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The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Deficits Reported BY
Nearly All Counties

In a report on county revenues, eH-
penditures, and public properties. is
sued by the Census Bureau today. It
is shown that in all but seventeen
States county governmc nts spent more
money than they took in. States that
spent less than their revenues are Ari-
zona. Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas. Maine, Massachusetts,. Mis-
souri,, Nebraska. Nevada, New Hamp-
shire. New Mexico, North Dakota,
oklahoma, Washington. and Wisconsin.
California was the greatest "spendcr'
for county government. Its per capita
receipts we're sl9.3I and its expendi-
lures s20.67. Ohio had the largest coun-
ty receipts and expenditures and Yer
mont the lowest
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Tomorrow.

Neighborhood meeting. under auspices of The
safety First Association. Mount Vernon
f. Church South. Ninth and X streets
Lecture, "Phoencian and Roman Art Treae-
ures Of Tunisia,' Frank Edward johnson.
before Washington Society OF the ArChaeo-
logical Institute OF America. auditorium OF
New National Museum. p m
cGed mens ''f secten Ien of % the Rets MeP
chants Association. lin association head
,,Sn,rnS Gusrters So S,Tr m .Arso,,,rs and cbuo.
Comparisons and Contrasts of the Temper
ater Americas. Bailey Willis, before Ns-
Mnsan Gnai TsmPe sHd si5 p nm
Mass meeting. under auspices OF the Dstri' :
. Anti-Saloon League, First C9ngIesa ions
Subscription dance. large ball ROOM Nov
Pan-HclIcuic musicale tor. women studen,s
OF George washington University. assem-.
bly, hail of arts and sciences. sl5 p. m
George Washington University. north hal
of Law School at New Masonic Temple,
Dance. Home Club IA Jackson place mort
Meeting. Current Erents cub Home Club.
nnSNS@ anon %o' :: School i Of ln.ruc-
ton. Royal Arch Masons; Martha. No, 4;
ascension ,, No. 20 Eastern ,,, stsr: y,
i6: Phoenix. No. IS; Magenenu. No. I, En
campment; Doreas, No. !. Rebekahs; :,
hnlgntS OF INtnlAS NO "
Rathbone Temple, No. s.
Order of Jonadabs-Ptoneer Council.
Sons OF Veterans-Georse II. Thomas Camp
No u.
Ladies Of the Maccabces-NatonaI Hive No
l. St. Patricks party.
Loyal Order OF Moose-Coiumbia Lodge. No
l2e. progressive cuchre party.
Address. Socialism vs Iaborism," vii
liam English Waling, lecture hail, Public
Library, S y.
Address The Days OF Aud Lang Syne.
the Rev. DR.. w. y. Wedderspoon, ST,
Pauls Lutheran Church p IN.
Trsvelogue OIL Virginia, W. +. Peabody. Mt
Vernon Church. p. IN.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Soldiers So Hardened That If
One Is Shot He Is Blamed
For CareIessness.
KILLED LIE BESIDE LIVING
-BIooded Customs Grow Out
Of Troops Close Acquaint-
ance With Death.
BY PHIL RAIDER.

