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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
Fewer Precious Stones Imported.

NEW YORK, February 3.-The January
importations of precious stones of ali
classes fell off s2.12os5s compared with
the same month last year, according tc
figures made public by William r. Tread
well, the government gem examiner at
this port. Mr. Treadwell said that the re-
duced importations were directly trace
able to heavy stocking last year by
dealers in anticipation of the raising OF
duties on the stones in the new tariff
law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
widmayer. Or. II. T. J. Barber and w.

7 Widmayer. DR. +. T. J. Barber and ". F.
McConville
Mr.. Foster. with the aid of stereopticon
slides. started his audience from the
springs in West Virginia and then
carried them on down the Potomac.
through the mountain Businesses of
West Virginia, past historic Harpers
Ferry. over the Great Falls, past the
Capital city and on down to the mouth
of the river. Many of his slides, show
ing the magnificent scenery along the
historic river brought prolonged . ap-
plauSe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
SUFFRAGE FOR DISTRICT
URGED BY Ex-GOV. FOLK
Criticises q. S. Government for Fail
ure to Provide Right to
Self-Rule.

Former Gov. Joseph W. Folk, solicitor
Of the State Department. last night criti-
cised the policy of the United States gov
the District of Columbia with the right
or seff-sovernment. in an address at the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Mr.. Folk said in part:
This republic is furnishing an exam
pie to the world of the virtues of de-
mocracy and it is hardly in accord with
the theory of democracy to deny the
right to vote in the nations capital"
said Mr.. Folk. We would confer upon
the people of the Philippines self govern
| ment. Why refuse the people Of our own
capital that which we would give to the
philippines? Any argument against the
ballot in the District In its last analysis
is an argument against government by
the people anywhere.
People Have Since Awakened.
IF it be said that the experiment was
tried in years gone by and resulted in
corruption, the answer is that all the
large cities were venal in their govern
ments at that time. The people every
where have been awakened since then.
Ihere should not be any place in the
United States where the people are sub
jects rather than citizens. Above all, the
Capital city itself should not be denied
the privileges of American citizenship
and be kept in ignorance of American
ideals, a knowledge of which can only
come through the exercise of the ballot
according to free mans will.
Comforting citizenship upon the resi-
dents of the District may not make the
government of the city any better-in
fact. it would be hard to improve upon
the Commissioners appointed by President
Wilson, who are now operating municipal
affairs 1t is question not of good gov
eminent, but of self-government. We
not only want good government but we
want good government that comes
through self-goverment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03

any; heavy plate; sell
at $40. ......... S22.5o
China Cases-Early Eng
lish; high grade; sell
at 500. .S35.25
Buffets-Early English;
effective design sell at
$50. .$28.75
Serving Tables - Early
English; priced regu-
larly $50. .s2S.z5
Side Tables Go d e II
Oak; priced regularly
at SIP. $1,000
Par1or Suites - Three
piece Mahogany; fig
ured velour; sell SAB,
S3o.75
Parlor Suites - Three
piece Mahogany; loose
silk cushions: sell 500.
5000
Chairs - Dainty Maple
Bedroom; sold $3.50,
$5.75
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
Advance Sale of Materials for the
New Spring Curtains

For the early spring-and later-to replace the
Curtains which have been i'll service for the season
we make these special offerings for the balance OF
the week
Fancy Nets Madras and Panel Laces
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
EUROPEAN WAR
SENDS PRICES UP
Cost Of FOOdStuffS Shows Ad-
VanCHS In United States.
IMPORTS ESPECIALLY HIGH

