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RITES FOR DR.. RAMSBURGH
Washington Physician VIII Be
Buried at Fredericksburq.

Funeral services for DR.. Jesse
Houck Ramsburgh, forty-eight years
old, a wellknown surgeon of Wash
ington. who died suddenly yesterday
in his office in the Portner apart
ments, Will be held at . o'clock to-
morrow afternoon in st. Margaret's
Episcopal Church. Interment will be
at Fredericksburg, Md.
DIR. Ramsburgh served as acting as
sistant surgeon in the United States
army in Cuba, during the Spanish
American war, was resident physician
at Providence Hospital for a number
Of years, and assistant at Emergency
Hospital. He also was a member of
the stan of Georgetown University
Hospital
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with South America is the require
ment of coffee, rubber, and certain
staples that come in large quantities.
The war has not compelled us to re-
sort in very extraordinary degree
to South American markets to get
things that previously we had found
elsewhere. There has been no very
great war opportunity for South
America to increase sales to us; but
there has been a very obvious and ex-
tensive opportunity for US to expand
our sales to South-America, because
that country has been cut off from
much that it formerly got in Europe
and can now get here.
Probably South America would
have bought very much more from
US, if its financial arrangements had
not been disjointed by the war. If
that continent had the moner or
credit, it would buy more. We can
give it the credit, by the simple pro-
cedure of paying it the balance on
our trade accounts. It has recently
been reported that the British bank
ing authorities are trying to pre-
vent exports of gold from this coun-
try to South America. 1t would
seem good business if American
banking authorities would use their
influence to make it possible for
South America easily to draw gold to
which it is entitled on balances; for
the more gold it gets the better it
will be able to buy in this market.
Now is the time to use our huge
gold stock for the purpose of build
ing up trade. 1t would be better en-
ployed in that way than kept here
to become the basis of imitation.
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PROFITS IN CITY OWNERSHIP

Four and a half years ago Omaha
took over the ownership of its water
plant, after bitter controversy that
had been carried on for many years.
At the time the city adopted munich
pal ownership as its policy, oppon-
ents vigorously protested that the
water service would be injured,
water would ultimately have to cost
more, and the establishment would
be constantly the prey of politics.
What has actually happened?
On January l the rate for water
to 80 per cent of the city's consumers
was reduced to a point which makes
it just about half what it was before
the city took over the property.
In addition to reducing rates to
this extent, the city has set aside
alone s1,5OO,OOO as profits from the
business. A half million has gone
to the sinking fund, nearly as much
more to reserve for maintenance and
depreciation; and there is another
half million surplus on hand.
So much for public ownership of
water works in Omaha. 1t happens
that Omaha, like Washington, has
private ownership of its electric
light service; and, like Washington,
wants public ownership. After the
water works had become an estab-
lished success under public manage
ment, agitation for manipulating
the electric service became insistent;
and, because Omaha is self-govern-
ing community, and can find a way
to take over its electric business if
it gets mad enough, the effect on
rates was soon felt. On January 1
kilowatt hour rates in Omaha were
reduced from 8 to 6 cents.
In Washington that rate is 10
cents!
Omaha cannot make electric cur
rent so cheaply as Washington, be-
cause coal costs so much more in
Omaha than here.
Yet Omaha buys electric current
at cents while Washington pays 10
cents.
Omaha is much smaller city than
Washington. The odds should be in
favor of the larger city getting the
cheaper rate.
Will somebody please rise and just
talk about municipal ownership for a
while?
Maybe it would cut the price here,
too.
Or. Congress might provide pub
lie ownership.
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PUNcHLESS> PUNCH AGAIN

From Tallahassee-by the way,
who remembered that it was the
capital of Florida-comes announce
ment that the new governor will not
attend the inaugural ball, and that
no punch will be served.
This punch issue is not unfamiliar
in Washington, where it has recently
been judicially determined that one
may not, under the excise law, serve
any refreshing-that is, really re-
freshing-drinks to ones guests,
unless one has liquor license. Moth
ing doing in the spike line.
Florida social authorities assert
that the inaugural punch in other
years has contained no hardware,
and think that punchless punch, just
for forms sake, ought to be permit
ted as usual. But it is to be elm
mated because the governor wants it
eliminated.
A delicate question seems to arise
here. Is punch immoral merely be-
cause it is called punch? Or does
the spike make it wicked? The
Floridans, by and large, insist that
unspiked it is above reproach; but
the governor isn't going to have it
because it is punch. Revision of the
punch not being sufficient, there
seems need that the nomenclature be
revised. TOO,
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JURY UNMoVEo BY SONG.

