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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

We now learn that proGerman does pro Kaiser
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07
THE PRESIDENT SAID 1T.

Civilization and smiled her when the President
is spoke.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07
YOU BETCHA.

The Mint Juep Association preparing mobilize
General Watterson gives the word.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07
ON TO BERLIN.

Whenever the Americans anything they always there
N the finish
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07

WE KNOW A FELLOW
Is there such job as Safety Director in the army?
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07
WHY SURE.

II you can't tote gun, plant garden.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07

CAN TALK OLD MAID PENSION
The pacists are out of a Job now.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07
KEEP YOUR EYE OPEN.

onderfu weather for new styles in stockings.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07
FALL In

FALL IN.
Attention, company! Shoulder arms!
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07
LODGE OPEN TO FIGHT WILLARD.

Senator Lodge appears to be ass-a and the greatest
blow he ever lodged.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07
Alta BOY.

The last half OF the NINTH with tied out and the
bases ful-and Uncle Sam is pinch hitter.
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Ohio getting place in the national defense sunlight
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-07

1T ALWAYS WILL.
The old flag is doing its bit.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-14
STATIONS NEAR THE NORTH POLE

winch, 1ttxr no Fairbanks Is the most i'm
Hafruafn place IN iIrtrrunr Alaska III Is est
nlfsed aihat II ras1 something like 81! 100000
- rtear 1he iHnd and s1er1 tire buildings for
lfat pfssst and that II costs Ssa0!aoO wear to
rua1r-sfTn s1
The posi- NOW has aheu1 $50 men Incind-
mr. the aafFf,s,tsrs and soldiers ii Company n
OF s.he Fofr1rtsrnh Tr1fanrrv III has a hos
71Gral corps, i signal corps. and q quarter
iruas1sr : Department All OF rs bindings
s1e ssnpaml heaeed, a large central plant being
maintained DOT the purpose III has gas
fsSsfrrae gilar1. Inn Il Is now planned 10 IN
ssrah ssterrlCf1v. and 1she engineers are esii-
.Hta11rlo 1ht cosl etf such d PLANT
The soldiers Ut F'of1 t1ilbbQn arr husky ami
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-14

excessive. The rate from Fairbanks n G.
attic i IS cents a word: and. as the mini
mum message Is 10 words, this makes it
cost $3.50 e send the shortest telegram ont
O the country. II one would send this telc-
gram beyond Seattle, he must pay the usual
telegraph rates from that point to the place
he wishes TO reach. The rates inside the
rerrItory vary according to distance. and
dispatches range from 25 cents upward.
1t seems 70 MANY OF the people here that
The government should reorganize It's tele-
graph charges. They saw that it should
look upon tins country as developing prop
asi1lon rather than as commercial one.
-Alaska has all told not more than $4,000
white people, scattered over territory al
most three sIrnes as large as Germany or
France. The telegraph system is necessar-
ilY expensive, il has been built as military
necessity and is used as such. the business Of
the people being subordinated 10 it. 4 mil
atary message, however trivial takes prece-
dencc at business message
In man. 81 the foreign colonies belonein.
TO England and other countries there Is i
mixed MINIMUM rate for 10 words 10 any
part OF the territory This should be - III
Alaska. No ten-word message should cost
more than 30 cents, and nearby messages
not over > cents. II may pay a develop
ing proposition TO give combined telegraph
and cable rate OF 30 cents Tor 10 words iron
letrer rate not to exceed that amount The
telegraph charges here should be arranged
much the same As the mails, whereby Two
cent stamp VIII carry letter 10 any part 5.
onr country. This is especially 80 III Alaska
where the mails arc necessarily slow. and
the telegraph Is The only means Of quick
communication,
During my STAY al Fort Gibbom / had
talk with Young army officer who i now
II charge OF the telegraph lines and wireless
sta11ors Of the valley Of the Yukon ! refer
TO Lieutenant l.. r. Mason, who has served
in tho Philippines and elsewhere. and who.
Tor the past TWO or three years. has been the
chief signal service officer III that part OF
Alaska.
Lieutenant Mason,s district covers many
Thousand square miles, reaching all along
The Yukon from the Canadian boundary 10
Boring sea and including Nome and the
Seward peninsula. large part OF this ter
17fesTa Is periodically visited By hi1l1..Iast
WINTER he took one tr1p Of several thousand
mules travelling BY dog team over the ice
and snow lie =first went to St. Michael.
near the mouth Of The Yukon, and thence
over to Nonae.. his return event up to
Fairbanks and from thence to Eagle. near
the Canadian frontier, and then drove down
On the ice OF the Yukon to Fort Gibhon.
Tins trip took more than four months,
and Tie whole q il was on Sled or on foot.
During tho Journey to Nome Lieutenant
Mason used a sled and later had a com
hinat5an u a 1ohoesan and Sled. The differ
enoc between the two is that a sled has run
ncrs. while tho iohosgan has a flat bottom
which slides over the snow His team con
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-14

