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The Washington times., 1914-03-12

pom the instance of bankers the
amber of Commerce is to De asked
reconsider its recent action in dis
a proposed bad check law.
The Chamber refused a month ago to
olcur in the recommendation of its
Nv and legislation committee that a
ore stringent law covering the issu-
snce Of bad checks in the District
Eno ould be enacted LAWYERS and some
Al erchants contended that present law
Is sufficient. Others maintained that
conditions warranted new legislation.
The discussion was not participated in
by active bank men.
Since learning of this action by the
hamber number of bankers have re-
quested President Guide TO include the
subject in the cali for a special meet
q 10 be held within the next two
neks.
Bankers have the chief inconvenience,
a least. through the practice OF git
ir z and issuance of bad checks. it Is
inted out and they are preparing TO
-ge the Chamber to recommend leSisla-
N looking to the termination OF
-actice that is said to be too prevalent
% Washington.
The Washington times., 1914-03-12

The sale of fifty shares OF Second Ma
rs, Bank stock at 80 was the feature
the trading on the local stock e%-
q ne today. This is the first sale of
stock this year. and it was all Ia
n by one broker. The price of the
.. stock sold last year was l62-
Nty-four shares OF Gas in two quo
ION and two odd lots were taken
IN offered at 81.
orty shares of Mergenthaler sold at
Only few shares of Washington
Ilway stock came out today. ten of
common at S1i.. and three of the
ferre,i at ST.. The sale of five shares
Graphophone preferred at 20 was the
" other stock transaction.
'otomac consolidated 5s were firm at
at Which price 5000 Of the bonds
. sold Other bond sales were S,5o1
Washington Gas 5s at iv7S 500 of
pital Traction IS at 1856. and S,0o
Washington Railway IS at Wa.
Action upon the listing of the secu1i-
: OF the Washington. Baltimore and
napolis Electric railroad was deferred
week today by the governing COM
ttee, in order TO obtain further infor-
ton.
\ general meeting of the Washington
apter. American Institute of banking
Il he held at the rooms, 1914 Z street,
light A delegate to the convention
the American Bankers Association
i be chosen
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mercial qualities Of the Anglo Saxon.
The Southern arlstocracy would have
striven To preserve social and poltical
institutions embalmed in the blood OF
an honored and historic ancestry. \
fair dream would have beei reared
above the graves II those fallen in
battle. Suffering would have sancti-
fled the dream; love upheld it, re-
ligion blessed 1t.
But underneath the flower wreathed
columns would have seethed the unfor-
gotten hope Of slaves for freedom The
disintegrating principle Of secession
would have interfercd with the stabil-
ity Of commerce, depicting Il treas
ury. The few would have been rem
dered more arrogant. the many more
dlscons olate. And at last the States
would have returned, one by one. to the
Union and over the broken drama Of
the Southern Confcdcracy Old Glory
would have been nailed, just beneath
the cross, every star restored to its blue
field.
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did not preclude woman from the eXer-
else of Industrial activities, nor was
her influence over men based merely on
external beauty, grace and the refine
ment of a lofty moral standard and
poetic delicacy of thought and feeling.
The realm of the woman of the ante
bcl.um South. in which her authority
was undisputed, was the household and
plantation. Her duties involved per-
sonal care of the sick, the young and in
firm, among her children, slaves and
ncighbors. She directed and often per-
sonally superntended the weaving of
cloth and its manufacture into gar
ments for the slaves, She directed the
making of candles, soap, bread the can
ming of fruit gardening and many do
nestle industries now transferred to
large manufactures.
The responsibilities borne by the
woman of the Old South rendered her
capable and made her companion to
her husband, and her influence would
have dominated politics at Richmond,
influencing laws and measures protec-
tive of the home and its environment.
The ancient friendship of the South
for France would have resulted in the
recognition of the Macmillan empire
by the Southern COnfederacy despite
the Monroe Doctrine, and reciprocal
trade relations would have grown up be-
tween France and the South, all tending
to the social power of the Southern
aristocrat. The court at Richmond
would have WED with the court of ST.
James's in the pride and beauty of its
women and the gallantry of its sodierly
men, intoxicated with victory and re-
lieved of financial burdens by opulent
lands and underpaid labor.
Under the Southern Confederacy the
public school would have been of slow
growth. but the college and university
education would have been more pro-
found. The poor white man could not
have survived in the South in compete
ton with slave labor, and he would have
been forced to emigrate to the republic
whose Capitol was on the Potomac for
full enjoyment of the rights guaranteed
by the Declaration of American indie
pendence.
The immorallties which directly re-
suited from slavery would have been
unbrldled under the Southern Confed-
eracy and ultimately would have con-
taminated and degraded the Anglo
Saxon race on the western continent.
Had the North decided to allow the
maynard sisters to depart in peace IN
the fair confederation which would have
stretched from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande mighty impetus would have
been given to classic literature, oratory,
music, art. A civilization such as man
kind has never witnessed would have
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We linger over the dream Of the
soldier who followed the nag Of tender
memories over the battle fields Of Viz
ginla with the picture of mother or
sweetheart hidden beneath his ragged
uniform. lie had not declared the war
nor defined its grievances. He had re-
spondcd to the call to arms and once
the cannon belched and the .muskctry
roared, he fought to win, to defend home
and fireside invaded by the fierce cruel
ties of war and endangered by the en-
kndled passions of men bent on con-
quest. lie fought to maintain social
and political institutions glorlncd by ties
OF affection and rendered righteous by
the stainless character and personal dig
nifty of Southern citizenship.
In the Government at Richmond these
three elements would have played their
part. The soldier leading, civic honors
would have rewarded military service.
President Davis would have been sue
cec'ied by Lee and his lieutenants
The old South would have reigned in
short but brilliant sovereignty. Both
the good and the evil of the old civiiZa-
ton would have been exaggerated. The
Southern Confedcracy would have given
agriculture the benefit of partisan legis-
lation at the expense of the manufac-
tory, and free trade would have de-
Veloped the commerce of the seas at the
expense of the American foundry and
factory. The progress of mechanical
invention would have been retarded in
the Western world by the retention of
the institution of slavery.
boundless and eXtravagant hos
pitallty, made easy by slave labor, would
have illustrated all that was fclicitous
in the social and domestic circles of the
South. The luxurious regime of the
old South was quantity typihed by the
imperious power exercised by Robert
Toombs in the little southern town
where he lived and regned and died, an
"unreconstructed rebel" For long
time Mr.. Toombs would not permit the
erection of hotel in the town. He
said that if "A gentleman came to town
he could he entertained in his home. II
he were not a gentleman he couldn't
stop in the town: hence a hotel was I'M
| necessary.
Political corruption, unknown among
the statesmen of the old South, would
| have found no countenance at Rich
mond and as the slave vote would have
been eliminated, the will of the people
would have been fairly expressed and
honOrably executed.
The moral force Of a universal public
opinion opposed to slavery would have
| modified its crueties and in time have
brought about emancipation based on an
educational and moral fitness for the
duties and responsibilities of citizenship.
| slavery was doomed, and with or with
| out the war Providence had decreed
emancipation, which would have been
more merciful both to master and slave
had 1t been written in the calm justice
| of arbitration rather than in the blood
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Washington Heights Joy
Rides

