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The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-03

THE latest move In the game is to muzzle the press If they can { use the "jal bait" one way they will try 1t another.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-03

HOW many eX-jurymen will act in the capacity of guard when Mar shal Erwin takes the next lot of prisoners to McNeil's Island?
The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-03
March 2f. i9lb.

JAKEY PRETZELBAUM.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-03

THE price of gasoline has scared to such a height that the automO- bile manufacturers are preparing to put a product of their own manu- facture on the market
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28
FAiRvIEW

Mr. and Mrs. Ganlrapp and
child returned to town Friday.
c. II. Laidlaw and J. NJ. Blur
went to Magdalena this week.
Frank P. Davis, who has been
"meandering" among the mining
folk to the south and west, return.
ed to the fold at Camp Flourine
last week.
j. NJ Blum celebrated his 80th
birthday on the Goth with a chick
en- dinner Mr.. Blum was the re-
cipient Of numerous congratula-
tIOns.
The Chloride Mining Company
is the name of the company which
will pros, cute work on the Silver
Monument. G. p. Hullineer is
statutory agent and the company
is capitalized at 100000, The par
value OF share being 81. Most
of tbs ipcorporators are residents
of Lafayette, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reilly "did"
El Paso this week.
A customer oameinto the Pioneer
store recently and called for some
horse medicine named "spirits ell
night" After sufficient lapse OF
time had passed in which to re-
cover, Mr.. Henry Winston smiI-
ingly passed over bottle of spirits
of nitre
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28
THERE'S more Catarrh in thisseo

THERE'S more Catarrh in thisseo
tion of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed TO 60
incurable. For great many years
doctors pronounced it local die
ease and prescribed local remedies
and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatneni, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease,
and therefore requires constiiu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, ufactured by f j. Che
ne, & 90, Toledo, Ohio, Is the on
ly Constitutional cure on the mar
ket. 1t is taken internally. 1t
acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: j. T CHENEY Il Co.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, Toe. Take
Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tion. Adyt
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28

IF yop will subscribe TO the Adj
vocate for one year we will give
you four monthly magazines for
one year for Is cents extra.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28
FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1916.
Bar silver, 63 A.
"Billy" Mcdonald went up tc

"Billy" Mcdonald went up to
North Percha Saturday.
If you are interested in shoes,
read the Long Store shoe ad.
We clean and press clothes
First-class work. SIERRA BARBER
SHOP.
Miss Frances Ringer is home
from the Silver City Summer
School.
Mrs. Frances Gillespie left Sun
day for an outing at Long Beach,
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Rouse and
Mrs. Pink Davis came up from
Hot Springs Monday.
We call the atten tion of our
readers to the new advertisement of
the Fl. 9. Long Store.
DR.. Rarbee of Denine, and DR..
} o. Hatcher are spending few
days at Elephant Butte.
Rooms to let at the Parsonage
75c. per bed Inquire of Mrs. E
j Fender, opposite the Parsonage
Messrs. Beth aud Williams,
mining men, passed through here
this week on their way TO King
ston.
Date Whitman, who ha7 been in
Kelley for some time, arrived here
Saturday on his way to his home
at Kingston.
"Pareon" W. s. Hopewell and
son Robort came down from Her
mosa Tuesday. They report that
section of county as being badly
in need of rain.
G. NJ. Henderson ana e f. Ay-
con came down from Klngetcn
Saturday. They loaded up with
gasolin for uso in Mr.. Hender-
sons Buick runabout.
Neil Sullivan has purchased the
old Mercantile store building in
which be has bis saloon business.
Fred Mister returned from El
Paso Monday night with new
Ford auto truck which is being used |
to haul the mail and express from
the railroad.
John Mofitt came down from
North Percha Saturday. He re-
ports work at the mines as pro-
crossing nicely and that the road ie
nearly completed to the mines.
He also reports good rains in his
section.
I. c. Brown, son hon. G. 7.
Brown of Socorro, and Mr. s Ring
lund, f. M, arrived here Wednes-
day and continued their way to
hingston. They are iorerQnncrs
of the Empire Zinc Mining com
pany, which rumor says will soon
commence work on some of its
many mining claims in the King
ston camp.
Attorney Jose Gonzales, former
ly register of the u. S. Land Of
6ce at Las Cruces, was in Hills
boro the early part of the week on
business before q. s. omission
or P. s. Kelley. Mr.. Gonzales
vas accompanied by his wife and
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28

