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M. BROCK FRED GLASBRENNER
A. E. LATHROP DELIA LYONS
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WHWII MU I I
QUEER ACTIONS
OE MISSILES
OF WAR
LONDON, June 23.—Many Inter
esting stories are told of the Idiosyn
crasies of shot and sheil in land and
sea fighting since the beginning of the
war. Second Officer llnrper of the
British ship Harpalion, torpedoed by a
German submarine off Beachy Head,
describes the attack on his ship while
It was proceeding down the Channel
at a rate of about 11 knots. "We had
Just sat down to tea,” he said, "and
the Chief Engineer wns saying grace
according to our custom. He had just
uttered the words, ‘For whnt we are
about to receive may the Lord make
us truly thankful,’ when there came
an awful crash. It was the torpedo."
A photograph from the front in
France shows a man who had his hair
neatly parted by a bullet in the cen
ter, with the art and exactitude of a
hairdresser.
A Bed Cross surgeon describes a
man named Williams, who had his
initial "W” plainly outlined upon his
back by a fragment of shrapnel which
finally settled in his boot. The man
was very proud of his wound, and de
clared he wouldn’t have missed the
distinction for a five pound bank-note.
A King's messenger serving with
the British troops in France is
authority for a remarkable account of
a piece of shell which hit a trooper
as the latter was mounting his horse.
It cut round the top of his trousers
like a pair of scissors, dividing the
leg part neatly from the body.
At Hartlepool a twelve-inch shell
went clear through a house, and con
tinued its career up the street, eventu
ally going through another house.
Mach dwelling was occupied by a
family of the same name.
The signal man who was on the
bridge of the British ship which sank
the Emden writes: "A shot cut away
the port signal halyards, bounded
through the range finder—about six
feet of brass—blew off the range
taker's leg, cut a rail in two, came
through the hammocks lining the in
side of the bridge, through the screen
and through the ship’s awning, which
was tied outside the screen, and then
burst. One lump of shell hit the deck
only a foot away from me, missing my
head by inches—I have the piece.
Another piece hit the deck and glanced
up through,the bridge screen, taking
exactly half of the captain's binoculars
with it. Not so bad ror one shot,
was it?”
A wounded man returned from
Northern France to London exhibits
to his friends his coat, cut into a fan
tastic shape by shrapnel splinters. He
was wounded in 19 different places.
Many soldiers tell of prayer books,
watches, buttons, lockets or other
souvenirs which they treasure as
saviors of their lives. A dent in a
cigarette case or a hole through n
pocketbook seems to give rise gen
erally to graver thoughts than do
actual wounds.
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NEW YORK, June 24.—To the list
of 22 states In which workmen’s com
pensation lawB were already in effect,
eight more states and the territory of
Alaska have this year been added by
the action of their legislatures during
sessions which have just come to a
close. This growth of the movement
toward safeguarding the welfare of the
laborer and his dependents is revealed
In the summary of this year's legis
lative activities, which has been com
piled by The Associated Press. The
summary also shuws progress in the
abolishment of child labor and in the
direction of limiting the working
hours of minors.
The additional states to adopt
workmen's compensation are Wyom
ing. Montana. Oklahoma, Colorado,
Muine, Indiana, Vermont and Pennsyl
vania. Favorable action toward the
enaction of such a inesaure was also
taken by the legislature of Utah,
which created a commission to investi
gate the question and report a bill
for the consideration of the next legis
lature. In one state which considered
the matter, New Mexico, a proposed
workmen's compensation law passed
the house but was defeated in the
Senate. In Idaho, the bill was vetoed
by the governor. Severnl other states
revised their former laws In order to
Insure more efficient operation.
Somewhat different standards as to
the way In which compenstaion should
he awarded and the law administered
are shown In the measures enacted
this year, but this lack of uniformity
is also a feature of various laws
previously passed In other states. For
Instance, under the new Colorado
statute injured workmen will receive
60 per cent of their wages during In
capacity, though not to exceed Jg a
week. In case of total permanent dis
ability, the compensation Ib payable
through life. When death results from
the accident, the worker's family Is
to receive a similar amount for si*
years with a maximum of |2,500. In
case of loss of eyes, hands, limbs or
other members, similar payments ao
to be made for a specified period,
vnrying from a few weeks to four
years, dependent upon the nature of
the Injury.
(employers are required to Insure
payment either In a state Insurance
fund to be created or a mutual or stock
Insurance cornpay. Administration Is
placed In the hands of an Industrial
commission of three members who
shall adjust disputes and with au
thority to make awards If employers or
Insurance companies neglect to make
payments promptly. Court proceed
ings are thereby practically elimin
ated.
me Maine law, however, awards
her Injured workmen payment by the
employer of not more than $10 a week
in case of total disability with a maxi
mum of $3,000. Heirs In case of
death receive the same and the scale
of payments for those partly disabled
ranges from $4 to $10 a week.
