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Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
Swedish Rubber Baron" Tells
How He Profited by Trad
ing on Frontier.
WAS CLERK BEFORE THE. WAR
Made His First Money Dealing In
Russian Rubles-Then Engages In
Smuggling Rubber From Fin
land and Gets Rich Quickly.

Stockholm. Sweden-"You want to
know what people smuggle? Go up
the river then. and YOU will soon find
ont Thev smueele nearly everything,
90 n ia rather difficult to answer the
ouestion offhand." So said a custom
house off,cer at Haparanda, the little
Swedish town on the frontier of Fin
land. 70 Herbert Ericsson. a Swedish
writer. who went up the Tornea valley
TO investigate the smuggling stories.
"While I was waiting for the Over
rornea train to start. a motorcycle
chueped into the station yard" said
Ericsson
"That ia ono of our rubber barons. {"
remarked an acnuaintance TO me. A
rnhher haron IN Heparanda talk. is
a man who suddenly gets rich on
smu0ol,no rnbher in from Finland. /
20. IN Inch for the baron-Karlsson
win cali h,m-trayeled north in nv
comnortment He was a pleosant fell
low He did NOT remind me of the
smart snacu,ators T hod met In Norr-
land He even looked embarrassed
when 7 hepan IN taIk about smuggling.
ci.rk a.sor. IN. War
"pressntlv no told me that at the
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
BRAvADO AND THE WAR
BY ROBERT GRANT
Of the VioiIantes.

Recently during an intermission at
the movies a performer came out and
sang with gusto song, which pleased
the audience about "Pershing Crossing
the Rhine" Every few days one reads
headlines in the newspapers proclaim
Ing that nine Americans have repulsed
or vanquished IS Germans. This is
baleful talk. Our delay in the produc-
ton Of ships and airplanes and guns
may have been unavoidable, seeing
that some people are thanking God
that the United States entered the war
unprepared. but we should at least re-
frain from bravado, stop Boosting of
what we are going to do and recognize
the gravity of our undertaking.
heard an American officer high in COM
mand say not long ago, "If our troops
ever reach Berlin, when they come to
a certain building-the quarters of the
German military staff, let them lift
their hats" He spoke from the point
of view Of military prowess.
1t is meet for Americans to bear in
or any other people have fought were
child's play compared with this the
most terrible and relentless contest in
t:stOry, and that their part in it has
only just begun. Let us cease to hug
the delusion that our troops are ''Over
there" to show the others how to fight
and that all will soon be over but the
shouting. Let us open our minds to
the grim truth that this war which we
have pledged ourselves to win is like
ly to be a supreme test of American
energy, endurance and self-sacrifce
and to cost thousands of American
lives. We are all of the belief that no
man Is drawer than an American, but
it is Indispensable that we appreciate
the quality of the foe against whom
we are pitted; that he is the arch-fiend
of military competency and power, the
ruthless, unwearying embodiment Of
mastery force and resistance, a mon
ster of resourcefulness such as the
world has never seen.
The prophecy that Pershing will
cross the Rhine had better be post
poned until he arrives In sight of it,
and the confidence that two of Uncle
Sans soldiers can handle three of the
enemy be put in cold storage until q
later stage of the conflict.
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
New Mexico.

The Lincoln oil well has reached
depth Of 1000 feet, and the drillers
work day and night.
A large number of burros are being
used in packing ore from the upper
dumps Of the Last Chance mine at
Mogollon. This was mined under go
cent silver and now pays we'll.
Tho steel manufacturers in the east
who have been making a working test
Of the manganese-iron ores shipped
from Boston Hill by the Stevens com
pany Of Silver City, have found the
product to be highly satisfactory I'm
every respect and have placed orders
for a minimum shipment to them OF
10000 tons with absolutely no maxi
mum limit.
The first commercial well in the
famous San Juan basin OF New Mex
leo, thirty-five miles south OF the Col.
orado line, has been brought in, ac-
cording to telegram received in
Denver. The oil was found at 800 feet
depth and the we'll is estimated good
for between 100 and 200 barrels. The
oil is Of high gravity. and the sand
has been drilled into eighteen feet.
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
MOTHER OF MEN
BY ALICE WARD BAILEY
Of the vipilantes.

