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The Washington times., 1915-01-21
TUNGSTEN OUTPUT IN
COLORADO FALLS OFF
Prices for Year Ranged From
$3.50 to 50 a Ton, Says
Geological Survey.

The production Of tungsten ores in
the United States during 1914 Is esti-
mated as equivalent to about $50 short
tons carrying 60 per cent Of tungsten
trioxide. according to preliminary ng-
ures collected by Frank L. Hess, Of
the United States Geological Survey.
This output Is the smallest since 1908.
when only 6;i tons was produced. In
1913 the production was 1857 tons, OF
which 953 tons was ferberite from the
Boulder field in Colorado. a quantity
almost equal to that Of the whole coun-
try In 1914 but the production Of the
Boulder field in 1914 was only A66 tons.
Prices ranged from $3.50 to 50 a 'unit''
Chat Is. SO much a short ton for each
per cent Of tungsten trioxide), depend
ing on the quality and quantity of the
sellers needs.
OF the various tungsten minerals.
the one produced in largest ouantitv
was scheehte. from the Atolia district,
Sc seheeIite Snsve Sas ALSO oesert mts, Cal little
Creek Mountains. Utah. Small auan,
titles OF both wolframite and hubner-
ite, We're shipped from Arizona and
on nuoherite was produced on Patterson
Some W lire s wtns Wss SssT1St SroGcsa Idaho
Penasco. N. NJ. and in the ci.rr
M0untaln district. near Ivanpah. Cal.
uhtHs TIE more no &c easily mined tungsten ores
,arTa1v MnseG ne orS close to the surface are now
tricts. and mining is thus beeominr %
more difficult and expensive; this is
especially hard on the small operator
The European war disturbed tung.
step eF b,sipans nrmans' as 1t did most other lines
OF business. and has had much to do
with the reduced output, but the i'm.
ports OF ore. tungsten, and ferrotunr.
stem. as shown by figures collected Sv
the Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
more. During the wear 2S7 TONS ne erre rn
valued at SSS97. We're imported. aEa,ns
t0l tons. valued at $2l3, l2. in 1sis M m
ing 1913 S6l tons OF tungsten metal and
ierrotunSsten, valued at $ss52l2 w-re
imported. In 1914 these imports dronneG
to l92 tons. valued at S2l4 5n6 Nppse
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
JUST 100000 A DAY

January's foreign trade has been
sweeping along with. an average
balance in our favor of some $7,o00,-
900 a business day. For one holiday
in this month there has been New
Year, and before we are through
with January there will be five Sum-
days. But an average trade balance
of $7,000,000 for every one of the
twenty-five business days of the first
month of the year of 1915 would run
up the stupendous total Of $175,0O0,-
600 owed US on balance by the out
side world for a single month Of
trade.
And as the golden days are
checked off the calendar the ratio of
gain In our exports over our imports
does not slacken; it quickens. The
great record for the first part Of the
month promises to be smashed by
the greater record Of the second
half.
In December there was nearly
1872, 100000. January assures so
much beyond that huge sum that for
the two months together there will
be more than $300,00O,00o. They
may give quarter Of a billion and
a hundred million on top of it!
The possibilities of the months to
come stagger the imagination.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
HELPING THE BABIES

The "better baby" contest Of the
Washington Diet Kitchen Associa-
tion, just closed, will have served its
purpose if it directs more atten-
ton to the splendid work being done
by this association.
This work has been carried on SO
quietly, and against such great odds,
that the five infant welfare stations
now conducted by the association
are not nearly so~widely known as
they should be. While the interest
of nurses and physicians is primar-
lily concerned with the diet of chill
dren, these stations are far from
being merely milk dispensaries. The
workers early realized that proper
diet for children only could be Sc
cured by proper training Of mothers
on this subject, and the mother
could be depended upon to regulate
diet properly only when home con-
ditions were favorable.
So the classes for instruction Of
mothers followed, and then the
friendly visiting" at homes. In
use visits the influence Of the
y" g often is deeply impressed up
-! I;!entire family.
..Eain, the stations departed from
conventional methods when they set
out to deal with children individ-
ually. There are no set formulas
for infant feeding at the stations.
Each child is examined by a physi-
clan, and the diet of the particular
child determined by its special needs.
In common with many other So
cial service institutions the compara-
lively new efforts of the Diet
Kitchen Association have been ham.
pered by a shortage Of funds. A
plain statement of the needs and
aims of this organization should ap-
peal to the generosity of those who
are interested in the welfare and
development of child life in the
Capital.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
The Silver
Lining
E1;tod r., ApTHIIp RAEp

