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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
Committee of Juneau Wo- men Appointed to Gath CT Them For the
 Soldiers
FOR SUITS OF LEATHER
These Are Declared to be the Best Thing For Warding Off Cold
 of Winter

Rags! Rags! Any old rags?"
 Most people are familiar with the origin of this.
 However, now is to be substitut- ed the cry of "Gloves,' any old gloves?" for this is an age of sub stitution and economies and the sav- ing of waste scraps.
 A committee consisting of Mrs. Walstein Smith, Mrs. Ralph kletz- ing and Mrs. Ed. c. Russell was appointed yesterday at meeting of the Alaska Women's Patriotic League held at the residence of Mrs. J. F. A. Strong, to gather the material for making leather suits for the boys in France.
 The suggestion was received in a letter from the Glove-Waiste-Co Coat Society of Chancery Lane, London, which declared that the greatest suffering on the part of the troops was due to icy winds and that leath- CT suits made from waste scraps was the best protection offered. The letter in part says:
 "The Glove WaisteCoat Society has solved the difficulty of supply ing leather coats by utilizing waste leather of every possible description, such as cast-off gloves, discarded furniture covers if of leather, and also the worn out fur coats, fur on coats are much in demand by the mine sweepers, as are also the over all gloves made from very small pieces of fur. These materials are appliqued by machine onto a brown linen foundation, making an entirely dproof waist-coat, weighing, if of old gloves, from to ounces.
 The work has bSen carried on since the beginning of the war for the benefit of soldiers and sailors and the waist-coats are in such de- mand by officers and men alike that the Society does beg most earnestly for supplies of gloves, etc, to en- able them to carry on
 Material for suits may be left with any member of the committee or at either of the two stores of Winter & Pond.
 At the meeting yesterday pro- gram was rendered, and John B. Mar shall addressed the league on Pat riotism."
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

left on the wreck she is abandoned and becomes the property of the first arrival. Others contend that an an chor must be thrown out, and oth- CTS have still different theories.
 The law on the question is very plain and provides that any wreck within the maritime jurisdiction of the United States is not to be loot ed or destroyed The only time a wreck can be considered abandoned is when a derelict afloat at sea is found after having been abandoned by all hands
 "The fact that everyone left the ship which is fast on the rocks does not constitute abandonment under the law. and that only in case where vessel can she be considered aban- doned.
 "The section of the law which ap- plies to the case of the Al-Ki reads:
 Whoever plunders, steals, or de- stroys any money, goods, merchant disc or other effects, from or belong ing to any vessel in distress or wrecked,s or lost, stranded, or cast away, upon the sea, or upon any reef, shoal, bank, or rocks of the sea, or in any other place within the ad- miralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, shall be fined not more than five thousand dol lars, and imprisoned not more than ten years*
 "It can be found in the navigation Laws of the United States, issued by the Bureau of Navigation, page 474, section 297."
 Agent Humfrey considers that the case of the footing of the Al-Ki is particularly aggravated case be cause of so much stuff being de stroyed by the looters. He says that when they found the piano could not be removed from the ship they chopped it to pieces. Sacks of beans, potatoes and other food stuffs were ripped open and the con tents allowed to run out on the decks. Trunks belonging to the pas sengers of the ill-fated Al-Ki were broken open with axes, the looters taking from the contents what they wanted, the rest being thrown about the decks and destroyed.
 Another phase of the footing said Mir. Humfrey, is the fact that a sack of United States mail consigned to Sitka was ripped open, the contents scattered, and in some cases letters were opened and their contents eith- CT extracted or destroyed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
JUNEAU DAIRY OWNERS DECLARE THEY ARE
 NOT PRO-GERMANS

The owners of the Juneau Dairy are Americans and the sons of Am ericans. They know no other coun- try. All their near relatives are living at St. Louis and elsewhere in Missouri and all of them are native born Americans
 The foregoing was a statement made to The Empire this morning by w. l.. Altemueller, who called to speak of report that he and l.. H. Smith, his partner in the own ership of the Juneau Dairy. had re fused to sign the food administra. tion card and are pro-Germans.
 We had already signed the Food Administration card when the com mittee called on us last week." he continued, "and we believe in food conservation. We have to practice it, and have to fight waste in every way to make both ends meet in these times of high prices"
 MT. Altemueller said that he was of German ancestry, but that neither he nor either of his parents were ever in Germany We are Ameri cans. and for the United States al ways" he said. We know nothing of any other country
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
GASTINEAU HAS WHEATLESS
 AND MEATLESS REGISTER

