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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-24
RED FOX EXHIBITED

A pair of red fox, from which are procured the beautiful and popular collarettes which are so popular among the ladies at the present time, are on exhibition in the window of l. Goldstein's store on lower Front Street. The fox were brought from Anchorage when still puppies and were raised at Tenakee. They are now full grown.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-24

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 days news
The broad ax., 1917-04-07
THE APPoMATToX CLUB PRO
GRAM
Sunday, April 9Th, at P. M. Club
Parlors, SAL So. Wabash Avenue.
Col. J. II. Johnson, President, Beaure-
gard T. Moseley, Chairman Civic &
Public Affairs Committee.

Discussion of plan to handle mi
grants from the South; Adoption of
plan; Discussion of City Garden pro-
iect; Establishment of Community Gar
den, at 33rd and Wabash and other
places in the Second, Third and Thir-
tieth Wards.
These meetings should be largely at
tended by the people living in these
wards, as the public or Community Gar.
den is the surest method of reducing
the high cost of living. Maps, charts,
implements used in gardening will be
on exhibition and explained by eompe-
tent representatives of the Garden Blu
reau of Chicago. This should interest
every person in the community.
Many Colored people each day enter
Mayor Thompson s outer Office in the
City Hall, in which the new Garden Blu
reau is located and they seem to be
very much interested in endeavoring to
secure little garden plots for them
selves this coming summer, which is the
right thing for them to do.
The broad ax., 1917-04-07
FLOODED EASEMENTS.

The balmy air of Spring is most well
come and everyone will be happy to
enjoy the bright sunshine and the warm
rains after the long, cold winter. Even
now there is a freshness in the atmos-
phere and warmth in the sun that
makes one think of the early Spring
flowers and the bright green grass. The
Spring rains, however, bring to Chicago
the evils and danger of flooded base
ments.
Very few large cities are. situated on
so fiat plane as that which Chicago
spreads over. Also it is we'll known
that fiat country is not easily drained.
The sewers are almost level and the
consequence is that storm water and
sewage have a slow current. Even a
moderate rain soon fills the sewers and
causes backing up of sewage and storm
water, until Easements are quite gener-
ally flooded. A thick, Shiny, foul smell
ing residue is plastered on the walls and
the floor when the water subsidies, and
unless 1t is Immediately washed off, will
become source of nuisance because of
the foul smells which it leaves in its
wake.
Now is the time to at once look to
the hoor drains in the Easements. to see
that whatever back water valves or
eontrivances have been provided are in
working order, and if there are no such
things, consult your plumber.
1t is physical impossibility to keep
sewage or storm water out of the aver
age basement, unless the house drain.
whether it be above or below the floor,
is absolutely water tight, and unless all
hoor drains or other openings are prop-
erly secured by suitable valves or plugs.
Inc average tile pipe drain cannot
De depended upon to remain tight. The
joints of such pipe are made up of
cement mortar; they are brittle; can
not be depended upon to be tight,
unless great care is taken in the install
iatlon, and very often the settling of
the building or the jarring of the floor
either breaks the pipe or the joints. It
VIII De found cheaper and altogether
more satisfactory to replace tile house
Grains with cast iron, if flooded base
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Pillow cases, Mr. and Mrs. James and
Eugene Howard; one-half dozen cups
and saucers, Mr.. and Mrs. F. 81. Wycke;
cocoa pot, DR.. and Mrs. T. R. Mozee;
hand painted tray, Mr.. and Mrs. Viii.
liam Hyde, Minneapolis, Mimi; lemon
ade set. Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Clark; fern
dish, Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd; hand painted
salad jug, Mr.. and Mrs. John johnson;
hand painted hair pin receiver, Mr.. A.
Lewis Mcdowell; hand painted hair
pin receiver, Mrs. Mollie Taylor; fancy
plate, Mrs. Lyla Landrini; hand painted
bon bon dish, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sher-
idan; fancy plate, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Hall; six Limoges plates and tea pot,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Robinson, Ann Arbor,
Mich; bon bon dish, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Roy Collins; bon bon dish, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fumbanks; bon bon dish, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. L. Make; bon bon dish, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Afford, Detroit, Mich; bon
bon dish, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Law
renee, Portland, Oregon; bon bon dish,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Jenkins; fruit dish,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. /. Collins; vase, Mr..
and Mrs. J. E. Oldhams; six fancy
plates, Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Gibbons;
fancy plate, E. J. Wise, Colorado; eel
cry dish, Miss Clara Brown; syrup jug,
Bishop and Mrs. H. B. Parks; powder
box, Mrs. Morton; Salt and pepper set,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hutchinson; tea
set, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter NJ. Farmer, sill
yer and cut glass butter dish, DR.. and
Mrs. U. Grant Daley and Mrs. Curtis;
cut glass vase, Ushers of Illinois Gen.
trail Road; cut glass ice cream platter,
Mr.. and Mrs. George and Arthur Ker-
sey; cut glass fruit dish, Mr., and Mrs.
w. ID. Morgan, Mrs. Alex Lane, Mr..
j. NJ. Lawrence, Mrs. J. A. Warren; cut
glass bon bon dish, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Roberts and daughter; cut glass vase,
DR.. and Mrs. Harry Ward Garnes; cut
glass cream and sugar, Mr.. and Mrs.
James b. Day; cut glass vinegar cruet,
Mr.. Albert B. George; bath towels, Mrs.
VIM. Kersey, Mrs. J. A. Reffells; bath
towels, Mrs. Emily c., Bartlett; en-
broidered towel, Mrs. Irving Miller;
tea set, Trustees of Bethel Church
souvenir plate, Mrs. Ware, Wind
sor, Ontario; souvenir cups and sau-
GERS, Mr.. and Mrs. Pryor Wilson,
Windsor, Ontario; fancy slippers, Mrs.
E. Laurence Smith, Chatham, Canada;
China nut set, Miss Goldie Smith; china
bon bon dish, Mrs. William L. Terry;
bon bon dish, Miss Anna G. Nelson;
fruit dish, Mrs. Howell and daughter;
plate, Mrs. J. B. Smith; silver baking
dish, Miss Henrietta and Sarah Gibson.
Detroit, Mich.
The broad ax., 1917-04-07
MRS. SUSAN W. GAINES pAssp,
AWAY.

