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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

Enemies of General Csrranza could
not resist the temptation 20 play up
. debated birthday greeting sent by
tbs frat chief 70 Kaiser william. and
make il appear As an expression of
good wishes In connection with tho
fftfbns srine campaign
President Wilson sent the German,
ruler q Similar message on the DC
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09
COULDN'T RESIST THE TEMPTATION.

casion OF the recent celebration OF hi,
Atty eighth birthday.
The determination on the part of
certain persons 10 infame American
sentiment against Mexico and the
only leader for years who has shown
actual executive ability and con-
Structive grasp on Mexican problems
FOR years IS 70 be severely condemned
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

IL We have 70 fight let's develop a
long distance gun and do our shooting
from our own shoreA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

1t Ia wonderful how some things
have moved ZIP in society lately.
For example. Mr.. Cabbage, the erst-
while friend of us poor folks Why,
bless your soul. the good old pot
Ticker which in We olden days was
so hugely enjoyed by the pigs, has
now become SO high toned that 1t oc-
curies place In the silver tureen,'
md on the menu Is known as "houil-
lon de chow chow"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

It's a pity. after all his trouble in
getting here, Count Tarnowski can't
hide a while with us.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

Batting a patient man TO hsticutf
is Iike,monkeying with a huzz-saw.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

The fool killer must be dead. Here's
a man who Is reported TO have COM
mitted suicide by drinking gasoline.
We are not Informed as 10 his
financial standing, but take It for
granted he must have been million
afre
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

Holding tho American ambassador
as a hostage is the Teutonic view OF
hospitality.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

RS jnst ono Ting happening after
another these days same as usual.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

Germany ia making entirely too
free use Of the sens.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

The American eagle is busy sharp
ming hts claws
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09
A MOST CREDITABLE SHOWING.

five times the increase shown for the
year 1916 over 1914,
In every item OF resource the com
hned statement shows increase Re,
discounts and bills payable showed a
marked reduction, the prosperous
condition of the banks and the plenti-
ful supply of money making redjs-
counting unnecessary.
As rejecting the general prosperity
Of the state. we congratulate the
state banks on their showing, while
the fact that no failures were record
ed evidenced the innate soundness Of
orr hankH and the conservative con.
duct ~ their affairs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09
AMUSING PRESENTATION OF
USUAL EXTREMF- CASE

Mr.. Blackmon. Of Alabama, en-
gagged In colloquy with Or. Polling
concerning the usual extreme" cases
which the liquor people delight to
bring forward as reasons against the
passage Of law He was very much
concerned lest an old lady seventV-six
years old. who had been accustomed
to stimulant on prescription of a
physician for many years, would die
from exhaustion, because THIS bill
might prevent her ordering her iiouor
through the mail. DR.. Polling showed
that this bill did not go any further
than the present anti narcotic law.
which had been passed by con gross.
and which NJ. Blackmon. amid some
amusement, admitted he had voted
for.
The truth is that wherever the
liquor traffic is Judged by ordinary
standards il inevitably is weighed in
the balances and found wanting
Tested hv any ordinary standard, it is
public nuisance and should be
abated as any other public nuisance is
abated.
In closing the discussion OF the day
before, on the district prohibition bill.
Or. James cannon, Jr. chairman Of
the national legislative committee OF
the Anti-Saioon League of America,
spoke In part as follows:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09
DELAY IS LIQUOR
Continued From First Page.)

that a motion will be put. and carried.
long before February 81, TO take. de-
finite action on the measure and re-
port it out one way or the other 10
the house
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09

