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Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-17

Belgium wants the province of Iceland from Holland. Well, she ought to have it. In the first place it gives her open access to the sea, and in the next place, its capital, the city of Maestricht, marks the place where D'Artagnan died. Only a heroic nation should possess such heroic spot. The glorious captain of French musketeers was mortally wounded before the walls ot Maestricht just as his men took the town and a messenger from the French king came just in time to give the dying muske- teer his baton of marshal of France. The ancient town has been immortalized m song and story because D'Artagnan came there to die. Now, Belgium, having sui fered martyrdom for four years, all be- cause of her great courage and spirit. is much more worthy trustee for Maestrlcht than is sordid Holland, who sought only gold and safety from the war. Also, fiol- land allowed this same province to be vio- lated by German troops in defiance ot all laws of neutrality, all without protest. Fiol- land also controls the passageway from Antwerp, Belgium's most important city. to the sea. By all means, let all unnatural and unjust boundaries be changed as well as restored by the peace conference.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-17
A certain Bisbee lady went to a certain

A certain BisPee lady went to certain store in the Warren district the other day and bought an alleged leg of lamb for Sun day dinner. But, alas, it turned out to be a leg of goat. The lady is furious and makes charges of misrepresentation, profi- teering, etc. But the lady's husband, who tackled that goat at the table, is thoughtful he is wondering how the people of Pales- fine. in the old times, whom, the bible says, lived on goats flesh. ever managed to di- gest their food and still have strength left to perform their daily tasks. Of course, the goats of early Palestine may not have been as tough as the goats of this section ot Arizona.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-17

Columbia Record: Count that day saved whose low descending Hun steals from thy hands no fruits of victories won.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-17

Wall Street Journal: Hohenzollern dy- nasty Is "versenkt,' but not spurlos.
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21

q feel in the mood" was the some what sullen reply. 'I work hard enough, God knows, to have a little pleasure now and then" Danger was making him shrewd He turned away from Peter Niburg, then faced him again. If you care to come" he sug- gested. Not a supper, you under stand, but glass of wine, Italian champagne" he added.
 Peter Niburg was fond of sweet champagne.
 Quietly he pushed his hat to the back of his head. and hung his stick over his forearm. After all, why notf Marie was gone. Let the past die. If Herman could make the first move, let him, Peter. make the second. He linked arms with his old enemy.
 "A fine night he said.
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21

when spoken to but that was all. Her mother. who had caught the countess trick of narrowing her eyes inspected her from under lowered lids.
 "Nel1?" she said Are you still sulky?"
 II? Not at all. mother" Her head went up and she confronted her mother Squarely.
 "I should like to inquire if I may" observed the arehduchess. just how you have spent the day. This morn ming for instance?'
 Hedwig shrugged her shoulders, but her color rose.
 "I rode
 "Where?"
 At the riding school, with Otto."
 "0nly with Otto?"
 Captain Larisch was there"
 "0f course, Then you have prac- tically spent the day with him."
 T have spent most of the day with Otto
 This devotion to Otto-it is new, think. You were eager to get out of the nursery. Now, it appears, you must fly back to schooroom teas and other ahSurditieS. 1 should like to know why"
 T think Otto is lonely, mother" :"
 The archduchess was in one of her sudden moods If irritation. Hedwig's remark about Otto's loneliness. the second that day, struck home. In her anger she forgot her refusal to the chancellor.
 'I have something to say that will put m end to this sentimental non- sense of yours, Hedwig l should for bid your seeing this boy, this young Larisch, if l felt it necessary. I do not. You would probably see hiIn anyhow, for that matter" She rose, and threw her bolt out of Il clear sky.
 Tt is unnecessary to remind you not to make fool of yourself. But it may not be out of place to say that your grandfather has certain plans for you that will take your mind away from this-thls silly boy, soon enough"
 Hedwig had risen, and was stand ing, very white, with her hands on the table. "What plans, mother2"
 He will tell you"
 "NOt-I am not to be marriedP'
 The Archduchess Annunciata was not all hard. She could never forgive her children their father. But they were her children, and Hedwig was all that she was not, gentle and round and young Suddenly something ai- most like regret stirred in her.
 Don't look like that, child" she said. Tt is not settled. And, after all, one marriage or another-whae difference does 1t make? Men are men. If one does not care, it makes= the things they do unimportant.~
 But surely" Hedwig gasped. "surely I shall be consultedT
 Annuncata shook her head. They had all risen. As for Olga Losehek. she was very still. but her eyes burned.
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21
CHAPTER Iil.-Continued.

