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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-16
JUGO-SLAVS OF ALASKA
 I. HELPED GARRY ON WAR


our banking system will find other
 nations competitors with more elas- 1 tic system than ours.
 "The revising of our national bank
 act in 1913 and establishment of
 the Federal Reserve banks contrib
 uted much to our foreign trade
 success in the past, this also enab- | ling branching of national banks in
 this country as well as foreign countries, which branches, particu-
 larly the foreign, are now training
 Americans in foreign trade and bank | ing AS long as we are able to pro
 duce the goods, realize a legitimate
 profit, fairly meeting competition | these Latin countries will learn to l like us. and we shall replace the
 German institutions now lost to | them. This is how close the war
 has brought commercially the two Americas together.
 "Victory, however, has not only | eliminated for many years to come) the stupendous German worldwide
 trading machinery, but it has also destroyed her faithful ally, the once
 mosiac empire of Austria Hungary The entirety of this former empire
 represented our second largest enc
 my, out of it's ruins three allied na-
 tions arose, Jugoslavia, Czechoslov-
 akia and Poland, representing the
 majority of it's population. Being
 more familiar with the Jugo- Slav
 situation as it exists today, I shall
 endeavor to explain to our Ameri-
 can business men, the greatest pos
 abilities of doing a general busi- ness with Jugoslavia. To begin with. , the people of this new State have been fed and clothed partly by their former government and partly by Germany. Raw material and farm ing implements were furnished them via Berlin and Vienna railways,
 while commodities not obtainable at home or in Germany were imported over sea and carried mostly by the liners of the once prosperous Aus trian Lloyd Steamship Company, un loaded at Trieste and from there trans-shipped throughout the empire This steamship line disputed the first place with English shipping in the markets of the Levant, and had
 a well-established reputation in the markets of India, China and Japan "The Austro-American line was the only line worth while mention ing, trading with the United States
 In years past, the population in the sections formerly under Austrian
 rule, had abandoned agriculture for industries and commerce, owing to competition of other grain-raising in
 dustries, which had thus reduced the price of grain; it is a question now if wheat and grain will be i'm
 ported from Hungary, temporarily at least, or will this new kingdom of
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-16

It may seem a far cry from Al aska to the Jugo-Slav nation and its problems, yet this country has a peculiar interest in that new na tion which has risen out of the war, because of the number of SavS who are residents of Alaska, and because of what the future may hold for development of the far Eastern nation. Dan Vucetich, an educated Jugo-Slav, on the staff of the Bank of Anchorage, has writ ten an interesting article on the subject, which The Empire has been requested to print, and which follows:
 Eyer since the Allied blockade in 1914, at which date Germans and Austrian shipping suffered ser ious setback, which today we would call a national catastrophe, it be- came known to the American con- mercial institutions that it was a necessity to build up their trade be- yond our own border lines and car ry the same to practically all cor ners of the earth.
 "The first pressure for foreign trade relations, brought to bear by the sudden disappearance of Ger man shipping, came from Central and South American countries, who realized that the time was nearing when the well-organized German Latin American commercial institu tions would be but a thing of the past America not being engaged in the war then, naturally greeted these Southern neighbors, who had come to visit us via the Atlantic and Pacific, and thus their arrival for the purpose of talking business, created quite an excitement through out our commercial centers. San Franciscos young business men took up immediately the studying of Span ish, and the business in teaching Spanish grew large in that city in short time. These young business men were preparing to do their part in order to attract to the Pa cific coast with little hardship as uIuCh Ol liiO UuolucSS as possible. There is no question in my mind, and custom house sta tistics will prove it, but that these men have succeeded, while New York and other Eastern centers have en- joyed much prosperity due to enor- nous increases of this kind of trade.
 In pre-war times the volume of business transacted with these Lat in countries was insignificant, it is after the war that we were forced to. trade with them; in other words, 1t came to us without going after it, and it would be unwise to believe that the commerce and trade of the rest of the world will come to us now like the Latin trade did then, and the main reason would be that
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-16

