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The Parker post., 1916-02-12
PROHIBITION MEASURES IN
UNITED STATES CONGRESS
WIDE VARIETY OF LIQUOR LEGIS
LATION INTRODUCED
Congressman c. n. Randall Leads With
Five BilIs-WouId Prohibit Use
of Mails for Liquor Adver-
tising of Any Kind

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. s (Spe-
cial Correspondence Every cOnceiv-
able sort of prohibition legislation has
been proposed in the present congress,
ranging from dry summer camps in
the forest reserves to a nationwide
drouth. About twenty bills have been
introduced, but Randall, of California,
leads all with five measures, dealing
with the use of the mails to advertise
liquor, divesting liquor of all inter
state commerce privileges, prohibiting
issuance of federal liquor licenses ex-
cept with provision that no sale shall
be for beverage purposes, excluding
liquor from all national parks and for
est reserves, and barring employment
in the civil service of the United
States of any person who drinks in
toXicating liquors.
The national constitutional amend
ment has been reintroduced this year,
worded just as it was in the last ses-
sion, when it received majority of
eight votes in the house. 1t reads:
"The sale, manufacture for sale, i'm
portation for sale of intoxicating
liquors for beverage purposes in the
United States and all territory subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, and eXpor-
tation thereof, are forever prohibited. -
This will be known as the Sheppard
Webb bill, Senator Sheppard, of Texas,
and Representative Webb being it's
sponsors. They are two of the ablest
men in congress. The big fight will be
to get a. vote on this amendment
Abercrombie, of Alabama, and Ran
dali, of California, have clashed over
their bills to prohibit the use of the
mails for liquor advertising of any
kind. Abercrombie would stop mail
ings going to dry states only, while
Randall would strike the business out
of the mails everywhere. The solici-
tor of the postoffice department today
announced that Randalls bill could be
enforced, but that the other could not
be, because of the endless confusion
involved in properly instructing 10000
postmasters and thousands of other
employees as to proper and improper
mailings under it.
Several bills provide that govern
ment licenses shall not be sold in dry
territory Randall's bill on this sub
ject provides that local license must
be exhibited which specifically prohib-
it's any sale for beverage purposes, be-
fore a government license can be is
sued. The effect of this is national
prohibition by legislative enactment,
requiring only a majority vote.
The big fight for this law will come
in the next congress- Randall pro-
poses to replace the revenue deficiency
with a high sur-tax on incomes above
ten thousand dollars.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
STRONG FORTS ON CANAL
DEMAND OF u. S. EXPERTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The fortifi-
cations of the Panama canal must be
strengthened to meet any emergency,
five generals of the United States army
told the house appropriations commit
tee
The United States must maintain
Notifications at the canal zone, the
military experts said, adequate to re-
pei any possible attack by hostile naval
forces, if the American fleet is to be
made efficient as a round-the-world
fighting force.
The generals endorsed estimates
calling for 1924, 900 for Panama canal
Notifications next year.
Chief of Staff General Scott, General
Weaver, chief of the coast artillery;
General Crozier, chief of ordinance;
General Goethals, governor of the
canal zone, and General Edwards,
commanding the troops in the zone,
discussed the appropriations with the
committee. They recommended COM
pleting the proposed works on the
canal zone as early as possible.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
CARRANZA RULE
THREATENED BY DISCORD

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Reports
received by border state congressman
allege that there is discord among
Carranzista officials and that a rup-
ture between Carranza and his prin-
cipal supporters is near at hand.
According to these reports, Carran-
zista generals are openly boasting that
Carranza will be shorn of all his power
and be deserted by all his right-hand
men within less than sixty days.
Thus far, the reports state, there is
to show that any one man has
been chosen as successor to Carranza,
each group of Carranzista malcontents
acting independently of the others, but
it is predicted that chaos worse than
anything that has yet been known in
Mexico will follow the disintegration
of the de facto government.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
BOARD GIVES TWO
CITIES FLOOD FUND

