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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07
sPlcKErT ls ON
 WAY HOME WITH
 BIC ATTRACTIONS

A marconigram received from John T. Splckett yesterday from Seattle sad that he and Mrs. spickett will sal from Vancouver on the Princess May for Juneau Saturday evening. He stated that he had made arrangements for lot of special attractions for the Orpheum theatres. at Juneau and Douglas
 Mir. Spickett has been in San Fran. cisco and other California and coast cities. and says that he is bringing back a lot of new theatrical ideas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07
PETERSBURG BANK ELECTION

At a meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Petersburg last week, d. rectors for the ensuing year were elect ed as follows:
 K. l.. Steberg. J. w. stoft, Jacob A. Johnson. T. S. Elsemore and Charles Norberg. The new board elected the following officers: president. K L. Ste berg: vice-president. J. W. Stoft, and cashier, c. E. Clure. The Bank of Pet ersburg has had a substantial increase of business during the past year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07
TRIMMING
 UNDEReoEs OPERATION

A marconigram received from &c., attle today said that Harvey Frem- ming. who left for visit at Seattle and Bellingham a month ago, had been i'll and was operated on at Boiling ham. The message said he was re- covering finely.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07
ELECTION SUIT FILED

Through Attorney H. II. Folsom, King and William King have filed complaint in the district court against A. A. Benjamin for the of a strip of land at Eagle River landing. The Kings allege that the defendant last August unlawfully and forcibly took possession of the property.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07
oP. cHAs- o. CARTER.

Modern dentistry in all branches, specializing in plate work, using the method of pr. sam1 c. Supplee, of New York. Plates made by this meth cd win give absolute satisfaction - phone 8. 11-22-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07
DANCE sAruRpAY NleAr

S12.OO .n cash prizes will be given away at this dance. Everyone has an equal chance to get this money. Do not miss this dance. It will be a hummer. 1-6-3t.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07
ro nANcE

TURNER'S DANCING SCHOOL, which closed for the holidays, will open again January 10th. Office open from 10 n m.. to g D. m. Phone 2-7-5.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

Hart, schaffner 6 Marx Coats l.s off GOldstein's Emporium. l-5-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

Hart. schaffner & Marx Coats 1-S off. GoIdstein's Emporium. 1-5-tf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

Furs, Moccasins and Baskets of ail kinds. at reduced market prices WILLS STORE. h.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

Hart. Schaffner & Marx Coats 1-S off Goldstein's Emporium. 1.5-tf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

ALLMErAL wEATHERsrRlPs- oits G eilpatrIek, Contractors. 12-14H
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

The Empire is a producer of print Ing that win escnnc .fha waste hnssraf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

Hart. schaffner & Marx Coats 1-s off. Goldstein's Emporium. l-5-tf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07
THANE STEAM LAUNDRY.

Suits pressed. TUG; Suits Cleaned and pressed. s2.OO.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

Hart. schaffner & Marx Coats 1-S off Goldstein's Emporium i-5-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

DIR. FANNIE WAITE Eyesisht speciaIist-valentine Block.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

Hart schaffner 6 Marx Suits at 25ss discount. Goldstein's Emporium 1-5-tf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07

s- WE don't know WHETHER to feel insulted
  OR flattered.
  OR something. BUT anyway BOB RobertsOn HAD better look out. BECAUSE last night WHILE talking to u. HE said SAYS he. l HAVE enJoyeu THE last two issues or Saturday Sayings.
  MORE than any | HAVE read before. AND we smiled. AND beamed. AND tried TO appear modest. AND we were so flattorod
  AT his remarks
 ss ENTIRELY forgot
  THAT for the LAST two Saturdays NO paper HAS been issued BECAUSE of CHRISTMAS AND New Yoar's ON those days.
  WELL. WE have been thinking AND we have come  TO the conclusion
  THAT Bob was
  KIDDING us AND unless HE DENIES OR makes amends
  WE are going TO make war AND we feel sorry
  FOR Bob already AND we WILL try our best NOT to be
  AS fierce AS Krause IS reputed
  TO be.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-07
FRIDAY FLUBDO0DLE
lBy IsrYl
WE don't know

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Evening star., 1916-07-20
ARRANGEs $50, ,ooo, coo LOAN.
Banker Enthusiastic as to
Trade Possibilities in Russia.

