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The Washington times., 1916-12-23
PUBLIC NOTICE

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EoUALIzA-
TON AND REVIEW. District BUILDING.
Washington. u. c.. December "a 1915. In
accordance with the provisions Of tho. Act OF
Congress OF August 18th. 1926. the Board OF
Equalization and Review will he In session
IN the district Building Room iosD. from and
after the nrst Monday IN January until and
including the 1rst Monday IN June. 1917. for
the purpose Of hearing and dsierDiining such
complaints ~ may besnade In respect 10 the
new assessment Of real property IN said Dis.
trict. The books containing the returns Of
said Assessment are open TO public inspection
and can be seen at the Office Of the Board be-
tween the hours Of nine O'Clock A. NJ. and
three o'clock y. NJ. OF each secular day. To
insure due consideration, all complaints
should bc. Med At the earliest po-sib,e date.
Tho law requires that the equalization and
review shall bs completed as nearly a. prsc-
tcabis on the FIRST Monday In June. 1911.
after which date no other. or further COM
plants, as 10 valuations. will he received. ana
when approved by the Commissioners. viii
constitute the basis Of taxation for the neat
succeeding period Of two years. and until
another valuation II made according 10 Law.
Blank forms for making complaints can he
had ON application. VIM. II. RICIARps.
Assessor and Chairman. Board OF Eauaiina-
tIon and Review.
The Washington times., 1916-12-23
LOST AND FOUND

THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ls1,oool RE
WARD OR FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOL.
LARS Nn,so0 REWARD FOR EACh VI
TWO EMERALD RINGS.
Tho above reward will he paid either At tho
Shoreham Hotel or tho Metropolitan fonce
Department in washington, ID. G., OF a. the
st. Regis Hotel or the office OF the rev .ork
Herald, or OF the Police Commissioner IN New
York city, for the return Of tive certain iady's
rings. unsccountabiy missing since about DC
cember 7th. 1915. described NJ foilowsi
! ring set with q square emeralo wnknins
$40 karats. set In platinum, Win III prii-
hants SGT In the border and In the shank.
total weight OF the brilliants. i '-ioo karan'
scratch number bos on the ring.
I ring. set with emerald. weighing tll-loo
harats: one old cut brilliant diamond. weish-
ing ss-ioo karatr. with brilliapts weighing
T-ioo karats. set In the shank. The rins made
Of gold with platinum points. scratch numeer
aee on the ring.
DIAMOND RINGs-Two solitaire. Tuesday
afternoon between 1916 oirsrd st. and ith
and Irving SITS. or In Postofncs or Aitsmus
store ON 18th st. Liberal reward III returned
70 ii15 0irard OF.
wATCH-=Dold hunting case; Swiss move
mont; No. 7toi fob attached; lost forenoon
Wednesday. Reward ~ returned TO DR.. l..
ELIOT. Iics r n. ~. W.
PocKETBooR-Red leather, December %. q.
m. containing card and PAPERS name I. ".
Gain. Return with contents aud receive
suitable reward. 1901 Newton Of. N. w.
PARcEL-ContalninE lady's tan silk dress,
lost Saturday evening about 6:ao, be-
tween Shoroham Hotel and Florida ave-.
on Mt. Pleasant car. Return Apart. $50.
Cordova; reward.
The Washington times., 1916-12-23
SANTA ARRIVES IN
FRENCH WAR ZONE
Not a Single Tommy" For
gotten In Huge Christ
mas Mall.
MOTOR TRUCKS KEPT BUSY
rs, 900 Bags Of Letters and
Parcels Received Daily for
Soldiers.
MOTOR TRUCKS KEPT BUSY

