DAILY WAR COST $15,000,
FOR GERMAN EMPIRE
LAu\, France.—It is estimated by
Hermans thut the war is costing the
empire $15,000,000 a day. When It Is
remembered that the German thinks In
marks and that as a basis for comput
ing living expenses a mark means here
almost what a dollar means In the
United States. It Is fairer to give the
total as the Germans themselves give
it—60.000.000 marks a day.
As the weeks pass the expenditure Is
bound to Increase, for Germany Is con
stantly pouring more men Into the field
In many talks with manufacturers
merchants, clerks, hotelkeepers, touch - (
ers, noblemen, soldiers, and servants 1 i
have not heard one word of complaint
against the financial burden of the war
i in the contrary, the people of all j
cIhmsch take an Immense pride In the|
fact that the war bonds of 4 Mi milliards
($4,500,000,000) were heavily oversub
scribed.
When a man cannot give money he
gives Service.
A German who was once a govern
nunt official, but is now living In re
tirement. has a weak heart. He Is
anxious to Join a party of youths and
farm laborers who were going Into the
fields to gather In the harvest and pre
pare the ground for the next plnnttng
Ills doctor forbade any such exertion
The methodical German worked out
a graded system of his own
Me went into the fields On the first
day he worked two hours and felt no
bad effects. The second day he remain
ed three hours with the harvesters.
The third day he added another hour,
and so on up to the fifth day, when he
was able to work six hours
"And so" said the German who told
the story—“and so all goes well!"
The doctor's offended professional
sense at the conduct of his patient Is
said to have been considerably as
suaged hy the fact that this conduct
contributed something to the cause
If Germany wins this war an en
larged pension system Is to he part of
tlie fruits of victory, and tt will bo
based , of course, on indemnities levied
upon conquered nations. In the most
Instances tfie pensions paid to disabled
veterans of the Franco-Prussian war
are pitifully meager, and that has long
been a source of national dlssat(faction
The amazing fact has lately been
brought out as recently as 1 X7u various
German cities were lust cleaning up
bonds Issues made necessary by trib
utes levied upon them by Napoleon
more than half a century before
In the early weeks of the war the
talk of “the man in the streej” was fo’
the levying on France of an indemnity
of 15 milliards The figures have risen
during the last month.
"Fifteen milliards’."’ said a German
officer; "he assured, nn friend, it will
be nearer thirty.”
Everybody talks in the larger figures
now.
On Sept.2‘J it was estimated that Ger
many had already captured 2.0no can
| nuns—sts many as it took from Franco
I in 1870 and 1871.
1 saw a part of ten captured French
tuns In a held on the outskirts of Mou
heuge Two German sentries were per
forming the dull duty of guarding the
connon, and they beamed with relief
when John Mrfutrheon proposed that
he take their picture.
Meanwhile a German officer surveyed
the trophies with a condescending eye.
"They are not much good.” he said
They make a fine show, though, and
one could foresee that they would pro
vide a plcturesquo rumble in Unter den
| l.lnden In the event of a triumphal re
I turn to Berlin
The officers thought better of throe
French heavy guns which the Ger
mans had loaded onto flat cars In the
freight yards at Maubeuge. Manifestly
there were more service In them, and
they were soon to be moved to the fir
ing Ine More remote parts of the
freight yards were strewn with other
pieces of captured artillery, but on
them the earlier verdict was passed -
"not much good "
On the whole, however, the Germans
seem to respect the French artlllerv
and the serving of It “Their artlllerv
Is good.” said an officer at Laon, "but
their infantry is no good Their men
Jump up and fire wild There is noth
ing in that.
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LONDON. The Petrograd corres
pondent of tlie Daily Mail, in announc
ing that Petrograd has been made n
dry city for the duration of the war and
that no wines, beers, or spirits will be
allowed to lie sold anywhere, gives a
legend permeating the Russian army
of a “White General." who rides
through the ranks on a white horse.
“if lie looks a man full in the face,”
Die legend runs, “that man bears a
I
charmed life*. Those who he pusses
with eyes averted are marked for death
"During the last two weeks the |
‘White General* has not been seen in
the Russian ranks The soldiers say !
thut he is busy in the German and
Austrian armies, walking with eyes to
the ground."
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FOOD PRICES IN ENGLAND
NOT ADVANCED BY WAR
CHICAGO.—The war in Europe has
not caused a material advance in the
price of household necessities in Eng
land, asserted Charles H. Robinson at
the weekly luncheon of the Hawkeye
Fellowship club in the Auditorium ho
tel recently.
lie went to England in August to
visit his daughter, who lives near Lon
don, and a nephew who had been order
ed to the front as a colonel of an Eng
lish regiment. He returned to Chicago
recently.
“On every hand," he said, “there was
I——
interest and enthusiasm over volun
teers for the front, hut T found no ma
terial advances in the prices asked for
household poods.”
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BELGIUM SHORT ON FUEL.
