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Evening star., 1914-11-28
rockingham. L. S. v, ret
eran of the civil war.
FOREIGN.

President Wilson expressed conf
dence that conditions in Mexico were
about to show steady betterment:
Vera Cruz was evacuated by United
States forces, Mexican troops taking
possession amid considerable disor-
der; mobs in Mexico City began a reign
OF terror, numbering and looting. fol-
lowing the retirement of the Carranza
government; Carranza was reported
preparing to besiege Villa and Zapata
in Mexico City; followers of Felix
Diaz were reported seeking the sup
pert of the United States to his aspira-
tions to take control in Mexico. The
prospect of negotiations for new
commercial treaty with the United
States was reported from Petrograd.
Berber mountain tribes in Morocco
were suppressed by the French colonial
army. Nine. Poincare, wife of the
French President, was awarded medal
for her activities in nursing French
wounded. The expedition headed by
Donald Z. Mcmillan to locate and eX-
plore Crocker Land reported the pres
ent on-eXistence of that supposed Arc
tic tract Among those who died dur
ing the week was Cardinal Aristides
Cayallari, patriarch of Venice.
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Lifting of Cattle Quarantine Begun.

The Department of Agriculture has
begun the lifting of quarantines against
foot and mouth disease infected cattle
in sections where inspectors believe the
disease has been checked. Plans have
been made for relieving eastern Iowa
and southern Illinois from quarantine.
As rapidly as the department can be
assured that the infected cattle have
been destroyed in any locality the
quarantine Will be lifted at that point,
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ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner John Fisher, III Eastern
branch, with wood for Clarke * Son;
schooner Orbit, cord wood from Mary
land point at 18th street, for J. II.
Carter & Co: schooner s. Sawyer. at
wood for shipment to West Virginia: !:
schooner Eleanor Russell, cord wood
from ChicomuXen creek, at 18th street
wharf for J. Maury Dove: powerboat
Jewel and schooners Bessie Reed and
Willie Clarence. oysters from the lower
Potomac and Chesapeake bay beds for
the market here: steamer Northland,
from Norfolk and Old Point; steamer
Frederick de Bary, from Mattox creek
and Potomac landings; barges Corroto-
man, Pensacola and Breton, from Phila :
delphia, at Georgetown with coal for
the gas light company and dealers:
barge Raymond McNalley, at George
town with fertilizer.
Departures.
Schooner Halle X, light, for the low
er Potomac oyster beds after oysters
for the 11th street wharf market:
schooner Eleanor Russell. light, for
Alexandria to load merchandise for
Poseys wharf, Chicomuxen creek, Md
schooner Elizabeth Carter, light. for Il
lower river point to load cord wood for
the dealers here: steamer Northland,
for Old Point and Norfolk with pas
seneers and freight; steamer Wakefield,
for river landings and Nomini creek :;
scbooners Bessie Ford. Edith Marcy,
Winnie Windsor and Avalon and power
boat Kate, light. for river and bay
oyster beds to load for the market
here. schooner Grape Shot, from Alex
andria for a lower MaFyidhu point Win
terra Gotta piping.
Tugs and Tows.
Tug Rohemia arrived with coal-laden
b,rees in tow, and left with light
barge for a bay point; power tug
Frank Phillips arrived towing lighter
laden with ties at 11th street wharf
for local dealers; tug Edith G. Win
ship left with coal-laden boats for
naval powder plant, Mattawoman
creek Md. and returned to George
town with light boats for canal points:
tue Cant. Toby arrived with lighter to
load oyster shells for crushing plant;
tug John Miller left with lighters for
clay banks at RIVER view, Nd; tug
Minerva arrived at Georgetown with
lighters.
Memoranda.
Schooner Lily o. Wells has sailed
from Norfolk for this city with laths
for the local dealers: schooner Oak
land has arrived at Maryland point
from this city to load cord wood to re-
turn; schooner Grace G. Bennett has
sailed from Norfolk for Newbern, n. C..
to load lumber for Baltimore or this
city. schooner Mary Ann Shea has ar
rived rive in occoauan creek to load lumber
or cord wood for the dealers here;
schooner Frenchy is at a lower river
point after oysters In the shell for the
market hero 4----.-
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NORMAL LIFE IN OSTEND
IS RADICALLY CHANGED
Correspondent Writes of the Effects
of German Military Oc.
cupation.
spoodence Of the Associa ted Pres.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
OSTEND, Belgium, November 21-
The normal life of this usually lively
city has been radically changed by the
German military occupation. Inhabit-
ants are forbidden to leave their houses
between In the evening and in the
morning, and no lights may be shown
during that time. No one can leave
town without passports from the Ger
man authorities.
The usual market gatherings are al
most suspended. Villagers from out
side Ostend can come in only when at
tended by their burgomaster. and the
market hours are limited to Monday
and Thursday mornings.
Food Carried in Dog Carts.
All horses have been taken by the
military authorities. so only dog carts
can be used to bring food into the
town. Butter, eggs. meat and vegeta-
bles are cheap. but Ostend is without
fish. because all fishermen have fled to
England. Fishing would be impossible
because civilians are forbidden to ap-
proach the coast and the inhabitants Of
houses along the seashore have been
expelled.
The railways and electric trans have
been stopped for everything except mil
itary purposes and are being used night
and day for sending provisions to the
front and bringing back wounded.
Little is left of what formerly was
Westende, Dixmude, Schoore, Rams
kapellem. st. Picters. Capelle and Men
nekensvere, and over $50 farms in the
neighborhood have been destroyed.
Hundreds of wounded Belgfans and
French are brought to Ostend. and
those who can stand the journey are
sent along to Germany. A dozen or
more Germans. dead from their wounds,
are buried here every day. The wound
ed allies are we'll cared for by the Ger
mans.
Germans Make Heavy Requisitions.
Ostend IL without newspapers. soap.
oil, candles and coffee. The Germans
have made heavy acquisitions not only
Of foodstuffs in large quantities. but of
cigars and wine and all available mat
tresses and covers as well as clothing,
linen. wire and bicycles. For the prop
erty taken the Germans have given
reQuisition notes amounting to $1.000,-
900. The hotels are occupied by Ger
man officers. who live on the best of
everything. German bands play in the
parks every day. but have only the
Germans as auditors, because the In
habitants who are left boycott them.
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picion among smaller South American
countries.
AS to such countries as Haiti and
Santo Domingo. Mr.. Taft said the work
of the United States thero in settling
uprisings had been that of neighbor
who sought to maintain peace IN the
community.
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Mrs. Louise Bowly Ebert, wife of DR..
]. William Ebert, was hurt when the
automobile driven by Charles L. Grove,
jr., Of Stephenson, Va, crashed head on
into the car, In which she was riding,
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Dangerous to Abandon Doctrine.

