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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-03-06
STRONG TURK PEACE
 PROPAGANDA PROCEEDS

ATHENS, March 5.-Constantin- ople advices which come past the censor without supervision on route by mail, show that there is a great peace propaganda now sweeping over the Ottoman empire and that the Sultan himself is not much op- posed to it, but is held in check by his powerful war ministers and tho complete control they exercise over the government.
 The soldiers are themselves by no means so jealous for a continuance of the war and the abandonment of the attack upon the Dardanelles Is taken to indicate that the country is safe and further fighting is only useless and increasing the suffering.
 The Russian victories are awaK- ening great uneasiness and the first news that the people receiver of the capture of Ezeroum was when the wounded arrived from the Armenian front with the news. This has greatly strengthened the Turks peace propaganda.
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on both sides probably is unexcelled in any of the engagements between the two nations since the war be- gan.
 The struggle for the plateau at Douamont is the key to Verdun ac- cording to military authorities ann if the Germans succeed in busting the French from there, the main stronghold is likely to fall. They made no headway today.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To c. A. Adams, Fred Seidel, Arthur Gloor, Ed. Roberts, Frank Kribs and Gus Aspen, your heirs, executors, assigns or personal re- presentatives.
 You and each of you are hereby notified that I have expended in la bor and improvements the sum of one hundred dollars each year for the years 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915, on tho King Claim, an as- sociation placer mining claim situat. ed on the Niukluk river and record ed and more fully described in Vol. 21 at page 2O9 in the records of the Council City Mining and Re- cording District, in the Second Divi- sion, Territory of Alaska. The above amount has been ex- pended on said claim under the provisions of the law concerning an nual labor upon mining claims, be- ing the amount required to hold said claim !! And you and each of you are further notified, that if within nine ty days after the last publication of this notice you fail to contri- bute your proportion of said expend- :ture your interest in said claim vii, become the property of the under signed, your co-owner, under SC ,uon 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States.
 CHAS STROM.
 Co-Owner. Date of first publ. Feb. 28, 1915. Date of last publ, May 29, 1916.
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VERY SPECIAL OFFER.

From now until the 20th of March we offer first class tailor made Suits at outside prices, your choice from $18.50 up in all wool material. Fit and workmanship guaranteed. Over 300 of this seasons (1916) latest styles and patterns to select from, and 32 over coat patterns. Besides fancy Vests and rain coats. Order before the goth of March so we can get thom on the first boat. Please bring us your cleaning, pressing and repairing. We appreciate your pa- tronage. Yours to please
 NOME TAILORING co.
 Between Segerstrom & Hagen an6
 Zehners Jewelry Stores.
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BERLIN, March 5.-Strong ana concerted movements against the. French in the vicinity of Douamon. were rewarded with slight gains. al- though tho Fronch are resisting with unusual tonScity. They have brought up large reserves to help them to hold the lines thero It ta anticipated tho plateau will be- cleared tomorrow ecrly.
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PEKING, March 5.-The daily paper which charged Japan with aiding the Yuan Nan revolution has been suppressed upon protest by the Japanese Minister.
 The first reports said that the Minister requested this suspension but this has since been denied.
 The Minister did formally direct the attention of the government to
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LONDON, March 5.-The French infantry is now disputing every step of the German effort to advance ana control the plateau near Douamont
 This is unquestionably the hard est fighting according to observers yet seen in the war and the losses on both sides will be extremely large.
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ADMIRALTY DENIES REPORTED
 SINKING ALLIED CRUISERS

PARIS, March 5.-It is officially denied by the Minister of Marine and the British admiralty that there is any truth in the German repor, that two auxiliary cruicers were sunk off Havre.
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LONDON, March 5.-Four German submarines were brought into port today. The crews wero dead ana the bodies were inferred on shore.
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Anything in the Ane of job work at the Industrial Wosker Omce. Satisfaction assured.
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s. SIMsON.
47a7 Brooklyn Ave-, Seattle, Wash

