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H. G. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 191f
INCREASED TELEGRAPHIC
SERVICE.
In order to give its readers the lat
est and most authentic news obtain
able the Daily Times has finally suc
ceeded in completing an arrangement
wjth the Associated Press whereby it
will hereafter receive a night tele
graphic service in addition to the
regular day report now received. This
will mean not only a greatly increased
report but also protect us against fail
ing to receive any of the more im
portant world happenings that are
flashed over the wires and published
in both the morning and evening news
papers throughout the United States.
Although considerable expense will
be attached to this innovation we feel
that the best is none too good for the
patrons of the Daily Times and that
our efforts will be fully appreciated
by the reading public. *
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ysHAT A LIVE CITY HAS DONE.
Wilkes-Barre, 1 Ba„ isa-tcMp of 80,
000 people. *h«*Virtter of the
^'thracite coal region. When the war
:br>*e °Ut lts residents saw the neces
sity of »hv'eding Up coal mlninS and 1
manufacture and. theJ also saw a 1
chance for tHCTr' dt> *° ,or"e ahead.
So, instead of tafcftlg »W.ut the ad- jf
vantages of Wi 1 kCs-Sa1 t'td, got I>U3y.! *
They increased the nifrtfihershlp of *
their Commercial club from 500 to 1,- 1
200 members. The income of the club 1
was raised from $7,000 to $30,000 a 1
year. f
The Commercial club is issuing liter- 1
ature telling what has been done and 1
offering to furnish particulars to man- (
ufacturers who might desire to locate *
there. 1
We imagine that any manufacturer '
who was considering changing his lo- 1
•cation or establishing a branch plan 1
would hesitate before passing up 1
Wilkes-Barre. The argument that the ;
city has 1,200 members in its Com
merce club who pay $30,000 a year
would force him to give some consider
ation to a city whose residents wrere
so thoroughly alive.
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“OVER THE TOP.”
The biggest newspaper serial fea
ture since the beginning of the war is
“Over the Top,” by Sergeant Arthurs
Ouy Empey, and the Daily Times has
secured the exclusive right for the
publication of this story in Cordova,
wliich will begin about March 15.
For a year and a half, until he fell
wounded in No-Man’s Land, this
American soldier saw more actual
fighting and real warfare than any war
•correspondent who has written about
the war. His experiences are grim,
tout they are thrilling and lightened by
a touch of humor as original as the
Soldiers Three. And they are true.
“Over the Top” is the first story by
time of the American soldiers who went
•a Prance, has been a real combatant
and has seen long service in the
trenches.
Sergeant Empey tells what it ac
tually means and feels like:
To be wounded seven times; to live
for a year and a half with mud and
rats and shells; to be covered with
“cooties” and never get rid of them;
to go over the top in a charge; to
grasp for your gas helmet when a
eeeond’s delay means death; to cap
ture a Prussian; to get tangled up in
barb-wire with that machine gun work
ing a few yards away; to lie for thirty
six hours wounded and unconscious in
“No-Man’s Land.”
Sergt. Empey’s record is inspiring!
Three years N. G. N. J.; four years N
G. N. Y.; six years U. U. cavalry
then the sinking of the Lositania, the
horror of which took Empey to Eng
land where he enlisted- after tha
seventeen months’ first line trend
“somewhere in France."
Since being invalided home he hai
written "Over the Top,” of which near
ly half a million copies haze been sol?
—printing day and night from thre<
sets of plates fails to supply the de
n.and frr this book. Every hall when
he has lectured could have been t'illec
at least twice over. Ho has lectun
• engagements covering ihs next tw<
years throughout the Un*te:l States
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ALASKA’S FUEL STORE.
The development of the territory o
Alaska is likely to be favored by the
fuel crisis, if it is not too soon ovei
or its effects are not quickly forgot
ten.
Alaska, “the nation’s treasure
house,” has coal and oil, both in abun
dance, though little is being taker
out of the ground. The uncovered
amount is not easy to calculate, es
pecially as to oil, the geological signs
of which require confirmation by ac
tual drilling.