Mother of men, do not mourn,
They have said that your boys must go
And your empty arms
And your souls alarms
Are now all that life can show
But look at the flag SO proudly bornei
Mother Of men. do not mourn.
Mother Of men, do not mourn,
They are taking your mirth and Joy;
But gladness comes
With the roll of the drums
To the heart OF each marching boy,
While Right and Honor aloft are bornei
Mother of men. do not mourn.
Mother of men, do not mourn.
They have broken your heart. you say;
And the radiant CLEANS
OF our happy dreams
Have all been driven astray-
But for Heaven and Earth your cross II
borne
Mother of mon. do not mournl
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
Colorado.

A rich ore find is reported in the
Guadalupe mine IN the San Juan belt,
near Ouray.
Two carloads of ore from Monarch
camp, above Salida, were sent to the
Pueblo smelter.
Work is being done on many claims
in the Ward district, and some good
ore being taken out.
According to a Boulder statement
rich ores are being taken out from
the old Belcher mine on Caribou hill.
The Iron Mask mine, situated about
q mile north of the depot at Brecken-
ridge. on Shock hill, is being steadily
operated.
The placer mines and river and
stream beds of the Breckenridge dis
trict are producing considerable guam
titles of 1aacer gold.
At Central City. Gilpin county, the
Gilpin- Eureka mine continues a steady
shipper regardless of the hardships
and Inconvenience of war.
The July production of the Cripple
Creek district, as compiled from re-
ports Of the mills and smelters, to.
tailed 98.710 tons with a gross bullion
value Of $912.110. The average value
per ton is $9.43.
After a long period Of steady work
the Colorado Central mills and rock
house in Leavenworth cafion, near
Georgetown, are completed. Already
200 tons of ore have been placed in
the bins of the rock house.
Georgetown, Clear Creek county. re-
ports that the ore vein cut in the
Georgetown tunnel and from which
samples Of ore returned over $500 per
ton is of great width, the crevice mat
ter being full Of scattered mineral.
The White River well, west of
Meeker, which recently drilled thru
thirty feet of oil-saturated sand, will
be drilled to the deeper sands and a
thoro test made Of the White River
field, according to a decision made by
the officers Of the company.
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
Montana,

Further demands were not made
upon the companies operating In the
Butte mining district and as many
men were employed at the properties
AZ usual. The executive committee of
the miners organization which made
q demand upon John d. Ryan, presi-
dent of the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, while in Butte. for a six
hour day, Sc scale and other working
conditions. issued a statement re-
questing the members of the organize
ton not to go out at this time
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
Arizona.

Arizona.
A new quartz mill will soon be drop
ping stamps at Prescott.
The Neutrality-suspicious. mines at
Kingman are now being operated.
A large tonnage of ore Is being pro-
duced at the Kay mine at Turkey.
OIL has been reported to have been
struck in water we'll near San 81
mon.
The Home Oil Company at Hol
brook has reached a depth of about
500 feet.
The first carload OF ore was shipped
from the Silver King at Ray to an Ell
Paso smelter.
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
IS As FATAL AS war
tuberculosis Kills as Many as
Fall From Bullets.
Or. Livingstone Farrand Appeals to
People to Enter Battle Against
Disease.

New York.-Mortality from tuber-
culosis among the civilian population
and in the armies Of all the countries
engaged in the war has at least ap-
proximated the total number of SOL
diers killed in battle. according to DR..
Livingstone Farrand. director Of the
American commission for the preven-
ton Of tuberculosis In France.
That the people Of America throw
themselves into the winning of the
war against tuberculosis with the same
zeal with which they have hurled
themselves against the Hun IL the bur.
den Of an appeal made by Doctor Far.
rnnd on the eve Of his return to
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
LIFE is SAVED BY
HANDKERCHIEF


