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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27
Science Siftings.

Recent experiments in India indicate
that the light emitted by fireflies Is
similar in many ways to Y rays.
A seismOgraph invented by a Japa
nese scientist registers the velocity OF
all earthquakes two hundredfold.
Single nickel salts cannot be used
alone for plating without the addition
of a conducting salt. such as sulphate
of ammonia.
One seven-bundredth part Of a grain
of radium will thoroughly fertilize a
ton of soil and cause grain to grow
with great rapidity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27
COMING PAN-AMERlCAN
SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS
To Promote Closer Relations
Among American Republics.

The preliminary arrangements for
the second pan-American scientific con.
gress, scheduled to meet In Washing
ton for the two weeks beginning Mon
day, Dec. q, have been completed.
According to official reports from
each Of the governments now in the
hands of Director General John Bar
rett of the Pan-American union, who is
secretary general of the congress, each
one Of the twenty-one American repub-
lies will appoint delegations composed
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27
Pen and Brush.

81. T. Webster, the cartoonist, Is only
thirty years of age.
Robert W. Chambers was a drafts
man and painter before he was an
author. Indeed. Mr.. Chambers studied
to become an illustrator.
Edna Ferber happened to write a
story when she was recovering from a
nervous breakdown due to overwork as
a news reporter. This story sold, aud
her career as a fictionist was started.
What is claimed to be the finest por-
trait of President Wilson is one that
has been painted by Miss Marion Swim
ton, who did the work without a single
sitting from the nations head.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27
SHORT AND SHARP.

One word may make a new friend
ship or break an old one.
1t takes quite a clever woman to
look pretty when she isn't.
The hardest task yet will be for
every Mexican general to disband him.
SELF
One Of the sorry features Of Office
seeking is that somebody has got to
lose.
Isn't it wonderful how much talking
a woman can do without mentioning
politics?
The man with the black eye is not
out looking for trouble; he is on his
way back.
Cheer up! The peace palace at The
Hague has not yet been turned into
an arms factory.
One OF the curiosit1es OF European
nomenclature is that Belgrade is pro-
nounced as it is spelled.
"Old men for counsel, young men
for war;" says the proverb. But the
veterans in Europe seem to be doing
double turn.
If you want to lose your popularity,
assuming that you have some, just be-
gin to talk about your troubles to every
one you meet.
With all the opera stars going into
moving pictures. one may soon expect
the films to feature the Swiss bell ring
ers and the monologue artists.
Making ammunition is a line of en-
ployment which enables a man to ex-
perience the suspense and peril Of war
without being actually on the firing
line.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27
Facts From France.

French people eat $50 pounds of
bread head per year.
France is the best cultivated country
in the whole of Europe.
The cost of living in Grenoble,
France, has nearly doubled within the
last six months.
Paris plans to obtain fully 100000
electrical horsepower by damming the
river Rhone at a point 300 miles from
the city.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

Minister to Belgium Says His Trip
Home Has No Political Significance.
Brand Whitlock. American minister
to Belgium, who is on leave Of absence
because of illness. has made it clear
that his trip home has no political pur-
pose whatsoever. Its sole object, he
said, was to give him short rest and
an opportunity to get back his health.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

which has been undermined by fifteen
months Of uninterrupted work at high
pressure. He has arranged to return
to Brussels on Dec %. sailing on the
Rotterdam from New York city.
Secretary Lansing has announced
that the German military authorities In
Belgium had expressed to the Ameri-
can minister. Brand Whitlock, their re-
grets that published reports should
have made 1t appear he was leaving
Belgium as a result Of objections from
the German government.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

The man who knows 1t all Is never
too full for utterance.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27
HEAD OF SERVIAN FORCES.
General Poutnik Is an Invalid, but
Great Soldier Nevertheless.

