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EDITORIAL
I \\ Kl.VIMIOl U IV\Y
Judge Gary. chairman of the Unit
ed States steel corporation, states
that tin? corporation committee's re
i'ort o;i t!te proposal for an eight
hour day in the industry may be ex
i ■ . • I sum. perhaps within a month.
.Meanwhile, he says, "the seven-day
ttiVk' and the Ions turn in chang
shifts' Have heen entirely elimi
nated l>y all of our companies."
I: was as long ago as April. 1912.
that the stockholders of the corpor
ation accepted a report of a special
committee which included these
passages:
Whether viewed from a phvsi
cal. social or moral point of view.
• we lietieve the seven-day week is
• trimental to those engased in
it.. . .We are strongly of the opin
ion that no matter what alleged
difficulties i!i operation may seem
to hinder the abandonment of the
m.-ven-day. they must be met.
That ste;>s should be taken now
that shall have for their purpose
and end a reasonable and just ar
rangement to all concerned, of the
problems involved in this ques
tion—that of reducing the long
himrs of labor—we would respect
i : I> recorhmend to tlie intelligent
and thoughtful consideration of
I1:.' proper officers of the corpora
tion.
In respect to the proposed elimi
nation of the 12-hour day .Mr. Clary
notes that the members of the com
mittee which is now at work on the
problem " have not reached a con
clusion which is entirely satisfac
tory to all of them with respect to
some of the features involved." He
does not say what these features are
bi!t it is said that one difficulty has
'■ecu in the reported opposition by
workers who would have to submit
to a reduction in wages if the change
to an eight-hour day should be made.
It has also been estimated that the
cost to the corporation for housing
for the additional employes would be
between J70.000.000 and $100,000.
009.
It is significant, however, that the
half-century-old 12-hour day is not
upheld on the ground that it it es
sential to the industry. The read
justment would cost something and
would cause some dissatisfaction. If
that i3 all, there is evidently good
reason to hope that the reform will
cume before long. The 12-hour day
was recently done away with in the
steel industry of Great Britain and
it i3 said that the new order is ap
proved by all concerned, with sub
stantially no dissenting voice. And
lireat Britain as a large exporter of
steel products is under the economic
necessity of adjusting its conditions
of production to the facts of vigor
ous competition.
It is interesting to know that the
change was brought about in Great
Britain by the vigorous campaigning
of the labor unious; that they offer
ed. as an Inducement to the employ
ers, to accept a reduction In pay cor
responding to the reduction in hours,
and that the higher-paid workers
even agreed to contribute part of
their wages to the lowest-paid in or
der to save the latter from suffering
hardship by the new scale. In the
Americau steel industry the partici
pation of the union in such adjust
ments has been rejected and it is
not difficult to imagine that corpora
tion even bearing gifts would be fear
ed by many suspicious workers.
With the feasibility of the eight
hour day established, however. It is
a case of well begun is half done.
The undesirabilitv of the 12-hour
day from the "physical, social or
moral point of view" needs 110 ar
gument. Xor is there any question
I that labor should receive pay suffi
cient for maintaining a suitable
standard of living and that the steel
industry—or the public which sup
ports it-—is able io provide the pay.
1—Ketchikan Chronicle.
1,000 Arrested in
Anti-Drug Drive
Backbone of Narcotic Traffic In Now
York City Declared to Have Been
lti-okcn.
New York. April IT.—Claiming
virtually to have broken the back
bone ot illicit drug trade in New
York City, in a four months' drive.
Special Deputy Police Commissioner
C'arleton Simon has declared war oil
an international ring which he
charges is responsible for illegal dis
tribution of dope throughout the
I'uited States.
In the anti-narcotic drive here
more than 1,000 arrests have been
made and millions of dollars worth
of drugs seized.
Although the illegal drug trade
has been broken Dr. Simon asSerted
the work of his bureau is not only
to continue here but is to be en
larged to meet the problems in
other big cities in America and
agroad.
