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The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-10
Useful New Invention
Enables Anyone to Play Piano or Organ With
 out Lessons

A Detroit musician has invented wonderful new system which enables any person or little child to learn to play the piano or organ in one even ing. Even though you know abso- lutely nothing about music or have never touched piano or organ, you can now learn to play in an hour or two. People who do not know one note from another are able to play their favorite music, with this method without any assistance whatever from anyone,
 This new system is called the Numeral Method. We have secured
 the sole agency from the inventor and, as we are desirous ot at once making it known in every locality, we are making the following special free trial and half-price offer to everyone.
 You are not asked to send any money until you have tried and are satisfied with the new method. We are willing to send it to you on free trial, and you will not have to pay one cent unless you desire to keep It. There are no express charges to be paid, as everything will be sent by mail. Simply write us a letter .i or postcard saying. Please send me the Numeral Method on free trial. Ii you are satisfied after trying it, the: Method and fifty different pieces ot sheet music will cost you only, S7, although the regular price of these is $lO. You should not delay writing as we shall not continue this special half-price offer indefinitely Later on, the Method and fifty pieces of music will be sold at the regular
 price. Address Numcral Method Music Co.,, sos Trussed Concrete 1 Building, Detroit, Mich.-Adv't.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-10
 WILL DETERMINE

Kansas City, Dec. 1O-Railroad officials, state labor commissioners and a number of farmers gathered here Monday for the opening of a hParing before the United states commission on industrial relations to determine how best to distribute harvest hands in the great grain growing states of the west and Northwest.
 Investigators for the commission are prepared to show that the pres ent lack of system in handling the labor problem in the west is not onl unsyatisfactory to both the farmers and the men seeking jobs, but has In some instances resulted in riots and serious disturbances in the harvest fields. Their reports will show that each year thousands of men flock to the harvest fields from cities and undergo hardships because of their inability to get work promptly, while in other dis tricts farmers are suffering from . shortage of help.
 Representatives of the railroads, the state labor commissions and the farmers were asked to suggest plan to remedy this trouble. The commission then suggested the ap- pointment Of a committee to work Out a system of distribution O. farm labor.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-10
". P \. CLUB BATHS
 BE CLOSED TOMORROW

Ladies day at the W. P. A. club baths has been postponed from to- morrow CFriday) until next Monday between the hours of g o'clock a. m. and 6 p. n. on account of re- pairs being made in the heating ap- paratus. 12-1O-1t.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-10

grew larger and larger all lthe time on the back of her head. It looked scabby and 1t itched and burned and she began to scratch it and scratched until it would bleed. Sometimes she could not sleep and felt pretty cross.
 "Itried diGerentremedieS- .t. N...l, hut v,nrp
The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-10

Order your Xmas Kodak now. $1.OO up. Keller Bros. Drug Co., agent Eastman Kodsks and suppliea
The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-10
onII ono ..RRo9o oUININE."

Whenever you reel . cold coming oR, think of the full Han1e, Laxa' tive Promo QuinlnO Leok for slg' nature of E. ". Grove Oa bor. 2Sa
The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-10

of them would do any good. The trouble lasted till she was a year old and saw an advertisement of Cuticura Soap and Olnt- ment so I sent for some. First l washed the sore part with the Cuticura Soap and then applied the Cuticura Ointment and left it on for while, then washed it again with tho Cuttcura Soap. Cuticura Soap and olnt- ment cured tho sore in week without a scar.T Csigned) Mrs. Otto F. Heckly' Nov %, 1912.
 When you buy fine toilet soap think or the advantages Cuticura Soap possesses over the most expensive toilet soap ever made. In addition to being absolutely pure and re- freshinsly fragrant, 1t is delicately yet efec- lively medicated, giving you two soaps in one, a toilet and skin soap at one price. Cuticura Soap (25c.) and Cuticura oint- rnent (5oc. ). arc sold everywhere. Sample Of each mailed free with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad- dress postcard ''Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston,
 ~Men who shave and shampoo with Gu tIcura soap will find it pest for skin and scalp.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-10
BABYS HEAD
 .ITCHED AND BURNED
Red PimpIe Grew Larger and Larger, Scratched Until It BIed, Cured in a Week by CutiCura Soap and Ointment,

Burns, Wyo. -"The trouble began on my baby when she was about four months old. A red pimple was seen at first and 1t
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own clothes and the babys. Truth to tell.
