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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07
"SoIdiers of the Sea" Can
Get Along Without Matches

Port Royal, S. Glow to
light a fire without matches is
an important part of the train
ing given to Uncle Sans ma
rines. The primitive flint and
steel, used long ago by our fore
fathers, and the old "wood-fric-
ton" method borrowed from the
Indians, have been revived, so
that the sea soldiers may dis
pense with matches when damp
ness renders them useless. Unit
ed States marines in the tropics
can start a fire almost instantly
by using a hollow piece of bam-
boo. This is done by Sitting
the bamboo, stuffing it with dry
moss, and drawing a stick to and
fro across it as violinist uses
his bow. These resourceful,
worldwide soldiers are expect
ing to find a substitute for the
bamboo in France.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07
HARD BLOW TO
GERMAN AUT0CRACY
Hope That Spirit Of Revolt May
Develop.
1T IS GERMANY'S NEXT MOVE
Entente Governments Unprepared For
Such Quick Advantageous
~ Of Approval Pour Into the
White House.

Washington. = Discussion Of Presi.
proposals in diplomatic circles reveal
ed that even some of the Entente gov
ernments were unprepared for the
| prompt fashion in which the President
| disposed of a matter of such tremend-
GUS Importance.
1t was realized, however, by the En-
tente representatives in Washington
| that President Wilson must have had
some good and sufficient reason for
the motive to desire 20 impress
| favorably the great Russian conven-
| ton at Moscow while that body is still
| in plastic and receptive state
While the Germans may wage war
with added desperation because of the
| sweeping indictment of their metFods,
it is confidently believed here that she
spirit of revolt will develop steadily
and rapidly among the people in Ger
many, bringing nearer the day when
they will assert themselves to the
point where President Wilson maj
feel safe in listening to peace over
lures, in the conviction that they are
from German people themselves and
not from the overlords and military
despots.
President Wilson realizes the force
of the objection that has come from
some quarters to what might be re-
garded as disposition on his part to
impose form of government on Ger
many. 1t can be stated that nothing
was farther from his thought than
such a disposition. He meant just
what he said in the note-that the
word of the present autocratic rulers
of Germany cannot be taken for any,
thing that Is to endure unless sup
ported by the will of the people them
selves. AS to whether Germany has
an imperial or republican form OF
government, it is conceded that the
remainder of the world has nothing
to do with the question.
The struggle for parliamentary re-
form is being watched with the keen
est interest, and while it was said at
the State Department that no official
advices are as yet at hand regarding
the developments. 1t would not be
matter of surprise if there were some
sudden and important manifestations
of the popular will in Germany. Signs
of such an outcome are found in the
halfway efforts of Premier Michaelis
to meet the demands of the Re1chstag
committees by his projected cabinet
representative of the more powerful
political partiesin Germany.
kilograms from all parts of the
country poured into the White House,
approving President Wilson'S course.
It met with appreciation at the Rus
sian Embassy.
"The reply of the United States to
the Pope's peace note" it was said at
the embassy, seems to us Russians to
be an act of highest political wisdom
and closely corresponds to the prin-
ciples and aims of the Russian people
as formulated in the declarations OF
the Russian Provincial Government
Militarsm and the imperialistic aims
of the German rule have received a
new and powerful blow"
Upon motion of Senator Brady, who
characterized it as { last farewell to
the autocracy of the SEorld, the Presi-
dents reply was ordered printed in the
Congressional Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07
U. S. PAYS SCHOOLGIRLS.
Philadelphia Lads Make Money Sup
plying Tent Pegs To Army.

