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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 postofflce at Juneau, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau. Douglas. Treadwell and Thane for 91-00 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year. In advance, 910.00 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 failure or Irregu larity in tho delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Office, 374. Authorized Local Agents Dcuglas. Miss Lena White; Treadwell. M. A. Snow; Thane. Ed. Morgan; Perseverance, Hans Hollmer. CIRCULATION OVER 2.000 DAILY SWORN CIRCULATION STATEMENT FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 2, 1916. The dally average circulation of THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE for the week ending September 2. 1916, was 2,063 copies. The circulation for each day of the week follows: Morday 2.0S3 Tuesday 2.05S Wednesday 2.065 Thursday 2,055 Friday 2,053 Saturday 2.067 Total 12.3S1 The foregoing Is a true and correct statement of the daily circulation of the ALASKA DAILY EM PIRE for the week ending September 2. 1916. JOHN W. TROY. Subscribed and swort to before me this 4th day of September. 1916. W. A. HOLZHEIMER, Notary Public. KETCHIKAN HAD TO GET ALONG WITHOUT WICKERSHAM Ketchikan business men also found it necessary to send an unofficial Representative to Congress in order to get legislation that would prevent the fish eries industry of their town and other Southeastern Alaskan towns from being transferred from Alaska to British Columbia. H. C. Strong, of that city, has been managing the legislation on this question at Washington, and yesterday succeeded in getting the measure designed to protect the business Interests of American ports and to save the fisher folk as resi dents of Alaska, pass the Senate. While Mr. Strong was laboring for Alaska, the Delegate was neglecting all Alaskan matters, spend ing his time trying to manufacture campaign dope? and then deserted the field where he admits that things of great importance to Alaska arc being con sidered. CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ?'Y t U? Y! NG AT HOME There is far more money made through Commun ity development than through individual earnings. More men become well-to-do because the town in which they live and the surrounding country grows larger than in any other way. One of the best ways in the world to aid your town to grow larger and richer is to patronize home institutions. The larger the volume of local business becomes the greater the local payrolls will become. The man who buys at home, therefore, is contributing to the growth of the town. The man who takes an interest in his town, its progress, the growth and improvement of its public institutions, and that of its stores and factories, its newspapers and all of its necessities and conven iences is a good citizen, and he is aiding himself. NOT HUGHES' SHAME If tho telegraphic strrv that comes from the Hughes special train at 1-ouisvillc. which says that Candidate Hughes was confronted with a packed au dience at Nashville, and was hissed and hooted, is true, the shame is Nashville's and not that of the the Republican candidate for President. While there seems to be a growing belief that Mr. Hughes has not been conducting an altogether dignified or states manlike campaign against the administration, Ameri cans should not forget for a single minute that he is the candidate of one of the historic American poli tical parties, which contains practically half of the American people, for the highest office in the land, and is the leader and spokesman of that party; that he is "a former Governor of the greatest American1 State and a former Justice of the greatest American court, and has otherwise been highly honored by his countrymen. He is entitled to a respectful hearing from those who have the opportunity and desire to attend his meetings. If there are those who resent his course, and do not care to hear what he may have to say, they should refrain from attending his meetings. TERMS OF EIGHT-HOUR LAW The eight-hour day for railroad employees will not go into effect until January 1. and it provides that over-time compensation until the matter shall have been fully investigated shall be at the same pro rata hourly rate as regular time. The statement issued by the Senate committee on interstate commerce in support of the measure describes it briefly in these words: 'That eight hours shall be deemed a day's work and the standard for reckoning compensation of railroad employees operat ing trains in interstate commerce after Jan uary 1. 