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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
'JACKLING PROPERTY
 COPPER MINES ARE
 NOW MAKING RECORD
Four Properties Combine to Make Increase in Production; Labor Troubles Have Not Affected Any of the Jackling Mines.

BOSTON, Aug. 21-The combined production of the four lacking DOT phyry copper mines for the first half of 1917 was 223,O15,6S5 pounds, larg- CT than ever before in like period. All of the mines aided in establish ing this record with the single ex- ception of the Nevada Consolidated, whose half years total of 36,669,67 pounds was exceeded last year when over 42,000,0OO pounds was turned out
 The Utah Copper Company was responsible for the greater part of the gain, although in pounds of new copper produced it was not far ahead of the increase scored by the Ray Consolidated The Chino prop erty showed a moderate advance over last year.
 Assuming a 2S-cent average price received for copper these companies did a gross copper business of $62, 444,491 in the first half of the year of which perhaps $35,000,O00 was saved for net.
 None of these companies has been affected by the labor difficulties which have visited practically every other camp in the country.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
SUGAR NOW A WAR COMMODITY IN THE
 FULL SENSE OF WORD
Americas Entrance Into War in Europe Placed Sugar on a New Standard; Java Crop Is Reported to Be Large One This Year.

BOSTON, Aug 21-It is a singular fact that it has remained for the en- trance of America into the world war to make of sugar a war commodity in the full sense of the word. Sugar prices were high in 1916, but noth- ing like the present situation then existed. It now appears as if the United States would have need for every pound of sugar that it can se- cure throughout the balance of 1917.
 An aggravating feature of the sit nation is that there is in Java the largest crop that country has ever produced But so far as being avail able for the needs of our Allies or the United States it might as well be on the planet Mars. This sugar is understood to be selling in Java at 260 cents a pound, which is a sharp contrast with the price of 6h cents a pound for Cubar raw sugar. ex-duty. The trouble with the Java crop is that there are no steamers available to get it either to England or the United States.
 Java has an exportable surplus of from 300, 900 to 600,00O tons of sugar This is move than the available un- sold portion of the Cuban crop for the balance of 1917. It may come to a point that the United States will now be obliged to charter steamers to go across the Pacific and get some of this Java sugar. The trip through the Suez Canal and the Med. iterranean is too dangerous to make it feasible
 The Federal food authorities rec ognize the growing importance of the Cuban sugar crop of 1918 and are taking very important and dras- tic steps to make sure that it is pro- duced without any man-made dis turbance The Cubans themselves have recognized the situation by amending their laws to the extent of allowing the importation of enough foreign labor to make sure of the next years crop. This radical change has already greatly bettered the Gu ban labor problem.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
WAR WILL RAGE
 THROUGH WINTER
 SAY MILITRISTS
No Chance for Peace to Come This Autumn; No Separate Peace Is Feared; Ententes Are All Agreed on Fighting to the End.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2O.-The high est military authority in France, ac cording to a copyright World article say there is no chance of peace this autumn and it is an accepted fact among them that the war will go through another winter and spring The powers are in complete accord as to their military and political aims. Russia is out of consideration No separate peace is feared. The entrance of the United States com. pensates for all the Russian short comings. Russia has been a heavy and continual drain on the Allies since the very beginning of the war. The Germans in Galicia are now cap turing British guns and French air planes which were ill spared from the western front. Austria's strength is ebbing fast, and the Italians are growing stronger continually.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
CARD PLAYING IS
 DIVORCE BREEDER
 SAYS DENVER JUDGE

DENVER, Aug. 21.-"Card playing between husband and wife may seem to be an innocent way to pass the time, but I have learned that it re- quently is the cause of family dis putes which ended in the divorce courts. I'm inclined to think hus- bands will be wiser in taking their wives to a movie rather than to play cards with them"
 This was the opinion given by Judge Graham in granting a divorce to Mrs. Lena White from Bay White an Engineer Mrs. White testified that most of their quarrels started over card games, and that on one occasion. when she did play to suit her husband, he chased her about the house with a craving knife.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
AIRPLANE MAKERS TO STANDARDIZE
 FOR GOVERNMENT

NEW YORK. Aug. 21. - Americas biggest airplane companies, organ ized under the name of the Manu- lecturers Aircraft Association, have appointed Samuel l.. Bradley of Brooklyn. general manager, and will take steps to standardize flying ma chine production for the government, it is announced.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
CONGRESSMAN IS TO TRAIN
 FOR THE WAR
Kansas Representative to Join Officers Reserve Camp; Democrat Has
 Seen War Service.

