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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
PASSENGERS FOR THE SOUTH ON THE
 PRINCESS MARY

With Capt. Cliff, who is making his first trip aboard the Princess Mary in command, the Canadian Pacific steamer sailed South this morning with the following passengers from Juneau:
 R. Ringdal, Silas McNeil, G. s. Wilson, L. s. Ferris, Mrs. V. Brewer R. Bond, Miss E. Silkwood, Mrs. E B. Silkwood, Miss Dora Morgan, Mrs. A. Morgan, D. Hartwig, c. P. Busing- ton, Thomas Ankors, Harry Roser, Lloyd c. Hill, William Humfrey and A. Alin.
 Though this Is Capt. Cliffs first trip aboard the Mary, he has been in the service of the c. P. R. for a number of years.
 Departures for the Westward
 The Northwestern arrived in Jul neau last night with about seventy five passengers from the South.
 Those who left on the boat for Cordova are Bishop P. T. Rowe, c. G. Morrison, Hans Christiansen, Os- car E. Olsen, John Paulson and Hans Wheeler.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
MOTHERS WILL
 BE GIVEN CHANCE
 TO SEE EXHIBIT
Special Presentation of the Gymnasium Exhibit Will Be Given on Friday
 Afternoon.

In order to accommodate mothers who cannot leave small children in the evening, and to provide oppor tunity for all the school children tC be present, special afternoon pre- sentation of the Gymnasium Exhibit will be given at 2:30 Friday after noon of this week. No admission charge will be made at this after noon performance
 At the Friday evening perform ance, on account of the small seat ing capacity of the gymnasium gal lery, and in order to throw the en- tertainment open to the rest of the public, school children not taking part in the program will not be ad- mitted. The evening exhibit will be gin at eight o'clock, and an admis- sion fee of 25 cents will be charged
 The exhibit promises to be very attractive. Callisthenics, fancy danc- ing, and regular floor work will be presented by High School girls and pupils of the Elementary grades un- Ger the direction of Miss Essie May Jones and teachers of the Elemen- tary School The Military Drill boys, under the direction of J. F. Hurley, will present some excellent work in their department. The whole performance will be enlivened by the music of the High School or chestra, under the direction of J. F. Sumpf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
MASTERS AND
 MATES MAY GET
 GOOD POSITION
Government Is Anxious to Place Men and Informa- ton May Be Gotten From
 Charles E. NagheI.

Masters and Mates in Alaska have chance to get good position with the Government as warrant of f;cers and all of the advantages oi ( pension for retirement after the end of their service. They will be given an examination on their licens' es and certificates, and thus be rat ed Charles E. Naghel, in the Ter ritorial Secretary's office has all of the necessary blanks and informa- tion The following notice has been sent out by the United States Civil
 Service Commission:
 "The United States Army Mine
 Planter Service will hold open com
 petitive examinations on May 5,
 1919. for the warrant officer grades
 of master, first mate, and second
 mate aboard Army mine planters
 About 30 positions are to be filled "The War Department has asked
 the United States Civil Service Com
 mission to use it's machinery for dis
 seminating information relative to
 the positions and for distributing ap-
 piication blanks. The Secretary Of the local board of civil service exam iners at the post office or customs house in any city of the United
 States will supply to any person in terested a printed announcement con taining full information as to require ments, salaries, allowances in ad ii- tion to salaries, etc, and with an application blank"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
R|VARD SELLS KETCH|KAN'S
 DAILY PAPER
New Company Purchases Progressive Miner; B. M. Stone Will Be Publisher
 of the Paper.