she was tired of the steady WORK and
the monotonr Tine first yea. had been
delightful. 1t had held the wedding pres
entS. which were numerous. She and
Quincy We're related to most Of the coun-
tryside. And then before presents and
housekeeping lost their neUness the ba b.
came. Now the baby was two years old
Quincy was absorbed in work-and 50 she
had been-tredly. repiningiy. absorbed
and her father and mother would be glad
to see her home again, If they We're not
she could go some place e'se. To her
Aun: Jenny's. maybe. She had a big
empty house. So she planned angrily as
she packed her trunk and suitcase. BY
rushing she could catch the ) o'clock
train. Quincy maybe would be relieved.
He hadn't cared to heed her dearest
wish
Nell gasped in dismay. The screen door
Of the sitting room clicked open. she
heard the voice of ola Mrs. Henderson.
who lived two farms south. saying. Any
body to home?
In minute called Nelly. sit
down" She finished packing. Why oh.
why. had she come that day? But may
be she wouldn't stay long. She reflected
she could go and send word for Quincy
to forward the trunk
She ran downstairs. Mrs Henderson
was seated in wicker rocker. tanning
herself. Don't stop anything you're do
ing on my account" she begged My.
il s warm. Ea-ly spring. isn't it" / See
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haps done better TO concentrate upon
the story itself without making such fire.
quent excursions into the field of organ
lied conversation.
UNTO CAESAR. BY Baroness Orczy.
author of 'E.ldorado." etc. New
York: George ii. Doran Company.
Fanatic. lunatic Caligua is Emperor of
Rome. grotesuuc monster of inhumanity,
trembling for his life swollen with van
ity. On the eve of his return from his
''triumphs in the barbaric lands of the
north. an auction sale is in progress in
the Roman forum of the effects of dis
graced official and there meet in contest
Taurus Antinor, the praefect of Rome,
and Dea Flavia. cousin of the emperor.
the most beautiful. the wealthiest and
most sought for of the Roman maidens.
And some time later these two stand
hand in hand on the Mount of Calvary,
near Jerusalem. whittier Taurus Antinor
has made his way after escaping from
Rome in peril of his life. in order to fol-
low in the footsteps of Him who died
there upon the cross. Between these
two events. the meeting at the forum and
the meeting on the Mount of Calvary.
there stretches a period of wild rioting
in Rome. with horrors of the arena vivid
ly described. with a conspiracy against
Caliguia in process. This is realistic
description of life at the great capital
during the first stages of the decline of
the empire and the feeble beginnings of
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calculated to lessen the immense dis
parity that exists between the wealth
OF the world and the well-being of
those producing this wealth The
study is in no sense diatribe against
capital and capitalists. Nor is it q
glorifcation of the proletariat. 1t is.
on the contrary. perfectly dispa ssion
ate. scientific analysis of the relations
of the general human equation to the
production of wealth. accompanied by
q constructive program for improving
these relations.
THE IRON YEAR. Ry Walter Bloe,n.
Authorized translation from the
German by Stella Bloch. New York
John Lane Company.
With singular appropriateness this
work is given to English readers through
the present translation just at the out
break of the European war. 1t is a
story based upon the F'ranco-Prussian
conflict of 1870. written by. a German
from a Germans point of view and has
created a tremendous sensation in that
country. where no less than twenty edi-
tions were required to meet the demand.
The German emperor. it is said. read the
novel aloud to members of his family
circle in the spring. With love story
involved which is of no particular i'm
portance save for the drawing of sharply
contrasting portraits of Frenchmen and
Germans. the chief interest in this work
is aroused by its descriptions of the
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specially when the blossoms come out
pink in the spring. But there amt been
much pink for the last few years. Bat
the trees are awful pretty without b DOM
BABY said Nelly sharply. --rut Mrs.
Henderson's knitting needle down.
oh. she can have it indulgeatlY.
