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The daily Alaskan., 1914-01-05

Funny how they've picked ont three men all interested in the l.. 5. NJ. rail road. I've no doubt rhe same gang turned the three tricks,
 "There wasn't a cIew in the other two cases" unused Birch as the man ager's automobile stopped before a handsome stone house on the finest avenue of the small city.
 In five minutes they were in fine death chamber of the mansion and Sloan was rappfng out questions to the agitated valet faster than the w1n could find replies. When the interview was concluded they were not much wiser than before
 "I have not touched a thing. nor has the doctor" ended Blunt tearfully. "uc must have been asleep. for the papers were folded on the bedside table, as was his custom and the light WAS oaL. although thr murderer might have done that"
 Very true" said Sloan Now, my man, if you will leave uS alone
 Blunt wpur out and closed the door. and the two detectives were left alone in the room from which Mr. Hinman's body had been removed a short while after their arrival. The two men had diligently searched the luxurious apart meD. and after that every room in the house and now they stood silently re- gardu2 the only cIew at hand.
 The slender, blood stained dagger.
 What data have you concerning the Ffckinger and the Benson cases"' ask ed Sloan.
 Birch referred to his memorandum book
 "The most important is that learn cd that four men who had been discharged by the railroad company had threatened harm to Mir Flickiu- ger and his secretary. l could find no trace of these men. It was said that one of them was really titled foreign CT down on his luck. that he had pass ed through all the phasus of good and bad fortune and be had failed to make good"
 "I guess he's the man we're after' said Sloan. What name"
 ''Yan Benjidck."
The daily Alaskan., 1914-01-05
T he BIaCkbird A M y Stery
 Solved
By cLARIssA MACKIE

#N'N f- t '% a '~ '"
 The manager of the Sloan Detective agency pressed a button as he hung up the telephone receiver.
 Send Birch in," be ordered as shock headed office boy appeared.
 "Yes. sir.
 Almost instantly the door opened to admit broad shouldcred young man, alert of manner, with keen gray eyes and reSolute mouth
 You wish to see me. Mir. SIoan?' he asked
 The other nodded. Sit down there. I say. Bob, there's been another one of those coufounded murders. It's Hin man. tue banker, this time
 Josiah uinman?" Eirch's eyebrows went up. Our greatest phiianthropist and the most harmless of men. What are the details, sir"
 "Oh. same as the other three. He was found murdered in his bed this morning. Doors of the house locked. no signs Of windows being tlmpered with. servants ali old retaiurrs. not an enemy in the world that We know about and yet found dead by his valet"
 How was it doue?'
 Tn just the same manner os Flick inger the railroad king. aud Benson. who was. as you remember Flioiin- gers right hand man -Stabhgd through the heart with a dagger of foreign make. I'm going up there. and want you to come on with me
 You know I'd like nothing bettor,' ,' returned the other eagerly. MT. Hin man was very kind to me when was a boy. He gave me my first chance in the world
 "I know. He's helped a lot of other people too He was a fine old chap
The daily Alaskan., 1914-01-05
sTEADFAsT CONFIDENCE
The Following Statement should Form Conclusive Proof of Merit to Every Alas
 kan Reader.

Could stronger proof of the merit of any product be desired than the statements of grateful endorsers who say their confidence has been undiminished by lapse Of time. These are the kind of statements that are appearing in your local papers for Doan's Kidney Pills. They are twice-told and confirmed with new enthusiasm. Can any reader doubt the following?
 II. s. Baldwin, retired grocer, iSS Boundary Ave, Portland, Ore gon, says: "I was suffering greatly from my back and kidneys when Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to my attention. After I had used a few boxes, the pains in my back left and my kidneys again became regular. I am now in good health, thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills"
 No Trouble Since.
 When MT. Baldwin was inter- viewed on January 24, 1913, he said: You may continue to publish my former enlargement of Doan'5 Kidney Pills. I confirm all I have said about them, as have had It, tie or no kidney trouble Bince."
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-hIilburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sois agents for the Uni ted States.
 Remember the name-Doan's and take no other.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-01-05
SERIAL NO. O1GOS. APPLICATION TO MAKE HOME STEAD ENTRY.

