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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
MUCH PULP IS
 USED FOR YEAR
 IN AMERICA

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. - Wood pulp production in the United States in 1916 aggregated 3,271, ,31O tons, manufactured by 230 pulp mills from 5,228,55S cords of wood, according to a summary of reports compiled by the United States for est service, in cooperation with the News Print Manufacturers Asso- citation. This was an increase Of i7 per cent, or of ,00O cords of wood, over 1914 and of 378,000 tons, or 13 per cent, in the quanti- ty of pulp produced.
 Spruce, as has always been the case, continued to be the most inn pprtant having supplied almost 60 per cent of the total in 1916, or D. 100000 cords of domestice and 100000 cords from Canada. Hem lock supplied 760,000 cords in year of 1916, an increase of almost 200,- 900 cords over 1909. Aspen and balsam fir supplied some 300,000 cords each and there were smaller quantities of yellow and jack pine, white fir, tamarack and several hardwoods.
 Waste Acquires Value. The summary says 100000 cords of slab wood and other saw mill waste were converted into pulp, in- Heating that manufacturer are Iawakened to the possibilities of profit in large quantities of mater ial which for years was regarded as good only for firewood.
 During 1916 approximately l. 200, ,00O cords of wood were con- verted into pulp in Maine and al- most 1,1O0,O0O cords in New York
 Wisconsin was third with 743,O0O cords, New Hampshire fourth with 471,00O cords Ind Pennsylvania fifth with 423,O00 cords.
 Of the total quantity of wood converted 1,524,000 cords were by mechanical process, turning out pulp for news print paper. There were 2,586,000 cords used in the sulphite process, 707,000 in the so- da process and 140,000 cords in the sulphate process.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
MARKkANNENS TO LEAVE

DOUGLAS, Jan. 1.-Mr and Mrs. John Markkannen and their son Onnie are getting ready to leave sometime this week for San Fran cisco. While Mr. Markkannen has been employed at Treadwell, his wife has conducted a drygoOds and millinery store on St. Ann Avenue. Only last year they built a fine new store building. Mrs. Markham en has always been looked upon here as the good mother by the Finnish population. Onnie Mark kannen graduated from the Douglas High School last year and is one of the best basketball players on the Island.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
SCHOOL OPENS TOMORROW

DOUGLAS, Jan. 1.-The Douglas public school will reopen tomorrow but that of Treadwell and St. Anns will not resume until next Monday. As a precaution, children from Tread well who are students in the Doug las school, will not attend this week. There are no new cases of scarlet fever reported at Treadwell and it is not believed there will be any further spread of the disease.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
HATES THE KAISER

DOUGLAS, Jan. lone of the best things seen here lately arrived by mail and is:
 My Tuesdays are meatless, My Wednesdays are wheatless, I am getting more eatless each day My home it is heatless, My bed it is sheetless, They're all sent to the Y. M. c. A The barrooms are treatless, My coffee is sweetless, Each day I get poorer and wiser, My stockings are feetless, My trousers are seatless, My How I do hate the Kaiser!
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
RESISTED OFFICER

DOUGLAS, Jan 1-J Hanni, a Finn, rounded out the old year with flying colors After somewhat over estimating his capacity for booze, he became hilarious and refused to fol low the instructions of aMrshal John son who advised him to sofe pedal He was taken before Magistrate Bennett who made record on the police docket that resembled $35 and costs"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw. what is the difference between naval engagements and matri- monial engagements?
 Paw-In naval engagement they fight during the duration of the en- gagement. and in matrimonial en- gagement they don't fight until the en-
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
START EIGHT HOUR SCHEDULE

TREADWELL, Jan. 1.-The Tread we'll office staff started on the new eight hour schedule this morning, going to work at 9 o'clock instead of ats as formerly. A portion of the staff, two or three, will begin at 8 and quit at 5 in the evening, the others working until 6.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
GOING TO OREGON

DOUGLAS, Jan. Monte Benson will leave probably on the Sophia Thursday morning, for Seaside, Ore gon, where Mrs. Benson and their children have been for several weeks. Mir. Benson is uncertain about re- turning to Douglas. At any rate he will remain outside until spring.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
DELAYED CHRISTMAS

DOUGLAS, Jan. I'm the mail from the Alameda which reached the Douglas and Treadwell postoffices yesterday evening were several de- layed Christmas packages. It had nbee just one week since the previous mail was received from the south.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01

