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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE JOHN W. TROY, . . Editor and Manager Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY, at Second and Main Streets. Juneau. Alaska. Entered as second-class matter November 7, 1912. at the postoffice at Juneau, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau. Douglas, Treadwoll and Thane for $1.00 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance $10.00 Six months, in advance 5.00 Three months, in advance 2.50 ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Subscribers will confer a favor If they will prompt ly notify the Business Office of any falluro or Irregu larity in the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Office, 374. Authorized Local Agents Douglas, Miss Lena White; Treodwell, M. A. Snow; Thane. Ed. Morgau; Perseverance, Hans Hollmer. CIRCULATION OVER 2,000 DAILY SWORN CIRCULATION STATEMENT FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 26. 1916. The daily average circulation of THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE for the week ending August 26th. was 2060 copies. The circulation for each day of the week follows: Monday 2057 Tuesday 2065 Wednesday 2050 Thursday 2047 # Friday 206') Saturday 2051 Total .'..12.360 The foregoing is a true and correct statement of the daily circulation of the ALASKA DAILY EM PIRE for the week ending August 26. 1916. JOHN W. TROY. Subscribed and swort to before me this 28th day of August. 1916. W. A. HOLZHELMER. Notary Public. BUY AT HOME One of the essential things In the development of a country is the patronage of hone industries and institutions wherever that is possible. And nearly all of the time that would be not only possible but profitable on Gastineau channel. Such manufacturing institutions as we have In this section give value for their money, and our stores are up-to-date and reasonable in their prices. However, if every one would make it a practice to purchase all that he has to buy at local houses, we would have better and larger manufacturing in stitutions and larger and better stores. If the money that is sent out of Juneau to mail order houses and to outside manufacturing concerns were spent at home, it would have a wonderful effect on trade here. The merchats and others would carry larger stocks of goods, give employment to more men and create a greater volume of business all round. Xnd the local dealers are entitled to this sort of treatment. They have payrolls that help to give us population. They pay taxes that help to run our municipalities, give us streets and the other municipal institutions. They help to support our schools, our churches, fraternal societies, to care for our needy and everything that makes the communities worth living in. Give them the support they are entitled to?and that is every possible dollar's worth?and they will be able to give us even better service than they are now giving. Let every man buy what he can on Gastineau channel, and the result will be improved Gastineau channel communities. THE PRESIDENT AND WICK'S FISH Wlckersham says the President has taken no ac tion on Alaska fisheries questions notwithstanding that "I?ME,?WIOKERSHAM, WROTE HIM A LETTER." Probably the President never saw the letter. Probably It was sent to the proper Department by the Presi dent's Secretary. At least that was where the subject matter of the letter was discussed to the dislike of Wlckersham. And what did Wlckersham do then? Did he call on the President and ask for an interview? No. He did not care a tinker's hoot about what the President's attitude might be. He had a copy of that letter, and he was only trying to make up a record for another campaign anyhow. He was not after re sults. He was after something that would make a noise like campaign thunder. CRITICISED DEMOCRATS The charge Is made that certain Democrats who formerly supported Wickersham In his efforts to se cure an Alaska Legislature have gone over to "tho enemy," and