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there was second note from Wash
ington. although later it WAS explained
that there was no formal note. only
some sort of a verbal representation
from the American embassy.
Hints also came from Madrid that
there had been split In the Spanish
cabinet in regard to the reply to Prefl-
dent Wilson's note. This was denied by
lid that the cabinet took into account
that the entente allies refused peace
and that Germany declared herself able
to realize it unaded.
The difference between the attitude
of Spain and that of the Scandinavian
countries is evident from Il compari-
son of the Spanish reply with that OF
the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish
governments. The identical notes de-
liVered to the French government by
the Swedish. Norwegian and Danish
ministers expressed sympathy for all
efforts toward the ending of the war
and gave utterance to the hope that
President Wilson would obtain a re-
suit worthy of the spirit which in
spired his note to the belligerents.
The meaning of all this is that in
the great diplomatic game back of the
war Spain, as "a neutral nation, stands
for what the entente allies want, and
the Scandinavian countries stand Tor
what they themselves want as neutrals
and possibly for what Germany wants,
although Norway and Denmark have
no reason to feel cordial toward Ger
many The policy of Spain is hence
forth to be interpreted as the policy
of Englapd and France in all that re-
lates to peace negotiations.
This result has not come about with
out agitation in Spains internal af-
fairs and a clash of opposing factions.
The intellectuals and the English sec
tion of the court party appear to have
won as against the commercial classes.
who were allied closely with Germany.
and the element in the court which.
for dynastic reasons. supported Ger
many as the ally of Austria.
King Alfonsos mother is of the royal
house Of Austria; his wife is an Eng
lish princess. But 1t is doubtful whether
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For anthracite the depth Of the fuel
bed should be not less than twelve
inches. while one for coke should be
nearly twice as deep.
The combination space above the fire
bed should be carefully calculated. II
it is too large. the gases scatter, cool
too rapidly and pass up the chimney:
II it is too small. they are driven up
stack before they are burned.
If furnace be too small for the
house the fire must be forced, and then
the burning gases viii! be driven off
al a temperature much higher than in
larger furnace. and wasted
The results of the scientific investiga-
available to manufacturers. and will
result in furnaces OF far better design
than those hitherto in general use.
Many furnaces are operated in a
haphazard way; drafts are opened or
coal is put on when the house becomes
cool and then the fire is allowed to
burn rapidly until either the rooms are
too warm or the fire is burned out
Such firing is wastefuI The fire
shoulG be checked by stopping the ad
mission of air under the CRATE and de-
creasing the draft by opening the
check dampcr' or slide in the feed
door
fhe check k~damper should he used as
little as possible, for when it and the
ash pit door are open at the same time
combustion continues mt a slower rate
but the cold air entering the fire door
chills the furnace. SO that but little
heat is realized from the coal: or to
put IL differently, the heat is checked
but the coal goes OF burning.
When the draft is strong there should
be in the pipe a damper, which ought
never to be wholly closed. Its objec,
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The Scrap of Paper

