history support Mr..
Brand Whitlock's inference, whatever
NAV have been the story of unhappy
Belgium.
When Nine. du Barry died upon
the Scaffold in Paris. her shrieks de-
liehtrd the knitting women. The Due
de Guise ran wildly from his assas-
sins to throw himself ut the feet or
Henry of France Pitt wept for his
countrv's misfortunCs-the family or
the Inflated Louis XVI did not cease
their lamentations all night when they
heard that he was to be guillotined at
dawn.
The cholcr of Judge Jeffrcys found
expression in the rawlings and rantingS
of mNdman. Boabdil wept when he
was driven from Granada. Henry VIII
could swear like Observation-Disclosures
Howard Shricked at Hampton court,
and the superstitious hear her shrieks
To this day.
In my view. the unhappy Belgians
were da2cd by the very horror of the
circumstance. The atrocities commit
led by the Hun We're too awful. Shall
we wonder if The emotional Faculties
we're Iaraly2cd !--London Dispatch.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
Speed in Making Grenades.

The core shop of an old British iron
foundry is cited as a revelation In
speed In turning cut war work. Young
girls are producing cores there for
hand grenades nj the rate of $50 an
hour, the cores, the making Of which
takes 81 movements of the hand. be-
ing turned ont In 16 seconds. The
foundry itself IS old and by no means
convenient but by a system Of stand
arlizaton of the work and by encour-
aging employees to take an intelligent
interest in their work, the output has
been actually treblpd. Every 1000 feet
Of floor space in the foundry now pro-
duces G.5 tons of light castings week.
working day shift only. 1t is the only
foundry in that particular town work
ing a 4S-hour week. Besides, the girls
and women. who form GO per cent of
the employees, are allowed ten min
utes for lunch and ten minutes inter
val in the afternoon.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
ThirstY7 Use Belt to Get Drink.

When Oliver HerfCrd comes to
hahbling brook and wants drink, he
docs not throw himself prone on the
mud and try to get water on the
vaCuum-cleaner principle adopted by
the COW, nor does he use his Panama
on the Gungha Dhin principle. He
Hight use straw or drinking cup, If
lie could ever remerber to carry them
with him. A hundred things he might
do. if he could think Of them.
But what really happens? Oliver
takes off his belt and winds It up as
tightly as he can. The coils are wrap
ped around one another so that cone
X built mp. That forms cup with a
hole in the bottom. Oliver uses a
finger as stopper for the hole, and
proceeds tn dip up his drink in the
fashion set long ago by the first civ
iliZed man.-Popular Science Monthly.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
ONCE ENOUGH FOR PARROT
Birds Tour Of Discovery Forced Stop.
page Of Mil, but II Taught
Him Wisdom.

The sixty-odd thousand spindles OF
the Sharp Mill at New Bedford, Mass,
suddenly ceased to whirl the other day
and $50 operatives sat idle at their ma.
chimes. And 1t was all the fault OF
Jimmie, parrot, the mascot of the
engine room.
Jimmy is the pet not only of th
engine room, but of the whole mi
from Agent Robert Schofeld down.
It's Hello, Jimmie" from all who en-
ter the engine room on any errand,
and Jimmie comes back with his cor
dial Hello"
1t was this noisy bird that shut
down the mill. Whether the hum of
the big rope drive became to him sud-
denly the murmur of south winds in
tropical trees, or whether mere Ca
price lured him, he flew right up
among the rushing ropes and rapidly
revolving pulleys. The engineer saw
him mount, but it was too late to stop
him. And so off went the steam, pro-
duction or no production, and the en-
gine room force rushed to see what
had become of Jimmie.
He had been hurled over the top
of the big pulley to the floor below.
They found him there. ruffled Of
wings, badly shaken up, and still dazed
from his rough adventure, but ply.
sically uninjured. And every one
gave thanks, as the mascot was borne
back to his perch at the other end
81,
er to try it again,
Jimmie, indeed, from that hour be-
came a saddler and wiser bird. He
has not tried the experience again;
consequently the mills sixty thousand
spindles have revolved throughout the
days without interruption, That one
meeting with the whirlng ropes was
enough for the parrot.
Jimmie, however, condescended to
descend from his perch again one day,
when a cat, whose rightful residence
Is in the basement under the engine
room, yentured within the parrots do
main. Jimmie evidently believes that
in him alone is vested the right to act
as mascot OF the engine room. lie
drove the cat on the run.
Jimmie is the property OF Mr..
Sharp himself, and was brought by
him to the mill He is macaw and
observes the fashions of his species
by having very long tail and strong,
hooked bill His plumage Is brilliant.
His original home was South Amer
lea. Like other inhabitants Of that
part of the world. he is revoutionlst.
His invasion of the region Of belts and
pulleys stopped the mill. The intru-
sion of the cat caused her ignoble re-
treat.
He is as polished In his manners as
Spaniard, and as tighty in his tenn
per as a Venezuelan insurrectionist.
He is, in fine of the south, polite. hot
tempered, sporting gorgeous raiment,
and fearless OF death,
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
WIFE'S REASONS FOR LOVING
Properly Considered, They Would
Seem to Explain the Idea Pretty
Thoroughly.