HE usual afternoon and evening
tranquility of the Washington
Heights section of the city has
been disturbed lately by the daily ap-
poarance of a red wagon drawn by a
lame. bony white horse and driven by a
stout, good natured Italian. The owner
Of the outfit has cultivated the art of
employing his suavity in his business
and 1t has been the means of drawing
many pennies from housewives.
The housewives are not SO Interested
in the afable Italian, his red wagon
and his lame white horse as the chill
dren. In truth the Italian and his out
lit would not have been recognized but
for the children. Their shouts of Joy.
their cries. their handclapping. have
all been Instrumental in making the
agreeable Italian as popular as he is
az present.
Through their efforts the appearance
Of the pleasant Italian and his outfit
is looked for with as much Impotence
as is displayed by the children in wait
ing for their breakfasts and dinners.
The suppers are never thought of when
the ltaIan makes his appearance. The
little ones have no time To think of
supper and their mothers and fathers
have no time t. eat their suppers be-
cause they are usually engaged in
watching their children enjoy them
selves.
What has made this Italian so popu-
lar that children will forget their sup
pcrs when he makes his appearance?
The answer is easy-the red wagon and
the lame white horse. That is the
Italians entire stock in trade except
for the young fellow who stands on
tn" rear step and collects the pennies
as the children hand the coins to him.
His is the responsible job, for all the
pennies he collects he must place in the
palm of the Italians broad hand, and
before the lame white horse gets the
signal To set the red wagon in motion
those pennies are counted as carefully
as "A miser counts his hoard. The pay
as YOU enter ears have nothing on the
red wagon. There isn't a chance to
beat the owner, because he simly counts
his pennies and then glances back and
counts the number Of occupants.
Naturally the tally must agree or the
red wagon does not start.
The little red wagon attracted atten-
ton the first time it made its appear
anCe in the neighborhood. The children
noticed it coming along and they mar
yelled at its appearance. All the red
wagon contained was seats for a score
Of children. The seats are arranged
lengthwise, with an aisle between them
so that the little ones may reach their
places without confusion, Before en-
tering they first have To deliver their
penny 10 the custodian at the rear
step. Such a proceeding permits them
A.. =
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IlAPTER OF HISTORY AS 1T MIGHT HAVE y
BEEN WRITTEN If CONFEDERACY HAD WON y =

