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Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-19
LIVING HISTORY
cheaper than that

A Boston University professor come forward to rec ommend the reading of newspapers part of the pub lie school course.
 Isn't this rank heresy in the realm Of education2 It's easy to recall the time when any college professor who recommended the reading of newspapers for anT college nrofessor who recommended the reading of newspapers for any purpose whatsoever would have caste. Newspapers were regarded by all hgbbrows as hopelessly vulgar futile and trashy. Some of them horrible to relate were yellow" Nearly all were be meath the dignity of a scholar. particularly the news columns And putting such stuff into the hands of innocent school children-the very ideal
 Maybe the newspapers have improved since that epoch we hope they have But certainly the educators have improved And as they wake up to interest in qs life and perception Of the fact that education s
 intended to fit children to live that ufe they de yeop appreciation of the wonderful advantages offered to every man. woman and child by the modern news paper.
 The teachers of the young used to act if history were worthless until it had become fossze din books Now they recognize tha- we have here the news col vmps from day to day history in the making which ia vastly interesting erd perhaps vastly import srt thar any ever concocted from the bones o' dead events
Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-19
POETIC pR. COOK

So Doctor Cook must wait for another congres to yndicate his claims to the discovery of the Mort Pole The European war with its American ram6ca tons, appears of somewhat more consequence just no that the relative veracty of Cook and Peary
 Nevertheless @ good many thousand Americans ia many sections of the country will own up to a sym. pathetic feeling for the enigmatc doctor He has madl oenry of friends by his quiet persistence and appar ent csndor His ncessant lecture tours have put hi- cause before several millions of people Many of them are actually convinced that he discovered the Pole
 Many more are persuaded that whether he arrived her he thinks he did, and must be given credit for sincerity as for the patient endurance of hard ships such seldom fall to the lot of any
 The final verdict on Doctor Cook may be along this line There is less disposition now to set the ex porer down as a deliberate liar. It is easier for any who has talked with this remarkable man. or heard him speak, or studied him and his writings to ae cent his story as either rather poetic presentatpt Of real truth or else the fruit of vivid imagination temporarily dsordered by the hardships of an Arctic winter
 And whether Cook actually reached the Pole O. not what matter? The Pole is nothing. Doctor Cook himself is something more importaut-a poet He has given what literary judges pronounce the bes portrayal of Arctic beauty and mystery or the nne spirit of Polar days and nights that to be found h the whole literature of exploration Why expect mathe nautical precision in the of such gorgeous an elusive dreams-if they dreams?
Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-19
LONG DELAYED BAT,4 A
 BOCN TO SOLDIERS

LONDON. Feb. .18-A description Of t'c soldiers month y official Hlh' is srn from the frDl- by member Of cn5on Scottish Resiment.
 esterday we nal novel cHpcr- icnCc". he says. As none 7l us had seen soap or water for over five weeks we were ordered to take an official bath We were taken to town in the rear of our lines and escorted to a large building, where facilities had nbee arranged for the purpose. in the first room we were numbered off into squads of ten men or sO In a second room we emptied our packets and laid aside our boots. bonnets. puttees and sporrans. Tn a third room we threw the rest Of our clothes into heap, and then made a double quick to the show CTS. There were two men to each shower, and we were allowed ten min utes under the hot water with a gen erous supply of laundry soap.
 At the end of our ten minutes we hurried on to a drying room, where each man got a huge towel as thick and rough as a carpet Then we rushed off to a dressing room. where an at tendant gave us anything we wanted in the way )of brand-new underwear shirts and socks, while on hooks at one side were our clothes, which had been thoroughly fumigated.
 After we had got back our bon. nets, boots and other property, we were ushered into a room where a squad of barbers awaited us. When they were through, we marched, spic and span again into tea room for tea and cigarettes Could anything be better arranged?"
Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-19
TIE PRICE OF BLOOD

Good red blood guaranteed rich and free from aint so to speak The transaction which it is based oc cured the New York bread line And there's plenty more to be bought at the same price.
 Dr. M L. Morris of the Bellevue Hospital staff was about to operate on a woman who couldn't stand the incidental loss of blood He wanted healthy man to make up the loss So he called police sergeant and the two went over to the Knickerbocker hotel where the long line of men stood awaiting their dole of bread when they faced those hungry mon and offered SIS to any who would let the surgeon open vein and pump quart of his lifefuid they were nearly mobbed with applicants. A hundred men jumped forward eager for the sacrifice For few min. utes that curb bloodmarket looked like the Chicago wheat pit
 Fifteen dollars quart-its cheap enough It takes more than sl5 to buy the food to make that much new blood might die if he gave up two quarts; and
 that seems to suggest that perfectly healthy American out of a job is worth Something less than s3O.
 But millions of men in Europe are selling the stuff cheaper than that
Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-19
CIVIC SPIRIT.
events

