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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
SINGLE LADIES WIN

TREADWELL, April 13.-There was a large crowd out last night to wit ness the bowling game between the teams of Mrs. LeNoir and Miss Back man. The latter won by margin of 19 pins after very hotly con tested bout. The scores were
 CAPT Ie NOIR
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
JUNEAU LUTHERAN MISSION

DOUGLAS, April 13.-As the Doug las authorities advice Rev. Larson
 will not go to Juneau and hold ser vices tomorrow afternoon. Conse- quently the 2:30 service at the Pres byterian church will be eliminated.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
ST. LUkE'S EPISCOPAL
 CHURCH

Rev. G. D. Christian, Dean.
 Rev. A. E. Butcher, Canon. Second Sunday after Easter. Sunday School-10 a. m.
 Divine worship at II, with sermon on What Think Ye of Christ?' = the Supreme question" The public is cordially invited,
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev. F. s. Bollinger. Pastor

Rev F. S. Bollinger. Pastor
 10 a. m-Sunday School.
 II a. m.-Worship. "Life's Nob- lest Process" 500 D. m. - Worship: High Thinking" Special music for the services. This will be Rev. BOllin- gers laht Sunday in Douglas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
DOUGLAS PRESBYTERIAN
 MISSION

1:00-Bible service. 7:00-Thursday-Mid Week Pray CT Service.
 All are invited to attend these services.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
LUTHERAN IMMANUEL
 CHURCH

Rev. Martin l.. Larson, Pastor Sunday School at 10 a. m. Divine service at 8 D. m. All are welcome.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13

sky like a meteor on it's target. It is claimed it requires about three minutes for the shell to reach it's destination, the greatest difficulty in the way of increasing the range being in sending the projectile high enough to reach the rarified air. Apparently four of these guns are being used two on each alternate day.
 LONDON: Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna says that "if Germany could take Calais and Paris and even force France and Italy to capitulate, the English hidden in their island and America protected by the ocean would still remain It foresees that in no even can a peace of vio- lence be imposed on America and England.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13

BOAT FOR SALE-42 feet long, II foot beam, 20 hp. Atlas. Good seine boat and in good condition. Apply John Laughlin, Douglas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13

WASH: Up to March 1. 1918. United States Shipping Board has let contracts for 1145 steel ships with an aggregate deadweight ton mage of s,164,50S tons and 4s0 wooden ships with a deadweight tonnage of 1,715,000. Launchings in March totaled 3S vessels of all types with a deadweight tonnage of 232.7S3. more than twice that for February.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
LONDON: Germans have alre

LONDON: Germans have already established through rainlroad con nections between parts of Russia they have seized and Berlin. They are flooding occupied areas with German-made goods. Russian idlers are being forced to work The prices of clothing having declined 5O% since German occupation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13

FOR SALE-Majestic range: Kitch- en Queen and other furniture cheap. At the Lutheran Parsonage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13

DE ERHAPS you, \ too, hear the call of the Derby this season.
 Men who are most critical are swinging away from the care fully careless "just dropped into town" air in their clothes and are going in for more dressy effects.
 The Derby is the Stetson SeIf- con- fOrming- feather weight. crisp but elastic fits the head like c soft hat and feels like a familiar friend atthefirstwearing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
DOUGLAS CATHOLIC
 CHURCH

Regular services.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
DOUGLAS CHURCH SERVICES

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The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
Effect of War on Trade.

It would be impossible to give in de- tail ihe effect of the European war on American trade, but partial statements show the approximate effect on some branches of trade. Thus it appears that during the first 20 months of war our exports of articles used expressly for War purposes amounted to S1 ,092,- 5S22,24 The smallest shipments were in the opening month of the war, Aug ust, 19f4, when such exports amount es to only SS,551.011 and increased al- post steadily up 10 March, 1916, when the total was SI14326, 426. For the 20 months the exports of explosives amounted to $166. 159, ,515; gunpowder, S104, ,G05, 7S5; cartridges. S40.30S. .617 {; dynamite. S3.2ff.073; commercial au- tomobiles, $S2, ,667, 125; mules, S30026,- 591; horses. $125. .241 206; airplanes, $7,401. TOY; firearms. $20.140,9S1; mis- celaneous iron and steel, including empty shells, $11f, f,G03,316; rubber, in clHdihg auto tires. SS5S, ,76S; barbed and plain wire, SI4 ,4S5.3 .3S5. According to statistics of the United States de- partment of commerce, more than three-quarters of the total export trade of the United States in 1916 went to the allied nations of Europe, and this including only war exports, and not provisions or foodstuffs.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
USE MOVIES TO TEST EYES
If Pictures That Are Properly Focused Hurt, 1t Is Always Well to
 Consult an OcuIist.

