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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
NEAT SOUVENIR
 WILL BE GIVEN
 AT BALL MONDAY
iremen of Juneau Are Making Great Plans for Annual Social
 Event.

The programs for Mondays big ball arc worthy of special mention as they will make neat souvenir of the occasion. They are in the form of an eight page booklet, neatly bound and showing on the front coy- CT. in addition to the usual title and date, an artistic reproduction of the crest of the Department, This crest is composed of the monOgramed letters J. F. D. nanked by pair of Fireman's axes and surmounted by the crossed nozzles and helmet, to- gether with an accurate representa-. ton of the Fire Truck on the seat of which the features of Driver Sar' gant are easily recognizable
 The second page conveys the kind. Iy feeling each member Of the De- partment has for every resident of the community expressed by the apt phrase. May you never have to cali us." The four inside pages are de- devoted to the program proper which twenty dances and four extras.
 On page seven is given the Roster of the Fire Department in detail and page eight is taken up with Safe ty First" request as follows: "II ar alarm of fire is turned in during the ball, We ask everyone in the hall to stand still until all Of the fire boys are out"
 The dance will start promptly at nine o'clock and at that hour the orchestra will play the first dance on the program-this is necessary on account of the large number of dane es and the Fire Boys request that their guests make every effort Go be there punctuaily so as not -tc | miss any Of the numbers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
OF
 SOMERBY MEETS
 WITH APPROVAL
Juneau Citizens Struck FayorabIy With Work of Committee for
 Legislator.

The unanimous nomination of Isaac Sowerby by the Democrats yesterday for Representative has struck the people Of Juneau favorably, and word comes from other sections that it has met with equal favor outside Of the city. Republicans as well Gs Democrats have been enthusiastic in their praise of the selection. The op-
 uion prevails everywhere that he will make a good run, and that he will make an excellent member Of the Legislature.
 Ike Sowerby will carry Skagway by an overwhelming majority and he will run as well in Haines and Chilkat," said former Senator J. M. Tanner. who was in the city. "Ey- erybody has confidence in him." con tiuuei the Senator" and everybody who knows him likes him. It was an excellent nomination"
 Fine" said William Britt, whom several members Of the committee had regarded as excellent timber for the nomination, when told of the "Sowerby is a very able man. and he has lots Of friends. He will be elected and will make an eX- ceIlent Representative"
 "I am for SOwerby right down the line" said J. J. Connors. who was a candidate on the Democratic tick ct for Representative at the election last November. and who was urged for re-nOmination.
 Dave Housel who was urged for the nomination also was enthuiasticI in expressing his approval of Sow egby In fact he seconded the nom nation as member of the commit tee when it was proposed yesterday ltternoOn.
 IL is significant that when Mir. name was submitted to the yesterday. after there had been considerable balIoting, it met with the unanimous approval of the members Of the committee.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
REPUBLICANS TO
 NOMINATE CANDIDATE FOR
 REPRESENTATIVE TONIGHT

The Republican Divisional Commit tee will meet tonight to nominate a candidate for Representative 10 be voted upon at the election called for March 9th. No one today would pre-, iict who would probably be the nom, !nee. James H. King and Emmet J. McKanna, Of the City Council. and Grover c. Winu. of the School Board, are all being urged for the nomina. JtOn.
 The Republican Divisional commit. tee consists of George Irving. H. L, Faulkner and s. Howard Ewing, of Juneau: E. E. Smith of Douglas, How, ard Ashley O, Skagway, and Repre-, sentatives p. c. Mccormack Of WrangelL
 George Irving i5 out of the city, but his proxy is held by II. L.. Fau!k. ncr.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

TWO IN ONE - The EMPIRES way for everybody. The EMPIRES ads" keeps the housewife informed of all sales and the news columns are right up to the minute on the avs news. a1&
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
OVER 1000 MEN FOR WORK THIS
 SUMMER ON R. R.
Railroad Commission Is to Put Large Forces at Work on Various
 Sections of Line.


