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Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
SOCIETY WOMAN FLEES

SEATTLE, March 15.-W. w. But Ter, a rich broker of this city has re- ported to the police that his wife has fled and he does not know her where abouts. Mrs. Butler was formerly a typist for Butler. he divorcing his first wife to marry her.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
DAUGHTER OF CLEVELAND
 MARRIED TO CAPTAIN

LONDON, March 15. - Esther, daughter of former President Grover Cleveland and Captain w. G. B. Bos- anquet, were married at Westminster Abbey today. The groom is the son of a common sergeant of this city.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
MILL ATTEMPT A RECONCILIATION Agreement Between Germany and Poland Will be New Solution of
 Agreement

AMSTERDAM, March 15.-Active negotiations in progress for a recon ciliation between Germany and Pol and and a new solution of the Polish situation will be announced shortly according to the Kurjer Polsky of Warsaw.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15

AMERICAN LOST ON FLORIZEL
 WASHINGTON: E. w. Stevenson, of New York, was the only American citizen on the lost Red Cross steam ship Florizel, according to deport to the state department. His name is not among those reported saved.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
AWARDED FOR
 PAINTING NEW BUILDING

The contract for painting the ex- terior of the new government build ing has been awarded to w. H. Bren-
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
ROOSEVELT PROUD OF
 ARCHIE'S DECORATION

NEW YORK, March 15.-Theo- dore Roosevelt cabled Archie today that he was very proud of him, add ing: Your cross is the greatest pos session this family has,"
 Young Roosevelt was decorated as he was lying upon the operating table on the Foul front.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
CIVIL WAR IN TURKESTAN

PETRORAD, March 15.-Twenty thousand casualties have resulted from a civil war which has broken out in Turkestan between the SOviets and the natives. according to dispatches received here today. Great battles are being fought between the insurgents and the government troops.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
French Gain Footing

BERLIN, March 15.-A strong French detachment gained footing on the West Nauroy road on the Ger man Crown Princes front at Cham pagne, the war department announc- ed today.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
J. 5. TROOPS ''
 TAKE TRENCHES
Sector Wrested from Enemy After Spirited Battle-BOys Proud of
 First Victory

AMERICAN ARMY, March 15.- Americans today occupied German trenches captured in the Longueville sector recently. The American boys are very proud of their first actual advance.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
SEATTLE FISH PRICES

SEATTLE, Mar. 15.-Seattle price at noon, March fifteenth. Halibut, fif- teen and one-fourth cents; sable fish. six and one-fourth cents; red cod, five cents.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
English Make Raids

LONDON, March 15.-Our raiding parties entered the enemy's lines west of the village of Fuislam and brought back few prisoners says today's of- ficial communication.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15

SENATOR STEPHENSON DEAD
 MARINETTE, Wis, March 15.- Former Senator Stephenson died to- day at his home in this city.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15

Rumanians Evacuate Territory
 VIENNA, March 15.-The war of flee announced today that the Ruman- ians had evacuated the last stretch of territory occupied by their forces in Hungary.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
TREATING WITH UKRANIANs

AMSTERDAM, aMrch 15.-Peace negotiations were opened today be- tween the Russian government and province of Ukraine at kief, accord
 ing to dispatch received here today.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15

Charles AainSr' sndF Charles Saun- ders will leave soon for their prop erty at Port Wells.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15

MANY VESSELS LAUNCHED
 SEATTLE, March 15.-Vessels az gregating 44,OOO tons have been launched in Pacific coast shipyards during the past 24 hours.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
ISSUES LONG
 LIST OF CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 15.- Pershing's casualty list will be pub lished tomorrow. I. is the longest list yet given out.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-03-15
Americans Help Red Guard

AmeriCans Help KeU GuafU
 STOCKHOLM, March 15.-A num- Der of Americans are with the Finnish Red Guard directing military opera tiOnS.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1918-02-09
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB

