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THE COLLISION oF TWO GREAT
 PoWnfta

In the Illuminating article cRblsd tJ Lhc American ny GuEl1cimc FrrreTn lasl Sunday thAr famous hiyIarian and puLLicsRI declared I1EIt Thp wal now ~agtnE tn lhc 4aEt of Europe is A fina: tTy-0ut between two irrecDnctIuld': sysisms at civIIigqI1nn- FcrtcEU in- sists. ccg7cntly enough. lha' rhA Turks cannot Ire chased a 8 F1rlEarians, xince they rGpreseut & culture that is moro lhsn Il iInIIGand years old. ! tradition pr mental refinement and cIflr. spIen dor that daiea frdm the further stf1e of shat is called tho middle ages. He reminds us that the religion uf Isl1n Tighten E11Amy dark place Gf the world. ~I.rn jL l.Ald sr'Ay u,.1rr the ArH blEI. influence. from Haadad. Alexandria and Cutfova-
 U Is just bsrause Iiis Turk rcprr sents no uprlsihE nT hsrbarisr, bnS rather . decadeuce of r1vlliIaetdn, that Ferrere makes sue thar Ihs present VET In the Eo4t will be specially Eerce and iTnvIanahik.
 in rho nrcsencc of rtriItsaiiuI tha strength of barharim nelts awAy. Eui thA collision of two zeif-conhdent rir- ir77uons is lha supreme tragedy rr the world.
 The civilization uf Issan Is builI urnn fntauEtn. 1t h&li<rSs thrt NI.nt avet iS. is right. It's tlealisn E. T pnssirn fnr perrnInehrn. It hates 7sl- lntOrs and dis.rrbcrs nf vested inter- eats. Il wars with hlKotAd conviction upon aII Ehn would raoIe on That ls Inc bottom cAuks et the nnspaailLie cruelty to the Turk.
 On tho other hand. modern GTsecs and tho Balkan states are alive witI the spirit at urrsresa- Their Ch1isIiaH- fly may bc crude and imperfect. bur they are Christian in tho NAt and ornoinI sense that thCy nee Hflane wIIh that pIsston for Improvement which is thA quIntussuncc Of Chr Tistiahity 11 all aEgs and pIi 1ands-EcW Ynrk Am cricar.
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uuier words q glorious halo which Ia
 nut of rbe words but around the ~ords ss the E:ow arnrud Il planet.
 lf AH the loud voIcsu oratury tlr :. lhcuHand Iasdioerc podtiriahs were combireh and iIa tiHAsncr vxlractpd thr rusult would hA nurhiug aa tuInparsd with that hrlpF utteranre Uf a real rYssatsr. Il Is Ilturature In ts uIcsr h4zutifnl forIn. Every wnrd in 1t lives Every thoueFt rnntaGnsl ir 1t is benn- tifuI Hrt1 exalted. The words hnrmoh' Me with the ideas AE rlr rnlprs nf RFear painting indefnAtIs suHgszt Inc n1uIIvA uf IhA artist. The mAR WiIo srnkr is marked himself great wnila doinx ao.
 IT .hs 0AttyshurE speech could t' made the mcdei for every Arlericun boy and if all people Snuld ha"r brought hune to them the Ssuns why tl,ch Ga apparently aimpio cx- nrHxaion could reach suu1irnfty ": s,1o,,ld hear less of ihn tErEld Hn1 blatant eFusiuns which p"Hs For ara tionH-
 Abraham T.In1oin wSs horn fer lhe In the hnrIsn sra he ~as one of tine harb0r lights which Gu1d" to Aataty. Unlike thu other great whose nan1G decorate the paEeH of history his suuI GVas as clear uS hi* ntsILeact. Tears have pslasG1 AIhn1 hc tIed z martyr hut His IiEh1 shinrs ,rIEhI~r than evrr md %iIl cnntInIt Q shine to aid tn dtuWlig the ESgS of rIE pyenle from iha things that pTc nean and EutdId to 3 contemplation nf what Is true and grand,
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City Official Paper

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NOME. ALASKA, FEB. fa 1919.
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POPULATION AND eEx.

