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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
STEAMER MOVEMENTS AND
 MAIL INFORMATION
NOW BOUND NORTH

Despatch is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow night. Has no mail.
 Jefferson sailed from Seattle this morning at 9 o'clock and is due to arrive here Monday night.
 Spokane sailed from the south at 10 o'clock this morning. Due to arrive here Monday night.
 The Spokane and Jefferson will have three days mail between them.
 SCHEDULED sAILINGs Alameda is scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow morn ing.
 Admiral Evans is scheduled to sail from Seattle Monday morning.
 Humboldt is scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow night Dolphin is scheduled to sail from Seattle Wednesday, June 9th.
 Alaska is scheduled to sail from Seattle Thursday. June 7th. Al.ki is scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow night.
 SoUTHeoUND SAiLiNGS City Of Seattle is scheduled to sail southbound tonight at 5 o'clock. Takes mail. Prince John is scheduled to sail southbound tomorrow night at g o'clock. Does not carry mail.
 Admiral Farragut is scheduled to sail southbound tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. Takes mail.
 Mariposa left Cordova this morn ing. Is expected here Sun day morning. Takes mail. Prinesss Sophia will be due southbound early Sunday morning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
NEW YORK PORT IS SUDDENLY
 CLOSED
Outgoing Vessels Not To Be Permitted To Sail During the Day
 Time.

NEW YORK, June 1 - This morning government orders were issued closing the port of New York City in day light to outgoing yes sels. No explanation was given when the order was issued and much speculation has arisen as a re- suit. Costums officials and those of the War and Navy departments who are stationed refuse to make any comment except to say ''orders have ben issued and the instructions will be carried out to the dead letter
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
MAXIM CORKY A
 NEAR VICTIM OF
 GERMAN INTRIGUE
Belgian Minister Was the Go Between in Efforts Made for
 Separate Peace.

PETROGRAD, June 1.- Maxim Gorky today made public state ment which revealed how Germany had sought, through D. Rizou, Bull garian minister to Berlin. to in- veigle him into a clandestine negO- tiation for a separate peace with Russia The statement of Gorky has caused profound sensation and shows to what ends the Imperial German government will go in the present conflict
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
ARMY OFFICERS, OF SPAIN THROWN INTO
 PRISON DUNGEONS

MADRID, June 1.-Several army officers of the Spanish army have been placed in solitary confinement for participation in the disorders at Barcelonia during the past few days Socialists are believed at the bottom of the labor troubles and are in- citing riots.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
AUSTRIAN WORKMEN
 STOP LAB0RS AND
 MAKE PEACE DEMAND

COPENHAGEN, June 1-Reports received from Vienna say that si- multaneously with the opening of the Austrian Parliament. thousands of workmen ceased work and organized great processions as a demonstra- tion for peace. The military author ities were unable to cope with the demonstrators.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
SEIZED GERMAN
 SHIP TO CARRY
 OVERSEA TROOPS

BOSTON, June 1.-The seized Ger man steamship Ockenfels here will be ready for service in a few days and may carry troops to France. The Koln and the Austrian steamship Erny. also here. will be the next to go to sea.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
U-BOATS CARRYING TANKS WITH WHICH
 TO FOOL PURSUERS

LONDON, June 1.-German sub marines are now carrying tanks to fool their pursuers by releasing oil which rises to the surface. creating the impression that the boat has been sunk. Bombs, dropped by war ships, and timed to explode at cer- tain depth. have been very effective in combating submarines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
EIGHTY ARE KILLED IN TERRIFIC WIND
 INV MISSOURI STATE
-N. !. Il. specisi

ST. LOUIS, June 1.-The total killed in the tornado which swept various sections of this state last Wednesday is today estimated to be 80 The property Gamage IS large and many people are reported to be suffering Relief has been sent to the several devastated districts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
TEUTONIC SECRET HAS BEEN WORKED
 OUT IN THE U. s.

