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The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
800 AT FAIRBANKS
VICTIMS OF "FLU,"
RED CROSS REPORT
Eighty Per Cent. of Population al
Both Fairbanks and Nenana
Stricken; 81 Deaths

SEATTLE, May 11.-Eighty per
cent. of the population at Fairbanks
and Nenana in Interior Alaska are
influenza victims, according to ad-
vices received by the Red Cross here
today. More than 500 cases and
nine deaths were reported from
Fairbanks Twelve deaths have oc-
cured at Nenana. Both towns are
well supplied with medicines, it was
stated, and three physicians at Fair
banks and two at Nenana are work
ing day and night.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
SOAP AND SUBS WARFARE
RAGING IN NEW JERSEY
HOUSEWIVES ON RAMPAGE

INTERCHANGEABLE, n. j. May IL
-Merchantyille has soap and suds
war on its hands. Washerwomen
want more money and housewives
have declared lockout.
When the negro women formed
union and posted scale OF So
day for doing the family vast
and $3.50 for a days homework, the
employers became indignant
The Women's Club of Merchants
Vile voted for a lockout and refused
to pay more than $3.50 a day.
So in face of the paper shortage
Merchantsville has issued an emer
gency call for paper callar sane
cuffs and reversible paper shir'
fronts.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
FORM PLAN TO
COOPERATE IN
Street WORK
Council and Business Men
To Work Out Improve
ment of Front Street

The Civic Improvements committee
of the juneau Commercial Associ
alton, and the Street committee OF
the City Council have worked out a
plan for the permanent improvement
of Front street, using the tailings
from the Alaska Juneau mill for that
purpose. The plan is for the prop
erty owners along Front Street to
purchase two tractors and two self
dumping trailers and to erect bunkers
to hold the tailings before they are
drawn, in consideration of which, the
city agrees to operate the tractors
and trailers for five months at a
cost that is estimated will be $1,000
a month 1t is estimated that the
cost of the equipment the property
owners will be asked to provide
will be $4,000
In the first place it was planned
to let the work of filling Front
street by contract, and what was re-
garded as a favorable offer was l0ade
after comforting over the matter with
property owners and among them
selves, the City Council Street cim-
mittee and the Civic committee of
the Juneau Commercial Association
decided to try out the proposition
along the lines indicated rather than
to attempt to force a contract under
the terms of the law which permits
the city to have the work done and
the cost assessed to the abutting
property owners, provided the own
ers of abutting property amounting
to two thirds in value of all such
property, give their consent
The matter of getting the property
owners to put up the money for the
equipment, the tractors, trailers and
bunkers. will be taken up immedi-
ately by the Civic improvement
committee of the juneau Commercial
Association, which consists of H. j.
Fisher and w. S. Pullen
The Street committee of the City
Council which is working with the
Civic improvements committee of the
Juneau Commercial Association CON
sists of w. G. Johnson, F. w. Hebert
and Charles Warner.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
PRIMARY VOTE TO
BE CANVASSED BY
MAY 18TH is PLAN
Secretary Sommers Says Certificates
of Election Will Be in Hands
of Delegates in Time

The certificates of election to those
who were elected as delegates and
alternates to the Republican and
Democratic National. conventions
viii be issued about May 25th-
perhaps before that time. The law
provides that the clerks of the court
shall canvass the returns within
their respective Divisions, and wire
the results to the Secretary of the
Territory, who shall issue the certi-
ficate of election.
Territorial Secretary R. J. Som
mers has determined that the Ger
tificates of election should be in the
hands of the Republican National
Committeeman and the delegates to
the Republican National Conven-
ton not later than May 25, and he
has notified the Clerks of the Court
of that. The Republican National
convention convenes at Chicago on
June Sth.
The law permits the Clerks of the
Court to canvas sthe votes they have
on hand whenever it is evident to
them that the unreported returns
would not change the results from
these at hand. 1t also is evident
that certificates of election must be
issued in time to permit the dele
gates to attend the National conven
lions.
1t is not believed that any of the
are SO close that they will
not be clearly decided by the re-
turns in the hands of the Clerks of
the Court by the en- dof next week.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
PUBLIC SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
TOMORROW NIGHT
Graduating Glass Will Have Com
mencement Exercises Tomorrow
At School House

