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The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
CLA|MS
AUSTRIAN
CARDINAL

ROME, Sept cardinal Claudius
Vaszary, the primate of Hungary, died
in this city today. The dead cardinal
was one of the leading prelates of the
Catholic church and his influence with
the court of Francis Joseph was large
ly instrumental for the strong ties that
have bound the Vatican and Austria
in recent years.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
P PACIFIC MAIL
To SELL ALL
ITS BOATS

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 1-Negoti.
ations are pending for the sale of all
the boats of the Pacific Mail line.
The company officials have determined
that the Seamen's law passed by the
last Congress will compel them to do
business at loss if followed, and they
are now making efforts to dispose of
all their steamship holdings. 1t is ex.
pected that sale will be made to
South American capitalists who will
use the ships on new lines between
this city and Mexican and Central
American ports.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Coal ands Reserved.

From official sources comes the re-
port that the government will reserve
1900 acres of coal lands in the Mat
anuska field; $500 acres in the Boring
river fields, and one-half Of the aggre-
gate area in the Nenana fields. Frank
M. johnson, superintendent of surveys
in the interior department, is now in
the Matanuska fields, docking over
the situation.-Ex.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
VALDEZ HOME TOTALLY
DESTROYED BY FIRE

An early morning blaze destroyed
the Morgan residence, on Front Street,
Valdez. The fire department was
pomptly called, but the distance from
the fire hall to the building made it al
most impossible to get any water on
the blaze, and the small chemical ex-
were used to save the
Capric residence, which adjoined the
Morgan building.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
ALAMEDA SAILED

SEATTLE, Sept. 3-The steamer
Alameda was delayed several days in
leaving here for Southwestern Alas
ka, but sailed last night at 8 O'Clock.
Her Cordova passengers are o. L.
Larson and wife, F. Castle and wife,
Erma Snath, DR.. w. H. Chase. Alvah
Eames, l.. Brown, Jno. Willis, w.
Happe, T. Pierson, Louis Payne and
wife, William Harper, Harry Stark,
Mr.. Stanber, Mr.. Hadley and Sam
Wick.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07

BERLIN Sept. 4The Office issued official state
ment this morning saying that the German army under Gen.
era Hndenberg which fighting battle for the possession of
Riga had won an important victory capturing the bridge at
Fredrchstadt on the Dvna river forty miles below Riga in
the large number of prisoners taken were O7 officers and w
Everything in this section of the front progressing
favoraby for the German arms and it is believed that
Riga will soon be in the hands of the Teuons strong effort
being enveop the city and the Russian forces
from retiring to positions
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Departure of Mails.

Hereafter when a steamer leaves
Cordova during the night the mail at
the post office will close at p. m.
By bearing this fact in mind and post
ing your letters before that time there
will be no need to worry about the
early dispatch of your mail.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Wants Gold for Freight.

1t is said that the captain of the
ship Sinaloa, which brought the rail
road equipment from Panama, is hold
ing over at Anchorage and insisting
on payment in gold for bringing the
cargo north. The gold during these
war times is regarded by Mr.. Captain
as the most sure and valuable medium
of exchange.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
CARRY WINTER NAIL
OVER TRAIL BY AUTO

The Northern Commercial company
which has the contract for carrying
the Fairbanks mail, has decided to use
automobiles for the work on the Chit.
ma trail during the winter. It Is ex.
pected that the method will work sat.
isfactorily over the snow trails but
horses will be kept for use In an
emergency BY the use Of automobiles
in good weather much faster and bet.
ter service is hoped for.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07

DR.. w. H. Chase, who was success
full in raising funds in the states for
the Cordoya Mining and Development
Company's properties at Port Wells,
left Seattle for here on the Alameda
last night.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Allied officers Eelect to Remain Prisoners.

THE HAGUE Netherlands, Sept Twenty seven Bel
gian French English officers still elect to remain prisoners
the island Of Ur Zuder Zee rather than promise that
thew will not try to escape from Holland and return to their
coors to fight If they willing to give their promise not
to try escape they would be allowed to roam anywhere in
Holland the twenty the Island OF Urk prefer to
remain prisoners openly avowng their intention to
possible This makes the situation something of game be-
tween the prisoners and their Dutch guards
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Fairbanks Realty Deal.