Proxies for delegates will not be re-
cognized except when held by persons
who are residents of the precinct from
which such delegates are elected
w. Fl. BUOHER,
Chairman.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28

daughter, Miss Adelina. From
here they went to Deming and
Silver City whers Mr.. Gonzales
had legal business. The many
friends OF Mr.. Gonzales were glad
to meet hlm again.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28
Call for Sierra County Re
publican Convention.
HIllsboro, N. NJ. July 29. 1915.

a Republican County Convention is
hereby called TO meet on August 10Th,
1916, at o'clo K ,. H., N tae G urt
House at Hillsooro, New Mexico, for the
pup 50 Of selecting three Delegates to
the Republican State Convention to
meet in the City Of Santa n, N, NJ, on
August 23rd 1916, for the purpose Of
Presidential Electors, State Officers, and
District Officers, and for the transaction
Of other business.
The several precincts Of Sierra County
viii be entitled to representation as fol-
lows
No. of Town No. Of
Pre- Delegate.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28

No leaky roofs when covered
with Monarch Paint and Plastic
Cement For sale by ROBINS.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28
n. G. LONG STORE,
--Shoes at Less Than Cost

Of E. skude Shoes are Offering
greatly Call and look them Let us have
order.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28

Doe5 your roof leak? Plastic
Cement and Monarch Roof Paint
will stop it. For sale by ROB
ms.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28

good honest and is the time any
this list buy supply of school shoes Let us
should this successful Special attention given to
mail orders
Sierra County advocate., 1916-07-28

(ReqularP rice

(RegularPrice) q
shoes to10la S325...,.
shoes 10ls 2 81 90
ll1a $500
$3.50
Gir IL 2, $3.50
Pair Girls shoes sizs to II, &l so
size BE- and 81 %
VI. Pumps size l3 2 S85
Eandls, l113 to 2, 81
Sandas, size II to TO- Sl2o.
Sandias to 8l.l0
Pair Chids Sandals 32 TO o. 80
II, 1925.
shoes 10, IL, $75
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
DETECTApHONE THREAT
MAKES BURNS SMILE
Seymours Again Promise Com
plaint for Use of Machine.

Yesterday was day Of talk IN the
mystery Of the detectaphone insta4la-
ton i'm the law Offices Of Seymour q
Seymour. counsel Of the du Pont Pow
der Company. Assistant District At
torney Doolnr. 20 charge Of the Dis
trict Attorneys Office in the absence Of
Judge Swami. said he was still waiting
for complaint 20 be lodged against
William J. Burns by some one connect
ed with the Seymour Office John 5.
Seymour. one of the firm, repeated
what his brother and partner said on
Thursday that a complaint would be
lodged and Detective Burns smiled his
smile Of Thursday and again remarked;
Isn't 10 significant that no one has
lodged any complaint against me-
The following statement from John
S. Seymour yesterday added 20 the
mystery:
This situation astonishes US. Il IS
true we handle large war orders. but
any talk Of foreign agents being inter
ested IN our work is bosh. One man
was Interested. and ne hired men 20
spy on us. But the whole case has been
disposed Of now. and our only cause for
INDIGNATION is the thought that a repu-
table law firm should be pursued ~
such methods There will be a prose
cutiOn."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
BLIND TO GET AID
OF DEBUTANTES
Society and Stage Favorites
Ready for Benefit.