1917; and ?'That a commission of three, appointed by President Wilson, shall investigate the ef fects of the eight-hour standard from six to nine months and then report to Congress, present wages not to be reduced during the investigation or for thirty days thereafter and overtime to be paid at a pro rata rate." WHY NOT ON THE JOB? If Delegate WIckersham feels that the Alexander Alaska fisheries bill would ruin Alaska, if it should become a law, and that there is danger of its pass age. why did he not remain in Washington and con tinue the fight against the adoption of the favorabte report which he says has been made since he left Washington? President Wilson and the leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives have not permitted ambitions for re-election to interfere with their duties as representatives of tbo people and law makers of the country? Delegate Wickershnm gets $7,500 a year to represent and servo tho peoplo of Alaska at Washington. Why is he not on tho Job? While the richest of the Filipino millionaires says the Philippines desires a separation from the United States, an even 5,000 of tho voters or the Danish West Indies voted in favor of annexation to the American Nation and only 11 votes wcro cast against It. Why wasn't Wlckci^ham on the Job at Wash ington when the Juneau school bonding bill was upf When the Ketchikan fisheries bill was up? When the Carlin-Alcxander bill was being reported? Why was ho not trying to help Nome get her school house bonding bill through? He is paid $7,500 a year to care for such matters as these at Washington. THE BURIED PITCHFORK (St. Louis Republic) In the Senate, shortly after Mr. Hughes had raised the old cry that the Democratic party is sec tional, Senator Ben Tillman made a short address which Is worthy of more publicity than it received. Mr. Hughes had attempted to enforce his position by pointing to Southern leadership in Congress by reason of the number of chairmanships held by the Southern men. Of course. Senator Tillman found the answer very easy. The prominence of Southern Democrats is largely due to the habit of Southern voters, who keep good men in Congress until the rule of seniority lifts them into chairmanships. Tho same principle works in favor of certain States of tho North and West when Republicans are in power. Maine and Iowa have been conspicuous exampels of this ten dency. But it is not this part of Senator Tillman's speech which is the most impressive. We look rather to the Senator's deeply sincere plea for an end of all sectionalism for what was most significant in the speech. It is not possible to quote the speech here, but a passage in which the speaker expressed his personal attitude and feeling may be given. It is as follows: "" J ~ '*??>? *>A vanrc T hnVA <lon? 11 UUI11I& UlC IUOI -v ^ aught in this chamber or elsewhere to keep alive the smoldering fires of sectionalism, let me say today that they have long since died out of my own heart and in the land whence I come. I had no such purpose, but only to defend the South when unjustly attacked and to justify its actions under conditions which you men can never realize, imposed by the reconstruction acts. . ... If ever I did hate the Northern people?and 1 confessed to that the last time I spoke here?that hatred and partisanship has died out of my heart; and the pitchfork, if it was considered the emblem of it, has long since been buried From its grave an olive tree has sprung, and I am tendering the olive branch, claiming to represent the South in doing so, to all North ern people." Surely, if the "pitchfork" Senator from South Carolina, remembering the ruin of Civil War and the scandals of reconstruction, can say these things, there is no more room in this country for breeders of sec tional strife. A NOISY CITY (Seattle Post-Intclllgcnccr) While conversation between human Deings is still possible at times in the business district of Seattle, there ire many moments of the day when the din of car and general street traffic is so great that the deaf and dumb language is the only relia ble method of communication. Seattle is one of the noisiest cities in the world, and the people who are making most of the noise seem to be blissfully sat isfied with their efforts, or obvious to the effect on a nervous citizenry. A suffering citizen has written the I'ost-Intelli gencer a letter of protest, and urges the organiza tion of a society for the prevention of useless noises. Quoting from his letter: "There is nothing like Seattle noise in even the largest cities of the country. The worst offenders are the motorcycle and auto bile drivers; cut-outs wide open, horns screeching and nosy street cars combine