By means of an international
bureau of criminal records now be
ing established, all data concerning
drug crooks is to be ready for cities
where "leads" pointing to New York
might be uncovered, the commission
er said. Recently he added. Ant
werp police had requested informa
tion concerninng an illegal leader
of the international ring. It was
shown by moans of information
furnished by New York that the
man had police records in London
Paris. Brussels and New Orleans and
had served prison sentences at var
ious places aggregating 20 years.
"We made more arrests these past
four months in any 24 months here
tofore." said Dr. Simon, who was
selected to direct the drive becausee
of his medical training. Every wing
of the metropolitan police depart
ment was coordinated, working in
conjunction with the Federal agents,
in consequence, "the fear" has been
spread through tl.e army of venders.
Before he assumed his job. Dr.
Simon said traffic in drugs in New
York had reached an amazing stage
His first move was to seek to clear
up New York then aid in solving
the drug vending problem in other
citties—a resultant evil of the situa
tion here.
Squads of special men were
spread to parts of the greater
city, expert men being picked to
patrol the lower East Side where
venders were even using school
children as "go-betweens" to supply
addicts.
Constant watch was kept on in
coming ships where alleged smug
glers were resorting to all manners
of tricks to "sneak" the narcotic
into this country. Arrests of per
sons on the docks revealed drug
hidden in artificial arms and limbs,
in sausages and clothing. Once the
anti-narcotic forces were wording
systematically and arrests became
frequent, the situation soon gave
evidence of being cleared up.
The almost daily t%ids in the city
reached a climax recently in Brook
lyn when agents entered an appart
ment. arrested several persons and
seized drugs worth thousands of dol
lars. The great majority arrested
were "curbstone" venders.
FEDERAI. CONTROL OF
Liyrolt IS CRGED
Washington. —The Catholic Clergy
Prohibition League, which met in
this city, made drastic recommenda
tions to the Government. The reso
lutions adopted state:
For the better enforcement of
prohibition we favor:
Buying by the Federal Government
U=— —
Resting Flr.ce in Armenia
A wjiysiile resllnc |i1shv n«*nr
souk rcfuui' from tin* luiniliip "sun
"I'm- I lie prim-ii*:il rn;nls in Ar.iH-nln,
\iniiil>, Armenia, where the traveler may
in mill-day. The.-* shaded resting pluces
ot iill bonded lii|iior and tho con
sequent elimination of licensed
whole-salers.
Oisciualifyi 11 l; a non-abstaining Judge
from passing sentence on a vio
lator of the prohibition.
Disfranchising for seven years any
one convicted of violating the pro
hibition law.
We urge the Government:
To devise methods in Government
laboratories and experimental sta
tions for t lie in a n u fact 11 re of non
intoxicating beverages.
To prevent deleterious ingredients
and adiilterauons in beverages.
To exercise stricter'supervision over
Industrial alcohol.
Ciiti.Ii V.'ar ft ? C.
I'll
Tiles,- a IV ben- !e<;i.ed by SlaJ.
Chare- 1'••ulkes. I ■ raldic adviser to
ll.e admiralty, who has already in
vented J".u ba l.-e> I' , • r.ibte .11
■Tenuity has been exerejsi I. as the
following eXMnpses will show: Veil
Arous. two «liw; Spur i.e. :i Imitii ;
jMti Tactician, a eliess knight; III
oouslnut. a biitteiily: Sesulne, a key;
Sterling, s.; U'.ichnd. an ■ ; 1 : V.vsi
«ioi4>. bead of Mr. l.Vyd Ileorgo: 'lVr
lliagant, a fury ; .V ••. In ■.! of-,\ 11;
Truculent. Britisher mh:i- nu' a llun.
Kach badge "ill be carved in wood
and then cast in brass, colored. and
Utted on the quurierdeck, as well as
011 either ! ow of the beat. Two plasties
are to be used, the smaller one
for the boats being uboui eight
laches square, and the one for the
quarterdeck abeui is inches ^quaie.
