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Arizona republican., 1918-07-07
RUBBER USED WITH
 SUCCESS IN WILLARD

E. L. Gielow, chief electrician for the Western Machinery company of this city, representatives and service sta tion for Willard Storage batteries, gives some interesting facts concerning rubber insulation of storage batteries.
 It has long been understood that rubber was the best insulation for all purposes. It is interesting to know, however, that storage battery engin eers have long tried to use rubber alone for the insulation of starting and lighting batteries without success. Only recently, has the application of rubber as an insulation of starting and fully used in the construction of start ing and lighting batteries, and even then a new process for using it has to be invented.
 Rubber alone as an insulation has not been successfully used in starting and lighting batteries heretofore, be- cause while it effectually insulated the plates, at the same time, it prevented the free circulation of the electrolyte.
 The Willard Storage Battery com pany. in it's new application of rubber
Arizona republican., 1918-07-07
STRAIGHT DOPE ON RUBBER SHORTAGE NOT VERY LIKELY

"The varieties of trees, shrubs, plants and vines which discharge the rubber sap are numbered in the hundreds One of the smallest and most common is the pasture milkWeed and the great est, the mammoth hevea braziliensis tree. Not infrequently the latter at tains a height of 120 feet and from this huge specimen we get 1ateX' or coagu- Tents of Fine Para.
 ''The words India rubber were first applied to that substance by the h. dians of the Amazon valley called 'cahuchu' Obviously, our name 'caouthous' is derived from the na- tive tongue, and in many localities it has come to be looked upon as denot- ing the pure uncommercialized product.
 Another erroneous impression ex- ists that wild rubber is superior to plantation or cultivated rubber. At this time, approximately f5 per cent of the rubber imported into the United States and 79 per cent of the worlds production is obtained from well kept cultivated trees.
 Wild rubber is often too dirty and varies greatly in quality and shrinlxage, while plantation rubbers are generally clean, of uniform quality and co4se-
 
 Tn this connection it is interesting to note that it is highly probable that were the United States for any reason to be cut off from is supplies of crude rubber, the product could be obtained locally. There are plants in Califor- mia containing ?, 3, ' and 10 per cent of rubber, and this means millions of pounds. The California Council of De- fense is already Investigating the sit uation exhaustively and their final re- port will interest the whole world.
 "The rubber supply of the world has scarcely been touched. As soon as l Uncle Sam has returned our ships to us, when the war is over, it appears to be quite within the bounds of req son to expect that we will be develop | ing rubber from the sap right in these l United States and at the same time bringing it from over the seas in larger quantities than ever before."
Arizona republican., 1918-07-07

'In view of the rapidly advancing costs of everything we buy, it is d rather startling statement that auto mobiles were never so cheap as they are today" says s. E. Lannis, presi- dent of Arizona Motor Sales company, local Mitchell distributors. And yet that is the absolute truth.
 Then considering the cost of any thing. it is dear or cheap according as the amount of money asked for it will buy a good deal or only little of the other things we want Thus the amount of flour, or meat, or clothing, or shoes one can buy today for the money represented by the price of an automobile is so much less than it was a few years ago that even in the face of the necessary price increases, auto mobiles cost less than ever before.
 Tt is, of course, quite natural that this should be so because the automo- bile industry is perhaps the most highly and efficiently organized in the country, outside of those industries largely controlled by few great houses like oil or steel"
Arizona republican., 1918-07-07
SNAKES STILL EXTANT

Pete Lester, a rowing prospector of the modern school, brought a nice bunch of samples on his last trip off the desert to San Bernardino When he reached into the tonneau of his Chevrolet to pull out sack of ore float two large and lively rat tlesnakes dropped to the running board. San Bernardino county is dry so Lester says he is unable to account for the two wriggling motor enthu- siastc he hauled for many miles.
Arizona republican., 1918-07-07

Ajo-Underground mining soon to commence at New Cornelia, first time in history, sulphide shipments four cars daily.
Arizona republican., 1918-07-07

Walapai-Santa F'e rushing work of laying new 90 pound rails to Drake.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
Paris. July 11.--An official statement
issued by the War Office saws:
By the limited Press