Copyrighted 1915 by the United Press
LONDON. March There's a Ger
mans body hanging from the barbed
wire entanglements in front Of the
French trenches. which have just left.
For two months this body was part
Of my little outlook on tho world.
There's pair of nippers in the rotting
hands. For some weeks the back was
arched upward. but recently it has be-
gun to sag. The clothes flap more and
more wildly each day as the body slow
ly shrivels.
Nobody from either side has been able
to get to that body to bury It. II is
buried there in the air on the barbed
wire. and 1t will be gradually shot away.
Cheek to JOwl With Dead.
Living cheek to jowl with dead men
thats the thing that turns you to a
oeast. but it's a part of trench life that
Is unavoidable. The first thing that
shocks YOU in the trenches is to dis
cover that after time you are able
to watch men writing in pain with
Perfect equanimity
MY nrst experience in this happened
one day when a young Englishman, in
my squad. named Samuels, tried to take
a short cut to the rear and, instead of
Following the maze of trenches, got out
into the open right in front Of our
trench.
A German bullet passed through his
lungs, and we saw him topple only
hftecn feet away from us. He writhed
and moaned. but our officers wouldn't
let us try to get him.
The Germans didn't shoot at him any
more, because they knew they had
landed" him.
Red Cross Doctor Killed.
Our lieutenants sent TO another part
of the trenches for a Red Cross man.
who came. after about an hour. This
Red Cross doctor was young Swiss
named Schorr. He climbed right out
OF the trench and started toward the
writhing figure of Samuels but a bull
let passed through his head. and, after
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
THE GRAND HOTEL CASE

Uncle Sam owns the Grand Hotel
property, and the Treasury Depart
ment, as his real estate agent, man
ages it. The property was leased by
the Treasury for hotel purposes, and
a bar constituted one of its features
This hotel became the subject of Wig
orous criticism, and protest against
continuation of the bar license was
laid before the Excise Board in the
most insistent form, backed by police
testimony and a good deal of other
evidence.
But the Excise Board, as it has
done in many other cases, gave the
benefit of the doubt in favor of the
saloon, granted the license, and the
hotel went right on.
Now comes the Treasury, in its
capacity as landlord-not as conser-
vator of moral standards, bless you
and orders the place closed.
The Treasury had the same con-
ditions before it as the Excise Board
had. Therefore this decision is wor-
thy of some special attention.
The Excise Board was unable tc
see anything undesirable about this
establishment, while the Treasury
authorities find it so bad that they
are willing to sacrifice the rent rath,
er than continue it!
The Treasury has no concern, in
theory at least, about moral aspects
The Excise Board has. Yet the COM
munity in this instance finds the
Treasury enforcing the moral re-
quirements while the Excise Board
refuses.
When a business gets so nasty
that the landlord refuses to receive
money from it, what shall be said
of the moral administrator that can
see nothing undesirable in it?
The Treasury's action puts square
ly up to the President the question
of what he is going to do about his
precious Excise Board. Either the
Treasury has "butted in" to a moral
realm in which it has no concern,
and thrown away the revenues which
this property has been earning, or
else the Excise Board has neglected
its business.
Which is it?
If the Grand Hotel was proper
hotel to be running, it shouldn't have
been closed. The Treasury needs
the money. Il has a deficit and is
going to have yet larger one.
There's no occasion for the Treas
ury shopping around looking for
troubles that don't concern it, in or
der to get an excuse to throw away
money that the Government needs.
Has your Treasury Department
been doing that, Mr.. President? If
so, it needs to be disciplined.
Or has your Treasury Department
merely exercised its plain sense to
end a nuisance that had become a
stencil in the nostrils of the com.
munity, an offense against decency &?
Either your Treasury has become
overzealous or your Excise Board
has scandalously neglected the plain
duty imposed on it by the law.
You will have no difficulty, Mr..
President, deciding where the wrong
lies. The rest will be perfectly easy.
Either dismiss the Treasury au-
thority that has sacrificed the public
revenue, or else dismiss the Excise
Board that has outrageouSIy neg
lected its duty.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Boston's Mayor Puts Ban
On Dance in Bare Feet

BOSTON. March 1s.-Mayor Curlcy
prevented Boston society women from
dancing in their bare feet at the car
nival for the suffrage campaign fund.
The mayor stopped Isadora Duncan
and Pavlowa from appearing without
stockings He said the same rule fp.
piled to society women. so they danced
with ankles covered.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Amusements,

New Nationsl-"The Poor Little Rich Girl,
s:15 p. IN.
Bella sco--''The Things That Count" $50 D. m.
Columbia-'S Salambo." motion pictures. 2l5
and S:l5 p.
Poli's-"Thc Three OF Us" 2:l5 and 8:I5 p. m.
B. F. Keith hs--Vaudeville. 2:15 and s:15 D.
Casino-VaudevIlle. continuous.
Cosmos-Vaudeville. continuous.
Gayety-Burlesduc 215 and S:15 D. m.
Majestic Buresque, Sl5 D. m.
Strand-Motion pictures. II n. m. TO II n. "'
Garden-Not pictures II a. m to IL p. m.
Crandall s-Motion pictures. II a. m. TO II
p. m.
Arcade-Dancing S p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
d. A. R. to Hear Lecture.