There's one thing we'd like to see
'em drop from a Zeppelin. That's
prices.
Only silver lining to the war in Eu-
rope IL that the war IL In Europe.
Ono OF ex-President Gutierrez's aides
was apprehended with money in his
possession. Looks like culpable negit-
gence on the part OF ex-President
Huerta.
The Gettysburg man who forwarded
cents for q loaf of bread he swlped
eight years ago. apparently stampeded
to get in on the ground f1oor before the
threatened rise In prices.
Before venturtng into the wilds OF
Maryland 'twould bs well for District
citizens to acquire their American pass.
ports.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21

others in lSsi-to carry provisions over
100 miles of virgin Arctic territory to
the crews OF seven whaling 'spouters"
frozen In off Point Barrow.
The Ice off Point Barrow has been
the grave of unnpmbered seamen. and
scene OF the great disaster which over
took seventy-odd craft of the New
Bedford and Nantucket whaling fleet in
the seventies. And until few years
the wild Arctic coast from which aid
could be sent to ice-imprisoned marin
ers.
So when the call came in 81 for volun-
ice-bound "spQuters' 1t meant taking
a chance of never returning from the
former solitudes.
They Hired Renders.
In the revenue cutter Bear Captain
Bertholf and his companions were taken
from Seattle to the jagged edge of the
yak and Prince of wales Island. From
there. they made the mainland. and
obtaining reindeer teams from the na-
| tives. began their 1.7OO-mile journey
| across the unexplored barrens.
In spite OF the dangers which beset
them. all three of the relief party won
through to the ships and back again
over the same perilous trail. to find that
during the months of their absence. the
United states had been at war. and
Captain Bertholf. who also captured
! Richie. the raider who In the late nine
ties terrorized the Aleutian Islands in
his steam schooner. the Kinsei Maru.
of war. believes that men are born
| to the life of a soldier, and, he adds
The spirit which first takes a boy tc
sea. follows him straight through life
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
Virginia Mine Only One
That Produces Rutile

The only rutile produced In tho
United States during 1914. SO far as Is
known to the United States Geological
Survey, was. that put out at Roseland.
Nelson county: va The COMPANY pro
ing 95 per cent of titanium dioxide and
as a by-product eiEhty-nine tons OF Il, u,
titaiium dioxide. The sales included a
quantity Of rutils LETT over ,oii from 1913
The rutile-bearing rock. which Is
termed sysnite by yv,nis DR. T. /; S,, WatsEn a,si"h
shows decidedly pegmatitic phases, is
worked in open cuts by " the &c COMPANY, 9np
bluff near the mill, on the east side OF
Tye river but some rock was also taken
from the west side of the river. The
rutiie forms about per cent OF the
rock worked.
Rutile is used in electrodes for arc
lamps. Tor making ferrotitanum for use
IN east iron aud steel. in ceramics and
chcni, ais. Concentrated rutile sells fol-
$50 TO $500 a ton. depending Oh quality
suanuIy. ana psa1asAuen.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
A MlDCITY POSTOFFlCE

There is common sense In every
statement made by the merchants
sho will meet this evening at the Of
Aces of the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation to demand the establishment
of a branch postoffice in the old
Postoffice building at Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
Most of the business houses in
Washington are located west OF the
new Postoffice building. The center
of the business district is q dozen
blocks away. A large share OF the
mail leaving Washington, excluding
Government mail, which has .
special service, originates in the
area bounded by Pennsylvania ave-
nue., Seventh, Fifteenth, and H
streets northwest. To expect this
territory to be properly served by a
postoffice located nearly a mile
away, would be absurd. A substa-
ton has been provided at Ninth
street, and the Avenue, but the mer-
chants complain that this station,
comprising a single desk in a drug
store is ridiculously inadequate. I'm
portant mail cannot be posted at this
substation early in the morning, un-
less the sender has secured stamps
the night before, for the substation
is not open for business before 8
o'clock.
Being business men, the complain
ants have hit upon the perfectly
businesslike suggestion Of having a
portion of the old Postoffice build
ing, already equipped for the service,
put into use as a substation. They
call attention to the fact that this
would not only give patrons better
service, but at less cost, for it would
save rent. Tonignt's meeting will
emphasize the widespread wish for a
much needed betterment of the
service.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
Captain BerthoIf Has Had Haz.
ardous Experiences in Sea
Service of rs Years.
WORKED HARD FOR SUCCESS
Entered Government Service in
1885, With Ambition to
Become Its Head.
By KENDRICK sCOFIELD.