STOCKHOLM, July 20.-After spending
two months in Russia. during which time
he arranged loan of $50, 900, 900 to the
Russian government. and also provided
for the establishment of branch banks,
Samuel McRoberts. senior vice president
Of the National City Bank in New York,
sails today for New York on board the
steamer Bergensfjord. Mr.. McRoberts
made a careful study of conditions in
Russia.
THE war" he said. has awakened
Russia beyond all conception and that
country now offers wonderful oppor-
tunity to American capital and business
enterprises The people of America do
not appreciate the extent of the Rus
sian market or Russian resources, but
should prepare now for great Russian
trade.
II Travelled for three days through ter
ritory as fertile as the best parts of
Iowa and Illinois. With vodka pro-
hibited and the war concluded Russia
will leap into prosperity. l think the
greatest opportunity lies in the estab-
lshment of branch factories in Russia
thus making American enterprise inde-
pendent of foreign shipping"
Evening star., 1916-07-20
RED CROSS CHAPTER, D. c.,
ASKS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Volunteer Assistance Is Also Need
ed to Gather Reserve of
Surgical Dressings.

An appeal for more funds with which
70 carry on Red Cross work in the
District. as well as for volunteer as
sistance at the surgical dressings sta
tfon, was made today by Mrs T. y
Mclaughlin. in charge Of the station
being conducted at 1422 street by the
Washing gton Chapter OF the Red Cross
Although there is no imminent press
ing need for materials on the border
or elsewhere. those in charge say that,
In case of any possible trouble, dress
fngs would be needed to such a great
extene that dificulty would be ex-
rerfenced in supplying enough unless a
good supply were already on hand
Mrs. 4. NJ. Parker today contributed
IS for the purchase of gauze The
volunteered to fll six comfort bags"
Two hundred such bags have already
seen sent from here to the District
co4s on the border. 100 empty ones are
aitins to be filled. and hundreds more
are needed
These bags contain the following ar
s.fIes any item Of which the station at
-f22 F street will be glad to receive
black sewing cotton No 30: white sew
IaIs cotton No. 30, black darning cotton
needles. No. ;. dsrning needle, needle
ease. buttons. black and white medium
SIZE: large tumble. blunt pointed scis-
so:s. cake OF soap, safety pins, medium
-tIn- common pins. small comb, tooth
brush, tooth powder. small round mir
rnr. handkerchiefs. lead pencil, writing
pad and envelopes, playing cards, COL
ispsible aluminium drinking cup and
pocket knife
Already 200 bandages and 1900 other
surgical dressings have been sent by
the Washington chapter.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Mrs. Wallerstein's Will Filed.

Petition for probate of the last will
and codicils of Mrs Fredericka Waller
stein was filed today in the District
Probate Court by Byron Wallerstein
and Gustavus Wallerstein, who are
named as executors in the will. The
will provides that the bulk of the estate
of about $50. 600 in value shall be held
in trust for the children of her son.
Gustavus wallerstein. and also makes d
beduest of $4,000 to that son and be-
quest of $500 to Goldia Adler.
Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer repre-
sents the estate in filing the petition.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
The SHARK PANIC.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