Were we to abandon the doctrine"
he continued, and thus in effect notify
the European governments that SO far
as our remonstrance or interposition
WAS concerned they might take pos
session of Santo Domingo, of Haiti, or
of any of the Central American repub-
lies, or of any South American republic
that might he disturbed by revolution,
and that might give them some inter-
national excuse for intervention. it
would be but very short time before
we would be forced into controversies
that would be much more dangerous
to the peace of this hemisphere than
our continued assertion of the doc
trine, properly understood and limited"
The "A. B. c." powers, he continued.
understood that this country does not
claim to exercise any suzerainty over
them and is not rendering its guardian
ship as If they needed it, He added he
thought it would be good thing if
these powers would join in upholding
the doctrine. but move in this di-
rection might cause jealousy and sus-
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FLOW OF THE YUKON
SUBJECT Of REPORT
Closed and Open Seasons of Vital
Importance to People in
Interior of Alaska.

The Yukon river in Alaska. given
fifth place among the great rivers of
North America, is the subject of a re-
port by E. A. Porter and r. w Daven-
port, which has just been published by
the geological survey. The report deals
directly with the discharge of the Yu-
kon at Eagle, Alaska, and estimates
that the discharge varies from $4,000
to 10.10O cubic feet a second, or an
estimated average flow of 1920 cubic
feet.
Its length. including the Lewes and
Teslin rivers, is given in the report as
800 miles. This may be compared
with 5000 miles for the Mississippi and
Missouri. 2.SsS miles for the Mackenzie,
1000 for the Colorado combined with
Green river and 300 for the Ohio COM
bined with the Allegheny.
Yukon Flow Slow.
The Nile, with 4 drainage area Of
100000 square miles. has an average
flow of 10000 cubic feet a second. The
flow of the Yukon is therefore relative
ly small as related to it's drainage area.
and this apparent anomaly is accounted
for by the fact that the interior of
Alaska has the small rainfall "charac-
tcristic of that portion Of the United
States which lies between the Sierra
Nevada and the Rocky mountains north
of the latitude of Salt Lake City
Navigation on the Yukon has SO i'm
portant a bearing on transportation in
interior Alaska that it has given rise
to general recognition of two sea-
sons-the CLOSED season." when the
Yukon is either filled with floating ice
or frozen over, and the open season.
The breakup of the ice usually occurs
about the middle of May, after which
the river is open to transportation for
five or six months, or a little longer.
Break Up of Ice.
The breakup is not only an event of
great economic significance to the in
habitants in the interior of Alaska, but
it presents features of great dramatic
interest as we'll. One who has not wit
messed it, according to the authors of
the survey report, can hardly imagine
the impressiveness of the spectacle.
From bank to bank the surface of the
river is solid mass of huge moving
ice cakes, which are constantly grind
Ing and disintegrating with an awe
inspiring exhibition of resistless force.
The freeZe-up is less spectacular.
With the increasing cold of the autumn
slush ice forms in the river, and as the
cold becomes more intense the ice in
creases In volume until finally it is
sufficient to bridge the entire stream.
This means the termination of navisa-
ton on the Yukon until the following
May.
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Women With Young Children
need Father Johns Medicine as a body
builder.-AdvertiSem
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antine. At every port. small or large.
there is an inspection service. If there
