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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-24

For the week ending September ninth. 856S men were employed on the Anchorage Division, which in. cmdes commission employees, station men and laborers, the August payroll being $25S,320,0O.
 The work at Anchorage is under the immediate supervision of Lieut. Frederick Mears, one of the mem bers of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. and is divided into four separate districts, all of which re- port to the head office at Anchor age. which has charge of construc- ton and maintenance Of all terminal facilities. such as machine shops, roundhouses. water supply material yards, electric light and telephone, construction of quarters for employ ees. office buildings and the ballast ing and maintenance of the right of wav of the constructed lines as well as the operation of the trains; the Matanuska district, with hecdQuar. ters at Matanuska Junction, has charge of the construction of the line from Matanuska to Chickaloon on the Matanuske branch, and from Matanuska Junction to Willow Creek on the main line; the Turnagoin Arm district hes charge of the con struction from Anchorage south to Kern creek, the north terminus of the Alaska Northern railway with headquarters at Anchorage; and the district with headquarters at Talkeema, has charge of the con- struction of the main line from Willow Creek to Broad Pass.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-24
130 Miles of the Final 470 to Fairbanks Are Now in Opera
 ton.
MUCH GRADING IS DONE
Road Nearly Completed to MatanuSka Coal Fields, for Miles on the
 Main Line.

SEWARD. Oct 19.-Wm. c. Edes, chairman of the Alaskan Engineer ing Commission, recently returned from Anchorage and reports excel lent progress on the construction Of the railroad
 Filty-nlne miles of track hGye been laid from Anchorage With the sev- enty-one miles of the old Alaska Northern railway that io now in op- eration to Kern Creek, there have been completed 1SO miles of the 47O that will connect Seward end Fair. banks The track 80 fer laid from Anchorage consists of ciX miles south toward s ward; thirty-eight miles of main lino northward to Fairbanks, and fifteen miles on the Matanuska branch into the Maanuska coal fields.
 The right of way has been cleared from Potter Greek on Turac gain Arm 10 Kings Riye- in the Matanuska coal field a distance of seventy-sey- eu miles and on the main line from Matanuska to the Little Susitna riy- er Rails will be laid this fall as far as Kings river on the Matcnuska branch. distance Of siXty-two miles from Anchorage. and to Wassilla on the main line, approximately 10 miles from Motanuska. On the main line in the Susitna valley between Montana creek and Indian river a distance of 55 miles. Che right of way is 70 per cent cleared and a been let Grading of the right Of number of grading contracts have way will proceed in this section from Talkeetna to Willow Creek and north to Broad Pass. At Willow creek it will connect with the work under the Matanuska district. and at Broad Pass with the work from the Nena- na division
 Rail will be laid in the near fu- mre as far as Potter Creek, which is fifteen miles southeast Of Anchor age on Turnagain Arm and from which point the rock work on Turn again Arm will be attacked during the winter.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-24
OFF FOR HUNTERS LODGE.

TREADWELL. Oct. 24.-Ed Ben nett, Jack Walsh, Gabriel Paul and E. Walsh were making preparations to get away today for Bennett's happy hunting grounds at Rod- man bay. The party will be ab- sent from the Island week or ten days hunting deer during the last few days of the open season.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-24

eastineau Transportation Go.
 Sailing from Hunter and Dick inson float Tuesday at midnight for Skagway and way ports. Sailing Friday at midnight for Jualin, Comet and way ports.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-24
avsnr rAxEs oN agAL eaoesary IN Tae oTY OF lUNsAU

OF JUNEAU
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New Britain herald., 1916-12-16