was received with considerable amaze
ment by those present. and at the
suggestion of Congressman Holland,
of virginia, the dry members who re-
manned signed a paper requesting the
chairman to call the committee to-
gether again Friday morning to con-
tinue the hearing The chairman, Mr..
Moon, himself signed the call In order
TO help make a ma ority. Congress-
man league. of Boston. when asked
II he, would not sign, stated that he
would "be caught dead first"
1t is expected by the dry members
OF the committee that a majority will
sign the call, and that the hearings
VIII be continued
Tne first speaker at the hearing was
Mr. Deets Pickett. the research secre-
tary OF the board Of temperance of
the Methodist Episcopal church Mr.,
Pickett called specia attention to the
advertisements which had been pub
hshed In various sections of the coun-
try These advertiseUents lad been
cut out OF local newspapers by pastors
who had sent them with the date OF
puoiicafion, and the name OF the
newspaper. to the oiIlce Of the tenn
perance commission.
The Advertisement we're so out
rageous that the wet members of the
committee. and some even 81 the wet
arorneys and advoCates- including Mr..
u NJ, Gilmore. pre- dent Of the Ma
tionaN Model LcenSc league. not only
WINGED, but insisted that the original
advertisements shou'd he presented.
Mr.. league. OF Bosto who seems to
be exceedingly wei demanded that
The original newspa 1ers themselves.
from which the clipujHSs were taken.
must he presented o.. nc would not
believe that they were authentic.
COULD NOT BEIIFyE ADS
WERE SO OltTR tGEOUS
Mr.. Pickett inquired whether Mr.
league meant to imply that his rep
resentations. were untrue and when
Mr.. league said he did not believe
that the advertisements were as rep
resented. and intinated that they had
been printed in, some temperance
literature In garbled form, Mr.
Pickett very properly replied 10 that
charge by stating that he did not be-
lieve that Mr.. league disbclieved lhe
accuracy OF the extracts The great
batch of advertise meuts clipped from
newspapers all over the country closed
tho mouths of the most hlatapt2t+a4or
advocates as to the character of the
advertising which Is being carried on
by the liquor dealers through the
medium OF the United States mails
Mr.. Pickett was followed by Mrs
Margaret Dye Ellis, legislative super
intendent of the National w G. r u,
who made a short statement intro
dncing Miss Anna Gordon. the presi-
dent OF the National ". c, T. l. Miss
Gordon made short but strong ap-
peal to the committee to protect the
children and the homes Of the nation
from the assaults Of the liquor traffic
through the United States mails
The closing statement for the morn
ing was made by DR.. PANEL A. Polling.
secretary of the Young People
Society of Christian F,ndeavor of the
United States. who said that he spoke
as representing 8, 600 geo of the young
people Of the nation who requested
that the United States government
should not longer permit the liquor
traffic the use of the mails to carry on
its nefarous business
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
WESTERN

Governor John B. Kendrick OF Wyo-
ming has resigned to become U. S.
senator.
The Rock Island railroad asked
Iowa to amend its laws so that the
road might issue s3O.OOO,OOO of pre-
ferred stock and spend $S,OOO,OOO to
S1O.OOo,00O of the proceeds for reor-
ganization.
Thousands of tons of foodstuffs on
the Pacific coast are awaiting pur-
chase and. shipment east, commission
men said at San Francisco. OF rice
alone there are 125,00O,OOO pounds,
much of which Is ready for shipment
and the price is lower than it has been
for several years-so low, in fact, that
nillers have been holding It,
Eight corporations and eleven indi-
viduals were named in an indictment
returned at Boise, Idaho. by the Unit
cd States grand jury for alleged con-
spiracy and unlawful combination in
restraint of interstate commerce and
in violation of the Sherman anti
trust act, in the buying. selling, manu-.
facture and shipping of creamery and
dairy products.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
IS CHILD CROSS,
.FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! II tongue 10
coated, give california
Syrup Of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours. then your little one becomes
cross. half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad.
system full Of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
Mother! See If tongue is coated, then
give teaspoonful Of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
tenn, and you have we'll child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because 1t Is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and 1t new
er fails to act on the stomach, liveR
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 5O-cent bottle
of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
4 DIFFERENCE n
THE INVESTMENT
The Western Canada Farm Prof.
its Are Away In Excess.