Merchants Agent.
 VIII buy Merchandise of all de- scriptions for Dealers here or any where In the States. Ears bought outright or sold to highest bidder on . 8 per cent Commission.
 Wanted special, cross foxes. For ward same parcel post, registered.
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ROME, March 5.-The Italian liner Vittorio Emanuel was attacked by a submarine yesterday when en route to Naples. The liner is arme1 and replied to the fire while the sub- marine made two attempts to torpe-
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do the steamer. The fire of thep liner compelled the submarine to. submerge and the liner escaped.
 The liner carried many passeng- CTS.
 ALEXANDRIA, March 5.-ThA news of the Turkish reverses hae; reached the native population here. and seems to have a great change in. their attitude towards the British. troops.
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would like to make peace and fo the same reason that Bulgaria mad; tentative offers. Food and munitions are growing scarcer with an evel extending battlefront to defend. |
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GIFT THE NEWS RIGHT. REAi THE V'ORKFR
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fected arrangements to furnish re- turned soldiers with free land at the conclusion of the war. Soldiers who volunteer will each receive a tract of land within the Commonwealth. Australia is perfecting a similar plan.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand March 5.-The government has per
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was the opinion of good many that
 Germany would not be averse to. seeing Turkey make peace for tha. Ottoman empire has about shot it's bolt as far as Germany Is concerned.
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YUAN TAKING NO
 CHANGES AGAINST LAPS

the falsehood published in the paper.
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LONDON, March 5.-It has been known for some time that Turkey
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PARIS, March 5.-Attacks and
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Let us estimate on Jour Job Work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

and down the field, the busy field crows at
her heels. The sivery ploughshare loosened
layer after layer of the fat, black-brown soil
and turned it smoothly to one side.
The woman's eyes were fixed on the furrow
which stretched crumblng before her feet.
Only when she turned dexterously at the upper
end of the field her glance strayed expectantly
in the direction in which the big, straw-roofed
gable Of her house, with its crossed wooden
horseheads on the ridge, doomed through the
early morning mists.
Had Klaas Brookmann come yet? 1t was
long way from the village to the lonely farm,
to which Peter Karstens had years ago brought
her, that she might become loyal helpmeet in
his life and labors and might bear him inner
itors for the land of his fathers Guarded by
ancient oak trees. the house lay in dull ST.
lence. One would not have thought from its
stern exterior that warm, young life pulsated
beneath its roof, that childish voices laughed
there as silvery as the peas Of tiny bells
laughed despite the fact that war, the i'm
placable, had also here knocked imperiously on
the door and converted the tranquil cheer which
customarily ruled behind its walls into anxiety
and apprehension.
But Wiebke Karstens had clenched her teeth
and had refused to let herself be conquered by
circumstances woman's strength was wiry
and a woman's shoulders were elastic. Though
husband and farmland were gone, war, with
its needs, had doubled her capacity. II blessed
the hand Of the woman who courageously guild
ed the plough and carefully sowed the seed
AS Wiebke Karstens cut her last furrow a
1axen-haired boy came toddling along a path
which led from the house across the field. In
his hands were little gayly painted tin pail
and a broken wooden spoon.
light came into the woman's eyes. 1t was
her youngest, her Peterkin. He had found
things tresome at home. With fearless con-
fidence the little fellow walked close by the
horses in order TO nestle at his mothers knee.
She tenderly stroked his blond head and then
bade him 90 of TO one side. Obediently he
stepped away and squstted himself down on
the edge Of the field, where in childish sport
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
THE WORKMAN ON
HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITY PRO-
DUCES BETTER SCENERY.