will of course be adversely affected though it should be remembered that many of these have taken precau~ tionary measures to meet all such contingencies. Industrials which have been unduly inflated must lead reac- tion; and yet these may suffer quite as much from increased expenses as from loss of war Orders Comm dity prices have been pushed to such dizzy heights as to compel economy among nearly all classes of consumers. These high prices spelled extraordinary pros perity for the grower and and the miner not to speak of organized labor, but they also meant extra hazards for manufactur and distributors, many of whom stocked up more freely than usual to protect themselves from scar city and high prices. Our whole ma chinery of production and distribu- ton has been thrown violently out of gear by the European catac1ysm, and a temporary slowing down for the pur- pose of establishing a better balance will tend to prolong present activity and facilitate a more equitable distri- button of the proceeds. Our prosper ity touched high water mark a month ago profits were then at their zenith and the eveningdown process has already made cOnsidera bIe progress.
 Speculation had been carried to an almost dangerous level and the re- straint imposed by higher money rates proved timely and beneficial Ca utiOn has been advised for several weeks past, and the technical condi- tion of the market will undoubtedly be improved by the heavy liquidation of the last few days. The monetary situation has improved owing to the contraction in loans and renewed gold imports, which have reached nearly $50, 000,0 900 for this month and almost $500, 0,000,0 900 this year. On Fri day there was a rally following the break of Thursday, with the indica-. tion that the worst of the shock had spent it's force hence a still higher range is a natural sequence.
 HENRY CLEWS
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16
Steel and Pig
 Iron Markets
The Iron Age says

The one day that has elapsed since the surprising announcement of Ger many's peace proposal has shown no traceable effects in the steel market.
 If actual negotiations for peace should be undertaken in the near fu- ture 1t is conceded that the develop menfs in the steel industry would be hlShlN important: but at present the trade is dominated by the belief that at this stage no basis Of agreement can be found on which the war can soon be ended.
 All calculations of dom estic buyers and sellers of steel have long been based not on the i1nminence of peace, but on the indefinite continuance of the war and the present price struc- ture has been built up by the war. The effect on prices of actual negotiations for peace, should they come, is not overlooked in the current discussion.
 For months contracts between Am erican steel manufacturers and the Allies have been drawn so as to guard against an abrupt falling off in the demand for war purposes. A stipu- lation in some contract is that if shell steel is not specified the buyer shall take soft steel in some form, as rails, plates or shapes.
 Concerning the steel corporations increase of over 1,O00,O0O tons in or ders in November, it is stated on au- thOrty that out of nearly 2,5O0, 900 1 tons booked in that month less than ten per cent. is to be classed as export 1 war business.
 The German peace proposal came 1 just as greater efforts were being put 1 forth on behalf of Great Britain. and l E ENro,, to A ,n,-ir Ctn week one sale of 30,OOO tons of S2- nm, rounds is reported for delivery in the first quarter of 1917. The price was about 4 hc. One or two steel companies have been negotiating for the sale of round lots of forging steel and from Canada it is intimated that all the steel that can be furnished from this side will be taken
 That Chicago district mills con- tributed 500,00O tons, or about half of the steel corporations gain in un-
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16

filled orders last month, indicates the activity of domestic buyers, particu- larly the railroads. Already fully 450,0O0 tons of rails has been sold there for delivery in the first half of 1918. An additional 2O,0OO tons has been taken by the St. Paul road, mak- ing it's total 6O,0OO tons. It is ex- pected that the Pennsylvania rail- roads orders for 205, 900 tons of 10O- ID. to 130-lb. rails will soon be placed for 1918.
 The railroad situation in the Valley and Pittsburgh districts has gone from bad to worse. A number of blast fur naces are short of coke, due to recent embargoes, and some are likely to be forced out of blast. Shipments of finished material are also seriously hampered and the closing of some mills may be necessary if product ac- cumulates further.
 The weeks advances in finished steel products have been chiefly in spikes, which have long ben out of line, in tie-plates sheets and in iron and rail carbon bars. Some produc- CTS, with more moderation, have made a $2 advance. Wire products are ex- pected to go higher, probably $2 or s3 a ton, before January 1.
 It is expected that the contract price on sheet bars for the first quar- ter of 1917 will be fixed at close to $50. For export billets and sheet bars $60 has been paid, and a central western sale of ingots for domestic consumption was made at $55
 The pig-iron market has lost it's fe- verish activity and in some districts there is a marked falling off in de- mand Prices have reached a level that causes buyers to hesitate. Besse- mer iron for export has sold at s35, Valley furnace and on a more limited scale of buying domestic users have paid that price. Foundry iron has advanced $1 in some markets, but in other districts is unchanged
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16

Joseph c. Grew secretary of the American mbassy in Berlin and charge d-affaires, is the man who re- ceived from Chancellor von Bethman HollWeg for transmission to the United States the German suggestion that Berlin was ready to consider peace negotiations. MT. Grew, who represented the United States in Am bassador Gerard's absence is a young man for so important a post, being only thirty-six years old. He was gra duated from Harvard in 1903 and began his career in the consular and diplomatic service in 1904 as clerk to the consulate general in Cairo. Since then he has served in Mexico City, Petrograd, Vienna and Berlin. Mr. Crews home is in Boston.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16
@ SAY NOBODY BIUNDERED.

