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The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

The Yukon cTteainly has con frjbuted her share to the cause in the European conflict. Three con- tingcueies of thee finest specimen ofmen have passed thru this port enroute to serve ths mother country in the fighting zone. They leave a host os friends behind who will eagerly watch their careers and marches thru the turbulent zones. l. is our sincere wish that all the boys will cover themselves with glory and return after the war to the Yukon and once more place 'heir shoulders to the wheels of the pioneering activities in which they were engaged before they heed the call of the mother country.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

The announcement to the effect that !ntantiIa paralysis has been checked and s now under medleaI control is welcome to the whole country. Its rapid spread was al armlug medical authorities the country over. The epidemic was fast getting a hold on the country having gpread from New York 70 San Fra. cisco. Federal authorities are now devoting their time to the comuIete eradication of the dread ed disease.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19
IMPRESSED WITH ALASKA

A. j. De BerIrd returned on the Mariposa, after making a hasty tour os the westward. He was greatly impressed with the terri tory or Alaska and is an ardent booster for everything that has the name of Alaska attached to it. He Is accompanied Dy his wife and son. Thr plan on leaving for their home in New York on the Alice tomorrow night.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19
REAL CARE

In reality the ''Cars of the hair" means the "care of the scalp" Ap- ply "PURoLA" Hair Tone according to directions furnished with each bottle, and you will not only be surprised, but Dleased with the wonderful results. A satisfactory Q, lDtI for hair health; sold on It's merits and satisfaction guaran- teed IT your money back. $1.OO
 Sold by Keller Bros. Drug Go. a per bottle. Specify "PUROLAl"
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19
JOINS SELMER'S STAFF

The efficient service of Selmers s popular barber shop is increased by the addition of new barber from the outside. Bob Heyner Of Los Angeles has joined the staff of MT. Selmer and will remain in the Garden City for the summer months if nothing unfolscen comes along to take him to the outside.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

With a money+back guarantee If not satisfied. 25c In jars or tubes. Specify "PUROLA!" Sold by Kel- Ter Brcs. Drug Go.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

Seattle business men are holding mass meetings to discuss the strike conditions. Doubtless they will follow the tactics set by the San Francisco big business houses and subscribe to a common pool to fight the labor unions. Labor unions in themselves are a good thing and their total destruction is a bad omen for labor. However there should be a governing board of some kind which acts between capi-
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

A Baptist pastor in Dallas, Texas, declares thaa the Mexicans need bullets and Bibles. to regenerateu. He did not mention which should go first, but becAuse of the peculiar effect ot the Ieaden, missiYes 1t IS presumed that the Bible is to be used after the bullet.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19
NOT AN EXPERIMENT
"PURoLA" Peroxide Cream i

"PUROLA" Peroxide Cream Is not an experiment, for it has been sold for years and can be relied up- on to give perfect satisfaction to the user. It Is soothing, healing and vanishing cream, which dries quickly and is never sticky or greasy. You will be surprised at the benefits your skin will de- rive from its constant use. Sold
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

Iron crosses are the order Of the day in Germany at the present time. Wonder now much an iron cross really carries with it. What will they be worth after the war mas finished?
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

It's awfully kind of MT. C%rranza to warn us of these impending bor- d.U raids. Now If he will only tell us when he Is going t0 attack we would be much more obliged.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19
LOCATES IN GARDEN CITY

J. E. Louttit has returned from the Porcupine District and has moved in the cottage of Mrs. Der nice Shelly on Eleventh and Broad way. Mir. Loutiit plans on main tainipg S home in the Garden City permanently.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

The profits to be made iR the au- :omLbiLe business and ill the man. utacturng of auto accessories seem 10 make the munitions and armor plate bosses look like children.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

tai and labor so that arbitration would be compulsory and both sides would be bound by terms of the ar buratOrs.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

A Oerusal of the police blotter does uot prove that Washington Is dry.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

-- N <. S. KELLER, Publisher
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-19

OFFICIAL CTTY PAPER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
-sss------------------ FACTS ABOUT MEXICO

