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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

s5Oo,oOo Worth of Mining Property
 Sacrificed
 Discoverer and owner forced to sell , claims, cIe.r title, within miles of Juneau, one mile of beach. Ledge about 100 feet wide, estimated aver age S2.S5 per ton Price S5OOO. A genuine bargain; costs you nothing to examine. Address Mine Owner, care of Empire. JyI
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

Mary Pickford will give her last presentation of "The Dawn of To- morrow" at the Dream tonight. This fayorite has been pleasing the pat rons of the Dream during this en- gagement.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

Three movie theatres are now m. der construction at Anchorage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
 ACCOUNT

The undersigned. having this SOth lay of June, 1916. filed his final account as the administrator of the ,state of oscar Ivar Holmquist. de- ceased. this, therefore, is notice that he Commissioner for the Territory of Alaska, in Division No. One. sit ing in Probate in Juneau Precinct, has set Monday, September 4, 1916. It the hour of 9 o'clock in the after noon, at his office ir the United States Court House, in said precinct, as the time and place set for the hearing of said account All parties It interest are required to be then md there present and to state their objections if any there be.
 IT. B. LIE FEVRE,
 Administrator First insertion, July l, 1916 Final insertion July %, 1916.
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 AUTOMOBILES l.l7.tf. Efficient SERVICE
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

Irving Co.,, Tailors have received new woolens-You are invited to call
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

When you want something - any Printing that is really fine, let The Empire do the work for you.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

Seward has Rod and Gun Club, and regular tournaments are being held weekly.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

An athletic club has been formed at Nenana, grounds have been pre- pared and the members are ready for sports of all kinds.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

Last Saturday skagway defeated the ball players from Fort William H. Seward, the score being nine to one.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

Ketchikan defeated Prince Ru- pert two straight games at the lat ter city on July 1st. The score of the first game was 12 to and the second game was to O.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-08

The marathon contest here last Tuesday and the other trach events indicates that proper attention should be given to this class of sports. There is good talen on both sides Of the channel and sever al interesting meets could no doubt be held
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
To a Wife's Picture

find it avoid thoughts with
 
 riers seconsciouness which between souls this picture but behind yourself For flesh household hurry Here is only of efconsciousness which between souls Now tell looking out this picture with that with What of the Great Adventure? As look this look sometimes vvidness akin that drf night with yourself And
 
 packet dreamshose filtered through childhood mine, yours shall them together" called them accepted content with whatever Oh of of that is selfpity But compelled of fuilmen that this castle
 
 tell that you whisper: the really the end of the rainbow? Is purple its which tca feet, dsimonment?
 which the old Have with enough accepted lfe held O loosed it's wings?
 left?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
Strenuous Life for Rockies"

Civilians who are taking course In military training at the Southern Military Training camp are finding the experience anything but lark Yet they are profiting immensely by the instruction of army officers who may secretly enjoy the efforts of the panting rockies" to put vim and snap into the work, without for moment forgetting the serious purpose that everyone connected with the camp has in view.
 For instance, men who have just quit their offices and the cooling breezes of buzz fan are learning to climb hills on their stomachs, to creep noiselessly through forests and ap- proach hypothetical enemy on open ground so they will be protected from shrapnel or machine gun fire by their knapsacks. For a man who is soft and has more waist line than he is entitled to, this sort of service must be extremely hard, but there is no de- crease in the enthusiasm shown.
 The civilian cavalry is by no means idle. According to one trooper, There are only two logs and two ditches in Chickamauga park and the open woods for miles near here that Cap tain Burlington has not required us to cross while mounted and on the run."
 However, the citizen soldiers have to rest a little while be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
HOTEL LOBBIES
Dr. Daw.on and PoIitlc.

I play the game of politics like I do that of baseball and football" said pr. l.. o. Dawson, pastor of the First Bap- tist church of Tuscaloosa, who was here yesterday afternoon. pr. Dawson was on his way to Montevallo, where he will deliver the commencement sermon today.
 I never play baseball or football, but there is nothing T like better than to spend an afternoon watching the univer- sity team play a game. While I take a keen interest in the sports, play only from the sidelines. That is the way l am about politics. I do not take an active part in the game, although I enjoy watch ing the others who are in the middle of the field. I usually have my choice in
 candidates and issues and vote accord ingly, but I have always refrained from becoming wildly excited over the mat ter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14

fought for a principle which she had every reason to think was right, a principle in which every southern man firmly believed. But that is all long since passed and today there is no section of the country more loyal and true to the flag than the people of the southern states.
 And now, after fifty years, the cry may again be raised, "On to Wash ington." What tremendous changes time has brought about! The cry will reach ears that heard it in the early sixties, but who can imagine the diff ference in the feelings that it will arouse after these many years! Then resentment, bitterness, nay even hate, were aroused in stalwart breasts; but now these sentiments will be replaced in these self-same breasts with those of loyalty and love, patriotism and pride.
 So let the slogan be "On to Wash ington." No more fitting, grander, nobler ending could be suggested for the annual reunion of those who fought for the Confederate states than that the nations capital be the gracious host on that most moment ouS occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
Fine Spirit of Unity