Inc Island Fost OF St. Michael and It's Curious
feasures-Esklmos as Servants. Fort Gibhon
On the 1ukon-Solders' Amusements- The
Military Telegraph and Cable Service. High
nsses TOT Messages-Alaska Developing Prop
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-14

nm 1s1T rfs-r 1ztr II re Nzar7=r although d.
4lSf5e-ssE aFsssH laalf II TIN asG1sh
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-14

sisted OF seven dogs, and he had only one
man along with him. During i'm talk with
Lieutenant Mason | asked hin, How liz stood
the intense cold, He replied.
The weather was NOT bad. and Nc mad.,
i rule not 10 travel when tic THERMOMETERS
fell 70 more than IL degrees heldw zero Ne
slept either in the roadhouses along the was
or IN camp tent which We carried with us.
We could usually make an Indian hut or i
road station every night and. a. i rule. We
got along well
Is there much OF Alaska that cannot lie
reached BY telegraph"
No. None OF great Importance. We
have now lines along the Yukon except be-
tween kaltag and kotIik. and We have re-
Gently put in a radio station there The
upper part OF the Yukon is covered b. the
radio, or wireless, We have about 100
miles OF line. should say. in this district
What kind Of telegraph operators do the
soldiers make asked
Very good, and they seem to like the
Job, The most OF those We have now haye
been for some time III the service They get
81 four years, Some would stay longer il
possible - for me. would rather Be III
the active service 81 the army But il is all
IN The days work.
is there any difference in the ease of
sending telegraph messages in Alaska over
that Of warmer countries
II think not replied Lieutenant Mason.
as lar j. the telegraph lines arr concerned.
* 10 wireless messages, they are more dis
fcult . send on account 81 the static electri-
city i'll the air.
Next TO the telegraph the most important
work Of the war department i'll MASKS i the
building and maintenance 81 tie rosss and
trails. Practically all 81 the wagon roads
and sled roads OF the territory have been
built BY the government. and two or three
million dollars have been spent in th1s way
within the past y years. The appropriations
OF congress for road building NOW amount
10 something Ike 100000 per Annur. and.
IN addition to this. about So00.h00 more IS
annually gotten from the Alaska fund.- col
leeted IN licenses and other ices. o5 per cent
OF which is set aside for road building. The
Colonel W P Richardson. an officer OF the
war department who has long served il
Alaska..At present there arc So miles OF
wagon road. OIL miles OF Sled road and more
than 1000 miles OF trails
Road and trail building is the crying mead
OF the territory, and il will grow in iinpot-
lance when the railroad from Seward to
Fairbanks IS complete. roads will be
needed as feeders for the new railways. and
il is only by good trails that prospecting can
be carried on The Canadian government is
said to handle its road matters much better
than we do. It stands ready at any time -
build wagon roads to any new mining camp
if the output promises to paw The roads of
the Yukon territory are better today than
those of Alaska.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-14
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Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
Spirited Bidding
MARkSLAST''l7
EXCHANGE meet

