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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
"Thc protzol Bonder'a Daughtor.'
Tame Wolf Made Wild By Pulling Its Tail.

In the proGuction which Fanny Ward, Lasky star in Paramount pie lures, is now doing, it is necessary that she be frightened by wolf. 4 thoroughbred animal was pro- cured, but unfortunately it had been raised a household pet by a brother of some little girls and promptly tried to make friends with Miss Ward. Director Reicher was to make the animal snarl at Miss Ward instead of licking her hand. This feat was finally accomplished by tying a long cord to the animals tail and giving it a severe jerk at the psychological moment.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
.Gibbons ReadY for Business.

Mike Gibbons is getting ready to send his little brother Tawn after Jack Dillon. The Giant Killer has, been picking on Michael, a whole lot of late and Michael is beginning to resent it. Hence Michael has sent out word that Tawn is ready
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
to knock Dillon's block right Of.
Boxing in Gotham.

Silent Martin, the New York lightweight decisiyoly outpointed Jack McCarron, of Allentown, Pa., at the Claremont club in New York Monday. Martin was the aggressor throughout, flooring McCarron in the seventh and eighth rounds.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
Unused Titles.

Unused Titles.
 A Balboa Film Company scenar ioist lists the following as few O the available picture play titles no yet used:
 "The Hens Last Ride.
 "Thc Revenge of a Cheese" "The Broken Quince'
 "The Rise of Romeo Slappy" "The Slowed Egg"
 "The Haunted Spade"
 "The Laughing Goulash.
 "The Last of the Ooglywoos" "
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
SuNDAY PR0GRAMS

COLISEUM: Vivian Martin in The Little Dutch Girl ." 0RPHEUM: Robert Walthall in
 The Outer Edge" and other features. DREAM: Blanche Sweet in The Case of Beck" Opens Sunday Matinee. DOUGLAS ORPHEUM: May Robson in "A Night Out" DOUGLAS LYRIC; William Faver- sham in "A Million Dollars"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
Our Own Film Titles.

EUI UWU ' IIIH LIVIVo'
 While we are speaking of titles to plays what about these: "Too Strong to Work" "Who Pied the Galley" Mystery of the Napkin Ring" The Copy Correction Not Made:p "Who Said Juneau Didn't Have Band" Distressed Though Welded" and lots of other good ones.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
Ertlo May Cross Pond.

Johnny ErtIe. Americas bantam weight. is considering a trip to England to tackle Jimmie Wilde, the English flyweight champion.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
Peer Gynto Draws Well.

A regular Sunday night house was at the Dream last night to wit ness Cyril Maude and Myrtle Stead
 man in Peer Gynt' The Norwegian population was out in force as Peer Gynt is one of Ibsens well known Scandinavian plays.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
MOVIE THEATRE ATTRACTIONS
GENERAL FlLMDoM NEWS

is now with the World Film Corpor- Fatiou, Chester Barnett and Dorothy
 Fairchild.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14

J. D. M,Robbie Of Boston. who is selling one of the well known lines ol shoes, Is at the Gastineau.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
In The Movies.

"Why did you take your little daughter away from that director?"
 "Why, he promised to star her at 8, and now he wants to wait a year. .''-Louisyill Courier-Journal.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14

Alice N. Jordisen, teacher of man dolin, Guitar, Pick Banjo, Ukulele' and Hawaiian Steer Guitar. Studio 5 and 6 earslde Bldg. S-11-tf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
Helen Holmes - slgnal-Mutual Star.

Helen Holmes - sisnal-Mutual Star. who will be seen at the Dream next week in the new serial entitled "The Girl and the Game. This scr ial is complete in each episode, if it is impossible to sec all the epi- sodes, one does not miss general run of the story by missing an episode. "The Girl and the Game" is thrillz ing story and besides Miss Holmes there are other capable people in the cast.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
His Last Knockout.