Maybe Galveston couldn't have helped growing and thriving but certainly the Galveston spirit had lot to do with its marvellous development
 It is fourteen years since the great Gulf storm "de stroyed city and killed one-hfh Of its inhabitants that catastrophe Galveston aas nearly upled its population has multiplied its business activity until its foreign trade is the second largest in the United states In ISl3 1t exported more American goods than Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore together-wth one seventieth Of their population
 If all the people of the second American seaport were dropped down into the firsvhch is to say if all the Gayestonians precipated into the midst of Man haitian saud-hey wouldn't cause even transtory trli fife blockade on Broadway. But if they stayed there New York would soon find that something had hap pened
Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-19
FLAGS AND ACCIDENTS

Here are the essential facts which should never be lost sight of in considering relations with Great Britain and Germany;
 As regards Great Brtsin-We have no legitimate grievance against her because the occasional use Of our flag to protect one of her ships in an emergency All modern nations have used the subterfuge mtema- touaI custom sanctions it and law that might be enacted against it by the United States alone would have no force. But we may properly object Go the abuse of the privilege We cannot permit inc British
Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-19
GIRLS BLAMED FOR
 HIGH COST OF LIVING

WASHINGTON. Gowns for high school girls constitute the chief in- dictment against the high cost of living in many Washington families, according to Mrs Court F Wood. of the District Federation of Women's Clubs.
 High school girls in Washington, says Mrs Wood, "Wear dresses more fashionable and expensive than ore ordinarily worn at fashionable coi- leges. Piaphanous and immodesr gowns are too plentiful in our higa schools, and the girls who's eparents can least afford 1t are the ones who wear the most expensive nuery."
Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-19

President Farrell of the United States Steel Cor poraon declares that the crtainy of least s3OOo 900 900 favorable trade balance for 19l5-nearly twice our best record-insures great industrial boom. But tho latest export figures indicate that by the the year the worlds indebtedness to us will be nearer s2OOO0OOOoO. The January excess of exports over
 pIy that by F and see what the total s And for the first week of February the favorable balance thing like s44OOOOOO which would make it the Of 3lSOOOOOOO month. Twelve times that sum, pour Ing into the United States in good yellow gold ani in Che form of redeemd securities would cer. tanly bring an unprecedented boom
Evening star., 1915-12-05
WAR COSTING ENGLAND
100000 AN HOUR
Half of Population Engaged in Max.
ing Munitions, Says
H. r. Brand.

OTTAWA, December 4.-Half the
population of England is engaged in
producing war munitions to aid the g.
ooo,oO0 men in the fighting lines in a
war which is costing Great Britain ST.
ooo.ooO an hour. Hon. r. H. Brand
financial agent of David Lloyd George
minister of munitions, told business
men at luncheon here today. Those
present included the Duke of Con-
naught, Premier Sir Robert Borden and
Sir Wilfrid Laur1er
The war; continued Mr. Brand, will
be long one, and no one can tell how
much more England. Canada and
other parts of the empire may have to
do before it is successfully ended. but.
Of all the things to be done to win.
financial operations are the most i'm
portant."
National economy will win the war,
the speaker added. and he urged Cana
dians to practice the most rigid econ
omy in order to provide the greatest
possible aid to Great Britain. He ex-
pressed appreciation of Canadas de-
cision to make financial advances to
England and promised that all such
loans would be repaid soon after the
close of the conflict.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED
TO HARNESS GREAT FALLS
Chairman Clafiin of Commerce Cham
Der Committee Says Bill Soon
Will Be Introduced.

