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The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17
sarlal No. o24SS. RATIFICATION TO HAKR HO8EE- -. STEAD ENTRE

U. 8. Land offlCa. JURsau. aasa1lZas
 EeptS1bsF 21s 131B.
 NuTlQB B HRRBBT 4RTTENa 2 Tha, John James Bathg WhOBs pest officn address, is EaiRG5. Ala8ka, has applied 60 GntOr undsr BaatiOn 22Ss oE the EeYiBsG BtGtuba of the United States. ana OG tAa Act ot March 6. 1908, tha0 fclloWiag ds7- cabed tract oE IRRd as a homestead, situated about Oaa EaH0 westerly from Haines, Alaska; balnF T. B. surTog 7Sg, and Beginning @ Cor No, l, from E.hseh Eh 0, L. Gs NC 578 beaEH sS004TB 'Te.s0 ah1.s bdon tiCaI with Cor. q sugvog N0s ao6' Cor. No. 1 U. a. QIag G@sFVos aAd Cor. { PresbyterlAz WtzdOas thence along the southOray hne Os suEFoX 2O5, W. 90. cha. Co GoE. N2 B thence Q. 29.is cha to 0oC. No' % thence B. l6.42 chs. to Cor, No. A. thence N. S'1I'E. 3S.4G ebfa. along westerly LiRa a PECE5ytoria,a Gis- sion ta Cor. Nc 1o tha UlRCa OE be- ginning, cOntafaIAg a9.7g sTea' variation 8B'21'1. La&. 5s'14'N. Long. IS5'2T'W.
 Any and all DaCBona elaamiag ld- versely any porttoa oH Eha AhoYa de- Beribed tract, aro required hQ aila with the Rsgiatar and ResatToC oi the .. s, Land Office at Juneau, their adverse claims thweRSninst under oath, duEEHa ChQ gaEiod Of publication of Ehis notice, or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barrBd by DrOVisiOn of che EGat- uae. JOHN JAlEW9 BATH.
 It Is hereby ordered that che fore going noHca ba publiRh0d So7 the statutory period in the ''DalZ Alas kan," e newspaper of general cdrCu- Iation printed at Bkagway. ...
 Date O6 fIEBt publication, seBtem- bor 30, 1915.
 Date of lssE publication, Deosm- Der 1, 1915. - .5.
 c. B. WALKER
 ;. Register.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17
FIippant Filings.

It must be terribly trying on the eyes to be a European spy assigned to study American fOrtifcatiOns.-ChicagO News
 King Georges order against treating will be loyalty observed by all Scots wha hae wi Wallace bled.-St Louis Republic.
 "Womeu in America dress better thar women in Europe, but the men dress much worse" says a woman writer Heavens, lady, we cant both dress we'll Detroit Free Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17
A crenture Erom the Fire.

Aristotle believed that some cIea7 tures were capable of supporting lire even though confined to the devouring element. He says: "In Cyprus, when tbe manufacturers of chalcttis Qimel burn It many days in the fire, winged creature something larger than a great fly is seen emerging from the stone and Icaping and walking about in the fire. These creatures perish immedi' oteIv upon being removed from the furnace"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17
SHORT AND SHARP.

As the soldiers Jurrow the warning nations borrow.
 It's still an open fight in Europe, and anybody can get in.
 Advice Is cheap because there Is so little demand for it-
 It's easy for the man who never sui fered pain to talk of raticnce.
 IH Q home conscience fund were es- tabIished, how 1t would help our fam fly eZpeusesl
 One naturally wonders what effect sudden treaty of peace would have on floating mine.
 If this wild war stock gambling keeps up there'u be a lot of killed and wound cd In Wall street
 Next summer the outdoor lecturer Is tn danger Of being crowded of the plat form by the campaign spellbinder.
 War Is said to be popularizlng whisk-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17

Just to exercise his lungs the busi. ness man will soon be able to pick up his telephone and shout all the way around the world tC the fellow in the office next door.--New York Sun.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17
Arctic BroA.crhood.-

~ Arctic BrOl-crhoOd.-
 7 !: 2. i: :: ::::::: ::::: ::: ::::: ::: <: O day evening at 8:OO D m. BnyrD. visiting brOJt CTS cordial ly welcome A. J. Achesoa, Arctic niai, N R TilleTy, Arctic Re cOrder +-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17