The last session of the Honolulu
Stock & Bond Exchange for the year
1917 was featured this morning with
spirited bidding in every listed and
unlisted security and out OF the
scramble Olaa emerged with gain OF
an eighth of a point touching once
again the S. mark. On the board 325
Olaa sold at $5 and between boards
105 went at the old figure of S4,S7 1-2.
There will be no session of the ex-
change tomorrow, New Years Day,
The only other stock to trade
hands on the session was 35 shares
OF Hawaiian Sugar at $31, a weaker
price than the last sale. Between
boards AS Hawaiian Pines sold al
$3.50, a considerable drop over the
Price of the last sale. Some investor
or investors made a handsome profit
by taking 500, 1000 Honokaa per cent
bonds at $3.50. Evidently the buyer
OF buyers were folks who had just
received their money from the re
demption of the Pacific Sugar Mill
bonds to the extent Of 100000.
y Seven concerns paid dividends TO-
cay Su " L IOACCI "ttl W.
gin paying dividends of 20 cents
which is half of the old monthly fig
ure.
The dividend paid by Hawaiian
Pines of 80 cents and 20 cents exUa
today applies only to the old stock
and not the new issue. Six stocks will
pay dividends Wednesday.
In the unlisted securities, trading
in Engels Copper continued at a
slightly weaker figure: 175 shares
selling on the board at $4.40 and be-
tween sessions 370 sold at $4.45 and
100 at $40. Also between boards 500
Montana-Bingham sold at So and 100
at 81 cents while on the board 700
brought 36 cents. MADEIRA held at 81,
$500 going this morning and 700 be-
fore the session.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
PRODUCE REPORT
byNGLEY, Marketing Superintendent.
'sSeE TERRITORIAL MARKETING DIVISION
OR WEEK ENDING DEC. %.

Practically has been
made IN the cs during the
past week. portant sales
were in turk Is. and duck
used tof the he shipments
OF turkeys re he Christmas
were greatly Of the ship
Llents receive ksgiVing.
Large shipI kans are still
being received i and unless
the sales fncI IN take three
to four mont pse of the
crop. And RI have their
beans held he In all prob-
ability the faI demand that
their DEANS D 10 the coast
In TINS event in the bean
market VIII 81 and with a
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
smile SLOGAN
FOR TAXPAYERS

WAeHINGT0N.- Grudging taxpay-
err should be few and very unpopular
during the next SIX months. accord.
in0 to plans formulated by Internal
Revenue Commissioner Roper for col.
lection q about $1,000 .000. 900 so-c-lled
Liberty taxes from more than 1000.
900 persons before next July 1. :
-Sm!le when you pay your income
tax, 4 means tear for the kaiser
this d one Of the representative sio.
Gns which probably win be adopted
al 3 nationwide campaign to promote
3 patriotic -irit among taxpayers.
most 1of whom win be subjected to
direct federal tax for the frs. time,
Suggestions for other slogans are
solicited. Here are two already re.
ceived: Liberty tax or war indemnity
Which would you rather pay? Think
Of this when making out your income
tar return.
Every dollar OF your income tar
goes 70 the boys In the trenches. Helm
them TO early victory
Letters were sent to every adyertis.3
tng club today by Commissioner Roneri
asking their cooperation. Adyertisers4
later may be asked to insert these sue
einct tax sermons in their published
displays. The campaign Is in charge
of G. 3. Hurrey, supervisor Of bust
ness cooperation for the revenue bu.I
reau.
Every ccunfy seat or other I'm.
porlnnt comntnity viii r visited dur
ing January and February by field Of.
ficere of the revenue service. who viii
aid indiFidusls in making out their
tar enInrna.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
UNION OIL CUTS MELON

Local stockholders in the Union
Oil Co. of california were notified by.
letters received in the mail this morn
ing that at the meeting of the board
of directors of the company on Dec.
IS at. oleum, Cal, stock dividend of
10 per cent was declared. This divi
dend will be paid on March 15 to stock.
holders of record between Feb. 16 and
Feb. 26. The board announces in the
letter that this dividend is not in any
way in lieu of other disbursements
and that the board will meet early In
January to declare the usual dividend
Since the announcement Union Oil
stock has made a solid gain of 5
points; now resting in the vicinity of
1906 -.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31

lack OF bottoms and the increased
freight rates, the people OF Honolulu
will find themselves paying a great
deal more for imported beans than
they are now able to buy the local
product for.
The division is trying to induce the
restaurants cf the city to use local
beans entirely and SO far have been
fairly successful.
We are receiving small shipments
of white sweet potatoes which are
very good and selling as low as sl.lo
a hundred. These same potatoes are
being sold in Honolulu from that price
up to $3.50 a hundred wholesale.
Eggs and poultry have remained
the same with the exception of hens
which dropped two cents a pound.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
HUTCHINSON AND
PAAlJHAU REDUCE
1880 DIVIDENDS