Unless she'll hurt herself. | remember
when YOUR grandfather planted those
Yes. Excuse me a moment Baby.
don't muss YOUR dress with the fire
wood
Dear me. Nelly. wouldn't put an en-
broidered dress on her for just around the
house. She looks as though SHE was
dressed up to go some place'-bending
over to kiss the small. fat neck. Don't
rumple your pretty dress. honey. that il
takes yolr mamma long to iron. As
was saving. | remember when Your
grandfather planted them trees. Dear.
dear. how mad youa grandmother was
Old Mrs. Henderson laughed softly AT the
recollection.
Mad" Nelly's face flushed What did
she mean
"Oh. terrible. You see. YOUR grandpa
cleared off hazel copse to plant EN-
there. and you- grandma liked that corse
1t was pretty strip. with few pines
scattered through it. And a young fruit
orchard amt thing Of beauty. you
know. indulgently. And she thought
your grandpa could have cleared another
the best. and SO he went ahead
How-how funny Nely's smile was
forced
Yes it was. Your Grandma-she was
young and foolish. Dear me. il seems
only Yesterday sadly. that | stood MP
in church with her for her wedding. She
had Oh n pnt deia!ne. and sine was pret-
". We'll. as ! was saying. she got
mad she up and left your grandpa. Yes.
just packed her clothes and went home.
Ever body laughed. Dear me. how many
years. Oh. yes laughing amusedly. she
went back, of course. She and your
grandfather was terrible in love with each
other. for all their spats.
Il never knew they had spats." said
Nelly. aueerlF. They seemed so gentle"
Yes. when they got old amusedly.
We'll. ] must be going. You and Quincy
going to be at the chur.r social tonight:''
Nelly blushetl But old Mrs. Henderson
was getting her yarn from the baby and
didn't see. Yes said Nelly. We've
are.
Quincy came in three hours iater-earii-
er than usual why. ironing. Nel?" he
asked in surprise. Not all day. / hope
concernedly. He looked at her anxiously.
m!serab bls. Plainly he wanted to make
up.
II got 'em crumpled. said Nelly. And
then she laughed Gueerly. II didn't
mind" she added.
CTHE ENID
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palm leaf huts. fairly well constructed
ana apparently watertisht. Their prn-
cipa1 use seemed TO be for storage of
provisions and as a refuge in stormy
weather. for most OF the tune these :av-
ages sleep out of doors. The largest of
the huts was evidently their TENN"
as ii contained several rudely carved
nooden images and large war drum.
The officers were not permitted to enter
this hut, but were given free access to
the remainder.
Nothing the absence of women and cili'-
dren. by means of signs desire was
expressed to see these members of the
tribe. The request was refused, and to
avoid possible trouble was not urged.
Later the reason for this refusal TO al
low their women and children to be seen
was learned.
In The old whaling DAYS vessels would
often anchor off the island induce the
simple natives to come on board. and
massacre all the men. carrying away
the women. Having learned by bitter
experience not to trust the white man.
they row at the appearance Of stran-
gers secrete their women and small
children III the deep receSSes of the jun
gle until the real or fancied danger is
past Even later. when by kind treat
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the time of his death. There is another
man in the case. the big general man
ager of the establishment. who loves and
finally bring about his victory and re-
ward. The story gives a realistic view
of life on the great lakes.
THE CRIME DOCTOR. By Ernest W.
Hornung. author of The Thousandth
Woman" etc. With illustrations by
Frederic Dorr Steele. Indianapolis:
BohbS Merrill Company.
pr. Dollars theory was that society
should protect itself from the criminal
tendencies of mankind by curing them
before laws had been broken. Starting i'll
small way to work out his idea he
finally cnlists the interests of the British
home secretary by the eNpedfent of pick
ing that high officials pocket one night in
the London streets and then returning
his watch TO him with tale of having
nabbed the thief. The story that Mr..
HornunE tells is comprised really OF
eight separate narratives. slightly joined
by the reappearance of certain char
acters. DIR. Dollar is attracted first by
the trouble and then the personality of a
young Enclishwoman who has joined the
militant Suffra2StS and done her bit
at Holloway for Sma shing windows. But
she suspects herself of an even greater
crime than window breaking. of which a
man with a criminal record has been
convicted and is about to he executed,
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consent. and even tried TO bribe her
with half the resulting corn money.