Mr.. George H. Barr. Of Iowa. holds
seven sections of land In Saskatche.
wan These be has fenced and rent.
ID. either for pasture or cultivation.
al paying good interest on the invest
ment.
Mr.. Barr says that farm land at
home in Iowa is held at $50 per acre.
These lands are In high state of cul-
tivation, with splendid improvements
In houses. barns. stables and silos. and
yet. the revenue returns from them are
only from two to three per cent per
annum on Investment.
Last year. 1915. his half share Of
crop on a quarter section In Saskatche-
wan, wheat on new breaking. gave him
IS per cent on the capital invested
$500 an acre. The crop yield was
IS bushels per acre. This year the
same Quarter-section. sOwn to Red
Fife on stubble gave 1926 bushels. His
share. 1,643 bushels of Northern at
$1.5G per bushel. gave him $2.563.O
Seed. half the twine and half the
threshing bill cost him $453.O0. Allow
ing a share of the expense Of his an
nual inspection trip. charged to this
quarter-sectiOn even to $1,000, and he
has left 100000, that is 80 per cent
Of the original cost Of the land. Any
one can figure up that another aver
age crop will pay, not 2 or 8 per cent
on investment, al In Iowa, but the
total price Of the land. Mr.. Barr says:
sThat's no Joke noy."
Mr.. Barr was instrumental In bring.
ng a number Of farmers from Iowa to
Saskatchewan In 1918. he referred to
one of them. Geo. 81. Kerton, tenant
section of improved land at $500 an
acre near Hanley. From proceeds Of
crop in 1914, 1915. 1915. he has paid
for the land. Mr.. Barr asked him a
week ago: swell, George. what shall
I tell friends down home for yOu?"
The reply was: 'Tell them I shall
never 20 back to be q tenant for any
man." Another man, Charles Haight,
realized $4,000 in cash for his wheat
crops in 1915 and 1915.
Mr.. Barr when at home devotes
most Of his time to raising and deal
ing In live stock. On his first visit of
inspection to Saskatchewan, he real
lied the opportunity there was here
for grazing cattle. So his quarter
sections, not occupied, were fenced
and rented az pasture lands to farm
ers adjoining. His creed Is: 'sLet ma
ture supply the feed all summer while
cattle are growing, and then in the
fall, take them to farmsteads to be
finished for market. There is money
in it."-Advertisement.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
SPORT.

Joe Wood. who. because of salary
differences, refused to play with the
Boston American Club last year, was
sold to the Cleveland American
League Club for $4,000.
What is said to be worlds record
in twenty-four-hour endurance roller
skating was established at the Broad
way roller skating rink in Denver,
when Robert Wheeler covered 2S1
miles and eight laps in twenty-fo
hours, defeating Weatherby, Miller
and Eisenhand, the latter dropping
cut when he was painfully injured.
Many surprises marked the first
two weeks of play in the annua!
squash tennis and handball tourna-
ments of the Denver Athletic Club.
George Hemmen defeated E. A. Ins-
keep by score Of 15-14 and 1914.
Fetzer whipped Vagnino, 1910, 1915
and 1912, and DR.. w. c. Mitchell
trimmed ]. G. Kerr, SIS, 15-9 and 15-s
in the preliminary rounds OF the
squash tennis tourney.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
WASHINGTON.

All travellers in Mexico hereafter
must carry passports bearing their
photographs. according to announce
ment in Nuevo Laredo.
President Wilson addressed Con-
gress asking for authority to use the
forces Of the United States to protect
American rights on the high seas.
Conferees on the legislative appro-
priation bill threw out the Poindexter
amendment, which would put all first
and secondclass postmasters into the
civil service
Although there will be no embargo
on oil, decided increases in the export
duties on crude oil and its products
are provided in a decree outlined by
the Mexico department of fomento
and now awaiting the signature of
Gen. Carranza.
Postponement of the effective rate
of the "bone-dry" prohibition amend.
ment to the postoffice bill, until Oct.
l, 1917, is proposed in a concurrent
resolution introduced BY Representa-,
tive Moon of Tennessee, chairman of
the postoffice committee.
Senator Lewis of Illinois introduced
as an amendment to the revenue bill
a provision to authorize the President
to seize foodstuffs deemed to be
monopolized in violation OF law. Food
stuffs SO seized would be disposed OF
At public sale under government su
1srvision
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
FoREios.