This Country Large Enough to Con-
sumo All Of It's own Products and
Does Not Rely on European Market
Entirely-Mueh Meat ls Shipped to
England, However.
New York.-The United States faces
sharp rise In the price OF food sta
plies at the end Of the first month of
continental warfare. Wholesale and
retail dealers have been forced 10 send
prices flying up This is chiefly the
case In commodities shipped 10 Ameri-
ca from European ports. but true also
In many American foodstuifs. for
which there Is now a pressing call
from Germany, England and France.
Reports from the distributing houses
indicate that the prices Of bacon. ham
and other meats have been boosted 10
per cent owing TO the fact that large
quantities have been requisitioned for
shipment 10 the British Isles Retail
dealers say that olive oil. which Is
made chiefly in France and Italy, had
gone up 80 or 40 cents a gallon and
that the supply would soon be eT-
hausted.
The price of granulated sugar In the
wholesale market was advanced. hay.
ing made gain of more than n cent
pound since the beginning Of the up
ward movement. The removal of for
eign competition and the fact that
Great Britain has sent into local mar
kets for supplies was given as a reason.
in addition TO a heavy domestic de
mand.
1t was indicated that dealers had TAX
en- advantage of the situation to add
here and there on articles in which
there is not at present, and may never
be, shortage sufficient to warrant ad-
ditional prices. In the case Of tea and
coffee, both shipped from abroad. there
are said to be large quantities on hand.
Owing. however. to the high rate of
marine insurance, it is reported that
the price on these staples is also about
to advance.
An officer of the American Cotton OIL
company stated that the south's aver
age annual output of edible oils re-
fined from cotton seed was 100000
barrels. This supply is converted into
substitutes for lard, into cooking oil,
into oleomargarine and salad oils.
While the American cotton oil COM
panies are large exporters to Canada,
England, Germany. France. Austria
and other European countries, officials
say that they are not worrying over
the shipping situation.
"In case Of necessity" said one Off
cial. 'the Jnited States can consume
all Of the 100000 barrels Of edible
cOttonseed oil manufactured from our
own cotton As for our supply. we are
still working on last wears average
crop, and we have uhuudaurc 10 last
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
The Shadow of Coming Events

In one of the largest of the recently ir-
rigated districts in Modesto county they
do not tax houses, barns, cattle, person
al property or any improvement or crops
on the land for irrigation purposes. The
farmer who builds home and improves
his farm than does the speculatOr who al
lows the land to lie idle.
This system will be permitted under
the Home Rule Taxation amendment to
the California Constitution in any COM
They do not call it single tax in Modesto
County as yet, but that is what it is.
Twenty years ago Henry George was
looked upon as an idealist and his ideas
of taxation as impractical. Today the
single tax element is force to be reckon
ed with in every part of the northern
Statef.
The City OF Seattle is in the position
of being almost compelled to adopt 1t be-
cause across the line in Vancouver, Brit
ish Columbir, they are attracting mil
lions of idle capital from Puget Sound
under the exemption from taxes Of all
Improvements which prevails there.
Many other prosperous cities in the wes-
tern portion of Canada have the single
tax, much to the annoyance of the cities
just south of them in United States ter
ritory.
Maybe that the time is not far distant
when righth here in Berkeley we will
remove the system of permitting the
owner of idle land to shift the burden of
taxes on his enterprising neighbor,
while he reaps unearned and undeserved
profits in increased valuation of his un-
improved property. Berkeley (Califor-
nial Courier
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
President Again COnfOundS His Enemies

promptly adopting program the administration has enabled
unequaed commercial and financial strain inn
posed by sudden blaze o wa throughout Europe
have been and the inevitable needs of the fu
saguae The administrations proposals have all been unanimously
approved by Congress. These the big steps taken
Absolute neutrality declared,
mediate transmitted the five principal warning poweGreat
Britain hand and Germany and
thanked the President his good
huchey OF its best citizens while longer they
will accept hemg greedly and thank him still more.
Appropriations
thousands OF
relief
o the foreign legations o. bankers.
emergency currency authorized thus meeting the inn
stopping the outflow Of gold to Europe.
which the ountys huge grain needy aud rck
c peoples
available naval vessels mails and freight
10 and South America.
Middle effected
thus assuring raiw during the crisis.
his thinking
desiveness.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