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.-The board
OF supervisors voted an appropriation
OF $3.50 to assist the cities of Pomo-
ma and Claremont in protection work
against the waters of the San Antonio
wash.
During the recent storm the floods
broke through the banks of this creek
and did a large amount of damage in
the cities named. A delegation from
there appeared before the supervisors
and stated that considerable amounts
of money already had been expended
from their treasures to provide for
protection, but that they we're nearly
at the end of their resources for such
purposes and asked for some help
from the county.
Pomona and Claremont must spend
a similar amount to get the appropria-
tion.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
SCANDINAVIAN KINGS
MAY WAR ON ENGLAND

COPENHAGEN, Feb. ITO deter
mine upon a means to get relief from
the blockade established by England,
the influence of which is felt in Scan
dinavia, the foreign ministers of Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark will meet
in Stockholm at an early date. This
meeting will be a sequel to the recent
conclave of Scandinavian kings who in
conference condemned the blockade as
vexatious and determined to seek con-
certed relief. A union of the Scandi-
navian countries in retaliatory meas
ures is expected to follow. Sweden
has already made thrust at England
by stopping the transit of British
mails across Sweden to Russia.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
ALLIES ASK CANADA
TO RUSH 10000 MEN

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. Gen. Sam
Hughes announced that he had re-
ceived a cablegram from the British
war office asking for the immediate
dispatch overseas of 10000 men. More
than twice that number are fully
trained and ready to go to the front
General Hughes could not say when
the men would sail, but it is under
stood that all transportation arrange
ments have been completed by the ad-
miralty When these troops arrive in
England, Canada will have 100000 in
Europe.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
INSANE PATIENTS TO
GO TO HOME STATES

SACRAMENTO, Feb S.-The state
lunacy commission is preparing to re.
turn a third party of insane patients
to their respective legal residences in
other states, and twenty-three of the
party of thirty-three will be from asy-
lums in the southern part of the state.
The patients are to be left in states
extending from Arizona to New York.
Fifteen of the number are women.
The lunacy commission is making a
vigorous campaign to return all non
resident lunatics who have been com.
mitted to asylums while in this state,
but whose legal residences are in
other states.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
California TO Be CENTER
FOR WAR-PR|zED CHEMICALS
I'll Inmate ESTABLISHMENT OF VAST Dye ST(FFS INDUSTRY
PROPOSED TO BE FINANCED BY EASTERN BUSINESS men
Dr. julius Kobg German Chemical Expert Plans Great Industrial Enter
prise to Develop Mineral Riches Into CoaTar Products Be of
Great Benefit to State and the Southern Section in Particular

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.-An indus
trial enterprise is in prospect that, if
realized, will lay in Southern Califor-
mia solid foundation for an endless
number of chemical industries, among
them the manufacture of coal-tar prod
ucts and the development of an ami
line dye industry. DR.. julius Koebig,
the noted chemist, who is thoroughly
familiar with the German aniline dye
manufacture, is in correspondence
with Eastern capitalists concerning the
project, after having gathered with
scholarly thoroughness and practical
experience an immense amount of data
concerning the advantages and re-
sources of this region in such a ven
ture.
The initial investment proposed, in
which Eastern capitalists in that line
have become interested, involves the
expenditure of 100000 in the estab-
lishment here or near here of a plant
for the, production of soda-ash from
the inexhaustible alkali deposits of the
Southern California deserts Coupled
with that, to follow, it is hoped, as
later developments, is circle of re-
lated Industries, including the manu-
facture of coal-tar from Ignite depos-
it's in California, production of an in
ferior coke that can be used in the
first stage of smelling our iron ore, and
of cheap electricity that can be used
in completing the production of steel
as well as for power for all the pro-
ceSSes.
Vast Importance to South
The total result would be to give
Southern California cheap soda-ash
industries, cheap coal-tar for refining
and as fundamental for the estab-
lishment of a dyestuffs industry, and
cheap steel. DR.. Koebig confidently
declares it would make Southern Cali
fornia one of the most important chem
ical manufacturing centers in the
world
Soda-Ash $50 Ton Here
At present soda-ash is selling in the
East at $40 to $45 a ton, so great is
the demand for it in the manufacture
of ammunition. To that our consumers
must add the freight charges, SO that
it costs them now from $55 to $50 a
ton. One Los Angeles firm is using
three carloads of soda-ash, or ninety
tons, a week; another firm is using
two carloads week.
Tests demonstrate that SO per cent
soda-ash can be produced here from
the desert alkali deposits for So a ton,
and sold profitably at the usual East
ern and European price. That enter
prise will be the first unit of a chain
of related industries. Other units that
would follow in order would be a coal
tar mandatory and refinery, factory
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
YUMA WIRES PLEA FOR
u. S. AID ON LEVEE

