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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
CIGARETTES GIVEN
 HARD KNOCK BY THE
 ESSAY CONTESTANTS

The judges appointed to pass on the reports submitted of the Anti cigarette meeting, held last Tuesday at the Methodist church under the auspices of the w. c. T. U., have made their report, as follows:
 The pride of one dollar, for the best composition, goes to Donald Condit of the Freshman class of the high school. The composition of Ralph Waggoner of the fifth grade, is so meritorious that a second prize of fifty cents has been awarded. Delphos Davis of the 9th grade, stood third in rank and has been awarded honorable mention.
 The judges were Mrs. J. B. Mar shall and Misses Thompson and Dwy- CT of the public schools. The three reports mentioned above follows:
 The winning essay by Donald Condit
 At the address at Che Methodist Church. Mir. Clark was the first speak CT on the program He told Of what Judge Lindsay of Denver. Colorado. said about the evils Of the cigarette smoking habit. He said that cigarette smoking was the greatest undcrmin- ing factor Co a boys life. The cigar ettc smoke makes boys less able to withstand other temptations and takes away their brain power and muscular power. The next course in the cigar cite smoking is that the boys try in- haling the smoke. This makes the lungs incapable Of doing their work and posons the blood with the nico- tine poisoning matter.
 After the boy has learned to inhalc the smoke he is very susceptible to all diseases. This habit also creates n desire for other stimulants in which the cigarette does not satisfy.
 Modern business men will not hire a man who smokes cigarettes or who has other bad ghabits. This proves that the hoy wRo smokes has mighty poor chances against one that doesn't i Montgomery Ward and Company. of Chicago. do not allow any Of their Cm- plOyees under eighteen to smoke ciE- arcttes. One of the largest business cigarette habit is almost as bad for a person as the drinking habit.
 Judge Lindsay says that man is like a wonderful building and he must build on solid foundation il he ever expects to be anybody in the world. boy that smokes cigarettes iS cer- tainly building a very poor foundation. He also says that thouSands Of Crim- inals start as boys smoking cigarettes. Miss Aiken was the second number on the program. Her subject was Che story Of boy who ruined his life ! by the cigarette habit. This story was written by High School teacher. Mir. Smith, and was an actual eNper- fence of his with n city boy. This boy. Mir. Smith one day met on the street with a cigarette in his hand. ! He was six years old when Mir. Smith first met him, After that Mir. smith ldid not sec him again until he started ! to high school Mir. Smith then tells Of his failures in his classes because of tho cigarette habit and later of his death at the age of seventeen because of the cigarette habit.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Anson Suggests Taking Gloves
 From Fielders.

Capt. Adrian Anson takes little stock in the suggestions which have been made to increase batting. He says that if they give a batsman his base on three balls, some of the southpaws will never be able to get the side out. About the only change would suggest" says Anson, Ito make the game faster would be to require all the fielders, except pos sibly the first basemen. to do with- out gloves. Those huge pillows they wear cut down many a drive that would have been a hit in the old days. I have played first base for twenty years and never wore a glove and I don't see why they are ne' cessary now, except for the catch CTS"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
MIKE GIBBONS
 HAS HARD TIME
 IN CREE FIGHT
St. Paul Flash Has to Work His Hardest and Then Only Get Decision
 by a Margin.

Mike Gibbons, recognized middle weight champion of America, had q narrow escape from defeat last Sat urday night at Philadelphia at the National A. c. when he boxed the tough Harry Greb of Pittsburgh. As it was, the St. Paul Flash, won only by the narowest margin possible, and many of the big throng that packed the arena were of the opinion that Greb should have had the de- cision.
 Greb without doubt gave Gib- bons the hardest fight Mike ever has had. He tore into the St. Paul boxer with both arms going like fails and it kept Mike on the de- fensive for the most part of the frs: five rounds.
 At times Gibbons was able to dis play flash of speed but Greb usual ly had him tied up and Mike was unable to do much leading.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
NEW BILLS AT
 THEATRES FOR
 SUNDAY SHOWS
Three Juneau Movies Will Have MatineeS Sunday Old Programs Ending
 Tonight.

