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The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Miss Flora Wilson was hostess at lunch
con yesterday at the Willard, entertaining
in compliment to Mrs Horace Bennett
OF Denver. Col, who Is visiting Mrs:
Frederic d. McKenney.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Mrs. Ell Bamford Smith has cards nut
for March q. at $50. at 144S Nassachu-
setts avenue. to meet Mrs Odenheimer,
president general United Daughters of
the Confederacy. and Mrs. Mulcare, d.
vision president
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

Frederick Lee Hardesty, who Is a
student at the Tome School, Port De-
posit, Nd, Is spending the spring vaca-
ton with his parents, Air. and Mrs. F.
S. Hardesty.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

The President, accompanied by Miss
Margaret Wilson and Miss Helen Wooo-
row Bones, occupied a box at the Ma
tional Theater last evening.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
EXPERIMENTING IN GOVERNMENT

The farmers Of Nor-h Dakota. as class, have taken charge Of government in that State They have the Governor and majortes in both branches of the State Legislature and is announced that the laws of the State will be made and administered in the interests os the farmers.
 The result Ot this situation will be watched with interest. However the control Of government in the interest of any particular class hss not generally met with success. We have he'd government under the control ot capitalists in States. under control og the railroads in others under the control of the church in Utah, under the control os various inter in various States for long O. short periods But nothing has resulted successfully as government by all casses-governmeut that recognizes no class as entitled particular favor over the rest of the people.
 Australia for good many years has been under the almost complete control of the labor.nG class and Australia is growing vs.y slowly. In fact. the growth slower than any of Ike other British colon !es. That, no dCu5s is partly at least due 10 the soclas,c tendency a .hat country have the State transact most Of the business Not only does the State there own and operate the railways and other public utilities but it engages ia al manner O. enter priscs including trade g. well as manufacturing and mining. So great has been State participation in business that the Commonwealth. with population a little in excess or 450p0oo h8u national debt ot more than billion and haIt dolI-s before the recent war. Ic .s now greatly larger The result is that
 
 earning have not been great Not only does this condition fail Co draw immigration. but it has had a tendency co cause young men no; 10 dt themselves through education fer higher stations. Flo: instance Australia has fewer university students per capita than any other country where the English language is spoken. The State of Washington has more than four times as many students higher educational n- s;itutoas as the Australian State of New South Wales, though the later has larger population than the American State The tendency in Australia is Co take things easy. There are no students there who make their own way through college. who burn the mid night oil books following long hours Of hard work There is uot the incentive for it Every one is as sured that there will be living wage, and old age pension and, as said opportunities beyond wage earning are not great
 While no doubt North Dakota vii! work out many things advantageous the farmers that ether States will or ought adopt just Australia has worked out many things that the of the world has adopted ought adopt thc-e is Iil.le uklihood but that the final result will be another -aton that that gove-nmen. is best in whr-.- station Of those Of all classes and advocaons is equal
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
CLAIMS MOTHER
 EVE WAS SECOND
 WIFE OF ADAM'S
Latest Returns From the Garden of Eden Show LiIIith Came First
 Says Lecturer.
PROVES HIS ASSERTIONS