Since the war began copper has
passed gold as the territory’s most
valuable resource. The sudden need
lor the former metal in vast quantities
has promoted miring on an unprecen
dented scale. So the urgent call for
fuel should give au impetus to coal
and oil development.
The whole country, particularly, of
course, the Pacific coast, is keenly in
terested in the Alaska prospect. The
coast now “imports” coal from the
east. That is expensive, and besides
coal is drawn from the Atlantic sea
board which might be wanted here in
a pinch, either for local consumption
or for shipping. And, as our exper
ience this winter has warned us, ef
ficient use of transportation facilities
may be a vital consideration. Chair
man Peabody, of the coal production
committee of the national council of
defense, told a senate committee that
shipping coal from the West Virfinia
fields to California is "a most horrible
misuse of equipment.” Although the
coast is an oil producing section, the
astonishing statement is made that
the supply has been drawn down by
the war demand so that the Southern
Pacific railroad, which has long used
all burning locomotives, has been com
pellet to go back to coal on parts of
, . Ml ’
it^, system, t
Accordingly at this time Alaska
'inds outside support in appealing to
tongress for legislation to promote the
levelopmetit of these natural re
iources. The Alaska bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and!
lommercfal Club has adopted resKrfu
ions praying for the enactment of a
olicy that will encourage the pros
ector and invite capital to open up
he fuel regions on a scale eotnunero
urate with the prospect. In the easft
he idea prevails because the govern
nent is constructing a railroad to. one'
if the coal fields that the problem i=
>eing solved. The government enter
irise will be useful, so far as it goes,
iut actually It does not touch the real
>roblem. As for oil, Alaska imports
housands of barrels annually for
lomestic consumption—an extraord'in
try illustration of carrying coars to
Newcastle.
The case of Alaska reflects a gnev
jus national situation respecting pub
lic lands development. Development,.
Halted by the country-wide uprising in
behalf of conservation of the nation's
resources some years ago, has not
since been resumed on anything ap
proaching the former scale. The con
servation law's called for a readjust
ment of methods, and the war has
caught us with the process scarcely
begun.
The other day the senate passed a
bill to encourage and promote the
mining of coal and oil on the public
domain. Substantially the same bill
has failed heretofore several times in
the last few years because the house
and senate could not agree on certain
details. They will probably now agree,
because the conditions demand an
immediate remedy. But apparently
Alaska will not receive much benefit
from the legislation. Conditions in the
territory require a special policy.
The difficulties and the risks of
exploitation are manifestly greater
there than in the public lands of the
states. The government of British
Columbia, where conditions are sim
ilar, offers inducements to the pros
pector and capitalist which are prov
ing highly effective. The system
should have the consideration of con
gress. Some such policy might be en
grafted on the bill now in course ol
enactment or embodied in a specia;
Alaska act.—Providence, R. I., Jour
nal.
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Tomorrow- Is the last day for terri
torial and divisional candidates to file
their nomination papers.
CARING FOR REFUGEES ,
FROM NORTHERN ITALY
(By Associated Press)
TAORMINA. Siciliy, Jan 26 (by
mail).—Fourteen hundred refugees
from the country north of the Piave
have found shelter in this old Sicilian
mountain town, described by some
Americans as the most beautiful place
in the world. The hotels which cared
| for tourists before the war have been
thrown open to the refugees. They
have rooms generally by families, and
club together for their meals in much
the same way that Italian immigrantsj
make shift on the emigrant steamers
English and American residents1
1 joined with the townspeople in pro )
viding clothing. The two problems'
are food and employment, and repre 1
sentatlves of the American Red Cros3
who visited here left a fund with the
local war committee to ^^rohase wool
and pay the refugee women for knit
ting warm socks and gloves for Italian
soldiers.