1t is gratifying to leern that our Commercial Club is to be re-organized = for as the spring advances, matters will arise which require public attention.
 As our town is not yet in corporetad we have no mayor and city council to rely upon, therefore it is an absolute nec esssity to have a. public body which devotes it's activities to matters of benefit to the com munity.
 The present cllo in it's in fancy did much good publicity work md brought Mccarthy well forward. Unfortunately some of those who were the foremost workers, are at present away for the winter, and those left behind do not seem to re- member that this club is to for ward the growth and improve ment of the town and Incidentally help the business man.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1918-02-09

dlayed no favor.tes. using '" funds in hIs ch>rsc where Jney would do the gre est amount of good, aud has constructed some muc hneedeG u oroughfal- IS Mr Wilson is 2 St9unch Dem ocrat of m3ny yedrs standing and is deserving of the support of the party both at the primary election Lo at tie general elect ion next Htvtnle1. --Valdez
 Miner
The McCarthy weekly news., 1918-02-09
THE LESS E SAY
 THE MORE VIE HEAR

England and France have furn i ,hed a good exam ple of Wise saws and modern instances. tt might indee1 be taken al-. most as a case of exchange Of international courtesies.
 France early in the war be came aware of the spy perll' and posted notice, which when translated reads; " Hold your tongue! Use caution! ... England followed suit, and America may well learn early the folly of indiscriminate talk Ing.
 A French offlcen sends to Le Figaro a quartrain that ne found posted up in large letters at a great railway station. He offers it as an illustration of the simple and naive manner with which attention of soldiers IS attracted and their souls i'm ore >t-- those grown-up children who are Britain's soldiers" Here it IS: A wise old owl lived in an oak: The more he saw, the less he
 spoke.
 The less he spoke, the more he
 heard.
 Soldiers should initiate that old
 hird
The McCarthy weekly news., 1918-02-09
A DESERVING CANDIDATE

A DESERVING CANDIDATE
 James E. Wilson, the present incumbent in the office of Terri : torial road overseer for the Third division has filed his dec- laration of candidacy for renomi nation at the hands of the Dem ocratie party at the coming pri- mary election in April.
 MT Wilson has beeu indefati- gable in his labors to make the territorial road money do the greatest amount of work. He has
The McCarthy weekly news., 1918-02-09

Go back to the simple life, be contented with simple food, simple pleasures, simple clothes Work hard, pray hard, play hard. Work, eat, recreatc and sleep. Do it all courageously. We have a victory to win.
 HOOVER.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1918-02-09

, Commence this month and bank will this nsti tiou: A bank that aoes not measure it's succ,> 1T Gollars ,]one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
MRS. WHARTON'S
A NOVEL
An Exhibition of the Awaken.
ing of America to the e,
Greatness of France

The hero of Mrs. Wharton's short
novel The Marne," Is an American boy
who has known France all his life and
loved It. There were a few such privi-
legged persons in America when the war
began. They had travelled In France,
had come in contact with her people, be-
come familiar with her history and her
ideals and when france was attacked
hundreds of the fortunate American
youths who felt themselves akin to her
went TO her rescue. The rest of Ameri-
ca had a most superficial impression of
France and the French. Now, Mrs.
Wharton has apparently sought to show
how one youth reacted when the war
began and how a lot of typical Ameri-
cans who went over last year after we
entered the war had their eyes opened
and discovered that there was something
wonderful over there 81 which they had
not dreamed. The substance of the story
is slight. The hero visits the first Marine
battlefield and discovers the grave of
his French tutor who had been killed.
Then he waits impatiently till he Is old
enough to render some kind of service
ambulance corps n find himself in the
second battle of the Marine, where Is
wounded. The whole thing Is done with
the perfection Of art OF which Mrs.
Wharton Is mistress.
H MARINE. BY Edith Wharton. New
York: d. Appleton & Co. s 1875.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
PROPAGANDA
IN A LOVE STORY
Helen X. Martin Continues to
! Preach Socialism in Her
Pennu. Dutch Stories