Word has been received in Juneau that a company composed of busi ness men of Ketchikan has purchased the Ketchikan Progressive Miner from J. E. Rivard, and that arrange ments have been concluded where by B. M. Stone, well known Alaska newspaper man with Alaska news paper experience at Nome, Seward and Valdez, will be publisher of the pew company. MT. Stone promises the people of Ketchikan a wide awake, modern newspaper.
 The purchase price of the Progress sive- Miner has not been given out.
 The Progressive-Miner has been under the management of J. E. Ri yard since the consolidation of the years ago. It is the heir of other daily and weekly papers of Ketchi- kan. The first paper at Ketchikan was established by Gov. A. P. Swine ford nearly 20 years ago, which he afterward sold to l.. R. Gillette and w. S. Coutant. Gov Swineford Ia. ter established another paper-the Miner. Later these papers were consolidated and came under the man. agement of Richard Bushnell. A few years ago MT. Rivard moved his Petersburg Progressive to Ketchikan and after a short time he purchased the Miner Since then he has pub lished the Progressive Miner.
 There have been several other Ketchikan papers started and operat- ed for a short time, either to sus- pend or be taken over by the older line of newspapers which have been consolidated into the Progressive Miner. The last of these was the Pioneer, first a monthly, and after wards a weekly, established by T. R. Needham and the late Paul F. Stanhope It suspended short time ago.
 pension of the Pioneer, a company was organized at Ketchikan, of which F. J. Furnival and others were the moving spirit, to establish another daily newspaper The company ab- sorbed, it is understood, the Need ham plant and good will. It is this company which has purchased the Progressive-Miner.
 MT. Stone, it is understood, will have a free hand in the management of the new daily paptr, which will start with the entire Ketchikan field to itself
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
LADIES GUILD TO MEET

The Ladies Guild of Trinity Epis copal Church will meet In the Dean cry tomorrow afternoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
THREE-CLUB LEAGUE
 FOR BASEBALL LEAGUE
 BE FORMED LOCALLY
Talk of Form ng Clubs at Juneau, Thane end Douglas for Series Of Summer
 Games.

There are good prospects that the Channel towns will have a three club league of baseball this summer one team to be formed at Juneau another at Douglas and a third at Thane.
 It is proposed 10 alternate in play ing the games at the three places There are some good players as the necleus for each team. The Thane Athletic Club members are talking of forming team anyway, from their membership and give games there during the Summer If teams were organized in Juneau and Doug las, 1t would prove an easy task to arrange for a series of games.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
AT YOUR SERVICE

any hour of the day or night. Real food served by polite and obliging attendants. Try the Alaska Grill. Ask Tom about it."
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10

Hemstitching and picoting done. B. M. Hehrends Store.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
Goldstein's Emporium
KETCHIKAN SAWMILL
 STRIKE IS SETTLED

Senator J. R. Teckman returned from Ketchikan after successfully negotiating terms with the men there who had gone out on strike. The men were getting $5 a day for ten hours work They asked for $5 for an eight hour day and time-and a-half for overtime.
 It is understood that an agree ment was reached on the basis ol 60 cents an hour.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
I. J. DONOH0E
 STRONG MAN
 RIGGS PLAN
Democratic National Com mitteeman Heartily Ap- proves of Price-Noon
 Shipping Bill.

"I most heartily agree with Gov Riggs suggestion of shipping com mission" writes T. J. Donohoe, Dem- ocratic National Committeeman, from Cordova. 'I believe 1t would be very beneficial to the Territory if it would operate four vessels run ming to Alaska, even if these vessels were operated at slight loss," he continued.
 MT. Donohoe thinks the Price-Noon bill, or some other measure along the lines of that one, should be passed by the Territorial Legislature
 Word from the Westward as well as other sections of Alaska is that the people are very strongly in ia vor of a Territorial transportation line.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
NOTICE.

After April 10 no telephone rent als for the month of April will be accepted at a discount. All remit tances by mail must bear post mark of not later than last discount date. Please be prompt. Juneau Douglas Telephone Co.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-10
ATTENTION FISHERMEN

Plenty of herring for bait can be had at the Pot, near "Dutchy's" ranch, southeast of Douglas Island. Apply William s. Howard. at Gas Float Kitty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
PETITION FOR
ROAD OPENING
Newport People Appeal to
Governor Sproul in Ref
erence to Highways

Newport, Pa, Feb. 13.-Newport
people plan to back their petition
TO Governor Sproul that he use his
influence In having that section OF
road along the Juniata river be-
tween Newport and Amity Hall, near
Duncannon, opened as an arm of the
William Penn Highway, with an ac-
tive campaign. Petitions have been
circulated and a mass meeting of
citizens discussed the plan this week.
Several important matters remain
to be cleared up. These will be con-
sidered by a committee which will
go to Harrisburg to secure infor-
nation on the subject. Included on
this committee are DR.. S. f. Whit
mer. J. Emery Fleisher and John
S. kIby.
The organization. formed at this
meeting to carry on the work, has
for officers: President, DR.. S. +.
Whitmer; vice-president, j. Emery
Fleisher; secretary, L. M. Memin-
ger, and treasurer, G. ii. Frank.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
PRESBYTERIAN
ALLIANCE MEETS
Ninety Churchmen> to Hold
Important Conference at
Chambersburg

