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The Washington times., 1915-07-02

Mr.. Rowe, secretary to Mr.. Shankl1n.
Corn Shipped To Pachuca.
Consul Sillimnn. under date of July
/, advises the department that a
special train with twelve carloads Of
corn left Vera Cruz on that date for
Pachuca. The train was provided
with an armed escort, and was ac-
companied by w. f. Gavin an Ameri-
can citizen. Mr.. Silliman states that
the secretary of war and the railroad
officials at Vera Cruz gave special
ttention to the unloading and trans
portation of this shipment giving q
preference over their own needs.
The Navy Department was advised to-
dav by Admiral Howard that conditions
on the west coast were changed. The
Yaqui valley Is quiet.
General villa has set on foot, through
Governor Avila, of Chihuahua, an effort
to get Gen. Victoriano Huerta into his
own hands. with the alleged purpose of
executing him for the assassination Of
Madero.
Villa Tries To Get Huerta.
Governor Aviala, at the instance of
Villa, had made requisition on the gov
ernor OF Texas for Huerta. charging
him with the murder of President
Madero.
The matter has come to the notice Of
the State Department unoffocially. 1t
Is said that 1t may result in the sur
render of Huerta and his trial in Mex
leo on a charge of murder.
The Washington times., 1915-07-02

with the former application. The alter
nate routes are In general as follows:
The Washington times., 1915-07-02
STREET CAR MERGER,
UTILITIES BODY HINTS
Consolidation Possible, It Says,
Refusing to Permit Car Line
in Seventeenth Street.

CONTINUED from First Page.)
and connections need not be consid-
cred separately as an application
before the Commission at this time.
1t Is, therefore. that the request Of
the Capital Traction Company be,
and the same Is hereby denied.
The Washington times., 1915-07-02
Serbians Capture Town
40 Miles From Belgrade

NIsH, July o-Serb!an forces have In
vaded Austria, capturing the village OF
Micharskaada, forty miles west of Bel
grade, the war office announced today.
The Serbs took 1S5 prisoners.
The Washington times., 1915-07-02

Under the treaty between Mexico and
the United States, the authorities Of a
Mexican state can make direct requisi-
ton on the governor of a border State.
For the present Huerta under the
Jurisdiction of the United States Gov
ernment Until the proceedings against
him are disposed Of, the governor of
Texas can have no Jurisdiction over
him. The chihuahua authorities cannot
make a requisition on the United States
Government.
II the Federal proceedings against
Huerta should be dropped, or come to
nothing, then Governor Avilas requisi-
ton might have to be considered by the
governor of Texas -
Breaking the silence which he has
maintained since he crossed the Mexi-
can border on a special mission for
General villa in Washington. Gen.
Felipe Angeles. Villas right hand man,
sometimes called the strategical brains
of the latters army, gave out an in
terview today But he talked about
the things he wished to talk about. not
he things he was asked about.
He sidestepped the question Of wheth-
er he saw benefit to Mexico in
continued fight to settle things
order Of President Wilson's suggestion
in his Indianapolis speech.
Wants Constitutional Order.
THE revolution said General An
geles, was fought for the restoration
Of the constitutional order, and the new
government should be set up by means
provided by law, so as to give it legal
sanction. Therefore, would favor the
recognition of that member of the cabi-
net of the late President Madero en-
titled to the office under the law of
presidential succession. provided, of
course, that he stands for real demo-
cratic government. To be plain, we
want to see the new government, when
one is established. have good title
and the constitutional continuity pre-
served"
The struggle now has nothing to do
with the original causes of the revolu-
ton. 1t is fight on the part of one
| man to gain control Of the government.
while the group led by General villa are
resisting the attempt. in the interest of
democratic principles, seeking thereby
| to vindicate the constitution. If Car
| rama would consult the wishes and well
| fare of the people of Mexico, we would
| speedily have peace"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
GERMAN LOSS GREAT
FRENCH CLAIM KAISER LOST So.
600 MEN DURING PAST 20
DAYS BATTLE.
IN THE CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY
Their Repeated Attacks to Regain Lost
Ground Caused Heaviest Loss
Germans Bringing Up New
Troops to Front.