Sunday morning will find the decks cleared and everything in ship shape for tho great reunion,' said John Sparrow. ''The public has no idea of the vast amount of work which has been done by Chairman R. A. Brown and his associates on the executive committee, Messrs MOT ris Bush, B. B. Burton, Sol Caheen and George A. Blinn. Jr. They have earned the gratitude of the entire city for the competent workmanlike manner in which they took hold of the situation. Secre- tary Radcliffe also deserves much praise for his patient, efficient handling of de- tails. By the way, no one is more appre- ciative of the achievements of the execu- tive committee than it's original chair man, MT. Fred M. Jackson, whose health would not permit him to continue in the arduous work. It's in the air., so to speak, that this reunion will go down in history as one of the most successful or the series; and it is also gratifying to note that developments, on the eve or the reunion, fostered by President Brown, Vice President Rashton and other leaders of the Chamber of Commerce, are bring ing the different elements of this com munity into closer contact then ever be- fore. I believe we are rapidly attaining that amity of thought and action which is indispensable in the building of city The outlook Is certainly gratifying to those who love their Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
Methodism and Amusements

The Methodist church, commonly known as the Northern Methodist. now holding its quadrennial general conference at Saratoga Springs, is about to modify it's discipline with re- gard to what are called worldly amusements.
 From the beginning of Methodism the law of the church prohibited mem bers from gaming, attending horse races, dancing parties, the dancing school and the circus.
 In the days of Wesley, and long afterwards, the communicant member ship adhered quite strictly to the book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
Honor Dr. James I. Vance

"The men of the South Highlands Pres byterian church met Friday evening to do honor to their guest, Rev. James l. Vance, D. D., of Nashville, and were treated to delightful banquet, served by the ladies of the church." said Frank V. Evans.
 This was a get-together occasion, ana there was a feast of reason as well as of delivious viands, and flow of good fellowship Short talks were made by Mr. James Byron, MT. John H. Frye, Judge Samuel D. Weakley and Dr. AL bert Sidney Johnston. the pastor or the church. Dr. Vance was the principal sneaker and in his forceful and eloquent manner he urged unity of action in church work, dwelling particularly upon the importance of Bible study and Sun day school endeavor. pr. Vance is one of the most noted divines of the Presby- terian faith, and his scholarly attainment, wit and wisdom were in brilliant evidence on this occasion.
 This social gathering proved most auspicious occa sion, and there was en- couraging evidence of a spirit of unity and progress in the South Highlands Presbyterian church"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14

ing instructed in the use of wireless telegraphy and telephones on the field and being shown on large sand tables how to construct defensive works, barbed wire entanglements and field and sapping trenches. Artillery prac- tice is another form of instruction in which the rockies" are taking live ly interest, but for obvious reasons they will not be permitted to do much promiscuous shooting.
 Despite their sore feet and aching backs, the citizen soldiers are learn ing something worth while which may some day prove of vital importance in safeguarding their country. Besides they will have better physiques and be in better health when the army off cers are through with them, and there are plenty of shower baths to wash away the dust and grime of "cam- paigning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14

of discipline. When there was lapse the erring brother or sister was read out" of the church, unless the sinner gave evidence of truly penitent heart.
 But in recent years "worldliness" has crept into the membership and while the bishops and pastors have inveighed against the modern ten dency of laxness in discipline no one in the northern body is excommuni- cated or dropped because of his or her violation of the rules.
 The Methodist church's attitude to- ward worldliness is the same now that it has always been, but the northern branch, at any rate, is not disposed to make infractions ''penal offense.'
 The subcommittee of the general conference reported in favor of elim- mating the old austere laws from the book of discipline. This brought forth an acrimonious debate. Not a few of the clergy and laity expressed themselves as utterly opposed to any change. The report is to be acted upon Monday, and it is believed it will be adopted by decisive majority. At the same time the great denomination will put itself on record as opposing all worldly pleasures that might weaken the tone of the religious life. The pastors are to warn the members against what some hold to be vice, but not expel those who take broader view.
 Notwithstanding the fact that a pundit on the New York bench handed down recently a decision that the game of poker was not gambling; that it was "an art, a science, business, a diversion" all in one; and the further fact that MT. Watterson and other serious-minded editors uphold the judge, some people still cling to the old idea that poker is gambling. At any rate it will long be considered SO by the rank and file of Methodist churchmen.
 But how any person could oppose circusgoing, the modern three-ring circus, is difficult to understand. The women riding or acting wear tights, but their conventional attire is mod est, after all, as compared with the style in which many young women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
Price Is Going Up