be furnished from the coal mines Bosnia Herzegovina, the latter in stage of development. The neces- sites which are needed now and needed badly are fibers, yarn, cot ton cloth, machinery and all sorts of farming implements. Swine pro. ducts are the main exports of old Serbia, where some of the largest hoggeries are to be found. There in every valley beech nuts, acorns. oak and beech trees grow. Ninety per cent of Serbia's hog. experts were formerly purchased by Austria But this new kingdom has now many important harbors on the Adriatic and from these ports it will be aEle to distribute the exports to al! the markets of the world; newcomers are welcome indeed; the early bird catches the worm. The Adriatic coast is no more controlled by the Austrian Lloyd and the controlling of Serbia's commerce by Austria is a thing of the past. The Berlin and Vienna railroads are practically out of the run; larger European nations are busy in reconstruction at home. We have our own trou- bles, of course, not of serious na- ture, however, to prevent us grasp ing good opportunities when they are presented Is it not then, up to us to prepare at once in order to meet the commercial demands of this new State of the Serbs, Creates and Slovenes?
 "The opportunities are unlimited. from 12 to 15 million people of free and friendly nation are anx- iously waiting to give the Stars and Stripes the place of honor in their harbors. It will not take very long before the Jugoslav ships visit our waters. Wheat merchant vessels the former monarchy possessed be- fore the war, most of these anchored in the home waters during the war, had to be turned over to the Allies in accordance with the terms of the armistice, and 1t is possible that through an act of the Peace Confer ence, the Jugoslavs be granted their share of that shipping. These same people are anxious to see friendly nation like ours come to their res cue now and bring them gradual commercial prosperity, knowing that our motives are purely from a bus ness standpoint. and realizing that if they had to fall back on any one large European nation looking for assistance. it would mean national concessions of different kind and secret agreement which would even tually bring trouble and dissention at home?
 Why must we Americans hibernate then? The opportunity is now ripe to trade on the Adriatic. and as it takes time to develop credit and transportation we must start at once. start small if necessary and grow, but it is essential to do it now. The billions of dollars spent by this , nation for shipping alone will afford this opportunity; it will take per haps six to eight vessels to make this new start. which unquestionably will prove profitable to run. Our bank deposits are larger than at any time previous, our commercial insti- tutions are greater than ever. our
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-16

foreign debts are smaller than ever; 1 the trade balances are again in oul favor and our merchant marine larg- CT than ever, daily gaining in ton | mage.
 The people of America ask for
 no Territorial aggrandizement as a I price of war, they ask for no con | sessions. It is well known to them
 why America threw her hat in-1
 the ring, but what America ;s en- title to now, something rightfully
 belonging to her, is to take Ger
 many's place in world commerce.
 There is no question but that
 we can supply the twelve or fifteen
 million Jugoslavs with what they so urgently need now, and it will de- pend much upon our skill in produc- ing these and other goods to fill the ever-increasing orders in the future. We shall not find the trouble hard to step in and trade with this newly born State. We know her people we'll; millions of them are among us today; good and loyal citizens,
 who will support us in this new en. terprise. Conservatively estimating. 50 per cent. of the American Jugo- slavs, citizens or aliens, have one or more relatives living in the old country, which is now free cOun [ try The American Jugoslav can now freely visit his old home peo- pie, something which most of them could not do before the war for po- litical, military or other reasons. The frequent contact of the Amer ,.ican JugOslav with his mother coun- tryfi brought about by medium of American transportation, will even. tually link both countries conner cially and awaken the American Jugo-Slav to the fact that it is chief veloping his mother country by di- verting his knowledge through the proper channels, just like the Amer ican Italian has done whose conner cial activities are known from the Atlantic to the. Pacific. Much great CT and quicker. results could be achieved to carry on this program in this new field with an organized American Jugoslav, and the time has some whereby he must organize and show his adopted country that he is ready, be he a small business man or laborer. to invest his surplus earnings in such a commercial way that win bring relief to his war ridden mother country. thereby help ing his relatives and helping him self as well.
 Political dissension was the main factor that blocked the commercial development of the American Jugo- slav in the past. he however, has no excuse now. because his chief enemy is gone and the mother country's national aspirations have been real ized. The first Jugoslav export i'm port concern was founded in Chicago, Illinois a few months ago. This consider to be the first good sign of their commercial activities. All
 Jugoslavs should support this move
 ment to the utmost of their finan- , cial abilities. They must show their good faith in the matter Sooner or
 later the American capitalist will join them to carry their program to
 successful issue. There is room ! in America for dozen concerns o.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-16

the Serbs, Creates and Slovenes find it more profitable to import the same from the United States. The wheat and grain-raising sec
 tions of Serbia proper were scenes of many a battle. It will thus take some time to place the old fields in cultivation. There is a great demand for coal oil, while coal imports will be less needed; this commodity could
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-16