Miss Janet Richards will deliver a
lecture on The Big Question of the
Hour before Mary Washington chap
ter of the d. A. Il. at Rauschcr's Satur-
day night. The proceeds of the lecture
will be applied to the Memorial Cont
mental Hall fund and patriotic work OF
Shs shAetsI.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
CreScents Give Ball.

More than 800 attended the monthly
dance OF The Crescents" at the Raleigh
last night. The organization was
founded by ]. W. MCKoricher, ". Harry
Trottcr, Harry c. Sisourney, Lcmucl IL.
Windsor, ltrcd ID. GicsleT, and II. 5.
Whittsssy.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Jitney Bus Is Fined For
Running Over Street Car

PUEBLO. Col, March lS.-The jtney
bus company in Pueblo has twice been
fined for running over" street cars.
In the latest case a iitney made a
turn contrary to traffic regulations and
tore off part of the fender OF a street
oAE, 90.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Loses End of Finger.

Algcr Ewing, fourteen, Colored, had
the end of tho middle linEcr of his left
hand cut off IN candy machine this
morning. lie VAS treated at EmsS-
gsnoy Hospital.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18

flopping about minute or two,
Sckorr's body stiHcned, and we could
see he was dead.
This was 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Whenever We tried to get out to help
Samuels the Germans turned a terrific
fire our way. and though We could even
hear Samuels groaning we couldn't get
to him.
Dead When Brought In.
It was not until dark that we could
do anything. Then Victor Chapman, OF
New York. Harvard man. who was
stUdyinC architecture in Paris when
the war broke out, made lasso with
a piece of rope, and before long he had
dragged both bodies into the trench.
Samuels WAS dead.
Experiences like this hardened us. and
finally we got to the place where, II n
man was killed or wounded, he was
blamed for Carelessness. When Niscon-
cellos a merchant OF Paris, was killed
with a rifle bullet through his head.
while he was peeping about the tranch,
Lieutenant Francais. sho conducted the
funeral ceremony, said to US as we stood
over the grave: This Is a lesson for
you young men TO take to heart. You
must not be careless" Think Of that
as part OF funeral service
Bury Dead in Trenches.
Most of the divisions Of infantrymen
who spent fve-day watches in the
trenches. during the forty-seven con-
sccutive days that was there with the
machine gun squad, buried their dead
right in the trenches. Sometimes they
scooped out Il grave in the side of the
trench. or sometimes they would dig
q grave in the floor of the trench.
They would not know, of course. where
other divisions had buried their dead
so 1t was no uncommon thing to come
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
No Cave Man Ever Lived So
Terribly as Do Those in War
Dug-0uts.
NO PLACE FOR HIGH IDEALS
Heroism Does Not Go Within
EarthWorks, Where Men
Stare Death in Face. -

across a rotting body. Then that part
of the trench would be polluted for days
until the rain had washed away the last
traces of the unspeakable mess.
The Washington times., 1915-03-18
Cave Men Lived Better.

