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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-26

Headquarters for Ladysmith coal. Juneau Transf. Co.,, phone AS.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-26
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
 OFFICE OF Comptroller of tie Currency

s Washington, February 14, 1918 2 WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pre- sented to tue undersigned, tt has been made to appear that "THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF A JUNEAU" ia the to1Un of Ju,aedu and Territory s ot Alaska, has complied aUith aU the provisions ot tue Act ot Congress ito e,able National Bank ng Associations to ertend their corporate erist 2 emce and for other purposes" approved July 12 s 1882; $ NOW, THEREFORE, l. Thomas P. Kane, S 2 acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby 5 $ certify that "THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF { q JUNEAU" in tue touUn of Juneau and Territory of Alaska, is authorized to have succession tor tue period specified im its amended articles of s sociation namely unta close of business om Feb ,uary 14, 1888. 2 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF aoitaess s my hand and Seal of office this jour- 8 teenth day of February, 1918. s (sEAL) TP KANE, q Acting Comptroller ot the Currency. S Charter Mo- 5117 Extension No. S41O.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-26
SITKA MAN FATHER

Yesterday at St. Ann's Hospital daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. George Unternahrer of Sitka. The mother and child are doing well. Mir. Unternehrer is one of the wire less men at Sitka.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-26
RUNNING INDEPENDENT.

I, as a candidate for councilman, wish to inform my friends that am running independently. and was not picked by any business man. It has been stated by. people that have been appointed by a certain class, and I wish to deny all such statements. l am running strictly independent, and without any strings.
 c. J. SULLIVAN.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-26

Henry Lepkins won the first free meal ticket. Another series now on. Remember No. 200; get another ticket free, at the Alaska Grill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
Liberty Loan Bonds Are Debts Spread Out Thin And the Liberty Loan Bonds of the United States Are the Best Investments Under the Sun"
 M

ems committee is supported as 1t should be in the third liberty loan drive, that 15,000, 900 women may be reached maybe 1s,000, ,000--and that it is into the rural districts, in the remote cor ners, where, as Secretary McAdoo says, Eve find the nickels and dimes hidden away in old stockings and blue tea pots," that the propaganda must be taken. If necessary, says Mrs. Funk, "a house to house campaign must en- sue, even though it be heart breaking"
 She reached the finale of her talk when she declared that if it had not been for the women in the first and second liberty loan campaigns, the banks would have had to shoulder a far greater burden of responsibility than they did. and paying her compl- ments to the bankers of the country the federal reserve bankers--she legged that these great financiers un- derstand that women are endeavoring to coordinate their work with them, and that on the work of women in the third liberty loan drive depends the support of our government and the maintenance of her armies, as well as upon the men, and that we may as well prepare for a four years seiSe of war in spite of the fact that many of us hope that the war might be terminated before that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
NEWS OF SOCIETY AND
 ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

civil service commissioner. Women in- terested in taking the free course in civil service to be conducted by the Birming ham Suffrage association may enroll at the Saturdays meeting, The public is invited to be present.
 The Twentieth Century club will meet this afternoon with Mrs. c. B. Smith at her home on North Nineteenth avenue.
 
 The Joycrofters' club will meet this afternoon with Mrs M J, Lee at the Tut wiler.
 noon with Mrs. Hugh Ellis at her home at Norwood
 parish house of the Church of the Ad- vent today at 10 o'clock. The literary programme will be given at 3:30 o'clock. The Outlook club will meet this after noon with Mrs. w. w. Quinn.
 The Amaranth club will meet this aft ernoon with Mrs. A. w. Brazelton. The New Era club will meet this aft ernoon with Mrs. Michael Nolen.
 The Fountain Heights Red Cross unit will meet this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. E. c. Morton
 The Clionian club will meet this after noon with Mrs. E. J. Smyer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01

