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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR FUTURE

we'll known authority motor vehicles states that while in 1910 there but 10000 motor trucks in use In the United States at the present time there are not less than 100000 in service.
 We think the estimate a very conservative one' put where there is one in service today there will be ten by 1921 for the motor vehicle of the class of trucks and delivery wagons of various kinds has fully demonstrated its value to business
 There are SO many kinds of service that these truck wagons can be employed with profit and other advan ages to business that 1t will be impossible to enumerate them av at this time and while we believe that during the next five years at least 100000 of them VIII pc constructed service in this country our manulao urers of such vehicles should prepare to sell fully as many in foreign countries during the same period oi
 While the cities of the world will take hundreds of thousands of these necessary adiuncs 10 DUST ness there is not country in the world possessing roa vyavs upon which they run, but VIII Duy Vnem Ds the thousands when standardized, as they surely VIII he and made adaptable to every phase of road trans. portaton In transporting farm produce for short ana long distances in carrying the outputs of mines in ds- tricts where rails have not been laid m coh'eSiB tue commodities of every nature to and rom Water"ass and railway stations. these vehicles are now anu "i,' continue doing so in everincreas'ns "ui"''' W cades to come
 While the automobile business in It's passenger fa- cities departmcnts has nearly approached the naA mum output, been able to supply tne oelnanu , lv ears there is every evidence that the business Vence nanufactlrer including the various types or wagons snd trueks win prove to be as profitable and capable n, as large development as the original or primary pas 3enger-carrying service. -..,,,.,.
 Both branches of this business have establish ed their right to persist and their value as permanent part of the worlds system of affairs, and they oueI inducements to capital in the way of pront as great w +bav do men of business experience and sound Judg ment desiring to ally themselves with successful enter
 It Is an industry that is certain to extend and to expand and will become of the very greatest Heius of business activity in this nation
 Deroit and other cities show what cooperation and concentration of effort will do in such an industrial enterprise but during this next decade score or ces of our country will become centers of motorVenices manufacture.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
HALIRur TERMINAL RATEs

The Seward Chamber os Commerce thinks that ter ninai rates shcuid granted by the Grand Trunk Fa- ciric to halibut shippers ci Seward we'll to those at Kc,chikan: and 1t is intmated by implication that because KetcbSau has been mentioned with respect to securing terminal shipping rates Seward has been ig nored or overlooked. Kechkan has been so mentioned because t Is the prncal halibut shipping port of Alas ka and its people have been. for time. making intelligent effort to secure the desired concession from tho railroad Seward may develop into great fishing por, It is to be hoped 1t will and it is safe to assume that r such should be the case that enterprsing town will also secure terminal shipping rates from the Grand Trunk Pacific should these be granted to Ketchikan. Petersburg is also considerable shipper of haibut; Juneau also has had in the past fair business In this line and if ;he Grand Trunk Pacific be induced to adopt the point of view Of the Alaska halibut ship pers there is every reason believe that no Alaska town that has habu, to ship. will be discriminated against
 It seems to The Empire that there two vital matters connected with shipping of halibut. namely first to induce the Canadian railroad to grant termn' al rates and then for the several towns which feel that they ought to become great shipping ceners to get in and develop the trade Merely talking and blaming others because things they are will not get the haiibut shippers or woud-be halbut shippers anything or anywhere Furthermore, t the Grand Trunk Pacific
 to make this concession to Alaska shippers of habut n will need the united action all those interested in ,he business and the various commercial bodies of Alaska coast can assist in bringing about But action needed not unjust criticism. carpng or fault finding with the people of other towns who are working as best they can along their own lines
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
A MIsUsED TERM