Leaders Of society and the stage will
combine tomorrow at the Hippodrome
20 make the matinee and evening per
formances held on that day FOR the
benefit Of the Permanent Blind Relief
War Fund the most successful charity
entertainment Of the year.
A hundred d6butantes will sell pro
grammes to holders OF orchestra and
box seats In the balcony and gallery
mannikins Of the leading dressmakers
% the city. in the latest creations Of
their employers. will distribute them.
Chief Of the novelties a. thc per
for-arce will be "Tho Vision Then
md Now" series OF tablcaus ar
ranged bv Robert TITLE Mckee, with
music written b. Miss Elsa Maxwell.
In these living pictures. which will
reDresont the past and present state
Of the countries az war. viii appear
Billie Burke. Charles Cherry. Laura
Cowie. Emmy Wehlen. Donald Brian.
Elsie Mackaye, Clara kimbal Young,
Gail Kane. Alice Brady and others.
Some Of the other actors who viii ap-
pear during the performance arc George
". Cohan. Cyril Msude. Ina Claire sam
Bernard. Nat " Wills and Bert Wil-
iams. The entire "Hop-Hlp-Hooray,"
"Z egfeld Foiiies' and "Ziegfeld troiic'
companies and Sousa's Band VIII par
ticipate.
Among tho boxholders are Mrs. o.
II. ?. Belmont, Mrs Edward Breltune,
John Drew. Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson,
Mrs. Otto II. Kahn Mrs. Hermann Del
richs and Mrs whitney Warren.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22

7. was with almost crow OF deHs" .
~. Tudor Jerks. scholar, lawyer ano
,pblisher. learned last night at MS
boro IN Bronxviue. y. Y, that Judge
richard 6. Tuthill. Of the Circuit
Court in Chicago. had declared thai
F-,ncis Bacon was the author OF the
works o. William Shakespeare.
~ have been following the case with
crca, deal Of interest said M
rcnks ~and 7 am delighted at the out
come more because renewed interest
will bo taken in the controversy than
for nnv other reason. Of course. II IS
a question which requires careful and
scholarly study before any one can be
convinced. Besides. this decision viii
stimulate interest in Elizhbethan 1t
ornture.
PERSONALLY. in the light Of the facts
known about the two men. the notion
that william Shakespeare wrote the
,lsv. generally attributed % him IS
ro,hirr short Of inconceivHble
bacon was fitted by education ana
taste FOR the writing of plays. SHAKE
speare was born Of .itcrate parents
and. 10 BE- believed. received little more
than p gh school education.
AS FOR the rrostics, put forward
b. some. ns proof ~ the Baconian
theory. have never been able 20 per
suade myself 20 take them seriously.
They have done more harm than good
20 the cause Many Of them have been
both fArfetched and silly.
The deeision one makes must be IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
Sir Herbert Tree Laughs
at Shakespeare Decision

Entering his dressing room after the
last act Of Henry VII, a. the Ne"
Amsterdam Theatre. Sir Herbert Beer
BONN Tree gathered tho red robes OF
Cardinal Richcleu about HIM and
stopped 20 hear the Shakespeare news
from Chicago When he had received
n brief outline Of the decision OF Judge
TuthiU Sir Herbert threw back hls
head and laughed Tic laughed long
and heartily and was quite out OF
breath when be stopped.
Really" he said. "since tho leaned
Judge has decided against Shakespeare
there apparently remains only an ap-
peal 90 the court OF common sense and
public opinion. IL strikes me a. n
good casus beii. this thing. England
could really declare war on America
for II.
ANY one who has read Bacon's Es-
SAYS can see that the man who wrote
them could never have written shake
spcarc's plays. Shakespeare plays
are filled with humanity; the essays
are the product Of on intellectually
clever writer.
Tho idea that Shakcsncarc could not
have mad on education Us pr@post"rous,
Of cour.c. ir rtratford there was
great grammar .choo. and one OF the
largest Libraries in all Of England
Look OH This picture. Could he VINO
had proved himself heartiess. who sac
rifced Che Earl Of ESSEX. and after the
grave had closed ovcr him published d
bitter attack on his dead friend and
bcrefgctor. whose meanness was ar
rravated by responsibility, VINO had
padded ~ the putrescent puddles OF
politics tiil he knew neither right nor
wrong could he have written the son
net beginning Tired of al these, FOR
restful death 7 cry?
rs there in any of Bacon's works
one hint Of this sweet humor, this
noble scorn. this glowing melancholy,
which breathes throughout tno WORKS
Of Shakespeare. Writers more dissim-
liar than these two cannot be found.
zone q Che most alarming signs OF
INSANITY. so D. seems 10 me. has been
the attempt 90 prove that Hamlet was
mad and that Bacon wrote shake peare.
7 am satisfied that many Of me learned
commentator have narrowly escaped
the insane asylum.
And so the distinCu actor went
on. IN vein sometimes serious. some
times humorous. Finally be said:
while. after all. the thing Is humor-
Gus and ridiculous. there IS d serious
side 10 II. Sucn outpourlngs should be
stopped by the weight Of authoritative
criticism
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
BOOK and AUTHORS