There will be an entire change Of bill tonight at the Coliseum, Julia Dean appearing in Judge Not" a six-recler. This will be given at the special matinee tomorrow. Earl Gray will do his cabinet working to- night and tomorrow matinee in full view of the audience.
 Sunday night "A Million a Min ute" with Francis x. Bushman and Beverly Bayne as the stars, will be the new fve-reel Metro. Earl Gray will give an entirely new program.
 Manager Gross announces that the Anderson orchestra of five pieces will be in the pit for the Sunday night shows.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Old Mir. Fan Gamest Sport in
 4,a yUoy,IJ

old Mir Fan is the gamest guy in the world. He is a human football in the world of sport. Ballplayers and club owners bat him all over the lot. Players call strikes on him, the magnates "gyp" him on world series tickets. Wrestlers frame" him; the pugs fake and stall; the fight promoter sells him twice aa many tickets as there are seats; football players won't identify them selves with him; golfers walk him to death; tennis players broil him under the hot summer sun: ice skat- CTS lie to him; chess players tire him; pool players sting him with the check; swimmers duck him; bowl CTS talk him dumb, and the PONIES
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
At the Orpheum.

Lillian Walker will be the Sunday night star at the Orpheum, appear ing in a VitaSraph play, "The Man Behind the Curtain" Almost at the start of the production there is a murder, and then startling develop ments result, not of Q great thrilling nor a grewsomc nature, but rather exciting and woven in with good comedy. There will be a weekly shown on the same time and Ed Keith has been secured as the yo- calist for the evening.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Films Neav Issues.

"A Million Bid" one of the most taIked-of productions which have come out of the Vitagraph studios, will shortly be released through the Vitagraph-V.L.S.E, exchanges in Q new de luxe edition, with num- Der of changes in cuttin, titling, and so on. Anita Stewart is the heroine of "A Million Bid" popular Harry Mercy playing opposite her.
 In support Of Miss Stewart and Mir. Mercy is a cast of famous Vita graph players. Ralph W, Ince di- rected the production.
 The role played by Anita Stewart in "A Million Bid" offers her many opportunities to show her versatility and ability as an emotional actress. She is not slow to avail herself of all of these chances.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Films.

Something new in childrens pie lures is promised in Jack and the Beanstalk" now under production by the Franklyn Brothers at the Hollywood, Cal, Fox studios. For the production, Jim Tarver, tho seven-foot-fve big man of the Bar mum shows, has been engaged for the role of the giant. In the new conception of the fairy story evolved at the Franklyns, the scenes in the giants castle are given appropriate
 tmosphere by enormous beds, chairs, ables and toilet articles, huge things modelled by the technical workers on scale fitting to the proportions of the enormous character who plays the giant part.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
There Will Be Lot Who Will
 Not Strike.

Numerous interviews given out by the Players Fraternity would indi- cate that the ball players are lined up solidly to enforce the demands for minor league reforms. A list of a few American leagucrs who will answer first orders to the training camps gives an idea of the "solid front" in the ranks of the players. A list, although not q complete one, appearing in an eastern paper the other day, shows a part of the strength that the club owners need not worry about. While some mem- bers of the Players Fraternity at- tend strike meetings, a great ma iority of the real stars of the game sit back and calmly await orders to report in the South, Wagner, Cobb, Tinker, Herzog and others be- ing among those who will stand behind the owners.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
At the Dream.

Hazel Dawn, who has not been
 seen here for some time, is to be the featured one at the Dream be- ginning with the matinee tomorrow. Miss Dawn will appear in a Famous Players film My Lady Incog," an original detective Comedy-drama. This is the first time the star has been seen in her screen careed as d girl detective. All the supporting cast will be new to Dream audiences.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Signed Up Features.