they are severely criticised for It. These Democrats aided Wickersham in securing his "first step toward self-government." They were prepared to aid him to secure the second and third steps. But notwithstanding that he was invited by the President to take the next step, he not only re fused to do so, but criticised the President for extend ing him the invitation. The Democrats who aided Wickersham before be cause he favored the first step toward self-government are still for self-government. Wickersham was left at the end of the first step. If some of those who opposed the taking of the first step have now accepted the inevitable and are willing to keep step with the progressive Democrats, who refused to stop the fight for self-government when Wickersham stopped, the progressive Democrats are willing to have their aid. The progressive Democrats stand for principles rather than men. They desire to utilize all in Alaska that stands fairly and squarely for self-government and progress as long as it so stands. They are not hero worshipers on the one hand nor bile-iadcn vengeance seekers on the other hand. They are marching for ward?always forward?and they are glad when joined by those who may have formerly hampered rather than aided their progress. They will not refuse any man the right to stand up for Alaska. They are not blind, bigoted Bourbons. They would be glad to have Wickersham join them in their fight for self-govern ment notwithstanding his many wanton betrayals of the cause?howbelt. they will never again cease to watch him. Wickersham is coming to Alaska to make the hills ring with his denunciations of the administration. He is angry through and through because the President, Cabinet officers and Senators and Congressmen and all the others of high and low degree did not come to hlai. and ask "what would yot have?" Ho will attempt to convince people that It Is tho President's fault that he never met and talked with the chief executive of tho Nation. "The Proslden should have come to me?WIckersham?and asked for a chart and program," is the attitudo. By tho way, the presence in Alaska of Dr. Coo and the near approach of Wickorsham causes one to recall that when the late Legislature was in session Delegate WIckersham informed vhc members that he would get a law passed that would bring the Insane of the Territory back to Alaska. He pledged that he would have an insane asylum locatr-d at Skagway. But Alaska's insane are still In Or' gon. Some more i "piffle in Washington and peddle in Alaska!" Senator Sulzer stands for progress and efficiency. Senator Sulzer will not be a Delegate to Congress from Alaska for many months un-il he knows and Is known by all the Senators and Representatives in Con gress who aro worth while and all the Cabinet officers who have anything to do with Alaska. He will go to Washington and get results. A GOOD CITIZEN GONE (Port Townsend Leader) In the tragic death of Hon. D. S. Tr*y. of Chim acum. Jefferaon county and the State of Washington have lost the citizen who could least be spared. Progressive, Industrious, generous, affable; combining keen business Judgment with an open-handednoss which could not bear to see a fellow man In trouble, his good acts were as numberless as the sands of the sea. Of a mental and moral calibre which had made him one of the biggest men in the State, and pointed to even bigger possibilities in the future, he was taken away in the full vigor of manhood, with his work but partly done. .Many a hopelessly involved farmer of the Northwest who has had the benefit of his advice and financial assistance will miss the friend who helped him over the hard places; many a prosperous man will long remember the spirit of loyalty and fair ness which was his governing principle; many a friend will miss his lovable smile, warm hand clasp and never-failing word of encouragement. It is indeed a pity that the incomprehensible scheme of things should decree that the one most needed should he taken away. The memory of "Dave" Troy will be