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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-16
AMERICAN ENGINES
 GOING TO RUST IN PORT OF ATHENS

ATHENS. Nov 16.-There are ten monster American locomotives stand ing in line on a side track at the Piraeus. the port of Athens, grad, ually going to pieces for lack of care. They are evidence of the progress sive modern methods which a recent government railway administration sought to put into practice. with out, however. making due calcula- tiOns in advance.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-16
HARRY A. DUKE MAY ENTER SERVICE OF
 THE GOVERNMENT

Harry A. Duke, one of the veteran steamship stewards in the Alaska service. and recently with the wreck ed Al-Ki, leaves on the Mariposa fo1 Seattle, most probably to enter the government service Duke made 8 hurried trip to Juneau to pick uT 100 tons of steel rails which he pur chased at a bargain. He has been offered several good positions, but believes that he can do his bit best by entering the service of Uncle Sam.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-16
FLEET OF FREIGHTERS
 TO MOVE THE, CROP

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13. = bean, pea and potato flour output his year have been announced here The seasons yield of beans was B. 2,000 sacks, peas, 2,000,000 sacks and potato flour about 100000 sacks, each sack weighs 100 lbs.
 A fleet of six Japenese freighters of $500 tons each has been char tered to aid in moving these big crops
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-16
FORMER ALASKA LAD
 BE MARRIED SHORTLY

Alfred Tucker, son of Judge O. Az Tucker, will be married Thanks giving Day in Seattle to Jenevieve Richert. Nesbit and Arthur Tucker who have been attending school in Juneau, vii leave to be present at the wedding. The groom practical ly was raised in Alaska, having been resident of Cordova a num- Der of years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-16
OTTO STEWART IS
 AT KNUDSON PLACE

Otto Stewart, an Eagle River farmer, has brought his family to Juneau and will reside at the Knud- son place this winter. MT. Stewart brought to the city with him sever- al tons of Eagle river produce, to be disposed of in the local market.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-16
SUBMARINE DANGER LESSENS

NEW YORK, Nov. 16. Arthur Pollen, British war expert, declares hat the German submarine plan If starving England has failed, and hat the menace from submarines has been greatly lesened with the entry of the United States into the war
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-16
LONDON NOT PATRIOTIC.

LONDON, Nov. 16. - Only five per cent. of the population of Lon don are subscribers to British war loans, as compared with nearly ten per cent. in the rest of Great Brit ain.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-16
FRENCH HARVEST LIGHT.

PARIS, Nov. 16 The French harvest of 1917 was the worst known for half a century: the yield of wheat in particular was less by quarter than that of 1914, and less by nearly a third than that of 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
On the Screen
"Rasputin, the Black Monk, v
Wildly Shown on Film
at Park Theatre

It seems a pity that Montagu Love
was not twins, for then there would
have been two Of him-one to play hero
parts and one to do characters.
It really is too bad to disguise tn.
best looking young leading man on the
screen, but il certainly would have been
a decided loss 10 the public if any one
else had been cast as Rasputin in Will
lam Brady's version Of "Rasputin. the
Black Monk" which opened at the Park
Theatre Wednesday night.
No coupon seats were sold, and the
management fondly imagined that rop-
ing off portion of the theatre would
secure il for their guests and for the
newspaper critics the opening night.
About 10000 persons clamored for adj
mission, however, and a third that
number swarmed into the theatre and
helped themselves 10 the best seats
without any assistance from the ush-
ers. II numbers are any indication,
"The Blank Monk" will be an unprece.
denied success.
Montagu Love in his Interpretation
of the chief figure proves that he has
brains, talent. power and real knowl-
edge of the character OF the man whom
he is portreying. II was not dificult
TO understand the charm which Ras-
putin exercised over the persons with
whom he came in contact.
The picture is admirably cast. Julia
Dean, as the unhappy Vlrubova. was
happy thought 1t is the best thing
Miss Dean has done on the screen.
June Elvdge seems rather young for
the wife of Raft, but she was at all
times very lovely TO look at. Arthur
Ashley is well cast as Raft, the revolu-
zionist, and Irving Cummings appears 70
advantage as Prince Felix.
The picture runs for two hours, but
at no time does il fail to entertain. IL
is historically correct, and takes one
from the early career OF Rasputin 10
the time of the present revolution.
The picture is so big and so perfect
that it seems a pity that all OF tho
backgrounds were not taken from
nature. When the door was opened in
the hut Visited by the monk in the early
part of the play what looked suspl-
ciously like painted trees against
painted sky appeared in the opening;
and later, in the impressive scene OF
Rasputin's burial at night the back
ground showed some all too regular
houses, too brightly lighted, with im-
movable clouds overhead.
It is strange that motion picture
spectators should comment on such de-
tails when one would suppose that the
absorbing interest of such picture
would hold them spellbound. The fact
is that they are over-educated. One ac-
cepts electric CRATE fires and canvas
drawing rooms in the spoken drama.
but in the silent drama nothing unreal
Is tolerated
"Rasputin, the Black Monk" will be
shown continuously each day from II
o'clock until midnight. II. L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
Music
San Carlo Company Scores
Success With Lucia