Familiar earmarks are visible in the
opening chapters of Helen r. Martins
newest book, Maggie of virginsburg.'
The author, who made her first big
hit' In the realm OF fiction with "Tillie.
a Mennonite Maid" followed by "Sa-
bina' and perhaps others of the same
general tenor, by more or less humorous
delineations of Pennsylvania Dutch char
acter and personality, with which she
Shove Individually close acquaintance,
returns for the nonce to a well-worked
held In a series OF 'silhouettes," as she
~designates her narrative of the careers
or Maggie n her schoolmate, Henry.
IL happens that neither of the twain, al
though they are reared in the Penn
Dutch environment and at
mosphere, is to the born and
this fact evidently accounts for the In
surgency that develops quite early in
their young lives and makes conditions
with spurious kinfolk i~ntolerable. Maggie
is especially uncomfortable under the
hateful regime of a supposititious but
wholly unsympathetic aunt, uncle and
cousin. The same rebellious spirit is
manifested when the young folk eventu-
ally escape from the sordid surroundings
OF their unhappy homes, enter college
and in the final 'silhouettes'' are
depicted as militant members of the COM
munity at large.
Mrs. Martin long ago established a
reputation as a vigorous champion of a
species of socialism that scorns unwar-
ranted restraint, unafraid to express her
dissent from established customs that ran
counter to her own sense of Justice. And
in Maggie Of Virginsburg'' she has
apparently drawn inspiration alike from
the narrow confines Of the Pennsylvania
Dutch farmhouse and the colleges and
universities. whence every now and then
Is heard the rumble Of conflict between
rebels of the faculties and the more con-
sentative trustees and moneyed interests
that concern themselves in he field oil
education.
MAGGIE OF vIRGINsBURG. BY Helen r
Martin. New York: The Century Com
pany. $1.40.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
Indian Tales

Most children prefer good old-fash.
toned indian stories to any other kind,
with the possible exception of fairy tales.
It is a well-known fact that the Indian
children themselves would listen for
hours while the story-teller Of the tribe
related his wonderful imaginings about
most everything. Many of these fasci-
mating tales of our native Americans
have been put into book form by Kath-
crime b. Judson under the title Of "Old
Crow and His Friends"
There is an added interest in the tales
because the originals, are from authentic
chronological sources. They should prove
of interest to the older children as well
as to those who crave a little tale al
bedtime. The rabbit, wolf, black bear
wind, moon, thunder and sky are al
brought into the stories In an enter,
tanning n and the illustrations are
fantastic.
OLD GROW. By Katherine B. Judson. Bos.
ton: Little. Brown & Co. S1.36.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
Lincoln SURPRISES Himself

Christmas will be the merrier this year
for the large following of Joseph C.
Lincoln in that their favored author
has provided another of his delectable
Cape Cod yarns for their stockings.
'Shavings' Is in Mr.. Lincoln's happiest
strain, which means several happy hours
for his readers.
The war touches Mr.. Lincoln's novel.
but not the horrors OF action and the
great sacrifices hat won victory, SO
'ShaVings' is not to be classed as a war
novel. Only the casual phases of war
time enter to aid a bit in the plot. And
Mr.. Lincoln simply surpasses himself
In the plot! A bank robbery, a political
squabble between rival bosses, enlist
ments in the service of Uncle Sam, and
two love affairs which refuse to run
smoothly provide some of the compiled
tons which stir up Orham and reach
even unto Ostable. or course, all the
angle is eventually dissolved to the
satisfaction of the reader, but he has
more than one anxious page over the
Vicissitudes that beset his favorite char
acters in the story.
or course, the prime faSorite Is
"Shavings" himself. j. Edgar winslow,
Millmaker Jed to all the natives and
summer visitors around. Jed is n
queer duck" without denial, but he
ls not lacking in that valuable commod-
ity known as horse sense. and he SUD-
PIGMENTS this with a goodly portion Of
sympathy for e%verythinr in his
small circle of folk and his Snail zone
OF influence that is worthy cf sympathy.
His native shrewdness and his homelv
philosophy make him one of the most
lovable of the Lincoln Cape Cod crea-
tons,
sEAXINGs. BY Joseph C. Lincoln. New
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
The Penguin Series

