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The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
NEW RECORD MADE.

NEW YORK, May 22.-Victor Carl son established new record for speed for an American aeroplane when he covered the 41G miles be- tween Newport News, Virginia and Sheepshead Bay suburb of this city in four hours and one minute
 ON TRIAL.
 NEW YORK, May 23-The trial of Dr. Arthur Waite on the charge of murder in the first degree has started. Dr Waite will plead in sanity, but he has already made a confession that he committed the crimes he is charged with.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
C GERMANS RlOTlNG.

PARIS. May 2&.-A dispatch from Amsterdam says that Berlin was the scene of a great demonstration of the working people of Germany yesterday. The demonstration was occasioned by the scarcity of food, and was broken up by the troops. The report states that the troops were forced to fire on the crowd and that about fifty were killed and many
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
BRYAN WANTED.

CHICAGO. May 25.-The Prohibit tion party Is considering the nomi- nation of William Jennings Bryan as their candidate for the presi- dency. It is well known that Mr. Bryan would not ne avorse to ac- cepting the nomination. William Sulzer. former governor of New York is also a possibility.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29

COPENHAGEN, May 25.--The Vos- i~"h IeitunG. paper with a repu- "'io0 for s0undnesS and truth in it's news and editorial columns, con
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
AFTEP THE MONEY.

NEW YORK, May 25--BOth GOT many and Great Britain are attempt ing to raise more money in their own countries with which 10 carry on the war. A report to that effect received in this city yesterday is nnnfir1nnnd hv rahln fnAnN
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29

ROTTERDAM. May 23.-The gov 2rnmcnt of Holland today is sending strong note to Berlin, stating that t eannot accept the German version f he sinking of the Tubantia and r"at il is holding Germany responsi- tle. Ii is stated openly by govern mcnt officials that unless the Ger
 n 7"et js willing to make suitable amends for this affair there will be a break of diplomatic rela- tinnS hntMnnn the CONntri-S
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
NOTED MAN ILL.


 NOTED MAN ILL.
 ST PAUL, May 23.-James J Hill, the prominent railroad man and world known financier, is ill at his home ill this city and his friends and family fear that the end is ap. preaching. The railroad builder is S2 years of age and it is feared that his strength will not be sufficient to withstand the attack.
 THREW HIM OUT.
 CHICAGH May 23.-James Larkin all Irish 'bor leader, in addressine large audience here on Saturday, declared that Angla Spring Rice the sister of Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring had smuggled many rifles and much ammunition into Ire land. Thomas Newman, one of the audience, resented the statement and started to abuse the speaker for making such statement. Larkin jumped from the platform and after choking Newman and otherwise abus- ing him, he personally threw the disturber out of the hall.
 HuGHeS NON cOMMITTAL
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23.- Justice Hughes, of the Supreme Court of the United States, resists all efforts to induce him to commit himself as to the presidential nomi- nation. Many attempts have been made by newspapermen to induce him to allow them to announce that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
FLAG DAY PROCLAMATION
Is ISSUED BY AINSLlE
stRy Ask Citizens to Dixpln, stars
md Stripes on
81 wednesday,.

Mayor Ainslie yesterday issued The
following proclamation IN regard to
the anniversary of the adoption Of the
stars and stripes as the nas OF the
United States:
Office OF the Mayor Richmond Va.
y June 10, 1916.
ITO the people of Richmond: | have
been asked by some Of the patriotic
societies to remind YOU that wednes-
day. June u, is the one hundred and
thirty-ninth anniversary of the adop
tion of the stars and stripes as the flag
of the United States.
That day has been formally desig-
mated by the President OF the United
States as Flag Day. and. although Il
has been observed in some cities for
many years by flying the flag from
public and private buildings. such has
not been the custom here. Il is in or
der 20 irausurate such a custom that
these societies have asked me 10 issue
this proclamation. and, in compliance
with their request. hereby ask the
citizens of Richmond to display the
flag OF their buildings and automo-
biles on thar DAY.
GEORGE AlNSLiE.
Nfayor"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
ADD 1885 TO ICE FUND
Little Girls Give Entertainment t.
Help Mission
Work.

