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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-05
MuRMURs OF Discomfort
AMONG GERMAN PEOPLE

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 5.-The serv-
ices of the clergy have been enlisted
in various parts of Germany to assist
in keeping down the growing popular
discomfort over food difficulties In
the diocese of Munster. Westphalia.
the official war food department" has
arranged for special lectures through.
out the diocese, at which the local
priests and clergy will preside and
emssaries of the department will fur
nish information, instruction and ar
guments designed to answer com
plants regarding food scarcity and
against the severity of punishments .
for small transgressons of the food
regulations.
There are also many complaints in
the country districts over the nitric
acy and inadequacy of the food regu-
lations. and these complaints gener-
ally reach first of all the ears of the
parish priests. The Rhenish Westpha-
liam Gazette. in an editorial approving
of the scheme to enlist the assistance
of the clergy. says:
THE last few months before the
harvest will be the most trying time
of all. Therefore the food depart
ment should remain in constant touch
with the priests and benefit by their
observations among the common peo-
pie"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-05
INFLUENCE Of
AMERICAN FILMS
ON THE BRITISH

WASHINGTON, August Sit Is
through the cinema that the nations
of the world will get to understand
each other; the cinema will be ire
projected league of nations which is
to maintain a world peace" declares
writer in the London Evening News,
urging that British motion picture
manufacturers should bestir them
selves to overcome American "domi.
nation" of the market. Calling at,
tention to the powerful influence OF
the screen in affecting the thought OF
the public. the writer further demands
that the government. possibly through
the colonial office. should assist in
pushing British films on the markets
of the empire. and see that the heart
of England is not American"
Ninety per cent of the ideals and
sentiment emanating from British
screens is American" the writer con.
tinued, according to a copy of the ar.
ticlc transmitted in official dis.
patches to the bureau OF foreign and
domestic commerce. I'VE should not
grumble, | am sure, if 10 per cent
of the ideals and / per cent of the
sentiment shown on American screens
were British. But they are not Amer
lean ideals and sentiment dominate
the screens of the whole world
The British dominions, as far as
the cinema is concerned. are in the
hands of the cinema kings OF the
United States. some of them OF Ger
man origin. but as keenly American
As any to see the Stars and Stripes
ilutter on the screens Of the world.
There are few pictures nowadays in
which old Glory does not get
look-in.
characterization of the world
through the moving picture has been
Going on for the past four years.
American ideals, the American flag,
railway stock, motor cars. police
courts. flood the screens To the PEG.
pie OF the British empire thu greatest
meul OF all time are George Washing t
ton and Abraham Lincoln Nelson, .
Drake and Wellington have No place
on the screen"
Canadian pictures are almost wholly .
made in the United States, the writer
asserts. Australia viii have none of
the British pictures, except topical
films, and there also is no market for
the British product in New Zealand
India is the one bright spot" in the
empire where British films are vel
coined
Let us have some reciprocity with
America" the article concludes. Let
as exchange our pictures and learn OF
one another. 1t is that or the Amcri.
CaniZation or Communication OF the
world through the cinema And it is
going to have big effect"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-05

The anglers" say we have the
right kind of tackle to get the big
ones" Better outfit from the North.
western Hardware Co
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-05

Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced See Os-
borne.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-05

Pile
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
Doc Blocks Daring Stroke.


With the American Force in France,
Feb. 1.-THE Germans are using dogs
in their front lines to warn them Of
the approach of patrols opposite the
American sector A German dog "lis-
tener" prevented one of our patrols
from executing a daring stroke. Two
corporals who were concerned In it
have been mentioned in official re-
ports for their spirit and GOODNESS.
Accompanied by two privates, the
corporals left a large patrol in a Ger
tain place in an abandoned trench in
No Mans Land and went on to the
German lines. They first found a
smooth wire barrier, which had been
shot to pieces by the American fire.
Fifteen yards further on they came
upon German entangiemenfs OF wire
twenty feet deep. with four-pointed
barbs
The men were inspecting an open
ing in the wire when a dog appar-
emily chained on the other side, be-
gan to bark. A dugout door opened
quickly IN a trench. and a gruff voice
was heard to say, "Fertig," (meanfng
ready. Suddenly brilliant rocket
went up, and the Americans threw
themselves nat on the ground Just as
a machine gun began to spit bullets
in their direction. A few feet away
4 heavy object struck the ground.
This was found later to be a bomb
which had been hurled from the Ger
man trench.
Berlin claims some Americas pris-
0ners have been captured north OF
Nivray, ten miles east Of St. Mrhel,
says the official statement issued by
the German general staff
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
SLAUGHTER of Firms FriohtfuI.