That the price of sterling silver has in- creased over 100 per cent since the begin ming of the European war was the state ment of M. D. Brandes. a local jeweler, yesterday, who was in receipt of com inunication from New York announcing a further increase of 10 per cent.
 "At the beginning of the war;" said MT. Brandes, "the price of sterling silver was AT cents an ounce and with the in- crease of 10 per cent on record this morn ing it is now 94 cents an ounce. This means an increase of exactly 100 per cent within the past two years and is an in- teresting fact to the public.
 "As to the causes for the increase in the price of silver it is due to the fact that Germany and other foreign countries will use silver standard of currency instead of gold at the close of the war. Already silver is in great demand in Europe, which means constant increase in the price,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
SOUTHERN STONE
From the Manufacturers Record.

From the Manufacturers Record
 The progress of North Carolina in granite production is indicated in an article in the news columns of this weeks Manufacturers Record. There lin is related that the Mt. Airys granite
 producers are greatly increasing their
 isness in m6nument and mausoleum
 work. which Is regarded as the most l esirable and highest grade business to
 te secured in the industry Mt Airy
 granite, which is of very fine tex
 Ire and pleasing color. has been used
 1 building consuuction for a number
 of years in the larger cities of the
 country. and its extensive adoption as material for the higher grade of stone work is a. significant tribute to the fa- Ivor which it has gained.
 The granites and marbles of the south have been considerably devel- ioped during recent years. although, as has been pointed out by North Caro- llna papers within the last few days jthere is yet great deal to be done before the stone industry of the south has reached the place to which it is en- titled. As an instance, the Morning Star of Wilmington enumerates a num-
 Der of cases where public buildings ia
 North Carolina have been constructed
 of material from distant states-Mas-
 sachusetts, Vermont. Indiana, etc.-in
 spite of the fact that superior build ,ilg material is to be found in practice 'ally unlimited quantities within the
 i)rders of North Carolina.
 This is matter in which boards of
 ade and state organizations through
 1t the south can do a distinct service
 ,o their communities by seeing that the merits of the native stones are im-
 pressed on architects and contractors
 snd that the materials at hand are not passed by in favor of inferior products Gr other states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
LIKE READING A BOOK.

"Women patronize moving pictures in large numbers
 How do you account for that?'
 Maybe it's because the silent drama offers superior advantages over the spoken play, from the feminine point of view"
 ''In what particular?'
 By coming in at the proper moment a woman can learn how photoplay ends to see all the episodes when the film is reversed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
RARE TYPES.
iual fisherman

A most unusual fisherman
 Is William Abner Lawt Who's neved had his picture ta'en With some big fish he caught. Such modesty is seldom met, You really must agree, Although he tells of how a pike Once chased him up a tree. And there's another citizen
 Deserving of your praise. He's been the owner of a car For more than ninety days, And yet has never buttonholed Some unsuspecting Jake And dinned into his patient ear How much that car will make. Now, turning to the gentle sex, We joyously present A woman of undoubted worth Who seems to be content To miss a picture now and then Upon the movie screen. We don't know how she does it, for Her like is seldom seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14

~ LID Mother RuShton of the Rotary 0 club and no'nsr-lp-lar Bush of
 the Chamber of Commerce have brought about reconciliation between the bad boys of the Birmingham newspa- pers
 These good old mothering souls didn't spank the boys and put them to bed but talked hard sense to them and were met in the same spirit.
 Now. as a matter of fact, Morris Bush wants to make a success of his presi- dency of the Chamber of Commerce He didn't say it outright, but if he makes a success of his job and makes the pub lie call him Colonel, he is promised mate of the other gender Such condi- tions, be they either promises or pros- poets, appeal to all generous men.
 So the newspapers, and the men who make them, are going to pull with him.
 They are to become a band of trouba dours to sing the praises of Birmingham when this town deserves it. They will crack the heads of the croaker; and get together geographically in praise of the real creators of good things and good works in Birmingham.
 They will praise men like Tom Rennie, who took charge of cotton mill in Pell City, which had been run six hundred thousand dollars into. debt and in two or three years changed it's financial attitude to surplus of six hundred thousand dol lars. Tom Rennie was raised in a cotton mill. He knew the business and he made his knowledge stamp success on his work
 As Tom Rennie has done, so have lots of others here. For instance, A. F. Hilleke, in charge of the Semet-Solvay plant at Ensley, has pushed that great institution into the foremost rank of by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
"On to Washington"