The mangling and killing of several
sey watering places a few days ago
has interested scientific men almost
as much as it has scared batherS. At
the bureau of fisheries here "a special
study of sharks has been carried on
for years, with a view to finding some
economic use for them. During all of
these years heretofore the scientists
have failed to find single authentic
instance of shark attacking q man
without provocation in temperate
waters, while there have been very few
instances of attacks by sharks even in
the tropical seas where these fish of
prey reach a much greater size. and
are much more ferocious.
There is one variety of shark popu-
larly known as the man-eater. or white
shark. which attains a length of forty
feet, and is proba bly, the most fearless
and voraciouS of the preda tory fishes
Nearly all of the attacks upon men in
tropical waters have been blamed upon
this fish. 1t is very rare north of the
Caribbean. however and although oC-
casional stragglers have been taken as
far north as Cape Cod. these have al
most invariably been too small to be
dangerous to man.
Sharks occur almost everywhere in
salt water. and there are more than II
dozen species native to the Jersey
coast, but they are all small. \ shark
eight or ten feet in length would be
unusual anywhere in the coastal waters
of the United States north of the gulf
and a shark of that size would not be
apt to attack a man.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
HAVE YOU a
sweetheart,

Son Brother in camp or upon the Mexican
Border: II so. mail him a package of Aliens
Fcot=Ease. the antiseptic powder to be shaken
into the Shoes and sprinkled into the foot bath
II takes the friction from the shoe and will be
Of the greatest benefit in that arid hot climate
where the alkali dust plays havoc with the feet
What remembrance could be acceptable? Ask
your dealer today for 2oc box of Aliens Foot
Ease. and for a &c stamp he will mail it for you
Evening star., 1916-07-20

favorite morsel with the shark and will
fly ray also makes good bait. and If
neither of these fish is procurabie piece
OF raw meat will get any shark that is
fast to a buoy and anchored near where
the shark has been seen
That the accidental presence of an
unusually big shark. together with
scarcity of natural food, explains the
two catastrophes on the Jersey coast.
is theory borne out by the little that
IS known of the sharks feeding habits.
Ihere are certain rivers in Australia,
for example. where the danger from
the year. They run up these rivers in
pursuit of large schools of mullet,
Later in the year the mullet return
to the sea, and the sharks are sud-
denly deprived of an abundant food
supply. Under these circumstances the
larger sharks will attack almost any
thing alive that ventures into the
water. Men carefully keep out of it,
but great many dogs and other small
animals have been devoured while try
ing to swim across these rivers.
There have been a few well-au-
theuticated instances of sharks attack
ing men in Philippine waters. A pri
vate in the United States Marine Corps
was attacked while swimming near
one of the United States battleships
his leg taken off at the knee, and tha
flesh stripped from the bone above
that point. He was operated upon and
at Spring lake few DAYS ago was
wounded in almost exactly the some
way.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
John Konitz Is Injured.

While working at the plant of the
Washington Steel and Ordnance Com
pany. Giesboro point. last night. John
konitz. thirty-three years old, of 1916 H
street northeast. was accidentally scalded
on the shoulders and body He was taken
to Providence Hospital. His injuries are
not rega rded as serious.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
British Military Historian Killed.

Hugh Egerton Cunliffe. military MS
torian. has been killed in the fighting
in France Mai. Cunliffe wrote the Of
fetal history of the Boer war. as well as
several books on the present conflict.
He was born in 1875.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Has Always Inspired
Terror, Despite Record.

fears of their guests. summer resort
concerns have repeatedly offered stand
ing rewards for any authentic instance
of a shark killing man. Thus in
Florida there was long a standing Of
fer of $1,000 for proof of guilt on the
part of a shark, and a New York news
paper for a long time carried daily a
statement that $500 would be paid to
any one who could prove~that a shark
had attacked a man along the Atlantic
coast of the United States. There was
never any applicant for one of these
offers. and the resort proprie;ors were
able to get scientific backing for their
assertions that sharks are not real
menace at any American watering
place.
Then came three horrible deaths at
popular resorts within few days. bring
ing veritable panic upon the watering
places. Despite steel nets that were laid
in the surf and patrols in motor boats
armed with rifles. bathers have become
rev and deep-water swimmers have dis
appeared entirely. Far more fatal acci-
dents have attracted less attention and
caused less terror. The mystery and sud-
denness of the sharks attack. the hor-
rible quality of his methods. the realiza-
ton that a deadly sea monster was rang
ing these waters which had so long been
considered as safe as bathtub. infiamed
the popular imagination with alarm
The scientific men, however. are not so
easily scared. These deaths. they say
are the first recorded instances of man
killing sharks in temperate waters and
1t Is quite possible that they will be the
last. The incident may be explained in
various ways. An unusually large man
eating shark may have strayed from his
native tropical waters, and a scarcity of
food fish may have forced him to 20 in
shore and attack the bathers Or il is
possible that some native shark may have
reached an unusual size and may have
been forced by the same circumstances
to seek human food. 1t is also said that a
shark might conceivably acquire a taste
for human flesh, perhaps by feeding lpou
me oooles OF the drowned. and have be-
come an actual man-hunter as tigers
sometimes do in India
All of these explanations are admitted
~ lmpropaole, but the occurrence in itself
was most improbable one
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Gideons in National Convention

