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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
BUSINESS GOOD
 IN THE NORTH

SEATTLE. July 8.--R. J. Ringwood, manager of the Paciac-Alasl,a Naviga- tion Company, returned on the Admir- al Evans last night from a tour of in- specton of the company's business in Southeastern and Southwestern Alas ka With Mrs. Ringwood and their daughter Miss Josephine Rlngwood, he made the round trip on the Evans, encountering beautiful weather an Of the way.
 Business looks very promising in lhe North this year." aaid Mr. Ring wood last night. "especiaily in Che Southwest where the government railroad has brought great deal Of activity into the country There are about 5000 people living in tents at Anchorage, waiting for the govern. ment to auction of town lots This win take place Friday"
 Mir Ringwood says that the Evans took north 200 head of sheep and 20 head of cattle destined for Amok isI- and, where a company has gone into the stock raising business He says present service and may increase its that the Admiral line will continue its sailings during Che summer Seattle Post-Iutelligencer.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
GOOD GOLD PROSPECTS
 FOUND NEAR ANCHORAGE

ANCHORAGE. July S.-A small sig. ed stampede is on to Lewis. river. ly- ing between Susina and Beluga riy. rivers led there by reports of placer gold strikes The facts regarding the discovery are that Sam Wagner and Chittick. both oldtimers in the Susitna country. found a little pay on Lewis river. about a mile above the point where small strike was re- ported two years ago Wagner and Chittick also say they found coarse gold on the stream two miles above where they made the recent find They are working with a rocker, chat yields them about 70 cents each the hour The country is a likely one for prospecting, although lt Is said there are too many boulders on Lewis riy- CT for dredging.
 Rumros have been adoat for some days about a strike on Peters creek. but efieent inquiry on the part Of the Pioneer clicited the fact that while some coarse gold has been dis- covered, nothing that can be called pay gravel has been revealed as yet
 Coarse colors have been found on Ship Creek. but nothing of importance has yet been discovered.-(Coo In- let Pioneer.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
JOSLlN WANTS no
 FIND QUARTZ MINE


 SEATTLE. Duly 7.-Tired of fUaslng with railroad in Alaaho and wcnry of worrying over the Terrltorys iu- turo development. Falcon joslin, tho president oi lho Panama MineN Rail- road. and who wns largely reeponsi bie for the passase ol Che Alaska rail- road biii is going back 30 Che North to look for a good QuWlz mine or a tract Of dredging ground. ineiden- tally he will install a wireless sta- tion at Tolovana the scene of Che latest gold discovery in the North The wireless win 'worS with Fair banks and other stations ll will be installed by c. l.. stevens. who is at present running Che wireless plant In thS Seattle horbormasters office,
 'Its an awfuily uphill fight In Ai- aska.n said Joslln While I've been trying to mako the Tanana railroad pay. lots of fellows have gotten out and made fortuones In mining There is nothing like a good quartz mine Go make money quickly and surely eN' cept good dredging tract and I'm going to try and locate or bug either one or the other this summer.
 Joslin has just reached che city from Washington, where he spent several months endeavoriug to-obtain Q contract for the construction of the Alaska railroad. He leaves for tue North next Monday. and wlll again make his headquarters at Falrbanks
 Fairbanks To Have Fair
 Joslin said that the exposition to be held at Fairbanks in 1917 to celebrate the fftieth anniversary of tho pur- chase or Alaska will not be as large or preteniious as was at first intend- cd unless the government railroad is completed by that time Joslin is of the opinion that the commission will have to make much greater pro gross than has been made this year in order fo complete the road to Fairbanks by 1917.
 "We hold a fair at Fairbanks ev- cry summer" he said Usually it is pretty much like an agricultural fair the prizes for grains and berries be- ing the principal events. This ldea probably will be greatly elaborated in 1917. We haven't any idea of trying to build a fair that will compete with the expositions being held in califor- nia. But there will be an abundance of novel attractions for the visitors such as ball games beginning at midnight and reindeer races and the things of that kind. - Seattle Times.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
AT THE oRpHEUM

Tonight an entire change of pro gram will be seen as follows.
 A Lubin drama within the Moose"
 The Edison company presents Ben Wilson as the detective in "The Mys- lery of the Silver Snail" This is one of the mysteries in "'rhe chroni- cles of Check and ran in the, short Story Magazine
 "The Man Dho Paid" is strong Biograph drama.
 "The Second Generation" is a good Pathe drama
 Come an laugh at the Matrimonial Advertisement" and remember every night is a good show to see for your self, if you wait for someone to tell you 1t will be too late as there is a change every night except Friday
 Owing to the fact that yhe Majestic Stock Company opens Friday night,
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
Grand Theatre .RF TONIGHT qq

