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CHINA AID JAPAN
ON Ml OF WAR
(Continued from page 1.)
China in the fight against Japan, noi
ls it the desire of the administration
to do so, although it is well kjiown
that Presjjjont Wilson lias warned the
Tokio government that the rights of
the Uni ed States must be protected.
Ju*,t how far the government will en
deavor to hack up our rights to the
open door in China, which was the
cardinal principle of our foreign pol
icy under Secretary of Slate John
Hayes, is unknown, but many officials
expect that the United States maybe
come involved in the mess.
Consultations between the British
and Russian ambassadors here, and
Secretary rByan, were held today, but
not a word lias leaked out as to the
decision. The Japanese ambassador
has also called but was unable to see
Secretary Bryan, as the Chinese am
bassador was closeted with him at
the time.
TOKIO, May f>.—The Japanese cab
inet today sent an ultimatum to the
government of China insisting that
the demands of the Japanese govern
ment be immediately granted by the
republic and that the decision of
President Yuan Shih-kai and his for
eign minister, Lu Cheng-hsiang, not
to give in to the requests made by
the Mikado, be reconsidered.
Japs Fear John Bull.
The sudden stiffening of the Chi
nese government has surprised* the
Tokia diplomats. It is, of course, un
derstood here that Great Britain is
backing the Chinese, but just how
far John Bull will go is-uncertain and
the efforts to secure the greatest
amount of concessions that Japan can
get without an open rupture with her
Allies is now the object of the gov
ernment. It is even stated here in
semi-official circles that Japan feels
herself strong enough to stand alone
and may break with England and
Russia unless allowed a free hand in
China.
Think England Fears To Break With
Japs.
While it is realized that neither the
British or Russians could at this time
afford to allow a break in the alli
ances against Germany and Austria,
it is therefore expected that in the
end the Japanese demands will be
granted. The attitude of the United
States is not being considered, as it
is realized that America will not back
up with force any objection to Japan
ese control of China, but will satisfy
herself by making a strong diplomat
ic protest.
China Depends On British.
PEKING, China, May 5.—No active
preparations are being made here in
a military way to prepare for trouble
with Japan. It is realized that the
fate of China rests with the British
government, which is being support
ed by the Russian and American
governments in an effort to prevent
China t) coming a vassal of Japan.
The army is small and would be able
to make only temporary resistance
against the Japanese, who already
have a force of troops larger than the
regular Chinese army stationed at dif
ferent points in the republic. France
is also taking an interest in the situ
ation because of the large trade con
trolled by that country in southern
China.
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WHERE HISTORY IS LAME.
Benefactors of the Human Race Who
„ Get Too Little Credit.
History as it is written and as it Is
taught is one great panorama of wars
and dynasties. It bristles with the
names of doughty warriors and rul
ers, describes at length their struggles
and achievements and dismisses the
inventors and promoters of the great
agencies which have made modern civ
ilization possible, with scanty, if any.
mention.
The invention of printing has had
more influence upon the development
of the race than any act of any ruler
that the world has ever known, and
more than half of those who read this
will not know the inventor's name.
The men who invented and develop
ed tile steam engine did more to light
en human toil and to make possible
to each of the dwellers upon earth a
larger mead of comfort and. enjoyment
than all the generals who ever pitted
men against their fellows. Hunt for
their names in the indexes of your his
tories.
Art and literature have been broad
highways to fame. The high school
scholar can tell you who wrote what
and when lie wrote it, but ask him
who built the first railroad In America
and when nnd where it was. The
magnificent Albert memorial is cov
ered with the names of authors and
painters nnd sculptors, but Michel
angelo is there because he was an
artist, not because he was an archi
tect, nnd Leonardo Da Vinci because
lie was a painter nnd not because he
was an engineer.—I’ower.
KEPT HIS SECRET WELL
Even Scott’s Son Didn’t Know Who
Wrote the Waverley Novels.
A Scotch newspaper having referred
to the old story that Walter Scott, son
of the great novelist, had never read
his father's novels, the Dunfermline
Court Journal reprints a letter that
first appeared in its columns on Sept.
17. 1859. It was signed "Veritas,’'
and the writer says: “From 1810 to
1833 1 resided in Edinburgh and was
on intimate terms with Waiter Scott.
Sitting together one winter evening
several years before his father made
the famous declaration at the the
atrical fund dinner held in the assem
bly rooms of Edinburgh that he was
the author of the Waverley novels, I
put the following questions to my
friend: ‘Do you not really and truly
believe your father to be the author
of the Waverley novels, or who do
you suppose the author to be?’
