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steamship struck a mine off Vladivo-
stok on October 81, 1906. "A year after
the war ended, and only sixty persons
out OF the 200 on board were saved.
According to available statistics.
there were probably fewer than 5000
mines planted by both belligerents
during the Russo-Japanese war - a
mere fraction OF the mines that have
been sowed in European waters since
August l, l914-and yet scores Of craft
of all kinds were sent to the bottom
by these hidden and derelict dangers.
1t is true that both the belligerents
engaged in sweeping operations and
endeavored to clear the known mine
fields, but unhappily many of these
weapons were planted without records
Of their whereabouts surviving and
hundreds of others were sent broad
cast by natural forces.
1t was because of the havoc wrought
by drifting mines that the Hague Con-
vention OF 1907 undertook to put some
curb upon the new practice Of sowing
mines in the open seas and beyond
the territorial waters OF the Powers
concerned. 1t was prescribed at The
Hague that mines used within an area
OF hostilities should be OF such a ma
ture as not to expose innocent naviga-
ton to danger after hostilities were
over or the area had been deserted by
the belligerents.
The conference did not prescribe
how this was to he accomplished: and
II Is q matter OF fairly general knowl-
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of Pounds of High
Explosive Afloat in Lanes
of Commerce, MenaCing
All Who Go to Sea