Paauhau and Hutchinson Sugar
Companies have cut their monthly
dividends for 1918 according to a let.
ter from San Francisco which has
been received by shareholders In both
companies here from President John
A. Buck Of the two concerns. Hutch
inson's monthly dividend has been re-
duced from 80 TO 20 cents q month
and Paauhan has cut from 80 to Is
cents. The new rates become effective
January 8. 1915 MI r .s=:.
The physical condition of both COM
panies Is reported excellent and
stockholders are informed that furth.
er disbursements In the form OF ex.
ira dividends will be made If condi'
tons warrant them. The letter to
Rtockholders In both companies fol
Aws: !.
sThe year OF 1917 has been q period
Of extreme uncertainty and readjust-
ment in the business world, and in no
line Of endeavor has the departure
from normal standards been more
marked than in the sugar industry.
Starting with q price comparatively
low. the tendency was, except for a
period Of recession in the middle of
the year, uniformly upward, as Ii be-
came increasingly evident that the
current Cuban crop was not equal to
the demands made upon 1t.
sOn October /, 1917, the food adj
minisfrator interyened, and the re-
cent chaotic condition In sugar re-
suited. The food administration still
EXERCISES control over the industry
and win during the duration Of the
war. The price which this company
win receive for its 1918 crop will be
dependent upon the price to be fixed
BY the food administrator.
In addition to the uncertainty of
price, you have been informed
through the publ, press that the Ha-
waiIan islands experienced during
1917 q drought of considerable sever
ity, affecting Ssome districts to q
greater degree than others. The ef-
feet Qf this dry spell cannot be proper
" determined until harvesting has
commenced and the sugar consent OF
the cane established beyond question.
In addition to the conditions men
toned above, your company, In COM
mon with al other Hawaiian planta-
fione. finds itself confronted with an
Increased production cost due to ads
vanccd prices IN all lines Of material
ae well as Substantial Increase In
ocean fr6iehts The federal war In.
come and excess profits taxes win al.
p have to be reckoned with. The
amount due for these taxes is estimat-
Cd 70 be equivalent to q dividend OF
between 5 and 10 cents per share per
month.
After fuH consideration Of the con-
dition1 cited. your directors, believing
that q policy OF conservatism should
dominate the conduct Of this com
ponY'1 affairs at this time, have
adopted 3 dividend rate OF is cents
per share. payabls,on January S, 1918,
and On the fiffh day Of each succeed
ing month thereafter, until further
notice
sThe physical condition Of the com.
Danies' properties is excellent, and as
conditions shall warrant further dis
bur6en1ents will be made In the form
Of extra diyidends.n
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
NEW SILVER

p The new 25-cent pieces in circula-
tion since August have caused so much
inquiry as to their genuineness that
the director Of the mint has announced
that slight change in design was
made to improve the beauty and
stacking qualities Of the coins. On
the face of the quarters draperies of
the Goddess of Liberty have been re-
arranged and on the reverse the flying
eagle has been placed higher with
three stars beneath.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
WAR ANo MN

INVESTIGATION Of 13 Is by the
department OF labot teptember
shows increase in of EN-
ployes in seven indu md a de-
crease IN six. Indus wing de.
crease were car builI pots and
shoes, cotton manuf: cotton
finishing. silk and q nufactur-
ing. Increases were making
OF hosiery and und wooden
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
GRAND OPENING At Moana

Grand opening tonight at Moana
hotel Of the Diamond Head wing. Spe.
4.al dinner viii be served at two dol.
lsrk per coTer. Please make table res.
ervations.
Special music during dinner and for
dancing later
Cur friends and patrons, the army
and navy and the public generally are
ccrdially Invited to attend .-AdY.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
FIRE I'd

Fire losses for ls been ex-
ceptonally heavy al probable
that the end of the m see a
total of s275.OOe, 900. Fin repre-
sent the largest tota| me excep.
ton that has ever bdFted, the
exception being 1s06Iar of the
San Francisco fire.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
SYSTEM GAINS

Gains Of so, 400. 900 in gold reserve
and s21 SOC. 900 in total cash reserve,
together with increases Of $4,000, ,00G
in investments and OF $31, 800, 900 in
net deposits, were indicated by the
weekly bank statements issued by the
Federal Reserve Board at the close uf
business on Nov. %, 1911. - =. -. :
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31

