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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
GREAT BRITAIN AROUSED OVER
 MARINE LOSSES
WiII Stop Building New Divers and Construct Wooden Ships to
 Carry Cargo.

LONDON, Feb. 2.-The Times to- day says 1t understands instructions have been given to several ship yards to cease work now in progress on high class liners and divert the labor to the building of plain cargo ships.
 If the daily toll of losses teaches one lesson" says the Times, in ap, proving the decision, clearly it is that the need of new cargo ships is very great.
 "When the shipbuildlng of the country is properly mobllized, as it is now being organized, the production within g few months should be abso, mtely irresistible. The result will not be achieved without immense effort and some interference with private plans.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

by bragglng that he takes cold bath every morning in Winter.
 Some men are satisfied to plod along and find the key to the sit- uation, while others so ahead and pick the lock.
 Another Fairy Tale: Once up- on a time there was woman who was 25 years old who admitted that she was 25 years old.
 Some of the cheap restaurants do not have menu cards. The req son for this is that a man can look at the table cloth and learn what is being served that day.
 When a woman doesn't take any interest in what tho other women are wearing, 1t is time to call in a specialist
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Luke McLuke Says

Anyway, it isn't any harder foI rich man to go through tho needles eye than it is for a pool man to become an American Am bassador
 Don't risk a rap on the shoot by telling a man that he is swelled. headed. Be a diplomat and mere, ly remark that he is orguleous to an extreme degree.
 A medical authority announces that bathing is unhealthy. Per haps this explains the splendid physique of some fellows you do not like.
 A man likes to stand around and boast of his virtues because the jaw compels him to practice them.
 The wind may be tempered to the Shorn Lamb. But it isn't tenn pered to the man who is trying to get a light from his last match,
 Some people give you the idea that they were put on earth mere ly to take up room and get into other peoples way.
 After reading war news for a cou- pie of years we have discovered that nobody is defeated but the enemy.
 Every now and then you will meet a man who gives you the im- Dression that he is peeved because the Lord doesn't leave the manage. ment of the Universe to him.
 When a woman tries on a new pair of shoes and they fit her, she won't buy them because she knows they are too big.
 The Hobo may have his faults But he doesn't waste your time
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
THE CAUSE

The wise men Of the East-cr;tics. experts and philosOpherS-whO have been discussing the causes for the defeat of Hughes ever since the unexpected dis covery Of the defeat and who still discussing it. have advanced causes as mutdinous as the number who have participated in the dScusson However. the wise men are at agreement on several things. They all agree that Hughes the stump too much and that his Western trip was mistake; mos, Of them admit that Roosevelt talked too much and they point to the circumstance that The Colonel. himself advised the committee that it would be Q mistake for him to make more than three or four speeches. They agree that the attacks President Wilson were too comprehensive-they went too much into detail the President should have been assaled in general terms so tha; every with grievance could make his own case against him and not have take into ac-
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
AN OPTIMISTIC PEOPLE
lNaldcz Prosnnctorl


 During the past eighteen months the town of Val. dez has been visited by two devastating cOnagraons cntailng losses aggregang nearly half million dol. lars This in a town of not more than 1900 people would ordinarily prove a death blow. but to Valdez. Within :%enty-C0uT hours Co ten days every business house burned out had reOpened for business in quarters, and plans already under way Go replace the structures destroyed, in every instance with buildings much superior to those burned These fires blow to the community, the losses heavy but the spirit of optimism which anmates the people, the abiding conviction that their town is Co have great future the of the richest min ng district of the Territory is supreme, and they go to work to clear away the ruins and erect new town, which shall stand monument to their confidence in themselves and their country
 Where such optimism prevails, backed by Q section so rich in natural resources success is assured Optt mism like this bcgets optimism, and the investor seek ing to place his money where it will bring returns must necessarily be affected by the spirit of the peo pie with whom he comes in contact This bespeaks success for this district, and within the next few years Valdez will take it's place the center of one of the most profitable mining fields of the United States
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
DULUTH BUSY GETTING
 BACK TO NORMAL WORK

DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 2.-Duluth is busy today in getting back to normal conditions after one of the most severe snowstorms in years. Railway and telephone and telegraph service Is crippled.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
VIENNA STREET CAR
 EMPLOYEES STARVING

LONDON, Feb. 2. - The Arbeiter-Zcitung of Vienna publishes a letter to the bur gomastcr from the wives of city tramway employees who have been called to the col ors, appealing for full pay. The letter, as quoted in an Austrian dispatch 10 the Times. says:
 "Wc arc in a deplorable condition, our distress is frightful and our children are pining away"
 The letter cites the increase in salary granted to employ ces who have not been call to the colors and says that these men, in spite of this in- crease, arc starving.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
BITS OF BY . PLAY By Luke McLuke
 -.- Copyright by Cincinnati En-
 qulrer.
From Rad to Worse

"There is a man who is going from bad to worse" remarked Brown.
 Whats the matter with him?' asked Smith.
 Nothing" replied Brown. He's a physician"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

It is beginning to look as if it would not be necessary to go to the Fiji Islands to find excite. ment-CNew York Herald)
 Elephant hunting in the U. S. A.. for instance'
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

So many had climbed into the prohibition band wagon when the pulling hard that there may be difficulty in providing for Judge Wickersham, now that 1. is bowling right along asphalt road.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

Spring will soon be here" says the Anchorage Times. well-but we are tono of optimists and will say nothing
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

Do not permit the dear friends who owe you money to compel you to walk the floor at night. Forget it and go Go bed
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
COURTS CRITICISM
lNaIdez Prnsnectnrl

A paper that is never criticised is indeed worth. less. The paper which is daily criticised is the paper which is delivering the punch and exciting interest TU run a paper without enemies and without cr!ti
 Interesting only of its sameness To arouse
 interest in readers has been daily aim. To do this Ofttimes the risk of offending those whose pedantc minds chain them to the rut of precedent. We welcome honest, wholesome criticism and strive with all the means in power to provoke it. The oftener you challenge our statements and pO- cles the better like it for it shows you read the paper with interest. To bring out the best ideas of community it is oftentmes necessary to promote friction, striking the flint with the steel produces the spark which igntes the finder of public progress. The editor who sugar coats his views to suit the palates of his readers spells many intellectual feast resulting from difference of opinions
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

THE EMPIRE-All the News All the Time, When 1t Is News.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Tba Wise FooI

Ine WISe TUOI Pearls are the emblems of tears observed the old Fogy. Yes" agreed the Fool. "Thcy arc when woman discovers that hers are imitation"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Firms Is Firms

Slick & Slick are attorneys al South Bend, Ind
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

Go not strive to produce a big reason for everything you do. It takes too much time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

Another reason why we fear we are not as young as we used to be is because when a girl hits us in the eye with a snowfall we would rather wiring her neck than hold her hands.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

Every young man should be taught how to keep even without asking anybody any odds, even if he has to work some.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
How About It?

If any member of the Club Would like to go hunting he should communicate with Chase Bare, of Anderson, W. Va.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Betcha

BetCha! Yes, dear reader, l. M. Winebar, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, runs a saloon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Hnw- Haw

flaw, Haw A fortune teller is Dan Doat, You're future he'll reveal; But he keeps right on eating goat, And thinks he's eating veal.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

Give US your next orGer for tran CT work or coal JuueaU Transfe Company Phone a
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
TIPS FROM TEXAS.
(Dallas News.)

AS a general thing a man doesn't realize how large his feet are until he begins taking cold through them.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Where,s mai Umbrella?