London, July II.
italian forces. aided by French and
Albanians, together with British naval
units. are sweeping northward across
virtually the entire width of Albania
in what may be one of the most i'm
portant military and political offensives
of the war.
: According to the latest dispatches re-
ceived here the Allied troops in addi-
ton to making important gains on the
siXty-mile front between the Adriatic
and the Devoli River are threatening the
Bulgarian right wing in the vicinity of
Monastir. 115 miles from the sea.
The main military objective of the
Allies evidently is the old Roman road
connecting Monastir with the sea at
Durazzo. which would permit free move
ment of troops and supplies directly
from the Adriatic into southern Serbia
and would seriously threaten the
enemy's hold on a great portion of the
occupied areas of that country.
Starting at the Noyuse River, the
Italians. with the aid of British moni-
tors, have advanced to the Semen River
a maximum of fifteen miles The near
est portion of the old Roman highway
lies just the same distance northward
along the Skhumhi River. west of Ell
basan.
But the offensive also mas 1ar-reaCn'
| ing political aspects Already consider
| able forces of Albanians under Essad
| Pasha, are fighting with the Allies and
are rendering valuable assistance. Any
! considerable advance by the French in
the Monastir region will have its effect
| on Bulgaria. which is reported to be
low in morale, both militarily and eco
nomically. The most significant angle
however, is the probable effect on the
! southern Slav nations of Austria, al
ready on the verge of active revolt \
| decisive Allied victory in Albania may
prove the torch that will ignite the
whole of the discontended elements oi
the Dual Monarchy,
One of the significant phases of the
Italian advance is the frank admission
of reverses by the Austrian War Office
| The latest official statement from Vienna
| said the Austrians 'in tho face OF
pressure from strong enemy forces, hae
! withdrawn across the Berat-Fieri line
Fieri already is in the hands of the
Italians, and Berat. the important city
in southern Albania, appears about tc
| fall
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
BOLSHEVISTS SCORED
AT SOVIET CONGRESS
Social Revolutionists Shout
Down With Brest.Litovsk:
Down With Mirbach''
Special Gable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1918, By Nerr York Times Co.

Copyright, 1918, by NeW York Times Co.
Stockholm, July II.
Russian papers which have arrived
here contain interesting details of the
recent Soviet congress in Moscow. The
congress opened on July 4. The repre-
sentatives present numbered 67s Bolshe-
Wiki 278 Social Revolutionaries, thirty
Maximalists and six Internationalists.
In a box were representatives of the
Entente, among them British Consul
General Lockhard. In another box were
representatives of the German embassy,
among them Won Mirbach, who was mur-
dered two days afterward.
It was noticed that the Social Revo-
lutionaries kept away from the Bolshe-
wiki and held lively discussions within
their own circle.
After the presidents address, a dele
gate from the Ukraine, NJ. Alexandrov,
spoke. He was greeted enthusiastically,
and said:
II came from a secret congress in
that land where the bourgeoisie and the
German-supported Skoropadsky govern,
the land of workers and peasants. Here,
however the government negotates with
Skoropadsky and tolerates in it's midst
the leader of the German imperialists,
Count Mirbach."
This caused thunderous applause from
the Social Revoutionists. The speaker
then described public sentiment in the
Ukraine and asked for support to throw
! off the yoke of the Brest-Litovsk peace
This statement occasfoned new applause
from the Social Revolutionists and pro-
tests from the Bolsheviki The Social
Revolutionaries shouted: Down with
! <Brest-Litovsk Down with Mirback %
| After order had been restored, TrotsKy
spoke about threatening symptoms from
the Red army, parts of which at the
Ukrainian front had taken the offensive
against the German troops in spite OF
express orders. Then he referred to the
| Szecho- -Slovaks and happenings in ST.
IBERIA.
! "Kerensky" shouted one delegate
He has the will of the bourgeoisie.' :
Trotsky replied.
And you have done the will of Mir.
bach" the Social Revolutionaries
shouted.
Then Kamroff, leader, of the Socia
Revolutionaries, spoke.
There are no provocateurs at the
Ukrainian front" he said, ''and ne
drunken troops, but loyalsts who will
not be moved See how our brothers ir
the Ukraine are shot down by thes.
damned canaille"
Saying this, he turned his eyes to the
box where the German minister was sit
ting. The BolshevilSi protested, but tn,
SoAial Revoiutionaries rose, shouting
Down with murderers - Throw then
away !" Down with Mirbach"'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT
DOWNS FIRST ENEMY
Gets Close to Three Believing
Them Friends, but
Escapes
By the Associated Press
With the American Forces on the