cherished for years by thousands of people of the State of Washington. The world would be a better place to live in if it contained more men cast in the same mold. FOR BETTER OR WORSE (Fairbanks News-Miner) Whether or not road building in Alaska will be hastened through the passage of Delegate Wicker sham's anti-road commission bill, now pending before Congress. Is a question which should receive the ser ious consideration of Northerners, whose future pros perity depends largely upon the rapid Improvement and extension of the elaborate system of wagon roads with which we have been provided by Colonel Rich ardson and his collegues of the Alaska Road Commis sion. The bill Introduced by the Delegate empowers the Territorial Legislature to "alter, amend, modify or repeal" the act of Congress relating to the construc tion and maintenance of wagon roads and trails in Alaska and, if passed, might be used by the Terri torial lawmakers to put an end to the commission of which Colonel Richardson is the moving spirit. ? ? ? * ? Knowing the hostile attitude of Delegate Wicker sham toward the head of the road commission, we are inclined to regard the pending measure with sus picion. If approved by Congress it will prove a dan gerous weapon in the hands of partisan legislators. NOT THE TIME TO CHANGE PILOTS (Whitehorse Star) White nobody supposed for a minute that the country would go to the everlasting bo^-wows if Mr. Hushes should be elected President, the fact that Woodrow Wilson has proven that he can safeguard the interests of the country during the most trying period through which it has ever passed, is suffic ient Inducement to the average voter to let well enough alone. That Mr. Hughes is an awfully nice man is not denied or even questioned. The majority of men are nice but oodles of them would make a sad mess of sailing the Ship of State.. Therefore as Mr. Wilson knows the course and as Mr. Hughes has never sailed it. the present is not an auspicious thne for changing pilots. If Wilson had not made good. It would be different, but he has made good in the past, is making good in the present and will make good in the future. Vive la Wilson. A FUNNY SIGHT (St. Ix>uis Republic) A Republican candidate going up and down the country complaining about President Wilson's diplo matic appointments makes a funny sight. Ambassador Herrick. whose case pains Mr. Hughes so deeply, knew nothing about diplomacy when lie went to Paris. He was president of a savings bank and an Ohio politic ian. Nevertheless. Herrick succeeded Henry White, a diplomat of long experience who knew France be cause he was educated there. GAG PUT ON DELEGATE (Valdez Miner) It is a fortunate thing that those Fairbanksans put a gag on Delegate Wickersham before he worked further damage to our interior trail appropriation. Had he been permitted to have his way he would tear up the road and destroy alt communication between the two towns to avenge his fancied grievance against the Road Commission. This is one Alaskan body that our Delegate has been forced to let alone; and the fact has galled him until he has become batty over it. It is a good thing for Valdez that the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce stepped in and reminded the Hon. James that he was elected to serve all the people. HARD NUTS FOR HUGHES TO CRACK (Philadelphia Record) Would you have recognized Huerta? Would you be in favor o intervention in Mexico? Would you urge universal compulsory military service? Would you have urged upon Congress an embargo on shipments of munitions to the Allies? Are you in favor of ship subsidies? What are your specific complaints against the Federal reserve system? What would you have done about Belgium and the Lusitania? Dr. Alfred Hulse Brooks, head of the U. S. Geolo gical Survey work in Alaska, who is enroute to this part of the Territory, to'.d a Seattle reporter that he was neither a doctor of medicine nor a doctor of law; that the title which he bears was given to him by the people of Alaska, and that he values it more highly than any degree that could be conferred by a university. Dr. Brooks is a typical sourdough. Alaska has no firmer friend than this highly efficient official. Mining men in Alaska have learned to regard the opinion of Dr. Brooks above that of any other geolo gist In the country.?