moLAND HOLT. the publishers eah6A8
IN luncheon in New York:
IAN printing and binding contracts
have been put up 80 per cent the
chief reason for this is the high cost
of paper
Mr. Holt smiled
IF paper keeps on going up in price,"
he ended Chancellor Bethmann Holl-
weg's famous scrap OF IL won't be such
negligible thing after all"
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A short walk from the lane which
turns off to the right from the pike and
leads into Rokeby. the Rambler stopped
at a quaint old house by the pkeside. 1t
sits few yards back from the road be-
hind paling fence. and in summer fow-
ers bloom brightly there. That house was
built sixty years ago by the man who
lives there now. and about the wife OF
this man the Rambler has a little narra-
tive which ought to interest all Metho-
dists. and for that matter folk of other
denominations as we'll The man is
a courtly. hospital gentleman. strong
and active. and with a memory whicn
most younger persons would envy. He
was born in 1886. His father bought
the place he lives on from John CAN'T
of Strawberry Vale. Mrs. Faulkner
was Josephine Longson, daughter Of
Joseph Longson. a Methodist clergy
man, who settled in Washington early
in the nineteenth century. He was also
a stonemason. and the Rambler's infor-
nation is that he set the first stone of
the Washington Monument. His ashes
rest in the little family burial ground
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the king himself. whatever his per-
sonal sympathies may be. has had much
to do with the situation. Spain is not
exactly a democratic country. but il
is very far from being an absolute
monarchy. Public opinion prevails. and
public opinion is voiced by powerful
political leaders who do not look TO
the throne for inspiration or direction.
The leading figure in bringing about
the present situation is Premier
Romanones The premier comes much
nearer to being a business man and a
captain of industry than diplomat of
the customary European sort. He has
great inherited wealth. which he has
increased by his readiness to venture
into commerce and industry. He was
described by an American who has
lived in Madrid as Spanish Mark
Hanna.
That the premier is not having 1t all
his own way is apparent from the re-
rorts of the steps taken to restrain
the criticism of the press within
proper bounds" The censorship still
exists in Spain an as institution. but
the newspapers usually treat it as an
antiquated institution.
There are newspapers which are dis
tfnctly o-German, and they are nat
urally under suspicion. The inspired
dispatches from Madrid state that the
.insulting and libelous" attacks on
Premier Romanones and on foreign
governments have caused strong in
dignation in both the liberal and con-
Servative press, and that some of the
papers are TO be prosecuted. The min
lister of justice, it is stated. has sent a
circular to the prosecuting attorneys
throughout Spain instructing them to
prosecute any newspapers printing
anything insulting to foreign countries
or their representatives.
This kind of censorship is far differ
ent from the war censorship of Ger
many or England or France. Never
theless. with the government vigor-
ously backing the prosecuting attor-
neys, it can be made very disagree
able for newspapers to criticise the
government itself under the guise of
criticising foreign governments or
their representatives.
The Interpretation to be placed upon
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without discussing the relative
merits Of hot-air. hot-water and steam
heating systems. il may be said that
the first. although not the most expen-
sive. burns the most coal to produce
the required heat. However. substan-
TALLY the same general principles gov
srn the coal combustion Of each style
OF furnace.
The size aud design Of hrepots have
been studied by the bureau. and here
comes la very simple problem la
arithmetic Heat from a furnace comes
from the consumption Of coal by the
chemical process known as combustion
or for short. by burning the coal.
\ certain quantity Of coal must be
burned to warm the air in the house,
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lily lived there until it came into pos
session of one of the Moores of Moor
field the latter being a great old tract
and homestead near Vienna. In the
Rambler's narrative of the Mackall
mansion house of Langley he wrote:
Among the neighbors Of BENJAMIN Mackall.
who in 1899. bought from Elizabeth Lee the
tract of $40 acres. which he named Langley,
We're John CAN'T Of Strawberry Vale. one of the
large land and slave holders Of his time in the
vicinity of Washington: Col Daniel Dulaney
who married John Gantt's daughter. Margaret
and lived on what is the Joseph Letter
property on the Potomac. and Col. Cruikshank
who bought the Duaney property at public sale
at Fairfax Court House. part Of which prop
erty Joseph Letter owns now.
Living at Rokeby today are John O..
CAN'T and his family. the children
being, according to the Rambler's in
formation, Basil o. CAN'T, Adel Wise
man CAN'T and Floyd NJ. CAN'T. John
o. CAN'T married Charlotte Ferguson,
a daughter of William b. Fergurson.
who lived near Brents Wharf, on Port
Tobacco creek, Charles county, Nd.
Not long ago there were two other
members of the CAN'T family living at
Rokeby. These were William K. CAN'T,
a brother of John o. CAN'T. and Mar
garet E. CAN'T, sister. William L.
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the cold air admitted for ventiIating
purposes and to supply the warmth
passing out through the walls and
windows.
If to supply the necessary heat the
consumption of twenty pounds Of fuel
an hour is required, il is evident that
il the fire is to kept UP eight hours
the firepot must be large enough to
hold $50 pounds Of coal for consump-
tion besides enough-say forty pounds
to kindle a fresh charge, or 200
pounds in all. and stil leave space above
the firebed for combustion.
But btuminous and coke are lighter
than anthracite. and hence the pots
designed for them must be proportion
ately larger to give the same amount
of heat in the same length of time.
The depth of the pot is also no small
factor. for If shallow the air passes
through the coal too readily, and since
combustion is but the union OF the
oxygen of atmosphere with the carbon
and other combustible matter of the
coal the result is inadequate combus-
tion in the combustion chamber and the
waste of the superheated air through