aton Arena near Vancouver, 3. c.
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THE HUMBLE, USEFUL HORSES PART IN WAR

was parcelled out IN tracts OF 40, 60, so
and 100 acres 10 negro families. saves,
of course. and to each such farm was
assigned the proper number OF mules
to make" the cotton crop. while all
other supplies came from the "smolie
house" to which the slaves resorted
orce u week for what they needed.
In some parts of the South oxen were
always used h logging. clearing new
ground and other rough work, because
the negroes could not he trusted to
work so expensive an animal as the
horse or even the mule. The South
was especially rich in mules at the
opening OF the war. and they were
much used in Confederate wagon
trains.
The mule earned during the civil
war his place of honor in American
lumor, for the Confederate soldier was
an irrcprcssible joker. and the mule.
as seen in mass, and as he emerged
from his fellows by reason OF highly
developed mulish qualities, was a liv-
ing moving, squcaling, kicking joke.
The ancient saying that nobody ever
saw dead mule received its auietus
upon the battleficds and highways OF
the civil war.
Horses from every Northern and
Western State came with the invading
Northern hosts to he acclimated south
OF the Potomac. Many OF them never
found time To complete the process.
for the muddy roads os Virginia were
deadly for the Northern artillery
horses, and hard enough upon the bet
ter beasts ridden by the cavalry, Both
sides seized fine horses in the Shcnan-
doah Valley, where there was tradi-
t;onal fondness for good horses. BY
the time the conflict was we'll ON there
were few sound horses lef, on the
Virginia plantations. Fortunately for
the women and children, old men and
slaves left at home, farming could he
done with mules and oxen. The ar
tillery Of that time was light com.
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Union kept plying on sha''oW 'ou'ns
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RAFIAAIS N1OONSFNE--A STORY OF THE CJM1BERLANDS