The orchard is played out" he had eX
planned. The trees don't bear
1T looks pretty" she complained.
And ten acres is ten acres. Besides
the trees are spreading the scale to the
young peach orchard and they've got
to be chopped down sooner or later
Letting it lie idle when it can be used?"
My grandfather planted those
trees
And then Quincy Marriott had replied:
What in thunder if he did. He's dead,
and The trees are-nearly.
You are heartless. cried Nelly. 1t
was noon and the apple pie that she
had taken special pains with. in the
shape of whipped cream and spices,
went untouched.
That was two months since. Since
then only the two-yearold Marriott
girl baby had been serene. Its mother
went about haughtily- Its father
would have been pleasant had he been
encouraged. but the continued resent
ment of Nelly finally made him sullen.
After all, he reasoned. it was his own
land, for Nelly's grandfather had sold
it years before to his father And he
really felt that it was unrea sonable of
her to object to thoroughly reason
able proposition, Times had been hard
now for two years: times promised to
be hard longer, and it was all Tor her
and the baby. anyway.
So ii was with apparent pleasure that
he told Nelly one evening that Bratt.
their neighbor on the north had stop
ped him on tire way to town and
bluntly informed him that the orchard
would have to come down. The other
neiShbors We're complaining that the
scale which was killing it was spread
ing to their young trees. And so
cant put it off" ".he said. 1T wouldn't
be right.
You are very considerate toward
your neighbors all of sudden said
Nelly. Her tone was positive sneer.
And ] don't believe them
Quincy's eyes snapped. 1t sounded as
though she wished him to believe tE"t
she didn't credit him. I'm tired of the
matter, he said. coldly. Then he read
the Young farmers Review till bed
time. Nelly stayed in the kitchen.
And now-the next morninG-he was
keeping his word.
When he came in al noon his wife had
were flushed. Quincy looked at her ap-
pealingly. Come. Nell don't be mad.
he said earnestly 1T has been three
years since the orchard bore an apple.
and ] need the land for corn.
and don't l need anything" she de-
manded. hotly. rs it any pleasure to
live here on a farm and COOK. wash,
iron. sew and look at a cornfield for
pleasure: That orchard was the only
pretty spot for a mile! 1t was all that
made the country worth looking at"
Don't look, then" advised Quincy,
ansrily i know you work. he went
on, contritely. but don't you see that
the land in corn will bring easier times
for us both scorer.
No she answered. coidly. And l
shant look at the view longer. since
you advise not.
She rose, swept crisp. ironcd pile
of clothes on the rack and went up
stairs. Quincy bolted the remainder of
his dinner and stamped out to plough
Iall afternoon
Nelly very determinnedly picked her
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fighting on the Franco-German frontier
The author spares no pains to magnify
the French decentralization and unreadi-
cheney of the German armies He shows
the old kaiser grandfather Of the pres
ent Emperor of Germany. first at Ems
where the diplomatic negotiations with
France reached their climax. and later
with the conquering German armies
Glimpses are given of the unfortunate
emperor of the French. nicknamed Bad
inguet' in derision by his very officers.
'.The Iron Year is the sort of book to
arouse intense enthusiasm Just now in
Germany in the first stage of a war
which is. doubtless. expected hy the Ger
man people to result as did that which
is described in its pages.
THE LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT. Hy
Louise Kennedy Mahie, author of
The Wings of Pride" New York:
Harper Il Bros.