the stack.
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Beyond the tollgate-that is, to the west
Of it-you will come upon stretch oI
road where big cedar trees are growing
in a straight line on the right and hne
old naples on the left. Nearby is a
ruinous and long unused blacksmith
shop The forge there has long been
dark and cold and the echoes of the
merry music of the hammer and the
anvil have long since passed away.
Nearby a rough lane strikes off to the
right and leads north. 1t passes
small group of farm outbuildings and
then forks to the right and left. The
left fork leads away through fields
dotted with corn shocks. and then
through woods to camps that hang upon
the brow of the palisades and squat
upon the river bank close to where
the Potomac fumes over the Little
falls and the Little Falls feeder dam.
The right fork of the lane leads to a
frame house. You will come within
view of this house soon after leaving
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IN presenting a sketch of Langley
last Sunday. the Rambler briefly
described the road over which he
q passed from Chain bridge 10 the
historic hamlet. but he did not pause
to discuss some of the interesting
places along the way. 1t is a section
of the country around Washington
which Yields a rich reward to the ex-
piorer IL he will ioiter by the roadside.
make friends with the folk he meets.
cultivate the intimacy of the older peo-
ple of the region and sit by their hos
pitabie firesides.
After following the road from Chain
bridge up the sleeps to where Fort
Marcy stood. and where its ruin is
grim scar, the land falls sharply away
on the north and east to the Potomac
and on the south and west ii falls more
shar rpiv away into the deep and pietur-
esaue valley of Pimmit run You Will
soon come upon a tollgate. and, though
IL is a new tollgate, il is not new IN
stitution on this ancient way. Inc
1;eorgetown and Leesburg road was
built by turnpike company. Hafu.
straight roads were one OF the carry
forms Of development OF the country IN
which private capital interested tseii
and the investors hoped to obtain rea-
soma BILE dividends on their investment
hv the collection of toll. Ii was nope
that perhaps more often than not went
untulfilled.
In the previous age of this road as
toIIroad and when the purchasing
power of money was greater than now,
the tolls were absolutely higher. anu
therefore relatively much higher. and
,hey are now The road has had its
ups and downs, but today it is one or
the fine automobile roads of the WASH
xasrs ago that il was as rough as any
that could be found in Virginia ana
those persons who have travelled IN the
Old Dominion will understand that TINS
comparison pays high tribute 10 tne
EARLIER rouyhness and ruttiness of the
GEORGETOWN and Leesburg road.
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With coal almost unobtainable at any
price. this statement sounded like free
tickets TO the circus, and the director
can be done.
1T was not so very long ago that the
use of coal as fuel was discovered" he
said The consumption was SO small
and the deposits so vast that Goals then
were held-stones rather than black dia-
rnonds: and little care was taken to pre-
vent their waste in burning But with
the greater cost of producing them in
the way Of labor. transportation, and.
perhaps, other respects, they have now
reached such a price that economy IN
their use is imperative in every well
regulated household and factory. and the
price at the close of the present war
will probably be higher than II is now.
In a practical way on the problem of
how to burn coal to get the most good
out of IL, and while considerable benefit
has already come from these investiga-
tions. much more is expected
In the bureaus experiment station at
Pittsburgh. it has testing furnace forty
feet long, with a bricked-in boiler at the
far end In this furnace it's engineers
have been conducting all sorts OF expert
ments with coal Of various kinds. hred
under all possible conditions There
have been thick fires and thin; long fires
and short: slow fires and quick: clean
nres and those filled with ashes or
clinker or both: fires have been sliced
and hres have been raked; ash pits have
been kept clean and allowed to fill:
hampers and drafts, regulators and
checks have been tried. Science has been
applied TO the problem. and some very
practical conclusions have been reached
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One of the first things observed was
that ia most cases coal has been bought
b, the reputation Of the dealer. and the
consumer does not know the quality Of
the coal he gets for his winters supply
until he tries IT in his furnace.
The federal government and some large
consumers are now buying and paying for
ihsIr coal according 10 its heat giving
eler1enis. the most important Of which Is
- i,ou THE price is fixed at SO much a
A , based upon a certain number OF heat
4 u: aud IL the coal varies the seller
- u-fcs-an arrangement which is fair
tas worked satisfactorily.
..fI~ the small consumer can hardly
for an naly<is OF the coal which he
the resDonsible dealer can easily
IL rnsdc SUCH ANALYSIS which would be
I - municipal oversight. and by
- z according to the results put him
g. fair relation TO his customers.
t.'rcag also determined that the
q. 81 Witch gives the most economical re-
3 =. depends CpOn the place OF Consump-
/. - Us climate and distance from the
4. ! beds.
.-irst class anthracite is the cleanest.
s-es the most reliable fire. the most heat
,.nd Is much the most expensive Rituni-
nous requires more attention. gives less
heat and costs the least Coke. which
with the multiplication Of by-product
soking ovens win become abundant. is
less .Nper~sive than anthacite and quite
Ss clean but more difficult 10 manage than
bituminous.
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IN : =: :. =: :';::: !; :: :;:: s;:
efficiency engineer in the management Of
coal-burning furnaces for the federal bu-
resus. had saved the government in the
city of Washington alone $4,000 during
tie past year: that it would. if its ef-
forts were extended to include the entire
government service, save seven times as
much. and that the general adoption of
similar methods TO fuel consumption for
power as well as heat would reduce by
millions one item in the high cost of
living.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
BASOFF GETS
 OUT ON BAIL

