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The Washington times., 1916-10-11
A Prayer.

One learns at length that all that
comes must go.
And wonders:
win the power to dream go, too?
Youth passes surely. surely ..ov. he.
comes a golden "reminiscences:
Even Grief.
That bent with us above the bier of
Love. blur eyed. and marked the
empty hours with means.
Grief surely passes. too . grows
worn and waste beneath the
burden of drear days
All moon beam ladders that ambition
climbs.
All rainbow hopes
That bridge the gulf to fame,
Fail down;
Or eee. success attained seems but a
trivial thing within the hux Of
time.
But much remains!
Gayety holds much gladness still when
all Youths fevers pass
Exhaustless wealth OF common things:
The water. woods and skies:
The sunlight strong upon the morning
hills that ring like anvils with
it's stroke:
The laughter In the mouth of prnxish
winds that fling his sleet slashed
beam athwart the face of Winter:
Gambolings of star washed seas
That roll and clutch the purple skirts
of night:
The still recurrent motions OF now
morns:
The brooding silences OF Autumn ewes:
And that changing pageantry
wherewith the moving seasons still
instruct the minds of thoughtful
tired old men in simple truths:
These will to mine
When Youth has passed,
And Love,
And when the gable OF success and
failure ends.
The eyes half blinded by the sweat OF
toll
The peering eyes grown rheumy look.
ing for the coin that means the
crust,
How shall they see such things?
The ears perked ever for the crack OF
whips swung In the hands al
knaves that drive one for the gair
of master fools.
How hear?
The feet made ragged by Iife's bloodIes
/ fiints,
How shall they trample down despair,
Spurn grief.
Dream?
Dear God,
Take anything,
Take everything,
But leave me still the power to dream
DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1916-10-11
HIGHER PRICES FOR COAL

There Is every reason to antici-
pate that the price of coal will mount
considerably higher than at present,
and that the consuming public will
have no alternative but to pay or
shiver-or more likely both.
This years production Of anthra-
cite will barely meet the immense
demand for il; and what has been
produced can be moved only with
great difficulty and uncertainty,
owing to the shortage Of cars, con-
gestion at terminals, and other
causes. Labor is scarce and ex-
pensive; every factor makes for
higher prices. Dealers with con-
siderable amounts on hand have
been hosting prices to the retailers,
and the public, frightened at
prospects of a possible shortage, has
been willing to pay in order to get
cellars filled.
Maybe it's going to be a long, hard
winter; maybe not. The chestnuts
are plentiful; sign of a hard winter
But crops generally are bad; by the
like logic of nature providing against
necessity, sign of a mild winter. AS
usual, we shall know which sign is
right about March 1. Meanwhile, II
is very certain that the coal man
and his customers will have rough
shedding, whether or no.
The Washington times., 1916-10-11


Celebration, nftleth anniversary Of the
founding OF the post John Rawlins Post,
No. /, Department OF the Potomac, G. A.
r., In Grand Army Hall, 1912 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, p. IN.
Meeting. Washington Chemical Society. Cos
mos Club. s y. m.
Columb bus day celebration. with address by
Rev Abram Simon, Washington Council
knights OF Columbus, X, of G. Hall. y. m,
Meeting, Franklin Thomson Home and School
| Association, with address by Rev. John
Van Setback president OF Board OF Ednca'
ton, Thomson Assembly Hall, 1880 y, m.
Luncheon, credit mems section OF Retail
Merchants Association. Raleigh, 1880 p, m
Election OF officers Margaret Wilson Club Of
Grover Cleveland School, In school assem-
bly, hall, s p. IN.
Dance, Social club OF the Hebrew Home fol
the Aged, s4l5 NJ street northwest, p. m.
Supper by Ave merchantile clubs of Y w
c. A., at association building, 6 y. m.
Dinner by police officers OF the District II
honor OF the Commissioners, Rausohers.
Convention, women's missionary societies oi
the synod OF Baltimore, New Ebbtt.
gton, No. 2; Mark. Roya
| Arch Chapters; Mithras Lodge of Perfec
| ton, annual banquet
Odd Fellows-Excelsior, No. II, and Salem
| No. 90 degree; Columbia, No. TO- an(
Covenant. No IL. business.
| Knights OF Columbus-Celebration of Discov
| cry Day, X. G. Hall.
! Sons OF Jonadab-Grand Council OF order
Capitol-Harmony Council Hall.
The Washington times., 1916-10-11
ODD WAYS TO MAKE FORTUNES