The Gastineau Cafe has provided register for the patrons of the place to sign their names after they have observed one of the wheatless or meatless days which the Gastineau is observing. After the register has been signed the names of those who did their part to win the war will be transcribed and sent to the headquarters of the food conservation movement at Washington.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
MRS. GAGE IMPROVING.

Mrs. J. L. Gage, who underwent an operation recently at the St. Ann Hospital is improving rapidly, according to latest reports. Last night she slept well and is now able to eat. It is expected that friends within the next week
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
FINE COMMERCIAL PRINTING

The Empire Printing Company'a Job Printing Department is better equipped for fine commercial and so- ciety printing than any printing office in Alaska. New machinery and equipment has recently been in- tailed. and more is under way. Make us prove these statements by giving us your order. If
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
LACK OF FOOD
 CAUSES MANY DEATHS

ATHENS, Nov. 7.-Bad food and the lack of food among the poor because of European war conditions, are set down as one of the main causes of great mortality and sick ness, in the official health report of Athens.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
Notice of Change of Vessels Name

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by John l.. Carlson of Juneau, Alaska, that the Commissioner of Naviga- tion has granted authority for a change in the name of the Gas. LILLIAN l., official number 212097, to LILLIAN c.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
REBEKAH CARD PARTY

Rebekahs will give card party and entertainment at Odd Fellows hall, Wednesday evening, 8 o'clock, to pay for Liberty Bond Admis- sion, 35 cents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

TWO IN ONE - The EMPIRES way for everybody. The EMPIRES ssds" keeps the housewife informed Of all sales and the news columns are right up to the minute on the GAy's nova
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
WHY NOT2-

WHY NOT?-
 trade with the Sanitary Plumbing Co. and save money? With your saving you can buy nice Gmas present and remember our boys in France.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
TURKISH BATHS

Engraved visiting cards. wedding
 invitations and announcements. and other society and business station cry; monogram dies and monogram quire stamping; and embossed so- ciety and business stationery-the best on the Pacific Coast. Leave or ders at the ofilce of EMPIRE PRINT ING COMPANY. If
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

Give us your mex, order Tor trans fer work or coal. Juneau Transfe' Company. Phone %&
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

Received limited consigned of genuine navy blue and black dyes. Capital Dye Works. Phone 177.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
FOR RENT-Rooms

SEWING MACHINES for rent, or sale; repaired. K. D. Mclean, 2nd & Franklin.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

FOR RENT--Big Snap Two rooms, $3.50; rooms, $500; in- cludes garbage hauling and water; furnished if desired. Enquire Re- noVatory, Phone 334.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

SEELEY'S White Pine Tar with eucalyptus and menthol-for coughs and colds-25c. soc.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

TWO IN ONE - Tne EMPIRES ay for everybody. The EMPIRES ids" keeps the housewife informed c. all sales and the news columns are right up to the minute on the lays news.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

THE EMPIRE--An the News All he Time. When It Ia News,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
20 WARRANTS
 ARE ISSUED
 FOR HOOTERS

Continued from Page 1.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
FOR RENT-Houses

Houses for rent, Mrs. NJ. Davis. 9th St.
 FOR RENT--4-rom cottage, bath and pantry. Casey Shattuck Addn. Inquire Thomas, Juneau Hardware.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

Headquarters for LAdysmith coal: JunsaH Transf. C.. vhe1s e.. a
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

Apartments thoroughly renovat- ed freshly tinted, new curtains and draperies. No more desirable rooms in Juneau; rates reduced. Alice M. Veatch, Mgr, Juneau Apts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
FOR RENT-Apartments

FOR RENT-Four room fiat; en- quire Mrs. Forrest, 440 East 5th St.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

FLAT FOR RENT-Four rooms, l. Goldstein.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
MISCELLANEOUS

