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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
Three Boats VIII Be Con- StruCted to Take the Place of Boats Now
 on the Run.
TO BUY FOUR OUTRIGHT
Alaska Steamship Com pany Will Add Seven Steamers for the
 Alaska Service.

SEATTLE. Aug. S1.-Seven steel steamships are to be added to the fleet of the Alaska S. S. Co.,, accord ing to authoritative announcement made here today.
 Three of the new steel steamers will replace the Jefferson. Dolphin and Dora and four will be addition al to the present fleet making the total number of steamers in the the Alaska fleet, twenty.
 The steamers to replace the Jef- ferson, Dolphin and Dora will be constructed outright probably in Seattle shipyards
 The other four will be especially designed for Alaska ore carrying purposes and will be purchased.
 John II. Bunch. general freight and passenger agent, will leave to- night for New York City in con nection with the deal for the big addition to the fleet.
 Mir Bunch announced this after noon that the steamer to replace the Dora will be larger. and be especially designed to carry mail and freight to points to the westward of Seward capable of standing any gale which might rage in the North Pacific waters. Plans for this yes- sel are already drawn and this yes- sel will be the first to be completed of the three to be built
 The two to take the place of the Jefferson and Dolphin will be con structed this fall and winter and their plans have been drawn with reference to speed and with the most modern passenger accommoda- tions and both will be much larger than the Jefferson.
 While President R. W. Baxter has been in the market for three or four large freightcrs for the past several months. the addition to his big fleet of the three new passen- ger vessels has been under consid- eration but a short time.
 Late this afternoon Mr. Bunch announced that the plans for the steamer to take the place of the Dora provides for a craft 17O feet long, SS feet beam and will have a carrying capacity for 500 tons of freight and accommodations for 90 passengers.
 The other two steamers will be $50 feet long. fast turbiners and of the latest type of steamers which will answer for the purpose of ex- cursionists and do both for the route of Southeastern and the Southwestern Alaska coast routes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
DYNAMITE-LADEN TRUCK HIT BY TRAIN; DRIVER
 KILLED; NO EXPLOSION

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. S1 - Newell Perkins was instantly killed and his father, George Perkins, se- riously hurt when a passenger train on the Salt Lake & ogden electric railroad struck an auto truck load ed with dynamite in which the two men were riding, a few miles north of here. The truck was demolish- ed and the dynamite scattered many feet in all directions, but none of it exploded.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
MONTANA IS CLAIMED
 BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

CHICAGO. Aug. 51.-Stephen A.. Cowley. of Great Falls. Mont, yis- tied Senator Walsh at Western Dem ocratic national campaign head quarters and expressed the opinion that President Wilson is certain to carry Montana this fall.
 Recently made a trip through every section of the state. and found conditions extremely favor able for the Democrats" said Mir. Cowley. The Democratic party in Montana is united. Mir. Highes' recent visit to Montana, in my opin- ion. did not help his cause"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
GURGLE, GURGLE; NOT DOWN ONES THROAT.
 BUT IN THE SEWER!

SEATTLE. Aug. S1.-Two hundred and fifty gallons of whiskey con- signed by the Leayitt Company. of San Francisco. in care of the King Transfer Company, Seattle, for N. II. Ross. Cordova, was seized by the police this morning and poured into the sewer
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
ROUMANIANS CAPTURE
 CITIES

ROME, Aug. 31.-Nine Hun garian towns and villages, in- cluding four with populations of over 6,OOO and KrOnstadt, the most important commercial city of the Pennsylvania. have been captured by the Rouman- ians during the first three days of their sweeping invasion of the TranSylyanian Alps.
 The AuStriars are cyacuating Che extreme southern corner of Pennsylvania.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
STEAMER MOVEMENTS and Mail Information
 NOW BOUND NORTH.

