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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-18
ILL-TIMED TESTING

A Canadian singer was doing his
professional best before large audi
ence in Wellington, Australia, when a
section Of the plastering fell with a
startling crash.
After the dust had fairly settled
man in the audience arose and said:
''He sure did bring down the housed"
Plain Dealer.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-18
AFAMILY AFFAIR

Papa and the three children were
to give mother a birthday gift. The
youngest boy was chosen to yGnake
the presentation address. Ua pre-
pared it very carefully and thus de-
ivered it in due season:
Dear mamma, this gift is present
ed to you by your three children and
your one husband.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-18
A QUIET DEPARTURE

Mrs. Smith was engaging a new
-serVant, and sat facing the latest ap-
I plicant.
n 81 hope" said she, chat you had
4 mo angry words with your last mis-
tress before leaving"
4 "Oh, dear, no, mum; none what
ever" the prospective maid replied
with a toss of her head. while she
was having her bath. 1 just locked
the bathroom door, took all my
things and went away as quietly as
possible. Youths Companion.
II SOMETHING WRONG
What name are you calling?" ask
\ nd the telephone girl.
"McCohen," the subscriber an
,swered.
81 beg pardon?" said the telephone
4 girl.
| The subscriber repeated the name.
Il The wire was silent for a moment.
Then the telephone girl said: ''Wait
a minute, please. / think the wires
are crossed!'
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-18
LOOKING AHEAD

"My baby is very intelligent.
How so?" :
"She keeps examining her toes,
''HoW does that denote precocity?"
why, the intelligent child evident
ly realizes that one must have perfect
toes if one proposes to tango credit
ably. kansas City Journal.
TILE pEPIOO -OE pEAHE
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-18

ours was a quiet wedding con-
fessed skinny little Mr.. Hennypeck.
''My wife did not commence to find
fault with me until nearly an hour
aft"r the ceremony was concluded
Puck, II
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-02

portant missions to Europe, because.
as they say, she always comes back
with the goods" Miss Levin, as
delegate to the woman's suffrage
convention at Washington, hotly de-
nounced the anti-suffrage statement
that the working women do not
want. to vote. y
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-02
DIARY OF FATHER TIME

DIAk1. OF IA TEX 1--WE
New York." said one of its news
papers in 1852, sis. one of the great
shipyards of the world. Our clippers
astonish distant nations with their
neat and beautiful appearance and
our steamers have successfully COM
peted with the swiftest going mail
packets of Great Britain. In the far
thest corners of the earth the Stars
and Stripes wave over New York.
built vessels"
In contrast to this the following
statement was published in 1881:
Passengers on the ferries saw
something that made them stare.
The curious object was a new clipper
ship fresh from the shipwTights'
hands, and flying the American flag.
The old flag had become such a nov
city and new clipper ship such a
rarity that old-timers recalled the
DAYS when such objects were COM
mon and shipbuilding was at its re
NTH. Many looked at the object as
an omen of better days"
And now, in 1913, the biggest boat
DuuI III ANOW 10 a 0SO" VI q AN"OOON"
1890
Arthur Williams, president of the
Electric Vehicle Assn of America,
suggests that traffic congestion in
New York, Chicago and other busy
cities could be relieved by doing the
trucking by night instead of by day.
There is believed to be no reason why
wholesale trucking could not be done
at night.
Hunter in Winstead, Conn.,, after
rabbits, says he shot a cream-col- .
ored, pink-eyed skunk. No self-re-l
speeding skunk we ever got near
enough to examine had pink eyes or.
cream eolored whiskers. -
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-02

Miss Sonya Levin.
Miss Sonya Levin, the product of
what Zangwen calls the melting
pot of New York, came to this coun-
try from Russia at the age of five.
She has managed by the hardest kind
of work to climb the ladder. She is
a lawyer connected with a we'll
known legal firm who on several oc-
casions have intrusted her with i'm
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-02

Hunter in Winstead, Cor
rabbits, says he shot a CT
ored, pink-eyed skunk. Nc
speeding skunk we ever
enough to examine had pinl
cream-eolored whiskers.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
MONROE DOCTRINE IS
 DANGEROUS TO GERMANY