The Horseshoe block in Fairbanks
has been purchased by Miss O'Brien
and Walter Adam, who paid 100000
for the building and ground. They
made the purchase as an investment
and the tenants are to remain in the
building.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07

Drowned Swimming the koyukuk.
w. B. Connell, an oldtime in Alaska
has been drowned while making an at
tempt to swim the Koyukuk river.
He was a powerful swimmer but the
extreme coldness of the water is be-
lieved to have brought on cramps.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Wide In Its Scope.

The new ordinance passed by the
Valdez city council provides that the
bay, for a distance of thousand feet
beyond navigable water, be included
in the city limits and the Valdez Min
err suggests that there is nothing now
to prevent the council from taking in
the whole Pacific to the coast OF Asia.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
DARING ACCOMPLISHMENT
Of ENGLISH SUBMARINE

ATHENS Sept A British submarine succeeded in
compshng one daring acts of the yester
day. threaded through the distractions and submarine
the mouth of the Gulf of Imd and landed party OF
sailors dynamted the bride at Gebze the railroad
Meeting Consannople with Asia Minor The returned to
their without being captured and the submesbe return
ed in safey it's base The bridge but partially des
troyed
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Farraqut a Staunch Vessel.

The Admiral Farragut which has
been placed on this run is a fine YES
sci with double bottom, twin screws
and collision bulkhead.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Sale of Valuable Mine.

The marshal's sale of the Alaska
Treasure mines brought three hun
dred dollars. The purchaser was E.
s. Heller.-Juneau Dispatch.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Road Was Under Lease.

It is not generally known that the
Alaska Northern railroad has been
under lease to the government for the
past two three months, but such is
the case.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07

Ole Berg, who has been quartz min
ing in the interior for number of
years. came to Cordova on yesterdays
train.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Farraout Leaves Seattle Saturday

The steamer Farragut, which has
been added to the P. A. Company's
fleet of boats on this run, is due to
leave Seattle on Saturday.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-07
Asks for Big Damages.

The officials of the Admiral line
have started a libel suit for $4,000
against the steamer Paraiso, OF the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company, be-
cause of the sinking of the Admiral
Watson at the Bell street pier Seattle,
on Sunday morning last.
Outgoing Passengers.
The steamer Northwestern arrived
in port at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon and left for Seattle shortly after
noon today The outgoing passengers
from Cordoya were Mrs. c. H. Nc
Court, Miss Emma Mueller, F. f. G
Berry, F. r. Townsend, August Thiel
and T. w. Jackson.
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Dermatologist Gives
Complexion Secret

young is to keep off the dead cuticle."
says DIR. J. Mortimer Mitchell. 1T is
we'll known that the surface skin is
constantly dying. falling off in imper-
eased conditions, when the same apperS.
like dandruff But the particles do not
all drop off Immediately they die, being
held for a while by the live skin.
ITO have the archaeological surgeon
peel off the entire outer skin at one
time is painful and expensive operation.
The same result is obtained by applying
ordinary mercolized wax, as you would
cold cream, allowing this to remain on
over night, then taking 1t off with warm
water. One ounce usually suffices. The
process is both painless and inexpensive.
The wax, WHICH Is procurable at your
drug store. hastens the natural shedding
process. 1t gradually absorbs the dead
and half dead skin, revealing the new.
healthy. youthful-looking skin under
meath"
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Conference Held On
The Jitney Problem
Delegation Appears Before City Commission Urging Regula
tion-Officers Promise Action Soon as Agreement
is Reached-Say They Must Be Treated as
Common Carriers Before Justice is Done