Prince Rupert will reach Ju- neau at nine o'clock to- night.
 City of Seattle will be due to arrive from the south tomor- row. Has days mail.
 SCHEDULED sAlLINes. Alaska will sail from Seattle tonight at 2 o'clock. Will be due here Sunday afternoon. Princess Alice is scheduled to sail from Vancouver Satur- day.
 ALKi is scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Admiral Watson is scheduled to sail from Seattle Sunday. Prince George is scheduled to sail from Seattle Monday. Spokane is scheduled to sail from Seattle Sunday.
 SoUTH8oUNO SAlLiNGS. Princess Alice is scheduled to sail southbound tomorrow morning at z o'clock takes mail.
 OTHER STEAMER NEWS Alameda was in port this morn ing. bound westward.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
STEAMER FOUNDERS.

LONDON. Aug. 31.-Tbe Brit sh steamer Quebra has toundered after striking rocks west Of the big Bias kett island. or the coast Of Kerry. Thirty-four Of the crew have been landed at Ventry. The captain and two others are missing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
BULGARIA WAITING

LONDON, Aug. 31.-It was expected that Bulgaria would declare war on ROumania to- day but for some reason is waiting.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
BIG RUSSIAN ARMY MOBlLlZED ALONG
 THE BALKAN FRONT

LONDON. Aug. 31.- Eighty thou- sand Russians are reported to be on the Balkan front. The Cars forces are concentrating on the Rou- manian frontier along the Russian bank of the river Danube for the purpose Of invading Bulgaria.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
NOMINATED FOR SENATE

SANTA FE, N. M., Aug. S1, TT Frank A. Hubbell was unanimously nominated to succeed United States Senator Thomas B. Catron by the state Republican convention.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
House Has Passed Senate Measure for City to Vote on Bonds for
 a New School.
COUNCILMAN KING BACK
Within Eight Hours of His Arrival at the
 Capitol Bill Was
 in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.- The House of Representatives passed the bill authorizing the people of Ju- neau to vote $75,0oO school bonds, and 1t now goes to the President for his signature.
 The bill was managed in the House of Representatives by Judge John T. Watkins, of Louisiana, act ing chairman of the committee on Territories in the absence of Judge W. c. Houston, of Tennessee.
 The bill had already passed the Senate where it was managed by Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada.
 Councilman King Is Pleased.
 The foregoing is the good news that greeted Councilman James H. King a short time after his arrival in Juneau this morning on the AL ameda Mr. King was expecting it, however, because the whole matter was arranged before his departure from Washington. However. he was greatly pleased with the re- suits.
 Mir. King was in Washington just three days in securing the passage Of the Juneau school bonding bill. He did not know a single member of the Senate or the House of Rep resentatives to start with Letters from Gov. J. F. A. Strong got fa- yorable hearings from Senator Pitt man, chairman of the Senate com mittee on Territories. and Senator Knute Nelson, leading Republican on that committee. He arrived at Washington at o'clock in the morning. At o'clock in the af- ternoon the bill was introduced in the Senate Two days afterwards 1t was passed by unanimous consent.
 Judge Houston. chairmen of the House committee on Territories was out of the city. Delegate Wicker sham introduced Mir. King to Judge Watkins. the acting chairman, who immediately got a meeting of his committee. which reported, asking for the passage of the bin at this session. Mir. King then went out and got the signatures to enough of the members of Congress to get
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31

ropolitan Boston. It is hard for any one even with an optimistic bent to a statistical mind to figure out how the trolleys could do much toward feeding the people.
 The trolleys do not dip far enough into the country to bring in suffic- tent amounts of milk, butter, eggs. farm produce and the like to meet more than % per cent of a normal demand This 20 per cent is a lib. eral estimate and other judges be- lieve that the actual developments would show that even 20 per cent was too high.
 Probably 75 per cent Of the milk which is retailed in greater oBston comes in over the railroad from dis tant points. Some milk comes from points across the Canadian line and is pasteuri2ed two or three times be- fore 1t reaches the table. In towns like Newton, Winchester, Watertown, Belmont and others in the outer periphery Of greater Boston. good deal of raw milk is sold, and this is of course local.
 Any extended railroad strike would automatically cut off all stocks of raw materials in manufacturing es- tabllshments. stocks Of salable goods in department stores, and would de- prlve thousands of workers of their opportunity to get into Boston via suburban service. There would. con. sequently be a drastic slump in pas: senger traffic over the trolleys, so that the undoubted ability which they possess to keep cars in opera ton two months or more without any additional coal would possess no great practical advantage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
cELEBRATE LABOR DAY.

