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PLAYRR-PIANo FOR sALE-strau PiRnO with built in AeoliaR P1- Rnn Player. Beautiful Mahogany case. 121 rolls of music includ- ing classical and up-to-date se- TGctiCnR Instrument Es only ht- tle mere that one year old, and bas just been tuned and regulat- ed We got 1t in Q trade and vii sell cheap # you act quick. VIII arrange tarma. Keller Bros. DruV Company. H.
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sYsTEx AND PRINTING

DoR't put it of, but order your printing HOW which you will need when you put iR your 'nsw system.
 The Daily 'Elaskaa job department is better IsQuippea than ever to do your work. PEdoog right and work promptly executed. If.
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NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS

Water rentals are payable at the Treasurer's Office in advance not later than the 18th day of the month. if not so paid @ fine of 10 per cent will be added. If not paid by the last day of the month the water will be shut off. Treasurer's Office is open for such business from 1 to 5:3O D. m. of each day, and not befors or after that time, The ordinance will ba strictly en- forced. July 3-10.
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} All women of Skagway are . } urged to come and help in this s work.
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< YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU . . ; . . ! ! | q ; 'A | < ! 'a I
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THURSDAYS at 2 p. m.
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2 2 . . 2 . . 2 2 2 9 z 2 2 RED GROSS DAY
 AT HANK OF ALASKA BLDG.
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DruH CoEaDany.
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T5rst UuhhOatiOa May, 1sths 1917 Last publiCatEol July, 10th, 1917.
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PUBLISHERS MUST
Be ECONOMICAL

WASHINGTON, Mar. @ News
print paper price arbitration, under
taken by the federal trade commission
will succeed, in the opinion Of the
commission. only if publishers prac-
ticc the closest economics in he us"
Of paper Blank agreement forms sent
today to publishers throughout the
country inform them that 10 benefit
by the price fixing plan they must
NOT only consent 10 relnqulSh i've
percent Of their paper requirements,
but must agree 10 discontinue return
privileges and must buy additional
paper only 10 meet the most urgent
needs
The commission expects TO 20
ahead with it's plans as soon as
enough publishers come INTO the ar
rangemcnt TO make it, practicable.
The price fixing proposal. as advanc-
cd by manufacturers. VIII be opera
1.-Two for six months. The commission
has set Il price of S2.50 but in its no.
Iicc Ia publishers says this price vii!
he tried first for three months and
then if found 100 low will be re-adJust-
ed.
TO insure that small publishers get
the paper the commission Is WORKING
on plan under which manufacturers
Will sci! 10 them first the paper re-
leased by large publishers.
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625 LIVES LOST
ON TRANSPORT

LONDON. Mar. ID j.. NJ
The British transport Mendi. carry
irg South American native laborcrs,
was sunk after collision on Febru-
AIRY y and G@5 persons lost thelr
lives.
Ten of The persons lost were Euro
prans. according To the announce:
mrnt made today To the South A1rl'
can parliament 10 General Louis 30
tina, the premier. The collision occur.
ed off the Isle of Wight. The o1lclal
announcement says:
Premier Botha stated 10 the South
African parliament today that the
transport Mendi carrying the last
batch Of the South African native
laborrrs contingent 1.-THE rest OF whom
we're landed safely in France) col
lided with another vessel route
from Egland 10 lIavrc and sank IN
- minutes. The collision occurred on
The Isle OF Wight. February 81. The
escorts scarchlirht could mol pene-
trat" the fog, but the survivors were
rescued by passing vessels. Twelve
European officers and l9l natives
We're saved.
Ten Europeans and 6l5 natives
We're lost.
"Dihiculty in obtaining authentic
information caused the delay in MAX
ing the announcement public
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EXTRA SESSION CALLED

President Wilson was wise in dis
counting any further anxiety on the
part OF the people by issuing a call for
the early assembling Of the new Con-
gress in extraordinary session. There
is no telling what the outcome of the
arming Of our merchant vessels may
be. If the present critical situation
should BE- aggravated by the overt
act" the country will breathe freer II
Congress IS in session 20 deal with
the alternative promptly. Besides
there is enough unfinished business to
engage the attention Of Congress for
some time Five appropriation bills.
including the army measure, failed OF
passage in the expiring hours of the
Sixty-fourth Congress. These must
be given life TO relieve the EN-
barrassments their importation have
threatened.
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Great Stock OF Wheat
Goes Up In Flames