From the Chattanooga News.
 Mexico's available unorganized mili- tary force has been estimated by ex- perts in the millions, but compara- lively small proportion could be equipped and put in the field.
 It is estimated that the total number of men with military training and eli gible to service in the army is 125,000
 The Mexican navy, ranks just above the Swiss navy. In other words, Mex jeans boast no boasts about their fleet It consists of two third-class cruisers and five torpedoboats and five gunboats all of which is not a match for oul smallest dreadnaught.
 Mexico's riches could finance long war if the riches were developed. Un- fortunately, Mexico has no grasp upor her wealth. The area of Mexico is 765,. 535 square miles, or between two and three times as large as Texas. In some sections the climate is so good that two crops are raised each season. The population consists of 19 per cent pure white, 43 per cent of mixed bloods and 3S per cent Indians.
 Mexico is prostrated from recent fight. ing and in no condition to meet us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
AN EARLY BEGINNING.
WAR TIMES OF IS YEARS AGO

From The Age-Herald of July 6, 1898. Special Cable to The Age-Herald Copyrighted by W. R. Hearst) Jon the quarter deck of the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya, now lying beached on the southern coast of Cuba. July 4, by dis patch boat Silvy, by way of Port An tonic, July 5.-Last nights story Of the mighty sea fight, of our mighty vic tory and of the complete destruction of the Spanish fleet has been told
 Early this morning we headed our dis patch boat Silvy down the coast to in- spect more closely than we could yes- terday, when fire was sweeping the wrecked and ruined leviathans of Spain's navy They lie with their heads buried in the sand. as if to hide from themselves the sight of their own destruction and humiliation.
 The first wreck we approached was the Oquendo. She lies in a small bay well up on the beach, vita one tre- mendous hole on her port bow. showing battleships must have exploded. She ldS dlSO d ldTSe IeIlI Sll pIl tle pOIl quarter near the water line. We lowered a boat to visit her and as we came alongside a shocking sight
 met our eyes. Dead Spaniards were floating about in the water. stripped to the waist as they had stood to man their guns. We felt much pity, and some satisfaction. too. that the Maine had been again so well remembered. About this time the Suwanee came up and sent the famous l. eutenant Blue ashore in her white boat to look for survivors of the crews of the Span ish vessels and take them D ,isoners We determined to follow. Lieutenant Blue got safely hauled ashore by his crew and was intervie wing a band of Cubans. who were Slso looking for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
Carranza Coming to His Senses

President Wilson has accepted General Carranza proposal that the differences between this and Mexico be set tied by direct negotiation
 When troop trains rushed the Mexican border and the United States government breaking all former records in preparing for mighty sae General Carranza to his senses.
 President Wilson's sharp note set him to thinking and when he saw that the American people determined to fight driven to it, he dropped the nsoent attitude which he is be eved to have adopted largely for its effect the Mexican people, and sent note in reply which concatory to marked degree.
 Now that the first chief has been convinced that the Ame people in deadly earnest he will not again make the mistake of overaxng patience The nation wide moblza
 ton of troops not bluff It not intended for
 demonstration. If Carranza had not speedily modified his tone and defined his attitude would have been the result
 The release of the American soldiers captured Carza relieved the tension considerably and the delivery of Car s latest note has for time averted the clouds.
 But there will be cessation the work of getting ready for The troops already mobzed will be kept under until the Mexican problem is settled way the other Before long all troops mobilization camps will have
 rived the border They should stay there until all disorder northern Mexico has been put down and until Carranza has proved that he and will keep his pledges the American government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
Prohibition in Georgia

