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which are sold in postofices all land This
takes account of the picture postcards
which sold in the United by millions
cry year OF course there is nothing official
Illustrated postcards. They do their face
as do federal postcards stamp emitting trans
mission through the mails and such souvenir card
ried in the mails only when stamp affixed
TO IL Consequently it is the swelling
sales of one-cent stamps expansion the
governmental postcard trade that
and Widespread popularity of the postcard
In recent years.
The postmaster general is going to pay upward of
million dollars for the postal which will be issued
to the patrons of our postal system between now and
New Year day, 1915 However this contract is char
acterzed by several features great
the large amount of Foremost among
these is the fact that Uncle Sam is in effect
Ing to supply himself with postal cards of his
facture Heretofore all the postal required
have been turned by private
and indeed for years past. of postal
cards has been the principal industry of the little city
of Rumford Falls. Me Henceforth. however. the gov
ernment will print its postal cards at the
men printing Office in Washington. the largest printing
plant in the world
The postofHce department will continue to pay for
postal cards. just 1t did when they
private manufacturers but the process
to Uncle Sam taking out of pocket put
ting into another At the time the government
will save money by the new plan of obtaining its post
card supplies 1t has been realized for time
by the postoffce officials that it would be
venience If the government could print its
cards at Washington tthe point from which they
distributed all of the country instead
ing manufactured in Maine with the consequent
of time in sending them to Washington
The had by of practice
that it could produce Its postage stamps its paper
money cheaply than If the work given
siders accordingly Postmaster General Hitchcock
is live business man. determined to ii SINH
saving combined with efficient service. could
effected in the of the postcards. The gov
ernment printing Office submitted competitive bids
Ne basis its outside rivals and 1t underbid
them all.
A second important feature in connection with
for fostal cards is found in
this contemplates cards quality
heretofore been In use Especially will there be
in the surface of the card this
take ink readily In future. prob
ably there will be few complaints from people
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kept the cards until they depart in sealed packages
for the posces throughout the country where
they will be issued to the public.
AS delivered by the machines the postal cards are
mechanically counted and automatically assembled in
packs of 25each pack being secured by band OF white
paper. These packs are placed in pasteboard boxes,
each of which will accommodate 20 packs 500 cards
The pasteboard boxes. in turn are packed in wooden
varying in size and ranging in capacity from 5000
to 100000 cards 1t in this form that they shppd
upon requisition the postmasters throughout the
land. In order that all orders for postal cards be
filled promptly the government printing Office the
activity is under way. will constantly keep hand
in its reproof buglarproof vaults surplus stock of
about postal cards The precautions that will
surround the manufacture and dispatch Of postal cards
at he prntery will extend to the destruction
of the misprinted otherwise spoiled cards Ofncias
Of the postofice department will be duty at the
printery all times supervise the manufacture Of
the cards and especially to inspect the mate
rial used and to to 1t that 1t at all times and in all
respects meets the requirements of the government
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gu. trimming or trouble in card index file cabi
net rms VIII make the style the handies
imaginable vehicle for announcement price quota
uons' bulletins OF all kinds reportsas for instance the
daily reports of travelling statesmen. etc.
Under the new system of postal manufacture
the work will not be concentrated present. I'm
der the plan now in vogue all the operations of
facure from the of cutting the trees
and reducing them to boxing the completed
postal cards for shipment is carried in the little
Maine city. where about 900 employed in
new scheme the government will buy the material
notably the cardboard the all the
operations of postcard manufacture will be carried in
the great printing Office under the shadow of the United
States capitol where 5000 men and women regu
arly employed contract that calls for the delivery
of between two million and three million complete post
al cards every working day in the year would
the biggest private printing plant In the country. but
this new responsibility has been treated merely
incidental at the model prnery of the world The force
will have to be increased somewhat and perhaps
printing will be installed although the Off
cials say the work be handled with equipment
In place.
The government has drawn with great care speci
fcations for the be used for the postal
cards with view to obtaining grade of material with
longer fiber than that presenting
better surface for writing ink. The paper will be
delivered the printing office 6O0pound
rolls each containing the material for 10000 and
the printing will be done each of which will
reel on 1000 sheets of postal cards hour each sheet
being made up of 100 separate cards. 1t thus be
figured that each press print upward of onethird
of million postal cards hour and since several such
be employed II necessary and the govern
ment printing Office is in operation night and day. there
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"Od Pete" Is Dead

