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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-19

the mayor is part of the council and ex-officio of all committees; that the committee assignments could not be changed except for cause and that it must be done by the courts.
 Councilman Morgan then introduced a resolution to the effect that the action of the mayor in vetoing the proposed ordinance be overruled and be declared for naught The reso- lution passed by unanimous vote.
 Claims were then allowed, includ- ing the following: Juneau Water Company, $l32.5O; Goodyear Rubber Company, $5434; Juneau School Board, money advanced, $500; E. D. Beattie. $1950; II. J. Raymond com pany $53495; Juneau City Pile Driver company S437; City auditors, $50; F. B. Harrison, SIP; Van Lehn X Raymond, $13210; Union Iron Works, $12.50; Empire Printing com pany. $4760. and Juneau Fire De- partment, $55.
 Chairman Miller, of the Cemetery committee, was instructed to pro cure the services of an engineer to lay off the plot recently set aside for the Serbian Society. Chairman Raymond, of the wharf committee reported that the repairs to the City Dock were nearly completed. He al so asked for further time in the matter of the proposed street in the Scatter Tract.
 Bids for sidewalk on Fourth street and Harris street, between Gold and Harris and between Fourth and Fifth were opened and the contract award ed to Al Lundstrom for $35.
 The bond of B. M Behrends as city treasurer with R. P. Nelson, H. T. Tripp, George Miller, w. w. Casey as sureties was approved The report of the auditing committee was read, stating that all books of the city had been audited and found correct
 Fish Report Submitted
 Charles Goldstein, of the Mer- chants Association then submitted the report of the special committee and asked if the council would act on it. He also stated that further investigation had revealed the fact that two good fish houses could be constructed on the city dock which would bring the city from $30 to $40 each month and that the revenue from the fish passing over the wharf would amount to considerable sum.
 The Mayor appointed the street and wharfage committee to act with the special committee of the Asso- citation and make an investigation as to costs and to report at a special meeting of the council and the Asso- citation. at which time definite plans could be outlined. Councilman Ray mond requested the Mayor to act on the committee in his place.
 Grant Baldwin, acting on behalf of the Alaska Auto Association appear ed and requested permission to put danger and warning signs at certain points in the city This was granted
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-19

Old papers for sale at The En- plre office.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-19
DISMANTLE RADIO PLANT.

WASHINGTON, May 19. The Costa Rican authorities have located and dismantled Q powerful wireless plant at Heredia, which is supposed to have been used by Germans in that country in receiving important messages.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-19
CREDIT NOTICE

An examination of our books dur ing the past few months discIoscs where we have extended credit over the 30 day period the old accounts remain on our books. Accounts which grow so large that no busi- ness based upon fair dealing and reasonable profit can carry the bur den. Therefore, it has been decid- ed on and after May 1, 1917, all patrons Of this firm--without excep- tion-wilI not be extended credit when an old account extending be- yong 30 days remains on our books. We desire to impress upon our customers that the constantly in ereasng cost of living is further ad vanced by careless credits adding to the dealers yearly overhead, and it is with a view of keeping prices to the lowest limit, promoting honesty and fair dealing that this action is taken.
 milf. TRIMMER 6 RITTER.
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THE EMPIRE-A.i the News All the Time, When It Is News.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-19
FINE COMMERCIAL PRINTING

The Empire Printing Company's 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., 1917-05-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Any persons or corporations having bills against the estate of Captain James o. Plunkett are notified to present them to me within sixty days, as the estate will be settled by that time. April 2S. 1917.
 T. P. SMITH. First publication, April 18th. Last publication June tGth.
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In New York

Hotel Clerk-Do you want room with a bath?
 Uncle Hiram-Waal, moo. don't calculate I'll be here Saturday night. .( (Princeton .Tiger.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-19
"A STORY OF SNOW CULCH" This Story Given Honorable Mention
By NESBIT TUCKER

three prize' Tor the Juneau 
 Margaret D. United states District editor of the Douglas without knowing the school from which they came was author of this story
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
KEEPING. A NATION
INFORMED IS BIG JOB