lutte annihilation of the liquor traffic,
he is reputed to be a decidedly mod
crate user of alcoholic beverages, and
the German soldiers have received
many lecture on the subject of strong
drink.
1t is generally suggested that the cor
rect private life of the kaiser is in large
measure responsible for his ability to
overcome the physical weakness which
nature thrust upon him. In this respect
be may be again compared to Theo-
;40Te Roosevelt. @hoGG evolution from
Duny boy TO acme of vigorous man
hood has excited comment the world
over.
Stubborn and unyielding when he
once makes Il decision. Wilhelm is of
that type which prefers death on the
firing line rather than surrender.
Wilhelm H. is not an old man, for
on Jan 81 of this year he celebrated
the fifty-f fifth anniversary of his birth.
and despite his somewhat pallid face
and lack of muscle and girth his men
tality is ample and well nourished
and his Indomitable spirit and grim
determination make him a power not
tn he lightly reckoned.
But. according to the signs of the
times. all of the resources of this won
derful man are going to be needed to
rope with the situation confronting him
"a worlds war, the signal for which
was given when an eighteen-year-old
boy. afre with the pan-Serb spirit. slew
the Austrian crown prince. Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, and his wife at Sara
Jevo. Bosnia, June %.
. The Domestic life of Wilhelm II. is
said TO ~ fraught with contentment,
Despite his wide range Of interests he
IS reputed to be essentially a home
loving man. never too busy to take
part in the little joys and the little
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
Not Laughing So Much Now

We respectfully submit the following
from the Chicago Herald, an independ
ent newspaper, for the perusal of Calam
ity Jane Gilberg, editor-in-chief of tn,
Mercer County Observer:
European publicists have been
unwearied for many months in eN-
planning how ridiculous was Ameri-
can diplomacy in its dealings with
the Mexican situation. Some Amer
ican publicists frequently assured us
that American diplomacy was "the
laughing stock of Europe" and even
of ''the world!'
''Yet American diplomacy, includ-
ing that of other American republics
as well as the United States, has
brought the Mexican problem to an
apparent solution without war, and
without war measures" other than
the little demonstration" at Vera
Cruz for the necessary illumination
illumination of the Mexican ruling
class mind.
European diplomacy, required to
solve the problem of an essentially
private crime, of which public per
sonage happened to be the victim,
has so boggled the job that that Eu-
rope is plunged in the greatest war
that has ever afflicted the human
race.
'How American diplomacy shines
by contrast How beautiful is
''watchful waiting compared with
the ''warlike watching that would
not wait in Europe's chancelleriesn'
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

the wars there had been a population
Of 100000 there is now a population
Of only 3O1 900 OF course Servia did
not suffer that much. but these fig
ures are indicative of the great wars
| 1t had to face. Military critics every
where admit that in matters of dis
cipline, leadership. adamantine spirit
and elan there is no army its size in
the world that can make better show
ing than the Servian army made dur
Ing its wars with Turkey and Bulgaria.
1t is a fighting force that is conceded
to have every quality Of strength that
n military machine may possess.
Its plan of organization is distinctive.
Compulsory service is personal for all
ablebodied men and pecuniary for all
who are incapable of personal service.
These latter must pay an indirect tar
of 30 per cent additional.
The military forces are divided into
aational army and the landsturm
which forms the last line of defense
Service in the national army begins at
twenty-one and ends after forty-flve
In the landsturm 1t begins at seven
teen, ends at twenty-one, begins again
at fOrty-six and ends at fifty.
The national army consists Of three
bans, the first ban including all able
bodied men between twenty-one and
thirty-One the second ban all between
thirty-one and thirty-eight and the
third those between thirty-eight and
forty-fve.
The first ban has its cadre, school
through which every ablebodied man
Of twenty-one must pass. No one is al
lowed to change his nationality while
belonging to the first ban. nor can any
member thereof receive any outside ap-
pointment or become even a monk un-
til he has served his term in the army
The term of service in the standing
eadre is two years in the cavalry and
artillery and one and a half years In
the Other branches of the establish
ment There is six months service
for those IN the schools of the country
who can pass an examination for lieu
tenHnt of reserves.
All those who possess cattle and suit
able carts are under obligation to turn |
them over to the army when needed. |
Those who do not possess cattle and
carts have per cent added to their |
taxes for the rem0unt fund /
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
KAISER DISCUSSED
BY ENTIRE WORLD
Loved, Hated, Admired and
LIk0nOd TO Roosevelt.
AGGRESSIVE AND TENACIOUS