Some of those people who are the first to project themselves into public view with the cry Alaska for Naskaus" are the first forget 1t when the slogan does DO, seem to be oC personal to them Is true that H there is discrimination to be made, 1t should be in favor of Aaskans other things being equal; and by that is meant bona de residents and not the tenn porary sojourners who upon arriving in the Territory cast one look around and then begin to tell the real Aassans what is the matter with them and their coun- try Of course the latter class sometimes soon find that they do not know 1t al and willing to learn something of the country and it's people from others whose knowledge if not so profound is at least exten- siye
 chechakos of the most veally kind and the crudest type have been known who have secured support and comfort In their campaigns of different kinds from those who would try convince their fellows that AL asla for Aaskans is their shbboleth. Usually too their chechako proagonists have left their guillibe sourdough friends holding the sack"
 Alaska tor AIaskans." therefore. may be cOusId- ened sort of elastic f it agrees in particular case
 with ones personal views desires ambitions or mater .. interest t should be followed to the ultimate If on the other hand the slogan might with it sup port or consideration of some some thing which it not in accord with personal advantage, profit or ik ing to those using lt why. it may then be chiefly ig sored or entirely forgotten As matter of cold fact there Is nothing wrong with the slogan except that t is used by demagogues for personal reasons and not because they are really interested in Alaska or Alas kans. It thus becomes slogan for blatherskites o
 many stripes who have no conception Of the true import of the phrase
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
THE RIGHTS or NEUTRALs
Louisville courler.JournaD

Louisville CourlerJournaD
 Secretary Larslngs recommendation for close study of the rights and duties of neutFas. with view to a more exact definition and understanding will be welcomed in all quarters.
 The suggestion contained in letter to the Amer- can Institute of International Law is intended to quick en an appreciation of the chaotic condition of nterna- tiona law on the subject and the difficulties arising therefrom.
 The diplomatic history of the present war can scarcely fan to be convincing both in Europe and in America of the need for light and fer certain plainly demanded changes One fundamental change which
 must precede all others Is reversal of the whole rea- ton in which war and peace have hitherto been under stood as 1t affects the respective rights of beligerens and neutrals The conception of war as the normal state of nations-whch the foundation of the present distribution and limits of rghts-must be supplanted by the conception of war as an abnormal state and peace the normal state of the nations of the globe
 Mir Lansing calls attention to the fact that inter national law today carries an "overapprecatIon of the rights of benIgerents This would be- of course the natural consequence of the inverted conception referred to above Contributing to the aggrayation has been the condition which permits international law to be made by belligerents themselves through the custom of settling disputes in the prize courts of he belgeren countries This latter is of conditions which Mir. Lansing would have reformed But lack of that. and indeed responsible for it Is the old conception or war as the normal state Of nations It is part or the ohnu insanity of war that 1t believes in it's right c pre- empt all for it's purposes neutral state is thus ex peeted to recognize the primal rights of belligeren which are coextensve with the desires of the beiger- ent at the moment The neutral is expected to curtah its normal activities with respect to those primal rights
 Such has been the theory of peace and war that has come down from barbarism It is the impact or this old theory with the changed conception of adyanc ing civilization that has given rise to the bedeymg disputes between America and the beligerens in this war Europe is in no temper today to listen to close definition of the rights of beligerens in this war This
 fn fhn ocf pI ward describing the circles within which belligerent and neutrality must conhne their respective activities But much yet remains to be done much that is of fun damenta character.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
Lnkn McLuke sayn

An empty baby can make almost as much noise as a man who is full
 A wife an auto are alike in one re. spect. You never discover that you can't afford one until after you have them.
 We are an in favor of anything that will bring about the Brotherhood of Man. But in the meantime it is just as we'll to remember that every man you meet Is looking for the best of 1t.
 Funny how fate arranges matters. Maybe If Edison hadn't been a deaf man he wouldn't have had nerve to invent the pronograph and take his chances on his neighbors buying the things and operating them day and night.
 You can break a husband and get him SO well trained that he will re- member to empty the pan under the ice box every night. But 1t is impos' slble to get him to remember to wind the eight-day clock before 1t runs down.
 Some married couples live such an ideal life that any time he comes to his home and offers to kiss her. she knows that he is drunk
 What has become of the oidfashion- ed married woman who used to wear wedding ring.
 The sort of men who so to funerals for the ride are the same lads who keep their heads stuck out of the car. riage window because they are afraid people won't see them.
 What has become of the old-fash- toned man who used to have black Sunday suit and sQueaky Sunday shoes and who wore a billed shirt and no collar or tie when he was dressed up.
 A good housekeeper's idea Of a skeleton in closet is to have bed bugs In the house.
 Before you marry them you imagine that they are angels. and after you get them you discover that they are always flying up in the air.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
BRYANIsM IN SOCIETY
lphilndeIph.a RecOrd.l
manufacture

