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Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18
SUBSTITUTE FOR
 IRIDIUM IS FOUND
It Is Claimed That the New Mineral Will Take Radium's Place for
 Commercial Purposes

A substitute for rodium, tho world supply of which is only about three ounces of radium element, has been found. according Co state ment presented to the American ln- sttue of Mining Engineers at Mill waukeo on October 10th, by Dr. Richard B. Moore. of Che U s. Bu- rcau of Mines. The Institute closed its llSth meeting there on that date after taking up several important conservation and production meas urcs in connection with minerals Of a war-wiuniug character.
 Mcsothorium is thc radium substi- tute which. according to Dr. Moore, is excellent in many ways. This can be used. it Is said. just os efficiently for radlum as luminous paint and it is this use Co which radium is be- ing especially put in tho work on airplanc dials. compasses and gun sights. In these uses it has greatly Increased Che efficiency of night hr- ing both with machine guns and ar tnlery The substitute can also be used for cancer treatment, although the fact that it has shorter life makes it much less desirable for this purpose
 Its usefulness in luminous paint will continue for four or five years. which is as long as Is required for cheap watches, push buttons, etc., and which will prevent Che use of radium for such purposes, as In some instances it is now being used in wastcrul fashon.
 The result of Dr, Moorc's expcrl- mcnts met with great interest on Che part of the mining engineers and excited considerable discussion.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18
FIRST FLIGHT IN
 SINGLE DAY
Mail Aeroplane Makes First Flight Between Chicago and New
 York in Single Day

The Post onlco Department au- thorlzos the following:
 The landing of tho postal airplanc at New York Tuesday recorded the first trip ever made from Chicago Co New York i'm a single day. The nu- morous attempts heretofore Co mako this fight have encountered inter- ruptlons which have prevented Che completion of the trip until Che sue cceding day.
 Pilot A. V. Gardner, accompanied by Edward Radlc. mechanician, left Chicago Tuesday morning at G:25 in a plane propelled by a Liberty motor, and landed in Hicksville, Long lsl- and. at SEQ D. m. Allowing for one hours difference in time and for stops made for repIeninshiug of gns and oil. the trip from Chicago was made i'm 12 hours and 55 minutes, there being a delay Of hour and % minutes at Cleveland and another 58 minutes at Lockhaven, Pa. in procuring gas and oil.
 Mir. Gardner began his fight at Chicago in driving rain and en- counterod severe head wind at Cleveland. He flew at an elevation of 1000 feet and landed in the dark on a very bad field at Hicksville, Long Island. In taking the land ing the machine made a spill, slight ly njuring tho occupants Mir Card ner received a cut on his nose and near his left eye. and Mir Rodle was cut on Che arm.
 Two bags of mail for New York and connections were carried on the plane from Chicago and delivered at the Now York post office.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18
NEWS NUGGETS FROM ALASKA News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges, to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northland

The Cordoyo Daily Times has cn- largcd iu printing plant A new Model l4 linotype has been installed. as we'll as new paper cutting ma chine and other new printing ma tcrial
 Dick Weaver. old timer ot Nome vho has followed every stampede In Alaska for Che past fifteen years. died on board Che steamer Victoria cn route from Nome He was buried at sea-
 Four Alaska clcrrymcu arc now in thc war They are Rev. George J.. railcv. of Juneau. RcvJs. Hughes. of Natauuska. Rev G. J Beck Of uoonah. and Rev J. E. Mcbride. ot Anchorage.
 Trains win soon bo operating be- tween Fairbanks and spinich creek on thc government railway This road win run through a heavily tim bcred country that win furnish Fair banks with winter wood In the fu- urc
 Ed Matthews. who was born and raised iu Skogway. has again been wounded while lighting with che Canadian army iu France. Hc was wounded twice before and Eassed. Tho wound this time was a bullet in Che thigh.
 Nooryick a native village not far from Nome. is said Co bc Che only place ot its kind Co have electric lights uc.bcrt Roploglc. teacher ot che government school there. put up oh plant and has Icft natives in charge of it since he went Go the States
 X steamship from Nome carried fes passengers when she lcft Cor down s1u,hbouud. There were l6 children ou board. fifteen ol them being babies iu arms Before Che vessel Icft Nome on the present trip au first class accommodations were sold for Che next trip and there was a waiting Iist or S6 people Seattle wired Che agent at Nome Co give preference to women.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18