s-SurMarne, France March
2S.-Eleven thousand German dead
have been taken from the trenches
won by the French during 20 days of
fighting in the Champagne country.
The German losses in killed, pris-
oners and wounded are estimated by
the French military authorities as So
900 The German wastage, they say,
has been two to one compared with
the French losses, because the Ger
mans would try to regain lost ground
by counter attacks repeated again and
again with obstinate courage.
1t was in these counter assaults, sup
ported by relatively inadequate artil-
lery and what the French officers as
sert was inadequate morale, against
the allied troops that so many German
soldiers have fallen. The graves in
which they are buried by fifties and by
hundreds are thick upon a narrow
front of Is miles.
For nearly a month now the French,
their officers declare, by the superb
GRITTY of their artillery of both large
and small calibre and by certain IT.
resistible spirit have day by day
gained ground sometimes few hun.
dred yards of trenches; on other days
mile of frontage and from 800 to 800
yads deep.
The Germans are bringing up new
contingents steadily. They have had
in action on this segment of the fight.
ing lines during March five army
corps, or about 100000 men. Yet, on
the evening of every day, the French
officers assert that the French have
held somewhat more of the field than
they did the evening before.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
General Trade Conditions.

Dun's says: From every part OF
the country the reports are Of trade
Improvement. which, though slow and
conservative, serves to reduce the
margin of deficiency in production and
demand and to bring the volume Of
transactions close to normal. Pros
poets Of an early spring promote re-
tail distribution and stimulate the
movement of lumber and other build
ing materials, with promising indica-
tions of more general construction
work. Activity in shipyards continues.
The iron and steel trade fairly main
tains its recent rate Of gain.
Business conditions in this country
are remarkably good, considering the
fact that the whole world Is In tur-
moil, and the war in Europe is IN
creasing in violence.
Bank clearings for the week aggre-
gate s3,726,731, loss of 5.5 per
cent from the same week last year,
and 6.3 per cent from the correspond
ing week in 1913.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
HREvlTlEs.

Immediately following the decision
of the federal district court at Boston
that the governments suit to dissolve
the United Shoe Machinery Co. as an
unlawful monopoly under the Sherman
antitrust act was not sustained Uni
ted States District Attorney George w.
Anderson started preparations for an
appeal in case the department of JUS
tice decides to take such a step.
Appointment of a trade committee
to promote cooperation between bust
ness and the new federal trade COM
mission has been announced by the di.
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States. The personnel
or the committee follows: Harry E.
Wheeler, chairman, banker, Chicago;
Alfred B. Koch, merchant, Toledo,
Ohio; Rush G. Butler, lawyer, Chi
cago; w. l.. Saunders, manufacturer,
New York; Harry r. Seager, professor
of political economy, Columbia uni
versity; Alexander w. Smith, lawyer
Atlanta, Ca; Joseph P. Cotton, lawyer
New York; w. C. White, mining ex-
pert, University of West Virginia.
Joseph e. Davies, retiring commits.
sioner of the U. S. bureau of corpora.
tions, elected chairman of the new fed.
eral trade commission Edward N
Hurley of Chicago will be vice chair.
man for the first year. The commits
sion has under consideration the plan
of the interstate commerce commits
sion to elect from it's membership by
rotation, new chairman for each
year, that friction might be avoided.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
N.W.M|NE DIVIDENDS
FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS
:. YEAR SHOWS CONSIDER.
ABLE INCREASE.
PRODUCERSlN INLAND EMPIRE
The Hercules Mine at Burke, Idaho,
Leads the List With $4,000 to
The Good-Only One 3. c. Prop
erty on Paying List.

Inland Empire mining companies
during the first three months of 1915
have paid stockholders $1,392,3S6 in
produced not less than $5,569,544 of
dividends, according to official reports.
This is not to exceed 25 per cent of
gross profits, which means they have
new wealth, the other rs per cent hav-
ing been expended for labor, material
and supplies.
The Hercules heads the list with
100000 having been producing at the
rate of 100000 a month net, accord
ing to estimates of men closely in
touch with its operations, and the Bun
ker Hill and Sullivan is second with
$245,250, having paid three monthly
dividends of 25 cents the share, or
$81,750 each. Caledonia has contrib
uted three monthly payments of $751;
100 each, making $156,300 for the quar-
ter, and Stewart has disbursed its reg
ular quarterly dividend of 10 cents
a share, or $123.S36. The Federal COM
pany has paid quarterly declaration
of 81 share, or $4,000, on outstand-
ing preferred stock, and Hecla has
paid three monthly instruments OF
$4,000 each.
The only British Columbia mine to
pay profits to it's owners for the cur
rent quarter is the Canadian Consoli-
dated, which distributed 50 per share,
or $4,000.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
A aooster.