General Radomir Poutnik, chief Of
the general staff of the Servian army,
Is veteran soldier. He won high hon
OTIS in the Balkan war, his name fire.
Quently appearing In the dispatches for
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

Anything Is wrong that is almost
right.
It's the little troubles that wear away
a mans conceit.
The man who knows 1t all is never
too full for utterance.
The rooster can give the man point
ers as to the proper time to stop crow
ing.
Good jobs always seem to seek the
men who have jobs rather than the
jobless.
Some European statesmen might re-
mark that it isn't only republics that
are ungrateful.
Rome wasn't built In day, and Mex
leo wasn't subdued In q week, or at
least hasn't been.
Just for a change, try sometimes to
gossip about yourselves instead OF
about your neighbors.
Despite the rapid growth Of their
business, no phonograph company Is
advertising. "AIl records brokenr'
A federal court has decided that tai
cum powder Is a cosmetic. Must we
find something else for our innocent
babies?
By the time a man finds out that he
doesn't amount to anything and never
will he Is too old to care anything
about It
The assistant treasurer Of the United
States Is credited with saying that the
average dollar bill lasts about three
weeks, but isn't that q misprint for
ninutesf
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

The rooster can give the man poiI
ers as to the proper time to stop GRO
ing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

bravery. He Is sixty-eight years old
and suffers from acute asthma, but III
ness has not impaired the tremendous
mental energy OF this master soldier.
Under him the Servian army has
been putting up a wonderful fight
against Austro-G German and Bulgarian
forces. Even the women are fighting
In Servia today. and over q thousand
are with the army. and more are being
organised. The women In the ranks
are said to fight with all the courage Of
men.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

One word may make a new friend
ship or break an old one.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

It's the little troubles that wear away
q mans conceit.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

1t takes quite clever woman to
look pretty when she isn't.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27
BRIGHT BRIEFS.

Anything Is wrong that is almost
right.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

The hardest task yet will be fol
every Mexican general to disband him
self.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

Good jobs always seem to seek tn
men who have jobs rather than tn
jobless.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

One Of the sorry features Of Office
seeking is that somebody has got to
lose.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-27

Making ammunition is a line Of en-
ployment which enables a man to ex-
perience the suspense and peril Of war
without being actually on the firing
line
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
.GUGGENHEIM ALASKA COMPANY
 TO NET S6,OOO,OOO

BOSTON. June 2s.-If the price Of copper holds there is good chance that the Kennecott Copper Corpora ton will earn SS per share for the year to end December .31. The preliminary estimates indicate the not profits Of S6.00O.OOO for the current year appli- cable to dividends on 72o,o0o out standing shares.
 From the operations of the Bonan- ga mine alone there has been paid this year to date $l,5O0.O0O dividends Co the former owners, the Alaska Syn dicate. Hereafter. the operations of three mines win supply Che earnings for dividend purposes, one of which, the Jumbo. has large amount Of ex- tremely high grade ore, some of the copper glance running better than 50 per cent
 It is understood that small quanti. ties of the Kennecott stock have been coming from persons originally the holders Of the Beatson Copper com pany. who exchanged five shares of that stock for one of the new Kenne- company.
 The Kennecott bonds put out at 100 few weeks ago have sold up to l1S, with subsequent recaction. The stock has became active around S27. .-(Boston News Bureau.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
BRITISH LOSSES AT
 DARDANELLEs HEAVY


 BOSTON, June 29.-The Post says that officers of the United States cruiser North Carolina, which has arrived iR Boston after 10 months absence from port in port in the Eur opean war zone, tell amazing stories of British reverses in the Dardanelles. The horrible slaughter of Australian troops and the resourcefulness of the Turkish troops under the command -of German officers, which throw an entirely. new light on any attempts to force the straits tending to show that the British, government has been covering up thus far a series Of col Ossal failures.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
CORNELL WINS SLOW
 RAGE ON HUDSON

PoUGHKEEPSlE, June 2s. Cor. nell won the University eight-oared four.mhe race which was the feature event Of the regetta on che Hudson yesterday The victory was won by a length over Leland Stamford. with Syracuse third, Columbia fourth. and Philadelphia last
 The official time was as follows
 Cornell. 20 minutes, 36 3-5 seconds; Leland Stanford, Jr, 20 minutes s7 4.5 seconds.
 The lime was slower than many in. tercollegiate major contest since 1910.
 The Scared varsity race was the second victory for Ithaca during the regetta. Earlier in the day Cornell won the Junior varsity race with Pennsylvania second. Syracuse won the Froshman's race. with Cornell second and Columbia third
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
WILL
 SELECT COAL