The Wetnight Grocery Is located at l22 East Ward street, Spring field, Ohio.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Gosh :!
Filler

Yes. But Whaddy "a Mean COLD KILLS MAN,
 WARMER TODAY. -(Headliuc in Chicago HeraldD
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Onr nailv Snnnial

UuT UalIy special If You Cant Say it To His Face Don't Say It At All.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

We take it that it would be as hard to convince the Kaiser that he is in the wrong on anything as it would be to convince T. R. that he is.-(St Louis GlObe-DemoCrat)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Nnr,nr Ir Nrnmnr

Names Is Names Flora Darling lives in Springfield Ohio.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02

Tom Lawson is probably satisfied with the amount Of publicity he got-tor a time at least-( Atlanta Journal0
 It is announced that Harry Thaw will recover and already there is rejoicing among the ranks of alien ists and lawyers)- Indianapolis Star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-02
Thn Limit

The Limit Of moral sense he is bcreft, l speak of Ignatz Tong, For, while he can tell right from
 left,
 He cant tell right from wrong.
 Gosh We don't know whether to put Miss I. Wash, of Lexington, Ky, in the laundry Department Of the Optical Ward of the Hospital
 Filler They made him Deacon yesterday, A pious man is Dr. Lurch; But HC hates to hear people say That he's a pillar of the Church.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
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Two carloads of silos are being un-
loaded at Berea, and all are for this
township.
A motor sledge passed drought this
vicinity last week driven by a man
from Hastings, who it is said, made
the new speeder." He was on his
way to Valley City, and travelled at the
rate of about Is miles per hour.
Harry Davidson, Ray and Harlow
Stillings, of this vicinity took in the
dance at the Normal school Thursday
night, which was in honor of the "N''
men of that institution.
The basketball game which was to-
be played between the eighth grades of
this school and the eighth grades of
the Model school Saturday in the Nor
NAL gymnasium, was postponed until
Saturday, of this week..
Mr.. Bow and Miss Evenson spent
Saturday in Valley City on business
and also took in the Valley
City basketball game in the evening.
DR.. Platou was called out: to the Al
fred Kjelland home Friday, where lit
tie Olivia was scalded quite seriously.
Geo. Hager has been hauling furni-
ture for his new house the past week.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
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Feb, 27.-Did you hear the wed
ding bells Feb. %?
Gussie White spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Rogers.
Jimmie Getchell has been quite sick
for several days.
Florence Holcomb spent Saturday
night at the M. M. White home.
Mrs. Fred Getchell spent Friday and
Saturday at Miss DEEMS in Valley
City.
Mrs. Savaides, Mrs. Sampson and
Mrs. j. H. Rogers entertained the So
ciety at the church Thursday. In the
afternoon the school gave a Washing
tons program.
Jean Getchell spent Friday night
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Whitcher
Mrs. Downs spent a couple of days
with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Whitcher.
Mrs. Chas. Whitcher spent Saturday
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ronzheimer and
family spent Friday evening at the.
Elm Grove farm. $50.
Marjorie Cassell entertained tho
grade pupils at Washington's BIRTH
day party, Saturday afternoon, Feb. %.
The afternoon was spent in playing
games and later ice cream and cake
was served.
Mrs. Downs spent Saturday and Sun.
day with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. ROM
|heimer.
Mrs. Chas. Whitcher spent Friday
with Mrs. J. H. Whitcher.
Nathan White spent Monday night
at the J. H. White home.
Miss Ella Getchell had her operation
Friday at 10 o'clock. She is improving
slowly, but is doing as we'll as can be
expected
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Bolton Funeral Rites Were
Held Tuesday at Jamestown

Jamestown Alert: The funeral of
the late Mrs. Margaret Bolton, mother
of Mrs. Frank Henry, was held at the
Methodist church Tuesday morning,
attended by large number of friends
of the family of the deceased. Many
also sent flowers and in other ways
testified their esteem. The funeral
ceremonies were conducted by Rev.
Olsen, assisted by Rev. Simon. Mrs.
Middaugh sang 1.-THE End of a Perfect
Day." and there were two hymns, fav-
orites of the departed, Il Belong to the
King" and Faith of Cod"
During the ceremony DR.. Redmond
A. Bolton, of jamestown, paid a beau
tiful tribute to his mother, recalling
her fine principles, character and
deeds of love, the memories of
childhood and faith in immortality.
The pail bearers were her three
sons, DR.. r. A. Bolton, DR.. r. M.
Bolton and P. G.. Bolton, her two
grandsons, Kingdom and Paul Bolton,
and A. E. Rowan, of Jamestown.
Accompanied by the three sons the
remains were taken to the Fargo GENE
terry, where they will remain in a
vault until later in the spring and
then removed to rest at her old home
in Ontario. Major and Mrs. Frank
Henry, of Bismarck. and Mrs. Richter
and daughter, of Sheyenne, attended
the funeral. :
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Every Passenger Killed
in Pennsylvania Wreck