Peter Morton or "old Pete" colored ant
quaint character of antebellum days, died at his no
in Geneva court recently. the Cincinnati Enquirer So
He did not know his exact age which about
years. and there is probably living who dc
"Od Pete since the close of the civil has
different times been family and of
work in many prominent families the hills. and
Avondale and varied his employment occasionally
doing porter work in downtown 1t is related
him, and the story WAS confirmed by himself that be
the civil war he was the property of Kentucky ga
bier who went broke and Pete with all other chat
possessed by the gambler. had be sold satisfy
creditors.
The officers Of a bank in Maysville. KY. who n
taken liking to the colored account of his g
ial good nature and strict honesty offered to buy
freedom for him II he would his personal nj
In their favor and make his payments upon 1t. acco
ing as he was able. until they repaid. This
agreed to do but with the close civil and
scattering OF his friends far and wide Pete fell into ha
lines from the lack OF permanent home and stea
employment but he never forgot his financial obgato
to his banker benefactors and he continued making
payments to them for 20 years after the close1of
war, until the debt finally paid.
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closing copy of their constitution. In 1915 soceti
organized at Washington and Albany. AS far
the information of DR. Barnett extends. these soceti
formed primarily to raise and establish prices
The article then refers to various local organzato
that formed In 1880 and directly following tn
and continues by saying that about 1S4S the orga
zation of unions began to more rapidly al
1850 have been in existence in practically all
larger American cities.
THE first suggestion that the local associations shou
form organization made in 1884 and two yea
later delegates from associations at BatimorA Ne
York. Harrisburg. Philadelphia. Washington ars15srNe
Orleans assembled in Washington and framed 75ht
ton for the National Typographical soety. tzA nr
session held in New York in 1887, when the nan
changed to the National Typographical associate
"In 1850 call issued for convention which Wi
to be held in New York at which time delegates asset
bed from Albany, New York, Philadelphia BaltimoF
Trenton and Louisville. The second convention he
in Baltimore in 1851 and the third in Cncnnatt in 15
which resolved itself into the first session OF the
tional typographical union.
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The GoKxRmzGV RRm7UYc oT11cE 90

"discloses the fact that meetings of printers
the of considering trade questions held
New York as early as 1776 and in Philadelphia in II
Continuous organizations formed in New Yo
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston before the close
the eighteenth century shortly thereafter
biographical Society of New York in existence
1895 1877 In 1893 the Franklin Typographical socie
organized in the city. In 1909 the New Yo
Typographical society organized and is still in ex
The Philadelphia Typographical society orga
ized in 1902 and is also still active.
However, DIR. Barnett asserts that there is some e
dence that there had been printers society in Il
Quaker city previous to this known the Asylum Coz
pany. The date of the first Baltimore organization
equally uncertain but probably as early as 1903. The
also society in existence in Boston in that yea
The author says that societies appear to have bet
formed outside of the four cities named before 1910
which the Philadelphia society received commuT
cation from the New Orleans Typographical society
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the one standard
size that is in almost
universal use. Prac-
tically all OF the cards
manufactured will be
of the regulation size
that has long been
familiar to everybody.
namely SAx51a inch
es, but there will be
provided some of the
double or reply post
al cards which have
come into use in re-
cent years and which
enable a correspond
ent to send with his
postal card a means
OF reply ready to
hand. There will also
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CARDS I

wont TO hnd particles cineing and clogging while
writing with Ink on the present style card While the
grade OF postal card will quality than
will also be lighter in weight and this consideration
will hundreds and mayhap thousands
TO the government Uncle for
the transportation of all postofice supplies weight and
the cards will have expenses
all the journeys they make the they leave
the printing Office until they the ultimate
is also the ambition of Postmaster
postal cards artisticto
plane with the handsome postal
foreign countries and that end he plans change the
tint of the card and change the color the which
1t printed Just what nts colors will selected
the color scheme be determined until expert
ments have been made
The postal viii different
although people will anything except
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Trade Organization of Printers

Some interesting Information in regard
ganizaton printers appears in Typographical
Journal the official publication of the Typo
graphical union. 1t is in the form of review
by George E Barnett associate professor OF political
economy in the Johns Hopkins university. The book.
which Is Just from the is entitled The Prnters
Study in American Trade Unonism" Mr.. Barnett was
in Indianapolis for considerable length time
gathering information the headquarters of
the International Typographical union In his
book.
"a perusal of Dr. Barnett's book" says the review
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the conclusion of
the days work un-
til he has returned
to this depository
the printing plates
which have been
in his custody.
Finally the postal
c ar d 8 W i'll b e
counted repeatedly
during the process
OF manufacture
perhaps a score OF
times in all-and
thus tab will be
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4 WEW 0F D2x 5ZNlERY~