DETROIT. MiCh., March GA spec.
tacular fire caused. il is believed, by
spontaneous combustion today H.
Stroycd the grain elevator OF the No.
trnit railroad elevator company. Ad,
joining buildings and valuable rail
road property also We're damaged.
The total loss has been estimated at
more than s1.u00,OOU
The elevator sheet iron bui!din-
forty years old, contained more than
100000 bushels OF grain. mostly wheat.
The fire started during the noon
lunch hour when all but Two or three
employees had left the building. Less
than an hour after the blaze was dis.
covered the building collapsed. No
one was injured.
The building was situated at the
foot of Hastings street, close 10 thu
Detroit river. Traffic through the
yards of the Grand Trunk and Lake
) hOrc railroads was suspended.
Twelve cars Of varnish in the yards
caught fire and were destroyed.
The principal losers in addition 10
the Detroit Terminal Railroad com,
pany are the Commercial Milling
company. the Caughcy JOSsman conf
.pany and the Swift Grain company.
II was learned this afternoon tina.
the grain. which was destroyed, WAS
about to be exported TO the EMtente
Allies. While no official figures
could be obtained as TO the exact
amount Of cereals in the elevator. ];
was reported that 800 900 bushels was
a very low estimate. y Detroit news
paper declares that il was probably
100000 bushels was consumed.
Investigations have been started 10
determine the exact cause OF the
fire
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THE URGE OF NECESSITY

The war has not been without It's
some provision for those necessary
things that have been withheld from
us. The war has really put Us in a
more independent position than we
have ever before enjoyed Many OF
the materials we have been importing
arc now found 10 exist here. They
are now being developed by the great
urge of the elimination of foreign sup
plies. For years American manutac-
turers of tile and white china ware
have been dependent for their high
grade material on the importation of
foreign kaoin, chiefly in the form or
English china clay. At the same time
there were known 10 be available in
Georgia and South Carolina large
quantities of kaolin Of high degree
Of purity. except that it contained GER
tain impurities that made it useless
except for the paper trade and Tor
some lower grades Of pottery. The
spur OF necessity put American chem
lists on the job under the direction Of
ne Bureau OF Mines. and a process
has been evolved BY which the impur-
tiles ara separated from the kaolin so
that the product is now comparable
with the best English fine clay for
many pottery purposes.
The k;,olin is purified at cost less
than fifty cents ton, producing
material which has a market value
nearly twice that which could be OBJ
tanned for the kaolin for the purposes
TO which it was previously put This
purified white china clay has already
been used extensively in potteries
with much success. 1t has been
shown that in nitrous Chinaware,
this purified American kanlin can be
successfully substituted for all OF the
ball clay heretofore used. and for at
least 80 per cent Of the English china
clay. Better still, in the tile indus
try whittier and stronger tile can be
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OUR SHIPS TO BE ARMED

It would appear from the announce.
ment at Washington IN regard to the
calling OF the extra session Of Con-
eress that the matter Of arming Amer
lean merchant ships had nothing to do
with it. as the President having found
that he had authority 10 do so has pro-
ceeded to carry out his purpose with
out further consulting Congress. This
right was generally admitted before,
and it has been somewhat puz2iing
that the armin2 has been so long de-
nyed. Under his constitutional au-
thority the President tan have Amer
lean merchant ships armed for their
own defense against any unlawful at
tack on the seas. or 10 have them con-
Yoyed By naval vessels 10 protect them
In the exercise OF their actual rights.
Neither the armed merchant ship nor
the naval convoy is entitled 10 attack
any vessel Of d nation engaged in war
merely out Of fear vi what il may do
or lest the merchantmen may have 10
defend itself or BE- defended: but Il
mas 4 rtSht ac;,.titE 10 defend Itself
against any show OF attack which is
not authorized hy international Law
or which requires warning and viSitl-
t;o, .,J ,.,..,i, rs =. EI>:S,,l tn 1Srpr-
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THE "WILFUL" MEN