Altoona, Pa, Feb. 27.-Everv na..
senger, Is in all, in the Pullman sleen-
er Bellwood was killed this morning
when the Mercantile Express on the
pennsylvania railway, which had ston-
pea at Mount Union for minor renairs
was smashed into in a rear-end coI,
h hsion oy another passenger train. Nine
Dooies have been recovered and all are
unidentified. A. T. Cash, engineer and
the Pullman porter are the onlv ones
reported injured. Chester Minds coal
operator and farmer and former ful,.
back star on the University of Penn
sylvania football team, was killed Il
is believed his whole family was kin.
ed, including his young wife and baby.
Ihey were en- route to the funeral ~
MRS. Minds mother. The train wa.
about to pull out at Mount Union when
cne crash came. The Bellwood recefV.
ed the full force of the collision. which
forced it into the car ahead of it and
split 1t in two parts. Identification ~
the dead is almost Impossible "a
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Bradley Files Prejudice
Affidavit Against Cofey

Darlington, Feb. 2S.-Distri2t court
is in session here with Judge Coifey
presiding. The principal cases to be
heard are three Bradley cases, in each
of which an affidavit of prejudice
against Judge Coffey is filed. Alleging
that he cannot obtain a fair trial in
Foster county or in Judge Coffey's
court, E. R. Bradley, of Grace City, has
filed affidavits of prejudice against
against Judge Coffey in two civil cases
and has also asked that the cases be
sent elsewhere for trial. The two
cases are one against the McHenry
Telephone company, asking for an &C
counting, and the other is the $4,000
case against DR.. Owenson, of Grace
City, for alleged damages sustained by
Bradley when he claims he was beat
en- up by the doctor.
The third case in which Bradley
is interested is the riot case, where
in five prominent citizens of Grace
City are charged with criminal Of
Tense. The case is brought in the
name Of the state, on warrants is
sued from the attorney generals Of
fee at Bismarck. The attorney gen
eral and T. F. McCue will prosecute
the riot case. The defendants are:
Messrs. Owenson, Kelson, Goddard
Charles Banks and Petrick, all bus
mess men at Grace City. In this case
Bradley has petitioned that the case
be sent to some other district for trial
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Was Germany Trying to
Force War on Holland?

London, Feb. 26.-Conviction grew
today that Germany had deliberately
planned the sinking of seven Dutch
steamers, as reported Saturday. The
belief Is based on the theory that Ger.
many is suffering from a lack of food
and had been for some time looking
longingly at well-fed Holland, with her
acres under marvellous cultivation. and
wanted to force the Netherland govern.
ment into war 80 that she could raid
those food storehouses. The Dutch
situation is eagerly discussed today
and being displayed in the newspa.
pers. Commenting on the Dutch stu.
alton the Daily Chronicle made a viz.
orous editorial attack on President
Wilson, saying he has never lifted a
hnger In behalf of any country except
the United States.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01

interval of 20 minutes the first of the
Is boats were launched from the La
coma. The weather was cloudy and
there was heavy swell on the ocean.
New York, Feb. 27.-Six of the 20
Americans in the crew of the Laconia
lost their lives, according to the best
figures available today. The Cunard
line lists the names of 20 American
seamen who were signed when the
ship left this port and the company be.
lieve that one or two others may have
signed. American Consul Frost at
Queenstown listed Is Americans of the
crew saved. His list calls for IA of
those in the Cunard list.
Queenstown, Feb. 27.-Fifteen Amer.
lean negroes were among the Laconia
crew, according to Cunard officials to.
day.
London, Feb. 27.-Arthur Hoy, left
motherless and sisterless by the death
of his mother, Mrs. Mary Hoy, and his
sister, Elizabeth Hoy, in the Laconia
tragedy. today cabled his employers at
the Sullivan Machinery company at
Chicago that he has taken an indeh.
mite leave of absence It is said that
the leave of absence was taken in
order to help avenge in some way the
death of his mother and sister,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
500 Promises
More Publicity