(Anchorage Times.) The town will appreciate the early installation of the electric light and power system. We trust that at least the main street of Anchorage will be lighted, so that a person may get about during the hours of darkness with some degree of comfort as well as safety.?(Anchorage Times.) It is worthy of note and commendation that the first group of railway laborers?thi;ee hundred in num ber?imported by the Alaskan Engineering Commis sion for work on the railway project are American citizens.?(Anchorage Times.) * * CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS * * = -=^ , 1 Women, nowadays, are ad-readers. They have learned that the worth-while things are advertised. ??"?--?-7" * ? - ? ? -.i What Will It Cost? Those who havo never tested the usefulness to them of tho classified ndu arc apt to wonder about what the' cost will be of securing, through advertising, the result? they desire. What Is It costing you per dny, to be out of work? What 1b It costing you per day, to be without a tcn unt for that house, apartment or store? What Is It costing you to have a vacant furnished room. What Is It costing you to "get nlong" without needed help In your home, In your business? Would tho expense, each dny, for a classified ad be greater than the expense Incurred Inevitably through trust ing to luck about these things? To use classified advertising, day by day, until you se cure work, or a tenant, or help would Involve a very slight expense compared with the loss to you inflicted by the lack of these. WHAT IS IT COSTING YOU NOT TO ADVERTISE, I FOR 8ALE?Miscellaneous ] MAKE YOUR SELLING TASK SHORTER by making your real es tate ad LONGER. It's hard to tell a real estate story within the space of a few lines. Prospective buyers! like to learn more, from your nd. than the mere fact that you have property to sell. It Is good policy to give some real Information about the property. FOR SALE?All kinds of second hand furniture and stoves. In tent, next to Hyde's barn. Wllloughby Ave. A2-lm. FOR SALE?Restaurant and lunch room. Enquire Empire. Jy2Gtf. FOR SALE?Big gas boat un der construction at bargain. Apply P. 0. Box 563, Dowlas. &2 UNCALLED For suits for sale. $5 and up. Club Tailors 71 Front St. tf. FOR SALE?Rooming house, call phone 1202, over McMillan Bros., for particulars. b18 FOR SALE?One riding or driving pony. Enquiro Wm. Geddes. A31. TOR SALE or trade?Five-room house, and once acre land. Address P. O. Box 764. 8-22tf. FOR SALE?EFFICIENCY FOR SALE?Correspondence schol arship. Efficiency never goes beg ging. The person who can do posi tively anil thoroughly something that I3 useful Is always in demand. AD DRESS SCHOLARSHIP. Empire, tf. FOR SALE?Two General Electric motors in excellent condition. One 3 h. p and one Vi h. p. Address Electric motor. Empire. tf. FOR SALE?Two houses, newly built, 6 rooms in each, at corner of Sixth & Kennedy stroets. Lot 1, Block 121. See Gust E. Anderson. ?84 FOR SALE?3-room modern house, furnished, on lot 50x100. Enquire J. Plant, Third St. Douglas. 6t. SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE. Next Monday Ib Ijibor Day. Yep. and we'uns will labor na usual. OUR OWN STUFF. SEE! Names Is Names. 1. M. Nutt 1h a llshcrnian, work ing at Ellamar. Things To Worry About "Wick" 1b coming back north again to tell what u great man "I am." WHY ARE ADS IMPORTANT TO WOMEN? To read the store ads and to visit the stores is to run Into the "temp tation" to buy?and the best way to meet such a temptation Is, usual ly, to yield to it. SMILES ? ? No Alibi. "The war Ih doing me a good turn, anyhow." "In what way?" "I don't have to think up excuses for not taking my family to Eu rope this summer."?