Sex distribution Of population in tue United SialGs Is lntcr cst1nesy diacuRa r,l In n bulletin recently Issued by tde crnauR huFEau and Gl sed ou he cutnt Of ielH. While ther% arr more fc- n1als thnn males in EurCpean c9Up- tries, the oppoAltA is true in the United
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Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
REGAINS HIS CONTROL
AFTER A LONG DROP

Fresno, Dec. 23.-While attempting
to loop the loop without his hands
Lincoln Beachey had one of the mar
rowest escapes from death at the
county fair grounds when his engine
went dead" and he fell $50 feet
before he was able to right his BIZ
plane.
The engine stopped when Beachey
was at the top of the loop with his
head pointing downward. He fell
sideways, but he was able to start
the engine again in midair, as the
propeller had not stopped. Beachey
then glided to the ground after MAX
ing three loops and said that it was
the narrowest escape he had ever ex-
perienced.
"It only goes to show" said
Beachey, "that an aviator must do
his tricks at high altitude. Had
been near the ground l would have
struck the earth before 1 could right
the machine"
The accident happened at the first
of the meet, but Beachey did not lose
his nerve. He said that he would loop
the loop in San Francisco, Christmas
day, without his hands or know the
reason why. Beachey and his man
ager, William Pickens, a veteran
newspaper writer, left on the Owl for
San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
Has Mania to Be Carved

Wabash, Dec. 23.-Jacob Bisdorf,
Sc, a man with passion for under
going surgical operations, is missing
from his home in this city and mem
bers of his family said they believe
he has entered hospital in some city
and ind ced the surgeons to perform
an operation. 1t was said he suffered
from temporary fits of insanity and
became obsessed with the idea that he
was in need of an operation.
Several years ago Bisdorf was un-
der the knife in a Philadelphia hos
pital and since then he has appeared
at local hospitals and insisted on being
operated on again, although the ply
sicians have told him that he is in
perfect physical condition. He was
refused admission to local hospital
two weeks ago and the family has
asked the authorities to notify the
police in other cities to search the hos
pitfalls for him.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
Western Fuel Trial
(By United Press Associations

(By United Press Associations)
San Francisco, Dec. 23-The predic-
tion that the case will be laughed out
Of court was made by Attorney Stan
ley Moore for the defense, when the
trial of eight officers and directors Of
the Western Fuel Company on charges
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment was resumed before Federal
Judge Dooling today. During a tilt
with Special Prosecutor Roche, Moore
declared the defense will show the
amount involved in the charges are so
small part of the business done by
the corporation as to make the charges
ridiculous. The clash followed testi-
mony by Special Treasury Agent It'd
well that the weights of imported coal
on which duties were paid averaged
eight per cent less than the invoice
weights on the vessels where shortage
occurred. Moore then declared the
government alleges customs frauds ag-
gregating $1,000 for a period of
twelve years and that the company
during that time had paid million
dollars duties. "The governments case
is so absurd he said, 81 wish to go on
record now as predicting it never will
reach the jury ..
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
GENERAL SAYS
THE AUTO TAX is VALID

San Francisco, Dec. 23.-In answer
to contentious made by corporations,
Attorney General u. S. Webb has rem
dered an opinion in which he declares
valid the provisions of the state motor
vehicle act that imposes a license on
both automobiles and drivers. He ex-
cepts the machines and drivers of the
federal government on the ground
that the state cannot tax the federal
government nor the federal govern
ment the state.
The public service corporations con-
tended that they are exempt from
paying the fees by reason of the fact
that they are taxed a certain per-
centage of their receipts, and that
this would amount to a double tax
The opinion holds that the objection
is not good one, because the fee
is not a tax upon the property of
the company, but is a charge for the
regulation of traffic of motor vehicles
upon the public highways.
A point made by automobile owners
was that license fee based upon the
horsepower of vehicle is an unjust
Preparations are be-
ing made by many automobile owners
to contest the legality of the act, but
as to what action will now be taken
in view of the attorney generals opin-
ion has not been considered.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
Train Robber is
Believed Arrested
(By United Press Associations)