YUMA, Ariz., Feb. S.-The necessity
of immediate action by the war depart
ment in regard to the reconstruction
of the old government 1evee here, the
breaking of which resulted in the
flooding of Yuma on JAN %, was urged
in telegram sent to Congressman
Carl Hayden, of Arizona, by the Yuma
County Commercial club. An incom-
plete report of the city tax collector
shows that more than eighty homes
were completely destroyed by the
flood waters and that many other resi-
dences were badly damaged.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
ELECTION OFFICERS TO
BE PAID So PER DAY

LOS ANGELES, Feb. Selection
officers who serve at the presidential
primaries on May 2 will be allowed a.
compensation at the rate of So for an
eight-hour day. In case the fraction
over eight hours is less than four
hours, a halliday will be allowed, and
if it is more than four hours full day
will be counted
Supervisor Norton held out for a
time for a compensation at the rate
of 81 for eight hours. Mr.. Hamilton,
however, who moved for the So day,
pointed out that the increase in the
number of precincts this year would
add greatly to the expense of the cleo
ton.
The rental to be allowed for polling
places was fixed at S.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
BACKS ACROSS NATION
TO WIN $4,000 BET

CHICAGO, Feb. 8.-Patrick Harmon
backed into Oak Park this evening,
took off his periscope and went to bed.
Tomorrow morning he will back
through Chicago, and later on, if there
is no accident, he will back into New
York and collect $4,000
Harmon claims to be the champion
backward walker of the world His
job now is to walk backward from San
Francisco to New York in 280 days
He has already done. two-thirds of the
distance, and is thirty-fve days ahead
of his schedule He explains that it is
to settle a $4,000 bet between San
Francisco men. In order to avoid col
lisions, Harmon has little periscope
attached to his shoulder.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
CAPITAL OF BOLIVIA
SLIDING INTO RIVER

PANAMA, Feb. According to ad-
vices received here from La Paz, capi-
tai of Bolivia, a section of the city
about 1000 yards long is sliding into
the Choqueyapu river.
The section comprises mostly houses
of the poor, although there are in it
the market, barracks and the museum
of the archaeologist, Posnansky.
Thus far there have been no casual
ties. The loss is estimated at 2,0O0,-
900 bolivianos ($S25,OOO). The slide
is said to be due to an infiltration
which undermined the river banks.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
TOTAL WAR LOSSES
FIXED AT 100000

LONDON, Feb. 7.-Statistics made
public here by students of the war
show that during the European war,
the losses to all powers engaged total
14,96O,000 men. Of this number ap-
proximately 100000 men were killed
almost 100000 wounded, and the
rest we're taken prisoners
The detailed casualties suffered by
each power follow:
Russia, 100000; Germany, 4,O0O,
600; Austria Hungary, 2,800,000;
France, 100000; Great Britain, $780,.
900; Italy, 100000; Belgium, Serbia,
Bulgaria and Turkey, 100000.
Approximately 21,000,00O men are
under arms.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
SANTA BARBARA FEARS
BASE FOR SUBMARINES S

SANTA BARBARA, Feb. S.-The
chamber of commerce suddenly aban-
doned a vigorous campaign to procure
a government submarine base, in def
erence to protests of citizens, who
feared that, with a base located here,
a hostile fleet in time of war would
blow up the city. Scores of such pro-
tests were received, principally from
wealthy residents.
Santa Barbara already has q division
of naval militia. Some extremists aver
that even this fact might prompt a be-
igerent power to send warships into
the open roadstead to lombard the
town.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
$1,000 IN MILK, cows
PRODUCTION FOR YEAR

+ DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. S.-Duluth
has COW with a gross earning capa-
city of $1,000 annually for milk alone,
with an additional $1,000 for her calf.
She is Jean du Luth Beauty, owned
by the Jean du Luth farms here, and
she has set several new official worlds
records for a years production OF milk
and butter fat. The years test is Off
cially recognized by the American Red
Poll Cattle Club with headquarters at
Gotham, Wis.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
"LOS ANGELES" NEW
OIL TANKER, LAUNCHED