NEW YORK. Jan. 2O-CBy maiIJ- Robert P. Dow, editor of the Brook. lyn Chronological Society Bulletin. gave a 2O-minute talk bctUe the New York Chronological society lt tae American Museum of Na. IraI His. tory. Twenty minutes seems a very short time in which to cXpend even the most simple theme, and in the present instance the subject, The Insect Progeny Of Adams first Wife" in certainly anything but simple. However, Mir. Dow makes no com plaint.
 It is true,". he said, that few people in this country are aware that Adam was ever reputed to have had more than one wife, but I anti cipatc pleasure, and not difficulty, in assuring them that tho familiar Eve, though perhaps first in import ance, was second chronologically, and moreover was probably of Ethio- plan extraction.
 "m Germany, people are more ia miliar with Lillith, Adams first wife, and, incidentally, the subject of my talk. She is first mentioned in early Jewish literature-about 700 A. D. as blue-oycd blonde from some where in the far north, and she still survives in German folk lore, where she plays a role somewhat similar to our own bogcy man. According Co the most ancient of Jewish chroni- cles she married Adam, but had no children by him, and later, after securing the prehistoric equivalent to a divorce, she married a rich Phoeniclan by the name of Beelzebub to whom there is reference in the Bible
 This desertion of Adam made his followers very bitter, and they pro- uounced the first generation of Lill. iths children by Beel2ebub 'zebubs,' or wasps, and the second generation, with accumulated vindictiveness, they hailed as 'succO bees or ghe.devils. Nor did time soften their feelings, for throughout all subsequent Jewish mythology constant reference is found Co Lllith, the mot1er of insects.
 "Entomologically, the name Lillith signifies Night and all evil pertain. ing to darkness and deceit. In clas- sic Hebrew Linith is the name of the screech.owl-a bird of widely rec ognized nOctornal habits. But wheth. CT Lilith gave the name to the sCrcech.owl, or whether the scrcech. owl gave the name 10 Lillith is a matter upon which l shall always remain undecided"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
FRENCH DOGS NOW
 HAVING THEIR DAY
 IN TAX QUESTIONS

PARIS, Jan. 31.-There are four kinds Of dogs in France today, war dogs, work dogs, watch dogs and pet dogs, the proportion of dog own CTS being probably higher than in any other country. The 1917 taxes will bear heavily on the pet dogs, the tax being 30 francs for one and 100 francs for others in cities of more than 10000 inhabitants, The tax on work and watch dogs is two francs. Each soldier bringing a rat-catching dog to the trenches is given two extra days on leave and nearly every man now takes back a dog. He also is entitled to one cent extra pay for each rat killed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
THE SITUATION AT WASHINGTON

Dispatches from Washington say that there is no chance for the passage of the Wickersham prohibition law at the present session of Congress It is well that there is not. The law should be passed by Congress- The prohibition law when it comes should be an AlasEa.made law and an Alaska enforced law Revenue producing laws and other that would be necessary in connection with prohibition should be made at the same time.
 If Delegate WicEersham would secure the passage os full Territorial form of government measure at this short session of Congress- the Alaska Legislature could handle the situation the session which will begin here early in March Such measure is not only needed in order that the people could handle the pro- hibion question: but so that they could take up and dispose of multitude Of other matters that press for settlement.
 There is no question but that Delegate Wicker sham could secure the passage of the full Territorial form of government bill if he would go work it. He would have memorials Of the Alaska Legislature, reports of Gov Strong declarations by President Will son and Secretary of the Interior Lane, platforms of Alaska political parties including his own platform the platform declaration Of the Democratic National
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Luke McLuke Says.

A new broom is like a rcrormer. It may sweep clean for a while, but it won't keep clean,
 Tho old-fashioned youth who used Co go to college to get fame with the shcepskin now has son who goes to college to get fame with the pigsliin.
 A woman who wouldn't think of respecting her husband gets mad be- cause the ncighbors do not respect him.
 Another Fairy Tale: Once upon time a woman bought a pair Of shoes that were so big that she could wear them with comfort
 It is a blame sight easier to teach T parrot to talk than it is to teach woman not to.
 When a man says that he is let ting his wife keep boarders, he means that he is letting boarders keep his wife.
 Modcsty demands that girls skirt should reach to her shoe tops May be that's the reason why she wears kneehigh shoes.
 Our idea of an absent-minded wo- man would be one who comes home from a shopping trip with some money left.
 After a woman has been married for a while she can tell you that King David knew what he was talk ing about when he said what all men were.
 The old-fashioncd preacher re- tired to his study back of the pulpit for prayer and meditation after his sermon. But the modern eyange- list retires to his gymnasium back of his stage and has a trainer give him a shower and a rub-down af- ter he has thrown handsprings and Billingsgate until the collection plates are filled.
 One reason why women do not make good baseball pitchers is be- cause even when girl has good curves she cant control them.
 Before ne gets her he has eyes for only one girl. After he gets hcr he has eyes for all girls but one.
 A prominent female educator an- nounces that the average woman's legs are as straight as those of the !. average man. Well, after giving | our classic props the once-over, we | are here to say that the educator isn't handing her sex much of a compliment.
 And where, oh, where is the old fashioned young man who used to have the walls of his room covered with pink chromos from the Police Gazette?
 When she is IT she is waiting for a Millionaire to propose. When she is 27 she is trying to capture a common, ordinary Meal Ticket.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
WHEN GOLD IS CHEAP
lNew York Mnridl

