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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-24
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST
 CLIPPED FROM KETcHiKAN
 PAPERS OF REGENT DATE

An eight pound baby girl has been born to Mir. and Mrs. Pat Gilmore.
 The KetchlEan Ladies Basket Ball Club will give a leap year ball on Feb. 29, for the purpose of raising funds to build a gymnasium. Inciden- tally several of the members may ,atch a husband.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jas. Newman, have returned from Juneau where they were called some three weeks ago by the severe Illness of Mir. Newman's mother of pneumonia.
 Jas. Allen of the U. S. Forest Ser vice. who was called to Petersburg to attend the funeral os his nephew Herbert Allen who recently froze to leath has returned. He was accom- panied by Mrs. Allen.
 R. W. Smith. of the Pacific Coast Co.,. who is experimenting the im- provements of the Ketch!kan Wharf Co.,. has returned from his New Years visit to Juneau. He was accompan- led by his wife and they plan to re- turn to Seattle on an early boat.
 Tom Pierce the genial culinary ar tist at the Rush & Brown mine is in town for medical attention. Tom re- ports everything as lovely over there, and that they have Q crew of men at work numbering about twenty who are taking out good ore.
 P. J. German. general superlntend- ont of the Anacortes Fisheries Co.,, was a passenger south on the Jeffer. son. He has been over to the com Danys Kasaan plant.
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COLD WEATHER AT suLzER
 STOPS MINING OPERATIONS

D. N. Campbell and wife of sulzer, laye arrived at Ketchikan to await he next southbound steamer. Mir. Campbell is connected with the mine 1t Sulzer and Is taking advantage of he temporary lull in mining opera lions for a vacation in the states.
 On account of cold weather, tho mining operations have decreased however. the men are still there and IS It is expected a full capacity op. ration will begin within the next week or two.
 For the purpose of getting more bower for the operation of she electric generators for lights and power at Sulzer. and at the mine, a dam is be- .ng built 25 feet high which will be | great improvement over the old means of power.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-24
COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY
 SAYS BANK ACT HAS PROVEN
 A GREAT BOON TO BUSINESS

Development and growth never paralleled in the financial history O. any country" is the way John Ske' ton Williams. comptroller of the cur rency, describes in his annual repori to Congress the operation of the ma tional banks under his charge, during the period from October 1914. to No vember 1915, the first year under the federal reserve system.
 Mir Williams gives comparative statement of the condition of the na- tional banks to back up his statement He shows that the net resources oi the banks increased in ;he year S1.- 74S,S7S.s4S. that deposits increased S2,0S1. .5S0.164 and that loans and dis counts increased S917.45O.5O2. Avail. able cash increased in the same per. lad S62,OOO.OOO. and on November 10 1915, the reporting national banks had excess reserves of $S91, 100000. Ia. bles show the comparative condition of banks in 1895 and 1915. In Sep tember, 1895, there were S.712 report ing banks with net deposits of S1.- 9S9,S00000 and loans and discounts ef S205s,4OS.4O2. while in November 1915, there were 7,617 reporting banks with net deposits of ss.O7s.471,447 loans and discounts of S7.23S, ,92S, ,97S.
 Record Reserves Held
 The reserves held by the national banks November 10. 19I5." says tho report, exceeded by S5S7 100000 the greatest reserve ever held at any time prior to the passage of the federal re serve act. Loans and discounts have amounted to more than the total loan, and all discounts of all banks, in cluding national, state, savings an6 private banks and loan and trust com panies-as late as the year 1902"
 Mir. Williams says that the bank ing power" of the United States-the capital, surplus. circulation, deposits etc.,-of all reporting banks. national and otherwise with an estimate of the figures for non-reportlng banks amounted in June 1915 to s25,s97.1OO. 900 an increase in a year of about ST. O571O0000. Savings banks depositors increased by 176.256 during the year ending last Juno with total deposits of S4.9Sz706,O13, an increase of S61,. ll4.16S. The average deposit, how ever, decreased from s444.S6 to SAP. SS, while the number of banks in. creased from 2.10O to 215O.
 The comptroller's principal recon mendation for legislation is for an amendment to the bank law authoriz ing and directing the department of justice to bring suits against usuers upon information furnished either by
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the comptroller or through other le gltimate sources.
 Makeo Many Recommendations
 Other recommendations given un- der a heading gro Prevent Bank Fail- ures" proposes TO prohibit officers from borrowing from their own banks; to prevent loans to directors except with the approaval of the board to require officers and employees toglye a surety bond; to limit direct and in- direct leans to one individual, firm or corporation; to prevent or limit over drafts: to require certificates of de- posit to be signed by two directors to prevent ensures on the books of a bank; to limit interest paid on de- poslts; to authorize the establishment of branches in the United States; to permit branches in Alaska and insu- lar possessions; to authorize mini mum interest chargcs- which ordi- narlly might be userous- on small loans and to authorize tho comptrol- Ter to bring proceedings against dl- rectors for losses sustained by bank through violation of the bank act.
 The report reviews the comptroller recommendation of last year fo, oth' CT legislation. including the giving of authority to the comptroller to re- move directors guilty of persistent yio lations of the bank act.
 Banks" said Mir. Williamsp nearly always are broken. not by bank rob- bers who have come from the outside. not by failure of customers to whom thep have lent money. but by the ty- ing up or dissipation of the banks funds through loans to their own off. cers and directors. or else by direct defalcations and embezzlements by trusted officers. If these evils arc remedied-and they can be remedied if certain simple and much needed amendments can be secured to the national bank act-failures among na. tlonal banks can be reduced to neg ligible number, or be absolutely elim mated"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-24
CLOCK IS MADE OF STRAW