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. s. The
Union Oil company steel tanker Los
Angeles slid down the ways Saturday
at the Union Iron works yards, while
Miss Gertrude Orcutt, daughter of w.
W. Orcutt, of the Union Oil company,
broke bottle of California champagne
on the bow
The Los Angeles is 453 feet long and
has a capacity of 10000 barrels. 1t
probably will be ready for service in
two months.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
GERMAN GIRLS GIVE
TRESSES TO AID WAR

DENVER, Colo, Feb. 8.-Girls in
Germany who have beautiful hair are
contributing to the war fund by sell
ing their locks, according to Mrs
Frances Bode, who is canvassing in
Denver to sell the braids of two sisters
in Germany.
The tresses of her niece, she said,
had brought $25, and in that section of
Germany cutting of girls hair as a
means of contributing to the war fund
had become fad
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
Martin Planes to Orient

LOS ANGELES, Feb. S.-The three
$4,000 seaplanes manufactured at the
Glenn Martin factory in Los Angeles
for the United States government SER
vice in the Philippines have been
shipped to San Francisco, from which
point they will be reshipped to the
Philippines. The machines are to be
used by the officers and men of the
aerial squadron, who left for the Phil
ippines Jan. 5.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
Measure to Regulate Immigrants

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The Bur-
nett immigration bill, embodying a
provision designed to restrict the in
coming flood of undesirable aliens
from Europe expected after the war,
was reported to the house. The COM
mittee, according to the report of
Chairman Burnett, expresses the con-
viction that this flood may be checked
by the illiteracy test and the imposi-
tion of higher penalties upon steam
ship companies
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
Former Iowans Picnic February %.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. S.-Former
residents of Iowa in Southern Califor-
mia are planning their annual picnic.
The affair is scheduled for Eastlake
Park, Tuesday, February %. If it
rains that day, the outing will be post
poned to the following Saturday.
Further information may be had
from the Iowa Association in the Cali
fornia Savings Bank.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
Invention Makes Torpedo Harmless

COPENHAGEN (via London), Feb.
8.-An apparatus which it is claimed
will prevent destruction of ships by
torpedoes or mines has been invented
by Frantz Poulsen, engineer. Details
are withheld, but the principal fea-
ture is said to be a device for divert
ing the pressure on ships sides of the
air gases formed by the explosion.
The invention has been offered to the
British admiralty, which has promised
to test it at the earliest possible time.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
Reduce Fruit Preceding Charge.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.-A reduc-
tion from $47.5O to $35 a car for pre-
cooling shipments of citrus fruits, eff
fective March 1, was announced by the
Southern Pacific Company. The re-
duction, it was. said, will affect thous-
ands of carload shipments.
No change was made in the fiat rate
for icing cars, so the reduction, it was
said, probably will result in the gen
eral adoption of preceding in prefer.
ence in icing along the route because
of the lower rate. More rapid trans
portation is possible by preceding
it was said, because no stops for icing
are necessary.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
Urge Tariff on Lemons

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-A tariff in
crease of 1 cent a pound on lemons
and oranges, as provided in a bill by
representative Kettner, was urged be-
fore the House ways and means COM
mittee by Californians. Italy, the del
egation said, is dumping such fruit
here because the war has cut off other
markets. An increased tariff would
mean much revenue, they said, and
also would lessen the burden of Amer
lean growers in competing with italian
fruits.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
CONDENSATION OF
CURRENT EVENTS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HEMISPHERES
Dispatches .PiCtWing Developments From the Out.
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented In Brief
Phone to Fleet Perfected

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-Wireless
telephone communication between
ships for transmission of orders has
been developed in the Atlantic fleet in
the maneuvers off Guantanamo. The
instruments are on the battleships Wy
oming and Texas.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
WEEKS NEWS FROM
NEICHBORING Cities
Brief OUTLINE OF CURRENT EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
condensed Resume Of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
PIaees---WIn Allow Rapid Scanning
Paid $4,000 in Bounties