lii .. eth milestone Of the nine
...... century marked the be-
.ns Of a crisis in American
.lN
c.,.I Young republic dedicated
,.,.,l. ....iom continue to sanction
,.,,,u .,r,'
i 4, .f .' he American army who
"a Y,.. . into the family Of George
a.. faced the national crisis
... t.u supreme issue with his
t..,. .... ..trrcd and ccdarcd heights
., ,ybr u.y Arlington. the National
C.,,..... .a the latter sos Robert
,ri,.,rI -lz,d across the Potomac
r.. which cleaned above the
r.,h o.. .u. American republic. H.
,,,.d lar. aul NiStfully. In the sweet
-. .,r.. under the tranquil stars
=, Mann, Vernon he had woocd the
,,p,, mistress of Arlington. For more
',.r u.trt,r Of century he had
,u.y.I ,.. nations standard in tn
,,ri Indian .Impaigns west of the Mi
,....pp, 1921. through the land of the
v,r,,zIu,- 90 the Mexican capital.
p,l..rln- N,r, now about to unleash
,5s dog, .t VAR Could he fire on Old
Dorve Wu.rr did his sword belong?
vr,...i. .H. and Of his BIRTH called
How wound He answer?
All do. .ns he gazcd upon Americas
u.r,d ...- and the glorious flag which
Allt,d '..r, above the capitol of WASH
.,og., ,.Yuhilc AS the twilight stars
,1nn, Y. O. Nruugjuu's wooded slopes
he saw t.,'her building limned above
III. u,l.. lul. on Capitol Hill, n Capitol
Il Richmond AMI above 1t streamed the
Nnuy -.0r- ami bars. His soul had
answered NIrsinia's call
It hl, frequently been the recreation
Of statesmen and political economists
70 project 'H,ir minds into the futur"
and you-tru.. Governments upon ideal
and optimistic principles. Such was the
york 5f : r Thomas More. whose Utopia
still leads ,i" hope of social refOrmers
Such va, the pistlme Of the great
ph.lu.uph,- Thomas Aquinas. Such in
I olr own ,m, has been the plan and
purpose ~ % score of writers-Hcnry
George. Edward Bcllamy ana Pope Leo
Kill. who's" labor cnCyClicals rank
among tha u,r.tases of the twentieth
ttuury
To-day | ,Irn the scarchlight back
yard and landing upon the broken
sr.1.. ed, fn. southern Cnnfedoracv
r.r..r.,.. from tho wrecked dream nr
,1. S.,,h.. .rr.prn,chabIe King Arthur
,ba .,i.,r, Nt,. beens" NJ n br,ve hut
laf.,,.J n...tr.
T, f,..y file. S,uth along tho limos
defined .y Oh. ISSUES of war leads tn
.wo r.p..u,.- Nh, one under the Union
alg a, WASHINGTON. the other undcr Tho
Cor,cl,r,n. nas AZ Richmond. Roth
n,,..ns ,..ilI have had tho sam. cnu-
g.r...r Eu,b wnuld haya claimed -.
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and fire of painful and unnecessary
conflict.
The establishment of the Southern
Confederacy would have immeasurably
retarded the progress of women I'm the
Western Hemisphere toward the nobler
independence which blesses the new and
better day. The chivalry Of the old
South cumprehcndcd a sheltered posi-
tion for women protected from com
petition with men: now relegated to
the impractcabilltics of a defeated
people. Southern chivalry, however,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12
Barber a Man of Strength