A special Jitney Dance m cele- bration of Labor Day will be given at the A. B. hall by Camp Juneau No. S2. Arctic Brotherhood The Jitney dances as given by the Bro therhood have proven very popu- lar.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
PREsIpENr REMAINS ACTIVE


 WASHINGTON, Aug. s:.-cOnsress gut all other affairs aside today and devoted itself to enaotins President Wilson's legislative program to avert strike but the President is over looking no possible means to prevent the threatened public calamity and did not depend upon Congress olone, but continued unceasinely his efforts to get the Brotherhood heads to postpone their strike order.
 Back of it all the President is holding another card, a direct appeal to the rank and file of the railroad men to realize that Congress is about to give them what they ask and to stay to their posts.
 The President is determined to do this if necessary but Is hopeful that lt will not be.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
JUNEAU STORES WILL
 OBSERVE LABOR DAY

The stores Of those Juneau firms which belong to the Juneau Mer- chants Protective Association will close Monday after 10 a. m. on ac- count or Labor Day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Aug. 31 - Alask' Gold closed today at 1S. Amerizan Zinc at SS%. Butte and Superior at 65A. Chino at 52
 Ray at %.
 Utah Copper at SSA. Copper metal was quoted at 27.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
TWO oREAoNoUeHTs
 OF BRITISH REPORTED WRECKED BY ZEPPELlNS

NEW YORK. Aug. S1.-The New York Weekly. The Fa- therland. claims a Zeppelin commanded by Commander Brethaupt raided the Ports mouth shipping district re- gently and wrecked two big drealnaughts. the Royal Oak and possibly. the Sovereign.
 doing damage Of about $S.
 100000. The crew of the
 Zeppelin blew up their craft
 when it was shot down.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31

Good coffee is produced in Puerto Rico, Mexico and Central America; that of Honduras being especially satisfying to epicures. Cuba is also 2 coffee produeer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
TURKEY DECLARES WAR

CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 3l.-The government has of- ficially made its declaration of war on ROumania.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31
TO GAIL STRIKE OFF
 IF EIGHT HOUR DAY
 GIVEN RAILROAD MEN

BULLETIN = WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. - TNc Raroad Brotherhood officials ate today through Mr. GretSoa agreed to accept as basis for calling o tue Strke the compromise o tue eight hour b already ap- proUed by tue President and House leaderS
 The measure aOaS introduced immediately by Repre- sentdti0e AdanSo@ 1Otb c OieW to bGOng tt passed dad sent to the SeNate tomorrooO.
 WASHINGTON Aug. 31-The Brotherhood of Railroad Men, through G. Lee head of the Brotherhood of Tinmen issued statement today which officially declares that the enactment into President Wilson's eight hour day bi drawn guaranteeing the present hour day will regarded satisfactory settlement of the Brother hoods differences with the railroads and there will be strike.
 In order 70 prevent strike however, this bill must be- law before Saturday night it will require twenty the BrOtherhOOds cancel the strike order.
 "The bill drawn said Mir Lee in making the of ca statemen exactly the proposal President Wilson week ago and which accepted at that time as the settlement of our differences"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-31

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The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
TEAMS AT THREsH1NG TIME