They are no longer young. He was
just past and she was almost fifty. '
They had made a little wild excur.
sion together One day, when Old
Nick was in the air they were walking
along the street in Paris, wondering
where they should go to dinner.
o, no. no! Nothing of that kind.
Bless you, they had been married so
long that they had grandchild They
were Americans. He happened to be
working in Paris. She was his wlre.
Still, for all that, the Old Nick was
In the air. and even these two felt
they simply had to do something out
of the way.
So they took the first tram car that
came along and rode out to the end
of the line. They were landed at one
Of the gates of the city right by the
Notifications. There they found a lit.
the restaurant and dined on the side
walk.
They began to talk about love.
When two who have been married a
quarter of century talk of love you'd
better listen; you might learn some
thing.
There is just one point brought out
In their conversation that | wish to
note, 1t struck me as decidedly In
genious one,
How do you know you love me?'
he asked
We'll" she responded, after reflect
Ing bit (perhaps II she had been
twenty she would have answered by
look only, but now she took the ques-
tion up seriously, as If anxious to an
swer herself as well as him. "one
reason is that If I'm ever in any trou-
BILE, II | should be sick or have any
calamity happen me, or anything ter
rible, | should want you, first of all.
And another reason is that when
ever l have any pleasure, when any.
thing in the way of good luck comes,
or when | see anything beautiful, my
first instinct Is to find you, to enjoy
1t with me"
Those" he replied, "are really good
reasons"
They were silent bit. The past is
always third guest when fifty-year-
old lovers talk He was in the thought
of both. Then he added
And most of all 1t Is the feeling,
the certainty, that no matter what
do or say, no matter what happens
or can possibly happen, you would be
right by me, you would just be for
me; you'd just be there, asking no
questions, but just be for me, who.
ever, whatever was against me-till
death. Chicago News.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
HERRING FISHERS Do WELL
Splendid Catches and High Pricca
Have Been the Rule Among Them
for Many Years Now.

The herring fish r works always on
the night shift, not because the fish
feed ut nighl-herring take no known
bait--but because they can be seen at
night.
Taking their cue from the whale or
scaguIi MS to the location of the her
ring the boats 30 off TWO by two for
they work always in coupleS) late in
the evening to the fishing ground. Ar
rived there, they stop their motors,
and gliding silently over the dark wa
terS they hook for the fish.
One of the men bumps the anchor
two or three times on the bow of the
boat, and instantly patch of water
lights up with bright phoSphorescent
glram 1t is the herring, and the ring
net (noW more generally used in the
west of Scotland than the drftncD is
lowered. 1t is held up by corks and
has IA small light at one end. This
the partner boat picks up; they circle
around tn" herring until the two boats
come together when most of the men
climb into one boat. where they draw
the net, with the herring, on board.
In this litIi" Highland village the
men of the last two generations have
done we'll With the fishing Their
boats complete with nets and motor,
cost between 1900 and flOO, but only
the other night Il couple of boats, own
ed by brothers, divided f75O between
them for one nights catch.-London
Mail.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
Tanned bv a Threat.

II WILL" she exclaimed II will not
live with you another day"
You'll leave me, will you?" he calm
ly asked
"Yes, will"
"When?"
"Now-this minute!"
81 wouldn't II | were you"
"But | will, and ! defy you to stop
me-"
ooh, | sha'n't try to stop you" he
quietly replied. IL will simply report
to the police that my wife has mys-
teriously disappeared. They'll want
your description, and | will give 1t.
You wear No. shoes; you have an
extra large mouth; your nose turns
up at the end; eyes rather on the
CLINT; voice like "a"
Wretch, you wouldn't dare do
that?" she screamed.
"I will"
They glared at each other for mo-
ment In silence. Then 1t was plain to
see who was the victor
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
COMFORT Gags PLEASE ALL
Nothing Given Out by the Red Cross
Is More Appreciated by the
Sold ers on Service.

The following is an extract from
letter of a Red Cross hospital repre-
sentative:
"The men like the comfort kits bet
ter than anything the Red Cross gives
them. We have asked dozens of them
what they like best of all that is given
1hem-tOhacco, magazines, amuse-
ments, etc.-;nd they all say at once
the comfort kits and toilet articles.
They come in from the front without
even a toothbrush, and when | send
the bags around by the other patients,
they come back and say: Say, you
oughter see how pleased those guys
were-thoy said it was just like Christ
mas. They were I'll sitting up in bed
looking at the things in their bags
"The other day une man who had
lost his right hanG called me over to
him and said: Here. I'll donate my
sewing-kit. My wife has got to do
mine after this. I'm out of it. YoV
can give this to sorl" other fellow who
needs it, He had heard the others
asking for sewing kits all down the
ward. They are II great demand and
very hard to get"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
LIKE NOSTRUMS OF PACIFISTS
ful as the Vaporings of So,CalIed
Lovers CT Peace"