The Monroe Doctrine is the great est danger to our world policy that exists. That the Anglo-Saxon and Protestant North America should claim the natural right of guardian ship over the Latin and Catholic peo- ules of South America may appear Utopian point of view, but it is none the less a fact, and Germany must, therefore, come to a decision either to abandon all idea of a colonial pol icy in South America or by means of a firm policy which would not quake before the chances of war, to compel the Americans to restrict the appli- cation of the Monroe Doctrine to cer- tain parts of South America only and to guarantee not to make any op- position to Germany should she seek to draw such parts of that continent into her sphere of interest as may appear useful and necessary. From The Pan German Doctrine.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
SEWARD EXPECTS TO PAY S2.oO FOR COAL

The Seward Gateway expects that coal will be s2 ton in that city. It says. A local man who has made a study of coal and the cost of produc- ton of 1t Pennsylvania, says that is mined there for 30 to S5 cents ton. It costs about ten to fifteen cents a ton to load it on the cars, Iron ore is hauled on the great lakes for thir- ty cents a ton for thousand miles, and it is estimated that coal is hauled on the railroads outside for not more than fifty cents ton, so by these figures we can make a fairly good guess what coal will cost here and along the coast when the Matanuska fields are opened.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
CANADA WILL SEND 25O,0O0 MEN

lohONIO Dec l-Canada expects to have 250OOO a1 the front by next fall Fifteen thousand will sail in Januar and 29,ooo in March, making 10000 by Spring
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07

Malcolm Brock was a passenger on this mornings train on a business trip to Chitina.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
MANY PEOPLE ARE AT TER FARMS
 IN ALASKA

The Juneau land office is in receipt of many inquiries in reference to talk ing up homesteads in Alaska.
 There seems to be considerable con fusion over the number of acres one may file on in this territory. Many have the impression that the acreage has been cut from S20 acres to 160 acres. This is due the fact that bill was introduced in congress limit ing the number of acres, but it did not not pass at the last session.
 Therefore one may file on 320 acres. The inquiries for farm lands are coming mostly from resident Alas kans, who realize that once the rush starts the best lands in Alaska will be quickly taken. In fact, a number all ready have taken up homesteads in the vicinity of Knik and not few acres have been filed on in Southeast ern Alaska during the present year. Practically the same homestead law as is operative outside applies in | Alaska, three years residence being re- quired, with a continuous residence of ' months a year and the right to se- cure a permit in case the locator is compelled to leave his land for a long CT time.
 Lands outside of the forest reserve are surveyed at the expense fthe set tier; inside the reserve the govern ment stands the expense.
 The department is strict regarding lands which are filed upon for purely speculative purposes, or rather under false pretenses, as for instance where land is taken as a homestead to cor ner good timber, or included in min eral claim simply for the purpose of holding the ground for townsite or other purposes.
 It is realized, however that the homestead law as applied to Alaska is somewhat of a misit Even to the per son who takes up farm land in good faith are attached a number of arbi- trary rules which the land office has no power to alter, even when a show ing of good faith has been made. Secre. ary Lane has expressed himself on the present laws as being inappli- cable for encouraging a movement from the city to the land, and has proposed a number of changes. He holds, for instance, that the man W-o works in the city on salary, should be allowed to take up a home stead and not be compelled to live upon it almost continuously. Oft times it is necessary for the locator to go out and work for wages to secure mon, / for provisions and stock and farming implements.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
Lost Money on Voyage

Capt Beckiand, who made a cruise in the Arctic this summer with his ship Transit, arrived in Seattle with his cargo of fur and whatsoever he secured of whalebone, etc. ard re ports that the drop in prices is so great that he lost fifteen thousand dollars on the trip. Others who were on similar expeditions have lost correspondingly this year.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
Imported Japanese Dainties

SIX embroidered Kimonos, in various shades both snorI ana iong Lunch Cloths Bureau Scarfs Cotton Stencils Toweling, Battenbergs, Wheel Dolly White haoe Embroidered Opera Bags Kabe Chiyoda Bags and others Linen Stencil center se Pin Cushions Leather Furses Doll Pin Cushions Leather Mirror Cases pon gee Boudor Slippers Imitation Velvet Pillow Tons hahn Pillow Tops, Chochet Doilies Silk Handler chle1s and large assortment of Linen Handkerchies
 THESE ARE VERY APPROPRIATE crFTs
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
SPECIAL BOXES OF
 XMAS HOSIERY