WASHINGTON June 1.--Chemical- ly made porcelain formerly Ger man secret, is now being manufac- tured here. according to Secretary of Commerce Redfield.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
SENATE MAY PASS THE
 FOOD BILL TOMORROW

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The Sen ate will probably pass the adminls- tration's first food bill by tomorrow afternoon One amendment provides for a prison sentence and fine for hoa rding.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
PLANTING FORESTS.

PORTLAND. Ore. June 1.-Re- work has been done on 26,000 acres of national forest land in Oregon and Washington since 1910. Present forest service plans provide for reforesting 5000 acres annually.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
BOMBS BY TONS
 DROPPED BY AIR
 CRAFT OF BRITISH

LONDON, June 1.-Many tons of bombs were dropped by the British aircraft on the towns of Ostend Zeebrugge and Bruges early this morning Great damage was done and many fires started according to announcement by the War Depart mont.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
GIRL UNDER ARREsT.

New York, June l.-The federal authorities admitted this afternoon that young lady student of Barn. ard College was arrested and is held without bail for sttering seditious remarks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
MRS. EDEs COMING NORTH

SEATTLE, June Mrs. w. c. Edes, wife of the chairman of the Alaska Engineering Commission sails for Anchorage tomorrow on the steamer Alameda to join her hus band for the summer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
Jefferson Bound North

Steamer Jefferson cleared for Alas kan ports at nine o'clock this morn ing with the following for Juneau: Chris Larson. S. c. Pederson, R. !. Willis. Mrs. K McKanna, Mrs H. Bolanger and Mrs E. Tantlinger.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
Prominent Citizens Are Grabbed in the Net by the Federal
 Authorities. HOPES WILSON IS SHOT German Minister Writes a DisIoyaI Letter; Men in Congress Aiding
 Movement.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-Several hundred persons through the United States, many of them prominent men, were arrested during the night and early this morning by Federal authorities for their activities against conscription. The Depart ment of Justice refuses to make public the announcement of all those arrested leaving the authorities in the various cities to make their own statements.
 This mornings mail brought to President Wilson a letter from Rev. Charles Lehnert, pastor of a Ger man church at Minneapolis, in which the minister expressed the hope that the President would be shot. The secret service de- partment immediately instructed the agents at Minneapolis to place Rev. Lehnert under arrest and hold him without bail.
 = The eavsznmsnt is sdscply con cerned by the party members of Congress who are playing in the movement and in aiding the anti registration plots. While the De- partment of Justice is hewing at the roots of the Nations wide con- spiracy, some of the members of Congress are ''franking" out their anti-conscription speeches. These speeches include that made recently by Speaker Champ Clark.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
TWO MORE ARE SUNK

LONDON, June 1.-The Admiralty announced late this afternoon that two more American sailing ships had been sunk, the Francis M., and the Barbaria. They were shelled and sunk off the coast, but the crews were rescued
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
BIG SHRINE PARTY IS BOUND FOR
 JUNEAU
Sailed on Spokane This Morning; Jefferson Is Also on the Way
 to Juneau.

SEATTLE, June 1.-The official Divan of Afifi Temple of Tacoma. Ancient Order of Mystic Shrine, sailed this forenoon for Juneau where a large class of Novices are awaiting Pilgrimage across the des- ert sands. The Divan is headed by Edward B. King Potentate, who will be assisted by the following Nobles. ]. II. Parsons, Chief Rabban; Chas. H. r. Laws, Assistant Chief Rib ban; Grover C. Molte, Oriental Guide; Archie Goldsmith, Director; Fred Callaghan. Assistant Director; Geo. Lawler First Ceremonial Master; Herbert E. Post, Second Ceremonial Master
 The Shriners will also participate in the laying of the cornerstone of the new school building at Juneau.
 The following accompanied the party. Mesdames Lawler, King. Nolte, Plass, Parsons and Post.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
SEATTLE MINISTER IN BAD.