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD. Dec. % tDeiaycd).-
"'Twas the week before Christmas in
the war zone OF France,
And the needs of the season made old
Sarta dance.
He sw' ped of his reindeer; he
81 ped his old sleigh
And handled his gifts on transport
and dray.
Then dodEing through shells and bar.
RACES OF bombs
Each second In danger OF being
blown into crumbs;
Screened by his whiskers, he kept on
the go.
And missed not Tommy In tho whole
bloomin' show"
For the thifd time Christmas is about
to arrive at Armageddoh. Supply
trains bearing man.kiiiing explosives
for once have yielded the right Of
way. Lorries in hundreds. driven by
business-Iike Kris Kringles clad in
khaki. have strewn gifts up and
down the entire line-proving that
the milk of human kindness IN strong
er than the red wine Of war.
Nebeay 10 Fsrssttes.
Santa has now finished the Job.
Nobody has been forgotten. even the
Tommies without families have 70.
ceived their Christmas puddingr,
chocolates. cigars. Christmas cards,
cakes and trinkets.
Despite the titanic dimensions OF
tho undertaking, st. Nicholas has com.
pleted the Job without a single hitch.
Weeks ago parcels began arriving
the Canadian mail bags among the
frst.. During the past fortnight an
average OF $4,000 bags OF letters and
parcels have arrived In France daily
these being solely for the troops.
But by every night the postmaster
has been able TO announce a clean
slate on the days business.
Ansses Hss 20 Reach.
The distribution OF gifts to the Amaze
contingent was the most difficult Job
OF all The Amaze divisions are always
shifting. so the bags were sont TO Lon.
don for a FIRST sorting. There they were
addressed 20 the various divisions and
sent along TO the bases In France.
Thence by rail they went 20 the rail-
them TO field distribution centers. Al
that point postal ordcrlics carried the
mall 10 the company auarters--snd
then tho parcels and letters went d.
rect 90 the men In the trenches.
Only forty-elEht hours In usually re-
qulred TO transport rations from Lon
don 10 the trenches and some Loo sort
ers are usually employed In handling
mall addressed 60 the expeditionary
force. But Santa Claus multiplied that
number many times In order that the
Tommies might have their presents iE
time.
FIGktisG .. Usual.
Tie outgoing mail r. ave times norm
ai--soldiers sending their homo folks
money. trench souvenirs and post cards.
the latter mostly siiken strips. The
average soldier writes one letter n
week and receives four. This ratio 10
being maintained Mt present and over
100000 letters and parcels are sent
homeward daily.
With the approach OF the holidays.
Notwithstanding the fact that the nght-
ing 10 proceeding the same as usual.
the Christmas spirit is- alive inside each
warrior. Despite the grenade warfare
on each side. the war god Is almost
unacceptable. disguised with big
tummy and cotton whiskers.
No dugout is too deep. no trench too
exposed to discourage his paradoxical
mood.
The Washington times., 1916-12-23
BULLETIN OF AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES

BILE OPPORTUNITIES
! the following opportunities may be
ltion to
TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
LIS BUILDING.
Bl.&W-F'ree board. lodEths and wash
PD-Per day. PH-Per hour. BAL
furnished house. garden. fuel and milk.
Cd. TT Adv.-Transportation may be
Understood that all opportunities are OF
esired as soon as possible.
TRADES.
Virginia.
N6--l8, Norfolk Co. Wanted; Electrician.
ss.Se-SS PD; shipntters, i2.bs-H PD; sail.
$3.50 PD; sheet metal workers, 8. 5s-ss' 8,
PD; boilermaker helpers, sl.60-s2Os Pr:
electrician helpers, tl.6o-s2.0S PD. u. S. CHI.
zens only. Must show naturaliza ton "a psrs
Married or single. hrs. PD,
MISCELLANEOUS.
District of Columbia.
1899. Washington, ID. q. One Office Inv
White les. Wages to DO determined BIZ An,
teryiew.
1888. Buckingham 90. Wanted two singh.
one married man with wife no children ~
clean up ground Tor farming after removal
OF timber. Swedes, Films, Norwesians
Germans. Tr, adv, aud deducted SIS PM
BAL. Wife will he paid ;l.5o PW, Bal
TO assist employers wife.
general farm work. Any Es. s-s cows.
Exp. chill iyen permitted. TT. adv. and de-
Quoted. So Pm winter IS Pm summer.
II'i&f,
The Washington times., 1916-12-23
CATCHES HUGE FISH
William X. Vanderbilt Lands Mon.
ster "Devlp' In Florida.

