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The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-04

I got some Cuticura Soap and Cuti- cHa Ointment. Sho tried Co rub Of everything we put on SO that we would sit and hold her hands for two hours at a time, trying to give the medicine a chance to help her. but after I washed it with Cuticura Soap and then put on the Cuticura Ointment they seemed to soothe her and she did not try to rub them of. It was only a few days before her face was all healed up. and there has been no return of tho trouble Glnce. We thought that baby's face would surely be scared. but it is not" (Signed) Afrs. W. J. Cleland, Jan. 6, 1912.
 Cuticura Soap and Cuticrra Ointment arc sold throughout the world. Liberal sampleof each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad. drcss postcard 'Cuticura, Dept.T, Boston"
 kFTender-faced men should usa Cuticura soSp Shaving Stick, 25e, sample tHee. -a
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-04
onIy one "RRoMo eUININE'

Tat is LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Look for the signature of D. w, GROVE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c
 The tug Richard HolyOke Captain Bruce Mckay, master, with the barge Washington, Captain Richards in command, have been in port the past week loading fourteen hundred tons of Pueblo ore. They expect to leave tonight and make the run to Tacoma in six days if the weather is at all decent.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-04
CLEANLY WOMAN.
Erroneou-ly TaIuIsu by Securing Her
 SgaIp Eaat, She Cures UaudruE.

Erroneau-,y TaIuIsu by Securing Her
 SsaIp Eaat- she Cures UaudruE.
 CIeaura woman has an erroneous Idea that fr .uriag tho scalp. which re- moves r.. aaudruT scales. she Is curing tHe Grr raT She may wash her scalp every day. and yet have d7n5ruT her Use r.rr arr0~nauiod by falling hrlr too. The r-.~ way Tn tNc world to cure dauFraT 'z tr HW tho fa1fTuT germ. and there f7 ra hair preparation that win fo that bat ra bros Herp'o'5a To~p.- eide by kIEnr the dandruT germ leaves tre Irir free Co grow as healthy Nature i0fcr' l Destroy the cause you rs0rva Tr~ effect Kin the dan d-r~ a~07 with Fcvuicida Sold by 1crdfrH "..r.fsfz Send 10r in stamps fo- s0n-fA 70 The HerpiCiGc O., De- troit. Mich.
 One dollar bottles guaranteed. wm. Britt, Special Agent. skagway
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-04
SKIN ERUPTION
 CAME ON CHEEK
Started in PimpIes, Nearly All One Cheek Solid Sore, Very FretfuI. Used Cuticura Soap and 0into ment. Face All Healed Up,

Kingsley. Mich Last May my thir- teen months old baby had a SOTO come on her cheek. It started in four or Ave small
The daily Alaskan., 1913-01-04
SMOKERS ATTENTION

SMOKERS ATTENTION Harold Hartwigsen, successor tG w. W. BOughton. has taken the agency for the justly famous
 FL INFTNITO CLEAR
 HAVANA CIGARS. 5000 just received from the fac tory at Tampa, Fla If you want the best don't fail to give these goods a trial
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
JURY LEHIENT, ACQUIT
DIGGS OF PERJURY

San Francisco, Sept. 17-After be-
ing out two and a half hours the jury
in the case of Maury Diggs and
Charles B. Harris, accused of suborna-
ton of perjury, came in with YER
dict of not guilty for both defendants.
This verdict was probably due to the
fact that there was sympathy Win
Digs. who already has been convict
ed under the Mann law, and also TO
the terror of Harris, which was ex-
IRENE. The lawyer evidently saw
long prison term before him ana was
badly frightened in court
The Judge made liberal charge
The evidence was strong against the
two men, who attempted through a
Sacramento woman friend of Marsha
Warrington to induce her to lie fog
them on the witness stand. Mr.. Dew
lin, their counsel, admitted that he
expected a conviction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17

was made yesterday when an 3uFsEnaf
machine sent through the mana was
received at this Otis home The Gem
eraI became suspicious and Buuzzsns4
ed the police
They found that the box was spaclz4
ed tightly with dynamite IS per. emf
sIycerine and two illuminate cart
ridges. A strip of sandpaper and q
score of matches were glued Go Gl1f
cover. The box was arranged 20 ma
the caps would have exploded WaeE
the box was opened in the usual way
The explosive was taken TO the nv
err bed and set off. It tore a hole fa
the gravel fifteen feet deep and tWeuq
ty feet wide.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
GEN. OTIS GETS
BOMB IN MAIL

Los Angeles, Sept. 17-An attempt
on the life of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis,
proprietor of the Los Angeles Times
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
BILLION JURY" AIDS WIDOW
Harburger's Twelve Rich Men Give
Woman $4,000 Verdict.

