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WHAT MAYOR GAYNoR SAID.

A gentleman representing some OF the
societies for the upift called upon May
or Gaynor to protest in behalf of his so
ciety against the fight pictures. The
gentleman tells what he said and also
what the Mayor said:
81 had the Nonor of calling upon the
Mayor of this city, who admitted me to
his presence and talked with me, | told
him was there to beg of him to exer'
else his authority and prevent the eX-
hibition of the Jetfries-Jollnson fight pic
lures pointed out to him the degrad-
ing eject Of them, the evil influence upon
the Young men and the further influence
for evil they might have upon the next
generation. told him that we feared
that even in New York city it might stir
rp fcelih" between the white and colclet
races and that there might be bloodshed
as there had been in the past.
"Wben ! had finished the Mayor in
formed me that he knew of no law
which would give him authority to act
in the matter He was not empowered
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A L.aw.abiding Child.

A health officer recently received
the following note from one OF the
residnts Of his district:
Dear Sill IL beg to inform you that
my child, aged months, is suffering
from measles as required by act OF
Parliament. ."-[Tit-Bits.
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Discretion the Better Part.

Old Gent-"What are you doing
with those snowballs?"
Small Boy" Selling 'em three
penny, and those who can't afford to
buy gets 'em for nuffint"
Old Gent--'I'll take the lot
Town and Country.
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Where The Forum Can Be Bought
WV

M. A. Harris, $40 Florida Avenue, Northwest.
Davis & Smith, 1920 U Street, Northwest.
Gray & Gray, 18th Streets Northwest
Wilkerson & Montague, 20t8 4th Street. Northwest
Board & Mcclure, 1927 l4.h Street, Northwest.
Snowden Keyes, 1919 l4th Street, Northwest
Thos A. Leatherwood, 1916 I4th Street, Northwest.
w. H. LIE 920 10th Street, Northwest.
E. B. Bookmon, ll04 10th Street, Northwest.
Harris and Howey, 634 I Street, Northwest
John A. Hanson, 1918 4th Street, Northwest.
Thos H. Harper, 2O8 Street, Southwest.
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OF the 2S2 steamships which car.
ried steerage passengers across the
Atlantic during the first half Of 1909
143 were equipped with wireless In
struments.
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Formaldehyde is used in meat ex-
ported to England and the govern
ment is making Investigations as to
its effect on the healt5 81 consum-
ers
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Il OTHE ELKS. WELCOME!

L " L llE Il>lN's w I-i$NO+hiS'
Next Tuesday the throng will have
gathered amid the laughing greetings,
handshakes and smiles of myriads of
friends. Everyone is filed with hospi-
tality and kindness toward all the visit
prs who will flock to our city from every
corner of our common country, rs
Aside from the social side of this gath
ering, the merrment and joy is a serious
purpose to be attained and important
work to be done. 1t is to be most sin
cerely hoped that all differences will be
banished and the entire body unite as
one. That contention should cease; that
concessions be offered by each and ac-
cepted by both is the hope of all we'll
wishers, The power and influence of the
order will increase an hundred fold and
then it will be truly [, b. p. o. E, w.
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During 1909 Chile produced 1919
tons OF copper, as against 1898 tons
in 1D08.
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r to prohibit the exhibition. 10 this |
replied that, while knew of his great
legal learning, yet had been informed
or | had read that law founded upon
public policy might be invoked. He asked
me where had read this law, and ]
told him that had seen it referred to
in newspaper.
'At once his manner changed. He
looked me squarely in the face and de-
clared You are q fool and you We're
sent here by FOOLS"
THE NEW PLAYHoUSES.
Conversing with Mr.. w. II. Smith, of
Chicago, who is to manage the Howard
Theatre, he said that he had just re-
turned from four months trip through
the South showing the Johnson-Ketchel
fight pictures. He said might imagine
what time he had. Mr.. Smith hopes
to open the Howard on August % and
September expects to have Dudley's
Smart Set, with Ada Overton Walker.
The Howard bids fair to be great house.
II covers a space of 80 by 1876 feet, with
u seating capacity of 1900 and stage
large enough to produce any of the trav-
cling productions of coming seasons.
The Blue Mouse is an extra attractive
house for its kind. The animating idea
of the builder was comfort, 1t has 1916
large, comfortable seats, full parquet
size, with plenty of room and four large
windows on each side. The stage is fitted
with complete scenic equipment and is
large enough for ensemble dramatic
work. The productions are kept to n
high standard of interest and attractive
ness.
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i N
ousy estimated
don
| times much
The total foreign nvesn M Of British subjects almost negligible guam
hundred bifnow which
Income
suspended
to the the OF
public millions invested abroad
in 1908 These merely
nation OF
ability
lavish doubt Asum
question public burden adjusted that the
national
may be made to its e--Rev O
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the rise of gold prices continues during the century,
believe
Bombay the
myself
white industries this
The coming competition Chinese
prices pig something like their
eights
in commodteswheat
life the full up
Of
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SsSAapwas@apsSs@SS~ ~Npms&pNo@NSA&s~
WiXAsiaTa Our7rade?
BY Moreton Frcyen, English Economist