The death of Mrs. Susan " Cain.
the beloved wife of W. t. Gaines SIN
Wentworth avenue, was quite a shOeL
to her relatives and many friends Txo
weeks ago she complained of having
bad cold. She did not think il se,;On,
and refused to call a doctor until last
Saturday. Monday she became deH,.
Gus, and until she died only RECLAIMED
consciousness for feeting moment,
Wednesday morning DR.. Blanchard an.
nounced that all hope for recovery wa,
gone. Wednesday at 2:3O P. NJ, Mrs
Gaines departed this life. PneuuoDia
claimed another victim.
Mrs. Gaines was an earnest wo,ts,
and member of the Elizabeth EliOt
Circle, Maid Marian Degree, A. O0F
Strangers Rest Household, #5l25, G.
U. o. of o. F., and a worker and for
mer Vice President of The Union Char
ity Club. She was a faithful member
of Berean Baptist Church.
The life of Mrs. Gaines was one. of
devoted service and loving kindness to
her fellow beings. She was friend of
the orphaned and friendless. Ever per.
forming deeds of kindness to the sick
and distressed.
Mrs. Gaines was born in Detroit,
Michigan, March 90, 1865. She leaves
a mother, husband, six children, a
young nephew whom she had raised
from an infant, other relatives and
host of friends who mourn her loss
The funeral services was held at Be-
rean Baptist Church, Saturday morn
ing, Rev. Fletcher, a boyhood friend Of
the bereaved husband, offieiated The
body was inferred at Lincoln Cemetery.
Relatives who came from Detroit,
Michigan, and Henderson, Ky, to at
tend the funeral were: Mr.. and Mrs
William Hunter, and son, Detroit; Mr.
Andrew Hunter, and Mrs. Bryant Of
Detroit; and Rev. Jack Munday, Of
Henderson, Ky.
George T. Kersey, of the Emanuel
Jackson Undertaking Company, 2959 s.
State street, was in charge Of the
funeral arrangements.
The broad ax., 1917-04-07
MISS BETTIOLA HELOISE FORT
SON Is STILL CONFINED TO HER
HOME WITH ILLNESS.