SEATTLE. Jan. 3.-After a session
of thirty-s:x hours. the jury in the
case OF James Murphy. longshoreman.
charged with attempting to fire pier
2 during the recent longshoremen's
strike. reported a hopeless disagree
ment and was dismissed by Judge
Tallman.
The vote stood 10 to % and the
jurors sang Brock of Ages" with the
hope that the hearts of the two Arm
jurors would be melted. Their efforts
SRArS WSISSut effect.
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Desplsed Each Other.

According to Harvey, Mr.. Clemens
and Mr.. James despised each other.
Neither, possibly, understood the
other. James did not know that the
world was moving on; what had been
was. He could not get it,sthrough
his head that because letter postage
in the United States was 3 cents when
he lived here 1t was only 2 cents
when he came back, after he had
been living for years in England.
Many changes had been made, but he
would not admit 1t. His eyes could
not see them, and his mind refused
to accept other than the evidence of
his eyes. But the most amusing ex-
perience of Harvey with these two
high lights in the literary heavens
was when they were both his guests
at his country estate at the same
time. He had some work to do, and
thought IL over to himself how he
could get rid OF both of them for a
brief space while he went to mis-
workshop. probably to oil his prophe-
sying machine, and he conceived the
brilliant idea of sending them off to-
gether in his car to see how the town
had grown since their last visit.
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In the Pig. Pen.


If it had worked out the idea
would have been little short of
genius; but it did not. Henry James
was ready for the ride, but Mark
Twain suddenly disappeared as il the
earth had opened and swallowed him
UP, and there was CONSERVATION at
JoraIma. What had become of Mr..
Clemens? He could not be found
up stairs or down, in the garden, or
at the kennels. and Mr.. James was
getting more nervous every minute.
Ten minutes passed, fifteen aninutes,
and the whole place was upset while
still Mr.. James fretted at the disap-
pearance OF the gentleman who had
been wished on him for a ride which
neither OF them cared to take-at
least in each others company. Hav-
ing exhausted all the possible hiding
places at the castle, further search
was made for Mr.. Clemens in the
adjacent grove, and one of the search
ing party in passing a pig pen was
almost startled by some vooce say
ing "S-h, S-h, S-h!' Approaching the
pen the searching party found Mr..
Clemens squatting in the corner NJ
the pen and saying: "S-h, S-h; don't
tell anybody you saw me-" That Is
the story. Harvey did not tell
whether or not the matter was AMIGA
bly, adjusted: but the story-was good
enough without an ending. Moving
pictures never end.
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DIVA OFF TO JAPAN TO WE'D.

NEW YORK. Jan. Miss SIbyl
Conklin. leading contralto of Covent
Garden, London. Of the Royal Opera.
Berlin, and recently with the Interstate
Opera Company. Of Cleveland. will start
tomorrow for Japan. where she Is to
wed Lieut.. Kingsley Gordon. OF the
English diplomatic corps. She is the
daughter Of Judge N. II. Conklin. Of
San Diego, Cal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-03

The flat and unqualified announce
ment by the British ambassador to
Russia, that England wants Russia
to have the Dardanelles, may be re-
garded as definitely ending the vogue
in England of THE Bear That Walks
Like Man"
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than decreasing, demands on this
country. The measure of the bust
ness we will do with the outside
world will be the amount of credit
accommodation we are able and will
ing to extend to the fighting nations.
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If you have that dark brown feel
ing. just remember that three days of
greetings to the New Year consti-
tute quite a strain, even when it's
1917. Grid up the new resolutions
and no ahead,
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Amuscmenfs.

National-'Turn to the Right" els and sis
y. m.
Belasco-Annette KeIIermann. I'm "A DAurb-
ter OF the Gods" 2:lj and Sis D. m.
Keith's-Saudeville, 2:l5 and sis 10 m
Polrs-"Which One Shall Marry" 2:I5 and
S:l5 p. m.
observation-disclosures, and d. m.
Gayety-Burlesque, 2:l5 and S:l5 o. m.
Loew's Columbia-MotIon pictures 1850 a m
to IL p. m.
Strand-Photoplays. 10 a. m. to 1880 n. m
Garden-Photoplays. 10 a. m. to 1880 .. M.
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If Chairman Henry makes himself
understood. he doesn't want to inves.
otigate unless he's sure he'll not find
anything; and of course, If there's
nothing to find, there's no use inves-
tigatinG. Looks bad for T. WI.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-03

The discovery that golf was played
in this country at least as early as
1881. makes one wonder if any of the
young. tiers playing it now were in at
the first foursome.
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LARGE INCREASE IN
EXPORTS FOR 1915
lump Over Billion and Three
quarters in Eleven Months
Over 1915 Period.