It is related that a railroad COM
pany recently ripped out huge ton
mage Of rails that had been carrying
traffic for over twenty years, and
sold them as junk for $32 a ton.
Those rails had cost the company,
when new, $28 the ton!
Such are the possibilities of this
era of higher prices. The man who
bought those scrapped rails at $32
turned around and made a small for
tune by selling them to a warning
country for $35 a ton.
1t is said that a number of West
ern farmers have made vast profits
unloading wheat and corn recently.
Some of them had accumulated their
grain over periods of several years,
on the theory that corn is always a
good buy when it gets below a GER
tain point, and that wheat will get
comfortably above a dollar at least
once in every year and half. These
rules are rather vague, but some
people believe in them, and occa-
sionally make a big killing.
In certain Western city, years
ago, was bent old man whose san
ity was pretty widely doubted. He
. lived without visible means of sup.
port, though he owned a quarter.
block of land NOR for outSida fhs
business center of the thriving town
He would not sell nor improve. His
vocation was gathering up all kinds
of scrap iron and cording it up or
that big lot. For twenty years he
prowled around, gathering up dis.
carded bits of iron and piling II
higher and higher. He never sold
seldom had money to buy.
One day, not so long after McKin
ley had been elected President, cart.
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appeared in a long line, and began
hauling away the mountain Of old
iron, loading It on railroad cars. II
developed that the crotchety old man
had sold the pile for 100000, CASH.
A little later he sold the quarter
block Of ground for 100000 lit
tie over 100 times what IL had cost
him-and retired. The notion that
he was weak.minded was dropped
over night.
The Washington times., 1916-10-11
Sc, $50 PAID FOR COW,
DEAREST IN WORLD
Albany Man Gives Record Price
for Pure Guernsey.

NORTH EASToN. Mass. Oct. H.
The "cow that jumped over the moon"
did not achieve the heights of fame
among dairy farmers gained by Lang
water Dairymaid. Guernsey OF
purest blood.
She is the highest priced Guernsey
COW In the world. having sold at auc-
tbn under the bidding OF gentlemen
farmers from all parts OF the country
for $3.50.
Charles L. A. Whitney. OF Albany.
was the buyer F. Lothrop Ames, OF
this town. was the former owner.
The Washington times., 1916-10-11
AMERICAN ATTITUDE TOWARD
SUBMARINES

France, Russia, japan, and Brit
ain united In an identic note to the
United States, urging that American
waters be closed against submarines
of belligerent powers, whether en-
ployed for war or commerce. The
Washington Government has re-
piled, declining to take the action re-
quested, and expressing surprise
that such a suggestion should have
been put forward.
The case made for the entente ma
lions is especially weak when pre-
scented to the United States. The
submarine is indeed an innovation in
naval war; but It is a powerful in
strument, and one that is likely to
prove especially useful to a country
situated as is the United States.
For the United States, now, to i'm
pose restrictions upon submarines
that would greatly lessen their eff
fectiveness in war. would be to sur
render a weapon that may prove
most potent in this country's de-
Tense whenever we are at. war with
a naval power.
An enemy attacking the United
States would have to come to our
shores through a wide ocean high
way. He would be far from home
bases while our defending forces
would be convenient to them. The
submarine, for a variety Of reasons
which are reasonably obvious, has
not been a very useful weapon, in
the hands and the circumstances Of
Germany, against the superior fleet
of Germany's enemies. But in the
circumstances in which the United
States would have to conduct a
naval war of defense, they would
almost certainly be Of the sravest
utility.
For the United States to deprive
Germany of the most effective use
of the submarine, would be to lay
down a rule that decade hence
mipht likewise deprive this country
of that same weapon in time Of
pressing need.
Americas attitude now is exactly
the attitude that Britain assumed
in civil war times, when our prize
courts and Supreme Court developed
the doctrine Of continuous voyage.
That doctrine was decidedly antag-
onistic to British commerce, at that
moment, with the Confederate
States; but Britain did not protest
against its enforcement. Britain
was farsighted enough to realize
that she, as the greatest naval
power, might one day want to en-
force that very rule, and that to
have a precedent for it would be
greatly to her advantage. Her re-
striction of commerce to Holland
Denmark. and Scandinavia is based
on the rule of continuous voyage and
ultimate destination. The United
States suffers by enforcement Of
that rule, but having originally made
the rule, cannot well repudiate II
now. Likewise, the United States
in the matter of submarines, is com.
PEELED to look to its future, as Brit
ain did half century ago, and con.
slider under what rules it may want
to employ submarines at some later
period.
The Washington times., 1916-10-11
Indifference Increases
His Term Behind Bars