The chancellor strode around the screen. scratching two tables with his sword as he advanced, and kissed the hand of the Princess Annunciata. They were old enemies and therefore al- ways very polite to each other The archduchess offared him n cup of tea. which he took. although she always made very bad tea. And for n few moments they discussed things. Thus: the kings condition; the replanting of the place with trees: and the date of
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21

bringing out the Princess Hilda. who was still In the school room.
 But the archduchess suddenly came to business. She was an abrupt per son. And now. general" she said, ''what is itf'
 'I am in trouble, highness," replied the chancellor simply.
 eve are most of us in that condition at all times. l suppose you mean this absurd affair of yesterday, Why such a turmoil about it? The boy ran away. When he was ready he re- turned. He Is here now. and safe"
 "I am afraid he is not as safe as you think. madame"
 "Why?"
 He sat forward on the edge of his chair. and told her of the students ut the university. who were being fired by some powerful voice; of the dis appearance of the two spies; of the evidence that the Committee of Ten was meeting again. and the failure to discover their meeting place; of dis affection among the people, according to tiit itIlhIlS UT HIS uEtutS. Anu tilti to the real purpose of his visit. Karl . of Karnia had unohieially. proposed 3or the Princess Iledwig. He had himself hroached the matter to the king. who hat at least taken 1t under advisement. The archduchess list ened, rather pale.
 Madame, after centuries of inde- pendence we now face n crisis which We cannot meet alone. Believe me. 1 know of what l speak. United, we could stand against the world. But n divided kingdom. disloyal and dis Sontented people spells the end
 And at last he convinced her. But. because she was built of contrary mold. she voiced an objection. not to the scheme. but to Karl himself. "I dislike him. He is arrogant and stupid"
 But powerful, madame And what else Is there to dof"
 There was nothing else. and she knew it. But she refused to bronch the matter to HedWig.
 And il ended with the chancellor looking most feroCious hut lnWardly uneasy undertaking to put as one may say, fen into the Princess Hedwig's ssmall eur
 As he strode out the door into the next room closed quietly.
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21

with the lips and seow1e with the eyes. that speaks pleasantly quite awful things, although it was Peter Niburg who did most of the talking.
 And Herman hated Peter. The cash for was gone. had married q restaurant keeper, and already she waXed fat Eut Hermau's hatred grew with the days And business being bad. much of Inc t.me hc stood behind his linens and thought about certain matter, winch Was this
 How did Peter Nihurs do il?
 They were paid the same seant Wage. Eaeh Monday fhcy stood to- srther Peter smiling aHd hr fra8nfng. and received into eHcn palms exaefly enough to live on. without extras. And each Monday Peter pocketea his cheer fully, and went back to his post. twtrl- ing his mustachc IS though all Che money of the realm jinglcd in hi, trousers.
 To accept the inevitable, to smile over ones poverty, that is one thing. fut there was more to il. Peter made his money 20 amazingly far. II waS Peter. fer instance. who the summer before, ths American Scenic Hallway had opened to inc public, with much crossing of flags, the national emblem and the stars and stripes. it was Peter who had invited the lady to an eve hing of thrills on that same railway Ut definite sum per thrill.
 Ii was Peter. then, who made the impossible possible. who wore good clothes and did net have his boots patched, who went. rumor said, to the opera now and then. and followed the score on his own battered copy.
 How?
 Herman Spier had suspected him of many things; had secretly audited his cash slips had watched him for sur reptitous parcels of silk. Once he had thought he had him. But the package of Lyons silk, opened by the pro prietur at Hermaus suggestion, proved to he material for fancy waiStcoat, and paid for by Peter Niburg's own hand.
 With what? Herman stood cen fused. even eonfounded. but still suspicious. And now. this very day. he had stumbled on something A great lady from the court had made n purchase. and had left. under roll of silk. letter. There was no mis- take. And Peter Nihurg had put away the silk. and pocketed the letter, after swift glance over the little shop.
 An intrigue, then. with Peter Nihurg as the co-hetwecn. or-sumething else. Something vastly more important, the discovery of which would bring Her man prominence beyond his fellows in q certain secret order te which he be- lonsed.
 In way, he was n stupid man, this rale-eyed clerk who sold the quaint ged and yellow eottenS of the common people side ny side with the heavy linens that furnished forth the tables of the rich But hatred gave him wits, Gave him speed, too. He was only thirty feet behind Peter NiburE when That foppish gentleman reached the corner.
 Herman was skilled in certain mat ters. He knew for instance, that q glance into shop window. q halt to tie q shoe, may be a ruse for pass ing n paper ta other hands. But Peter did not stop. He went hot more swiftly than usual to g~ customary
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21