Miss Bettiola Heloise Fortson, who
has troops of friends in this city and in
many parts of the country is still con-
fined to her home through illness at
3413 Prairie avenue.
Every day her large sunny room Is
filled with rare and beautiful flowers,
the generous contributions of some of
her many friends and admirers and
from morning till night, many of those
who have been greatly interested in her
club work and her achievement in her
literary work; call to pay their respects
to her, to cheer her up and to express
the hope of her gradual restoration to
good health; which simply indicates;
that she is extremely popular with all
classes.
Right at this point, we desire to state
that no one holds Miss Fortson in any
higher esteem than the writer, for we
have, always regarded her, as an excel
lent sensible young woman, who pos
sesses a large amount of dramatic tai
emit and literary ability.
On Tuesday afternoon election day,
we called to pay our respects to her,
and she was indeed very glad to greet
us and she said "She wondered why
we had not called to see her before, as
she had been thinking about us only
a fews days before that time"
The first part of 1914, we became
greatly interested in Miss Fortson, and
her literary work and in order to en-
courage her the best we possibly could
we allowed her a small amount of
money each week for contributions to
this paper and when some of her So
called friends learned those things, they
were loud in exclaiming; that "she was
foolish for attempting to do anything
to assist Julius F. Taylor, as he would
not help her in the slightest degree"
Shortly after that, Miss Fortson,
called on US with a number of her orig
inal poems and essays and wanted to
know if we could assist her to get them
out in pamphlet form, as she wanted to
take the pamphlets with her while at
tending the meeting of the National
Federation of Colored Women's Clubs,
at Wherefore, Ohio, and sell them for
5 cents piece, so as to enable her to
get her little book printed, entitled
"Mental Pearls.''
After listening to her statement as to
what she wanted to do, we informed
her that we could not do that, but if
she would leave them with us; that we
would publish them in full free of
charge and send her five hundred copies
of The Broad AK containing them to
Wherefore, Ohio, also free, which she
could sell and keep the money.
Her poems occupied more than five
columns in The Broad AK, which gave
her great prominence throughout the
country. When her little book made its
appearance in 1915, entitled, "Mental
Pearls" she greatly approaching what
we had attempted to do for her, the
name of Julius F. Taylor, editor and
publisher, without any soliciting on our
part appeared upon its pages. -.
In conclusion it can be truthfully
stated that not another newspaper ed
itor or publisher in this city ever at
tempted to honorably and unselfshly
assist Miss Fortson in the Literary
world like unto the writer.
The broad ax., 1917-04-07
LAST WORDS OF PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON.

Peace with all the world is my sin
cere wish.
Those murderers of our cause.-the
monopolizers!
1 require no guard but the affections
of the people.
True religion affords government its
surest support.
Few men have virtue to withstand the
highest bidder.
Commerce and industry are the best
mines of a nation.
My policy has been to cultivate peace
with all the world.
When we assumed the soldier we did
not lay aside the citizen.
Liberty, when it begins to take root,
is a plant of rapid growth.
The Constitution is a guide which
can never abandon.
To persevere is ones duty and to be
silent is the best answer to calumny.
The power under the Constitution will
l hope some day we will become a
storehouse and granary for the world.
To be prepared for war is one of the
most effectual means of preserving
peace.
Why should / expect to be exempt
from censure, the unfailing lot of an
elevated stationf
We do not wish to be the only peo-
pie to taste the sweets of an equal and
good government.
Would to God that harmony of ma
tions were an object that lay nearest to
the hearts of sovereigns.
Citizens, by birth or choice, of a COM
mon country, that country has the right
to concentrate your affections.
That the Gu. S. government, though
not actually perfect, is one of the best
in the world, I have no doubt.
The history of war is a history of
false hopes and temporary expedients.
The great Searcher Of human hearts
is my witness that I have no wish
which aspires beyond the humble and
happy lot of living and dying private
citizen on my own farm.
Happy, thrice happy, shall they be
pronounced, who have assisted in pro.
The broad ax., 1917-04-07
q. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
cHILDREN's BUREAU, WASHING
TON.
The Second of a Series Of Weekly Arti-
cles on the Care of Young Children.
FEEDING THE CHILD OF THREE.