Madrid, Feb. 8.-The, number of
words it has taken to keep at least
one neutral nation informed of the
war is told in a statement of the
news handled by the Spanish Wire
less Telegraph Company in 1916. A
total of over 100000 words was
transmitted from the various belli-
gerent nations, and at Madrid and
Barcelona the radio-telegrams were
distributed to the press and to sub
scribers in the form of bulletins, blue
for Austro- German news and yellow
for. that of the Entente, distributed
three times a day. The number of
words received from the Entente ma
tions greatly exceeded the count from
the Central Empire, the former being
2,329,158 as compared with 1921, 1896,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

year ending June, 30, 1916 amounted to
$780, 98, an increase of nearly million
and quarter dollars over the preceding
year. Exports for the six months ending
December 81, 1916, amounted to So ,O93, 618,
which, if this rate continue, and there is
every indication that it will, promises an
other million dollar increase by next June.
The import business, too, though it has
never been considered an important item in
Pensacola's maritime development, shows a
healthy increase. For the calendar year
1915, it amounted to $500, SIS; less than the
total for the first six months of 1916 which
was $517 033 The amount for the balance
of the year, $688, 003, brings the years total
up to 81 ,205, 0O6
Besides all which, various industries have
been established, more are contemplated,
property has increased in value, there are
more Jobs than men to fill them, wages are
higher than ever, building is commencing
again.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
THE SCRATCH PAD
BY THOMAS EWING pARNEY.


It's long ocean lane that has no
U-boat.
When a man airs his views, the
rest of the world views his airs.
1t seems to be human nature to
everyday your hand. A lion tanner
has just gotten married.
Among the distressing leaks to be
expected in the near future may be
mentioned the Easter bonnet bills.
Nothing reflects the high cost of
living so plainly as the bid for the
Fifth avenue trade that is being
made by the ten cent stores.
Entries in the City Beautiful con-
test can give an expression of pa
triotism by planting clusters of red,
white and blue flowers.
Among those states whose sena-
tors, by their vote against the Stone
resolution, implied dfsloyalty to the
president, Florida was not numbered.
The Boston Transcript says Amer
lean eggs have broken the London
market. If they were the Wetz cold
storage eggs, they probably broke it
up.
Five people killed by pancakes in
Illinois will remind the June pros
poets in this time of crisis that we'd
dings have their perils no less than
war.
Setting the clock ahead one hour
is a daylight saving plan that can
not be universal as long as there
are so many watches in the pawn
shops.
How unanimously the country is
back Of the president was proved by
the senate's endorsing the break with
Germany by a vote of rs to 5. Only
Kirby, Vardaman, Gronna, LaFolIette
and the defeated Works were on the
mourners' bench.
Campus is a star so big that if
it were put where our sun is, il
would be more than six hours rising
before its lower edge cleared the
horizon, and the world would evapo-
rate super-heated gas. 1t looks as if
the kaiser, instead of place in the
sun, picked Campus.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
INCREASED PORT ACTIVITY.

Pensacola'S ecn,.-back as :, port is as
natural as, the spring-back of a fine piece of
steel, once the unnatural pressure is re-
moved, without any loss of power what
ever
Viewed in this light, the European war,
which knocked the props from under orr
foreign connections and sent our finances
crashing, will be an ultimate blessing, not
only because it has taught us greater SELF
reliance, but also because recovery proved a
power of growth that can not be crushed by
temporary disaster
When for the fiscal year ending June 90,
1918, the export business of Pensacola
dropped to $8,275, 997, gloomy indeed was
the future. But there were those who had
faith in Pensacola; they remembered how
irresistible had been the towns growth,
how steadily its population had increased,
its industries developed, its marine com
merce expanded, and they hung on; they
set themselves to rebuild the commercial
edihce which had been destroyed BY the
war-storm, and they found that none of the
material had been destroyed-merely dis
placed
Pensacola's export business for the fiscal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
RATS PLENTIFUL IN
THE FRENCH TRENCHES

Paris, Feb. 8.-Rats are quite as
numerous on the French front as dur
ing the second winter campaign. They
multiply faster than the number of
dogs sent to the trenches to fight
them and are now, it is reported,
menacing the army with an epidemic
of jaundice. The reasons for the pre-
valence of this disease at the front
was a mystery until a doctor in his
researches discovered that the rat
carries in its organism, without APP
parent harm to itself, a nicrobe
called the spirochaete, having the
form of a microscopic serpent, which,
communicated to a human being, de-
velops jaundice. A counteracting
serum is being sought.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
CAN THE BREACH BE CLOSED?

