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The Chitina leader., 1915-08-10
CAPTURE BALTIC PROVINCES COMPLETE


LONDON, Aug. Riga, the chief port of the Baltic
provinces being evacuated by the Russians Two of
Won BuelOws cavalry entering the city The Russian
defenders emorazed The capture of Riga completes the
German occupation of the Baltic provinces and adds finishing
touch the Russian commencing with the recaptue
Przemy followed by the loss of Leberg and later added
by the taking of Warsaw News from the region Warsaw
scarce the military observers here anxiousy awaiting official
confirmation from Perograd of the report that the armies of
the Russian center succeeded in retiring intact The loss of
Riga has been forecased not thought that the Rus
would be able maintain their hold upon the city, after
being unable repel the German attacking
The situation of the entire Russian army precarous
and is feared that the Germans have delivered such blow
the Sav forces that they will be at least unable take the
defensive until next spring The effectiveness of the
Russians winter campaign has always been Marked but it
doubtful if they will be able to recuperate from their
Their losses have been both in killed and
wounded and captured
BERLIN Aug emperor William will head conference
of leading Teuton statesmen who will in this city
to plan autonomous government for Poland Others
be present the conference the heads of the coned
Grated German states and the Austrian arcdukes While the
plan has been entirely outlined it known that Ger
will not offer Poland complete autonomy, but semi
autonomous government under the direction of Austria and
Germany This semiautonomous government which is to be
formed will be under the direction and administration of
German and Austrian Poles An will be
Of the plans after the meeting has adjourned The loyalty of
the German and Austrian Poles their respective countries
unqnesone the kaiser has determined reward
their steadfastness.
VIENNA, Aug. 1.-THE office today issued official
statement the effect that the Ausans forces had taken the
fortified city of Ivangorod Russian Poland The Austrans
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-10

Send in your subFription now.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04

wear these he kept up easily with
his class.
This boys case Is like the cases
OF many other children. and of many
adults. also. They have no obvious
symptoms OF eyestrain. But they
ind II hard TO concentrate their at
tention. Their head tires quickly
when they try TO think. They are
nervous and irritable.
All this impairs their efficiency
sending their earning power far be-
low what 1t ought to be. They be-
come difficult persons TO get along
with at home and In their business
dealings.
When. rs sometimes happens, their
unsupported eye-strain makes them
so overwrought that they canno,
sleep. their plight is miserable in
deed.
II. then. you suspect that your
eyesight f. not what II ought To be
II. no matter how good It seems
you suffer from the physical and
mental troubles mentioned above
play safe by consulting a competen,
eye specialist.
And. TO help you guard agains,
eyestrain, here are a few don't s.
for which am indebted 10 DR.. w. 3
Lancaster. OF the Harvard Medical
school:
Don't read shiny paper.
Don't read any kind of paper In a
poor light
Don't read in street cars, railway
trains. or other moving vehicles.
Don't sit with strong light on
your book. while the rest Of the
room II dark.
Don't face the light
This Is the advice Of an expert
and II will pay you to heed Il.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
Russian Bank Note Issues

Consul General snodgrass reports
from Moscow that In Russia the
right OF emission by the govern
ment bank is limited by law. II
could Issue bank notes without a
corresponding gold deposit for only
$4,000, 900; ordinarily bank notes
had to be covered. ruble by ruble.
In gold. At the beginning OF the
war the council OF ministers passed
a Law, which received imperial
sanction Aug. 8, 1914, and In ac-
cordance with which the amount OF
bank notes that could be issued by
the government bank without gold
deposit was raised to $4,000, 900.
A law has been passed, receiving
imperial confirmation March 30,
1915. by which the amount OF bank
notes that may be issued is In
creased by 3515,000.000. This Is
meant as temporary measure.
Thus, the bank In permitted to Is
sue notes for s1.2ss. 900. 900 besides
the amount Of bank notes that are
secured by gold. ruble for ruble. II
the bank issues notes for the above
sum. the amount Of gold deposits
will be equal TO 40 IL per cent OF
the sum total OF bank notes issued
-Bradstreet's.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
The War Through
Eyes Of a Chinaman