J. L. Mcphcrson, manager or the Alaska Bureau of Che Seattle Cham bcr of Commerce. made the statement upon his arrival at Seattle that Alas kan roads compare favorably with Che roads 5f Western Washington. He has just returned from Alaska, from tour or inspection. He also says that the Fairbauks-Chitiua trail is better than Washington roads with the exception Of Che paved highways. Mr. McPherson says that S5.5O and board at Fairbanks is better than much higher wages on Che Outside, and he was greatly i'm pressed with tho reasonable rates for commodities in Alaska.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18

Six cabbagcs raised at Seward weigh 16 pounds
 Jafct Liudcburs ot Nome win soon enlist in Che navy
 Valdez Packing Company packed 6a.oo0 cases of salmon this season.
 An arrustra has been installed ou bc property O, Eua and Mggbem on Boulder creek. near rickhcl
 One hundred bueborry bushes wcrc shipped from Valdez last month Co bc trauspIautcJ near Anchorage.
 Major w. H Waugh head ot Che Alaska Road Commission. recently killed a large black bear while on his inspection trip over Che trail
 Five tons of usuIte coal mined near Ncuau1 were recently given trial ou a locomotive oH che EoycrH- mcut railway It gave satisfactory results
 "Tbr Rhymes ol HouEhucck by p4t OCorcr. of Seward. have been published Iu book form and accord- mr Co news from che westward. are. selling very tlst
 Ucy L. H pcdcrou. formerly ot ssarvay. Is now m Y. M. c. A. work near Astoria. Oregon. uc has charge of che work u .rree ot che army camps near chat place.
 F. A. mrr bas been drafted into service and has u..u o-dcrd Go ap. pear before Che board at Seward ou November 10. U. was employed a, TrcaducI for a Ior- t.mc.
 The Booth Fisheries arc goutcm- pIatue starting a cold storage plant ou Prince William sound Corioya. through Its chamber ot commerce. is making blu for Che plant
 The Alaskan Railway Commission win run a spur line Go che coal mine that is Co be operated by R E. Burns & Co., m Che umItc country near Nculua. The company has a con- tract Go furnish Che Commission w.th 5000 tons or coal
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18

Some time during the coming wiu- ter when Che nearby Yukon river is frozen solid. Indians from an the camps for miles around Koyukuk will follow a tribal custom and gather ot a big potlach there to re- celvc their share of clothing and trinkets saved for the occasion by the "Old Medicine Woman" na- tive parsonage who was accidentally killed in July last At Che time Of thc death of the old lady natives from an over the Koyukuk country attended the funeral and several days were spent burying her. The body was laid away In a burial house that is fitted with windows and lined with calico
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18
Farming in Dakota

Speaking Of farming" said the visitor from the Vest we have some farms in Dakota that are quite sizablc. I've seen a man on one of our big farms start out in the spring and blow a straight furrow until fall Then he harvested back"
 Wonderful" said the listener.
 "On our Dakota farms" he went on. "It is Che usual thing Co send young married couples out to milk the cows. Their children return with the milk. Boston Trascript
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18
NOTICE

A forest ranger examination win bo held at the Forest Supervisors office in Kctchilon October 2S, 1918. Any person wishing Co take this eX- animation can be supplied with the forms for application by the Forest Supervisor Kotchikan, or Civil Service Commissioner Wash ington. D. c.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18

For the best and ncatcst Job print ing, come Co the News ofice.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18

The barge Baracouta, which re- gently reuchcd Seattle In tow of Che steamer Aayox. has the distinction Of having been ashore twice while in Alaskan waters on one trip. The first time she broke away from the vessel that was towing her and went ashore in Resurrection bay on Nov. 27th last year. and stayed there un- m August of this year. when she was floated. The Anyox took her in tow and on September IS the two vessels ran into a nerc gale and had to take shelter in Port Etches. The barge dragged her anchor and went ashore again. She hoated the next day and resumed her voyage. and arrived safely.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22

CZECH0-SL0VAK MINISTRY
AS FORMED ANNOUNCED

PRAGUE. Bohemia (via Bernel, Nov.
22.-The Czecho- Slovak ministry has
been constituted as follows;
Premier, DR., Karl kramarZ; minister
OF foreign affairs, Vojata Benes; jus
tice, NJ, Habermaun; national defense,
NJ, Klofar; agriculture, NJ, P%raschek;
education, Anthony Souaoup; finance,
commerce, NJ. %Stransky; posts, NJ.
Spherny; health, NJ, Frore; war, NJ, Sta,
fahik; interior, NJ. Svehla; food, NJ.
Aronsky; social welfare, NJ. Winter;
RAILWAYS, NJ, H%ahrednik: without port
folio, Al. Kruban.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
ALL LINES WILL AID
IN S~0LDlER-FARM MOVE