SCHOLARSHIPS-Any scholarship you might select in the International Correspondence School, Scranton, Pa. Address scholarship. Empire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07
FOR RENT-Miscellaneous
WANTED-Help

WANTED Woman, accustomed to neat hand and machine sewing, GIFT SHOP, BIT Seward St.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-07

SECOND HAND Furniture for sale at reasonable prices. Alaska Furni- ture Go.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08

The buyers of Mitchells, in large
part, have been men schooled in mech
anics. Or men advised by competent
engineers. We publish a list of ia
nous engineers who selected this car
for themselves.
Our purpose now is to impress on
laymen the superlative Mitchell quail
tiles. This year we more than double
u output, so more men a be sup
piled. And we want more men to
learn why Mitchells have lately won
such multiplied prestige.
They offer you what no one else can
offer. One hours time will prove
that. The result will change your
whole conception of what a fine a
ought to give.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08
Now Also a SIPS Model Mitchell Junior
12O-Inch Wheelbase

Another new step which Mr.. Bate has taken is to build
a smaller Mitchell And tina. is also for efficiency.
A man who wants a 7-passenger car must have the
power to drive it under any hard condition. He ought to
have the larger Mitchell with its 48horsepower motor.
But a man who wants a 5-passenger car can use a 40
horsepower motor. He has ample room with a 120inch
wheelbase. We build for him the Mitchell Junior, so he
doesn't pay for room or power not needed. But he gets a
Six.
This is not a new type model 1t is simply a smaller
edition of the much demanded passenger Mitchell. To
prove it out, before making this announcement, we put out
last year thousands of these cars. 1t is just as perfect as
the larger Mitchell.
So this year we offer two sizes and prices, plus eight
new styles of bodies.
LUXURY
This year we shall save, through our new body plant,
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here we now build
Mitchell bodies, open and enclosed. And under Bate eff
ficiency methods.
This saving all goes into added luxury. We have add
ed "a per cent to the cost of finish, upholstery and trim
ming.
This means heatixed finish coats on the entire body.
1t means a r~are-grade leather, a wider rear seat, better
cushion springs. 1t pays for a hundred final touches
which mean so much to women.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08

Here we build, under Bate efficiency methods. 90 per
cent of this car. We build even our finest bodies. And
we build at a price which, in this class, no one else can
match.
The savings go into these extras. They pay for
unique attractions which every fine car needs. That
seems the best way to show you clearly the value of eff
fciency methods.
MARK THE O~VER-STRENGTH
You will see the extra features-see the extra beauty.
But the chief Mitchell extras lie in the chassis. And we
want to impress their Importance.
Over H0 parts in the Mitchell cars are now built of
%toughened steel. Parts which get the major strains are
built of Chrome-Vanadium. We pay for steel in Mitchells
up to 10 cents per pound.
Parts on which safety depend-like steering parts
and axes-are also built oversize. Every gear is test
ed. And our standard for gear teeth is now $4,000 pounds
per tooth.
Let us mention one part which, in most cars, so often
gives out under shock. The Bate ~cantilever springs in
Mitchells have now been used two years. In all that time,
used in thousands of cars, not a single leaf has broken.
That's what this extra standard means throughout the
Mitchell chassis.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08
NOW 81 COSTLY EXTRAS

Last year the Mitchell offered 26 distinct extra fea-
lures. This year it offers 81.
By these extras we mean things like a power tire
pump, reversible headlights, a new-type control, a ball
bearing steering gear, an ~extra-cost carburetor. Things
like a light in the tonneau, a locked compartment for val
tables, an engine primer at the drivers hand. Things
which usually cost an extra price.
On this years output it costs about S4,OOO.OOO to in
clude all these 81 extras. They would be impossible at
the Mitchell price without our factory savings.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08

AS a result, the latest Mitchell stands out as the hand
soonest car in its class.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08
TWO SIZES

hI1CHELL-a roomy. 7-psssenger SIX, with
E7-lneh wheelbase. A high-speed, economical
4s-horseporer motor. Disappearing extra
seats and 81 extra features included.
MITCHELL JUNI0R- 5-passenger six on
similar lines, with 120-ineh vheeIbase. A 20
horsepower motor-quarter-inch smaller bore
than larger Mitchell.
Also all styles OF enclosed and convertible
bodies. Also demountable tops.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08
NEW CONSIDERATIONS