(New York WOrid)
 One Of the simplest and yet most convincing les sons in political economy taught is addressed Co the American people, The high prices of which they complain, while occasioned by, not due alto gether war They result in part from the enormous addition ot gold 10 our currency. Money is more plentiful here and therefore cheaper relatively than he commodities for which many nations chiefly en- gagged making high bids.
 We have in the United States today One-third Ot the worlds gold. the at last reports being s.. 63GOOOOOO If the European conflict continues another year. U is predicted that Ouehalf of the gold in bank CTS hands will be in American vaults. To this hoard we owe in some degree imitation approaching coin age of silver urged by the cheap-money men of 1896
 Holy writ history and fable, as well as practical experience, against policies which OvcrvaLe money and UHderya!Ue the things which in time of stress are worth more than money. We have too much money at the moment because the nations with which we are trading or would like to trade at war, and therefore, with their productive energies restricted able to furnish with the goods need in exchange for the supplies they can obtain only from
 To be prosperous we must buy a5 well as sell To sustain enormous exports must welcome enormous imports. If to rebuild and repen sh the earth after the most devastating of must accept almost anything in preference to gold in the final settlement
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
NEW STANDARD TIME
 PLAN GIVEN CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-A bill to establish standard time by dividing continental United States into five zones, the limits of each to be de- fined by an Interstate Commerce Commission order having regard to convenience of commerce" and june ton points of interstate and foreign commerce, was introduced by Repre-. sentative Borland of Missouri.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY

Seattle Business ChrOncle)
 For many years men watched black clouds of coal smoke beIchiug from factory stacks and coke ovens and bewaIed the fact that before their eyes money was literally going up in smoke" Science came to the rescue however and many companies have made fortunes and making them from utilization of coal smoke. The shortage Of dyes and chemicals by reason Of the has stimulated this industry.
 But whatever good use that has been found for coal smoke, utilization of waste from our Dg lumber mills is about where it % years ago. No one knows how many millions of dollars are being wasted annually through failure make by-prOducts from mill waste The loss is greater than was the loss from coal smoke waste.
 government expert who has lately investigated the matter says that thered than 100 market able products that may be made from lumber waste materials At least 50 per cent of these products may be manufactured and marketed very prOftabiy without fear of competition from other substances Other by products from mill waste will competition. One Ot these is alcohol which is made from sawdust
 The greatest opportunity. it is pointed out, would be Co utilize mill waste iD the manufacture Of paper Such plan might be established in connection with any large mill, group of mills, says this expert.
 There is doubt but that within few years mill owners take up the question Of cutting down the enormous waste from their plants. Perhaps the present high prices of paper, as well as chemicals. will hasten the day We have rightly come to look with horror anything smacEing of waste and it is but a question Of time when will satisfy our economic c0nsciences regarding discarded millions in mill refuse.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
sHAUGHNEssY-BARoN, SIR AND TOM

Baron Shaughnessy is not an inappropriate name for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Sir Tom shaugh- messy as he is known in Canada, is better However the success of the new administration will probably be due to the insight in life that came when he was just plain Tom Shaughnessy, of his native Milwaukee working his way up through the medium op the Chi' cago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad-and he ad' yanccd long way because he started so far from the top That man never had experience with the average AmericanIrishman in politics who does not bet that the Shaughnessy chap-whether you prefer to prefix t with Baron Sir or just Tom-will make good at the head of things in Ireland. The Canadian Pacific system is having evidence of what it means to have Shaughuessy for head
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Bets Made at the Bar.