According to Sheriff l.. L. Williams of Macon, Bibb county, Ga, who was in Birmingham Wednesday to carry a pris- oner back to Georgia, the Hid is on tight" in Georgia. "The prohibition law is being eneforced more rigidly in Geor- gia now than ever known before," said Sheriff Williams "Of course, there is some little pocket peddlins going on, but even that must be on the quiet, for the officers are cut after them, and selling hisky nas become one of the gravest violations of the law in the state.
 Frank Cook, a negro I am taking back tonight, is wanted on charge of violating the prohibition law So far as we know he never sold over three pnts of whisky. but the state was will ling to spend considerable money to get him back. This is only one instance of going into other states for violators of the prohibition law, and the jurors in the courts are doing their part toward making this violation dreaded one.
 'The Georgia law resembles the Ala ban,a law in number of ways. How ever. I believe it is a little tighter in some ways. A man is allowed only two quarts of whisky month there, where he may have that amount twice a month kere"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07

vV1ASHINGTON, July 6-(Special)
 AA/ Unless the Russians meet sud-
 denly with a signal reverse in their drive along the Austrian east front, Lemberg seems destined to pass under the dominion of the Czar for a second time since the beginning of the great war. This, the fourth city of Austria, is de- scribed in the following war geography bulletin of the National Geographic so- ciety, issued from it's Washington head quarters:
 When the Qualifications of the inner city of Lemberg were dismantled in 1911 and the space which they occupied was converted into promenades for the pros porous citizens of this modern Galician capital of 100000 inhabitants it was doubt less assumed by many that, having sui fered the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune for the first five centuries of it's municipal existence, fate would allot it a surcease from siege and capture.
 Lying 60 miles almost due east of Przemysl, and more than 450 miles north east of Vienna, Lemberg is situated on
 the banks of the Peltew river, an affluent of the Bug. It nestles in a small valley which opens to the north, and is sur- rounded by hills, the most picturesque be- ing the we'll wooded Franz-Josef Berg, to the northeast. To the east, distance of ST miles, is Tarnopol, near the Rus sian border, one of the first points of at tack when the Muscovites recently pushed beyond the Galician frontier. "A description of the modern city of Lemberg as it existed in August, 1914, re- quires many notifications today, for the scars of war are to be found in it's many handsome homes; it's broad, well paved streets, it's Roman Catholic cathedral a handsome gothic structure completed in 14S0; its Greek cathedral, completed in | 1779; it's Armenian cathedral in the Byzan- tine style, dating back to 1437. and its magnificent monuments to such Polish patriots as King John III Sobieski. who after having saved Lemberg from the | same enemy few years previously, in ! 1863 saved all Europe from Mohammedan invasion by routing an army of 3O0,00C Turks encamped about Vienna, his own forces numbering only 70,000
 Called Lwow in the Polish tongue and Leopolis in Latin, Lemberg was founded | by Ruthenian prince in 1259. Nearly
 a hundred years later it was added to the
 domain of Casimir the Great. who be- slowed upon the city the charter and
 privileges widely known during the mid
 dle ages as the Magdeburg Right
 l Following the fall of Constantinople
 Lemberg enjoyed a reviva, of trade witt
 the east. but it was caught in the mael.
 strom of rebellion and pillage whicl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
SWALLOWING THE EVIDENCE

From the New York Times.
 The Alabama prohibition statute con cedes a generous monthly allowance of strong waters, wine or beer to the citizen so unregenerate as to pine for spiritiuous fortification. Yet the vets murmur and rebel. Blind tigers flourish. So do the ungodly, even on juries. A Mobile jury tried blind tiger" case the other day. In fact, they tried and drank up the evidence, a filling quantity of beer and whisky. As the Savannah Morning News dryly or wetly puts it, the jury men found the evidence insufficient" and there was mistrial. The judge reproved the jurymen. They were not declared in contempt of court. Mobile '' says the Montgomery Advertiser, ''did not feel outraged at the conduct of the jurymen; there was no popular protest against such conduct"
 An honest and superexcited prohibition ist crys in a letter to- the Advertiser that 'the whole state should be placed force the liquor law. He will not see. so many prohibitionists can never see, that a statute unsupported by public opinion cannot be enforced. If those Mo- bile petit jurors did scandalous thing, 1t was because they looked on the pro- hibitory law as a joke and humbug. A bad attitude, but not unworthy of the statute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07