These are new factors to consider in buving a high
grade car. 1t isn't price that counts so much as the value
you get for the money.
Here Is where the Mitchell has tremendous advantage.
Every factory waste shows up in a car. 1t means
stinted value somewhere. The Mitchell factory economies
show up just as clearly in hundreds of added values.
See them and judge them for yourself. They show in
beauty, luxury and comfort. They show in road perfor-
mances. AS the years go by they will show in the won
drous durability.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08
SAFETY MARGIN DOUBLED

This means a doubled margin of
safety. 1t means a lifetime car, in
Mr.. Bates opinion. 1t ear less
trouble, less repairs, less upkeep.
The Mitchell standard, up to lately
has been 80 per cent over-strength.
That seemed an extreme standard. 1t
gave the Mitchell its reputation for
endurance.
Seven Mitchell cars that we know
of, built under that standard, have
averaged 175,OO0 miles apiece-over
80 years of ordinary service. Two
have already been run over 100000
miles apiece.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08
Hundreds of Extras Due to John w. Bates
Efficiency Methods


"How can the Mitchell give so many ~extras?"
That is a question asked of Mitchell dealers, perhaps
a thousand times a day.
There is only one way-bys saving in factory cost. By
building the whole car in a model plant, under Bate eff
fciency methods.
Our duty now is to wake men up to the value of this
new factor. We owe it to you as we owe it to ourselves.
If we can actually give you 20 per cent extra value, you'll
want the car that does it.
WHAT THE extras r
The Mitchell extras-in the latest models-comprise
81 extra features-nearlya all of which all other cars
omit.
"a per cent added luxury-new beauties added this
year out of savings made in our new body plant.
100 per cent over-strength in every vital part. That's
double even the former Mitchell standard.
These three classes of extras comprise hundreds of
additions, which every man wants in his car.
HOW WE A AFFORD THEM
John w. Bate, the great efficiency engineer, has cut
factory costs in two. He has built and equipped here a
model plant, adapted to this single car.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11

Deep snows fin the mountains are driving the wild animals to the low. lands, and trappers in the interior re, port splendid season.
 William Norton Lazier, a pioneer resident of Alaska, died at his home in Juneau on Christmas morning, af. ter returning from a Christmas en. tertainment. The funeral services over the deceased were rendered by the Masonic lodge at that place. of which the deceased was a member.
 While at work in the engine room of the packing company at Petersburg Simon Sheldrup got his sweater en- tangled in the gas engine gearing and was painfully bruised about the head and rendered unconscious. In rescu- ing him Ole Naslund got his hand caught in the gearing, lacerating the member so that it will be rendered useless for weeks.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11
ENROLMENT INCREASES
 FOUR-FoLD IN TEN YEARS.

SEATTLE, Jan. II. - The increase in enrolment at the University of Washington during the last ten years has been l6 per cent per annum. If that rate of increase continues. Wash. ington will have little less than B.. 896 students enrolled in 1920. Dur, ing the last ten years her enrolment has increased four-fold Michigan during that time has not doubled her enrolment, but now is second in at tendance figures among the universi ties of the United States.
 Washington occupies eighth place in size among state universities and institutions not privately endowed Her enrolment in 1906 was 1,045. To day it is 4,4O0, including summer school students.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11
NATIVES FORM CIVIC LEAGUE
 TO GOVERN THEMSELVES

Under the act as passed by the Alaska legislature allowing natives in their villages to form town councils and promulgate laws for their guid. ance, the natives of Aux village, To- cated within the corporate limits of Juneau, have formed a native civic league, which will take the place of their council.
 The natives and other advisors, thinking that on account of the Ju. neau city council having Jurisdiction 1t would not be advisable for them to form a town council, they have formed the civic league The object of the league is to promote better sanitation, better living conditions and better morals among the residents of
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11
HAPPE N|NCS IN NE|CHBOR|NG
 TOWNS