 SEWARD, Feb. 2.-Estimates based n the proposed construction work 70 be accomplished during 1917 in. licate that between coco and 1000 men will be at worl, on the govern nent railroad between here and In- Han river during the coming season, says the Gateway.
 In addition to the active work It this end of the line plans have been formulated for an active season 1n the Fairbanks end and it is prob able that another 1000 men will be 1t work there which will bring the ,otal number of men employed on he government railroad during the .oming season to more than 1000.
 It is probable that from 1000 to
 200 will be at work on the Seward Division between the terminal and iirdwood
 Work for which funds have been .sked on Turnagain Arm calls for between 1,5OO and 1000 men between Girdwood and Potter Creek.
 The others will be needed betwen Anchorage and Indian river and on he branch line at Matanuska
 Indications now are that the line so Chickaloon in the Matanuska coal fields will be completed by August st. Station work on the II miles rom Kings river to ChickalOon was let this winter ahead of schedule and the work is being rushed to comple. tion as fast as possible,
 With the coal road to the best fuel supply open in August, it is be- coming more and more evident that every possible effort must be made to get the line connected up between Seward and the Inlet so that this fuel may be immediately available for the navy.
 Plans covering work on the Sew ard division provide for the recon. structlon of all bridges so that by next fall the old line between here and Mile 1l will be ready TOT heaYy traffic.
 Important conferences have been held recently by the construction en- gineers on the various divisions. The first of these conferences was held here and the second at Anchorage.
 The decisions arrived at have not been announced but it is evident that 1917 is to be marked by the great est activity on the part of the Alas kan Engineering commission.
 It is probable that among the questions taken up was the problem of securing the necessary labor as the bringing of several thousand men into the Territory is quite propo- sition in itself.
 Sixty thousand applications for work are on file with the commis. sion at Anchorage but many of these are from different points and large majority are from men seek
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

TWO IN ONE - The EMPIRES way for everybody. The EMPIRES ads" keeps the housewife informed of all sales aRG the news columns are right up to the minute on the days news.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
MONDAY IS NOT A LEGAL HOLIDAY so
 DON'T THINK IT IS

Next Monday, February 10th, will be the anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, but as the day .s not a legal holiday, none of tHe stores. nor offices in Juneau will be closed. All banks. schools, govern ment offices and courts will remain open for the entire day and trans act business as usual.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
COMMITTEE OUT AFTER
 MONEY FOR 0RPHANAGE

A committee is canyassing Juneau for money, furniture, clothing and other necessities to re-eQuip the Rus sian Orthodox church orphanage at Sitka. It was reported today that the committee was meeting with success in it's work.
 Bishop Philip has promised that the church will provide the funds for operating the orphanage if the people of Alaska will raise the mon- ey to re-furnish and re-eQuip it,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT
 PLEASES LARGE AUDIENCE

The first variety entertainment given last night by the Junior League of the Methodist Church, was sue. cess in every way and those having the training of the children in hand and the arrangements of the details are entitled to much credit for the able way in which the program was handled.
 Each one of those taking part on the program acquitted themselves with honor and those who attended the performance came away well pleased,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
WHEN YOU DRINK

take a little of our pure rye whiskey and 1t will never harm you. In fact 1t will do you good whether you are tired in body or in mind. Good thing to have a bottle in the house both for social and medicinal use. If 1t is good enough fer doctors to recommend 1t cer. talnly should be good enough to drink.
 JUNEAU LIQUOR CO, Inc.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10
TO PREVENT FRAUD,
 SEND EVERY REMOVED
 APPENDIX TO LABORATORY

PIERRE. s. D., Feb. 9.-To protect the public from interruptions prac- titiOners who indiscriminately diag- nose minor ailments as appendicitis, perform operations and collect fees, all appendices removed in South Da- kota in the future would be sent to the state laboratory for examination under a bill prepared today for in troduction in tho State Legislature
 Those appendices after being re- moved and examined by experts would be returned to their owners with a certificate showing their con dition. In the event an appendix is removed and is proved not to be diseased. the owner would be re- Heyed of all responsibility for pay. ment for the operation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

should take advantage of the win. ter months and have their automO- piles, their storage batteries and tleir tires put in good repair for spring. All of which we ere equipped 70, do eti.cie JIy aLd at reasonable prices.
 We guarantee all our work.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