San Francisco, Dec 23-Identified
by two of his alleged victims as the
bandit who robbed the Southern Pa
cific train at Ell Monte, when Travel
ing Passenger Agent Horace Montague
was killed "a men giving the name of
John Bostick, was arrested on the
street here today. He was identified
by Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Colen, pas
sengers on the robbed train, who met
him on the street. They recognized
him, they say, and followed him a
half hour before they encountered
policeman and pointed him out. Scores
of pawn tickets were found in Bos-
ticks pockets. Colen identified a
watch found in Bostick's pockets as
property of Engineer Robins of the
robbed train. Bostick claims he
worked three months in the Southern
Pacific round house and was there the
night of the robbery.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
BEGIN RAILROAD INTO
PALO VERDE VALLEY

Brawley News: The new railroad
to tap the hitherto virgin Palo Verde
Valley is a reality, according to John
Denier, veteran railroad head to the
latest scheme to bring the desert lands
in direct touch with civilization.
Construction on the new Santa Fe,
Blythe and Western railway will be-
gin about January Is. and it is expect
ed that the 40 miles of steel into
Blythe will be completed for the first
train by July a, says the San Bernar-
dino Sun.
The road is to be standard gauge,
with go pound rails and will run al
most due southeast from Blythe juno
ton on the Parker cutoff of the San
ia Fe's Arizona division The estimat-
ed cost of the new line is 1857 900,
and this amount has been secured by
100000 first mortgage bonds placed
in the east and S157,O00 in stock
which has been taken up by land
owners in the valley.
Many local people are interested in
the Palo Verde section. and are con-
sequently interested in it's first rail-
road. Blythe is 40 miles from the
Santa Fe line and 62 miles from the
Southern Pacific. Eventually, it is
claimed that the line will extend down
to Glamis. the Southern Pacific sta
tion that serves the valley.
While traffic arrangements with the
Santa Fe have not yet been made, it
is expected that the through rate from
this city will be not more than one
fourth of the price which the ranchers
have been paying for teaming across
the desert to the present railroad con-
nections, Blythe Junction on the Santa
Fe. and Glamis on the Southern Pa
cific. I
Mr.. Denair is one of the best known
railroad men of the deesrt country,
having been for 32 years with the
Southern Pacific and Canta Fe at
Needles, Yuma, Tucson and Phoenix
in responsible positions in the operat-
ing departments of the two roads. He
was selected as president of the road
during its construction, when his fell
low land owners in the Palo Verde
valley organized the company, but
will not remain in active charge af-
ter it is placed in operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
Examinations i'm India

London Globe: In reply to the ques-
ton IN civil service examination in
India, "What is a horse" the reply
was, 1.-The horse is noble animal
with four legs situated on the four
corners, and tail, but when irritated
he refuses to do So" In haste to re-
port the cause of big head and head
collision on an Indian railway one sta
tlon master telegraphed: "To all con-
cerned, accident class d. No. / up
mail left my station at 1920 at full
speed with line clear message to time.
No. 2 mail has left the station beyond
purporting under similar conditions
falsely. Eternity is likely to super
vene to the passengers of both trains.
Please arranged" As the result of a
violent storm two wagons were blown
along the mail line, and the station
masters concerned telegraphed to
their superintendent, 1.-TWO loaded
wagons flewed away from my station
to Mahabad station. Line is now
blocked" The other man replied aft
er a short time to the superintendent
and the first man: "Your accident
telegram. Two flewed away wagons
arrived at my station by violent tenn
pest Line is now clear"
One poor fellow wanting employ
ment badly was gulled by others into
coming into my office with the re-
mark, "Sir, l desire employment in
your line. AS for my qualifications
| am hell of fellow" The aston
ishing mixture in the native brain of
Shakespeare, scripture, etc, was
shown in a letter from one man who
deprecated the distrust of his super
intendent in the following words, "Sir,
believe them not | am to you, sir,
like st. Peter was to our Lord. True,
he denied him thrice, but lol then
what man he became, 10! what a
man shall become. Say to the neo-
phytes who surround you, Hence,
hence, you soptted snakes and take
me only to your bosom and see what
the result will be-" But for some
such amusing ebullitions the long,
long Indian day in office would be
unbearable, but so long as higher edu-
cation has the i'll effect it has, so
long at least will the Babu continue
to exploit it for the furtherance OF
his objects and the exposure of his
pedantry.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
FelicitateS Wilson