made its stir; in the American field
the life OF Julia Ward Howe remains
the most important book Of its kind
OF the year. Ii has taken us a long
time 70 reach history Of the admin
istratiOn Of President Hayes. Pro
lessor John w. Burgess undertakes
In II the long-delayed task OF dissi-
psting the cloud which has been al
lowed TO rest so long upon the
Presidency Of this forgotten chief Of
state OF ours. Among the new biog-
Taphies there is, Of course, one Of
President Wilson. Equally, OF course,
there are two or three Of Colonel
Roosevelt Ex-senator Foraker
energies from his retirement with
two bulky volumes. Special mention
should be made OF the lives Of Booker
T. Washington and &C. D."-Charles
Frohman. Then there are Geraldine
Farrar. who IS her own biographer,
and illustrates her book with many
pictures OF her comely self; the Of
fetal life Of Hugh Benson; a sketch
Of Venizelos. and a series OF Irish
men Of To-day which promises well.
The dehnitive life OF William Me
Kinley is 70 be issued soon.
SHAKESPEARIANA.
The crop Of publications called
forth by the Shakespeare tercente-
nary is a modest one. By far the
most interesting one OF them all, a
contribution 20 Shakespeare litera-
ture Of lasting importance, is the
first variorum edition OF the Sonnets
Yet issued. With it, in real value to
Shakespeare lovers, ranks the Census
OF the Quartos compiled by two
members Of the staff Of the British
Museum. Sir Sidney Lees Life II
the draInatist needs no bush. II ap-
pears in still a new edition. en-
bodying the results OF all the latest
researches. the authors and those Of
others, and with his opinion of the
purely literary significance OF the
Sonnets unchanged
For the rest. there is Mr.. Mac
Hayes masque, and there are plays
for young and old, and servioeable
Book for Shakespeare Plays and
Pageants" and surveys OF Eliza
bethan England in all its phases
all Of which only gives point TO the
deplorable fact that during the week
Of the tercentenary not a single Am
erican theatrical organization will
produce d Shakespeareas play. Our
managers have left that distinction
to two visiting English actors and
their predominantly English COM
panies now in this country.
1t only remains to observe that
the tercentenary of the death OF
Cervantes, which, too, falls on April
p. is not remembered by even a
single new study of his immortal
work among the books Of this
spring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
Tuthill's Decision Delights
Tudor jerks; Others ScOrn 1t

tho Light 81 historical and literary
facts. have written Life OF shake
speare' ind Life Of Bacon. Both
were treated IN che generally accepted
way. But my conviction that Bacon
was the author. for the most part -
for every one admits that Shakespeare
did not write all the p.ays-has been
reached after years OF investigation
and study"
Shakespeare beyond a doubt wrote
the plays OF Shakespeare said Pro
fessor John Ersa.ne. 81 Columbia Uni
vcrsity. "Oniy by most roundabout
process Of reasoning do people come
20 the conclusion that Bacon De the
author.
"The iniunct or % .tat Chicago court
is about az We ighty as the referendum
that was taken out West. understand
that there u was decided ly @ public
referendum that Or. Cook discovered
the North Pole
al Baconians are cranks." said Cal
win Thomas. Gerhard professor OF Ger
manic languages and literature a. Co
lumhia University. II have no use for
those who maintain that Bacon wrote
the plays that are SO c0nclusively
Shakespeare q work.
Put me down tor SHAKES 1eare. were
,ho orders OF Professor Gun 70. ~ the
school o. Journalism in Columbia Uni
versi'y That talk ~ the courts IS
lot Of nonsense. ], is as evident tha.
shakespeare was she author n those
plays the court attributed % Bacon I.
that Tennyson vas the author o.
Tennyson's poems. Through the con
temporaries 81 the authors one knows
that they were the authors % their
works Through Ben Jonson one
knows that Shakespeare - SHAKE
spears and no; a d.Gzgl,s Ter BaeeI-'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
SHAKESpEARIANA
The Tercentenary-First Nari-
Drum Edition of the SOnnets.

