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Arizona republican., 1918-01-19

for ten weeks has thrown vast num- bers out of employment. Under the circumstances it is obvious that the week has been marked by considerable unsetlement, but after the first shock It is quite generally recognized that the fuel administrator order while drastic was necessary, and the general tendency Is one of patriotic obedience to the mandates of the order. In fact local administrators at many of the larger industrial centers knowing full well that numerous plants had been compelled to close down for want of fuel had already adopted expedients to conserve supplies, the iron and steel industry having been particularly be-
 set. However, the country's essential industries are heavily backlogged with orders and it is hoped that when rail-
 way and harbor congestion is relieved
 industry will again be enabled to go forward with vim. As for some time
 past governmental business takes pre-
 cedence over everything else In or
 dinary trade circles jobbing business mas been curtailed by inability to get shipments with which to fill orders.
 but potentially there is large volume of business in sight. House trade
 which. of course, results from the buy- ing of visiting merchants has been re | tarded because meteorological condi- tionshas vecrippled travel: but, on the other hand, country merchants. espe-
 cially in the surplus crop growing re- gions have bought freely of staples.
 their stocks being low, and in conse- quence travelling men are forwarding
 good size orders. Indeed buying from
 the country districts is marked by re- orders and by requests to hasten ship ments of spring goods.
 Weekly bank clearings, $6,1O3, ,0sO, 900
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
THE EARMER,s INCOME TAX

Under the law, federal income tax is assessed against all single persons having net ln- come in excess of a thousand dollars. Heads Of families have certain exemptions that keep them from paying this unless the income exceeds two thousand year. It is somewhat difficult for farmers to figure income, account of the compleXity Of their business But in a general way you may figure gross income the total value of all live stock and grain disposed of during the year. well profits in trade and interest money lent. From the total of these receipts you are entitled to deduct the pense of running the farm but not your personal family living expenses If there is any doubt in mind to whether you may come within the opera tjons of this law advise you to talk it yer with your banker. He will tell you where you can get blanks from the collector of your district well how to fill out the blanks after you receive them is safer to make report than to have Uncle Sam get after you. You can't beat the tax gatherer safely and besides, you ought to be glad you're well enough off be subject to taxation Wouldn't it be nice to pay a million dollars? Yet the millionaire complaining bitterly than anybody just now.-Farm Life
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
The Burden of War

The call of Dr. Garfield upon the patriotism or employers whose places will be closed by his coal saving order pay their employees for the time lost, will in suppose, be needed By many 1t will be, cannot be enforced, the workers will be the chief sufferers. To many thousands the loss of five days pay and after that the of one day a week. will be a most serious matter when, working all the time, they have been barely able to live
 In many cases too, imagine employers could with great difficulty comply with this request Many factories employing large numbers of men are run ming on margins of profit and without great surplus upon which they fall back The mere cessation of business is to them great loss and they will feel that it is asking too much of their patriotism solely to support financially war meas ure in which the whole country is equally interested and with which all the people should be burdened.
 Still that is the way burdens mostly dis tributed They cannot be laid equally like taxation upon every in proportion to his ability to bear it. Certain interests must suffer more than others just as in battle must suffer more than others and the families of must bear greater loss than others.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
German Designs In Russia

The allied belligerents have done a good deaf of guessing to the German design in Russia and it appears that they still have other guesses coming The design becomes darker and more intricate. The first German proposal assumed a step in the direction of a general peace but the events which have succeeded indicate that that was not in the German mind. An apparent object was to secure immunity from Russian attack in order that all the strength of the central empires in the east might be
 verted to other fronts While, of course that would be result of any peaceful arrangement with Russia he design to extend far beyond that. If that all Germany wanted it could have been easily secured The design extend far beyond the the breaking up of the great Russian terri tory into scores of small states and the permanent retention by the Germans of the territory they have already occupied either actual parts of Germany and Austria else as spheres of Teutonic influence 1t probably designed that Russia shall never "come back and that all that great country to the Pacific shall lie open to German exploitation in centuries to come. For the moment in weather that is not fit for fighting, this is much more important matter to Germany than the
 It promises something that could not have been expected. It presents dream as attractive as Mitte Europa and if it could be realized it would con tribute to the realization of that dream
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
4 Self Refuted Story