Spaniards, but as Spaniards there were none, the lieutenant pushed out through the breakers. boarded the Suwanee and put to sea again.
 Especial Dispatch to The Age-Herald.
 By A. w. BUTT.)
 Washington, July 5.-The lombard ment of Santiago has been postponed. The cabinet decided to allow General Shafter to use his discretion in the mat ter. General Alger said at ths cabinet meeting, General Shafter and Admiral Sampson have been advised to hold a conference before any movement is made" !.
 There is no intention of exchanging cabinet, as well as officials, were oil the opinion that if Admiral Cervera was kept in the vicinity of Santiago it might have q moral effect upon the treatment of Lieutenant Hobson and his crew by the Spaniards. Admiral Ger vera will be treated with the greatest courtesy and consideration due an offi-I cer of his rank, and, in fact, the ad Y ministration has decided that allc prisI. oners shall be tahen care of in the best way possible.
 Madrid. July 5.-Almost indescribable enthusiasm continues to prevail herd upon the supposed escape of Admira Cervera and his squadron from tht harbor of Santiago The admirals nan{ is on every tongue and it is claimed that it was he who saved Santiago de Cuba by "adding to General Linaress handful of soldiers his brave soldier. to man the guns ashore and repel tht Americans under General Shafter."
 Such is the exultant eulogy of Ad, miral Cervera on all sides. this state o, public feeling being due to the off ial announcements from Santiago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
THE FAT POLICEMAN

From the New York World
 Accepting from Harvard university the degree of master of arts-and few arts are more difficult than that of conduct ing tactfully and efficiently the finest police force In the world-Commission Woods made a few remarks on the fat policeman This heavyweight, he de- clared is either extinct or, in New York, he soon will be. Which is matter per haps worthy of consideration by the mind of the layman.
 Of fat policeman we have known, there is one kind, and then again, there is another kind. The first carries his cor pulence as so much i'll earned increment. He is a haunter of side doors and a loiterer upon the self-appointed fixed post His vigilance is centered rather upon the whereabouts of the sergeant than upon the lurking places of disor- der. The race which is not always to the swift will quite certainly be never to him. He will meet no trouble which does not see him first.
 But as to the other fat one, he is born to plumpness as sparks fly upward. Avoirdupois is the reward of his simplest living. He puts on pounds as a garment and wears his sickness as an adornment. He is, moreover weightily unctuous; he knows the value of a laugh, and he does not approach the mere citizen on his beat with the edginess of temper which will now and then accompany a physique too sharply edged.
 Without intending to intrude upon of ficial opinions and prerogatives, one won- ders. Police duties, problems and pre- dicaments are myriad. The ability to run a mile is not always the pre-emi- nent quality in the service One remem- bers desirabilities of good humor and patience. Shall we select by rule of weight. for instance, the blucoat who Is to shepherd the park of playing children? Or who is to answer without weariness, at an appointed place, the million casual questions of plain people?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
CUNNINGHAM PRAISED
l the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald makes this well deserved comment upon the retirement of Dr. R. M Cunningham from the position of city health officer:
 Birmingham may we'll be proud of the efficiency of it's health department and the good that has been accomplished is the result chiefly of the ripe expe- rience large vision and constructive en- ergy of Dr. R. M. Cunningham, who was placed in charge a few years ago. Dr. Cunningham was a potential factor in Alabamas political life when he served as legislator, lieutenant governor and governor, and as a citizen of the Bir- mingham district he has been one of it's strongest upbuilders. He has we'll earned retirement from office, but with his in- grained civic spirit he can always be de- pended upon to respond to any demand for the public veal.
 No service Is better worth doing than that which protects the people from dis ease. It is pleasant to see appreciation of that service well performed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
FOURTH CITY OF AUSTRIA