Bonl IL Liveright, the success of whose
modern library series has been notable.
evidently feel justified in venturing still
further with the publication of books in
UNIFORM style. Four volumes in a new
venture have just come from their
presses. They are the first in what IL
TO be known as the Penguin Series. They
are printed in large tyne with ample
margins in a page slightly more oblong
IMAM in the usual book and they are
bound in boards With a vellum-cloth
pack with the title on the back and on
the front cover printed in black. Each
volume contains about $50 The
series Is to be devoted to books never
before printed in America. It starts
with Gabrielle de Bergerac," by Henry
James, a short novel in his earlier style.
Those who have found II diflcult To
read his later books will be glad of the
opportunity to get this tale. so charming
in plot, 50 delightful in the lucidIty of
its style. "Karma," after the first tale
Is the title given to a collection of four
sketches by Lafcadio Hearn, edited by
Albert Mordell. 1t includes, "Bilal.'
Hearn's well-known discussion of thu
musical gifts of the negroes. The third
in the series is n volume of Japanese
fairy tales, four Of which are translated
by Hearn.. And the fourth in the series
is Hermann Sudermann's dramatic
novelette,, ~"Iolanthe's Wedding"
GABRIELLE DE BERGERAC. BY Henri
James. New York: Boni & Liveright
K.ARMA. by Lafcadio Hearn. New York
JAPxNEsE fairy TALES. By Lafcad,
Hearn. New York. Boni & LIveright
IoIANTHE,s wEppINo; BY, Herman,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
WAR AND PEACE IN FICTION AND FACT-BOOKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
ON
THE CATSKILLS
Delightful Book on the Great
NetU York Pleasure
Resort .

There is no pleasanter companion for
fireslde travel thar T. Morris Longstreth.
one can sit in an easy chair and climb
mountains or wander along the high
ways with him and get all the enjoy
ment of the experience with none of the
a~nnoyances. He took his readers to the
A~dlrondacks last year and this year he
is taking them to the Catskills. He has
made a most delightfully."- unconventional
book. It is a guide to the mountains,
II n chooses to regard II as such. But
1t Is much more. 1t Is a study in hu-
man nature and an exhibition of the
erect of mountain scenery on q youth
OF the Catskill country who had never
wandered about the mountains until Mr..
Longstreth took him as a companion.
The youth discovers that one gets more
than a view over a horizon when he
Is on n mountain top-his mental horl-
zon widens also. As the youth confessed
he had got more ideas in two weeks in
the mountains than would last him a
year at his work in the valley. Mr..
Longstreth succeeds in impressing his
readers with the fact hat this Is what
tramping in the country Is for. It clears
the obweb from the brain, freshens the
thinking, is a discourager of cynicism
and an epcourager of wholesomeness Of
all kinds. His book Is illustrated from
photographs and contains an excellent
map of the Catslill region.
THE CATSKILLs. BY T. Morris Long
81. so, ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
Bird and Animal Ways

Another of Jean-Henri Fabre's popular
bird and animal books for children has
been translated by Florence c. Bicknell,
who made his STORY Book Of Science
accessible to English speaking young
people. The latest book Is called our
Humble Helpers and deals with the
common domestic fowls and animals, the
hens and ducks and geese. the dog. the
horse, the cow ind the sheep. 1t con-
talns the information that Is familiar to
specialists, but that not one adult in a
thousand knows. Take, for example, the
structure of the egg of the common hen.
The white of the egg, he tells us, Is a
twisted cord holding the yolk as In a
hammock and when the egg Is Matched
the cord gradually untwists in order 10
allow the growing chick to have the
room It needs. He tells us also that
there are a lot Of microscopic holes In
the big end of the shell IN order to per-
nit air to enter. The book will be abb
sorbingly interesting to young people
who care anything about natural history,
The latest book in Royal DIxon's Sc
ries on the human side of natural things
Is THE Human Side OF Animals" Mr.,
Dixon finds in the beaver and the fox
and the dog and other animals a degree
Of intelligence and reason which causes
him to compare II with that Of human
beings, and he ever indorses the PROPOSE
ton that animals have souls, His book
will please animal lovers, but a natural
list with the equipment Of Fabre would
disagree utterly with his conclusions.
OUR HUMBLE HELPERS. BY Jean-Henr
Fabre. New York: The Century Com
pany. So.
THE HUMAN SIDE OF ANIMALS. II!
Royal Dixon. New York: Frederick A
Stokes Company. $l.75.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
Patriotic Books for Youngsters

