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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
MRS. DICKINSON DEAD.

CHICAGO, March 14.-Mrs. Ja- cob NJ. Dickinson, wife of the sec retary of war under President Taft and receiver of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific By, is dead at Nashville, Tenn.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
STEAMERS TO SAIL
 NEXT WEEK FROM
 SOUTH TO ANCHORAGE

SEATTLE, March 14.-The Alas ka Steamship Company will dispatch the freighter Ketchikan to Anchor. age next Wednesday, followed on Friday by the Alameda with passen' gers also for Anchorage. A large number of automobiles will be on the Ketchikan for Anchorage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 14.-Alaska Gold closed today at 7%. Alaska.Jmeau at z. American Zinc at S7. Butte & Superior at 46%. Chino at 5S&.
 Ray at 2Sk.
 Utah Copper at 11l%. Copper metal was quoted at S3
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
AMERICANS AMONG CREW.

 New York, March 14.-The AL gonquin was owned by the American Star Line and was commanded by Captain A. NOrdberg, naturalized American.
 Among the crew of the Algon- quin who are American born were William T, Tolmes, of Chicago, and Charles Schultz, of Brooklyn. The Algonquin and her cargo was valued at $1,700,000.
 The steamer registered from Philadelphia and was built in 1890. The Algonquin was an iron craft of 1882 tons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
COMMISSION COMPLETES
 PROBE OF OIL COMPANIES

WILMINGTON, Del, Mar. 14.-The investigation by the Federal trade commission into the gasoline situa- ton has been completed, it was an nounced and will be presented to Congress next week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
PRESIDENT AMAZED.

WASHINGTON, March IA. President Wilson today eX- pressed the greatest amaze ment at the official reports that four Brotherhoods of the great railways of the United States were planning a nationwide strike, the se- ries to be started Saturday night. "This Is too critical a time for such a proce- dure," was the comment of the President.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
IS DIRIGIBLE
 BALLOONS ARE
 ORDERED TODAY

WASHINGTON. March 14.-Con- tracts were awarded today by the Navy Department for 16 dirigiblie balloon to cost $649,25O. It was announced that the contractors have been required to rush" the order.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
LATE GABLE NEWS

LoNDoN-The British have ad. advanced thirty miles above Bagdad it is announced officially today. WASHINGTON = Charles A. Cole was today nominated by the Presi' dent for the postmastership at Ev' erett, Wash.
 CLEVELAND = Cuyler Mowrey paymaster of Rich and Company was shot and killed by auto ban. dits in front of the factory this af' ternoon. The bandits obtained $5. 400 and escaped.
 -o--p---s------
 Everybody reads THE EMPIRE
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
Bids for Cruisers

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Bids were opened this afternoon by the Navy Department officials for six cruisers of 35 knots speed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
Third Division Senator Is Chosen To Preside Over the Upper
 House.
EDDY IS THE SECRETARY
Resolution Today Was Means of Breaking Deadlock which
 Has Existed.

Senator John Sundback, Repubh- can. of Nome, broke the Senate deadlock this afternoon at l:O5 o'clock by voting with Senators Hickman, Hubbard, Gaustad and Sutherland for a slate which made Senator o. P. Hubbard, Wickersham- ite of Valdez, President; William II. Eddy, Republican, of Nome, sec retary; Joseph Baxter, Democrat, of Valdez, sergeant-at-arms; John S. Hecky, Wickershamite, of An- chOrage, messenger. The remainder of the Senate positions are to be be filled, according to Senator Gau- stad's resolution, carrying the slate, by committee made up of Senator's Aldrich, Roman, Sutherland and Eeckman.
 The deadlock was in its tenth day, during which time 28 roll calls for permanent President were ta- ken, and votes were recorded on 22 other motions, total of 45 roll calls with the unbroken four to four tie standing. The lineup during the 45 ballots was Senators Roman, Sulzer and Aldrich, Democrats, with Senator Sundback, Republican, vOt- ing against Senators Sutherland, Gsustad and Hubbard, Wickersham- ties, and Senator Heckman, Repub- hcan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14

WASHINGTON-U. s. Ambassa- dor James W. Gerard arrived home this afternoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14