l Honolulu, Dec. 16.--Nobody blum 2dered, army officers said today, in re- Scently ordering to the islands a large amount of horse drawn artillery Equipment for the Ninth Field artil- 6ery, motorized organization. When khe equipment was re-shipped the last FweeI1 to the mainland it was reported (that it had been shipped here under a misapprehension as 10 the character
 of the equipment required. Officers Fsaid that as a matter of fact the mo- torization of the regiment was not de- .eided upon until the horse drawn ksquipment was on it's way here.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16
ANT|-PACIFlSTS IN
 RUSSIA GIVE HOPE
Stock Market Shows Signs of
 Recovering from Slump

Wall Street.-The probable attitude of the Entente Allies toward the Ger man peace poposals, as suggested by the Russian Dumas firm stand and other overnight events, which served to discourage the idea of early peace negotiations, prompted much short coverings during today's brief session.. Specialties made further recoVeries of to 5 points, with 25 for Bethlehem Steel Some of this advantage was relinquished with the dealings of the second hour. Rails agaln stood out for their consistent strength.
 The closing was srong. Total sales were estimated at 75O,0OO shares Bonds were irregular.
 New York Stock Exchange quota lions furnished by Richter &, Co.,. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. w Eddy.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16
HUNTERS KILL 400 ELK

Livingstone, Mont, Dec. 16.-Hunt- CTS estimated that 400 elk were killed just outside the northern boundary of Yellowstone National park during the last two days of the hunting sea- son which closed last night Heavy snowstorms of the last week forced the elk from mountainous regions of the park into the lower altitude where the hunters were waiting for them.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16
TO TEST CORRUPTION ACT.
rewers Will Carry Case to Supreme Court

Pittsburgh, Dec. 16.-Arguments Ign the motion to dismiss the indict- Enents brought under the federal cor |rupt practices act against seventy two brewing corporations in the state |of. Pennsylvania were heard in the United States district court here to- Fday.
 oThe corporations wore indicted for (alleged contributions to political cam Epaign funds. Attorneys for both Isides declare the case will be carried
 Do the United States supreme court regardless of the decision of the dis
 trbet court in order to test the con- of the act.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16

The following is a list of letters re- maining unclaimed at the New Brit ain, Conn.,, post office, December 18th, 1916.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16
GOOD TASTE.

Worn with a tailored suit of navy Worsted invisibly striped with white, this luxurious stole of pointed fox cuts a great dash with it's circuit of once and half again around the neck. The close turban is navy velvet with sill very berries growing exactly in front.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16
Advertised Letters.

The following is a list of letters re- maining unclaimed at the New Brit ain, Conn.,, post office, December 9th, 1916: Miss Mary Adamowska. Gale Andrews. Mrs. M. A. Bailey Anna Boyt. Mrs. Margaret A. Cady. Mrs. Frank Chaff1n. c. Carlson. Mrs. L. A. Cushman. Roy Deerfoot. MT. Dewes. Easton Ernst Rev. Charles S. Gray. Myron Denke. George Henderson. MT. Hoffman. et, Jim Hurley. Mrs. Edward Johnson. I Louis Ledonni. G. B. Landin. Mrs J. O. Larson. Miss R. Martin. l.. Madezski. Ed Morton E. Newton. J. H. Noble. MT. Penf1eld. Miss Julia Reynolds. Mrs. c. M. Rainhard. Irving Swanson. Shelly Smith. D. F. Swift. Karl SIirpkia. Mrs. Sandgren. C. c. Warner CD. Mrs White. Miss Emma Wadin. I1dw. R. Watson, jr. Miss Madolin Whitney. T. B. Wckwin Jusef Wick. Miss Helen Wells Ask for advertised letters and men, on date of list.
 w. F. DELANEY,
 Postmaster.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-16
FINANCIAL NEWS
MARKET IS STRONGER
General Tone of Market at Close More Favorable, Says Richter & Co., Local Quotations Given.

According to Richter & Co. the local market looked more favorable at the close today and during the morning there was a little more demand for NileS-Bem ent-Pond and American follorn-.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
WONDERLAND.