New York, Sept. 17-What Sheriff
Hamburger calls his "biIlion dollar
jury, because the members of the
panel are all well to do, gave a YER
dict for $4,000 yesterday to Mrs.
Mary Mcdowell, widow of James Nc
Dowell who was run over and killed
by an ice wagon on July II, 1911.
Mrs. Mcdowell sued Timothy j. Sui
Ivan, head of the company owning
the ice wagon, for $4,000 and when
the defendant failed to defend the case
it was sent to the Sheriff's jury, which
decided that $4,000 was about the
value of the life of a workingnlan.
Ten bankers and brokers, a ma
chinery manufacturer and the presi-
dent of a telegraph messenger COM
pany made up the billion dollar"
jury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17

Wants, To Rent, For Sale,
&C., l cent a word in Farmer
Want Column.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
WESTERN MINERS STRIKE
Colorado, Utah and New Mexico Coal
Men Called Out.

Trinidad, Col, Sept. 17-Ten thou
sand coal miners will walk out of the
mines in Southern Colorado next Mon
day evening. The strike order was
issued last night. The State conVen-
ton of the United Mine Workers has
been in session here since Monday
morning About $50 delegates are in
attendance.
The resolution to call a, strike was
introduced yesterday, following the
persistent refusal of the operators to
confer with union leaders. The main
issue of the strike, which was decided
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
r A K LIS T
1913

The Assessors of the CITY of Rr;5o..
port will meet at the Assessors Offtoe
City Hall, on the Second dav of So
tember, 1913, and each week a.
thereafter, to and including the E9r.:y
day of October, 1913, for the purnoSe
of receiving the sworn lists of ali pero
sons liable to pay taxes on perspnaI
property (namely, horses, wagons &c
tom obiles,, stock in stores, etc0 49,
real estate, in the City of Bridgeno,t
making a description of all real a.
tate, each parcel being separately d.
scribed, including street number. 49,
if he or she shall neglect or refuse ~
do so, the Assessors shall fill out a 1iS+
for him or her and add thereto ~.
neY centur, of it's valuation
The attention of nonresident nro,>
erty owners is called to the cha1eo
in the law relating to the films -
their lists, as failure on their paE+ -
list their property during Septeno ber
deprives them of the right of annesI
to the Board of Relief.
Special attention is called to sec-
ton 1903 of the Statutes, which stste-
that each parcel OF property must 6e
separately and accurately boun7ed
and described
post Office address of each oyvna
must be given.
ONCE hours: 9 a. m. to n
Saturdays, 9 a. m. to IL M IL
F. J. HUGHES,
LAWRENCE J. GILL,
JULIUS w. KNOWLTON
THOMAS O'BRIEN,
Board of Assessors
I23 sb*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
Notice

EoF A0Fty-geVen years we hnVe OoT 19
location, corner of Main and JONI
Streets, Ffdgeport. Conn., an0 ~
sy,er-. ~.,,,,4S-,1-cwzIw TTo nave received
and paid out ON demand VNttnOuE -
ALICE millions OF dollars OF money =
nOslted with us and we cont1nue ~
receive nacs1eV gUbject to depos1GoFs
check mt sight. ON which we aMow
three per cens. per annum1. eO1'cT9
the accounts of individuals, Dus1ne IN
mem. Mma and corporations, @nU ~ 60
WFE1o; want q bank acCOune WnoFS go
and leave ff for one daY,one week. or
RaOxNGh or one year, ana draw ~ -
On nc for any time ft fs AefG ~IIn .S-.1
we give TO the business our cAE -
Re~gonaI attention as the ofdcsE UAD
o. wrfvaee bankers I'm this STATE
TT WATSON &rCO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17

Z. L. WATSON SEQ.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17

upon is union recognition. The order
to strike applies to district No. is,
comprising Colorado, New Mexico and
Utah.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
FINANCIAL.
--THE--
First Bridgeport National Bank
.x6ss " I@s
CORNER MAIN AND BANK STREETS