Navigation between Spaia and ~
Philippine islands has been resunel
There is such a scarcity Of. tohaeco
ia Trieste that il has been decided 70
issue tobacco tickets. None will b a.
loved to women
The Panama canal did its biegest
months business in January. l76 YES
sells with tonnage Of 557.s39 I,
having passed through the waterway.
Several buildings of the famous
Cockerill works at Seraing. five miles
southwest of Liege. Belgium. have
been destroyed through an incendiary
fire.
The army estimate issued in Lon
don provides for an army OF 100000
men exclusive Of India An additional
Lazy estimate calls for $4,000 officers
end men. bringing the total Of the
navy personnel to $4,000.
A number of Sim Feiners. who had
recently returned from internment in
England. were arrested in Limerick.
Galway and Skibbereen. as well as
in Dublin. The arrests were made un-
der the defense Of the realm act
> The Berne Bundesrat announces the
long awaited restriction OF food dis
tribution whereby Switzerland will
have henceforth two meatless days
weekly, must 10 without whipped
cream and other similar dishes and
must limit its egg consumption.
The duke of Atholl has just died.
leaving an estate of 100000 acres i'll
the Scottish highlands nf Perthshirc.
At GAO acres to the square mile, this
is over 80 square miles, or about the
size of those sections in southeast
Europe which desire to be liberated
and "nationalized."
1t has required a thirty-twc-page
booklet for the imperial postoffice to
enumerate the list of newspapers and
Periodical publications in Germany o:
recognized standing which "tempor-
arily will not appear during thl
course of the war" The list includes
1880 publications.
The will Of Roger Easement. the
former British knight and consul, who
vas hanged in Pentonville prison
Aug. last, after his conviction Of
conspir:ng to cause the Dublin revol:
last Easter, was probated in London.
1t disposed of his estate of E135,
which he left to his cousin, Mrs.
Parry.
Telegrapnin2 from Madrid Sunday
keuters correspondent says that
James w. Gerard, former American
Ambassador to Germany; Mrs GeraId d
and the members OF the embassy staff
left the Spanish capital on special
train for Corunna, where the party
VIII embark for the voyage to the
United States.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
GEN ERAI,

God bless the kaiser If he succeeds
in keeping in the United States the
food we need" shouted speaker
from the platform in mass meeting
on the food situation at Philadelphia.
Thirteen persons are known to have
lost their lives and more than 100
have been reported injured in series
of tornadoes that swept portions of
Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi Fri
day.
A four months old Berkshire hog
sired by Epochal, an English heg,
connection with the American Berk-
shire Congress convention at Purdue
University at Lafayette, Ind.
New York city, glutted with the
ever known. blinked and stared while
from the bowels of the East Side there
surged into City Hall square mob of
desperate women. crying for bread
and demanding that the mayor do
something to relieve their suffering
Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the
commission for relief in Belgium.
stated in New York that the commits
sion had effected an arrangement
with the British government on one
side and the German government on
the other by which an acceptable lane
for relief commission ships between
forth American ports and Rotterdam
has been agreed upon.
Rioting was resumed simultaneous
ly in five different parts of the Bronx
IT, New York, Saturday. Stands in
several markets were overturned. Re-
serves were called out and made sew
cral arrests. The rioters said they
were members of the "Anti-High Cost
of Living League"
Investigators Of the police depart.
ment in taking a census of food sup
plies at Chicago found in storage At
one refrigerating company's plant g..
100000 pounds of poultry and 100000
pounds of butter, besides carloads Of
meat. fish and apples.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
CALL EXTRA SESSION
UNlGoo LEAkS IN PROHIBITION
LAW ARE FIXED.
Governor 6untsr Asks Ls0isiatvrs -
Enact Effective Prohibition nsa6
urs Before AdjourNiW0.