e,,-o-,sro snnnressed in politics, Is cropping out , .oo,o,, as was shown at the recent White House receUtIon Mrs Wilson wore magnificent gown ol white and silver brocade Mrs. Lansing wore siIver cloth draued in silver lace Mrs McAdoo wore wnite tulle trimmed with silver lace Mrs McDanleIs gown sas trimmed with beaver fur and silver. Mrs Burle- eon, bIsc[ tplIe was embroidered in silver Mrs Red fields orchid s.lk was trimmed with silver and lace The Brazilian Anbassadress wore silyer and blue pro cade Mother.lnlaw Boiling black jeted net over silver cloth Mrs Lane alone preserved the one'Aii' standard with cloth of gold
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
Names 10 Names

Names I'D Ndmco Carrie A. Colt lives at Lawrence burg. Indiana.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
our Dally Special

We all expect the other fellow to do hlsdnty.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
FORT DAVIS HERO
 IS RICHLY REMEMBERED

R. B. Zehner has completed hand some medallion watch fob which will be presented to Private Robert Sohr- wide of Fort Davis for his connection with the safe return of Mrs. Flowers and the children of Mir. and Mrs Ben. Glass to their homes at Fort Davis after being lost In the big storm of November IS. says the Nome Nugget. The fob Is a beautiful example of the goldsmith's art and 1t is doubtful if a more artistic effort of the same nature has been turned out in the city. The remainder of the money derived from the subscription was devoted to pur- chasing couvenir of the accession for each of the children and Mrs. Flow erq
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
Let Inc Empire do your printing
DIR. FANNIE WAITE Eyesight specialist-valentine Block
NOTICE

NOTICE
 Notice is hereby given that the partnership of Olson & Uberh, con ducing a retail liquor business in Douglas, Alaska, has this day been mutually dissolved Emilio Uberu, the undersigned. continuing in the bus'- ness alone.
 Any and all debts due the partner ship should be raid to Emil Uoeru and all debts owing by s"id partner ship are to be paid by him.
 Dated January ', 1916.
 EMILIO UBERTI,
 FRED OLSEN. Date of first publication Jan. ii. Date of last publication Feb. 2
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
cauuht

Herbert, you weren's listening to what I said"
 ''Eh-what makes you think so my
 q asked you if you could let me have S1OO, and you smiled and said Yes. dearest .'"-Uifel
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
A catty Remark

"Algernon must be in love with me-
 What gave you the idea?"
 He clasps me so closely in the dances"
 Tt isn't that" declared the other dIsagreeably. "it is just a case of be- ing afraid he'll fall down unless he hangs onto his partner Noulsville Courier Jonrnal.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
Eve,s Worries

Eve-oh. had the worst time try ing to find new formal gown.
 Adam-what was the matter?
 Eve-why. every pin needle was so large-and l couldn't be out of style. -fMichigan Gargoyle)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
NecessIty Past

Excited Lady-why don't you Inter fere and stop that dog fight?
 Bystander-I was just a-goin' to. mum. but you kin calm y'r fears now. My dog is on top at last. num- - (Buffalo Courler)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
RedIannosed

"l should like to make your case my study" said the Eminent special ist.
 But haven't cent" objected the case.
 Did I say my study? My vestibule' I meant-this way out please" - (Judge.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

Restanrants and hotels n Washington are puzzled ovar how to get enough liquor to give life to mince pies It begins to look if this state would afford fine opportunity for of those scientists or Germany who are strong on the production of substitutes coma Ledger)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
From Explerlence

suItor-What makes you think. sir that will not be able to support your daughter?
 Her Father-The difficulty I've had in doing it myself.-.Boston Trans scrlptl
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