Pennsylvania provided for the pay
ment of fifty per cent of wages, but
not more than $10 or less than $5, with
a maximum total of $4,000. The act
Is elective and takes away from the
employers the common law defenses,
but the people will vote In November
on a constitutional amendment per
mitting the legislature to make it com
pulsory. The act creates a state In
surance fund, but employers are per
mitted to protect themselves in any
other form of insurance or carry their
own risks on approval of the Bureau
of Workmen's Compensation which
will administer the law. Domestics
and agricultural laborers are ex
empted.
The Indiana law provides no state
insurance, but permits the employer
to seek where he chooses, or not at
all, if he give proof of his financial
ability to pay the compensation. This
is fixed at 55 per cent, of the average
wage not to exceed 600 weeks, and in
case of death, burial expenses to the
defendents not to exceed $100 and 65
per cent, of the weekly wages for 300
weeks. Domestic servants and agri
cultural laborers are exempt and those
engaged in interstate commerce. The
law is elective with both employer and
employe and is administered by a state
Industrial commission.
rnty per cent, weekly wage not to
exceed 500 weeks is the basis of the
Oklahoma law.
Iowa and Alabama are the states
which prohibited child iabor. Maine
adopted a law under which women and
boys under sixteen employed In mills,
factories and laundries are not per
mitted to work more than 64 hours a
week. Pennsylvania enacted a statute
limiting the hours of labor of children
between 14 and 16 years to 51 hours
a week. A feature of the law is that
all such children employed must go to
vocational school at least eight hours
a week which must be computed in the
51 hours, thus making the actual
working hours 43. It further pro
vides that no messengers under 21
years can be employed by a telegraph,
telephone or messenger company after
8 o'clock at night, and that no child
under 12 can sell newspapers. A
statute along lines, fixing at 10 years
the minimum age of newsboys and
other minors engaged In street trades,
was adopted by California. In North
Carolina, bills designed to enable offi
cials better to enforce the present
child labor laws faliedd to pass.
Massachusetts enacted a bill prohib
iting the employment of women and
children overtime for the purpose of
making up for time lost on a legal
holiday and another requiring indus
trial establishments to furnish fresh
and pure drinking water for employes
and accommodations for those who
become 111. A first aid measure, some
what similar to the latter|r passed
In the Washington legislature, was
vetoed by Governor Lister. Labor
unions protested, it was drawn In the
Interest of employers alone.
Alaska adopted an eight hour law
for placer miners and pensioned her
aged and Indigent prospectors. A bill
requiring employees of all kinds to
grant their employes one days rest in
seven was killed In the senate of
Wisconsin, but one making such pro
vision for railway etmployes w&b pass
ed by the Assembly and was at this
writing awaiting action in the Senate.
Other legislation, affecting labor wan
the abolition of the contract prison
labor system by Iowa; the enactment
In California of a bill for the employ
ment of convicts for the building of
roads In mountal ndlstrlcts; a similar
bill In Idaho and a law in that state
compelling county commissioners to
provide emergency work for the un
employed; the establishment of free
labor bureaus In New Jersey, and a
law in Utah requiring all mercantile
establishments, except those handling
food and drugts, to close at 6 p. m.,
except the week before Christmas.
nuns have
' WIRE FENCE
OF STEEL
PETROGRAD, June 24.—During the
recent fighting between Przasnlsh and
the German frontier, the Russian at
tackers had the greatest difficulty in
several Instances in getting through
the barb-wire entanglements protect
ing the German lines. After many at
tempts had been made with various
types of wire-cutters, It was discovered
thnt the enemy was employing a now
kind of wire, made of steel.
L. O. O. M. Notice
The regular meeting of Cordova
Lodge No. 1430, Loyal Order of Moose
will be held in Eagle Hall Thursday
evening, June 24, at 8 p. m.
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Just received a new shipment of
8TYLEPLU8 Clothes at 8. BLUM &
Co.
Restoration to Entry of Lands in
National Forest
Lists 6 1496,-1512,-1513,-1541.
Notice Is hereby given that the
lands described below, embracing
469.88 ncres. within the Chtigach Na
tional Forest, Alaska, will be subject
to settlement and entry under the pro
visions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act of June 11,
1906 (34 Stat., 233), at the United
States land office at Juneau, Alaska,
on August 16, 1915. Any settler who
was actually and in good faith claim
ing any of said lands for agricultural
purposes prior to January 1, 1906, and
has not abandoned same, has a pref
erence right to make a homestead
entry for the lands actually occupied.