western Newspaper Uaion News Service.
Denver.-Governor Julius c. 0untsr
sent . special message to The Gsasral
Assembly urging 1t not 70 fix . date
for adjournment until Al effective pro-
hibition measure has been enacted II
to law. His message reads:
To the Honorable. the General Assem-
bly, OF the State OF Colorado:
am reliably informed that the pro-
hibitory statutes are being grossly AL
extensively violated. especially BY the
unlawful introduction Of intoxicating
liquors from New Mexico into Las
Animas and other border counties.
The executive Is very earnestly direct
ing the attention Of the county author
tiles to this situation and is urging the
enforcement Of the law. The law as 1t
now stands must be and will be en-
forced. but there are serious infirmi-
ties in the law and it requires mater
ial amendments to be effective. The
executive earnestly urges the taking
up and enacting Of the needed amend
atory legislation. This can only be At
tanned by the prohibitory forces agree
ing upon some wholesome legislation
and pressing 1t to enactment.
In this connection 1t is recommended
to the Legislature that no date Of ad-
journment be fixed until effective pro-
'hibitory legislation is enacted and the
legislation has been approved by the
executive. Should the Legislature ad-
journ before the enactment Of such
necessary legislation a special session
will become imperative. With great
respect.
JULIUS c. GUNTER, Governor.
Reported violations OF the prohibi
ton law In Las Animas county led
Governor Gunter to notify authorities
in the southern part of the state to
arrest and punish all bootleggers.
kilograms were sent to Joseph w.
Hawley, district attorney. and John J.
Marty. sheriff. at Trinidad, in which
he promised the officers aid, II de-
sired, in enforcing the liquor laws.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
Yield. $40 Per Pound ore.

Cripple Creek.-A strike rivaling in
importance the finding of the million.
dollar vug" in the Cresson mine dur
ing December. 1912. has been made on
the Ell Oro mine. Eclipse gulch, owned
by the Queen Gold Mining Company.
1t is reported that . large body Of
high-grade ore has been encountered
at depth below 1000 feet in the Ell
Oro. Selected samples from the vein
are said to run as high a. $40 a pound.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
CONDENSED RECORD o. YHF
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
NOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAvlNos, DO n q Q. ACHIEVE
NENrs, sUFFERlNes. HOPES
AND FEARS or MANKIND. :.
Wsstsr. Esvspapsr Unsos news Service
A0OuT THE WAR.

Germany il employing 100000 war
prisoners a. farm laborers.
The French steamer Athos. of l2.-
800 tons. carrying Senegalese troops
and colonial laborers. has been tor
pedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean
oea.
London announced that OF the seven
Dutch steamers torpedoed only three
were sunk while the four others were
severely damaged but remained
afloat. Four OF the seven were home
ward bound with full cargoes.
Austria's reply to the United States.
defining her position in the submarine
war. is known In Berlin. according to
the Frankfurter Zeitung. which pre-
diets that a breach Of relations be-
tween Washington and Vienna is in.
svitabIe.
German naval and military leaders
In Berlin estimated that the total ton
mage sunk during February would not
exceed 100000 and expressed salts
faction with the achievements Of the
submarines. The announcement was
made by the German admiralty that
1000 troops bound for Saloniki per-
khed when the Italian transport Mi
mas was sunk Feb. II.
Casualties in the German army, ex-
elusive of Colonial troops. reported in
the German casualty lists in the
month of January. 1917. totaled 1854
officers and men killed, wounded,
prisoners or missing. These casualties
bring the total of Germans killed and
those who died Of wounds or sickness
to 9Ss,329. and the total casualties
since the war began to 4,Os7,692.
The British have captured Pys,
Serre. Miraumont and Petit Mirau-
mont in a great offensive on western
front. German hne is pierced to a
depth of three miles, military observ.
ers declare. Drive is believed to be
prelude to gigantic onslaught along
entire front. London announces sue.
essses for British forces in Mesopota.
mia and declares the invaders, after
defeating the Turks, have crossed tn
Ttgris river. Minor engagements are
reported in northwestern Russia and
In the Carpathian mountains. Rome
announces that Austrian attacks have
teen repulsed. Berlin says that the
situation In Rumania is unchanged.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-01
VIII Visit idaho eprInss.

Denver.-GovernorJ julius c. Gunter,
Mayor Robert w. speer. members of
the Twenty-first Legislature and
members of the State Highway Com
mission, will be guests on March 3
of the officials Of Idaho Springs and
the Midland Trail Association of that
city. The trip will be made by auto
mobile over Lookout mountain, re.
turning by the Bear Creek road in
the city's foothills park system.