You can use the movies to test your eyes. If your optical organs are cor rect and normal you can go to the shadow theaters as much as you want without fear of harming the delicate mechanism of your eyes.
 But if you see well-operated pie lures where the focusing is properly done, and find that your eyes hurt hunt an oculist; don't blame the movies, says Dr. c. A. Balm, writing on the annals of ophthalmology.
 There is no surer way to inform yourself of optical defects. The nor maj eye accommodates itself readily to the fitting films of high grade, while the subnormal eye makes it's complaint very apparent after steady focusing upon pictures.
 'Persons with no defect of sight mechanism should be able to enjoy at the very least four sittings of from one and one-half to two hours dura- tfon each per week without diseom- fort" says Doctor Balm. No perma- nent harm has come or can come to eyes from well-foeused motion pie tures."
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
Barrier to Sight of Stars.

A theory gaining scientific accept ance is that in the void of interstellar space there is substance which wells from our view the stars beyond cer- tain limit of distance. Consisting pre- sumably of microscopic and widely scattered particles, it nevertheless makes barrier to vision when dis tanees are sufficiently great.
 In other words, if we were far enough away from the sun there would be enough of these particles between ourselves and that luminary to render it invisible to us.
 Dr. c. G. Abbott of the Smithsonian institution, said that the estimated density of this substance Is one tril- lionth of that of the air We breathe. Pretty thin, one might say. And yet sphere Gin space) whose radius was the distance from the earth to the star nearest to our solar system would con- tain quantity of the substances equal to 1000 times the mass of the sunl
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
Shark Fishino an Industry.

Shark fishing has evolved from q sport to an organized industry in the Pacific waters off the southwestern coast. The skin of various species of the fish when tanned forms a tough durable leather that is in considerable demand, and the oil that is extracted from the carcass likewise has commer. cial value. Of late a Japanese syndi cate has undertaken the exploitation of this long-neglected field and, as a re- suit, large numbers of sharks are being captured. The mottled skins of the tiger sharks are being made into slip, pers, belts, gloves and other articles, while those of the great blue and bask- ing sharks, which are especially thick and strong, are used for purposes that demand long-lived material.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
Varieties of Pearls.

Among the varieties of so-called pearls there are at times small dark gray or blackish pearls, which are more or less flattened and lack the jet black luster and perfect shape of the so-called black pearls. These are true pearls, probably secured from pin na shell, and possess some small value. They may be easily distinguished from the false pearls by their color and shape. Very small round pearls of a golden luster are secured from small aYlcula that has beautiful golden luster on the inside. The avicula shell Is usually less thanAsix centimeters in diameter, and have never seen pearl produced by this shell that was larger than a No. 6 shot. The big, perfectly round yellow pearls offered for sale are usually frauds.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
BORN OF DESIRE FOR SPEED
From Earliest Ages Man Has Sought Methods of Transportation Other
 Than His Feet.