possTbIe 10 release or operate a press
until several different officials are in
attendance, each with key that
plays part in unlocking the press
Inc dies or plates used in printing
the cards and which are furnished by
the postoffice department. are like
wise carefully guarded. When such
plate is given to a printer for use
IN making impressions he must give
receipt for it to the official in
charge of the vault where these
precious plates are stored and the
printer cannot leave the building at
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use during the four years beginning January /, 1910
This means that the American people who adopt the
very convenient scheme of allowing Uncle Sam to
furnish the stationery for their correspondence will
purchase and send through the mails nearly billion
cards every tweyemonth. In other words on an ay.
erage. every man. woman and child in the United
States will 10 II postal cards every year In
actual practice there are of course. hundreds OF
thousands of persons. including young children who
never buy postal card from end of the year to
the other, but, on the other hand the above-men-
TONED average is attained through the firms and
business houses which, in many instances use hun
dreds or thousands of postal cards day.
1t will be understood that the trainloads of postal
cards for which Postmaster General Hitchcock has
Just given the order the regulation Official cards
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OSTMASTER GENERAL HITCHCOCK
recently signed a contract for the supply
OF postal cards that will be used by the
American people during the next four
years. The mere magnitude of the man
ufacturing project involved is calculated
to make this of general interest. for. be
1t known. the head of the postoffice de-
partment has ordered approximately
three and one-half billion postal cards for
The daily Alaskan., 1910-12-28
MACHINE HAD
 APPENDICITIS

The ual ecmRany's automobile. sass -za El--z horse S-ar. which lett here the I-A for Dawson. paused - C-uaczs. six pCs-s out where 1T Is -aa--ag -eualrs Co arrive from z5 outside. something having given way 1 its appendix sas-tOrmls- The mai. was transferred to a stage and rre--.5u to Dawson on schedule time
 vas Lle object st Supt. Wheeler -5 test lle machine and try out it's csrl1z--es and Lhe accident is nod unusual Further tests win TO d0ubc 55 made and I- zs only a question Of lue when automobiles VIII operate regularly between this place and Dawson. The road may require COZ s5Lerll-e improving and widening in places but all sUCh difficulties will ta ovarcCIe wl-h time.
 Testing the auto Is only side lS- sue and it's UibulaliCls are in no way interfering with the regular trans mission CI the mail between here and Dawson
The daily Alaskan., 1910-12-28
1T
 FORTY NILE

The R@e8 6ius 1redss No !, a5a a the Gus below dlseoyezy on walkers Fork says the Daws0R News a la ee moved % Ge Mosisr' yyGls sr,uP os claims oR the south tofS lE -he For-yuile river D--ee-- o1s .o mole -1e machine have been received rom London bo1 Robert Ngbaia 6y William Moore. Tae wCrk sl l1aaslug gae drgdse Pcegara r5g tg moyEs vl1 be beseR n Jan aagy
 1 Moore Is tn hls city. and is registered ,ae Eag Edward Re a.l leave toz0row for FOrJymile. Hs -l= srgzga-=Hdeae and dredgs- master 5e- E1s Alaska Coasc,da-sd Cold lralse company. known as the Elvsca company. and has been en- @ 1g Nr 2ELva.n ro have charge ss ga= reu1sa- cE -ae Eius dredge The plans Ger hs removal ot the E lretse Were under coa1enBla-
 er se-e -me before llr. MI
 H sor away on -he asl s.aa aE -le year rom Dawson, --a.g and mmedtate,y on ar -aral a EasaE5 took up with his 6sesas the scheme Co put the beat er uev srglEd The proposal was approved. and N- Moore this week eea rhs instructions by cable
 ready For the work
 Lle lrel= Is to be removed n Hr-er eeeaaze s much easier co 1a4- g on s-eEas, along Jas winter rl4Es. Haa at any oc5er tune of the
 u & the winter Is about che o-g tue sgea heavy equipment .o.-I 1e raasro-ged in lae Forty ule.
 The EreEze win be reasseu1-sd 0u what s -ueG Ayga-er bar. one of -ae uLI and best known bars on she -1r -e-guue Tta zr0uad was -a together several seasons ago by ue WLs and A. q. 2lgs.er both Geld Run fame They succeedet
 small t.lE-slaL l-=lse placed ar le property, bll i- Was ---a-al 90 placer dredging. and
 - sa stream, 1= Los-ar
 loser Yukon c1u1-y, and
 5rcu.rE E--t lu W=aa,-
 z1--l fork. however Is
 -e one rE --s choice Por-
 az Ec--vu-= country so far s dredging s cclesrreL l-r. A-- raa has been operating sCccesslllly l A-crlzs and o- Walkers Fork
 # E -- charge ot -le .eer walkers Fork Jredse. and
 for increased work -.--1e aall-as by buying Poke1 creek which ze upper extension g- walkers Fork
The daily Alaskan., 1910-12-28
FOR SALE
son