The people in Europe are for peace, declares an American sufrragist return ing. And an increasingly large number of men are finding 1t.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17

Albeit in rather a querulous spirit, John Bull admits once again that in the making of a bargain Brother Jonathan Is there with "thc bells on."
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17

MT. Edison rises to remark that the naval advisory board does not inYenti it merely advises. Inventions are mol made to order.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17

Habit is something which the person who has it strongest imagines he could break at any time if he wanted to, but never does.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17
EDITORIAL PAGE

CTS, but it Is really m eXorbitant price to pay for rc-establishing facial foliage.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17

U. 8. Land offlCas JUnsau. SssalZa
 EgptGubSP 21, 181B.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17

War Is said to be popularizlng whisk-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17

It's easy for the man who never Suf. 2ered pain to talk of Iaticnre.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-17

If a home conscience fund were es, tabllshed, how 1t would help our fam fly eEpeusesl
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Development of the community
spirit in the territory covered by the
Mt. Pleasant Citizens Association
is again bearing fruit-this time in
Ban enterprise which bids fair to ad-
vance the education of hundreds of
children living in the community. No
better sign Of the healthiness of the
community interest prevalent in the
section can be had than the manner
J in which the members of the Parent
Teachers Association of the john
son-Powell Schools have come for
ward to establish summer school
courses.
The cooperation which makes the
outlook for the new educational ven
ture so promising was obtained
through the spirit born of the many
gatherings in the community during
the past year. Those most active
,in the Parent-Teachers' Association
are those who started civic activi-
ties in the community as members
of the citizens association.
IT. is another demonstration of
God helping those who help them
selves. Any section by similar meth
DDS can multiply the comforts and
opportunities for its residents.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
THE BOMB THROWER

A perverted mind, an intelligence,
twisted by much dwelling on one
topic into thinking that there was
argument In q bomb and conviction
in the destruction Of property,
wrecked q part Of the Senste wing
OF the Capitol last night. How futile
such an act Is would be plain to a
sane, right-thinking man, but It is
unfortunate that tho human intellect
not infrequently goes astrsy and ex-
changing revenge for reason wreaks
q personal vengeance for personal
satisfaction.
The alleged reason for last nights
vandalism is contained in a letter
sent to The Times and published on
another page Of this issue. This
message has been turned over to the
Police Department in the hope that
it will aid in finding the bomb
thrower and bring him and others
who are like him to saner thoughts.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Wouldn't Put His Cents On Coun'
ter-Was Ordered Out.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Some of the sc-called auction places
of the city do business in a peculiar
way, and l want to ask you II IL is
legal. They put up a box wrapped in
paper and tied with string The
auctionecr. with much loud talk and
an air of great Importance, asks for
a bid. A convenient capper says 5
cents.
Sold" says the auctioneer-and
the buyer is requested to put his s
cents on the package. which is laid
on the showcase. "Nho viii have
another package?' says the loud
r!oIthcd auctioneer. manifesting
greater Importance. Many buy. and
arc requested to put their cents on
the package, and all are put in a
row on the showcase. This Is done
to keep a crowd. and then the auc-
tioheer takes up a watch which he
SAYS contains tVenty-one jewels, and
Is worth $50. After much talk the
watch Is sold for s275. The other
day / bought one of tho aforesaid y
cent packages, and when 7 told the
auctioneer | would not put cents
on the package to be placed on the
showcase I was promptly ordered out
of the place. I don't think that was
fair; do you? II. GILBERT.
WASHINGTON, July l.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
PROF. NEARlNd'S AFFAIRS