ChanbersburE. Pa, Feb. 13--Ninety
prominent churchinen will visit
Chambersburg next Tuesday and
Wednesday. February IS and 8. when
the executive commission of the
Pan Presbyterian Alliance will hold
its annual meeting at Wilson Col
lege here. This alliance is composed
of all the Reformed Churches holding
the Presbyterian form of govern
ment and represents about twenty
million members. 1t holds a confer
ence every four years. The last was
held at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1913,
and a meeting was to have been held
in Pittsburgh in 1877, but was post
poned because of the war.
Between the quadrennial sessions
of this general conference two com
missions, one for the eastern hemis-
phere and the other for the western
hemisphere, hold annual meetings at
which reports are heard and inn
portant matters of church activity
discussed. 1t is the commission of
hte western hemisphere which will
meet here next week. 1t consists of
about ninety members, ministers and
laymen, among them many of the
most distinguished men in the Re
formed churches. The Rev. DR..
George w. Richards. of Lancaster, is
the presiding officer. A delegation
will be present from the Dominion of
Canada and representatives of the
Dutch Reformed Church. the United
Presbyt terian . Church, the Southern
Presbyterian Church, the Reformed
Church and the Presbyterian Church
will attend
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
Cumberland Valley NeWs
Shop Employees Insist on
Double Pay For Holiday

Waynesboro, Pa, Feb. 13.-As a
result of hitch over the .construc-
ton of Lincoln Day as a holiday
twenty-five per cent. OF the men in
the local shops did not report for
work yesterday. The men contended
that it was such, u holiday as con-
templated in the award of the War
Labor Board and entitled them to
double pay. The shop management
took the position that it was not
such general holiday and refused
to pay more than the ordinary wage.
The local labor union officials say
the men who worked will not be
penalized, but that the matter will
be referred to the United States War
Labor Board for determination as
whether the day was or was not a
holiday under it's former ruling in
the Waynesboro case. If the an
swer is in the Affirmative the men
who worked will demand double
pay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
Confer on Plans to
Improve Franklin Road

Wayncsboro, Pa. Feb. 13.-George
ii. Derbyshire. of Chambersburg, su-
perintendent of highways for Frank
lin county, yesterday had confer
ence with w. II. Sease. of Rouzer-
Vile, who was recently appointed
road foreman or supervisor of route
No. 43, that is that part of the
Waynesboro, Greencastle and Mer-
cersburg turnpike between Waynes-
boro and the Adams county line just
east of Chairman, Blue Ridge re-
sort section. Mr.. Derbyshire told
that at least $4,000 of the $4,000
due Franklin county from the state
aid road fund would be expended on
Improvement of this highway. The
turnpike was recently taken over
by the state on fifty-fifty contract
with the County commissioners and
is now q toll-less road for its en-
tire length of thirty-nine miles from
the Adams county line to McCon-
neIlSburg
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
PROGRAM FOR INSTITUTE

McShaIICsDuES. Hd., y en-. l0.--l u
morrow local institute will be held
at Centerville. Penn township, with
program arranged by Miss Leila
Mccullough, Miss Laura Bishop and
Miss Grace Davidson. Each school
will have its best work on eXhibi-
ton. The morning session opens
with devotional exercises by the
Rev. Mr.. Garnes: singing and
marching by township pupils; ques-
ton, 'Is it good for children ito be
taught to make and save money ?"
discussion opened by W. P. s.. Otto:
concert recitation, Centerville school;
singing, Penn township pupils; ques-
tions of the day, asked by Miss
/ Florence Gibble; entertainment. His
ner's school and Huntsdale school;
question. The qualities in teachers
that schol boards pay for" Mrs. Roy
Garman: singing, Penn township
schools.
Afternoon Session--Roll call OF
teachers; singing and marching by
Penn township pupils; paper, "Our
National Week of Song, Its Pur-
poses," Miss Huston; entertainment,
Hays Grove and Beetem's schools;
address, DIR. III. II. Longsdorf: en-
tertainment, State Road and Hook
erville schools; spelling contest,
Penn township; address. Professor
J. Kelso Green: entertainment,
Cummingstown school.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
Don't Spoil a Good Meal
With a Bad Stomach