Marine. July II.
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, the
youngest son of eX-President Roose-
Welt, brought down his first German
airplane yesterday afternoon in fight
north of Chateau-Thierry.
Lieutenant Roosevelt. with three
other pilots, was flying at a height of
5000 yards eight miles inside of the
German lines. when the machines be
came separated. Soon after. Roose-
velt saw three planes. which he
thought were his companions, and
started to join them. He was closely
approaching the machines from the
rear when he saw his mistake, for the
planes were Germans.
Roosevelt Immediately opened fire,
and after fifty shots tracers pene-
trated the fdsillage of the nearest
German machine and it went into a
spinning nose dive, falling through the
clouds 1000 yards below.
The lieutenant is certain it must
have crashed, for no pilot voluntarily
goes into a 200O-yard spinning nose
dive. The two remaining German air.
planes attacked Roosevelt. but he
managed to make good his escape and
return to the field. himself and his
machine unscratched
American pursuit planes flying in
squadron formation penetrated Ger
man territory north of Chateau
Thierry for distance of fifty miles
today, and chased several German ma.
chimes which they encountered. The
Americans secured considerable infor-
nation and observed the preparations
being made by the enemy. They flew
! over many newly constructed German
| flying fields, including one believed to
be occupied by the famous Richtofen
flying circus. The planes were at a
height of 5000 yards, in the course of
d great part of the hight. All the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

f1ame-projectors. started forward, sf0ot~
ing great Jets of fame ahead Of them
that set brush and grass afire as r.
touched. Changing to smoke-projec-
tors. they filled the whole valley with .
pail of white that shut them from view
absolutely, and beneath which brigade
Of troops could have maneuvered ur-
observed by an enemy.
When night fell, the valley was re-
peatedly bathed in brilliant light from
parachute flares carried up in rockets
to hang suspended for several minutes.
Every man on the range stood out dis
tinctly in the glare, intended to reveal
a creeping enemy patrol.
The display did not go into all Of the
! $50 or more devices the trench welfare
is producing. Some of them are new.
and will be first employed against the
enemy. The demonstration made II clear,
| however that no method of equipping
troops in France is being neglected
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
SWEATER MAKERS TO SAVE
Conference Held With War In
dustries Board

Washington, July 11.-Representa- :
tiyes of the sweater industry, including
Fred Mayer and H. Bachrach, or the
Philadelphia Sweater Manufacturers
Association, conferred with members
of the conservation division OF the
war industries board and discussed a
program of saving equipment, materials
and labor used in the manufacture OF
sweaters and kindred apparel.
Several suggestions formulated VIII
be taken ND by the war service COM
rnittee of the industry and report made
as soon as possible, and questionnaires
will be sent out to the industry as soon
as this report is made.
In addition to Mr.. Bachrach 2nd Mr..
Mayer, the industry was represented by
Sidney Warren, chairman ana s. Rot
tenberg, of the Sweater and Fancy Knit
Goods Manufacturers Association; M
Reinthal, of the Cleveland Knit Goods
Manufacturers Association Richard
Lorenz and |, G. Strauss, of the Sweater
Manufacturers Association of the Md
die West.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
ASKS FOR STATEMENT
OF ALLIED PEACE AIMS
Ceorg Bernhard Inquiries as to What Enemies of Ger
many Seek-Duty OF Statesmen to Find
acceptable Terms

land war failed, and Reventlow, in the
DeutsCheS Tagezeitung. now interprets
President wilson's speech in like man
ner. Reventlow says that Wilson deals
in Eeneralities. az usual but that, judg-
ing by the military situation, his inten-
ton and meaning was COrreCt-in the
eventuality of Germany being victorious
on tho continent. the Anglo Saxon Pow
ers would continue the war as a naval
and economic conflict until Germany
and her allies We're reduced to pSverlesS-
ness
When Wilson speaks of the destruc-
tion of the arbitrary power which dis
turhS the world peace, he means the u
boat warfare. says Reventlow. and he
asks the "agreemer. politicians" to re
fleet on what the remuneration of Bel
GUM and the German fleets full powers
would mean. He says that one can al
ready count the reasons Tor not re-
nOunCing the U-boat warfare, and that
Wilson has always thought it illegal, so
it belongs to the category of arbitrary
power to disturb the world peace.
Wilson will never permit peace by
possibilities of future submarine war;
fare are excluded. The President has
put forward his four aims again. anc
the first includes the others, says the
| writer. He wants to destroy Germany
as a fighting Power. AS for the other
| wisconsin aims. such as Self-determina-
| tiOn. territorial questions. economic SOW
! ereignty and establishing league or
! ia lplS anu q l'dNt " iAIiHhIioii' 'i'S~
are all secondary questions, as, accord
| ing to Wilson, they can only he based
on a destroyed Germany. and this also
| should give our agreement politicians
| cause Tor reflection"
Reventlow says that otherwise VII
sons speech has no interest for German
| public opinion or politicians, as 1t was
| merely a collection of hints and phrases
and an attempt a an idealism which
| does not exist Wilson knows what the
| American people want on such occa-
| war was continuation of Washing
tons spirit Every speech of this sort
can be - rlComed in Germany, ReNentlow
. asserts, as it can he h"nsd that 1t eN-
plains America as a bcligerent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
Special Cable to Erening Public Ledg'
Copyright. .Iais, by Nerr York Times co.

