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Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-27
CONVENTIONS ARE
 SEEN AT BANQUET
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(COntlnued From Page One.) Senate today and almost sat in the chair"
 Former Vice President Fairbanks, displaying a handful of tickets for a group of delegates locked up in the baggage car" of the Chicago special came next. He wanted to leave a few more tickets for any stray delegates who might relish little transporta- tion." He was closely followed by two men described by one of the guards in the stage whisper, as 'thc two wickedest men in the world-Un- cle Joe Cannon and Boisey Penrose." The impersonator of Senator Penrose asked: 'Is this the regular train?" and was assured by the gateman that everything is regular this year" Pen rose wanted to know if the gateman had seen anyone by the name of Roosevelt hanging around.
 "I heard he was going" the Senator mueed, TT. R. did me a great favor olce-he made some speeches for Pirchot."
 Uncle Joe," urging the Senator to hurry, asked if he expected to pay Mr. Roosevelt's fare.
 Pm willing-if he'll use the ticket buy" was the answer.
 Senator Weeks came along with a great bag which he said was full of New England delegates. He was told to check it, but warned not to let Sam Mccall know where he put the check. Next came a passenger. greeted as General Burleson, dangling string of dummies which he referred to as postmasters. They caused the gate man to wonder if General Burleson had adopted Franks Hitchcock's chil- dren."
 Colonel Roosevelt was followed by George w. Perkins, and they made great commotion. Perkins was carry ing a bag, which he said was so light it kept flying out of his hands. The gateman asked what was in it.
 "Ephraim's diet" replied the bogus Roosevelt. I'm going to feed it to the Republicans"
 The gateman pointed out that Colo nel Roosevelt's ticket was for the Pro gressive train and dated 1912. but the Colonel told him he talked like By zantine logothete." Perkins had no ticket. He was merely to see the Colo mel on the train he explained.
 "Yes, and I'll see him off-at the first trestle," explained the next pas senger, familiarity greeted as Bill Barnes. This passenger waved an axe, which he called 'an olive branch" to be presented to someone between the fourth and fifth vertebrae."
 Time was up and the gates closed when in rushed William J. Bryan. He carried a shotgun on which was mount ed a dove of peace, and excitedly told the gateman that he had to ge through as he had important business Ou LuS ot. l@Ouio tidll' I1lS llChcts 'hC guard said. was only half rate cler- gyman's ticket. but he gained his point and was allowed to slip through the gate on his promise to run" for the train.
 You'll have 10 be some runner" commented the gateman.
 ''I am." replied Bryan, as Ire darted away. Been running for twenty years"
 After the gates were closed two'ne- groes entered. They explained they were delegates from the Sunny South" and wanted to go to Chicago.
 This here station is closed for the season" the gateman replied. If you
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-27

wanta go to Chicago you gotta walk. WAX, walk"
 Other features of the evenings en- tertainment were pantomime portray ing Colonel Roosevelt shying his hat int an imaginary ring; a song to the Chinese Minister. sung to the air of Chinatown" and a parody oh "Or- pheus and Eurydice" with stage set ting depicting the lower regions.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-27

should fail be put the mailing list for the State Safety News as published monthly and distributed
 ratis by the Bureau of Mines The March number now ready distribution contains much news of interest the safety in Arizona This may be obtained by writing Charles F. Willis, Director Arizona State Bureau of Mines Tucson Arizona
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-27
THE OLD MAID.
By. J. OtC.

< By. J. O'C.
 E It always makes me kind O < tired to read those jokes they E write about the poor Old Maid, < a medal should be voted her,
 E indeed, and pensions to all
 :. spinsters should be paid;
 < they prove by staying single E that they know the real value E of the human male, and all E alone thro' life they boldly go E and bravely front the lightning E and the gale. They say the Old < Maid loves and pets her cat F because she has no other thing k to pet, the guy who writes such z silly stuff as that should hang E upon his dome the sign ''To s Let" the Old Maid loves her < cat because she's wise and knows that cats, not men, are
 E fond and true, and so her tab t by she will idolise, and sniff at E fellers such as me and you. The s Old Maid has a life of blissful peace, and nothing rude her joy in living mars, her table-cloths are free from spots and grease, her rooms don't smell of whis- ky and cigars, she don't sit up nights till three or four and cry her eyes out for some use * useless dub, she doesn't have to E meet him at the door and swat him with rollingpin or club. She has her neighbors in to evening tea, and when they've gone, and all the cats are fed, she gently drops upon her knees-to see a burglar isn't underneath the bed, and then she turns to soft and sweet repose, and thro' the night her ' features wear a smile, for even in her dreams, the Old Maid : knows that man, deceitful man E ain't worth the while.
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Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-27
ATTENTION WooDMEN.