Lucia di Lammermoor' was last
nights opera at the Forty-fourth street
Theatre, and another capacity audi
ence applauded as only an Italian audi
ence applauds. The San Carlo opera
Company has won marked and de-
served success, though its audiences
have come but little from that great
American public whose heart, we are
often and volubly assured, beats wildly
for popular opera. . .
The fact is that opera in America Is
still either the plaything of the rich
or the delight of the foreign-born'
Our great middle class leaves II
severely alone.
Lucia" was given a vigorous but
far from aristocratic performance
Sicnora Vaccari is not entirely at home
in fioratura, but she gave vitality TO
Lucia's usually pallid figure. Signor
Agostini shouted Edgardo's measures
as if he were singing Mascagni, but
Signor Antola was really excellent as
Ashton. II Donizetti and modern pop
ular opera fail to unite in complete
marriage the. age is to blame, not the
San Carlo Opera Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

ST. PAUL, Sept. l3.-I wondered
what was the matter with the man. He
seemed to have a remarkable ingenuity
in describing such parabolic curves in
his walk that whenever | tried to pass
him | found he was right there. A
plotting Of his trail would look like
succession OF irregular scallops-if
parabolas can be Irregular can't
quite remember
Then it dawned on me that | was in
the presence Of something that is COM
ing to be seventh wonder in the "dry"
West. The man was drunk. Il recalled
that Minnesota as state is not dry.
Prohibition may not prohibit to such a
degree as its advocates might wish, but
il certainly does remove drunken men
from streets. And that is by no means
all il has done
The small Importance OF liquor in
the economic life Of the country, as
demonstrated by the experience of the
states that have gone dry, is enc of the
marves that ,intrudes itself upon the
consciousness OF the observer wherever
he may 70 in the states that have
abolished the saloon and the manu-
facture Of its goods. There may be in
Denver. Portland, Spokane or Seattle,
business places that are still vacant be
cause nothing has taken the place Of
the saloon, but they are certainly not
conspicuously in evidence.
Saloons Got Best Places
The saloon was always monopolistc
of the best locations. 1t paid more
rent than any other business would In
order to get the best places, and then,
on top of that, it always paid a super
rent that was a sort of polite blackmail
Of a business that has never had high
rank. When the saloon on the best
corner closed its doors for good the
landlord was sorely aware that he had
lost a good tenant.
Nobody else would pay the saloon
rent. But landlords are not popular
and the community worried little when
the store was eventually leased, for
half the rent it formerly yielded, to a
promising clothing business, say, that
had been languishing for years for need
of good location at a reasonable rem
tai. Everybody moved up peg or two.
Legitimate businesses got legitimate To-
cations. Possibly down at the foot Of
TIE rent column some very undesirable
locations got left out altogether.
In many instances, the saloon pro-
prietors decided to take up new busi-
ness in the old location. Some turned
TO restaurants, some to soft-drink es-
adjustments. and some hit on the idea
Of making their places public clubs,
in effect, whatever they might be called.
The bartenders who did not find en-
ployment in such converted establish
ments drifted into restaurants, into
private clubs. into salesmanship, and,
actually, in many cases, turned TO hard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
Plays and Players