Prof. Scott Nearing, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, may not be
SO wise as Socrates, but he can at
least associate himself with the sage
of Athens in that both lost their
jobs for holding too broad ideas on
academic freedom as applied to the
expression of personal views. Soc
rates lost his life as well as his job,
but up to date Prof. Nearing has
been able to stay alive, although the
attacks on him are sufficiently Bit
ter to indicate a near desire for per-
sonal violence.
Mr.. Nearing's experience recalls
some of the other complications into
which American educators have got
by insisting on the personal privi-
lege of the freedom of speech.
Quite the most famous incident
was that which resulted in the sep
aration of E. Benjamin Andrews
from Brown University because of
his enthusiastic advocacy of the free
coinage of silver. DR.. Andrews re-
signed rather than be restricted in
his expression of opinions and
what he termed as reasonable lib
erty of utterance."
Prof. E. w. Bemis, we'll known in
Washington as an expert on public
utilities, was the center around
which ragged a storm of criticism in
the University of Chicago, and a lit
tie later Leland Stanford University
got some unwelcOme publicity be-
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Asks Comment On Plan To Clear
Up Washington Alleys.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
The writer respectfully asks your opin-
ion upon the following suggestions:
Would II be advisable to start an alley
fund to be used for the following pur-
poses:
!. Sprinkling the alleys with water or
oil. or a dsinfectant so the dust may
be laid and at least some precaution
taken against disease and mosquitoes.
2. Part of the fund used to replace
with concrete arches. or stone arches,
the so-called empty" sheds opening
into the alleys. The arches would per-
init ventilation of the back yards. quite
impossible with these heavy, closed
wooden doors.
3. Give the pupils in the public schools
from eighth grade up an opportunity to
submit plans for these arched alleys
and estimate of cost. Make II competi-
tive. and then award the contract TO
the grouo of pupils. nearing the compile
tion OF their course. who want to try
their hand at work that is vocational,
and that will help toward the City
4. Would the labor union In Wash
ington work with the school In this way
of training skilled workmen?
GRACE NJ. JOHNSON.
Julv 1
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
FROM THE TRENCHES

"The statement that war is hell
is an insult to hell" So writes a
correspondent of the New York Sun
attached to the Foreign Legion and
writing from the trenches near
Rheims. Pungent as that sentence
is with the horrors of trench life
his detailed description of what the
soldiers are enduring serves to sub
stantiate its truth.
Darkness, he says, was in the be-
ginning, looked upon as furnishing
an element of safety from attack.
The use of hand grenades, "deadlier
than rifles" has made the night
more full of danger than the day.
Ninety per cent of the grenades
thrown are estimated by this soldier
to be effective and much of this
method of attack is carried on un-
der the cover of darkness.
He details, too, the fact that min
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Reserve Board Acts to
Avert a Cotton Crisis

Plans for warehousing and nnan-
eng the Southern export cotton crop
reAt fall t" prevent its being sacri-
feed on cheap market are being
worked out by the Federal Reserve
cOard.
= : scheme involves The CO .opc ra-
tion of Southern producers. mer-
chants, and bankers in movement
to finance the holding of that part
II ihe crUT nhiCh IS II abroad.
g. nerally estimated at about 800. 600
bales. The cotton then will be fed
cat 10 the foreign market in such
Quantities as ill not beat down the
p'iCe.
The Federal Reserve Board has ap-
pointed q committee IF 'hrce. II
which w. I. &. Harding is chairman.
10 study this years cotton situation
and helr the southern people work
out the problem of properly handling
the crop and getting a fair and pro-
fituhlc price for It.
Harding has addressed a letter to
the Federal Reserve agents of the
four southern. reserve banks. Rich
mond. Dallas, Atlanta. and st. Louis.
asking for information regarding
facilities for financing and ware
housing the cotton crop.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
D|Az, MAN WHO MADE
MEXICO, DIES IN PARIS
Famous General and Statesman
Passes Away an Exile at
Age Of Eighty-four.