Some one has started story that Captain Nhisler, who murdered four men at Camp Funston was given by his brother officers suicides chance" that the army might be spared the disgrace of the execution by hanging of officer. Such a story may have been afoat for the purpose of bringing the army into dsrepute it may have been the product only of theatrical imagination with nothing to work upon except the fact that in regular army organizations of all countries, and then some doubtful things have been done to preserve army regulations.
 But the known circumstances surrounding the leath of Whsler the morning following the murders refute this story There had been no suspicion directed at him any other officer It was only known the rawlings of survivor of the slaughter that a man in the uniform of an army captain had ccanrnitted the murders Il was believed by the
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
A Voting Precinct
To the Editor of The Republican, Dear Sir.


 Dear Sir:
 Your editorial to contributors gives me courage to write you this appeal for your assistance in obtaining re- lief from a condition that in the opin- lon Of all l have spoken to regarding 1t, should be remedied: for. if this is legible and worth while. it will appear and if not, only you and I will know 1t was written.
 At present all voting precincts in the Tempe district run from the north line Of Tempe township to the reservation. narrow strips twelve or thirteen miles long. and as a result, those of us who nave no automobiles and wish to vote at either primary or a general cleo tion must spend the greater part of a day.
 This was not so much of a hardship when the Kyrene and Highline sec tons were Sparsely settled and the ladies had no vote. There is enough population now to justify a redistrict- ing so that all, including wives and mothers, may have a chance to vote and get back home in a reasonable length of time.
 The remedy: We have good three room school house in Kyrene within easy distance from any part Let the powers that be put their ruler on the pasellnc and divide all south into req sonable precincts. It will increase the vote and give convenience to the people.
 Yours truly,
 KYRENE.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
FINANCES AND MARKETS
Yours truly,
 KYRENE.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Inauguration or the governments conservation reg uiallonS caused a pronounced diminu- tlon Tn the volume of business on the stock exchange today. Trading was accompanied by frequent pauses. transactions barely totalling 465, GOO shares
 There was some apprehension be- lore the opening of heavy liquidation py speculative interests at industrial points, but commissions Houses re- ported few offerings from such sources. selling came chiefly from professionals Wno succeeded in dislodging a few
 stop JOSS orders on the early decline.
 Public interest was at lowest ebb and observers of the market expressed the opinion that this attitude would conflnue pending an adjustment of eX- lsting complexities.
 Publication of the text of the admin lstrators order removed all doubt of US scope and importance. This was supplemented by advices from manu- facturlnS centers, many of which re- ported partial or complete cessation of operations for the five-day period The money market hardened, call loans again rising to six per cent with a slight stiffeing of time rates
 Foreign exchange reflected the stab ilizlng process now under way rates on Paris again favoring that capital. Pools were active in certain stocks. notably shippings, oils. and tobaccos. but i'll general the movement was re- strlcted and meaningless. Leaders re- covered the greater part of their 1 to ? point recessions before the close. first As at 97.06 to 96SO and second Bonds were firm on limited trading Liberty 31a's sold at 9S.6O to 9s.4S. fours at 96.22 to 96.10. Total sales. par value, aggregated s3,425,O0O Unit ed States bonds, old issues were un- changed on call
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
COPP

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Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
CMMERCiAl REVIEW

NEW YORK. Jan. 1S.-Bradstreet's tomorrow will say
 Willingness to do business on a large scale has been restricted by heavy snow storms in the west, by intense congestion in every facilities which has made it well nigh impossible to ship fuel or other supplies, and finally the fuel administrators order closing plants for five days and every Monday
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
A SIGN OF WEDLOCK

