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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09
ARTICLES ARE FILEo

The Strelna Copper Company. an Alaska corporation of Anchorage, has been formed Ito develop mining claims In the Strelna district with capital stock of $1.0OOOOO. The incorporators of the company are all Anchorage men. Articles were filed today in the office of Secretary C.. E. Davidson
 The Charles II. Lilly Company. of Seattle. capitalized for $SOO.OOO, and empowered to engage in a general seed and feed business. filed arti- cles with Secretary c. E. Davidson today. Harold II. Post is designat- ed as the Alaskan agent for purpos- es of summons in ease of suit.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09
WHlTsUN-oAY OR
 PINesTEN NEXT SUNDAY

Next Sunday (whitsun-Day) Is the fourth great festival of the Chris tian church-ranking after Christ mas, Easter. and Ascension. Whit sun-Day (meaning fftleth day) com ing fifty days after Easter. cores ponds to the Jewish festival of Pen tecost, which was fifty days after the Passover and exodus from Egypt. when the Israelites went to Sinai and were organized into a na- tion and Church. It was on this festival of Pentecost that the Chris tian Church received it's baptism of the Holy Spirit, and was born as 8 Church.
 In the Lutheran countries Of Flu rope. the festival is known as Pfing. sten. and is celebrated with almost as much ceremony and joy as Christ. mas and Easter
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09
WILL APPEAL SKATER
 TRACT LAND CASE

John H. Cobb. acting as attorney for J. Lang Cobb. today filed notice in the local .land office that an ap- peal will be taken to the commis- sloner of the General Land office from the decision of the local land office in the Scatter tract case.
 This case was decided by the To- cal officers some time ago in favor of the settlers on the land and against Cobb. In their findings the local officers found that Cobb had failed to support his contentious that he used due diligence in an ef- fort to secure Q survey of the land, and also that the weather conditions were such that survey could not be made.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09
HEARING IS ORDERED
 OVER MINING CLAIMS

The Commissioner Of the General Land office has instructed the local land officers to order hearing on the application of the Galena Bay Mining Company on the application for a patent to the Franklin. Flank lin No. 2 and Franklin No. 9 lode mining claims. The hearing Is or dered on the grounds that the com pany has failed to show that $500 worth of work has been done on each Of the claims applied for
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09
slTKA EXCURSION
 SEASON TO START
 AGAIN NEXT WEEK

The summer excursion season for Alaska win start with the sailing of the steamer City of Seattle from se- attle June 14th. The Seattle will make the first round trip of the year to Sitka and will continue un- tll the end of August On the City of Seattle win be Q large tourist party under the personal conductlon of the American Express Company, which will make the entire trip through the Territory. returning to the south by way of Nome. The party will return east by way of California and the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09
HoMEsTEAps IN DEMAND

The demand for homesteads in the section around Seward and Anchor age is steadily increasing and hardly a mall from the westward arrives without several applications for home steads being received by the local land office. In the last mail four applications were received as fol- lows: Howard J. GraybiIl. home.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09

buildings from the James property to the Worthen Mills project into the street on both sides. If an agreement can be reached they will be moved back to the street line and the avenue improved to the full width.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. c. B. White, Of Seattle, re- cent arrival in the city and is a guest at the home of Miss Ida oren. shaw. She is also visiting relatives on Douglas Island and expects to be here for some time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09

Six worlds famous opera stars raised S11,OOO for tho children of Enrique Granados. the Spanish com poser. who was lost on the Sussex, at a special concert in New York.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09
COUNCIL WILL MEET
 WITH PROPERTY OWNERS

A special meeting of the Juneau city council has been called for to- night to consider the question of widening lower Front Street The
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-09

CLEARANCE SALES-Watch win dows for prices at Greenbaum's- THE PARISIAN. 1t
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
Cold Congresses.