George Irving, president of the Jaxon Amusement Company operat- ing the Palace, returned from Se- attle yesterday morning. Mir IT, wing secured eleven big features while below. and they will be ex- hibited during the next couple of months. Mir. Irving stated that the Palace will have a new curtain, the material arriving here on one oi the next steamers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17

The story of "A Million Bid" is wound around a scheming mother who plans a wealthy marriage for beautiful daughter. Desperate un- der her mothers constant pleading, the girl marries the man of her mothers selection. She does not love him. Their honeymoon is tragically interrupted when the yacht on which they are touring is wrecked. From this start the story progresses rap idly.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Maru OR Coast.

After an absence of two years Mary Pickrord is to visit Los Ange- les again. She has just completed a picture in New York and will ar rive next week in California to be- gin work on "Rebecca of Sunny bIook Farm" the well-known Kate Douglas Wfggin play.
 Aircraft has already taken an op- ton on one of the largest studios in Los Angeles, and it is more than
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Roy Moore and Miller Winners
 in East RontS.

Roy Moore. Minneapolis bantam weight had clear margin over Johnny Ritchie, of Chicago in their fast ten-round bout at Minneapolis last Friday night
 Joe Burges, Chicago fcatherweight, suffered a dislocated jaw in the fourth round of his scheduled 1O- round bout with Alvic Miller of Ohio, and his seconds threw the sponge into the ring.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
A Modern TheJmu."

At the Douglas Orpheum tomoE- row night Vivian Martin and Harry Hilliard will be presented in Will fam Fox production, "A Modern Thelma." The story follows close Iy the book of Marie Corelh and there are some splendid scenes and incidents.
 Tonight "Thc Man Behind the Curtain" will be given for the last time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Reds Will Play Senators,

The Cincinnati Reds should be well tuned for any sort of pitching the National League has to offer The Reds are to play the Washing ton Americans six games this spring and Walter Johnson probably will pitch in a couple of them. One of the games will be at Cairo, two at Louisville and three at Cincin- natl.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
ALSO An L-Ko Comedy Firing the Butler"
NsZ

you boys I did not want to come but duty whispered in my ear Co come and warn you boys Of the evils Of cigar cite smoking. Smoking cigarettes in- jures the tissues of the lungs and air passages. stunts the growth Of the body, one is apt to lose In weight and 1t ruins the brain gradually. Mir Clark asked us who ought to teach us not to smoke cigarettes. We answered, our fathers and mothers. Then Mir. Clark smoke cigarettes if our fathers and mothers do not We answered anyone who knew the evils of it.
 A man can get job easier from business man when he does not smoke cigarettes than when he does. A busi- ness man asked MT. Clark Co recom- mend a contractor on contract to build the new school house. This contractor had built the wharf of the Union oil Company. Once the Edith came Into The current was swift and the Edith swung in with the current because the captain did not know the current was SO swift. The captain thought he would the wharf was too strong. The reason Of this was that there were boards across the piles to make them strong. A man that does not smoke cigarettes is the man who does his work the best and gets most contracts.
 Mir. Clark read a paper by Judge Lindsay, on the evils Of cigarette smoking. Miss Aiken read paper which said what a Mir. Smith, tech CT in the Western States wrote.
 One morning I met a little boy and girl. I asked tho boy what his name was and he answered Charlie Vents. Then l aSekd him how old he was. He hung his head, then turned and was going to run away when l caught site of some cigarette stubs. put my hand on his shoulders and told him to drop the stubs He opened his hands slowly and the stubs finally fell to the ground. Mir. Smith asked him what he did with them. He did not answer Then his sister said: 'Hc smokes them, sir" did not forget the name Charlie Vents,
 One day when I was teaching in High School n big sturdy boy came to High School I asked him his name. and he answered Charlie Vents" remembered that name. I found that he was three years older than most Of the children. I tried him In my class. Hc failed in most of the ques- tons asked him. tried to give him the easiest questions. but sun he failed most of the time,
 One morning he came ga half hour early 10 my office and said he had studied Latin until eleven o'clock last evening and to ask him a question
 i'm Latin. After I had asked others in the class room questions. asked him a question which [ was sure he could answer. But he was uneasy ln his seat. then jumped up and made for the door and ran. ! found out that he had been a slave Of nicotine from five years of age.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Close Tonight.