AS the only American aboard was saved,
the torpedoing of the English boat, Cali
tornia, can not be construed as an covert
act" that would justify armed resistance to
German aggression; that it should have
been destroyed without warning, however,
is sinister confirmation of Germany's inten-
ton to put into practice the methods which
President Wilson, even when he severed re-
lations, was unwilling to believe that
country, however desperate, would seek to
enforce
If Germany was willing to jeopardize
American lives, will she have any respect
for the American flag? Would not Ameri-
can vessels, if they were sighted by
U-boat, be struck down as ruthlessly as the
Lusitania?
That the United States should decline to
give convoy to the St. Louis and the ST..
Paul, therefore, must be due to some other
reason than the one announced to wit: that
American ships have an inalienabie right
to traverse the high seas, and any illegal
attempt against them will be Immediately
followed by hostilities. Any such theory
would pre-suppose that the United States
sets greater value on revenge than pre-
vention, and cherishes a dead American
and the ST. Paul out now would be to invite
needless destruction, and their sailing dates
have been indefinitely postponed.
That is to say, they are blockaded in
! American ports Whether they are sunk, or
whether they simply don't sail, the freedom
Of the seas is denied Whether they are
destroyed or whether they are tied up, it is
Americans who bear the loss-if not of in
vestment, of revenue; commerce, if not
property and that the United States would
acquiesce to such condition, can not for a
moment be believed.
Armed convoy could not be considered
breach of neutrality any more than send
ing an American battleship into foreign
port to watch over the rights of American
citizens in times of unrest is considered a
hostile act. The intention would not be to
force passage for contraband- bearing ships,
but simply to see that American rights are
not violated and that American lives might
be saved-an act of humanity not unlike
the rescue of the U-53's victims, off our
coast by American public vessels
Does the government, therefore, desire
to hold the American boats in American
ports? If SO, why? Are they to be com
Wandered? Does the government realize
that hostilities are inevitable, and is it
making preparations accordingly?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
Tick Eradication Far
Advanced Says Expert

Expressing himself warmly at the
results of the tick eradication cam
paign of EscambiN county, H. D, Hol-
royd, of the Animal Husbandry De-
pa7'tment of the L. & N, declared
that there was no need for another
formal formal campaign this year,
but that cooperating with local au-
thorities, he will probably hold meet
ings in those localities which have
not yet established watts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

ready have watts because they don't
have to be shown, they know. But
in the other places / may be able to
do some gocd."
Mr., Holroyd reports the rapid
spread of the dip the-tick doctrine
wherever attempt has been made to
disseminate it. He says he expects
to work in Walton county later in the
year-probably March.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
STREETS AND THE HIGH COST

