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The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
In tha Barber Shop.

''Your hair" said the aggravating barber to the slightly bald man, lis coming out on top"
 "GOodw cried the sensitive victim. q knew it was in me. Now, for good ness sake, don't talk to it or it'll crawl back again. ."-London Telegraph.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Two Views,

life" said the optimist, '1s one grand sweet song"
 Say, rather, a rasping graphophone record" growled the pessimist.-Louis- vile Courier-J Journal.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Struck the Wrong Spot.

A man lost his wife and his COW both in the same week. His neighbors tried to console him by hinting that they would see that he got another wife.
 'Yes; you're willing to get me an- other wife," said he, 'but none of you offers to get me another cow"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Keep Flesh on. Your Ronss.

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 MISREPRESENTATION !
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Plnheads,

"Pa, when Is a man a pinhead"
 "When his head stops the point ot a thing from going any farther, my n."-Baltmore American.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
His View of lt.

Wife-That girl in the opposite flat is quite a promising singer. Hub We'll, get her to promise that she won't sing any more.-Boston Transcript,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26
Very unrulY.

Miss Paul-Grace doesn't obey any body. Miss Pry-No; she doesn't even mind her own business.-Town Topics.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-26

Consult duty, not events. - Walter Savage Landor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
w. H. MOODY DEAD

Haverhill, Mass, July William
H. Moody, former associate justice Of
the United States Supreme court, died
at his home here at l o'clock this
morning
The condition of the former Justice
has long been considered hopeless.
Yesterday he began to sink rapidly.
His sister, with whom he lived, was
at his bedside when the end came.
For many months a disease that
caused hardening of the joints made
Judge Moody a helpless invalid, but
he retained almost to the end the
keenness of mind that made him one
of the prominent figures in the public
life of his country.
Illness forced William Henry
Moody's retirement as associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the
United States in 1910, at the COM
paratively early age of 81 years.
Arduous service, notably as head of
the Department of Justice during the
antitrust campaign of the Roosevelt
administration, and then four years
on the Supreme court bench during
which he was remarkably active, re-
suited in nervous collapse, which,
with a severe attack of rheumatism,
developed prolonged illness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
POWER PLANT BURNS

Indianapolis, July 2.-Fire of un-
known origin destroyed the pumping
station and the power plant at the
Marion County Home for the Incur
able Insane at Julietta yesterday
morning shortly after 6 O'Clock. The
fire originated apparently in the
rafters under a slate roof in the Gu
pola of the building and had gained
considerable Roadway before it was
discovered. There was no panic among
the inmates of the institution in the
main building, about forty feet away.
The building was two stories high,
of brick, and contained both the
pumping station and the electrical
and heating plants. The most serious
loss to the institution was the two
electrical dynamos. Both of these
were put out of commission and the
plant is without electricity Efforts
are being made to effect a junction
with the wires of the Indianapolis
Light and Heat Company and relieve
this situation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
DRAFT BOARDS NAMED
PRESIDENT APPOINTS LOCAL
BODIES NAMED sY GOVERNORS.
White House Report Says That Men
Will Be Selected for Army
and War Work.

Washington, June 2S.-President
Wilson on Tuesday appointed the local
boards named by the governors to
hear exemption claims on the first
draft, by which $4,000 are to be Sc
lected for the army.
The Rules governing exemptions
have not yet been issued, but will be
soon, as the work of selecting the
army may be begun next week.
In great majority of the cases the
personnel of the board shows that
President Wilson followed the sugges-
tons of army officials that city and
county officials be utilized
The president, however. had asked
the governors Of the various states
TO nominate candidates for the
boards, and ii may be assumed that
the boards as announced have the
approval, not only Of the president.
but Of the state executive.
The "a states i'm which committees
are complete. with those exceptions.
are: Washington, West Virginia. Utah.
Georgia, Kentucky Mississippi. Mime
sofa, Nevada. Montana, Nebraska. New
York and Pennsylvania.
Information emanating from the
White House during the last two days
Indicates the draft will be much heav-
Ter than had been suspected. Instead
of merely picking men for the army.
many will be drafted for other war
work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
U-BOATS SINK 28 SHIPS
WEEKLY REPORT ISSUED IN LON
DON SHOWS FALLING OFF.
Liner Mongolia Hit Mine-Passenuer
and Crew Landed at Bombay
American Vessel Torpedoed.