Every newspaper is pestered by rummics who get into saloon argu- mcnts and call the editor by phone 10 decide the matter A recent in- stance was that of the rummy who asked the editor of thc' Louisville Evening Post if a United States army officer vas compelled to wear a wrist watch. Before hanging up the re- ceiver the rummy was heard to say: NO, it ain't compul-so-ra-ry, l win the drink"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
HnW- HaWl

Jesse Pancake, of Columbus, Ohio, left can of maple syrup in a street car in that city, and when he called up the Lost and Found Blu reau of the street railway company and told them that Pancake wanted the maple syrup they hung up the receiver on him and told him to quit kidding.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
CANADAs RESOURCES
ISeattle Pos..InteIlIgencerl


 The financial operations of the Dominion of Can ada with the government of Great Britain bring ing about a gradual settlement of the balances against the DominiOn and with the exceptional exports draw ing Canadian securities from the hands of English in vestOrs and distributing interest payments among the home capitalists instead of sending them across the sea. Its ammmunitiOn plants have also drawn much British gold. Canada, in a smaller way, is approach ing the creditor nation stage through the same n- tuenCes that have given the United States such ti nancial importance in the past year.
 Canada has not only furnished credits to the imperial government, but it is financing its portion Of war expense Co the amount Of $2O0O0O00 a month The Dominion debt stands at $76OOOOOOO of which $3O3OOOOOO is payable in London $75,OOO,OOO in New York and $82SOOOOOO in Canada. The bank despOsits Of the Dominion increased $17400OOOO in the first ten months of 1916.
 War has also operated to make Canada manuiac- turing country. It has long been a large producer of materials but these have largely reached the finished stage in the industrial Centers of England and the United States War has built factories all over Canada, and it has especially developed the manurac- tUTe of ammunition. When peace comes it will find the Dominion industrial well an agricultural rival of the United States.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

the pedestrian was stretched out on the street he found a medical man
 attending the victim. "Is he dead?' v asked the man in the buggy. NO, ' replied the medical man. Hes not dead. He's merely run down. y
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

The good will of The Empire and all those who make it goes with Loss" Bernard back to his old Fairbanks stamping ground. 3Jr. Bernard is printer and newspaper of the finest type and ability and splendid Alaskan citizen May his shadow never grow Iess-and, while it is long enough, it wouldn't hurt if it broadened out bit At any rate. heres good luck to Loss!
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

Alaska gold miners will wish more power to Prcsi dent Wilson in his efforts to bring about peace m Europe We would like to have the competition in the powder market and the base metal markets re- duced.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Wall MnlI

In New York City W. H. Beers runs a saloon, J. J. Lancer is a physician, J. E. Shaver is a bar Der and Anna Trim is a manicure.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

cIudlng his own campaign decarations) to back up his efforts if they directed in that direction
 There is yet time to settle all these matters by giving the people Of the Territory free hand if the Delegate would only "get busy"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Oh

Cattle are bringing high prices right now, and a man with a good herd can consider himself c6mpara- lively wealthy. But what we start ed to say was that A. Redheffer lives at St. Louis, Mo.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

Of course that dispatch printed yesterday in the Dispatch as having been sent from Juneau by The Empire did not as matter of fact, originate in The Empire office.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Our Joe Miller Contest.

Doc Thompson claims that the oldest joke is the one about the man whose buggy struck a pedestrian when his high-stepping horse ran avUay NUhan tha man unt tn yvhara
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Your Home Bank

Keep your money on deposit in your OWN HOME BANK. The funds of this bank are used in helping the business interests of YOUR COM MUNlTY. The prosperity of this Bank Is tied up with the prosperity of all the merchants and deal ers of neighborhood This Bank offero you a service equal in security and accommodation to that of any Bank, no matter where.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke McLuke
 -:- Copyright by Cincinnati En-
 Quirer.