After caucusing from to 5:&O yesterday, the members of the Sen ate were unable to agree on a form Of drawing lots for the different offices, as proposed by Senator Ald- rich's resolution of yesterday, the Senate adjourned until 12:3O O. clock today. An hour and Q half caucus this morning also availed nothing in the way of reaching an agreement.
 The Senate convened at 12:SO O. clock with President Pro Tempore Hickman presiding. Rev. Guy D.. Christian offered a prayer. The journal was approved. and then Senator Heckman. as chairman of the Senate committee to determine the mehod of lot-drawing under the Aldrich resolution, reported that no agreement had been reach cd.
 On motion of Senator Aldrich, seconded by Senator Roman, the roll call on permanent President was taken. The vote was: For Aldrich, {: for Hubbard. 9; for Hickman, 1.
 Resolution Offered.
 Senator Hubbard then offered a resolution. which divided the eight Senate offices into two groups. No, l and No. 9. Under group were the president, sergeant-at-arms, as- sistant clerk and expressing clerk; under group were the secretary, messenger. enrolling clerk and watchman. The resolution gave Senators Aldrich, Roman. Sulzer and Sundback their choice of the two groups, the naming of the other group falling to Senators Hubbard, Heckman and Gaustad.
 Discussion of the resolution was offered by Senator Aldrich, but Sem ator Sutherland interrupted to say:
 of the Senator from the Second opens the caucus matter, l warn him that I am primed.'
 President Pro Tempore Heckman ruled the remarks out of order.
 Aldrich Stands on Principle.
 The first business before this body" Senator Aldrich declared, lis the election of a permanent Presi- dent. No other office is on a par with it. By placing the messenger sergeaut-at-arms and other minor ----
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14
GABLE REPORTS FOR 24 HOURS ENDING AT 8:OO A. M T0I
YESTERDAY

in the Territory this morning oveay secon where the weather fair and moderately low In the Interior the temperatures practically cloudy conditions incl dent to falling pressure developed spreading southeastward N B. SUMMERS, MeteorologiSt
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-14

Evcrybody reads THE EMPIRE
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
DANCER OF |. W. W.
Alarming Growth Revealed In
Books Seized In Raid.
VAST SUM OF MONEY SPENT.

In the Last Year, and Not Including
the Exceedingly Active Month of Au-
gust, Chicago Office Alone Handled
$1oo,0oo-Most of Money Spent In
Defense Purposes.
Chicago. go.-Evidence of alarming in
crease In the membership of the l. w.
W. and of vast sums spent in prora.
ganda work was laid before the fed
eral grand jury as result of its
sweeping investigation of the books of
l. w. w. and Socialist branches
throughout the United States following
last weeks raids.
Three startling facts which show the
power of the organization and which
were to be taken into account by the
jury in determining the danger of the
/. w. w. and means to be taken to
curb it's activities are:
In three years the organization has
gained 1000 per cent in membership.
1t now has 10000 persons on it's rolls
In the last year, and not including
the exceedingly active month Of Au
gust, the Chicago Office alone handled
100000.
These figures were learned from a
highly authoritative source, and it is
known they will have an important
bearing on the grand jury investiga-
tfon.
Books of the l. w. W. seized at Chi
cago are said to show exact balancing
and to account for the source of each
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Harvest In Flanders

In Flanders fields the crosses stand
Strange harvest for fertile land!
Where once the wheat and barley grew,
With scarlet poppies running through.
This year the poppies bloom to greet
Not oats nor barley nor white wheat,
But only crosses, row by row,
Where stalwart reapers used to go.
In Flanders fields no women sing,
AS once they sang, at harvesting.
No men now come with scythes to NOV
The little crosses, row by row.
The poppies wonder why the men
And women do not come again!
In Flanders at the winds football,
The crosses do not bend at all,
AS wheat and barley used to do
Whenever wind went running through.
The poppies wonder when they see
The crosses stand so rigidly!
o God, to whom all men must bring
What they have done for reckoning.
At harvest time what byre or bin
Have you to put these crosses in?
What word for men who marched to SOW
Not wheat, but crosses, row by row?
Alas, our tears can never bring
The men who came here harvesting
And come no more! We do not know
What way the singing women go,
Their songs all still! But crosses stand
Row after row in Flanders land!
Louise Driscoll in New York Times.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
YOU