The way scene painter usually works is 10
take the scene model and square it up, inch by
inch. upon the canvas. Then, when he paints 1t
in. he must follow the coloring and drawing of
the model absolutely"
Parentheticaly it might be well to explain
briefly the 'squaring-up' process. The artists
original design is tiny model OF the hnlshed
scene made to a scale of about a Inch to the
foot. The scene painter takes this, piece by
piece and by drawing lines across it divides It
into d network of squares l.-lnch across. lie
then divides the large canvas into one-foot
squares and fills these in from the correspona'
ing squares on the model, thus obtaining per.
feet enlargement.
Here. on the other hand" Jones continued,
waving his hand toward the black drop, "the
painter is thrown more or less upon his own
resources. Vincent enlarged this, for example,
freehand, taking no great pains to duplicate
every line of mine exactly. The same with the
painting. He follows the general scheme of the
original, Of course. but, not being guided b.
the squares. is bound to deviate somewhat in
details
What is the advantage of that"
why, he approaches the work with an err
tirely different attitude. He is responsible not
only for the execution of the work, but partly
for its conception. As consequence, he takes
genuine creative interest in it. Besides, ne
frequently gets accidental or experimental et-
fects that are better than the original.
cts all wrong, believe, to assume that the
artists first design for scene is perfect, ant.
therefore, sacred. After all, scene is to be
looked at on the stage and not in an artists
studio. Consequently when it comes to tn,
actual making of the set certain defects are al
most bound to become apparent that couldn't
possibly be foreseen."
Then you're not always certain of your e.
fects?" asked.
He laughed. 81 should say not, There's
no use pretending that we are. There was
scene in The Happy Ending for instance. 1t
showed rainbow, and the thing looked beau
tifu in the model. But when we got the set
painted, and up-well, that rainbow looked ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

Her face has become deadly pale. With
shaking hands she opens the letter and reads
it mechanically, almost without comprehend
ing what the strange officer has written to her,
the simple peasant woman. Painfully she
puzzles out the handwriting, even to the end,
where it says:
BE satisfied, dear madame, that we
mourn him from our hearts! He, simple
soldier, and yet one Of the best and brav-
es., tests now, together with two of his
comrades, far from enc bone soil which
he cultivated, in alien earth, yet m grave
most scrupulously and lovingly cared for"
an alien earth"
She repeats it aloud, as though she must hear
it in order to believe it. She understands first
from those three words that he Of whose safe
return she only few moments ago was so
confident will never come back to her.
Her glance wanders vacantly to the child
near by. Her Peterkin an orphan! And he
plays there so innocently and contentedy, with
no idea of what has happened. The burden of
her sorrow is so new. 1t shows itself at first
in all its harshness, all its cruelty.
She stands there, her apron over her face,
and does not know how long it is before she
realizes that in spite of her own grief life
still unfeelingly makes its demands on her.
She collects herself, carefully puts the plough
aside, softly calls the little boy and drives the
horses home. She fills the hay racks, waters
the horses, feeds the cows and pigs and trims
the fire for the midday meal. The children, OF
whom the two older ones are at school, will all
be hungry and must have something to eat.
First come the imperious calls of life; after
ward the luxury of grief for the fallen.
When all is finished she goes, taking the little
one by the hand, into the low-ceilinged peasant
living room. With vacant eyes she looks about
An envelope, with field post paper, lies ready
on the table. Near by are pens and an ink
stand two brown paper cartons and silvery
white tin packing box, in which she had in
tended to send some fresh butter to her hus-
band
Then it comes over her again. the pain Of
her bereavement, in all it's keenness and bit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
COLORS SEEM TO SHOW UP BET
TER IF THEY HAVE TO FIGHT
FOR EXISTENCE.

