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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-02
SEATTLE MAN IS
 BURNED ALIVE IN
 A MORNING FIRE

SEATTLE, March 2.-Louis K. Dason, fireman of the Wooden Gut ter Manufacturing concern, perish cd when the plant was partially de- stroyed by fire early this morning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-02
HARRY DUKE GIVES
 PATROL STEAMER IF
 U. s. NEED ANY MORE

NEW YORK. March 2.-James B. Duke will give the government a thoroughly equipped coast patrol yes. sel in the event of war with Ger, many, costing over $1,OOO.OOO.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-02
ELEVEN GERMAN
 INTERNED SHIPS
 READY TO DASH

MORALES. Ariz., March 2. - Eleven German vessels interncd at Santa Rosalia, Lower California, are preparing for a dash to sea, ac- cording 10 information here today. Supplies of extra provisions and coal are reported being taken on board.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-02
GREAT BRITAIN
 HAS NEW IDEA
 REGARDING U. s.

BOSTON, March "A London dis patch says the idea Is prevalent in that America might wage war on the limited liability princi. pies, like Japan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-02
GERMANS HELP MEXICO WITH CASH
SAILING SHIPS ON ATLANTIC TO
 BE SUNK WITHOUT ANY WARNING

BERLIN 2-Thc Admiralty today issued the following announcements One March first the final period of grace allotted sailing ships Atlantic seek ports expired From that date special warning will given any boats by the commanders of the German ships encountered the high seas of the Atlantic will be destroyed
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-02
SUMMARY '

fall in the barometric pressure over the whole le tory during gradually rising tem weather is comparatively warm and cloudy in all district with snow Sound section Over the Seattle SanFrancsco clear weather prevails nd temperatures are than the seasonal average
 M B. SUMMERS, Meteorologist,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-02
Weather Conditions as Recorded by the U. s. Weather
 Bureau.
TO-DAY
YESTERDAY

CABLE REPORTS FOR 24 HOURS ENDING AT 8:Oo :.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
MARQUISE DE COURTTvRoN
COMING JANUARY f4.f5

Governor Henry c. Stuart has re-
ceived a letter from George Creel.
Of the federal bureau OF public In
formation, stating that Marquise de
Crequi-Montfort de Courtivron and
party viii be here on January IL and
10, at which time the sword of the
father of the marquise. the Prince
Camille de P~oiignac, who was a high
officer In the service OF the Confed-
eracy, Will be presented to the state
of Virginia, in accordance with the
dying directions of the prince. An
elaborate series of social functions
will doubtless be given In honor of
the visit OF the marquise and her
party by weii-known Richmond peo-
pie. and there may be a public meet
ing held which VIII be addressed by
members of the party telling OF the
war situation in France and the eff
forts being made by our allies on be-
half of the safety al ci~yt1izatsay.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
News of the Old Dominion
SHIPMENTS To DODGE
EMBARGO REPORTED

Newport News. Va. Dee. 14--Arry
men are investigating the alleged
shipment of supplies to local whole
sale and retail merchants through the
government. that embargo may be
lodged, it is reliably reported.
The report goes on to explain that
some In a hurry for certain shipments
over the c. q O. order their dealers
to ship the goods here In are of the
government, The goods are shipped,
and rushed TO Newport News. it be-
ing thought the goods are-for tbs
army and navy. When the supplies
reach this city. ard are whirled into
the yards. the consignee has his eye
on them. lie tk~1 presents his bin
to the railroad and gets his stun.
The army knows nothing about 1t. of
course. since 1t keeps track OF all
shipments ordered by itself only,
When the ordered goods reach this
city. they are sem for, and reshipped
to the piers or the camps. Cars they
have not ordered are left IN the yards.
IT was further reported hat there
seems to- be "A falling off in the num-
ber of freight rains daily into the
yards here. Usually there are from
ten to fifteen a day. and for the last
two or three days there have arrived
but approximately two or three per
day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
tXPtRT ADVOCATES
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Government Control of Railroads
shown TO BE Success In Every
Instance Tried.