SPECIAL Cable TO EteHng PUbHC Lodg'F
Copyright. t..I9Is. by Nerr Yorh Ttmrs co.
The Hague. July II.
What does the enemy want" asks
Georg Bernhard. writing again in the
Nossische Zeitung on the subject of
peace terms. He says that the last
few weeks have shown that only when
the official politicians" 60 on a vaca-
ton will it be possible to begin 20
litical work again.
Bernhard asserts that Won kuehl-
mann's speech and the Chancellor's
clumsy correction OF il have made
bad impression abroad and delayed
peace rather than helped 1t, be
sides making things still more con
fused at home. Abroad. people natu'
rally say that kuehlmann's hand was
forced by the military party, and
Scheidemann's speech helped to con-
tribute to this impression.
The writer plays with the words
peace by agreement" pointing out
that every peace must be by agree
ment. The main duty of statesmen
today. he says. is to find what terms
GermanY's enemies will accept,
The fiasco of Won Kuehlmann's
speech" he proceeds. "is that It would
never have accomplished this aim.
even if il had been more clever and
| had been received better abroad. It
! is no good beating about the bush, as
every one knows what the questions
will be at the peace conference. These
sarv r. baar t.rr,s go, an. e,an,iee
who still show peace inclinations,"
Wilson's Ideal Demands
Bernhard then refers to Balfour' :
statement on peace which was pub
llshed before Won kuehlmann's speech.
ana ana WhiCn; ne asserts was taken up ny
Wv. tI 1t .sh anu neut[r' press III d"
~ Wrols WY, re says lna' oh|
neu'i"i PapsI lele!S " "i'sol Iued
ue'Iias'us' a,a MneTeaS .nest we're noI lt'ei.-
.iolieu III 'ile pa!ipuL s'a,eIlielis put al
abt ~ oii "''S'" uen'a"us Noui"
mo- oe ulICuI
. ole meeu ue no lIopt'', ne con
''nueS, 10 say that' LOT instance, WIN
regard 10 armamentS' "ernahN VIII take
the same attitude as Japan VIII take
for her land army and England for her
fleet, so that the German Empire must
wait for Englands and Japan's pro-
posals on this question. If these offer an
adequate basis for negotiations, no Ger
man Government will refuse to negotiate
all the less because Germany is only a
member in the alliance of the Central
Powers Reasonable armaments will
meet with approval in Austria Hungary
1t all depends on how the English and
Japanese proposals look, for President
Wilson's principle of the freedom of the
seas will hardly be accepted"
b. Bernhsrd saws that the question of
characterization for nationalities will
| be handled reasonably by Germany. and
although this question is not of vital in
terest to her. she can give the Dual
Monarchy good advice
u-r,, .o.,,o,. 90 +ho Irisb question
,.,,, 80 ...r.ordinor,, roie he
nt pa, ga az Ens,iapd ,,o,,st ,,Iare stare.
s,,,. -. ISia rrhnro is NO donbt
thot v,liISoo r. aiu.od,, discussed these
o,,l,.ions ,'.iti, EngIsrd II might
sh'esta, ,L 80 aentiatiors consider.
smTI, 90 yriT.e stotad S,,hat tba result of
Iis diso',ssio,s H,sitb Ergiand had been
''' e.cLo,,Id tbaso roirts he .graed on the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
CZECHO-SLAV LEADERS
WAIT ALLIED DECISION
Believe Their Place Is in West
.ern Front Instead of in
Russia