The Trey O Hearts" at the first performance last night surprised all the expectations Of its critics, as was evidenced by ihe packed house at both performances, and tonight this magnificent serial will be shown for the last time at the Grand. This new serial made a decided hit wherever shown In the States and is well worth to be patronized.
 Have @ heart" and see the "Trey O. Hearts"
 "The Acid Test" two.reel Victor Universal feature with Warren Kerri- gan in the leading role will be the main feature of the show tomorrow night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
HE'D CRITICISES ACTION OF ROAD
 COMMISSIONERS
Leading Lady with the Majestic sto

JUNEAU. July 1S-To the Editor In your issue of yesterday you pub- lished. under the head lines "No Money For Road Work In First Dl- vision. a statement that pending the result of the case that is in the Uuniled States District Court to test Che appropriation oi the Forest fund" (claimed by Division No. ]. of Alas ka). the Road Commission has sus- pended work on the roads of the First Division
 ] desire to say in the beginning that the road commission has nothing to do with. nor has any control watever. over the forestry fund. no more than any outsider. and why Division No should not receive it's fair propor- ton of the money appropriated by Congress for road purposes in Alas ka. is a question asked by many.
 do not want to be taken as ab- soiutely accurate in my statment of the sums of money expended by the road commission in Alaska for road purposes. because I have not now che complete data at my disposal. but ] will say that in a round sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars has and had been expended by the said road commission. prior to 1915 now. of that sum. how much did Southeastern Alaska receive?
 In and about Juneau. Alaska. an that was expended was the cost of building some kind Of a wagon road between Juneau and Sheep Creek on one side and on the other a road to Nugget Creek. and those roads for the great part not wide enough for two teams to pass each otherl then again. of about S145.0000O in all ex- pended in Southeastern Alaska, the
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14

greater part of said last sum was ex- pended on the road to the Porcupine Mining district to the Canadian line
 merely mention tbis to show that. if this road commission, which main. tains headquarters with clerks. stenographers. etc.. did want to tote fair with Southeastern Alaska" it could have apportioned more liberal portion to Southeastern Alaska The road commission may say it has no right to apportion the road fund ap- propriated by Congress. to Che differ. ent divisions. yet. desire to say that. the head of the road commis- sion. practically controls the distri- button of the fund. and since the of. ficers in Washington know nothing of the road wants and conditions in Al- aska, they are governed entirely by the suggestions of the road commis- sion. or its head
 Southeastern Alaska. after the ex- penditure of hundreds Of thousands elsewhere in Alaska by this road com mission had to beg and plead to induce its inclination to exDend enough money to construct a tenta- tive road from Juneau to Sheep creek. then. later again. to construct and build a road 10 the bar and then to Nugget Creek. (for beyond that point the road is not a road)
 Alaska comprises in round nums bers an area of 6O0.OOO square miles divided into four sections. viz:
 First Division. 49.O00 square miles Cincluding inland waters and 83.5OO square miles. without inland waters.
 Second Division, 15S.O0O square miles;
 Third Division. 1s20OO square miles;
 Fourth Division. s2s,soo square miles.
 Thus it will be seen that South eastern Alaska embraces less than one-twelfth (1-l2l part of Alaska: yet the fact is that Southeastern Alaska bears 75 per cent (three-fourths) of the cost and burden and notwithstand- ing all this. the road commission over looks an of it.
 The road fund appropriated by Con- ress is money paid into the United States Treasury by Alaska, and South eastern Alaska is entitled to it's fair share. which it has not so far, re- ceived.
 The twenty-five per. cent. of the for estry fun given by the Act of Con. gress. approved May 23. 1908. to the
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
sPEEDER FINED.

William Watson paid fine of $l5 yesterday for speeding faster than DO miles an hour at his trial in the city magistrates court He was stornly lectured by Judge Petit as sentence was pronounced
 City and federal officials arc coop orating to prevent speeders from monopoii1ing the roads and highways, and the Alaska Gaatineau Mining Go. has had warning signs placed on its roads. More arrests win be made if the speed maniacs persist in their practices. it Is said
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
AL.Kl sAlLs SOUTH.