Seattle, June 1. = The Federal authorities have under consideration letter written by Rev. Sidney Strong. prominent Seattle clergy man to man who is trying to side step conscription.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
NINE ARE SUBJECTED.

Kansas City, Mo., June 7.-sevea men and two women have been ar- rested in the westsxn sections of Missouri and Kanaas U Tederal au- thorities suspected f anti-d1afting plots.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
PLoTTERs PlNCHED..

Columbus, Ohio, June l.-Ihrec were arrested here last night charged with complicity in m d. legged plot against drifting. They were held to the grand jury under $25000 bonds each which they were unable to furnish.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
WELLS IS DISMISSED.

Seattle, June 1.--Huyct M. Wells, prominent Socialist, arrested recent ly and held under heavy bail for circulating seditious matter, was this morning dropped from the city pay roll. He has for years been employed in the lighting depart ment.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01

The Dirigo had gross tonnage of 3,004 and was t2 feet long. She was built in 1894 at Bath, Maine, and was registered at San Francisco. The Dirioo carried a crew of 23 at least.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
AMERICAN SHIP
 SUNK; WARNING
 WAS NOT GIVEN
Ship Dirigo Is Torpedoed and Third Mate Loses His Life by
 Drowning.

LONDON, June 1.-The American ship Dirigo has been sunk without warning by German submarine off the Irish Coast and according to ad- vices received here one of the crew, Third Mate John Ray, was drowned following the disaster.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
TO PREVENT ESCAPES.

New Orleans, June 1.-The sher- ifs in all coast towns along the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Flor ida were instructed today to pre- vent escapes of conscription dodg- CTS. Three different parties were captured off the coast this morning trying to make their way to Cuba in launches.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01


 suo~o .spss,s~r sr Gxssrosh =
 Henry r. Davidson, chairman of the War Council of the American Red Cross. has announced that Judge Robert s. Lovett, formerly of Texas but now of New York, and chairman of the Board of the Union Pacific Railroad. has voluntecder to give practically the whole of his time during the war to any work to which he might be assigned by the Rcd Cross. ''l am top old to go to tue front" Judge Lovett told Mr. Davidson. but l am anxious to do my bit in what way l can be made uScIuL N. '. H. Special
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01
Spokane Comina

Besides the Shrine party aboard the Spokane. which sailed at 10 o'clock this morning. the following are also bound for Juneau: w H. Coulter. Mrs. G. A. Jeffrey. John F. Bell, Miss Margaret Bushman, Miss B. Taylor, Miss Margaret Heller and c. Herford
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-01

THE EMPIRES classIhecs pay.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-06
Equal suffraae,s Progress.

New York World - Step by -steE,
woman suffrage Is advancing. Wed.
nesday the governor of Ohio signed
the bill giving the vote to women in
presidential elections. Thursday the
Indiana legislature sent to the
governor a bill giving women the
right to vote in municipal elections
presidential elections and for almost
all state officers. In the middle west
women now have gained limited suf-
frage In the large sections covered
by the states OF Illinois. Ohio and
Indiana. Maine this year will vote
on the adoption of a woman suffrage
constitutional amendment, as this
state will. In New Hampshire and
Minnesota 1t is also probable that the
state legislatures will take favorable
action.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-06
Whatever aid you intend giving the poor,
give in cash; they have enough good adj
VICE.. w. Howe.
ON THE ROLL OF DIsHoNoR.

Y Albert Baird Cummins and William Squire
Kenyon are misrepresentation OF public
sentiment in Iowa. Iowans, with the exception
OF their two United States senators, stand back
of the president and utterly condemn the dis
graceful filibuster methods that blocked the
passage Of the administration s armed neutral
ity bill, thus refusing to give to the president
of the United States the cooperation he re-
ouested at most critical hour in the nation s
history. If any of the obtuse senators Cummns
and Kenyon included-can gain any satisfac-
ton from their successful filibuster, their
skins must be as of porcine thickness and their
comprehension Of the patriotic convictions OF
their constituents clouded by their admiration
of their little selves.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-06
Solving the Liquor Problem