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, Oct n.-When
Alexander Heavy, OF Stowe, was sem
fenced to six months for assault and
battery. he said: II don't care" where
upon Judge Miller, in Montgomery coun-
ty court, increased his sentence 10
nine months.
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How would you mark your ballot at
the coming election to express the
opinion that as long as England rules
the seas II is none OF our business
what Germany's U boats sink in them.
and why?
The Washington times., 1916-10-11
Amusements.

New acknowledgements Taylor, in ''Ths
Harp Of Life" 2:l6 and S:l5 D. m.
Belasco--Al Jolson, In Robinson Crusoe
Jr.," ego and $50 y. m.
Polfs-'The Girl Without a Chance" Sl
y. IN.
Keith s. Vaudeville, 2:l5 and S:l5 u. M
Gayety-Burlesque. 2:l5 and S:l5 p. m.
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays 1880 a. m. e
II p. m.
Gsrden-Photoplsys 10 a, m. to II p. m.
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Our Own Wall Notices.
Lines on . Pot Pourri Jar.

You. who took US from
garden,
Hid us here In spice away
Perfumed mummies left to
harden
You. who took us from .
garden.
On your knees. oh. beg our
pardon
We are robbed of Death and
DAY.
You. who took us from q
garden.
Hid us here in spice away.
Isabel Vale.
The Washington times., 1916-10-11

Three OF our correspondents inform
us In the same mail that DR.. splint. OF
the Flower Hospital. New York city.
is always on the Job In case or
emergency calls.
The Washington times., 1916-10-11
Don Marquis
Column

French without q Struggle.
He put his liver out OF Joint
BY corseting his emboupoint.
Pat.
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Tomorrow.

Strand-Photopalys, 10 a. m. to II p, m.
Casino-Photoplays. II m. to II p. m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
CABLESH|P LEAVES
 SEATTLE 0k FEB. l5
Believed that Extensive Repairs are Being Made to Vessel as She
 Has Been Long in Drydock.

Advices have been received from Seattle stating that the cableship Burnside will leave Seattle on Feb ruary 15, to begin the work of re- pairing the breaks in the government cable. About ten days ago the cable connecting Alaska with the outside world went out of commission, 8 break having occurred north of Sitka, and on Sunday morning last the Sew ard branch went down.
 Cordova, Valdez and points in in- terior Alaska are being served by the navy radio stations and with the ex- ception of short time when engine trouble was experienced at Sitka, the service has been good. The break in the line to Seward completely isolates the westward except when vessels. equipped with wireless are in port.
 AS the cableship Burnside was re- ported in drydock several weeks ago when a break in the cable occurred near Seattle, it is believed that she is undergoing extensive repairs and possibly receiving new boilers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
MINE FOREMAN
 GEDNEY INJURED
Reported to Have Suffered Compound Fracture of Leg and Injuries
 to Other in Mine Slide.

The launch of the Ellamar Min ing company came up the bay last might bringing the bad news that Foreman M. H. Gedney of the mine had suffered a severe accident by be- ing caught in a slide in the mine yes terday afternoon. He is reported to have had one leg broken in two places and the extent of the injuries sus. tained by the other limb was un- known as the launch has been dis patched for physician before an ex- animation had been made.
 Dr. Duckwall, the Post Surgeon, left for ElIamar on the mining con- pany's launch to care for the injured man and had not returned up to noon today. It is reported that the North western was to have called at Ella mar to take the injured man to Cor dova, where the company has been sending it sick or injured employees recently.
 MT. Gedney is we'll known in Val deg as he has been connected with the Ellamar mine for a number of years, and his many friends will sin cerely hope that his accident is not as serious as reported and that he will fully recover.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