restaurant. one which faced over the square and commanded q view of the palace And there he settled himself In window and ordered his dinner.
 From the outside Herman stared in. He lurked in the shadows outside, and watched.
 Peter sat alone, and stared out. Herman took shelter, and watched. But Peter Niburg did not see him. His eyes were fixed on the gloomy
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21
CHAPTER V.
The Rioht to Live and Love.

nc T1-TTT I-VV aTu t0VV.
 Dinner Wus over in the dull old din~- ing room The Archduchess An uunciata lighted Il cigarette, and glanced ueross the table at IIedwig.
 Htduie had been very silent during the meal. She had replied civilly
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21
COUNTESS LOSCHEK PLOTS TO ILLUSTRATE THE MAR
 RAGE OF KARL AND HEDWIG

SynopsisThe prince of Lvona Ferdinand William oo old taken the by his aunt tires Of the singing h makes the acquaintance Bobby the palace night he everything result of the search which has been made he old king who ill The chancellor SUE threatened friendship the neshorng the Princess HedWg to q
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21

The message of the countess to King Karl Is stolen and causes a lot of trouble for sew eral people. Read about 1t in the next instalIment.
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21
CHAPTER ".
The Letter.

The Letter. The Countess Lnschek was alone. Alone and stormIng. she had sent her
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21

(To BE CONTINUED
The Dermott news., 1918-02-21

In shop where, that afternoon, the countess had purchased some Lyons silks, one of the clerks, Peter Niburg, was free at last. At seven o'clock, having put away the last rolls of silk on the shelves behind hiu, and covered them with calico to keep ufl the dust; having given q final glance If disduin at the clerk in the linens. across having reached under the counter for his ~titf black hat of good quality and hs sitver-topped cane; having donned the hat and hung the stick to his arm with two swaggering gestures; having prepared his offensive. so to speak, he advanced.
 Between Peter Niburg and Herman Sper of the linens, was feud. Its source. in the person of a pretty cashier, had gone. but the feud re- mained It was of the sort that smiles
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-21

favors an army of at least 5,000,O00 and former President Taft declares that an army of 7,OO0,O0O is a ne- cessity.
 This is the pass already reached, and the climax is apparently far in the future. It has required a long time for the real spirit of the nation to awaken and assert itself, but it is at length aroused, and it will not be content until all the faith and all the hope which the democracy of the world has placed in the United States shall be justified and realized. No matter what untoward event may hap pen now upon the war front, no mat tomorrow, next week, or next month, the thing that needs to be remem- bered, at home and abroad, is that the United States is only beginning to. fight.
 Let those who question this turn to the proceedings of congress and note that measures are being taken which, aside from all other drafts and enlistments, will automatically add 100000 young men to the strength of the army every year, for an in- definite number of years. The war is never going to be ended until it is ended rightly, and it is never going to be ended rightly, as the United States views it, until the cause of such cataclysms shall be permanently removed.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-21
IAN NOT MARRY BECAUSE
 OF LIST RECORD