At the beginning of the third year
the child's diet may be increased by
adding more solid food, especially meats
and vegetables. According to the U.
S. Department of Agriculture every
healthy child of three should have at
least one food a day from each of the
following five groups:
Milk and dishes made chiefly of milk
(most important of this group in chill
dren's diet); meat, fish, poultry, and
eggs; Bread and other cereal foods;
Butter and other wholesome fats; Vege-
tables and fruits; Simple sweets.
The meats should be beef, boiled,
broiled, or roasted, lamb chops, the
white meat of chicken, or delicate fish.
All meat should be free from fat, girls
tie, or bone and finely minced when
given to the child.
Eggs should be very soft boiled, cod
died. or poaehed, or soft scrambled.
Fried eggs should never be given to a
child; but the grated or mashed yoke
of very hard boiled egg may some
times be used.
Meat broths made from mutton, beef,
or chicken have little nutriment, but if
these are thiekened with arrowroot or
corn starch, and especially if milk IS
added, they become a valuable food.
Well-cooked vegetables, strained and
added to warm milk, are not only good
foods but serve to teach the child to
like vegetables.
Cereals should be thoroughly cooked
and served with milk or thin cream
and very small amount of sugar or
none.
Bread for a child should be at least
two days old. Toast, zwieback, or hard
crackers may be given once or twice a
day.
Baked potatoes moistened with a
little butter, thin cream, beef juice, or
platter gravy may be given.
Asparagus tips, spinach, stewed eel
cry, squash, string beans, carrots, young
peas, well-cooked and mashed, or put
through a PURGE sieve, are all good for
child. A small portion of one of
these vegetables may be part of the
ehild's dinner each day.
Fruits should be continually used. At
this age sweet oranges, baked apples, or
stewed prunes are most useful. The
juice or mashed pulp of fresh ripe pears
or peaches may be given in the third
year, but there is much danger in using
overripe or green fruit, as well as in
giving too much. 1t is especially nee
essary to be careful in hot weather
when fresh fruit decays rapidly. Ba-
nanas should never be given to young
child.
A child under 4 years of age should
never have dried or sailed meats, sau-
sage pork, game, liver, kidney, goose,
or duck. Fried and raw vegetables, hot
fresh breads, cakes and pastries, salads,
candy, sirups, tea, coffee, beer, cider,
and soda water are all unsuitable foods
for a child.
The broad ax., 1917-04-07

ments are to be avoided, a.,
same time to eliminate floo, q tie
Easements and water closet, = n
low down fixtures which NAV h. OtAs
to overflow during period 81 s'S''ct
water. back
There is an excellent opportu,i,.
wide awake business man :. for
capital out of the problem of tbs - make
Easements in Chicago. In the 0'd'd
time, before flooding occurs. i :; mean
to place all perishable goods wan vel
the water line, on racks o, aOOVs
tables, and to organize the boHas
forces so that should flooding OeeD. 1 !"
cellar walls may at once bo I The
and thoroughly cleaned. and oil Oed
other saturated material remor.s OF
the basement and lime used f,ea,, -'on
disinfection. lot
hlgh priced property is alwavs .,
found in a clean, beautiful ana Oe
kept neighborhood. I
In cleaning up your neigbho.,
don't overlook the vacant Lore
are generally the worst unsipbtlv aa
in any community. Get the how f'S
help; they will enjoy the fun and !,
sides will be getting some valuablo :,
sons in civic cleanliness.
A healthful, well balanced die. IN
for a liberal allowance of va,o.o.IT
This is why, both for health and ..1
omy's sake, we should plant pa,do,.
If people all over the country will o.l
plant gardens and not be so larpalv y
pendent on city markets for tbe;, ,,I,
vegetables, not only will there he u;
reduction in prices, but eorrasro,S
ingly big increase in the good bs,n,
and happiness of the people peDerallv
The broad ax., 1917-04-07