;co regarding the rabbit and three
hanSaroos. Joshua Macgraham had
never been so prosperous in his life.
Without delay he bought flock OF
q f.ckens. having killed off all his own
during the first few weeks. and there
was fried chicken for breakfast. ditto
for d!nner and likewise for supper.
And Joshua's hound dog sat on his
Launches beside the noun,aineer's
table and ate bones tossed to him by
hi! master Such was TIE state of the
mans mind that he did no, bother 10
pick the bones clean.
Fried chicken is calculated to make
any. man fat. In a little while the
hound dog began to bulge at the sides
ard Joshua began to bulge. but not
at the sides. His flesh formed in front
Of him where folks could see IL and
envy him.
With the approach Of spring. money
was almost gone and SO was the sup
ply OF home made liquor Invest!gat-
ing one day. the mounta!neer found
there was left to him only two gallons
or wh!skey. He sat on the porch when
the sun was hot, and apparently he
do.ed, fat and opulent. But the man
was not doing. He was planning TO
sell that remaining two gallons of
liquor al a fancy price.
Early next morning the man saddled
his old mule and. hound dog trotting
at tie animals heels, Joshua in the
saddle, they turned down Little Ben
. Fork and after following this seven
miles the road branched out and
skirted a fork of Big Sandy River.
After two days of riding. spending the
nights en- route in log cabins. Joshua
reached the head waters OF Big Sandy
I River.
All that winter llmhermen had been
busy in the woods. telling timber and
rolling II down TO the river. Then
came the spring rains and the river
rose four feet in a single night and
the lumbermen were on The water
had picked up the large timber RATS
and started them downstream. On
each raft were two men. sometimes
three. and they were all happy. for the
winters work was over: soon they
would reach the Ohio River. where
they would be paid Off and would turn
the RATS over to other men to float
them down the Ohio or to the nearest
sawmil.
1 Joshua Macsraham reached the
river, carrying behind him tied to the
saddle large box. So far he had not
/ seen United States marshal nor any
thing that looked like marshal. lie
was whstirg merrily as he ripped
/ the cover off the boz. From the in
1 terror he took large number OF pint
haskS with the words Guaranteed
FLASK blown in tn. side. The un-
! suspectlng and innocent would take
! that To mean that the TASKS each We're
| war, anted to hold a full pint. As a
! matter of fact the TASKS were all two
/ ounces shy of full pint. But then
/ the legend on the bottle didn't guar
! antce the measure, as Macgraham
/ would have blandly informed you: II
simply guaranteed that the flask was
IA real flask,
Three miles upstream the noun
taincer found square ended punt
which he bought for So, n pair of oars
! thrown In. lie took this down to the
little camp that he had set up.
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Soon a timber raft came along.
three men on il. Macgraham. Jump
ius into his punt. rowed out and
alongside the raft. He hauled forth IA
bottle.
Try it before you buy it, gents.
Guaranteed to make one rabbit look
like three kanEa,
The men reached for the flask,
Drink deep" cried Ma :, aham
heartily. The men needed no second
invitation.
"F!fty cents a pint, gents; only
ff;y."
Two silver dollars were thrown into
the l/ttom OF the punt, four TASKS
were handed over and Macgraham
pulled back to shore.
Raft after raft came downstream
and on almost all Of them the per-
formance was repeated. Macgraham
falling only once to make sale.
But let's follow the first raft
Joshua Macgraham's punt had not
reached shore when one OF the men
on the raft attempted to remove the
corl; from one OF the bottles. But
the cork had been pushed hard down
and several minutes were lost in get
ting to the liquor.
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Suspicious, his mind on the Govern
mon: officials, Joshua turned his mule
straight up the hillside. II was a
small mule ami the man was heavy
and 1t was slow work.
Suddenly shot rang out. a bullet
whistled close 20 the mans head and
shou. reached his ears. Three mca
came into sight from behind the
bushes along the river and Mac
graham. looking, paled. They were
raftsmen.
Cat up, dot blast ga. gat up"
screamed Maosraham. digging his spur
into the mule.
Long old jimmy had been faithful
mule, good raturedly overlooking her
masters rough usage and hard words,
content 20 take her share OF wha, was
coming, be II fat or lean. Now, how
ever she suddenly revolted Wheel
ing, she started duwnhill, directly to-
ward the angry r.vermen.
Swearing Justify, Macgraham rolled
off, Cor lee might as we'll try to stop
a tornado as the mad rush OF his mule.
Now, he was just a man. depending
on his wits alone for safety. Down
below, on the :.vcr bank. were the
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The first man put the neck OF the
bottle TO his lips while his compan-
ions stood looking on. mouths water
ing.
Suddenly, a look of unutterable con-
tempt on his face, the lumberman
spat out mouthful Of liquid. He
spu;;ered for an instant, unable 10
find woi suitable Then:
IT'S oihy water
Tho three other TASKS were I'M
corked. All contained water. Simply
that and nothing more.
Al first the men were tempted to
work the raft ashore and go back for
the corpulent deceiver. But one raft
looks exactly like another raft and
in their absence some one might board
the raft and escape with 1t.
wait until We get rid of this tim
ber," advised one man. Wen come
back and get him then"
So they pushed on, as Joshua Mac
graham had figured they would. But
they fooled him by keeping the raft
going all night instead Of tying up at
the river bank at dark. as he believed
they would. 1t was just light enough
TO make out the river hanks. and
