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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16
Oil Concern Makes Offer to Government Placing Tanks and Steamers
 at Its Disposal.
OTHERS FALL IN LINE
Various Manufacturers in the Country Have Come LiberaIIy Forward
 with Assistance.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1G.-The Mex. ican Petroleum Company. through its President, E. l.. Doheny, has ten. iered to the President it's entire re- sources in case of war with Ger. many, including ten big tank steam CTS. and his private yacht, the Cas- sion, 5,OOO,OOO gallons of fuel oil now in storage, its plants at Portland, Me-; Providence. Carteret, N J.,; Tampa, New Orleans, Christobal Ba- hia, and Rio Janerio and anything else that 1t has" which might be re- Quired. This is the biggest single offer yet made to the government.
 A list of other manufacturing con cerns in all parts Of the country that have offered the government the use of their plants in the event of hostilities was given out by the navy department It includes:
 National Electric Signal Company, Pittsburgh.
 Missouri Iron Company St. Louis.
 American Multigraph Company Cleveland
 Detroit Board of Commerce, De- troit, Mich.
 Phoenix Iron Works, Meadville, Pa.
 Hydraulic Pressed Steel Company, Cleveland.
 Morgan Lithograph Company, Cleve- land.
 Platt Iron Works, Dayton O.
 Distillers' Security Corporation, New York.
 Gulf, Florida & Alabama Railway,
 Cuyahoga Stamping & Machine Company.
 J. D Kennedy & Company, Colum- bus. Miss.
 Nagel Steel Company Pottstown, Pa
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16
DOUGLAS NOTES

Pat CalIagy, feeder at the 700 Mill returned recently from a vacation to the States and has resumed work at his old position.
 G. S. Fleming. superintendent of the Dominion Telegraph in southern Yukon. left on the Spokane today for Whitehorse after a weeks visit along the Channel.
 Mrs. Hill, wife of Oren F. HIL the Erie Drug Company, returned this morning on the Spokane from Seattle where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. James Daniels, for several weeks. Mrs. Hill returned to the States last fall upon receiving work that her sisters husband. Cap tain James Daniels. had beon lost
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM

DOUGLAS, Feb. 1G.-The following patriotic program will be given by the pupils of St. Ann'5 Parochial School in the Alaska Catholic Club Hall Tuesday evening. Feb, 2Oth, just two days before George Wash. ingtons birthday. The boys and girls have been practIclnE faithfully for days under the direction of their teachers and there is every reason to believe that the program next Tues day will rival any previous entertain ment provided by the children. Tick cts are on sale this week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16
GUN CLUB
 PLANS SHOOT FOR SUNDAY

TREADWELL, Feb. 16.-Only un. favorable weather will prevent the Treadwell Gun Club from holding a shooting contest on the range at o'clock Sunday afternoon. The marks. men will shoot for the DuPont tro. phy,-a loving cup. A good turnout is expected as this will be the first shoot to be held on the Treadwell range this year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16
eooDY SALE

DOUGLAS, Feb 16. - Under the auspices of the Douglas Island Wo. mans Club a Goody Sale will be conducted in the Palace of Sweets tomorrow, commencing at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The proceeds from the sale of delicacies will be used to help the boys orphanage home at Sitka.
 Various committees who have charge of the sale tomorrow have finished their soliciting and assure a variety of good things for sale, Tea also be served throughout the afternoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16

WANTED-ROomer in private fam lily; no children. 299 St.. Ann's Ave. near Treadwell post office. fl6
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16
HATED WEDDING BELLS.

ELYRIA, O., Feb. 16.-The aver sion of Harry Frost, 65, bachelor suicide, to married life was empha- sized in his will, recently probated, ignoring married relatives. Frost left his fortune of $2O,OOO to the Old Ladies Home here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16

WHY use dirty sand and gravel
 when you can get good, clean sand and gravel at the Juneau Sand and Gravel Bunkels. Gravel and bar sand $1.75 per yard. At Tread well, $50.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16
GERMAN RADIO STATION
 IS FOUND IN BRAZIL

RIO JANERIO, Feb. l6.-At thc suburban town of Niotheroy, on the bay, five miles east of Rio Janerio, there was discovered today a wire less telegraph station which was es- tablished to communicate with Ger man ships which are being detained in the harbor
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16

Jacques Seligmann, who was in- strumcntal in providing the late J. Picrpont Morgan with a large por- ton of his $5,OOOOOO art collection, has just arrived from abroad with an extensive art collection, which soon will be placed on exhibition in New York He was advised by the French government to sell his treas urcs in America in order to offset ;hc drain of gold from which France
 suffering. -N. '. II. Special
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16
NnTEn ARCHITECT DIES.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.--Charles Coolidge Halght, architect, who de- signed many important buildings in leading cities of the United States, is dead, aged 66.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16

with his vessel during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico.
 Sam Keist left for Seattle on She Al.Ki last night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-16
Alaska Electric Light and Power Co.