Washington, Dec 23-The British
ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring Rice,
called upon President Wilson this af-
ternoon to present an illuminated ad-
dress sent by the council of the city Of
Carlisle, England, the home of the
presidents grandfather, the Rev.
Thomas Woodrow, and the birthplace
of his grandmother. The Rev. Thom-
as Woodrow was pastor of the Con-
gregationalist church of Carlisle from
1920 to 1885.
The address tenders the president
heartiest congratulations on his cleo
ton to the high and distinguished
office of president, and expresses the
hope that the chief executive may be
endowed with health and strength to
perform the arduous duties of his
great office.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
Louis D. Brandeis
On Money Trust
CBv United Press Associationsl

New York, Dec 23-"Eliminate the
banker -middleman, where he is super
fluous," is the remedy suggested for
loosening the power of the money
trust, in the sixth of a series of ar
ticles on "Breaking the Money Trust"
in the current issue Of Harper's Week
ly, out today. Such elimination, de-
clares Attorney Brandeis, can be wide
ly applied even without new legisla-
ton. In brief, the "banker-middle-
man" can be eliminated, according to
Brandeis, through the cooperation Of
governments, states and municipali-
ties in the issuance of bonds.
"There is a legitimate field for the
dealers in state and municipal bonds,
as for other. merchants" says Attor-
ney Brandeis, "and those states and
municipalities which lack an estab-
lished reputation among investors
need the banker to distribute new is
sues. But there are many states and
municipalities which have established
reputation and home market at hand.
These should sell their bonds direct
without the intervention of the mid
dleman. Financial efficiency and in
dustrial liberty demand that the bank
ers' toll be abolished where possible
"No investment banker should be
needed to market new issue of bonds
of New York, Massachusetts, Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore or a hundred
other American cities. A state or mu
nicipality seeking to sell it's bonds di-
rect to the investor naturally would
meet with some difficulty at first.
The bankers would naturally try to
discourage any attempts to dispense
with their services. But banker-fed
investors in time could be brought to
realize the advantage of avoiding the
middleman. Bankers obtain their
powers through combination. Why
should not cities and states free them
selves from bankers by cooperation?
By such cooperation between cities
and states direct marketing of bonds
could be greatly facilitated"
AS proof of his assertion that the
middleman-banker can be dispensed
with in the direct sale of bonds to in
vestors, Brandeis cites the examples
offered by the success which has at
tended the direct sale of municipal
bonds in Philadelphia, st. Paul, Chi
cago and other cities in such small
lots that allowed the average citizen
to buy them.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23

had evidently got lost in the inter-
minable labarnyth of floors and rooms
between the kitchen and banquet hall.
The famous Villa Millafiore, former
home of the American Art School,
could also have been had by Mr.. Page
at the modest figure of $4,000 year,
or two-thirds of his ambassadorial
salary. The contract, however, pro-
vided that after furnishing the villa
the tenant should vacate it on mo-
ment's notice should it be wanted for
other purposes. Profiting by the ex-
perience of Ambassador O'Brien last
year this Ambassador Page declined
to do. Ambassador O'Brien had just
got nicely located in a magnificent
villa at Rome, under a similar con-
tract, when the palace was sold. He
had to get out good deal sooner than
he had been able to get in-and
great deal sooner than he was able to
get in anywhere else.
An apartment offered to the Amer
lean ambassador in the famous Bar,
berine palace might have been ac-
cepted but for the stairs. In Italy the
first floor of palaces are usually for
oCI Nduto VI CIduCoPCoPiC. LlCtlC
tention is paid to the construction
and adornment of Railways. In the
present case Ambassador Page felt
quite certain that no American would
ever believe that the stairway led to
an ambassadorial apartment unless
reassuring signs were posted every
few steps, and this he preferred not
to do.
Still another apartment could have
been had by him in the famous Orsini
palace. Unfortunately it is located
in a district where the average
stranger in Rome does not like to go
unless we'll armed. AS the United
States affords each ambassador only
one naval and one military aid AM
bassador Page felt that would hardly
be just to this limited force were he
to move into that quarter. According
to Ambassador Page. while the prob
lem of what to do in the United
States with ex-presidents may remain
difficult to solve, there should be no
trouble whatever about the future of
eX-ambassdors. He is confident that
any one of them who has successfully
overcome the real estate difficulties
of establishing an American embassy
in European capital should have no
trouble whatever in continuing a
somewhat similar lucrative business
in America.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
Lincoln Memorial DELAYED