U. S. Land Office at Juneau, AL aska, october 1S, 1913.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Simon Jacob Wejtzman whose post office address is Haines, Alaska, has applied to enter under Sec. 2289 oE tLe Revised statutes of the United states, and of the Act of March 5, 1903, the following described tract of land as homestead, said tract land being situated about l mile northerly from the Indian Village of Kluckwan, Alaska, and more par ticularly desCroeu as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. l, from which U. s. L. M. No. 2O9, bears N 80 53'IE 36 ks. dist. and from which witness Cor. bear East 58 Iks. a stone marked s 991 w 1, M. C., thence meandering the eastern bank of the Chilkat River s2Oo27'E CVariation 4Oo E) 2.75 CHS. S21045'E 11.7g chs. S25'33'E ASA chs. S62o29' F 2.9O chs. S49'18'E 3.16 chs. SS5o 46'E 5.1O chs. S3502O'E 7.GO chs. S15o39'E 1.86 chs. to Cor. No. 2 M. C., from whlCa a witness Cor. bears East 72 ks. a stone marked S991 w. c. z M. C., thence East (VariaIon 340 EaEt) $40 chs. cen ter or road, 1872 chs. Cor. No. 3, stone marked s991, c 3, thence North (Variauon 990 East) 33.48 chs. to Cor. No. 4, a stone marked S991, c. 4 thence West (Variation 33o East) 4O.UO Chs. to Cor. No. the place of beginning, Area lOS.bI Acres. Survery No. 991.
 Any and All persons claiming ad versely any portion of the above des cribed tract are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the U. s. Land Office at Juneau their adverse claim ther against under oath, during the period of the pub Iication of thls notice, or within thirty days thereafter or they will be barred by provision of the stat ute
The daily Alaskan., 1914-01-05

Bonded hIsKeys-Glbson, MCun
 Vernon and Belmont. The best of Reer--Blue Ribbon, Budweiser and Pale Ranier, at the Mascot, Tele- phone 67 1T
The daily Alaskan., 1914-01-05
Simon Jacob Weitzman.

IL is hereby ordered that the fore going notice be published for the statutory period in The SkagWay Daily Alaksan, a newspaper of gen. circulation, published at Skagway, Alaska. Date of first publication November 1, Iy13,. Date of Last Publication, JauuarJ 10, 1914.
 c. B. Walker, Register.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-01-05
CRAB MEAT COOK TAILS

The Pack Train Restaurant
 Service 0 Ia carte. MT. Barnes was discharged yes .erday after two weeks rest.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
A pREMII1M ON COWARpICE.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has
been asked to pass upon the question
whether an act of heorism, In which
a man risks his life. compels him 10
forfeit protection of an accident in
surance policy The case is that OF
Young man who was killed at a mo-
tordrome, Cleveland, while helping 20
null a fallen motorcycle driver from
the path of other machines. The IN
surance company refused TO pay the
policy on the ground that he exposed
himself 10 unnecessary risk. HIS
widow sued, the lower courts gave
judgement for her, but the compan,
appealed. Surely, It would be against
public policy If a premium should be
put upon cowardice. Suppose the
man and his wife had been in boat
and she had fallen overheard. Would
the insurance company hold that he
should have said: Il am exceedingly
sorry, but l cannot save you, as that
would invalidate my accident policy
in the event that / drowned?'
In other words, must man who
carries accident insurance never play
the hero unless he is positive that
his heroism will involve absolute
safety for himself7 Such a ruling would
reverse the opinion of Emerson that
"it is mans perdition to be safe when
for the truth he ought TO die But
no matter what the Supreme Court OF
Ohio may hold in this particular case
some risks in life will still be worth
more than 5000, even II an insurance
company cannot afford 10 take them.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20

II you have something 10 sell, con-
centrate your energy in a Want Ad
and there will be no waste Of time or
energy.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
Dark Spot BIurS Face of
Sun as Nations Battle

sun. which is visible with the use Of
smoked glasses on a bright day, un-
doubtedly will be regarded as an i'll
omen by the uneducated classes in
the warning nations of Europe. A
celestial disturbance at any time is
to them a portent of dire possibili-
ties, but with war stalking through
their countries the fear occasioned by
phenomenon Of this kind knows
no bounds. In this country many
persons believe that the appearance
of sun spots is indicative of a long
siege Of stormy weather, with re-
markable exhibitions of electricity in
the atmosphere.
Professor G. E. Hale, Of Mount
Wilson Observatory in California, re-
Gently demonstrated by means of a
spectro-heliograph that sun spots
probably arise from vortices or
whirlilg storms, and that these
vortices produce strong magnetic
! fields in the sun spot He regards
the phenomenon as somewhat analog-
the earth At the centre Of the storm
the rapid rotation produces an ex-
pansion which cools the gases and
causes the appearance Of a compare
lively dark cloud which we see as the
sun spot
II has been demonstrated clearly
many times that the spots have a
direct connection with various mag
netic and electrical phenomena on the
earth When spots appear on the
sun magnetic disturbances and
auroras are numerous on the earth
II has been found that the spots oc.
cur in periods averaging about clever
years. The duration of individual
/ spots is variable, some lasting but q
( cay or two and others continuing fol
weeks and months. sometimes beins
/ carried out of view by the rotation
of the sun and brought into view
again from the other side The spot
now on the face of the sun may be
more Than forty thousand miles
broad.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
A Guaranteed
TREATMENT
For Asthma and Hay Fever.