Last Thursday evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sandy w. Trice, celebrated their TWEEN
tieth wedding anniversary, and their
lovely and pleasant home at 643S Eber-
hart avenue; was beautifully decorated
for that more than suspicious occasion.
New electrical fixtures had just been in
stalled making every nook and corner
of the house to appear just as light as
the brightest sunshiny day. All the
electric fixtures are of the very latest
design.
Choice and dainty refreshments were
served in no unstinted manner in the
dining room throughout the evening,
which was also very eharmingly decor
ated with baskets of pink roses and
ferns.
The receiving or reception party, was
composed of Mrs. Lizzie Wilson, of
Windsor, Canada; Mr.. and Mrs. Sandy
w. Trice; Mrs. E. Laurence Smith,
Chatham, Canada; Mrs. w. d. Cook,
wife of the popular pastor of Bethel
church, who was also present and pro-
nouneed his blessings upon Mr.. and Mrs.
Trice and cordially greeted each and
every one whom he came in contact
with. Mrs. Elenora Curtis, Mrs. j. II.
Roberts, and Mrs. William Horner, Mrs.
George T. Kersey, who was just as nice
and pleasant as she possibly could be
very gracefully introduced the guests
to the receiving party and each and
every one of the more than one hun
dred and fifty of their friends who
greeted them; wished them long life and
continued happiness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trice, who are promi
nent members of Bethel Church and
actively connected with some of the
leading secret societies of this city are
good citizens, in every sense of the
word.
The following are some of the many
useful and beautiful presents received
by them.
One dozen cut glass water tumblers
by the following members of Western
Star Lodge: J. w. Ward, ]. L. Beasley,
A. J. Bowman, G. S. Price, A. NJ. Ed
wards, R. w. Lacey, S. A. Smith and
J. NJ. Woodland; cheese and sandwich
dishes, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Taylor; cell
cry dish, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. R. Cowan;
fancy tea pot, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Buck
ner, Batavia, ILL.,; ice cream set, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Clements; mayonase
dish, Mr.. and Mrs. John B. McColl, San
Jose, Cal; fern dish, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
w. Samuels; Piano lamp; fancy plate,
Mrs. Geo. Chandler; japanese jardi-
Mere, Mrs. Jones, Blair, Franklin, Web
er, Belesen, st. Paul, Mimi; hand
painted plate, Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. John
son; Casserole, Mrs. Haekley, Mrs. Rob-
ert Daniels; celery set, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Fl. Russell.
China-Lemonade pitcher, Mr.. J. NJ.
Washington; syrup jug, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. c. Lightfoot; berry set, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Daniels; cream and sugar set,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Jackson; fruit dish,
Mr.. Jerry Williams and daughter; fruit
dish, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. R. Laws;
Casserole, Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Nc
Kinley.
Aluminium cooking utensils-Mrs.
Nina Twins, Mrs. Jane Turnkey, electric
iron, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Horner; electric
iron, Mr.. Silas Nevis; picture, Mrs.
Beatrice Smith, Progressive Circle,
Kings Daughters.
The broad ax., 1917-04-07
NANNY" JACKSON LOSES In
HIGH COURT.