CT SUPPOSE thar most people" said
barber, would consider plying
the shears and razor as COMPARE
lively easy work; they would no. expect
To find BARRIERS men Of muscle,
1.-THE fact is that standing all day ana
even in the easter paris Of his work
using his arms all day in various posi-
tions the barber keeps his muscles IN
constant exercise, while in such opera
tons as shampoolng and massage he is
called upon for the eXert.on OF down
right strength.
He may not have the muscle Of
man always in strict training. but l
think you would find that as rule the
barber is no Wcaklins,'
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pcrative in war, and would have stood
for the principle of secession until the
last vestige Of cohesion failed the Con-
fcdcracy and 1t became a centre and
source of perpetual disintegration.
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Gus 10y his absence from the battle field
as by his presence ON the noisy field of
luflamed and popular oratory, would
have champonod utimatums as i'm
practicable in peace as they are i'm
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General Longstreefs Widow Turns the Searchlght Back
ward and Sees the Effects and Results of a
Government at Richmond

had been more effective and equally
powerful; the soldier element, fresh
from fields of honor and idolized by the
people.
The Southern politician, as conspicu.
Douglas Island news., 1914-03-25
The NOrtnIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. Information for Everybody.

Mumps have made their appearance in Juneau.
 rae Civic Improvement Club, or W,suceU, js aei,atine Cleanup Day "
 The office of tbe sbagway Daily Alas kan was damaged by fire on the l9th inst
 The bin providing for an eieoi-hoof working day in the Yukon failed 10 pass,
 The town of Cordova has a volunteer fire department which does ali the are- fghHug.
 Twenty eight candidates for citizen chip appeared in tbe district courtroom a. Fsirbanks ou March g.
 Capt. Joe Rose, or Betobisan, by ac- cldeat fired a load ot shot inCo his right leg, just above the knee.
 1t is reported tbat Che bettiug iu se- attle is two to one in favor of Seward for the ocean terminal of the govern ment built railway,
 The uomen of Fairbanks, iu mass meeting assembled, decided to support the Business Men's ticket ia the com fry r,,nfeineI election.
 For the municipal campaign, SEag- way women have launched a Union" ticket, and they ask the decent" men of the town to help them out
 The canned salmon export from the United States last year amounted to thirty per cent more than the highest previous year, or 75,9850O5 pounds.
 e. J. Edwards, of Hoonah, was brought in to Juneau hospital last week suffering from a knife wound in the back, inflicted by on intoxicated friend.
 Hugh O'Neiu, editor or Jne Nome Weekly Democrat, was found guilty of criminal libel against Attorney Coch- rane and fined s2O0. He haa appealed Go a higher court.
 Officials of the Alaska Northern rail- road at Seward are busy pucting their wharf in 6rst-class condition, tn an- ticipation of the coming of material for the Alaska railroad.
 The Presbyterian mission eociety will place a hospital ship in commission in Boring sea during the coming summer, This ship will ply along the Boring sea coast and Bristol bay and will be equipped with a physician end trained nurses.
 The detention hospital at Fairbanks has been completed, and at cost of only s2 more than the amount of the appropriation. Bat there is no money to run it. An organized effort is now being made by the people of Fairbanks to get from the government the author. ! ity for hiring a keeper and maintaining lie at a cost of about s7,500 a year.
Douglas Island news., 1914-03-25