Copies received here of "The Spiker," a magazine published by members of an engineering regiment recruited largely in Alaska Washing ton and Oregon and which is now in France, tell of a San Francisco boy who, because of the California city's earthquake and fire in 1906, must, per haps, wait until the war ends and he can leave France before he can marry the girl of his choice, who hap pens to be daughter of that sunny land.
 They met soon after his regiment landed there, and acquaintance ripen- ing into something deeper than friend ship, he obtained her consent, as we'll as that of her parents, and matters went smoothly toward a wedding at an early date: Then he ran afouI of very strictly-observed French law, which insists on prospective brides and grooms producing their birth cer- tificates before they can marry. The girl readily produced her certificate,
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-21
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
 &r ID RED CROSS WAR FUND

List of subscribers to the second Red Cross war fund up to noon to- day:
 s. R. Hedges, s. P. Hedges, Geor- gina Hedges, Gladys Hedges, Mrs. S. R. Hedges, Mrs. Fora Shold, Paul B4oedhorn, Mrs. Chester Mellison, Ru- doiph Voight, Fred Frederickson, Mrs. Henry Maillard, MT. Bogue, Harmon Machinery Company, Mrs Vera liar mon, MT. Bryant, Mrs. Lacey, Mrs. E. L. Harwood, Mrs. k. P. Harwood, Edla Salo, J. B. Carlyle, D. c. Ger Wenka, J. V. Lydick, Albert Nelson Nels Stark, L. Wick, Albert Dahl, R. E. Myerberg, P. Jensen, Abe Court right, Charles Foysten, G. F. McDon- aid, Caleb Corser, J. D. Loring, R. J, De Leo, c. Hendrick, Mrs s. Scott, ]. A. Nicolett, Mrs. Esther O'Lough- lin, Mrs. w. B. Hancock, Len Cox, George Buchanan, Archie Field SA hS A%A1loIIS JOAll Lay fTduk fOrQ, J. A. Fraisure, R. E. Elsner, Miss c. M. Belding, A. Miller, John Spitz, w. G. Fitzgerald, H. Dunk, E. A. Yeager, Tom Todorof, John Graves, Steve Green, E. c. Tillman, D. Nickaloff, IT, win Nelson, P. Allen, John Chillagos, Theo Nest, Frank Palo, H. s. Hutch inson, Morton De Loch, Mrs. c. E. Winkler, H. V. Hoskins, Mrs. R. B. Giles, Mrs. Ed Currier, Mrs. Schultz. Mrs. E, E. Tuerck, Frank Angerman Mrs. F. E. Sayres, A. La Motte, Ed Pike, Helen Taylor, w. R. Hillery, Charles Getty, A. J. Merrill, Mrs. Charles Cochran, Ben Osborne. Mrs. Ben Osborne, Bjorn Osborne. Mrs. Hub Bollinger, Mrs. w. 'Rathwen, Don Bollinger, Mrs. Fred Anderson, Made line Anderson, Harriett Anderson, Charles Lamphery, Mrs Charles Lam phery, c. P. Nicholson, Mrs. c. P. Mi chelson, Joe Miller, M. Ellison, George
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-21
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1918
CHANGING VIEWS OF THE WAR

The United States is rapidly awak- en1ng to a realization of the fact that the war is going to draw heavily upon all of it's resources, and that. on a day much earlier than has heretofore been expected, the struggle will test the Willingness and the determination or the American people to throw everything they possess into the scale that the balance against German az. gression may be made permanently secure.
 Leaders of the people, including their representatives in Wasbinoto, nave ceased to talk of or to plan for an early peace. They have come to understand that no peace satisfvine to civilization and democracy is DOS s1ole' early or late, that does not IolIoW the complete overthrow of 0efman militarism. They are now looking beyond the defense of Paris the defense Of the Channel the de- 1ense of London, the delivery of French, Belgian, Serbian, Polish and Rumanian territory from enemy pos- session, and the restoration of AL sace-Lorraine, to the invasion of Ger many and Austria and the laying down Of terms to these nations in their own capitals.
 Gradually and actually, the public of the United States has come to rel gard the war and the relation which the republc bears to it in a light alto gether different from that in which It was observed a year ago. There was at that time a belief current in the country that Germany would bel brought to see it's error, to court ne-I gOtiations which would result in al cessation of hostilities, to offer such indemnity and restitution as would satisfy the nations she. had outraged, | and thus be enabled to go about her business again, defeated, badly dis. abled, perhaps, but not beyond recov- cry.
 Reasoning, speculating and dream ing along this line are now apparently of the past. Sentiment in the United States today, to large extent, scorns any proposal for a peace settlement. that does not carry with it, as a basic requirement, dismemberment of the Central Empires. Particularly is this indicated in references to future de- mands upon the nation for men, mu- nitions and supplies. The scale of reckoning has been enlarged to ten times it's original dimensions. The nation is talking in millions where a year ago it talked in hundreds of thousands, in billions where a year ago it talked in millions. The figures in all estimates are being multiplied. Limitations are being removed from the draft law. Representative Kahn
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-21
FIND WHO BLUN0ERERs ARE