I'm glad you laughed Jones was smiling
contentedly. Its exactly what hope the
audience will do when they see it. I'm hoping
to get some of the spirit of Till EulenspiegeP
into this set want it to look as though the
sky had exploded and the whole town had gone
crazy"
1T does" | said "Why is the canvas all
black. to begin with
That's new scheme of mine-or rather
new application of an old one It's been done
in easel painting but never before, | think, IN
scenery. Putting the colors on over the black
seems to give them peculiar brilhance. They
seem to show up better that way. Somehow
YOU get more out of them if you make them
fight for their existence
And it was so. The flaming sky seemed TO
possess quality of light far beyond the mere
brightness Of the colorS themselves while the
black bulk Of the cathedral loonred up with
startling effect of soldity and relief. 1t was
hard to believe that the scene possessed ONLY
two dimensions.
Il hope you won't mind my nterruptng now
and then to bother the painter" said the artist
He found two rickety chairs "Sit down and
we can ldh
He told how he happened to get the commits
sion to design the setting for "The Man Who
Married Dumb Wife" the Granville Barker
production that first made him known to New
York.
1T was just luck" he said. "The Stage So
ciety were planning to put on The Dumb Wife.
ana ! was doing the scenery and costumes.
Then Barker took over the production. | was
one of the properties. He just inherited me.
The other Barker sets followed The Dumb
Wife ! painted all the scenery for that my
self. besides designing the costumes and build
ing the properties"
That reminded me of question to ask,
leading question. 1t was not question that |
particularly wanted to ask. thought knew
the correct answer to it beforehand, anyhow.
But it was a question that lot of people do
ask, indeed one that he had probably been asked
bc.ore-perhaps hundred and fifty times or
so. | decided that | might as well do my duty
and be No 151. asked:
isn't this new art Of stage decoration pri-
marily suitable for productions like The Dunno
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

"HIS is not strictly speaking, an inter
view. For in the case Of genuine IN
Il terview the party of the first part ap-
proaches his victim with definite object in
view. He arms himself with list of ques-
tons covering certain things he wishes to
know. including the interviewee's past history
and future aspirations his opinions of HIM
self and his contemporaries, and his favorite
flower Having obtained more or less salts
factory answers to these questions, he retlres
TO tabulate the results.
In Joness case ! hadn't the slightest no
tion Of what | wanted 10 know. | knew
beforehand that Robert Edmond Jones had
been chosen by the Russian Ballet to design
the settings for its forthcoming new produc-
tions; | knew, too, that he is young Ameri-
can who first attracted attention three years
ago bv his settings for some Of Granville
Bankers productions. and who has since done
some remarkable settings for the inner scenes
Of "Caliban" and for THE Happy Ending
knowing this. and admirng his work, ! was
curious to see him, and to talk to him; but
I had no very clear object in view, no definite
questions TO ask. just wanted TO see what ne
was like
fOund MN AT q scenic SluulO over III IHc
west sixties-a young mot yet thirty,
although he looks older) of medium height,
slender rather pale, with hair and beard of
brownish red. difficult man to describe ac-
curately. He does not in the least resemble
the picture of him on this page, yet find 1t
impossible to point wherein the portrait diff
fers from the man himself. His hands are
long and pointed, the sensitive hands Of an
artist.
He and another man, a painter, were stand
ing before an enormous rectangle of jet black
canvas-a drop evidently. Upon the inky sur
face were traced in chalk the outlines Of
huge cathedral. fanked by clusters of ram
shackle houses with peaked roofs. An area of
several square feet was covered with an APP
parently meaningless smear of orange and
violet | asked Jones what it was.
THAT? That's the back drop for "Till
Euenspiegel,' one of the new ballets; they're
doing it to STRAUSS music This is the mar
ket-place of Til's home town. Here's my
original sketch for it"-and he picked up
small colored drawing of the scene "You see,
the cathedral and the houses are black against
the sky-no details to speak of; just the out
lines of things in blush gray. The fore part
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
A YOUNG CHAP NAMED JONES