Fresh cut flowers every day at Winter 6 Ponds. f9tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-10

ing other than construction gang employment,
 The transport Crook will be in service for the commission again this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
No Polio Gases In
 Month, Blacks Says

The state of Connecticut went through August this year without real case of infantile paralysls pe1ng reported. One supposed case was re- ported short time ago, but it is not believed to be true case of the di- sease. Both July and August of this year are in marked contrast to year ago, when infantile paralysis was rating all over the state, especially in Bridgeport. and Waterbury.
 The summer has been singularIy free from diseases of all kinds. Though the exact cause for the good condition is not known, it is thought that the shortness of the hot spell may have had something to do with 1t. Rabies is about the only disease which has afflicted thes tate and that is thought to be due to lack of pro- lection from rabid dogs.
 pr. John T. Black, state commits sioner of health, says that there is a marked increase in rabies, particu- larly among the dogs. This, he says, is apt to be spread easily to human beings, as often the cases among the dogs are so mild as not to be detecta- ble until after the animal has been killed, after biting someone Ac- extra precautions. Many children have been bitten recently when they were playing with dogs which did not seem to be rabid. but whose heads, \ when the animals were killed, were found to contain negri bodies showing the presence or rabies in the system.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
OsTREA VIRGINICA.

September has many virtues. not the least of which is the fact that 1t has an sr'' in its name. It marks the passing of the straw hat, the va cation season and the Summer Girl but it offers compensation in the ar rival of the Ostrea Virginica, the well known and justly celebrated mullusk belonging to the lamo1libranchite genus Ostrea. family Ostroeidao, or. in a word. which might have spared us all tho foregoing-the oyster. The patient oyster has often been accused of harboring typhoid germs, but these attacks on its fair name have not appreciably diminished the num- Der of it's votaries, and most gour- nets are still inclined to agree with the sch oolbey who wrote that "The oyster is the king of beasts" Millions of oysters are now being tenderly reared and fattened to supply the de- mand that begins on the first of Sep Der and continues with unabated ver- acity until the very last minute of l April.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
BARNUM SCHOOL
 STUDENT TELLS WOODBURY TALES
Ernest, His Name Is, and He Had a Remarkable Time
 In That Town.

Woodbury. in the hills not so very far from here, has the most remark able climate in the country, according to 8 Barnum school student who has been spending his vacation on his uncIe's farm there and recently was home for short visit.
 During the hot weather of the first week of August Woodbury did not es- cape. The mercury. he said, went to 13O degrees in the shade and, continu- ing to expand, burst the thermometer. That night, however, the narrator had a. quilt, two. horse blankets and the roof over him to keep warm. The vegetation wasn't injured during the night, however.
 The next day 1t was hot again, of course. To get cooled off, the boy walked miles to HotchIissvil1e, where spent all the money he had with him. s1.20, for F plates of ice cream, which he ate, unassisted. in 19 min utes. The remarkable part of this feat was the fact that they never have that much ice cream in Hotchkssville at one time.
 His aunt went recently to Water bury or Watertown or Waterville or some other watering place in that sec
 
 among other things, three boxes, each containing a pound of candy. Ernest there, the name slipped, but let it stand-took all three boxes 10 his tent in another part of the woods. where he spent the evening reading with one hand and eating candy with the other" all by the light of his. own glowing countenance. So interested dit he become in Deadwood Dick, or Bloody Billy Che said it was Thanatop- sis) that he lost all track of time until his candy hand couldn't find any more candy. He had eaten it all, ev- cry bit of the three pounds, and hadn't got a taste of it-and wasn't sick.
 Ernest is back in Woodbury again probably evolving more stories for the entertainment of his friends when the harvesting is done. He likely will have dug potatoes as big as water melons, and carved a three-room fiat with bath from the interior of what on his uncle's farm, is an ordinary sized pumpkin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
WHAT CHRIST WOULD DO