London, Feb. 1l-According to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen, srnc;al CORRESPONDENT
Of the Berlinske T:lnnde, who sue
ceeding in escaping from Helsingfors,
sent to his paper wireless report,
which was MOI allowed to pass the
red guard censorship. m which he
said that the red guards made a
frightful slaughter of great masses OF
Finnish people and had been plumber
ing and killing in a most brutaS man
ner.
The theatre and a large number OF
public buildings in Helsingfors have
been destroyed. The red guards, how
ever. have been unable to control the
people and anarchy is increasing
Storehouses In Helsingfors, which con-
tanned food from Denmark for starv-
ing Films. have been destroyed by the
red guards and Russian Bolshev1ki.
Scandinavians from Finland, accord
ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen, report that
the red guard government in Finland
a few days ago seriously discussed
the question of ARRANGING est. Bar
tholomews night" 1t was said they
planned to kill all members of. the
capitalist class more than eight years
OF age. The project was rejected only
by two votes.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
UGH! ACID STOMACH,
SOURNESS, HEARTBURN.
GAS OR INDIGESTION

The moment 'Pape's Diapepsin"
reaches the stomach all distress
goes.
Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good. but work badly; ferment
into acids and cause a sick. sour, gas
sy stomach? Now, Mr.. or Mrs. Dys-
peptic, jot this down: Pape's Dia-
pepsin helps neutralize the excessive
acids in the stomach so your food
won't sour and upset you. There
never was anything SO safely quick,so
certainly effective. No difference
how badly your stomach is upset you
usually get happy relief in five MIN
utes, but what pleases you most IS
that it helps to regulate your stom-
ach so you can eat your faVorlte
foods without fear.
Most remedies give you relief
sometimes-theya are slow, but not
sure. "Pape's Diapepsin' is positive
in neutrahzing the acidity, so the
misery won't come back very quickly.
You feel different as soon as
"Pape's Diapepsin" comes In contact
with the stomach-distresS just van
ishes-your stomach gets sweet, no
gases, no belching, no eructations OF
undigested food, your head clears
and you feel fine.
Go now, make the best investment
you ever made, by getting large
fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsln
from any drug store. You realize in
five minutes how needless Il is to sur
fer from indigestion, dyspepsia, or
any stomach disorder, due to aclo
fermentation.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
DIPLOMATS to Leave petroarad.

Stockholm, Feb. 11.-Constantine
Diamandi, the Rumanian minister to
Petrograd, who is now at Haparanda,
says that the diplomatic missions Of
the great powers soon will have to
leave Petrograd, according to the
Stockholm Dasbiad Foreign Minister
Trotzky had telegraphed to Tornea
ordering that Diamandi be sent back
70 Petrograd. but Trotzky's orders are
not being obeyed in Tornea now A
Bolshevik commissioner who came on
the same train from Petregrad with
Diamandi and the Russian Bolshevfk
representative at Tornea were fried
-be tar By Il the Write ;
there and shot.
Communication between Stockholm
and southern Finland and Petrograd
has been broken since Thursday night.
White guards, forced by the red
guards to evacuate Nostad, where the
cable ends, destroyed the wires and
the station.
A Swedish rescue expedition has
reached Stockholm with 450 refugees
IT0W f1cESluSlOS, ilCiuu1hS lhC vii
and daughter of Ffnland's new minis
ter to Sweden and q number OF re-
leased Austrian and German prison
ers. The expedition also was COM
PEELED to bring three Bolshevik dele
gates sent by Trotzky to spread "the
truth" among other nations. These
include M. Kameneff, who had been
one OF the delegates at Brest-Litovsk.
Swedish sympathy for Finland Is
finding expression in various ways.
One anonymous donor has given
10000 crowns to aid the government
established by the Finnish diet. Ellen
Key, the writer. is one Of the promi-
nent signers of a petition now cir
culating praying to the Swedish gov
eminent to permit the expectation and
transit of weapons to General Man
nerheim, commander Of the Finnish
government forces.
American Minister Morris was in
formed that a train has arrived at
Tornea with American couriers from
Petrograd. Train service between
Tsrnea and Petrograd IS expected to
be resumed shortly.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
BUILDERS TO USE TREENAlLS
How Framework Of Ships Under Con-
struetion for Uncle Sam viii
Be Held Together.