HE most serious aspect of the depreciation of godo to
word simply of the great rise of gold prcess that
it is stimulating the industrial development OF Asia with
eight hundred millions of people and involves COmpet
ton which, though little noticed thus far is
Western civilizations The great abundance of the
gold initiates curencies but there equivalent
initiation of the silver currences of the far East The
L. nalllc To
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Englands Capital
Greater Than Ever Before and SteGoS
lily Increasing
BY Frederic Austin Ogg

recent there has been good deal of foolish aK
about the supposed decadence of Britain. N& few Eng
shmen have themselves fallen into grave doubts on the
subject AS matter Of fact the nation never possessed
elements Of strength equal to those of today population
of 200000 in 1876 has increased to Of 4OOOOO IN
1915 the nations accumulated wealth under &3OO0OO0
000 late 1S45 it only e400OoOO0OO in 1882 ac
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PIONEER IN MASONRY
COIORED LODGES IN DISTRICT OR
GANIZED IN 1925.

COURT SETTLES CONTROVERSY.
RECENT DECISION OF APPELLATE
TRIBUNAL ENDS STRIFE AND /,
DESIGNATES TIE MOST WOR-
SHIPFUL GRAND LODGES OF
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
AS VICTORS In LEGAL BATTLE
GOT CHARTERS FROM ENGLAND.
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BY S. w. ECCLES.