If physician. a specialist in stom-
ach diseases, came to you and said: II
will fix up that miserable, worn out
stomach for you or money back
Il will make 1t as good as new so
YOU will not suffer from any distress
and can eat what you want without
fear or suffering, or money back
would you turn down his offer?"
And when you are offered Mi-o-na
stomach tablets, made from a pre-
scription better than many OF the
stomach specialists know how to
write, are you going TO be narrow
minded and continue to suffer from
indigestion. or are you going to be
fair to yourself and try Mi-o-na on
the money back agreement.
Mi-o-na stomach tablets are offered
to you on this basis, that If they do
not put your stomach into such good
shape that there is no dizziness. sour
stomach, biliousness, sick headache,
and stomach distress. your money
will lie returned. For sale by H. c.
X ennedy and all leading druggists.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
Columbia Fire Company's
Ninth Annual Banquet

Columbia, Pa, Feb. 13. - Key
stone Truck and Chemical Engine
Company, with seven hundred menu
.bers. will hold its ninth annual ban
quet February "a. William Hard
nele is. Chairman of the banquet
committee. and the menu will be
served by the Ladies' Mite Society
of the First English Lutheran
Church. President A. l.. Campbell
will serve as toastmaster.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
Suburban Notes
NEWPORT

Sergeant Charles Il. Bosserman, of
the Medical Corps. at Camp Jackson,
). G., has returned to his post after
spending furlough with his uncle,
w. r. Bosserman.
Albert Peterman, after serving in
the Aviation Corps, has been dis
charged and returned TO his home.
Samuel. Gardner has returned to
his home at Coatesvllle. after visit
ing his uncle, George w. Gardner,
near here.
Miss Emma Super is visiting rela-
tives at Harrisburg.
Robert Toomey recently returned
after overseas army service, has been
discharged and has returned to his
home near here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
Recorder Given Testimonial
For 23 Years. Service

Columbia, Pa, Feb. 13.-Colum-
bia Assembly, No. 20, Artisans Or
der of Mutual Protection, Tuesday
night at a largely attended meeting
presented the retiring recorder, Ed
ward Z. Becker, with testimonial,
in honor of his twenty-three years
service In that office. c. w. Hfg-
gins, most excellent past master,
of Philadelphia, delivered an adj
dress. The presentation was made
by Past Master j. e. Simpson. A
music and literary program was rem
dered in connection with the event
and a banquet followed. Colum bia
assembly has 275 members and is
still increasing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
ASK YOUR NEIGHBoR

It has been said that there is now
hardly a city. town or village in
this country wherein some woman
does not reside who has found
health in that good. old fashioned
remedy. Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Therefore. if YOU
are suffering from some ailment
and hardly know what to do for it,
and have tried other remedies with
out help, ask your neighbor if she
has ever used Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. If she her.
self has never had the need for It,
undoubtedly she knows others who
were>just in your condition and who
have been restored to health by its
use.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
CANDIDATES IN FIELD

New BIOOmhcIu, Pa.I FED. 70
Additional candidates seeking their
party's nomination for county com-
missioner are announcing themselves
with much regularity. Additional
seekers for nominations have ap-
peared in the persons of IL. w.
Horting, of Newport, for the Repub-
lican side. and G. w. 10y. of New
port who wants the Democrats to
nominate him. Their announcements
raise the total number of Republi-
cans and Democrats in the field to
five and three, respectively.
s. Maurice Shuler, of Liverpool
seeks the Republican nomination as
a county auditor. He is now serving
in that capaciay. MIR. Shuler rs
county game protector.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
FIRE AT YORK HAVEN

York Haven, Pa, Feb. ia fire
occurred at noon yesterday at the
plant of the York Haven Water and
Power Company. Although the
blaze was small the damage is said
will amount to considerable. The
lead was burned from. the heavy
copper cables which carry the cur
rent from the powerhouse to the
transformers. One of the trans
formers, a delicate and expensive
piece of machinery, is said to have
been damaged. The blaze was ex-
tinguished before it attained any
material headway.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
VISITS CHIOKEN COOP