A number of cOngressmen stil seem to be unde- cded whether to bo statesmen and patriots on the pre- paredness issue or merely photographs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

The French may may not have as many children as some other nations but everything indicates that those they do have are the real fighting stuff
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

It would seem as if some of the Swiss people are not fond of the Kaiser inasmuch they resented the hoistng of the German flag the German consulate of.a Swiss town. on the Kaiser's birthday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

The British cabinets pledge to send the single before the married men to the front ought to render the unmarried womens leap year problem little easier oi solution in those parts
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

If Great Britain gags at sugarcoated conscrption like the one proposed. what will she do when 1t comes to dose of the undiluted articlei
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

The coal men and the plumbers. at least should wear the proverblal satisfied smle-aIthough to think of 1t. they may complain of OverwOrk
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

The evidence as to leap year fatates to date shows that the ladies are using their privilege with rare moderation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

By saving their breath number of alleged states man st Washington will do great deal toward sayin the country.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
Classified Advertisements
FAsHloNAnLE pREssMAKINe
sEcoMp HAND EuRNlruRE.

SECOND HAND FURNTURE-The Exchange. opposite Circle City Hotel, will buy. sell or exchange anything in the furniture line. All kinds of repair. ing. manufacture mattresses and fur niture i2-1-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
condescenaIon.

Isn't the style of music you have been playing rather lacking in classic quallty?"
 "Oh, yes" replied the highly ac- complished girl. But one must show some consideration for the tastes of ones parents. Washington Star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

To an unbiased observer turning out munitions VIII do the British good than turning out caOne us at present
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31

The Empse Is a producer of print Ing that will escape the waste basket.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
SANITARY PLUMBING
JANIroR SERVICES

FoUND-on Douglas Island a la dies hand bag; owner can have same by proving property and paying for this ad Mrs. John H. King Douglas. 1-25.3t
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
HumoR OF THE DAY
rhInnn to WorrY About

The average iife of play is about 12 years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-21
VITAL STATISTICS
FOR PAST WEEK
REPORTS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS
AND MARRIAGES AS REPORT
ED TO OFFICES OF CITY CLERK
AND COUNTY JUDGE.

Births, deaths and marriages, as
reported to the offices of the city
clerk and the county judge since last
report, was as follows:
White Births.
To William NJ. Conway and wife, a
girl.
To J. w. Rice and wife, a boy.
To John Holifield and wife, girl.
To G. A. Way and wife, a girl.
To J. L. Crooke and wife, a boy.
COIored Births.
To. w. William and wife, boy.
To Warren Montgomery and wife, a
girl.
To Eddie Marshal and wife, a girl.
White Deaths.
Rosaleigh Merritt, years, IL
months, gastritis.
Mrs. Harriet A. Gonzalez, So years,
cardiac nephritis.
CoIored Deaths.
George Jackson, 35 years old, acute
indigestion.
Ben Lowe, 20 years, phthisis pull
monals.
Charlotte Ruby, 81 years, cancer Of
jaw.
Walter Russell, 40 years, cardaic
dropsy.
John johnson, 81 years, la grippe.
Daisy Allen, 10 years, la grippe.
Martha Lloyd, 90 years, senility.
White Marriages.
Daniel Francis Mcguire and Fran
els May Renshaw.
Sauel ]. Raley and Bessie Goodwin.
Benjamin Vale Golpfert and Jennie
Hyatt.
William August Rogers and Vicey
Leonora Pate.
ColOred Marriages.
Andrew People and Emma Smiley.
Willie Sullivan and Irene Badgett.
Dan Wingate and Martha Justus.
Tom Malone and Jesse Johnson.
Minor Gibson and Emma Goldsmith.
Ed Clopton and jamie Brown.
Bechley ]. johnson and Alberta
Purifoy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-21