is no quarantine station and a vessel
arriving there should need quarantine
treatment. she is remanded by the quar-
antne officer to the nearest quarantine
station.
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CAPTAIN STRETCH HAS fine IDEA IN HIS DIRECTORY STUNT

Capt. Stretch has outlined an al
phabetical and exhaustive list OF
professions. trades. organizations
and professions, and he proposes
TO learn definitely Just how many
Of each there are In every town
of the north.
He Has His Troubles.
But the captain is having his
troubles.
Ho can't get them all to Kick
through"
There arc certain skeletons the
little cities desire to keep closely
locked In their family closets.
They don't propose to have them
ai-ed for ne wo@ift edificatio
One town. for instance, passed
sereneIy over the space reserved
for undertakers.
Can't Fool Captain.
Now, / know for a fact that
this town has two undertakersl
declared the would-be compiler.
However, he says he'll keep mt
II until no has the thing complete.
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The statistics he has Cleaned to
date show five tailors "dolling
up" the young bloods" OF Juneau;
three at Ketchikan, one nj Wran-
gel. one at Douglas, two at Cor
dova. and one at Seward.
Skating Kinks.
There is one skating rink at
Ketchikan, one at Wrangel. one at
Petersburg, one at Juneau and two
at Cordovn.
Ketchikan also has two dress
makers. Wrangel three. Cordova one
and one at Valdez.
Clubs OF various sorts thrive to
the number OF four at Wrangel.
two at Petersburg, one at Cordova
seven at Douglas, three at Cordova.
four Mt Valdez. four at Sitka and
four at Fairbanks.
OF the churches there are three
at Ketchikan. three at Wrangel.
one mt Petersburg. seven at juneau,
three at Cordova, four at Valdez.
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NORTH
TRIBES KILL
AGED PEOPLE

Strange. often horrible, customs
still prevail In the haif-barbarous
tribes Of Eskimos In the Arctic
circle.
That they share Theodore Roose.
veit's theories on race suicide only
10 certain extent was discovered
last year by Capt. o. a. ssnnevik.
who had charge Of the wairus
hunting schooner Kit, and who the
other day left SEATTLE In charge
Of an extended trading expedition
TO the North.
Tattoo Cheeks.
Il noticed that several OF our
Eskimo hunters had blue tattoo
mark on their cheeks. and. after
much questioning. ! finally found
out what IL meant" said Capt.
Aanuevik They told me that
after an Eskimo family has grown
10 six persons the last one Is
tati0oed SO that other members Of
the tribe will know that the head
OF the family can support no more,
and children born after that are
made away with
XIII Old Folks.
"Old people who have no one
10 support them and those who are
too sick to work are killed by 9TH
er members OF the tribe.
we found that the Eskimos
around St Lawrence bay and East
Cape have no knowledge OF reli.
gion whatever
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four at Sitka and four at Fair
banks.
Theatres and "Movles."
The list OF theatres and NOV
les" Is far from complete. but thus
far II shows two at Ketchikan. two
at Wrangel. one at Petersburg. two
at Juneau, one at Douglas. one at
Cordova. one at Sitka, one at
Seward and one at Fairbanks.
Unless II be an aeroplane fac
tory. there's nothing the northern
towns haven't been asked to men
ton.
For under the table heading the
eye roves over paint shops. restaur
ants. real estate. shoe repairs. sec
ond-hand stores, schools, saloons,
sawmills. telephone systems. water
works. auto supplies. banks, books
and stationery. baths. bowling al
leys. breweries, bottling works.
construction companies. carpenter
shops. candy stores. cigar stores
and factories and cold storage
plants.
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SUPPOSE YOU
NEVER FOUND
YOUR LETTER