SEATTLE, June D. Dispatches received here yesterday evening an. nouce the appointment Of George Watkin Evans to make the selections of Alaska coal lands which shall be soryed to the government.
 It is understood that there will be big reservations in the Nenana field, though 1t is also understood that the government Is considering the electrl- fication of the Aaska railroad. it is desired that thel be sufficient coal lands reserved e provide coal fuel for motive power
 George WatlSin Evans is well known in Alaska He had charge of tho mining. of tho coal in the Matanus- ka fields for the government test and has performed many offices for the government in connection with the coah lands of Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
FISHERIES
 STOCK TO BE
 LISTED ON CHANCE

NEW YORK, June 20 Application has been made on the New York Stock Exchange $5,O00,OOO common and S2.g4S.OOO 2 per cent cumulative preferred stock, and S3.157O0O bonds of the Booth Fisheries Company It is expected that favorable action will be taken by the listing committee at It's meeting on Wednesday next.
 Alaska Company Purchased.
 CHICAGO. June % The Booth Fisheries Company has purchased four salmon canneries in Southeastern Alaska and in Washington from Ger man & Co.,, for $841,72S. The new stock which the company has issued represents part payment on the new ly acquired property.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
ALASNA JUNEAU TO WIDEN TUNNEL OR
 DRIVE NEW

The Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Co today Is considering the launching of two new tunnel projects. either Of whose consummation will mean & great deal of development in that mine.
 From an authoritative. but onofii- cial source. it was learned today that Sam Kohn. John Beck and Jules B. Caro-. owners Of three mining claims at the summit of Father Browns trail above the Alaska Juneau mill. had sbeen offered S25.Ooo for their property. by the Alaska-Juneau Co, and had taken the offer under advise ment.
 Street rumors, more or less accu. rate. were that the Alaska-Juneau in tends either to docble.track it's pres ent tunnel leading from the mill through the Reck.Caro-Kohn claims. or drive new loop tunnel. to in- crease its haulage facilities. It was said by The Empires informant that the company will drive a single-track 420o-loot tunnel circling the Reck claims if the latter are not sold to the Alaska-Juneau. or win drive S500- foot tunnel through the claims, and above the present tunnel. if they ac- Quire the claims by purchase.
 J. Fl. Mackenzie. director and cult ing engineer in the company. was not at his hotel today, and official confr- nation of the reports could not be had, Mr. Mackenzie. however a few days ago intimated that the company was planning to increase It's haulage, and only a widening of the present adit. or the construction of a new tunnel would bring this about
 Notwithstanding the outcome of the bid for the Beck claims. the AL aska Juneau company will within ten days start to double its transportation capacity This is said to have been finally agreed upon.
 Late this afternoon one of the men interested in the claims which the AL aska-Juneau want. said that the price offered was too low"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
GERHARD PUTS U. s.
 IN RIGHT

BERLIN, June 2a.-"The American seopIe would vote to prohibit tho aaie of munitions oi war to any of the hoilIserent nations it,the matter were submltted tc q referendum yote,n eaid antons Meyeroerhard lu an artlcle appearing ln "oer Tag" today
 pr meyer-eorhars, continuing, said shat he is convinced that the Amerl- can people a5 wdolei are friendly toward Germany and the German peo- plo. "HoWever," he said, "Whlle the Arnsrlean people regret shat the law iiclss nos prevent Che shipment of mu- nIgous Of war .3 beiiigercnts, all Americana condemn Germany for vie plating Che neutrallty of Belgium and gor the sinklns of the lusitanla.p
 The whole teocr Of Dr. Meyer-eer- hard's article was that President Will con and thc American people arc en- deavorlng to maintain neutrality fair ly and in accordance wlth their un- derstandlng of the law and to pro- tcet what they conceive to be the siahts of Amerleana- Flo eaid that fhe impression that had prevailed widely in eeramny that tho United States wac endesyorlng to aid She Al- lice To not correct in any aenae. He alao sald that American continent supporie the Presldent i1 the stand he has taken.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
WAIVED
 FOR PARADE