Here IL Chinese students sum
mary of the wars causes. as pub
Iished In q Shanghai paper: Now
there Is great battle In Europe.
This began because the prince Aus
tria went TO Serbia with his wife.
One man OF Serbia killed him. Aus
tria was angry, and so write Serbia.
Germany write a letter to Austria.
I will help you. Russia write a
letter TO Serbia, I will help you.
France did not want TO night, but
they got ready their soldiers. Ger
many write q letter to France. You
don't get ready. or I will Tight you
In nine hours Germany. to night
them, pass Belgium. Belgium say,
4 am a country: I am not road
And Belgium write q letter TO Eng
land about Germany" Who can do
better In the same space?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
Pointed Paragraphs

Girls who marry for love often
get gold brick.
Among once seekers the proper.
ton Of the elect Is small.
The master key to wisdom Is
knowledge Of your ignorance.
A widow usually selects q differ.
ent sort Of man the next time.
Most married couples fool them.
selves longer than they do their
neighbours
Y The man who judges his future
by his past is apt to become dis
couraged.
II might be we'll for q woman to
remember that q frown begets more
wrinkles than . smile.
Marriage 10 . lottsry-except for
the poverty stricken nobleman who
marries an American heiress.
A married man imagines he 10
having q good time when he does
anything he knows his wife wouldn't
approve Of.
II sometimes happens that an old
bachelor loves little children. al.
though they probably worry him as
much as women do.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
Using Up a Yard of Ticket
COUPON 8.

adequacy OF our auditory facilities
Sometimes there were as many as
100 present.
Berries canned without beins
touched by the human hand. IL hard
ly sensational enough for a twenti
eth century horticultural exhibit
The hands-off idea originated lone
ago with small boys who preferred
to 90 fishing in the picking and can
ming season.
The yard Of ticket is restored Ia
its original length by the valuation
slip. While II Is being attached We
hear the clerk say. Where" very
sharply. much 10 the confusion OF
the patriot who has indicated his
desire to visit the ''alammer" on his
way home.
He Is finally routed via San An
tonic, Texas.
San Francisco bay has the mos,
dismal sirens In the known world
They sound like the prolonged bel
lowing Of cattle.
No wonder they bring down a dis
NAL fog upon the Jewel City every
time they let loose their mournfu
cadences.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04

The exposition may result in the
discovery OF the exact location of
the Golden Gate.
Evidently no well-regulated exhib-
itor thinks OF getting along without
q moving picture outfit or a bas
relief map.
The unpushed roller-chair. styled
the electriquette. is movie nov
city.
Another is train OF church
pews, placed dos-a-dos and drawn
by q baby motor. No trouble to en-
train. Just sit down on II as II
passes.
Why go through the canal when
you can ride all around IL In a NOV
ing gallery while the lecturer tells
you the story through the telephone
receivers attached 10 your ears
touching upon every feature Of con-
struction and operation as you pass
Il?
The distinguished foreign jour
nalists who travelled many thou
sands Of miles TO address the In
ternational press congress, must
have been impressed with the In
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
Stiff Necks and Eye
Strain From Zeppelins

In the cities Of Europe that are
liable to be visited by Zeppelin air
ships, the watchers on the lookout
for raiding craft have suffered from
stiff necks, and also eye strain from
long continued gazing at the heav.
ems 10 detect hostile aircraft, and
TO meet this dificulty opticians have
devised a special form OF sky peri.
scope. This instrument IL con-
structed on the same general prin.
ciples as those used by submarines.
and the type that has been 70 wide.
ly adopted for use In the trenches
on land. The device In q simple ar.
rangement OF mirrors that the
watcher can hold In his hand, and
which enables him TO scan the en-.
tire vault of the sky while looking
down in q convenient and natural
position. II has been found so con-
venient that a much better and
moro constant lookout IL main
tanned.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04

Just a few words OF warning
friend, In case you are having any
trouble with your eyes.
Don't let It run along neglected
thinking 1t is only q small matter
Go TO q good oculist. and II he fnds
II necessary TO equip you with
glasses, wear them
Eye-strain IL . most insidious and
in some respects most dangerous
malady. 1t Is not dangerous in the
sense that II necessarily means loss
OF vision. Many people go through
life seeing we'll enough. yet afflicted
with eye-strain to q degree that
makes existence q prolonged misery
The trouble Is that the symptoms
of eyestrain are not always located
in or about the eyes. They often
are In the nature Of what Ii called
reflex neuroses." On the physical
side. unexpected eye-strain FIRE
quently IL the sole cause OF chronic
indigestion. headache. and occa
sional attacks of dizziness.
| On the mental side. 1t may make
its influence felt even more mis-
chievously.
In one typical case the parents oil
small boy were greatly disturbed
by a teachers report to the effect
that their son was the LATEST boy
In school.
"He is so lazy" the teacher de
clared, that whenever he has &c
read. he becomes sleepy in a very
few minutes"
Seedlings and whippings provine
of no avail. the boy was taken to
doctor. The latter, to the parents
surprise. passed him on to an ocu
list, who found him much In need
of glasses. As soon as he began t.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
From Another Point of VieuU
~ c. r. Q.