fit of the relations between the Uni ted States and Mexico if Gen. Car ranza were to prove that he fully ap- |preciated the full significance of the
 Chihuahua crime. If he does so ap- |preciate it, his efforts will show 1t. Unless he produces results that ap- peal to American confidence in the power of his government, there will be little public support of him left in the country.
 If Gen. CarranZa is wise he will ac- cept the Chihuahua massacre as the final challenge of his enmies in Mex |ico to his authority and meet it with all the force at his command. This is |his critical period, and If he fails we do not believe that he can long sus- |tain himself. Should he succeed in capturing the perperators of this i'm famous outrage and in bringing them |summarily to justice he will have es- tablished himself and popular indig-
 nation in. the United States will rap
 idly subside. Should he shirk his
 duty and his responsibility, the de-
 mand tfor intervention will steadily
 increase until some day another big
 slaughter of Americans will make it
 irresistible.
 Not only the faith of the Carranza but the future of Mexi- co may rest on the zeal and energy shown in the pursuit and punishment of the Chihuahua murderers.--New York World.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1916
YE GODS, READ THIS!

The San Francisco Chronicle, in recent issue, under 8 caption two col umns in width, "San Francisco t. Regain Her Lost Trade with Alaska. and prominently displayed on tn first page, says:
 "San Francisco is to return to
 her former supremacy as the
 port from which the steamers
 for Nome and other Alaska ports
 direct leave during the open season, according to advices re-
 ceived from Seattle last night.
 Plans now under consideration
 by the Pacific Coast Steamship
 Company indicate that San
 Francisco will not only get the steamer service each ~year to Nome and St. Michael, but regu-
 lar sailings and all summer to the Far North.
 Washington's stringent prohibi- tion law is said to be responsi- ble for the premeditated change
 which will mean vast business for local shippers and the port, and a return to the profitable times when San Francisco was the source of Alaska's supplies and workers"
 Mercy, Mamie, but the beans hay burned. San Francisco is going t regain her former" supremacy a the great shipping port for Alask' and other Alaska ports. Possibl, two or three steamers will sail fo Nome from San Francisco during tn Doming summer, for one consecutive trip.
 Former supremacy again estab lished. Katie kut the kake kuickly Juneau Empire.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
Weather Report.
Interior Weather.
 Valdez, Feb. 8, 1916

Valdez, Feb. 8, 1916. Fairbanks, -25; clear, calm.
 Salcha, -3S; clear, calm.
 Richardson, go; clear, windy. Mccarthy, --oo; 45 inches snow; cloudy, windy, trail good.
 McCallum, "A; clear, calm.
 Paxson. --42; clear, calm.
 Hogan, 70; 21 inches snow; clear, calm, trail good.
 Gulkana, 1I above; 21 inches of snow; clear, high wind, trail good. Copper Center, -26; 15 inches of snow; clear, windy, trail good.
 Tonsina, il above; IS inches of snow; cloudy, windy, trail drifted. Teikhell, 10; 30 inches snow; clear, calm. trail good.
 Beaver Dam, 10 above; 46 inches of snow; cloudy, windy. trail drifted. Summit, 6 above; 60 inches snow; clear, windy, trail drifted.
 Wortman's, 22 above; 40 inches of snow; clear, windy, trail heavy to the north; good to the south.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
BINDINGS AT JUNEAU
 COURT ARE SUSTAINED

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.-The Circuit Court of Appeal has handed down its findings in the case which was appealed from the ruling of Judge Jennings, of Juneau, involv- ing title to the tide flats on Cast ineau channel. The ruling of the Alaska jurist has been affirmed and the claim of the Alaska-Gastineau mining company on the tideflats abutting their properties has been sustained.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
NARROW ESCAPE
 OF LAT0UCHE MEN Were Carried in Small Boat from La- touci1e to Montague Island
 Lived Week on Clams.

Passengers on the Northwestern from Seward this morning report that two Latouche men had a narrow es- cape from drowning or perishing of cold and starvation as a result of the storm which swept this section of the coast recently.
 It appears that a fox rancher, J. w. Flemming, had left his island in company with a native, to take a number of foxes to the Green Island ranch, when their little boat was caught in storm. They were unable to breast the waves and were carried out to sea. After being at the mercy of the elements for nearly twenty four hours their boat was carried by the tide to Montague island where it was thrown on the beach and smashed.
 Flemming and his companion were without food or a means of making a fire and lived on clans and what they could find on the beach for nearly a month. In their search along the beach they came across the wreckage of another boat from which they constructed a raft and when the storm moderated they hoisted a sail and crossed to Latouche island and reached home few days ago after their friends and relatives had given them up as lost
 The men are reported to have been frosted and otherwise show that they suffered intensely from their hard
 
 ships. ,@,.. ..
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
WHAT CARRANZA MUST DO.