until the rain had washed away the last
traces of the unspeakable mess
Cave Men Lived Better.
There you are, among the dead. No
cave man ever lived so terribly as you
do; at least he buried his dead at dis
tant point moved away from the grave,
but we were prisoners with our dead.
sleeping. as 1t were, alongside them, as
much prisoners as they.
You get to feel that the only differ
ence between yourself and dead man
is that your little bullet hasn't found
you yet.
Looking death in the face in this way
strange custom rose up among the
men in the trenches. There was q little
Greek In our trench who was fatalist
He used to say. II know I'll get 1t
some Of these days when my time
comes"
Now the minute you hear a soldier
talking that way. you know he will
get II. The trench Is no place for a
fatalist, and a fatalist. in my expert
encc, is not a good soldier, because he
will grow impatient over the delay IN
the coming of death. and will at last
take foolish chances that no sane man
would take.
This Greek had very beautiful knife.
and all of the men in the trench had
their eyes on 1t, for, in all the trenches.
IL is the custom for the men of divi-
sion to divide among themselves all the
belongings of a dead man which will
be of Use in the trenches.
When the little Greek was finally shot
through the brain one day, there was
a dgnified rush for the knife. and We
found that IT WAS missing. Somebody
had stolen it from him. II appears be-
fore he was dead.
Valuable Belongings Marked.
I had a pair of field glasses which
we're very expensive, and more than one
man asked me to promise him that.
when | was killed. the glasses would
go to him. Every valuable possession
of every man in the trenches that can
be legitimately claimed for trench serV-
ice is marked by his comrades. It's just
q cold blooded custom that has grown
out OF the cold -booded and close ac-
ouaintanCe with death.
II you think heroism and high ideals
go within the trenches. you are wrong.
The life is too beastlike for such human
things.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-02

TRAJES PARA Mos 6esde 8
IS amos 80 por ciento de rebaja. -
Bonito surtido en- colores y gran can
tidad de ellos en- casimir.
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15
Krause Sent to Ial

Edward Krause is in the federal jail at Juneau, serving a sentence for one year forimpersonating an officer. He is also held to answer to the federal grand jury on the charge of having kid naped Wm. Christie on October 30tb. Krause was given preliminary hearing before U. S. Commissioner Marshall last Wednesday afternoon on the charge of Kidnapping, and the judge took the mat ter under advisement unti, Thursday morning, when be announced that Krause would be held to appear before the grand jury, and that bis bail had been fixed at 5000. He also announced that be had found Krause guilty of i'm persousting an officer and that for that he was sentenced to serve one year in jail.
 Kszis Krauczuuas, attorney for Krause, expressed surprise that his client should be sentenced without the formality of a trial, but was afterwards made to understand that everything had been done according to the rules laid down in the books. Krauczunas immediately gave notice of an appeal to the district court, but, as Judge Jennings will be otherwise engaged un Gil after New Years, Krauso has no other alternative than to stay in jail.
 We understand that the prosecution will devote the time intervening be- tween now and the assembling of the next grand jury to the attempt to gath CT evidence that Krause is guilty of murder.
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15

Irja Kopika, Clarence Wiitanen,
 Nora Madison, J John Poeth,
 Lille Mackie.
 "A Christmas Thought" Martha Sey "A Catastrophe" ...........John Poeth "Star of Bethlehem" ...Lillie Mackie of Were Santa Claus" Neil Anderson "The Christmas Spirit" Wilma Gamble Dialogue, "The Ruggles Family Get Ready for the Christmas Party.
 ........ Fourth and Fifth Grades 'The Christmas Tree" "..... lrja Kopika aCbristmas Night" .......H Hilma Niemi aHe Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
 ...................... School
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15

Whatever may be said of the town of Petersburg, it's residents are good to pay their taxes. A recent copy of the Report says that all of the 1915 per- sonal property tax has been paid with the exception of S26.5O
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15

The press of Alaska is again humili ated by the disgraceful action of one of its papers. Some years ago Walter D.. Clark, then governor of Alaska, sent to the press advance copies of bis annual report under a release date. A Ketchl- kan paper published cOpious extracts from the report before the date of re- lease, much to the chagriu of Governor Clark, aud the disgust of the newspa- per fraternity of the North. Last week Governor Strong honored the press with advance copies of his report for 1915, with the date of release, Jan. 10 1916, plainly stamped on the title page. Yesterday morning the Juneau Daily Dispatch came out with an article cop jed from the report, thus violating all rules of common decency.
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15