Philadelphia - Probably the first
payment ever made by the United
States Government to schoolboys for
army contract work was recorded
when a War Department check was
received here to pay high school stu
dents for the manufacture of tent
pegs supplied several weeks ago. The
check for $125,87 is drawn to Charles
c. Heyl of the Civilian Service and La
hor Department of the Pennsylvania
Committee of Public Safety.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07
treaty Of gettlement and accommoda.

treaty of settlement and accommoda.
ton?
Responsible statesmen must now
everywhere see, if they never saw be-
fore, that no peace can rest securely
upon political or economic restrictions
meant to benefit some nations and
cripple or embarrass others, upon vim
dicative action Of any sort, or any kind
of revenge or deliberate injury. The
American people have suffered intoler-
able wrongs at the hands of the I'm
perial German government, but they
desire no reprisal upon the German
people, who have themselves suffered
all things in this war which they did
not choose. They believe that peace
should rest upon the rights of peoples,
not the rights of governments-the
rights of peoples great or small, weak
or powerful-their equal right to free
dom and security and self-government
and to participation upon fair terms
in the economic opportunities of the
world-the German people, of course,
included, if they will accept equality
and not seek domination.
"The test, therefore, of every plan
Of peace is this: Is it based upon the
faith of all peoples involved or merely
upon the word of an ambitious and in
triguing government, on the one hand,
and of group of free peoples on the
other? This is a test which goes to
the root of the matter, and it is the
test which must be applied.
United States Aims.
1.-THE purposes of the United States
in this war are known to the whole
world-to every people to whom the
truth has been permitted to come.
They do not need to be stated again.
We seek no material advantage of any
kind. We believe that the intolerable
wrongs done in this war by the furious
and brutal power of the Imperial Ger
man government ought to be repaired,
but not at the expense of the SOW
ereignty of any people-rather a vim
dication Of the sovereignty both of
those that are weak and those that
are strong. Punitive damages, the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of empires, the estab-
lishment of selfish and exclusive
economic leagues, we deem inexpedi-
ent and in the end worse than futile,
no proper basis for peace of any
kind, least of all for an enduring peace.
That must be based upon justice and
fairness and the common rights of
mankind.
I'VE cannot take the word of the
present rules of Germany as guar
antee of anything that is to endure,
conclusive evidence of the will and
purpose of the German people them
selves as the other peoples Of the
world would be justified in accepting.
Without such guarantees, treaties of
settlement, agreements for disarma-
ment, covenants to set up arbitration
in the place of force, territorial ad-
justments, reconstitutions of small
nations, if made with the German gov
eminent, no man, no nation could now
depend on. We must await some new
evidence of the purposes of the great
peoples of the Central Powers. God
grant it may be given soon and in
way to restore the confidence of ali
peoples everywhere in the faith OF
nations and the possibility of
covenanted peace.
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State Of the United
State of America"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07
RAM SELLS FOR $500.
422 Sheep Bring $4,000 At Salt Lake
City Auction.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-What is said
to be the highest price in the United
States for ram sold at public auction,
was paid for thoroughbred at the
second annual sale conducted under
the auspices of the National Wool
Growers Association in session here.
One ram brought $500, and 422 sheep
were sold for total of $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07
SMASHED THE PERlscoPE.
Steamer Carrying Medical Unit
Escapes Destruction.

Portland, Ore. = How a steamer
carrying unit of the American Medi-
cal Corps to Europe for service smash
ed the periscope of a submarine with
her guns and averted her own de-
struction is told in letter received
here by DR.. j. w. Morrow from his
son, DR.. Earl Morrow, ut was just
after breakfast and l was standing
aft" writes Dr. Morrow, when l sud
denly saw a periscope emerge 800
yards astern. Before l could shout a
warning our chief gunner had espied
the periscope and opened fire. His
first shot struck and smashed it to
pieces 1t sank and we did not see
it or the submarine again."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07
INTERNES EXEMPT.
Department May Need Their Services
Before War Is over.

ington.-Hospital internes and
medical students who have been more
than year at college may be ex-
empted from military service under
the Selective Draft bill by regulations
just issued, The War Department is
anxious not to Interfere with the pro-
fessional education of these men
whose service as doctors may be
necessary before the close of the war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07
WILSON REJECTS
PEACE PROPOSALS
Presidents Reply to PROPOSE
ton of Pope Benedict
GERMAN MENACE MUST GO