Most men will pick out their best
pair Of horses to drive when they 60
to help the neighbor thresh. When
the teams from perhaps a dozen
farms are gathered together COMPARE
sons are inevitable. No s~elf-respect-
ing man wants to feel that he is driv-
ing the worst team in the lot or even
a poorer team than any of his neigh
bors. There is considerable pardona-
BILE pride felt by the man who drives
the best looking team of all.
In most threshing gangs one finds
that the men with the better teams
are considered superior workers.
They get around early, bring stout
wagons with large racks or deep box
es, waste no time and haul big loads.
They have outfits ready for business
and they hustle. Probably the pos
session of a good team encourages a
man to be a hard worker; and con-
versely, the good workman likes 6
fine team. The two generally 20 to-
gether.-Breeder's Gazette.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
YOAKUM SUGGESTS ROADS
SPLIT EARNINGS WITH. MEN

New York, Sept. 6.-B. F. Yoakum.
former president and chairman of the
Board Of Directors Of the st. Louis
and San Francisco Railroad, has writ
ten a letter to President Wilson as
serting that 0170,0O0,000 will be ad-
ded to the freight bills of farm and
mining products, lumber and manu-
featured goods if the eight.hour day
with ten hours pay demanded by the
four brotherhoods iss granted.
Quoting q recent report Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, Yoa-
KUN contends that SO 1-2 cents of
each dollar earned by the railroads
comes from freight, and that four
commodities pay 81 cents of this
amount.
He says the stockholders, bondhold-
ers and others also deserve considera-
ton, and suggests as q means of av-
erting future friction between the
rail roads and their employees, that all
concerned pool their interests and 60
"ffty fifty" on the earnings.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

N. B Horness, residing on the Tom
Bruyer farm two miles out of Edmorc
had the misfortune of loosing 26 head
of pigs last Friday by poisoning. It
seems that curing the summer months
gopher poisoning had been given a
great deal of attention on Mr.. Bruy-
er's form, and that a wash tub had
been used in which to mix the oats
and %strychnine. After the farm hal
ben thoroughly gone over there still
remained a quantity of the poisoned
oats in the tub. Lastweek the crop
on the farm was being threshed, the
cook a being left near the house
be close to 1.-The we'll. On Friday the
cook ar employees decided to wash
some dirty towels, ETC., and while
looking for something to wash in
they found the tub, and not KNOWN,
the facts poured the innocent looki 4,
oats from the tub onto the ground.
Soon Mr.. Horness' drove of hogs
came along, devoured the. oats and the
total number died within a few MN.
utes.
Mr.. .Horness considers himself 70.
tunate, however. as he had several
colts and a number of calves running
at large, which might have fallen
victims had not he promtly cleaned
up the remaining oats.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.

Grand Forks, Sept. 6-Diversified
farming and smaller farms are urge!
for North Dakota by M. j. Wright of
Woodstock, Illinois, who was in Grand
Forks recently.
Mr.. Wright is president of the
Farmers Institute of McHenry Co..
and is thoroughly familiar with farm
ing work of all kinds. Since his ar
rival in North Dakota he has been
carefully investigating farming con
ditions in the state.
By splitting up the farms in thi:;
section and using diversified methods.
Mr.. Wright believes that better re-
suits would be obtained in North Da-
kota and a o prosperous future
would be assured.
He points out that the wonderful
soil fertility, no part of the country
is better adapted for the growing of
clover, alfalfa, and other legunle
crops, which will mean the production
of cattle and other live stock. Mr..
Wright especially urges the cutting of
the larger farms into smaller units,
pointing out that this is the a in
which the population would be in
creased and better methods of agri-
culture be made possible. He ex-
pressed the opinion that the corr
planted early this year would give ar
excellent crop, although that planted
late would be immature when cut anc
might turn sour when used for sill.
age. Mr.. Wright left this city to fur
Their inspect the crops in North Da.
kota.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