Every line Of business in Memphis
will cooperate in preparing necessary
legislation and in listing available land
In the Memphis territory for the sol"
der farms" movement Instituted by the
federal department of the Interior.
L. X, Salisbury, president OF tho
Chamber OF Commerce, has named An
executive committee to this end that
represents practically every phase of
business IN the city. The committee
will meet at the Chamber Of Commerce
at ~ 80 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
70 outline plans for aiding the govern
lfent in the project,
The men named are; A, u, jennings,
chairman; M, ]. s%turdlvant r. X. Rid
dick, J, M, Goff, j, A. Riechnan, Henry
Loeb, DIR, TAFT Butter, Frank Hayden,
G, J. Haasc, s. NJ. Williamson, Lem
Banks, II. NJ. Cottreli, A. G. Lange,
J. l.. Hutton, j. W. Mcclure, Ralph
May, ]. II. Paine, Bolton Smith, i, IL
StonebrakeL II. W, Bailey, 4. II. Ellis,
Willard Nall, Paul DiiRrd, r, q. Bar
ton, W. g, Early, Hugh X, Wynne, Il
NJ. Layne, c. +, J, Mooney, George
Morris, H. Y, Leach, Frank y, Fuller,
Dabney Crump and Harry Il, Weiss.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
WANTS FRIENDS FINED
FOR "H00D00ING" HER

Rebecea Walls, negress, $50 Camilla
street, who declared she was being
"hoodooed" by two of her friends and
compelled to cut strange capers, hailed
her alleged erstwhile antagonists into
Justice Fred Broens' court Thursday
on charges Of breach or peace,
How did they hoodoo your" asked
tho magistrate.
We'll, jedge, dey sIzzie a little wild
their hands. do n little hooChee- oooche
n spit fire Wild their eyes--and ] jes'
mas ter do what dey says. | had to
stan on nah haid, II after Il while
dey makes me hop on one foot TO- 10
minutes" -
Judge Broens frowned upon the de-
PENDANTS. IT was beginning TO look bad
Tor them when someone came in who
knew .Rebecca, Judge Broens caught
a wink from the new arrival with q
peculiar twirl OF the finger around the
temple.
I'm have to dismiss this case" he
said abruptly,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
NURSE ASSOCIATION
CHANGES ITS NAME

The West Tennessee Nurses associ-
alton at a meeting held Thursday
adopted a resolution changing its ualue
20 the Registered Nurses association,
District 1 of the state OF Tennessee
Previously the state organization was
organized into three divisions, East,
Middle and West Tennessee divisions
Al a recent meeting Of the state asso-
citation ii was decided to arrange for
four divisions Of the s;aGe, the head
offices OF each division being in the
four large cities, Memphis. Nashville.
Knoxville and Chattanooga.
The local association Will meet 100
future once a month except the three
summer months, June, July and Aug
ust, instead OF meeting quarterly As
formerly.
Officers elected at the meeting Thurs
day were Miss Baxter, president; Mrs,
Alexander, first Vice-president; MISS
Joe Stewart, second viee-preSident, MIS-
RebeccR Burgin, secretary, and MISS
Dixie Sample and Miss Mary Drane,
directors for three years,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
PURYEAR ONLY OFFICER
TO RETURN TO FIGHT

Lieut., George Puryear, Of Memphis,
brother Of Judge d. B, puryear, is the
only one OF the three officers who es-
ceped from the German prison camp at
Nillengen TO return to active duty
Lieut.. lsaacson, who was captured when
the transport President Lincoln was
torpedoed. and Lieut.. Willis, an aviator.
who was taken in the German lines,
have returned to the United States.
Judge Puryear has received one or two
cards from his brother. and he has
written his mother at Gallatin without
.narrating the particulars Of his escape.
Willis has been quoted as saying
that none of the medical officers at
tempted TO get away, as they ewete Ill
lowed exceptional liberties and were on
their honor not to escape, although they
much assistance to the men who
made their way out of the camp, As
soon as Lieut.. Puryear could get out
OF Switzerland he made his way ~
headquarters, where he put in the re
manning few days of the war IN combat,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
EXPRESS C0MPANY'WILL
HASTEN XMAS PACKAGES