Senator Smith said in Y. NJ. c. A.
address in WashinGton:
Germany must be crushed. Peace.
otherwise, will behold the world drill
ing and arming for another and more
terrible war. An inconcluSive peace
would make things worse instead of
better.
when pacinst offers me his nos
trunS, I tell him that his advice is
worse than the African kings.
a missionary once visited mn .Afri-
can king. Tn" king was well pleased
with the young man and ordered that
500 of the most beautiful maidrnS In
his kingdom be brought before him.
"When the nad"ns-n very fine lot
indHcd--w"re gathered together, the
kim presented them 10 the missionary
These 200 girls. he said, ARE the
flower of my kingdom. Choose wife
from among them
"The missionary, very much enhar-
ra.sed, answered:
"'Oh, your majesty, If I took one,
think how Jealous the other 400 would
be-
""That said the king, rs easily rem
edicd. Take all"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
Haitl's Navy Out of "Hock."

Haiti has acquired bankroll and
has taken its navy out Of "hock." The
navy--the cruiser Ferrier, Admiral
VILLAIN Watt-has been quartered at
the League Island Navy Yard since
last summer.
The admiral of the navy has stayed
with it because he couldn't collect any
money and the navy has remained be.
cause it couldn't get away. Its boilers
wouldn't let 1t.
Orders were received that the navy
should be towed to the yards OF the
Philadelphia Ship Repair Company to
be refitted at cost of $4,000. The
orders came from the Haitian minister
at Washington
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
Americans and Tanks.

BY inventing the caterpillar device
for motors American ingenuity has
played n vital part In the war. says
Boys Life, the boy scouts magazine.
The success Of the tank lies in the
fact that ii lays It's own track, 50 to
speak, and after rolling over IT, picks
II up. Now the track is merely Il belt
made of fiat links of steel This belt
fits over large wheels at either end Of
the tank, much as the chain Is
stretched around the wheels Of an au-
toinohile ON the outside of the belt
ere fixed II series of broad links called
track plates. which take firm grip
on the earth. The tank itself rests on
rollers which In turn rest on the in
side of the belt. II Is equipped with
two belts on either side of the car,
10th of which are connected with the
driving machinery When the tank
moves straight ahcnd, both these belts
ore driven at the same speed. 1t Is
possible, however to drive the belts
Independently. II usually travels at
speed Of about half n mile an hour.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
BLEND FAR FRUM COMPLETE
Expert Finds Descendants Of First
American Families Little Affected
by the Melting Pot.

Through an extensive study OF mem
families, America as the "melting pot
of the nations" proves to be but con-
venicnt expression for writer's ana ora
tors-merely a picture drawn by those
who do not trouble themselves about
the precision of their figures of speech,
a myth without foundation of fact.
For four years DR.. Ales Hrdlicka,
curator of the division of physical an
thropology of the United States Ma
tional museum, has had under way an
investigation of the blending of the va
rious types of humanity in America.
which, though not yet fully completed,
has resulted in the inevitable conclu-
sion that the force of heredity is TOO
strong to be radically altered i'm cen
tury or two and that we must wait
centuries longer to find type which
will Justify the statement that Ameri-
en- is in reality Il 'melting pot" of the
nations. Doctor Hrdicka finds that
even the first material that went into
the pot" has not melted yet.
Scvcrn hundred members of the old
white American stock have been meas
ured most carefully and examined in
many ways to find if the people maxi
ing up this stock are tending to be.
come alike-if Il new subtype of the
human race Is being formed here in
America with intermarriage, environ.
ment aud under the pressure of out.
ward circumstances. Doctor Hrdlickn
finds definitely that, as yet, such Is not
the case. His Investigation shows that
the descendants of the Pilgrim fathers,
the Virginia cavaliers, the PennSylW-
mia Dutch and the Huguenots, while
possibly not as much alike rs their an
ccstOrs probably were, are still far
from real blend.--Phlladelp Rec
ord.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
Horsemen Knew Their Business

The value of having practical horse
men in charge of "emount camps IS
shown in provisions" made for shelter.
When it came to ,uilding the great
depots required ut zach of the camps
they ordered open sheds instead Of
harns-or for the Stvere northern eli
mHte sheds closed on one side. To
the city-brcd hum; titarian who saw
thousands of Uncle Sans horses and
mules standing out in the cold this
seemed cruel, and complaint was en-
tered. But by practical test 1t was
shown that the ho' semen were right
Those animals which were housed up
did not thrive as well as the ones
which were kept in the open. When
talking with the head of the remount
division the thing he was most proud
OF was the fact that our horses were
kept in better condition with fewer
losses. than the horses of England or
France and than We did this with a
much smaller man force. largely be-
cause we give them open-air treat
meut