The Commencement exercises OF
the Graduating Class of the Juneau
High School take place tomorrow
evening at the Assembly rooms OF
the school house
The graduating class of 1920 con
sists of eleven members, as follows
Nadia C. Kashevaroff, Sybil c.
Campbell, Vivian O. Sparkling. Wal
stein D. Smith. Donald L. Condit
Victor l.. Hewitt. Leila c. Ptack
Joe George, Edna Miller, Harriet A.
Sey and Donald l. McKinnon.
The officers are Nadia c. Kashe-
varoff, president. Sybil Campbell, vice
president, Vivian Sparkling, secretary,
Walstein Smith Treasurer Donald
Condit, Glass Historian.
The class colors are black and
gold, the class flower pink rose, and
class motto, THE elevator to sue
cess is not running-take the stairs. y
The program for the Commence
ment exercises will be as follows:
Invocation-Rev H E. Greening.
An Evening Song (BlumenthaD
Frank II. Partridge
Address, "Responsibility'-L. ID.
Henderson, Commissioner of Edu-
cation.
Violin Solo, Hungarian Dance
(Keler Bela) -Mrs Klondy Nelson
Woofter
Presentation of Class-Edgar A.
Stanton, Superintendent of Schools.
Awarding of Diplomas-Grover c.
Vim, President of the Board of
Education.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
ADMIRAL GOODRICH TAKING
LABORERS TO ANCHORAGE

SEATTLE, May 1.-THE steamer
Admiral Goodrich, chartered by the
Alaska Engineering Commission for
a trip to Anchorage, Alaska. will
sail Friday. The vessel will carry
about 100 laborers who will work on
the construction of the government
railroad from Seward to Fairbanks
and a cargo of steel rails, besides
timbers, ties and miscellaneous sup
plies.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
SIXTH GRADE COLLECTS
MONEY FOR MARINE STATUE

The Sixth grade of the Juneau
public school is collecting money
for the purpose of aiding in the cree
ton of a statue on the Marine by
American school children The mon
ay collected will be turned over to
b. NJ. Behrends who will act as
Treasurer, and forward the collect
ions to the proper authorities.
The Sixth grade enjoyed its class
picnic on the Salmon creek road
Saturday.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
FIFTH VICTIM OF HOTEL
FIRE is IDENTIFIED AS
M. T. NIELSEN, BERKELEY

SEATTLE, May 1.-THE fifth body
found in the ruins of the Lincoln
Hotel, seven story structure in the
heart of Seattle which burned to the
ground several weeks ago, was iden-
titled today as that of Martin 7.
Nielsen, of Berkeley, California.
SPOKANE OFFICIAL DIES
SPOKANE, Wash. May 11.-John
H. Tilseley, commissioner of public
safety and resident of Spokane for
many years, died here today.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
MOVING PICTURE MAN
TO FILM RAISING OF
THE PRINCESS SOPHIA

Coming North for the purpose OF
taking moving pictures of the rails
ing OF the wreck of the Princess
Sophia for the Gaumont Weekly and
to take pictures in general moi only
for that company but for the Seattle
P.-L, F, A. Jacobs arrived here on
the Northwestern last night and is
at the Gastineau Hotel.
Mr.. Jacobs is a very we'll known
photographer of Seattle aud besides
being connected with The Gaumont
people and the p |. is Official photo
grapher for the Rainier National
Park.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
ADMIRAL WATSON IN PORT
EARLY THIS MORNING

The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived from Western Alaska at two
o'clock this morning and left for
the South at a. m. Arrivals for
Juneau on the boat were r. Gisch
Mrs r. Gisch and Rachael Olsen
from Kodiak, Chris Anderson from
Valdez and r. Walters from An
chorage.
The outgoing passengers from Jul
neau were Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Eng
lish and S. Thomas for Seattle, Ben
Larson for Ketchikan and f. Arm
strong for Petersburg.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
WEATHER CLEAR ALL
OVER ALASKA TODAY