“His answer was: ‘I have renlly no
idea who the author is. If my father
is the author he keeps the secret to
himself, for none of the family knows.
And then he added, ’The moment a
new novel (by the author of “Wav
erley’’) is announced my father orders
a copy from his bookseller, and the
whole family assembles in the parlor
in the evening to hear the novel read
by myself and my sisters, each taking
a turn.'
“He further added, ’When anything
very droll or funny occurs in the read
ing of the novel my father joins most
heartily in the laugh, perhaps more so
than any of the family.’ ”
Got the Best of Carlyle.
The Itev. Thomas Alexander, a Pres
byterian minister, long resident in
Chelsea and well known ns a brother
Scot, was most anxious to know Car
lyle, but had no opportunity of getting
an introduction to him. One day in
the King’s road he saw Carlyle coming
In his direction und took advantage of
the opportunity by going up to the
sage and saying. "Thomas Carlyle, 1
believe?” Carlyle’s reply was, “Tom
Alexander, i. know!” They became
good friends, and later Mr. Alexander
wrote to Carlyle for a subscription to
ward a school building fund, and Car
lyle wrote back a refusal In doggerel,
whereupon Mr. Alexander replied that
if he did not send him £5 he would sell
his poetry to a collector or publish it.
The £5 was at once forthcoming.
Naming tha Picture.
The artist was of the impressionist
school. He had just given the last
touches to a purple and bine, canvas
when his wife came into the studio.
“My dear,” said he, “this is the land
scape I wanted you to suggest a title
for.”
“Why not call it ’Home?’” she said
a{ter a long look.
‘Home?’ Why?”
“Because there’s no place like it,”
she replied meekly.-rGlasgow Times.
A Solemn Critio.
A local band was one day playing at
Uumfernline when an old weaver came
up and asked the bandmaster what
that was they were playing.
.“Thnt Is the ‘Death of Nelson.' ” sol-'
emnly replied the bandmaster.
‘‘Ay. man." remarked the weaver,
‘‘ye.ha’e given him nn awfu’ death!"—
Glasgow News.
A "Place of Learning.”
Sydney Smith, once being asked why
a certain college was called a place of
learning, replied that, although a great
many had been there to get .learning,
no one had ever taken learning away:
bfence It was quite appropriately
lamed.
Blockhead,
Saplelgh—The barber wanted to singe
tpy hair, but I said no. Smart—Tour
caution was (commendable. Be might
have started a wood Are.—Boston
Transcript
Bard work Is still the rood to pros
perity and there Is no other.—Benia
min (franklin.
A PERILOUS CROSSING.
They Got Safely Over and Then Came
a Curious Climax.
Mrs. Exe stood ou a crowded corner
when the traffic was nt its height, star
ing at the thick, tangled come and go
of motorcars and drays and cabs, and
not daring to venture in among the
dangers of that moving mass.
“May 1 cross the street with you,
fandom?”
She turned and saw an elderly
stranger with lifted lint and gallant
smile.
"Oil. thank you!” said Mrs. Exe.
And tlie stranger grasped her arm with
a firm grip, and together they plunged
boldly into the wild crush of vehicles.
Iu and out, right and left, up and
down, they zigzagged, at imminent
peril pt life and limb. Pedestriuns on
the sidewalk stopped and looked at
them. Drivers and chauffeurs shouted
and swore at them. It was plain to
all that they were in unusual danger.
The escort of Mrs. Exe, still wearing
his gallant smile, still grasping her arm
(irmly, seemed to make no effort to
avoid the oncoming vehicles. lie dart
ed erratically and yet calmly this way
and thiit.
At last by a miracle the other side
was reached. Mrs. Exe then jerked
her arm away from her escort's grasp,
and, with a look of scorn, she said:
“It’s no thanks to you that we were !
not both killed. Why. the way you
positively courted danger one would
think you were blind!”
“Madam, I am blind,” he replied.
"That’s why 1 asked if I could cross
with you.”—New York Tribune.
TALE OF A LOST MINE.
It Is Somewhat Cloudy as to Its
Source and Its Veracity.
This touching tale, for the veracity
of which we do uot vouch, comes from
a source that wo do not know, says
the Engineering and Mining Journal:
“About 1CG0 a Spaniard in Peru
named Jose Salcedo fell in love with
an Indian gir,l. He proceeded to do a
thing almost unheard of in those times
—be married her. Out of gratitude her
mother revealed to him a vein of silver
of unexampled richness. He worked
It and drew from It considerable
wealth—too much for his happiness,
for his opulence excited the cupidity of
the viceroy. Count Lemos. who had
him charged with high treason, the
penalty of which was death and the
confiscation of all worldly goods.