(Detroit Free Press.) Well, Y Not? He (to new acquaintance)?How do you spell your first name? She E-d-y-t-h-c. How do you spell yours? He?J-y-m-c. ? (Boston Tran script.) She Understood. Aviator (home from the war on leave)?And then when you arc up pretty high?three or four miles? and you look down. it'b positively sickening. It is stupendous, aw ful. A great height is a fearful thing. I can tell you. Lady (feelingly)?Yes, I can sym pathize with you, poor boy. I feel just that way myself when I'm on top of a stepladder.? (Tiger.) Same Line. "When I was a boy," said the gray-haired physician, happen ed to be in a reminscqnt mood, "I wanted to be a soldier; but my par * WANTED?Miscellaneous ARE YOU A CANDIDATE for a business position? Conduct your cam paign through the classified columns ?a short and convincing campaign, ASSURING your ELECTION to the post you desire. Make It known to business men your FITNESS for the place?and, while you may have a good many candidates in opposition to you. you have an equal chance with any of them to win. s4. WANTED?Twenty-five men a day with 25 cents each to bathe at the Pioneer Baths. Including shower and excclllcnt accommodations. A28. WANTED?Strong boy not going to school. $10.00 per week. Ju neau Fruit Market. A29. Lady wishes position as dentist's assistant with opportunity to learn mechanical dentistry. Box 325 Douglas. s2 WANTED?Girl for general house work. Scandinavian preferred. Ad dress Carbot's Boarding House, in Douglas. 30if. HIGHEST price paid for men's cast-off clothing, guns and Jewelry. Club Tailor, 71 Front Street, Tel. 451. tf. SINGER Sowing Machine Com pany distributing ofllce for Alaska. Supplies and Repairs. Phone 125. 321 Franklin Street. tf. ELDERLY and middle-aged men mnko money soiling our hardy, guar antecd ornamontal and fruit stock. Cash weekly. Outfit free. Exper ience unnecessary. \Va3h, Nursery Co., Toppenlsh, Wn. Aul4tf. ents persuaded me to study medi cine." "O, well," rejoined the sympathet ic druggist, "such Is life. Many a man with wholesale aspirations has to contend himself with a retail business.?(London Tit-Bits.) Innuendo. "Wombat says he tries to put as good a face on things as possible." "He's the man to paint your por-1 trait, old top."?(Kansas City Jurn al.) Easy and Sure. "What would you do if you had ? 1,000,000?" "Oh, I don't know. Just sit, down and watch my wife spend it, I suppose."?(London Answers.) No Use for It. "Have you a $5 bill that you don't know what to do with?" "Yes. here is one." "O. thank you. But, I say, this Is counterfeit." "Well, you asked me for one I didn't know what to do with."? (Chicago Herald.) Many a married man's best friend is his wife's husband. Allentown. Pa., has dedicated a new 5500,000 high school. MONEY LOANPn | ? * on personal property, diamonds, Jew i elry, notes and bonds. All business strictly confidential. J. Plant, broker and Jewelr, Front St. 3-1-tf " FURNISHED ROOMS I * * ROOM FOR RENT?114 Main St. tf FOR RENT?Two sleeping rooms, team heat, plenty of hot water. -Rent reasonable, good view. The i Windsor, Phono 228. A 14. FOR RENT?Nicciy furnished oom with bath. Enquire over Ju icau Drug Co. or phono 4 76. tf. * HOUSES & FLATS FOR RENT i * ? FLAT FOR RENT?Four-room mod ern flat with bath for rent. Appb- I. Goldstein. JylOtr. FOR RENT?Four room cottage with bath room and range. ThomaH, Juucau Hdw. Co. 's5 FOR RENT?Two room partly fur nished flat in the best part of Doug las. For particulars 'phone 26 Doug lac. A21-tf. COMPLETELY Furnished Apart ments. Everything ready to move in. $18 and up. Close in; good view. All outside rooms, Phone 228. Au.14. FOR RENT, 2 ana 3-room furnished housekeeping suites; reasonable. "The cozy corner of Juneau." Cliff Apart monts. near Court House. 2-1-lm. FOR RENT?4-room housekeeping apartment with bath; also 2-roora housekeeping apartment, both fur nished. Sans Soucl, Douglas. 6-2-lm FOR RENT?Fairbanks Restaurant. Enquire of I. Goldstein. 