Man and boy" he followed the sea
Tor twenty-five hard-bitten years.
learning by heart and from bald ex-
perience the death-dealing potentiali-
ties of every reef and shoal and ledge
from Maine to Key West and from
frozen Point Barrow. in the Arctic,
where the pack ice pivots and swings
down upon unwarry whalers, on down
to the reaches OF Wild Magdalena bay.
The passage yesterday of the bill cre-
aung coast guard service in place Of
saving service. places him at the head
OF the new organisation. For years
captain comnandant of the revenue
cutter forces. he was strongly in favor
or this consolidation: holding that It
efficiency. but would make possible q
more effective administration of the
duties which formerly fell on the in
deRendent services. and all Of which
guard men.
No Quarter Deck Dandy.
There is nothing Of the quarter deck
dandy about Capt. f. p. Bertholf. His
years in the service which have been
consumed In all sorts Of dangerous
teeth OF roaring Nor wester out TO a
treacherous reef to rescue half q dozen
| pray-fayed. exhausted scamen from
the rigging OF some wrecked and
breaking schooner. to the pursuit. Of
that now-vanished but once dangerous
| seaclan, the Raiders Of the Seal Rook-
cries, have left him pretty much "all
man.
Physically he is as we'll equipped az
any Bucko-Mate who ever depended
upon the Drawn and strength behind his
hard-hitting fists to hold q crew of
"scattermouche" bullies to heel.
His mouth and eyes. too. are those OF
a man who commands. while his voice
holos that strong ttmbre which can
carry a hail above the shrek Of wind
and crash OF water, clear to the fore
top-gallant yard.
Captain Bertholrs whole career has
| seemed to lead him directly toward the
post he now holds. As a boy in New
Jersey he found the broad Hackensack
river an expanse OF unlimited wonders.
| and knowing that it flowed down to
Join the Raritan and thence through
Newark bay to the sea. he loved 1t be-
cause 1t typified his own young am
oitions-to finally reach the ocean.
Why He Quit Annapolis.
With an appointment to Annapolis,
Captain Bertholf believed that his de-
sires were soon TO be realized, when
| young blood and a hazing scrape cut
short his naval career.
But even this did not wet blanket
his ambitions. and he entered the Rev
steadily toward the post OF comman-
dant. which he now holds and has
, held for humber OF years.
| Captain Bertholf Is known in the
service principally for the hazardous
duty for which he volunteered with two
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
Woman's Jewelry Is
Seized by Surveyor

HOBOKEN. N. j.. Jan. H.-Jewelry
valued at between $500 and $1,000 has
been seized by the surveyor OF the port
from Mrs. Agnes Chicchio and her
brother, Umberto Paglarico, or New
Haven. arrivals on the steamship Rot
terdam from Italy.
When the Rotterdam arrived Inspec-
tor Nodine saw Mrs. Chicchio hand a
package to a man standing outside
the custom lines. Nodine took the
package, the man-who turned out to
be the woman's husband. GaetanO
Chicchio-and Mrs. Chicchio to Acting
Deputy Surveyor Harris.
There were two gold bracelets in the
package A search through the trunks
Of Mrs. Chicchio and her brother dis
closed other articles of jewelry. More
was found on their persons. Mrs. Con-
cetta Massarelli of Bayonne, N. j.. who
accompanied them. had failed to de,
session. THIS iewelry also was seized
The evidence will he placed in tn.
hands of the United states attorney for
New Jersey. a. the ROTTERDAM arrived
N HobekaA
The Washington times., 1915-01-21