To the average man in the United
States. Alaslla IS merely a near-polar
plenty of gold TO he found If the hunter
icap keep from freezing 10 death. Tho
truth Is that il Is largely fair and
wonderful land, In parts OF which nature
has locked UP treasures OF untold value
end set the IniRhtiest of mountains. the
most powerful Of streams. the crucllest
OF Winds and the most crafty. stubborn
and trcacherous OF ell hor aids as
guards. whose vigilance Is eternal
They comprise an appalling defensive
and at times aggressive force. and. quite
marched ON Moscow. Edward Ills out
numbered knights and bowmen who tri-
umplled at Crecy ond the marvellous
Foreign Legion which Africa engulfs in
uart each year. our men on the Copper
river constitute army, and the build
ing CT the Copper River railroad is one
OF the heycest and most spectacular bat
ties ever fought The enemy is Nature
Mature who when conquered as she
Will be, viii prove a good friend and
IT Is only building 200 miles of railroad.
st is only the fulfilling OF a contract
eione. pensions and thrilling pages In
history The men who. from the chief
TO the lowest camp helper imneril their
pay. bat / can't help feeling that. though
The greet mass Of people never will hear
.of 81 and only few Will realize, Il Is
'9C1D6tHinR more InaD commonplace, II
constitutes one Of the truly glorious
things in the history OF the American
people.
Picture Of the Scene
Before passing to the narrative of tho
Icrfeis OF this battle OF the Copper river
IN the north. permit US to detail some
soY the smaller heroismS Of the long cam
paigp; for surely the man who under
fire digs riflo Pit with h!s bayonet o7.
lbea<5 q wounded comradc through q
llcaden hall is no greater herb than the
man who swings n pick where the next
instant he may be swept to death in a
rush OF Ice and earth and water or In
the bitter. bitter cold strives 10 thrust
FORWARD mattress OF brush for foot
ing where one misstep means that he
WIN be whirled away in an Icy torrent
at the speed of an express train beyond
all possible hope Of rescue.
! Northward from the port OF Cordoya
on tho center OF the southeastern coast
iat distance such as a good automobile
lcan cover in a tamod eastern state be-
tween breakfast and dinner. lies the
Kotslnn- -Chitna copper district one or
the worlds richest, If not the richest o!
all. deposits Just beyond IS the re-
,gion of gold. and part OF the way from
the const are fields of coal the wealth
OF which even at the lowest estimate
makes mind strain for comprehension.
The American spirit would not permit
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the way they built that TRACK All win
ter they worked preparing the way and
getting men. equipment, tools. donkey
engines, materials and food supplies
across.
In Ley Perils,
The spring brought added terrors III
the way OF labor under difficulties and
SuffcringS that increased. Each thaW
meant the sinking OF portion OF the
work or the undermining or sweeping
away Of another. and as the weather
grew warmer the turning OF the whole
into mush from six TO twenty feet deep.
over which men must work In snow
shoes.
How doegedly they mad strivcn can be
imagined when IL is said that one month
after re!uforcemenis had landed in April
track had been laid across the first sec
ton OF those terrible flats reaching TO
AlaSanss, crossing Il distance OF twenty
the ties and rails and drive the spikes
the snow must be shoyeled away as II
fell. Once the path was ready tho pile
drivers could begin their work OF replace
ing the brush and pole mattress with
regular trestling.
Now. just beyond arc two channels Of
the river itself averaging eighteen feet
in depth; torrents of Icy water filled with
foes crashing and grinding down TO the
sea One cannel is $500 feet wide, the
other 100 feet. Imagine handling piles
and timbers under such conditions with
men In boats held by long ropes and
men standing the structural work.
never taking their eyes from tho work
men, ready To pick up or throw a line
to any man who succumbed TO the labor
theless. the twenty-iirst of June found
track laid across both channels and on
TO the twenty ninth mile
These iabors. these dangers, were the
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one hand as he swung down and heav-
ing nightly lifted man, then dog and
ct last the loaded sled to safety,
Bravery of One Man.
Another time when a gang was ad-
vanclng horses in individual barges. as
was often done. an odd thing happened.
The barges were craft that would hold
one horse only. The animal would be
forced into 1t. made fast, and then the
gang would take hold. sometimes to the
number OF thirty on q hauser. and haul
the boast not only against ten mile cur
rents. but through shadows choked with
ice and slush through dense mud and
over stretches Of sand with very little
water over It,
Two big brothers from Seattle, long
shoremcD they had been. were in this
gang, and when the horse they were haul
ing partly broke loose the elder of tho
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strength enough to deal the horse O. blow
that took all the fight ard struggle out
OF IT, and then, raising his brother to
safety, he stuck TO the barge until 1t
was drawn through TO safety,
There was very great deal OF this
work To do in making connections be-
tween the various islands up the delta.
and frequently the current was such that
IL required fifteen mon to haul up a boat
carrying a few hundred pounds OF freight,
and at times they were breast high in
the raging Icy flood, slipping Into quick
sands or falling over logs along the bank.
Nowhere In the world has anything
ever been heard of like the construction or
the section of line across the front OF
Childs Glacier. The bridge thrown across
bridge, is what Is called "glacierproot, -
and there is no such another one In tho
world, so far as that Is concerned,
Like an Avalanche,
AS the great. ever moving river OF solid
Ice, three miles wide and towering 500
leet Sheer from the water, flows slowly
down great bergs OF Ice burst from the
face day in and day out and fall into
tie river with an alarming noise and q
great upheaval of water. The cripple"
berg VIII raise ranges from wave Sn
feet high to wall OF water twenty feet
high
One can never tell when these things
are coming, and when one of those walls
ef water hurls itself across the I200-root
channel bearing hundreds OF thousands
OF tons OF ice on it's front the shock Is
something terrific. The Industrial soldiers
of the Copper River Valley had to get
boaS through with. material, build SUI
hcien,'y strong piers in this icy water
and do all their work between the on
slaughts OF these waves. Al the first cry
OF the watchers, who would go almost
blind from scanning the glistoning.
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OF the Mississippi. This II was necessary
to cross in the hard season before the
summer floods should turn 1t into n
shallow lake with a muddy bottom OF
great depth.
1t was on November 10. 1907. that the
heroes OF my story began and already
the terrible winter was on. The snow
was eight feet deep and there were only
six hours OF daylight. The flats were
twenty miles wide and bare To the blast,
with MANY glacial and tidal streams in
addition to the three mighty channels
OF the Copper river Itself. They set TO
work in storms I'm which the wind blow
Ing from sixty TO ninety miles an hour
hurled the particles of fine ice and SNOW
through the air like fine shot Utilizing
the winter hardened stretches. they
must construct before the softeuing
spring came n highway over not only
them but the reaches OF loose ice, churn-
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peratively needed. r,.- -
one OF these glgantic. n3ey sen
i"st I"at crushed cru 's 10 bits and aSneGIngps sI n
man mar out; and none on9eh'riyed ri d o. =
. serious ss,,o Injuries than" !" Them
Just as an Illustrate.
attack this bridge o,Vn mon, Of 10 /.
,,dns ,lms every Every day In the s'',St oSe. 'tau
s us, AT last a very 5stssl sasl AzI;
gGnious foreman had di'@eimlusd,
bed Of the river ea ana "a ;dtspy (
sGsae "poi T5g 551'gs,n!ial naH! besIssIsa. ssIs a
AGAINST those nine huso narsd
bound together as onn muse such 1
OF like pipestems p and nd
launches, "a double cabio iaIgss b,
Key engines. both failtT, ssorkH
ge' llnS material across ,ts Is a =
at last an overhead cab,. 'nal hn:
every pound OF the hes,-was vas Ia
Guiding engines. carr ena mali5
across by October 20 N'u faIs, /
In conclusion should h.
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OUppGI TNIV6I v0HOy
aA % Proves Men Ca Overcome M
Times to Be Too Vast for Comprehenaion