A clock made in Germany Is con- structed of nothing but straw. Not even a piece of stiffening cardboard or drop of glue has been used. It is six feet high and is two feet square. There are eight pendulums which al- low speed regulation. By pressing a button on one side, the clockwork Is wound up and runs five hours. By pushing another button. the hands can be set. The dial, figures. pendulum. and the skeleton are of straw. The hands, even the chain, weight gears chain is fourteen inches long and Is endless. In the construction of this clock, thousands of stalks or straw have been used. mostly three and four fold to give greater strength.- Science Monthly.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-24
FAINT PRAISE IS GIVEN
 TO HENRY FORD FOR HIS
 PEACE PLANS BY GERARD

THE HAGUE, Jan. 15.-Ambassa- dor Gerard today said. concerning the Ford expedition and it's effect in Ger many:
 Mir. Ford's plan deserved unQuali- fled praise and admiration. l believe all efforts. however. fanatic. of spread ing peace sentiment. should be en- couraged. Mir. Ford started upon the right principle. Even if he came to Berlin dressed like a clown in green tights, carrying peace placards and running up and down Wilhemstrasse shouting peace l would say he de- served praise.
 aYou cannot talk too much Of peace
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NEW WATER SYSTEM BEING
 INSTALLED AT METLAKAHTLi

The people of Metlakahtla are busy installing a modern water supply sys tenn. About 1.4OO feet of finch pipe was purchased some time ago by the residents of Metlakahtla and the ma terial having arrived on the last voy- age of the Northwestern 1t was im- mediately conveyed to Metlakahtla where the people began laying 1t, says the Ketchikan Miner. It is the inten- lion to bring the water into the resi- fences and eliminate the necessity )f going cut to some hydrant for wa CT as heretofore Everyone is en- husiastic and 1t Is very evident that ictlakahtla will soon have Q modern water supply system with the proper abilities in case of fire.
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PLAN TO PURCHASE TUGS AND
 EAReEs FOR ANCHORAGE USE

Harry c. Locke. harbor master at Anchorage, and his wife are aboard the Northwestern bound for Seattle. Capt. Peterson, formerly of the lounch Matanuska, accompanies them. Mir. Locke will inspect some steam tugs and barges in Seattle which Capt. Peterson will take over to Anchorage on the opening of navigation.
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have received Mir. Ford or any mem. bers of the expedition who had sign ed the pledge opposing national de fense. It is almost treason to preach America defenseless and endeavor tc Chinafy America when all the world is arming.
 "Al know that national defense Is not milita-ism. It is for peace. not war. like fire engines fighting a fire and not starting a fire. It is deplor able that the Ford expedition showed so little political wisdom and love for America and peace. This ended its usefulness. ."-( (Tacoma Ledgerl
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When you need anything In the drug line, remember the "store that has what you want when you want lt,"- Juneau Drug Co.,, opposite Alaskan hotel. The QUALITY and QUANTITY of our stock is not equaled by any store In Alaska. Our service is the kind Of service you get in the largest ,tores In the country. When every ody ls out of lt, come to Loussae's Drug Store. There is a reason Day ,r night rain or storm you may de- -end on Juneau Erug Go. to serve lour needs. Try us once, phone 25o.
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JUNEAU LAD MAKES GOOD