The farmer, the middleman, and the con-
sumner have been more or less held up to
contumely for the high cost of living
indeed, more or less responsible. But there
is another factor that is too often over
looked, and that is, roads and streets.
Even as air-the greatest necessary of
life-is generally ignored so the influence
on the family exchequer of such common
place thing as paving the lack of it's
almost entirely overlooked.
According to Census Bureau estimates,
the cost of delivering milk and dairy prod
ucts to the consumer is IL per cent of the
total; coal and wood, 10 per cent ice, 45
per cent Cost of delivering groceries is be-
lieved to be higher than that of delivering.
milk. The delivery of food products there
fore, averages about Is per cent.
In order that the cost of delivering may
be eliminated or reduced to its most econo-
mical basis, there must be rebate on goods
which are not delivered or there must be
some such cooperative or centralized deliv-
cry system as discussed in this column sew
eral weeks ago.
In the meantime, developing streets and
highways to the highest degree of perfect
ion will go far toward lowering the deliv-
cry cost. Paved streets and smooth high
ways are not luxury, they are an invest
ment. Taxes are now more counterbal-
anced by cheaper prices.
That de1iUerinc cOcfc have dpvelo0ad
with street development, is due, not to any
sinister influence of asphalt, but it is due to
our love of ease It requires less effort to
stay at home and complain of the high cost
of living, than to go out with the open mar
ket basket. Yet if any housewife did bark
back to such archaic methods, she would
simply lose her time and carfare, for she
| would not get things a bit cheaper than her
next door neighbor, three miles from the
store, who has them delivered. 1t is an every
| day occurrence for merchants to pay ten
| cents to have five cents worth of goods de
| 1ivered The person who buys five cents
worth of goods does not pay for this; but
the person who buys dollars worth.
Small possibility, indeed, is there for the
market basket of our mothers to come back
into fashion. This is an age of specialism
and of service delivering" is as much a
speciality as selling, and some day, city
| express and freight service will substitute
individual effort, even as the railroads have
substituted the private OK trains, and de
liver merchandise cheaper than possible
under present methods And with delivery
on the 'tpiece" system, the person who car
ries the goods home with her can get re-
bate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

'You only need about eighteen
mere watts in the county and your
work will be done," said Mr.. Hol-
royd. There is mouse in my hold
ing meetings where the farmers al
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
Weak Kidneys

regulated and made strong by the
celebrated Shivar Mineral Water. Posi-
lively guaranteed by money-back offer.
Tastes fine; costs a trihe. Delivered any
where by our Pensacola Distributors. Bal,
koom Daug Co. Phone theA !
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
GARDEN OF EDEN. "

we killed seventy hogs that weighed over sO Oo
pounds this week Eighteen Of them weighed over 4oo
pounds Altogether we've killed Joe but when they
Every fellow tries to outdo the other We are eat
ing home made biScuits-we raise wheat over there
We don't give happydarn what the boil weevil does.
He hit and be blamed; don't raise cotton any
how.
10 n this business;
all folks feel that they
could live to themselves If anybody happened to
along and build Chinese wall around them.
So writes resident Of Round Oak, of the
county of Jones of the state of Georgia; and
who will blame the Industrial Index for the
headline "a Garden of Eden?"
A few years ago, and Jones county, Geor-
gia, was going broke on cotton. Came di-
versihcation Came contentment Came
wealth which is, not gold, but production.
Let the cost of living soar, Jones county,
Georgia, is sufficient unto itself While
others suffer hard times, Plenty's Horn
showers the fruits of the earth there.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

When a policeman found him at 8
a. m. he was profuse, between shiv-
ers, in promising never to try to es-
cape again-especialTy on such a
night
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
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REAL ESTATE
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Emma Oleva to J. A. Chaffin &
Co., Jan. q, 1917, s170. Lots 1 to IL
and Is to "a, Block 1872, West King.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09
ODD. ISNT ~

Cleveland Steve Skovranko, IA
escaped from the Boys Detention
home, clady only in two night shirts
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

1t seems to be human nature to
everyday your hand. A lion tanner
has just gotten married.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

Among the distressing leaks to be
expected in the near future may be
mentioned the Easter bonnet bills.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

It's a long ocean lane that has nc
U-boat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

When man airs his views, til
rest of the world views his airs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

Setting the clock ahead one hou
is a daylight saving plan that ca
not be universal as long as ther
are so many watches in the paw
shops.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-09

Entries in the City Beautiful con-
test can give an expression of pa
triotism by planting clusters of red,
white and blue flowers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-10
A Few Lines from tho Diary of q
Stomach