Five hundred refugees arrived at
midnight at the fliardini station, two
and a half miles below on the coast
j I,ne railroad, In the midst of a tor
, rential downpour. The feeblest and
I eldest were brought up in carriages,
| hundreds climbed the steep footpath
i in utter darkness and in fear nr the!
| eerie height to which they were taken
A very few had bundles of simple
Clothing, the majority only the ciohtes
they were standing in. Some had es
caped in the night barely clothed.
Many had walked continuously for
five days and nights before reaching
the train which took eight weary days
and nights to bring them here. It was
so packed that many stood up the en
tire distance'- Two little children
succumbed to the hardships on the
journey. Many' of the families have
missing member*. Before reaching
their trains they endured almost
clovcAtarsts of rain, the difficult cross
ing of swollen streams and sodden
plains, with ever the horror of the
pursuing Austrians. JMiring this tfcne
families’ became separated, ehildWn
lost their parents and the few little
treasures from their homes were
gradually dropped aside to make eas
ier their hurried journeying.
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SAN FRANCISCO*. Feb. 27.—T±*mien <
show greater originality than men in <
the matter of framing, e-sc-uses tc avoid *
doing jury duty, according to Jury ,
Commissioner Thomas S. Mulvey,, who 4
has been. listening to. tiioowands of rea- 4
sons offered, by men and, women why 4
they should be excused. ^
A num ber *>f women, hawt done what |
mere man, who perhaps has, had merely
experience with courts,, haas not dared 4
to do. They have sought, to avoid. 4
jury duty by the simple process of ig- ^
noring the summons. Included among
these are a number of. women who-’
are officials of various federations and.,
civic organizations. These will get a»j
second summons, and it they fail to*
respoud their names will, be; put in aJ!
jury box and. they will, be subject to,!
call for service.
One wwnan. wrote lq> MoiArey that!
she thought she ought to be excused;
as her “sixteenth child is. ill and the !
eighteenth is less thaoi six. months l
old.” Another said she would “just j
lose to serve," but her husband >
“wouldn’t ever consent."
Another fair voter summoned replied j
on perfumed stationery, through her]}
secretary, that she couMi not possibly |
spare the time. Commissioner Mulvey
says she was one of the clubwomen
who wrote him several weeks ago de
manding that 50 per cent of the 191&
jury panel be composed of women.
Pleas of nervousness, illness or the
ca re of children are among the more
frequent excuses.
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The Juneau high school roll has
fered severely the past few weeks,
because of an epidemic of German
measles. As the majority of the pupils .
have had them, they are expected .
soon to depart. The grades all suf
fered from the German bombardment
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A. W. Blanchard of Fairbanks re
cently pleaded guilty to having liquor
in his possession, and was given ninety
days in jail. A native woman was
given seventy-Hve days for drunken !
ness. Blanchard would have been!
given a more severe sentence had he^
been a younger man.
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Recent advices indicate that the
passenger rates will go up with the
increase of March 1. When will the
limit be reached? Is the cry of the
overburdened Alaskan.
| Don’t Be Deluded
THE TIN CAN OR THE STOCKING WILL NOT PROTECT
YOUR SAVINGS IF YOU ALLOW OUR GOVERNMENT
TO LOSE.
twf wu^StSItoY for putting YOUR SHOULDER TO
RFTiMmETr ^AL' IF Y0U ARE A ™END DON’T
A>rnIrfi?®?.Y0U ARE AN ENEMY BE FRIENDLY
WHAT Y°U HAVE. BUY GOVERN
rurN7'r?^Riv8UES AND PUT THE BALANCE IN CIR
CULATION BY DEPOSITING WITH
Bank of Alaska
S53. ALASKA’S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
t . l\ CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $105,500.00
v “AN INSTITUTION OF STRENGTH AND CHARACTER ” I
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FISHERMAN!
1 buy any amonot of f»t» of
coiwaiercial valuer shark Uver
and eod liver delivered at my
station at Sheep Pohat or Ocesw*
Dock.
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