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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
WHITE HOUSE WOOL TO HELP
 SWELL FUNDS
The Figures Received from First Division Alone Reach S3,800
 for Fund.

The White House wool sold in the First Division alone will bring moro than $3,S0O for the Red Cross fund, the exact figures not being available at this time. Collector of Customs J. F. Pugh, who had charge of the sale reported today that the sum of $3,769.08 has been raised not counting the amount raised at Ketchikan. It is known that sev- eral hundred dollars have been raised there, but the exact amount has not been reported as yet.
 The amount raised at the differ ent towns from the ten per cent. deposits put up at the time the bid was placed amounted to S2,- 269.08. To this must be added the $500 which the Juneau Elks will pay in cash for the wool mak- ing the amount as stated.
 The official figures as received are;
 10 Per Cent. Deposits on White
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
DEATH OF YOUNG COMMENTED UPON
 BY THE BRITISH

LONDON, May 29. - Newspapers 1ere devoted much space to chroni ling the death at Belfast of Samuel Young, aged 96, an influential mem per of Parliament. An Irish Nation Hist, he probably was the eledst member, it is stated, the House of Commons ever had
 Mr. Young entered Parliament at he age of 70 in 1892 At Belfast he lad amassed a large fortune as a listiller. He lived during the reign )f five English sovereigns.
 King Edward asked him on one occasion how at his age he could stand the long hours of Parliament I hope to live" he replied, ito see your Majesty open the Irish Parlia- nent in Dublin"
 A few years ago he was asked the iecret, of his ripe old age. q haven't got one," he gaily replied. I've nev. sr bothered about my health at all. am not teetotaler 1 smoke ,at what I enjoy"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
RED CROSS NOTES

The Serbian National Defense League has donated the sum of S420t to the Juneau Chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross.
 The Red Cross work room will be closed Thursday in observance oi Memorial Day
 The Red Cross War Fund Drive o1 last week seems to have given g new impetus to Red Cross work There was an unusually large attend ance at the work room at the City Hall Tuesday afternoon, and all made their hands fly It is earnestly hoped that the attendance will continue tC grow Every pair of hands is need ed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
House Wool

Ketchikan not heard from.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
JORGENS0N PASSES
 NAVAL EXAMINATION
 OF SECOND CLASS

Word has been received in Jul neau by friends that Martin s. Jor- genson, well known here and for merly in the store department at TIane, had been enrolled in the Navy second class SC sanship, that he had passed the examination with a 91 mark and never felt better in his life. He entered at Seattle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
sHAckLEFoRDs ARE HERE

L. P. Shackleford, one of the best known attorneys of Alaska, returned from the South this morning on the Alaska and will remain here for sev eral weeks. Mrs. Shackleford and family accompanied him. They have taken apartments at the Gastineau Hotel.
 MT. Shackleford came North to at tend to business before the District Court and will appear in civil case which will come to trial within the next few weeks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
NO PAPER TOMORROW.

In compliance with the Presi- dents proclamation. there will be no issue of The Empire tomorrow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
JAPANESE CHAPTER OF RED CROSS IS
 ORGANIZED NOW

TOKYO, May 29.-The Japanese Chapter of the American Red Cross has been organized by the election of American Ambassador Roland s. Morris, as chairman, with coun- eli composed of twelve Americans, three from each of the four prin- cipal districts of the country. s. II. Ensworth of New York station ed at Yokohama, was elected vice. chairman; E. N Frazar of Tokio, treasurer; MT. Phelps of the Y. M c. A., executive secretary. Branch es of the American Red Cross are being organized in Tokio,, Kobe and Seoul.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29

Coal, feed, hay ana grain, Fem mer and Ritter. Phone IA.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29

The finest the market affords in season at the Alaska Grill. **s
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
SECRETARY LANE
 J0URNEYING WEST
 WITH ASSISTANT