A MSTERDAM.—The question of a
fuel supply In Belgium is becoming a
desperate one The German authori
ties have given permission to the Bel
gians to work the coal mines hut
horses and machinery with which to
operate them are lacking Permission
has also been granted to the poor to
cut wood, t ut transportation facilities
arc so thoroughly disorganized that If
Is almost Impossible to distribute tills
sort of fuel.
WALES’ EFFECTS AUCTIONED
I jONDON.—Furniture and personal
belongings of the Prince of Wales In his
rooms at Oxford were this wi'ek auc
tioned in aid of tho prince's relief fund
and realized $75,000 The prince eon
ducted the jiuction himself, which was
held in the rooms of his royal highness.
Among the bidders was one of tho
Rothschilds, who bought three walking
sticks for $10,000
GUNFIRE DISTURBS THE FISH
THE HAGUE.—A strange thing has
been noticed in all the waters of Zea
land Great shoals of fish have corno
swimming swiftly up the streams, leap
ing out of the water as they sometimes
do on fine summer days. In places
where they never wore noticed before
there are now swarms of fish. It Is
thought that the vibration of the sea
| bottom caused by the tremendous can
| nonadlng of last week disturbed the
llsh and sent them into Holland’s
waters to seek safety
POCKET WIRELESS
PROVES A SUCCESS
ROME.—Don Domenico Argentieri
1 the priest who has invented a pocket
-1
wireless receiver, expi rimented with
I the instrument at the British embassy
' in the presence of the British ambassa
dor and military and naval attaches
| I ion Argentieri connected his receiver'
'with a water pipe and with ordinary!
telephone wires and intercepted a con- j
| ventlonul wireless message sent for the
I purpose from London.
RUSSIA BATH
TRAIN LATEST.
LONDON.—A dispatch from Petro- 1
grad to Reuter's Telegram Company
says:
‘The ministry of way and communi
cations is sending to the front a hath
train ' The train will be made up of
more than 20 cars, which will prov ide j
2000 baths daily A tank car will fur
nish water If it is not possible to obtain
water at any of the stopping places.
Another car will be provided for dry
ing and disinfecting outer garments
with ample provision for clean under
clothes
(From Our Exchanges.)
CORDOVA Harry Thisted bus re
ceived a letter from Dan W. Steacv,
dated at McCarthy In it he Hays that
Oscar Hreedman had just arrived front
Chlsann. < hi the way out crossing the
Russel glacier, his horse slipped on tic
Ice and fell on one of Oscar's feet As
a result he has a badly swollen foot
and a couple of jammed toes Among
other things Dan writes as foil on
"Oscar says that Mr. Slmonds and
nine men are on the Rhoan glacier
looking up a winter trail Within a
couple of days Dick Waiers is ex
pected here to let the people know'
whether the route Is passable. If il ,
is they are going to put some men
on and flag (ho trail They say that
tjie part of the glacier thee- have
covered so far is almost level, and
on which hob sleds can be used Thev
expect to be able to find a way off near
•llm Clark's roadhouse The news re
garding the Hhonn glacier trail is cet
taitily encouraging, as it means a bit
to Ibis part of the cmtntrv if t! . v net
a good trail
"The news from the diggings is that
they have struck l| as rich on Sh itn
rock creek as it was on Skuoknm
They found the pay on the loft limit on
tho crook claim bench and rim They
also got It rich recently on Gold Run
creek.
"Some fellows arrived from tin- head -
waters of the Chltinu with good re
ports They are getting supplies and
starting right hack Bryson's pack.
train is expected in soon and Jim Mm
rlson has left for the diggings 1 mi
going in lo stake a claim or two and
coining out to spend llie holiday s when
I am going In again
"Business is good at McCarthy Al
Church sold his interest in the saloon
to Giis Anderson and is going to open
up a meat shop, putting in a cold
storage plant "
When the town of Rub) voted mi
incorporation recently tho ballots stood1
57 for to 106 against which is quite a
decisive majority This is tho second
time that Ruby has turned down in
corporation after tiling a petition with
Judge Fuller to he allowed to vote
Michael Slogan, working mi J Gold
stream. Fairbanks district, fell down
the shaft a distance of JO feet, and es
caped serious injury A severe shak
ing up and a sprained arm is his share
for the experience.
FAIRBANKS- Returning from the
Tolovana district, Sam Fiettweli, of
Chataniku, reached home recently , and
reports that one of t lie prospetcors in
the new camp had reached bcilrot k
but refuses to reveal what he found
Frank Casey , of Chataniku, plans to
leave soon for the new diggings. He
Will take a good roadhouse outfit with
him and plans to establish i place of
business at the mouth of RivengooJ
creek. A few other Chataniku men will
leave for the district also
Representing the first commercial ex
periment of the kind in the industry,
2.000 cons of salmon put up in glass In
stead if tin, by the Heeeta Island plant
of the Swift, Arthur. Crosly Company
were sent south on tho last trip of the
Northland Steamship Company's boat
Northland and placed on the Eastern
market. If the Eastern market takes
to the Innovation, the company will can
4.000 cuses in glass next season The
experiment is being watched by sal
mon packers all over the coast
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