Al the real estate and improve uzu-s thereon owned by ne lu Skag- way including our home. Property consists of TWENTE-FOUR separate and distinct pieces or lots all patenl- el. PRICE, FIVE THOUSAND DOL LARS. ?. ". Snyder
The daily Alaskan., 1910-12-28
ssRlAL No oi4oa
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT TO HONESFEAp

q 8 Land O1tice aE Juneau Alaska
 November Ie. lsle
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN aal Joseph A Smith. e.azea 0t the Ua1sd states oser the ase et tvsyaty- one vesrs residing m che p.su,eto of Alaska usar 1s town oI Hauss, ia sau District. has apPaed so make satEy. under Section 21Ss Revised Slasltss oI the United Sl5les, and gaIez Jae AcG or Congress approved Magca 8 1908. og Jla .auis euaraes- Ia U. S. N1u-miuegal Survey NJ. -t5- situate near Halues. Alaska aud more particularly lssU-beJ as lo+ lows
 Ees.uuug at Cor Ne. 2 a HUe t-l of ,ae Peesby,sga.n Miss rl Re- s=ve stone marked s. 2a5 C. L ahease L N No. 5-s bears $. 80 Gss 53 min. E.. 55Ii chs l.z-. thence aIols Eus 4l gt Presag -s---a Mission ReseFye. lz62 chs Co Cor N1. Identical v.lh Cur 2 gt y- S. NE1-y Eeserse. stone -arss- $ sa- . thence N. lgs. 0- u-l
 along 4as of U, s N.a4ry Re sar.e -5s chs lo CG No. 8 .tea- -eI uIh Cor o5 said Ras-zEs- a stone marked $. zg5 c. g. -eas- N so lsg 5S min W- 4loas E. M B. -E5 chs. Co Cor No, i .a-a- lca ala Cur q og .. s. N &. - stone marked s. 200 c t. JaeDee $ LeE @ man w., along y. B. R.. T5T chs, Jo Cor No 2, .-e-- leaI ul4 Cor $ cs Pres1y y--r.a- b--s- sLaa Reserve and Cor l.gt Military Reserve. stone marked s- -5 C. thence #est s.-s e-s. bridge ou soyszameut raal. 3l..l chs Co Cor No q. a stag marked S -.a C. o. thence NoE-h. -Htg chs -r Cor NC. 2. a stone marked & z4s C - thence E45- ASS chs -es-i- uell mad 5000 chs t5 Cor No. s, l1l -l. Ea--s l road. witness eeray- bears Sgll. 55 links l-sJ a s.1a marked s. -l5 W c. s. thence. Loa true cgru=r. So4-a. zs25 obs -9 Cor No tA5 place og 1e-laa-l Ara- LL-s- acres Variation l- all coz aa-s gL tss co uiu, E.
 Any and all persons claiming a szsse-y any portion ot tle alone 4. s1-5rd tract are repaired la l-s s-,a che Eezssz- aud Receiver ot --= U- $. Land 0ltiee a- lE-aaa Al. askz. -ze-r adverse claim -h--e a--z under o4tl. -u1s -as period l- publication ot lals notice, lr W.-a- Gsryy days thereafter. 0s they W-- le barred
The daily Alaskan., 1910-12-28
C. B. WALKER

Ir ls hereby ordered that rl9 ts7s- going u0lcs be published .ar --e stzutlry period La tha Daily Alaskan "a newspaper published a- SzE-aag. Alaska
The daily Alaskan., 1910-12-28
C. B. WALKER

c B. WALKER
 Register F-s- publication, Dec. % Irl' Last publication. Feb 2S lsll
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-06
NORTH CAROLINA r.,
POPULATION Of 2,206,287
Census Figures For the Tar Heel
state, Kentucky ard MissIs-
sippi Issued.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Dec. 5.-pop.
ulation statistics of the thirteenth cen
sus were issued today for the follow
ing states;
Kentucky. e.2ss. 800. an increase OF
I42.T3l, or 6.6 per cent. over 2l47,l74
in 1900. The increase from 1896 To
1900 vas 1915 per cent.
Mississippi. i.797,i1i. an increase OF
245.s4i. or l5.s per cent. over l.a5 :
270 in 1900. The increase from 1880
u 1900 was eel $40, or 20.3 per cent.
+ North Carolina. 2.206.2s7. an In
crease OF si2.477, or 1875 per cent. over
i.s93.s10 in 1900. The increase from
1890 to 1900 was 275.S63. or Ill per
cent. The population OF The counties
in North Carolina containing the prin-
cipai cities are: Buncombe 1878;
Guilford. 60. 497: Forsythe. 47.sll: New
Hanover. 24.450: Mecklenburg. 67,03l.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-06
TURNS CASE TO WIDOW
Hattie lie Blanc Counsel Would
Blame Another For Murder.
NO ONE SAW ACCUSED Girl.
Direct Testimony Directed Against
the Young Woman Charged With
Killing Clarence Glover Ruled Out
by the Court
CRy Associated rr~ss,