he resumed thoughtfully, I'VE Americans ar
o,oing 10 lead the world dramatically, thihh'
you mean we'll evolve great scnoo' oi
paywrights?' ,,
II don't believe it vii be a matter OF eVoiu-
ton. 1t will come suddenly, think. we are
an imaginative people, concise people we
think in terms of the dramatic. And were
gradually losing our self-consciousness. we're
ootting closer and closer 10 the real thing'
Some day we'll Just go bang. like that "a
vave of the hard-"and find we're leading the
world"
Subconsciously he must have been watching
the scene painter, for he suddenly called out
to him:
Don't touch that. Mr. Vincent The
painter had just added a great splash OF
vivid yellow to the sky. That's exactly right
Leave it just as it is
You know" he resumed, turning back 10
mo. its extraordinary the way he's caught ny
idea on this stuff. OF course, he isn't eXactlV
an ordinary scene painter. He does easel work,
TOO. and they use him here for the little details
that require an expert knowledge OF painting
he does pictures on walls, and articles supposef
TO he seen through shop wndows-things ike
that. But. even so, it's amazing to see how ne
adapts himself to this new style. If you could
Sc. some of the stuff these people arc called
unon to do Not that mine is better. neces-
sarilv; simply. the two styles are utterly op
posed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
HOME SOIL
By Anna Gade. Translated with Introductory Comment by
William |. Mcpherson
By Anna Gade.

he shovelled the dark brown earth into his
gayly coored bucket.
But the woman looked up again with new
start of surprise. The blood rushed to her
heart. Wasn't that blue and red cap bob
bing up and down behind the bare row Of
birches over yonder? Yes; it was he-Klaas
Brookmann, the crippled letter carrier Had
Peter written at last? He had never before
let her wait so long in suspense.
Yet one ought not to despair too soon. Such
a letter might easily go astray. Despite the
anxious care which robbed her of sleep by
night and preyed on her strength by day, she
still cherished consoling hope. an inextn-
guiShable confidence. Perhaps he would soon
come home himself, on "A furlough, for sowing
time, quite unannounced, as the eldest son Of
one of the village families had done, just to
surprise her,
She knew that although he had answered
the call Of the King with loyal fervor every
fibre Of his being drew him homeward-not
only to wife and children, but also TO the soil,
to which he was attached with all peasants
passionate affection, with "A love which was all
the deeper because it never passed his lips,
because it never clothed itself in any outward
expression.
On that golden, sunny morning when he had
taken leave Of her, what had he said to con-
sole her, his face set and pale, but his lips
smiling?
Don't worry; weeds are hard to kill"
He would come back; he certainly would
come back. He in alien soil? He never could
find rest there. The good Lord would not per-
nit that And he himself had motoned to the
inscription carved over the house door:
lord. bless us in our work,
And bless gracously all we do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

Wife and Till Eulenspiegel,' dramas whose
nam theme is itself fantastic and improbable?
Certainly not. | admit that in its present
state of development it has been applied chiefly
to settings of the character you mention. But
that is the fault of us scene painters, and the
producers. rather than of the art itself. !
believe that many of the men who are de-
signing this new style of scenery limit them
selves unnecessarily. It's a great mistake to
assume, as so many people do, that scenery
of this school is suitable only for wild, exotic
settings If the new art Of the stage isn't
adaptable to any subject, any mood. then the
new art of the stage will die, and deservedly.'
Have you tried to get away from the more
bizarre side of it?' | asked him.
Luckily, have had to. The Barker pro-
ductions and The Happy Ending were more
or less fanciful in spirit. But take the inner
scenes of 'Caliban.' Here was a far different
mood, and different problem. | was con
fronted with the necessity Of designing
Shakespearian settings for use on stage that
was only six feet deep. Moreover, they were
to be shown in the open air, before an audi
ence that sat- part of it, more than hundred
yards away. That meant the entire elimina-
ton Of detail Those 'Caliban' sets were ryac'
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tically all a matter of simple planes and lights
-colored lights.
Between 'Caliban and the Russian Ballet
settings, moreover, had to design scenery for
a modern society comedy, piece somewhat
similar in locale and mood to The Boomerang
Here was no chance at all to introduce any
of the more fantastic features Of the new art
| had to paint smart interiors. AS matter
of fact, didn't paint them at all. We simply
built sets Of walls with windows and doors
in them, and then papered them and fitted them
with hangings and furniture, just as you would
decorate a real room