ute to realize what was happening and
l awoke to the sound Of bullets whiz-
zing past my head. That didn't disturb
me much. because was wondering
why somebody hadn't buried the Ger
man. Looking around, however, all
could see was dead Germans. 1t sud-
denly dawned on me that was in No
Mans Land. OF all the places there
are to land in France and Germany
had to land between the two.
"Then realized what predicament
1 was in and began to think up some
way to get out Of 1t. The thought cana
to me that If 1 was nearer the German
lines than to the French. had better
get rid Of those incendiary balls In my
pocket. for II the Germans catch you
with them you are shot at once. I
climbed back into my machine to the
tune Of bullets and took out a load of
over 300 cartridges. threw them on the
ground and then removed my compass
and altimeter.
'"The first thing struck was grave,
unfinished, with two Of the enemy in
1t. 1 eased myself down into 1t. lifted
up one Of the Germans and put the
cartridges beneath him. l started
walking back to my machine. As l
got near It the Boche lines started
their mitrailleurs and rifles at me, and
the French, unaware that was one Of
them, also opened up. l had to walk
500 feet between the lines and 1t was
no joke with all that fire concentrated
In my direction. One bullet passed SO
close to my face that really felt the
wind. decided that I'd have to go to
one of the lines. enemy or friend. but
just then heard a machine overhead.
I looked up and saw white puffs break
ing out all around 1t.
ION the way the fire got SO hot
had to fall face down. and I didn't
move for. guess. five minutes. There
being no good reason for my being
shot like dog. yanked out my hand
kerchief and waved It at the French
lines.
"They finally got 1t, after ten min
utes Of waving. and saw a French
officer reckoning me from a bit Of
woods. II there ever has been faster
6O-yard sprint l never heard Of 1t.
ran SO fast that ran right into the
officer, and very nearly knocked his re-
volver out of his hand. showed him
my Identification card and then started
cursing him for shooting at me. He
had been taking potshots at me out
there. He apologized. saying that he
could only See my head. because his
position was slightly lower than No
Mans Land.
''They took me up to the divisional
general. and reported that had seen
more than 800 dead Germans and only
two Frenchmen. 1t made him SO happy
that he gave me dinner, and compli.
mented me for being good soldier"
fering from 1t Is planned through / 800
local societies Of the National Tuber-
Int
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
GIRL CUTS OFF TRESSES
so AS TO BUY w. S. S.

Dayton. O.-Juanita Dowell,
eleven, cut of her beautiful
chestnut curls to help win the
war. She then notified an off,
Ger Of the National Security
league that she wished the hair
to be sold in Portland, Ore, and
that the money be used In buy
ing War Savings stamps. Ger
trude Anterior. the author,
made the FIRST bid on the tresses
at So. The child's explanatory
letter Is to be sold along with
the hair to the highest bidder.
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
Wyoming.

The town Of Shoshoni appears to
be q coming point in the oil interests
Of the central part Of the state.
Center OIL Company has completed
the erection Of Standard rig In sec.
ton 10 Of the Alkali Butte field.
The Warm Springs field Of Wyo-
ming has another producer. Well No.
Of the Woods Petroleum Company
was brought in and IL reported to be
one OF the best wells in the field and
should be good for a settled produo
ton Of 200 barrels.
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08

Mrs. Ariadne ROomanov, wife Of
Kerensky's secretary, experienced an
unusual surprise when she arrived in
Tokyo. She Is the double of Tatiana.
daughter of the former car, who was
reported on her way to America. Mrs.
Roomanov was offered an entire wing
Of the imperial palace at Tokyo for
her accommodation while In the Jap
anese capital. 1t being the belief that
she really was the daughter of the
car. u.
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08

An English scientist claims to have
discovered a gas that hes the same
relation to- hydrogen thar ozone has
to oxygen
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices for Metais.
New York.-Bar silver, e9xo.
Coppsr-S26.e 31.
Lead-@S.0B.
East st. Louis-Spelter, $S.32h.
Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates, 60
per cent, $20.00022.5O per unit; Is
per cent. $12.00@12.60; 10 per cent
$9.40@12.2O.
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08
PHONE COMPANY PUTS
BAN ON HUN MESSAGES

Brookfield, Mo. - Complying
with the request Of the Linn
county. council Of defense. the
Bell Telephone company of this
city, has issued an order to all
patrons Of Its system prohibiting
any other language than English
over the telephone lines.
Gilpin observer., 1918-08-08

fering from 1t is planned through 1900
local societies Of the National Tuber-
culosis association.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-26
DIR. MoFFATT AT
TEACHERS MEETING

The Teachers meeting at the
Court House on last Saturday was
opened with a prayer by DR.. J. S.
Moffatt from Erskine College. Mr..
Riser asked if there was any busi-
ness which. should come before the
meeting, and Mr.. Reed reminded
the association of the invitation
from Due West asking the teachers
to meet there in March.
DR.. Moffatt said at the beginning
of his address that he had consider
ed taking some phase of the war or
the subject, The Bible in Literature,
as a possible subject, but had de-
termined on making a practical talk
to teachers as being most helpful.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-26
STEAMER Goes D0W'
WITH ALL ON B0ARD
Effort To Gust ]. &.
President Tinoco
LITTLE COSTA RIGA AGAIN
FACES REvoLUTIoN-SEy.
ERAL TOWNS FALL, ~. j., \