The steamship Al-Ki sailed for se- attle last night. Outgoing passengers included R. Downing, Ina NJ. Rider, P. H. Snyder. J. lilly, Mrs A. Freiden- berg, II. L. Naghel, G. R. Johnson, B. r Book Henry Williams J. Anderson. p. colnway Joe Fero, R. l.. Bernard, Paddy O'Neil and Miss NJ, Vaughn for Seattle; D.'P Kelly for Petersburg.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
GRAY THREATENS TO
 KILL THREE UMPlREs

Say you newspaper guys got our game wrong. we're going Go have Q ball game and barbecue too," said Capt Dolly Gray, master mechanic of the Library Giants, this morning. "A barbecue?" tlIe reporter echoed. "Yes. barbecue.' Gray replied 'We are going to kin three umpires."
 The game will be played Friday af- ternoon at Recreation Park, time to be called ct 4:30 Opposing the Li- brary Giants will be the Pcrseverance Mine team, which won the miners championship of the harbor on July B.
 Tickets, at 25 cents each are On sale. the Library Committee having il in charge.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
sixTEEN MORE ARE
 MADE ARCTIC BROTHERS

Sixteen tenderfeet mushed over glare ice in the Arctic Brotherhood han last night, being initiated into the mysteries of that order. The class was .bapqueted at the close of the initiation
 The A. B.s are steadily growing and by the time Che lodges new home is completed it is expected that the rolls will contain at least four hun dred-
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14

"The Perils of Pauline and the "Ad- ventures Of Kathlyn" will be present ed Thursday night only. ee,s
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
o MARINE NOTES q
NORTH BOURp

NORTH eoURp. The Princess Sophia arrived last night and lelt for SkagWay about two this morning.
 Thc Dolphin arrived at midnight The Humbold, is due from the south a.. m. Wednesday The Northwostern sails from Seat. tie .onighl
 The Spokane sails from Seattle to- night
 The Jefferson sails from seattle Thursday
 SOUTH BOUND. The Al-Ki sailed south last night The Mariposa IS scheduled to sail south tonight She has been detained to Che Westward
 The City of Seattle is scheduled to sail south at n m. Thursday. The Alameda is due to sail south Monday
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14
REsEKAHs NoTlcE

The Rebekahs will meet Wednes- day evening at o'clock Installation of officers. 7-12-St.
 ANNA KEENYi NC,
 CHAs. CARTER, sec'y.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14

Perry ,. Wiley Is a visitor in ju. neau from his mining property on Aux Bay. He will return to the mine in a few days.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-14

KendricR Show cards a specialty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09
HEAVY EXPORTS
 AGAIN FEATURE Quick Bulge in Cotton Mar ket After Statistics
 Are Posted
Rate. Bid. Asked

New Orleans. February S.--The out standing feature of the cotton mark today was again the heavy export movement. Up to the time of the post ing of the days statistics the mark t was dull and heavy and inclined to sag under scattered short selling from the scalping element. After the fig ures for the day were known there was a quick bulge of about 10 points. The close was at a net gain for the day of to points. At the highest the trading months were to 10 points over Saturdays finals; at the lowest they were 1 point under.
 Shipments. from all ports including those cargoes moving coastwise were 140,2S1 bales, of which 123,6S0 ba1as were bound for foreign countries. Thus far this week exports to foreign coun- tries amount to 213.040 bales.
 Bears considered the large receipts at. ports and interior points were un- favorable and likely to exert pressure on prices, but bulls considered that they were really part and parcel of the export movement and insured a steady outward movement of the crop for the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09

him by the state, and the state has prop ery limitel them. Those who cannot take their property with them often have q feverish and almost insane desire to tic it up for a long time, and this seems to be largely a matter of pride and often of ostentation. The local courts have just upset portions of will in part because of statutory deficiencies and in part be- cause public policy was against making spectacle of tomb.
 Cautiously enough the gre..t number of wills which are overthrown are those drawn up by lawyers. This is not neces- sarily a reflection upon men of the law, but because these experts are called in to devise improbable documents in as nearly legal form possible. The law yer has no option but to try to put these hequests in a form which will stand the tests of the courts. It Is said that few wills written by the testator him- self are oyerthrown and for the reason that he usually devises his property in a sensible manner.
 Efforts to lay the dead hand on the liv- ing are seldom justified No man Is wise enough to dispose of the future save for limited time, and most beauests ara limited by law to certain number ot lives. It Is much better plan to bring up ones children in a way to handle their own affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09