Women must be pressed into this social mosaic and show what they are made of"
 She dwelt upon the two most popular methods of raising money-taxation and bonding-and declared that everything is taxible i'll time of war. She particu- larly emphasized the fact that during this period the war had right to every thing we have that spells comfort, amusement pleasure, if it takes labor to produce the thing, and she especially asked that women remember that this Is an era of sacrifice and added that after giving up their sons to the war, every other sacrifice seemed trivial by the side of such an act of heroism.'
 Mrs Funk spoke of the mammoth bulwarks of our country in our splen- did banking institutions and quoted Secretary McAdoo, who warns us that within the next liberty loan drive not to become alarmed at any imitation of currency that might arise, for it must arise because with 1,000,000,000 as our first years contribution to the war, it is impossible for normal financial conditions to obtain.
 Mrs. Funk paid a glowing tribute to Mrs. Jacobs, whom she declared was far superior to any other state chairman within her acquaintance, and that she congratulated Alabama upon having her as it's leader.
 She noted Fl Paso, Tex. as strik- ing example of organization for liberty loan work, saying that after the city had been combed and combed again, two women were assigned to each block to make, if necessary, house to house canvas for the liberty loan drive so that none might be neglected.
 Every woman can be a seller of bonds if not buyer" Mrs. Funk de- clared, and begged that efficient lead- CTS be employed as heads of the various committees or refuse to have their names emblazoned in the annals of history, for" she denominaed, ''the women's committee is not formed to honor any one; it is no time for self aggrandizement or adulation-it is war
 Mrs. Funk believes that if the wom-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. John P. Evans and sons. Randolph and Richard, and little daughter, Fran ces, left yesterday for Selma to spend the holidays as the guests of Mrs Ev- ans sister, Mrs. Clarence Agee and MT, Agee.
 Mrs. William Jordon and Mrs. Arthur Eastwood left yesterday for a short trip to New Orleans.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hubert Scruggs are spend. ing a few days in New Orleans.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. Hagan Wright, who have made their home In the San Jose apartments will leave today for Atlanta, where they will make their hone
 Mrs Alice Queen Brown of Bardstown. Ky, is the guest of Mrs. J. J. Duncan.
 Miss Emma Pearl Ewing. who recently underwent an operation on her throat at the South Highlands infirmary, is improving and has returned to her home on Glen Iris avenue,
 Friends of MT. Louis K. Plosser, Jr., will be glad to learn that he has recov- cred from his recent attack of scarlet fe- yer which he contracted in Washington, and that he has passed successful exami-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01

nation for the flying squad of the signal corps.
 3lr. and Mrs. David Cronheim have re- turned from their wedding trip and are at home with Mrs. Cronheims mother, Mrs. A. F. Loveman.
 Mrs. J. A. Hulse has returned from San Eiego, Cal, where she visited her son, MT. Joseph Hulse. who is stationed at Camp Kearney.
 Miss Pattie Rena Sheppard will leave next week for Gadsden. where she will be the guest of Mrs. Joseph Bellenger
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Lawrence have re- turned from a short stay in Tuscaloosa.
 Among the loveliest of the Birmingham women coming over with the Twenty club was Mrs. W, c. Kilgore, who was the attractive guest of Mrs. c. C.. Kilgore on the hospital lawn.-Tuscaloosa News.
 Miss Leila Harris is spending the holi- days in Tucaloosa as the guest of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. w. C. Harris,
 Mrs. Frank Demer has returned from a visit to relatives in Tuscaloosa.
 Mrs. NJ T.. Beavers and little daugh- ter are the guests of Mir. and Mrs. Charles Reed in Selma,
 Mrs. Frank Lide is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Ryan and MT. Ryan, at their apartments in Montgom- cry.
 Mrs. A. B. Loveman will leave tomor- row for Little Rock where she Will spend February with her daughter Mrs. David Kempner and Mir. Kempner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
UNIQUE COAL FIELD
 IN RHODE ISLAND
By HOLLAND