Doubtless the first form of construc- tive transportation was by the boat in the form of float and our earliest end simplest conception is a man astriGe log. propelling it by hand and foot.
 The idea of propulsion stimulated to activity the inventive genius of mans mind, and we find him developing yari- ous modes of land conveyances. The camel was drafted into service with the elephant, the horse and other ani- mals. Then came the sledge, the first of natures own construction, simply q forked tree limb.
 This gradually developed into more perfect mode of conveyance, being mounted on rollers or logs, and here began the development of the axle and the wheel. The most primitive form of wheel was the simple roller made from tree trunk, afterward differen- tiated into pair of fixed wheels by trimming down the middle portion of the cylinder in such manner as to leave the center of the trunk as rotating axle.
 The next step was the substitution of two shorter sections of tree trunks attached to a rotating axle; flat, round cylinders of stone doubtless were used as well, and later q considerable ad- vancement was marked by the substi- tuition of the fixed axle on which the cylinders rotated.
 The cart wheel similar to that which may today be seen in the remote dis triets of Mexico, Is doubtless the next noteworthy advance, and from these primitive steps we find Aristotle and other Greek philosophers interesting themselves in these important advance ments and earnestly agitating the minds of the mechanics of that period, in the effort to stimulate even greater improvements.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
British Captain Kills Five Ger mans as Toll for Manning
 His Baby.
THEN TAXES MACHINE GUN
Wounded in Fighting, the Captain Holds His Command Until Relief Comes-Another Hero During
 Offensive at Masnieres.

With the British Armies in France The full story of the heroism of Brit ish captain, who was so moved with hatred of the Germans for crippling his child with bomb that he attacked and killed five of them with club and withstood German onslaught by his inspiring leadership, has just been received. The tale has made the cap tain's name q byword of bravery in the British camp. Here are the facts:
 When the Germans delivered their tremendous assault against Masnieres and Marcoing during their offensive on November 30. those two towns and the territory about them were being held by a division of English troops. On the staff of the commanding gen eral there was captain who may be designated as Captain Black.
 Black was man of long service. He had been jovial companion until
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
What the Girl Said.

Being in charge of the complaint de- partment at the local postoffiee, I had d rather amusing incident occur q few days ago The blank used in filing a complaint required answers to about a dozen questions, as, for example, date of mailing, contents, nature of com plaint, as loss, damage or rifling. A young lady came to the window and explained that she was to receive a parcel containing medicine from an out-of-town doctor, and same was long overdue, according to advices regard ing shipment received from the doctor. So I proceeded to have her answer the several questions on the blank mentioned. When I read the ques- tions, nature of complaint, she replied, Stomach trouble. Chicago Herald.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
RED GROSS MAKES
 REPORT IN DETAIL
ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR MONEY WHICH WAS EN-
 TRUSTED TO IT.
CRITICISMS ARE ANSWERED
To Date $7e, ,727.55 Has Been Ap- propriated For Relief Work in This Country and Abroad-No Civilian
 Distress in This Country.

Washington. - What the American Red Cross has done with the vast sums of money entrusted to it by the people of the United States is stated in detail in report just issued by the national headquarters. To date, S79,- 450,727.35 has been appropriated for relief work in this country and abroad.
 For foreign relief S44,657,795 has been appropriated as follows: France, s30,519, ,259.60; Belgium, s1.999,631; Russia, $751, ,940.s7; Roumania. $2.617,- 39S.76 Italy, S3,146,016; Serbia, SS71,- 1s076; Great Britain, $1,703,642 other foreign countries, S2,536,300; Ameri- can soldiers who may be taken pris- oner, s349627.
 The foregoing appropriations are from the time the United States en- tered the war until April 30, 1918. For the United States the Red Cross has has appropriated s2,612,532.6 60 and the reason this sum is not large is be- cause the government provides nearly everything our army and navy needs, and besides, there is no civilian dis tress in this country of any consider able proportions.
 The great variety of the military and civilian relief work being done by the Red Cross is indicated briefly in the following list: canteens that af- ford food, baths, and sleeping quarters for men at the front; rest stations and recreation centers for soldiers in tran sit and at port of arrival in France; care of destitute children; furnishing supplies to 4,000 hospitals; teaching mutilated soldiers new trades; recon struction of villages; bringing togeth- CT families of soldiers scattered by the war. farms for eonyalescent soldiers; sanitariums for tubercular and other patients; food. clothing, medicine, and shelter for the homeless and desti- ute; and other activities too numer- ous to mention.
 It is stated by the national war council that all salaries and admins tratiye expenses are paid out Of mem bership dues, so that every penny given to the Red Cross war fund has been spent for relief This answers the rumors that have been circulated about the expe>ses of operation
 Out of 255 executives in the four teen divisional offices of the Red Cross in the United Seates, 59 per cent are women. The policy is to select the most competent person regardless of politics, sex or religion.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
Possible to Be Too Abrunt.