template that He had to make some
thing to counteract it, SO He took a
sunbeam and put in it the heart of a
child, the brain of a man, wrapped
these in civic pride, covered it with
brotherly love, gave it mask of vel.
vet and grasp Of steel, and called it
a BOOSTER; made him a lover OF
fields and flowers and manly sports, a
believer in equality and justice, and
ever since these two were, mortal
man has had the privilege of choosing
his neutrality-suspicious. Ad Club Bull
letin,
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02

days warriors used to cross the Tigris,
even in heavy armor, by swimming
on inflated goat skins; but / had no
idea that the practice still survived.
So was astonished on arriving al the
river bank to see an old man walx
calmly down to the waters edge, blow
up goat skin which had hung over
his shoulder. wade out into the river
waist deep and then lie down on the
inflated skin and begin to paddle leis-
urely across. While l still watched
him, two women came down, carrying
skins, already blown up, and followed
the old mans course across the Tigris;
somehow they seemed to keep the
bobbing skins easily balanced under
their bodies, and thus supported swan
slowly, without firing,
Mcsul Washerwomen.
And all up and down the river banka
were hundreds of round-limbed Kurd-
ish women washing clothes. There
must have been half thousand an,
shouting, plunging and wringing a null
titude of garments. With skirts tucked
high above their knees and no sign of
yashmak or veil, they were noisy.
easy-going set, dispelling the illusion,
that in the East all women are &C.
cluded or eternally draped from head
to foot.
Long strings Of pack donkeys.
driven by noisy, swearing Kurdish
muleteers. came down to the river to-
drink, and fusillades of jocular abuse
passed between these ruffians and the
washerwomen. Higher up the river
bank, and all along the waterfront.
ran long row of coffee shops. dance
halls and other resorts. Till late at
night these places are running FUN
blast, the din Of tomtoms, native fld-
dies and the harsh voices of the paint-
ed women who dance and sing, making
amusement for the men of Mosul. They
like excitement. these kurds and
Arabs, and crude and amateurish an
their methods seem to US. they have
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
STOCK AND CROP NOTES.

William T. Hooker of Charleston,
Wash, will this spring plant five
acres to English walnuts, he having
become interested in the raising of
the nuts by his observation of some
trees planted for shade on his Clarks-
ton property He found they needed
little il any attention after planting,
were not infested with pests, as is the
case with fruit trees, and at the age of
seven to nine years were in full bear
ing.
A permanent organization of the
Oregon Hop Growers association was
effected alta meeting attended by 300
growers at Salem. More than 600
growers. or approximately 60 per cent
of the persons engaged in the hop
producing business in the state, were
represented. 1t was announced that
$50. 200 of the 100000 capital stock of
the association had been subscribed
and the acreage represented as about
IL COO. The estimated total acreage is
10000,
E. l.. dwell, who operates a grain
warehouse at Coulee City, Wash, and
is an extensive wheat grower, in the
city, this week, speaking of crop con-
ditions, said: THE wheat acreage in
the Big Bend country will be fully %
per cent greater this year than last
and spring seeding is now under way
About 40 per cent of the acreage is in
winter wheat, which never looked bet
ter at this season Of the year. Farm
ers are optimistic, as with good prices
and promising outlook for large
crop they feel that prospects are bet
ter for them. We are sowing blue
stem wheat"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02

animals. and around the edge Of this
platform runs a mud manager, from
which the beasts are fed.
These historic caravanserais form
one of the most picturesque features
of middle eastern life. No traveller,
from Marco Polo down to date, has
crossed Mesopotamia without record
ing his impression of the unspeakably
filthy and noisy "khans."
Naomi and His Sisters.
Next morning early Naomi and left
the pesthouse that had sheltered us,
and started out afoot to do Mosul. Ma
omi hunted up his Telkafi relatives,
whom he had not seen for many years,
and of course the master then became
the servants guest, for few hours
at least. We ate preserved sweets,
pistachio nuts, mama, nougat, and
many such delicacies for which Mosul
is noted; we drank sweetened rose
water and smoked countless cigarettes,
and gave away to these curious, pry-
ing, but polite people all the secrets
of my family for three generations
back.
Naomi's numerous sisters, unveiled
and good to look at, came shyly out
and sat cross-legged on the rug he
placed for them at proper distance
from me. Being native Christians,
they could show their faces without
being disgraced. They wore baggy
blue trousers long Mother Hubbard
gowns of some dark color, yellow
stockings and fancy slippers all COW
cred with beads. Their big brown
eyes gazed steadily at me with that
luster that is bought in western worlds
at the price of belladonna, and their
white teeth glistened in beautiful per-
fection--in land where no dentifrice
was ever seen.
From the main bazaar / wandered
on through the town, followed by the
usual crowd of curious Arabs and
Kurds, and then continued on my walk
toward the river And here | beheld
an odd spectacle.
l had read that in early Assyrian
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
SPORTING ITEMS