street car company, and they asked the
commissioners to compel the jitneys to
pay licenses, taxes and be so regulated
as to be on fair basis OF competition
with tho street cars
Practically all of the other speakers
stated that they believed the jitniee had
come to stay but not in their present
form, as they would have to be regu
lated so that the public would be pro-
tected, az we'll as other interests which
were now in unfair competition with
them.
As arguments to show that the jitnies
did not compete fairly with the street
car company 1t was brought out that
the street car company paid thousands
of dollars In licenses and taxes and in
keeping up the streets. while the jit-
MES did not. 1t was also pointed out
that the street cars were able to make
their long hauls without losing money
by the savings made on their short
hauls and that on this basis the uni
versal scent fare rule was enforced
by the city commission. but that now
the jitnies are taking all of the short
haul business and the street cars have
nothing left but tho long haul bust
ness.
1t was suggested that iitnies be mado
to operate on other streets than those
which contained street cars. to operate
under franchises. to take out indemnity
bonds, and to maintain regular sched-
ules 1t was stated the jitney was
common carrier and had to be treated as
such before the other common carrier
with which It was competing could re-
ceive Justice.
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PRISONERS WILL BE
SENTENCED TODAY
All Records Broken for Cases Dis
posed of in Criminal Court
This Week

Prisoners convicted by the several juries
during the week In the criminal court
will be sentenced this morning by the
Judge before whom they were convicted.
Court officials state that the week closed
last night was one of the busiest in the
ANNALS Of the criminal court, all past
records being broken. The three judges
w. Il. Fort. senior; Judge II. P. Heflin,
ard Special Judge John II. Miller have
disposed of several hundred cases during
the week, many OF them felony cases
and large number of convictions We're
had.
There will be no session OF the crimina.
court next week as the supreme court
OF the state will hear appealed cases
from Jefferson county and all court by
operation OF law stand adjourned during
the time the county call Is heard in the
supreme court Among those convicted
were three negroes recently arrested by
C. w. Austin on a charge of retailing
honor. They were fined $50 each and
given an additional sentence Of six months
ct hard labor by Judge John H. Miller.
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TO GIVE DINNER TO
OSCAR UNDERWOOD
Newspaper Men Will Enter
tain Junior Senator Tues
day Night

The newspaper men of Birmingham viii
tender a dinner to Oscar w. Underwood,
Junior senator from Alabama. next Tues
day night. The affair will be given at the
Newspaper club.
For several years the newspaper men
here, all of whom are friends of Mr.. I'm
derwood, have given him a dinner upon
the occasion of his visit to Birmingham
during vacation. The first was held at
the University club some years ago. At
the dinners Mr. Underwood is Just him
SELF and talks frankly with members OF
the press.
1t is stated no formal programme viii
be arranged but that Mr.. Underwood
would make brief talk. Hugh w Rob-
erts and Ed Norman. assisted by w. A.
Cameron. secretary of the Newspaper
club have the arrangements in hand.
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OBJECTS TO CLOTHES
OF NEW YORK MEN
Is Mortified at the New
English" Suits and Hat About
The Ears

T. S. Alternately of the Odeon theatres
and the Majestic theatre, returned to
Birmingham yesterday from New York,
Alternately says he had heard much
about the fashions of New York, but never
before had he seen anything to equal The
sights on Broadway this year. He has
several times visited Gotham and believes
this years fashion craze takes the palm
"As for the ladies, think it is perfectly
all right for them to use all the paint and
powder they want said Mr. Alternately
In fact, I would not gainsay them the
privilege of wearing skirts that fall Just
below the knees and fail by about cine
inches of connecting with the shoe tops
1 do not object to their affectation OF
those little skull caps, called by courtesy
a hat. Nor do I make complaint against
the long streamers with which these al
legged hats are adorned.
But, I'll be BANKED Il can understand
himself be seen on the streets wearing
those siintight clothes (said to be Eng
lish). and hat pulled down so far as to
completely hide the ears. 1t makes them
look exactly like some monkeys / have
seen on the stage, only the monkeys APP
peared to be far more intelligent. These
fellows stand around on street corners at
times and / was much surprised when /
first saw one to see it move. However,
IL was standing at street intersection
and the wind was rather high, so |
thought it had been moved by the action
of the wind. But when l walked closer
to get a better view, by golly, it moved
of down the street just like human be-
ing.
New York is certainly degeneratipg, If
that type of alleged manhood is the bull
wark Upon which it bases its hopes Of the
future
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department carried out to conform to his