The framework Of the wooden ships
which are now being built for the
United States Emergency corporation
will not be held by even a single metal
nail. They will be pinned together
with treenails cut from the trunks of
live oak or yellow locust trees.
There are two or three causes for
the use Of wooden nails. One is the
great need Of iron and steel In other
lines Of war activity where wood
could not be used, and another is that
the wooden pin Is lighter than a metal
one and less expensive.
Each ships hull will require 100000
Of the treenails. and they will be
fastened in place by splitting each
end and driving IN white oak wedge.
Each ship will require 100000 wedges.
1t Is said that the wooden pins are
more quickly put in place than are
metal ones.
Treenails are "a inches long, an
inch and q quarter in diameter and
perfectly round. They are used to
fasten the planks TO the boat frames.
Soon after a vessel is launched the
pins swell to a snug fit in the frame
work.
Timber for the ships comes from
the sawmills in 60-foot slabs Il inches
through, and Is then worked into the
different sizes for the framework and
siding
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
LIFE OF A DEPOT AGENT
His Duties Are Manifold and He Is
Envied by Few, According
to This

The life of a railway agent is one of
roses and cinders for the most part.
Some folks think that about all he
has to do is to sell tickets and keep
the extra cent when he makes odd
change, but there are other things in
the life of a railway agent besides
framing your face in a ticket office
window and opening money drawer
with a doorbell on it, and smiling when
the folks ask him what time the 5 :03
train will be here if it's on time.
From early in the morning when he
starts the day by looking into the coal
bin at the end of the platform to see
how much bituminous has been stolen
during the night, until shutdown, when
he starts out to hang drug store signs
on the switch posts, he is an extremely
busy man, says the Walker (Minn.)
Pilot. Between checking over freight
receipts and running the hay press
for the carbon copies of waybills. its
no wonder he hasn't time to build a
fire in the waiting room or rub off last
weeks train schedule from the black
board, because he is q busy man.
He listens to complaints with one ear
and the telegraph keys with the other,
and has been known to answer the
phone, sell q steamship ticket and put
a bucket of coal In the stove all at the
same time, In order to get his work
done within the eight-hour schedule.
About the only ones to envy an
agent his job are the girls in the
town, and that's because he has such
a good chance to get acquainted with
the brakemen On all the freights.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
100000 FIRE BURNS
LeH|GH VALLEY CARS
Fright For U. S. Army Depot
is Destroyed.
@S%%~%&@~%@&

Newark, y. j., Feb I1.-FHTe, be
heved to be of spy origin, destroyed
the Lehigl Valley railroad transfer
plant here, inficting a loss estimated
at 100000.
Forty .Ieight cars loaded with mu
nitions and uniforms were burned ami
about 200 others were only saved by
the heroic action of switching crews
The destroyed transfer centre, con.
sisung of many buildings extending
between the railroad tracks, is within
a mile of the shipyards of the Sub,
marine Boat corporation and the U. S.
army quartermaster corps depot, at
which point a disastrous fire took
pace recently.
For several hours while flames shot
Eigh. Illuminating the region for miles,
the city of Newark was alarmed with
a fear that the shipping centre was
ablaze. By narrow margin an eX.
plosion was avoided when one of the
switching crews pulled out car
loaded with explosives
This car stood within twenty feet
Of one of the burning transfer build
ings. Richard Casey, the Lehigh Val
ley yardmaster, discovered the fire.
He te!egraphed to headquarters at
Jersey City. and the alarm was fash
ed to the Newark fire department.
The burned buildings constituted
what was known as the Oak Island
transfer. 1t was one of the biggest
railroad freight handling terminals In
the country, and almost exclusively
served the shipping facilities of New
York. TEy
Sparks from the main fire quickly
started flames on the new bridge
structure just recently completed over
the network of twenty tracks that lead
out Of the transfer. The fire depart.
ment gave their entire attention to
this for several minutes, and saved
1t.
Throughout the battle. with the
blaze, the firemen were hampered
greatly by low water pressure, and
the fact that they were unable to
string their hose across the tracks
while the switching crews were say.
ing the strings of freight cars.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
HISTORIC TOLLGATE is GONE
End Of Landmark In the Shenandoah
Valley Recalls an Interesting
Civil War Story.