That a bill providing for the har-
Messing of the Great Falls of the Po-
tonlac soon viii be introduced in Con-
night by Roy c. Clafiin. chairman of
the committee on the Great Falls prof.
ect of the Chamber of Commerce
Il have the assurances that a bill
will be introduced III Congress pro-
yiding for this big undertaking which
will mean so much for Washington,
and for which there is so favorable
sentiment" said Mr.. Claflin.
..The committee has been making ex-
tensive Investigations and has corre-
spopded with other cities having mu-
nicipal electric plants. some OF them
deriving their power from rivers. All
cases have worked out satisfactorily
and in no instance has the undertaking
increased the taxes of the people.
"In Cleveland Ohio, the municipality
sunnlies electric current at 3 cents per
kiiowatt hour and is making large
profits in addition to paying the inter-
est on the Indebtedness and laying
aside a sufficient surplus to meet the
principal when it becomes due. We
paw 10 cents here.
..What has been done by people else
where can be done by the people here.
The question of the Great Falls power
ought to be settled. If it should be
nroyed impractical then it should not
he aeitated longer. But where its
Feasibility was once doubted the fed
eral government appropriated 100000
to defray the expenses involved in de-
termining officially the question of its
feasibility.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
REAR ADMIRAL UPSHUR
NINETY-TWO YEARS OLD
Retired Navy Officer of Mexican
and Civil Wars Fame in I'm
proved Health.

The ninety-second anniversary today
of the birth of Rear Admiral John
Henry Upshur. L. s. y. retired. known
leo and in the civil war. finds his health
much improved.
The retired naval officer was born
December ), 1928. at Northampton. Va
In ls4S he was graduated from the
Naval Academy. having been on yes
sells sailing the Mediterranean. the Gulf
OF Mexico and the waters on the coast
OF Brazil prior to that time.
AT the time OF the capture of Vera
Cruz by American forces in the Mex
lean war he was a midshipman on one
OF the vessels effecting the seizure. He
was with the Perry expedition which
opened Japan to the commerce of the
world. and also served in the African
squadron from 1851 to 1859.
He saw service in the north Atlantic
squadron aiding in the capture of Fort
Hatteras and Port Royal. s. c., as vel
as being present at many smaller oper-
atoms along the coast. In 1854 he com
mande3 the flagship OF tie north At.
lantic SQUADRON and participated in the
action against Fort Fisher resulting il
its capture. January. 1865.
He commanded the agship of the
Pacific and south Atlantic squadrons
later From 1882 to 1884 he was com
mandant of the New York navy yard
After forty four years of service he
was retired, at his own request, In
| MAY. 1885 He is now living at the
| parkwood apartments IN rhs city.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
GERMANY GETS WAR GAS SALT.
Twenty Tons of Bromine Paid for at
S. a Pound.

WHEELING, w. Va. December A.
With a check for 100000 in his poke,
T.. c. Smith. a salt manufacturer of Hart
ford, w. Va. said here today that he had
1ust sold to the German government
twenty tons of bromine for s. pound
Bromne, before the European war, was
largely used for medicinal purposes. Ger
many producing fully so per cent of the
worlds output at about 25 cents pound
With the development of asphyxiating
gases bromine leaped into prominence.
When it became known that Mr.. Smiths
company produced it as by-pfoduct fiat
terng offers were received from an
agent of the German government and
representatives of another European coun-
try. Each wanted it badly. but the Ger
mans finally landed the prize.
Payment. Mr. Smith said, had been
made to him in Pittsburgh yesterday. He
would say nothing concerning the plans
for sending the bromine out Of the coun-
try.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
ALLIED WAR COUNCIL
CONFERENCE At CALAIS
Britain, France and Italy Represent
ed at Meeting Held
Yesterday.

LONDON, December 4.-The British
prime minister, Mr.. Asquith. the wal
secretary. Lord Kitchener. and the first
lord of the admiralty, Arthur j. Bal
four. accompanied by their naval and
military advisers, conferred at Calais
today with the French premier, M
BRAND, and the ministers of war and
marine. They returned to England
this evening.
Gen. Porro, second in command OF
the Italian army, took part in the war
council of the quadruple entente
powers.
Lieut. Gen. Count Cadorna, chief of
staff of the Italian army. was unable
to leave the front owing to the i'm
portance of the Italo-Austrian actions
now in progress.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
Could Not Have Done Less.