Leaders of the Czecho- -Slovak move
ment to establish an independent State,
whose troops are now fighting against
armed German and Austro- Hungarian
former prisoners of war and against the
Bolshevik in Siberia, are waiting to see
what action the Allies will take regard
ing intervention in Russia before de-
termining their own policy there. They
believe, however. their place is in the
battle line on the western front
This announcement was contained in
a statement given out here by Charles
Pergler, an attorney who is the Amer
lean delegate TO the Czecho-Slovak coun-
ell and who is acting as secretary to
Prof. T G. Masaryk president of the
council.
Dispatches from London quote Vladi-
mir Hurban as declaring in Toxic on
behalf of the Czecho- -Slovak council
that the troops now in Russia do moi
want to become involved in Russian in
ternal affairs, and that orders already
issued for transporting them to France
could be modified only by Professor
Masaryk. in agreement with other
members of council
Professor Masaryk, who is now ir
New York, and who is expected soor
to sail for France would make M
formal statement but Mr.. Pergler con
firmed the dispatches credited to Colone
Hurban.
"The memorandum presented at Toxic
to the Japanese Foreign Minister anC
Allied ambassadors by Colonel Hurbar
expresses with exactitude the attitude
of the Czecho-Slovak National Council
and our troops have adhere to it witt
- to i,+a flo; I,
Mr.. Pegler.
1T must be remembered that tn
Czecho-Slovaks are not Russians, tina
when they were authorized to organic
their independent forces in Russia anC
given the opportunity to fight the Cen
trail Empires, they were the guests o.
the Russian nation, and could not will
propriety mix up with things purel.
Russian. When Russia dropped out o
the war our troops and the Nationa
Council. to whose political control the!
are subject, had but one thing in view
to transport these troops to the western
front there to give such aid to the Al
lies as they are capable of and to figh
for independent statehood for tn
Czecho-Slovak lands,
professor Masaryk, the president o
our council who was then in Russia
reached an agreement with the Bolshe
Wiki forces that our men would be per
mitted TO proceed unmolested 10 point
from which they could embark TO
France
.'If the Bolshevik violated their agree
ment. the changed situation may call 70
an entirely different policy on the par
of the Czecho- -Slovak National Council
. now recognized officially by France a
the supreme representative of the ~
ture czecho-Sloyak Government"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
TRENCH WAR DEVICES REVEAL
U.S.. PREPARED TO HIT HARD
Ociadom Sees DeahDeang Devices, Improved by Yankee
Ingenuity. Under Test-America Has Harsh Surprises
in Store for Teutons

landed in the woods, bursting with a ter
rife Concusson. y second tore great
hole in the center of the range. and a
third dropped on target butt tearing
out thirty-foot crater. Other bombs
contained infammatory material and
splashed the earth with flaming frag-
ments
Two men. armed with knapsack
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
Bootlegger Admits Deserving

william ]. Roberts twenty-six years
old, of Philadelphia, who yesterday was
arraigned before Justice Edwards in
New York on a charge of having oh
De Forrest Beck, of Camp Upton, was
turned over TO the Federal authorities
following his confession that he was a
deserter from Camp Black
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
ADVANCE In ALBANIA
CONTINUED BY ALLIES
Austro Hungarian Troops
Falling Back to the
Skumbi River

London, July II.
Italian troops on their offensive in
Albania continue to advance. SAYS a dis
patch from Rome to the Central News
Agency The Austro- -Hungarians are
falling back on the Skumbi River, twen-
tyfive miles north of Berat
Washington. July 1l.-An official dis
patch from Rome today reports un-
checked advance of Italian troops in
Albania. with Berat as an objective.
From the Noyusa the Italians have car
rted all positions to the Semeni in an
of approximately fifteen miles
over a fifty-mile front.
Paris, July 11.-An official statement
issued by the War Office saws:
In the region south of the Devoli
River Albania. our troops continued
their advance in conjunction with the
Italian troops and occupied Cafa Curl
prere. the highest point of Kosnica
Crest. which extends in a direction
northwest of that of Bofnia The
Austrians, after having offered vigor-
Gus resistance in the course of the
preceding days. retired in disorder
into the Tormorica Valley. into which
we pursued them. We captured 2lO
Austrian prisoners and important ma
terial Two enemy airplanes were
brought down.
Notwithstanding the costly checks
at the Cerna Bend (Macedonia). the
enemy again launched his assault troops
against cur positions north of Monasti
and was again repulsed with appreciabl,
losses