By HOLLAND
 New York, January a.-(SpeciaL) Twice in his long and active business ca- reer characteristic quality which dis tinguished Henry M. whitney of Boston, namely, the ability to look far into the future and picture forth in his mind the realization of great opportunities, failed him.
 Mir. Whitney must now contemplate with some satisfaction, however, the part he took some 15 or more years ago in undertaking to develop that curious geological deposit which convulsons of nature placed under the soil of part of Rhode Island in prehistoric times. There coal, none of the experts know in how great quantities, exists. These coal de- posts were known many years ago Al least 70 years ago men of capital of that time undertook the development of this coal property. After few years they abandoned the proposition. Later others ventured to develop Rhode Island coal and they, too, found that it could not be mined to commercial advantage So occasionally within periods of about 20 years attempts have been made to utilize to commercial advantage this eu- rious phenomenon of extensive coal, beds under the soil of Rhode Island.
 Henry NJ Whitney, conspicuous as man of enterprise and capital in Bos- ton, took up the proposition, althoush warned by many of his friends that ne was doomed to failure. In reply he said tl,o4 4f, .l,ia o.Iin UaGfnT9 in this property had met with was, m his opinion, entirely due to insufficient machinery and other apparatus needed for the economic mining of coal. Mr. Whitney is distinguished among the men of capital of Boston for his concentfa- ton at one time upon single commer- cial proposition. Therefore it was ex- pected that he would give his undivided attention to the development of this Rhode Island coal property, and he jus tifed this opinion. With his own capi- tai and some that he secured he thor oughly equipped the mines, the machn- cry alone having cost $750,0oo.
 Mir. Whitney, however, discovered that while there was coal In plenty it was of such peculiar hardness, so different from all other coal deposits in the United States, that it was not available for steam or other heating purposes. He had caused thorough tests to be made. He was director of the Boston and Maine railroad, and he was in that capacity of sufficient influence to persuade the man. agers of that railroad to make exhaus, tive tests of that coal for locomotive steam purposes. The managers were obliged at last to tell him that they could not use the coal to any advantage upon their locomotives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
HUGHES-GARDIEN
 MI, nd nIrr Inronh n Cc
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
 TO KEEP OPEN HOUSE

Tomorrow afternoon from to o'clock the children's hospital will be thrown open to the public and Mrs. W. T. Hill and Mrs. John Yeatman will act as hos tesses upon this occasion.
 This is the first of series of open house days which will be given each month that the public may have an op- portunity to see the splendid work of this hospital, which is considered one of Bir- minghain's most worthy institutions.
 The hospital board will be glad to wel- come all who are interested in work be- ing done for these little tots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
War Workers to Confer

Knoxville, Tenn, January 31.-A con- ference of war workers of Tennessee and adjacent states will be held in this city on February II. Among the speakers will be Cows. T. c. Rye and A. 0. Stan ley of Tennessee and Kentucky, respec- lively; Charles Edward Russell of the Root commission to Russia, and various state administrators in charge of war activities in Tennessee. The conference is expected to be very largely attended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
COAL TO BRETON ISLAND

Mr. Whitney had some years earlier become greatly interested in Cape Breton Island iron deposits and he undertook with his customary energy thoroughly to exploit them. He caused Rhode Island coal to be transported to this Cape Bre- ton iron property so that good test could there be made. But again the tests were disappointing. At last MT. Whit ney was compelled to abandon his Rhode Island coal proposition.
 Now reports come from Boston that capital has again been found with which to operate this coal property in Rhode Island. Probably capital would not have been attracted to the property had it not been for the shortage in New Eng land of Pennsylvania coal. Men of science claim to have worked out a process by means of which this Rhode Island coal, which is almost as hard as granite, gan be ground and then with it there may be mixed 8 fairly good quality of steam Ing coal, the mixture being put upon the market in the form of hriquettes. 1t may be that science and the exigencles of the war will shortly demonstrate that MT. Whitney was, after all correct in his view that this Rhode Island coal coSld be exploited to commercial advan- tage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The LEtude D'Art club will meet this afternoon with Mrs. A. F. Chappelle at her home on South Tenth avenue.
 