Washington. Dec. 14--"War has
brought about a crisis which private
ownership OF the railroad never can
meet. ] believe the government VIII
take over the operation of the rail-
roads before spring. II not before the
new year, and that they never viii
again pc surrendered to the owners"
Major Smith w. Brookhart, rail-
Dad statistical expert of Iowa, testi-
fytnR before the NewisfStS railroad
committee today made this prediction.
He went further and suggested that
the committe consider a suggestion
on setting a price on the railways.
His experience showed. he said, that
it would be fair TO take the average
market price of the railroad securi-
ties for a period OF years,
I'm this way, the railroad would
cost the country about SIS, 600, 0o0,-
900" he said.
Major Brookhart expia ined that this
uent to pay for watered stock, dupii-
Gated stocks. eac.
The experience of every country
that has tried government control Of
railroads, Major Brookhart declared,
is that government operation is much
to Ne preferred to private owership.
He reviewed the situation In Eng
land, Germany. France. italy. Bel
GUM. Australian. New Zealand. Japan
and other countries in which the ines
are held by the government. In all
OF them. passenger. and freight rates
are lower than in America. he argued.
Our rates are the highest in the
world" he said. "In fact, the termi-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

contract let the Stewart Construction
company and will be finished some
eame before the new year.
The little group OF Compactly and
substantially butt houses are COM
posed of three sets of barracks or Inv
ing quarters for the men, a mess hall,
servants quarters, heating plant and
recreation rooms. The barracks will
accom- modate goa employees, and the
mel hall 275 at one sitting. Twenty
two servants may be housed in their
quarters. 1t is "a city within q CITY,
having it's heating system, its
W supply stations, and its own place
of amusement.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
New Shipyard Buildings.

Newport News. Va, Dec. l4.-Nev
buildings. extensions of old buildings
and reconstruction is going on inside
and outside the shipyard to such an
sxtent that the number of carpenters
md mechanics employed in the work
seems to be almost equal to the num-
Der of regular yard employees. Many
buildings now in process OF construc-
ton Will be finished in a month or
two,
Among the new buildings to be
erected and completed are the new
concrete warehouse on Huntington
avenue. n or two smaller steel and
concrete shops In the yards. an ex-
tension to the old Office building and
new shipways.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

Lynchburg, Va. Dec. i4.-Accord-
ng to Information obtained yesterday
from wholesale and retail grocers,
~-ynchburE IS on the verge Of "A dried
fruit famine. The supply of ra.s.ns,
1urrants, hss and dates is said to be
Sc ma that there Will not be enough
90 fill the Christmas orders.
1t requires several carloads of rails
ms TO meet the normal demand here
at Christmas time. but so far only
carload has been received, and
his was quickly disposed of among
local retailers. The present retail
stock Is very small. and although sew
eral carloads are said to be on their
way here from California. the indica-
tons are that they may not arrive In
-lme for the Christmas fruit cakes and
bookings.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
WOOL PRoFITEERs REBUKED.

The war trade board last night very
properly, it occurs TO us. took occasion
20 soundiy. rebuke the wool pronteers.
who have advanced prices 200 per
cent investigations conducted by the
indicate that there is no
shortage in the WOO clp IN fhis cons
try or in the world al large The
board declares that the dread Of hav-
iEg to pay higher prices has caused
cloth manufacturers TO lay in abp
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
PEDLAR WATERSHED TO BIZ
BOUGHT BY GOVERNMENT

Lynchburg. Va, Dec. 1.-THE ma
tional forest reservation commission
has approved the purchase Of 1850
acres in Amherst county, approx
uatelv 1000 Of these comprising the
Pedlar " atcr-shed owned by the city,
for which the government is to pay
$3.50 an acre. or about $4,000 for
the tract. The city retains some 1909
acres of land Immediately around the
site Of the dam. which would be used
in the event OF engagements or i'm
provements. AS soon as the deed Is
recorded the government viii take
charge OF the watershed and should
mean that 1t will be carefully guarded
from pollution or trespass.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
MEETS SUDDEN DTs91l

He Alexh astsT, travelling for the
Armour company. whose home Is be
lieved to he in Chicago. was found
dead in his 20 at Murphy's hotel
yesterday morning. The coroner stat
ed hat death was due To natural
eaIses, n h body was turned ever
to l. T. Christians undertaking estab-
lishnent, where 1t will be held until
ts received from relatives.
A telegram was forwarded to Chicago
yesterday. nj up to a late hour last
night. Mr., Christian had received no
Mr.. Alexander had been a
OF the hotel for a week. and had
appeared TO be in good health and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

stanton, va, Dec. 14.-Five car
loads OF coal are TO be purchased i'm
mediately by the city to be sold at
cost, or even below cost. in d to
prevent suffering as far as possible.
This was decided at a joint meeting
of the common council and the board
of aldermen at noon. when, after con-
slderation of the matter by "A COM
mittee OF the lower body. In conjunc-
ton with the local fuel administra-
ton, IT was found that such a move
would he the only sure way of &C
complish!ng the ends desired.
Both bodies went on record as ia
voring the purchase OF the oal by
a unanimous vote OF all present. but.
while the coal will be ordered imme-
t~iately. the money cannot be appro-
priated until the aldermen and coun-
Gil have acted.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
Heads CoTnrnlltce.