My son, your country calls you'll
Gird your arnor for the frayI
1t In calling you others,
And it's calling you today.
Cant you hear the bugle sounding,
ALI, no matter where you roam?
1t liz calling you TO battle
For your land, your folks, your home.
Can you watch your friends, your COM
rades,
AS they pass with measured tread;
Can you really, truly see them
With a shameless, unbowed head?
Can you read of glory, honor,
And of death so far away,
With your friends who knew tomorrow
Could not come. so went today?
Can you think of them returning
When those guns shall sound no more
Lauded, honored by their country
Each a veteran of war?
Can you think of that dim future
When your child-as children do
Talks in boastful ways of daddy?
Could he truly boast of you?
Oh, know that there are others,
And thought you'd say it too.
But remember, friend, these verses
Are for those who read them-you!
Private Cornelius Weygandt Weaver IL,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
GERMANS KILL VICTIMS
BY RULE, He DECLARES
Allied Fighters Will Demand
Drastic Peace Terms, Says
Broker Chamberlain.

''The soldiers, both British and
French, on the western fighting front
will demand that severe peace terms
be exacted against Germany before
they will lay down their arms at the
end of the war. They have gone
through so much and have seen so
many horrors perpetrated by the en-
emy that they will not be inclined to
cease fighting and return to their
homes, even when victorious, on any
mild conditions"
This is the opinion of Lawrence
Chamberlain of New York, who has
just returned from a summers tour of
England and France with the Rev. Dr.
Newell Dwight Hills of Brooklyn
They were speakers on behalf Of the
first liberty loan. and their tour was
to get material should they be asked
to boom the second loan.
Mr.. Chamberlain and DR.. Hills
learned at first hand Of many atroc-
tiles in northern France, which they
will describe in detail If they again
take the platform.
'The most terrible thing about the
atrocities" Mr.. Chamberlain said, "is
that they are carried out methodically
and are part Of the Prussian military
code. Men and women are killed or
disfgured in certain, exact ways for
having incurred the displeasure of the
Germans in certain, exact ways.
'"This killing and mutilation are done
in fashion that seems to be sched-
uled, just as the German cannon at
fixed time each day will fire a fixed
number of shells at a French church.
1t is so methodical that it is horrible
beyond words.
"But the allies have made the mis-
take of insisting upon too much Sc
crecy as to their AFFAIRS" he added.
Secrecy as to military movements
about to be accomplished is, of course,
necessary. but what has been done
should be told about Particularly the
people should have the vivid tales of
heroism that are being written by the
fighters every day. think the people
of this country should have the fullest
news of the doings Of our soldiers,
even though some time they should get
a good licking
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
FOOD WASTING TREASON"
Medical journal Says Citizen Who Doea
Not Economic Is Guilty.

Medical journal Says Citizen Who DoeA
Not Economic Is Guilty.
each citizen who is making the most
OF his food supply, living on as little
as possible and wasting nothing, is do.
Ing his part to win the war;" says the
Medical Journal. 1.-The citizen who
wastes the food supply ever so little is
traitor. 1t makes no difference that
he himself can afford to do it. Each
such instance of waste detracts so
much from the countrys resources.
Multiply one case by a hundred, a
thousand or million and you have a
real weakening of the nation.
1T would be as if prizefighter tried
to go on in ring with a little yenal
bleeding somewhere in his BODY -ex.
hausting his vitality. Looked at in that
way prosecution for wasting bread
does not seem an absurdity; it is the
height OF economy, indeed, but II sets
a good example, an example which if
followed Throughout the land. viii 90
far toward winning the war"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04

sum received and the disbursement Of
the entire 100000. The records show
that most Of the money was spent for
defense purposes, printing literature"
and publishing newspapers.
Whether any German money is back
ing the organization and whether the
accounts as shown on the books are
correct are two subjects of investiga-
ton.
The discovery of the great strength
Of the 1. w. w. was said to be Of ex-
treme Importance in that it will indi-
cate to the government how dangerous
thorn it has in it's side.
That these discoveries might lead to
Imprisonment or internment of some Of
the active members was a suggestion
on which officials would not comment
The revelations were said to be star
tling to some officials who had no idea
of the power of the organization.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
RUSSIAN IGNORANCE OF
MODERN LIFE IS GREAT
In Name of Freedom" Soldiers
Set Fish Free to Swim In
Larger Lake.