PAYING ALL BILLS BY CHECK
affords you the best form of Settle
notwithstanding Safety, Simplicity and
Satisfaction. Checking Accounts
(Iarge or smaII) are cordially invited,
and Interest allowed on balances of
$500 or over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
From Shop Girl to T1oe1ty Millions

and drove down to the store for her hus-
band
They were Ideally happy Mrs Netcher
made good a wife as she had a shop
girl. She wasn't much for society, but she
had her box at the opera and her husband
lavished money on her. She had so many
friends and found so much to do about
her home that she found little time for
the frivolities that appeal to most young
women who suddenly become wealthy
For seventeen years she and her hus-
band lived together. Then on June 20.
1904, he died lie left four children. The
eldest, Charles. was scarcely 16, Town
send was a. Ethel was u and Irving g.
When he died Mr.. Netcher was the sole
owner of the Boston Store. Edwin Par
fridge had a penchant for dabbing in
grain. Mr.. Netcher didn't like 1t and
bought out his interest in the Boston
Store, Later Mr. Netcher had some diff
ferenees with Charles w. Partridge and
acquired his holdings
When Mrs. Netcher came to consider
her affairs after the burial of her hus-
band she found that his estate amounted
TO between $4,500,0OO and S5.000,000. A large
part of this VAS made up of the store,
its stock, its good will and its real es-
tate. If the store could be kept running
as Mr.. Neteher had conducted it her for
tune would be preserved. If the business
was not managed in first class style there
would be heavy losses, and she would
lose hundreds of thousands of dollars, if
not millions
Mr.. Neteher had many able assistants
in his business but had trained no one to
assume control. The widow had only a
general knowledge of the capabilities of
the various departmental heads, and did
not know which one. If any. was fitted
to succeed Mr.. Netcher. If she had
doubt as to others she had little doubt
as to herself She determined to take
the reins of government into her own
hands. She thought this the wiser move.
If anything went wrong she had only
herself to blame.
Only woman of great courage could
have done what Mrs. Netcher did. All
her business experience had been em-
braced in those three years in the under
wear department. For seventeen years
she had been away. from the store. The
supervision of-the household and the care
and education of four children are enough
to keep any ordinary woman busy, A
big dry goods store is a great machine.
Mismanagement would ruin it, Men OF
many years of experience are appalled, by
it's responsibilities Mrs Netcher was not.
She went down to State street and moved
into her husbands office. From the day
she went in she was the directing genius
lock after. Almost solely and entirely
There wasn't detail that she didn't
she was the manager. She conferred fre
quently with the various heads of depart
ments and the buyers, accepted their sug
gestions when the ideas were good an6
rejected them when they did not appea
TO her. She looked after the payment OF
all bills, of bank accounts and the con-
Germs investments Rare was the day
that she was in the store less than eight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
Page Seeks Historic Place

Ambassador w. RI. Page, 1t is under
stood, is endeavorng to lease No. Gros-
venor square the home of the Duke Of
Manchester. but the negotiations, it is
said. are not yet closed, says the New
York Tribune. The house in which the
duke and his American wife (nee
Helena Zimmerman, have been living for
about three years, said real estate man
today, has been in the hands of several
agents for some time, the owner being
willing to lease it for eleven and half
months, but refusing a twelve months
agreement.
The house consists OF four stories and
basement, and is much smaller than the
Dorchester house, home of the former
ambassador. but is exceedingly comfort
able within. despite rather plain ex-
terror. The same real estate man esti-
mated that 1t would command rent of
between $1,000 and $4,000 year.
Its location is a very aristocratic one.
The Duke of Portland lives at No. 3, Lady
Vincent at No. /. Lord F1rquhar at No Z
Earl Fitzwilliam at No. 4. and Col G. r
F. Smith at No. 6. Rll of these being in
the same block. Among others in tha
square are the present j. P. Morgan tNo
12), Lady Margaret Chartess (No. 11,
Mrs. John Astor (No. 1s). Mrs. James
Henry Smith. Lord Montague and the
Earl of Durham (No. 39). Two embas-
sizes, the Italian mo. 20). and the Japan.
ese, as well as the Chilian legation lNo
4S), are situated In the square.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
Poor Mans Land