81. Now that the country has cooled
down after its volcanic outburSt
against the obstruction offered in the
Senate against the armed neutrality
measure, there is less disposition man
Tested TO unjuStly cruelty the twelve
Senator's who interpoSed a tiltbuster
to defeat il. II remains for the New
York Sun. among a few other unrea-
sonable newspapers. TO keep on IAN
ming the dying embers of historical
indignation. which. It. claims. con
dennis to futiiity their service TO dis
loyalty. This is primarily rot. The
Sun is old enough TO know better. 1t
is foolishness. il not worse, TO stamp
these men as traitors, simply because
their opinion differed from the major
ity. We can only concede that they
were mistaken in their judgment; we
have no right to impa!e them as being
disloyal to the country. They earn
estly desired to keep their country
from being drawn into the awful Eu-
ropean vortex. and By no twisting Of
their acts can they be measured as Of
trai,orous intent. Tie very man who
attempted TO abase them in his out
burst of wrath, describing them as
.'wilful". has always been wilful
President. 1t was he who precipitat-
ed the situation by delaying the time
for asking approval OF Congress The
recoil that is coming will hit him
hard.
1t is remarkable exhibition of
American Impotence, which i'll be-
comes us at this time. The prophets
Of its yirulence. we are inclined To be-
lieve would be the least eager 10 lake
I'D arms in reality should war come,
while those who are stralning 10 pre-
vent such a catastrophe would be the
first to make the yicarious sacrifice
for their country.
There Is similar disposition mani
tested by some papers TO inflame SEN
timent against those citizens Of Ger
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Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
EN- PITY LIFE.

The strong man said. as he cast his
eve on a string Of CrippleS that hob
blcd by, 1.-THE lame, the halt and the
blind are here; they're shy OF teeth
and they're deaf Of ear, with their
swollen feet and their Stiffcncd knees,
they have more aches than a doc has
neas. Oh, what has life for such
chaps as those, with their aches and
pains and their endless woes? II ever
the day shall come to me, when III"
bright blue heavens | cannot sc".
when my sincws ache and I've lost my
pep. and toll along with cripple'S
step, when every breath is 4 croan
or sigh, III turn my face tn the wall
and die" Fell sickness came, and his
strength was spent; no lett his bed,
and his back was bent, his ears were
deaf and his eyes We're dim. and there
was torture in every limb. His every
breath was Il gruan or sigh, but he
didn't turn to III" wall and die. He
hoped for health though thr hope was
vain, and prayed for life in the sureSi
pain, and spent his savings for dope
and pills. and learned 10 Drag OF his
many ills.
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VICE OF THE WHEELING 1NTE111eENcER
WHAT IS THE USE OF CONGRESS?
Necessary Evil But Hard to Manage in a Crisis
BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
prnfcsSor Of Government at Harvard University
Professor Of Government at Harvard University