President Declares Such Peace Plan
As the Pope Suggests Would Give
Present Military Masters OF Ger
many An Opportunity To Recuperate
In Their Fight For World Domino
ton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07

Amelia E. Barr, who celebrated her
eighty-sixth birthday fast spring, has
been writing for almost 60 years, and
in that time. has written n books.
though the first was not published
RntA she was so.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
RELATIONS WILL NOT BE SEVERED
AUSTRIAN NOTE CONCILIATORy
Full Text of Communication Is Re- ceived and After DigestiDg Presi- dent Announces Diplomatic Rel:.- tiOnS Will Be Maintained.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March T. The full text of the Austrian note on the submarine question was received by President Wilson this afternoon. The note is conciliatory in tone, and after thoroughly digesting the sap:c the President announced that diplo- matic relations with Austria would not be severed unless the Austrian submarines committed an overt act. Officials here realize the difficult posi- tion occupied by Austria, which, de- sirous of maintaining friendly rela- tions with the United States is still necessarily bound to respect the poli- cies of her allies. It is probable that further negotiations will be had with Austria on the submarine question.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
A Window Washer's View.

A window washer was called upon one day to clean the windows of d business concern on the nineteenth floor of skyscraper in lower Broad way. The cleaner paused in wonder ment as he passed through the lines of typewriter operators as they click ed off their correspondence and went to the window and fastened the two straps dangling from his belt to hooks at the side of the window frame. He cast another surprised glance at the men operating the typewriters. and as he swung outward over the dizzy height. his weight sustained by the slender straps. he muttered:
 "It's mighty odd how some people do make their living in this world anyway"-New York Telegram.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
SONGS OF THE FELlNES.
Why Lions and Tigers Can Roar and
 Cats Pur and Mew


 One of the most interesting discov- cries made lately is that of Sir Rich ard owen that the lion roars. instead of purring, simply because the hyOid bone in his throat is loose.
 In the cat this bone is stationary. SO that the cat purs and cannot roar But in the lion and tiger the hyOid is loose. and therefore even when call ing to their mates the larger mem- bers of the cat family roar. The roars of the jaguar and leopard are like "hoarse. barking coughs. an interval of about one second separating the expiratory efforts" says this observ- CT. They may be easily reproduced or initiated by saving a piece of thin board with coarse toOthei saw. The cheetah, however. calls with decided new. very much like that of the cat.
 R. I. Pocock. superintendent of the London zoo. explains that those feli. dae. or cat family. that have an elas- tic ligament between the ceratohyal and the upper elements of the suspen- sorium-lion. tiger. leopard. jaguar- roar. but never pur. while all the oth- CT species of the felidae. with normal ly constricted hyOids. pur. but never roar and among these are the cheetah and puma.-New York Sun.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
Workshop Environment.

We cannot ignore the influence of surroundings upon the mental condi- tion and therefore upon the spirit and efficiency of a working corps .Attrac tive buildings and pleasant surround ings very distinctly make for higher tone and a better class of workers. even if they do not show an immedi- ate increased productive efficiency. which it is maintained they actually do. And. whatever else may be said. grass plots instead of cinder piles. oc rasional trees instead of scrap heaps. vines or shrubbery instead of insight ley fences or sheds. certainly tend to make factory life less disagreeable and more pleasant to those obliged to live it and cannot fail to be, therefore. worth while intrinsically.-O. NJ. Beck CT in Engineering Magazine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
PAPER IN THE MAKING.
Wood Pulp is the sasis of Most of the
 Modern Product.