The weather reports received to-
day at juneau Weather Bureau head
quarters for the Territory, show that
throughout Alaska, every station re-
ported weather conditions clear.
They include Dutch Harbor, st. Paul,
Kodiak, Nome, Noorvik, Tanana,
Eagle, Valdez, Sitka and Juneau.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
DEPORTATION BILL SIGNED

WASHINGTON, May 11.-President
Wilson today signed a bill amending
the deportation laws to make possible
deportation of Germans and other
aliens, interned in American deten.
ton camps during the war.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
ESTEBETH ON REGULAR
TRIP TO LYNN CANAL

The mail boat Estebeth, which ar
rived from Sitka late yesterday at
ternoon, left for Skagway last night
at IL o'clock with the following
passengers: John Thompson, VIM.
Druzan, Pete Sandwich, II. r. Mad
land. Dan Baker and f. Gonion for
Skagway; Hughie Mcdonald and
Joseph Glover for Haines
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
JUNEAU HIGH SCHOOL
PRESENTS SENIOR PLAY
AT THE COLISEUM

The play Nothing But The Truth
presented by the Senior Glass of the
Juneau High School at the Coliseum
Theatre this afternoon and evening
is under the direction of Miss Bertha
Park, coach; Walstein Smith, bus
mess manager; Charles Perelle, stage
manager.
The cast of characters is:
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
OvERALLS WITH SPATS
ADOPTED BY COMMONS

LONDON, May 11.-Overalls are
about to invade Parliament but will
be combined with spats to relieve the
historic place of some of the shock.
Major John Robert Prettyman New
man, member of the House of Com
mons for the Finchley division oil
Middlesex, will be the man to intro
duce denim to Westminster.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
SPOKANE OFFICIAL DIES
NEW YORK DEPARTMENT
STORE BEGINS DRIVE
AGAINST HIGH PRICES

NEW YORK, May 11.-One OF
New York's largest department stores
has inserted advertisements in the
newspapers announcing that it would
attempt ito break the backbone OF
high prices" by offering its stock
valued at $20,OO0O00 at a reduction
of twenty percent The only goods
excluded will be about $4,000 of mer
chandise purchased under price re
strictions which cannot be honor
ably changed"
The only motive in making this
general reduction, the advertisement
said, is "a conscientious sense OF
duty" made necessary by the reports
of Government investigators thai
prices are still on the upward trend
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME
OF VESSEL,

Notice is hereby given that the
Commissioner of navigation has
granted authority for the change in
the name of the Ga. s. JA-KA-DAN,
official number 216665, to MUG
GET. VIM. c. Wright, owner. adv
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Now Bound North

W." 6Ohba
PRINCESS MARY scheduled to
arrive here 8 a. m. tomorrow.
JEFFERSON scheduled to arrive
here Thursday
CITY OF SEATTLE scheduled
to arrive Friday.
ADMIRAL EVANS scheduled to
arrive here Thursday
Scheduled Sailings
ALASKA scheduled to leave
Seattle May 10.
southbound SalIines
ALAMEDA scheduled to sail
southbound s a. m. tomorrow.
PRINCESS MARY scheduled to
sail southbound May Is.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
SAN FRANCISCO, May

SAN FRANCISCO, May ia
meeting of the Democratic National
Committee has been called to con-
vene at the Palace Hotel. San Fran.
cisco. California, June 18th. three
days before the meeting of the Ma
tional convention. The call includes
womens Associate National Com
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11

Word has been received at Fair
banks that Joe McNamee, formerly
a baseball player of that town and
before that with the Skagway team
for season. died of the influenza
during the epidemic of last winter.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11

Get your Garden and Lawn Seed
from Femmer a. Ritter. adv.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11

Mr.. Morton arrived from Sitka on
the Estebeth. He says conditions at
Sitka are good and that matters at
the Pioneers Home are running
smoothly.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
HARRY F. MORTON
HERE CONFERRING
WITH HOME TRUSTEES

Superintendent Harry F. Morton
of the Pioneers Home is in Jul
neau comforting with the Board OF
Trustees of the Pioneers Home rel
ative to the construction of hos
pital at the home, and the other i'm
provements authorized by the last
Territorial Legislature. 1t is the
purpose of the Board to get the i'm
provements started at an early date
The trustees of the Pioneers
Home consist of Gov. Thomas Riggs
Jr, w. w. Casey and Allen Shat
tuck.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11

Old papers for sale at The Empire
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-13
Business of Living.