vested, and during those nine months
nineteen sweepers went TO the bottom.
1t has not sufficed for the British mine
s"eepers to operate in home waters.
German raiders sowed their seeds of
death far and wide. The notorious
raider Wolf scattered these menaces
at various places between South Africa
and the Orient. Not only that. but she
captured the steamer Turritella and
outftted her as an auxiliary minelaver.
II is matter of record that the Brit
Ism round il necessary to sNeep in
mines laid off the Cape of Good Hone.
IN the Gulf of Alden and about Ceylon.
while vessels more than once have
stumbled upon mines, undoubtedly ot
GERMAN origin, planted in the waters
contiguous to New Zealand
We have had our own taste OF Tens
ton mine planting activities here with.
IN the domestic waters. The cruiser
San Diego was sent to her grave by n
German mine right of Long Island;
the battleship Minnesota was damaged
but not sunk by an enemy mine when
OH Inc Delaware coast. The Mallory
liner San Saba, early last October.
struck a floating mine about fifteen
miles southeast OF Barnegat, and the
steamship Pratt was gravely injured
by mine near the entrance to the
Delaware, but grounded before foun-
dering. 1t Is true that our coastal pa
troll craft swept up some OF the mines
planted by the Teuton U-boats that
operated Off the Atlantic seaboard, hut
We cannot he sure that all Of these
lurking perils were removed. and the
worst of il is these subaoueolis
scourges may turn up almost any
where in our navigable waters
Planted Many Thousands.
And now we come to shippinS's
greatest source OF danger from sub
marine mines. The British estab-
lished mine barrage on the North
Sea side OF the Strait OF Dover and
planted pretty extensive mine field
off the German, the Holland and the
Danish coasts in the earlier period Of
the war. but in 1917 this restrictive
barrier was very much amplified until
it reached farther westward and ex-
tended northward to the Skager Rack.
Within the limits mentioned. the Brit
ish navy planted thousands and thou
sands OF anchored mines, hoping thus
to pen in the German forces and par
ticularly to emharrass the movements
OF U-boats. Finally came the great
barrier which was established from
close to the Norwegian coast west
ward, within a comparatively short
distance Of the Orkney Islands. T. wds
in this work that our own people
splendidly cooperated.
According TO Secretary Daniels:
THE Navy has taken part in and
actually laid eighty per cent. of tho
great mine barrage. 230 miles long,
from Scotland to Norway. A total OF
So, 439 mines have been laid. all Of
which were designed and manufac-
cured by the United States and trans
ported and laid by the United States
Navy. The total personnel engaged
in mining activity alone is upward OF
6, 700 men" The entire mine field, ac-
cording to tho Secrctary's figures,
must have contained quite 1920
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decorators and explosive charges
without disaster The British mines.
on the other hand, could not be dealt
with in the same confident fashion,
and IL was almost invariably found
necessary to explode them from a
distance, either by gunfire or by a
decorating charge set off externally.
English, French and German mines
had always to be handled cautiously
lest a sudden sharp blow should do the
business
Despite the most rigid and continual
, patrolling, drifting mines came ashore
| in numerous instances and promptly
exploded when they bumped against
the beach or pounded upon rock in
shallow water. Two cases will suffice
10 illustrate what must be guarded
| against from now on for months. A
| floating mine was washed up on the
coast of Italy near Fossacesia, where
1t promptly exploded and did serious
damage to a railway running close by.
Wrecked Property on Beach.
! Again, a derelict mine was swept
ashore near Flushing, Holland, and
detonated by that contact. As a result
OF the blast windows in neighborlng
hotels and houses were smashed and
other harm done TO property in the
vicinity. Fortunately no one was hurt,
In the majority Of cases mines have
broken adrift from their anchors by
the parting of their cables, indicating
that these wire ropes have been frayed
( by the continual movement of the mine
induced by either tidal currents or the
surge OF storm waves.
At the very start OF the war II was
announced that each Power concerned
promised TO remove all mines that
could be located at the close OF hos
! tilities, and assurance was given that
| this would be done with the least pos
sible delay by each Government, espe-
cially within the areas Of their own
mined waters. AS the struggle went
piled but the extent of some OF them
was increased tremendously.
J Further, the Germans especially
! through the agencies of mine planting
submarines and surface miRe planters
operating under neutral flags sowed
many thousands OF these dire weapons
| Unfortunately in the paths OF
enemy shipping and persistently at the
mouths of rivers or other approaches
! to the harbors of their foes, To offset
this menace the British Government
created n special mine sweeping flo
| tilla, manned for the greater part by
Britain's sturdy fishermen. For this
service they drew upon no fewer than
~ Ia
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bumped against a mine and paid the
usual penalty. Twenty-eight Of her
crew were saved.
Recently Scandinavian liner reach
ing New York reported that navlga-
ton in the North Sea and contiguous
waters was very much imperilled by
the presence OF drifting mines. Sew
eral times during the ships westward
run she came within a few feet Of
these dreaded derelicts, and to lessen
the danger 1t was deemed hest to
anchor the steamer during night time
or the Norwegian coast.
Much Anxiety by Shipping Men.
This state OF affairs and the incom-
plete record OF the toll so far levied
by vagrant mires since the signing OF
the armistice are calculated to occasion
n deal of anxiety In shipping circles
Experience in the past is a fairly re-
liable index Of what may be ahead for
the mariner, and peaceful shipping is
likely TO suffer gravely because OF the
means employed by the late belliger-
ents to carry on their warfare beneath
the sea.
The story OF what happened both
during and after the Russo Japanese
war Is a fair example OF what the in
discriminate planting OF submarine
ZINES IN tAe-aSSr sea can lead 20. The
mine proved to be two edged weap6f1,s
and worked havoc TO friend and foe
alike. But the matter of present inter-
est Is the damage wrought by floating
mines among neutral and peaceful
shipping months after the cessation OF
that war These weapons drifted far
and wide. even while their anchors
still remained attached to their moor
ing cables, and time has failed to les
sen their power to harm. Again,
others broke away from their anchors
and were carried by the winds and
currents OF the sea into the Gulf OF
Pechili and far up into the Gulf OF
Liao-tung.
Following the close OF the war be-
tween Russia and Japan something
like thirty vessels were either very
seriously damaged or sunk outright by
unexpected collision with floating
mines; and during the period OF con-
fiict and for a considerable while
thereafter Chinese junks were obliter-
ated with appalling frequency.
This was especially the fate OF native
fishermen operating in the upper
reaches of the Yellow Sea. One Of
these mines was discovered by the
U. S. S. New Orleans right In the har-
Dor Of Chefoo, where It had been i'm
PEELED by wind and tide far from its
original place OF planting. A Russian
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Deaths Har-
vest Did Not
EndWithWar
and Daring
Men Work
Daily to Cut
the Life Toll
BY ROBERT C. sKERRETT.