to bring us frightful, sleepless nights and high tension days. In most downtown offices tele phone communication is impossible when a window is open. Why is not the law regard ing the use of cut-outs enforced? rino nt fho ronanna u-hv \vi> are sr? nosv is that practically no one is trying to prevent it. This young and ebullient community is "up on its toes." attend ing to business, very much In a hurry, and intent on results rather than on means. Noise costs nothing and is regarded as having no bearing on the earning of a dollar, hence the issue is neglected. There is no question that it ravels the community nerves and is really deterrent in the dally routine of business. There is a field for the activities of a society to prevent unnecessary noises. There is probably no good reason why a street car crossing a rail Inter section should be allowed to create a din like a carload of tin cans dropping in a rock quarry. There is no good reason why an automobile or motorcycle should be allowed to create a succession of explos ions that rival the bombardment of Verdun. The depressing volume of this daily cannonading could be decreased if somebody made it a business to attend to it. e\V hopefully call for volunteers; perhaps the police department will respond. DON'T PREVARICATE (Louisville Courier-Journal) Says the New York Sun: "President Wilson is hurt to find that a conviction has spread that he is willing to sacrifice the principle of arbi tration for the sake of settling the dispute between the railways and their trainmen forthwith. Mr. Wilson denies that he is sacrificing arbitration. He says that he favors compulsory settlement of such dis putes in the future, but pleads that it is too late to enforce arbitration in the present controversy." The President said nothing of the sort. He said he had no power to compel arbitration, and this, un fortunately. was and is strictly true. The Sun should beware of garbling and prevarication. A READY FRIEND MAKER (Douglas Island News) Chas. A. Sulzer. Democratic candidate for Dele gate to Congress, in a letter to the editor of the News from Nome, says the outlook there, as well as at all points in the Interior, are most favorable to his election. His trip around the circle is proving that he Is a ready friend maker. Even those who are opposing him have not a word derogatory to him as a man-honorable, upright and capable. The Pro gressive-Miner of Ketchikan, an outspoken Republi can paper but ardent supporter of Sulzer, says: "If half of what the reports bring us from the Interior of Alaska is true, Sulzer may be said to be elected. It is said that he has made of every man, woman and child in that part, a friend who will vote for him at the election. If he can get half of that num ber of votes, the First Division will land him high and dry." Danish statesmen declare that the sale of the Danish West Indies was forced on them by the Unit ed States. Doubtless meaning thereby that this country offered so much money it was impossible to resist accepting.?(Chicago Herald.) If a railroad situation like the present again arises the public will have only itself to thank and to kick for it.?(Chicago Herald.) < * CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS *w * | Sell it through the classified?the home-hunters always read these ads. * ?? A Want Ad in The EMPIRE costs so little, when compared with the cost of not-tenanted property, that the owner merely acts as a self-protector in persist ently using the To Let" columns of The Empire. Our readers are ad readers; ad readers are ad answerers; ad answerers arc doers of things, renters, buyers?"which is why" your ad will find a tenant. Empire ads have thousands of readers. d ? . f FOR 8ALE?Miscellaneous f KEEP "THE CLASSIFIED" AT WORK FOR YOU! If you want to soil some real estate, <lon't entrust the soIlIng-taBk to placards or palnt ed Blgns. The buyers read the clas sified" ads. They read them every day. Thoy are as anxious to dis cover a real buying opportunity as you are to find a buyer. Their quest for the best real estate In vestment brings them to the classi fied columns. Your quest for a buy er should bring you there?and keep you there until the sale is made. all. FOR SALE?Restaurant and lunch room. Enquire Empire. 1.v2Gtf. * + UNCALLED for SUITS for sale. $5.00 and up. Club Tailors. 71 Front St. ? * FOR SALE?Rooming house, call phono 1202, over McMillan Bros., for particulars. sl8 FOR SALE or trado?Flvo-room house, and once aero land. Address P. O. Box 764. 