CAMBRIDGE. MASS, Dec. 5.-The
prosecutions direct case against Hat
tie lie Blanc. on trial for the murder
of Clarence Glover, probably will he
before the jury before the close of to-
morrow's session When court ad-
journed tonight the jury had heard
the evidence of 81 witness. seven OF
whom testified today. No witness has
yet tenifed to seeing Hattie lie Blanc
enter Or leave the laundry where the
shooting is said to have occurred and
efforts BY the district attorney 10 in
troduce testimony that NOS closely
connected the girl with the crime
have been ruled out by the court On
the other hand. during the seven days
Of the trial. the defense has turned
the attention Of the jury from the
little Cape Breton girl TO Mrs. Lillian
NJ Glover. the widow.
Half a dozen Witnesses testified to-
day 10 seeing Mrs. Glover in her own
home about the time the shooting is
said to have occurred In the laun-
dry.
Mrs. Glover's personal Counsel.
Samuel d. ElmOre. vas forced TO ad.
nit on the stand. today. that he was
paid Sf.l53 By Mrs. Clover immediate.
" after the murder to defend her
against situation which had ariien.
re said also that be readily detected
marks on Hatiie's hand when she was
dragged from her hiding place. Wheih-
CT these marks were powder stains.
he could n1t say. but they looked Ike
a. RE frrther said that she had a
scar on her finger.
The dffense laid much stress upon
the fact that in the searching OF the
Glover house for the girl lamp was
used snd Il might have been heid
close 10 this hand.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-06
He WARNS MERCHANTS.
Richmond Justice Begins Crusade
!, Aesins Games Of Chance.

RICHMOND. VA. De. 5.-The first
move in what the police say will be a
far-rsaching crusade was the copyic-
ion IN Justice Crutchheld's court to-
day of Peter Trafieri. confectioner
at Sl2 Wess Broad street arrested for
run ing lottery In which the win
nings were paid in candies.
Traiieri objected strenuously. through
his attorney. Gilbert X. Pollock. to a
fine CT $50. but Justice Crutchfield
sileneed the statement that IL was
within his power to assess n fine OF
$500 and add TO that twelve months In
jail.
Every merchant in Richmond said
the court. will be brought here and
fined unless these games OF chance
are stuppef at once. There will be n1
discrimination. The instant a citizen
complains the police are prepared 10
act and all offenders will be arrested
and dealt with severely"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-06
SIUARTS VOTES CJST
HIM OVER DOLLAR EACH
Democratic Candidate for Congress II
Ninth District Files Campaign
Expense Account.

RICHMOND. VA. Dec Henry
G. Stuart. Democratic candidate for
congress in the Ninth Virginia dis,
trict. who was beaten by the Repcb-
Iican Incumbent. &. Baf com Siemp.
reported his expenses 10 the score
.tary Of the commonwealth today.
showing that hts campaign cost him
sl7.sss15. Mr.. stuart received a to
al Of 1891 votes.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-06

NEW YORK. Dec. f.--Cons.4nt
Thys. seef -. ore Of Che fsfemcst
artists ir making usx IMAGES IN this
country. died here sucdcniT -cd>s q
heart diseaee- Er. Thys hss ~ .
number n years bce1 ccnsslf.rr a.
list Tor the FIsid N1ersmin chicago
tie Smfshfouian fnsiiio-e. ~ Wash
larfon. ana the 8ueccan Enseuu n
Natural II;sior. here.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-06
Steamer Still on Fire.
INV Ass0,iate6 Preset

NORFOLK, VA, Dec. 5.-When the
matches Of the Austrian steamer Giulla
were raised today il was possible to
begin the removal of burned cotton
from her cargo which had been on
fire for two weeks, but later it was
discovered that the fire was sill burn
ing between decks. The Giulia Is
bound from New orleans to Trieste.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-06

under the circumstances perfectly de-
fens ible and under legal advice"
MIR. Belmont then offers TO aid the
committee In any way in his power
and to appear before II again II want
ed. to preclude any opportunity for n
misunderstanding as TO acts in regard
tn racing matters.