TIME sea has been sown with the
seed OF death and the harvest
ing Of human lives has not
come to an end. Day by day the
sruesome toll grows. No one can tell
when it will be complete.
The "dud." the unexploded shell,
buried in the SOIL will be a danger
10 the husbandman OF Europe for a
long time to come. The farmer bent
upon restoring his war wrecked acres
10 peaceful productiveness. may be
blown to bits. all because his plough
has happened to hit a hidden pro-
tsctile still charged with its destruc-
tive burden.
But this peril Of lurking disaster, the
aftermath OF strife, is by no means
limited TO the land. The toilers of the
deep are somewhat similarly menaced,
Tor they have continually before them
me fear OF untold thousands of I'M
detonated mines that were planted In
na'igaole waters during the recent
years OF hostilities.
weeks back the sting of the u
poat was drawn. Further ravaging
or the submarine was halted, and
shipping has sailed forth no longer in
dread Of the torpedo or the guns of
Underwater craft, Nevertheless ships
nave suffered from other subaqueous
agencies Of demolition since the sign
ing OF the armistice. and the worst
VI II all is that the mariner cannot be
sure that these hazards won't lie with
m MS path for months to come and
uo MIN harm when and where least
suspected. t-
Some sinkinEs Recently.
Early in December the British war.
mp Csssandra struck a mine in the
nall!c and sank with loss of eleven
W her men. On January 9 of Mid
olesprough, England, n British freight
MI a mine and .foundered Most Of
inc crew were lost after they had
managed TO get away in the boats.
Nlne days. later the French ship
haoUia stumbled upon a mine In the
Huats Of Messina and went TO the
ootton in four minutes Four hundred
ana sixty OF the people aboard were
Iost and many of the 230 survivors
Here Injured by the explosion. The
nr7ush sloop Penarth on February
was sunk by a mine twenty three
n'Ies on the mouth OF the river Tyne.
nn me same day a Norwegian steam
nsherman and a Swedish freighter
were destroyed In kindred fashion.
ne Norwegian craft went to her doom
IN the port OF Stavanger and eight
VI ner crew were killed outright In
mo case OF the sphynx, the Swedish
vessel, seventeen OF her people were
NEt'Nced She sank off tho north
east coast OF England.
lhree days previously the Danish
neancr Carmen met a similar fate
IN Tie North Sea and only one Of her
rev survived. The British mine
sweeper Erin's isle while working OF
''hs mouth OF the River Thames
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N2i- JUST AFTER BEiNS CAST
OVERHEARD
No2 -ANCtiORikG GEAR
APPROACHlt NC BOTTOM 5Qd
the WEIGHT, W, TOUCHING
SEABED 90d LOCKING the
cASlE REEL r..
Ne j. ANCHOR A, DRAWS
MINE TO CHOSEN DEPTH.
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Continued on Ei9hth Page. ;
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
HAD THE SPIRIT OF GERMANY
Old Man Green Might Have Been a
Model for Some Of the Hun
Statesmen.

A senator was discussing one of
the German propositions.
"The spirit Of the thing" he said,
reminds me Of old man Green.
"Old man Green's house was over
run with rats, and he hired rat
catcher for 50 to clean the rodents
out.
'The rat-catcher worked like a Tro-
jan. He killed whole packing case
of rats. Then he said to the old man
"There you are, Mr.. Green. My
There you are, Mr.. Green. Ny
job is done. You'll have no more trou-
bic with rats and you needn't bother
about these here dead ones, neither.
I'll cart 'em away myself
How much do I owe you, friend p
said old man Green.
Two simoleons, like what was
agreed on, boss
Then the old man pointed at the
huge packing case and said in a pro-
testing voice:
Don't 1 get nothing for all them
rats?"
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
.YOUNGsAS
YOUR KIDNEYS

The secret Of youth is ELIMINA-
LION OF POISONS from your BODY.
Ihis done, you can live to be hundred
and enjoy the good things of Life with
as much "pep" as you did when in the
sprlngtime of youth. Keep your BODY
In good condition, that's the secret.
Watch the kidneys They filter and
purify the blood, all of which blood
passes through them once every three
minutes. Keep them clean and in
proper working condition and you have
nothing to fear. Drive the poisonous
wastes and deadly uric acid accumula-
tions from your system. Take GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules and YOU
will always be in good condition. You
will feel strong and vigorous. with
steady nerves and elastic muscles.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules
are imported direct from the labora-
tories at HARLEM, Holland.
They are reliable remedy which
has been used by the sturdy Dutch for
over 200 years. and has helped them
to develop into one of the strongest
and hearthiest races of the world. Get
them from your druggist. Do not take
Z substitute. In sealed packages
three sizes.-Adv.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19

rev cents under my personal guaran.
zee tnat it will clean your sluggish
liver better than nasty calomel: it
won't make you sick and you can eat
anything you want without being sali-
waited. Your druggist guarantees that
each spoonful will start your liver,
clean your bowels and straighten you
up by morning or you get your money
pack. Children gladly take Dodson's
Liver Tone because it is pleasant tast-
Ing and doesn't grippe or cramp or
make them sick.
l am selling millions of bottles of
Dodson's Liver Tone to people who
have found that this pleasant, vege-
table liver medicine takes the place of
dangerous calomel. Buy one bottle on
my sound, reliable guarantee. Ask
your druggist about me.-Adv.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
Revenge of a Reporter.