There goes another married man., said the girl at the candy counter.
 How do you know?' asked the cashier
 He used to buy a three pound box of candy twice a week and now he buys half pound once a month" Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
SOME ENDURANCE

knicker-"The kaisers says Germans must have the will to endure"
 Bocker-"WelI. they certainly have the William to endure.'-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
SOME PROBLEM

What is the biggest problem you hs since the days of your youth?'
 Living them down'-Punch Bowl.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
POOLING THE NEIGHBoRS

What makes that hen of yours cacke so loudly?" inquired Jenkins of his neighbor.
 "Why, they've just laid cornerstone for the new workingmens club the road. and she's trying to make the neighbors think she did it"-Ch- cago Herald.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
MERCANTILE PAPER

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Mercantile paper 51sa%; sterling 50 day bills, 472; commercial 60 day bills. on banks, 4711s: commercial 50 day bills, 471I4: demand. 475h; cables, 476 7-16.
 Bar silver, S9ssc.
 Mexican dollars, 72i.c.
 Government bonds, steady; rail- road bonds, firm.
 Time loans. flrmeri 60 days, 90 days and six months. 5S4 @6.
 Call money. firm; high, $; low, 5ls; ruling rate, s; closing bid. 5l2; of- fered at 5&; last loan, 5&.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-19
Clifford T. Warner (above) and Basil
 L. Walters.

Two former students of Indiana University are editing the Ambu- lance Service News, weekly publica- tion of the Allentown (Pa.) encamp- ment of ambulance men. Clifford T. Warner is city editor and Basil L. Walters is news editor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11
RAISE MISCHIEF WITH WIRES
Remarkable Effect Of Aurora sorealls
on the Telegraph Wires Of
the Country.

When the aurora borealls, or "nOrth.
ern lights" pay US visit there Is
trouble on all the telegraph and tele'
phone lines. The reason for this
seems to be that the aurora borealis,
which Is really an unusual electric
emanatiOn from the sun, sets up alb
normal earth currents. The strength
of these currents has been measured
many times and found to have poten-
tlal varying between 425 volts positive
and 225 volts negative and a resist
ance of about 1000 ohms.
Donald McNicol, assistant electrical
engineer Of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany, who has given much study to
this subject, made an official report In
1892, quoted in the Electrical Expert
menter, in which he described the eff
fects Of earth currents on the ten At
tantic cables then in existence. Most
affected was that from Brest to Mique-
lon island, and the disturbances were
greater at the western than at the
eastern end, so that often st. Pierre
could send messages to Brest but could
not receive any.
Long cables were more affected than
short ones, southerly ones more than
northerly ones, and the abnormal cur
rents seemed to travel mostly from
east to west. Sometimes the earth cur
rents are so strong that they injure the
condensers. But they are most erratic
in their nature and behavior.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11
The Fur Farms OF Alaska.