The sum Of S33s has been sent TO
The Times Dispatch from n band of
little girls on West Grace Street who
gave an entertainment for the benefit
OF the Ice Mission.
were, Misses Etha Smith. Alma Ryan.
Ruth Tob!ea, Marie and Gertrude Ebal
and Theresa and Henry Eismnn.
The money will be handed over to
the Ice Mission and used to purchase
ice during the hot weather For the
poor. II is used especially 20 relieve
the distress Of sick women and chill
dren, when ice sometimes means the
saving OF n life
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
Special Fast Train
to Detroit, June Il. vim y. & w.
Ry.-Spcclal Rate.
Special AUyanta-cs

An all-stecl Pullman train will leave
Richmond II 7. NJ. Saturday. Jane Il.
for Detroit. Mich. VIA Norfolk and
Western Railway, passing through most
picturesque part OF Blue Ridge and
Allegheny Mountains Service strictly
first-class. Full particulars and r.srr-
Nations upon application TO G. II.
Bosley. District Passenger Agent No S3S
East Main Street. Richmond. Na.--Adv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11

These Cabinets are hand-rubbed
oak; white enameled interior Base
Is ~ inches wide and contains sunI-
tary nickeloid bread and cake box.
large cupboard for pots and pans.
ing wire shelves. Top covered with
heavy nickel zinc. full sliding and re-
movable. Complete as shown with
metal Hour bin, glass sugar bowl,
bile strength glass doors. for only
SELLS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11

Heavy Shantung Silk. &c in.
wide; different colored stripes
on natural Ground--a very
fine quality; special Monday
Si.O0 yard.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11

In crepe dc chine lace nets and taffetas: Copen
navy, black and old rose colors; some have on,
and two rows of tunics, which make them wild,
and fluffy at the bottom; with Georgett,
sleeves collars and cuffs; regular SIS TO 50;
dresses S0.0S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
Waste in the Apple Crop

(Froin The Portland Orc0oHidH
Il was a famous Pacific Coast man.
ufacturer of mustard condiments VINO
said that it was the mustard the peo-
pie left on the plate that had made
him rich. 1t appears also that the
waste of apples in the United States
has n distinct bearing on the market
for that fruit and the price paid by
the consumer. The forthcoming crop
of apples is estimated at 6767O,OOo
barrels. which Is something more than
200 100000 bushels, or nearly two
bushels for every man, woman and
child in the country. How many mill
ions Of our people never get even an
apple cannot be estimated, but the
number is large. This is due to two
factors-waste in the orchard and
faulty distribution. Millions of bush
els-too many to calculate-rot on the
ground in sections where the growers
do not believe it profitable to market
them. Other large quantities are lost
by poor storage; still more by SNIP
ping to markets that already have been
glutted, though there may be other
towns and cities not far away that
have insufficient supplies.
One of the important elements IN
waste is failure to produce fruit OF
quality worth picking and shipment
The Pacific Northwest learned this
lesson measurably some years ago,
but there are growers even yet who
do not realize its importance. This
season has been particularly trying
because the high prices of various IN
secticides and fungicides have induced
parsimony in their application. We
cannot afford to neglect our fruit
trees altogether just because there is
a war in Europe. And in some dis
tricts pests are getting foothold that
will be making trouble long after the
war is over. Il must be kept IN mind
that we ourselves are responsible IN
q high degree for a public taste that
demands excellent fruit or Will buy
none. The Gull apple is practically
total waste. Even the space 1t occu-
pies on the tree is devoted to the pro-
duction of worse than nothing. But
the grower who picks his fruit at all
must pick the poor fruit with the good
and then reject it in the sorting It
all takes time, and time is money these
days. The difference between a clean
orchard and a half-kept one is the diff
ference between profit and loss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
Unnecessary