7-2tf. STORE FOR RENT, formorly oc upicd by Juneau Hardware Co., Front street, phone 303. a3tf FOR RENT?Dining room. En quire Circle City hotel. n31 RUSSIAN BATHS ? ? RUSPIAN STEAM BATHS opon Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 12 p. m. Hillside above Alaskan hotel. 6-20-lm . DYEING AND CLEANING ? ? PHONE 394, Moon Bros., for 1st lass cleaning and pressing, 126 Front street. PALM READING I ? ? I'ALMIST?Como *o the palmist. I toll you about work, buslnosB, mar rlago und the future. Got your for tune told. 30G Front Street. 4-5-lm. Dry Cleaning, Sponging and Press ing of clothes for men and women. Price Reasonable. I will call for and deliver. Repairing. JOHN TOHVINEN, 112 Franklin St. Phone 252. WANTED?100 Men To Get Their nil Its pressed by the month for 62V?c each. Moon Bros., Phone 394. a8tf commercial and society pr'inting Fine Commercial and Society Print ing?The Empire Printing Company has recently Installed In Its new of fice tho largest number of type faces and borders In latest styles that ever was brought to Alaska. Make us prove this statement by giving us your next order. tf EMPIRE'S classifieds pr.y. I f M. S. 8UTT0N Architect 113 Decker Building j Phone 111?Juneau, Alaska ! + < t Condensed Statement of the Condition of <? f The B. M. Behrends Bank I (As reported to the Territorial Banking Board) ;; AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS AUGUST 5. 1916 33 ' ? Resources 3 J Loans and discounts J 738.791.09 <? <? Ovcrdafts . NONE! 33 Bank building, furniture, etc 46,773.83 <> ? U. S. and other bonds 225,959.15 33 Cash and due from banks 339,888.68 33 ? ? Total $1,351,412.75 ? J* Liabilities 31 ' 33 Capital $ 50.000.00 <> ? Surplus 50,000.00 33 t Undivided profits 12,822.31 ,, <? Deposits 1,238,590.44 <? <? 33 $ Total $1,351,412.75 ? * BOARD and LODQINO T GOOD homo cooking and pleasant rooms at rcasonablo rates. Mrs. E. Emmons, Bay Vlow House, formorly * tho St. George. Ag7. f JUNK DEALERS ? United States Junk Company buys all kinds f metals and rubber. J. W. Felix, manager; Cash Cole's Barn, Phono 3442. 2-29-tf MANICURING MANICURING and furnished rooms, 634 Scwart street. Jol9-lm SEWING MACHINES, necdloo. oils and repairs at I. J Sbarlck'a. 6-15-tf Fresh shrimps at Graff's. 8-1-tf. f TURKISH BATH8 HILLSIDE BATH HOUSE?Turkish J Needle, Steam, Shower and tub baths. Dry and steam heat. 218 Front St. Phone 163. 11-16-tr. CITY BATHS. Steam, shower, tub and Turkish Laths. Emma E. Burke, proprietress, 329 Fret * Street. Phone 3-1-6. 11-16-tf. !?* ? I I PROFESSIONAL I \i====i i' i? HARRY C. :iEVIOWN?, M.D. Room? 2, 3 4, Matnny Bldg. Juneau, A'?ika Ofllce 2302?Phon;t?lies. 2303 !* 4 |+ ? DR. P. J. M A H 0 N E 412 GoldBteln Bldg., ofllce phone 822; home phone 823. Juneau Alaska ? O +??? 4 WILLIAM PALLISTER, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Specialist in tho treatment of diseases and deformities of tho cyo and car, noso and throaL Glasses fitted. Ofllce Juneau General Hospital. Phor.e 500 ? ?* * ;+? ??4 DR. D. A. GKIFFIN DENTIST Specialist on Pyorrhoea and Pro phylactic work. All work guar anteed. Consultation Free. 336 Gold Street 4- 4 t ? DR. L. O. SLOAN E Office Phono?1-8 Homo Phone?2-9-7 + 4 4 ? DR. LEONARD P. OAWtS Surgeon and Physician Offlco First Nut Bank Bid*. .. Hours 10 to 12 ra.; 1 to 4; and 7 to 9 p. m. Phono?2Ci2; Ros.?2603. + 4 4 ?. DR. A. J. PALWcR ? ? ? ? Physician and Surgeon 108 Second Street Omco Phono 4f3 + 4 4 4 DR. DOUGLAS BROWN Office 407 Goldstein Building lliurs 10:30 to 11:30 a. in. 7 t) 8 p. m. and by Appointment Phono, ofllcc ISS-rcsldonco 468 A J. 1 9 4 4 Phone 453. DR! MARTIN DAMOURETTE Physician and Surgeon Microscopic and Bacteriological Examinations San Francisco Bakery Block. | ; ; > DR. E. H. KASER DENTIST 1 and 3 Goldstein Building Phone 56. Hours 9 n. m. to 9 p. m. 4 4 4 4 DR. E. J. HALFORD DENTIST Seward Building Front & Franklin ? Phone 193 4 4 4 4 Phono 176. WHITE & JENNE Dentists Valentine Bldg. Juneau f- 4 MISS ALBRECHT, Osteopath Swedish Massage, Medical Gym nasties. Expert treatment given In all cases requiring massage , diet and mechanical therapou tics. Rooms 410 Gotdstcin Build ing. Phone 2S2.