Exports from the United States dur
ing the eleven months of 1916 ended
November 80. jumped more than a
billion and three-quarters in value
over exports for the same period Of
1913 the Department Of Commerce
announced today.
Exports to South America also
showed an increase fro 1916. The
total for last November was $17,759,-
431. against S14.023,S39 for November.
1918; for the eleven months period
of 1916 the total was S197, PAS,
against $129.47S,9S1 in 1915.
Total Value of Exports.
Goods to the value of $516,976,359
were exported during the month of
November last, as against 1927, ,SVj
during November. 1915.
The total value of goods exported
during the eleven months ended No
vember 80 last, was 81. $50, 800, $50. as
against $685. 64,4S5 for the same
period of 1915.
Figures For Imports.
Imports for last November totaled
S176.sSS. 305. as against $155496,675
for November. 1876 imports for the
eleven months ended November 30
last totaled s2.1s6.s21,7O3, as against
S1.606, 764.190 for the first eleven
months of 1915.
A big increase in imports from
South America is shown. Against i'm
ports OF $2S.762.7s6 during November.
1915. South America sent $35, 716,O 900
worth of goods into the United. States
last November. During the eleven
month period of 1916 South America
sent imports valued at $3S3.S21,O 74
into the United States. against $685.
599,443 for the same period Of 1915.
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The American Astronomical Society
can't agree on any daylight. saving
plan. Well. as the days are u6%
growing longer again, the matter may
wait till after June 81.
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contest over inauguration as over
election of its governor.
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Here and There
In the News

Several weeks ago Col. George Har'
vey, of blessed memory, made a most
interesting address at the anniversary
Of the Phi Beta Kappa at William and
Mary College. He did not touch on
politics, and was at his best. For an
hour or so he kept his brilliant au'
dience on euge as he told about SHINE
Of the literary lights he had known,
and with true prophetic gift described
in a way what the future of literature
in this country will be. There has
been an amazing change in the liter
airy tastes of the people, and in books
as in journalism the old fashion OF the
world has passed away. Journalism
has been commercialized largely and
books are made for what they will
fetch on the market. One of these
days Harvey's address will be publish
ed, probably, in durable form, and
will be certainly IL he really knows
when he has done good thing.
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Maybe there will not be an extra
session of Congress; but here's the
bold guess that there will.
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''Them Literary FeIIers.-

Among "them literary fellers" with
whom Harvey was on terms Of
the closest intimacy were Eugene
Field, with whom he served
in newspaper work in Chi
cago; "Mark Twain" Samuel Glenn
ens), and Henry James. Field was a
liberal spender, and was always hard
up, and the very clever notes he ad-
dressed to the business manager of
his paper for IAN advance" on Mon
day mornings to relieve his straitened
circumstances and the readiness with
which the business manager respond
ed to his irresistible appeals. as told
by Harvey, afforded great amuse-
ment to the college assembly. But the
stories about Henry James and Mark
Twain were even more delicious.
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As left, Hermione's father saw me
and beckoned me. He il a Grass old
prune. 1 went into the house and he
ed me to the basement.
I'll betcha," he said. giving me a
.igar, and propping the furnace door
open so he could spit into the fire,
"Tll betcha that Hindu lemon spoke q
piece about his Soul"
"He did" I said.
"H-lr he said. "Of course he did!
And I'll betcha he spoke a piece about
the grasses, the beautiful grasses.
Huh
"'Uh-huh," I said.
CLIP he said, and expectorated
"The grassesI The beautiful grasses :
I'll betcha there was a little child in
it somewhere. Huh? Didn't. he speak
a piece about a little chiId?"
"Uh-huh," 1 said. 80
HI" he said. "And all about
Love, huh? Sure. he did, Nj! I
wish Hermione would get married"
There's Fothergil Finch" / sug-
gested-'
HI" said the coarse old man.
DON MARQUIS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-26
Como
|Dinero
A Mexico