/, swept over the Ukraine and a part of Pc land during the last half of the seven teenth century, when the Cossack het man. Chmielnicka, was directing the in famies of the 'serfs' fury
 "Lemberg was one of the Polish citie to fall before the arms of Charles XI of Sweden, when the i'll advised Augusta | II was drawn into the Great mortimer l war; which devastated central Europe fo 1 tury. In 1772 upon the first partition 0
 Poland, Lemberg became an Austria possession, and 12 years after this ever Joseph II established the University q Lemberg, which, at the time of the ou, break of the present war; had more tha 20OO students.
 "One of the most attractive parks ( Lemberg, and favorite promenade. bear the name of the Polish patriot Jan Xxi inski, humble little shoemaker wh fought bravely in 1896, was captured an taken to St. Petersburg. After his rt lease he returned to his shoemaker bench and in his leisure hours wrote h recollections, a. valuable record of tn period of his country's history.
 Since the establishment of the Galicia Diet in 1861, Lemberg has enjoyed ii creasing prosperity. It's manufactures i'll clude machinery and iron ware. matche candles, liquers chocolate, leather. bricl and tiles, while it's commerce is largel in linen, flax, hemp, wool and oil.
 'In 1907 two interesting finds were mad | in the vicinity of this ciry by laborel boring for oil. The bodies uf an elephai and a rhinoceros were unearthed in remarkable state of preservation, evt the hides being intact, due, probably, i the preservative qualities of the oily sd | in which they were buried.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
Rain Has Cleared Things up

John W. Sibley is of the opinion that the city will be benefited in the present typhoid situation by the heavy rains of the past day or two.
 T do not really know whether rains are beneficial to the present dangerous ty- phoid epidemic" said MT. Sibley, "but in my opinion only good can be derived from the heavy downpour
 Tt has rained all day and most of the night and that should thoroughly clean up the city. In fact, it should clean it up much better than the city authorities could do so. The rain will also drown several million flies and that is a good thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
Handled 1s2, ,227 Passengers

"Our company handled 1S2,227 passen- gers on July A. said J. T. Hurry, super the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. Though this is not a record number in one day, yet I have never experienced the ease in which the people were cared for without the slight est mishap.
 Yes, it is true, we have improved our system and equipment, but the basis of these results is the personal interest taken by the men, together with their stanch loyalty to the company. We have a very interesting organization, and I wish even more of our citizens would visit our car barns and become familiar with our extensive railway system"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
ALABAMA PRESS

Mobile Register: The right sort of pa
 triot will swat the fly, watch his gar
 bage can and keep his premises clean.-
 Birmingham Age-Herald And won't let
 his chickens poster his neighbors.-Talla-
 dega Home. Nor his dog bark around
 the house all night.
 Livingston Southern Home: To grant
 woman suffrage by state laws is the only
 safe way to extend the voting privilege
 in the south. It is by state laws alto
 gether that man is given the ballot. Re- strictions should be thrown around the
 ballot according to local needs and local
 conditions.
 | Alexander City Outlook: Many people are wondering if the authorities are go- 1 ing to let those responsible for conditions | in Girard go free. It is likely that there | is not right thinking man in the state who does not believe that the officers of Girard have been grossly negligent in the discharge of their duties, or they have been densely ignorant.
 Montgomery Journal: We have fear that the colonel won't have the opportIu- ity to volunteer for war in Mexico There | is man in the White House who is seeking to avoid war; even though it is at the sacrifice of the presidency. He is putting the country above personal ann bition or the partys welfare. Can the colonel imagine himself playing the role of real patriot?
 | Greenville Advocate: A negro farmer | in nearby county has discovered that the boil weevil travels to the east He builds large fires on the east side of his cotton patch, and the negro reports that he is unable to find a single weevil in his field. Let some of our farmers try the plan; the only cost will be little time And if it proves a success it will be worth dollars upon dollars to the farmers in the boil weevil section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
BONNIE LESLEY

By Robert Burns.
 o saw ye Bonnie Lesley
 'As she gaed OCT the border? She's zane, like Alexander,
 To spread her conquests farther. To see her is to love her.
 And love but her for ever; For Nature made her what she is, And neer made sic anither! Thou art a queen, Fair Lesley,
 Thy subjects we, before thee; Thou art divine, Fair Lesley,
 The hearts O men adore thee. The Dell he could no scaith thee. O aught that wad belang thee; s He'd look into thy bonnie face, And say T canna wrang thee!'' The Powers aboon will tent thee; Misfortune sha' na steer thee; Thou'rt like themselves Sac lovely That i'll they'll ne'er let near thee Return again, Fair Lesley, Return to Caledonie! That we may brag we hae lass
 There's nane again sac bonnie.