Doctor Gore, the retired bishop of
Oxford, has been one of the numerous
British victims of the American re-
porter. During a visit to the Ameri-
can Episcopal church some years ago,
he was besieged in a "city" of the
wild West by a horde of copy hunting
pressmen. who demanded his views of
various topical subjects, but he de-
clined TO be drawn.
The next morning a purely fictitious
interview appeared in a local paper
giving at great length startling opin-
ions he was alleged TO hold on various
topics, including some highly spiced
personal criticisms on local politicians.
opposed to the paper.
This work of imagination was IL
Illustrated by an enormous pair of boots
tabled to belong TO the bishop. Be-
meath the boots was a libelous query:
Are these feet or yards ?"-London
Chronicle.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19

without could be seen the canary sing
ing in the warmth of the morning sun
shine from cherry tree bough.
The daughter called to take the cou-
pie for walk. She found the doors
and windows barred and the odor of
gas emerging from the place.
Breaking in the front door with an
ak. she was forced to wait several
minutes before entering the place.
Then she rushed from room to room
until finding her parents together in
the sleeping quarters.
The couple came from Denver, Colo,
where they had spent all of their mar
ried life. Both suffered from rheu.
matiSm and climatic conditions were
better on the coast, they were told.
That the two decided to die like
they had lived, together, was evident
from conditions about the house.
Everything had been put in it's place
and every speck of dust removed.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
Ca|ome| Today! Sick Tomorrow!
] Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone
Don't take nasty, dangerous calomel when billions
constpated, headachy. Listen to mel

Calomel makes you sick; you lose a
days work. Calomel is quicksilver
and it salivates; calomel Injuries your
liver.
If you are bilious, feel lazy, slug
gish and all knocked out, if your bow
els are constipated and your head
aches or stomach is sour, just take a
spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver
Tone instead Of using sickening, sali-
waiting calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone
Is real liver medicine. You'll know it
next morning because you will wake
up feeling fine, your liver will be work
ing, your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and bow
els regular. You will feel like work
Jog. You'll be cheerful; full of vigor
and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you a
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for q
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
Cure for Shell Shock

Cases of shell shock and army nerves
are being treated by an officer of the
British medical corps through study of
the patients dreams. The afflicted
man is persuaded to relate the feat
ures of any nightmares or other
dreams, concentrating particularly up
on the emotional recollections The
observant physician is able to identify.
by the expression of the subject and
sometimes by symptoms of terror. the
exact nature of the disturbing vision.
and thereby to adopt means to combat
its inf1uence.-Popular Mechanics Mag
aZine.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

In the good old summer time when
fruits Of all kinds are getting ripe
and tempting, when cucumbers, rad
1shes and vegetables fresh from the
garden are too good to resist, when the
festive picnic prevails and everybody
overeats and your stomach goes back
on you, then is the time for august
Flower" the sovereign remedy for
tired, overworked and disordered stom-
achs, panacea for indigestion, fer
mentation Of food. sour stomach, sick
headache and constipation. 1t gently
stimulates the liver. cleanses the in
testines and alimentary canal making
life worth living. Sold everywhere. Adv.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
AGED PAIR IN
SUICIDE PACT
Find No Cure for rheumatism.
Free Canary, Lock Doors,
Turn on Gas.

San Francisco.-Deciding TO end
their own lives, but refusing to de-
prlve the canary bird, which for eight
cen years had brought happiness to
them by its song, of it's life, William
Foster 81, and his wife, Mary, 65, Of
1852 Market street, Oakland, gave the
bird its freedom and then turned on
three gas jets in their home.
The body Of Foster was found on
the bed, while the woman, gasping for
breath, sat in a chair when their
daughter Mrs. William Nash, 1888
Myrtle street, Oakland, broke down
the door.
Resting on table, the doors thrown
open. was the bird cage, while from
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
Everybody Knew II.