IRE Shampayne Girls, under the
pe,,'sohal direction of Verne Ptelrs
VIII open at the Wonderland Tbeato,.
SUNDAY, featuring lean cobb and
rev Avery. those two funny black
,uce comedians. Mr.. Cobb as a wencb
Is wei known in Tulsa and in HE
Ei"ss OF entertainment has few eouals
II any And Mr.. Avery as a BLACK,
49, a"oe, entertainer, is far above the
average and as a team these t,vo
comedians have every opportunity to
display their excellent talents NJ IT,
ra,'i,p p', as writer and producer.
ranks among the best and every Iii
presented Is entirely now in TuIsa
and ana away from the slapstick yarietv
Inc comedy situations are YER, sIrono
ana the musical numbers and d.nnn,
are entirely different from the gen,
eral run OF tabloid shows Is Won
want to enjoy clean-cut up-to. .da "a
nl usicai idrce comedy, don't faiI to
see Verne Phe ps and his Champavno
h,e!i1s' i1' supported by an all-star cast
derland ''s "oh-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02

picture "acting" school which had in
tanned the girls ambition and had
driven her on = wild-goose chase of
over five hundred and seventy-eight
miles.
Dealing with the mother and her
now thoroughly detected daughter as
kindly as he could, the star informed
them Of the arduous task before an
unknown aspiring TO the heights Of
stardom. He drew their attention to
the fact that already ahead Of the
girl on the extra list at the Vita
graph plant are tho names of more
than five hundred people, professional
and amateurs. who have registered
for position. but told her that II she
wished to try for q place in the usual
way he would do what he could to
help hcr. They had come directly to
the studios from the PENNSYLVANIA
denct and Earle, II erefore, vas com
PEELED To enlist the assistance of one
Of the gate" hands to get them a
boarding house.
Brcathcd Easier.
He brcathed somewhat easier after
interview ended. and was very we'll
sotisfied when the pair did not return.
The bitter truth was evidently too
much for them and they used their
return checks to get back to Cleve-
land.
Here is an instance where a trust
ing mother and an overambitious
daughter fell for the "bunk' of n
school outfit to such
an extent that the fair young dame
actually made the mother believe that
the motion picture directors were
waiting with open arms to welcome
her into the realm of the fair and the
famous. To shattor tho Illusion Of
gulible Miss Kellogg. while painful
thing to do. was really the only way
to treat her case. The fact that she
did not write and learn conditions be-
fore her trim, shows how roseate do
impressionahle minds regard the ap-
proach To the highway to success
and 1t shows also how susceptible
they are to the flowing phrases and
florid promises Of tho purvoyors OF
dramatic genius.
imbitiOn's Victim. ..
II could not be said that Miss
Kellogg Is one of the girls who try to
work" the stars for screen prefer
mcnt because she seemed really
guileloss i'm the matter and is more
TO he regarded as the victim of n
" eird ambition than anything else /
But her adventure is sample of it's /
kind and should he an example toI
others who would attompt to rush |
blindly into the limelight IF a girl |
feels that she has talent and n fine |
personality. and wants to work in n |
studio, she should first find out tho
lctual condition beforehand from
who knows and then enter
nto the struggle for recognition de-
-ermincd to nut MP with lot of diff
'icultics and hard work
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
PUBLIC TO SELECT
THEIR OWN FILMS
New Method of Distributing Features
Is Announced by
"V-L-S-E."

Theater managers are no longer
forced to take all the features manu-
factured by any one company. saws
y, II. Gilvinsky. n representative of
N-L-S-E. Inc. who called at this
office recently
1t seems that until recently film
manufacturers demanded that an ex-
hibitor take their entire output re-
gardless of whether they were of in
terior quality or not. Believing this
policy would eventually resolve itself
into question of how few expensive
subjects company could manufac.
ture and still retain itss contracts, the
above company inaugurated an en-
tirely new policy.
In order to establish Big Four fea
lures on plane by themselves, each
OF the four companies. the Vitagra ph
company Of America. the Lubin
Manufacturing company. the Selig
Polyscope company and the Essanay
fiIm Manufacturing company were
Informed that each subject would
have to stand on It's own feet, so to
speak. In other words, II the theater
manager did not like II he did not
have to take IT,
This system has proven wonderfully
successful. The film company is mn.
tomatically forced to stand for the
loss on poorer productions Naturally
they are continually working for
stronger production. knowing they
viii bs more In demand
In many localities theater managers
throw the names OF various produc-
tons on the screen and allow their
patrons 10 make their own selections.
Such "A method insures the public Of
seeing only the very best features.
Other companies are following the
ssd ~ v-L-S-E Inc In their plan for
landing their productions.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
WHEN EARL WILLIAMS GOT The
BIG SURPRISE OF HIS YOUNG LIFE
Cleveland Girl and Mother
Arrive at Studio, Bag
and Baggage.