There will be submitted to the
voters at the coming election the
question whether there shall be held
a constitutional convention next year
to revise the states fundamental law.
That question was answered emphat-
ically in the election last year, when
the proposed new constitution drafted
at a special convention was voted
down by a tremendous majority.
The Tribune favored that proposed
constitution. 1t believed this draft
contained important provisions for
the improvement of the machinery OF
neutrality-suspicious. which would
have made the government of the
state simpler and less expensive,
more responsive to the will OF the
voters and more responsible for its
acts because the officials would have
had more power and freedom of &C
ton. The voters did not take that
view.
A constitutional convention next
year could only be expected to thrash
cut the same questions which came
up in the convention of 1915, repre-
senting about the same public senti-
ment, reaching about the same con-
illusions. On these questions and
these conclusions the electorate has
spoken. Under the circumstances it
would be idle for the state to incur
the expense of another convention,
for which there appears to be almost
no demand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
BeIgium's Passive Resistance

CFrom The Saturday Evenin0 Post)
On paper no country was ever more
completely conquered than Belgium.
II is absolutely in the hands Of its
enemy, and within its borders not
finger may wag except by the enemy's
permission. But that seems to mark
the limits Of the conquest, for, broad
ly speaking, hardly a finger will wsg
at the enemy's command. Negative
~, Germany can do anything she
pleases with Belgium; positively, ap-
parently, she can do very little.
For example, Director Bicknell Of
the American Red Cross relates this
episode in the Survey: "Mslines is
the site of extensive railway repair
shops, and as the operation Of the
railways by the Germans was steadily
reducing the rolling stock through ac-
cidents and natural wear, the German
government decided that Belgian
workmen formerly employed in the
rc0eir shops should be forced back
inc them. An order was issued that
no more food be distributed by the
relief committee until the men re-
turned TO the shops. Farmers and
gardeners were forbidden to bring in
their produce. No inhabitant was per-
mitted to leave the city. Sentries
were posted about the outskirts and
a barbed wire barrier erected around
the city"
But the Belgians stubbornly re-
fused TO work for their enemy; the
Red Cross protested; the Germans
gave up the attempt.
The present population of the coun-
try, Mr.. Bicknell thinks, is 100000,
against 100000 before the war.
Pretty much the whole population re-
fuses to perform work by which their
foes will benefit Passive resistance
is almost uncomfortable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
Mr.. Wilson a Menace

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: On every side of our nation
is the threat of serious danger. Any
one Of these situations may develop
into a deadly war with all the sudden
ness of the great European struggle.
There is but one safe way to meet
a dangerous stuation-with firmness
and courage. These will avert the dan
ger if anything can.
In dealing with every ono OF our
foreign troubles Mr.. Wilson has shown
himself lacking in these traits.
He first said "Huerta must CO." and
sent troops to Vera Cruz. When he
found that armed invasion of Mexico
meant bloodshed he then said, 1--WE
have no right to interfere in Mexico,
TOO proud TO fight" etc.
vacillation, that makes Mr.. Wilson, with
all his good qualities, the most serious
danger to this Republic that it has seen
since the Civil War.
The men who fear war and the men
who want peace at any price even had
better fear Wilson far more than
Hughes.
Tho election OF Mr.. Wilson would
make war a certainty II an election
could make war a certainty.
JAMES +. BOYDSTON.
Brooklyn, Oct. IS, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
The Recruiting Breakdown

ifrom me chicago NetCS)
Only n moderate increase in the nu-
merical strength Of the regular army
and Of the National Guard was author
lied by the legislation passed by Con-
gress last summer. Yet il is regarded
az virtually impossible for the Federal
authorities to recruit these defence
organizations up to the required num-
bers by the familiar old methods OF
coaxing, wheedling and pleading.
There Is a report TO the effect that
the War Department is planning virtu-
ally a house-to-house canvass in it's
efforts TO secure the recruits needed
20 fill the regular army ranks and keep
them full. One recruit for each 1000
Of population is needed. Another re-
port concerns an order by the War
Department TO discontinue recruiting
stations for the National Guard where
it is apparent that results have not
been fruitful in comparison with the
efforts put forth. Illinois, which I'M
der the Hay act should have l7,400
Guardsmen at the end Of five years, is
one of the states which give little
promise Of providing tho required
number of soldiers.
The futility and wastcfulness Of e1-
perimcnting with the voluntary de-
fence system have been fully demon
strated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
The Obedient Wife