It you don't know what else to get for Father or Brother, you'Il always guess right if you buy him a box Of Fancy Black Hose, In fine cotton, mercerlzed, IisIe or silk.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07

Japan on Sunday, October 4, in re- spSnse to President Wilson's peace Sunday proclamation, though Japan is one of the belligerant powers in the great war. Word of this has been received here in a Japanese pss- per published in San Francisco. It was translated by a local Japanese.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
STEAMER BERTHA DUE
 WEDNESDAY MORNING

Alaska Navigation Co.,, left Juneau yesterday morning, and is expected to arrive in Cordova late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
RUSSIANS PENETRATING GERMANY

LONDON Dec 7-The tone of late messages from Berlin indicates that Germany has acknowledged that the Russian
 army or the North has penetrated East Prussia point miles southwest of Gumbinen which about twenty miles west of the German border
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
Dead by His Own Hand

Dead by his own hand" was the verdict of the coroner's jury at White. horse in the case of Alfred Spread bury, an Englishman, whose body was found in the woods about a mile north of town. A shot gun rested between his legs, his left hand grasped the bar rel, in his hand he held a stick about two feet long, and in his heart was a charge of duck shot. He was not a dissipated man, says the Star.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
MORE INDIAN TROOPS IN FRANCE

rAhio Dec An army of 25O0O Indian troops cavalry ana are today passed through Paris from Marsees to he 1ron They included the of the mounted forces in lndla They arrived in Marseiles 2 transports Thursday after 23 day voyage from Bombay An enthusiastic recnn was given the Indians by enormous crowds
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07

Buy your groceries in a grocery store iewelry in a jewelry store,- OSBORNE BROS.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07

Fresh shipments of corn on the cob at Kinney's.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07
Christmas Suggestions
BATH ROBES

Experience shows that Wearing Apparel is about the most substan. tial Christmas Gift of all. and includ- ed, should be guaranteed.
 Our Bath Robe Department con. tains only the Very best Makes, from the leading woolen mills. Our assortment Is large and our prices are reasonable.
 A Suitable Present
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-07

great variety of attractive Christ mas cards at E. A. Hegg's.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

PHILADELPHIA. Robert w.
Daniel, president of the famous bank
ing house Of that name in this city
and New York. has admitted that
since Aug. Is he has been married
20 Mrs Eloise Hughes smith both
survivors of the Titanic disaster. Mrs.
Daniels first husband. Lucien Smith,
went down with the Inflated ship and
several months later @ son was born
20 Mrs. Smith and named after his
father. On MAY 10 she Instituted suit
20 recover for her son a part of his
fathers estate. Mr. Smiths relatives
claimed he left no estate and had
only an allowance of $500 q year.
Mrs. Smith was rescued from the
Titanic In the same boat with Mrs.
John Jacob Aston. Daniel stayed on
the ship until she sank but was later
dragged into the same boat with J
Bruce Ismay, president OF the White
Star line.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

landscape engineer. are the envy OF
thousands who have wrestled with the
lawn problem.
In the great interior courts OF the
main exhibit section the vast bands Of
color produce a wonderful effect The
visitor feels as IL he were in some great
room whose vast tinted walls envelOp
him in radiance.
Just after the war broke out thou
sands OF communications reached the
Exposition management as 10 the prob
able effect OF the war upon the Expo
sition. 1t was announced that the Elk
position would not be postponed and
the development has confirmed the
wisdom OF the decision.
The entries OF exhibitors have in
creased since the war. and many ship
ments OF exhibits have reached San
Francisco. Exhibit space in many OF
the vast exhibit palaces Is four and FIVE
times overapplied for. Representatives
of English industries are busy. Holland
has applied for and received FIVE acres
for her vast display OF bulbs and rare
garden flowers and has increased her
appropriation for participation by
$500 600. Besides the governmental
appropriation. large sums VIII be ex-
pended BY individual exhibitors from
Holland. Undaunted by the war the
seven Exposition commissioners OF the
Netherlands government assembled
from al the principal cities OF Hol-
land the most extensive horticultural
exhibit ever shipped 10 America from
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