A collection Of navy recruiting
posters has been hung in the prom
enade foyer of the Hippodrome. Among
the designs are those Of James Mont
gomery Flagg, Frank S. Leyendecker,
Howard Chandler Christy. Kenyon Cox,
II. Reuterdahl and a score Of others.
Mrs. James X. Hackett. whose stage
name is Beatrice Beckley, leaves the
cast Of "The Knife" on Saturday night.
Robert Edeson is again to imper-
senate an Indian character. He will
appear out of town next week in a
one-act play. called Flying Ar
row." in which he plays an Indian.
The sketch, incidentally, was written
by an Indian.
Joe Cook and Jack McLallen. who are
to be seen in "The Red Clock" next
month. have been put under a long
term contract by Edward B. Perkins
who is producing the musical piece.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

manual labor. much to the benefit OF
their health.
Bartenders Get Better Jobs
IL would seem as if a bartender
would be a most persistent economic
misht once he had lost his niche, but
1t is doubtful whether there is for
mer bartender in the "arid" regions,
if he were not already wrecked by his
trade when prohibition went into ef-
feet. who has not now a position that
pays him as well or better than the
one he thought ne could never get
along without.
On a prominent corner of Second
Avenue, in Seattle, is an interesting
sample of the saloon converted into
a public club. The same bartenders-
reduced from five to two-who once
served strong drink to roaring, roy
stering, swearing crowd Of the exceed
ingly tough and ornery genus homo
that drifts up and down the Pacltic
Coast, now deal in those soft drinks.
whose number is legion. in the wake
of prohibition. Filling conspicuous
place in the list of these soft drinks
are the beer substitutes COM
pounds without the alcoholic element.
except it may be a fraction Of l per
cent. which is allowed to creep in.
In Seattle was the Rainier Brewing
Company.
1t is not an exaggeration to say that
its beer had a worldwide fame. There
were connoisseurs of mead who would
rather have Rainier than the best OK
st. Louis or Milwaukee.
Rush on "Near.Beer" Drinks
This brewery has survived by attach
ing the old name to mountaineering
beverage which Is made, believe, just
as beer is made, and then at the end
of the process the alhohol is extracted
Among these near-beer drinks are Bevo,
ALTO, Blitz and about as many others
as there once were breweries.
The man who used to drink beer falls
hack on these substitutes, but they
have no attraction for the whiskey
drinker. He turns to cider, grapejuice,
orangeade, lemonade, ginger ale, aerat-
ed waters and the rich and sweet soda
fountain drinks or dishes. Yes, and
candy. too, he admits shamefacedly.
One of the richest spectacles OF these
changing times is that of former
bum" edging up TO the candy counter
in this converted saloon and trying to
look unconcerned while he invests in
n pound of chocolates or hard candies
Then watch him retire to some OBSCURE
corner and devastate his treasure with
a dispatch that would do credit to the
most accomplished feminine candy
"rasher" in the land-if German de-
rived word is permissible during the
present unpleasantness..
II is all the ex-bartender with sense
of humor can do to restrain his desire
to laugh perpetually as he hands these
stimulatiye inanities to men who per-
hans in Berseker passion storms, born
of vile whiskey, have ragged and fough'
nm and down the Yukon, on the beach
at Nome, in the mountain shadows al
Juneau, at Skagway, on the eve Of thu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

She" saws the Herald of Miss Mary Garden sat clad IN
cloud tulle beautiful necklace OF pearls anu "
the coolest Sept. il in forty-SiX years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
PELLEAS.

One of the songs has been boosting oners Sig
is peculiarly significant view of the shortage OF UNIFORMS anu
ether eouipnnen-'Send Me Away with Smile
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
Suggestion to Capt. Greene

of "The Grim IL bring out
collection Of humorous short stories ca it, for instance The Gay
1872 just much neglected by the magazines as 'he o
les NDlusheS) "Vuu SUNNI R NJ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
PEDAGOGICAL CANDOR.

from The Publishers Weekly
Corneqic Foundation for Advancement OF
Teaching bull gratis The founda''oh
HANDEL Federal aid for vocational educa-
ton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
TO ALICE

Sorry, Alice,
But | didn't get your
Message
Last night.
Listen, Sweet Cookie, do you know
When feel the velvet of the night?
When faint stars simmer in the yelling mist?
When green boughs droop to brush me?
When wavelets rush to meet my footsteps!
When, you ask?
Only after I've been
kicking the grape around.
And say. that was an unwise crack
You made about all this earth worshipping me.
Still l suppose it is true.
BUT,
When YOU mention SUMNER WARMTH,
Why, Alice had three blankets over me
And was cold all night.
Gosh,
It must be great to be poet,
And be warm,
And everything. Eel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