The Valdez business men have sub scribed $2,5O to be offered as a reward Tor the arrest and conviction of the parties who recently set that town on fire.
 Fairbanks has a resident with the euphoneous title of The Hungry Kid"
 There are reported to be about 150 men In the Tolstoi country this win ter and much prospecting Is in pro gress.
 The Alaska engineering commission IS preparing to do a large amount of building at Nenana during the coming spring
 J. A. HOllenthal, a Juneau attorney, Is authority for the statement that within few years Juneau will be the biggest gold camp in the whole world.
 The natives of Metlakahtla recently held an election for the purpose of choosing members of the city council of that place. About 100 votes were cast.
 It is reported that complete hydro electric plant will be installed at the Mother Lode mine for the running of the machinery at the mine and mill
 Lieut.. John Gilmour Hay, formerly a prominent member of the bar in Dawson, was recently killed while
 fighting with the Canadian troops in France.
 The Standard Oil Company's office at Petersburg has announced a noe
 half cent increase per gallon in the price of distillate, making it fourteen cents.
 J. c. Duncan, an insane prisoner
 brought from Brooks to Fairbanks recently, died in the St. Josephs hos, pital in that city few days after his
 arrival. Paresis is given as the cause of death
 Another sale, embracing the remain. ing lots in the townsite of Anchorage was recently held there by Andrew Christensen head of the engineering commission land department. A number of cases Of measles are reported among the natives of Metla kahtla
 Owing to the shortage of fuel the l Fairbanks public library was forced . to close its doors for a week recently ! Fred Anderson. an old-timer al
 Cripple, in the Ruby district died re.
 gently from the effects of an old
 wound in his side. Harry Landers, freight foreman for the GotsaF, Bullion mine of Willow
 creek, is moving 160 tons of supplies to the mines. A big snowslide recovered the in
 take of the Seward Power Company's line. and as a result the lights were shut of for a time. The big mercantile firm of Brown
 X Hawkins of Seward have recently purchased the handsome concrete
 building at that place owned by E. L.
 van Glider
 The Palace theatre, Juneau's new moving picture house. is reported to
 be the finest in the north. Recent reports state that at least five pay claims have been located on
 Boob creek, In the TolstoI district.
 Jim Pitcher is said to have sold for $lO'OOo cash one-half interest in discover claim on ToIstoi.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11
the village,

the village,
 A resolution has been prepared by the civic league to be presented to the city council at it's meeting, asking that the council recognize the league as the governing body in the native village. The resolution sets forth that this recognition on the part of the city council will not take away any of the rights of the council, but will give the league authority to work in conjunction with the city council for the betterment of the village and the people living there.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11

When Ordering Job Work Don't Think It Is Your Duty to Build Up Concerns In the States, But Give The People Who Are Paying Wages and Spending Their Money In cordova a Chance to Live.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11

A meeting of the Cordova fire de- partment will be held on Thursday evening, and full attendance of the members Is requested.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11

Ladies' silk hosiery, in all the deli cate shades, are the latest offering at Clayson's.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11

Ladies' and gents shoes oiled and shined. Alaskan Hotel barber shop. Prompt delivery.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11

Now is the time to subscribe for the Times - $5 for six months.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11
AdUertiSing An Ald to EduCatlOn.
By sREEN.

Read the ads. They'll help in your education. here was a time when ads. were glimpsed. To- day they are read care fully. An ad. carries information. Information IS educational. When a man advertises he seeks to enlighten.
 Women today read department store ads. more carefully than they do the society news. That IS a strong state ment. But 1t IS true nevertheless.
 And the men seek bargains in the newspa- per ad. columns. Read and be enlightened. Add to your education.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11
Are you a Times reader?
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.

All notices printed under this head ing will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents per line for the first publica- tion and cents per line for each sub sequent insertion.
 Wanted-To contract for the cutting of 200 cords of wood on Eyak river. Inquire of Clarke & Graham Phone 174.
 Wanted-A roll top desk Apply at Daily Times office. Wanted - Woman desires work by the day. Apply Times office. Wanted Furnished cabin for housekeeping rooms. Call at Times office. l
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-11

We do artistic job printing.