Gov. Riggs this afternoon re ceived telegram that Secretary Franklin K. Lane. accompanied by E. c. Bradley, his first assistant, had reached Boulder, Ariz., from Washington, D. c.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
CIRCULATING ROOM OF LIBRARY WILL
 CLOSED TOMORROW

The circulating room of the Ju- neau Public Library will be closed tomorrow After June 1st tffe cir culating room will be closed every evening, the hours remaining from 1:00 to 6:00 D. m daily.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29

Your coffee troubles will be over if you will try GOLD SHIELD.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
DRUG STORES TO CLOSE

Britt's Pharmacy and the Butler Mauro Drug Store will close tomor- row between F noon and 6 p. m. on account of Memorial Day. Here after the drug stores will not open on Sunday until 12 o'clock noon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29

THE EMPIRE-An the News All as pime When u 10 NeWs
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
NOTICE TO HOME GUARDS.

All Home Guards are ordered to report at A. B. Hall at 1:45 tomor- row, weather permitting for the purposes of attending exercises and parade for Memorial Day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-29
Stock Quotations

NEW YORK, May 29.-Alas- ka Gold closed at 11s. r American Zinc at ,15% Butte X Superior at 21h. Chino at 4012.
 Ray at 23%.
 Utah Copper at 78H.
  You pay for food but not for serv- ice at the Alaska Grill. *ss Dine ar the Gasttneau. Concert every evening.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10
The Strength of Jesus

pey
Swinburne in this him.
"Thou hast pale Galiean,
The world with breath!'
probability "pae Galean,
physically certainly
all apply
radated followed
other Crowds weakngs Yet
wherever He there the surging anxious He into
the follow mountain
Immediately people side
the country the keep
king
They His They
from noteworthy that He types of
not merely the poor the sick the idle
what
of miracles there be of
power
evidence of the they n Him
recorded other
report people
~ but they And this what they They
astonished
amazedthey filled with marveled
things would be said only of power.
effects
nd when He looked them that He
fell
kill Him He walked through graft
fled from Him. Plate the representative of
kill Him months. They Him. they
the They Him Kissed
People do not hate weaklngs.
aroused hate He
1t is always with knded
of ancient times times,
the world today than before His
loyalty wrung from the hearts of
HENRY EDMoNDs
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10

and Syrian committee was sending food
and clothing to the sufferers of western
Asia. In recognition of the work of the
committee, and in the spirit of symra-
thetic cooperation, the Red Cross last
May made a grant from it's funds to the
work of the committee. However, they
recognize that important as this APP
preparation is, it is wholly inadequate to
meet the full need, and that to provide
for the entire number of people depesd-
cnt upon you for aid would practically
exhaust the entire fund of the American
Red Cross which, of course, is contrib
uted largely for the relief and comfort
of our own soldiers and sailors and
those of our allies. We understand that
your committee win continue to press
its appeal for supplementary funds with
which to meet more nearly the task that
is before you.
The terrible conditions in western ASIA,
or. to put it more graphically, in Bioie
lands. was considered at remarkaa
conference held in New York city last
September. This gathering was attended
by 1879 persons, including consuls, am
bassadors and other American officials,
teachers from American colleges in Tur-
key, business and professional men,
physicians and missionaries. 1t was
those who best knew conditions who
sounded the alarm which awakened the
great conscience of our people.
Out of the meeting grew the American
committee for Armenian and Syrian re-
lief with James L. Barton chairman !;
Charles V. Vickery, secretary and
Cleveland Fl. Dodge, treasurer. On the
national committee are such representa-
tive men as Hon. William r. Taft. Hon.
Charles Evans Hughes. DIR. Charles w
Eliot, Cardinal Gibbons Bishop David
ii. Greer. John r. Mott, Vance G. NC
Cormick. Oscar S. Strauss William f.
Ellis, Rabbi stephen S. Wise and many
others.
Now, this is 100 per cent charity for
every dollar contributed goes to the
needy ones. Not one cent is deducted
anywhere along the line for postage or
clerical help. or advertising. or trans
portation. or administrative expenses.
The cost of gathering and forwarding
the money is borne privately. Audited
reports are filed with the representatives
of the American government in Constan-
tinople. the Swedish ambassador now
acting in that capacity.
All relief is sent in the form of money
credits, for owing to the difficulties and
dangers OF Transportation it is UNIV Sc
to ship food or clothing until the sub
marine menace is done away with. Sup
plies are bought in the open market ~
the relief distributors, Food. though
scarce. can he procured when money is
available Neutral consuls and Swiss
distributors are supplementing the Amer
lean workers Relief is given according
to need. not creed.
Ambassador Elkus says: when I lefr
Constantinople. owing to the breaking
| of diplomatic relations with Turkey tre
work of relief carried on, by the Amer
lean committee for Armenian and Syrian
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE


AT present 1t is the practice of
many business men and firms to hold
, practically all outgoing mail until the
late afternoon or early evening hours"
said Postmaster r. B. Smyer. This
necessitates the facing. cancellation,
distribution, pouching and dispatching
OF from so to 80 per cent of all out
going matter within a period of three
to four hours. 1t is apparent that If
this work could be distributed over IL
or IA hours not only would it DO
handled with greater facility but its
dispatch would be FASTENED many
hours. .F sr
I'm view of this l am striving to
impress upon business men the great
advantage to be gained by both the
department and the public If they viii
aoopt the practice of depositing their
mail in the postoffice or street coll
lection boxes not only earlier in the
day but as frequently as may be feas-
ible. 1t would also tend to relieve con-
gestion and facilitate the handling uf
the mails IL heavy mailers would make
it regular practice to have all let
ter and circular mail, as well as cata-
logs, pamphlets, etc, bearing uncan-
celed stamps, properly faced for cam
collation.. with the short and long let
ters separated"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE RAISING OF
OTHER THINGS THAN A POLITICAL RUNGPUS

me into buying down about Demop-
ellis. These pigs were given the free
dom of the woods around about that
little country home of mine on Shades
Mountain. They were given all the
acorns they could gather and much
of the corn 1 could gather.
have sold pigs; have given pigs
to my friends; 1 have made sausage
of pigs and have eaten SO much spare
ribs and backbone this winter that
my fall clothes have been unreefed
to stand the strain. Yet yesterday aft
ernoon when the family went up to
gather asparagus and onions, and
plant the spring garden, there were
more red pigs about the lot than
were ever before known, all coming
in from the surrounding woods as
nlerrily as children to supper. These
pigs with two fall purchases of like
variety, though one suspected a bit
Irish, have yielded returns in cash
six times the original Investment;
have furnished food for a large fam
lily and many friends during the win
ter; and yet yesterday eighteen were
cavorting about the place, merrily
awaiting the day when they may be-
come luscious sausage or other good
things for the gentle, jovial cook to
display as the Drowned product of her
pots and pans.
y !. y
I took a look at the asparagus bed
and gathered a big basket of it--as
much as the green grocers would sell
for several dollars. 1t is peeping up
with purpled hues every day--as big
as your large finger 1t was planted
two falls ago. And there is rich clover
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10