The Alaska Electric Light & Power Company has offered two prizes for the pupils of the Douglas public school, for the best essays on the subject of electricity. The High School will con- test for one prize and the grades for the other. All essays are to be turned in by the 2Oth of the present month.
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15

"SITKA HOT SPRINGS" Accom- modatiOns, American or European plan. For terms apply to Dr. l.. F. Goddard Sanitarium, Alaska.-Advertisement.
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15

FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES
 Friday afternoon. Dec. IT
 Miss DeClark and Miss Moss, teachers. aNo Candles Was There and No Fire"
 ........... Selection on phonograph Reading, "Tbe First Christmas. ".....
 ...................K Kenneth Umstead Recitation, "Sly Santa Claus" .....
 .................... Teddy Hubbard Recitation, "Kris Kringle". Rika Niemi Recitation, "A Little Christmas Tree"
 .................... WAie NLenl HSilent Night. "..................Sc School "Keeping Christmas" Ernest Smith aSanta Claus in Holland" ...........
 ...................M Margaret Wallace Dialogue, "St. Nicholas" ...........
 Selma AaltO, George Bowie, Bertha
 Larson, Arthur Nelson, Esther
 lille, Harold Gallwas.
 "Keeping Christmas Time" Emma Garn "A Letter From Santa Claus" ......
 -................. Joseph Vezetti "His Letter From Santa" ............
 ..................... Dan Henderson nStille Nacht, Heilige Nacht"
 .......... Selection on phonOgraph "The Birth of Christ"Vivian Lindstrom "Wnlie's Dream. Rangnar Kronquist "Mrs. Santa Claus" ....... Ida Swanson "Why Santa Claus Is Troubled" .....
 ...................P Peter Carlsyn "Volunteers" ........... Janey Faherty Dialogue, "Poor Pappa's Christmas
 Neckties" ..............,....
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15
The Holiday Vacation

The Douglas Public School will close on next Friday for the Holidays, and will open again on Monday, January Sd. Closing day progroms will be given on Thursday and Friday afternoons of this week. Parents and all interested in the school are invited to attend.
 The two primary rooms will have their exercises on Thursday afternoon, and other grades up to and including the Eighth, on Friday afternoon. The High School promises something later in the year.
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15
PIANO TUNER

GEORGE ANDERSON-Expert. Twenty years experience. High Grade Piano Players and Pianos for Rent Address Box 99l, Juneau. Phone l-4 3
Douglas Island news., 1915-12-15

....................h hussell McGauy Song ............................Cl Class
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01
a DAYS-STARTING TO-DAY

Asks the .Uife, in this pictured story. Why
is it the lUife must ai.Uays seek to "hoId" her
husbands loUe? Why does he not seek to
hold hers? Is she not as uvorthy of IoUe as
he? The solution of this problem by the
tOife, in the play, brings about a revolution
NOT Without its amusing situations. The
story IS called
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01
BILL TENNeY CALLS

With the stirring events u the
>oD& ymous letter and the electric
car. had forgotten all about Bill
Tenney and my conscience smote
me a little when his card was
brought me yesterday afternoon.
You're a nice one. Margte," he
began You tell me To call for
you to take you to see Donna and
then you leave home and me to
our own devices"
r should hate very much TO
leave you 10 your own devices, Bill.
a. they are very apt % be more
devious than straight"
Oh. I've reformed. my dear
Margie. am dignlfied old mar.
Tied man who makes Donna 10
more trouble"
y am glad 10 hear that. but be-
fore I believe 1t thOroly III have TO
hear Dohaa's side"
I'm gong to take you over now
and let you hear DoDna's side"
Say. BIZ. wonder n you would
trust your life In my hands. You
pee. ! have new electric car and
! think can drive IT.. Mt least, !
haVe had II out once alone and
am stu intact. However. up to
Date. have found no ore who Will
~ me drive them about. II you
that you can do this. why III
oflve you over 10 Donns's."
hargie. I'd trust my yery soul,
Iet alone my body TO you"
There, BIN Tenney. I know you
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01
Confessions ofaWfe