Cold congresses today are gener-
ally advised and have taken the place
Of various hot applications previously
thought to be the correct mode of
treatment. This method of reducing
irritation should be employed in the
beginning whenever possible so the re-
lief will be all the more rapid.
One of the simplest congresses is
made from a small towel or cloth laid
in several folds, dipped in cold water,
wrung out and applied to the throat
of the patient, completely encircling
it. Over this at once is placed a dry
towel covering the wet one so as to
exclude the air, otherwise a chill is
likely to follow The wet cloth is
moist only. with no tendency to drip.
So soon as the bandage becomes
warm another one is Immediately
placed and the air not allowed to reach
the throat any more than is necessary.
Mustard plasters are sometimes adj.
vised for a sore throat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08

thousand inhabitants. He had four
artesian wells made, one of which,
near the mosque, is 1876 meters in
depth, and supplies the whole town;
the three others are in the gardens.
Sidi ell Mahdi had an active mind and
was curious of novelties. He had
twenty gardens planted outside the
town, and had them surrounded by
walls; and 20 rose gardens around the
mosque. Dates, pomegranates, olives
and various kinds of vegetables were
planted in these gardens. Water is
abundantly supplied by the wells. Out
side the walls of Djaraboub can also
be seen five mills, also erected by his
orders, but they are no longer in use,
and are falling to pieces.
Sidi Mohammed ell Mahdi is still the
most venerated and popular figure Of
Cyrenaica and the Soudan. He is al
ways being quoted or asked for help.
About 1895 he left Djaraboub, uneasy
on account of the proximity of the
British, not liking that of the Turks,
and took refuge at Kufra. In 1902 he
was either killed or wounded in an
encounter with the French somewhere
about the Kanem frontier; the faith
full say he assembled to heaven, from
whence he will return some day to
make the prophets standard, united
to that of the Senussi, triumphant
throughout the world. The greater
part of the Djaraboub population fol-
lowed him to Kufra, but Djaraboub
has kept its character as the sanctu-
airy of Senussism to such an extent
that any member of the sect who has
made pilgrimage to Mecca without
having made one to Djaraboub cannot
have the title of hadj ii. e., pilgrim).
A sheik is appointed by the Grand
Senussi to represent him in the holy
city, over whose inhabitants he exer-
cises all authority. He receives pill
grims and caravans on the march and
gives them hospitality for three days,
The Masked Tuaregs. a.,
Another interesting people of the
African desert-the masked Tuaregs-
are thus described in a bulletin Of the
National Geographic society: ~.
Back of the troubled areas of north
ern Africa, where war and agitation
for war have been engendered anew
by the contagion of the world struggle,
there lies a truceless country, innabit.
ed by people-the masked Tuaregs-
fascinating for the mystery and ex.
clusiveness with which they have sur
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
Activities of Women.

Many of the women engaged In IN
dustry in England have donned mas
culine garb.
In recent efficiency auto run, MISS
Eva Cunningham of Haverhill, Mass
took first prize in the contest with ~
man competitors.
Miss Florence Powdermaker has
been made assistant chemist in the
Baltimore board of health, position
never before held by woman.
The Countess Benchendorff, wife OF
the Russian ambassador in London, Is
one of the best lady bridge players in
that city.
In two Cleveland foundries 800 WON
en- run great punching and drilling ma
chimes, working side by side with the
man machinists.
Miss Ella ]. Slutz, a blind student
at the Ohio State university, while
only a freshman in the college, eX'
poets to finish the four-year course on
time. Miss Slutz is alone in the
world and in her eagerness to fulfill her
ambition to secure an education, is do
ing odd jobs about the school for
which she receives room and board
tree.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08