Vice President y, &, Elliott, In charge
Of traffic Tor American Railway EN-
press company, has informed all OPP
Grating officials and agents Of the ex-
press organization throughout the
United States that It u the purpose
Of the company to uphold In every way
the request Of the council OF defense
that Christmas express shipments be
started on their way by Dec, g.
Concerted effort WIN be made In every
city and town OF the country by the
1875, 900 cypress employees to emphasize
the importance OF preventing any pos
sible congestion Of transportation ia
%cIllties during these critical times. Al
though express facilities are very elAs-
tie, no much equipment Is now used
for strictly war purposes that all gift
shipments t6r long distance travel
should be delivered to Inc express com
pany not later than December s and
FOR short hauls not later than Decem-
Der 10. This will allow ample time for
sorting and delivering before Christ
mas day.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
To Avoid and Relieve Influenza
BY DIR, Rankin A

Many people have been frightened by
what they have read or heard Of lnfIu-
ehEa. The more you fear the disease,
me surer you are to get It. Go right
ABOUT your business and forget 1t. As
me disease Is spread principally by
contact through sneeZlng, coughing or
splitting, many health authorities have
advised that everyone wear a gauzs
when liz daily washed and saturated
with q one to five hundred solution OF
zinc sulphate In water, and Their dried
before wearing over the nose and
mouth. You should avoid crowds, com e
mon drinking cups ana public towels,
Keep your strength up by taking lots
Oh exercise In the open air and plenty
of nourishing food.
u You have any Of such symptoms as
ohllllness, nasal distractions, flushed
race, headache, feverishnesa, restless
ness, weakness or irritating cough, give
UP, work at once and go to bed. This
VIII save your strength to help over
come the disease. Put your feet in hot
water for fifteen minutes. Thoroughly
loosen tho bowels with some such mild
and nonlrritating physiC as DR.. Plerce's
Pleasant Pellets, Drink principally Cf
hot lemonade and then cover up with
plenty Of clothes IN beG 30 as to get
a good sweat, When sweating il free
$500 NAN WV 'ANNNb A@hp aNBHt VI
two Anuric Tablets every four hours,
followed by drinking at least a glass
or two of hot water. nnuric Tablets
help quickly to relieve the soreness OF
the muscles and bones from which most
patients complain n neip the kidneys
flush out the poison.
To relieve nasal distractions and px-
cessive discharge from the nose. prob
ably nothing Is better than such a mild,
soothing. antiseptic WASH AZ Or. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. II will give great
relief. Employed as a gargle, in same
strength as made up for use In the
nose, and as hot as can be borne, II
quickly arrests soreness and dryness In
the throat
Influenza weakens the patients re-
sistanCe to disease, SO that there Is
danger OF bronchitis pneumonia de-
v%eloping TO combat this tendency and
fortify the patients strength insist thai
he keep in bed at least two days, Prob
ably nothing win at TINS stage hasten
the recovery and strengthen the patient
moro than an irop tonic tablet called
"IrontiC" or that weii-kn0wn herbal
tonic, Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
Covery. which has been used by thou
sands In the past two generations.
adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
RUM0RS FLU
IS EPIDEMIC HERE

Persistent rumors that influenza IS
still epidemic in Memphis are denied
by city health authorities.
Although II is admitted there are a
few isolated cases and that a few new
Is believed tho disease has spent Itself
here and physicians do not look for
recurrence OF influenza In epidemic
form,
Health authorities, however, urge
Memphians to continue. as far as pos
sible TO observe all precautions advised
as to prevent colds, grippe, bronchitis,
meningitis, broncho and lobar pneu-
monia and kindred diseases, all OF
which are considered CONTAGIOUS.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
SEVERAL BOUND OVER
ON LIQUOR CHARGES

United States Commissioner George
Poole has bound over to the federal
grand jury, c, p. Powers and Joe Salt
0rs, both charged with violations OF
government liquor laws. They gave
bonds for $500 each,
Tom Stubbs, Aaron Love and T. Q.
Reed. charged with a similar offense.
we're given hearings late Thursday:
Stubba was dismissed, but Reed and
Love were held on $500 bonds each
They were unable to furnish this II
were sent to tho county jail.
Dan Cunningham, mn Illinois Central
railroad conductor. charged with delay
ing a train between. Woodstock and
Memphis, during which time federal
officers believe a car loaded with liquor
and being shipped through Memphis
was robbed, waived preliminary hear
ing and was held for action OF the
grnnd Jury That VIII conYene Monday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
THROUGH BILLS ARE
ASSURED FOR COTTON