What's the use Of sad repining?
Sure, it will not always rain,
All your signing, all your whining
Will not bring the sun again.
Though the August cloud-banks hover
And the skies dissolve in wet,
If We wait, we may discover
Christmas may be sunny yet.
Saginaw firemen demand day off in
four and threaten TO start something un-
less the common council is quickly on the
scene.
We note that Milwaukee, also, is be-
ginning to get the telephone trusts num-
Der.
Word comes from Belle Isle that Park
Commissioner Dust is having his
troubles with the Phlegethontus Quin-
guemaculatus. 1t is said to be an insect
We thought at first it might be the name
OF the ferry boat that caused the recent
rumpus.
A Detroit laundry has gone into bank.
ruptcy. Failed to deliver.
The Weather.
For Detroit and vicinity: Generally
unfair.
The National Association of Chiropo-
dists will meet in Detroit next year.
Reserved, it will be noted, for a foo,
note.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
UaTo RIAL PAGE

culties which Italy Is encountering in the
south. and the stubborness of the Oar
danelles, they still feel their strength
superior, and rely on time as their
strongest supporter.
We shall. therefore continue to see the
manhood of Europe and of her colonies
sacrificed at the rate of three-quarters
of million a month, with no assurance
that anything good will ever come of
this awful ruin of irreplaceable wealth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
What of Unmarried Women?

In Cardinal Gibbons's letter to Mr..
Nugent there Ia only one class Of
women dealt with-the married or
to-be-married woman. For her there
is indeed glory enough" to be found
In the opportunity to make a home,
raise a family. and use to the full
that influence which sensible
matron exerts over her husband
and sons
But Cardinal Gibbons takes no
account Of the woman who has had
no chance to marry. whose respons-
Utilities In the parental home have
debarred her from seeking the
cloister, and who has had. there
fore, to work for a living. yet who
would like to feel. II only to the ex-
tent Of one vote, she has the privl
lege OF using her inspired instinct"
on the side OF justice and truth.
am not an advocate Of woman
suffrage. but this side Of the ques-
ton keeps me from opposing it
Letter 10 the New York Times.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
Fire Losses.

The total fire loss In the United
States and Canada, including forest
fires. has averaged 1921 900. 900 dol.
lars a year for the last five years.
Since the beginning OF this century
we have lost over $4,000. 600. COO
worth Of property. The per capita
fire loss tx the United States is
s2.55. as compared with 81 cents
in France. and 20 cents In Germany.
In 1914 the eleven largest fires In
chemical industries showed a prop
erty loss OF $500. 900. As a result
of this the Industrial chemist has
now begun TO study the causes OF
fires In order that he may remove
the source. II possible, and he Ia
studying such materials as rubber
lined fire hose so that. after a FIRE
has once started. the fight against
II may be conducted more efficient
ly.-Science.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
Sam Should ''Ishka"

Having observed It's success In sit
ting on Uncle Sam. we're placing a
few bits at odds on the Beef trust
az against John Bull.
You've held up 314.o00.00o worth
Of our meat cargoes destined for
Scandinavia. Pay up, or no more
meat for you and your allies, john"
say our gents with the large ham.
mutton and OK interests. And all
Europe that's antiGerman certainly
needs American meat
Locke like Q splendid albeit cruel
hold-up. One Of Uncle Sans trusts
holding up John Bull It's a horse
on John.
The Young women's Christian a.
sociation possesses . world mem
bsrship Of $4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04