that are marvels OF beauty and laces
OF all kinds equal 20 the finest Belgian
and French products. In the Palace
Of Manufactures the Chinese viii show
instruments OF precision and astro-
nomical instruments OF modern type
manufactured In China Machinery IN
variety will be displayed in the Palace
Of Machinery. In the great Live Stock
section, covering sixty-fve acres, many
different breeds OF Chinese live stock
will be shown, some OF which are the
result OF thousands Of years OF breed
ing and are new 20 Occidental eyes.
Entries from foreign lands are being
made in the live stock division every
day.
From Turkey will be shown the Kar-
akul fur bearing sheep. which will also
be exhibited from Persia. where the
animal was first produced. From Brit
tany and BOulogne, France. will be
shown two new breeds OF horses. the
Bretonnese and the BoulOnnaise. which
are the subjects OF particular interest
on the part OF the French government,
which desires 70 increase the demand
abroad for registered animals OF this
class.
Denmark. Norway and Sweden win
be represented at the Exposition.
Ground was broken for the Danish pa
vilion early in September and coil
- ...ias now being rushed This
-raf'-' r WIN. in part. reproduce the
famous Kronberg castle At Elsinore.
the domicile OF the melancholy Hamlet.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

the opening OF the Exposition. The i'm
perial government appropriated $780,
600 for it's participation. The imperial
household OF Japan is loaning the vast
art collection OF the Emperor MeiJi TO
the Exposition. II contains works OF
art. the official announcement from ia
pan says, that could not be duplicated.
In the latter part Of September the
steamer Manchuria brought TO San
Francisco las tons OF building mate
rial. artistic wood carvings and fittings
for the Chinese pavilion and temple.
Accompanying the shipment were ex-
pert native artisans and wood carvers,
who are supplementing the force OF
workmen from China now erecting the
most exquisite example OF typical Chi
nese architecture ever shown In the
United States; also there came from
China word that the young republic
win be represented at the Exposition
on a larger scale than any ever at
tempted by the Chinese people. All Of
the exhibits will reach San Francisco
on time. These will include a vast ar
ray OF agricultural and fooo products,
demonstrating to the Occidental visi-
tor how 10 cut the high cost Of living
in half In the Palace Of Food Prod
ucts. where this exhibit will be shown,
China Will exhibit both raw and pre-
pared fruits, breadstuffs, cereals. vege-
tables. preserves and confections- In
the Palace OF Varied Industries China
will exhibit manu- .ctured silks In in
finite variety ana silk and wooden rugs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

Among DenmariI's exhibits VIII be the
celebrated Danish china from the roy
al porcelain factory in Copenhagen
The Swedish pavilion is almost com
pleted. Norway will have a handsome
pavilion In addition TO the fund ap-
propriated by the Norwegian govern
ment, large funds have been subscrib-
ed by the Experimentation In the
United States.
The Argentine Republic viii be more
deliberately represented at San Fran
cisco thar any other nation "a 50 iar
as expenditure made by the govern
ment for its official exhibition Is co.,
cerned. Before the war broke out the
Argentine had set aside the sum OF ST.
100000. and within a few days after
war was declared the South American
republic had increased this 20 tl.4sos-
900.
The superb Canadian pavilion .
massive two stored structure. Is prac-
tically finished and only the scanold-
ing remains 70 be removed Some
OF the Canadian exhibits are already
installed In this building and others
reached San Francisco on Sept Is.
The display will exploit the agricul-
tural resources Of Canada and VIII be
accompanied BY motion pictures. saOT-
ing how the great industries OF Canada
are carried on The building OF good
roads. the harvesting OF crops the
work OF the Northwest Mounted Po-
lice, scenes In Canadian cities, Cana
dian tourist resorts. etc. are being
"hIned" for use at san Francisco.
A.
and the New Zealand and Australian
pavilions VIII be reaay 'ong before the
Exposition opens.
Not one OF the forty participating
nations has Withdrawn since the war.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