The raZing Of the Hillman tollgate
house takes away a historic landmark
in the lower Shenandoah valley. 1t
was constructed in 1910. before there
were railroads In this section, and it
was part OF the thoroughfare from
Tennessee to Alexandria, Va, and
often 20 to 80 wagons could be seen
In line making the trip to and from
the boats at Alexandria.
The first toll was collected at gate
No. by Simeon Hillman, and he con-
tinued to collect toll until his death
in 1880. From 1880 to 1852 the gate
was kept by his widow. Charlotte Hill
tons, the gate was abandoned until
1855. The house was struck by a
shell just before the Battle Of Kefns-
town.
1t was at this gate that Charlotte
Hillman held up General Sheridan and
his staff. The general paid the regular
toll for himself and his staff followed
his example.
'But," said the general as he passed
through, II cannot vouch for my
army"
When the soldiers came up Mrs. Hill
man raised the pole, but stood at her
post all day long and kept tally and
after the war she sent the bill to
Washington and II was promptly paid.
General Sheridan passed through
this gate again on his famous ride from
Winchester. Gen. Stonewall Jackson.
in his valley campaign. frequently
passed through 1t, always paying toll.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
Three BOYS KILL
PROTECTORY GUARD
Beat Him to Death in Effort
I to Escape.

Norristown, Pa, Feb. lin at
tempting to escape from the Philadel-
phia protectory, at Fatland. three boys
brutally murdered Patrick McGrory,
the Waterman, sixty years old.
The boys, hidden in the clothes
room of the institution, were captured
and taken to Norristown and commit
ted to Jail by Magistrate Clark to
await the result Of the coroner's in
vestigation.
The boys are Daniel DonnoIlc. fif-
teen years old. son of Mrs. May Don
ohue, Phoenixville; William Sexton,
who will be sixteen years next Sun
day and lived with his uncle, Harry
Sexton, and Thomas Kelly. fifteen
years old, son of Thomas Kelly. Phila-
delphia.
The boys planned to escape from
the institution last Thursday night.
according to a confession said to have
been made after they were arrested.
1t was arranged that night that Kelly,
who is the smallest of the trio, was
to leave his dormitory. When the
Waterman went to look for him the
other boys were to jump upon the
Waterman and take his keys This
plan failed when Kelly oversight him
self.
The same plan was repeated and
resulted in the murder McGrory, the
wafchman, went to find out what de-
lAyed Kelly. and as he opened the
bathroom door he was bounced upon
BY the two other boys, who lay in
wait. They slipped blackjack out
Of his pocket and beat him on the
head and face Several teeth were
knocked out and his face was gashed.
They gagged him with his handker-
chief and his neclrie. and then took
the keys of the institution from him,
but before they could get away
Brother O'Conrell, who had been
awakened by Burns. another inmate,
who heard means, was on the scene.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
COL. ROOSEVELT
CUT OF DANCER
But VIII Suffer Acute Pain FC:
Several Days.

New York, Feb. 11-Surgeons at
tending Theodore Roosevelt an
nouHfed that the patient had passed
out Of danger and that it was virtu-
ally certain he would not have to be
operated upon again.
The distinguished patient, who has
been weathering the after results Of
an operation on his ear last week.
passed a fairly restful NIGHT and was
much improved. Miss Stryker, his
secretary, at the Roosevelt hospital
reported, however, that he was still
suffering pain. The official bulletin
by DIR. Walton Martin, who is in
charge of the case, mentions that Mr..
Roosevelt will probably suffer acutely
with these pains for several days.
DR.. Howard Reyes, house surgeon,
and three special nurses were at Mr..
Roosevelt's beside throughout the
night. Mrs Roosevelt occupies a
room adjoining that of her husband.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter
OF the, one-time president, was one of
the Arst callers to see him. The Of
fetal bulletin was as follows:
"Mr. Roosevelt continues to i'm
prove. Temperature and pulse are
normal. The alarming symptoms in
his ear have subsidized s.. that there
Is no Indication for f,irther opera
ton. While IN all probability Mr.
Roosevelt will suffer acu.ely f,r sew
eral days, the attending physicians
look for complete recovery. The es-
sential thing now is absolute quiet
and rest"
DR.. Arthur B. Duel, eye and ear
specialist; was with. Mr.. Roosevelt
about twenty minutes.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11