Con mucha trecuencia recibimos
cartas en- Las que Sc noz pregunta
Ia manera absolutamente segura
y mas -apida para enviar dinero a
distiatas plazas de Il Repdbica
Mexicans, asi como Ell modo mas
efieaz para traer dinero de aquel
pals. En- seguida tenemos 81 gusto
De 6ar IN informe q n%uestros Glen
tes, el que no dudamos resultsra
IN provecho de todos.
Existe IN medic muy rapido, eli
caz = sbsolutamente SECURE para
snviar dinero q cualquier ciudad de
Ia Republica Mex1cana, el que ore
&c, entire otras muchas, Ia VeataJa
de cue es &c TODD punto impossible
que los clientes pierdan IN solo
centEyo, pues que "a casa g1rado-
n tona bajo 81 mas estricta res
ponsabilidad todos los riesgoz. =
Sc sncarga De dar todos los pasos
necesarios a fin de evitar g sus nu-
merosos clientes toda clase de mo-
lestias, perdidas y dIficultades.
Los pages Sc hacen en- todas las
olazas de Ia citada Repub.ica Me-
xicana, precisamente en- pesos fuer
tes de plata mexicana o en- none
das de orc nacional, pudiendo ha-
GER tambien situaciones en- dolares,
o sea dinero americana, 81 81 Glen
te asi 10 prefiere-
Al desear situar dinero E cual-
Ouier parte de Ia Republica, bas-
tara remitir a "a casa giradora d.
nero americana, asi como el NOM
bre Y direction complete de ia per-
/, soma a quien debe remitirse en-
Mexico, = Ia casa por conducto de
! sus sgentes Sc escargara de tacer
llegar q nsnqs de los ~intereSados
Ell tinero que Sc ordele, sin que
ia persona que 10 remite de este
pals tenga que molestarse en- es-
sriSr, nj enviar Ebranzas, pues
que IA casa giradora Sc encarga
|a6e TODD clio, = ademas recogera IN
recibo de Ia persona q Guien Sc lie
remite el dinero, el que enviara CO.
mo eomprobapte a sus ~clientes- ,
Al recibir Ell dnero americana,
Ia ASA giradora unviara al cliente
una carta de g~arantia, en- Ia que
consta que 81 por cuaiquiera cir
cunstancia Ell dinero no fuere n
tregado a Ia persona GU e Sc desig-
ne en- Mexico, en- IN plaZo razona-
bic, Ia casa Sc compromise q de-
volver 81 grader Ia misma CAN'T
dad de dinero americana que reci-
bio, sin cobrarle absolutame1te IA
da por u g~estiones.
A Ia fecha esta asa hs sltua-
do en- Mexico mas de tIescientos
nil pesos mexcanoS = tienen e.
gusto de no haber recibido nj uns
sola reclamation.
Para remitir el dinero america
no Ell modo mas SECURE es sacar
IN giro postal o giro de Express
pagadero a Ia orden de Mayo's
Money Exchange o enviar los bills
ties en- carta certificada debiendo
rotular el sobre como sigue:
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CHIHUAHUA.
LLEGARON QUINIENTOS WILLIS
TAS QUE Sc RINDIERON.
Fueron rendidos por ell Jefe de las
Armas de la plaza. Cor. Castro.

Armas de la plaza. Cor. Castro.
CHIHUAHUA, Mayo 21.-Quinien-
tos hombreS que pertenecieron al
ejercito de Francisco Villa, llegaron
aver en- la.!manana a esta ciudad, pa
"a hacer entrega de las armas = mu-
niciones que poseian y recibir un sal
vo-conducto del genera! Murguia.
Ell estado en- que llegaron era YER
daderamente deplorable, especialmen-
te en- 10 que respecta a indumentaria.
La prolongada campana echa a traves
de las ~serranias del Estado, habia a.
cabado con los uniformes que les dio
Francisco Villa a raiz de haberlos a.
gregado a su ejercito para combatir
contra ell ~gobierno del ex-Primer Je-
fe.
Fueron recibidos los ex-villistas GER
ca de la Presa del Chuviscar, por e.
Jefe de las Armas de la plaza, CO.
ronel Castro, a quien accompaniment
dos Re los oficiales de su Estado Ma
yor. Una guardia competente quedo
en- lugar distantc, para acudir en- su
auxilio en- case necesario, pues hay
que hacer constar que Sc temia una
emboscada de los ex-villistas. I'D.
Los e~x-rebeldes fueron conducidos
al Quartet general, donde Sc lie reco-
gieron las armas Y municiones y des-
pues Sc les dieron ~provisiones para
que Sc alimentaran. pues dijeron que
traian hambre, porque con dificulta-
des habian podido p~roveerse de ali
mentos desde que a~bandonaron a Vi
la.
Todos estos hombres recihiran diez
pesos Y un pase de ferocarril para
que regresen a la Laguna, pues die
ron che ALA vivian cuando lego vi
LA Y los oblig6 a tomar las armas, d.
ciendoles que habia que combatir con-
ira los que Sc negaban a defender a
la patria. &%
A,gunos de los citados individuos
dcclaiaron que tenian la seguridad de
que pronto vendria a rendirse otro
grupo de vilIistas. el que esta a las
6rdenes de un jefe apellidado Cha
vez, quien ahora anda huyendo de
Villa, porque este 10 s~entencio q muer
te por desobediencia.
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AGUASCALIENTES.
PEDIRAN LA NULIDAD DE LAS
ELECCIONES.
Los clubs politicos no reconoceran e.
triunfo de Aurelio Gonzalez.