Modern Product.
 Two thousand years ago paper was made by hand in little cradles. The word paper is derived from papyrus. plant from the leaves of which pulp was made by pounding and macerat- ing in water. Nowadays. of course. improved machinery is used to make paper. and in this one item of manu- fracture America leads the world.
 Writing paper is made mostly from rags. but for practically all other grades wood pulp is the basis. The wood used is spruce or poplar or hem lock Poplar is. used for fine book pa, pers and spruce pulp goes into news paper. wall paper and bag paper.
 The fine wood pulp must. of course. be treated with preparation contain ing clay, dyes and other ingredients and called stuff" before it finally be comes paper. But by careful process of filling in the open spaces with clay and pressing through heavy steel rol- lers or manglers. the wood pulp takes on the appearance and texture of pa- per.
 AS the product comes from the pa per machine it is wound off on a reel. making a large roll. A roll of news, raper will weigh almost ton and is often handled by derrick. says the Philadelphia Ledger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
CITY SENDS OUT TRUCKS
 TO BRING IN FOODSTCFFS

BALTIMORE, Md, March 7.-Fif teen five-ton trucks of the city de partments were sent out in the cou;. try surrounding Baltimore today to gether in farm products in an attempt by the city to help smash the corner in foodstuffs. Spot cash is to be paid to the farmers out of the city's con- tingent fund.
 Mayor Prestt.n said that he expect ed to cut 25 per cent off the costs .H the consumers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
STUDS WORTH $2,5OO
 SELLING FOR $6,OOO

GASTON, Oregon, March Far mers in this district have discovered that potatoes increase in value a; the rate of $1 mile as they travel to the east A car of 655 sacks stand ing on the track here is worth $2.500. When it reaches the New York mar ket its value rises to $6,000. Farmers last week received the highest price yet paid for potatoes here. $3.25 T hundredweight. Eighteen cars are cn route and loading and many grower s are holding for higher prices.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
Ladies' Aid Meets Tomorrow

The Ladies' Aid of the COngrega- 'tional church will hold its regular meeting in the lecture room of the church tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 O clock. Mrs. Elton Merrifield will be hostess. Following the meeting the Ladies Aid and the Women's Guild of the Episcopal church will meet jointly in the lecture room of the Congregational church for the purpose of listening to an address by c. L.. Knauss, representative of the Cres- cent Manufacturing Company of Se- attle on the merits of Crescent Bak- ing Powder.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
THE TAR|CE-A-WEEk EDITION
 OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1917
Practically 8 Daily at the Price of Q Weekly. No Other Newspa- per iA the World gives % much at so low a price.

The value and need of a newspaper in the household was never greater than at the present time. The great war in Europe is now halfway into it's third year. and whether peace be at hand or afar off the events to fol- low will be world shaking. The Prospector Publishing Company offers the Thrice a Week World. The Daily Prospector and The Weekly Miner, one year for only $500 cash in advance. You get 156 copies of the World, 313 copies of the Prospect tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this price. Can you afford to be without them.
 The Thrice-a-Week World,
 The Daily Prospector.
 The Weekly Miner,
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 The Prospector and the Weekly Miner are the only papers published at Valdez, and are replete with local and world news. The Miner makes g speciality of Territorial News in con densed form. The World is too well known to our readers to dilate upon its field of usefulness.
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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
GERMANS CLAIM POISON
 PLACED IN SHIPMENTS

BERLIN, Mar. 7.--"German news papers, says the Overseas News Az ency. "state that according to relia ble reports the British have tried to induce neutrals to carry poisoned food and wine, aboard ships headed for the barred zone, hoping that the U-boats would fill up their store rooms from Cargoes of such ships, 50 that the submarine crews would die of the poison"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
Admits Killing Mother.

LEXINGTON, Ky. March 7.-Gil- bert Wheeler, the 35-year-old son of Mrs. Anna Wheeler, wealthy member of an artistocratic family, who was killed here day or two ago, was cap tured and has confessed that he kill ed his mother because she abused him. He had recently been liberated from an insane asylum at the request of his mother.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
Worse and Worse.

A negro elevator man in Broadway office building was telling Bide Dud. ley. the New York theatrical writer. that his landlord had forced him out of his home because he could not meet an increased rental.
 'So he dispossessed you?" said Dud- ley sympathetically
 "Wuss'n dat. boss," said the darky: "he disfatted mer' - Railroad Red Book
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
Socialists at War.

STOCKHOLM, March 7.-The rup- ture between the warning factions of the socialist party which was fore seen during the recent congress here, has come to pass. Members of the socialists have published an appeal for the formation of new socialist party.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
C. J. LangfOrd Dead.