Mir. Gcwey Shepard. son of Mir. and Mrs. II. R. Shepard. of Juneau. is su- perintendent of the It mine. near Ket- chikan. He is 21 years of age, and is probably the youngest mine super. intendent in the north. - (Cordova rimes)
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SALOONS DRAW LOTS

The saloon keepers of Iditarod have agreed that there was not enough business for three bars 50 held meet ing to decide which one would close. One owned by Mir. Peterson was the choice.
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rwo WEDDINGS Ar FAIReANKs

Four persons of Fairbanks were re. ently married. One couple, Joseph henderson and Mary Hart were made ne by Rev. G. G. Bruce. John A. Nc. ntosh and Jennie O'Bryan, both well nown by many Juneauites was the ther couple.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-24
.HEY ALl. NEEDED ovERsHoEs.

Merchants who could be located yesterday and Induced to open their places of business, did a thriving bus- mess for a short time. Practically all of the members of the crew of the Farragut needed overshoes. and need ed them badly. Many of the passen- gers also were caught short on wear ng apparel and made quick Dur- chases.
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ACCURACY

in filling prescriptions Is invaluable to those who are in . precarious state of health, as we'll as to the druggist who values h.s reputation as a careful and exact pharmacist and chemist. We use nothing but the purest and freshest drugs. and VIC compound physicians prescriptions in the most careful and exact manner.
 wINN's PRESCRIPTION
 PHARMACY
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CLANS ARE eElNe pAcKEO

The lighthouse Packing Company. 1t Cordova. is now putting out it's bro; luct. Three to five tons of clans gre being daily taken from the beds, according to the latest reports.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-24

DID you say FRosTRIrEs7 We have the proper remedy. Butler Nauro Drug Co.,, ss Front St. Phone i-a-4. 1-a2-tf.
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A FEW LESSONS WITH
Prof. ]. Gordon, at
rurnsrs nanclnu Aeaden

Turner's Dancing Academy and you will be dancing. Start now. and see how quickly we can teach you. Office hours 10 a. m. to p. nl. phone 275. 1-24-tf
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ALLMETAL wEATHERsTRIPs- olts 6 ellpatrIck. Contractors. t2.t4tf
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DIR FAM THEATRE
MONDAY ONLY

"rho Ruin of Manly = Two Reel
 American "The chasm" - Drama "When Vice shuddered" - Drama "PhIPs voca:lons" - Comedy
 FIVE REELS - :oe AND 15c coMING-Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, Mary Pickford in
 "CINDRELLA"
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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-24