WASHINGTON, D, G.. Moo, %. (Spl)
Senator Mcclellan and Congressman
Fisher have received %assurancaH from
the railroad administration that plans
are being worked out for re~-establish-
Ing through bills of lading on cotton
for export. This practice was discon-
tinued at the beginning of the war, and
despite determined efforts on tho part
of Southern senators and congress
men, It could not be restored.
Judge Edward Chambers, assistant
general director. has assured Senator
Mcclellan that he Is favorable to the re-
vocation OF this system, and hopes to
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
SEEK WOMAN AS HEIR
OF FALLEN SOLDIER

WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-The state
department has been asked TO assist In
locating Miss Nellie Richardson Taylor,
who Is heir to part of the estate of
Corporal j. r. Taylor, of the Austria
Ian forces, who was killed at Gallipoli
in 1915.
The request came TO the department
from the public curator's office at Bris-
bane, Australia, through the American
consul at Newcastle, with the %infor1na-
ton that Miss Taylor was thought to
be living somewhere in Texas.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
FIND OFFICER SHOT.

CHARLOTTE, y. G., Nov, GIANT.
!. II. Bannister, OF Fort Leavenw ortiz,
Kansas, commanding the quarantine
camp at Camp Green, was found dead
in his tent yesterday, having been shot.
A board OF army officers was desig-
mated to investigate the circumstances
of the tragedy but no announcement
of it's findings has bean made public.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
WORKERS GET BONUS.

CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-Emrloycs who
work In the offices and the steady time
men of Swift e. Co. will receive a bonus
OF 10 per cent of the yearly salary Of
each as soon as the checks can be made
out, This announcement was made to-
day by +. s.. Hayward, secretary. who
said tho total of the bonus would be
about $3.50, 900.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
CAPTIVES OF
WAR ENROUTE HOME

BERNIE, Nov, 90. (By the Associated
Italian prisoners of war, rel eased from
Germany and Austria, nave passed
through on their way TO Italy, Ar
rangemsnts have been made for the
transportation Of 100, 0Uu such prisoners
by way of Switzerland.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
SIX DIE AT SEA.

GULFPORT, Miss. Nov. 1.-The
Desexa, a four-masted French ship
reaching port from BAKER, west coast
of Africa, reports the master OF the
vessel and two sailors as having died
at sea from influenza. The disease de-
veloped several weeks after the vessel
had sailed. The men were buried at
san
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
CONSIDER TAX PLANS.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Revisod
plans for raising revenues In accordance
with estimates of government peace
time expenditures, as outlined bX Chair
man Simmons in a proposal submitted
yesterday, were considered today by the
senate finance committee. The plans
provide for the raising in 1919 of 6,000,-
900, 900 and in 1910 Of $4,000, O00, 900 by
tnyatibp
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
FIRST TUG LAUNCHED.

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. GA river
going tug, So feet In length. the first
ever built at the Algiers naval station,
was launched herey esterday after
noon Two more tugs VIII be launched
at the Algiers station in the noxt few
days, The tugs will be used by the
government in river traffic. .
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
TWO S%0UTHERNERS ARE
LOCATED IN HUN CAMPS

WASHINGTON, Nov. GA list Of
officers and enlisted mon in German
prison camps announced here by the
war department include the following:
At Rastatt; Private Herman l.. Golf
man, Providence, 8. G.
At an unknown camp; Private Henry
y. Curtis. 1888 Anna street, Shreveport,
Louisiana '
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
A INJURIES MANY.

EINDHOVEN, Holland, Nov, 22,-Fu-
gitives crossing the Belgian-Dutch
frontier report that anany BelgIans have
been injured by explosions at the COM
mune OF .Gheel, 26 miles southeast Of
Antwerp. The town has been complete
ly devastated, it is said.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
DIES IN FRANCE.

NATCHEZ. Miss. Nov. &c., (Spl)-
Notification of the death In France Of
has been received by his parents. The
Young soldier died Of pneumonia
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-18
A PRAYER

We thank Thee for this place in
which we dwell; for the love that
unites us; for the peace accorded us;
for the hone with which we expect
the morrow; for the health, the work,
the food and the bright skies, that
make our lives delightful; for our
friends in all parts of the earth, and
olur friendly helpers in this Isle Help
us to repay in service one to another
the debt of thine unmerited benefits
and mercies. Grant that we may be
set free from the fear of vicissitude
and death, may finish what remains of
our course without dishonor to our
selves of hurt to others, and give at
least rest to the weary,-Robert Louis
Stevenson.