chanecablc ice face. the men would drop
their work and run for their lives AS
the wave subsided they would return 10
their work IL IL had not been swept
away The water is so cold that 1t would
freeze il il were not for a fifteen mile
current Construction TO the camp op-
Dosite the glacier was not extremely diff
icult Just above, on the same bank,
however. was the great Miles glacier, and
this made ii necessary to cross To the
other shore between the Two glaciers.
IT was quite the usual thing for boats
To arrive with but one-thrd of the cargo
with which they started. The men were
saving the lives OF one another all the
time When o. man fell into the river
the deadly chill of it seemed to make him
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OF the battle which NJ. J. Hem
person In the Allen canyon. n
tract required completion 10 M
October 20, 1908. The stream IN
canyon is really liquid Ice, meyr
rate OF twenty miles an hour. h
must go the material aud Sup,S4
Docs man need 10 hsv0 lhs 4
described 10 picture it9 In 81
there were twcnty-four days cf I
and blizZards, one destroying o
structlon camp at Milo g. Sm,
did dcsert. but Hensy lcxp5d 4,
work himself and out OF pure a
loyalty the men stayed with nd
ing I'm that awful weather ron 4
TO sixteen hours @ day staq11
their hunks for a few houS q
back again. half the time Ia u
driving those last Ave miles % 4
plction, and they did IL
No army In the field, not e5t1
ington's men at Valley Forgs. q
called upon for greater trM1
courage.
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every day things More dramatic wero
some OF the exceptional. Not needing
the signs Of a storm ii man had started
TO 'mush on" he and one dog drawing
the sled, taking fresh provisions from one
camp TO another late in tbe day. and
as the storm descended and the dark
came down he lost his way. Al last lie
found himself on water side ice, and
before he could retreat the section sup
porting him gave way and he went whirl-
ing down stream. Soon he saw Il gleam-
ing light ahead somewhat to the right
He yelled and the malamoot barkcd. just
hr was swept against the timbcrs in
the dark and the foe crashed beneath
him TO let him through to death. a. giant
Wisconsin Swcdc rushed out. clung with
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Millions Say So