1--WE are dark and ignorant, and the
educated people have always deceived
u.s." Russian soldiers have said over
and over again, so the Petrograd CORE.
spondent of the New York Times
writes. The paper quotes some of the
anecdotes of the Russian revolution
that are now coming out in the French
press.
Take, for instance, the story told by
M. de Fliers, associate editor of the
Figaro who is with the Russian troops
in Roumania. One Of those soldiers
meetings which have been fashionable
under "the new discipline" ended in a
rush of the men to channel between
TWO lakes, where nets kept the fish
from passing into the larger lake, in
which it would be more difficult to net
them. They began to pull out and de-
stroy the barriers and nets. crying,
Liberty for the fish, When some of
their officers tried to interfere a non
commissioned officer eXplained:
"Fish are Gods creatures, like men,
and have the same right to liberty
But men can talk and so have made
the revolution. while fish are dumb and
can never make theirs. 1t is therefore
our duty to aid them, because it is con.
trary to nature to pen them up in order
to capture them easily and kill them"
An incident narrated by NJ. Nadeau
Of the Temps tells how the workmen
in a factory waited upon the engineers
and informed them that in view of the
new order of things they must go down
into the mines and work like the rest.
Then followed this colloquy:
The Engineers-And who will do our
work?
The Workmen-Some of us will take
turns in your offices.
: "But what will you do there?'
"The same as you do-sit around
sharpen pencils and smoke cigarettes"
In the same spirit, the founder and
curator of the photographic museum
at Petrograd reports that the caretak-
ers and cleaners there have petitioned
the government for the suppression Of
his Office on the ground "that curator
is useless in a museum. that he does
nothing and costs money, as they who
carry the keys. WELD the feather
brooms and clean the floors are the real
curators."
Milukoff has told how, in one OF his
conferences with representatives of the
council of workmens and soldiers del
egates, delegate said to him: "What
do we want with the Dardanelles, any
how? They are icebound three-fourtns
of the year." 1t was doubtless on SUCH
arguments that the Russian govern
ment was forced to give up its demand
for Constantinople as war aim.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
WORTH HALF A MILLION MEN.
Value of Possession of ConstantinopIe
by the Allies.

by the Allies.
Constantinople is the keystone of the
Balkan arch, but it is more; it is the
elimination of the German kaiser's
dream; it is the sine qua non of a Ger
man empire of the east. With the
allies in possession of Constantinople
the castle of the Germans would fall
to the ground and all their military
plans and aspirations find their way
into the scrap heap. Constantinople
can be taken from the east by using
the resources of the east for that pur-
pose, and it would not be surprising If
this was not in the minds of the Brit
1sh command when recent operations
were planned. China has a wealth of
iron ore. Japan has enormous manu-
featuring ability by which Chinese ore
may be converted. India Egypt and
the Philippines have food. and there
are no submarines east of Snez TO
break the flow OF supplies. Russia's
greatest ore deposits and iron works
are in the Black sea provinces, and The
Black sea belt is known as one of tbe
worlds largest granaries.
From Suez. from Bagdad and from,
the Armenian Black sea ports as base
combined attack leading to Cnnstan
ioople would have Il good clian @ o.
success. Transportation is difficult. b,,
not impossible. The great wall Of In
Taurus mountains is a barrier PROG
nan. with defensive possibilities. hI-
they can lie overcome. if not l., Il;
rect operations, by GaaEing movc,aort.
launched from the Mediterranean M.
Black sea. With the eastern Med r..
ranean coast in British hands The u,
lied forces at Sanniki coull n lnr..
measure he transported to I,e r,l. Tiil
oil. possibly to AleyanGret.a 10 TAX
part in the movement c.;nvnrynr
the Turkish capital. 1t wouh! pre-,
ably he an expensive campaign in,t
would be worth half million mon !
b. Gradner writes in the Century Mas
azine.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
TO NOTIFY RELATIVES FIRST
General Mccain In Charge of Casualty
Division In Franco