Kach badge |s designed in some way
to repre.-ent the nnuie of tin* boat pic
torially, or when that is Impossible,
embodying some device connected
with its history, 'lie designs will be
used also 0:1 note pa; er. ami probably
on the brass tnu/./le-caps of guns,
which tire privately bought by ollicer
of battleships.
War experiences have changi-d our
views about ilut feet. It was at one
time assumed that Individuals so af
flicted were destined 10 b ad sidt
lives, and that lliey were disqualified
from partaking in vocaii.. - requiring
the constant use of ibe feet, such as
military service. This erroneous Idea
Is slill universal in i'.iu 1 <■ and a
large extent in America. It is in
weak feet that the bon-s ,.f ibe arch
drop :o the ground, the muscles and
ligaments being so weak and llabby
that they cannot hold up the arch
hones. After a series of treatments
in the most chronic eases, the pro
lapsed bones will gradually rise until
they reach their normal height.
"Flivver" Airplanes.
I From time tu time :i i>l»«>t«»*if>jil» ap
pours, depicting n HOW airplane of emu
pact dimensions and t•|iiipt*>il with 11
low-power engine. Siii li :iiip!nnos are
generally liaileil as ••everybody's" air
plane anil the coining ' lliwers" of the
air. Vol an examination of these ma
chines soon disoloses llit' faol thai
tliey are of little practiinl value. They
are too small to lie sioady In lliuln,
too lowjpowerod to liy under modcr
ately adverse ooiiditious, too llitjisy to
last long and. (:>Ui:i^r it all in all. ab
solutely worthless for serious work of
any kiliil. They sliouhl generally he
treated as novelties, except in rare
Instances.—Scior.iiiio Anierleati.
—
Hrttislnir <1 iflli'llltit's the worhl over
call attention to the nee-l not only of
reconstruction, hut of now ronsl mo
tion.
The government seems to ho more
Interested In the poor man's home
brew than in the ofuh member's
looker. .
With n drop In the price of doiicli
nnts the authorities should lie on
guard lest the linkers make the hole
Footprints 130
Years Old Found
Itelieved 'n Have Hern Those of
Hawaiian* Fleeing From Active
Volcano. .
Ililo, Island of Hawaii, T. H.,
April lft.— Footprints. 130 years old,
of an Hawaiian army tliat fled
from the wrath of J'ele, goddess of
tin' active volcano of Kelauea, near
here are believed to liave been dis
covered in the Kua desert, south of
the great crater, by Professor T.
A. Jagger. Jr., in charge of the
volcano observatory.
Dr. Jagger and his party was ex
ploring a region far removed from
any of ihe known, modern trails
when they came upon an area thick
ly covered with the imprint of naked
feel. all pointing in the same direc
tion, all deep at the toes and light
at the heels, indicating that the
'makers of the tracks had been run
ning at top speed.
The tracks originally had been iu
volcanic ash, which is strongly im
pregnated with sulphurous acid and
gypsum and which when wet by rain,
setih s into a hard concrete, thus ex
plaining the preservation of the im
prints for a period believed to have
.stretched over more than a century
and a quarter.
Hawaiian legend and history pro
vide the other side of the story, the
connection between the Kau desert
tracks and the (light of the army
of Kooua, King of Kau, from Pele's
wrath.
Kcoua led an army of three divi
sions against King Kamehameha,
who later united all the Hawaiian
islands under his sway, in the year
171K'. This year also recorded the
last explosive eruption of Kilauea
volcano. Hawaiian legend records
the fact that some of Keotta's war
riors rolled stones into Kilauea
crater to mark their disrespcct for
the goddess of the molten lake.
Whatever the reason for the out
lutrst, I'ele rose iu her wrath, and,
a terrific explosive eruption, totally
wiped out the second division of
Keotta's army.
The footprints found in the Kau
deswt are believed to be those of
men of the first division, who, see
ing the destruction of their com
rades in the rear, fled from the
locality. The third division coming
up, saw the bodies of the annihilat
ed second and halted.
The area w here the footprints
wftre discovered is part of the new
Kilauea national park, which will be
dedicated this year, and steps al
ready have been taken to enclose the
tracks and preserve them. ffl
Music Fails to Charm Snakes.