Norfolk. va. Dec. 14-Clifford /.
Willard. president of the John /. Ro-
Per Lumber company, of this city,
has been rendered the chairmanship
of "a committee To interest the lura-
Der and allied interests, In the war
savings movement.
Frank A. tanderlip. president OF
the National CITY bank, Of New York,
"a ~duatlc.er Of international reputa-
ton. vino is chairman OF the national
war savings committee, made the APP
poiutment, and Mr.. Willard is already
IN correspondence with prominent
lumber men Ia every state seeking
their cooperation In this big patriotic
movement.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

nai charges argued nto all rates by
our American roads, alone is higher
than the entire rate charged is thc
German system. And II railroad uIeN
argue that government lines do not
pay, We can reply that government
facilities. such as mail service. etc.
arc not supposed 10 pay. Thes are
intended as piiblir service. To snde-
service to All alike. Ne do not TX.
pect our public highways to pa
profit. And the time Is coming wien
we shall regard the railroads as aup-
lie highways with the public p4sj1S
only for their ~upkeep."
Great Britain's action in 1914. when
the roads seized by the government
was cited by Major Brookhart aS an
example OF what America should do
at once.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

According to a statement made at
the Virginia hospital last night. Mrs,
Hettie Wright, twenty-five years old,
a department store employe. who
swallowed nearly forty grains OF BIZ
chloride of mercury in an attempt to
END her life, will recover. Mrs. Wright
probably owes her life to the prompt
action Of the hospital attendants in
using the stomach pump.
When questioned as 20 the cause OF
her desperate attempt Mrs. Wright
only answered that she had her own
private reasons for it, and would say
nothing more.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
Thanks for Candy.

Lynchburg. Va. Dec, 14-General
Secretary II, {. snead. OF the Y. NJ
g. a, has just received a letter from
Assistant Camp Secretary w. NJ
Retry ~ Camp Lee acknowledging re-
ceipt Of a shipment OF candy from,
the association sent 10 Campbell. Red
ford A~pponlattoX and Amherst countv
boys At the camp. The candy was
shipped Immediately after Thanksgtv-
ing and went as a gift To the soldiers
from persons who contributed II at a
Joint entertainment of the Y. If. c. A.
and Y w. c. A. here Thanksgiving
night
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
j1R|KtS FIREMAN.
SETS FIRE To HOUSE

Hampton. Va, Dec. t4-After
knocking the fireman. Edward Wat
son.. colored. on the head with a large
stick. some unidentified party last
night set fire to the large oyster dred-
ing steamer k~ecoughtan. owned by j.
s. Darling 4 Sons, and tied up for
the night at the wharf Of the big oys-
Ter packing house of the Darlings at
the foot of Massepberg street. Ac-
cGrdinE to 8 story told by Watson he
ATTEMPTED to enter the engine room
shortly before 10 o'clock when he was
hy an unknown man. who struck
5st3sf aseHrr2 kio~. fel4t. & .ttGrt igEt-uf.
rnent. WarSof then saw tina -th
steamer had beer set on fire and that
the englnc~room WAS In flames. He
Crawlcd out and by calling TO other
Colored men on board. gave the alarm.
Htson WAS brought TO the office OF a
physician, where It was found hat he
haa n loag cash on the right side OF
his head. His injuries are painful,
The fire had gained considerable
Roadway in the steamer before the
itr'men responded to the call The
Grcme0 were. however. greatly handi-
capped because Of the extremely low
water pressure. although they did ex-
cellent work in saving the steamer
from total destruction and the flames
from spreading to the big oyster pack
ing house ana the wharf, Just how
much damage has been done TO the
K~ccoughtan will not be known until a
survey can be made today.
Watson is q reliable colored man
and the assault made upon him created
considerable feeling among the other
men on the boat. as well as many W h
vent to the scene Of the fire In re-
spouse 10 the general alarm.
During the past few days mysterious
fires have been discovered at Fort
Monroe, Langley field and in Hamp-
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
Burglary Charge Agnlns. Banks.