The Boyles Anchor Works has smith shop and is prepared to do high-class blacksmith and repair work. Adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-16

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Today's News Today-ln Empire
The Dermott news., 1919-07-31
Baptist Aid

Mrs. (. F. Courson was hostess to the Baptist Ladies Aid Monday after noon. and a most delightful time was spent sewing and chatting One quilt was finished and another more than half finished This makes three quilts that the ladies have pieced at their social meetings. These are sold and the money applied on the parson- age fund.
 We were glad to have Mrs. Leon BiEgs with Us as visitor.
 The hostess assisted by her daugh. ter, Bernice, served most delicious ice course.
 So thoroughly dld the ladies enjoy the afternoon that time passed all too swiftly, and the SIX O clock whistle re minded them that t was time 10 go home
 The guest departed declaring Mrs. Gourson an ideal hostess. and feeling that the eafternoouw one well spent.
 The Aid will meet next Monday al 3 O clock. al the church in their month ly business meeting. Secretary.
The Dermott news., 1919-07-31
Real Estate Activities
County Supel

The following real estate deals have been made recently through the Bennett Daniel Real Estate Co.,.
 j. P Wibanks and Mir. Maddox of Conway have purchased a 400-acre plantation joining the E. D. Crenshaw place southeast of town. Mir, Will banks intends moving here.
 W. l. Best of Brinkley purchased an S0-acre tract near Hards. and will also move to Dermott.
 Chas Measel and G. A Franklin bought a 120 A. tract miles north of Dermott.
 W K Cherry of Paris, Ark, presi- dent of the Bank of Paris. has pur chased q section of land just this side of the Grenshaw place. all of which he intends to put into cultivation at once.
 David A Gates purchased 400 acres of land three miles north of Dermott.
 Sam Laser and MT f'ichol of Clarks vile have purchased 749 acres at Hal
The Dermott news., 1919-07-31

males 5, females 4S, total 53; colored males 10, females 5S, total 6S. Total number employed l2l.
 Average salary per month white males Sl52. females $70; colored males $62. 50, females $57.
 You note that the average salary of white male teachers is $l52 per month. This compares favorably with other counties, but you note the very low wages paid those who do most of the actual teaching. This is for not more than nine months in the year. Would you be willing to work for $500 year? Carpenters get about $7 per day; clerks get from S75 to Sl50 per month; bar bers get at least $l00 month. These people earn what they get, and yet do they fill as important places as our teachers fill? Is it any wonder that so many first class teachers are entering other vacations?
 Teachers as well as superintendents should be employed by the year, and then they should attend for few weeks during the summer good sum- mer schools in order that they may be- come more efficient teachers.
 We hope that such system can be worked out in our county. and when we do thls, we shall have the pleasure of knowing that we have the best sys- tenn of schools to be found in the state. But if we have the best teachers We simply must pay them living wages throughout the year.
 Respectfully submitted.
 D. T. Henderson,
 County Superintendent.
The Dermott news., 1919-07-31
Former Dermotter Dead

The following news dispatch from Fordyce appeared in the Arkansas Gazette of July 24th. Just before go ing to Fordyce MT. and Mrs Stancill were in charge of the Chicot Hotel here:
 Mrs. Lute Stancill aged 63. wife of N N Stancill. died here this morning She was born in Garrol county. Tenn. in lS5l. and moved to Arkansas in lss6. With her husband, she engaged in the hotel business She was Il resident of Paragould for 9 years For the past three wears she. with her husband. has been engaged in the hotel business at this place The body was sent to Para gould for burial
The Dermott news., 1919-07-31
Strayed