We carry many styles of this best of all make of Hats
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-14
WOMEN ELECTED WILSON
Appeal Credited with Carrying
Suffrage States
In the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The women of the twelve suffrage
states have done what it was freey pi'
dicted they would do-they have eiec'eu ="
President Ten of these states, al Dd'
three strongly Republican, indorsed the Will
son policies Il is true that in the last TWO
weeks Of the campaign the Republican man
ayers, BY supreme effort, were aoie "
win over a small majority OF the women OF
Illinois, but elsewhere their efforts were OIL
no avail.
With the suffrage states excluded, Hughes
would have been elected, and political au-
thorities agree that if the voting In those
states had been confined to the men ne
would have had a safe majority IN inc
Electoral College 1t is obvious, therefore,
that the women must receive the credit LOT
or hear the onus of the triumph OF the
Wilson policies.
The easy-going American-easy-go'"s
wherever woman is concerned-has Deen
saving: "Oh, well, if the women want "
vote, let EN-. 1t can't do any harm. anu
the sufragsts have been telling US 'ha'
the woman voter is at least equal in patriot
ism and judgment to the man; that her IN
tuition is superior; that she cannot be fooled
so easily by crafty politicians; that she
naturally inclines to the candidate repre-
senting personally and politically the nlgh-
est type of citizenship.
1t is to be hoped that the next four years
will prove that in reelecting Woodrow VII
son she exercised all of these admirable
qualities. But if we accept the statements
OF Western newspaper correspondents, the
conclusion is inevitable that the women
voters failed utterly to grasp the larger
issues of the campaign. Our national honor
and prestige, industrial and military pre-
paredness. the Mexican and European poll
cies of the Administration, did not concern
them.
The appeal of the successful party was
not to their patriotism or intelligence, but
merely to their feminine aversion to force
The false cry ale kept us out Of war"
was manufactured for their especial beneht,
and with the twin slogan, ale protected me
and mine," was chanted by women voters
throughout the suffrage states. Obsessed
with the idea that Wilson had kept the
country out of war, they refused even TO
consider any other issue. The part played
by the women voters is so well known TO
the public that in the future glitterng
gencraities and high-sounding phrases may
not serve as readily to advance the cause
of woman suffrage as in the past.
F. B. WRIGHT, JR.
New York, Nov. 10, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-14
Safety First
New York, Nov. 10, 1

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Just woman and unable, as yet
to express my convictions through the bal
lot, ask space through your columns to
express my feelings over the election result
An independent politically, l would have
cast my vote, had I had one, for Hughes
He lost the election because the majority
of my countrymen and enfranchised country
women have shown that they would rather
be SNUG and safe and reap the dirty profits
of such smugness and safety than to uphold
our traditional honor and spirit. In TINS
conviction | am filled with a profound
shame, and | ask myself, can a people 50
hypocritical, so given over to the ignoble
policy of safety first and at any price, en-
dure?
Here is no criticism of President Wilson
It is only too evident that he has judged
our temper to nicely. He has indeed rep
resented the wishes of the maj ority of u.s.
And again | ask myself, what are we, the
descendants of courageous and fearless
past, coming to? The answer is one to fill
me with CONSERVATION and real fear.
HELEN GRIFFITH.
Yonkers, N. Y, Nov. 10, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-14
Too Proud to Vote

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The election of Wilson is notice to the
world that we are it, Daniels, Baker, Lam
sing-to the bow of our ship of state. As
before, we shall be intellectually superior to
rudder. Our chief is in his suite Bellows
the typewriter we'll oiled?
The country will be we'll punished, of
course, and probably speedily And the lead
ers Of the Republican party are already well
punished to say nothing of their candidate,
Mr.. Hughes. II is rather pity that he
should have thrust himself into great ma
tional issue-that between courage and cow
ardice. He made a great many of us too
proud to vote. So the decision is really not
a decision-just rebuke to two men, Wilson
and Hughes. However, the world regards it
as decision and we must take our medicine
and will. The real temper Of the American
people is yet TO be tried. r.
Cornwall, n. T., Nov. 10, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-14
Squeezing the Consumer

"The Modern Merchant and Grocery
World" in its current issue offers the fol-
lowing advice to retailers: Consumers
are being educated to-day by variety of
conditions to pay good prices for every
thing they buy. The retail merchant who
doesn't take advantage of that had bette,
drop out. Never again will he have such a
chance"
To judge by the experience of consum
ers, such a suggestion seems like carrying
Goals to Newcastle. Whether or not the
prices that retailers of foodstuffs are OBJ
tanning represent more than their usual
profit, there is no reason to doubt that
they represent all the dealers figure the
traffic can bear. The merchants respond
readily to any education which teaches
price-raising. The consumers, poor Great
ures, buy what they must and pay what
they have to. 1t is certain they would be
glad of some education which would teach
them how to obtain more for their money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-14
Broad Gauge Policy
To the Editor of The Tribune.
New York, Nov. 10, 1916.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | have just completed reading your
leading editorial. This is a fine example OF
broad gauge editorial policy. | have read
your editorials daily, and was much cha
grined at the oftentmes vicious and violent
statements made against the character and
policy of the President of this country.
The writer is normally Republican, but
felt that in this case it was his duty to stand
back of the President, who during the last
two years has had to meet difficult situations.
He furthermore believes that legislation sucn
as the currency bill, rural credits, child labor
law, Tariff Commission and the Federal trade
Commission, which President wilson has ad-
yocated and through superior leadership has
had passed by Congress, is deserving OF ap-
probation by the people of this country
It has often been stated that IN heavliy
nopulated districts in the Eastern states
the majority of the voters are influenced
hv party. religion and nationality, but IN the
West the majority of the voters have grown
up with the country and typify more than
anywhere else the true spirit of American
citizenship. It was from those states the
writer expected President Wilson would re-
ceive his main support, even though many
If them are normally "hide-bound' kepubli-
CON states II. o. LEACH.
New York, Nov. 10, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-14
THE VOICE OF THE SOUTH
A Protest Against the Size Of Its Vote in
the Electoral College