FORT RILEY, Kans., Aug. 21.- Guy T. Helvering, representative in Congress of the Fifth Kansas dis trict, was one of the successful ap- plicants from this state for the sec ond reserve officers training camp. He VIII take the training at Fort Sheridan, H., starting August 27th.
 MT. Helvering, who is 40 years old, served in a Kansas infantry company during the Spanish Ameri- can war. He is a Democrat.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
HEADQUARTERS OF KAISER MOVED 4
 TIMES ON FRONTS
German Emperor Is Now Said to
 Be at Place Not Far from Bingen on the Rhine, Close the
 Fortress Metz.

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Karl von Wiegland International News cor respondent, writes: Soon after the Allies decision for a joint spring offensive became known to the Ger mans last winter and HindenburS and Ludendorff abandoned their plan of a drive toward Odessa, the Kais- CT moved his headquarters from the east to the west.
 It was his fourth "big move" of the war Shortly before Rumania en- tered the war last August, he moved from Charleville in France to the East. In December his headquarters was a dreary village in Silesia. The Kaiser was located in a beautiful town between the Rhine and the French border when I left Germany.
 Since early in the war, the Kaiser's headquarters in the west were on French soil For the first time he is now directing Germany's army in the west from German soil.
 The Kaiser has selected a place which once was Ceasar's headquar- ters Not far away is "Bingen on the Rhine" To- the westward is Metz, the powerful fortress.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
Quit Concress For War

NEW YORK, Aug 21-Represen- tative Reuben l.. Haskell of Brook lyn, who served in the Spanish American war with the Twenty was in the Thirteenth Regiment, National Guard of New York, as a sergeant, will go to Plattsburg camp If successful, he will resign his seat in Congress, his term not expiring until 1919.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21

Miss Vera Dahlstedt, trained nurse of Juneau. accompanied by her sis ter. Ada Dahlstedt, left for the west ward this morning on the Alaska. They expect to locate at Cordova for some time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
Misunderstanding

What did the Kaiser mean by his promise to his brother-in-law when he knew he couldn't keep it?" "He wrote and sent him a letter didn't he?" %
 "Yes"
 Well, that is what he meant by his mailed fist" -( (Exchange.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
BAND MEETS TONIGHT

Capital City Band rehearses to- night (Tuesday) at 8 o'clock at A. B. Hall.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
JUNEAU CHAPTER OF AMERICAN
 RED CROSS
Juneau Chapter meets reg ularly Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons at the City Hall, at one o'clock.

lc CIdlTIudu Ol AHdDtcI has received from Sulzer a check for $500 as the contribution of that community to the Red Cross fund Mrs Stewart, formerly a member of the Executive Committee of Juneau Chapter, is actively. interested in Red Cross work at Sulzer, and re- ports a branch of Juneau Chapter now established at that place. She also states that Sulzer has seven Red Cross life members, with other per sons planning to take out life mem- berships.
 The Red Cross supplies which were on display in the windows of the D. M Behrends store, have been shipped to San Francisco The chairman of the Committee on Milf tary Relief states that there are now on hand materials for two hundred pajamas, and and that these gar ments may be taken home and made by women interested in the work. Women who have had experience in cutting these garments, or who are able cutters, are requested to re- port. A request for additional fin ished garments has been received. and all garments that can be fur nished will find a place in Red Cross service.
 Red Cross workers are quite gen. erally signing the cards issued by the Food Administrator at Washing ton.
 Some persons who have subscribed for the Red Cross Magazine report that they have not yet received their magazine. The reason for this is that in recording the long list of new members and forwarding names to headquarters, there has been some delay owing to the huge amount Of clerical work attached to this and other related matters. With the next issue of the magazine it is ex- pected that all subscribers will re- ceive their first number.
 Every member of the Red Cross should wear one of the very attrac- tive pins or buttons on sale at Britt's Drug Store for twenty-five cents. In order to secure one of these em- blems it will first be necessary to present membership card, as none but members are entitled to the in- signia.
 Thursday afternoon has been des- ignated as another work day by the Juneau Chapter of the American Red Cross. Heretofore only Tues days and Saturdays have been the workdays, but on account of the large number of women who find impossible to work on those days. Thursday has been picked and set aside. This makes three afternoons a week on which the women of Ju- neau will work.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
MINING APPLICATION
 No. 03681 @