just prevented the passage Of the
arminE bill.
1t is nobodyS business in congress
10 speed up either house during the
early weeks OF the sessions, hence the
last three presidents have all taken
the leadership in measures Of great
Importance, and by messages, by
speeches 10 congress or by confer
rnces. have kept the noses Of the
members on the grinQstone, till The
desired bills were passed. The lack of
common action with regard 10 appro-
priatiOn bills, is one OF the great
causes of the extravaganza and waste
in the federal government. In case
Of war, it will cost the people Of the
United States somewhere from hHe
hundred millions 10 one thousand mil
lions extra, for the luxury Of doing
without proper budget, worked by
;one appropriation committee in each
house.
Nevertheless. it would be public
danger TO let our relations with Ger
many drift along indefinitely without
"a congress in session. The trouble
with congress is not that it does too
much. but that ii is so tangled up with
committees and private bills and conf
'plirated appropriations that it has not
time for the greater task Of represent
ing the nation in Il great crisis. Wood
row Wilson is not the first president
who has been relieved 10 have con-
gress off his hands: nor tho first
president who has somewhat delayed
calling congress in extra session.
President Lincoln waited eleven weeks
latter Fort Sumter before he recon
vencd congress.
No man is great enough in such
times as these 10 mako the decisions
that bind the nation, without the aid
Of other and more numerous repre-
senlatires Of the people. The part OF
the president is 10 lead, TO define great
policies. 10 make plans for defense
and if necessary for ofrenSe; and, if
the people of the country support
him, to press those plans on congress.
To attempt 10 carry on the govern
ment, and To use "othcr instrument
talitics,' by clauses in acts Of con
greSs. or 10 continue to act without
congress would be TO give up that
touch with the voters and the people
at large, which is the reason for the
existence Of congress. If congress is
necessary in peace it is indispensab bic
in war. Senators and congressman
are like children in Il famly-"lhcy
come dear but you must have them"
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r.. people OF the United States
have not been very kindly or respect
full toward the five hundred and thirty
one gentlemen who have been work
iuS overtime during the few weeks
which ended at midnight on March
%rd. They have been treated much
~ though they were members Of TWO
rival baseball organizatOns-say the
senators. and the huusefillers - who
We're engaged in championship
series The house puts one over
on the senate; the senate gets its
innings over the house.
Popular government cannot boast OF
its results as shown in the last few
days of this congress. The tumuitu-
Gus and uproarious scenes of the last
DAYS OF the recent session were not
cdifying. The iudicious grieve 10 see
great affairs of stale carried through
without debate, and often without any
clear understanding on the part 81
those who vote for them. Little items
of a hundred and fifty millions are
banded back and forth between the
TWO houses. Conference committees
hold private sessions. from which
emerge such cryptic results as: 1T is
recommended that the house shall re-
rede from it's amendments numbered
Il. II. Is, 81, 90. %. 4G, 81 and Isl 10
2o5: that the senate shall recede from
its amendments numbered %, 46, rs.
ST. ST, 1853, lis and Pa" And the
members OF both houses vote upon
this lucid information. The wonder
is that any bills gel through such con-
fusion:
The fault Is not in the members OF
congress, who are as public spirited
as their constituents and have far
more knowledge Of government busl-
ness. II is part of vicious system
o.. organization which prevents the
discussion OF appropriation bills and
of many other public measures OF
great Importance. The committee syS-
tenn in both houses throws the respon-
sibilty for legislation on groups OF
members who work without any gen
eral understanding. The speaker Of
the house used TO make ii his business
TO decide what Legislation should go
through that body till the downfall OF
Uncle Joe Cannon. six years ago.
Now the rules committee decides
what bills shall come to IL vote. often
in a very arbitrary way: and carefully
provides for limiting debate 10 the
lowest possible terms. In the senate
twelve members out Of nirety-siX have
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She possessed mind discerning.
That was stored and cramneo VIII
learning.
And her thoughts. forever burning,
She sould suitably express.
All her sentences were rounded
And her words imposing sounded;
I was really quite aStounded
AS 1 listened. confess.
II was rather an inftlction.
All this verbal unrCStrlctlon.
But her elegance of dlction.
Each precise and polished phrase
And the beautiful selection
or tha words and their connection
And her most correct infection
They were quite beyond All praise
But saw her very lately.
And she did not talk ornatrly'
All that language suara and stately
She no longer kept on tap.
She was saying. "Bscsums didums.
Where de bad pin so hddums.
To the baby in her lap,
In his muzzers p'cclous kIddums.
Anon.
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A RECORD OF INCAPACITY

In looking over the appropriations
Of the last Congress il is found that
they have almost doubled in the past
four years. OF course the prepared
ness programme accounts for the
greater part Of this increase. but there
is still a difference Of over $oQ0.OuO.-
900, after every deduction is made on
that score. This sum represents the
extravaganza of the party that came
into power on pledges Of economy and
reform, a deficiency that has been ag-
gravated by the meager revenues OBJ
tanned from the inadequate tariff bill.
If anything more than another re-
vcaIs the utter incompetency Of the
Democratic party, il is the fact that.
although taxes have been increased as
never before in peace times, the gov
eminent is obliged to issue S700Q00,-
600 in bonds and short certificates 10
make up the deficit. In this account
ing must be added the S25.0t0,000 We
have engaged to pay Denmark for the
Danish West Indies. According 10 the
decision Of the Supreme Court another
So, 900 900 will have TO be paid out TO
refund duties illegally collected under
the ) per cent rebate clause OF the
Underwood bill. which disseminated
in favor Of goods imported in Amer
lean bottoms. 1t is record that
proves in an incontestible manner the
incapacity of Democracy 10 govern.
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MINE CONFERENCE
DATE is CHANGED