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At the risk of being accused OF way
ing the bloody Shirt" write to ask If there
is not newspaper in this country courageous
enough to take up the matter Of the unfair
representation of the Southern States in Con-
gress and the Electoral College.
Based on the census Of 1910, and the vote
COR President in 1912, there was cast IN the
states of Alabama, Mississippi and South Car
DINA an average of one vote for every eigh-
teen to thirty of population, black and white.
In the states of New York, Ohio and Ne
braska (these three representing widely sepa-
rated districts) the vote was one to every
four 10 six Of population, black and white. In
other words, the representation of the South
ern States is based on its total population,
while only one-half or less of its male popu-
lation is permitted to vote. Any Democratic
candidate for President is handed the vote
Of the "Solid South" on platter, while the
Republican candidate has to make tight for
all he gets in the North.
II the South wants to suppress the negro
vote. all we'll and good, but don't permit them
70 use that vote to send Representatives to
Congress and decide Presidential contests!
New York, Nov TO- 1916. w. j. b.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-14
What Fire Prevention Has Done

A glowing account of the accomplish
ments of fire prevention has been issued oy
the National Board of Fire Underwriters
1t heads the list with this city, where, in
1915, there were 1910 fewer fires than IN
the previous year, with aggregate losses OF
50. 900 less and an average loss Tor
each fire of $40 less than any previous
record. Chicago, which mas Bureau OF
Fire Prevention, records for 1919 de-
crease Of / ,238 in the number of fires for
1915, compared with the previous year.
and drop of $685. in fire losses. Bos-
ton and the district surrounding 1t re-
port decrease in two years OF o4 per
cent; Cincinnati decreased its fires ~ per
cent and its losses so per cent in 1919
compared with 1914; Milwaukee also pro-
duced highly gratifying statistics.
This showing is bound to be highly en-
couraging to those communities which have
set themselves earnestly and systematlcai
ly to fight the fire menace. There is still
a long way to go, however. In this coun'
try the year 1915 produced total loss o.
more than S39 100000 in dwelling house
fires alone. Two points have to be con
stantly emphasized in the campaign agalns'
this huge waste-that most fires are pre-
ventable by the exercise of fair degree
of knowledge and care, and that response
bility for fires is individual. That point
the authorities here are hammering home
by suits to recover damages wherever pos
sible. Once these points are firmly estab-
lished. and become a part of the mental
equipment of property owners, the fire
losses will shrink noticeably and for all
time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-14
Scotland's Opportunity

CThe Hon. r. ErSkinc in ghe Scottish Reuietc)
There is homely, if hackneyed, saying to
the effect that otis an i'll wind that blows
no one any good" Scotland stands to gain
little by this war of overblown giants; but
even that little will be as dust and ashes
thrown upon the wind unless it teaches our
democracy TO cease palavering and to adj
dress itself to business We have many DOW
erful trade and labor organizations in our
midst, some of whose leaders and officials
and more of whose lesser lights, have hith.
erto been frittering away their own and the
nations time, energy and money in vainly
dancing attendance at Westminster. This
gross humor should be cured; this seryil.
and foolish policy should be reversed: and
in place of conduct so little reconcilable with
The national honor and dignity, and so little
agreeable to sound policy and statesmanlike
measures, there should come a clear call
to the nation to rise as one man. and
whether Westminster be in melting mood q,
not--eompass the reopening of the Scottish
Parliament