THE MASTER of Baliol spoke the other day Religion s-A and National Life" at Hampstead A young asked If Jesu Christ earth today of not in holy orders do think he would be engaged in making German widows prefer to be in for holding conscientious objections?"
 I do not like the form of the question: replied the ter of Bao There historical ncongrties you bring out by imagining hs the other for instance Caesar at the telephone Can you imagine any religious ed leader or religious minded holding back if he things done to children for whom responsible doing all he could to prevent them?"
 The young question had the master Balliol wing ing for rnoeit the slang phrase is. is easy incongruous to that if Julius Caesar lived he would make maximum of the telephone to aid troop movements, and for his other needs.
 And if Jesus Christ had the character of religious and that alone the second and reflective part the the Master of Balliol, is accurately descriptive.
 Eeel defect in the question overlooked by ter Of Balliolaoas3
 It is impossible for the finite mind to what the conduct deity would be- The character innity There is the world there is and God permits The human mind does not know why remotely guess why therefore the young mans question able.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
LABOR OF STATE
 IN OPPOSITION TO.
 PROHIBITION LAW

The following resolutions will be presented at the annual convention of the Connecticut Federation of Labor to be held at Danbury next week:
 Whereas. In the present stress of events affecting even our existence as 8 nation, it has seemed expedient to certain leaders of a political faction greatly in the minority, to inject into the important situation a moral and physiological question, and z
 Whereas, A large. number of men affiliated with our organizations and outside are engaged in laborious and exhausting work and drink moderate ly of brewed products and en- abled thereby to increase and conserve their strength, and
 Whereas. A certain proportionate number of our members are em- ployed in the manufacture of brewed products. and their sale, and
 Whereas. We as an organization, are firmly convinced that brewed products are a food and. if used moderately, are of great benefit to humankind; |; and further, that the question of pro- hibition is one of education and not of legislation, and
 Whereas, We believe even at this time that every man should have as much liberty as is consonant with the rights of others, having in mind the greater good of all;
 Now. Therefore Be it resolved | that we, the Connecticut Federation oi Labor, in convention assembled, do respectfully appeal to the working lasses and all good citizens of Con- necticut, to uphold the hands of His Excellency, the honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Senate and Congress, to limit 1 or prohibit the manufacture or use of brewed products; and we further Resolve That any further agitation during the war period is not oniy untfmely, but unpatriotic, and we will use all honorable means to defeat such effort as the prohibitionists desire.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
"GRAND MOZAMBIQUE"

2 Two hundred and two years ago to- day Louis XIV, the Grand Mon arque" of Fxance. departed this earth after a reign unequalled for splendor
 and power in the worlds history.
 This ruler of the French house of
 Bourbon Is also known to history as
 'sTle Roi Sc1eil"-the Sun King.''
 That Louis XIV thought quite a lot
 of himself is proved by the fact that
 he had medals struck, showing him self in the midst of a blazing sun.
 It must be said in this king's favor
 that he did accomplish much for the
 glory of France. He regained the royal authority which his predecess-
 ors had lost, encouraged commerce.
 literature and art, and extended the
 boundaries of France by victorious
 wars. During the latter part of his reign he met with severe .reverses on
 the battlefield, but he remained the
 absolute monarch and the master of the ancient craft of kingship to his
 last moment
 The death of the Grand Monarque a little over two centuries ago may
 be said to have marked the passing of the old regime in France. Beneath the surface those hidden forces were already at work which were to en- lgulf the monarchy. and bring about ! the revolution.
 Louis XIV was 77 years old when he died, and had been on the throne for 72 years, having come into power
 at the tender age of five years. Dur ing the Grand Monarque's reign the down -trodden multitude for the most part suffered in silence, for they had
 no spokesman and no leader. By his encoura cement of literature, however, Louis XIV gave rise to those forces
 which were to destroy his house. One of the greatest blunders of Louis XIV was his revocation of. the verdict of Nantes. granted by Henry | W in favor of the Protestants. By ! this act he drove from France half a million or more Huguenots, among i them the most ingenious mechanics These industrious and thrifty people emigrated to England, Holland and :! America and many of them to Ger i many, and what was Frances loss was | the gain of these counties.
 One of the ambitions of the Grand
 Monarque was to build up a great | empire in the New World. During i the early part of his reign his sway l extended over the Hudson's Bay i country, Acadia, Canada proper, o1
 New France, a large part of Maine | portions of New York ard Vermont and the entire valley of the Missis-
 sippi In later wars - marked ir l America by Indian massac-es-the tide turned against France, and the beginning of the end of French su | premacy in America was reached Two years before his death Louis wal forced to give up Newfoundland
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
RUSSIAN CHURCH TO BE REFORMED
 IN MANY LINES
Plans Restoration fo Patri- archiate Prevailing in Days
 of Peter the Great.