SUMNER B0ARDERS

We sat upon the little porch
Esch following the wonted way
Where thought memory leads
Or nayhap only tongue.
II lamps lit
A myriad winged things few round
So we preferred TO sit and talk
And rock to stay our yawns.
Among band one had been caught abroad
When began
So heard how consuls failed
In those stressed times.
And that led to foreign tours
And those who'd toured
And those who'd stayed at home
Told Of the wonders of the Alps
Or how Rockies dwarfed Swiss hills,
Of pensions and great dining cars
Up from the freshness Of the waysde fields
There soft breaths Of air. sOund-fled
The faint tinkle of far-oif bells
Where browsed through the night;
And lone birds and then,
Piping just note two
As loath to settle into silence till the dawn;
And far across the little vale,
Where small window cleaned
As if a had falling,
Caught, and burned amid the branches of a tree,
Someone thrummed the Prelude OF Rachmaninof
The rhythm beat the valley in waves
And, washing up to where sat.
Chatterng Of plays, and hats and wines
Flowed back again,
Leaving us untouched and SNUG
As those who sit upon a sanded beach
Seeking for beauty within book
And never looking out upon the changing
MURDOCH PEMBERrON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

SEARS, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
From Impressions" BY Beatrice b. bernhemI
A park some buildings, and bneban held,
Enter Won door, and ma wonders are reveaeo'
Twelve thousand souls constant toll
Perfect regulation, and turmoil
The orders come n thousands day,
THEY'RE executed promptly and without delay
The faces arc happy, and contentment reGhs'
In consequences the business shows constant gains
Success to YOU men who have given the blend
OF WILL and BRAIN o achieve this end
TOMORROW; "EN RoUIEI
Mr. Hearst nfreoueny the chance TO BOOST IN MS
nwsnanar HE he the waste basKet
Of failure" saws the Evening Journal he WINES never au
any luck What he should say is never had any PLuoh
adtnss an d,reroent could been worked in for Mr.
Hesrs's newest periodical acquisition Puck
There are four serials in 'hearsts writes MIS- w"
Woodrow in the Evening Journal a by Writer'S IN he Top
artists who ;stra their work. another Which makes Hearsts
more nisRardlv than other rlasazines
Or Mrs Woodrow would have SAID: 10 Tue "'"-r, n ~
oae their work, others"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
bitter struggle through the White Pass
and in the dance halls Of Tia Juana ana

bitter struggle through the White Pass
and in the dance halls Of Tia Juana and
Juarez.
Even Buddha Would Grin
For a redneck bartender to sell candy
and soda water to some elemental Great
ure Of the cruder passions with whom
he himself perhaps has contended IN
many a wild night Of the red resorts OF
the frontier; that was, indeed, spec
tacle to make n stone Buddha grin.
But 10 return 10 our club. AT the
thirty-three card tables sit more than
O hundred men, shrouded in clouds OF
tobacco smoke, busily engaged in play
ing freezeout Mt total Of 30 cents the
game. assuming that there are six men
at a table. The cents are constructive
cents. for the settlement is in slugs,
which the player purchases from the
house. =,
They are accepted as money, at dis
count, throughout the "club.' With
his winnings the near-gsmbler would
YOU say far gambler) can purchase the
manifold services of the "tonsorial par
lori shoe shine, every known form
of tobacco, ell the strong drink sub
StlruteS anu al dUeHuoh' '"''Ny
candy.
House Wins, Anyway
Whoever loses, the house wins, be-
cause all the winnings represent pur-
chases at a large profit. It's quiet
crowd, too, and their conversation, dom
mated by a placard that invites the
habitues to refrain from profanity by
reminding them that sit sounds ike he'll
to swear" is subdued and not without
cultural elements.
Nevertheless. the "bsrkeep," whilst
Hospitality Setting EN- up with de-
natured beer, emitted some highly Sc
lective profanity as he picturesquely
described himself as hitting the high
spots" of intense activity in selling
s250 worth Of 30 per cent profit candy
and soft. drinks in the same elapsed
time that once saw him take in $40, 10
per cent profit.
However that may be, seeing him
clear-eyed and vigorous, and recalling
him as saw him four years ago, with
red face and bloodshot eyes, facing the
buzzing crowd of drinkers that will
never more rally for John Bsrleycorn.
couldn't restrain feeling that ma
ton that is rs per cent dry is going to
be, perhaps, 10 per cent more efficient
on the firing line than the drinkers that
flank and face them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

hi, ciEoIps 2sth. nr B'wAy. Eygs. 80.
RdAiHe liilVtls Mats Tom Wed. $50.
MARI ORIE RIA M B E A U
in EYES OF YOUTH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

We in this if you know, until German autoc-
-acy is "spuros versenkt"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
SEARS. ROEBUCK-CHICAGO

What America 10 obecting TO, just now is Batt Deusch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
AND THE BIRD WHO SENDS IN A HEADLESS CONTRIBU
TON AND THEN OBJECTS TO THE HEAD THE
CONDUCTOR PITTS ON II