In his autobiography Benjamin Franklin
tells how he kept BOOKS on himself He had
ledger. at the top Of each page Of which he
wrote one OF the several virtues he regarded as
fundamental for right living. One page he de-
voted to frugality. another to temperance,
third to industry, fourth to silence, and so on.
At the end Of each day he examined himself,
and il he had failed in any Of these virtues,
he gave himself black mark on the ledger.
In this way he kept himself informed as to
the weak spots Of his makeup, and devoted him
self constantly to improving them. Thus he
kept the record in the ledger balanced.
To Ben Franklin living was the most i'm
portant Of all businesses. He was more con-
cerned in showing gains and stopping losses in
his living business than in his printing
business.
Franklin's bookkeeping system was practi-
cal application of the injunction, know thy
SELF" Self-knowledge is the fundamental of
the living business. Most of US are too busy
with other businesses to look after this most
important OF all business. 1t generally runs
by itself. That's why there are 30 many fail
ures in that business.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-13
Changes Unopposed.

Rock Island happily is not to witness the
legal hippodroming that followed the action
OF the Tri-City Railway company when it was
decided to alter its schedules in Davenport for
the purpose of reducing operating expenses.
Here the company has put in effect its an
nounced changes, the most important of which
is turning the Elm street cars at Fifteenth
street. and there has been no protest from the
city commission. Patrons will experience little
Inconvenience from the change and the COM
pany will effect considerable saving. Neither
is 1t likely that patrons will enter protest with
the state utilities commission, which controls
regulation Of street railways in Illinois The
city commission Is in a better position to un-
derstand the needs of the railway corporation
and Of the people and therefore is more compe-
tent to pass upon petitions from either side,
and The Argus hopes for the early return Of
the day when regulation Of the local utilities
will again be in the hands OF the municipal
councils. The Tri-City Railway company has
never Jared i'll at the hands Of the people of
Rock Island and never will so long as its Off
Gals play fairly with the patrons.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-13
Private Fagg.

J. E. Fagg served as a private with the
Princess Pats during the war. He won fame
In famous regiment. But the end Of the war
put period to his soldering career Instead
Of drifting back to q city Job he turned toward
the western plains. The Canadian government
staked him to farm and machinery. Private
no. Farmer-Fagg built . homesteader's home,
and gave his government his note for the farm
investment.
iii Then Canada temporarily lost track Of ex-
Private Fagg
But the day Of harvest surely comes round.
The government. in Ottawa heard from ex-
Private Fagg.
II put in 10 acres Of wheat last spring. -
he wrote. Il take out $500 bushels this fall.
! can pay for my land and all the improve
ments out Of this one crop"
Fine for ex-Private Fagg! But he continues:
II can't understand why any young fellow
should slave away his LIE in q city for bare
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-13
Christmas for Men.

Mother living! Yes. Well. maybe last
Christmas you didn't 60 home. Maybe you just
couldn't. Maybe you wrote letter instead.
Or Just sent the usual Christmas box That
wasn't real Christmas to your mother.
Try giving yourself to your mother for just
the one day.
1t has been said that the exchange Of pres
ents at Christmas day may be made "a cheer
full old custom or futile old farce" Isn't it
Just possible that mother may be beginning to
think that Christmas day is futile old farce"
unless it Is cheered up bit by the presence
Of her boy, her baby?
Anyhow. whether you make 1t point to 60
home for Christmas. and even il you write to
mother telling her that "this time it will be
impossible to get there" remember this: That
all Christmas day through there will be face
at the window. and a mother hoping, hoping
against fate that the bulk Of her boy will loom
through the snowfakes. A mother never gives
up hope while there's life. you know.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-13