One dark bay horse. weight about 75O, three white feet, white spot in face, small white spot in one eye, reached mane. Has been gone for several weeks. Liberal reward for in formation or return of horse to me at Dermott. J. A. Glosup.
The Dermott news., 1919-07-31
Chicot County Schools Make
 Report

On Monday, July 18th. the County Superintendent submitted the annual report of the schools of the county to State Superintendent of Schools. We publish below summary of his report. which should be of much interest to our people:
 Enumeration white 1912, colored 718S, total 9l00.
 Enrolment white l292, colored 34l3, total 4705.
The Dermott news., 1919-07-31
Horse Taken Up

have taken up one stray gray stal- lion, about years old. Owner can get horse by coming to me and paying for charges. H. M. Scriber,
 l2s School St. Dermott. Ark.
The Dermott news., 1919-07-31
NOTICE OF SALE

In the District Court of the United States,
 Eastern District of Arkansas,
 Western Division. Bank of Commerce & Trust Company
 and Guy P. Long, Trustee,
 vs No 1896 Desha Bank & Trust Company.
 Kimball- Lacy Lumber Company,
 Henry Thane and Thane Lumber Company. Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of decree of foreclosure and sale made and en- tered by the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Eastern District of Arkansas held at the city of Little Rock there in, the 24th day of May, 1919, in the above en- titled cause I, the undersigned. standing mas ter in chancery of said court. will sell at public auction. upon the terms hereinafter set out. to the highest and best bidder, free and discharged from all liens and claims of any of the parties to said cause and free from any rights of redemption under the statutes of the states of Arkansas or Mississippi, at the front door of the court house of Desha County. at Arkansas City Arkansas on
The Dermott news., 1919-07-31

Per cent of pupils enrolled in the schools white 67, colored 47.
 Average daily attendance white 920, colored PHO.
 Per cent white Fl, colored 50.
 The attendance in the white town schools is too low. but the attendance in the white rural schools is much lower. In both the town and rural colored schools the attendance is very low indeed No doubt war conditions last fall were responsible for this, but we expect that this next year will show a marked improvement in attendance. Valuation of school property white $l30, POO %, colored S32, 10000, total valuation $162, 400 %.
 Financial Statement
 Bal on hand June 50, 1918, $3S63. 9S Received from State 2d500. % Received from District Tax, 5lS73. If Received from other sources, 676 94 Total Amount Received $50, 0,9l4. 06 Amount Expended
 Teachers Salaries S46S49. 62 |. Other Purposes 29309 27
 Amount Unexpected 4755. l7
 Total $50, ,9l4 06 Teachers Number employed white
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-19
DYE MUST SERVE SENTENCE,

Circuit Judge Woods in United
States district court on Dec. 10th
ruled adversely on the motion Of
Attorney Clyde B. Johnson TO sus-
pend the sentence of the lattcr's
client, /. X. Dye. Of Elkins, former
general manager of the Coal & Coke
Ry., until the middle of January
next. on account of the defendants S
ill health. Dye must begin immc-
diatcly to serve six months in the
Braxton county Jail and pay a fine
Of $1,000. for violation of interstate
commerce regulations.
The conviction was obtained by
the government in Federal court q
year ago. and the defendant took
an appeal to the circuit court of
appeals. That tribunal recently af-
firmcd the Judgment of The lower
court.
1t will be recalled that The speci-
tic. charge against Dye was divert
ing coal for the railroads TO other
private purchasers for whom he
was acting, this diversion occurring
after the coal was in transit. By
ostcnsibly making sales of coal to
the government Dye. in his official
capacity, was favored in the matter
of cars.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-19
SOLD NORTH POLE TO FARMER.