Sir Please your list of Those Who Will Never Learn
The guy his hand poison ivy to show that he's
immune.
The poor fish who boasts that he has wheee with which he
could land any time but who took the
trouble o send it in.
The specimen the movies who slowly puts her
while obucng instead of waiting till she
reaches the aisle. FRITZ
The San Francisco Express left St Louis its usual trip
tho night Of November 80 1891 Ii is probable that they
had an automobile waiting the woodsFrom Amazing
Detective MYSTERIES" in the Evening Telegram.
now. Wasn't it aeropane?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
From the Cleveland Plain De-

. drafted the won't last than thirty
d,y. heard Of jeff holding job that long?
One Minneapolis -four mills because Of the lighness of
wheat receipts had yesterday and the others
expected close today Eventually they to say why not
now"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

EIE..G<IIM: Mat. Mats To.nor'~ & We'd go
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

syI1iTss IN "barbary sheep"
u s.;..s,:' R Ssnsay o,i !s:.H
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14

sqTp ST. THEA. Fyss. $50 MAJ, Ton.w 4 Wed.
ALLEN OoOke In LUCKY 0sHeA."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-14
Merchants Quick to Seize
Saloon Sites in DRY" West
Onetime Liquor Dealers Become Legitimate and Bar
tenders Cheerfully Sell Candy or Ice Cream Soda
to Former Patrons Of the Red Eye
By Theodore M. Knappen

manual labor. much to the benefit o
their health.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-30

of South Bay the Bolles interests
are planning for the building OF a
large city and are laying out the
streets. parks and public grounds
on a large scale DR.. Holmberg, OF
Miami, with other representatives OF
the Bolles interests visited South
Bay the last of last week to perfect
pans for the new town.
Engineers D. f Clune and JJ. ,.
Rhine of the Everglades Engineer
ing Company, of this city are en-
gjneers for the Bolles interests and
have already done some preliminary
work in laying out the own OF soutr
Bav and will take their crew VI
there again next week to make
complete survey Of the townsite.-
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-30
LIES SCARS

They say the world is round. and yet
] often think it square;
So many little hurts we get,
From corners here and there.
But one great truth in life I've found
While journeying to the west;
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best
The man you thoroughly despise
Can rouse your wrath, It's true
Annoyance in your heart will rise
At things mere strangers do;
Tut those are only passing ills,
This rule, all lives will prove;
The ranking wound which aches
and throbs
Is dealt by hands we love
Tic choicest earb, the sweetest
Are oft to strangers shown;
Ihe careless HlleH' lhC ''"'
face
Are given TO our own.
We Halter those we scarcely know
We please the fleeting guest
And deal full many thoushties'
blow
To those who love us best
Love does not grow on every tree
rIor true hearts yearly bloom
Alas, for those who only see
This cut across the tomb.
But, soon or late, the fact 9rowS
plain
To all through sorrows test
The only folk w1S give us pain
Are those we love the best
Ella Wheeler wilcox.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-30
In Society
Reception for Mrs.
Winston Lawler
At Tallahassee

A delightful affair was the recon.
ton yesterday afternoon by Misses
Lola and Lottie Lawler in honor of
their sister-in-law, Mrs. w NJ
Lawler of Lakeland, who with her
little daughter, is visiting here. The
mouse was beautifully decorated for
this occasion with quantities Of
pink duchess roses interminsled
with fern. and potted plants were
also used. Miss Lottie Lawler wore
a dainty lingerie dress Of plaid voile
and Miss Lola Lawler wore dainty
white net dress. Mrs. w. NJ. Law
ler wore a lively dress of pink crepe
meteor with trimmings of silver
During the evening delicious ice
course followed by salted nuts was
served. The Misses Lawler were as
sisted in entertaining their guest By
tneir mother. Mrs. w. w. Lawler.
Those invited to meet Mrs. Lawler
w ere Mesdames Glenn Terrell, J. G..
Kcllum, R. B. carpenter, w. NJ.
Carter, G. S. Roberts. Virgin Han
cock. R. NJ Sealy, F.. NJ. Phillips.
Frank Ellis, Misses anet Byrd, Apa-
lee Moor, Mary Davis, Fenton Davis
.Gracve Godby, Louise Clark. Leila
Terry, Mary Lawson, of Matthews,
Ala, Edna Schweikert of Kissirmee
Fla, Lena Barber and others Tai
lahassee Democrat