Secretary Moe, of the Commercial
club, is in receipt of communication
from ]. S. Murphy, immigration agent
for the 500 line, stating that the COM
pany would, if proper cooperation
could be secured, issue an advertising
folder setting forth the advantages
and resources of Barnes county and
Valley City.
Other counties farther west are be-
ing featured by the 500 and while they
considered Barnes county little too
far east, Secretary Moe convinced
those in charge of their publicity bu-
reau that Barnes county had farming
and other advantages they could not
afford to overlook. Consequently they
are offering to meet the issue if lit
tie help is forthcoming.
Mr.. Moe desires the real estate men,
farmers, boosters and all interested to
confer with him. He needs a bunch
of letters from farmers, pictures, sta.
tistics and any information that will
be Of value in such publication. If
you are called upon give him every as.
sistance possible and help the good
work along.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
British Steamers Victims
Of Internal Explosions

Toxic, Feb. 26.-The British steam.
ers Perseus and Worcestershire have
been sunk, it was announced today
They were sunk off Colombo, the state.
ment said. No details have so far
been received, but it has been reported
that explosions took place aboard both
ships due to German plotting.
Editors NOte-The Perseus was re-
ported sunk at London Feb. % and the
Worcestershire Feb. 10. 1t was then
assumed that they were victims OF
German warfare. Toxic dispatches
brought the first report that they had
been victims of German plotting. The
Japanese have the strictest censorship
and it is possible that they fell vic
Tins to a raider.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Startling Facts Told
Here Coming Sunday

Every citizen of Barnes county
should hear Mrs. Maud Hansen in her
lectures, What l Told My Daughter
for women only in afternoon, and
Traps" for everybody, at the M. p.
church next Sunday. -
In What Told My Daughter" Mrs.
Hansen speaks as mother; one who
has had to meet the problems that con,
front mothers. Every mother. and
young woman Of thinking age should
hear this lecture.
Mrs. Hansen also talks on the Clair
voyant and her relation to the white
slave traffic, the employment columns
of the daily papers and their relation
to vicious agencies, and some objec.
tionable features of the moving pic.
ture show. AS superintendent of the
Women's department of the N. w. 50.
ciety for the prevention of vice, Mrs.
Hansen is abundantly able to speak
with authority on the above lines.
Mrs. Hansen will speak at the M. E.
church next Sunday at p. m. and s
p. m.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
BREEDERS HOLDING THEIR
BIG SALE AT WIILlSTON

Williston, Feb. PA cooperative
sale of live stock, the first of its kind
in Mckenzie and Williams counties,
is being held here today and will con-
tlnue through tomorrow. It is being
held under the auspices of the Pure
Bred Live Stock association of the
two counties. Livestock breeders
from all over northwestern North Da-
kota are in attendance and pure-bred
stock of every variety is shown. The
sale starting today marked new
era for the live stock breeders OF
North Dakota, as it offers local mar
ket for pure-bred stock and at the
same time keeps within the two coun-
ties much of the pure-bred stock which
has previously been shipped outside.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
100000 PLANT FOR BIS
MARCk THIS SUMMER

bismarck, Feb. 2S.-Wm. J, Elliott
general manager of the North Dakota
PRESSED Brick company's plant of this
city, has interested Bismarck canital.
lists in the organization of a hricE md
tile manufacturing company in tho
C IA CITY, and plant costing $780,
vVo Will be erected here the coming
season, II present plans are carried
inc hollow building tile, which is
De,ng manufactured here under Mr..
Elllotts patent, is staple building
product and the plant here is taxed to
It's capacity in keeping up with orders
"A new plant at Bismarck would
greatly increase the output, besides
increasing the facilities for shipping
TO north and south points.