Willie Banks. colered. was last
aight char = With burglary by De.
tsctives Duffy and B~ertHcc.. He was
arrested several days ago on suspicion
Of having been implicated N various
xnhheries. YEster6A-tha-5eteet Yes
succeeded IN locating oft cla.h-
Ing belonging TO j II King. Of No.
1905 Short street, in the room form-
erly occupied By Ban The articles
embraced q brown .coat. a 80 Of
clothes. a wat h and a par Of shoes.
al valued al se3 lie wl be heard in
police our this morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
TO BUILD PIER FOR
NEW BOAT LINE,

Newport News. Va, Dec. 1.-THE
municipal industrial commission. IN
meeting last night in the City Hall.
agreed 10 build "A pier house on the
municipal pier. all or a part of which
VIII be used by the Virginia-Garolina
Navigation company. The commits
sion also indicated that it would lease
property for the location of an oyster
shucklng and fish handling establish
lent, and recommended a tease OF
hfty feet of water front on the eastern
~iae OF the harour for a boaL ciuu ste,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
ELkS
ARE ACQUITTED


Especial t. The Richmond Virginian.)
Stauuton. Va. December 1.-THE
Jury in the prohibition case Of the Com
monwealth W. the Home Committee
ot ~Staunton Lodge Of Elks returned q
verdict this evening OF not guilty and
the case against Charles Smith. the
negro porter al the El~s' home. also
charged with violation Of the state pro-
hlbltlou laws, was dismissed at the re-
quest Of Thomas Whitehead. counsel
for the prosecuting forces.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
Barracks for single Men.

Newport News, Va, Dec. i4.-Bar-
racks for unmarried workmen in the
s%htpyard. with accompanying mess
hall and recreation rooms. together
forming accorn modations for a COM
munity OF ESQ souls and a little less
than half n square block. are in the
process OF construction across Wash
lngton venue from the yard, They
are being built by the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company
and h nav department through
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
GRABBED BY WYATT
MINUTE HE LANDS

Willie Gray. colored, landed at
station last night bear
ing a suspicious package. Police
Joe Wyatt. who had his eagle eye
open, seized 10Th Gray and the pack
age. The latter consisted Of four bot
ties of liquor. Both were detained
at First police station.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
WEEKEND
g., w. X.
Love shall be our token,
Love be yours, and Love be mine.
Love to God and all men.
Love the universal sign"

thou know me?" Then, he re-
nembered the words of his
Lord, 'Inasmuch as We have done
1t unto ono Of the least of these,
my brethren, We have done IL
unto me-" Jesus had visited
him three times during the day.
and yet he did not realize His
presence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15
LAghtless Nights Twice a Week.

Washington. Dec. 14.-'Lightiess
nights twice a week. Sunday and
Thursday. affecting all white ways,
to aid in the conservation of coal, are
ordered by the United States fuel ad-
ministration today, TO become effec-
tive q sunday night. This repeats
the former order allowing certain
hours daily.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

This is only a legend, but how
true it is, that Jesus is constant
~ speaking to us and making
His presence known TO us, I'M
recognized by us, Why Is this?
Why are we SO often uncou-
scious of the presence OF the
best friend we have on earth
Why do we not hear His voice
when He speaks and do His bid
ding? Is 1t not because OF the
sin in our lives? Yes. this Is only
too true, and it seems strange
that We do not make a greater
effort to remove this great bar
rier, which separates us from
u dearest and most constant
friend.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

Toward evening ne witnessed
Il fierce fight between an old
woman, who was "A fruit dealer.
and a boy, who had stolen Some
Of her apples Martin made
peae" between them and. fading
mas both were hungry. he took
them home and shared HIS sup
pr with them. The day nov
being ended. he went TO bed
with a sad heart, for his dream
had not come true--Jesus had
not visited him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

He was soon asleep and again
was dreaming. Behold. in his
dream appeared first the tired
woman, with her sick child.
Then came the old man, and
then the fruit seller, each ask
ing the question: Martin, dost
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