Marguerite Clark will close to- night at the Dream in Mice and Men" At the Palace the Blue bird feature. Hop the Devils Brew" will be shown for the final times. Vivian Martin in "A Mod ern Thelma," closes tonight at the Orpheum.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
White Sov to Go.

The White SoX Special carrying thirty-fve players and a number Of members of President Comiskey's party, will leave for their training camp at Mineral Wells, Tex, March 4, week earlier than planned.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
"MY LADY INCOG"
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League team, has become a hold out, according to letter received from him. Baird refused to sign a Pirate contract because of a cut in salary.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
At DOuuIGS Lgric.

A new program will be given at the Douglas Lyric tomorrow. To- night another Episode of Graft, is on again, the same as last night,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17

probable that several Pickford fea- lures will be made there.
 Miss Pickford will be accompan- jed West by her mother, Mrs. Char lCtte Pickford.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Fight Is Draw.

Dick Wells and Al. Sommers, Northwestern middleweight cham pion, fought a fifteen-round draw last Friday night at Wallace, Idaho. Wells finishing the stronger.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
SECOND PRIZE ESSAY

Evils Of cigarettes:
 The w. C. T. U. invited the public school boys to the Methodist Church, February 18th to hear . lecture by Mir. Clark and q reading by Miss Aiken. This is what remember of what Mir
 When they asked me to speak tc
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
HONORABLE MENTION

am writing composition entitled. "Thc Bad Habit of Cigarette Smoking"
 Cigarette smoking blunts the moral nature IL has an appalling effect up. on the physical system as we'll IL first Stupofys tho nerves It sends boys into consumption. It gives them enlargement of the heart. and it sends them tn the asylum Bright boys turned into dunees and honest boys into miserable towards by cigarette smoking. That's about all I know about cigarette smoking because do not smoke myself
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
EMPIRES SPORTING DOPE
RINa-MAT AND GENERAL ITEMS

Oh boys! What they do to old Mir. Fan is a shame. Yet MT. Fan never stops smiling. Old Mir. Fan is the gamest guy in the world.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
pelku Knnnked nnt

"Kid" Norfolk, champion heavy weight pugilist of the Isthmus of Panama, last week knocked out Ar thur Pelky in the thirteenth round at Panama.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
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shortly be started at the Dream. In jhis serial Juanita Hansen and Thomas Chatterton will have the principal roles.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17

Salary Cut Displeases Pirate Star.
 Douglas Baird for two seasons an infielder on the Pittsburgh National
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17
Nea0 Serial Due.

"Tho Secret of the Submarine" a most successful serial which has been running in the States, will
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17

Gus Getz scornTuiiy rejects q re- duction for playing third base" for the Dodgers. It will be news to Brooklyn fans" that he played.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-17

So long as Brooklyn players threaten to strike theer will be 4 prospect of some real ball playing in Brooklyn next summer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-16
CADILLAC DEALERS
HONOR w. G. LELAND

The dealer organization Of the Cad
lilac Motor Car Co. recently expressed
it's regard and esteem for Wilfred G..
Lelandw, vice president and general
manager Of the Cadillac Co.
Mr.. Leland was presented with a
handsome gold and silver tablet,
mounted on Circasssan walnut, the
whole executed by Tiffany. The in
scription reads: "To Wilfred Chester
Leland, vice-president and general
ton of the high speed high efficiency
V-type engine and it's application to
the motor car. From Cadillac Old
Guard
The tablet is Of silver. At the top
appears, IN a panel, bas-relief repre-
sentation Of the front end of the Cadil-
lac eight-cylinder. V-type engine. The
relief is done in gold. On one side Of
the panel Is a figure representative of
Mercury, and on the other side a fig
ure representative Of the goddess
Ceres. At the bottom Of the tablet,
in it's conventional circular form, APP
pears the trade mark of the Cadillac, a
wreath around the coat Of arms of
La. Mothe Cadillac. The coat of arms
also is in gold relief.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-16
49, ~ - ~ ~
TODAY'S POEM
WE ARE SEVEN