while one slept the two others hauled
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back and forth on the heavy sweep
used to steer the raft.
The river moved along at rapid
pace and close to seventy-fve miles
were covered in the first twentytour
hours. Actuated only by "A desire FOR
revenge. helped out by clear moon
light nights. the men kept their raft
going day and night stopping only
long enough TO tie up TO shore while
one OF them ran ashore TO bay some
corn meal for bread and a little bacon
and eggs.
And this was something that
Joshua Macgraham had not counted
on. Having taken several RATS down
streams in other years. he had figured
out Just what speed could be en-
peCted.
And in the meantime the man went
on with his Illicit trade in moon
shine spring water.
Then. one morning. returning from
II nearby village. where he had been
TO purchase some chickens had
half dozen squawk!ng fowl slung
over his mule, their feet tied together
he saw some one moving about on
the river bank where he had his supply
of stock IN trade.
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the wild silk Of the anaphe silkworm
found In German East Africa.
AS a matter Of fact the anaphe silk
worm occurs In many parts Of East.
West and South Africa. and samples Of
the silk from Uganda were examined
some years ago at the Imperial Insti-
tute. which introduced the product to
the notice OF leading silk manufacturers
In this country.
At that time IL was doubtful whether
the price British manufacturers could
offer would pay tho cast OF collection
of tie scattered nests of cocoons. The
Imperial Institute accordingly sug-
gested that the Government entomolo-
gist in Uganda should investigate the
possibilities OF demonstrating the wild
anaphe and cultivating II In plantations
OF the trees on which It feeds. no as
to reduce the cost
This has now been found quite practi-
cable. A new and cheap raw material
for the spun silk industry would be Of
such importance that II Is to bc hoped
that energy and capita! will he forth
coming for the development. OF this In
dustry in Uganda. whence certain
amount OF the silk is already being ex-
ported, and also in other British Afri-
can colonies.
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service from Delaware He renamed
the horse in honor of his old master,
rode him until the surrender at Appo-
mat,oN, and starting homeward pcnni-
less sold him for money with which To
huF clothes. 81 got OF Garnctt's back
ana put Garnett on my back" he
quantity sad
CRAM let the surrendcring Confede-
rates al AppomattoN take their horses
home 60 help make the crop Of that
year. As To Uncle sam. in spite of
the dreadful sacrifice of horseflcyh
during those four Years he came out
%! the war the greatest owner Of horses
on earth, probably the greatest ever
known, Job in his highest prospcri,v
was nothing Ia him. Many men OF the
tnl"n army returned homo on their
own beasts, and one sees i'm imacina-
tion that million of veterans riding ON
a thousand different highways and by-
ways back to tho hfe and occupations
Of peace.
AS to Uncle Sans horses, he needed
them after the carly summer NJ 1867
NO NOR" than no needed tho worlds
greatest army 'f veterans and the
worlds greatest fleet Of warships. The
beasts were examined. branded To in
dicatc their condition and auctioncd
by thousands. Excellent horses went
for very little, a., did uthcr military
supplies. For years aftcrward, when
n man was about to buy or trade "A
horse he would turn up the hair or one
shoulder in search f"" the old brand of
1860. II he found the capitals Il. C."
he either dcCliOcd to buy or trade ar
reeXamned the points Of the beast
before cloSin@ the bargain. Those
initials Indicated that during or so,.l;
after the war that particular hoa. 1,
had been inspected and condemned.
Judgment that sometimes proved So
we're, however. for many hcns' thus
branded was still doing good service
IN the middle '1Os.
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pared with any but the lighter field
reCcs Of to-day. so that the burdens
of the horses were less killing. and the
number required for the work was far
smaller Horses were not driven to
Heath IN less than a week. as they are
ON the battleiiclds OF Europe to-day.
AS the war wore on the Northern
cavalry began to be better mounted
than the Southern. and it was the
duty OF the rowing independents bands
in the Confederate service to round up
horses whenever they could within the
Union lines, A good many horses in
tended for Uncle Sam found their way
INTO the Confederacy As the Confed-
crate cavalry was highly valuable for
guarding supply trains and for cap
turing those Of the enemy II was a
matter OF prime importance to see
that the cavalry horse was well fed
and we'll shod. Every considerable
cavalry command had its travelling
blacksmith shop. and the "farrier" was
an important man even in the smaller
organizations.
The romance of tho horse survived
the civil war. The North and South
rang with tales of the famous war
horses. One Of Lees came with him
through the conflict and was long an
object of Southern admiration in peace.
Shcrldans was embaimPd in u pa
triotic poem. Gen. Joshua Il. Cham
bcrlain brought home the horse he had
ridden when he had the honor OF re-
ceiving the Confederate battle flags in
surrender at AppomattoX. and the
beast was for years an object of pop
ular interest in his paddock at Bruns-
wick. lie fell over n bluff ON the ami
versary Of "A famous battle and was
found dead by his master. The horse
upon which the Confederate General
Robert Selden Garnett was killed nj
Carrick's Ford in July, 1861, afterward
fell into the hands az u young conrch-
er; te surgeon who had entered the
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WOMEN IN MANY TRADES.
Conductors on Motor Buses and rs
Engine Cleaners In Engla nd.