Chamberlain Magazine: The liquor
problem is at least as important from
business point OF view as the tariH
problem, and 1t is far more difficult.
There never was any reason for tartn
|tinkering. Other countries put the
tariff in the hands Of men who were
authorities on the subject and allow
ed them to work out the schedules In
|telIigently. We are now, after all
these years, beginning to follow In
their footsteps President Wilson has
named a tariff commission which,
though it does not have full power,
can do much to help relieve business
of the constant menace of tariff man
ipulation to suit the passing wlim.
In the past thousands Of business
men have been ruined through no fault
of their own by sudden changes in our
tariff. What relief it is to everyone
to feel that at last we are to be re-
lieved of this constant menace.
The same situation confronts us
NOW in the liquor problem. Until re-
Gently it has been of comparatively
small Importance. Now it has grown
until its shadow falls across the ma
ton. When Idaho outlaws. manufac'
iture and sale little disturbance fol
lows, for there is little to disturb. But
when bills are introduced in Kentucky
and Illinois to prohibit the manufac-
ture, very great changes are involved.
What a blessing it would be If the
whole matter were taken out OF the
hands of the liquor men and the re-
formers and placed in the hands of a
small body of highly competent men
who could seek out a solution.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-06
LAWFUL EXTORTIoN.

Except in a few isolated cases the federal
government has found no evidence Of law vio-
lation in the boosting of food prices. Attor-
ney General Gregory reported to Senator
Borah, author of the -million-dollar famine
relief bill that transactions between retailers
and consumers are not within the jurisdiction
of the department of justice, that increases
brought about by common selfish impulse OF
traders to take advantage of the extraordinary
conditions of the times are not punishable un-
der any existing federal law, no matter how
extortionate.'
The verdict, then, is "not guilty." as far as
the great interstate market operators are con-
cerned The attorney generals only sugges-
ton is that law might be passed to punish
the charging of extortionate prices in inter
state trade, whether not the prices are fixed
by conspiracy OF monopoly. Such remedy
obviously would be. difficult to apply.
But where increases have been brought
about ''by common selfish impulse of
traders there is no relief by local law any
more than by federal law. A retailer may
charge what he can get and the law asks no
questions rumor, temporary shortage,
sends prices soaring, and when the rumor is
dispelled or the shortage relieved, the prices
fail to come down. In the view of some retail
ers when the consumer has been "educated' -
to look upon soaring prices as a matter of
course, it is not well that that Education ~
should be undermined. It is easy to see how
the process works all along the line, from
speculator all the way down to retailer. There
is no law against it unless the operations the
fruit of a conspiracy of a monopoly.
More and more evidence points to an over
working of the term ''prosperity.' The peo-
pie could pay, and therefore they must. The
more the public talked about the national pros
perity, the easier it became to add few cents
to prizes Psychological prosperity led to prac-
teal hardships But psychology won't bring
back the old prices. The public expects some
more reassuring news than this feeble report by
the attorney general of the United States.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-06
Enforcement OF Blue Laws.

Cedar Rapids Republican: The at
torney general is going to ask $4,000
for law enforcement in Iowa They
had cut his supply Of funds to $4,000.
If he is going to use those funds to
enforce what are called the blue
laws of the state, as he has limited.
the money viii be appropriated *, az
noy and harrass the people OF the
state and we hope the people will
dump some OF the law enforcers sent
out for such purposes. 1t is proposed
to enforce that obsolete code which
includes everything CT New England
origin except perhaps kissing of a
mans wife, or another mans wife on
Sunday The laws were enacted in a
by-gone age, before the eyes of men
had been opened wide enough to see
nationally. They have been in obscur-
ity and oblivion for half a century,
more or less. Even if they are not
repealed now, they ought not to be
enforced in the future. They should
be allowed to sleep as they have slept
through all these year. For the at
torney general to become suddenly Of
ficious and pretend that his official
conscience is so tender that he cannot
sleep unless he enforces all the laws
he can dig up out of the unrepealed
statutes of the state is preposterous.
Even Mr.. Havner should bear in mind
that if all the laws, human and di
vine. so called, were enforced he
would hardly escape hanging him
self He may be ultra righteous, but
we will wager that he has in his time
violated many laws himself. The
saving thing for most of us is that we
happen not to have been found out
and Mr. Havner is among the rest OF
US.
The Havner proposition is about the
most preposterous that has ever been
preached and IL the legislature can
not relieve the state Of the incubus
of such law enforcement as proposed,
then the people ought to defeEd them
selves in their own rights as against
the enforcement of laws that were
never intended for the guidance OF
human conduct in this day and age
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-06
DRUGS AND DRINK.