It is said that ". S. Gilbert, the English dramatist, when he called on his friends, always made a quick exit His alert temperament was evidently opposed to dawdling. He knew how tedious lingering farewells could be.
 Now ana then one meets some one of his kird, alert, definite. considerate of others and of himself as well.
 But, of course, in this regard 1t is possible to overdo. There are those who leave so quickly that they create a sense of abruptness and possibly oi concern as well. Their departure may be followed by such remarks as "Why did he leave in that way?" or "Could she have been hurt about anything?
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
MONEY TO WIN WAR
How Americans Can Defeat
 Blood-Crazed Kaiser.
Small Contributions From All Who Love Liberty and Appreciate It's Blessings Will Save World
 From Grave Danger.

Many are familiar with the fable that appeared in the old school readers about the king who offered fortune and the hand of his daughter to the man who could tell him story that would last forever In the telling, with the stipulation, however, that, in case the story came to an end, the person who failed to complete it was to lose his head by the sword.
 A number of adventurous spirits lost their heads in the attempt to keep a serial going forever to amuse the ec- centric monarch but one young man finally won the fortune and the daugh- ter by wearing out the very soul of the king with the story about the locusts carrying off the corn. And then an other locust came and carried off an other grain of corn etc, etc, until the king decided he had had enough of the story.
 America-in fact, the whole world is dealing with an "eecentric' monarch today. This monarch wants the impos- stble, and everyone who refuses to give It to him must lose his head. There Is one way to deliver the peoples of the world from this menace.
 Kaiser Wilhelm can be worn out, If ne cannot be crushed by one tremen- dous blow. And the government at Washington has pointed out the way.
 Money will defeat the kaiser. Small savings like the locuStS, coming along from f10,000000 American citizens will wear out the soul of the war-mad monarch. American money can wear out any army in the world, because there is q great deal of American money and there are many Americans who have it. Just mere matter of a quarter a, day from every wage earner in the United States would mean bill lions of dollars every year to buy guns and food for soldiers, and ships to carry theril across the Atlantic to de feat the sinister purposes of the kaiser and his crew.
 l quarter, like the grain of corn, is not much in itself. but millions of quar- ters every day mean victory for right eousness and humanity.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08

flying experience that he met here he related thus:
 Just as I was about stepping from the wharf into my boat, the French governor of the island ordered me to his presence. 1 obeyed with strong ap- prehensions that some restraint was to be put upon me. On meeting the governor, he asked me: How long do you contemplate staying in Bourbon? My answer was, Not more than day or two.' Can't you leave here to- nightY he asked I replied, If you wish it. Then he added, As you had he politeness to call on me this morn- ng, and as I should be sorry to see tou injured hearken to my advice md leave here tonight if possible
 He cautioned me to secrecy, and I vas on board as soon as possible after eaving him.
 -There was war-brig at anchor in he harbor, 6 little to windward of my own vessel toward midnight I had he anchor hove up without noise, and let the ship adrift without making any
 
 brig, when we made all sail directly from the land
 At daylight the war-brig was sent in pursuit of us, under q press of sail, but fortunately could not oyertake us, and toward night gave up the chase" The Benjamin arrived home after voyage of ten months. Nathaniel Sils- bee had earned for his employer. Eli as Hasket Derby, net profit of more than 100 per cent on the cost of the ship and cargo.
 By 1915 Nathaniel Silsbee had risen to such prominence that he was named by the United States government as one of the commissioners to organize the Boston branch of the Bank of the United States"
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08

obliterated from one more spot and in his place is Joan of Arc. Three young ladies of the Junior League, Misses Jeannette Pruyn, Evelyn c. Payne and Candace Howard started out to inter- est New York in the War Savings stamps campaign. Their first stop was at prominent New York hotel, where they espied likely spot for their post CTS in a place where hung a cartoon of the kaiser. Down came the kaiser's picture and in its place went a spirited reproduction of Joan of Arc, which Miss Evelyn Payne is displaying in this photo, urging the women of Amef lea to bay War Savings stamps.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
Construction of Real Insect.