MIAMI. Fla. Dec. 2s.-After a half
hour night In which seven harpoons.
two shark hooks, and three bullets
were, planted In Its body. the biggest
devilfsh ever caught in these waters
was landed by William X. Vanderbilt.
The Washington times., 1916-12-23
HELP WANTED-FEMAlE

APPRESTIcEs-To learn French dress
cutting. dressmakinE. Designing. and
millinery: good positions Furnished after
learning. New York Millinery Academy.
INA q Of. IL
uIRL-coiorsd. between ~ and is Year,
OF age. 60 care for two children and
make herself Esnsraily useful s2T Pa
ave r. y.
The Washington times., 1916-12-23
EDUCATIONAL

INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION = Grades
high school; language. mathematics,
science. Government service; moderate,
COLUMBIA. s2l l2th n. w, I.
GUITAR sCHoLARs-3 years experience;
simple, easy method; taught IN 20 lessons
Address TEACHER OF GUITAR. 12s 9Th st
N, w,
The Washington times., 1916-12-23
REFRIGERATORS & ICE BOXES

necRAY REFRIGERATION coMPANI.
Rsfrigerstors That Are unsQuAlsd.
Ol " 6r. N. w.
we Build and RspAir RsfrtssratorA
The Washington times., 1916-12-23

ioIs PoRTNER PLACE N. VS. rooms
and bath, iheiudins heat and hot water
from the Portner, $3.50
iaOs 18th ST. NJ VS. rooms and Q baths
t43.so. APply MANAGER. Ths Portnsr
18th and 4 sta " w
The Washington times., 1916-12-23

FOR RENT NEW HOUSES.
No 1854 ID u. Sc ..,...,..",....,uI.so
Hzt u 81. ne. - ,''''s''.'.s.'s's''s'. N.oo
h2l Nd ave. ne. ................s... u.0
eli contain 4 rooms. pantry, center halls.
bath, etc. Keys TO each at house next door.
GEORGE Y WoRTHINGToN & SON,
WOODWARD BUILDING.
2" D."
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29

PERIODS In some cases alconol IS CIV
en- during the early stages Ihis Is
SVEN to stimulate the patient and
make up Tor the lark OF food mt firsl
10 some extent
Inc policy ot gWlns the patient Dl-
carbonate OF soddm 10 neutralize the
erect OF acids IS adhered to ~ the new
treatment one OF tue PHYSICIANS SAID
yesterday though II Is considered
questionable whether this has much
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29
A DIAnnTEs DISCOVERY.

kNcW YORK IflnuNt,l
An announcement from Cleveland
that cure for diabetes had been dis
covered at the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research, aud that il had
been tried successfully at the Lakeside
hospital In Cleveland. aroused much
interest II was learned that the new
treatment for the disease had been
tried ut the Presbyterian hospital here
with excellent results.
The discovery is at present only a
new treatment. according to the New
York physicians familiar with it, and
cannot be- called q cure, AT least until
there has been sufficient time TO as
certain whether the disease will re-
turn after the patient has been dis
charged from the hospital.
The treatment was developed hy DR.
Allen of the Rockefeller Institute, and
before IL was tried on patients he got
good results with experiments on anil
mails. II Is remarkably simple. and
consists almost entirely of starving out
the disease. In this It is only "A devel-
onment of the treatment that has long
been used. The most generally adopt
ed treatment consists Of eliminating
carbohydrates or foods containing
starch from the patients diet. and all
lowing the patient practically q nor
NAL supply Of fats and proteins. Dr.
Aliens method eliminates the carho-
hydrates. but also reduces all other
diet as much as the patient can stand.
The treatment calls for absolute
fasting OF the patient at stipulated
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.

Chicago. Feb. 2S.-Germany's re-
fusal to alter or delay the plan to at
tack without warning any armed
ships OF her enemies brought about
a fresh collapse today in the value
of wheat. Prices fell 5 cents a bushel
aud closed excited at 4 i5c net de-
cline with May at $l.09 and July at
Sl.06 a. Corn lost as to 35sc and
oats Y to is to &c. In provis-
ions the outcome varied from I'M
changed figures to 35c down..
Throwing away holdings of wheat
began almost as soon as the market
opened. The news at hand seemed to
make virtually certain the outlook that
the German answer to the United
States would be a decided negative.
II was not. however. until after an
nouncement of Ambassador Bernstorff
having actually delivered such a re-
ply that the selling in the wheat mar
ket broadened out TO the fullest ex-
tent In consequence, during the
last hour OF The session, the down
ward plunges of values were espec-
tally violent. and the rallies more and
moro lacking in force.
Some of the strongest interests in
the wheat trade attempted 10 stem
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERN-