a foreign country. Belgium annOunc-
ed that it's shipment Of roses and bulbs
would be sent 10 San Francisco on
time and stated: I'VE do not antici-
pate trouble in shipping 10 the United
States. We will send the 10000 bulbs
and plants we promised for the Pana-
ma Pacific international Exposition
about November. as you viii want
them for planting early in the year.
They will be in many cOlOrs and Will
take up a space OF about 1000 square
feet"
Shipments OF unnamed roses and
other plants will be made from Lux
emburg. from France and from Great
Britain 10 be entered for the $1,000
prize offered by the Exposition for the
most perfect variety OF new rose TO be
exhibited. Although it was felt that
the war would prove a disastrous blow
10 the athletic program. within the
last two weeks word has been receiv-
ed that entries in the athletic events
are still planned.
Spain has made an initial appropria-
ton OF 100000 TO participate at San
Francisco Italy has formally ratified
the original decision 10 appropriate
100000 and has ordered that construc-
ton on the great Italian pavilion.
which in reality will comprise a group
OF seven buildings, be expedited.
Japan since the war broke out asked
for and received an increase or exhibit
space and viii have its superb pavf-
ion completed 20 the last detail upon
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

army OF busy worSmen IS whipping
The Zone" the ExpOsition's mid
way" into shape. and in the section
devoted 20 the pavilions Of the par
ticipating nations and the American
states palatial structures. In the char
acteristic and historic architecture OF
the states or nations that they repre-
sent. viii make an architectural group
amazing in its infinite variety and at
traction The asphalt driveways have
been finished, and vast areas OF green
lawn, set out by John McLaren, the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

THE Panama-Pacihc International
Exposition presents gay sight
these days. From one end OF
the grounds 10 the other. from Van
Ness avenue 10 Fort Point, a distance
Of almost three miles. the fair Is hum
ming with activity. The main exhibit
section is finished and thousands OF
sightseers there On holidays set an idea
~ what this. the largest and most
beautiful OF worlds expeditions. viii
- Ike when 1t Is under full swing. An
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

CONNERSVILLE.-Robert Hagley.
Is, was caught by his employer trying
20 blow n safe in "a iewelrv store at
this place. The boy explained that
when the store closed at night ne had
hidden behind a counter and waited
until midnight before attempting to
open the safe.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

Ino-. .sit the Grounds Getting a Glimpse of
What the Great Fair viii Be When 1t Is Under
Full Swing; Great Waves of Color In the Vast
Courts Produce a Wonderful Effect.
Fast Nearing Completion; Great
Canadian Building Almost Finished; Argentina and
the Netherlands Increase Appropriations; Italy
Cables to Hurry Construction
Aggregate of Foreign Funds Increased Since the War Broke Out
and More Applications For Exhibit Space Are Received
Than Ever Before. Space In Some of the Palaces
Being -Four or Five Times Overapplied For
Beautiful Live Stock Pavons Suggest Japanese Architecture
Scores OF and Foreign Structures
Being Rushed to Completion
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30

A ~ - % ~ ~ Since
az: 9:s
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-02-07
Landlords Lacking.

Switzerland is described in London Everyman as "a land without land
 lords" The natural temper of the Swiss is such that any man who should acquire and attempt to culti- yate an extensive acreage would find it difficult to hire the necessary labor. The Swiss are willing to regard them selves as belonging to the soil only on the condition that the soil belongs to them. In cases where hired labor is indispensable. it generally has to be imported from Austria. The Swiss prefer to leave the land and seek their fortunes in the hotels, or in the towns, or across the seas. The Swiss peasant. no matter how poor, is strong in the consciousness that he is free and independent citizen of a state to which no other rank than official rank is known. The poorest peasants are not in the least anx- ious that their daughters should seek service as domestic dependents of distinguished people. They prefer 1 to enter the service of hotels. The lack of wealthy patrons dwelling among them does not deprive the children of school treats or themsel- yes of organized amusements. They have their rifle clubs and are the fin est marksmen in Europe. They have
 their choral and orchestral socie- ties, and they love music and dane ing &# ferveatly as their neighbo1s of Germany and France.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-02-07
VERDICT UPHELD
 IN REEDER CASE Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Judgment for S5,000 Damages for Injuries.

Dan Reeder's judgment for 5000 against the Copper River & North western railway has been affirmed by the circuit court of appeals at San Francisco. The judgment was recov- cred last May at the Cordova term of court.
 Reeder was badly injured by the second cave-in at the Chitina tunnel, August 2, 1911. He was working on the reconstruction of the tunnel