Moscow, Sept. 1-The ecumenical congress of the orthodox church, which is "empowered to reform the church within the limitations pre- scribed by Holy Writ and by the dog mas, canons and traditions of the church," held its first business ses- sion Thursday. The congress is ex- pected to sit continuously for two months, completing it's labors before the convocation of the constituent as- sembly to which body the proposals of the congress for the future inter- relations of church and state will be submitted for confirmation.
 Within the next few days there will be laid before the congress a large number of reform bills prepared since the revolution by M. Lvoff, who re- gently retired as procurator of the holy synod. and all of which had been given provisional sanction by the synod.
 The underlying principle of the re- form is that the church, while re- maining established and closely link ed with the state, will be entirely au- tonomous This is in accord with the vote of the conference of clergy and laity which met here early in the
 
 will receive monetary support from the state. The church property where not managed by the state, will be free from taxation and the clergy will be free from military service. The church will retain it's present priority, marriages and deaths will be legally valid. Its divorce decrees will
 hold good, and it can consecrate marriage in which at least one of the parties is orthodox.
 Another reform ready for submis- sion regulates ecclesiastical jurisdic- tfon. Another project is for the re- organization of parishes, while another regulates the ownership and l administration of church property, reforming the management, enforcing better bookkeeping and providing l that the property of parishes and monasteries is afienable only with the consent of the higher church authori- | ties.
 l Another bill is for the reform of
 monastery and church services and | provides for the establishment of 1 monastery libraries,
 l. Present expectations are that the Freform movement will reach it's I h. ght by the revival of the all-Rus-
 sian orthodox patriarchate, which has l been in abeyance since the days of | Peter the Great.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
KEEPS ANTI-DRAFT
 PAPER FROM MAILS

Lake Fairfield, N. C.. Sept. Fed eral Judge Speer has denied the ap- plication of Thomas E. Watson for an injunction to restore his publication
 the Jeffersonian,, to the mails Post master General Burleson barred 1t on the ground that it contained matter to obstruct recruiting and enlistments for the army. The court approved his action.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
HAVEN'T PICKED MEETING PLACE
 FOR PACIFISTS
Coast Members of Peace Council Barred From
 Salt Lake City.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-The meeting place of the proposed convention of thu Peoples Council of America for De- mocracy and Peace which has been forbidden to assemble in Minnesota and Wisconsin by the governors of those states, had not been selected early today, although Chicago was favored by many of the delegates in cluding Louis P. Lochner, secretary of the organization, who is on his way here from Minneapolis.
 Delegates who arrived here from the east last night on a special train, af- ter a conference lasting well into the night, claimed that they had been as sured that Mayor William Hale Thompson would not offer any objec- ton.
 Minneapolis, Sept. IA delegation from the Pacific coast to the Peoples Council of America for Democracy and Peace arrived here late last night.
 The party decided to remain here awaiting definite advices from the conference in Chicago today.
 Salt Lake City, Sept. 1.-Gov. Simon Bamberger refused to consider a pro- pbsaI made by local members of the Peoples Council for meeting of the Pacific coast members in Salt Lake C.N
 Members of the organization were urged that an invitation be extended to them to stop here on their way east, but Gov. Banlbe1ger's secretary informed them that he was, too busy to take up the matter.