London, June 29-Twenty-one Brit
ish vessels of more than 1000 tons
each and seven under 1000 tons were
sunk by mines or submarines last
week, according TO the weekly state
ment OF losses issued on Wednesday
by the admiralty.
No fishing vessels met with disaster.
The aggregate number of vessels
flying the British flag destroyed by
mines or submarines last week shows
net falling Off of four, as compared
with the losses reported the previous
week, which numbered 32-27 of more
than LOGO tons and five in the smaller
division.
In the larger category decrease of
six vessels Is shown, while among the
smaller craft an increase of two YES
sells lost is indicated.
Bombay, India, June 29-The PENN
sular and Oriental liner Mongolia
struck mine off Bombay on June %.
London, June 29.-The American
sailing ship Galena, 1,04S tons, was
sunk by submarine bombs on June %.
There were no casualties.
The Galena was sunk off Ushant
island (off the coast of France, %
miles northwest of Bres). Fifteen
survivors were taken to Brest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
CAR DRIVES into
NIAGRA TORRENT
Five Dead and Several Injured
As Result of Accident
Sunday.
F0BTY PASSENGERS ON CAR

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July 2.--Five
persons persisted here Sunday after
noon when a trolley car on the gorge
route jumped the track. plunged down
twenty-foot embankment and Owed
into ten feet of water on the edge of
the Whirlpool rapids of the Niagara
river. Two known to have been on
the car are missing and a score have
been taken to hospitals. The bodies
were recovered when the car was re-
moved by a derrick five hours later
The fare register indicated that the
car was carrying about forty persons.
1t Is assumed that the missing were
swept down stream in the rushing
current.
The car left the track just below
the cantilever bridge on the American
side Of the river and turned bottom
side up. The cause of the accident
is said to have been a washout. The
roadbed under the cantilever bridge
at the point where it occurred is a
clay fill and recent heavy rains COM
ing down the side of the cbasm
washed it out below the surface of the
roadbed.
When the heavily loaded car struck
this weak spot, the rail on the river
side, about ten feet from the en-
bankment, gave way. The car turned
on its side, slid down into the water
and as it struck the rocky bottom of
the river turned completely over. the
top of the car resting on the bot
tom of the river. Not more than half
a minute elapsed between the time the
car left the rails until it came to a
standstill in the river.
The suddeHness of the plunge pre-
vented any attempts to escape, al
though the crowds in the vicinity
quickly began the work of rescue. The
point where the accident occurred was
only short distance below the falls
and in full view of the crowds that
throng the giant cantilever bridge.
The car was one of the open type.
the seats extending from side to side
with steps on both sides the full
length of the car. All the seats were
occupied and some of the passengers
were standing between them and
there were others on the rear plat
form.
The car was running at a speed of
about twenty miles an hour when it
struck the weak spot in the roadbed
AS it slipped down the twenty-foot
incline from the tracks to the edge
of the river, screaming men and
women fought to escape and some of
them were able to get free, but unable
to obtain footing on the steep bank.
There was a mad scramble in the
shallow water between the wrecked
car and the river bank From the
river side the bodies of at least two of
the passengers were seen to be caught
in the swifter waters and were car
ried down to the whirlpool
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
BIG CHICAGO BANK FAILS
Closes Doors-Has Deposits of
$5,o00,00

Chicago, July 2.-The private bank
of Graham & Sons, $50 West Madison
street, closed its doors on Friday, and
two hours later detectives from States
Attorney Hoyne's office broke in the
door with fire axes and toos possession
of the place.
An involuntary petition in bank
duptcy was filed in the federal district
court later on behalf of William Shale,
who made a claim of $4,000.
The bank is the one of which the
late Andrew J. Graham was president
1t was considered one of the strongest
banks in Illinois. Estimates of the
deposits ran Us high as 50, 100000.
Heavy investment of the banks
funds in real estate bonds that could
not easily be transformed into money
is said TO have embarrassed the bank.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
MANY PERSONS FLEE FLOOD
Town of Rock Creek, Ore, Reported
Swept Away-Fifty-Foot Dam
Gives Way

Baker, Ore. June 30.-Reports from
Haines on Thursday said the town of
Rock Greek virtually was swept away
when 5QsfoOt dam at the flooded Kill
lamancuc lake, l. miles west of Haines.
gave way. Residents of Haines, which
is in the path of the flood. are report
ed hurrying for high ground. Nearly
every building In the town is said 10
have been destroyed. Communication
with the flooded district has been cut
been any loss of life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
DIVER ALLOWED TO DEPART
Spain Exacts Promise From GERMANY
That U-Boat Would Go
Straight Home.