In those wonderful times men call
the revolution modern France was
born. OF the fall OF the Bastile, the
great English statesman, Fox, de-
clared How much Is this the great
kest event that ever happened in the
world and how much the best"
All Europe hung with utmost ankle
ity upon the course of events of the
French revolution, for the people
everywhere knew that the cause Of the
French republicans was their own,
The republic was proclaimed on Sep
TENDER u. 1892 and all the titles Of
nobility were abolished. Every trap
ping and every custom that savored of
monarchy disappeared. Everyone.
rich and poor high and low, distin-
huished and unknown, was addressed
as citizen, The king became Citizen
Capet" and the lootblack in the street
became citizen bootblack"
Napoleons career sounds more like
q tale of romance out Of the east than
a true story ont of the west. Some
one has said Of him that he was IAN
autocrat in the name Of democracy; a
man Of war in the interests Of peace"
Among other things, he left 70 his peo-
Pile the code OF Napoleon, which swept
away the iniquities Of absolutsm, rec
ognized the equality in the eyes of the
law Of noble and peasant, and sent out
into the world the invading forces OF
The ideas of liberty, for which France
suffered So much and to which the
world owes so much
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29
ARE MEDICINES LIQUORS.

A certain class of preiuditcd and
jealous doctors cali patent medicines
only alcoholic beverages. They viii
ten YOU that such and such a medi-
cine contains as much acohol as a
glass OF beer or certain quantity OF
whiskey: but they do not mention that
the beer or whisky Is swallowed at
one draught. while only a small guam
titv Of the medicine is taken at one
dose. Al the same time they Will use
alcohol quite as freely and many in
four or five times Us great proper
tions In their own prescriptions.
Such standard remedies as LYDIA
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
use barely enough alcohol to pre-
serve the root and herb extractives.
too little 10 have injurious effects
and the medicine can be had, If de-
sired. in a non-alcoholic form.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29

watching me. From our trench be-
hind my men were watching me with
horror In THEN eyes, thinking, Hes
sure TO be killed. II is true that the
Boches were redoubling their efforts
Their sienades were pouring down and
the stream of men was rapidly getting
nearer. Was their sacrifice to be
useless?
- was seized with holy madness.
or what ! did, Of exactly what said
] no longer remember. / know only
that | cried out, Get up. Why won't
you get up?'
Debout les mortel was ii mad
ness No, because the dead answered
me. They said, we are following
and as | cried to them their souls
joined my soul and made a glowing
mass of it. stream of fused metal.
could astonish or stop me.
| had the faith that moves mountains,
the eXaltatlon of the worker of mira
cles, who by his will causes the mira
Gle. My voice, which was hoarse and
and nights, came back to me clear
| was master of destiny
in the arm, kept on throwing
grenades that were stained with his
blood. As for me, | have the impress
sion of having had an Increased bod
lv size. | was giant with super
,bundant, limitless energy, an extraor-
llnary ease of thought, which let me
haNe my eyes i'm ten places at once,
% give orders to one, to dictate an or
Ter TO another, to shoot with rifle.
and at the same time to avoid Il
threatening grenade II was a pro-
lgiously intense life, with extraordi-
laFy circumstances. Twice we ram
nut of grenades, and twice We found
It our feet saCkfuls Of them mixed
With sandbags. All day we had gone
'ver them without seeing them. But
{ was the dead who had placed them
here.
'All that night | kept the religious
motion that had seized me when |
allied on The dead. felt something
with what is felt after II
erNvnt communion"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29
UP DEAD. AND AT THEM

tfCnO ut iditS't
THE Germans had swarmed into a
French trench, and broken down the
resistance OF the defenders, whose bod
les covered The ground. Suddenly a
man rose. and seizing sack Of gre
nades. shouted. Debout les Mortel
At this summons the wounded in the
trench staggered to their feet and
drove the enemy out.
The hero of the incident was Lieu
tenant pcricard. man OF IS. whose
hair is already white lie started the
campaign as n sergeant, but was
quic ky promoted to the commissioned
ranks peficard is man of intense
religious feeling This IS his own
story, as repeated by the interviewer:
The trench was fun of corpses. At
first l walked timidlN. uneasy. ] alone
With all these dead. Then. little by
little / grew holder and ventnred TO
look at them. They seemed 10 be
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29
The President Speaks for the
Nation, Says the New York Times
(Ncw York Times.)