Engraved visiting cards. wedding
 invitations and announcements. and other society and business station cry: monogram dies and monogram quire stamping; and embossed o. eiety and business stationery-the best on the Pacific Coast. Leave or ders ct the oflce of EMPIRE PRINT Dg0 COMPANY. q
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01

He called today 10 ge- off me
 My shovel to clean snow, And brought back the lawn mower He had borrowed months ago.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01

FOR SALE-Six-room house, all fine, big basement, bath, and all modern improvements, price $700; inquire Box 73, Treadwell.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
NOW AT MARE ISLAND

DOUGLAS, Jan. Word has been received here that Selim Jackson, who recently left for the purpose of enlisting in the navy, has been ac- cepted and is now at Mare Island.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
DOUGLAS AND TREADWELL NEWS NOTES

at 10 o'clock this forenoon and the only evidence of last nights wake were occasional splashes in the snow on the sidewalks where those who had taken too much expressed their regrets"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
NIGHT SCHOOL TO RESUME

DOUGLAS, Jan. l. The night school will convene in regular ses- sion here Thursday night after "a vacation of ten days.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
MAY GO OUTSIDE

TREADWELL, Jans l. . A. K. Smith, for many years a machinist in the company shops here, is think ing of leaving for the outside in the near future
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01

gagement is over, my son.
 Maw-You get to bed, Willie, and keep your mouth shut.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01

WANTED = Two good women, one for upstairs, and one for down. stairs work. Apply Mrs. P. R. Brad ley, phone 10, Treadwell. -2S
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01

TWO IN ONE The EMPIRES way for everybody. The EMPIRES ads" keeps the housewife informed of all sales and the news columns re right up to the minute th the avs ncws
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01

Phone 1t to The Empire. No. STA.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
WON'T MIX WITH sLACKERs
Their Presence In Prison Arouses Pa.
trIotlc Wrath of Burglars
and Feions.

New 'York.-Two hundred SUSPECTED
slackers, caught in the greatest man
hunt in the history of Gotham, rolled,
tossed, groaned and cursed during the
first night Of their incarceration in
the .Tombs.
They also aroused the patriotic
wrath of other prisoners, such as bur
glars and felons, drunks and dope
hends.
Can you beat itY" whined one old
timer, up for cracking safe. "How
do them guys get that way2 Take IT
from me, don't want to be mixed up
with that Stacker bunch"
And then, as though drawing the
final line of classification, the old
timer shouted to a husky "conscien.
tious objector":
"They hain't no coolies In here, bo.
If yuh can't face desc bars and tho
>ausIc, how yuh goin' to face the
Huns7"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
"DOLL UP" FOR BOCHES

which they raked up somewhere amid
the wreckage of villas on the Marne.
The boys go about various duties,
cleaning horses, driving ammunition
caissons, working about their billets
and doing the thousand-and-one other
odd Jobs that fall to their lot, in their
ludicrOus makeup.
Right on the Vesle some of the
Americans picked up some trick"
clothes In gas-drenched Fismes and
put them on. They crossed the river
and ralded a German machine gun
nest that had been annoying them
during the day by squirting indirect
fire on them. They brought in n
couple of prisoners who could not
conceal their amazement from the
German-speaking officer who ques-
toned them that troops could mas
querade in such attire in the midst
of danger.
Australian and Canadian troops
have penchant for "dolllng up" in
discarded civilian attire also, and the
Anzacs negotiated a raid near VII
lers BretOnnaux under the same cir
cumstances in June.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
British Pilot Tells of Thrilling Ex-
perience Spotting for Ar
tiIlery.
DESCENDS JUST IN time
Engine Stops Just as Mission Is Com
pleted-Puts Machine Into Side
Slip-Tank Explodes Just as
He Reaches Safety.