The Globe contends that the United
States government could not have done
less than request the recall of the at
taches, If Washington was TO main
tain any shadow OF the neutrality upon
which President Wilson's administra-
tiou prides itself
The Globe concludes that the evidence
against Capt. BoyEd and Capt Won
Papen is so overwhelming that Ger
many can do nothing but accept the
snub with what grace she may"
Evening star., 1915-12-05
SAYS GERMAN TRADE
WITH u. S. WILL FLOURISH

Sayville, n Yin an address con-
cerning commercial relations of Ger
many with other nations after the war.
Prof. Riesser of Mannheim said that
trade with the United States would
flourish, Notwithstanding the campai aign
of calumniation in that country against
Germany says the Overseas News
Agency.
Prof Reisser, who is member of the
privy council, asserted that CONNER
cial relations with foreign countries.
including even the present enemies Of
Germany, would be re-estab blished i'm
mediately after the war. and recalled
the words of the Russian minister of
finance: No country, least of all Rus
sia. can do without German products ;"
Evening star., 1915-12-05
Held at House of Detention.

Charged with depreciation on privat te
property, William Lewis, George
Thomas and Augustus Stevenson
colored, were arrested yesterday a fter-
noon and sent to the house of deten-
tion. 1t is charged that they entered a
vacant building at 18th and 1 streets
northwest yesterday afternoon. Police
men Mansfield. Sanders and Adams
made the arrests, alleging that the
boys were found hiding In an ash pile
in the cellar of the building.
Evening star., 1915-12-05

once give the collection to any one Of
three municipalities named, or. as has
been suggested, divide it among two or
more of them. He may keep the col
lection intact for his own personal use
and enjoyment, as he has a right 10 do.
and its final disposition may not be
settled for term of years. But its
coming to Washington either in the
near future or ultimately is the thing
desired.
The board of regents of the Smith
sonian Institution would undoubtedly
have charge of the Widener collection
should it be brought here, and hence it
is regarded as the logical organization
to take the matter up with Mr.. Wild
ener.
Capital Proper Place.
THE people of the United States
must be made to realize that Washing
ton is the best place to put permanent
memorials" said Charles Moore, presi-
dent of the commission of ine arts,
last night. in discussing the matter.
II think it most important TO cali, not
only to Mr. sWidener's attention, but to
the attention Of the American people
generally. the example of Mr.. Freer of
Detroit, who has arranged that his ia
nous art collection shall come to the
capital not at his death, but in the
near future.
'The sum of $500. 900 originally set
aside for the building situated in the
Mall which Mr.. Freer has planned to
house his treasures. prov ns inadequate,
he has doubled that sum, and other in
c;dental expenses increase as his ideas
grow. Mr.. Freer has spent some SD
900 on works by st. Gaudens to adorn
the gardens of the inner court of the
gallery, which are to be scarcely less
important and Impressive than the me-
mortal building itself
Evening star., 1915-12-05
DIR. Mitchell Carroll to Lecture.

washington the Model City" will he
the subject of an illustrated lecture by
DIR. Mitchell Carroll, president of the
brotherhood of Calvary Baptist Church.
at the annual meeting of the brother
hood. Monday evening, December IL. at
o'clock.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
MAN KILLED BY FALLING ROCK
Two-Ton Boulder Crashes Through
Roof of Express Car.

SPOKANE. Wash. December "A
two-ton boulder fell from an over
hanging cliff today upon Great North
ern train No. IA, crashed through the
roof of the express car and killed W. T.
Dunbar. the express messenger.
The accident happened eight miles
east OF Wenatchee.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
WOULD INCREASE PAY
OF GERMAN SOLDIERS

BERLIN. via London, December -
Representatives of the Centrum party
today introduced a resolution In the
budget committee of the reichstag pro-
viding for 80 per cent increase In the
pay OF German soldiers Privates in
the German army receive 80
pfennigs (7i2 cents) a day
Evening star., 1915-12-05
States Attorney Threatened.

In urging the large bail bond, the as
sistant states attorney told the court
that he had received threatening let
ers and that similar missives had been
sent to at least two grand jurors while
the labor cases were under considera-
ton.
The state contended that there had
been widespread violation of law that
contractors and builders have been COM
PEELED to pay tribute to INSCRIPTIONS
men on pain of having windows broken
and buildings under construction
wrecked, and that conditions demanded
the extreme amount of bail.
Counsel for the indicted men charged
that the states attorneys activity was
part of a plan to crush organized labor
In Chicago, and urged that the usual
bail bonds be fixed. Judge Burke was
assured that counsel would seek to
fore the court.
Professional Bondsmen Barred.
Judge Burke barred professional
bondsmen from becoming sureties for
the indicted men.
u viii make the bonds $500 for ex-
tortion, 81, 500 for conspiracy. $4,000 for
malicious mischief and, for the general
indictment for conspiracy, $2,500, said
the court.
Assistant States Attorney Case con-
strued the courts ruling to mean that
a $500 bond on each of the forty-sx
indictments in which the men appear
could be demanded, a total of $4,000.
But there Is room for discretion in
such things" the prosecutor said.
Acting on the construction placed on
the courts order by the prosecutors 8
office, bail for seven of the indicted
men was accepted on all indictments
against them, although the sureties in
some instances scheduled only $4,000
worth of property IN signing the bonds.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
Col. Hirsts Court-Martial Ends.