Work Croakers to the rear. Too long
has our patience been abused by those
whose only >cry is that no longer does
the poor man have an opportunity in the
United States. says Leslie's Weekly. Fa-
ther Bernard Vaughan. the English Jesuit
who has travelled 10000 miles throughout
the United States, thinks differently. On
his return to London he declared in his
first lecture, II do not know any land on
earth where In exchange for an honest
days work where you get a fine living
wage" Asked IL he would recommend the
working man TO go to America, he replied
that he would recommend any man to do
so who was willing to work and deter
mined to make his way, and that such
a man was bound to succeed. Father
Vaughan knows the condition of the
working man in England and on the con-
tinent, and he has come into close contact
with the life OF the people in this coun-
try. His conclusions are identical with
those of every one who Is familiar with
the lot of the working man in the United
States and in the rest of the world If
man hasn't chance here he has it no.
where.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

ciate with the ordinary criminals and
they cook their own food. AS matter
of fact the prison fare is not bad-con-
sisting of rice, meat. potatoes, macaroni.
onions. bread and water. diet vastly
superior to that of the majority of the
prisoners when out of prison For it
must be remembered that many of the
poor of Portugal are seldom fortunats
enough to get meat even once day.
Similarly, the prison accommodations.
taken as a whole, are superior to the
homes from which the majority of the
prisoners come.
Aljube, the womens prison In Lisbon,
is close by the Lemoieiro. Like the lat
ter it has an illustrious past, for 1t was
formerly the residence of the bishop of
Lisbon and still bears his arms over the
doorway. There are no political prisoners
there now but some months ago 1t was
the temporary home of two women
around whom there was waged con-
siderable controvesy-Dona Julia Brito Q
Cunha and Dona Constance Telles da
Cana, the latter was a descendant of
Nasco da Cana, the famous Portuguese
exploreN who discovered India. Aljube
really makes very comfortable prison,
the only danger being overcrowding
Ii is extremely likely that these
political prisoners will be set free by
an amnesty in the near future. despite
all the talk that one hears to the con-
trary in Portugal Briefly. the cond-
tions are as follows: Moderate repub-
lican opinion, which is bound to be-
come more powerful as the country set
ties down, is overwhelmingly in favor
of such course but for the moment
is overruled by the extreme element
now holding the relns of power. This
much can be said with certainty-at
the present time the government has no
fear of the royalists, either of fresh in
cursions or of internal risings. With
the dispersal of the royalists gathered
across the Spanish border at Tuy, the
last chance of a successful invasion
disappeared. The royalists have shown
an unequalled facility for bungling
their attempts at counter revolution
and despite the splendid opportunities
they have had of winning back the
country are now in more hopeless
position than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

may nave the privilege of buying the ms
ticket Usually she pays $1,000 for it,
iier business amounts to many millions
of dollars year. She has a representa-
tive In New York and representatives in
Paris, London, Berne and elsewhere. The
Boston Store used to have a branch in
Kansas City, first at Main and Ninth
streets and later at Main and Eleventh
streets, but this was given up, and now
the Chicago establishment has an her
attention. There is not fabric that
comes Into the store that she does not
know as to its quality and its pflce.
There is not a man, or woman or a BOY,
or girl among the thousands on her pay
roll that she doesn't know personally.
She has that rare and wonderful combI-
nation of faculties which only the born
leaders possess. She watches over the
little affairs as we'll as she does over the
big. Probably no dry goods establishment
in the world has such careful supervision
as that of this remarkable woman.
But women will be women After being
a widow for nine years, Mrs. Netcher has
become a bride again. Her second hug
band is Mr.. s. Newburger. They have
been friends since childhood. He is widely
known in the middle west Fov many
years he was connected with a paint
concern In Chicago. He has the reputa-
tion of being great salesman He gets
one of the richest brides in the world.
No one who knows her expects that she
will retire from business. She is wed
to that as well as to Mr. Sewburger.
She wants to make her store the Biggest
in the world. 1t Is likel yhat her ambi-
ton will be realized. She has purchased
the next half block adjoining the one she
row occupies. andw hen the lease of Hill
man, the dry goods man. who now rIas
his store on this site, expires 1t is very
likely that she will put up a monster
structure as twin to the one which is
is her present monument and combine the
two. Whether she does or not. sc has
given to America a wonderful Illustration
of what a shop girl can accomplish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