Fuller's earth was discovered In
Florida in 1893 through mere acct
dent. An effort was made To burn
brick near Quincy. The effort fail.
ed. but an employe OF the company
called attention TO the close resem-
blance OF the clay used to the Ger
man fuller's earth. Florida In now
the leading state In the production
OF fuller's earth, having reported for
1914 more than rs per cent OF the
total quantity and value.-United
States Geological Survey.
British. Columbia has 67.sos stu
dents In its schools and colleges.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04
Men and the Clothes They
Wear, According to Fashion

If q man wishes to indulge In q little
fling in the matter of soulful color, now
is his time.
He would better snatch it quickly for
it will fade away and leave him in the old
arab desert which is changed only when
the blackness of night falls upon it.
He may wear a green suit, quite belted
in so that we know he has waist line
and he may accompany this with cerise
tie of large dimensions.
The same way be seen in our most
fashionable emporiums which give all
their attention to the correctness OF
these matters.
He may wear white, tan or almost any
kind of shoes with socks much in evil
dence and of the silkiest variety.
His hat may be of various shapes and
kinds with fetching little ribbons and
bows encircIing it; and after he has in
dulged in these riotous forms Of coloring,
he will be the same young man that he
was before, no inward change whatever.
Why the custom came about to re-
strict man in his choice of clothing we do
not know.
In earlier times he had as gorgeous ap-
parel with as great variety as did wo-
men.
He wore ruffies, velvets and satins,
gold laces and fine furs and the styles
changed with the frequency of the needs
of the purveyors of fashions.
In the most troublous times his cloth
ing was the gayest; only the Quakers
and Puritans put quietus upon the love
of finery, thinking it ungodly.
That it had little to do with his inner
life, we believe, for Charles /. and all
these unhappy gentlemen before him in
the time of good Queen Bess were attired
in beauteous raiment when they laid
their unlucky heads upon the block.
What relation clothes bear to the spir-
itual side of the man would make an in
teresting study, though we are inclined
to think it is very slight.
The fact that a newly bereaved woman
is frequently seen in mourning Of the
very latest fashion would lead one to sup
pose that she took it along with her
breakfast as all in the days work.
Fashionable mourning has a curious
sound which does not ring true. -'
The old monks who clad themselves in
sackcloth and put ashes on their heads to
show penitence or sorrow, came nearer
the mark.
Altogether we are coming to think that
the clothing of the body is a superficial
matter which has not the significance i'm
puted to it.
It's greatest fault lies in spending for
it money that were more wisely used
elsewhere.
Every one may now be comfortably
and tastefully clothed on a comparatively
small amount, and everyone would doubt
less be content with this were there not
such extravagant display at every turn.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04

II girl declines your Offer Of
marriage, young man. It's up to you
70 give her another chance. They
seldom think twice alike.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04

DAYBRnAk.

DAYnRnAk'
Day had awakened all things that be,
The lark. and the thrush. and the
swallow free.
And the milkmaid's song. and the
mowers scyths.
And the matin bell and the mountain
bee:
Ffrefiies were quenched on the dewy
Glow worms went out. on the rivers
brim.
Like lamps which . student forgets
TO trim.
The beetle forgot to wind his horn.
The crickets were stiii In the meadow
and hill.
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-04