No nobler dclIveranco by tongue or
pen has come from the president, none
more faithfully expressing the thought
and VIII of the people of the United
states, than his letter to Senator
stone. II Ia an utterance of encour-
agemcnt and reinsurance. IT makes
us certain that the honor Of the coun-
try Is to he rcsolutely upheld; it gives
reason for confidence that peace win
be maintained, We shall remain at
peace. our relations of friendship with
all foreign countries Will continue, If
President Wilson can encompass this
end. Bnt honor is uppermost in heart
and thought of every true American.
We do not covct peace at the cost of
honor, Of right and of our place IN
the respect Of nations.
Deep and Grave Note.
1t Is deep note and grave one
the president sounds, but il rings
true. 1t Will he of priceless service as
a uniting adjrration to the people and
IL Will put faith and confidence into
the hearts of those who have doubted
or feared. Let as hope that the Mis-
souri, senator and chairman of the for
eign affairs committee of the senate
VIII be inspired with n new feiVor Of
patriotism, and with sure conviction
that the honor and dignity of the ma
ton and the rights of Americans stand
first Of all and above All in the cate
CORY OF things we must defend and
preserve.
Congress should respond to the pres
ident in the manly and patriotic spirit
Of his letter. The danger of attempting
70 emharrass the president in his con-
duct of the foreign relations Of the
United States has already been forci
bly, impressed upon the minds of itsI
leaders. They should resolve to re-
press and restrain such efforts, plots,
and consniracies and give the presi-
dent absolute assurances to that cf
feet
Party politics cease at the frontier
we have always been told II Is as a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29

nation that We have relations with
foreign countries. The sound and vent
cradle maxim Is repudiated by some
democrats al Washington, by other
democrats not at Washington but
having Influence there Personal poll
tics, mean and malignant in origin,
politics born Of ignorance and zealot-
.ry and politics alien to American in
tcrcsts, have thrust themselves for
ward Of late ut The capital they have
been the moving force Of the conspra-
cy against the president, II is an I'M
speakably base thns, II IS despicablc
beyond the power of denuncation that
would be at once fitting and parlia-
mentary, Ia begin and carry on against
the president a warfare based on such
motives. Woodrow Wilson should
have The help and support, not the
hostility OF his countrymen, offall true
Americans. He IL in a position of OK
traordinary difficulty and respon-
sibility Criticism is free 20 all. but at
a timo when he is seeking to maintain
the dignity and honor of the nation
and the rights of its citizens, It should
be helpful and sympathetic not fac
tlonal, partisan and obstructive.
Republican support
ne fppua1cans IN congress are pet-
ter disposed toward him than the
democrats They at least, seem to-
put the feeling and the consciousness
Of nationality above the petty concerns
Of party II Is the democrats who are
divided, some of them are hostile To-
the president altogether. They expose
themselves to the suspicion of seeking
10 compass his downfall. even though
the accomplishment OF their ends
would involve peril and dlscredit for
the nation. President Wilson, with
loyal support will guide the country
through The difficulties that beset him.
He VIII carry his party through the
to triumph Ii the November
election II his party viii let him do it. /
In the democratic congress lies the (
peril to he democratic party.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-29

at the outset the downward ooa.
of the market. Crop damage r Neuise
were said to be numerous and tptors
We're adyices that export demand 's sr
American wheat had improved h avt
the majority of dealers were an ou'
emily oblivious to any ordinary dh a''t,
opments In favor of the hrn ,si'
despite losses Of 19c a bushel s.ue'
the beginning of last week ssare
tions that additional German ra 'aser'
We're already on the Atlantic an sets
a position to cause serious distasn u
ance to commerce counted somewh9,
effectually against efforts tn my
prices upgrade. "
Corn suffered a heavy setback w,.
wheat. The fact that receints S "au
Were small failed to act as a chaone
Oats were partly sustained bv ros
crate shipping demand. Besides M
We're reports that farmers and Con-
try elevators in Illinois and Indian.
to be holding back sunnloa
Pork and ribs gave way with ra,a
ais. but lard remained firm. Exnor,s
of lard Increased 100000 pounds any,
bacon 100000 pounds as comnaroS
with year ago.
Closing prices:
Wheat MAY. $1.09; July S1.0ep
corn-May, 1890; July, 72&c
oats-May, 42ssc: July, 4Ohc
Pork-May, 5000; July, $20.4s
Lard-May, $l0.a5; July $l059
Ribs--May Sll.s7; July, s11.50