Ruler At War With Nearly All the
Great Powers Of Europe ls Not Yet
Sixty Years old-Stubborn and Un-
yielding When Once He Makes De-
eision.
Berlin William H., German EN-
peror. is the most widely discussed
ruler in the entire world today, for
upon his head there has descended the
concentrated wrath of the greater part
of Europe.
A wonderful man is William IL.
Many worship him. many hate him.
and many fear him. but almost every
body admires him. He has all the az
gressiveness of Roosevelt and the bull
dog tenacity OF Grant. He is a verb
table human dynamo, and his versa.
tility Is the wonder Of all those who
have made a study Of his intensely in.
teresting career.
Whether giving orders to an army
or composing song; whether map
ping out the course of war feet or
painting a picture; whether estimating
the value of aeroplanes as factors in
military operations or lecturing on the
evils Of alcoholic intemperance; wheth-
er cunning for big game in forest jun
gle or directing an orchestra; wheth.
er negotiating a vast business deal
or advising a German hausfrau as to
the best method Of making sauerkraut,
Wilhelm II. is equal to the role.
Such a kaleidoscope array Of ac-
complishments may sound paradoxical,
yet the kaiser has amply demonstrate
ed his mastery over the variegated
mass Of technique.
And how he has ever elevated him.
self into such a record of achievement
is all the more remarkable when con-
is given to the fact that
Wilhelm II. was born with a withered
arm and a constitution that because
Of its comparative frailty would have
given him ample excuse for choosing
a life along lines of least resistance.
One of Wilhelm's notices is. Trust
In God; watch everything else" Will
helm Is exceedingly religious, and,
while he is not an advocate of ahsO-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
UNARMED BOYS MEET LION.
Beast Enjoys Period Of "WatehtHi
Waiting" While They Trsmble.

Beast Enjoys Period Of "WatehtHi
Waiting" While They Trsmble.
Boulder. Colo. Richard Henderson
and Dudley Rust. two University of
Colorado students, returned TO Boulder
from a two weeks outing In the yicini'
ty OF Silver Lake with story Of a
mountain Hon whose acquaintance
they made.
The young men were unarmed.
While walking along a trail carrying
only their fishing rods they were star
tied to meet the beast face 20 face.
Lion and youths were taken by sur
prise. The beast showed no fright
and. according TO Henderson and Rust,
showed keen interest In them.
The animal was full grown. They
were afraid to run for fear the lion
would attack them.
Their shouts failed TO frlghten the
beast, and Il period OF "watchful wait
ing" followed Finally the animal ap-
peared satisfied with his scrutiny OF
the young men and TO their great re.
lief bounded into the bushes anG dis
appeared.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
Get Out of Way of the Prosperity Train

where aud being made to yield in such
abundance as was never known before
in the history of farming.
In the south malaria has been conquer
ed and rich swamp lands are no longer
the terror they were. Irrigation and
dry farming have brought new prosper
ity to the west and southwest. Water
power is being conducted over wires shun-
dreds of miles where formerly it was all
but wasted. The oil lands lands and the
mineral wealth have burst the bounds of
former monopolies and opened up vaster
possibilities than ever before, and the in
ventive genius of the American has never
been idle. New miricales are daily being
wrought by invention.
Why then have we had a business de-
preston in the face of these things?
Simply because a great many people
thought we ought to have it; and must
have itS it was due.
1t was largely mental state. There
was no real need of it, or for it. Bust
ness men see that more clearly now.
But many of them are more satisfied ap-
parently because we have it. And they
have learned something.
They have learned that you can not
have panics unless there is tight mon.
ey"-unless the reserve is tied up, as it
was for the past fifty years-tied up when
it was most needed. This business de-
preston we have just been through has
been valuable then in thatit has demon
strated to all the people the wisdom of
the present system of flexible currency.
The old conditions have disappeared for.
ever.
Asa. w. Douglas, of St. Louis, said at
the Economic Club a few nights ago,
there has been curious psychological
phenomenon during this business depres-
sion-the people-the common people
have been optomistic through it all. |
They left their money in the banks. The
common people had more confidence
han the So called hnanciers, and when
he common people have confidence you
ant have panics.
So now that the lesson has been learn
ID and that the greatest crops in the his
ory of the country are in sight, it is up
o everybody to forget the mental de-
preston, start in quickly and get aboard
he prosperity train that has been simply
tanding still on the tracks waiting for
he engineer to oil up for long run.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