The committee for the Fourth of July celebration has requested that all persons owning motor vehicles assist in swelling the grand parade on the moring of July fifth by being in the parade with their machines. An nouncement Of the time of the parade will appear in the papers later
 Two down town business houses are competing with one another for first place in the parade. and the riv- airy is becoming more intense as the time for the parade grows nearer. There will be other floats no doubt but it is expected that the interest in these competing firms win draw at- tention as the friends of each busi- ness house are backing their partic- ular firm to win the prize
 The parade this year is expected to surpass anything ever given in the North before. there being thirty-two automobiles and eighteen motorcycles in the city at the present lime
 Tn addition to this feature the fire department and most Of the fraternal organizations will be in the parade in full regaiia.
 Sunday. July 4 will be devoted to the big ball game between Juneau and Treadwell on the local grounds.
 On July 3. "the big day, the same teams play at Treadwell in the after noon. while the games between Thane. Alaska.Juneau and Perseverance. win be played over here.
 The street dance on Monday night, aud the pyrotechnic display win top the celebration of.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
OWEN FAVORS
 SESSION OF SENATE
 TO TALK BUSINESS

WASHINGTON June 29.-Senator Robert l.. Owen, Of Oklahoma, who is member Of the committee ap- pointed to reform the rules of the United States with reference to un. limited debate, who is here said that while he believes there will be no ex- tra session of Congress and that one is not needed. he hopes the President will call an extra session of the Sem ate for the purpose of discussing and considering the cloture rule.
 Senator Owen said:
 "The country is disgusted with the exhibition made by the Senate, when Q few Senators can prevent the en- actment Of legislation by talking for hours at @ time" said Senator Owen. Something must be done to remedy the situation and believe that we should meet early in order to take the matter up. "
 That a shipping bill, designed to give the United States an adequate merchant marine would be taken up and passed by Congress at the next session was the opinion of Senator Owen. He said the conditions which have existed since the outbreak of the war have demonstrated conclus- lvely that there must be some such Legislation. Senator Owen predicted also the enactment of rural credits law at the next session, He is a member of tho rural credits commis- sion. appointed last session in accord ance with the last agricultural approp riation law. to study the subject of rural credits and report to Congress.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
FIGHTING
 RACES IN WlEsT

PARIS, June 29. - The war oHlco reported this afternoon as follows:
 "To the north of Arras violent can nonading continued. By an infantry engagement we made progress along the road between Angres and Albain. In the Argonne forest, at Bagatelle. there was incessant fighting with hand grenades and torpedoes. In the Vosges the Germans were successful, forcing us back for a moment, but our advance posts, located on the slopes to the east of Metzeral, rein. forced us and we at once counter.at. tackled and reoccupied part of the ground lost"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
BRYAN NAV SPEAK
 ON PEACE AT SEATTLE

SEATTLE, June 29.-Wnliam Jen- niugs Bryan has been invited to talk in Seattle on National peace some time in July by che Seattle peace committee of on hundred
 A formal invitation win be sent the former Secretary of State i'm mediately Bryan is to talk on the subject of information peace at the national peace conference iu San cisco the first week in July, and it is thought he will accept the invitation to stop in Seattle on his trip home
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
'0N TO WARSAW'' NOW THE BAT TTLECRY
 0F GERMAN H0ST

BERLIN, Jlne 2s.- "on to War saw ls the TeutonIc battle cry tO- day, and two stupendous confIIcts, one in Poland and the other In Ga Iicia arc brewing ao tho result Of tho new eHortc Of tho German allies to launch fresh drive asainat the PO- fish capital.
 In fact, already the thunders of battle are now heard along front Of 700 miles, as the direct result of the new activities against Warsaw.
 The var office announced this morn- ing that the Austrian and German forces arc now on Russian territory north of Lembera, and have the ene- my engaged there.
 GERMAN POLISH FORCES
 REINFORCED.
 One hundred and fifty thousand Austrlano have been sent to Poland from oallcia to reinforce the army Of General Ven Hindenburg along the Warsaw frent. It is the intention of the Germans to attack Warsaw from two sides, in the same manner that .PrzcmysI and Lembers were aosauIt- ed.
 An Austro-eerman army equipped with a great number of heavy guns is already hammerIns away at Rus sian positions on the Przalnysx front in an effort to press south to War saw. At the same time Gen. Won Mackensen ls attempting to cut hIs way north asalnst Warsaw from Ga licia.
 However, Gen. Won mackeaop will have to reckon with strong RussIan armies that are now guarding the banks of the San river.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
SENDING SUPPLIES TO
 .. s. smELTER EMPLOYEES