department carried out to conform to his
views.
q The force at the Wylam station
should be increased to five men.
go A hook and ladder truck manned by
five men should be added to the station
equipment at Five Points.
"a A station equipped with triple com
bination automobile truck and five ner
should be located at South Highlands
90 An adequate up-to-date fire alarm
system should be installed and centra
office located in fireproof building.
(6) A police alarm system should be in
stalled, suitable to city of Brming ha m s
size and Importance.
"a Increase police department to ade-
quate force for city OF Birmingham's size
(S) Proper electrical ordinances should
be adopted and enforced.
80 The inspection work Of the city
should be broadened.
Q0) Remaining overhead wires should
be removed or placed under ground.
CID City laws concerning fire depart
ment. fire protection, and fire prevention
should be strictly enforced.
Trusting that your body will find no
great difficulty in securing the city's COM
pliance with the above recommendations,
1 am, yours very truly
JOSEPH S. RAINE. Secretary.
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Must Not Blame 1t All on
Wood Shingles, Says
Eddy
BIG LOSSES WHERE
THEY DID NOT FIGURE
Wood Shingles Properly Painted Are
Good Fire Observation-Disclosures
Letter From Lumber
Manufacturer

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
Referring to the news item concerning
BIZ miIgham insurance rates appearing in
your columns this morning, l note with in
terest that you will present a further
statement giving additional statistics and
facts in this connection in your issue OF
tomorrow.
VIII you permit me to suggest that in
view of the fact that wood shingles are
mentioned in particular by the under
writer's and their agents as being respon-
sibe for Brminghams fire loss. the cit
liens of Birmingham would be very glad
indeed to see a statement of fire losses,
say for 1913 and 1914. which shall show
the total money loss occurring by reason
of fires that have been charged to wood
shingles and the money loss charged to
all other causes, including the Birming-
ham Railway, Light and Power company
building, the Steele-Smith building, Ala
bama Paint and Glass company, the
Thomas building, the Southern Sewer Pipe
company, the Birmingham Paper COM
pany and other fires which could not be
charged to shingles This statement
SiOulu diSo slOW lnt pIOpuItloI VI lOSS
In each class of fires to the total value
at risk
In this connection also l believe The
Age-Herald can perform public service
by conducting some tests as to the rela-
tive fire retardant properties of wood
shingles, properly manufactured and
properly painted. and of the various com
position roofings which seem to be pre-
ferred by the underwriters.
A thoroughly impartial investigation and
report along these lines would, [ an
sure, throw much light on the subject
and prove very valuable indeed to the
citizens of Birmingham. Yours very
truly, j. H EDDY.
Birmingham, April 16 1915
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CITY ITEMS