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EANTs IS M4as I'd. j. Lar'lef L' J.. N1'
COL o. 90
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VI aErO Prepared BY Heuuctta Bartlett 40
f-.I IS Pollard ~ Zoe Br.laA Museum. Inc
Yale University Press
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
,yp1NC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Continued from page 6.

- and all the others Of a great
, in international literature
Pe .v vel be doubted. Since their
- Europe has been sterile. A his
- - Belgian literature. IN the
=! =, ,rsns,ations OF Verhaeren
W -. others. was a toregone con-
'is.iOn. France for the moment
I'D, only war books. among them
hv sa5atier and another by Ro-
- -, ROLAND. whose Goethean spirit
: - ;,.,,na,ionalism has made him an
=. from his own country. Italy
go &c a new play by d'Annunzio;
-. continues 20 produce. IN
.,l,,ior az least. nothing but
80, much Of it hastily chosen at
don. without regard 10 its merit
-,,.ly 10 take advantage Of a favor
"a, market. and more OF It trans
,..5 n the slovcnly manner Of old.
,..;s.n,a!ly. Mr.. Alfred A. Knopf
,...-vcs a vote Of thanks for his
..,oyncement that he IS about TO
.-sgsh a pronoanoing dictionary Of
Russian names.
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.
N history and biography only lit
Il. Of erea, Importance is offered
ne season. Napoleon 7 continues 20
!. neglected as he was last year, the
,.1,enary Of his TALL But we are 70
b,v. history o. the Third Republic,
,.sich. If j: be frank. will be some
VIA, painful reading to the friends
.. France in the heroism and devo-
non Of her rebirth. Charles Francis
A5amcs autobiography has already
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
SEAMEN WIN DEMANDS
United Fruit Liner Pastores Sails After
Agreement Is Reached.

After the United Fruit liner Pastores
was delayed an hour yesterday m sail
ing for Havana the company yielded 70
the demands Of the engine room force;
who refused 20 sail unless guaranteed
$50 p month. A soon as the articles
were signed the boat pulled out.
The Clyde Line resisted more sue
cessfu.ly the demands Of seamen VINO
struck for higher wages. Its steamer
Mohawk loft for Jacksonville on sched-
ule time after the demands Of the union
men had been ignored and non-unioh
men had been substituted for the
strikers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
Liberals Last TO Learn Of
Project to Force Afr
nation of Faith.
BRIGGS CONTROVERSY
MAY BE REPEATED
Fox SAYS U-Boats of Unbelief
Have Left Men Struggling by
Torpedoing Bible Again.

The tiny theological spark which was
struck al the annual spring meeting Of
the presbytery Of New York threatens
20 become denomluatlo n-wlde con
faFration History. much lie that
which was enacted throughout the
Presbyterian Church during the years
q stormy schisms which centred about
the Rev Charles a. Briggs, president
% Union Theological Seminary. seems
about 20 repeat itself.
J. now appears that those who are re
puted 20 be liberal IN the Presbytery
are among the last OF this denomina-
tiOn's sdherents 20 learn Of plan
which has been faithfully worked out
In the past month 90 humble TINS BODY
and force g 90 Jim Us composite
faith IN what the conservative branch
Of the Church seems justified IN call
inC the fundamentals as the virgin
birth OF Christ. the resurrection Of
the natura body OF Jesus, the swallow
ing Of Jonah bv q whale IN the long
ago. the pillars % FIRE and cloud which
went before the lsraelites as they were
being delivered from their Egyptian
bondage. the resurrection OF Lazarus
a. Bethany and the inspiration OF all
the scriptures contained IN the Old and
New Testament
The Rev John Fox. secretary Of the
American Bible Society, who each year
has presented protect against the
action Of the Presbytery's ordaining
certain students Of Union TheoloC cal
Seminary 20 the full work Of the Pres
byteriau ministry. and who has had a
diminishing minority standing with
him. had only two other members OF
the presbvterv 20 vote with him m