Said lands were listed upon the appli
cations of the persons mentioned
below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such
settler, provided such settler or appli
cant is qualified to make homestead
entry and the preference right is
exercised prior to August 16, 1915, on
which date the lands will be subject
to settlement and entry by any quali
fied person. The lands embrace a
tract of 160 acres, described by metes
and bounds as follows: Beginning at
Corner No. 1, situated on the bench
immediately north of the town of
Nlnilchlc, east shore of Cook Inlet, a
post marked H-l whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1, bears 3. 49 deg., 45 min. W„
17.88 chs.; extending thence N. 14 deg.
E., 15.15 chs.; thence meandering east
shore of Cook Inlet 60 feet back from
line of ordinary high tide, N. 41 deg.
E., 7.63 chs.; thence N. 28 deg. E„
17.27 chs., to Corner No. 3; thence E.
35.17 chs.; thence s. 35.75 chs.;
thence W. 51.82 chs., to the place of
beginning, listed upon application of
Alex Roman, Homer, Alaska; List
6-1496.
A tract of 153.60 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 a spruce post set
In ground 60 feet distant from mean
tide line on east bank of Laida Creek,
east shore of Cook Inlet approxi
mately Mt mile northerly from Apex
of Anchor Point, marked H-l, whence
Forest Service Monument No. 10 at
Granross Creek east bank Laida
Creek, bears N. 20 deg. E., 44 chs.;
extending thence along the east bank
of Laida Creek N. 51 deg. E., 7 chs.;
thence N. 21 deg. E., 14 chs.; thence
N. 28 deg. E., 4.44 chs., to Comer No.
2; thence E. 66.81 chs.; thence S.
21.40 ohs.; thence W. 79.27 chs., to
the place of beginning, listed upon
application of Jacob Petnju, Homer,
Alaska; List 6-1612.
A tract of 86.78 acres, described
by metes and bounds as follows. Be
ginning at Comer No. 1, Forest Ser
vice Monument (hereinafter de
scribed) bears N. 24 deg. W., 90 links;
extending thence along the east shore
of Forberg Bay 60 feet back from line
of ordinary high tide S. 54 deg. W„
2.90 chs.; S. 43 deg. W.. 6.16 chs.; 8. 1
34 deg. W.. 5.80 chs.; 8. 22 deg. W..
3.33 chs.; 8. 50 deg. W., 6.88 chs.; 8.
46 deg. W„ 6.33 chs.. and 8. 40 deg.
W., 9.60 chs.; to Corner No. 2; thence
8. 24 deg. E. 18.30 chs.; thence N. 58
deg. E., 36.58 chs.; thence N. 24 deg.
W., 29.66 chs., to the place of begin
ning. Forest Service Monument con
sists of a post set in mound of stones
on top of bluff 10 feet above high
tide line on east shore of Forberg Buy.
marked F. S. M. II. whence Passage
Point bears N. 7 deg. E., and Observa
tion Point bears N. 48 deg. E. Listed
upon application of Peter Forberg,
Cordova, Alaska: List 6-1613.
A tract of 69.50 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 situated on the
south shore of Boswell Bay a post
marked H-l; extending thence N.
63 deg. 45 min. E., 10.59 chs., to Cor
ner No. 2. identical with Forest Ser
vice Monument, whence Northernmost
point of Boswell Hock, a conspicuous
lone rock 80 feet high on mud flat
near south shore of Boswell Bay,
bears N. 87 deg. 30 min. W., 36.43
chs.; thence N. 45 deg. E., 9:41 chs.;
thence E. 24 chs.; thence S. 26 deg.
30 min. E„ 20 chs.; thence 8. 76 deg.
30 min. W„ 1.59 chs.; thence W. 49.12
chs.: thence N. 7.16 chs.. to the place
of beginning listed niton application of
William Boswell, Cordova, Alaska;
List 6-1641.
C. M. BRUCE,
Assistant Commissioner of the
General Land Office.
Bated April 17, 1915.
First Publication June 16, 1916.
Last Publication July 7, 1916
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THE northern LIKE INSURANCE COMPANY ha*
again to report a successful year, with marked gains
In every direction.
The assets were increased One hundred and Thirty five
Thousand Hollars! the resrve for the protection of Policy
holders. One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Hollars.
Accident and Sickness Claims of $28,478.00 were paid,
and Heath Claims of $33,453.00.
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Total paid to policyholders in 1914 was $116,209.26.
The Company's yearly income was increased to $416
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than seventeen per cent, over the proceeding year.
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