Paris. July "a Madrid semiofficial
note says that German submarine
which took refuge at Cadiz left port
escorted 10 the limit OF territorial wa
tiers by two Spanish torpedo boats. The
Spanish government asked and obtain
ed from the Berlin government for
NAL promise that the submarine would
go direct 10 a German port without at
tacking enemy ships or performing any
other act of war.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
COLORADO MINERS TO STRIKE
"RockefeIIer Plan" of Adjustino
Grievances Is Major Reason, Ac-
cording to Leader.

Denver, Colo, July 2-Formal no.
tce of their intention to strike was
filed with the state industrial commit
tee by John +. Moran, president of
district No. 10 of the United Mine
workers. rs representative of the men,
bers of that body employed by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company.
Moran said opposition to the "Rocke-
Teller plan of adjusting industrial diff
ferences was a major factor in the
strike. No increase of pay is asked.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
CANADIANS DRIVE ON LENS
Dominion Troops Gain on Two-MiIe
front-Within Mile of city's Gen.
ter-Take German Front Line.

Canadian Army Headquarters in
France, June 3O-Under protecting
concentration Of artillery fire Canadian
troops on Thursday stormed and cap
tured the German front line before
Avion, a suburb of Lens BY this adj
vance the British line has been carried
forward to within one mile of the CEN
ter of Lens.
The attack was made along a two
mile front. On the extreme left Nova
Scotians pushed their way UP the Lens
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
Mysterious Disease Kills MANY

Cape Girardeau, Mo-. June 30-Sev-
enteen children are dead and % i'll.
four of them seriously. from a mys-
ferrous malady which has swept the
village OF Orion near here. The dis
ease has baffled every doctor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
DAIRY AND POULTRY MEN AID
to Put Industries Under Supervi-
sion of Food Admin stration.

Chicago, June 29.-Representatives
of the countrys chief dairy and poul-
try associations, after conference
here with Herbert C. Hoover. voted
TO put their industries under the
supervision of the food admins
tration and named George f. Has
kell of Chicago TO serve as volunteer
aid to Mr. Hoover in charge of a dairy
and poultry division.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
Elect Eari's Son to Parliament

London, July Lord Stanley, old
est son OF the earl of Derby of Eng
land. has been elected 10 parliament
for the Abercromby division OF Liv-
erpool, to succeed Col. Richard G.
Walmesley.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
New Army FLYING Record

Newport News, Va, June 3O.-What
Is believed TO be new army flying
record was established when Captain
Bertholf and Lieutenant Stevens flew
from Hampton Roads TO Mineola, N.Y.
In hours and Is minutes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
Prison for Society EmbezzIer.

Philadelphia, July Jesse Will
hanson III, social leader, was SEN
fenced TO a term of eight 10 twenty
four years Imprisonment and pay
fine OF $1,000 on indictments charging
embezzlement of $4,000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

The household department says the
first thing 10 be done when boiling eggs
Is to cover the eggs with boiling wa
ter. This is the old-time way. Now
the first thing TO be done is TO get eggs,
and sometimes that is very hard TO do
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

The serious side of life does not APP
pear to the boy until he reaches the
age when his associations force upon
him the ACCESSIBILITY of taking baths
oftener than every Saturday night.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
FRENCH WARSHlP HITS MINE
Armored Cruiser kieber Sinks or
Point ST. Mathieu-Thirty-
Eight Men Perish.

Paris. July AN official announce
ment was made that the armored
cruiser Kleber had struck mine of
Point ST. Matthew and sunk. Three
officers and 35 men were lost. The
kleber had come from Dakar, Africa,
and was on its way to Brest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06
ROADS. LOSE FIGHT
FOR RATE RAISE
1916 Most Prosperous Year in
History for Carriers, Commits
sion Says in Opinion.
INCREASE GRANTED ON COAL
Mcchard in Dissenting Report-East-
ern Carriers Must Have New Rev.
enue-War Has Not Affected
Business of Companies.