TWO IN ONE - The EMPIRES way for everybody. The EMPIRES ads" keeps qthp ghousewitey yiIptortpIyed' of all sales and the news columns are right up to the minute on the days news.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
RE|CHSTAC CONDEMNS
 ATTITUDE OF AMERICA
Associated Press)

AMSTERDAM, 2Th s o
  
 rchsag Wilson the conflict and denounced him being blind all justice The speech o evcr in 
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The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
GERMAN SUBMARINES
 MENACE THE WORLD
Associated Press)

WASHINGTON C. 2he O
 
  ended supplies o be
 and
  in board eare1h the O. than their
  according of the shipping officials The roed the  Norway will be the be wiped
 GOVERNORS MEET
 o the aionltc  Washington which aid entp o he
 and addressed the delegates different problems conditions O laid on the submarine United The touched emphasized the importance of large number of helpers working food
 United is cooperating the United did probably eral yars,a 10 easy iHo need be locke
 The declared Baker De e
 a o the tate under invaluable
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07

ton with the open cutting he is now doing or after he finishes up what he now has.
 MT. Atwood started his operations for this year on his ground a few days ago He expects to take out approximately 12O,0OO feet of bedrock this summer. going approximately forty cents 10 the foot. This means an output from that ground alone of in the neiEhborhood of !5OO00 for the coming season.
 MT. Atwood worked on lSo. Il last year. taking out approximately st7,- 900. He was put to considerable expense at that time in opening up the ground. and his operations were therefore very costly, but he expects to do better this year. owing to the fact that his dead work is all done
 The ground is now being stripped of the moss and overburden, pre- paratory to actual scraping opera tions. Mr. Atwood expects to be scraping pay into the boxes on or before June l.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07

great surprise to his family here, as it was expected that he would come north at any time. When he left Fairbanks last fall it was with the intention of making an automo- bile trip to the coast, with the idea of bringing in a load of passengers. Reaching Chitina, however, he decid- ed to continue on Outside for a visit.
 Porter enlisted at Portland. Ore. It is understood that he is to be stationed for the present at least at San Diego, California. His enlist ment in the aviation branch of the army IS not surprising. as he is a mechanic and automobilist of no mean ability
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
REGISTRATION
 TO START SOON
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May. g.
before June l

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May. D. According to an announcement made by the government officials today, the registration of men eligible for military service will be completed within two weeks after the con scription bill becomes a law. The machinery of the war department is already to be set in motion, and it is estimated that 100000 men will have been registered in short time.
 Those eligible will be required to register at the polling places in each township, and anyone failing to do so will be liable to severe punish ment After the registration is com pleted and the sixteen cantonments which are to be built are prepared, the first contingent of 500,000 men will be drawn. These will be se leCted by the jury wheel system. It is expected that the training of the first increment will begin in either August or September
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
ATWOOD HAS MANY YEARS
 WORK AHEAD

The stability of country or any section of a country is usually best judged by it's prospects for work and production, and there are undoubt- edly many people in Fairbanks to- day who feel that this camp is worked out. particularly from plac- CT mining point of view. But ill taking that view they fail to take into consideration some of the min ing operators of the creeks adjacent to Fairbanks, who have been and will be, working for years.
 Among these operators is Harry Atwood. who is at present mining on No. II Goldstream. owned by himself, E. A. (Whitehorse) Smith and Luther C.. Hess. Mir Atwood has six years work ahead of him with big scraping outfit on that claim alone. In addition he has a lease on No 12 creek claim and No 12 left limit bench. which two claims he plans to work either in connec'
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
FAIRBANKSANS MAKE ANSWER
 TO THE CALI

On the mail arriving in Fairbanks on Monday from the Outside. infor nation was received relative to the enlistment in the United States army of two well known Fairbanks boys who are now on the Outside. They are Roy Porter and Willis Nicely. Porter has enlisted ill the aviation corps of the army, according to the information at hand. while Nicely has Joined the infantry.
 Nicely went Outside last fall for the purpose of attending school at the University of Washington. That he gave up his studies when the call came and joined the army is the statement contained in letter received here.
 Porter's enlistment comes us a
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
WAR WILL NOT
 HURT BUSINESS

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May D. This is the opportunity for legit- mate business enterprises. accord ing to an announcement made by government officials today. The fact that America has been drawn into the war will not affect the ma terial prosperity of the country.
 The people are urged to refrain from hysterical acts and efforts to adopt ill-advised war economy, and to live within their means. let trade flow in it's normal channels. and af ter a few weeks the shock of war will be absorbed and the business of the nation will not be affected. The speculator is warned against try ing to hold up the people, as the government is determined to stop all speculation that will affect the life of the nation.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
SECRET WEDDING
 COMES TO LIGHT