London.-"The fighting pilots don't
get all the fun Of the war in the air."
writes young bird who had a thrill
Ing experience recently, returning to
his base in flaming plane.
1--WE were flying over No Mans
Land" he says, "spotting for the artiI-
lery, and by constantly changing direc-
ton ind height we had pretty well es-
capped the attention of the ubiquitous
Archie. The shoot was progressing
satisfactorily, and our battery would
soon be all ranged. Our engine had
been running very badly, and had the
shoot been less important we should
have returned home; but the target
was special Hun bridge, and the bat
terry was shooting excellently.
AirpIane on Fire.
Suddenly smell of burning wood
reached my nostrils. Looking down,
saw the framework near my feet
blackened and smoldering. The en-
gine's back-fring must have made a
torch of the exhaust. switched off
the petrol supply and opened out the
throttle. One steep, swift dive and the
fire was out.
"Then l hesitated. Should we hurry
for home and safety, or continue the
Shoot in which a very little more OBJ
serving would bring complete success7
turned to the observer. He leaned
over and inspected the damage. II
was not very bad, really. He shouted
into my ear:
Lets carry on"
"I climbed again and we continued
to shoot Our battery was very soon
firing as battery-all guns-Our last
message having completed the regis
tration; and now shells were dropping
about the target. Our part was done
pretty well. tOo-and in a few min
utes the bridge was entirely destroyed
In our excitement the faulty engine
had been forgotten until, with one last
splutter, 1t gave out completely. It
stopped.
"The machine was really on fire this
time and was too late. The wood
work was burning independently of pc
troll and exhaust, and to dive now
would only fan the flames about my
feet. Yet we had to get to the ground,
and very quickly, too.
Quite a Wild Affair.
II put the machine into a violent
side-slip away from the line. The
hames were thus famed toward the op-
posite wing. The observer, leaning
over my shoulder. squirted the fire ex-
tlnguisher about my feet, which en-
abled me to keep control of the rud-
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
HUNS SOME SPRINTERS

on their persons, their hands high in
the air and calling for all they're
worth: 'Kamerad, Kamerad.' With
some few exceptions they absolutely
will not mix It with the Americans.
This is no exaggeration at all, but
simple fact. went over the top with
the infantry with the exception Of the
first all through the drive until was
sent back TO the hospital, and therefore
] know what am talking about. / tell
you, man for man, the American has II
all over the Boche. AS long as they
are massed they fight. But get them
separated, even little, and they are
through.
81 am inclined to helieve that the
Boche have changed their opinion in
regard to the amateur soldiers and of.
ficers of the American army"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
AIRPLANE AFIRE.
HE "CARRIES ON"

der bar. We were down to 1900 feet,
but the heat was intense.
The fire had reached the right wing.
Things were getting more and more ex-
citing. Would the fabric continue to
support us? 1 pushed down the nose
to hasten our descent, keeping the ma
chine also in a side-slip. The rush of
air slightly changed the direction of
the flames. Now we were nearly down.
There were few shell holes and hard
ly any hedges. Unless we were un-
lucky we should not meet any serious
obstacle.
The ground rushed toward us. I
took of the bank and 'flattened out
One landing wheel touched with a
bump, broke away and continued its
course independently. The machine
pirouetted on the remaining wheel and
finally crashed on it's nose and left
wing. 1t was quite a wild affair, but
we were unhurt.
"Springing to the ground, we hurried
away from the burning wreck just in
time, for a second later the petrol
tank exploded. We just looked at each
other and never said a word, but
neither of us regretted having CHANGED
1t and finished our job"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
Georgia Lieutenant Gives His
Estimate of Enemy.
Man for Man the American Has II All
Over the 6oehe, He
Says.

Atlanta, Ga.-"Don't worry about
me, mother; I'll be better in few
days than before because of a good
rest" wrote Lieut., L. v. Stephens to
his mother from "over there" after he
had recovered from a gas attack and
shell shock during the big drive start
ed July 18, He longs to go back into
action. Describing the Huns fighting
ability Lieutenant Stephens says:
: "What a treacherous, cowardly lot
they are" he said. ''They'll blaze
away with their machine guns and do
their best to kin all the Americans
on earth, but when we get to within
a hundred or two yards Of them, out
they come with absolutely no weapons
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17

Maj. w. A. Bishop. British air serv-
Ice, tells this: "The British do not
officially announce a hostile machine
destroyed without strict verification.
When you are fighting formation Of
20 or more Huns In general melee,
and one begins downward spin, there
is seldom time TO disengage yourself
and watch the machine complete its
fatal plunge. You may be morally
certain the Hun was entirely out of
ccntrol and nothing could save him;
bat unless someone saw the crash.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
coiIegIans In Army corpo.