8-22tf. FOR SALE?Two General Electric motors in excellent condition. One 3 h. p and one !4 h. p. Address Electric motor. Empire. tf. FOR SALE?One six- room house, and lot 60x100 feet, centrally locat ed, apply to John G. Hold. tf. FOR SALE?Good payable room ing house; low rent; center of busi ness district. Will give lcaso. Have business elsewhere. Owner, Empire. ?(Oct.5.)? FOR SALE?EFFICIENCY FOR SALE?Correspondence schol- j arshlp. Efficiency never goes beg ging. The person who can do posi-; lively and thoroughly something that; is useful Is always In demand. AD-1 DRESS SCHOLARSHIP, Empire, tf. 4 * | BITS OF BY-PLAY (By Luko McLukc) * ? Names Is Names Splccr Mustard lives a' Glen Springs. Kentucky. Our Daily Special I things won't com-; your way chance your ways. Luke McLuke Says fie woman whe marries a good fellow often has a had time of It. One of the most unpopular men In the world Is the fellow who is too popular with hiuuvlf in: boss is usuahy such an O'd logy that he can't understand that the !ad who can roll a cigarette wrli one hand and hp 15 balls at peel is his most uie.el employee. The reason why a married man njver saves anything when he gets $5 per week raise In salary Is be cause his wife immediately sees to it that the. household expenses in crease $7 per week. A girl should never try to get out of a hammock in a hurry when there are men around unless she is wearing her best stockings. A wealthy woman often spends a lot of time doing things for the poor because she knows that her husband spends a lot of his time doing things to them. Many a father who never had any education has to support a son who knows ten times as much as his father does. When we look Into , a mirror we imagine that we are seeing our selves as others see us. But wo arc not. The reason why there Is so much trouble In the world is because a woman believes everything a man says before she marries him and won't believe anything he says after she marries him. A man has a chance to get away and do something. But what is a nice girl going to do when there are men around and a chigger starts boring a hole just north of her knee. It doesn't hurt to be honest once In a while. The truth of the matter is that a pretty man spends as much time in front of the mirror as does a pretty girl. Why is it that they never organ ize any societies for the prevention of things that you don't want to do? It takes all sorts of people to make a world, including the town man who thinks he needs a bull dog. * WANTED?Miscellaneous DO IT IN A BUSINESS WAY If you keep boarders, make It pay. The business Is just as worthy as any other. It is subject to the same dif ficulties as the hotel business. Chief of the difficulties is that of "keeping the house filled with guests." A boarding house, like a hotel, cannot prosper if it is doing only half as much business as it Is cnpablc of handling. ADVERTISE that board ing house. Make the maximum pos-< sibio income mark at which you aim, and advertise unjil it is | reached. all. WANTED?Cook ? Woman pre ferred. The Strand. b7 WANTED?Lady dancing teacher. Must be up-to-date in all the late dances. DANCING SCHOOL will open Oct. 1st. Call at Turner's Hall between 7 and 9 p. m. tf. <? ? HIGHE6T PRICE PAID FOR Men's Cast-off Clothing, Guns, Jewelry and Diamonds. CLUB TAILORS, 71 Front St. Phone 451. <? 4 SINGER Sewing Machine Com pany distributing office for Alnska. Supplies and Repairs. Phone 125. 321 Franklin Street. tf. ELDERLY and middle-aged men mako money selling our hardy, guar anteed ornamental and fruit stock. Cash weekly. Outfit frco. Exper ience unnecessary. Wash, Nursery Co., Toppcnlsh, Wn. Aul4tf. WHY ARE ADS IMPORTANT TO WOMEN? "Sales" arc the vogue, just now, at a majority of the stores and shops. Readers of the ads, educated as to values and usual prices; will take the fullest posible advantage of the economies made possible through these clearances. TIPS FROM TEXAS. (DallaB News.) One reason some people doubt if Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare Is because he didn't have a diploma. Our idea of a genius was the per son who invented a way to sell gim cracks by calling them bric-a-brac. Furthermore, if Fortune ever knocks at our door we arc going to grab her around the neck, even if we get splattered with talcum powder. The old-fashioned woman who never minded the weather so the wind didn't blow, now has a daugh ter who doesn't mind the wind if her skirt Is short enough. EMPIRE'S classifieds pay. r MONEY LOAIMgn | on personal property, diamonds, Jew elry, notes and bonds. All business strictly confidential. J. Plant, broker and Jowelr, Front St. 3-1-tf FURNISHED ROOMS ? * Plcturo that furnished room In .1 few lines of description, and rent It through THE EMPIRE classified ad vertising department. ROOM FOR RENT?114 