When millions Of people use for
years medicine 1t proves its merit,
People who know CASCARETS'
value buy over a million boxes a
month. It's the biggest seller be-
cause it Is the best bowel and liver
medicine ever made. No matter
wha. you're using, Just thy CAS-
CARETS onee-you'll See. su
CASCARETS l0c box for q weeks
treatment NIL druggists. BiKgost seller
h she world. Million boL.s o month
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almost powerless and quick action was
necessary unless he was an able SWIM
mcr,
For a time after tho upper camp was
established IL was impossible TO get build
Ing material to the men there as all of
tne available force was required TO get
through enough food to keep the men in
the camp alive.
The most incredible set OF rescues oc-
CURED one day when n boat with seven
teen men was making brave effort to
land Il cargo OF supplies that were i'm
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Tho author of This article is known
even among progressive, daring. daunt-
less American railroad men as an 'od .
vanccd rail-oaGcr.' Bcforo hn took Tho
presidency or tho copper fiivor . North
weytern railroud no won his spurs with
the Burlington md Union Fncric. after
record With other roads In lesscr Of
fees, Us q driving. pushing, irdomitnolo
man,
Physically hc ia Il g!nrt, uad, quite like
many other such men who ronily do
things, he he's m abourdins FOOD ma
ture and n sense OF humor that nothing
can cloud.
Many OF the tales in :hls gcflos a:c
particularly tho adventures of tho mar
rator, and perhaps ono or two Immediate
associates. III this ono nTc told tho
things that have befellon 5000 Amerl-
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two made his way out to the barge 10
readiust the fastenings as II touchcd on
the tip OF sandy spot. The horse IN
his struggles dealt tho man IL Kick Win
his fore leg that stretched him uhcon-
scious In a Drecariously balanced posi-
Now tho barge swung out where at any
moment the horse might dislodge the
man and drop him TO his death. shout
ing to the other men To haul for all they
were worth. the younger brother plunged
in, clnglng TO the line, with Its coating
OF flesh cut ting Ice, and made his way,
al times UP To his neck in water or up
to his hips in qulcksand. to the barge.
II was a supcrhunan musclar effort, but
when he reached the barge he still had
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06
BAD BL0|
OFTEN INHERI1

Bad blood does not alwsysl
the result Of careless living, .
cretions it is a condition ta
inherited. \ Normal, health
contains millions Of tiny nd
cles, which are the vialm
nourishing element Of thsdl1
their Office being to prov
portion of the system viii
sary strength and nutrl1a
weak, impure blood these g
are lacking in numbers, audu
the blood is not able to su2
proper amount of nourishu1
body. Bad blood manife@!
many ways, With some !
form of skin diseases and
others become bilious and z
with sallow compilations, m
etc. Bad blood produces Rn'
Catarrh, Sores and UleeA
and like troubles. Nothing
TO S. S. S. as a remedy iof -
it is the greatest OF all bl0c
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ing slush and speeding water. so that
the heavy material for construction in
land could be transported thithcr.
Using brush and poles packed into a
mattress, placed by men and horses
Ing all went foundcrinS down into vary
Ing depths Of loose ice. snow and water
that froza Hike armor on them when
they were dragged out, If thcv were so
fortunate rs 10 be dragged out-that WAS
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that this wealth should remain unde-
yelorcd for lacls OF transportation, ana
wilon The government cvadcd the task
of preparing TO get * out prsvntc cor
poration Set out To build a railroad that
would haul that wealth to tidcwnter
The men who are building IL nre the
aGventurcrs of this narrative.
Beginning with the FIRST few miles
after the road sweeps from Cordova
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who invaded the region encountered the
first fight NJ. j. Heuey, dubbed the
Prince Of AIaskn.' a brother of Francis
]. Ueney, the noted prosecutor OF San
Eru ncisco, led the movement as the con-
tractor. seconded by II. c. Hawkins as
chief engineer,
The Copper river is spread into n
delta covered with silt as is the delta
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alton of blood nutrinea.
cures Rheumatism, csianss {
Diseases, Sores and uisasS lI = 4,
Blood Poison and all QUIZ. III
orders orders. S. S. 5. makes go ssa
and good blood makes AXE ,S ssa sIi
Book on the blood Tree ~ ,' iGd
TIE TIE SWIFT spEmrlo CO..
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cans. of whom the teller OF the tale.
though the leader. was only one who
took his share OF the labor and danger
as any good general in q great campaign
should do
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puNH
onlybsg'
to cle1I<
purify y
but coaq1
roots bd'
barks ~
up evpI
the gs1
assist mu