FROM time to time there have ap-
l. peared in the newspapers re-
ports that the Senussi were
\ about to begin holy war on
The allies, having been persuaded to
take this action by the Vaccinations
Of Teutonic emissaries. Indeed, once
DR. twice there have been stories of &C
tual hostilities on the part of these
1wellers in the desert of Sahara. Gu
riosity concerning this great body OF
Mohammedan people has naturally
been aroused, but information about
them is not plentiful.
The following account of the Senussi
and Djaraboub, their capital, is part
of an article by George Remond
published in ILLUSTRATION of Paris
some two years ago, incorporating the
experiences of a member of Enver
Bey's mission to the Senussi in 1912:
Djaraboub is built on one of the hill
locks which cover this part of the
country. Sidi Mohammed ell Senussi,
passing through it in 1858, "by order
of God" founded little zaouia. This
was the beginning of Djaraboub. This
holy man was an Algerian, pious and
learned, who had done the pilgrimage
to Mecca several times. He received
hospitality from the tribes to whom he
commented on the Koran, gaining
thereby a great reputation for wisdom
and knowledge. Seeing in what state
of barbarism and ignorance the inhabi-
tants of Cyrenaica lived, he decided
to teach them the word of God, and
built in the Green mountain the first
zaouia, which got the name of zaouia
ell Beida (the white), taught his dis
ciples, and founded religious order,
the authority of which extended
throughout the country, and has
spread today in the greater part Of
the Moslem world. He died at Djara-
boub and was buried there, and his
son, Sidi ell Mahdi, set up magnlfi-
cent tomb in his memory.
There are now lao Senussi zaouias
in Africa, eleven or thirteen of which
are in Egypt, five or six in the Tripod
itania, the remainder in Cyrenaica and
the Sudan.
The zaouia of Djaraboub is sur
rounded by an Enclosure to which five
doors give access. The houses, built
of stone, are two-storied; each has its
own bath. The population is of $50 in
habitants; there are neither merchants
nor shopkeepers nor cafes, which are
to be found in all places where Arabs
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08

congregate 1t is a large convent or
sanctuary; the population consists
chiefly Of pious people who ask the
Senussi's permission to settle down
there with their families. They thus
form part of religious order, are not
allowed to leave the town without the
sheik's permission, and spend their
life in prayer. The tribes send GER
tain number of their children to be
taught the Koran in school adjoining
the mosque. They must supply their
own food and requirements; that is
to say, when they first arrive they
bring with them a few bags of barley,
which they set against the wall Of
their little room, blanket and a mat.
There are also so black slaves who
tend the mosque, the tomb and the
gardens-for there are gardens.
Great Mosque of Djaraboub.
One large mosque, an extraordinary
erection in this desert, consists of a
rectangular court, 35 meters long and
80 meters wide, and bordered by ar
ueSS SlNO dCCcoS ny
of sculptured wood, brought from In
dia, of fine workmanship, into a nave
of columns seven meters high, covered
by rounded ceiling, then into a
chapel with cupola (the "Turbe") i,
where is the coffin of the founder Of
the sect. This wooden coffin is COW
cred with stuffs, and rests on a large
marble slab, and is surrounded by a
wrought-copper railing into the inside
of which one gets through a door
adorned with silver plaques An in
scription shows the genealogy of Sc
nussi from the prophet Mohammed,
his ancestor. A passage behind the
chapel contains the tombs of women
Near one of the doors, under the ar
cades, is the tomb of the maternal
grandfather of the present Senussi. At
one of the angles of the court O nina
ret rises, and on one of the sides
above the arcades are the private
apartments Of the Senussi and an open
gallery with three columns, where he
spends the day, prays and gives au-
diences. On another side are the bath,
the school and the cells of the pupils.
While the second Senussi, Sidi ell
Mahdi, lived at Djaraboub. the popu-
ation reached to more than three
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08