While finishing his scanty
meal his attention was called to
q poor woman, with a sick baby
IN her arms, who had been wan
dertug about ALI night. without
food or shelter, He gave her
the remnant of his breakfast.
and secured some milk for the
child About noon he saw a
hungry old man with whom he
shared his midday meal The
Thought now came TO him: The
day is halt-speut ana Jesus has
not Vet come"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15


During the coming week many
will be the times that Jesus viii
visit lis and speak TO our hearts.
Oh. that we may receive Him
cordially, gladly. toyfully. and
be able to cry out: Speak, Lord,
Thy servant hearethi" and then
do His bidding. He may want
us to visit some poor sick Wo-
man, and endeavor to bring
gladness into her heart and
home. He may want us to
speak q word of encouragement
10 the poor outcast. He may
want us TO carry q little OF the
Christmas cheer into some
homes that have been made sad
and desolate by the hand of
death, Whatever the work, may
God help us to do 1t gladly, will
ingly, ohediently and in the
Christ-spirit. for there are
'many lonely hearts TO cherish,
while the days are going by"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-15

There IS an interesting old
legend OF q poor shoemaker,
Martin by name. who had q
great desire TO see Jesus, In a
dream one night he received the
promise that on the morrow Je-
u wonld visit him. His shop
was In a cellar. In which he also
lived, and from which he could
see nothing but the feet of those
who passed by. The next morn
ing he rose al an early hour. ate
his morning meal. and was con
tinuallv saving 10 himself: "Je-
sus viii visit me today
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-24
Mass Meeting Held and Proposition Is Placed Before Citizens by
 p. R. Bradley.
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
Citizens To Confer with Those Interested and Attempt Made To
 Get Together.

DOUGLAS, May 24-The most rep resentative gathering of property holders and business men seen in Douglas for a long time was appaf ent at the mass meeting last night in Labor Union Hall for the purpose of discussing and considering prop osition for securing cheaper elec- tric light service.
 Mayor Smith called the meeting to order and was retained as chair man. F. A. j. Gallwas was made secretary. M J. O'Connor was asked to explain the object of the meeting which he did.
 P. R.. Bradley manager Of the Treadwell Company, was requested to submit proposition for furnishing light and power for the city which he did in his usual straightforward and brief manner. While not able to submit actual figures at that time, MT. Bradley stated that his company could give the city service at fifty per cent of what is being paid at present; that his idea was not to retail the electricity but fur nsh it directly to the city, the coun- eil to arrange for marketing it to the trade. MT. Bradley's proposi- ton was enthusiastically received.
 Martin Olson good naturedly dec orated the proposition with crepe but was practically alone in his sen timents, the expression of the meet ing, as indicated by all the other
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-24
RED CROSS TO ENTERTAIN
 TO GIVE A SILVER TEA

DOUGLAS. May 24.--A silver tea, the first of the kind to be given by the Douglas Island Red Cross So ciety, will be held in the Labor Un- ion hall tomorrow afternoon from until 5 o'clock. The tea has been planned specifically to give all la dies on the Island who are not mem bers of the Association, an opportun- ity to learn the nature of the work which the local society is doing and is planning to accomplish during the next few months.
 Every member of the Red Cross Society is urged to attend tomorrow afternoon and to bring at least one guest who has not already affiliated. Attendance tomorrow does not oblige any person to join the Red Cross but simply offers an opportunity to hear what the association is accomplish ing. A silver offering will be accept ed at the close of the tea.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-24
PACIFIC COAST
 WELL SUPPLIED
 WITH F00DSTUFF
New York Investigator Says Pacific S;l..cs Will Be Able To
 Export Mucr.

CHICAGO, May 24.-According to Herbert A. Emerson, who has beer to the Pacific Coast Investigating food conditions for John w. Dillon commissioner of the State of New York, there are between 3G,000,00o and 36,000,000 eggs on the tracks in Chicago, held by spectators to keeI up high prices.
 Emerson said that the Pacific coast states this year, instead of import ing eggs, as they have done general ly, will have surplus of 75,000 to 100000 cases to sell.
 Emerson said he had no evidence of an egg trust" but said he is sure there is mighty close under standing" between the big dealers and was confident an investigation would cause a break in p4ices.
 "The butter situation is Q parallel he said. "The Pacific Coast this year will he able to ship east a 5ur plus of 150 tons of butter, 24,0J( pounds to the car. Four years age the coast imported 200 cars"