WATERToWN. n. Y. December a.
The court martial of Col. Robert Hirst
Sd Infantry. L.. S. A, at Madison bar
racks ended today, and the findings
were transmitted to Mai. Gen. Leona I'd
Wood
Evening star., 1915-12-05

Suburban Association. and George H.
Public Utilities.
William Nick. Clayton, chairman,
Brightwood Park Citizens Association
d. A. Edwards, vice chairman, Lincoln
Park Citizens Association: Emory A.
Bryant, Connecticut Avenue Citizens AS
zens' Association.
Public Health.
W. H. Richardson, chairman, Benning
Citizens Associations; D. N Shoemaker,
vice chairman, Takoma Park Citizens
Association: Jesse c. Suter, Petworth
Citizens Association; Graham H
Powell, Cleveland Park School and
Community Association, and Mark F.
Finley, West End Citizens Association
Highways, Parks and Waterways.
William Ramsay. chairman, Brightwood
Citizens Association; Glenn Brown,
vice chairman. Washington Society of
Fine Arts: Charles r. Burr. Anacostia
Citizens Association: Leo A. Rover.
Central Citizens Association: p. Z.
Mckinney, Randle Highlands Citizens
Association, and Mark F.. Finley, West
End Citizens Association.
Education.
3. A Edwards. chairman. Lincoln
Park Citizens Association; Snowden
Ashford, vice chairman, American In
stitute of Architects; Allan Davis.
Southeast Washington Citizens Asso-
citation; William Ramsay. Brightwood
Citizens Association. Clyde D. Garrett.
Pinehurst Citizens Association: Emory
A Bryant, Connecticut Avenue Citizens
Association
Finance and Legislation.
Charles s. Shreve. chairman, Mid-City
Citizens Association; George H. Rus
sell, vice chairman. Park View Citizens
Associations; Clyde D. Garrett, Pine
hurst Citizens Association; Graham H.
Powell, Cleveland Park School and
Community Association; Jesse c. Suter,
Petworth Citizens Association.
Public Celebrations.
Charles Calvert Lancaster, chairman
Citizens Northwest Suburban Associa-
ton: P. E. Mckinney. vice chairman,
Randle Highlands Citizens Associa-
ton; James NJ. Wood. West End
Suburban Citizens Association; Clyde
D. Garrett. Pinehurst Citizens Asso-
citation: DR.. Mark F. Finley. West End
Citizens Association. S. S. Symons.
Rhode Island Avenue Suburban Asso-
citation.
Charities and Corrections.
George H. Russell. chairman. Park
View Citizens Association; Piney
Branch Citizens Association: William
Mex Clayton. Brightwood Park Citi-
zens' Association: Graham II. Powell.
Cleveland Park School and Community
Association: Leo A. Rover. Central Cit
iZens' Association; w. H. Richardson,
Benning Citizens Association.
Police and Fire Protection.
d. y. Shoemaker. chairman, Takoma
Park Citizens Association; James NJ.
Wood. vice chairman, East End Subur-
ban Citizens Association: DIR. Emory
A Bryant, Connecticut Avenue Citizens
Association; Charles Calvert Lancas-
ter Citizens Northwest Suburban AS
socia tion; Piney Branch Citizens AS
sociation. Charles r. Burr, Anacostia
Citizens Association.
Evening star., 1915-12-05
Youngest Man in House.

Representative Bailey is power in
democracy, was a member or the COM
mittee on platform at the Baltimore
convention and is writer of great
force. In his biography in the Con-
gressonal Record it is stated that since
reading Henry Georges work 'he has
been a tireless advocate of the single
tax philosophy
Representative Wilson of Florida is
perhaps the youngest man in the
House. He is thirty three years old,
and aside from having voted on Dis
trict legislation in the House. has had
no experience with the committee s
work. Representative Ragsdale is a
fighter. and led some of the loudest
rows of the so-called insurgents" on
the banking and currency committee
last session. OF Representative Hill
Hard little is known in the city.