Notice of Application of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company for United States Patent to the "Jeff' and Russell"
 Lode Claims
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21

THE EMPIRE-An the Naws An the Time. When It b Newh
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
A War Souvenir for You

A feature of this Fund is that in each package is enclosed a post card addressed to the donor. When these come back from those whose dreary days have been cheered by your kindness, they will be war souvenirs you will treasure forever
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
Send Your 25c NOW

Dive into your pocket Out comes a quarter. Mail 1t at once currency, stamps or money or der The quicker 1t comes, the quicker our boys will have their smokes. A similar fund in Eng
 land has sent over four million packages to soldiers and sailors.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-21
25c sends a big pack
 age of tobacco

Send right now 25 cents to the "Our Boys In France Tobacco Fund.-" and enough tobacco and cigarettes to make one of our gal lant defenders happy for a week will be forwarded at once. The package contains much more than the value you could obtain if you bought the package yourself-and all the bother of mailing will be borne by us Prominent maga- zines and newspapers stand back of this movement. The space for this advertisement is given free by THE, EMPIRE
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
NEW FIRE ALARM
BOX INSTALLED
No. 55 Located on Washington Street
Bell and Whistle Cut Out from
to Tomorrow.

\ new fire alarm box was installed
this morning on Washington street. 1t
It is numbered - and is opposite the
residence Of William I. Lewis. This
box il styled q succession box and IS
the first Of the kind to be installed in
town. In the event that box % were
to be pulled while another box was
sounding the new type of box is ar
ranged 50 that box - would wait I'M
til the other box had finished and would
then sound its own number The boxes
of the old type do not interfere with
each other but are not arranged to
sound if pulled while another box is
sounding.
The signal for fire in West Brat
tleboro hereafter will be seven blows,
instead Of five as in the past.
The bell and whistle Of the fire alarm
system will be cut ont tomorrow morn
ing between $ and 9 o'clock while
Isome needed tests are being made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
CONSCRIPTION
IN CANADA ON WAY
Sir Robert Borden Fathers Bill to Keep
Up Overseas Forces - Points to
Urgent Need.

OTTAWA, Mav -. - Compulsory
military service on a selcctivc basis
to raise Immediately at last 10000. and
probably 100000 men to make good
the wastage in the Canadian army
corps in France, was proposed to par
liaIneat late ycstcday by Sir Robert
Borden, the premier, who returned
from England last Tuesday
The prime minister said that every
man III the country Bsd been given the
Opportunity under the voluntary enlist
mcnt plan to do his duty. Under thi,
plan Canada had done we'll he said
There had been despatched 6,o0t
men for the Canadian force across the
Atlantic. Including British, Frcncl
and other rcscrvists, not less than 500,
600 men had gone from Canada fol
overseas military service.
But more were needed, ,Sir Robel
announced. There were under arm
enough men TO supply reinforcement
to keep the FIVE Canadian army diyis
ions up to strength for some time, h,
said, but losses were great and pro
vision had to be made for the futur
unless the five Canadian divisions Wen
I to dwindle to four. to three and t
two.
The prime minister said that til
message he brought back from til
Canadians Who had held the German
at YIres and beaten them from Vim
! Ridge was that they must be supporte
and their losses made good
u have promised them that SUI
port, aaid Sir Robert, and, 50 far i
. | am concerned, | am determined tina
the help they require the men Of thi
country shall give them. 1t is ther,
fore my duty to announce that we sha
bring down a measure providing fo
compulsory military enlistmcnts on
aalcctive basis, ald under that plan "
shall raise not less than 10000 an
probably 100000 men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
WARRANT FOR TOWN
SCHOOL MEETING
Five Articles of Business to Be Trans
acted in Academy Hall in West
Brattleboro, Monday, May %.