LONDON, March l5,-Between seventy
and eighty women conductors appeared
on the buses run by the London General
OmnlbuN company. This number will
be SraG ually increased as the needs Of
the situation demand
The women will be paid at exactly
the same rates. on a mileage basis. as
the male conductors. and will have the
same duties and hours. The!r employ
ment Is confined 20 the period OF the
war. or TO such time as the male con-
ductors shall return.
Women lockers have been introduced
on the Mersey. Yesterday the male
laborers, under the advice Of their union.
refused 10 work with them and the SER
vices Of the women were dispensed with.
There are $50 women conductors on
the metropolitan electric trans ard laO
on the London tn'cd lines.
The London and Northwestern Raj
way Company are engaging girls rs
engine cleaners at their sheds in Crewe.
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EAST MEETS WEST
AT MARSEILLES
Port Of Many Nations Filled
With Bustle Incident
to the War.
VAST SUPPLIES THERE

Ssscai corrsssosAsRos n THp ~.
MARssiLLEs, March lS-Dsspits ne
brilliantly illuminated streets and gay.
jostiing. heterogeneous crowds that
throng them at all hours. one feels much
closer to the hghtins line here than IN
Paris.
A seemingly interminabis stream Of
rumbiins munition carts. with perspirins
British Tommies swearing profusely at
their tired mounts: squads OF German
prisoners under guard: two roliickins
''fiieland" pipers playing q skiri on the
bagpipes. accompanied by a squat Sene-
ealese on q mournful Lutte 60 an admir-
ing audience OF little brown Gurkhas.
Tall, staiwart. turbaned Indians and
slant eyed Tonkinese. a tired little mother
clothed in rags and followed by a nom
descript brood OF young ones, each hun
Grily munching a crust OF bread-Mon-
teneGrin refugees recently arrived: all
the weird phantasmagoria Of the war
passes down the Cannebier or main
street.
For tho East II East and tho West IL
West. and never the twain shall meet"
no longer holds true. A national calam-
ity has broken down the century old bar
riers OF distrust and misunderstanding
Familiar ocean liners. now trans
formed into gray transports, lie At an
Choir in the harbor awaiting an oppor-
tunity to engulf the miniature sky
scrapers OF munitions standing on the
wharves. or to discharge their precious
cargo OF human freight.
Along the miles OF docks apparent
chaos reigns. The casual spectator sees
nothing beyond the huge travelling steel
cranes. whining complainingly under
too heavy load. and the stevedores ana
longshoren;en Ctheir khaki or blue jump
ers the only sign that they are soldiers).
A dim!nutive little man. little more
than a boy. as his embryo mustache tes-
tifes. sitting quietly on bale or hay.
is the master mind directing the whole
operation. The bale of hay Is his head
quarters, where he issues instructions.
not through telephone, as on the frin';
line. but through the medium OF tall,
red faced sergeant with Q decided brogue.
This was a quiet oasis In the centre OF
q roaring bedlam.
"Oh, no. we're not very busy to-day,
he replied In answer to my exclamation
OF wonder at the efficiency TO be found
on all sides you should have seen us
when the boys were 'junhct.ng' OF 20
Salor!ca. Then We IN the Army Service
Corps we're a biz pushed.
To-day and every day for the las
week We have cnly been loading detail
shipments After n while IL gets 10 be
pretty much Of routine job, and
thankless one at that. especially when
the C. O.'s' commanding ofhcer's) lug
gage goes astray.'
Here was lieutenant, certainly not
over IS. in command of from 500
70 I.hCC men. accepting his respon-
sibility and doing his bit with quiet
efficiency which a man twice his age
might have envied. Tie was just an
other "hnd' of the war.
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ANYTHING THAT FLOATS
AIDS BRITISH ON TICRLS
Boats of Every Description Pressed Into Service to Keep
the Army Supplied With Food, Ammunition
and Other Supplies.

between the field ambulance on the river
bank and the hospital camp. II has run
the gantlct or shot and shell and mine
and the adventures OF its navigator be-
tween Ctesiphon and Sheikh Saad alone
would provide material for a bulky vol
umc."
Among other vessels aiding the Brit
ism In their advance Is the gufar. the
Oldest boat In the world. II In merely
a reed basket with upriyhts, tho whole
being plastcred over with pitch from
the b.tumlnous wells OF 1ftt.
'lierodotus describes them as sound
rs bucklers. spinning down stream with
merchandise from Nineveh TO Babylon"
sdys tho official press representative
Each GUITAR carried donkey and was
navigated hy two men. Arrived in Baby
Ion and the merchandise disposed Of.
the gufar was dsmemhered and the
parts carried hack by the passenger ass.
One first meets with these craft mt
Amora"
The hellum, rs the long. narrow,
cancelke boats OF the river are called
we're also pressed into service during
that par: ~ IN" campaign in which the
British fought the Turks on water. They
were made bullet proof with iron plate
and were used In CARRYING infantry to
attack Turkisi positions. The Sepoys
with the expedition punted and padded
the boats after the Arab owners had
flci.
Tie T.gris makes possible the British
advance toward Bagdad from the Per-
sian Gulf, for without II the ma!nte-
nance of n lire OF communication would
he almost impossible, but II renders SER
vice likewise to the opposing Turkish
army.
Eve large river steamships bring sup