desk with Winged Mercury" they
had both often admired, some new
the rooms and a file new desk
IN the corner Dust what he wanted
pictures, pretty hangings between
to draw his architectural plans on
at night
The dining room, too, had its
changes by way of a new china
closet, additional pictures. a fern
set In the bay window.
And that isn't all dear. wa have
S1OO left to get what we both think
best" .
! But tell me, darling, where did
they come FROM"
Back to the old armchair she led
him, and, faltering at first, she fin
ally told him all about that eventful
DAY some months ago when he was
blue and she was blue and the
whole world was blue. When she
nnisned ne was so quiet she thought
him hurt.
bob, you are not angry"
NO. near, only l realize more and
more what real pal l have"
Real happiness was theirs, and
after trying out all of the records
LOT the new victrola they retired.
A lew evenings later Bob was
home earlier than usual, and al
most tripped in his endeayor tn
reach Virginia and give her a tre-
mendous hug.
"Haloo, dear. the old adage ia
true. Good luck never comes alone
The old gent gave me a private in
terview in the Office today, and next
. week start on the outside game:
just what I've been wanting to get a
chance at for some time. Said he
was watching Gibbs and me for
over three months. and finally nick
ed me. He added that a substan-
tial raise would accompany the
change, with commission on the
side. Isn't that bully?'
The smile on her face was an
swer enough. He took her in his
arms and said:
i"Of all the good things in this life
What is there better than q good
wife"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-13
THE DAILY SHORT STORY.

| evening meal prepared-and it
only 10 o'clock.
Somehow this morning she did
not linger over the duties she loved
30 much latter six years In the
business world she enjoyed her
household freedom and was a born
little home-maker.) An onlooker
might have detected a look of
determination and excitement in
her deep blue eyes today, as she
finished up her duties.
/ Downing her most business-like
blue serge suit and sport hat, tuck
ing in q few wilful curls. she lock
ed the little apartment and started
down town.
I'll take a look myself" said the
portly gentleman, who had saun-
tered into the spacious employment
agency. But, We don't permit
that, we always refer to our card
index for qualifications Of the asrir-
ants" demurred the austere looking
clerk at the desk.
My dear madam, wish a secre-
tary and am willing to pay her a
reasonable salary to cope with the
high cost OF living for doing my
work. l do not want any white
washed noses around me. I'll just
take a glance around. Um-um, will
you kindly let me interview the
young miss in the dark suit?"
Virginia was summoned and after
the perfunctory conversation was
hired to start in work on the NOR
row. Could she believe It?
Hours 10 to 8, not very much work,
he had told her, and such a sal
ary? She walked as If on the air
to the little "love nest" She aft
erwards wondered how she did up
the couple Of white waists which
would be best suited for business.
That evening Bob could not under
stand the reason for his partners
little smuggles Of lauhter at differ
emit intervals. which In vain she
tried " suppress. She made up her
mind not - tell him for . while at
least about her position.
Tho dutieo q thD uttle house !
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-13


cuntidt nsiai. the replies beng seat d.re.s
paiu ~ anOns NOUS iettefs.)
z. Why is snow white?
E. D. H.
A. The wilderness OF Snow re-
suits from the tact that the snow
crystals are so minute that each
cell Of the rstina Of the eye re-
ceives a general impression pro-
duced by the combination of diff
ferent lengths reflected from lu-
Vulnerable tiny faces.
@. What was the real name Of
Bertha NJ. Clay? l. II. S.
A. E.. ina NJ. Clay was the psel-
donyn of Charlotte Braeae.
@. When did the sending OF
Christmas cards begin?- 7. E. J..
A. The practice of sending cards
at Christmas time. by way OF
friendly greeting or remembrance,
has grown up Since about 1860.
@. What is the cap tai of Okla
homa, and when d.d it become
such?. II. S.
A. According to the Constitu-
ton of the State of Oklahoma
Guthrie was made the cap.-al with
the provision stated that t was To
remain the same until. the year
1913. However, in November, 1919
the legislature passed a law to re-
move the capital to Oklahoma City
This action was held invalid by the
state supreme court. but latter al