CHARLESTON. w. Va. March g.
4 change from March II 10 March
j. has been made by the union miners
for conference between the scale
committee of Districtr17 and the 1p-
orators in the kanHwha, New river
and the PoCahonlas coal fields, look
ing toward a new contract for the hi-
ennial period beginning in some places
on March 81. 1917. and in others one
month later.
II is not believed probable that
much difficulty will be encountered
this year in reaching an agreement
although the miners are making IN
usually heavy demands. An advanc"
Of ten percent for I'LL kinds OF WORK
&c asked
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500 HOPPER CARS
FOR TRACTION LINE

sg-N'!ai Dispatch /" The lnte!licc1ccr.
BALTIMORE. Md, Mar. 9.-Upon
his arrival in Baltimore today J. o.
Watson, Of Farlnont. president of the
Monongalhela Valley Traction Com
pany, announced that his company had
placed a contract with the Pullman
Company. for 300 steel hopper cars
for March delivery. The purchase Of
the cars will probably be provided
for out Of the earnings. thus obviatinS
the necessity Of now financing by the
corporation.
President Watson says that conf
panys gasoline refining plants have
been completed and are now in oper-
alton, III output of the plants being
about 1900 gallons Of high grade gas
ollne per day.
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Will, HOLD HEALING.

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Mar. ZAP
p,lcaiiou for permission :" discontinue
In. passenger station 1T Helen. ON inc
Iuai river division. has been maze :"
tb,. n,hIir service commission hy inc
C'hcSalrak.: 4 ,rhi" hallway company. y
hearing will ". h"Ih next month. but IN
date has not rr"1i set.
\ number ~ officials Of the Nirg1nlan
sir1 tmd;,, to informally discuss pnsScn
ger rates.
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and are being made from this treated
Georgia kaolIn and American feldspar
by substituting them entirely for the
English china clay and Cornwall stone
heretofore used. This country should,
accordingly. be largely Independent,
and. with further experiments. prob
ablt entirely independent Of imports
Of foreign material for the whlte-ware
industries.
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INVITES LA TOILETTE
Hon. George A. LaughIin Does Not
Approve Recent Action
Toward Senator.


Declaring that he could sec no good
reason for the cancellation OF the
lecture engagement Of Senator Rob
ert NJ. LaFollette, Hon. George y.
LaughIin. upon his return from q
weeks absence from the city, ycster'
day wired the Wisconsin senator an
urgent invitation to come to Wheel
ing At an early date TO deliver his
lecture on Undermining the Democ-
raCy." insuring him Of his expenses
and hall in which 10 speak as will
as the most cordial entertainment
in the LaughIn homo should the In
yitation be accepted.
In his telegram Mr.. Laughlln re-
fers 10 the attitude Of the Wheel
ingitcs who brought about the cancel
lalion Of the LaFoIleue engagement
as 1.-The excited feeling on the part
Of some Of our citizens" because OF
Senator LaFollette's filibuster against
the armed neutrality bill
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man birth and descent who are urging
peace. Fer that they cannot he held
as disloyai L would be strange. III
deed. il they were not found striving
To their ut:nos, to prevent the country
Of their adoption from engaging with
the land of their fathers in this blood
lust that has taken hold of the greater
part OF the world. And so it must be
with all who arc ContendinG for peace.
They have theic rights of speech. of
pleading before the bar of public orln-
ion in as large degree as those who
can only see red.
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N-ondnr IL President Wilson ever read
the "DiscouraSer or HcSltancE' inc
SEQUEL to The Lady or The Tiger
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Everything seems 10 be running
smoothly al Charleston, so fhr.
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AUSTRIAN CONSUL
: CORNWELL CALLER

CHARLESTON, ". Va, Mar. g.
a. Von Reuter-, Austro Hungarian
vice fpunsul, today called on Gov
ernor.John J. Cornwell. to extend
Official courtesies. There. were many
callers<at the executive office, q great
MANY. 5f whom came on behalf OF ap-
plican%s for appointments.
MisA Margaret Smithdeal, OF Blue.
field, was selected by the governor
as anEassistant to his official stenog-
raphe,t
It Pas announced that A. D. Sees,
of Huntington, has rendered his resig-
natiok as state hotel inspector, enec'
Give ;Iarch Is.