Washington.-Relatives of the Amer.
ican Army Medical corps men killed
in France by German bombs will ho
the hrst to receive official death no.
uces from the new casualty division
OF the war department. Adiutant Cen.
eral Mccain has built up big organ
ization to handle this branch Of wo,
work.
"All we try to do is to send human
message telling relatives of the ragro,
Of the war department at death of
troops on the 'front.'" it was said "1,ho
facts of soldiers death are recited
concisely. AS the death list grows
greater these messages must become
shorter of necessity
The war department still awaits Of;
cial details of the American hosnita,
tragedy in which Lieutenant Fitzs;n,.
mons and three privates of the Har.
yard hospital unit were killed.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
TROY BELLS FOR WEST POINT.
Costly Chime That VIII Play Patriotic
Airs at Cadet Chapel.

What is said will be the most costly
chime of bells in America ana one OF
the most musical sets in existence Is
now being made at the foundry or
bell making company of Troy, N. T.,
for the massive tower of cadet chapel
the Rev. H. P. Silver chaplain, at the
United States Military academy, West
Point, as the gift Of Mrs. James M
Lawton in memory of her father, the
late Major General Robert Anderson
who was graduated from the academy
in 1926 and whose brilliant comnano
Of Fort Sumter at the outbreak OF tne
civil war has thrilled millions OF reau-
ers of American history, says tne
Watchman-E Examiner.
There will be twelve bells in the
chime, the largest weighing nearly two
tons and measuring fifty-six inches III
its mouth. The cadet chapel IS Oh
stone quarried from rock found on the
military grounds and cost to buiio
about half million dollars. Its com
manding position on the hill back from
the Hudson river makes an ideal place
for bells. and the patriotic airs from
the chime will sound throughout the
beautiful Highlands, in the midst OF
which the Military academy is situat-
ed, and prove source of inspiration
to the future generals of the United
States army that will always linger
with them pleasantly.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Tuberculosis In Berlin,

Copenhagen. Vital statistics for
city of Berlin now published for the
months of March, April and May show
56 per cent increase in the number
Of deaths from tuberculosis as COM
pared to the same month of 1916. The
winter months also were highly un-
favorable in their showing regarding
the spread of tuberculosis and other
lung diseases.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04

Open Life Too Open.
Discovery Of rattlesnake coiled Id
her bed the first night in camp mas
cured California teacher nf tent life.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
WRECKS HIS OWN STILL.
Moonshine Owner Says He Is Converted
to Prohibition.

Guion, Ark. = Moonshine whisky is
disappearing from the Ozarks. A man
regarded as the pioneer moonshiner of
this sec Ion has voluntarily DESTROYED
his fift'f gallon copper still, which has
run, according to his estimate, 10000
gallons of liquor since he put it in use
soon after the civil war.
Through all the years the still was not
found by the ire, enuers." Having been
converted to prohibition, the moon
sinner called his friends and told them
that he was through. Then he hacked
up the still and sold the copper as junk.
His name is being withheld so that h,
will not be prosecuted by the govern
ment,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-28
EXCHANGE NATIONAL
BANK STOCK ISSUED
Capitalization of the States
Greatest Banking lnstitu-
ton Increased $250,000.

Increased capital stock Of the EN'
change National bank which was o.
d,rcd ore month ago was ISSUED last
week The stock was increased FROM
$500 600 To- $750.O0O The new stock
was issued ~ the present Stockholders
The combined capital surplus az.
undivided profits of the Exchange NJ
tIonal bank is now 81. 100000, maxim;
it Ivy fan the greatest bank IN okla
homa. It's closest competitor In -"
state is the American National bank -
oklahoma city whose combined cap.-
,aI. surplus and undivided profit" IL
1000.
r. " Jacobs Of Kansas city, who
was recently employed as auditor io
the Exchange National, arrived Fri
dav and ut once took mp His new ga
tics. MIR. Jacobs Is considered one =
the most cNpert auditors in the middle
west and has made the annual audits
of this bank He is the first auditor
to BE- employed hv the Exchange Ma
tionaI Mr Jacobs has bought a house
and his family arrived IN Tulsa yes
tcrday