Already the eyes of far-sighted Amer
leans are turned toward the epochal
changes which are certain to arise from
the great war, and among those for
ward looking men and women are many
educators who believe It their great duty
to prepare the youngest generation of
Americans to meet those changes. II Is
with this purpose in mind that Wilbur
+. Gordy, Frances NimmO Greene and
Mary Synon each has contributed to a
group Of three books expressly written
for the boys and girls of America who
soon will be taking upon themselves the
duties of citizenship.
Mr.. Gordy, who has written a num-
Der of books of historical nature for
younger Americans, attempts in Our
Patriots to give a clear and definite
conception of the meaning of patriotism,
To this end he has selected the men and
women whose lives are an expression
of this idea, and he has set forth the
patriotic aims and Ideals which inspired
their words and deeds.
my Country's Voice." by Frances
Nimmo Greene, Is a collection of the
utterances, both in poetry and prose
of our great leaders. These are ar
ranged in the order of time, SO that the
trend of American history runs through
them, and they are accompanied by
simple and authentic explanations.
In MY Country's Part" Mary Synon
a writer of short stories, has set forth
the principles which have inspired the
United States in the war, as well as the
country's plans, purposes and activities
OF particular constructive value are the
authors suggestions as to how they may
contribute to the final victory.
OURJPATRIoTS. BY Wilbur +. Gordy. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 80 cents
NY CoUNTRY'S VOICE. BY Francei
NImmo Greene. New York: charle'
MY COUNTRY'S PART. By Mary Synon
New York: Charles Scrtbner's Sons: 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
The Grip
of the Ice Fields

Great indeed Is the fascination which
the far North has for certain daring,
adventurous men. Donald Macmillan was
at the Poles with Peary. When Peary's
ship, the Roosevelt. was on her way
back, Macmillan hoped the ship would
get stuck so they would be held there
for at least another year
He says, What a grip the great white
ice-nelds get on a man! And what a
fascination may exist in the most DESC
late placesl" Right there he made up
his mind he was going back. But the
Poles had been found. What else was
there to do?
There is a place in the North-the
largest unexplored white spot on the sur
face OF the globe-a place nobody was
sure Of. Al its edge, Peary said, II seem
to see more distinctly the snow-clad
submits of a distant land in the North
west above the Ice horizon" And this
was the goal hat Donald Macmillan set
out to reach.
His expedition was organized by the
American Geographical Society m the
Museum of Natural History. They ex'
pected to be away two years; instead
they spent four years OF terrible hard
ship, OF hair-raising adventure. of long
patient waiting: but they found what
they set out to find. and Macmillan hal
told the story in a most remarkable, in
teresting and modest book.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21
4 Young Folks Lincoln

1t is difficult to conceive Of a more
lnspirational and interesting subject for
growing boys thar the life of Abraham
Lincoln, so rich in the sort Of episodes
dear to the heart of youth. OF course
a life of Lincoln for Juvenile readers
must be fttingly assembled and pre-
sented, all of which mas been done by
Wilbur +. Gordy in the latest Of his
books dealing with American history.
This volume on the life of Lincoln is the
first of a series called Heroes and
Leaders in American History" which
will deal with the lives of men in vari-
Gus fields of service in our national
life. Mr.. Gordy has arranged his sub
jcct matter for a logical presentation,
consistently adheres to simplicity of
diction, is never obscure, and takes no
untoward liberty with historical facts.
It is an easy boo to read because of
the liberal size of the print and the fire.
quent Illustrations.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. BY Wilbur F. Cor
dy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 81.