1t is the way of historic forms TO
lag behind the facts. Their impress
siveness rests in no small measure
exactly on the cold shoulder which
they turn to modernity. So there
need be no great surprise at the con-
servative attitude Of the House Of
Deputies of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church in postponing for three
years the question Of pledged obedi-
ence in wives.
The facts as to obedience in wives
are as they have always been, only
a little more so. The better man
las always ruled in the home, as
everywhere else, and no formula of
religion or sanction of custom can
change human nature materially.
All the panoply Of feminism cannot
emancipate a clinging, inferior, fem
mime mind. About the only modern
tendency TO be observed is a little
more freedom for the better man to
come into his or her own.
That is one Of the adventures Of
matrimony, the most adventurous
undertaking Of man since buccaneer-
ing was driven from the Seven Seas.
Whatever the sanctions Of law or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
Get the Right Man
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Secretary of the Interior Lane
is very insistent that the Republican
leaders should indicate what they
would have done in President Wilson's
place instead of the things he did.
This constant harping on the ques-
ton "What would you have. done?" is
childish and absolutely unfair.
Let US suppose the manager Of big
industrial plant had brought the bust
ness to the verge of financial ruin.
What course would the directors be
likely TO pursue? Would they make it
a condition that the proposed new man
ager should first, to prove his eff
cheney, explain what he would have
done which the incompetent manager
had failed to do? By no means. They
would select a man of proved capacity
and say to him: ave place this great
organization in your hands and expect
you to rescue il from the ruin which
now stares il in the face"
That Is tho condition of the United
States to-day. It's affairs have been
wofully mismanaged. The American
people are called upon to select new
manager, and they have in Charles
Evans Hughes man who has been
tested in many difficult positions Zone
being the Governorship of New York;,
and in every case has measured up to
the demands made upon him.
NJ. T. r.
New York, Oct I6, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
THE FAIRFAX SEAL
A Virginia Nursery Rhyme Pleads
for Its Return
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter in a recent edition
Of your paper in reference to the mys-
terry OF the Fairfax Seal is of great in
terest to all Virginians and also TO the
Daughters of the Confederacy. 1t has
been our fondest hope that some day
the seal would be located, as was
Martha Washington's will, and re-
turned TO the courthouse. There are
many of the old families Of this state
represented by prominent men in your
great city and we feel that If some
effort was made by them the seal might
be located. can assure them that the
Daughters" as well as our Legislature
would be glad to honor them for their
trouble.
Ny dear old grandmother, who was a
girl of twelve when the Yankee" raid
was made, has often told me the trsdi-
tions that are woven about the Seal Of
Fairfax. 1t was said Virginia would
not return to its proud position of old
until the seal was again at Fairfax.
There was an old nursery rhyme that
my nanny used 10 sing me tnat
closed
"Fairfax's bells will gayly peal
When the Yanks' return dat seal"
1t is said the County Clerk Of Fair
fax Courthouse spent the remaining
years Of his life after the raid in try
ing 10 get some trace Of the seal, which
he felt was lost through his neglect.
The seal, which was supposed 10 have
been made in England over hundred
years ago, had attested some Of the
most important documents in our his
tory. It would certainly be very
graceful act il it could be returned 10
us while some of those most deeply in
terested are still alive 10 welcome it.
V. c. NJ.
Fredericksburg. Va, Oct. 16, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
Consumers, Organize!
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | have been very much i'm
pressed with the letter which appeared
in The Tribune Of October II, 1916,
written by Walter Weed.
We all know that prices have gone
up and are still going up, and most OF
us can hardly exist these days. 1t Is
high time that we followed Mr.. Weed
and "organize."
II The Tribune will kindly furnish
Mr.. Weeds address as well as that OF
"a Victim" whose letter appeared IN
your issue of October 7, 1916. | would
be glad to communicate with them'
with a view to getting together as
soon as possible, and if we cannot &C
complish something, we will at least
try, and try very hard. hope to hear
from others also that are interested.
II. HERSKOWITZ.
ia DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, Oct. IS,
1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
Protection for the Pupils