"The call of the wild" has been
needed by nearly all the hunters IN
the city since the opening of the
hunting season this morning. A
great many parties left the city last
evening to be on the ground early,
and those who did not were active
long before the city had assumed its
daily activities. Chickens are report
ed numerous in some localities while
others report hunting in the territory
where they were, scarce. Ducks
however r reported in large mum.
beers on Sweetwater, and nearly every
slough and pot hole has from one tt
a dozen broods. Cooler weather will
soon season the ducks so that hunters
will find an appetizing dish, and ther
this form of the sport will be giver
general consideration.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
HAVE o A d

This is a very practical question
asked by the editor of the Louisiana
Agricultural college. He further
asks:
IF your home should catch fire to-
day, or worse, tonight, have you a
ladder handy to get on the roof?
Many of the fires in the countr,
start from sparks setting fire to the
roof; a bucket or two Of water would
extinguish the blaze and prevent the
destruction of the house, but how to
get on the roof is often no trifline
matter. Every n owning a home
should have a good ladder and keen
it in a handy place for use in case Of
ire."-N. D. Experiment Station.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07
FARMERS PLANTING
WINTER WHEAT

Sherwood, N. D., Sept. 5.-The sue
cess with which winter wheat has
been grown on the Green farm east
of Sherwood the past three successive
seasons, has led to the seeding of en-
aggregate of some four hundred acres
by twenty farmers in this vicinity.
MI. Green himself seeded 12O acres
and has sold the balance of his crop
to farmers here and at many other
points in the state; soc. bushels have:
been sown here.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

to find that our crops we're so good,
as compared to other localities-they
being the best he saw on his trip.
He spent Friday night at at Edmore,
his former home, where still owns
property, and is. enthusiastic; in his
praise of that prosperous village. He
finds great changes have taken pla.,s
there in the last years. Many new
residences have been built, and he
commented On the new -four mill and
electric light plant.
Mr.. johnson has been in the medi-
cine business since going to Upham
and finds it a pleasant and profitable
nj He has an enclosed auto in
which he overs his territory.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

John Mclean had the misfortune to
hose" his S~tudebaker Six auto by fire
Tuesday. In driving to his farm north
vest Of the city he got stuck on a
pile" of manure which was covered
with straw, and in trying to extricate
his machine it backfred, setting the
straw on fire and before he was able
70 get the machine out it caught fire
and burned up. We understand that
the loss is pretty well covered by in
Nrance.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Barney McInnes who spent the past
summer in the city, a guest at the
home of J.. R. Roller, met with a SER
ious accident the past week which has
been the cause of his seeking treat
ment in a hospital at Spokane, Wash.
The accident occurred while Mrs. Nc
Inness and Barney were enroute from
Dickinson to Spokane, during which
journey he fell from a car seat and
fractured his collar bone. Tie news
came to this city in the form of, a tel
egram received by J. R. Roller, who
awaits news of his complete recovery.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

The dairying industry of this Sec
ton of our state is due to receive a
boom through the suggestions and
advice of o. J. Hagen, deputy dairy
commissioner, who has been assigend
to this district. Mr.. Hagen is $:
married man and has moved his fam
lily to the city, occupying one Of C. E.
Vests houses on North Moore Ave.
The dairymen Of the vicinity are for
tunate in having an expert in their
midst. ,-
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

The Henley Motor Company have
secured the services of Walter A,
Garske of this city who will act as
a travelling salesman for that con-
Germ. Mr.. Garske has been employed
in Devils Lake for several years by
the Ramsey Implement Co., who will
miss his services. The family have
made arrangements whereby they will
still reside in this city.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

+, There was a dance at the john
Mandy farm south of the city Tues
day evening and a most enjoyable
time was reported by those from the
city who We're present. They recent
ly built a new barn on this farm and
it was a real warming. During the
evening a fine lunch was served and
everything passed off pleasantly.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

Mrs. Charles Smith and daughter
have returned to their home at James,
town after a pleasant visit at the
Chas. Nelson and Frank Hyland
homes in this city.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-09-07

MI. and Mrs. A. H. Bell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. Foubert, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Turner left yesterday for Wood Lake
where they established their hunting
camp and will enjoy a few days rest
and hunting.