Z HISS MOLLY ALPINER, young
MI pretty and ambitious, applied for
= a Job in the Boston Store in Chi
cago in 1884 Her people were poor and
it was necessary that she help support
the family .she was Chicago born and
had good common school education.
The Boston Store at that time was
owned by Charles Netcher and Chas. ".
and Edwin Partridge The girl was en-
ployed and was assigned to the underwear
department. She hadn't been there but
a week when she began to attract notice.
Most shop girls are careless, inattentive
and more inclined to gossip among them
selves than to devote all their time to
business Molly Alphiner was different.
She only got about So a week, but she
worked as hard as if she was getting
s100 She never was late, never showed
eagerness to get away before her time,
and was as kind and courteous and pa
tient to the poorest patron of the house
as to the richest.
Customers quickly got to know and like
her Rather than have one of the other
girls wait them they would stand
about for five minutes or more. Soon she
was doing more work than any two girls
in the establishment. She seemed to de-
light in that fact. The more she had to
do the better pleased she was.
Charles Netcher. the head of the estab-
lishment, kept keen watch over the big
store. 1t wasn't long before he began to
observe the unusual girl. Within "a month
he reported to his partners that he had
in the underwear department the most
efficient salesgirl he had ever seen. She
was not only wonderful seller, he said,
but she was so lady1iSe and so good
natured that she made friend OF every
one who came to her.
When an employer finds an unusual en-
ploye he wants to know more about him
or her. Mr. Netcher made inquiries
about Miss Apiner. Most girls have their
minds full of balls andsparties. Mr. Net
cher found that Molly Alpiner spent her
nights at home, visiting friends He
was so well satisfied with what he had
learned that in short time he promoted
her to be the head of the underwear de-
partment. She proved as, capable in that
position as she had, as a ,saleslady. The
girls worked better under her than they
had previously. The ssales increased and
before a year passed the underwear de-
partment had the reputation, of being the
best managed portion of the whole estab-
lishment
The girl was SO earnest. so willing and
so kindly that Mr.. Netcher couldn't help
but admire her This, admiration ripened
into love, and one day'he proposed to her
They were married in 1887, three years
after she entered the store as a shop
girl
Molly Aqpner left the store and went
to live at the Avenue House at Twenty
second and Wabash avenue She remained
there only short time. for Mr.. Netcher
built a beautiful home for her at 1927
Drexel boulevard The girl who had
been in the underwear department lived
life of ease and magnificence. She had
magnificent home and lots of servants.
Each afternoon she got into her carriage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

hours. Generally she was there ten hours
or more. Every minute of her time was
full of activity. She has a wonderfully
thinking she, as woman, would be easy
to fool, soon discovered that she was far
more clever than they had bargained for.
She could detect deceit or a trick with
clear mind Her eyes are very bright,
and some clever men who thought to take
advantage of her in a business way,
astounding quickness. Maybe it was a
woman's intuition, but the men got to
say that she could see through anything
even a brick wall.
Mr.. Netcher was a good business man.
but his widow was a better one Six
months after size assumed control she had
proved to her own satisfaction that she
was fully capable of managing her own
affairs At the end of a year she deter
mined on radical departure. The stor5,
did large business. but 1t was not high
class. 1t had what was known as shawl
over-the-head trade. Sales of more than
s. were rare. Patrons were mostly from
the tenements and flats.
Mrs. Netcher wanted to improve the
ing. This required great delicacy of handi-
ing. To make the change suddenly would
drive away the old trade, leaving the es-
tablishment without new customers to
take their place. Patiently but steadily
she made changes. 1t took years to work
the revolution she planned. All this time
she kept her finger on the pulse of her
business day after day. When she had
progressed far enough to make herself
sure of her ground she made an an
nouncement that startled her people. 1t
was to the effect that she was going to
build one OF the greatest dry goods estab-
lishments In the world. On a plot 20oxs5o
bounded by State. Madison and Dearborn
streets and Calhoun Place she put up a
twenty-story structure. Seventeen of
these stories are above ground and three
below. To pay for this building cost a
fortune, to stock 1t cost another fortune.
Mrs. Netcher financed the whole affair.
There isn't much shawl-over- -the-head
trade in the new store. It's business ranks
with the best In the middle west. The
present establishment Is five times as
large as the one Charles Netcher ruled
over at the height of his prosperity The
volume of business his widow transaets
is five times that which he built up.
The fortune of $4.5O0o,O00 or $5Ooo.oOo which
he left has been increased by this re-
markabe woman within nine years to
$4,000 600. She is today the greatest busi-
ness woman In America, and probably the
greatest business woman in the world.
She Is as absolutely master of all the de-
tails of her great enterprise Is John
Wanamaker or Benjamin Greenhut
With all her work she hasn't forgotten
her shop girl days. She mad been the
prime mover in dozen undertakings for
their welfare. One of her activities has
taken the form Of a protective associa-
tion and there is hardly a charity in
Chicago that does not know of her gen.
erosity. Although she wasn't much for
balls and parties when she was shor
girl, she takes a keen delight In attending
those given by her employees. One thing
she insists upon, and that is that she