PARIS. July 3-Gen Pornrio Diaz.
the man who made Mexico" ts dead.
an exile at his adopted home here, at
the age Of eighty-four.
stricken by complication OF diseases.
the former President succumbed yester-
DAY In his simple apartment here, after
an Illness OF three weeks.
HIS wife, Sonora Carmen Romero
Hubio Diaz, and their son, Porfirio Diaz,
Jr'' with his wife, were at the bedside
or the aged general when the end came.
II has been impossible. owing to the
troubled condition Of Mexico, to inform
Diazs sisters. Sonora Ignacio de la
iorre and Sonora Rincon Gallardo, Of
MS death. For the same reason, no
ettempt Will be made to take the body
oack to the southern republic for the
ceremony which would beHt the former
dictator.
General Diaz was critically i'll last
winter and the effects left him blind.
out Up 70 few weeks ago he was able
70 take his daily constitutional through
the streets Of his adopted home.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
'RECE|VERSH|P SEEMS
SURE FOR NASHVILLE
Court Intimates That 1t viii
Grant the Petition of Citi-
zens on Monday.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. July s.-Nash-
vile is excited over the prospect Ct a
receivership for the city under the bill
filed by Comptroller Burns.
Chancellor Allison virtually shut off
the argument b. announcing to the
lawyers opposing Burns and represent
ing the mayor that the latter would
have until Monday to enswer the Burns
suit individually. The Chancellor said
that he would then act on the appl!ca-
ton for a receivership.
A great emergency exists" said the
court, that requires speedy action"
Chancellor Allison added that he had
seen the storm gathering for ten days
and had not been idle himself in re-
search work.
Having previously announced that he
would appoint a commission to gather
the evidence which Henry Stokes, the
Comptroller's attorney, said he bad
been prevented from getting by the in
timidation of the police. the chancellor
has made a receiVership Tor the city
and a victory for Comptroller Burns
virtually certain. Burns has been fight
ing to have the city's affairs thorough
ly aired. The mayor and Commission
ers tried to block him at the outset
Mr.. Stokes arrajgned the mayor and
Commissioners for alleged waste of
public funds under illegal contracts.
More than $500 citizens have signed
the petition for the recall of the mayor
and the Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03

ing has been undertaken in the
trench fighting, and that more tun-
neling is being done than surface
digging. Shafts are dug and then
galleries are run out until excava-
tions have been made directly under
the enemy's trenches and then great
masses of explosives are fired d.
rectly under the occupied trenches.
He recites that more than a hundred
men were killed with one explosion
which left hole $50 feet by 30 feet
and 25 feet deep. -'-- &C.
More than in all history is this a
war Of determination. war to de-
stroy rather than cripple, to wipe
out rather than defeat.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
WILSON TURNS down
NAVAL RESERVATIONS
Refuses to Permit Retirement Of
Twenty Commanders and
Lieutenant Commanders.

Secretary Daniels announces that
President Wilson has refused to per-
NIT voluntary retirement of twenty
commanders and lieutenant command
ers Of the navy who sought to leave
the active service under the law which
permits such retirements on June 30
when promotions from the grade OF
junior lieutenant have been less than
forty In the preceding year.
Rear Admiral Benson said the de-
partnent had recommended the course
because experienced officers were
urgently needed In active service and
promotions were being made in ranks
below captain at the ages deemed most
consistent
So far as they knew. said the navy
officials, none Of the twenty appli-
cants had received offers from pri-
vatc munitionsrnaking establish
ments. In the case of some other
officers. however, retirement had
been sought for this purpose, and
has been refused on the ground that
to permit naval officers on the re-
tired list to engage in manufacture
OF munitions for a foreign bclligerent
would be a breach ot neutrality.
Some OF the retired army officers
arc so engaged but they were en-
ployed before the war opend.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
BAD ELEPHANT GOOD
AS SIRLOIN FOR LIONS
Ton and Three-Quarters of Gunda
Fed to Animals in New York
Zoo and They Relish Meat.

NEW YORK. July 3-Carnlvorous
animals in the New York Geological
Park have had a feast since Gunda,
the pride of the Bronx elephant collec-
ton, turned bad" and was put to
death on June 22. Nearly a ton and
three-quarters of elephant meat has
been fed to them since that time. The
last of 1t, which had been preserved in
refrigerators. was used yesterday.
Gunda's hide and bones have been
turned over to the taXidermists and
osteologists of the American Museum
Of Natural History. DR.. William T,
IIornaday, director Of the Zoological
Park, said yesterday: The Geological
Society saved lO12 cents pound. which
Is what we have to pay for beef. There
is nothing unusual in the use of the
flesh of an animal Of the collection TO
feed the others"
He said that the flesh eaters in the
park seemed to Ike the taste of eIe-
phant meat as we'll as that of the beef
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
N. Y. Garment Makers
Consent to Mediation