any new or sudden or recent made
quacy on the part of this government
in respect of preparation for national
defense. have heard some gentle
men say that we had no coast de-
lenses worth talking about. Coast de-
lenses are not nowadays advertised,
you understand, and they are not
naked to the visible eye, so that if
you passed them and nothing exploded
you would not know they were there.
The coast defenses of the United
States, while not numerous enough,
are equipped in the most modern and
efficient fashion.
"You are told that there has been
some sort of neglect about the navy.
There has not been any sort of neg
lect about the navy. We have been
slowly building up navy which in
quality is second to no navy in the
world. The only thing it lacks is
quantity. In size it is the fourth navy
in the world, though I have heard it
said by some gentlemen in this very
region that it was the second. What
we are proposing now is not sudden
creation of a navy, for we have
splendid navy, but the definite work
ing out of a program by which within
five years we will bring the navy to
strength which otherwise
might have taken eight or ten years
along exactly the same lines of de-
velopment that have been followed,
and followed diligently and inteli-
gently, for at least decade past"
At Chicago that same day he again
to the navy as follows: eve
have given to the present fleet of the
United States an organization such |
as it never had before, am told by
Fletcher, and we have made
preparation for immediate war, so far
as the navy is concerned"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-21
The Submarine
Situation NO1U
Being Discussed
e Assoc1ATEn pREss.

Washington, Feb. 20.-The subma-
rine situation with its developments
was discussed at today's cabinet meet
ing. Secretary Lansing went to the
White House before the cabinet as
sembled and discussed the question
with the president at some length.
1t was indicated today that Austria,
too, will be notified of the assurances
which the United States is asking
for the future so that the position
of this government may be known
to the Germanic allies.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-21
PRESIDENT URGED TO
VISIT NORTH CAROLINA

Washington, Feb. 2O.-President
Wilson was asked by Senators Sim
mons and Overman today to visit
Asheville to attend a gathering of
governors of states near North Car
Dina on a. date he should select. He
said he would accept if possible.
The senators told the president an
invitation would be extended for him
to visit Charlotte on May 20.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-21
Arbitration This Week

Arbitration This Week
Hon. w. S. Harlan, of Lockhart,
and Hon. J. G. Pace, of Pensacola,
are acting as arbitrators this week,
settling a contention between the Flo
rala Saw Mill company, and the Bag
dad Land & Lumber company. Mr..
Pace was formerly president of the
American National bank at Pensacola.
1t is not necessary to tell folks in this
part of Alabama who Hon. w. S.
Harlan is. The Star learns that a
large sum of money is involved in this
adjustment. That's the right way to
settle differences. Stay out of the
courts.-Andaulusia Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-21
Clifford Pinchot
Sounds a Warning.

Clifford Pinchot, one of the foremost
advocates in this country of the con-
servation of public resources, sounds a
timely warning in his attack on the
Shields bill now pending before CON
gress that would turn over to the
power interests the use of water
power on navigable streams.
Pinchot declares that since the fight
over the Alaska resources was won
there has not been so pressing a
threat against the conservation policy
as the present effort to turn over to
monopolistic control the water powers
of the country without compensation.
Continuing he says:
The Shields bill, now before the
senate, gives to the power interests
without compensation the use of water
power on navigable streams. The
amount of water power these streams
will supply is larger by far than all
the power of every kind now In use
in the United States. It presents to,
but does not, enable the people to take
back their own property at the end
of fifty years, for in order to do so
under the bill, the government would
have to pay the unearned increment,
and to take over whole lighting sys-
TENS of cities and whole manufacture
ing plants. Private corporations are
authorized to seize upon any land, pri-
vate or public, they choose to con-
denim.
Secretary Houston, some time since,
in submitting report covering water
power of the United States, declared
that already over one-half of the total
water power used in public service in
the United States is controlled by
eighteen corporations.
These corporations claim that con-
servation of the nations resources
only hampers development and that
if the Shields bill is passed and they
are permitted to take over water
power worth billions without the pay
ment of cent they will thus be en-
abled to develop these great re-
sources.
It is fortunate that Pinchot has
taken up the fight and is aiding in
exposing an attempt to steal from the
people property which congress should
either hold or else permit its use and
development in such manner that it
can be returned to the people when
ever the latter desires.