All Wcodmen in the District are requested to meet this evening at 7:3O at Brophy Hall. Lowell, to hear M. L. Stewart, of Phoenix, first vice president of w. O. w.
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 A BATCH OF SMILES {
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A BATCH OF SMILES My dear" remarked Judy, who had just finished reading a book on the wonders of nature. this really is re- markable work. Nature is marvel lous, Stupendous, When 1 read a work like this it makes me think how puerile. how insignificant is man."
 "Huhi" sniffed his better half, "A woman doesn't have to wade through AGO pages to find out the same thing"
 Hemmandhaw-"Be "Beanbrough is a recently had never seen an automo- bile.
 The old chap was standing on the corner of the main street of town in that state, when a good sized touring car came along at about thirty miles an hour, and slowed up just long enough to take the corner on two wheels. The mountaineer's astonish- ment was extreme. He watched the disappearing car with bulging eyes and open mouth. Then, turning to a bystander, remarked:
 The hosses must sho'ly have been travellin' some when they got loose from that gen'tleman's kerridge,"
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23

posts have excellent libraries and any private who so desires may go as high in rank Is his mental ability and energy will carry him.
 But the pay is not enough. With lall this talk of continental army and a militia, and preparedness, the government could quickly raise an army of a million of the best soldiers on earth and keep it at its full fight ing strength by paying more money. Thousands of men are roaming the streets, hungry, unemployed, and anxious to secure employment. These men would join the army joyfully did it offer enough remuneration to keep their families while they were enlisted Many single men have rel atives dependent upon them, and while they would be willing to en- list cannot do so, as the pay is too small to keep those dependent upon them. Even the man with no one to look after would enlist could he receive the same amount of money for his services that he would at man. ual labor on the outside.
 By raising the pay to $25 or $3O a month the government could solve the problem of larger army instant ly and every man in it would be there voluntarily. The recruiting officers would be able to pick their men if they so desired, and get the best in the land.
 The army is fine place for a man, and were the pay large enough to warrant 1t, hundreds of thousands of men now out of employment, would jump at the chance to enlist.
 The United States private gets the best pay of any soldier in the world, but he still receiving about half what he should.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
UNCLE SAM IS ''BUNK" .-:
 so THE NATIVES CLAIM

Uncle Sam is a great big fake"
 If you do not believe the foreg0- ing statement the next time you hap pen to be near the Tanana crossing ask any native you may meet and they will bear it out. The natives of that section are peeved. They are more than peeved. They are sore and extremely so., Why? Because the Territory of Alaska offers bounty on wolf belts and then does not pay. The average native of the interior does not know of any such animal as they Territory of Alaska, but they do know about Uncle Sam and the difference between the two is too hns a distinction for them to understand. So they are sore at Uncle Sam and the first chance at him they get are going to come back good and plenty.
 If Uncle Sam ever visits their sec tion of the country and they catch him alone he will be shot in the back or will be turned loose to furnish the piece de resistance to a banquet to which all the mosQuitos in the Yu- kon Valley will be invited.
 Here is the reason for this bitter
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
AN ALASKA LEGEND.