More than 10000 men were added
TO Americas fighting strength when
members of the students army train
Ing corps were formally mustered in
at the colleges throughout the country.
The impressive ceremony arranged for
the occasion was set for eleven o'clock
October 1. A. message from President
Wilson was read on every campus.
Collegians in the training corps draw
the pay Of army privates, and ara
housed clothed, and fed by the gov
ernment. There is no tuition fee. Each
student is allowed only three subjects
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
Yanks Raid Trenches in Gro
tesque Makeup.
Soldiers Have Penehant for Attiring
Themselves in Discarded Civilian
Clothing.

With the American Army in France.
Far up near the front, where one
never sees a woman, child nor a
male civilian, 1t is no uncommon sight
to come suddenly on party of youths
arrayed in high hats, frock coats,
checked trousers and patent leather
shoes.
They are American soldiers, bllleted
in ruined French villages, who have
picked up these garments from among
the debris of the shell-shattered
houses.
Some of them even don women's
clothing, picture hats, feather boas,
silk blouses and skirts, and I have
even seen them wearing blonde wigs
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
FISH MYsTIFIEs ITS cAPToRs
oId-Time Fishermen Say They Never
Saw Anything Like This
One.

Quincy, Mass.-A large fish, the spe-
cies Of which has not been definitely
determined by old-time fishing men,
has been killed in Haywards creek,
Quincy Neck. 1t weighed 175 pounds
and measured five feet eight inches
from the tip of one fin to the tip of
the other.
These fins were back of the head
and there were two others, large one
Several fishermen who viewed the
strange catch declared they never had
observed anything like 1t.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
LONELY SERVICE FLAG
CAUSES WIFE TO ENLIST

Lincoln, m.-Because the sim
gle star In a service flag that
hung in the window of her home
here, representing her husband,
who had gone to war, looked
lonely, Mrs. David Shea has
Joined the army, adding mat
ing star. She enlisted as a
timekeeper in the quartermas-
ter's corps and has been sent to
Fort Whipple, Prescott, Ariz.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
TO RID CITY OF MOSQUITOES
OIL Man Takes Contract to Eliminate
Pests From Oklahoma
Town.

Claremore, Okla.-Bert Sprangle, n
well-known oil man, has the biggest
Job in the gift Of the city of Clare
more. He has been awarded the con-
tract of eliminating mosquitoes from
the city.
He is burying oil barrels In the
city sewers, and plans to keep a steady
but slow stream of oil flowing through
Them. All pools also will be oiled.
The oil is donated by local oil com.
panies.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17

credit is given only for a machine
driven down. The royal flying corps
IS absolutely unperturbed when its
losses on any one day exceed those
OF the enemy, for we philosophIcally
regard this as the penalty necessarily
enAiled by our acting always on the
offensive In the air."
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
FIRST NUMBER 322
President Wilson in Person
Opens the Big Draft Lot
terry at Washington.
DRAWING TAKES LONG time
Magnitude Of Task Prohibited the For
warding of the Results by Wire
Reeistrants to Be Notified
by Local Boards.

WashingtOn.-Presid Wilson per-
sOnally opened the ceremony of draw
ing numbers for the 13,000,000 men
registered in the new draft. He drew
the first capsule, which contained the
number 322.
Amid ceremonies profoundly inn
pressive and Of transcendent historical
significance, Gen. Peyton G. March,
chief of staff of the army, received in
person this vast force of as yet ununi-
formed reserves, on behalf of the mil
itary branch Of the government.
100000 in Arms by July.
And from this reservoir of man pow
er--the largest body of citizen soldiers
ever offered by the people of any ma
tion to their ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
March is to recruit the army of 4O00,-
900 men which he has promised to
have overseas by July next to back
up General Pershing on the battlefields
of Europe.
Every man in the registration is af-
fected, as from. those who are not
called for active military duty the
cOuntry's war managers propose to
mobilize a great Industrial army of
war workers to make certain of con-
Stantly flowing stream of men and mu-
nitions to the field of battle.
The roll call, which is to assign to
each of the 100000 men a military
number determining the order in
which he is to be called. was begun by
President Wilson himself, and not fin
Shed until late in the afternoon next
day.
As the tally sheets were filed they
we're rushed over to the government
printing office for the official master
list which, when completed, We're sent
by General Crowder to all district
boards throughout the country, which,
in turn were to make them public
through the newspapers. In that way
the country at large was informed Of
the order of all the numbers within q
few days.
Wilson Is Applauded.
There was a hearty round of ap-
plause as the president, blindfOlded
with a piece of cloth taken from the
covering OF one OF Ine CHulrS uSeu
at the signing of the Declaration of
Independence, approached the table
on which rested the famous glass
bowl used upon the first drawing.
Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder guild
ed his hand ds he .eached down into
the bowl to pick one of the 1900 blue
capsules containing the numbers.
There was increased handclapping
when it was announced that the first
number of the drawing was 322, for
The number which the president drew
has a registrant representing it in,
nvery one of the 4,557 local boards in
the country. Every man whose serial
number corresponds to it may there
fore consider that the command to
march" or "work" comes from the
commander in chief himself.
Vice President Marshall, similarly
blindfolded, picked out the second
number. 1t proved to be high num-
herr ,277-which will be order No. 2
for all boards having registrants bear
ing that number. The average number
of registrants to board ranges only.
from $500 to 5000.
The number which President VIII
son drew has registrant represent
iut it in practically every district in
the United States. Other numbers fol-
low:
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17