1t is hoped that at least 10000 minis
ters will today preach or tell the story
of the awful conditions now existing in
Bible lands.
Conditions in Bible lands are in this
year of our Lord 1918 more distressing
and significant than they have been
since the days of the Crusades They
call for a nationwide campaign to
awaken deeper consciousness of the
terrific and pressing needs of the suffer-
ing people in Palestine, Mesopotamia and
at the foot of Mount Ararat.
Western Asia spells opportunity for de-
mocracy. It's but the statement of a
fact we'll known to students of the East
ern Question" that the subject races OF
the Turkish Empire are the soils in
which the seed of freedom must be
planted.
But before we can carry our lighted
torch to those sitting in darkness" We
must first send food to the starving, and
light fires in the hearthstones, and min
lister to the daily wants of the helpless
who have been despoied by the ruth
less hand of the butchers of Asia in
league with the cruel Huns of Europe.
You have lived through the hard win
ter becaues you live in America, the land
Of plenty, but 100000 Armenians, Syrians
and Jews including 100000 orphans, have
been kept alive only because you have
helped them. But in spite Of your as
sistance more than 100000 have persisted
during the last two years from exposure
starvation, disease. heartless deporta-
ton and cruel massacre.
This is a tragedy among nations which
even the rape Of Belgium pales by con.
trast. Here is a sad case which Is gloom
Ter even than Serbias hopeless estate
Poland, trampled on and bleeding, deep
out OF her own unspeakable misery, ian
look with compassion and pity, as on
country that has been called upon to
drain bitterer cup than was placed ITO
her own agonized lips.
The United States and other govern
ments appropriate millions of dollars for
relief of women and children of France
Belgium, and other lands. but the Ar
menians. Syrians and Greek Christians
of western Asia are scattered races to
which this country of ours cannot legally
make a loan. Exiled from their homes,
robbed of their possessions wanderers
in a desolate land, their only hope for
the barest necessities Of life is in Amer
lean charity,
Before the Red Cross took an active
part in war relief work the. Armenian
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10
TT is either pigs or politics this

/ : wees. !. '''''' '''' Or politics az
Why not make it pigs?
The public really prefer the lat
ter. The pig can be made into hams,
and bacon and into sausage which go
to make boys and girls into grown
up men and women to serve their
country in these strenuous times. They
likewise furnish the food to put the
gum in the boys of war.
Il y y
The politicians may open up cam
paigns now to distract the minds of
the people. 1t is about the prohibit
ton amendment to the constitution
not to be voted upon until next Au-
gust, and then in pure white pri-
mary.
The leaders on both sides tell me
they don't want to open it up now.
but the other fellows are trying to
steal march on them-and they
must get busy.
I hope the great intelligent public
will persuade the leaders to desist in
their speech making tours and organ
ization meetings.
u y y
Let us now go to the soil and raise
crops.
The world needs such. In our own
gardens we can produce what we need
for ourselves. The wheat and meat
products of the big farms can be sent
to nourish our army in Europe.
y y \
And that brings me back to pigs
to that little pair of red ones of pure
Scotch descent which Mrs. Mathis and
"a couple of the railroad gentry
Sewer and stanfiel by name-bantered
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10

under the caption of "Persons in the
Foreground, reproduces from Forbes
I"Men Who Are Making America" an
! Informing appreciation of Mr.. Kahn
in his many-sidedness. When this dis
tinguished banker goes out picture
hunting he does not take tutor with
him, for he himself is an art critic
of the first rank.
When he went to work to reorganize
the Metropolitan Opera company and
give New York the best in dramatic
music, he did not need professional
Iimpresario to tell him how to do it,
for he himself was unsteady educated
and was thoroughly convcrsant with
stage direction.
He has found time to take leading
part in the Society of Friends of
Young Artists, in the Drama league
and in all movements for democratic
ling art.
When Mr.. Kahn became associated
with the late E. III. Hartman as his
iright-hand man, he made it plain to
/ the famous wizard that he was
.Ia
devotee of art, especially music, so
there might be no misunderstanding
about mixing cultural things with
money making go ahead and do it,"
was 'Harrimans counsel. eff you
don't let music interfere with your
application to business, if you keep
lit in its place, it will do you no harm,
but good. 1t will be exercise for
imagination. Don't you ever let your
imagination get rusty"
1t is not reasonable to expect to
| find many men in this or any other
country so versatile or so masterful
as Otto Kahn, but his life will serve
as an inspiration to the young man
of ambition and brains, no matter
what calling he may think of pursu-
ling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10
LUKE M'LUIxE SAYS