The case of Cam Basoff was given a preliminary hearing in the com missioner's court yesterday afternoon and the defendant was bound over to the grand jury which will be in session in February. Basoff is out on three thousand dollar bail fur nished by J. R. Fowle, Marko Vini- yich, Peter Dragovich, Andy McKen- sic and Bill Begis
 Basoff failed to register under the draft registra ton law, saying he was past the age of 31 years In 1915 he declared his intention of U. s. citizenship and at that time gave his birth as the 10th day of November, 1887. At the city election in the spring Basoff also gave his age as being under 31 years. When the Loyal League census was taken in March, 1917, he was registered as being 30 years old. These facts are brought against the defendant, who now claims to be over the draft age. Basoff is of Russian na tionality.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
GERMANS MADE EFFORT TO STOP
 PEACE JUBILEE
lASSnClatel 1 DrHSSl


 WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct IL Documents made public today prove conclusvely that Germany, five years prior to the outbreak of the war, was interested in creating dis cord and attempted to create such a feeling between America and Eng land In 1909 Germany financed a mass of Irish-American propaganda to combat the then newly developed movement for the celebration of the hundred years peace which had ex- sted between the English speaking peoples of the world
 According to these documents Wilson by leaders of the centenary movement, Germany at the same time encouraged and abetted the foundation, by Irish-American and German-AmeriCan interests, of a num- Der of organizations and leagues whose instructions from the German government were to foster in every way possible German affairs in Am erica and fight the proposed peace celebration. These associations were later merged into the American Truth Society and lobbied against bills in congress which sought to promote the success of the centenary.
 The centenary, which was to have been held in 1914, was called off on account of the outbreak of the war
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
IS
 BACKING DOWN

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. H. Senator LaFollette, in a letter which he sent to the senate committee which is examining the foundation of charges which have been laid against the Wisconsin senator, de nied that he had ever made any assertion to the effect that the United States had no grievance for war against Germany.
 Accompanying the letter was transcript of the senator's St. Paul speech upon which the charges are founded These are written trans cripts from which he made his speech In the letter LaFollette bit terly denounces the press reports of the St Paul speech, declaring them to be grossly false. The com mittee will determine tomorrow whether to hold the hearings or not. LaFollette today demanded the right to examine all witnesses called be fore the committee and the priVi- lege of introducing explanatory evi- dence.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
SOCIALISTS DENOUNCED AS
 NSTICATORS OF OUTBREAK
 ABOARD GERMAN WARSHIPS