TACOMA, March 7.--C. J. Lang ford, a former lawyer of Butte. Mon- tana, and Tacoma, and member of the Washington Sta,e legislature four years ago, died last week at Ash land, Ore, where he went for his health several months ago. He was prominently identified with the pro- gressive party in the 1912 campaign
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
A Protest.

What I want" said the restless per son. "is an eight hour day"
 "Why, you don't do more than two or three hours actual work any day"
 That's the trouble. If don't get occupation enough to consume more time it'll soon begin to look as if they didn't need me at all."-Washiugton Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
REPORTED STONE BUYS
 FORTY-NINTH STAR

It is reported that B. M. Stone, for merly editor of the Seward Gateway. has purchased from John Hockey tile Forty-Ninth Star of Anchorage, of which John w. Frame has been the editor and manager and that in the future MT. Stone will edit and pub fish that paper.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
ARMY ESTIMATE CALLS
 FOR 5,OOO,OOO SOLDIERS

LONDON, March The army es- innate issued today provides for an army of 5,O0O,OO0 exclusive of India. An additional navy estimate calls for 5O,OOO officers and men, bringing the total of the navy personnel to 450.- 900.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

w. O'Laughlin of Cordova, arrived on the Alameda to attend the session of the District court as a member oi the grand jury.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
Big One.

'I heard the bride and groom had a serious falling out on their honeym trip"
 Goodness gracious! How did that happenT'
 'Their automobile turned turtle." Baltimore American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

Private Fields of the Signal Corps who has been stationed at TOnsina, was an arrival on the Alameda. He will be stationed at the local cable office.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

c. c. Keenan, shop superintendent
 for the Copper River & Northwestern the Alameda. He is a member of the grand jury.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
A. M. DIERINGER Valdez Transfer
 Company Office on Alaska Avenue, in George C. Treat Building
 Telephone No. 60
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 to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
 STORAGE, Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un-
 less Paid for in Advance

Capt George E. Scott came up from Cordova on the Alameda to at, tend the term of the District cour. as a grand juror.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

FOUND-That the subscriptions
 price of the Modern Priscilla will 5e advanced to SIPS on March 25. Save
 money by subscribing now. Mrs. L. A. Deputy, representative k-12
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

FOR RENT-Modern five-room house, completely furnished, close in. Alaska Investment Go. 2t
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

We have a fresh line of Augustine Kyer box candies at the Candy kitca- en. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
The Cellar Stairs.

If the bottom cellar step be painted white it will help to save many fall in the dark.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

The most unhappy man in the worId Is he who is not patient in ads+rsity.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

The best of everything in box Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

Furnished rooms at Mrs osland's. Prices reasonable.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

Just Received-the latest Popular Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co., If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

Why not a VICTROLA? We have them from $15 up. Valdez Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

subscribe for the Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
C4TY EXPRESS, Phone s2: read

to transfe. tat baaause for you. t
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

For fine Candies see eur stock. Valdez Drug Go. u
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

Fresh candy at the Emporium. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

Pure Fresh Drugs ar the valdez Drug Store. IT
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07
LOCAL BREVTTIES

Location notices, both quartz and placer, at the Miner office.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

Candy Kitchen. tf Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-07

Anything in nugget and ivory Jew elry at Valdez Drug Go.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
By Lady Duff Gordon
("Lucile")

n midsummer woman's fancy lightly turns to flower
like gowns.
1t is meet that it should be so, for the more a
woman looks like a flower in August, the more she ac-
cords with the plan of nature. Midsummer is vivid
time In nature and vivid time in dress.
But brilliant colors must be shown in the liphtest
fabrics made. Midsummer is organdie time. The or
CANDIES are sheer, nearly w~cightless and bestrewn
with flowers that are SO like the flowers of field and
garden that one imagines that the fragrance of the
blossoms emanates from the frocks.
And so perhaps it does. Midsummer must needs
dainty time. Dainty women sprinkle the articles