The Illinois Supreme Court THURSDAY
denied the petition of NANNY" "a
milla Jackson for writ OF habeas cor
pus bringing Marjorie Delbridge. nei
former ward, before the court tor q
hearing on the legality of the wardSnlP
of Catherine Shannon. The court salu
the proceeding was improper and Sus
gested that the case might be orougH'
up on a writ of error.
The broad ax., 1917-04-07
NEW YORK CoLoREO TROOPS

The 18th New York ColOred Infan'i'
was inspected Saturday by ITS onleei'
under the control of Col. William ma
ward. The regiment is part OF u, !,
National Guard and has been accepts ),
nv the State of New York. Before Ii
can he mustered into service, however
il must be recognized by the Fedeis'
Government. The strength of the f's
ment is 900 enlisted Men. 1t IS nope
+bot natriotism will be inspired BY .
speedy recognition of this regimen. Mem.
the Federal authorities at "asnins''
The broad ax., 1917-04-07
SAM LANGF ORD THE UNDE-
FEATED CHAMPION IS WILLING
TO RUSH TO THE FRONT AND
HELP TO FIGHT FOR UNCLE SAM.

Sam Langford, the indicated cham
pion, who conducts the Belmont Cafe,
at 3O35 s. State street, with George
Williams as manager, who is well known
to all the sporting people throughout
the United States, as he always fought
in the prize ring on the square, is will
ing to rush to the front and assist
Uncle Sam to wage war against all
corners.
Mr.. Langford, conducts a decent and
orderly place and his hosts of friends
are glad to see him succeed.
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know that it has not popular support.
The armies necessary to be raised to
aid the entente allies cannot be raised
by voluntary enlistment
"Dogged by Secret Service
Praising the character and services
of German-Americans in this country,
Senator La Toilette said they are being
"dogged' by secret service men. He
denied that any one government is re-
sponsible for the war, saying it was
caused by European secret diplomacy
and citing the Anglo-French Moroccan
secret treaty as "the most reprehensi-
BILE, dishonest and perjured of records. -
ENGLAND first began the ruthless
naval warfare" he charged, "by repu-
dating the declaration of London"
Senator Knox interrupted to suggest
that England did not ratify the dec
Iaration. Senator La Toilette replied
that British representatives signed it
and Senator Stone said England had
not actually rejected it.
alt has pleased those who have been
conducting this campaign for war
through the press to make a tumble Of
issues" Senator La Toilette continued,
"until now it is impossible to get an
intelligent answer regarding the real is
sues. They say Americans are being
killed by German submarines. We
haven't leg to stand on in support of
this war declaration.'
That the United States did not pro-
test vigorously against the British mine
field blockade was the administration IS
great mistake, Mr.. La Toilette said,
and the real and primary cause of an
American declaration.
"We have wallowed in the mire at
the feet of Great Britain and sub
mitted in silence to her dictatiou," he
continued. because we acquiesced,
we have a legal and moral responsible
ity to Germany. Thus we have been
actively aiding her enemy in starving
German women, children, and old men.
Germany waits three long months for
this government to protest. In princi-
pie, therefore, Germany had the right
to blindly destroy ships, by submarines
and mines, in her own blockade zone.
Germany is only doing what England is
doing.
Germany has been patient with US,
standing strictly on her rights to be
accorded the same treatment as Eng
land by u.s."
The Hon. John Sharp Williams, who
represents the rotten state of Mississip-
pi, where its best White citizens mob
and lynch and burn at the stake inno-
cent and law-abiding Colored men,
women and even little children for the
fun of the thing, attempted in a weak
way to reply to Senator La Toilette,
but Senator Williams was not one, two
three.
There is one thing that is very pleas
ing, and that is that Col. Theodore
Roosevelt will not be able to head a
division of soldiers and rush to the war
in the old world and then return home
and be elected president of the United
States in 1920.
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tecting the rights of human nature and
establishing an asylum for the poor and
oppressed of all nations and religions.
IT'S well. (His last words.)
The broad ax., 1917-04-07

Louis B. Anderson did not 90 to
Texas-Wm. R. Cowan did not 90 to
the council-but both will go arm in
arm to The Amateur Minstrel Show,
April 9-sth Regiment Armory.