Looking to the future, Mr.. Pratt
sees little prospect that Europe will
in future be able to invest extern
sively here. She will sacrifice much
Of her holdings here in order to re-
cover the capital, which will be ex-
pended in the war. That expendi.
ture will waste so much Of her capt.
tai that when the war ends she will
have little or no advantage over us
in stocks Of available capital. The
national debts of all the countries
will have been immensely increased,
and these will absorb more and more
of the surplus for investment, taking
it away from us, and thus reducing
the annual burden of interest that
we will have to pay abroad.
Interest rates abroad will become
higher, as the store of available cap
ital is reduced; and with higher
rates there. capitalists will have less
The Washington times., 1915-01-21

women teaching. in the schools.
There are several in the higi,
schools who married, were thereby
retired, and Immediately took ex-
aminations and obtained reinstate-
ment.
But the injustice Of the present
arrangement is that the grade teach
er is practically precluded from fol-
lowing the course Of the, high school
teacher in obtaining reinstatement,
because normal school graduates are
given preference in the grade school
positions.
So the objection to the rule which
automatically retires teachers when
thsy marry comes from both camps.
On the one hand it does not exclude
married women from teaching. On
the other it singles out few each
year, and has thereby robbed the
schools here Of some Of their best
teaching material.
Early action on this rule Is all
that is asked, so that those teachers
who have taken up the fight against
this rule may know how to proceed
further.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
CUTTING OUT THE PORK

The vote by which the House
passed the river and harbor bill last
evening indicates that the fight
against pork passing is making good
headway. There were eighty-one
votes against the bill, and they in
cluded the floor leaders Of both the
Republican and the Progressive par
ties. Moreover, there were also
sixty-four pairs, which indicates that
goodly number Of members were
willing that their votes should be
listed to the disadvantage Of the bill.
It has been long and hard fight
to command attention to the real
character Of SO much Of this grab;
but it is winning. One Of the best
incidents to this measures consider
alton is that the $1S,70O,0O Muscle
Shoals waterpower project receives
quietus. There has been a great
pressure to get this item into the
measure, but it has been exposed
and beaten.
The expenditure of Government
money to develop great waterpowers
is one thing. 1t may be, and in
many cases it would be, altogether
justifiable. But the expenditure of
Government money, on the pretense
that navigation is to be promoted,
when the real purpose is to develop
waterpowers for the benefit of hy-
dro-electric promoters, is quite an
other thing, and it is beginning tard-
lily to be understood.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
Fortune for 2 Daughters
Lost to Father IS Years

Los ANGELES. Jan. ALTO two
daushters whom he had moi ace, TO-
thirty-five years and whose where
abouts are unknown, Elliot NJ. Hest
a retired business man. left 81, 300 in his
will filed here. Mr.. Best died Janu-
ary 12
The will says that thirty-f,ve years
ago his wife deserted him, taking his
daughters. Ethel and Alice, aged twelve
and eight. respectively
The will directs that search he uands
N New YeSk ter the daugAtass.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21

Instead of a favorable balance,
there was an unfavorablesone esti-
mated by Mr.. Pratt at $55, 100000.
But the war brought new situa-
tion. Americans are not spending
much money abroad. The Old World
is buying more from US and selling
less to US. Gold went abroad in
large amounts for a time, but that is
ceasing, and the return tide is GER
tain to come. Less money is being
paid to foreigners for freights, and
not SO much is being sent to rela-
tives and friends. Altogether, the
conclusion is that for the latter half
Of 1914 there was an actual trade
balance in our favor, including all
the items, of about $133. 900, 900. The
figures are made up thus:
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
Crowds See Flyer Soar
In "Fool Proof" Aeroplane

NEW YORK, Jan. GA Curtis flying
boat equipped with the latest thing
In aeronautics. the Sperry gyroscopic
stabilizer, making 1t "fool-proof." flew
over the navy yard and East river. while
hundreds Of persons watched the antics
of ME flying machine.
The new invention permits the ma
chine to keep an even keel continuously.
The Government Is contemplating pur-
chasing the rights of the stabilizer.
After making several flights Aviator
Lawrence Sperry was forced to descend
because of a splinter breaking from the
propeller OF his machine.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
A REAL TRADE BALANCE

Mr.. E. e. Pratt, chief of the Bu-
reau Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, in an address at Chicago set
forth that, perhaps for the first
time, the United States now has a
real balance Of trade in its favor.
It is true that for many years we
have been wont to accept figures
that pointed to q favorable balance;
and some economists have thereon
predicated assumptions that our ma
tional wealth increased by reason
Of the favorable trade balance. That
old-fashioned view, of course, has
been exploded a good many times;
but it sticks with wonderful tenacity
among certain classes of thinkers.
Mr.. Pratt undertakes to demon
strate that, as a matter of fact, we
have not had for many years, until
the last few months, a real balance
in our favor. We have been grow
ing rich at a tremendous rate not
withstanding; growing rich, because
we produced at a marvellous rate,
not because we sold more than we
bought. Mr.. Pratt's analysis of the
real conditions Of our foreign trade
relations takes into consideration
not only exports and imports of
merchandise, but also the, remit
tances sent abroad to pay interest
on investments held here by foreign
ers, money spent abroad by Ameri-
can travellers, cash sent to relatives
and friends abroad by naturalized
Americans, and moneys paid to
foreign shipowners for freights.
Thus he makes up his statement in
about these figures as for the year
ended July I, 1914:
The Washington times., 1915-01-21