rounded their life. These people, ma
tives and rulers of the middle desert,
are the allies of no one, but wage a
furtive guerrilla warfare with all who
invade the inhospitable Sahara sands
of their domain. They are the buc-
cancers of the trackless sand, forever
at war with all civilization and its re-
straints.
Masked Tuaregs are Berber nomads,
white desert people, whose country
Is probably the most inaccessible on
earth. Even before Egyptian civiliza-
ton began to leave coherent records
of it's history the Tuaregs, or Berbers,
were long established along northern
Africa. The great Arab invasion of
the eleventh century displaced them
from their possessions upon the sea-
coast and drove them into the savage
area of the interior desert, where, with
their hands raised against all who
come into their painless country, they
have maintained themselves through
the intervening centuries, despite lack
of water, sandstorms and lack of farm
ing land, requisitioning by force Of
arms from the Arabs and Egyptians,
to the north and east, and from the
blacks of the Sudan, in the south, such
necessities and luXuries as their cheer
less portion of mother earth cannot
supply them.
There are five main tribes in the
Tuareg confederation, and they in
habit the desert from Tuat to Tim
buktu and from Fezzan to Finder.
Their homes are reared in the heart of
arid wastes, where vast solitudes, I'M
natural heats and unmarked distances
shroud everything in uncanny mys-
terry. They are masters of an area
half that of the United States in eX-
tent. OF this 100000 square miles OF
territory scarcely 5000 acres, or less
than the area of New York city, is
cultivated land. This scanty farm land
Is only maintained by an enduring
struggle with the drifting sands.
These fierce adventures, who have
forced the great desolation to yield
them support, number 100000 or
more, according to estimate, and they
have made themselves feared by the
natives from the mediterranean to the
jungles Of central Africa.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
The VENICE
Y216ANERICA.

teacher. Parents are eager that their
children should receive a good educa-
ton and zealously cooperate with the
instructors. AS a result, the school
system of Tangier compares favorably
with many other systems that make
far greater pretensions.
The health of the people is looked
after by graduate of the University
Of Maryland. A justice of the peace,
elected by the people Of Accomack
county, Virginia, Of which Tangier is
a part, metes out justice with strong
hand. The handsome Methodist
church, which is the center of the
islands religious life, cost $4,000, is
heated by steam, lighted by cleo
tricity, and Is modern in every re-
spect. Brought up in this wholesome
environment, several former residents
of the island have achieved striking
success in other localities. A number
are fiourishing business men in Bal
timore and one is a member OF the
Baltimore city bar
The wonderful health of the people
can be traced to their clean and regu-
lar habits. No liquor has been law
fully sold on the island for the last
40 years. There is no fanatical op-
position to 1t, however, and those who
indulge are permitted to bring it from
Baltimore and Norfolk SO long as they
cause no disturbance. On all sides the
visitor is struck by the liberal views
and open-mindedness of the people.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
THEIR WRITING TOO FANCY
At Least One Woman Has No Faith
In Gen. George Washington and
Mr.. Thomas Jefferson.

signatures of General Washing
ton and President Jefferson. Take
one."
Most every customer did. One wom-
an gave, in return, an opinion-for the
benefit of the woman with her:
IF couldn't write better hand
than those two I'd lose my job and
deserve 1t. Neither of them could
earn salt directing envelopes, no ed
itor would stand for their copy, and
the civil service would turn EN- down
80 quick they wouldn't know whether
they were afoot or horseback.
Talk about character in chirog-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
X Looked Like a Sllo.

The farmer boy hao come to the
state university to take the eight
weeks winter course in agriculture,
says the Columbus CO., Dispatch. He
got off the High street car all right
and walked toward Townshend hall,
the headquarters of the eight-weeks'
students. The first building which he
passed was the armory. Everyone
who has ever been on the university
campus knows the shape of this build.
ing with its medieval architecture and
it's tower. The 'aggie' stopped and
opened his mouth in wonderment. A
huge smile slowly enveloped his face.
"Some silo!" he gasped as he passed
on toward Townshend hall to regis.
ter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08

raphy-huh! You see anything to
suggest Valley Forge in those curly
macues? l reckon Father George is
all he's cracked up to be, but-honest,
| don't see how any man with an idea
in his head could fall for penmanship
like that-and when it comes to Jeffer-
sonian simplicity-what object do you
suppose Thomas had in changing his
two small, but entirely competent is
into one sprawly "y?"
Which seems to show that for one
woman, anyhow, two great men lived
In vain.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08
BEAR TURNS PLUMBER
oUZzLED BY THE MYSTERY OF
CAGE WATER TANK.
Animal in Brooklyn Zoo Conducts Pa
tient Examination and Has Made
Some Progress on Road to
the Secret.