The Indian legends, with their mixture of supersll.lon and poetry, are not uninteresting in connection with the story of this great coun- try. One pertaining to the origin of native tribe of Alaska is thus told.
 A long time ago it is said the earth sank beneath the water and the wa ter rose and covered the highest places, so that no man could live. It rained so hard it was as if the sea fell from the sky. All was black, and it became so dark that no man knew another. Then a few people ran here and there and made rafts of cedar logs, but nothing could stand against the white waves and the raft was broken in two. On one bart fioated the ancestors of the Thlinkets, on the other the parents of all the other nations. The water tore them apart and they never saw each other again. Now their chill dren are all different and do not un- |derstand each other
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
INCREASE THE PAY.

i..';'
 A private in the United States army gets s1SO per year.. This. is in addi- tional to equipment, clothing, quar- ters and medical attendance. His pay is increased each year through out his service.
 The chance for young man to rise in the army is as good or better than in the professions, with a proportion ate increase of pay as his services be- come more valuable to the govern ment. The hours of actual work are short, and while at times the disci- :pline seems onerous to the young man, the officers do all in their power to make it pleasant for their men, and to help them in their studies. The
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
BELIEVED GERMANY WILL
 ACCEPT LANSING'S VIEW

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23.- Although no official communication has been received from Berlin re- garding the American protest against armed merchantmen being treated as warships. confidential advices have been received which indicate that Germany will not sink liners if arm ed for defense only
 Secretary Lansing has declined to make comment on the probable atti- tude of the German government to- ward the American protest and will await the German governments reply before making any statement.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23

feeling on the part of the natives. Since the Alaska legislature passed
 the wolf bounty bill and nice large notices have been printed and stuck up in conspicuous places all over the
 land. nailed on trees, stumps, and elsewhere, the natives of the interior
 have been mulling the question over in their minds as to whether to send the skins to Uncle Sam or sell them to fur byers.
 Finally two native boys decided to take a chance and two skins were
 prepared and shipped on one of the Panama river steamers addressed in
 nice large letters, printed on them by the native themselves. Did they ask any advice about them? They did not Uncle Sam was well known, everybody knew him and anything addressed to him would go straight to his illehee as fast as boats could travel. So these two wolf skins were addressed in the large letters to Uncle Sam, Outside"
 The skins were placed on boat in the hands of friendly member of the crew and were seen safely on their way by the naxious native boys, who stood on the bank and watched the steamer until she had passed the bend down the river. That was the last heard from the skins and the boys are very sore at poor Uncle Sam. and he will have an awful time squaring himself with them.
 The overnor's office was notified of his dereliction today and now ev- eryone concerned is scratching his head in an effort to solve the difficult ty and find out how to make the stock of Uncle Sam stand high with the natives again.-Juneau Empire.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
ANOTHER WRECK
 NEW HAVEN ROAD
Two Passenger Trains and Freight Wrecked at Same Place as
 Result of Heavy Fog.

MILFORD, Conn.,, Feb. 23.-Six persons are dead, twenty seriously in- jured and scores of other more or less seriously hurt as a result of a chapter of accidents which occurred on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad yesterday after noon when three trains were wreck ed at the same point.
 Two passenger trains while travel ing in fog collided at switch and resulted in the deaths of the engineer and firemen of one of the engines. When the trains collided the wreck age was thrown upon another track and before warning could be given a passing freight train crashed into the debris, bringing death and injury to many who had escaped in the colli- sion
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1916
THE SPOILED CHILD.

The cannon are believing, and for moro than year and half Colonel Roosevelt has tried to make himself heard against that opposition. If the war is going on so is he. If MT. Will son is making speeches, so is the Col onel Long the spoiled child of pop ularity, it is wormwood to him to see anybody else enjoying it. Every thing has gone wrong since March 4, 1909, that day of grief for decent cit izens. What could be expected of de factor Presidents like MT. Taft and Mr. Wilson? The only able seaman on the Ship of State still insists on giving the steering orders. He warns, he denounces, he glares, he gibbers, he shirks. We are living in a time of mollycoddles. The only genuine regulator of domestic and foreign policies is T. R. The only policies of wisdom and courage are My Policies. And now this man Wilson has taken up preparedness. My speciality, My private property, My eve lamb. He storms. He rages. His passion is magnificent, even if he insists on tearing it to tatters.
 Of course, any sort of preparedness but My preparedness is shameful and infamous. One doesn't have to pay from 50 cents to s2 to hear the Col onel say that. He can be heard around the world There are base and ignoble creatures capable of pay ing more than that if somewhere on this oblate spheroid there were an isle of safety where the Colonefs voice wouldn't reach.
 Taft stole My delegates in 1912. Wilson steals My issues in 1915. Help! Stop. thief! But don't forget that MT. Wilson's issues are only paste; the genuine jewels are and over must be Mine.
 We like the Colonel. Everybody likes him, when he behaves himself He Is a good fellow when he wants to be. But in his jealous mood, when not even great questions of the of the honor and safety of his coun- try can make him submerge his om- niprotuberant Ego in general and nonpartisan patriotism, when he shows so pettishly his resentment that any plan but his for national defense should win favor among his countrymen then it is not the best of the. Colonel that shows. He does not illustrate power to command and readiness. to obey" orderly sense of .duty,''' standing on the he roic level" and other fine phrases of his Brooklyn Academy of Music speech. , No, frankly. the Colonel wailing over his lost issues, suggests a little boy yelling without mitiga- tion or remorse of voice because some bigger urchin has run of with his Eo-cart and his sand-pail.--NeW York Times. :. ...,-~., ~-.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
LIBERTY's OFFERING
 FOR TONIGHT.