HUNTINGTON. w. Va. July 2o.-The
national convention of Gideons opened
here today. A. p. T. Moore of Iowa, ma
tionaI president. presided Among the
sneakers was Gov. H. y. Hatfield. The
convention will close Sunday.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
lAWW|LL HELP ROADS
NEAR j. S. RESERVATIONS
Appropriates $1,000, 900 Yearly for
Ten Years in Territories Ada.
cent to National Forests.

One of the provisions of the federal
aid road bill. which was signed by
President Wilson July II. appropriates
spent by the Secretary of Agriculture
for the construction and maintenance
Of roads and trails within or partly
within national forests. This provision
Will make possible the construction of
. number of roads which are badly
needed.
The bill provides that upon request
Of the proper officers of the states or
counties in which national forests may
be located the money shall be used for
building roads and trails which are
necessary for the use and development
Of resources upon which communities
within or near the national forests are
dependent. The work is to be done in
cooperation with the various states
and counties.
Limit on the Expenditure.
Not more than 10 per cent of the
value of the timber and forage re-
sources of the national forests within
the respective county counties in
which the roads or trails will be con-
structed may be spent. Provision is
made for the return of the money to
the Treasury by applying 10 per cent
Of the annual receipts of the national
forests in the state or county until the
amount advanced is covered.
Since 1913 10 per cent of the receipts
Of the national forests has been used
In road and trail building. but the
funds have been inadequate to meet the
needs. Many isolated communities
within the national forests are entirely
dependent on the government roads
and trails. and in some instances these
settlements are almost without any
means of communication. The money
now made available will permit the
construction of many roads neces-
eary to open up inaccessible territory.
and will greatly facilitate the develop
ment of large areas
Evening star., 1916-07-20

Presents Difficult
Economic Problem

operations in many places, and cs-
pecially in New England. Schools of
sharks sometimes appear and drive the
fish away. so that 1t becomes useless
for the fishermen to even try to m !le
a catch. The sharks will also attack
fish upou lines and in nets. They will
sometimes chop a net to pieces with
strokes of their powerful Jaws in an
effort to get the impounded fish. re-
leasing all that they do not eat.
The easiest way to get rid of the
shark would be to create a demand for
him so that his destruction would be-
come rrofta BILE. This the bureau of
fisheries is trying to do Last winter
certain large fish with their fms. heads
and tails cut off were offered for sale
in the New York market under the
mysterious name of deep-water sword
fish, and they sold readily at from to
IS cents q pound. The deep-water
swor7lfish was simply big shark, ana
under an alias he proved very accept
able food
The small kind of shark known as
the doGfsh is a regular article of diet
in England and Wales. where over six
million pounds were taken and sold in
the markets last year. This same fish
is never eaten in the United States, but
is allowed to multiply. as are all other
species of sharks, to the detriment of
our supply of much finer fish
properly cooked. but their hide is a
commercially valuable product. 1t is
very rough when dry and is used IS a
substitute for emery paper and sand
paper 1t is also very durable and in
Europe has been manufactured. espe-
cially into coverings for jewel boxes.
and for hilts and sea abbards of swords
The liver of the shark yields a valua
BILE oil. Shark fishing for these by
products alone, however, would not pay
There must be a regular market for the
flesh of this dangerous fish before
active warfare against him will be un-
dertaken. In word, the surest way
for man to avoid being eaten by sharks
is to eat the shark first.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Thomas Grant Goe. to Chicago.