Narratives by the bushel have
about various kinds OF coy and cour-
agcous maldeus who would be the
nations future Anita Stewards and
Edith Storeys. They come by the hun
drcds. yea by the thousands and If
their efforts were not underlaid with
the pitifulncss of Immediate necessity
their pilprimag,s 10 the temples Of the
silent drama would be quite humor-
Gus.
To show how unwise thing it Is
for a girl 10 be carried away with the
ambition TO act for the screen when
she is without stage experience. | shall
relate an incident which happened
only few days ago at the Nitagraph
village in brooklyn, and which gave
Earle Williams, the celebrated Vita
graph star. the SURF rise OF his life.
] snail have TO start with a pro-
loguc which was nactcd in Cleveland
Pa. way back in September. when
Earle Williams delivered "A lecture on
motion picture acting AT the Garden
theater in that city After his dis
course he held reception. shook
hands with number of people who
were In the audience and had a pleas
ant word for each one of them.
Fcmnles Arrive
The next scene is IN March at the
gale Of the Nitagraph studios i'm
Brooklyn. Bill tolly. the faithful
custodian of the outer portals who as
he says himself. has seen "all Kinds of
things blow in" In his day. was rather |.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Where W6aa You Go for Amusement i'm TULSA This W@@M2

CHANGED to be on hand. eyed the rural
pair with sadness born OF the wisdom
OF experience. and Bill himself waited
patiently, but pathetically. for the
newcomers to spring something.
AT last II came out
MY name IL Helen Cade" piped
the younger of visitors. "and this is
my mother We're from Washing
ton. We want to meet Mr.. Williams"
Hey, Jack. page Mr.. Williams"
whispered Bill to one Of his assist
ants.
In a thrice, with the promptness
born OF perfect system, the hero OF
The Christian" and an innumerable
lot OF other screen successes. appeared
out Of the labyrinths OF the Vitagra ph
settlement, and as he reached the
gate" he was accosted in the most
effusive and friendly manner by the
younger member of the strange twain.
who vouchsafed the explanation that
she had Informed her mother that
when he was IN Washington n had
promised" her that he would get her
position with the Vitagraph.
Didn't Rcmcm'Hr.
In recounting the incident later,
Mr.. Williams said that at first he
did not remember the Young woman
at all. She was apparently not much
over Is years Of age. and her coun-
tcnance was altogether strange to
him. When she reminded him of the
lecture at the Garden theater In
Cleveland, however. he recalled that
he did meet q number Of persons on
that occasion and probably she was
among them-but as for promising
her or anyone else a Job in the movies I
she surely was lGboring under a /
q dolusion.
Gently as possible under the cir ,
he insisted to the girl |
and her mother that IL would be pre- I
poserous to think that he would sug-
cest that a young woman should leave
her home anywhere and come to Now
Y ork to enter the movies whom
Broadway is alive with thousands Of
actresses possessing good clothes cN-
perlcncc and fine personalities who
would like 10 get into the pitcures
and who cannot do so because of the
fact that there Is no room for them.
lie roundly denounced the motion
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02
Fault of the Moon.

The partial eclipse of the sun was
the subject of conversation in the lit
the grocery store. where a number of
villagers sat about the stove awaiting
the early bedtime.
A man happened to be present who
was well verscd on the subject under
discussion. and he was asked to eX-
plain the curious phenomenon of an
eclipse. He pointed cut that the moon
simply came between the earth and
the sun and blotted out from view a
part of the suns surface.
wall" remarked an old veteran,
as he unburdened his mouth of a del
uge of tobacco juice. cit sure is pity
the moon wasn't full. cause then we'd
had Il total ECLIPSE. se."-Indianapolis
News.