Prospect park ZOO has a plumber
bear. and his name is Bosco. So far
as known, he Is the only plumber bear
in captivity.
Boscos residence is No. l Bear
place, and he lives in great cage,
which is far different from his an
cient home in the wild Ural noun
tains. Bosco IS Russian, big
hulking, quietly-ambling fellow, and
he is a favorite with Head Keeper
OBrien and his men, because he is
so tractable, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
No matter how the black bears in the
adjoining cage may snap and growl,
or the other members of the bear
family may display their peevishness,
Bosco is always good-natured. He
has a great wooden ball that he plays
with In the most comical manner i'm
aginable.
But 1t is about Bosco's plumber-like
proclivities that you want to hear.
Half of his life Is spent in play and
sleep and the other half in trying to
puzzle out the mysteries OF the big
water tank in the center of his cage.
He is more of monkey than
bear" said O'Brien. HE is the
greatest imitator | ever saw"
Bosco first tried to get through his
clumsy old bear head what it meant
when the water ran into the tank. He
would sit on his hind legs, with lu-
dicrously foolish expression on his
face and study the water as he tried
to get the ms and outs of the mys-
terry of why the tank was full at some
times and empty at others. To trace
the solution of this mystery became
the consuming passion of his life.
Sometimes he would rub his ear with
a contemplatiye paw, and you would
see his eyes brighten as he thought
he had at last struck the right trail.
Then he would retire into his cave In
the rocks, to cogitate at his leisure.
At first he tried to keep the water
back by showing paw against 1t, out
this did no good. Then, when the
tank became clogged and the keepers
went into the cage to clean it out,
Bosco sat by in an attitude of an alert
old man taking in every detail OF
their operation. He saw them lift
up the trap and get down in 1t.
So, when they had gone, Bosco or
ganized a class in plumbing with
himself as sole member. He first put
out hairy paw and seized the trap.
It came up easily enough. Then he
looked at it, to see what made it come
I'D. and put it back and lifted it again
and again in the Joy of his discov-
cry. He had part of the secret, at
any rate.
The next thing Bosco learned was
to get down into the tank and dig
around to see what made the water
stop running. He acted just like
man about it, and performed each act
with comic gravity. He found cap
down there, and he used to take that
off.
That is about as far as Bosco has
got in the elementary stages OF plumb
ing: but he is ambitious, and II he
keeps on he may be ready to don
Jumper and overalls soon and start
out on a job with soldering irons I'M
der his forepaw and charcoal stove
swinging.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-08

- HE little island of Tangier, ly-
ing in Chesapeake bay oppo-
site the mouth of the Poto-
mac river, and famed for its
fine oysters, crabs and fish, was re-
Gently made the subject of an article
in which the island, its population and
their customs were described with a
greater attention to effect than to
truth. The description was of a
quaint. old fashioned, superstitious
community, far removed from the af-
fairs of the busy world.
But real pictures of the island of
Tangier do not bear out all the asser-
lions made. At one time these de-
scriptions might have represented con-
ditions there fairly well, just as they
might have represented scores of
other communities in the United
States; but the Tangier of today Is
vastly different from the Tangier of
years ago.
The island is one of the most beau
tiful bits of land that dot the bay
from Baltimore to the capes of Vir-
ginia. It has a population of about
1900 persons, who mako their living
largely by catching the famous Tan
gier oysters, crabs, fish and diamond
back terrapin, with which the sur
rounding waters abound. Seven
tenths of the soft crabs shipped from
Crisfield, Md, to all parts of the coun-
try are caught In the waters of Tan
gier.
Much Of the history of the island
is lost previous to the year 1872. But
In the War of 1912 the British troops,
on their way to Baltimore, halted
there on what were then called the
camp grounds-a tract long since
claimed by the inroads of the bay.
During the stay of the British To-
cal preacher named Joshua Thomas
was invited to preach to the men.
Without fear he roundly upbraided the
British commander General Ross, for
his intention to destroy Baltimore,
and informed him that he would be
killed. Students of history know that
the prediction came true.
Bright With Gardens and Paint.
The Tangier of today is about five
miles long and three-quarters of a
mile in width. The main street of the
town Is banked on each side with
clean, whitewashed ratings and tall