whom he declared he had absolute evidence were directly connected with the affair, and also declared that he was firmly convinced that
 he entire socialist organization was at the bottom of the affair
 After the report and charge of Ad- miral Von Cappelle had been receiv- ed, leaders of the socialists in the rcichstag asserted that none of the members were implicated in the plot 70 hatch treason and demanded that the admiral be made to produce proofs of their complicity. The ses- sion was finally adjourned in order to quiet the disorder and allow the government leaders chance to de eide what course they shall take in the matter
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
WEN
 THEIR DEMANDS
lAasu.lulcA HL--.l


 PETROGRAD, Oct. IL The rail road workers won out in their strike today when the new coalition gov ernment conceded every demand of the railroaders All train schedules will be resumed immediately
 The strike was put into effect all over the country last Tuesday n spite of the efforts of the govern ment to prevent the transmission of the general strike order. At the time the strike was called, the gov ernment warned the leaders that all men going out would be tried for treason and if convicted with be shot This order has been rescinded, and no further trouble is expected from the railroad workers.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
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Associated rr,ssf
 BUENOS AIRES. Oct 11-Rela Hons with Germany took on a more ,rlous outlook today when proof that Germany intrigued to cause a war between Brazil. Argentine and Uruguay was disclosed The expo sure of Germanys evil intentions has caused much concern here, and il seems that Brazil can no longer avert d direct break with the Ger man government
 The proof of Germanys guilt is absolute and convincing. There is no doubt in the minds of the leaders here that it was her intention to set the three named Latin-American countries at war with each other Srnor Carlos Roderigues. the Argen- tine minister Of finance. declares in signed article appearing in the
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
SUFFRACEITES
 GET WARNING
CAssocIItcd Frt.sI


 WASHINGTON, D. C., oct. H. On account of the unruly conduct of certain members of the militant pickets of the Woman's Party now in the workhousc serving terms, q warning has been issued to them that unless they obey the rules and in- structions of the workhouso authori- ties and discontinue their insubordi- nation they will be transferred to jail and kept there in solitary con finement.
 These prisoners have caused mach annoyance to the workhouse officials by petty infractions of discipline and refusals to uo any work whatever, relying on the-r sex to secure them freedom from punishment.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
Associated PreSSJ

lASSoc!dteu itSSJ
 LONDON, Oct 11.-"The present series of battles in Flanders and the Ypres sector are not going to end the war;" said Major General Mau- rice, chief of military operations of the British armies tonight to a cor respondent of the Associated Press. There is much hard fighting ahead of us," he continued, and the i'm portance of getting American troops here as soon as possible in the great est number possible, has not di- unfinished in the least"
 . General Maurice stated that the allies have every reason to be con- tented with the result of the recent battles in Flanders, but admitted that the hard fighting has only begun.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
GERMAN INTRIGUE TO START WAR IN LATIN AMERICAN NOW
 UNEARTHED BY AUTHORITIES

most influential morning paper in this city that he } in possession of an unpublished dispatch to former German Minister Won Luxburg that outlines Germany's plot in southern Brazil Copies of this dispatch have been forwarded to the Brazilian gov ernment.
 These disclosures have alienated many Brazilians from their attitude of neutrality, and there is strong resentment sweeping through this country and Argentina which may well cause both nations to declare war within a few days. The Argen- tine government, following the pub Iicaiton of Senor Roderigues' article, issued orders forbidding a gigantic neutrality demonstration which was set for the latter part of the present week.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
Plan Novel Boost
 For Liberty Loan
tAssociated Prcssl


 WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 10. In order to wind up the ad- vertising campaign for the sec ond Liberty Bond issue in a blaze of unequalled publicity, the trea- sury department has enlisted the services of a number of aviators and balloonists who will fly ma chimes over the country and drop bombs filled with Liberty Loan literature Forty-five aeronauts and eight balloonists have al ready donated their services to the department, and no trouble is anticipated in obtaining as many more as are needed.
 Banks throughout the country are being urged to redouble their selling efforts. as subscrip- tious in some sections of the country are falling below the minimum set by the department