with no apologies to Brother Wads-
WORTHY
The Lpwestoft fishing-boat Success
has a "war-crew," a skipper Of sixty
eight, a ''boy'' Of sixty-two, while the
ages Of the other men are sixty-four.
xty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy -two
and seventy Chronicle.
I met a simple fishing craft
Upon the stormy deep,
And seven aged men thereon
Their vigil bold did keep.
I marveled much how men OF such
Antiquity could be
Entrusted with fishing-boat
Upon the bright blue sea.
"Oh, skipper" called I to that man
Of summers sixty4eight,
"Pray tell me how you dare to thus
Throw dice with tickle fate
Week. in, week out, from morn to
night
We brave the wintry tide,
Because, you see, we're seven" Thus
The smiling sage replied.
"Tsut arc your Joints not old and
stiff ?''
Fill not your eyes with rheum
When lacking off to leeward you
Essay to shift the boom ?''
The aged captain sweetly smiled
And raised his orbs toward heaven
s'Why not at ALL he answered me,
Because, you severe sevenu
In many a land and many a cline
Have I been forced to be;
But never had / seen before
Such fine virility!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-16
Y. w. C. A. NOTES.

This Saturday evening, the girls
from the Park Street Congregational
serving on the social commit
tee Of the East Side Y. w. G. A.. have
planned very pleasant evening. They
invite all members and friends to at
tend This is splendid opportunity
to bring to the association the girls
who have not as yet known Of these
happy evenings at home, and who are
waiting for some member to make her
acquainted.
The vocal numbers will be given by
Mrs. Eula Haines, Mrs. Howard Cor
ham and Mrs. F. B. Granniss Mrs.
Gronquist, the accompanist for the
evening will render piano solos and
Miss Priscilla Mosher will give sever
al readings. The rest Of the evening
will be spent in appropriate games
and serving refreshments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-16
SUFFRAGISTS SEE
VITAL VICTORY IN
ONTARIO'S ONSET
News from Suffrage Headquarters,
Hartford

| News from Suffrage Headquarters,
Hartford.)
| The suffrage victory in Ontario is
| a remarkable example of the way in
which equal suffrage is coming east
Ontario in character resembles the
eastern states Of the Union. It is
generally considered to be quite as
conservative. It's cities are much like
| New England cities. It is well set
| tied in the more southern parts and
conditions Of life are much the same
as in New York or Massachusetts,. Yet
| this province has now followed the
example Of the western provinces of
Canada and enfranchised it's women.
| 1t is remarkable also that this has
| been done as a war measure meas
ure Of efficiency and preparedness
The Canadian women have accepted
the new responsibility in the same
spirit. They have not pleaded to be
| left free from the duty of serving
their country politically. They have
not pointed to the many lines of SER
vice they are already engaged in
Red Cross work, social activity and
many other kinds Of work common to
the women in all the countries which
are at war. But they have accepted
gladly the new duty and responsibility
and are organizing to fulfil their part
politically with the same enthusiasm
and efficiency that they have SHOWN
| in regard to the work for the sofa
diers
| In area the addition of Ontario to
the equal suffrage map of the North
American Continent is equal to the
admission Of all the states along the
Atlantic Coats from Maine to Florida.
| Counting in the lakes Of Ontario the
area is 4o7,000 square miles, or with
out the lakes 365,000 square miles
I Quebec is larger province-almost
twice as 1arge-but Quebec includes
the vast stretch of northern country
of which Labrador forms the coast
| line; while the most northerly point
of Ontario is no further north than
the English city of York, and is very
much south Of Glasgow or Edin-
burgh. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, AL
berta and British Columbia all stretch
much more to the north than Ontario
which is bounded on the north by the
southern shores of Hudson's Bay. Tor
onto is on about the same parallel as
Portland, Maine, and Hamilton is no
further north than Buffalo. Ontario
contains more than a third of the
population of Canada, and has more
/ large cities than any other province.
1t is expected that Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
will this session follow the example
of the Western Provinces and Ontario
and grant votes to women. When
this has been done it is hardly possible
to believe that Quebec will long re-
main the only Province without equal
suffrage. Two years ago the women
had no votes anywhere in Canada.