The Coast league started Tuesday
of this week.
Bert Fisher has been elected mana
ger of the Standpoint baseball team.
Washington State college won the
trophy in Glass A of the intercollegi-
ate rifle competition.
Gunboat Smith took an easy victory
in 10-round bout with Jack Reed of
Akron, Ohio, Saturday.
w. S. c. came from behind Saturday
and won the hard-fought wrestling
meet from o. A. c. by 10 to 9 points.
Francis Ouimet and Jerome d. Ira
vers are rated at scratch in the United
States Golf association handicap list
1t is planned to have a big attend
ance of out-of-town fans at the open
ing of the ball season at Spokane
June 20.
Havana is engrossed in discussion
of the big fight to be staged there on
Monday, April 3, when Jack Johnson
will defend his title as heavyweight
champion against Jess Willard.
Vincent C'Nig") Borleske, former
star Whitman athlete, now coach at
Lincoln high school of Portland, has
been Jointly selected by the college
trustees and associated students as
athletic director, coach and graduate
manager of athletics at Whitman col
lege.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
MINING NEWS

On April 1 one of the oldest mining
shafts in Butte, the J. /. c., belonging
to the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany, closed down permanently.
As a result of the success of the
new process in recovering the great
per cent of values, the United Copper
Co., of Chewelah, Wash, has decided
to increase the capacity of the mill
sufficient to handle the mines output.
Negotiations are now being made for
an additional 5Ostamp plant, which
will more than treble the capacity and
daily output.
Reports received from Wallace,
Idaho, state that an important strike
has been made in the Reindeer-Copper
Queen mine, in the Mullan copper belt,
the announcement having been made
by E. B. Crawford, president and gen.
eral manager of the Reindeer-Copper
Queen Co. President Crawford is
credited with saying that the vein at
the point of exposure is IA feet wide,
of which three feet is shipping ore,
running from 20 to "a per cent copper,
and the remainder a good grade of
LullllSGu. nC btAlhO VoC AhouS ~ WV
feet depth, in 1000-foot drift from
the main tunnel.
The CRANKY Mining & Smelling
Co., with mines at Phoenix and Hid
den Creek, B. c., and in Alaska, and
shelters at Grand Forks and Anyox,
B. c., earned 100000 net in January,
according to reports from New York.
The total output was 2,170,139 pounds
of blister copper, 31,276 ounces of sill
yer and 1895 ounces of gold. The cop
per production in December was 1916
$50 pounds. The segregated report
shows that the Anyox plant produced
1,304,353 pounds of blister copper, 49,
O53 ounces of silver and 500 ounces OF
gold, and the output of the Grand
Forks smelter was 775,786 pounds OF
blister copper, 1928 ounces of silver
and 2019 ounces of gold.
New York Metal Market.
Lead-Steady; $4.10@4.20; spelter
nominal.
Copper-Firm; electrolytic, $15.50Q
1875; casting, $15@15.50, nominal.
Iron steady; No. 1 northern, $14.25@
1880; No. 2, $14@14.50; No. / south.
ern, $13.75@14.25.
Tin-Dull and nominal; five-ton
lots, $42@4S.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
MARKET REPORT
Chicago.