There are perhaps ten or twelve fox
farms in Alaska, says Mr.. Frank G. Car
penter. One Of them, situated in the
Tanana Valley, mile and half from
Fairbanks, consists Of ten acres OF
cleared land, the greater part of which
is covered with pens in which the ami
mails live. From a distance the fox
farm looks like huge chicken YARD
with walls Of woven wire and hencoops
of various sizes inside. Each pen IS
fifty feet long, eight feet wide and ten
feet high.
The wire is of tough steel and is sunk
about four feet in the ground, and is
then bent so that it runs inward under
the ground for about two feet to pre-
vent the foxes from digging out. AT
the top the wire has an overhang OF
two feet to prevent the captives from
climbing over. Each pen has kennel
made of boards like dog kennel, the
entrance to which is chute or wood
en- pipe foot square.
Only one pair OF foxes live in one
pen. They are very timid and have to
be handled carefully; most of the fox
farmers will not allow strangers to en-
ter their property for fear they will
brighten the animals. Some foxes,
however, become so tame that strang-
ers can handle them. The fox babies
are the size of kittens, and have long,
bushy tails, little, sharp noses, and eyes
that sparkle like jet. One litter of fox
es was being mothered by cat. There
were three of the babies, each Of which,
when grown, will be worth form five
hundred dollars to one thousand dollars.
Their mother was so nervous that
the farmer feared that she might kill
her young; and so he had taken them
away from her and given them to the
cat in place of her kittens. The cat
had adopted them and was playing with
them as if they were really her own.
For such emergencies it is necessary
to have cats about a fox farm. Be-
cause he would not pay a high price for
a cat one man in eastern Canada lost
five little foxes that might have been
worth small fortune. The fox moth
err had died, and the owner OF the only
cat in the vicinity refused to sell her
for less than five hundred dollars. The
unreasonable price angered thefox far
mer, and he refused to pay it.
The foxes are fed with salmon, moose
meat, horse meat, rabbits, carrots, and
turnips. A common feed is rice and
rabbits cooked together in stew.
One farm feeds sixteen rabbits and
fifteen pounds of rice day to forty
two foxes. The stew is fed cold morn
ing and evening. The foxes come out
Of their kennels, seize the food, carry
it inside with them, and afterwards re-
turn for more.
The land, kennels and machinery Of
the farm near Fairbanks cost eighteen
thousand dollars, and the breeding an
finals, thirty-seven thousand dollars.
There are altogether about two hun
dred animals,-foxes, martens and 9TH
ers,-and only two men are needed to
care for them.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11
TERRIBLY o.'f:?IsTM
Suffering Dese,ibed As Torture
Relieved by Black-Draught.

Rossviilc, Ga.-Mfs. Kate Lee Able, Of
this place, writes: ".My husband is an
engineer, and once while hitting, he in
iured himself with ricce CT heavy ma
chinery, across The abdomen He was
so sore he could not beer 10 press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed lC5 lbs, and fell off until he
weighed 10 lbs, in two weeks.
He became constipated and it looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine, his
bowels failed 10 act. He would turn up
a ten-cent bottle OF castor OIL, and drink
il two or three days in succession. He
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
sent and bought Thedford's Black
Draught. made him take big dose,
and when it began TO act he tainted, he
was in such misery, but he got relief and
began to mend at once. He got well,
and we both feel he owes his life to
Thedford's Black-Draught."
Thedford's Black-Draught will help you
to keep fit, ready for the days work.
Try it! NC-l5i
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11
The First Romanof.

Romanoff is the name of the Rus
sian imperial dynasty regnant in the
male line from 1913 to 1870, and
thenceforward In the female line. Con-
slant intermarriages with German
princely houses, however, have made
the Romanoff strain Of today more
German than Russian. Nay; the old
est ancestor Of the house Of Roman
off. Andrew Kobyla, Is said to have
come to Moscow from Prussia (134l.
The name Romanoff was given to the
family by the boyar Roman Yurie-
witch, the fifth Of direct descent from
Andrew, who succeeded In getting a
female member of his family on the
throne Of the cars by marrying his
daughter to Ivan the Terrible. In
February, 1913, Mikhael Feodorvitch
Romanoff, q boy of seventeen, was pro-
claimed car, grand duke and autocrat
of all the Russias in the Red square
of Moscow. With this accession to
the throne of the famous, or rather III
famed, dynasty began a 3O4 years
mlsrule that-let us hope-has ended
forever with the forced abdication OF
Car Nicholas, in March, 1917.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11
DRIVING RlvETs SLOW WORK
Not Only That, but Enormous Nunoer
of Them Are Needed In
steel Ship.