Between Boards: Sales: Is, 60
Olaa, 4.s71a; 225, 100, 100 Hawn. Pines,
$3.50; 5000, $1,000, $1,000 Honokaa
s PC, $3.50. -. r.
Session Sales: 10, Is Aawn. Sugar,
81; 100, 100, 100, 100, IS oiaa, s..
Dividends, Dec. 81: Eva, .2oS IA.
huku, 10; Hawn. Pines (7oc ex), 100;
l. I. S. N. Co., .z5; c. Brewer, 500;
Honolulu Gas (5oc ef), 100; II. 3. &
M. Co., 40. ' ,~'--
Dividends, Jan. 2, 1918: Haiku, 100;
kekaha, 200; koIoa, 100; Pafa, 100;
Pioneer, 20. .'
No session Of the exchange, Jan. l.
1918.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
TRADE WAR

Secretary of Commerce Redfield
predicts that German business will
try to gain trade after the war by
craft, energy and application. He ad.
vises study of German trade theories
and of "the artful and formidable or.
ganization that, with government aid
at every turn, has been built up in
Germany during the last 90 years to
dominate the world markets"
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
MORGAN OFFERING

]. P. Morgan & Co. are offering s15,.
100000 British treasury ninety-day
bills on a per cent discount basis.
This is the same interest rate carried
by the three previous offerings.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
TRADE ACCEPTANCE

Federal Reserve system has made
use Of the trade acceptance for do
mestie exchanges practicable and
safe. Trade acceptances have been In
use for long time in England, where
they have proved valuable for facili-
tating trade and strengthening credit.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
BONDS AsSEssARLE

+. In an assessment appeal at Toronto
the courts ruled definitely that Domin.
ion war bonds are assessable for mu.
nicipal taxes.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
ACCEPTANCE RATES RAIsEp

Directors of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York announced that
they have established a minimum rate
OF 8 per cent and maximum of AZ
per cent for the purchase of accept.
ances in the open market. The rates
heretofore prevailing have ranged
from ~. to 4 per cent. -
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
lANCIAL NOTEs

goods, iron and steel, automobiles,
leather and paper, Largest increase
was 10.6 per cent, which was in manu-.
factnre of mems ready-m-de clothing,
and was due to supplying uniforms for
the new armies. al
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31

Sales: 5000 Mineral Products, .oa;
100 Engels, 4.4o; $40 Engeis, 4.45; 100
Bingham, 81; 500 Bingham, SO; 700
MADEIRA, 81; 700 Bingham, SO: $500
MADEIRA, 81; 175 EngeIs, 40. =
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31

One hundred cars of coal consigned
to lake ports for shipment to the
northwest we're ordered seized by the
mayor Of Akron. The coal was sold to
relieve the fuel shortage.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
ANAcoNpHR

A Butte despatch I the Ana
conda Copper Comp. .lshing the
erection Of its new wire plant
at Great Falls, Mon plant will
be ready next spring. expected
that the company II erect a
brass works. The of the
company's zine SINE being in.
creased 33 1-3 per & S,o0e, 900
pounds of spelter :.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31

Latest sugar quotation: e6 deg. test,
6.oo25 cents, or $f2o.o5 per ton. "
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
Z. r. EARNiMLLER

October reports 1 big Amer.
lean railroads sh earnings
after taxes Of s96, This is a
decrease of si3,710kr the cor
responding figures pber. 1915,
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
WoRlu

international InIf Agricul.
ture at Rome has estimates
OF world crops, WI increased
production of col potatoes,
rice. sugar beess eco. Fix
seed, rye, barley q fall hcio@
five-year average 5 i911-15.
Wheat produced atries, not
including Central is S6.6 PEI
cent Of five.year flaSseed
6s.S per cent, rye cent, bar
ley s6 per cent, per cent,
rice 1855 per cent 5 lI2.4 per
cent. sugar beets cent. Corn
production is estinj be 14.1 per
cent more than fiys ysIerage.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
sunAHs
oNoMEA'$lNG

onomea Sugar US entire
crop of 21.o2e been sent
abroad and As I'd been sOld
here. The total ereiiit of
the company is sd
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-31
UNLISTED SECURITIES

Monday, Dec. 81.
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