until the line crop now in the ground
has been harvested"
A grave addition for the householder
n IN the case Of -four. which has al.
yanced sharply since the outbreak OF
the Austro-seryian quarrel Peppers
spices, mushrooms. bacon and sardlnes
are all bringing higher prices TO the
grocer.
The scale OF prices showed an I'M
mense rise in foreign wines. Grocers
say that they are paying so case
more for imported champagne than a
month ago and that they have been
forced 20 make a corresponding add
ton 20 the retail rate.
10 was said that victory OF the Eng
llsh fleet I'm tho North sea and the COM
plete destruction or effectual botuing
up OF the German naval forces would
be Immediately felt In the food mar
ket
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

Editorial in the Boston Globe
It is the consensus OF opinion of some
of the keenest and most farsighted mer
that the United States is entering on an
era of prosperity that will completely
overshadow even the great periods Of
business prosperity that have already
come to this country since the civil war.
They assign many sound reasons for this
prediction.
The first-and the one which is the
most significant to many of tnem-is that
we have gone through a season of busi-
ness depression for the first time. in our
history without a panic. The old-time
spectators who could always scent a
panic and make money out of it are
completely confused. They have seen a
financial state of affairs never before
known. They have seen the banks full
of money during business depression
and no particular call for the money on
any side.
They have seen Europe throw back in
to this country from $3.50, 900, 900 to
$500, 600, 900 worth of tecurities and have
seen these securities absorbed and the
gold sent to Europe without any partic-
ular fuss. That would have meant pam
ic in the stock market at least fewyears
ago.
They have seen tariff enacted lower
than the Wilson tariff and yet they have
seen raw wool, one of the best tariff bar
ometers there is, sell higher than before.
They have seen a delicate railway sit
uation, that would have created a fnan-
cial panic at any time in the past, studied
and pondered over in a way that has sim
ply taken the breath from spectators.
The people have refused to become ex-
cited over it. They want it settled every
where but they want it settled right.
Why? Because the railroad industry
is not the one dominating industry of
the country any longer. While fnan-
ciers have been Juggling railroads the
past twenty five years, business men have
been building up other great industrial
all over this land.
This is a bigger country than it ever
was before. It's potential possibilities are
being more and more realized in every
direction. The farmers have become
scientists and the arid lands and the
swamp lands are being reclaimed every
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21
GOLD NINE UNDER HIS FEET.
Alaska Miner Finds He Had Lived
over Golden Riches Nine Years.

Alaska Miner Finds He Had Lived
over Golden Riches Nine Years.
Fairbanks. Alaska. George Sharp. a
miner OF Pedro Creek. lived over
fortune over nine years before he
knew that the fortune existed. Sharp
when he first came TO the Fairbanks
district located a claim on the right
limit of Pedro Greek opposite No. 2
and prospected for gold on the claim at
different times ever since.
He spent most Of his time searching
for the yellow stun on his other hold
ings, apparently neglectful OF the pos
sibillties right under the floor OF his
cabin. A few weeks ago Sharp sank
shaft near his cabin. got some pros
poets and then tunneled on bed rock
for ten feet or so.
He encountered coarse gold. some
fair sized nuggets being included In
the dust obtained after sluicing small
dump
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-21

SECRETARY BRYAN AND AMBAsSADo PAGE
top AND AMBASSADORS HERRICR AND
MARYE (BELowl.
cling abroad when the whole of Eu-
rope was thrown into a state Of war
All Americans were quickly supplied
with gold. and the ambassadors CO..
operated with officials in Washington in
relieving the wants. They also aided
Americans In getting to ports where
they could sail for home after deten-
tion in Europe
Another duty being performed by
American diplomats abroad is that of
looking after the interests of a nation
at war with another For instance.
the American ambassador in France
looks after Germany's interests in Par
is, and the American Berlin minister
looks after the French interests in the
German capital. Walter II. Page rep
resents the United States in Great
Britain, George T. Marye in Russia
and Myron r. Herrick has remained
temporarily in France.