The title of this lively story of business
and love is derived from the cry of the
watchmen on the steamers of the great
lakes at the conclusion Of their regular
rounds of inspection. The tale deals
with the plotting of a great capitalist to
secure the ownership of Il rival steel
plant, in forwarding which the services
of a young, aristocratic lady killer are
employed. This steel plant is owned by
the young woman whose father had de-
veloped it to a high point of efficiency at
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propelling charge, ignition. Inflammation
and com bustion take place. the shrapnei
case begins to move slowly at first. turn
ing in the grooves of the gun and in
creasiuS in speed until when It leaves the
mouth Of the gun it is travelling at the
Ia te OF ] 900 feet a second. Then ii goes
upward. nearly straight, in proongation
OF the axis OF the gun which points n
little higher at the instant of firing than
when it was at rest The shrapnel goes
a little slower as it moves along, gravity
pulling on it and the air pushing against
it, IT reaches the highest point in its
course called its maximum ordinate.
and at that topmost point above the line
of sight and the earth it turns down
ward, more steepiy and more slowly than
it started from the gun
Though. when il started from the gun
it was travelling al the rate OF loo feet
a second. near the end of 5000 yards.
though it is coming down. II is travelling
at the rate OF little over SEQ feet a sec
ond. and at the highest point in its course
it was 2JI feet above line from gun to
target.
Somewhere in this downward course the
fuse fires the bursting charge. The smoke
of the burst tells the observer where. the
burst was in relation to the target, If IL
did not burst behind ridge or in a ravlne
or fold Of the land. or if the observer did
not sense it wrong. which. unfortunate
iy. he sometimes does
| nit the proper dispersion Of the - balls.
when the next fuse is set ii will be cor
rected by little device on the fuSe-settet
! appropriately called corrector ne
will order the corrector to pc faisen
which will shorten the burning OF the
fuse. If the burst is too high to give
dense enough distribution of the balls or
send them behind instead of on the tar
i get he Will order the corrector covered
| If he lowers the ..corrector one mil ana
| the range is $3.50 yards the point OF
( burst will be lowered three yards.
| When the shrapnel breaks 2col or
$3.50 wards away. it makes about as rluch
! noise as did the gun which sent II. mat
! is because in the small-Srained black
! powder of the shrapners bursting charge
! ignition Inflammation and combustion
| are nearly instantaneous, while that cper-
alton in the largc-srained. sloWer-burnlnS
! powder of the propellinS charge proceeuS
! more ieisureiy that the shrapnei snall
! not be started too abruptly or place TOO
great a strain on the gun
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when through her intercesson he is re
pricved. Mr.. Hornung always tells d
story we'll and has never put out any
better work than these narratives. which
set forth an interesting theory of Grim
inology.
THE TREND. BY William Arlswright.
author of knowledge and Life
New York John Lane Company.
Robert RuShton. composer, is seeking a
tenor capable of singing the title role in
his cantata Bruno having Just returned
from a fruitless visit to Budapest. He
literally stumbles upon lad with a re-
markahle voice. singing along the road
side. virtually a vagrant, and recognizing
an exceptional quality in the youth under
takes his musical education and general
development for the sake of possible
Bruno. The boy proves more than first
expectations warranted i'll the matter of
voice and general culture, but totally in
capable of learning the theoretical and
technical side of music. He sings be-
cause he feels. He is poet dreamer.
an uncanny personality in one sense and
yet thoroughly alive and joyous in his
love of life. The evolution of this lad $
spirit to the point of its tragic extin-
guishment forms the major part of this
romance. which is eked out somewhat un-
necessarily by a series of discussions of
social and academic problems by a group
of delightful, but rather supernumerary,
people. Mr.. Arkwrisht would have per-
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for any emergency that might arise. APP
preaching the beach several small vii
laSes were distinguished. but were al
most completely screened from sight by
dense manerove thickets, which grew
at the waters edge The party headed
for the largest village and as the boats
came nearer the shore. it could be seen
that their approach was causing great
excitement among the savages, who were
running to and fro and sestculating
wildly. Pulling in close. with hands held
up in token of amity, and this sign being
returned. the boat was run up on the
shelving beach and they disembarked.
The landing party was received by the
men of the village headed by their chief
There We're some fifty of them. all nude
except for a scanty breech ciout. and
each warrior vas armed with two spears
the heads of which were made OF oh
siGian or volcanic glass. \ few of the
smaller spears were made entirely of
wood, hardened by fire. All these we:t-
pons were beautifully made. and the
spear handles were decorated with sea
shells and pigments made of vari-col-
ored clay. Some of the obsidian spears
We're two-pronsed, and SO we'll balanced
that when poised for throwing they felt
as light as a feather. \ wound inflicted