President Wilson could honestly have done nothing else but sanction an investigation into the activities of the airplane production board. For reasons that are not definitely estab- lished, this board, though it had all the money it needed, has actually not sent single completed airplane to France, according to statements made in the senate.
 By July next there will be bill lion dollars invested in airplane pro- duction, Senator Poindexter says. By that time there may be a few hun dred American machines in France.
 That sum of money should have produced at least 100000 battle planes and bomb-dropping machines. The English and French are producing their planes for less than $5,OOO each.
 If the money had been wisely spent and if the managers of the airpIane pIOSIduu hdu HldIuT6u Ju6lr pld0S there would have been 100000 planes either in France or ready for France before a billion dollars had been spent
 If such number of machines were available this summer the war would be close to it's end.
 It has been hinted that some scau- dals will be unearther in the probe. Some senators have suggested that there has been large scale grating going on.
 Probably there has been no dishon- esty, but surely there has been colos- sal blundering. Ten-cent men have been placed in milIion-dollar jobs.
 The country is expecting a thor ough and an honest investigation in order that the parties responsible for the utter failure of a means to end the war may be known and that those officials associated in aircraft pro- duction who proved capable may not suffer in reputation for the acts of others.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-21
MEN EMPLOYED IN
 GOVT. RAILROAD

Word comes from Anchorage this morning of renewed activity in rail road circles. Four hundred men have been put to work on the twelve-mile gap between Seward and Anchorage. and it is predicted that the road will be n operation between these two towns by July 1.
 Work has also commenced on the new 1,000-foot dock and government wharf.
 Sumner Smith, superintendent of mines, is doing good work in the Chickaloon and Matanuska coal fields. Additional miners are being put to work daily and new mines are being opened up under government super vision. The matter of private leases has not been definitely decided, but indications point to an affirmative de- cision. There are several private coal mines being operated at the present time, and all successfully.
 The report further says that the Matanuska valley farmers are start ing the spring planting and that many additional acres are being cleared for cultivation.
 The quartz and placer mining in terests contiguous to Anchorage have not suffered as a result of the war. The quartz district of Willow Creek especially will have a prosperous sea son. Several new mines in this dis trict will be operated this season.
 Operations in the Cache Creek dis trict will not suffer. The Cache Greek Dredging Company has started oper- ations, and most of the hydraulic plants will be working full blast this season.
 While the big appropriation has not passed, the people of Anchorage are grateful for any consideration from the government at this time. Busi- ness men in a position to know pre- diet that times will be good again in Anchorage this summer
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-21

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 Mike Simn, J. R. Melvin, George Ito
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The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-21
NOTICE TO COMMITTEES

All the committees of the second Red Cross war fund drive, likewise business houses who have made sub scriptions to the fund, are requested to turn in said subscriptions to the treasury every day by noon, in order that the public may be informed in this paper daily Of the results secured up to that time.
 E. V. BOYLE, Treasurer.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-21
THE RIGHT SLOGAN

Treat 'em rough"
 That is the slogan of the men who have enlisted for duty with the United States army tanks.
 Their coat of arms is a wildcat. No pink tea artists are wanted in this service. Tough customers are well comed. Not the ordinary tough guy" but the fellow who likes to mix things on any occasion and who has plenty of brains.
 Their slogan is all right, and so is their insignia.
 Treat lem rough
 Give 'em lick and a cuff.
 Make 'em yell enough.
 Let all the Tanks do it.
 That's the stuff.
 The American Bakery serves goot bread.