washington, July 1.-THE arilroads
of the United States lost their fight for
10 per cent Increase in rates. The
Interstate commerce commission de-
MED their petition. The commissions
order was dated June %. Commits
sioner McChord dissented.
The commission finds that 1916 was
the most prosperous year the railroads
ever had
ut may be assumed" the opinion
says. that they might suffer some
abatement OF the prosperity of that
year without being crippled or in any
way incapacitated"
The order sets forth:
That the operation of the schedules
submitted by the railroads upon which
Increases were asked "be and hereby
are suspended until October %. 1917"
Exception Made on Coal.
Exception is made 10 schedules ap-
plying to bituminous coal. coke and
iron ore, naming rates In the southern
district.
Exception is made to schedules ap-
plying TO bituminous coal. coke and
Iron ore, naming increased rates I'm the
eastern district.
All schedules naming increased rates
apply Internationally between dis
tricts excepting only those applying to
bituminous coal. coke and iron ore be-
tween the eastern and southern dis
tricts.
mat the use Of the rates. charges.
regulations and practices stated In
such suspended schedules be deferred
upon interstate traffic until October 29
unless otherwise ordered by the COM
mission.
Increase on Coal.
The commission grants certain in
creases I'm coal. iron and coke rates
on the basis of equalizing this rate
structure. The opinion also recog-
nlzes that the roads In the eastern dis
trict must have increased revenue be-
yond what the new coal and iron rates
will produce.
Inc commission permits the eastern
carriers on five days notice to increase
the class rates between New York and
Chicago to the following scale:
Class ......... 2 3 4 8 g
Rates 30 20 60 AZ SO 30
Glass rates within the territory may
also be increased in the same proper
ton as the New York Chicago class
rate.
The technical terms Of the commits
sion's order merely suspend" the pro-
posed increases to October. But the
opinion points out that full argument
has already been had on the proposed
rates. Whether the argument can now
be renewed is not disclosed.
The order was surprise. 1t is as
serted that last fall when the country
was facing the greatest strike peril II
has ever known, IN intimation so au-
thoritative that 1t was almost branded
rs promise, was conveyed to the rail-
road heads that the government would
stand ready to return the favor.
The commission finds that the war
has not affected the railroads as dis
astrously as the first general state
ment of railroad witnesses might have
indicated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Beef stew, plain bread and black
coffee for breakfast at the army post
must be revelation TO the fellow who
would have carried n crouch all day
because his breakfast grapefruit was
not properly chilled.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

One of the unfortunate things about
widows is the way they insist upon
investing the insurance money in
something that will bring in from
to 10 per cent with absolute safety.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

The way in which our old friend WI
Keeps turning up on top In China
shows that he merits the high opinion
Americans formed of his ability and
adaptability.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

American citizens who do not know
what America Is fighting for need
something done to their heads-if they
do not fall under q more sinister sus-
iplcton.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

The aviation service is reported TO
be safer than the medical. infantry or
artillery branches. the medical being
the most dangerous. Facts that will
upset two popular impressions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Don't kill the calf. Let him Craze
and grow.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

No one who has tried to climb q
mountain is likely to speak slightingly
Of what the Italians have been accom-
plishing In the war.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

In the race for the road crossing
many an auto driver has won against
the locomotive engineer. 0ut some
have run dead heats.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

The prospect of getting a safe and
sane Fourth out of the war Will also
have a tendency to stimulate us to
greater efforts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

With his own country at war. a man
who is neutral naturally is under
suspicion of being either an imbecile
or q traitor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Uncle Sam draws 7,00OOOO,OOO out
of his sock with no more fuss than
we would make in digging down for
laundry bill.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Meteorological commissions indicate
that the elements themselves do not
Intend to keep out of the war.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Some idea of the reverberating pow
er Of wars alarums may be gathered
from the fact that deaf youths are
rushing to enlist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

America has so many national an
thems that the strain is rather hard on
the feet of conscientious, upstand-
ing patriot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Berlin Is reported to be feeling the
potato pinch. Berlin has nothing on
us. We have been feeling 1t for nine
months.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

When mother sta is in to cut down
dads trousers for the boy it's a sign
she doesn't want him to be q Stacker
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Emperor Williams railway lines are
nearly worn out, and no wonder. with
all the tearing back and forth from
one frontier to another!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

While II would not entirely adjust
the white paper shortage, a cessation
OF war poem productions would go a
long way.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Wars volcano Is but smoldering;
the calm is misleading and we must
be prepared for an eruption.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Every Liberty bond sold helps to
shorten the war.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Preachers who praise the Lord for
their high salaries put their low-sal-
aried brothers In an embarrassing po-
sition.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Just about now little information
as to how those Stacker" marriages
are coming out would be interesting.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

The day Is not a failure to the per-
son who manages to keep sweet dur
Ing his waking hours.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

That loud and resonant call is civil
ization demanding the answer TO the
submarine menace.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

When America invented the subma-
rfne did it start something It could not
finish? Probably not.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Don't hoard money and don't spend
II before you make 1t. Keep In the
middle of the road.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

Twill take some strong men to
keep Russians from making a mess
OF liberty.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

An optimist does not believe In
signs unless they portend good.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-06

A booster can't understand why ev-
erybody isn't full OF enthusiasm.