NEW YORK. June 29.- Arrange ments have been made to forward car loads of corn, beans and flour for the relief of the 1000 employees of the United States Smelling, Refining & Mining Company at Pauchuca The shelter company is unable to pur- chase food for their employees from local sources and have appealed to the Red Cross for relief
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
GERHARD coNFERs WITH
 EMPEROR WILLIAM

BERLIN. June 29.--Dr Antoi, Mey CT Gerhard, envoy of Count Yon Bern storf. the German ambassador to the United States. was invited to the i'm perlal quarters Saturday for his first conference with Emeror William
 Dr. Meyer Gerhard win assist ir an advisory capacity in drafting the reply to President Wilson It will be ready about July IS. It is learned or the highest authority that it will be concillatory in tone.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
COL. BLEgHEN IS
 NEAR DEATHS DOOR

SEATTLE. June 29.-Though slight ly improved last night Col Alden Joseph Blethen, edltor-in-chief aud principal owner of the Seattle Times. was near death's door Saturday even' ing. Hle life was an but dispaired of, and it is feared that he cannot survive his illness. His ailment is described as septicaemia. following bafding attack of grippe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
GAINING LITTLE NOW
 THROUGH IMMIGRATION

NEW YORK. June 29-In the ten months of the current fiscal year there were S72,O0O aliens arriving at our shores, and in the same period 3l5.0OO departed, SO that we are only 2S,OOO ahead of the transaction. AL ready reports have come from the fac tory centers of a scarcity ol labor and the heads of some of the large indus .trial concerns are predicting a famine as the business prosperity of the United States spreads
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
GERMANY NOT
 ATTACKING ANY
 MORE AMERICANS

WASHINGTON June 29.-German Ambassador Won BernstrofG has call. ed the attention of our government last Friday to the fact that there have been no attacks of American ships or upon passenger steamers carrying Americana in the war zone and inti- mated that this fact might be con sidered indicative of Germany's atti- tude toward this country in regard to the submarine warfare.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
ENGLAND TO ADVANCE
 s6oO,ooO,ooo TO ITALY

LONDON, June 29.- Sir Reginald McKenna, the new British chancellor of the excheQuer, at the meeting which he held recently at Nice with the Italian minister of finance Is said to have arranged for England to f. nance Italy to the extent of s6OO,OoO- OOO
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
JOHNSON TRIES
 TO SHOOT WIFE

Albert S. Johnson. whose wife is suing for a divorce. went home at noon today with six.shooter and a box Of leads. Johnson ia said to have informed his wife that he was going to shoot her. She managed Co over power him and get the gJn. she says Jailer Wheeler. who was near the corner at the time. responded to Mrs. Johnson's cries for help and took Johnson to the city jaH.
 4 complaint was immediately sworn out by Mrs Johnson. and Johnson was tried this afternoon and sentenc- ed to serve 45 days in jail.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-29
AMOUNT OF INDEMNITY
 oNLY ISSUE IN CASE

WASHINGTON, June 29--In it's it's second note to Germany respecting the sinking of the ship William P. Frye by the German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friederleh, which WIS made public by agreement, the United States asserts that the sinking of the vessel was without justification and that the only question now at issue is the amount Of indemnity that Ger. many must pay
 The note further declares that it must refuse to let the case go to a prize court for adjudication, and fur ther points out that the United States cannot reconcile itself to the German belief that she has the right to in- terfere with American ships carrying conhaband "by destroying ship and cargo"