San Juain del Sur, Nicaragua, Feb
"a A revolution is in progress in
Costa Rica. Wire communication
has been interrupted between the
frontier and Las Canas. 1t is known
that the towns of Aljueta, San Ma
teo, and Heredia are in the hands
of the revo1utionists. 1t is reported
that Las Canas and Punta Arenas
probably will fall shortly. gs:&II.s5s n, & {
The present government Of Costa
Rica came into power in consequence
of a revolution in January Of last
year. President Gonzales was over
thrown by General Tinoco, who as
sumed the presidency. The United
States has not recognized the Tinoco
government.
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change which has given rise to the
talk of the French over-charging
the Americans.
The Adjutant was the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Coleman, who
after the lecture, had open house to
those who wished to meet the SOL
dier. Many of our people called to
pay their respects. The evening
was made especially pleasant by the
singing of Miss Fannie Stark, Mrs.
J. D. Kerr and Mrs. Otto Bristow
and the serving of a refreshing
punch.
Sunday morning, while riding over
the country, a short stop was made
at Due West. Adjutant Fleury was
introduced to the college boys, who
were at dinner and spoke a few
words to them which they enjoyed
and received with prolonged ap-
plause.
The Adjutant wore blue uni
form, a little deeper in color than
a Confederate grey, which. went fur
ther to endear him to the hearts OF
the Southern people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-26
D|S[OYA[ CAPTAIN
GIVEN LONG TERM
Henkes Also Loses His
Army Commission as
Captain ...
CLAIMS GERMAN DESCENT.
Wrote Secretary of War Declaring
He Could Not Fight His
Friends.

New York, Feb. 24.-Capt. Davic
A. Henkes, Sixteenth infantry, U
S. A., has been sentenced to dismis
sal from the service and confined al
hard labor for twenty-five years by
a general court-martial held at Gov
ernor's Island.
Henkes, who is of German des'
cent, endeavored to resign his com
mission, saying he did, not care tc
fight against relatives and friends.
Capt. Henkes, who was stationed
at San Antonio, Tex, last May
wrote to the Secretary of War urg-
ing him to accept the resignation,
which he had already submitted
and giving reasons which he declar-
ed would no longer allow him to
serve as an officer of the American
army.
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He said that he had been a teacher
himself and had sent children T.
school and was, of course, deeply,
interested.
In very emphatic way, but Wit
great deal of sympathy he speks
of the opportunities of those ss
educate, of the faults found in -!
great deal of teaching, and fnaHys,
of the faithful teachers reward" An
parents who are going to school =
the persons of their children vi1
appreciate his condemnation Of the
careless assignment of long impoNl-s
BILE lessons and of too great use OF
the text books which DR.. MoffatE
called the dry bones of instructios
to be made alive with the flesh and
blood of outside interest. %
He said that teacher not ONLY
should know his work but should b
able to impart that knowledge. H.
talk closed with the thought th.t
although a trained conscientious
teachers reward was not immediaae
nor financially it was certain and
perhaps surpassed by that Of -
other.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-26
RlJSSIANSACCEPT
HARD PEACE TERM
Honor Roll of ....
Abbeville Schools
HONOR ROLL OF THE ABBE'
WILLIE HIGH SCHOOL FOR
THE FIFTH MONTH.