SALEM, Ore, Feb. S.-For 10000
gopher and mole scalps, which were
brought into the office of County Clerk
Gehlbar, residents of Marion county
received $4,000.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
D To Build $25o,ooo Theater

SEATTLE, Feb. S.-Alexander Pan
tages, owner of the chain of theaters
which bears his name, is planning the
erection of a theater at Vancouver, B.
c., at a cost of $250,OO0, according to
announcement. here.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
Pinned Under Tree, Freezes

MEDFORD, Wis, Feb. S.-Pinned
underneath tree which he had felled,
Matthew Aries, residing four miles
south of here, froze to death before
help arrived. He was unable to lift
the log from his body, and his cries
for help were not heard.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
State Cannot Provide Dictionaries.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 8.-The state
cannot provide free dictionaries for
public schools throughout the state.
A number of school superintendents
have asked the state board of educa-
tion to provide free lexicons, but the
board has ruled that, under the law,
the state cannot print them.
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
Thirteen British AeropIanes Lost

LONDON, Feb. Thirteen British
aeroplanes were lost last month on the
western front, Under Secretary for
War Tenant told the house of COM
mons. He said the Germans had lost
about ten aeroplanes.
British aviators," added Tenant,
engaged in six raids during the.
month, and the Germans in thirteen.
The British used 1876 machines, includ--
ing escorts and patrols, the enemy
using only twenty. Twelve hundred
and twenty-seven British machines
crossed the enemy's lines, while only
80 German machines crossed ours"
The Parker post., 1916-02-12
German-PoIish Alliance Feared

PETROGRAD, Feb. THE Polish
question is arousing more and more,
uneasiness in Russia, and it is report
ed that alarm is felt also in Italy and
France, as Germany may find among
the 100000 Poles at least 100000
or 100000 young men capable of
bearing arms. Germany, with view
to pacifying Poland, has restored the
Polish language in the schools, the.
courts and the municipal and provin-
cial administration. These are con-
cessions which Russia promised, but
never made.
Recently the Russian cabinet minis
ters considered whether the Polish
deputy, M. Parchevsky, who refused to
leave Poland, should be deprived of his
rights as a deputy in the duma.
If the Poles really side with the
central powers, the decision may have
a tremendous influence on the war.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Notice of Bids

Notice is hereby that bids will be
received by the undersigned Com
mittee on County Roads and Bridges
for the construction of four Con-
crete culverts on the road between
Iron River and Port Wing, also for
the construction of five Concrete
culverts on the Sand River road.
BIDS will be received up to loo
o'clock Friday, June 10th, 1916.
Plans and specifications are on
file in the office of County Clerk
and at the office of Division State
Highway Engineer, Ashland. Wis
consin.
The Committee reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. A certi
fed check of $4,000 must accom-
pany each proposal.
Dated at Washburn, Wis. this 9th
day of June, 1916
George S. Barnes,
Christ Iverson,
George Mertz,
M. B. Morris,
Frank Robillard,
Committee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
MAKING A SOLDIER.
Some Questions With Answers by the
Writer Who Asks Them.

Writer Who Asks Them.
Gentle reader, il you are a young
man of military age do you feel that
you could stand in your place in a
squad trench and do your duty as mu-
zhiks and other peasants of monarchi-
cal Europe have frequently done? My
own opinion of you is that you could
not and my opinion has the strength
of conviction. do not care whether
you are clerk or college professor,
lawyer Or a labOrer.
Supposing you were advancing in
open order of attack and had reached
point where, with your captain killed.
your platoon commander wounded,
your line, unable to go forward, was
lying in the open and your only chance
for life was to find the range of the
enemy and shoot at him so correctly
that he in turn could no longer shoot
correctly at you. Would you listen to
the orders of your corporal? Would
you take the range he gave you, care
fully adjust your sight and fire every
shot as carefully as If you were trying
to ring cane at Coney Island or make
a new step in a dance?
No; you could not do it, and, failing
to do it, you would be killed by some
peasant Of the type that you see work
ing on the railroad track or mixing
concrete for the foundation of the road
on which you run your automobile and
upon whom you look as hardly human
He is a better soldier than you are
Robert r. Mccormick In Century Mag
azine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
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