Wuff! Said Adam in his anger: Say, Eve, you give me pain; For here of late, both night and day, You're busy raising Cain.'
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

Give us your uexr oruer for trans. fer work or coal. Juneau Transfer Company. Phone 4s.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Wow

Miss Wanda Howell is singing at the Fort StanwiX Hotel, Johnstown, Penn, this week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

When Secretary of State Hugo greeted the New York Presidential Electors who assembled yesterday to cast their votes for Mir Hughes he remarked that only twice before, in 1868 and 1S7G had election gone in favor of a party that did not carry New York l. was not the election that went in favor of such a party in 1876. It was the Electoral Commission (New York WoTld)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Mean Brutel

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith celebrate their golden wedding next week, ,' said Mrs. Gabb Are you going to send anything?"
 "Ycs," growlcd Mir. Gabb. "Tm going to send him a gold medal for the endurance championship"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
How Ahnnt It2

HOW hDOuL lL5
 If Miss Carrie COldiron, who teaches the school at Clay City Kyr 1 will make 1t a hot one, we will let her help out in our laundry depart mcnt.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
American Indoor Sports.

American Indoor Sports. Poker
 Running the Government. Managing the Home Team. Settling the War in Europe. Knocking the Weather Bureau. Basket Ball Whipping Mexico. Spending Rockcrcller's Money. Throwing the Bull.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Well. We'll

Chocolate Brothers have a candy store in Baltimore, Md.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Gosh !

Some men grow stouter as they go through life, but l. DeKreas lives at Owenton, Ky.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

Things To Worry About. Space has temperature of 200 degrees below zero.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

Learn One New Thing Every Day
 Sally Baker is town in Virginia
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

Firms Is Firms. Bride & Groom have a photograph gallery at Shclbyville, Ind.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

Congress is capable of providing it's own vaude. He without assistance from Thomas W. Lawson
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

UUI UdLY OVtlIdI' Many a Chicken Is Merely An Old Hen In Disguise.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Names Is Names.

Abraham Lyde lives at Falmouth, Ky.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
No Inka

No Joke. As he jackcd up his auto, The joy rider said: "A hole in my tire is Worth two in my head"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31

AW. Gwan! These young M.D.s are funny men, They often make us frown; They take up medicine, and then Want us Co take it down.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Cheap as Dirt.

Cheap as Dirt. "Why say, As cheap as dirt? Gee
 whiz!"
 Exclaimed old Mir Soot; "I know some real estate that is Five hundred bucks per foot"
 His Glass "I would like to have that broken repaired, said the Prohibi- tionist. but l will not employ a glazicr.
 "Why uot?" we asked. "I hear that he has to have his glass before he can begin his days work" replied the ProhibitiOnist.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-31
Things to Worry About. There are five different kinds ot
nrr DoiIv cneoioI

ice.
The Morgan City daily review., 1917-04-10
AUSTRIA ALSO sewers DIPLOMATIC Tie
Seizure Of Austrian Interned Ships in American P0ftS
Follows the Rupture War Is Certain

nut on board. The measure was ex-
planned as purely one of police eau
ton. but it is realized that it may
be interpreted by Austria as an act
of war. In a similar situation after
the break with Germany no ships
were seized until a state of war ac-
tually had been declared.
Whether Bulgaria and Turkey are
preparing to follow suit is unknown,
but officials generally believe that
sooner or later they will do so. Bull
garian Minister Paharetoff called
on secretary Lansing late today to
ask if this government had any in
formation from Sofia, but was told
none had been received. Both Bull
garia and Turkey are believed here
to be weary of the war, but German
domination of the Central European
alliance is expected to drive them,
as it drove Austria, to break with
Germany's new enemy.