The warrant for the town school meet
ing to be held in Academy hall III West
Bratteboro Monday May ., at 5 o'clock
p. m, has been posted There are five
articles i'll the warrant: TO act on the
auditors report; to choose a director for
three years 10 succeed Carl $ Hopkins
whose term expires; to see what action
will be taken to make proper repairs to
the academy building and TO provide
money for the same; To see how much
money shall be raised for school pur-
poses for the year; to see what salaries
shall be paid officers and to transact
any other business.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
LAST BLOCK co.
CREDITORS MEET
Many Claims Proven This Forenoon
Meeting Continued to 2 O'Clock
Wilkins Trustee.

The first meeting OF creditors of the
Vermont Last Block Co. OF Brattlcboro
Tor the purpose OF proving claims and
choosing Il trustee was held this morn
ing and continued to o'clock this after
noon, when A. w. j. Wilkins for trus-
tee was agreed upon bf the repre-
tee would be agreed upon by the repre-
scntativcs of the creditors. Many claims
were proved during the morning, but the
creditors failed to agree upon Il trustee.
Creditors who proved claims 500 Or
over We're: X. G. Dun & Co, New York,
al5G05; G. IT, Elliott, Tupper Lake, n
w. S60S.44: n l.. Jcnnison, Townshend.
SlO0; John C. Tibbitts Newfanc S660 ID;
VI. II. Rawson, Wndham, SI64.55
George A. Hill, Marlboro, S654.50
Charles H. Willard, Townshend, Sl0270:
Eggleston & Wyman, Canaan, ~ IT,,
S302.59; ~ NJ Tucker. Brattlcboro
Sl47; L. II. Stellman 4 Son, Brattleboro
ISll2.S7; Geneva w Woodruq, New York.
$4,000: Mrs NJ j. Woodruff, New York.
$1,000; f. d. +. Stowe, Brattleboro
Sl9494; Holden x Martin, Brattleboro
/ Sl64.53 H. s. SherWin, Brattleboro
500; Clarke G. Fits estate, Brattlc-
boro. S230.6o New York Last Block Go.
- .0U6.s3: O. A. Woodruff, New York
4 S276.43; James \. Stacy, Brattlcboro
! lSl29ll: Brunswick Bake Colendcr Co.
I Boston, $4,000; Mrs. Daniel Lyon, Gull
4 ford. S2O2.ll; j. f. Baker. Newfanc
N2GS.1l: Robbins 4 Cowles, Brattleboro
4 $1,000. W. G. Baker. Guilford, Sl27.s7
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
James Clark" Secured Bal
ance at Robbins &
COwieS's
MADE PURCHASE
OF WIRE FENCING
Had it Shipped TO Wardsboro, but New
er Called for it-Job Cleverly Done
and Was Not Discovered Until Check
Was Returned.
Was Returned.

State 5 Attorney William r. Daley
yesterday notified the Central Vermont
railroad to ship to Robbins y Cowlcs
of Brattlcboro wire valued at S49.5G
which had been at the railroad station
lat Wardsboro consigned to james
Clark, " and fer which Clark will never
call. '.Clark is satisfied with his
profit of S3o4I, if he escapes tie
clutches of the law.
Last week a stranger entered the
store of Robbins 4 Cowlcs and need
ed some wire fencing, he said, for his
place i'm Wardsboro. When the deal
was completed hc rendered in pay
mcnt u check drawn by the cashier of a
bank in Whitehall. y. Y, which called
for $50. As it was Il cashier 5 cleck
there was mo- hesitancy in cashing it for
its supposed face value.
I'm the course of time it was returned
with the information written across the
face of il i'm red ink that it was mot
good for more than s.. \ closer in
spcetion of the check showed that il had
been rather clcverlv raised. The letter
v had been added to the word
f. eight, au CO., had been used after
the figure So iu ink Of tho same col
or, and even where check protector
bad been used with red ink it had been
possible to mark In Il ''v' in red ink
although the paper at the partitulal
point was not corrugated bv the pro
tcctor as IL was elsewhere 1t required
more than a casual inspection Of tn,
check TO notice the changes.
! state S Attorney Daley, after tn,
lease was referred to him, iourncvcd t,
/ Wardsboro yesterday afternoon, expect
! ing TO find the Wire uncaIlcd for anC
no James Clark known in town
The ease is not ended by amy means
bat al present the check raiser is a
! IIlhnrIN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
TWO BANKS ROBBED.
Money Obtained by Two Bookkeepers
by Exchange of Checks.