Supporting you we're a lonely
prospector, far up on the Yukon.
Supposlng you were hungering
for the loved ones at home, way
back In the States.
supposing your heart leaped az
you saw cloud Of smoke down the
river, saw a big stern-wheeI steam
er whecze into view and puff to-
wards you.
Just Suppose.
And then. just suppose. the boat
~ss IN too great hurry to stop,
but that II had on board a letter
from those loved ones. from whom
you hadn't heard for many months
and that somehow you knew II.
And that they tied your mall
around stick and threw II over
board, hoping In a careless sort OF
way that 1t would float ashore.
Would You cry7
But that as you watched, tho
river current carried IL down
stresm until. bearing the tender
message from your wife and babies.
II became a mere speck. then dis
appeared.
Wouldn't the big tears be on
your cheeks and wouldn't you
swear at the steamboat company?
These tragedies OF the North are
no mere superstition. They have
occurred often on the Yukon. for
occasionally they don't have time
10 deliver a letter In Alaska.
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The butcher. the baker and
brethren Of the eandlestick maker
ply their trades and are prosperous
In Alaska.
And working with them are
music sellers and iron workers,
journalists and plumbers, survey
ore and undertskers, paper hang
ers and tinfittcrs, shoe men and
tea and coffee merchants, not to
mention physicians, photographers.
pool room men, printers, assayers,
BARRIERS, cleaners, bIacksmlths and
coal dealers, besides a host OF
others.
A Good Plan.
Capt. r.. IT. Stretch. at the Alas
ka bureau of the New Seattle
Chamber Of Commerce. is compil-
ing table OF different trades and
lines OF business pursued In Alaska
and when he completes II he will
have document OF great assist
ance to the man planning busi-
ness invasion of the north country.
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Photo BY Curtis q Miller.

OF the patrons,
Unless 1t be street cars. there
il little you can name OF the needs
of civilization that Alaskans don't
have--and. anyway. who wants a
street car when there's team of
dogs anxious TO be off, ahead of
good sledg
Anybody who thinks he's going
to isolate himself when he goes
to live In Alaska Is mistaken. The
"tenderfoot" forgets he is far from
home and mother when under the
cheerful Influence Of the soclalabIe
sourdoughs.
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because men and women. taken
far and wide. are the same through
out the civilized world. the bust
meas OF fun making Is practically
identical In the Arctic Circle with
that In the tropics.
Really Little Difference.
The only difference between go
ing to the Sourdough Ball at
Nome and attending the Aloha
Frolsc at Honolulu is that In the
latter case you deck yourself out
IN white fianuels shelter your head
In Panama. and glide 20 the scene
OF festivities In catamaran. or
spin along evenues OF pineapple
trees Ia an automobile: while In
the former you muffie yourself In
thick armor OF furs and 40
bobbing over a frozen trail In q
sled. racing At the heels OF n dog
team beneath cold. glittertng stars.
All the Frlvoiisies.
Americans In Cairo or Fair
banks must have their smokers,
their dances. socials and recep-
tions. Just as the Englishman -
though he roams the world over
must have his tub. and that Is
why In Alaska you will find all.
or nearly all. the frivoiities. the
pastimes and foolish ways OF per.
suading Father Time TO throw on
the high gear that tickles the ribs
OF other parts OF the world.
There. too. you win find Moth
er" worrying and frctting over tho
cunning ways OF the dressmakers.
skilled craftswomen who ply their
needles In the north At a profit
that enables them 10 visit New
York now and then for sight Of
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Tenderfoot Quickly Forgets He Is Far From Home and
Mother Under Gay Influence of Northern Social Life

midnight sun" game Ia called
before packed bloaeh hers, at tho
stroke Of ~. June n. Ten
years have passed now aimee
this custom was begun, and
never yet has darkness do
seendod before the last inning
has been oheerod into history
BY the peanut.munohlng fans.
Women at Smokers.
They hold smokers in AlaHkI
nd invite the ladiea. And IN,
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Sports Galore In
Alaska WenPLay
Time Is Declared