Homer Hograth, a farmer of Min
neapolis. KAN, has applied for the
arrest OF man who obtained $40
900 from him. He said this person
went through some surveying and
astronomical calculations and then
tried to buy The Hograth farm. Fail
ing in this. he offered to let Hogarth
in OH a scheme that would make
him millionaire.
The stranger said he had ac-
companied Pcary to the north pole,
which was really a pole Of steel
that projected from the center of
the earth. II was the source of all
electrical energy. He had invented
mighty scoop which would dip
up thousands of tons of ice, and as
the earth rotated the ice would be
dumped on Hograth's farm. II could
be sold at a big profit Hograth fell
for the bait.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-19
TO RECOUNT OHIO DRY ELECTION,

Ballot boxes in' approxinatcly
l,ODO Ohio precincts. or onc-(iflh
OF the Stale will be rcopened and
last Novcnlber's vote upon ratilica-
ton Of the Federal prohibition
amendment will be recounted TO de-
tcrmine whether the wet victory.
OF some 400 votes was the true re-
suit of the election.
Ihls was decided at Columbus
on Dec. l7th before Judge Frank
Iievcngcr when he granted the re-
quests of the Ohio Dry federation
for recounts. The Judge intimalcd
that If sufficient errors are develop
ed TO place the whole result of the
referendum in doubt he may cxcr-
clSc the power 10 order a recount
through the entire. State.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-19

lYncHlNs IN LOGAN COUNTY.

Two negroes. Earl Whitney, aged
30, and Edward Whitfield, aged 35,
were taken from officers at Chap
manvillc. Logan county, Sunday
night by mob of about fifteen
masked miners who. after hearing
Il statement and confession by the
rifles and threw their bodies into
Guyan river near by.
The officers were taking the neg
rocS from Logan TO Huntington for
safe keeping when they were over
taken at Chapmanville, to which
point they had taken the prisoners
on a hand-car. The crime charged
against the negroes is the wilful
murder of Jesse Mccks. 48 years
old, mine foreman for the Island
Creek Coal Co. at Monitor. 1t ap-
pears that McckS went into Whit,
ncy's pool room at Monitor Sunday
forenoon, sat down by Il table and
soon fell asleep. Whitney went out,
secured a pistol, came back and
handed it to Whitfield, who stayed
in the pool room. and who shot
Mccks as directed by Whitney. the
motive Of the two being robbery.
The negroes skipped out from Moni-
tor but were arrested ut Logan, two
miles below, and. that night were
ovcrtaken by the mob at Chapman
vile. II miles below Logan.
Whitfield's body, containing about
thirty bullet holes, was found in the
river Il few hundred yards below
- a.,
Wednesday the body of Whitney
shad not been found.
Governor Cornwcll, on learning
of the lynching. ordered that a
grand jury be summoned to investi-
gate with view to returning in
dictments against the lynchers.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-19
DABGEY CREnSHAw DISCHARGED.

S. Dabncy Crenshaw. w, three
times tried for the burning of the
chemical laboratory Of the Univer-
sity Of Virginia and the theft Of
platinum worth many thousands of
dollars, and later committed to the
insane hospital, was on Dec. nth,
pronounced sane and restored to
his family by the city circuit court
Of Richmond.
IL was set forth by young Crcn-
shaw in his petition for the writ of
habeaS corpus on which he was
taken into court that there were no
criminal charges against him; that
he had been restored to sanity and
normal physical condition by, vir-
tue of a surgical operation per-
formed in April. 1917.
Burning of the chemical labora-
tory Of the University was done to
destroy evidence of the theft of
platinum. The building, worth about
$4,000. was burned Jan. 26, 1917.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-19
FAIR PRICE FOR CLOTHING.

Twenty-four dollars and half
is Il 'fair price for q mans suit or
0vcrcoat, the federal price rcgulat-
ing commission, working under
direction of District Attorney Clync
at Chicago, announced on Dec. 18Th.
A fair price for women's suits
was fixed at S25; woncn's dresses.
S15.25; mems, shoes. $5.95. and wO-
mems shoes, S4.95. Officials of five
of Chicago's biggest retail stores
prepared the price list, which fol-
lows:
Mems suits, S24.5O: overcoats at
S2I.50; shoes, s5.95; hosiery. Csc :;
underwear. $l.35.
Women's suits, S25; dresses, at
S15.25; coats. 1880; shoes, S4.05:
hosiery 25c; underwear $1.25.
Boys suits $3.50; overcoats $3.50;
hosiery 10c; underwear 25c; shoes
1895.
V The first effect of the fair price
list viii be TO bring about drastic
decrease in price of suits, overc oats.
hats, shoes, and all other staple ar
ticlcs Of clothing, the committee de-
Clared.