A true insect consists of three parts, head. thorax and abdomen. The head bears the eyes, antennae and mouth parts. The thorax is in three seg- ments. each of which bears n pair of legs and the last two bear each a pair Of wings, except in the files, which have but one pair. The abdomen con- sists of ten or twelve segments, the rear segment having various functions, some of which. as in bees. wasps and hornets are quite impressive and re garding which the average person is not very curious or inQuiring.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
NEW SHOES ARE EXPENSIVE
Cost Mrs. Warka Madala Fractured Skull, Arms and Legs, Besides
 Internal Injuries.

New York.-It cost Mrs. Warka Ma dala two dollars, a fractured skull, two fractured arms. two fractured legs and internal injuries to buy pair of new shoes. Her husband got mad be- caues she bought them, and threw her out of second-story window. It was the first pair of new shoes she had ever bought since her marriage to Mi chael Madala five years ago.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
CLUB HIS WEAPON; NE GETS REVENGE

recently, when during a German air raid over England his baby girl was crippled for life by a bomb. Black had become bitter against the Ger mans and had sworn that he would exact full penalty for the airman's deed
 The captain little knew when he turned in for the night of November % how soon he would get his revenge. Next morning the Germans attacked Masnieres, and the brigade to the right of the troops holding the town was forced to fall back. The brigade in the town, however. stood firm and fought the enemy off. Meanwhile, waves of Germans had swept by tG the south of the town and were swarm ing westward.
 Captain Black came out of his head quarters, south Of Marcoing, to find five Germans already in possession of a great dump nearby. Black had in his hand heavy walking stick which was his only weapon Without n mo- ment's hesitation he charged the dump alone and beat about him so fiereely that he brained all five opponents be. fore they recovered from the surprise He had made good his VOW, but his work was not finished.
 Other Germans appeared west of Les Rues Vertes, southern suburb of Mas nieres. Black collected all the signal CTS, cooks, orderlies and other serv. ants available, and with two companies of regulars delivered an attack toward Rues Vertes. The Germans fell back and fierce hand-to-hand fighting fol lowed. Black led his little army from house to house, and as often as the Germans made a stand he drove them out. until finally the whole suburb had been cleared, with the exception ot one machine gun, whose crew of eight men kept pumping bullets into the British ranks.
 Black charged this machine gun with one orderly. Four other orderlies had been shot down beside him previously and this one also was caught as the machine gun was reached. Black then ultuChtd tlit NllI d ItNolNtI in each hand and shot down the last man of eight. This cleared Rues Vertes of the enemy and outposts were established about the place. Black had been wounded during the fighting but he held on to his command until relief came next day.
 This story is not the only one to be related of that bitter day about Mas neres. regiment which had the stiffest part of the fighting in the town was made up of troops known as "dis hards," and they fought all day with rifles and bayonets at close quarters and never gave step. During the i fighting the colonel had been wound ed in one eye and so serious was his l injury that his other eye became use. less. His troops continued to be SC hard pressed that it seemed probable they would give way.
 The colonel knew they needed all the encouragement possible. He called fol an orderly and. led by his servant, he started making q round of the front line to speak words of encouragement to his troops. For hours this blind man. with bandaged eyes. kept up his tramp among his men with his hand in that of his orderly guide. This heroic example was the final word for the Tommies. They loved their colonel and they stood and died for him and held their line.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-08
SITE OF FL DORADO FOUND
Ruins of "Legendary" City Reported to Have Been In Brazilian
 Forest.

Madrid. Spain.-News has been re- ceived here of the discovery In Brazil of the site of the Incan city. known to early Spanish and Portuguese explor- CTS as Fl Dorado, and hitherto regard ed as legendary. The ruins are in the Manoa region, near the Bolivian from tier. in the midst of a dense forest.