The Liberty Theatre presents for tonight the Mutual Weekly News, showing revolution in Hayti, Presi- dent Wilson voting, a. big ship ashore, novel life preserver tryout, woman parade for suffrage, latest war news from the theatre of war; also fine Keystone Comedy, Hogan the Por- ter." same lead as in Rum and Wall paper Next change will be Thurs day when Richard Harding Davis play, "The Lost House." will be the feature.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
NO PLACE TO KICK A LADY.

While George A'Hearn and wife were coming over the trail this week driving Georges fine team of dogs, they capsized, throwing Mr and Mrs. A'Hearn down a steep bank. George was uninjured, but Mrs. A'Hearn was kicked in theetaoinshrd and suffered the loss of several teeth. Georges dog team is one of the best in camp.--Exchange.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
J|TNEy DANCE SOCIAL SUCCESS
Dance at Eagle Hall Last Night Fail- et to Provide Funds Necessary
 for the Baseball Club.

The dance given at Eagle Hall last night for the benefit of the Valdez baseball club was one of the social successes of the season, but unfortu- nately failed in accomplishing the purpose for which it was given. The big hall was crowded and the mem- bers of the club were active in seeing that all present enjoyed themselves The jitney feature added interest to the dance and occasioned much meIa riment. IF
 After the boys had counted the re ceipts of the dance they found that .it had netted them just S6.50 over and above their expenses. They regret that the dance was not bigger finan- cial success but are more than pleas ed with the social success scored.
 The failure of the dance to provide funds for equipping the Valdez base ball club will not be allowed to pre- vent the town having one of the best ball teams in this section of Alaska as other means will be adopted for raising the necessary funds. It is es- timated that at least one hundred dollars will be required for balls, bats and putting the grounds into shape next spring and Valdez fans may be depended upon to furnish the money.
 The committee furnished the Pros pector with the following statement of receipts and expenditures in con-
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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23

The launch Shamrock will leave for Fidalgo Bay tomorrow morning with g barge carrying lumber for the Alas ka Mines Corporations mine there. She will also take the piledriver crew to Irish Cove. t>
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23

The relatives of the men who died on the F4 at Honolulu received $500 from the Government. It is consid- cred glorious to die for ones coun- try, but if the Government only con- siders it worth $600, we prefer to remain in this mundane sphere a while longer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23

The dispatches state that Ambas- sador Gerard broke his collar bone while practicing on skis yesterday. If skiing is part of an ambassadors official duties, they should send the men with an. overhanging porch to the Sandwich Islands.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23

Property owners in all parts of the city are getting exercise today shovel ing of their sidewalks and making steps up onto the streets. The busi- ness houses along the north side of Mckinley street are having the snow hauled away in order that they again may see across the street.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
ALASKAN CLIMATE.

Three weeks ago the mercury stood at 77 below at Richardson. This week it has registered 52 above. This is the greatest variation in tenn perature yet recorded this season.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23

Thursday night at the Liberty, a Mutual Masterpiece from Richard Harding Davis story, "The Lost House."
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23

Spring Samples in heavy weights. for Alaska wear Guy F. Cameron,
 Tailor. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-23
For. Sale.