BOSTON, May Officials Of the
Federal Trust company made known
today that sum of money 1ot ex-
'ceeding $4,000 had been stolen from
that institution and the first ward
branch of the Metropolitan Trust com
pany. Warrants had been issued, they
said, for the arrest of two young mel
who had been employed as bookkeep-
ers by these banks, one in each. The
money is believed to have been OBJ
taincd by an exchange of checks be
tween the two institutions. The names
Of the two men suspected were with
held.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
ATTACK ON THE AIsNE.
German Detachments Won Footing i'll
Advance Trenches.

PARIS. May l9.-Thc Germans once
more returned TO the attack ou the
Aisno front last night, hnrliug troops
n waves against the French position.
The war office announced that the Ger
mans were unable 10 reach the French
lime. except on the extreme western
part of the front attack, where some
German detatlmcuts won "a footing in
advance trenches
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
CHURCH STEEPLE BURNS.
Holy Angels Church at St Albans is
Struck by lightning.

81. ALBANs, May Is. - IN thun-
der shower yesterday afternoon the
stccplc of Holy Angels church was
struck by lightning and set afire Upon
the arrival of the fire department the
.steeplc was in flames. As it was i'm
possible to get a stream Of water to
the fire the stceple was quickly de-
Istroyed and although constructed With
a steel frame soon fell to the ground
Ghe fine was kept from the main
body of the church, although the roof
caught. Little damage except from
smoke and water was done to the main
structure. The stccple on the same
church was struck by lightning two
years ago, although no fire resulted
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
TEDDY'S FRIENDS
EXPRESS REGRET
Think Mistake Was Made in Not Al
lowing Colonel to Raise Division
for Service in France.

WASHINGTON, May 10 Col Roo~c-
Hclt'- friend, in congress, who fought
hard for the provision in the army bill
which made it possible for him 10 lead a
division to France ii the President had
authorized it, expressed deep regret to-
day that President Wilson had decided
not to avail himself OF the Coloners offer.
Senator Harding, who wrote the
amendment to the army bill authorizing
sending the Coloncl's division, issued a
formal statement saving he thought it a
''rcgrettable mistake" to refuse the
offer. The intent was not political
said Senator Harding There was nc
purpose to glorify Col. Roosevelt, but we
are enlisted for the war and good sol
dicr ~alutcs the commander n-chief"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
CAPT. GIBSON TO
SEEK RECRUITS
Will Visit Townshend Next Tuesday
South Londonderry Wednesday
and Wilmington Friday.

The orders issued by the war depart
ment Yesterday at Washington calling
for the recruiting Of National Guarc
units to full war strength resulted ii
the announcement this afternoon by
Capt f. W. Gibson that he would begin
at once 4 campaign to bring Company
II, y. y. g., to a full war strength q
ljn men and three officers.
lie will 90 to Townshend Tuesday
to South Londonderry Wednesday am
to Wilmington Friday to hold recruit
ing meetings. Other towns III the eom
tv will bc visited by him in the mex
10 DAYS.
The company has a strength at pres
cnt Of Sc men and officers, and it mus
be increased by "A recruits before wa
strength is reached.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
ENEMY DRIVEN BACK.
British Report Repulsc of Assault on
the Macedonian Front.

LO\pON. May 10. The enemy
have again heavily counter attacked
our ucu positions ON the Macedonian
front. but were driven back with loss.
says am official announcement made here
today. IL adds: The royal naval air
service successfully bombed the acr-
dyomc and camp.