Go TO n. b. Danforth's, Second and
Market streets, city, and buy a pack
age of Dr. Rudolph Schiffmann's Asth-
mador today and if it does not give in
slant relief, and even more, If you do
not find it to be the very best remedy
you have ever used, 60 back and your
money will be cheerfully returned by
these druggists, without any question
whatever. No matter what else has
failed, Asthmador or Asthmador
Cigarettes win give instant re-
lief usually within 10 seconds,
but always within Is minutes. It does
not matter how violent the attack or
obstinate the case is, or what else had
been tried and failed, Asthmador will
relieve instantaneously. If it does not,
this package will cost you nothing Go
back and get your money refunded.
You are to be the sole Judge as TO
whether benefited or not No risk is
run in buying this remedy under this
positive guarantee by N. b. Danforth
Persons living elsewhere will be sup
piled under the same guarantee by their
local druggist or direct by DIR. r. Schift-
mann, st. Paul, MINI.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
THE AFTERNOON NAP

Some believe properly little during
the
bed which or
This bedroom that
when the make
should other they
stiff the hair dressed
which pillow
weather this latter the
sleeper wet with persaon would
between the methods avoiding the undesirable features
has not sufficient time disrob better lie back
chair and the darkend
let be understood entitled fifteen minutes without
this short time will worry
ished the time S
drying well afterwards with rough Of them.
little
ho into the
cooling qualities characteristic
negge the siesta will be comforting
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
FREE ADVICE
TO SICK WOMEN
Thousands Have BeenHeIped
By Common Sense
Suggestions.

Women suffering from any form Of
female ills are invited to Communicate
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
PICNICS AND WORK
PUZZLE Farmers
South Jersey Growers Face
Week Of Outings in
Busiest Season
ONE THREE-DAY AFFAIR
TO ATTRACT WORKERS

PENNSVILLE, n. J., Aug. 2o.-South
Jersey farmers will have as much as
they can do to attend all of the picnics
and outings to be held in the lower
counties of the State, the next week.
Right on top of the big picnic of the
Gloucester county grangers at Pitman
last week, farmers of Salem and Cum
berland counties, respectively, will hold
their picnics this week at Pennsville and
Bridgeton. AT the same time, the an
nual south Jersey farmers picnic, usu-
ally held at Washington Park, will take
place for three days at Point Breeze
Park, in conjunction with farmers from
Pennsylvania and Delaware. Next week,
on Wednesday and Thursday, the tenth
annual picnic of the grangers of Cam
den and Atlantic counties will be held
at Clementon Park, Camden county.
The Salem county farmers picnic Will
be held at Oakwood Beach on Thursday
and will be a revival of a custom Of
several years when farmers and their
families gathered for an annual outing.
There will be a baby show and exhibits
Of farm produce and fancy work.
Cumberland county grangers will have
two days picnic at Tumbling Dam
Park. Bridgeton, beginning tomorrow.
In addition to the exhibits of farm
produce and machinery, a new feature
this year will be a model irrigation sys-
tenn in full working order
Il so happens that all Of these out
ings come this year just at a busy time
for the farmers, who are in the midst OF
their potato digging and also have theiI
hands full in marketing their bumper
truck crops, but most of them will find
time to squeeze in at least one day at
the picnics.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20

promptly with the
W o mans private
correspondence de-
partment of the Ly-
dia Z. Pinkham Med
icine Co., Lynn,
Mass. Your letter
will be opened, read
and answered by a
woman and held in
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
ALL HURT IN sTREET CRASH.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. Aug. 20-In
a collision on Price street between
a buggy occupied by Mrs. Frank Han
mum and daughter, of Lenape, and an
automobile occupied by George Veit
Jr., and family, of this borough. the
buggy was wrecked. the horse re-
ceived a broken leg and had TO be
killed; Mrs. Veit, mother of the own
er and driver of the auto. suffered
a broken rib; one of Mrs Hannum's
legs we're so badly injured she had
10 be taken to the hospital; an arm
and the lips OF Miss Hannum were
severely cut; Mrs. Veit was also
painfully injured, and George Myers,
who was in the auto, was cut on a
hand by the broken windshield
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
Just A Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.

DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G.. Quinius, the Sun
shine Man.
When St. Theresa was laughed at be-
cause she wanted to build a great or
phanage, and had but three shillings to
begin with she answered, with three
shillings Theresa can do nothing; but
with God and three shillings there is
nothing Theresa cannot do"
"AlOne; yet not alone" John XVI:
32).
When Fisher, bishop Of Rochester
came out of the Tower of London and
saw the scaffold upon which he was
to be beheaded, he took out of his
pocket a Greek testament, and looking
up, exclaimed, "Now, oh Lord, direct
be to some passage which may support
me through this awful scene" H'
opened the book and his eye fell upoI
the above text. He instantly closed it
saying, "Praise God; this is sufficient
for men and for eternity"
was riding in a railway carriag'
one morning in company with a mar
who talked loudly and boasted Otter
that he never believed anything that he
could not understand especially upor
matters of religion. After a pause,
ventured to ask him if he would tel
me the name of the animals that were
grazing in a field. He laughingly and
readily replied, "Why, sheep, of course
After a pause, and passing another field
I repeated the question. Testify, he re-
piled. Horses, OF course" pray tel
me, then, why hair grows on the bach
of the horse and wool on the sheep, see
ing that they are both grazing upor
grass" He could not understand anC
explain the mystery, yet he believed the
fact 'Tis a vain boast of a man so Il
talk, for their very existence gives th'
lie to their assertions.-S. Coley.
Dayton, Ohio.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
way COMPANY TO Get
money AND co AHEAD

Upon the petition of certain
creditors, Judge Dickinson in the
United States District Court, in Phila-
delphia. has appointed ]. Harold WAY
as receiver of the ]. H. Way and Sons
Company, instead of ]. Howard Way,
who was appointed, together with the
Wilmington Trust Company, last
week to manage the affairs of the
concern. j. Howard Way asked the
Court to be excused from acting as
receiver, and it was upon the petition
OF creditors that Harold Way was
substituted. Leonard H Schoff. of
Chester, was appointed as a third re-
Evening journal., 1914-08-20
Editorial Opinion
ORIGIN OF TERM CHAUTAUQUA.

From the lola Register.
The word Chautauqua has an inter
esting history. Long ago, when the an
cestors of the Senecas came to the mar
gin of this beautiful lake, after a sue
cessful hunt, they camped upon its bor'
ders for the night. A sudden storm
arose. The waves became so high that
their camp was ieopardized, and in the
confusion a little child was swept away
beyond their reach and lost in the lake.
Thereafter the lake was known as
Chauddaukwa tthe place where the child
was carried awayl, now Anglicized into
its present form, Chautauqua.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20

strict confidence. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman (;
thus has been established a confidential
correspondence which has extended over
many years and which has never been
broken. Never have they published a
testimonial or used letter without the
written consent of the writer, and never
has the Company allowed these conf
dental letters to get out of their pos
session, as the hundreds of thousands
of them in their files will attest.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from, tits more
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed in your case. Moth
ing is asked in return except your good
will, and their advice has helped thou
sands. Surely any woman, rich or poor,
should be glad to take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance. Address
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, ICON
fidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought TO have
Lydia e. Pinlxham's SO-page
Text Book. 1t is not a book for
general distribution, as it is too
expensive. 1t is free and only
Obtainable by mail. Write for
1t today.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20

ceiver, upon the request Of creditors.
The Court also authorized the re-
ceivers to borrow on receivers certi-
flcates a sum not to exceed 5000
FOR the purpose of carrying on the
business so that the creditors will
not be forced to sacrifice their claims,
which amount to about s1S0,O0O. With
this money, it was pointed out to the
court in the petition, the receivers may
make proper use Of the raw materials
and fill the orders now on hand. The
receivers bond was fixed at $780,
600.
Evening journal., 1914-08-20

Evidently the earth is not the only
member of the solar system which is
in a disturbed condition at the pres
ent time, for the sun also shows the
existence of unusual activity. Photo
graphs of the sun show distinctly a
large dark spot on the surface. The
unusual size Of the spot is shown by
the fact that although the sun was
not shining brightly at the time the
photographs were made, the spot was
shown distinctly.
The appearance of the spot on the
Evening star., 1914-04-20
Public Statues in Washington.