Germs of thought are about the only
KIND or microbes that do not use some
mems systems as boarding houses
Have you ever noticed that the men
who do not smoke, chew or drink are
just as hard up as you are? So have We
AS a rule a wife doesn't care q hana
about having the right side of the argu-
ment as long as she has the opposite
side.
a girl hears so much about automo-
bile accidents that she is careful to put
on clean union suit and wear her
best stockings when she knows she is
going out for an auto ride.
Admitting that it is none OF our busi-
ness, we can't understand why a corn
fed girl who has fat legs will wear
the ankle-length kind that bulge out
in rolls over her shoe tops and make
her legs look fatter, and why a thin
girl will wear the knee-length kind and
gauze stockings that make her legs look
thinner.
II man spent all the money fool
ishly downtown that his wife believes
he spends. he would have to make s1Oo
more week than he is making. And
IL his wife wasted as much money run
ming the house as her husband thinks
she does. he would save about 500 a
weeks
4
A man often wonders why it is that
his wife can't do little busting or
sweeping around the house unless she
is uniformed In a raggedy skirt that
Mrs. Noah discarded when she left the
ark, and has whole sheet tied around
he's head.
You may not believe it. But man
could have as good complexion as a
woman II he had patience enough to
spend four hours in front Of q mirror
each day and rub and rub and rub.
No matter how red woman's nose
may be she is always dabbing at II
with a powder rag to keep it from get
ting shiny.
AS long as the girls continue to wear
those knee-length skirts the prodigal son
will have no trouble in locating fatted
calves.
A pimple in the right place will make
4 girl keep her chest covered when mod
esty can't.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10

down the hillside, and flowers budding
out through the leaves accumulated
during the winter The peach and
pear trees are in bloom and the dog
wood is beginning to blossom. The rasp-
berries are budding like they mean
business. The figs are a bit shy from
the cold weather Many of the young
sters gave up the ghost But other
good things are coming along to fill
the gap of appetite
And there's liable to be good thing,
to eat in the spring and summer. The
Golden Bantam corn is going into the
ground this week and Honey Dew
melons will soon have their nests
made.
Those Of US who watch them grow
can taste in our dreams every day how
good they will be when we can really
delve into the sweet meat, and boast
and blow like old porpoises to our
friends who eat with us, about how
we produced them in our own gar
dens.
I would rather have radish and a
raspberry from my own garden than
a car load of onions and ornery stuff
from Morris Avenue
= = T.
Now let US all give the hens green
food, and the soil nourishment and
seed, and watch for the turmoil it Will
create in the ranks of the filigreed
food profiteers, and the smiles it will
bring to our own faces
All success to the amateur cultiva-
tors and producers in the army of
which has been enlisted one
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-10
Studying the Faces
Of Belgian Refugees

TN The Age-Hcrald's Rotogravure
y Section this morning is photo
graph Of Belgian refugees at Evian,
France, who have risen to their
feet at the first notes of that
Immortal battle hymn, "The Marseil-
Ilaise."
1t is an unusual picture. 1t shows
the ravages of war on human faces,
instead of towns, villages and fields.
1t is worthy the brush of a great
painter. With moving fidelity the
camera has caught a scene which is
characteristic of the great war, yet
lis apart from bloodshed and the roar
of artillery 1t is, in a sense, the re-
Election of war, for the tragedy of
the struggle which left Belgium pros
trate is mirrored in six or more faces
which stand out in startling distinct
ness from the throng of refugees who
have been taking poor meal and
now stand in profound gratitude and
reverence while the national anthem
of France is played.
To the extreme left is the rugged
face of an old man. Every line in it
seems to tell story of suffering and
sorrow, yet there is a look of de-
Termination in the eyes and he holds
his head up as if he can see in the
future his beloved country set free
land restored. Just in front of him is
Ia child with the rapt expression
children assume in a solemn hour,
latter they have had taste of life's
bitterness In the foreground is an
Iold woman, her hands clasped and
her head bowed as if in prayer to
God.
Across the table is very old