have not reformed. that's Just the
kind OF a speech you used % make
TO any woman you might be with,
but come along, for ! was ready to
20 out for drive when your card
came up"
As I phoned for the car BIZ
looked about the room and his eve
caught the latest picture OF Kitty,
which was standing on my writing
table. Without one word TO me.
he bent over and plctod II up and
gazed at it long while
Finally. he said.
Isn't II strange, Margie. that the
wonderful bit Of vivid lie With its
music and laughter that this piece
Of paper represents. should be blot
ted out and this shadow on II.
fling bit OF cardboard should be
stlll where we can behold it,
IT'S a wonderful lkenesa. Bill, %
said. and do you know It seems
10 change expression; sometimes
when am sad the mouth seems TO
lose that little fascinating smile
and the eyes look rather plty,nEly
at me. AZ tho saying What Is the
use. Margie. Of fighting so hard to
be happy? I went thru It all my
friend, all the successes. all the de
feats. all the joys and all the for'
rows. and here I am at last at
peace
Tears stood In Bits eyes. he
isn't bad man. az men 30, only a
weak one.
Some way, Margie, | almost feel
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01

the four dTys completing tho week.
This picti"e IS n hga!y educa-
tlonal lad interesting film dealing
with mancuycrs OF the ditferc I
branches II our army. navy and the
aerial serTIrc.
Activities NJ European soldiers
are also shown.
AlHAM BRA
Bella Donna" n Famous Fay.
ers projection, with Pauline Fred.
erick IN. the name part. viii be the
feature I the Alhambrt 9 program
for four days. besinnin. Wcdnes.
day.
Bella Donna" N its Msress
beggars description. yet the play,
in itself. IL sordid and Eella Donna
is far from being an ideal woman.
The lavish scenes. tie perfect
photograp hy and the matchlesS act
ing OF Tho PLAYERS. make the rlav
one 20 be remembered
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01

absolutely devoted TO her She ia
good woman. Margie. and used
TO make her very unhappy | owe
this much to her now AID I shall
make her life comfortable and
happy"
You mean. my dear BIZ. that
you will let Donna make your life
comfortable and happy. Como on.
let's 20 over and see her She Is u
dear woman and a very patient
woman TO put mp with you
Il guess III have TO buy her n
car like this said Bill. as he
opened the door.
(To Be Continued.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01

that. between MS two. we killed
her
Speak for yourself. Eli Tenney.
She told me Just before she died
that ! had been her one solace."
And yet ybu took her away
from me who loved her
Perhaps. but n yon will look at
that picture. BNll. you will find a
new look In tho eyes different
from any that you have seen. Kitty
idly when Bhe died She was a
was coming into her own very rap
better woman. a more loy1ble wom-
an. a bigger woman. than II she
had married I'd She had begun
70 live for something else beside
herself"
"Did-did r." Bin hesltated
Yes. said answering his qucs.
ton She spoke OF Won and told
me when YOU came home 10 tell
you. that you Mad made part Of
her life very happy
Great God
But Donna. Bill. after that ex-
clamatlon. how can you explain 10
DONNA"
"Oh. you women. You women.
you will never know man may
love his Wife and more. be bound
to her by that strongest OF claims
habit. and yet she VIII never
have the power 10 set his nerves
a.tlngle and make his voice tfem.
Bile when he speaks her name
Since ! married Donna the last
time"
smiled inwardly. little book
Bill made tina astonishing state
ment I'm such a matter Of fact tone
Since | married Donna. the last
time he repe hted. Il have been