WayhesDOTO, Pa, Feb. 13.-Mem-
bers of the family of d. A. Whistler
were attracted to the hennery at
their homie in this city yesterday
afternoon by peculiar noise. Upon
investigation they discovered a
handsome pheasant, about the size
of pigeon. had entered the chicken
house and was putting up a stiff
defense when an onslaught was Of
fered by the chickens, which tried
to drive it away-thinking it was
chicken hawk. It did not remain
in its new quarters long, however,
taking flight shortly afterward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
George E. Lloyd Will
Head Victory Loan Drive

Carlisle. Pa. Feb. 13.-District
Attorney George Il. Lloyd in charge
of the Liberty Loan drives in Cum
berland county and until recently
county chairman for war savings,
which post he relinquished to be-
come assistant director of the Third
Federal Reserve district, has been
nominated for the post of director
for Cumberland county for the Vic
tory Loan in April and has accepted.
The county organization will be
practically the same as that which
has put Cumberland county over in
all of the four former loans
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
SUES FOR ACCIDENT

Sunbury, Pa, Feb. 13.-John A.
hartman, Sunbury, to-day sued the
northumberland county commission
ers for $500 damages, as the result
or a peculiar accident. He says he
was driving his automobile across
bridge over Sham okin creek here,
when plank Jumped" out of the
floor and bady damaged his car.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
BADLY WoUNDED MAN HOME

Danville, Pa, Feb. IS. = Sergeant
John A. Flanagan, Company Is,
103d Engineers, who was through
the desperate fighting at Chateau
Thierry, and other engagements. has
arrived at his home here. He was
shot through the back, his right leg
was pierced with four bullets and he
was gassed. He has practically re-
covered from his wounds and will
talk little of his experiences.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
MEETINGS FOR FARMERS

Gettysburg, Pa, Feb. 1S.-Adams
County Farm Bureau is planning
series of meetings throughout the
country for the purpose OF orlng-
ing the work of the farm bureau ol-
rectly to the farmers, and at these
meetings the program of work that
has been planned for the county
will be explained in detail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
TRAIL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS

has turned up in a French hospital,
according to word received by
friends here. He was wounded three
times, one bullet entering his arm,
another passing clear through his
body at the shoulder, and a third
piercing his shoulder. "At that, I'm
pretty live corpse" he writes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
ROY KILLED BY TRUCK

Sunbury, Pa, Feb. 13.-falling
under an automobile truck, Sidney
SwartzIander, aged I, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney SwartZlander, of Sun
bury, was killed. A cornore's jury
found that the accident was un-
avoidable. The boy attempted to
climb on the running board when his
foot caught in the chain gear.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
GETTING AFTER DOGS

York HaVen, Pa, Feb. 13.-Con-
stable Frederick Laprairie has start
ed campaign to rids York Haven
of the dog nuisance, said to have
been existing here for some time.
The constable will adhere to the
state law and all dogs found on the
borough thoroughfares without a
1919 license tax on its collar will
be shot
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
TAX RATE LOWERED

Gettysburg, Pa, FEB. 10. 1hs
borough tax rate has been lowered
one-half mill. BY the triennial as
sessment made last fall the property
valuation of the borough was m
creased more than $15O,000, and the
council believed that with this IN
creased valuation the tax rate could
be lowered and the revenue still be
sufficient for the borough's needs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
ASK SHARE IN LAYorrs

Sunbury, Pa. Feb. 1S.-The sun
bury Federated Shopmen, com mposed
of crafts unions, and numbering l.
$50 workingmen, to-day petitioned
the heads of departments to let them
share in any layoffs thus equalizing
the burden of loss of time. To date
the layoffs in the Sunbury and North
cumberland yards have been confined
to the trainmen and clerical depart
ments
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
ENTERTAINs GLASS

BIain, Pa, Feb. ia Valentine
party was held last evening by Miss
S. Grace Stambaugh at her home.
who entertained the members of the
Sunday school class taught by A. C.
Henry in the lions Lutheran Sun
day school. @
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
at3.OOO FOR HOSPTTAL

WdEHCSUOfO, Ia, FED. I3,-The
State Board of Public Charities has
made its recommendation for ap-
propriations to the various institu-
tions of the state. In the case of
the Chambersburg hospital $4,000.
is recommended for the two years
beginning July / next.