In accordance with the education
law of this state each child in the
public schools outside of New York
City must be examined once each
year by a physician. The reports Of
this work in New York City for 1915
show that only SO per cent Of the
children - 305, 665 - were examined
for physical defects. The metropolis,
that is, is giving to only one-third of
its school children annually the pro-
lection required by law for all the
children of the rest Of the state.
That is why the budget estimates of
the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the
Health Department call for an addi-
tional $4,000 for 1917, compared
with the appropriations for the cur
rent year.
This proposed increase in appro-
priations is intended to pay for
twenty-five additional medical in
spectors, fifty-two additional school
nurses and six dental hygienists.
These additions to the staff will not
permit the examination Of all chill
dren of school age each year, but
they would reduce the number of
pupils assigned to each medical in
spector and nurse, thus enabling the
city TO come closer to performing the
work deemed necessary for preserv-
ing the health of this section of the
community.
1t should be unnecessary at this time
to point out the extreme Importance
Of keeping any case Of infectious dis
ease out Of the schools. In addition
to that there always exists the de-
STABILITY of detecting and curing
disease or defects which are having
a harmful effect on the physical and
mental wellbeing Of the child. I'm
fortunately experience has proved,
from the results already accom-
plished by the school inspectors and
nurses, that this task cannot be left
to parental care alone. The Bureau
Of Welfare of School Children Of the
Association for Improving the Con-
dition Of the Poor recites that last
year, Of the 33 per cent Of pupils
examined, 72.G per cent Rad defects
requiring treatment, ranging from
defective breathing 70 cardiac and
lung diseases.
The policy Of making these exam
nations and the need for carrying
on such work by municipal agency
are well established. What the city
undertakes 10 do il should do thor
oughly and creditably. The many
urgent demands on the city treasury
make it appear impossible TO obtain
sufficient funds 10 build Up a staff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
DAIRYING EXHAUSTS SOIL
Plant Food Taken from Farm When
Whole Milk Is Sold
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF Inc lilpuhe'
Sir: Last week in discussing the
conditions OF the dairy situation you
made a statement about dairying and
farming which needs further e&plana-
ton. You spoke of the claims made
bv the milk dairymen that during the
last twenty or twenty-five years their
farms have run down and in many
cases have become exhausted. You
evidently do not believe this statement
and 90 on to say that in parts OF the
West farms which have been depleted
through continuous grain growing have
been restored TO fertility through
dalrying; therefore you argue that II
dairying restores land in one part OF
the country it can hardly exhaust II in
another except through very shiftless
farming.
On the face of it this looks like good
logic. but in reality it is quite the re-
verse. Many people fail to realize the
fact that there are two different kinds
of dairying. One, in which the whole
milk is sold from the farm, may be eX-
hausting, as it takes away large guam
titles of plant food. The other kind
Of dairying, in which butter alone is
sold, is not exhausting, because in that
case the greater part Of the plant food
instead of being sent away is retained
in the skim milk and thus left on the
farm.
In one ton of milk. or about 1000
quarts, there would be carried away
from the farm something like 10
pounds of nitrogen, s pounds of phos-
phoric acid and pounds OF potash. At
very liberal estimate we will say that
this ton of milk will make 100 pounds
of butter, more or less. Now this 100
pounds of butter would remove as
plant food only 2ls ounces of nitrogen
and quantities OF potash so small that
II is hardly worth while to consider
them. Thus. If the butter alone is
sold and the skim milk fed on the farm
there is little II any loss Of plant food
compared with the case where the
whole milk Is sent away. Ii is true
that soils which have been exhausted
by grain growing have been renovated
and made very productive by change
to butter dairying. Not only did this
stop the drain of plant food, but the
soil was made over by the use Of clover
and manure. There was also the addi-
ton of the plant food which came in
purchased grain. No one could make
any such improvement when engaged
in milk dairying unless he grew large
quantities Of clover and alfalfa and
bought phosphorus and potash in the
form of chemicals.
II. w. COLLINGW0oD,
Editor. Rural New Yorker.
New York, Oct. Is, 1915.