The statue population of Washing
ton promises notable increases In the
news 1t is announced that the Grant
statue. after unusual dispute over its site.
and long delays in its construction, Will
he dedicated this fail The statue of Com
modore John Barry is awaiting unveiling.
The statues in Washington commemorate
ing actors in the revolutionary period are
those Of Washington, Green. La Fayette.
kochambeau. Won Steuben, Pulaski. Kos
cidszko and John Paul Jones, and the
Barry statue VIII be a notable addition
TO this interesting collection One of the
curious features of the statues Of the
men identified with the American revo-
lution is the preponderance of those TO
men of foreign birth. and the statue
which it is proposed to erect to Count
de Grasse will increase this ratio of
fnreign-born to native sons The statue
of Witherspoon also belongs to the reSo-
lutionary period. though on the civil side.
The memorial 10 Grant will be a mark
ID addition to the already relatively
large number of civil war statues, that
period of american history being repre-
sented bE- statues of Gems. Rawiins
Thomas, Mcpherson, Hancock, Mcclellan,
Evening star., 1914-04-20
The Community Hike.

\ plan that sets men and women to
walking in the fields and woods is to
be encouraged. 1t is published in the
news that nearly 1000 persons. about
one-third of them women, accepted the
invitation of the Alpine Club to take
IA walk yesterday afternoon. The
route lay up the valley of Rock creek
from Military road to Forest Glen. but
N a course not so direct as the flow
II the creek. Byways were followed
aud the distance was about ten miles.
measured from the starting point at
8rightwood. Hundreds of those start
ng found a mile on uneven ground a
longer stretch than they had thought.
and many tired and fell out by the
way But they will be better for their
experience and should keep at it until
ten miles are an easy afternoon walk.
MI those who covered the full distance
and all those people are straight. lean
and ha rd- muscIed. Those that fell out
were people who were overfed. under
exercised and generally carrying too
much flesh Walking will bring them
INTO sound condition. The matter OF
comfortable shoes was neglected by a
large number of the women. and much Of
their fatigue may be attributed to this
The movement inaugurated yesterday
should prosper, and the prospect is
that there will be a large turnout OF
walkers next Sunday If the weather Is
favorable.
Evening star., 1914-04-20

Sheridan and Sherman and: of Admirals
F'arragut and Dupont. The statue OF
Garfield perhaps might be ascribed to
that period. The second war with Eng
land is represented in Washington only
by a statue of Andrew Jackson. AS a
representative of the Mexican war Scott
is memorialized in Washington twice, in
Scott circle and by fine statue in the
Soldiers Home grounds. In late report
of the commission of fine arts it is said
that science and medicine are exem-
plifed in Washington by statues of Prof.
Joseph Henry, Daguerre. Gross and
Hahnemann; exploration by Columbus and
Gen. Pike, a private individual erected
statues to Franklin and Webster, With
erspoon represents church and state
as Longfellow does the world of
letters. and the century-old District
of Columbia finds it's only expo
nent in Alexander R. Shepherd The
presidential office is represented by the
statue of Garfield. unless one counts the
Lincoln statues in Lincoln Square and
in front of the courthouse. though, or
course. soldiers to whose memory mon
uments have been erected in Wasnins-
ton have held the presidential office. John
Marshall is the only justice OF the Su-
preme Court to whom a public outdoor
statue has been erected.
Soon a great national memorial to Lin
coin will rise in Potomac Park and
the proposal is pending to erect national
memorials to Jefferson and Hamilton, and
the suggestion seems to be spreading that
when jefferson and Hamilton have been
50 honored statues of Jay and Madison
will be erected. On this score report
which the commission of fine arts sent
in December 1912. to Representative
James l.. Slayden, chairman of the House
committee on the library, in reference
to Senate bill providing for the erec-
ton in Washington of statues to Thomas
jefferson and Alexander Hamilton SAID:
Should Congress now authorize the To-
cation of the statues of Jefferson and
Hamilton in the Capitol grounds IT seems
probable that at later date the statues
of John Jay and James Madison would
be added in order to complete the group
of authors of the Federalist. to whom
history ascribes the chief part in bring
ing about the adoption of the Constitu-
ton.