President Wilson is right in his determination to give Gen. Carranza full opportunity to demonstrate the sincerity of his pledges. Carranza, on the other hand, cannot afford to underestimate the bitterness of feel Ing in the Uniteu states over the mas sacre in Chihuahua.
 Representative Slayden of Texas spoke for Americans in general as we'll as for the people of the Border States when he saIu yesterday that they would be satisfied with nothing short of the capture and execution of the murderers." The work of cap ture is already under way, but the punishment must be ruthless as the offense.
 The United States government has no reason to doubt the good faith Of Gen. Carranza and the Mexican au- shorities in this matter. The Car ranza representative in Washington has informed the State Department that efficient acllon will be taken to bring the murderers to justice and efficient action is what is needed. The question at issue is whether the Car ranza government, however sincere 1t may be, is physically able to cope with the situation and taking such efficient action.
 If it can. the demands for inter- vention will soon be forgotten. If 1t fails, the situation win become more than serious. '. ~
 So far as the American people are concerned, Gen. Carranza is still on srial. Public sentiment on the whole approved of the Presidents act of recognition. but it was approval in spired by hope rather than cont- dence. That remains the attitude of most Americans. .....
 Their hope would be materially strengthened to the permanent bene-
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

Richard Harding Davis returned from the war zone yesterday, and stated that the militant nations look ed with scorn upon the United States for the position she has taken in re- maining neutral. We can afford to be scorned,-at several million dol lars a scorn.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
FRENCH REPORT AIR
 RAID ON BULGARIANS

PARIS, Feb. 7.--The French war office has posted a bulletin in which it is announced that British and French aviators in retaliation for the Teutonic raids on Saloniki. visit ed the Bulgarian positions and rain ed bombs into their camps. It Is as- serted that seven hundred Bulgarians were killed as a result of the raid.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
War Scenes.

r See the Russians retreating across the River Bugg at the Liberty to- night. .. -.
 Also showing the Admiral Watson being raised in Seattle Harbor.
 Admission 25 cents
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
PARTING WITH PRESSES
 TO HELP THE CAUSE

DENVER, Colo, Feb. S.-German women here are. soliciting orders for hair which they assert the women of Germany are cutting of in order to raise funds to aid the wounded Ger man soldiers. The women have of fered to contract to supply hair, in any amount and will guarantee its delivery after the close of /hostilities.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
FRENCH NOTABLES HAVE
 SUFFERED FROM WAR

PARIS, Feb. S.-The Paris Blue Book. which has just been published, contains the names of more than three thousand Parisian notables who have been killed in the war. The list contains the names of many law Sers, doctors, educators, actors and writers of more than national fame.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

Carranza has promised there will be no more slaughter of Americans in Mexico, and we believe he will keep his word. There are no more Americans in Mexico to slaughter.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

When the Star advocates the large
 acreage of the Senator being taken into the tax district we may look for the millennium, or some other inn
 possible thing to occur.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
FOUR CLAIMANTS FOR
 VALUABLE OIL LANDS

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 8.--A case in which four claimants are fighting to secure possession of Oklahoma oil lands valued at more than four and one-half million dollars, began be- fore the federal court here today.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

l After seeing the deaf and dumb
 sing at funearl, we are ready to be- lieve that one can smell Honest
 Jonn's paper.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

Teddy Lindsay left on the North western to visit his parents in Se- attle for a few months. He expects to return when the first sign of water in the creeks in this district is re- ported as he will be employed in the Ramsay mine when the mill resumes operations.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

B. M. Snyder, operator in the local office of the Signal Corps, went to Cordova on the Northwestern this morning to relieve the men there who are reported as showed under with work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

James Neill was a passenger on the Northwestern this morning from Val deg to Cordova.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08
Sec "The Quest. :"

Be sure and don't miss the i've reel Broadway feature, 'The Quest." !" at the Liberty Theatre Thursday night. No raise in prices. Admis- sion the same, 16 cents.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

The Takelou, the launch of the El- lamar Mining company, come up to Valdez last night and returned to the copper city after a short stay.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

It is amusing to hear a man who
 |has nothing to assess bestow such |fulsome praise upon the assessor.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

George Havness, who came up from Fidalgo bay a few days ago, was ar outgoing passenger on tho North western this morning for the states
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-08

Pictures developed at the Valdez Drug Company. If.