Launch 3-M, 67x12x3.6. Make us an offer. T. J. Morris, by D. E. Nor ris, Agent. Call Prospector office. If
The sun., 1916-01-16
ny LAWRENCE RENNER.

IT HE book plays have not Jared
we'll this season. II Il. evidently
due 10 the manner in which
the playwrights have made use of
the material they selected There is
. deluslon which dies hard, 20 the
effect that scissors and paste are
all that Is needed to make play
out of a book. Slice it into three
or four portions. band them, cut
out the dialogue to III in these spaces.
So 10 a play made out of book. or
course such play is bound to fail.
There Is no surer way Of counting dis
appointment. although hy trying 10
much as can be got out Of Il book the
process may be made somewhat surer.
As a matter Of fact pays that have
come from the pages Of a move. are
usually successful in the degree that
he author proceeds Independently OF
The material between covers. Very
often the most successful play from a
book IS The result Of making impor-
tsnt what is not necessarily pre-
pondera,ing in the original. The best
book play OF our time. "Trilby.'
which IS classic N representing
what the Playwright who wants TO
make a book Of n play ought To do,
derived its greatest value from
'hs hvpn)tism of the INSCRIPTIONS
SrcugcH, which is feature of the
romance, to lie sure, but of no such
Importance ar :; II m the pay. But
Mr.. Potter Ike trained dramatist.
detected al once wherein lay the
dramatic clements of the book. With
out this recognition of such vital
clement all the e.usivc charm of the
s'rdo aud Paris life Of the book would
have gone for nothing. And there
proba .'v never vas a more dli'icult
book :" turn INTO pay.
T. = frequently said especially
af,or an unskillei dramatizat.on of a
book mas ruined some popular property
that there was not after al play in
The sun., 1916-01-16

Is perhaps the best authority on this
poet and dramatist, and writing 10
Mr.. l,eichcr on llauptmann and his
plays, he says:
The recent award of the Nobel
prize for literature to Gerhart llaupt-
mann, the distinguished German
dramat!st. probably came as sur
prise to no one. llauptmann has long
grown from merely national inlo an
international figure. If his plays have
not been performed in other countries
as often as the more externally brit
liant and cffectiv" ones of Sudermaun
they have been read and pondered the
more, Gradually he has become IN
the consciousness of a great mass ot
instructed readers the legitimate sue
ccSsor of Henrik lhs"n, the chief
figure in the drama of to-day.
1T may b. well to recall with some
The sun., 1916-01-16
PROF. LEWISOHN DISCUSSES
THE PLAYS OF HAUPTMANN

With the production Of The Weav-
ers" at the Garden Theatre by
Emanuel Reicher and his company.
four OF Hauptmann's plays have been
done In English In this country, two
OF which have been done by Mr.,
Reicher with his present organization,
The frst OF these was "f.lga," pro-
duced at the Garrick Theatre last year
and the present play Of "rhe Weav-
ers." Mrs. FIske has produced Han
nse" and T.. II. Sothern made a
notable production of The Sunken
Dell" several sears ago.
The plays Of lIauptmann have been
translated into many languages. and
there are few that have not been
published in America, Prof. Ludwig
Lewisohn OF the University Of Ohio
The sun., 1916-01-16
20 q PLa1ae Victor az, JUST A vzoAAtS"

dcilnitcnc>s the rpasnn rn, this great
rcprite and this WIDE influence. Haunt
mann vunid ar,r,clv hay. achieved
either had nr merely added Il series
Of ucy ,N.nI,i,s Ia The worlds stock
of powerful drlnas The truth is that
Hauptmarn WIS. at the hrg.nving of
h.s career. am mnuN.tnr. that ne has
rry,'It.onI2rI the tcchniuur and the
content Of the Wodcrn drama and that
men as H.llrr"n, as John Trustworthy
on the on Ed"d and li"ur iaNadan
"n Tia" other are what the, arc largely
lhVua-h ln'T absorption conscious ar
unco1'+ IouS of the dramaturslc
methods l't are primarily If not eN-
clnSNoiN tlHptmlnn'S own
"ln addition To avoiding ar,itlc"s Of