Nothing but the highest praise can be given Chairman Brown and the various committees in charge of the reunion for their untiring work in perfecting the plans for the big event. The question of finances was serious one, yet it was met and overcome. So it was with the other propositions that came before the committee.
 There is one matter, however, that is squarely up to the citizens of Bir- mingham, and that is the housing of the visitors to the reunion. In keep ing with the policy of veterans first" ample provisions have been made for the old soldiers, but there is some doubt as to whether the visitors can be accommodated unless the homes of the people are opened to them. Those who have rooms for rent are asked to communicate with the reunion head quarters at once, as more accommoda- tions are needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
THE FLONZALEY QUARTET

New York Correspondent, in Cincin-
 nati Times-Star.
 The death of MT. E. J. DeCoppet, Flonzaley quartet merely professional musical organization of widely ac- knowledged excellence. While he lived, the quartet was his private orchestra, and so it was up to the very moment of his death. The musicians had just finished playing the Beethoven quar- tet for their patron, In his home, when an instant and unexpected seizure brought his life to an end. Though, Coppet was a successful banker and broker, in Wall street, he spent his summer at Flonzaley, Switzerland, where he was born and educated. For 10 years the four musicians of the F1onzaley quartet were constantly with him except during the brief periods in later years when the quar- tet, grown famous. was touring in concert. Two of the musicians are of French extraction and two Italian. MT. DeCoppet engaged them with the most minute regard for each mans mas tery of particular instrument. Then he required that they should give their entire time to study and rehearsal and private performance of the music which he loved. He paid them excellent sal aries and kept them with him wherever he went. During the winters they played at his mansion in New York and during the summers at his boyhood home in Switzerland, in the village from which the quartet took its name. The four musicians had studied together daily for five years before they were ever heard in even semi-public con- certs. Then, under professional man. ager a concert tour was arranged for them, and, immediately the quartet became self-supporting. Its tour was a financial success as well as an artistic triumph. Still, they played daily at the bankers home and he took the same constant joy in their interpretation or the classics which he admired. He died, literally. with their music in his ears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
SANToS-DUMONT

From the New York Telegram.
 Santos-Dumont is visiting many cities in South America in the interest of the Pau American aeronautic conference. He was born in Sac Paulo. Brazil. on July 20, 1s73 From 1900 to 1906. he demonstrated to Europe the possibility of conquering the air with the dirigible balloon as well as with the aeroplane He spent in aero nautics alone over $50000 year for F years in experimentation. While in Paris in 1901 he won a prize of 250.0o0 francs. He was made chevalier of the French Legion of Honor in 1904, and in 1909 re- ceived the officers cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE NEWSPAPERS
 GETTING TOGETHER FOR BIRMINGFAr9,S GOOD

1 product concerns of the world. MT. Hill leke is a man of work rather than words and is deserving of all manner of praise. | Another man going ahead on his own resources, and of business to the bone, is Robert Ingalls,, who came here from Ohio and established the Ingalls, Iron Works. You don't hear of him often in print, but in his output of finished iron work he is pushing Birmingham to the front like the Wrights made Dayton fa- nous by their aeroplane factory.
 Well, to make a long story short, the Birmingham newspapers are united in their aim to go out after growth for Bir- mingham
 They propose to make this the trading center of the south, the clearing house of large section, the supply depot for the country merchants of surrounding states, the railroad freight headquarters with men in charge who will give and take and make rates and provide facilities which will upbuld.
 It is even possible to get the city com missioners and the heads of public service corporations together as sensible business men, All these things have been done ill other cities Why not here?
 * * x
 Birmingham is sometimes imposed upon. It suffers the consequences of politics and of selflshness.
 It has suffered materially at the hands of the Department of Justice in Wash ington. Eight months ago the judges of the United States Circuit Court, sitting at Trenton, decided unanimously that the United States Steel Corporation was not operating in violation of the Sherman law. The Attorney General then gave mo- tice of appeal. He waited eight months to file this appeal with the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14

disport themselves on the street and even at church.
 A return to the severely plain dressing of the old-time mothers and daughters would probably mean more for righteousness than disapproval of cards. the theatre or the circus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
STORY ON BOOTH Edwin Milton Royle. in Harper's Maga-

Edwin Milton RoyIe, in Harper's Maga-
 zine.
 After the performance at night we used to gather around Booth in his pri- vate car and listen to him talk. He was a most accomplished story teller. ana always saw the humorous side of things. He smoked necessarily, chang ing from pipe to very strong cigars and back again to pipe. He was delightfully."- frank on some of these occasions. Once he alluded to friend who had given him cup with compass in the bottom of it-"Some one who knew me-. he remarked quizzically. He was frank to admit that he was easily affected by even the smallest quantity of liquor.