/ The statements Of fanatical partisans are
often extravagant and utterly unreliable, and IT
sometimes seems as though protagonists OF
what are called or considered reforms are the
most reckless of all in their assertions Men
| who are impressed by the danger to the coun-
| try through the use Of drugs which IS unhap-
PLY and unquestionably increasing, have estl-
mated the number of drug addicts as high as
two per cent. of our population This would
mean that we had two million dope lends,
but a more conservative estimate and one prob
ably nearer the truth would put the total at
half of that or less.
It is only too evident, however, that the use
of habit-forming drugs is on the increase. Sew
eral causes contribute to this, the chief OF
which probably is the difficulty in many states
lof obtaining alcoholic beverages It you'd be
well if people deprived of one stimulant would
rejoice to find themselves rid Of a degrading
habit and be careful not to take on another.
But this is too near the ideal condition to OBJ
tain at this imperfect stage Of human evolu-
ton and the fact unfortunately is that very
many users Of alcohol to some extent finding it
announcement or impossible to get the stimulant
exhilirant or itoxicant they prefer, turn to IN
fniteIy more dangerous and demoralizlng
drugs-or their laboratory substitutes, of
which there are many. Practically all habltual
users of certain drugs quickly become as COM
plete and hopeless wrecks as do the worst cases
of alcoholism.
There probably is no worse thralldom on
|earth more deplorable than that of some or
most drug addicts. but there is reason to doubt
If there are two million of them in our land. 1t
may be noted also that the crusaders against
Ialcohol are even more reckless in their facts
and figures Some of them overstate their
case ridiculously as did former Congressman
Hobson in asserting that alcohol killed more
people in given year than died from all other
icauses combined. Other antagonists OF pro-
| hibition conceal or juggle the facts Their
roseate picturings would lead one to believe
| that Kansas, for example, must be palpably and
notably better off as dry state than when she
was wet. But the facts do not bear this out.
Crops have been good there for twenty years
and prices have been uniformly high, and it
would seem. that the state should have been
| prosperous beyond precedent But instead of
this her population is decreasing, according to
| her own census, her Industries are declining
and her criminal insane and pauper classes
are said to be and seem to be increasing and
immigration is not a factor in this increase as
lit may be in some other states.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-06

saying Keokuk Is the best city in 4
country. And | will say he con,
have gone farther than that by a.
ing there are Iowans living in k
kalk who built the sixty miles Of ro
he mentions in Cuba. And thew 3,
and are duplicating the said road
several states at the present time
Also IL Mr.. Nagel had inouir,
while in Havana, he would ha,
found out that the then Major Gorga
later OF Panama canal fame h,
charge OF the sanitation of Hayan
and not DR.. Leonard Wood.
i.y NJ. II. TOWNSEND
Keokuk. Iowa, March 5. 1917.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-06

"A Jewel Of a jeweler In Detrob
finding regular business dull. am
his show windows and some sho]
cases with gems from local henneri1
and invited devotees Of Strictly fires
eggs" to get in on bargain rusI
In fifty minutes he sold 1900 ega
at 80 cents dozen. 10 cents und1
the retail rate. and broke up IN
market as well as some high prid
makers.