“It was in vain that Salcedo demand
ed permission to appeal to Madrid and
offered to pay two Ingots of silver
daily during the fifteen months that
must elapse before a reply wus return
ed. The count refused and hanged
him In 1009. But the butcher got small
good out of It. Tbe Indians, Intent on
avenging their friend, destroyed the
works of the mine, filled it with water
and conceded the entrance so cleverly
that it could never be discovered. Nei
ther promises nor threats could extract
their secret, which remains so to this
very day.”
This story is more romantic than
those of the Gunsight, Pegleg and sev
eral other "lost mines” of the Ameri
can desert.
Getting Even With the Parson.
Parson Wheeler was invited out one
afternoon for a motorcar ride with
one of his friends. The minister, who
enjoyed all outdoor sports, was very
enthusiastic over motoring, so he was
allowed to drive the car. While speed
ing along he was stopped by a con
stable and ordered to the station house.
“Well,” said the captain, after listen
ing to their story, "you say you were
going at only fifteen miles an hour, but
the constable declares you were trav
eling at forty. Now, 1 don’t like to
doubt the word of either of you. Can
you think why "tie insists you were
traveling at that rate of speed? Is
there any grudge he owes you?”
“No,” said the clergyman thought
fully. “No, I can't think of anything—
unless it is that 1 married him four
years ago.’’—Lippincott's.
Alternatives,
A stalwart young German applied
for a position on a farm. As lie walk
ed Into the barn he addressed the
farmer. “Hey, mister, will you job
me?”
"Will I what?”
“Will you job me? Make me work
yet”
“Oh, I see; you want a job,” said the
farmer. “Well, how much do yon
want a month?"
“I tell you. If you eat me on der
farm I come for fife dollars, but for
twenty-fife dollars I eat myself at
Schmidt's.”—NationaT Food Magazine.
The Same Medicine.
“Doctor, do you remember three
years ago that you predicted positively
that I would be a dead man in six
weeks?"
“Why, yes, I"—
“Well, I’ve got a friend in the next
room who is despondent about him
self. Just tell him there is no hope for
him, will you?”
Doing Hit Best.
Sportsman (after bis tentb miss)—
Ob. hang the birds! Keeper—Sorry,
sir, but we ain’t got no string, but if
you likes to let me have tbe gun I’ll
shoot ’em for you.—Pearson’s Weekly.
Quits • Long Way.
“Does It cost much to feed tbe gi
raffes?”
“No; you see a little goes a long
ways with them.”—Harvard Lampoon
i' : No Dangelv
Rich Father—I fear that young man
of youra Is ... beyond his means
Da'ugbtpr->Okk. .u».. papa; ~ ho hasn’t
rany.—Bnatwt Transcript- v- . -
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Advertising has brought
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introductions of the man
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dollar.
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SULTS.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad
ministrators and to all it may con
cern:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1912,
1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun
dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money
of the United States, in labor and
improvements, upon your one-sixth
interest in those mining claims lying
and being on Mineral creek, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
grdup consisting of the Monte Carlo,
Monts Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
3, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the
location notices of said claims
being of record in the office of
the commissioner and recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322,
323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book 2 Min
ing Records, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, concerning annual
labor on mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
claims for the period ending Decem
ber, 1914.
And unless within ninety days af
ter the completion of the publication
of this notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the 6th day of May, 1915,
you contribute your proportion of
such expenditure incurred in perform
ing said annual labor and improve
ments, which is the sum of three
hundred dollars ($300.00), your inter
est in said claims will become the
property of your co-owners, who have
made the required expenditure, by the
terms of said secMon.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th
lay of February, 1916.
MIKE BARRETT.
JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
Last publication May 6. 1915.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Port Liseum.
Leaves Valdes
8:15 a. m.
1:15 p. m.
9:45 a. m.
4:00 d. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m.
1:10 p. id.
4:30 p. m.
9:45 a. m.
2:00 p. m.
5:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. m.
7:00 p. m.
4:00 p. m.
10:30 p. m.
There wHl be no trips of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean boll'rs.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water Is for the Port of Valdes
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t'me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths;
Wednesday, May 5.
High tide 4:09 a. m., 11.6; 6:09 p.
m„ 9.7.
Low tide 11:22 a. m.. 0.1; 11:25 p.
m., 3.6.
Thursday, May 6.
High tide 5:26 a. in., 10:7; 7:18
p. m., 10.1.
Low tide 12; 32 p. m.,0.6.
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time read the Mir Prespa stw.