lion, men, the campaign has been
pushed to the point where both sides
claim to have got just what they
wanted. Meanwhile, the ivorld pref
ty accurately understands that
neither has got what it wanted, and
that the frightful losses in Flanders
have, thus far, decided nothing at all.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
Woman Whose Cow Began
Chicago Fire Is Dead

ESCANABA. Mich. Jan. 2I.-Mrs.
Maggie O'Leary, who for forty years
lived alone In little farmhouse near
here, Is dead. Her ncighhors declare
she was the woman whose COW was
credited with having caused the great
Chicago ars Of isT.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
Defends BOwdle.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
l notice a number Of the so-called
'suffragists" still are ranting about
Cong ressman Bowdle's speech against
the recent debate in the House. re-
ferring to 1t as an exhibition Of vul-
garity," gross and obscene insult to
the women Of the country etc, etc.
Allow me to remark as disinterested
observer that l can see no justiflcatlon
for their attack on Mr.. Bowdle. Just
because he holds certain views and has
the nerve to speak out in pubic does
not seem to me such heinous crime.
There are a number Of House mem-
bers. 1 daresay, who feel Just as Mr
Bowdle feels. but who just haven't inc
nerve to come out and say so. Per
sonally. think the man should 10
commended. He at least has the cour-
age Of his convictions. which Is moro
than can be said for most Of our repre-
sentatives in Congress. AN ANTI.
Washington. January l9.
The Washington times., 1915-01-21
THE DAClA'S CASE

expressions, on this side, by reason
of the British announcement that II
the steamship Dacia sails with a
cargo of cotton for German port,
she will be seized and taken before
British prize court. Taking a ves-
sci before a prize court Is not equiv
alent to condemning and confiscating
her. The procedure in prize courts
is we'll understood and is accepted as
regular. It is one Of the uncom-
Portable incidents to war; one Of the
embarrassing effects that war has
on commerce.
The Dacia was a German vessel,
lying at Texas port when the war
broke out. She had gone there to
take a cargo of cotton for Germany.
Not daring risk capture, she re-
mained. An American bought her
and paid cash: 1t is positively de-
clared that the transaction was in all
good faith, with no string on it. The
vessel was loaded, and the State De-
partment was asked to learn the at
titude of the British government
about her immunity from seizure.
The British government now an
nounces that she cannot be granted
immunity, if sailing to German
port, but will be seized. Her Ameri-
can owners are determined to send
her, and await the outcome.
It is explained that the exact
question involved in this case has
never been settled as between a neu-
tral and combatant nation; there
fore, the determination of it is alto
gether desirable from all points Of
view. At the time when the bill
was pending in Congress to admit
foreign ships to American registry
the question was seriously raised by
some OF the legislative authorities in
law and international law, whether
admitting German ships to- Ameri.
can registry would not invite com.
plications with the British govern
ment. That aspect was, strongly
urged; but the law passed, and now
is to be tested.
The fact that all parties are salts.
fed to 60 ahead and have the test
case made, and that there is appar.
emily realization all round that il
can and should be made without
any violent misunderstanding, il
fortunate. Looking at the matter
from the British point Of view, it il
easy to understand why Britain pro-
tests. Cotton is greatly needed by
England's enemies, and the allies
have agreed that cotton, even wher
destined to Germany, would not bt
seized as contraband when in neu
trail bottoms. But it is apparent
that if German ships may be turned
into neutral ships by the transfer
of registry, then Britain is surren
dering much of the authority thai
her command of the sea gives her
1t is not difficult to believe that il
England had presented, during oul
civil war, a like contention, th'
Washington Government would hav'
declined to concede it's rights, exact
ly as London now does. Suppose
that, while Washington was block
aiding the ports of the South to pre-
vent shipment of cotton, Confed
crate vessel, blockaded in a British
port, had been transferred to th'
British flag, and had promptly un
dertaken to enter trade between tina
British port and Confederate ports
Would Washington have submitted
without protest?
The present is an excellent tim'
to consider all sides of such ques
tions and to keep cool.