| DADOSgtN|NQ
FAIRY TALE
KING PENGUiNS.
81 hAM @AAAl1 BONNER

King Penguins," said Daddy, ARE
birds which live near the South Pole
and though the South Pole may sound
warm it is very, very cold.
Great men they call explorers, go
on trips to find out what new lands
and places they can discover, and they
run all sorts of risks and dangers be-
cause Of the great cold, the snow
storms and the ice
"PenguinS become very friendly with
people and men who visit in these
parts always consider the penguins
their greatest friends.
One day Mrs. Penguin spoke to her
husband and this is what she said ::
My dear, l have just laid an egg.
What shall l do with it,
Mr.. Penguin took the egg which
was quite a good sized one and put it
in his pouch where it stayed in his
warm, comfortable feathers until it
patched out
Mrs. Penguin always lays the egg
only one egg at a time which is unlike
other birds-and Mr. Penguin keeps
1t snug and warm until it is Matched.
Zone day, not long after this Mr.
Penguin met one of his friends and
got into very bad fight
you're wrong, I tell YOU shouted
Mr.. Penguin to his cousin, Mr.. Peter
Penguin.
I'm not, I'm right replied Peter.
YOU'RE as wrong as a bird can be,
said Mr.. Penguin. And for a large
bird as you are I'd be ashamed OF my
self if were in your place.
you're not in my place. said Pc
ter, and you're every bit as large as
| am. We're all large-all of the pen
gums
They were both standing up, their
white vests looking like the snow, and
then such a fight as they did have!
They fought and they fought and from
afar Mrs. Penguin came hurrying to
stop her husband.
''She was thinking of the egg which
all the time he was carrying My
dear she said, Calm yourself Calm
yourself! Remember the eggv
Don't be so selfish shouted Mrs.
Peter Penguin, let your husband fight
as let mine. They enjoy it,
But Mr.. Penguin is carrying an
egg for me- said Mrs. Penguin.
That's nothing said Mrs. Peter,
Mr.. Peter is carrying one for me-
You said that was nothing shout
ed Mrs. Penguin, who had become so
angry at the first part Of Mrs. Peters
speech that she hadn't stopped to hear
the end Of it. You think nothing of
an egg when it doesn't belong to you.
Talk about being selfish. You're the
selfish one'
I'm not selfish at ALL said Mrs.
Peter. If you think am, we will fight
about it.
ave will fight about It, agreed Mrs.
Penguin.
$50 they fought, too! And such
fights as they all did have. After a
time they were weary of fighting.
"'You know said Mrs. Peter, when
she had recovered and could speak
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-11
AROUSED TO FAENzY OF 10Y
People Of Madrid outdid American
Baseball Fans When Bull Fight With
Popular Matador Is Announced.

Madrid is the greatest bull fighting
city in the world. From her staid pro-
fessionai and intellectual classes down
to the smallest and grimiest urchin
vending newspapers on the streets,
every Madrilleno is a connoiSseur OF
bulls and bull fighters. Anyone who
thinks that baseball can turn its devo-
tees into temporary Iunatics on the
day Of a worlds championship game
should see the people of Madrid when
a famous matador is billed to meet
some of the ferocious Miura bulls.
Zach of the well-known swordsmen
has his group of followers, enthusiasts
as they are called, any one OF
whom will stake his fortune or his
neck on the prowess of his own par
ticular master as compared to all other
slayers of bulls. On the day Of a "cOr-
rida" these enthusiasts flock about the
hotel, where their idols are staying, to
greet them hours before the combat
with cheers and adulation. Early In
the afternoon the streets leading to
the plaza are chokeG with surging cur;
rents of humanity, all moving to
single goal.
The plaza itself is great amphithe-
alter with a sanded arena for stage.
The arena is surrounded by thick
brick wall, broken here and there by
tiny doors-One door to the pens.
whence the bulls are loOsed, another
for the picadors, who ride in on de-
crepit old horses: third for the he
roes of the day, the swordSmen, who
take the money and the glory OF the
occasion without running any greater
risk than their humble Subordinates.
On sunny day the arena is a riot
of color. Picadors are dressed in yell
low, the "cape men," who turn the bull
wave gayly cOlored silk robes, the lit
tie darts which the banderilleros plant
in the neck of the bull are tipped with
flags, even the mules who haul out
the debris carry huge Spanish banners
in their headstalls. The matador Is
the final glory, flaming from head to
foot in a rich satin costume of green
or blue, heavily embroidered with gold
He carries flaming red flag to en-
rage the bull, and before the day has
gone far, the red of the flag is blended
With the red of blood.