There is mi association of scientists
in this country which devotes 11 preat
deal i»f time to the'study of reptiles
.•nd s»*)iie of Its members have con
ducted a series of elaborate e\"peri
ineiits with the view of determining
in what extent, If any, are snakes sus
ceptible to music. As a result of
these the announcement is made that
there is no foundation in fact for the
common belief that a snake can be
••charmed" with music. The tests were
made with all kinds of snakes and
with all kinds of music, but the rep
tiles were uniformly indifferent to the
•irniins. Once, and only once, it was
tli• ''.tirlit that one of the subjects was
noticing the music which was being
rendered, but it was a false alarm.
Sonny £
"A drug store that ran give me
just what I want in r T ts, pencils,
pens and other school tiling is
the store that will get iny trade."
But that is just one part of the
modern service of our More. Not
only all sorts of sc! !; '3 but
the many home r.cc of the
school boy will be satisfactorily
answered here.
Handy for S 7
Buy it by the box, byll ; ound or
in tablets. The- wry best grade
that you can sec re rice
you wish to invest can 1 based
here at a saving in timi ai [trouble.
We can show an array of t;.?rs and tex
tures large enough to include jcur favorite.
for I 1
Tablets?
Keller Bros*, Skagw&y, Alaska
Queer Siamese Customs.
The Siamese believe that Hip ar
teries nre filled with air, ami that
diseases aie caused by deranged func
tioning of tills .iilr. After tile birth of
a child the mother has to lie days
roasting 111 front of a hot fire. Wlu-n
a mau Rets sick he culls In a doctor
and agrees with him on a fixed sum
for a cure. If he dies, or falls 10 net
well.'the doctor gets nothing. The
dead are kept for from two days to
nine months, depending on their r*nk
In life, before they are cremated. The
Siamese langunge Is a difficult t"ti::i;e
for a Kuropean to learn, as it lias
flvx tones. The alphabet has II el;;.r
acters aud -l 1 vowel signs.
Statisticians gravely report t!"»t
women are crowding into ilu* ii'*
tries. On the other hand, fully one
half of the persons crowding into mat
rimony are women, and the statis
ticians have not grown excited about
It
\ DR. KATHERINE HERRIN3 '
Dr. Katherine Herring, an inspector
of immigration, who served in Wash- |
ington during the war In the depari.- j
rfiiiit of labor, has been appointed '
head of the new woman's bureau for
t':e bureau of immigration.
White Pass & Yu
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Passengers must bo at the deput in time to have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped tliirty minutes before,
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free with each full faro
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half faro ticket.
Arrive
rev.!/":" srenusa
n<v./ 1 " r.T the Amer
ican depart nt ft t'ic foreign office.
Lor.dcn, v !> ' V. ; hington as
a de'eoKtc >.0 the ir.tcmaiional com
munic.'itior.s ecr.'er;ree, is cne of thj
Influential i. i ' ri--ic!les questions
affecting <h.s United States in Eng.
iand.
The f.■!. i< r r .-f tlie currency says
tlmt the average . in curries ten or
fifteen dollar* In j.ocket every day.
Ttmt's been use luaches cost more tlinn
tliey did a few j ars aso when llns
average n:ati cari • i 50 cent* and Ids
carfare.
■; are said fo dwell
>! t> lutve lived for
< tin- is vaguely
■; • oiii" i>ut and
• : il.tr reiiieiiihor. iii
owu oldest lithulii
1, t• • the rallies, has
acquired i>.- • •;-.-:-aii oouhtail lialiit.
Die Cocktail I hit vanished so long
(iso "ii «!.!< side the lit no sea that
few Amerii :i::s II.".v kliow just what
:in Ameriian cocktail is like.
l'hysleiaai explain "f a hoy crim
inal In riilladi'liiliia Hint liO has "too
niucii ego !'i Ids ("Snifis." Rut if tills
is cause f"r crime, the best part of
the [lobulation of any city would have
to he In I led. '