 The Ida Ramsey class, Red Cross unit, will meet today from to o'clock at the First Methodist church.
 The regular meeting of the Birmingham Suffrage association will be held temor- row afternoon at o'clock in Cable hall. The special feature of the meeting will be an address by MT. Linden Smith,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
Spain Will Investigate Sinking of Ship and May
 Demand an Explanation

Madrid, January 31.--It was announced today by the Marquis De Alhucemas the premier. that owing to the exceptional character of the torpedoing of the Span ish steamer Gralda, sunk by Ger man submarine. the Glralda having been entirely engaged in coastwise trade, The government intends to take excep- tional decision as soon as complete de- tails of the incident have been received.
 The Giralda, steamer of 400 tons. was sunk by German submarine Jan- uary 26, after the vessel ka.i nee ils laged. according to fl*fsri s.sas eea of Sunday. last. The crew vfiz sAya
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
Company in Which Bakers Brother Is Interested
 Refused War Contracts

Washington. January 3l.--Interests of Fl. D. Baker, brother of Secretary Baker in an airplane plant at Niles. o.. which had but recently lost government contracts, came up today before the Senate military committee at it inquiry into the aviation service.
 Secretary Baker ordered the contracts cancelled as soon as he learned that the aviation service had awarded them to T concern in which his brother was inter- ested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
CAPE BRETON IRON PROPERTY

Had MT. Whitney been able to foresee
 that world devastating war would be-
 gin Q few years after he undertook to
 exploit the Cape Breton Iron mines he
 undoubtedly would have retained pos
 session of that property and would pc
 realiing handsome returns from the in-
 vestment He did establish a large plant
 at Cape Breton and placed in charge ot
 it a man in whom he had confidence. But the venture was failure, or at least partial failure. Men of capital in Cam
 ada, behind whom stood the Canadian government, took over the property. highly developed it, and now as result of war demands are reaping profits which should satisfy any investor.
 MT Whitney, as was the case with his brother, the late William c. Whitney,
 did foresee that the high development of street railway properties in a large city entails the consolidation of different companies into one. To him, therefore, Is due the organization of the great West End Railway company of Boston. of which the Boston Elevated Railroad company is a subsidiary. Associated
 with that was a land enterprise which was highly profitable. William C. Whit ney. when he planned the consolidation of the street railways of New York city, was solely occupied with that con- structive work having no land improve l ment in view.
 The Boston News bureau, while mak- ing reference to the proposed renewed development of the Rhode Island coal property reports that the experts esti-
 mate that in this peculiar coal there are about l2C0 heat units to the ton, where as some of the coal that Is coming from Fennsylvania into New England at this time contain only about 800 heat units 1 to the ton, and is very unsatisfactory 1 The European war has brought great
 prosperity to the Cape Breton Iron com
 pany whose original exploitation was 1 due to Mir. Whitney. So also the war may point the way by which this queer Rhode Island coal deposit may be sr
 utilized as to relieve the situation ir
 New England, although Mir. Whitney
 himself will not personally profit by
 these unexpected developments,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01
Pershing Reports Death of
 Soldier From Mississippi

Washington, January 3f.-General Pershing today reports the deaths from pneumonia of Private Luther Adair, In- dianola, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01

SA\ MISS KATE STEENHUIS enter lWlI tained yesterday at her home SVS with shower in honor of Miss Lucille Martin a bride-elect.
 The valentine idea was carried out in the decorations and the table was cen- tered with basket of red roses. The gifts were presented to the bride-elect in a tiny auto drawn by Eula Martin and Bobby Elgin.
 plate coarse was served to about 50 guests.
 NORRIS BALLARD
 The marriage of Miss Matte Ballard and MT. D. w. Norris was solemnized at the home of the brides brother, Mir. J. M. Ballard, 5212 Austin avenue. Wednesday evening, at g o'clock. Rev. George c. Echols, pastor of the First Methodist church of Woodlawn, off ciated.
 Miss Ballard is the youngest daughter of the late Capt. A. M. Ballard, who was well known throughout this section. where they both have many friends.
 MT. and Mrs. Norris will be at home In Bessemer after Monday, February {. HUGHES c ARDEN
 MT and Mrs Joseph T. Gardien an- nounce the marriage of their daughter. Urania, to Mir John J. Hughes of St. Louis. Mir. and Mrs Hughes will make their home in Birmingham.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-12-28
A JlMCROW BISHOP,