All the public swimming pools and
some of the public baths in London are
being used for communal kitchens.
With their steam plants and heating
appliances they are very adaptable.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
DEAF MEN FAILURES
IN AVIATION SERVICE

Akron, o.L"Sllent Bob" Ho-
gan Of this city has decided that
a deaf man has no business in
the aviation service Of the army.
He tried to get in and found that
those who are deaf have no
sense of balance. Balance is
due to eye, ear and muscle. The
trial Of six deaf mutes proves
that the ear is one of the reQui-
sites for balance.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
His Excuse

JOHN l want you to meet We to-
day at my dressmaker's--"
can't my dear; this is one Of my
meetless days"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17

ty Of speaklng with the utmost FRANK
ness about the practical implications
that are involved in II.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-09
LENINE To
HEAD j. 8.
REVOLUTION
(EY ROBERT ]. BENTON)
CEy United Press.)

WASHINGTON. March Germany
with the aid of Nicholi Lenine IS plan
ming 10 pring about incustrlai revo-
luton in the United States. France.
Japan and England. The United
Press is able TO give further informa-
ton showing the campaign Of Lenine
against the "mlitarism of the allies"
while acting as the catspaw of the Teu-
tons Already it has gone to the point
where the Germans have laid before the
BoIsheviki leaders a proposition where
By German agents sailing on Russian
ships arc to be landed in the United
states. Japan and British East Asia
colonies to do tho work Of agitators.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-09
BRITISH REPULSE
GERMAN ATTACK
(By United Press Cablegram.)

LONDON March 9.-British troops
repulsed a German attack east Of Ypros
on a front Of nearly one mile, Friday
morning. Field Marshal Haig reported
today. Onlt at one point were the Ger
mans able TO penetrate the British lines
counter attack drove them out again
last night.
East of ypres yesterday evening after
artllerying all day with a heavy bonn
bardment covering their advance the
enemy attacked on nearly a mile front
south OF Menin road. the statement
said. Depsite the determination of their
attack they were repulsed every where
except in the nei shborhood of Poldhock-
Near Neuve Chappelle an enemy was
driven off by fire. Portuguese troops at
down successfully raided German posi-
tons and took prisoners
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-09
Green Line On Grill Before Conrn,iss
THEY GUT OUT THE
KAISER BOOSTING "POME"

Henceforth It's the KaiserSlume.
The flower of Germany.
Little Hans and Gretchen went out
and picked flowers.
oh look at the kaiserblumen
That grows in the grass so thicl.
said Hans. who suggested that they
gather flowers and take them to the
emperor quick"
They did SO and when they knocked
at the door a stern doorkeeper fright
ened them. but not SO the kaiser. The
poem goes on
\ soft and splendid presence.
The eehoing stars came down;
To know the king there was no need
That he should wear crown
Grrtcs on American Nerves.
1t is a rather long poem for the third
reader Two more stanzas will serve
TO show tho spirit Of II that CRATES on
patriotic American nerve:
They held up the wtthcred posics.
While into the emperor's face
\ beautiful light came stealins.
And he stopped with stately grace .
Taking the ruined blossoms.
With gentle words and mild
lie comforted with kindness
The heart OF each trembling child.
And he sent the children home in a
golden carriage
The third reader contract was made
four wears ago. Next year another
contract will be made and no doubt a
sharper lookout viii be made for kais-
worshipping poems.
At the meeting OF the state board Of
education today arrangements were
made TO advertise for bids for high
school text books to be used FOR the
next five years.