AGUASCALIENTES, Mayo 90
Pasaron las elccciones, pero la aglta-
ci0n popular continua y amenaza ser
mas grave que 10 fue durante Ia lucha
electoral. Con efecto, muy pocos son
los cue estan conformes con ell re-
sultado de las elecciones verificadas
e. domingo ante pasado. Todos los
clubs que no sostuvieron la candida
tura del ciudadano Aurelio Coma
lez, estan ~resueltos a pedir la null
dad de las e~lecciones al Congreso de
la Union. Y es mas, estan decididos
-pues asi 10 a%cordaron en- una a.
samblea que Sc verified aqui aver
a no ninguno de los actos
dc las Juntas computadoras de vo-
tos, ell congress- local o ell mismo 60
b~ernador. Lo que quiere decir, que
81 ell ciudadano Gonzalez llega al po-
der, sera por imposition Official Y
contra ell sentir popular Y ssto dara
lugar. seguramente, a successes graves
| que va sc trata de evitar. Ell gober-
nador militar de! Estado, general Nor
zaragaray, marcho a la ciudad de Me-
xico a conferenciar con ell Presiden-
tie, sobre la ane de arreglar ell
conflicto.
-Estan de placemes los obreros
| porque, segun Sc anuncia, el dia prl-
nero del mes de JUNO r~eanudaran sus
trabajos la fundicion de esta capital,
| que ha estado paralizada durante los
ultimos amos de guerra civil
Antes de que la guerra estallara,
la fundicion daba trabajo a mas de
tres mil obreros; hoy, seguramente,
que no habra lugar para tai numero,
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MEXICO.
TRIUNFO EN- LAS ELECClONES
Ell GENERAL MILAN.
Era Ell candidate que eontaba con el
dccidido apoyo Official.

TOLUCA. Mayo 20.-Asegurando
que en- esta capital Y IN todos los
principales districts e~lectorales obtu-
vo una abrumadora mayoria de vo-
tos, los partidarios del general Agus'
tin MILAN hicieron circular anoche
una hoja ~suelta, anunciando que el re
ferido candidate habia triuntado en- Ia
lucha Y que. pos 10 tanto, era ell fu-
turo g%obernador constitutional del Els
tado de Mexico.
Ninguna sorpresa ha causado ell tai
anuncic. No habia en- Ell Estado de
Mexico quien ignorara que el triunfo
en- las elecciones correspondents a Mi
Han, pues este era ell candidate Off
cial Y contaba con ell decidido apoyo
de todas las a%utoridades y con Ell a.
(Pasa a la ia. Col 7a.)
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EstaIIo la tue|qa
en- Arizona
Los mineros de limited Yer
de Mine" abandonan
ell trabajo

JEROME, Ariz., Mayo 25.-H, S.
McClusy, Representative de la Union
International de Mineros,' anuncio a.
noche en- esta ciudad, que habia sido
decretado una huelga de los mineros y
%empleados que trabajan en- las labo-
res de la UNITED Verde Mine"
Las propiedades de Ia compania mi
nera antes dicha Sc ]encuentran en- las
cercanias de esta ciudad, y en- e. case
de que los o~perarios de ella abando-
men los trabajos, los negocios sufri-
ran bastante, pues son mas de $500
los %urionistas que tendran que ODE
decor la orden de la organization a
que p]ertenecen. El motive de la huel-
ga es que la UNITED Verde Mine" Sc
MEGA a n a la Union Inter
nacional de Mineros."
Al ser notificado ell gerente de IA
nina de que habia sido decretaGa "a
huelga, entrego a W. A. Burns, del
comite executive de ia union, la 81
guiente declaration escrita:
"Deseo informar a listed Y a la orga-
nizacion que representa- que Ia Unit
ed Verde Mine" tiene un contrato de
cobre con ell gobierno de los Estados
Unidos, por el tempo que dure la
guerra"
Creese possible que el Department
to del Trabajo del Estado intervenga
con objeto de que Sc arreglen las di-
ferencias entire patrones y huelguis-
taS.