NEW YORK. July 3.-Possibility '
of a strike of $1,000 garment work
ers was avertcd when the executive
committee Of the Cloak. Suit. and
Skirt Manufacturers Protective AS
sociation agreed to the demands OF
the garment workers unions for the
appointment of an unbiased hoard to
ADJUST grievances.
The meeting was called ia tie Fifth
avenue building by CHARTS Heine-
man, chairman of the executive COM
mittee, after the receipt of a letter
sent to the manufacturers by Jacob
shall, hi CErYs T., suizbererr, i and y !.
MRgncs, urging that all possible be
done to avert strike, particularly
I'm these days of war and Catastro-
phe." 1t was freely asserted in labor
circles that this letter largelv was
influential in nersuadinE the manu-
fucturers - abandon all plans OF a
Lgnt
The Washington times., 1915-07-03

cause Of the dismissal of a prcfes.
sor whose economic ideas did not
agree with the majority's. This
year Prof. Brewer, of the University
OF Colorado, has been dismissed
and there Is trouble brewing at the
University Of Wisconsin, where the
opinions Of instructors clash with
the ideas Of politicians who have
influence in the passing of appropri-
atoms beneficial to the institution.
1t Is a pretty broad question as ia
how much latitude a man who is en-.
gagged in educating the youth Of the
country may take in the inculcatine
OF his own ideas when those ideas
are at variance with wide public
opinion. In his analysis of Prof
Nearing, Trustee George Wharton
Pepper. denounces "the unrestricted
right Of teacher to adopt any
method he pleases for the propaga.
ton Of any views he happens ia
hold" "views discordant with the
ethical sense of the community, y
proclaimed without due considera-
ton for those holding different
views" advocating a disregard of
moral principles regarded by the
rest of us as fundamental"
The real question at issue in this
case as in the others is " neither the
instruction given the students
makes for their good personally and
for the good of the world in general
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
ST 100000 CLUB IN
N. Y. COURT HOUSE
Plans Said to Reveal Space for
Lawyers and Judges
Recreation.

NEW YORK. July 3.-Astonishins
revelations as to certain extravagant
features of the plans for the new
county court house are expected next
week, when a report to the mayor from
Tilden Adamson. director of the board
OF estimates bureau of contract super
vision, Is to be made public II the mayor
and his advisers SO decide.
Mr.. Adamson has submitted his re
port Mr.. Mitchell said he would not
comment on it or give any details until
Tuesday
If Mr.. Adamson's suspicious are con-
firmed not only will the plans be sent
back to the court house board Of re-
vision. entailing further costly delay in
but the court house board will be sub
jected to the sharpest sort of interro-
cation by the board Of estimate.
1t was rumored that among the dis
made, is provision in the big round
building for a private club OF which
lawyers and judges would be members.
II Is understood that the quarters for
many thousand feet of space on an
upper floor. 1t is also understood that
the real use to which these rooms would
be put is concealed in the blue print
plans-that rooms which are lettered in
the plans as being intended for pur-
poses related directly to tn admins
tration of justice are really intended for
dining room and other club essentials
The proposed dining room Is said to
be larger than that Of any club in this
city.
1t is indicated that II the reputed club
rooms are found TO be a reality the
board of estimate will order the court
house board to cut every inch Of them
out of the plans. Figured on a cubic
feet basis. the floor of which the club
would form a large part would cost
81, ,oco of the $4,000. 900. which is the
entire cost limit as set by the estimate
boa rd
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
PORFIRIO DIAZ

Exiled and alone, alone at least in
spirit, Porfirio Diaz is dead. No
man Of Mexico loved Mexico better.
No man of Mexico did or could do
as much for his country as did the
stern old Indian who for thirty-four
years was hailed as President.
But the real Diaz, as a power,
died long ago. He was dead long
before Madero wars thrust into his
place. Indeed, those who know
Mexico best-and it is the old-time
admirers of Diaz who know Mexico
best-now see only too clearly that
if he had stepped aside ten years
before he was brushed aside-when
he had q loyal following, a strong
government, and prosperous coun-
try-there certainly would not have
come the nation wrecking episode
OF Madero, and there probably
would not have come any of the sue
cession of revolutions which have
developed into perpetual anarchy.
Diaz did not fall because Mexico
had progressed beyond him. He fell
and fell pitiably, because as his
: physical powers crumbled and his
mental capacity faded, his reign,
slipping into the hands of merce-
cary favorites and corrupt grafters,
retreated toward the evils of the era
from which he had rescued Mexico.