Although Dame RumOr, as is her wont, has been spreading such re port about Fairbanks for the pas several weeks, it was not authorita. lively learned until last night that MT. Hawley w. Sterling and Miss Margaret Young were secretly mar ried on April 7. The ceremony Was performed on that date during one of the periodical trips of MT. Sterling to Fairbanks, by Rev. w. s. Marble pastor of the Presbyterian church. The witnesses to the ceremony were MT. Kenneth Case, of Nenana, and Miss Irene Roadruck.
 Mrs. Sterling is one of Fairbanks own girls, having spent the greater part of her life in Alaska in this city with her parents, MT. and Mrs Frank Young, ST. Several years ago she went Outside, but returned north last summer. Shortly after her ar rival home she met the man who was to be her future husband, who is an engineer in the employ ot the Alaskan Engineering commission MT Sterling, it is understood, will arrive here from Nenana within the next few days.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
GOVERNMENT
 DEALING IN
 BIG FIGURES

WASHINGTON. D. C., May 9 Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo today announced that the first bond offering under the new war finance .aw would be in the sum of two billion dollars. It is what is known IS liberty loan," that is. the loan will be open to popular subscription tt par
 Subscriptions will be receivable un til June b, according to the an louncement made today. It is eX- pected. however, that the loan will Oe oyersubseribed several times be ore the date set.
 Secretary MCAdoo is particularly enthusiastic regarding this loan anu bond offering. He fully expects C ,arge oyersubscription. This is the .argest single piece of financing ever undertaken by the United States gov 8.nment
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
PLANTNG IS
 ON INCREASE
Associated PreSS)

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May D. Reports issued from the department of agriculture show a marked in- crease in the acreage of all kinds of crops which are being planted in all parts of the United States this spring, particularly of food crops The reports also state that there is great scarcity of seed everywhere and that it is hard for the ranchers who are putting in big crops to se- cure the Deeded help.
 The report also states that the increased acreage is very gratifying to the agricultural department. chief ly for the reason that 1t Is a direct and spontaneous response of the peo- pie to the appeal for an increase in agricultural development issued some time ago,
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
TWO ASK FOR
 CITIZEN PAPER s

Two petitions for naturalization have been filed in the office of the clerk of court so far this week. They are those of Ole L. Hjelvick and Julius Pfeiffer. The former is a Norwegian by birth and the latter a German.
 The case of Hjelvick, whose wit nesses are George Markus and Nor ris Hofseth, will come up in the regular order. That of Pfeiffer will have to be postponed indefinitely on account of the fact that the govern ment has issued an order forbid ding the naturalization of Germans at this time. Pfeiffer's witnesses are Bernard Friss and Robert Swan.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07

bill. The committee brought the to tai up to $1,650,0OO,0OO, which is still approximately S200 100000 short of the estimates of the treasury de partment.
 The rev sion will continue tomor- row, and it is possible that McAdoo' s recommendations for consumption tax and, as last resort some minor changes in the tariff, may be con sidered in order to bring the amount up to the required figure. It is now planned, however, to omit all men ton of the tariff, and to take this subject up after all other questions have been disposed of. as it is thought that it will take some time to come to any agreement on iti revision.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
TRACY MURDER TRIAL. ALMOST
 FINISHED UP
Associated Press)

' NASNOIidNtu lItSSD SEATTLE. May 2.-The last act
 in the Thos. Tracy murder trial be. gan here today. when the arguments Of attorneys on both sides were
 started. The trial is one of more than seventy similar ones which are results of the pitched battle which was fought at Everett last Novem. her between A ship load of Indus. trial Workers of the World and citizens posse under the leadership of Sheriff MCRae. of Snohomish county. For more than a month the case has been hard fought. and great amount of testimony has been introduced by both sides Tracy is charged with the murder of Jefter. son Beard. one of the members of the posse.
 Attorney Black, in the opening ar. gument for the state. declared that the evidence showed that Tracy was party to a conspiracy. the result of which was the killing of Beard by bullet fired from the Verona, the ship on which the I. w. W.'s made the trip to Everett He declared that Tracy had been positively iden- tified by more than one witness as the man who fired the first shot n the battle, and that there was no evidence offered in rebuttal to con tradiCt this testimony. He reviewed the evidence at great length, show ing the animosity which is alleged to have existed among the l. w. W.'s toward the town of Everett on account of so-called prosecutions of various members of the Industrial workers, and referred 10 the call of the Seattle l. w W's for fighting members of the organization from all over the State to make the trip to Everett.
 Attorney Vanderveer. for the de- Gense, opened the case. He declared that the case was the natural out growth of the determination of the Everett mill owners to deny labor the right of organization and free speech. He stated that the evi- denCe presented did not show any conspiracy, and that the Industrial Workers did not violate any Everett ordinance. He said that the identi- tCatiOn of Tracy as the man who fired the shot from the cabin win dow of the Verona was unsatisfac- tory, and could not be sustained on account of the angle of the boat, which would make the striking of a person by a bullet practically i'm. possible
 The arguments will be resumed to- morrow, and an effort will be made to get the case to the jury by the next day. The other cases will fol low as rapidly as possible.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
BETTY MADARA
 PASSES AWAY