Cheese firm; receipts. 1416; state. whole milk. held specials. lie. state whole milk, average fancy, 16i2 n16Acs state whole milk, winter export type, spe- oials. f6df6hc; state whole milk. win ter export type. average fancy. 10 i4 q 15 lsc; skins, sm15c. Eggs unsettled; receipts, 7o10 cases; fresh gathered eS- tra fine, gre 2Se; extra hrsts, 27c. tirsts, e61kc: seconds. 25 ta e 2sc. Dressed poui- try quiet; western roasting chickens, "a 21o; fresh folws, 13G1Sc; tukeys, 14@22c Live poultry steady; western chickens, 16c fowls, 1Sc; turkeys, 144e 15c.
 Chicago. February s.-Butter steady creamery. 24@s2c Eggs lower; receipts. 6775 cases; at mark, cases included, ? Q s5c; ordinary firsts, 23@ 2+c; frsts, 25e. Potatoes steady. receipts, 65 cars Mich igan and Wisconsin red, 40M i4e, Mich igan and Wisconsin white, 43a 4se. Poultry higher; springs Ice; folws. 1ae.
 Kansas City, February Shutter. Creamery. ssc; firsts. 27c; seconds, 2be, packing. 20c. Eggs: Firsts, 25c; sec onds, 1sc. Poultry Hens, i3 1sc; roosters, lo1sc; turkeys, 15c.
 St. Louis, February S.-Poultry: Chickens, lie; springs 15c: turkeys, 16e. ducks, 13la lac; geese, 12c. Butter: Cream cry, Sec. Eggs, 26c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09
Old Scythe in a Tree

From the New York Sun.
 Elmira, N. Y.-On a farm owned by c. L. schaffer. two miles west of Wat erloo, N. Y., stands historic Balm of Gilead tree. which Is living monu- ment to James Wyman Johnson. who in 1861 enlisted at Elmira and Joined the union army.
 It was while he was working in q field on the Waterloo farm where his parents resided. that Johnson was called to enlist in tho cause of the north. As he left the field to go to the house to prepare to leave for El- mira he hung the scythc he had been using in tho famous old tree which was then about oight inches in diam eter. He said to his mother: "lsec the scythe hang there until I return"
 He enlisted in Company C, Eighty sixth New York regiment, at Elmira, on October 29. 1861. and after serving in 10 engagements was wounded at Plymouth. N. C.. April 29. 1864. and died ut hospital in Raleigh, May ., the same year.
 The scythe has never been removed. The tree has grown to wide dinen- sions and the blade of the scythe, stuck in wood, now protrudes out only about seven inches. The tree Is now aS feet in height and the trunk is moro than 13 feet in circumference.
 For several years this tree has been R spot of interest. The Woman's Re- lief corps of Waterloo keeps an Amer ican flag continually floating over the scythe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09
Message Under Stamp

II Ioiu tut lIOS fAISSltS llI1eS.
 What purports to be an indication of the dire condition of British prisoners of war in certain parts of Germany was made public yesterday by pr. William Grant of 5335 Tenth avenue, in the shape of letter, which he has as second hand from a British prisoner of war now de- tained in Germany.
 The letter relates that they-the pris- oners-are we'll cared for and continues that they are informed that the Ger man army has taken Warsaw, defeated the English and is now besieging Paris. In an inconspicuous and incidental way the writer adds that, as German war stamps are likely to become rare later on, he suggests that the recipient save the one from his letter. When the stamp was steamed off, according to Dr. Grant. the words. fWe are starving," were found written beneath.
 The name of the writer of the letter is not known to Dr. Grant and not even the name of the place from which it was written was allowed to escape the cen- sor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09
COTTON IS QUIET
 AND PRICES HIGH New York Close Barely Steady at Net Gain of
 3 to 4 Points

New York. February S-cotton was quiet today and prices ruled generally high. with the close barely steady at a net gain of to points.
 Liverpool was better than due and the local market opened steady at a decline of 1 point to an advance of points. There was very little business ard prices fiuc- tuated within a range of 8 or 4 points until after midday, when buying became a little more active on the continued heavy exports and reports of steady southern spot markets. Active months sold about : to 10 points net Higher on this alvance but there was enough realizing in the late trading to cause reactions of , to 6 points from the best.
 The small volume of business was at tributed to uncertainty over the shipping situation and the technical administra- tion of some of the features of the cotton futures law which goes into effect on February IS. The heavy clearances re- ported for the day, however. demonstrat- ed that the latest war developments had not checked the immediate outward movement of cotton, while the absence Of further southern selling also encour- aged the buying movement during the early afternoon.
 New York Cotton Futures
 New York. February S.--The cotton market closed barely steady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09
WHEAT SWINGS ID
 THE BEAR SIDE
Decrease in United States Visible Supply Fails to
 Hold Prices Up