Aaskans socially. a gay. carefree lot
The proverbial hospitality of the South is theirs, and
theirs. too, the bgheaed open ways OF the West Gen
crosby of known only like Alaska where
all things and all people the large order is marked
the North And with goes happy spirit OF iriendlness
and good will that is delightful and refreshing
When Alaska decides take day off there's merry
making in for all hands
The love OF fun is the in Seattle and Honolulu
does il bubble less loyiuy Skagway than in New
Iork-for wherever the mothers and sisters there also
will be discovered the round OF afternoon calls sewing
clubs card parties all the latest hops skps and jumps
the ball and the old story whispered ham
mock for swinging under cay branches
light almost. but quite, hidden
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glaciers and lmpromptu exploring
picnic parties TO the Inlcts. famed
for their beauty, serve To enter.
tain the hordes OF tourists that
every year throw themselves upon
the capitals wondrous hospitality
Juneau proudly and confidently
ehristened one OF her knolls as
Capitol Hin, 20 years ago. long be.
fore anybody tbut Juneau foiks)
know that the town would become
the permanent seat OF AIaska's
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ladies go, too, But they let the
men do the smoking.
Juneau, Alaskas capital. Ia
blessed with balmy. Puget Sound
climate and a lighthearted popu-
lation, combination that pro-
duces whirl OF social events hard
10 equal. The governors mansion
Is the scene OF many frolic and
reception. while coming out parties
and crochetiug clubs ebb and flow
through the residences OF the we'll
TODD, OF which there are many in
the town.
In summer, excursions to the
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aiities, good libraries, we'll
equipped hospitals. energetic and
progressive civic organizations,
bright. readable newspapers. brass
bands and autos are few OF the
things that make life worth living
for the people who dwell In the
Land OF Promise"
They have their theatres. with
occasionally good road companies.
aud their movie" houses. with
amateur nights to try the patience
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government.
FraternaI Orders.
Fraternal orders, clubs and So
cial organizations OF all sorts, Inn
ported from the Outside are
scattered throughout Alaska and
are growing repidly. Presenting
the rough, picturesque exteriors of
the north, the homes In which
these orders are housed bear the
the comforts and luxuries of mild.
err climes within.
Thoroughly modern schools and
Industrial institutions, churches of
many denominations and nation
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mattcrof.fact as car ride in Sc.
attle.l
Different In Summer.
The ways OF Eastern Canada are
the ways OF the Alaskans In the
winter. hut not so IN the sum
Ner. when the Declaration of In.
dependence is gotten out. busted
and entrusted 10 the town orator.
when fireerackors spit and nputter.
and when linen replica OF Old
Glory Il awarded to the young
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sourdough first across tho finish
line with q good old Irish tuber
rolling before him.
Everybody in Alaska, from
pIebeian TO pIutocrat. gets out on
the street and hurrahs for liberty
when the Fourth OF July comes. and
on that day only one sorrow rests
in the hearts OF the young folks
Though they wall their eyes out
the sun will not sat long enough
for a fireworks display.
The great American game Of
baseball In made famous at
Fairbanks when every year the
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the new styles and ideas
While Father Pays.
Father will be In evidence In a
soltloquy as he Ia confronted with
bills for elaborate pieces OF milli.
merry art. sold fresh from the
fashion centers to the feminine
members of the family.
And sister. with her diversified
interests her pretty clothes aud
her beaux. will be found fully as
Interesting In the Tnnana valley
as the sisters OF southern cllmes
nor will she tease less ruthlessly
her brother incoming gloomily over
his first love. or minister with
less love TO his wants than her
kind elsewhere.
Winter Fun.
Yet the would.be reveier from
the Outside" be he of southern
birth. or even a native Seattleite,
will find the Aiaskan's winter rec
reations. In many Instances. brand
new experiences hut IL he halls
from Montreal. for instance. he
will believe himself suddenly AZ
home again.
All sorts OF Ice sports figure In
the round OF winter pastimes for
the northerners. Ski contests are
rendered famous by the feats OF
hardy sons OF Norway and Sweden.
reckies~ly daring death and per.
forming thrilling leaps and piunges
that send cold creepings down the
spines of spectators
And then there ara hockey
-- fierce. swift games
these northernerH play-curling.
skating parties. and sleigh rides
Though the latter are about as