The largest single item In the laoor
of fabricating steel ship Is in the
riyeting of her hull; therefore the
driving of rivets is taken as standaru
of size and of progress by most OF the
shIpbuilders. To build lO'Voo tol
shin n week means the driving OF
about $4,000 rivets in that time Inc
Union shipyards of San Francisco MS
at present equipped and freed from Ia
hor troubles, can drive about 3oo,ooo
riyets. although in record week II
drove 411,O00 rivets; the four next
largest yards in America-at Fore NV
or Mass. at Newport News, Va, at
Camden. and at Philadelphia upon the
Delaware-can drive 100000 to 275,OOo
rivets a week each. A half dozen
smaller steel shipyards will drive from
10000 to 10000 each seven days.
RivetIng, despite all the inventions
devised to speed 1t up, remains hand
work and slow work. A rivetng gang
consists Of two men and two boys
the riveter. his "holder-on," the pasSer
how and the heater boy. The gang
drives from 800 to 375 riyets in the
course of a ten-hour day and Is tired
nj the end of 1t. But when you know
that It takes four men all of a working
day to drive an average OF a little less
than $50 rivets, you can begin to see
the full size of the labor problem OF
driving at least 650,000 rivets week
necessary to turn out 1O,OOo-ton
ship at the end Of that length OF time.
In other words, you need 200 men for
the riveting gangs alone.
Look at the matter from another an
gle. writes Edward Hungerford In HAIR
per's. Ten ships a week-the tremen-
dous program for 1913 to which we
stand ommitted-means 6,5OOOOO riv-
cts q week. And the rivet capacity OF
our five greatest ynrds-with a total
working force of $4,000 men at the end
of 1917-was but 1,350,000 rivets n
week. And riveting represents only
about 20 per cent in the construction
Of ship.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11
Fool Growing Plants.

Scientists have found the way to
make the sun shine, as 1t were, upon
agriculture. They charge the soil with
electricity and the crops, fooled into
believing that the sun is shining, COM
mence to grow at a rapid pace. There
Is no deception about the results of
this experiment, which are hailed as
an achievement Of vast Importance In
these days OF war when the production
and conservation OF food are so ire
mendously vital.
In experiments that have been con-
Quoted under the auspices Of the Eng.
lish government young strawberry
plants are said 10 have increased In
yield by so per cent, and even old
plants are reported to have given 30
per cent more fruit. Potatoes can cas-.
lily be persuaded, scientists claim, into
the belief that n charge ~ electricity
IS genuine Sunshine. as a result Of
which they forthwith grow prodigi'
ously.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11

A young man by the name Of Willard
F. Cox, Of Sharpsburg, is in a peck OF
trouble in Hagerstown by reason of
giving bad checks. He worked of a
number OF spurious checks on mer-
chants and was finally arrested.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11
"Who Will Win
This Battle ?"

Your kidneys are the filters of the body.
II they become inactive and fail to elm
mate the waste matter, they are APT TO
throw the whole mechanism oil the body
out of order, thus toxic poisons can &C
emulate in the system and be as deadly
as snake venom.
Besides causing the minor ailments OF
rheumatism. sciatica, lnmbagO and back
aches, neglect of the kidneys IS apt to
develop into more serious diseases, such
as diabetes or stone in the bladder.
Rid the body of toxic poiSons clean
the bladder and kidneys ard, cure the
twinges of rheumatism with Anuric,
and you win the battle Of life.
Anuric was first discovered by Or. Pierce,
and has benefited thousands Of sufferers
as we'll as appoased ana eliminated the
ravages Of The more serious h.cley DIS
eases. Now procurable at any good drug
store, or send DR.. Pierce, Buhalo, n. =,
10 cents for trial package.
RIcUwooD. WEST VA.-rBCfore l took
Anuric was disturbed from three to ten
times a night for over three years ana
nv arms and legs achCd - | could not
w6rk nor sleep. After | took few doses
of the Anuric Tablets l could Sc y all
nirht. | took dollars worth anu my
head. arms and legs don't ache any
more."-W. II. You've.
HUNTINGTON, w. Val will say that
the Anuric Tablets are the best | ever
tried: they relieve any form OF kidney
trouble quicker than any medicine nave
ever used. | took about one-third OF the
bottle and was greatly benefited. My
daughter and son-in-law also were Suf-
fering with pain in back so that they
could hardly sleep at night, so gave
them the rest and they think they, are
fine. as they were entirely relieved by
what they used. Anuric must be a very
efficient remedy as one box helped three
people. All Dr. Pierce's Remedies that L
have used l have found very satlSiac'
tory."-MRs. Ed. De Foe, 1914 4th Ave