And On the Credit Side of the
European War Ledger, What!
The magnitude Of the war can be
\ family comprehended by its statistics.
A European estimate, recently pub
lished, gives the casualties Of all the
4 beIligerents Is 2,22S. 800 killed, 4,837, $40
wounded and ], 705, 900 missing.
That is to say:
A population greater than that Of the
& state Of Alabama has been utterly wiped
out.
II every man, woman and child in
\ Ohio were manned In some horrible way
evsry person in the great cities Of Gin
\ cincinnati and Cleveland. everyone in Co
lmbus, Toledo, Akron. Canton, Spring
S fsld. Youngstown, Dayton, Mansfield,
/ oysxyone in the smaller cities and ham,
3 ~. everyone In the farming districts
I fhsir wrecked bodies would about equal
\ HI number Of those battered and twisted
ma torn by this war.
II everybody in Kansas should sudden
y ~ Is annihilated, swallowed up, removed
{kom the facs Of the earth, the total
i sou]d b shout the same as those re-
pcetad missing in Europe.
Hut stiIl the idea Is not exact, for the
SaGualty list Includes only men.
The total exceeds the entire male pop.
1Stinn. of n ages. Of the four great
/ slo1us q Michigan. Ohio. Indiana and Il
\ Al sim the comparison is not COM
sc 1ln, for the men thus sacrificed to the
fV61ry Of national ideals are for the
Il Soot part men IN the prime of life-men
otWeen 20 and 20 years old.
Add kentucky to the four states al
xoady given; add Wisconsin, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, and every state westward and
n north of the southern line Of Kansas, un-
h III the total is 10 states, from Ohio and
n Michigan to the Pacific coast; eliminate
3; IN man between the ages of 20 and 40,
q ma you viii have accomplished less hav.
q than has been done in the countries
u Europe.
Think Of it, try to conceive it, if you
4 can.
Every child in 10 great states father
" loss, or beholding in his father shatter
X "a man with only memory of his form
i - strength.
Every woman in 10 states weeping fol
3 ~ loss Of : dear one, or anguished by
his wounds.
This II what the war has done.
And on the credit side of the ledger
Whatl
Nothing, apparently, so far.
This great investment of virility hal
brought not . single dividend, unless i
\ = the half-promise. half-hope that Thu
Nill BE- the Last great war.
Un]sss il be fierce hatred for wa
Il that Win LEAD. at the end of the struggle
! ~ limitation Of ornaments, a new un
d1rstanding Of political economy,
y 1ranslation Of patriotism into brother
s. hpcd.
eoms such happy agreement Nigh
s. - secured H the war could be ended b.
I nu1nol consent while 1t is still dead
Ink bsfors the permanent scar of de
1oot hAs been engraved on the heart o
~ natiou, 10 rankle until new strengtl
4 lt0s NV hope Of vengeance.
s. Germany. It is rumored. is ready 70
poaeo ca TIE basis Of the status quo ante
mi would mean the restoration of tn
~ whieh she occupies, in return TO
e6rod colonies.
q = hardly likely that the allie
ensont 70 peace on such basis
~ - resistance in the west, tn
1u11iA b The east the diff
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DANGERS OF EYE-STRAIN.

H.. AooiNoToN BRUCE
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-06

CURRENT THINKING
THE TRAGEDY OF YPREs.

Ypres, beaten back from the zenith
which it obtained around the year
1900. ever dropping lower in the scale
OF importance, is today apparently
facing the last few scenes of its trag-
ic decline. For weeks Ypres has fig.
ured prominently in the war dis
patches. as Germans and allies have
rolled in alternate destructive waves
over its site. says a statement issued
/, by the National Geographic Society.
Ypres was formerly the capital Of
West Flanders. It is situated S5
miles south of ostend. on the Yper-
lee. The town lies in the midst Of
fruitful region, which is drained
swamp and marsh land. Since the
flooding of the country as a war
MEASURE the swamp land is today as
It was in the middle ages.
In the fourteenth century Ypres ri
vailed Bruges and Client. II was one
OF Europe's great cloth weaving CEN
ters. a city OF vast wealth, and one
known everywhere through the excel
lence and popularity of its products.
In its prime It was a city OF 1000
Prior to IN. war its population num-
bered 1900.
The cloth making industry Of Ypres
dates back to 1913. AS this Industry
grew and skillful weavers, dyers and
finlshers were gathered to the city
Ypres came to occupy in the woolen
and mixed fabric world much the
same place that today Nottingham
takes for the manufacture Of lace
curtains or Lyons for the manufac-
ture OF silk. It is said that by the
first quarter OF the thirteenth cen
tury Ypres had 1000 looms going con-
stantly.
On July IL. 1909. 1t was their red
coated" contingent that turned VIC
tory to the banners OF the Flemings
in their battle with the French un-
der the walls Of Courtrai, IL miles
east OF Ypres. The Flemish army
numbered 10000 citizens Of Client.
Bruges and Ypres and the French T.
600 knights and 10000 foot soldiers.
Several popular risings, the fearful
plague OF 1347 and then a wild bac-
chanal of wars blighted the hopes OF
Ypres, sapped its strength, destroyed
its industry, killed off and scared
away its people. ruined its homes and
finally, broke its spirit The re-es-
tablishment OF an independent Bel
gium found 1t hopelessly beaten in
the struggle for prosperity and pres
tige.
Cotton. linen and woolen cloths and
laces are still manufactured - or
were before the warm Ypres, but It
is now just one of multitude Of tex
tile towns. and the world today will
take little notice OF the manner Of its
passing.