w. b. Smith in Decatur-W. b. Smith
of the Drennen Motor Car company left
for Decatur yesterday. through the
country. He drove a Cadillac eight Mr..
Smith was accompanied by Mrs. Smith.
He will visit Huntsville and other
points in north Alabama while away.
Eldridge Guest of II. II. Smith-A B.
Eldridge of New York was a guest of
b. r. Smith, sales manager for the
Roden Coal company, yesterday. They
lunched at the Newspaper club. Mr..
Eldridge is a prominent broker of New
York and is here for a conference with
Mr.. Smith and other local coal men. He
Will be here several days.
stephen smith Herc-Stephen Smith,
who is promoting the installation of
the Julian safety device for railroads,
was kc,e yesterday with w. S. An
drews, general superintendent of trans.
portation for the Queen and Crescent
railroad. Mr. Smith said that the
Queen and Crescent had equipped con-
siderable traczage in Kentucky with
the patent and that every encour-
agemert was being received. lie said
that one Of the patents had been af-
fixed to the private car of Mr.. An
drews and that 1t is working per-
fectly. Mr. Smith and Mr. Andrews
have returned to Cincinnati
PatiIlo Is Opfimistic-In letter to a
local friend Charles +. Patillo, we'll
known here as a former resident, but
who is now operating a farm near
Rome, Ca, says that agricultural con-
ditions in the country between Rome
a md nd Sdn or-n ,,,l he, .
the farmers were about 10 days ahead
of their work and that the crops this
season would exceed all records Mr..
Patillo says that the farmers are not
Aplanting great deal of cotton, but
are planting peas potatoes. corn feed
stuff and some cotton. He is more
optimistic over the situation than he
has been during five years of farming.
Scott Maxwell in Birming ham-Scott
Maxwell of Cordova. recently elected
president of the American Cotton Mar
ufacturcrs association, was here yes
terlay from his home. Mr.. Maxwell S
election to the highest gift within the
power of members of the association
was of great interest to his local
friends. Mr.. Maxwell is deeply inter-
ested in securing the next convention
of the association for Birmingham. He
said that the board of governors would
announce the place for the next meet
ing soon. Mr.. Maxwell, being president
Of the association, has not taken any
vigorous stand for the next meeting
place of the association, although he
is expected to WELD some influence for
Birmingham.
Pearcc Proposes Jitncy Service--R-
G. Pearce, one OF the best known real
estate men in Birmingham, who is
developing Waverly Terrace on Avenue
T, said yesterday that a jitney serv-
Ice to Waverly Terrace would be start
ed soon unless the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company built
the street car line down that avenue.
He said that the recent Legislature
gave the city commission the right To
condcmlr~ rights of way for underpass
purposes and that no delay was nee
essary at this time. The commission
granted franchise to the Birming
ham Railway, Light and Power com
pany two years ago for that avenue
with a provision that work start in SIX
he
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rates are not made on the merits of
the risks but by rule of thumb. or on
the theory of how much the traffic VIII
stand.
Another illustrations An office ouilu-
ing in Birmingham rates at about 70
cents on the $780, incidentally a fire
in this building cost the insurance
companies about $4,000, it is report
cd, and small dwelling on Firth
avenue, which rents for $14 a month,
is rated at about s6.75 on the hum
bred dollars, or $67.50 for one year $
insurance on thousand dollars, equal
to little over 40 per cent of the gross
income if all the rents are collected.
This dwelling is only a few blocks
from motor-driven fire apparatus,
which the owner of the property IS
taxed to maintain for the protection OF
his property and that of others, and
there is absolutely no justification for
the insurance rate which he Is charged.
A Particularly fragrant Case
There fs n miner In East Birmins-
ham, a good citizen who In trying to
be n better one by becoming IA property
owner He In buying his home on in
staIIments, therefore has TO keep Ii
insured to protect the mortgngee.
Three years ago his insurance for 5000
cost him $I2; this year the cost Is
S3S O5 The rcasOnf The Insurance trust
wants the money.
Apparently the only difference In
conditions in the last three years IL
that the city has built and equipped
"a new fire station near the property
aud IL looks ms II the more the city
spends In Its efforts to reduce the fire
waste the more the insurance COM
pnnies require the citizens to pay for
insurance.
The increase in an individual case
does not amount to much but when
you consider that over $4,000 familes
in the Birming CHAM district have had
one of the necessaries of life. insur-
ance, increased on them from 75 to zoo
per cent solely for the reason that the
insurance companies want the in
creased income and at present are able
to collect it, the situation becomes
alarming and calls for remedy.
is there a remedy? Why. sure. L
never make a criticism unless / can
offer a cure. / never complain or con-
ditions without being ready with a
suggestion as to how to improve them.
I have diagnosed the case. The public
is sick; whether it knows 1t or not. Il
has a bad case. Does it want relief
or is it SO accustomed to being kick ed
that it enjoys the sensation, and pre-
fers to submit indefinitely? whenever
the people of Alabama and particular
ly of Birmingham get sufficiently tired
of the conditions suggested in the
foregoing and want them corrected 1t
can be done and so easily that the suf-
ferers will be surprised that they We're
not relieved sooner.
This letter is, however, long enough
and the remedy, IL wanted, can be dis
covered in another letter. Yours truly
JAMES III. HARD.
Birmingham, April is. 1915.