He Is very facetious young man
who has paid court to Hoosier school,
teacher for several years. Now he has
formed the habit of often coming after
her in his machine, and while he waits
for her he amuses himself by teasing
the boys. Recently one of the boys re-
minded him Of promise he had made
to take them riding. "Aren't you ever
going to do it," demanded the boy.
"Oh, of course-some day." laughed
the man. Didn't you fellows know
that I was a regular shark at putting
off things?"
The boy was provoked. "Yes, we
know it, and so does Miss W" He
gave the other boys a significant look.
IF you weren't that, we'd have a new
teacher some day." - Indianapolis
News.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
AS an Alternative.

She was not very young, but she
had money.
Dearest" he began, but she
stopped him.
Il anticipate what you are about to
say, Mr.. Sampson" she said, "and l
would spare your feelings, for it can
never, never be. I esteem you highly
and will be a sister to"
Il have four sisters already" he re-
piled bitterly, -four grown sisters and
life is hideous burden. But. oh.
Clare he went on passionately, eff
you cannot be my wife, will you not
give me a home and a mothers pro-
tective love? I am an orphan" Pear
sons Weekly.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
REFUSES TO LEAVE PRISON
First Sing Sing Prisoner in Ninety
Four Years to Reject Warden's
Plea for Pardon.

New York.-Charles Ortner, a pris-
oner in Sing Sing, New York, refused
to apply for a pardon when urged to
do SO by prison authorities. He is the
first of 10000 persons, committed there
in the "a years existence of the prison
who has refused to be freed.
Ortner, who is thirty years old, was
sentenced on May 3d. 1917 from Brook
lyn for from two to four years for as
sault. By good behavior he was en-
titled to six months off the minimum
sentence. This made him eligible for
parole November 80, 1918. He refused
to let the authorities reduce the SEN
tence.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
keyS Save Life

Goodland. Kan.-Joy Holmes, rail
way station agent here, probably owes
his life to bunch Of keys he carried
in his vest pocket. AS he reached into
a desk drawer for pair of gloves, he
accidentally discharged revolver
lying there. The bullet went through
his lower vest pocket, but when it hit
the keys it's force was stopped, SO that
the only injury Mr.. Holmes received
was a flesh wound from one Of the
KEYS.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
Death From Cats Bite

A cat bit him and Levi Kurtz. a
Pennsylvania farmer died He found
q cat chasing his chickens and tried to
seize the animal, which buried its
teeth in his hand. The cat would not
let 20 and a neighbor chopped it's
head off. Hydrophobia developed some
weeks later and treatment at the Pas
tcur institute, Pittsburgh, was unavail-
lns.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
Tried to Return to Prison
He Found So Comfortable

Muncie, Ind.-'I must say
that | was treated fine at the re-
fOrmatOry. | never have been
treated so we'll any place else.
1t had come to seem like home
to me-"
Thus Ralph V. Miller is quoted
by the police of Muncie, Ind,
as expressing his opinion of the
penal institution at Jefferson
vile, after failing in his efforts
to be charged with violating his
parole and returned to the re-
formatOry. He is i'll and, ac-
cording to the police, believed if
he could return to the state in
stitution he would receive bet
ter medical attention than he
cOula provide for himself,
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
Costly KNOWLEDGE.

Caller-It's a good thing to teach
yOrr boy the value of money. as Won
are doing.
Hostess-Well, l don't know. He
used to behave for ten cents, but now
he demands a quarter.-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
Innocence.

1t was Mr.. Youngbride's first ex-
perience in marketing. "How do fish
Gomez? she asked the dealer.
In various sizes, ma'am.''
"Then give me pair of sevens.
That is the size of the gloves wear.''
Boston Evening Transcript.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
An Irish PHILOSOPHER.

Mrs. Casey-An' phwat are yez doin'
wild thot income tax paper, Casey?
Casey-Oi'm thryin to figger out
how much money Oh save by not hav-
In anny.-Life.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19

The happiness of your life depends
upon the character Of your thoughts.
Aurelius.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19

If it were not for the easy marks in
this world there wouldn't be so much
doing"
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19
A Whole Fire

Bob-''1s the lady in pink an old
flame of yours?" Jack-"No, a confla-
grafton: my ex-wife.'
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19

Getting up a concert is a sound un-
iertaking.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19

An English inventors interlockine
concrete piling is said to be stronger
than sheet piling made of wood.
Jackson County journal., 1919-09-19

No, Hazel, a man isn't necessarily .
thief because he takes a picture: he
may be photographer.