Grade V.-Ralph Bauknight, Gus
Smith, Frances Gillian, Jensie White
Mary Swetenburg.
Grade VI.-Caroline Chalmers
Helen Cromer, Mary Jones, Deborah
Owen, Willie Bowie, Emory Penney
Grade VII.-Willie Eakin, Lula
Mann, Edwin Barksdale, LemueI
Lawson.-Miss Lillian Swetenburg;
Teacher. 49,
Grade VIII.-Janie Vance Bowie
Elizabeth Gambrell, Lena Belle
johnson, Helen Milford, Florence
Neuffer, Mary White.
Grade IX.-Everett Hughes, Mar
garet Swetenburg.-Miss Lynch
Teacher.
Grade X.-Margaret Cox, Alpha
Graves, Mary Reed Moore, Herman
Wisby.-Miss Wood, Teacher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-26
TAKING
ON LARGER DUTIES
Secretary Is Pleased
With the Conduct of
Americans
GENERAL REVIEW OF WAR
British Have Taken Over an Ad'
ditional Segment of the
French Line.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Increas-
ingly important activity by the Am
erican forces on the western front
and the return for rest at leave
station of the men who have COM
pleted their first period of duty in
the trenches are noted in this weeks
review of military operations by the
War Department.
In the news of the renewed Ger
man offensive against Russia, the
most important development OF the
week, the department finds no cause
for surprise, but adds nothing to the
information carried in press dlspat-
ches. The review was written be-
fore the announcement came from
London that the Bolsheviki bad ac-
cepted Germany's peace terms.
'sHitherto little opposition has
been offered to the advancing Ger
MANS" the department says. "And
it is not as yet clear what prepara-
tions the Russians are making to
meet the enemy. Owing to the dis
organization of the Russian forces
it is difficult to presage what effec-
tive opposition they may be able to
place in the path of the invaders"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-26
NEGROES LEFT YESTERDAY.


Yesterday, according to schedule,
the 81 negro selectmen left Abbe-
vile for Camp Jackson. Quite a
large crowd of their relatives and
friends came to town with them to
see them off. After the roll call
each man was given a blue ribbon
to let everyone know that he was
going. DR.. G. w. .Swope made 9
short talk and bade them farewell
fe3 the town. They were all in higt
spirits and seemed to be looking
forward to..a good time. They +lef'
on the Seaboard at 1894. r
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-26
Red Cross Liner Flol
eel, Wrecked In BIZ
ard Sunday B B
PEOPLE. ON SHORE i X S,,sssj
,5..s UNABLE ToE HEi'
Fivs Men Seen! ciinging 10
81 Dusk But When Lins5 sg
Shot Later No Responss.

st. Johns, Feb. 24.-The 4:
Red Cross liner Florizel from 81
Johns for New York by way Of HI &
fax, with 140 persons aboard, i
cluding seventy-eight passens q &!
piled aupon the lodges near Il
Race during a blizzard today and u III
is believed that all on board ~ y q
lost. y. L .-.asa h =
Naval gunners sent ON a spee
train from this city, shot a -
across the bow Of the partly y y
merged ship tonight, but waited "a
vain for it to be, hauled abess s
Just before darkness blotted 81 IA
wreck from view, five men drisss
from the forecastel by the gi'
seas, were seen to climb the fogWl11S
rigging signalling feeblyI for hs
But when they failed to make E. 8
the line it was feared they had 49,
cumbed to. the cold and exposu4
These five were the only ones ~ s.
Hblefon board several hours after @
ship struck. ss,;:
dtF Rescue Steamers. sss'
Somewhere beyond the Wllk &
maelstrom of breakers two stau1S j
rescue steamers, the Terra Noya g. S!l
!. the Home, manned by New q Fona15 Z
land sailors, lie in waiting fof
,orable moment to send =
through the surf, but though
storm appeared to be subsiding, ~
was feared that it would be dH
break before the sea moders
enough to make it possible tcfs
proach the wreck. ~ ss ;sss'
Included among the passengA
were twelve women and four chiid
4 rem. Among the first cabin passeus
gers were John Shannon Nun =
managing director of the firm g q
Bowring Brothers, Limited, oWns
of the liner, and his three-year' 'old
daughter, Betty. They were gore
to New York to meet Mrs. Mum asS
Sir Edgar Bowring, one of the oUz
ers of the line, for visit OF -
months in Florida. ! 2
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FLEURY HERE
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT

Adjutant Fleury, of the French
Military Mission to America, came
to Abbeville Saturday and Satur-
day night spoke on "Life in the
Trenches, to an overfowing crowd
in the Court House.
The Adjutant spoke about forty
minutes and then answered any
questions that the audience cared to
ask. He has been in the war for
over three years and has spent two
wears and a half in the trenches.
He has never been wounded which
is reassuring to those interested in
our boys getting into the trenches.
The Adjutant is pleasant speak
er, and told many interesting things
of life in the army. He thinks there
is nothing exciting in trench life and
advises that books and papers be
sent our boys. He spoke OF cap
tured prisoners, saying that they
were much more willing now to give
information than at first. He thinks
the men captured now are a very
poor class Of soldiers. o.
He gave very vivid picture of
the arrival of some of the American
troops in France. He said that their
pockets were bulging with money
and as they bought they took no