washington, Dec. 23-The Lincoln
Memorial commission, which was
charged by congress with responsible
ity for the construction of $2,OOO,OOO
memorial here to the martyred presi-
dent, met today in an effort to start
the machinery for erecting the me-
mortal. Former President Taft, chair
man of the commission, arrived early
today to attend the meeting.
Some time ago the commission
recommended the use of Colorado
marble for the memorial. Protests
against this material then went to
Secretary Garrison. Pending the
letting of the contract by Secretary
Garrison. it is said, little progress
can be made by the committee to-
ward the erection of the memorial.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
Taught Dog 10 Steal

Paris, Dec. 23.-Convicted last week
of a series of thefts which he in
spired his dog to commit, Wilhelm
Volkamps, German baker, today be-
gan serving a sentence of thirty days.
At Volkamps's trial it was shown that
he had subsisted for eight months on
choice cuts of beef, poultry, fish and
sausage which he had taught his dog
to steal from neighboring shops. The
dog has been adopted by the gendarme
who arrested it's master. An effort
will be made to reform it.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
Give Aid to COnyicts

Auburn, N. Y, Dec. 23-One result
of the prison investigation by Thomas
Mott Osborne, chairman of the state
commission of prison reform, was an
nounced here today in the formation
of a permanent organization, "The
Prisoners Aid League" known to the
convicts as 'The Pal" from the initial
letters of the new society. The league
is composed at present of fifteen rep
resentative young men of Auburn, Sc
lected for their ability to eliminate
sentimentality from their work and
to fulfill the purposes of the organiza-
tion which are to visit convicts in Aub-
urn prison, regularly on Sunday after
Moons to advise them on personal mat
terS.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23
Page Tells of
His Difficulties
By Henry Wood

(Rome Correspondent, United Press)
Rome, Dec 23.-One of the most
essential and imperative requisites for
an American diplomat in Europe is
that he possesses all of the qualifica
tions of an expert real estate dealer.
This, at least, is the present opinion
of Thomas Nelson Page, the new
United States ambassador to Rome.
And the author ambassador knows
whereof he speaks.
"a new American ambassador in
Europe" says Mr.. Page, may have
all the diplomatic acumen and finesse
of a Metternich, but unless he is also
enough of practical real estate man
to solve the problem of finding house
in which to locate his embassy he is
not likely ever to get far enough along
to really begin as a diplomat"
Up to several weeks ago, when Mr..
Page finally found house, his dip
lomatic career was by force OF neces-
sity confined largely to house hunting.
His experience has even been little
bit harder than that of most of the
other new American ambassadors to
European capitals where unlike most
does not own it's own embassies. De-
spite the fact that in all of his eff
forts Mr. Page had the constant aid
of his cousin, Commentators George
Page, director of the Commercial
Bank of Rome, who grew up from
boyhood here and knows every foot
of Roman real estate, he had diff
fcult time solving the problem.
Of the few houses which Mr.. Page
found which would really have served
as an embassy nearly all Of them
were refused for precisely the same
reason. The owners first demanded a
rental that was almost incredible.
Later when Mr.. Page, unable to do
better, accepted the proprietors at
once became suspicious of any one
who was either willing or able to
pay so much and withdrew the prop
erty.
Other prospective embassies had to
be refused for different reasons. For
example, a large apartment offered
to Mr.. Page in the famous Bancadoro
palace for a moment seemed to fill
the&bill. There were all of the i'm
mense dining rooms, salons and re-
ception halls necessary for an en-
bassy. Upon examination, however,
Mr.. Page discovered that of bed rooms
there was not one. He was forced to
the suspicion that if the ancient Rom
ans who formerly occupied the pal
ace ever slept at all it must have been
under the table when the banquet was
over.
Another entire palace which Mr..
Page could have had was so big that
he could not possibly have occupied
more than the first two floors. Even
this, however, would have been ac-
ceptable had it not been for the fact
that the kitchen was on the fifth
floor at the farthest possible point
from the dining room. Although To-
cal domestic engineers tried to solve
the problem of food transportation
they failed, and Ambassador Page
felt he could hardly risk the certain
interruption of an ambassadorial din
ner with the request to his guests
that they join him in hunting for the
waiter who, while bringing the fish,