Thomas Grant. secretary Of the Wash
inEton Chamber Of Commerce. left Wash
in9ton last evening for Chicago. He is
to return to Washington Monday.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
New Serum Tests.

Physicians are watching with inter-
est the trial of new serum. which is
being administered to patients at two
hospitals here. No official report has
been made regarding this treatment.
and physicians say it is too early to
Judge of it's effectiveness. The serum
is developed from blood of patients who
have recovered from infantile paralysis.
recent statement regarding this
method made by DR.. Simon Flexner of
the Rockefeller Institute, who discov
cred serum for spinal menin gifts,
called attention to the fact that monkeys
are the only animals that seem capable
Of yielding an immune serum. and the
monkey is not a practical animal from
which to obtain supplies.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Can Easily Evade
Nets and Patrols,

open to him the shark can easily evade
both the patrols and the nets But his
attack upon human beings is almost Ger
tain to have been caused by extreme hun
ger. and the right way to proceed against
him is with hook and line tennptine)y
baited. One of the best bats is the ugly
toadfish. despised by anglers. 1t is a
Evening star., 1916-07-20

The shark has always inspired ter
ror. despite his comparatively clear
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Two Weeks Observation.

Reports today from cities and towns
surrounding New York show that local
health authorities are not inclined to
accept health certificates given to
children who leave this city as ade-
quate protection against the spread of
fnfantile paralysis. The state health
department has taken this ground. and
:. has recommended that all children
from New York city under fifteen years
of age arriving in upstate communi-
ties be kept under observation for two
weeks. The total number of cases of
the disease in New York state outside
of this city was officially reported last
night as 161.
Many communities in the states ad-
zining New York already have adopted
II similar quarantine against children
Prom this city, while some have abso-
lutely excluded them.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
TOLL OF EPIDEMIC
IS TH|RTY-ONE DEAD
One Hundred and Nineteen
New Cases in New York
Reported.

NEW YORK, July 20.-On only one
Gay since the inception of the epidemic
cf infantile paralysis. June IS. have
more fatalities from the disease oc-
Cured than in the last twenty-four
hours. During this period the plague
Killed thirty-one children. and there
were 119 new cases reported in the
Ave boroughs of New York city
The latest figures show that the NOR
fality rate still is slightly less than 20
per cent. Since the beginning of the
epidemic there have been 4S7 deaths
and +,446 cases.
Evening star., 1916-07-20

Spreading steel nets and patrolling with
motor boats is not eective warfare against
Evening star., 1916-07-20

The shark presents a difficult eco
nomic problem to the bureau of fish
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-21
GERMANY ASSUMES
CONTROL OF WAGES
Issues Decree Compelling Large Percent
age of Pay of Minors To Be De-
posted in the Banks Till
War Is Over.

Berlin, wireless to Sayyille, March 2l.
The new regulations in regard to dis
tribution OF butter and potatoes went
into effect yesterday, and the people of
Berlin are now able TO purchase these
supplies only on presentation of cards.
Each person win be permitted to pur-
chase 1876 grams (about five ounees) of
butter weekly and 10 pounds of potatoes
each IL days.
1t is understood this measure is a tenn
porary one, TO remain in force until the
local shortage is remeded by better
methods of distribution.
An official decree was issued yesterday
to the effect that minors engaged in gain
full occupations shall not receive more
than Is marks weekly of their earnings,
together with a surplus amounting to
not more than one-third of the amount
paid in excess of Is marks. The residue
must be deposited in savings banks, not
to be withdrawn during the war. This
measure was decided upon owing to the
fact that exceptionally high salaries are
being paid and that in some instances
the money has been wasted because the
fathers or guardians of the minors, being
at the front, are unable to exercise prop
er supervision.