Chicago.
Wheat--No. red 1.53@1.5ih; No.
2 hard, nominal.
Barley-74@ sec.
Timothy-$4.5O@6.
Clover-$SQ13.
Butter-Unchanged.
Hogs-Market dull, shade under
yesterdays average. Bulk, S6.55@
sos; light. $6.45@6.70; mixed. $6.450
6.7o; heavy, S6.20@6.7o; rough, $4,000
6.35; pigs, $5.25@6.2o.
Cattle-Market firm. Native steers,
$5.s5@s.S0; western, $5.35@7.4o; cows
and heifers, $3@7.75; calves, $6.5oQ
10.
Sheep-Market slow Sheep, $7.1O
@s.15; yearlings, $7.s5@9.15; lambs
$7.50@9.s5.
Eggs-Higher; at mark, cases in
Guided, 17@1shc; firsts, 19@1sAc.
Tacoma.
Wheat-Bluestem, $1.361s; forty
fold, $1.35; club, $1.3o; red fife, $i.27
@1.2S.
Portland.
Cattle-Market steady.
Sheep-Market steady, with strong
upward tendency.
Hogs Market zoe lower. Prime
light, $7.25@7.40; medium, S7@7.25
smooth heavy, $6.75qe7; rough, heavy
$6.25 M6.75.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02
A knocker.

When the Creator had made all the
good things, there was still some dirty
work to do, so He made the beasts
and reptiles and poisonous insects, and
when he finished He had some scraps
that were too bad to put into the Rat
tlesnake, and Hyena, the Scorpion and
the Skunk, so He put all these to-
gether, covered 1t with suspicion,
wrapped 1t with jealousy, marked 1t
with yellow streak, and called 1t a
KNOCKER.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02

never seen anything better and hence
are pleased.
Over Odd Bridge to Jonah's Tomb.
A unique bridge spans the Tigris at
Mosul for which a parallel cannot
be found anywhere in the world. 1t
is built partly Of masonry, partly OF
wood, and for some distance is OF the
pontoon type. First comes q 100-fOot
stretch of masonry pier, then a bridge
of boats 400 feet long and crossing the
main channel; then comes another
stone pier of $50 feet, leading to an
S00-foot stretch of brick arches, fol-
lowed at last by another stone pier
nearly 200 feet long. 1t seems as II
the builders changed their minds sew
eral times before finishing the odd
structure.
1t is across this bridge that one
goes to explore Nineveh, where Botta
and Layard made their sensational
discoveries SO years ago. The whole
dry, brown plain about Mosul is q
vast forest of ancient mounds, thick
with signs Of long-forgotten inhabi-
tants.
Ninevah is not even a memory with
the wild, ignorant tribes who roam the
desert OF old Assyria. At one edge OF
its ruins stands the little village of
''Nebi Yunus," and the reputed tomb
OF Jonah The identity Of Jonah
seems alone preserved-and he was
one of the least in his day.
At night l walked back to Mosul.
looked back once, and the setting
sun was reflected from the dome Of
Jonah's tomb. What fame this man
won, by riding in fish! Sennacherib
is forgotten, but all the natives know
'Yunus" and the tale of the big fish.
On the morning of the Great Day, Jo-
nah may be put in the dock with Doc
tor Cook. But for the present, the
people are with him and he wears his
medals unchallenged.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02

sain., writes Frederick Sisupich in the
Los Angeles Times.
The famous old prophet who rode In
the fish is buried at Mosul in far-off
Mesopotamia. Mosul itself, from which
our word muslin" came. stands on the
foamng Tigris opposite old Nineveh.
And here is a sketch of what life is
like today in the town where Jonah
rests.
1t is a dirty, crowded town. is Mosul,
With $4,000 people damned inside its
medieval walls Its narrow, warped
streets are no more than crooked al
leys that wander aimlessly through
the town-dusty in summer and seas
of mud in winter So narrow are these
passages that two loaded donkeys, If
they chance to meet, cannot pass till
one donkey has been backed into
doorway.
Mosul's houses are Moorish style
two stories, few windows, an open
court inside and fiat roofs with para
pets-so that the family may sleep on
the roof in summer. The main door to
zach house is a huge affair, studded
with great bolts and barred at night
like the gate to a fortress-suggesting
The old days Of Mongol invasions.
To accommodate it's important cara
van trade. Mosul has built up many
,aravanserais, or "resthouses." With
Naomi, my Bagdad boy, spent my first
night at Mosul in one of these singu-
lar khans, as the natives call them.
The khan Is q sort of compound or
stockade of mud walls. without roof.
Around the inside of the walls runs a
row Of little cells, to which travellers
are assigned.
In the middle of the Enclosure is a
great platform, on which are piled the
bales Of freight taken from the pack