Betty, the three-year-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Guy H. Madara, formerly of Fairbanks and Cinema. died on April 10, according to a let ter received on the mail last night by Rev. H. H. Lumpkin from Rev Madara. The letter does not state just what was the trouble with the little girl. but she is understood to have been in poor health from re- peated attacks of stomach trouble The death took place at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, where the Ma daras are now located, and which was Rev. Madara's home prior to the time he came to Alaska
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
LOUIS GORMAN
 IS RELEASED

According to word received here from Ophir City, Louis German or Gaumont, has been released from the penitentiary, has returned to Al aska and is working on Yankee creek in the Innoko district. German was convicted of complicity in the rob- bery of the Iditarod tram In 1912, to- gether with Angus Broson, both be ing sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary by Judge Oyerfield. Broson is understood to be working in a logging camp in Washington.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
NORWAY LOSES
 MUCH SHIPPING

LONDON, May 2.-An official re- port received from Christiania today states that a total of nearly 200 Norwegian vessels have been sunk by German submarines in the last month. These losses. combined with the previous ships destroyed, bring the total loss up to a large percent age of the entire shipping of Nor way The effects are being felt in all lines, and the destruction of the the German government.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
BELGIUM SHY
 ON EATABLES

NEW YORK, May 2.-H. c. Hoo yer. who headed the Belgian Relief Commission during the war until the entrance of America, arrived here today and reports horrible conditions on account of shortages of food sup plies that now exist in Belgium. This country. he states. is affected more by the German submarine campaign than any other. and hun dreds of families are now on the verge of starvation. with no pros- pect of immediate relief in sight
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
QUARTZ DEAL
 TAKES PLACE
 ON FAIRBANKS

By deal consummated yesterday afternoon, a quartz transaction of considerable magnitude to Fairbanks was completed when Austin Gibbs sold to Crtes & Feldman his one third interest in the Mars lode, Sum init, Durando and Sunnyside quartz claims on the left limit of Fairbanks creek. The deal is of importance to Fairbanks for the reason that the claims which have changed hands are among the most promising in the quartz belt and are now passing into the possession of men who are mining quartz in their immediate vicinity who will soon start devel opment work oD them. No none tary consideration Is mentioned in statements made regarding the deal but the money which changed hands is understood to have been sub  stantial amount.
 Interviewed Tn regard to the mat ter last evening, both Mir Gibbs and Clarence Critics, who. with his partner, Henry Feldman, arrived in town yesterday, acknowledged that he deal had been made. 'We are merely branching out" said MT. Critics in explaining the necessity Df himself and partner in acquiring title to the property.
 It is stated, however. that the new purchase of Critics & Feldman udjoins the ground on which they have been working for a number of years. The same ledge from which they have been taking ore runs directly through all four claims, and it is therefore to be supposed that they bought the ground with the expectation of finding as good if not better ore than they have uncovered on their own property.
 Speaking of operations last night. Mir. Critics said that he and his partner are working on only small scale now. They have but one man employed All three are working in taking out the ore and milling it afterwards. A cleanup from mill run was brought into town last night by the quartz men, but it's values could not be ascertained.
 We are just as well satisfied with our quartz as we were when we first took hold of it five years ago" said Mr Critics last night. We are in no hurry to work out the ground, and we are just doing enough to keep us busy. When prices of all kinds of mining commodities become lower it is probable that we will work on a much more extensive scale"
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
CONGRESS WILL
 HEAR BALFOUR
Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May D. Foreign Minister Balfour will appear before both houses of congress next Saturday and make a brief speech before each body. This is privi- lege never before accorded to an English official. He is expected to give a brief outline of England's work in meeting the war conditions and make some reference as to what is expected of America in the war.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
JOFFRE MEETS
 WITH WILSON
Associated PreSS)

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May g. General Joffre and Premier Viviani members of the French war com mission, held conference witl, President Wilson this afternoon With other of the commissioners they are scheduled to visit the house of representatives tomorrow. where Premier Viviani will deliver an ad- dress. In the afternoon they will leave on a special train for the mid dle west, in the states of which they are to make short tour observ- ing conditions.