Tbe United States coast and geodetic survey steamship Explorer is outftting a Puget sound 10 return to tbe mouth, of the Kuskokwim river, where she has worked for the last three seasons. On returning from her last season's work last October, Capt. R S. Patten, who then commanded her, reported that an- other year or two would be required 70 complete the surveys in the vicinity of the Kuskokwim river mouth and Good news .bay.
 Any Kansas City man who is cousid- eriag the possibility of going to Alaska to grow up with the iceberg purchased from Russia by Mr. Seward when he was secretary of state will be interested in tbe statement that the latest plan is to convert it into a penal colony for the hoodlums of the Pacific coast. The hope that our government may some day get small return for Che s70000OO of purchase money is gradually fading away.-From he Kansas City Times of February IA, 1874
 Marine mishaps are not always seri- ous The steamer Corwin,' for year Che first boat to reach Nome in the spring, was recently beached on Puget sound to prevent her sinking. The ac cident proved a blessing in disguise The little vessel was being lowed to Eagle Harbor to have a new propeller wheel installed, so when tbe tide went down leaving her high and dry the new wheel was put on with little difficulty. Tho Corwiu will again compete for first place in the race to the Northland
 Secretary Lane, ofthe department of the interior, believes the scenic beauties of the West and of Alaska comprise resource which will attract the atten- tion of the world within the next few years. He believes in the ultimate de- velopment of Alaska there will be a railroad that will stretch from the waters of the Tanaua and the Yukon through British Columbia to the United States, so that it will be possible to take a train on the Atlantic coast and after iays and nights of travelling through a country of wonderful scenic grandeur land one in the heart of the Nortbland
 The Atlin, B. C., correspondent of Che Skagway Alaskan, tells the follow ing story: Tom Pabbitt, a prospector and hunter who was out on the trail of a moose near the Nackman station one day last week, suddenly realized that it was getting late in the day and that he was a long way from camp, SO he turned to retrace his steps, at the same time swinging the gun he was carrying on his shoulder, in doing which the trigger of it caught on the limb of a nearby tree and the gun was discharged. At first he thought some one close at hand had fired the shotand he looked around to see if he could discover from whence 1t came, but there was no one in sight SO he concluded it must have been from his own weapon. When he started to examine the gun he found that his left hand wac covered with blood and Chat the little finger of it was only hanging on by a piece of skin. He wrapped the injured hand up the best he could and proceeded on his way home, upon reaching which he cut the finger off with an ax and later came to Che hospital here for treatment
Douglas Island news., 1914-03-25

It now develops that Representative Frank O. Smith. of Maryland, was not ignorant of the value of the pan handle of Alaska when he introduced in the United States congress the resolution empowering the president ito negotiate with the British and Canadian govern ments regarding the transfer of South eastern Alaska to Canada by sale or exchange or both" but was actuated by high minded motives and an astound- ing pirit of liberality with the prop erty Of Uncle Sam. He is quoted as follows "Tbe white race can maintain it's supremacy only through union. Union among the leading white nations is impossible without mutual cOnces- sious The best way to urge mutual concessions is by example-by a model concession Go Canada"
 Jim Lapp, British Columbia Indian, says hat the halibut instead of the salmon should be honored by having his day set apart on the calendar. "You know" he said, "the halibut is the father of all the Indian tribes about Queen Charlotte sound. They came ont of the sea originally, and once in generation the king of the halibute dis. guises himself in human form and, going to the Indian village where the prettiest girl lives, he makes love to her. He finally gets her to go with him in his canoe to mythical country across the waters. When the couple have rowed for three days and three nights the whole sea about the canoe becomes alive with the creatures of the deep and the canoe wi,h it's victim is dragged down deep into the ocean, where the girl becomes the bride of the king of the halibut. In this way the relations between the Indians and their sea ancestors is maintained"
 E. s. Ironsides, collector of customs for the port of Dawson. has received a letter written at Fort MacPherson by former Klondiker who interviewed Ex- plorer Stefansson. The writer says Stefansson has started back to Herschel island to start out over the Arctic as soon as he gets there. He intends starting from a point west of Herscbel and travel north thirty days. While travelling north, the drift will carry him westward. Stefansson expects to find laud somewhere north of the coast in thirty days travel He says he may reach it or may not or maybe there is none there at all. On his return be will travel due south, and expects to reach Che coast 300 or 400 miles west of his starting point. He has two gasoline sehooners also frozen in west of Her. schel. One of these will go east next summer in charge of Dr. Anderson and the other will try to work along the coast of Banks land as far as possible and then send out parties to try to dis. cover this supposed land. Stefansson thinks that the Karluk may forestall Amundsen in his coming attempt to drift across the pole. He has provis- toned her for five years. Stefansson seems to be of the opinion that she will be carried with the ice and come out somewhere off the north coast of Europe, if she escapes being crushed. Quite a number of craft have been car- ried out the same way as she Karlak but only three were ever seen again,