1000 A. NJ. oh dear, another warm
day-Wonder if | will be abused as
was yesterday? If am, | am going
to strike Just disposed of half a
chewed breakfast. We ran for the
train, which meant that was so jig
gled about and so tired out that II
took me twice as long to do my work.
Hope she gives me an hour or two of
complete rest before anything more
comes my way.
1890 Two glasses of ice water have
Just arrived--it will take all the energy
/ can pump up in the next hour to
warm me up to normal again.
1856 Half chewed breakfast did
not satisfy her and she has bought
some peanuts and is starting to eat
them.
IL NJ. Peanuts have dribbled along
steadily since last entry. Think
though she has finished them.
1890 Decided that she wasn't very
hungry and instead of a good dinner
sent me down a cold egg nogg heavy
with chocolate-could have managed 1t
if it had not been so cold-but that
makes it terribly hard to deal with.
ITO More icewater.
LAO Was mistaken about peanuts
she has found another handful in the
bottom Of the bag, and now I have to
tend to them.
EOS More ice-water.
$40 She has been lifting some
heavy books and as usual used my
muscles instead of her own, as she
should have done. Tired me more
than a six-course dinner
$50 Someone has brought her
box Of caramels, and she has started
on that.
400 Have received something like
a half pound of caramels since last
entry.
500 She has just said, "Oh dear. I
don't feel at all well. know the milk
in that egg nogg must have been sour"
$50 We were invited out to have
q soda before going home. Had a
lemon phosphate and then ran for the
train. j
700 Fried potatoes, cucumbers, veal
and canned blue berries.
7.45 We are going down for choc-
olate walnut college ice.
500 Got home and found someone
had made some lemonade She drank
two glasses-that on top OF q college
ice-I strike.
$50 Have sent back the college ice
and lemonade.
$40 Returned the blueberries.
$50. And the veal.
90 She has sent for the DOCTOR
says that college ice must have had
something the matter with It. Her
mother says It Is probably the weak
stomach she has inherited from father.
900 Doctor says It Is a little upset,
due to the weather.
GOOD NIGHT!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-10
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Features of the Days Dealings in Al
the Leading Stocks

New York, March 9.-Various con-
struction developments contributed to
the strength and activity of todays
market, in which rails shared, though
to limited extent. Foremost among
the accelerating factors was the state
ment Of the Federal Reserve Board,
which revealed a more friendly atti-
tude regarding American investment in
foreign loans. OF little less importance
was the news from Pittsburgh and
other industrial centers reporting aid
ditional advances in prices Of fabri-
Gated steel and iron to highest quo
tations ever known in the trade In
crease Of the general motors dividend
from to II per cent. basis, the
strength of sterling exchange and un-
precedented bank clearings for this Pc
riod of the year were included among
the other encouraging incidents of the
day. News Of the Presidents decision
to arm ships and call an extra session
of Congress was not received until aft
er the market closed.
Today's maximum quotations for
United States Steel and some other
leaders recorded the best price in over
q month. Steel was steadily accumu-
lated from the outset, making an ex-
IRENE gain of is points at 112 IA
Other industrials Of the same class
were higher by / to 2 1-2 points with
to 8 for the general run Of NUM-
lions and equipment 8.
The motor group was moro active
than at any recent period, general mo-
tors scoring an overnight gain of 71S
points at 120 5-S. Coppers supplement-
ed recent advances, America Smelling
making the greatest gain. Leather is
sues, papers and sugars received much
of their impetus from professional
sources, South Porto Rico Sugar rising
Is points on a single transaction.
Some Of the high priced specialties
made substantial gains, Lorillard To-
bacco rising another five points to
1-5. with ga for American tobac-
co at 216 1-2. Shippings, utilities and
fertilizers gained to points on mod
crate dealings.
Trading in rails was relatively light,
but mainly at higher prices. with
gains Of 1 to 1 IL points for Pacifics,
Reading. Lehigh Valley and Chicago
and Northwestern. Total sales amount
ed to 7s5.o0O shares
Gains in international bonds on
heavy turnover ranged from fraction
to / 7-s points. greatest strength be-
ing shown by United Kingdo missues.
Domestic bonds were irregular on
weakness in Fries. Total sales Oar