Main St. tf FOR RENT?Two newly furnish ed rooms for housekeeping. Enquire 103 Gastincau ave. sS FOR RENT?NlceTy furnished 00m with bath. Enquire over Ju icau Drug Co. or phone 476. tf. * HOUSES & FLATS FOR RENT i ? ? FOR RENT?One hall with water and toilet, centrally located. Apply to John G. Held. tf. FLAT FOR RENT?Four-room mod ern flat with bath for ront. Apply I. Goldstein. JylOtf. FOR RENT?Two room partly fur nished flat in the best part of Doug las. For particulars 'phone 26 Doug lau. A21-tf. FOR RENT ? Office room, over Juneau Liquor Co. 01. COMPLETELY Furnished Apart-: mcnts. Everything ready to move in. ?18 and up. Close In; good view. All outside rooms, Phono 228. Au.14. . j FOR RENT, 2 ana 3-room furnished housekeeping suites; reasonable. "Tho cozy corner of Juneau." Cliff Apart ments, near Court House. 2-1-lm. STORE FOR RENT, formerly oc upied by Juneau Hardware Co., Front Btrcct. phono 303. a3tf FOR RENT?Hand laundry. L. Em pt re. ] RUSSIAN BATHS j RUSriAN STEAM BATHS open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 12. p. m. Hillside above Alaskan hotel. G-20-lm PALM READING I * ? PALMIST?Come *o tho palmist. I tell you about work, buslnoss, mar rlago and the future. Get your for tune told. 300 Front Street. 4-6-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. What's Dinner Without The ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE? Subscribe For The Empire. NOTICE Notico Is hereny given that stari ng September 1st, 191G, all persons >r corporations furnishing anything o the City of Juneau for which they :xpect to be compensated should jrocure a properly signed requlsl- 1 Ion for the same, otherwise they , vill have difficulty In getting allow ince made. All bills rendered should :ontain the number of the requlsl ion. Dated at Juneau, this 31st day of Uigust, 1916. S6. B. D. STEWART, Mayor. <1 f BOARD and LODGING J GOOD homo cooking and pleasant rooms at rcasonablo rates. Mrs. IS. Emmons, Bay Vlow House, formerly the St. George. Ag7. f JUNK DEALERS j United States Junk Company bays sll kinds f metals and rubber. J. W. Felix, manager; Cash Cole's Barn, Phone 3442. 2-2Mf MANICURING MANICURING and furnished rooms, 634 So wart street JelD-lm SEWING MACHINES, needleo, oils and repairs at I. J Sharlck's. 6-lEtf Fresh shrimps at Graff's. 8-1-tf. f TURKISH BATHS HILLSIDE BATH HOUSE?Turklsh Needle, Steam, 1 hower and tub baths. Dry and steam heat. 218 Front St. Phone 163. 11-16-tf. CITY BATHS. Steam, shower, tub and Turkish LatLs. Emma E. Burke, proprietress, 329 Frti* Street. Phone 3-1-6. 11-16-tf. * PROFESSIONAL *1 4 4 4 * HARRY C. DEVIGHNE, M.D. Rooms 2, 3 4, Malony Bldg. Juneau, Alaska Office 2302?Phones?Ros. 2303 14 4 * * DR. P. J. MAHONE 412 Goldstein Bldg., office phone 822; house phone 823. Juneau Alaaka 4 O ! 4 4 WILLIAM PALLISTER, M.D. Phyaiclan and Surgeon | Specialist In the treatment of [ diseases and deformities of I tho eye and car, nose and | throat. Glasses fitted. Offlco j Juneau Goneral Hospital. Phono GOO 4 4-?? 4 DR. D. A. GRIFFIN DENTIST Specialist on Pyorrhoea and Pro i phylactlc work. All work guar I antced. ? Consultation Froo. 336 Gold Street | * 4 it ? DR. L.'O. 8LOANE Office Phono?1-8 House Phone?2-9-7 4 _4 + ? 4 OR. LEONARD P. DAWhS Surgeon and Phyaiclan Office First Nat Bank Bldg. .. Hours 10 to 12 m.; 1 to 4; and 7 to 9 p. m. Phone?2C/2; Ties.?260S. + 4 4 4 DR. A. J. PALMER ? ? ? ? | Physician and Surgeon 108 Second 8treet Offlco Phone 4f3 4 4 4 4 Phone 153. DR. MARTIN DAMOURETTE Physician and Surgeon Microscopic and Bacteriological Examinations San Francisco Bakery Block. | 4 4 * + DR. E. H. KA8ER DENTIST 1 and 3 Goldstein Building Phone 56. Hours 9 a. in. to 9 p. m. * -* * * DR. E. J. HALFORD DENTIST Seward Building Front & Franklin ? Fhono 193 ? * v 4 Phono 176. WHITE & JENNE Dentists Valentine Bldg. Juneau * <4 T MISS ALBRECHT, Osteopath * | Swedish Massage, Medical Gym 1 nasties. Expert treatment given In all cases requiring massago , diet and mechanical therapeu tics. Rooms 410 Goldstein Build I Ing. Phone 282. * 4 I * M. 8. SUTTON Architect 113 Decker Building | Phono 111?Juneau, Alaska ; I b ? ? Condensed Statement of the Condition of <? \ The B. M. Behrends Bank ij > (As reported to the Territorial Banking Board) ^ AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS AUGUST 5. 1916 <? Resources J \ Loans and discounts $ 738.791.09 <> Ovcrdafts NONE <? Bank building, furniture, etc 46,773.83 <! U. S. and other bonds 225,969.15 <> Cash and duo from banks 339,888.68 " Total Jl,351,412.75 <? Liabilities J | Capital $ 60,000.00 <> Surplus 60,000.00 '' Undivided prollts 12,822.31 1 Deposits 1,238,590.44 <? Total ?1,361,412.75 %