Some reverend cOlored man was re-
Gently made a suffragan bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. A suf-
fragan is simply an assistant bishop
and he can only assist the presiding
bishop Of the diocese by doing what
he is ordered to do, and in this par
ticular case, only among the particu-
lar class of people he is ordered to
serve. Thus he is a segregated rub
Der stamp who must follow the whims
and caprices of his master, the white
bishop, and he has no vote in the con-
vention.
For many years some jimcrow Epis-
copal ministers have endeavored to
have jimcrow bishop appointed. The
intelligent colored people were op-
posed to it and protested to the Gen.
eral Convention of the Church against
the infamy of a color line in the
church of God.
The plan was thwarted for a while.
but when a jimcrow negro makes
up his mind to do something which
will lower himself and his race in the
eyes of the public, he can invariably
count on the assistance of his white
friends ca, who will go the limit to
aid him. Finally the jimcrow won
and it was decided that jimcrowism
was the proper thing. One of the
jobs was offered to Rev. James S. Rus
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-12-28
ISN'T IT AMUSING?

The Alabama Methodist Conference
at Mobile, Alabama, has called on
President Wilson to summon an inter
national conference to investigate the
condition of the Jews in the nations
of Europe and to take steps to stou
age long persecution.
Right there at home in Alabama
pogroms are in evidence at almost
any time. Hundreds of innocent
colored men have been tortured,
burned at the stake or mob murdered
in some other way, but the hypo.
critical Methodists have not been able
to see those atrocities, or having seen
them, history does not record that
they have ever made protests.
Raising their eyes high above the
outrages committed by alleged Chris
tians on real Christians in Alabama,
the psalm singers have the nerve to
look 1000 miles across the sea and
protest against prosecutions in other
lands. .>.-..-. 49,
The Southern Caucasian Christian
is queer bird. s.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-12-28
OUR coLoRED TROOPS,

(F'rom Popular Mechanics, Chicago.)
Had it occurred to you, the univer.
sal loyalty Of our colored citizens
Have you ever met colored man in
this country who was a pro-German i?
DO you even know anyone who thinks
he has actually seen one? have
personally made this inquiry in the
South, in New England, on the Pacific
coast, and here at home in the central
West, and have arrived at the firm
conviction "There amt no such ami
mali as pro-German American col
ored man.
When the big war started and Bern
stoff let loose his long and carefully
prepared plans of arson, bombs,
strikes, and general confusion in this
country, one of the most dastardly
schemes on which his boss depended,
was an uprising of the nine million
colored people in the South. The ef-
fort was we'll organized, beautifully
supplied with money, was operated
with great secrecy, and at first was
carried on outside the larger southern
cities. All sorts of impossible rewards
were promised; the blacks were to
own and rule the South; every sort
of poison lie was used to tempt the
colored people into a revolt against
the whites. It was expected and
hoped this revolution would keep this
country busy for the duration of the
war. OF all this people in the North
heard very little.
To the everlasting credit of the COL
1S r4>,, b l.
the trap, and like the proposed revolu-
ton in India and Egypt and some
other countries, the plot miserably
failed.
At last We entered the war. What
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-12-28
THE PRICE OF LIBERTY.

In addition to costing eternal vigi
lance, liberty must be paid for in cold
cash. 1t takes material aid in the
"coin of the realm" entailed by a
fight for freedom.
A group of colored men met in
Washington this week for the purpose
of electing representative to go to
Paris, be near the peace conference at
Versailles and lobby for liberty. Their
especial business is to work for the
abolition of the color line in all the
world.
One cent from each colored adult in
the United States would form fund
of 100000 or $4,000, but it is impossi-
BILE to collect such a fund so the ex-
penses of the ENJOYS must be paid
by the few. -a=~~ .s.>~~-
THE APPEAL wired the Washing
ton meeting that it would pledge the
payment of $500 each month during
the peace conference Give months)