Chicago, February S.-Notwithstanding liberal decrease in the United States visible supply total wheat today swung to the bear side, losing all of an early advance and more. The market closed un- settled at Isc to &c net decline. Other losses for the day were:
 Corn. lsc to 1a9ssc; oats gained is6ln4c and provisions 2isc to 15e. Oats gained isGu4c net.
 Owners of wheat reserves both north west and southwest. appeared to be evincing little more willingness to sell. In the northwest receipts were larger than year ago. The attitude of producers elsewhere were judged in the main by the fact that Kansas City sent word of numerous messages being received from interior points asking for bids on wheat.
 Corn had no independent strength, the market being almost wholly swayed by wheat. Improved export demand made the oats market firm.
 Provisions suffered from liquidating sales by holders.
 Chicago, February S.--Grain and pro- vii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09
SOME RECOVER|ES MADE BY STOCKS Movement Mainly in Spe- cialties With Little Pub
 lie Following

New York, February S.-Substantial re- coveries from recent low prices were nu- merous in today's irregular. stock market, but the movement was mainly in special ties which have little or no public fol- lowing. Such shares as Central Leather, American Cotton Oil. the petroleums and motors, and few affiliated issues, rose to 3 points. American Smeiting and Ma tional Lead were unusually active and strong. their rise. according to report, being based on improved trcde conditions. Sugar shares also made further recovery on an advance in the refined product
 In the industrial division Bethlehem Steel rose over points to 57As. a new record. on steady absorption. United States Steel was firm throughout the ses- sion. s.sHf
 Despite the large orders placed with equipment companies shares of some of those concerns were conspicuously weak. American Locomotive preferred maoe a perpendicular decline of 13 points to its new minimum of & Other stocks to fall to their establfsher low levels included Baldwin Locomotive common and pre-
 
 Southern railway preferred. After the close of the session the minimum on Southern railway preferred was reduced points to 5s. f
 Canadian Pacific was the center of in- terest on the railway group on dividend rumors. The stock fuctuated over 3 points, closing at it's best price and being immediately followed by announcement of the regular dividend Reading and the Pacif1cs were under bear pressure, but closed with a firm undertone.
 Foreign exchange made a new low rec ord, cables on London selling under last weeks quotations. Business for London end tho continent was nominal. The plethora of money at this center was seen in the reduction of four months money to per cent.
 Bonds were irregular, some of the inn yportant issues showing heavlness. Total sales par value, aggregated sl,soS.Ooo.
 United States registered 2's declined i4 pr cent on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09
Port Cotton Movement

New orleans: Middling, s-l6e re- ceipts, 10,201; exports, 24,639 sales, 2325; stock. 40S,17s.
 Galyeston: Mlddling. Sisc: receipts, e2,675 exports, 56,S07; sales s15;' stock, 526.o67.
 Mobile: Middling Sc; receipts, S67i sales, 75; stock, 45.266.
 Savannah: Middling. Sssc; receipts, 12,1S9; exports, 41,734; sales, 276l; stock. 814,070
 Charleston: Middling. Shc; receipts, 1O5i; sales, 800; stock, 1S7,S91.
 Wilmington. Mddling, Sisc; receipts, 3059; stock, 52,270.
 Norfolk: Middling. slsc; receipts, 6157; sales, 1269; stock, SS.022.
 Baltimore: Middling, SAc; stock, 5234
 Boston Middling. s.65e; receipts, sS4; stock, 10400.
 Philadelphia: Middling, s.soc; re- ceipts, 1s stock, 9563.
 New York: Miodling, S.65c; receipts, 50; exports. 800; stock, 97,39o.
 Minor ports: Stock, 129,695.
 Total today; Receipts, 56,5ss; eX- ports, 123,6S0; stock. l,s1s,646.
 Total for week: Receipts, 133,335; ex- ports. 21s,04o.
 Total for season: Receipts, 6,9S4,4S0; exports, 4,S3S,297.