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NEW YORK’S UNPOPULARITY
WITH THE STORK
The report of the city registrar pub
lished in a recent bulletin of the de
partment of health contains some food
for reflection The public mind may
be misled by some of these unex
plained figures
The most astonding revelation of
this report is the statistical fact that
New York City has the lowest birth
rate among the large world centers
despite other cities' methods of regis
tration being in our favor in a compar
ison of infants with our own. The
birth rate of Berlin is reported at 40,
that of London as 35. of Brussels as
SO, of Paris ns 25, and that of New
York as 20 a thousand of population.
Alarming as these figures may ap
pear, there is no ground for deducing
from them that this city Is unpopular
with the stork. The registrar attri
butes this striking difference to var
ious reasons of more or less signifi
cance. none of which we should con
sider as convincing ns the fact that
New York Is the only city In the world
to which an enormous Immigration
steadily gravitates and In which a
large proportion of immigrants remain,
in comparison with the latter the
large Buropean cities receive an in
finitesimal accretion from immigra
tion.
Tht« constant addition to our pop
ulation naturally diminishes the ratio
>|f births to population, especially as
the unmarried predominate among im
migrants There is no doubt that New
I York would show a vastly higher birth
rate than any city tn the world if the
| ratio were not diminished in this man
ner A proof of this view is furnished
by the fluctuations in the birth rates,
which were 21 a thousand in 1831. 31
in 1834. and 29 in 1903.
Another interesting point in this re
spect ts of sociological significance,
since it illustrates most forcibly the
influence of religious training. In the
"Summary of Number of Births. Ac
cording to Nationalities," the follow
ing figures are instructive: The
birth rate among Germans was 11.61,
among French 13.45, among Knglish
17.09. among Irish 26.95. among Ital
ians 78.12. among Russians and Poles
17 82. among Austro-Hungarians 45.93
a thousand families
These figures show conclusively that
parents of Catholic nationalities fur
nish the larger increment of population
in this city. The difference is so large,
the. average being 49.50 among the Ca
tholic to 14.05 among the Protestant
nationalities, that it must prove of the
utmost significance to the social and
political economist, especially if the
comparative infrequency of divorce
among the former class be considered.
—New York Bun.
ALASKA
NOTES
(From our Exchange* >
Artesian water waa struck at Cor
'ih'va at a depth of 87 feet
The robbers of seal fisheries in Al
aska are to be made to suffer.
Jack Williams, a pioneer of Cook
Inlet, died recently at the age of 64.
Congressman J. A. Falconer, of
Washington, Is getting almost as pop
ular In Alaska as a carpet bagger fed
eral officer.
The moving picture show at Seward
Is open Sunday nights In defiance of
the orders of the I’nlted States at
torney.
Andrew Beatson. former owner of
the copper mine at Latouche which
hears his name, died last week at Los
| Angeles.
also accustomed to hold services of the
Greek church In Knijv and elsewhere.
He also held some services In the Nel
chlna, and Judge I,. K. Shaw, formerly
commissioner of the latter camp, says
ho was well liked. Indian Jim, who
must stand trial on the charge of mur
dering the chief, was a sort of second
chief and was also well known and
liked. According to the Knik News,
Indian Jim went to Knik after the oc
currence and gave himself up to the
authorities.
Secretary T.nne In his report says
thut the chief aim of the government
should he to save the Indian and not
to get him out of the way. The Indian
is the real father of this country, and
while there nre many agitations for the
preservation of the buffalo and while
even the Mack hear has his friends
most of us are Inclined to forget the
oldest families In the land—the red
men. The Alaska native can be saved
if he Is given the same care as ptarmi
gan. Of course his usefulness Is not
so appnrent to us as a blooming bird,
but we should remember that the peo
ple of the country have been given the
native as a ward and when we let him
die from disease or neglect we nre just
as much accountable as if we murdered
lilm. Go we always remember that we
are guilty of murdering the poor Alas
ka savage by omission?—Ex.
Joe Spenard, the city expressman of
Valdez, who has the contract to carry
the mail from the postoffice to the
steamer recently took the mail to the
Admiral Evans with Ills team of voting
hears. Five thousand pounds of out
going mail was taken to ttie dock from
tlie postoffice in 20 seconds a record
trip.
HAND CUT OFF AND BURIED;
CROSSED FINGERS HURT HIM
SEAFORD, Del. Some time ago
l.evvis Jefferson lost tiis right hand in
a planning mill and ever since tiie ac
cident has had the greatest pain and
itching of tne arm which was cut off
He decided that there must tie some
thing the matter with the way in which ,
tlie hand was hurled, that being a very
old superstition. So he dug it up and
sure enough the fingers were crossed.
lie straightened them out carefullv I
reburied the hand, and says he now
feels much hotter.
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City Official Paper
NOME. ALASKA, MAY 21, 1915.
WHO IS GUILTY?
The recent attempt of the Nether
lands government to tlx responsibility
for the promlsclous strewing of mines
in the North Sen waters adjacent to
the Holland coast, in addition to dis
closing some entirely unexpected re
sults. has also exploded another i>et
theory concerning the alleged ruthless
barbarity of the Germans. While tiiere
has long been an almost universal be
lief that Germany was primarily re
sponsible for the wide-spread distribu
tion of those deadly instruments in the
commercial highways of the North and
Baltic seas, which belief, by the way,
has been most carefully fostered by the
allies, the investigations of the Holland
government show conclusively that in
ho far as the North Sea waters are con
i verned Germany has been much mali
gned. as out of a total of one hundred
and two mines picked up on the
Netherlands coast, alt of which had
drifted ashore, hut one was found
which could be identified as of Ger
man make. Of the remainder, eightv
one were of English origin, eight were
Dutch and twelve were of French
make While it may he possible that
a search of other waters might reveal
far different results, it is certain that
in the present findings, at least, it is
not Germany who is revealed as the
culprit. Indeed, the exceedingly large
percentage of British mines leads to
the suggestion that the German mines:
are either more firmly secured in posi
tion than are those of the British, or
else that Britain has been distributing
mines with a liberality excelled only by
her prodigality in the matter of des
seminating tales concerning ttie alleg
ed ungodly act of the Germans. It is
no doubt true that Germany has scat
tered her share of those explosives but
it would also appear that she cannot tie^
charged with the destruction of every
vessel which happens to come in con-’
tact with a mine, as has been the rule
since the inception of the war. Ger
many may indeed he answerable fori
many things which are beyond the
pale of both moral and civil iaw, but
it is being fast demonstrated that she
is not entirely responsible for every
fatality of a doubtful nature occurring
in the European war districts. At
least the revelation of the Netherlands
government, which can in no sense be
accused of collusion with Germany in
this matter, shows clearly that one
should hesitate to fix responsibility for
mine disasters in the absence of con
clusive evidence.
Strictly fresh egg* $1.25 per dozen
at Preiser's Harnooo Shop. Prone
Black 5.
NOW IS THE TIME.
To (-erne In and see us. as the Wright
sunny days are eomlng an. and have
your clothes cleaned, pressed and re
paired.
We make them loek like new.
A\ e clean hats.
We make alterations.
We guarantee Arst-class workman
ship.
We guarantee modern methods
\V» guarantee prompt service.
And \\c will appreciate your patron
age
We alse make suits to order.
NOME TAILORING COMPANY,
Between Segersfrom * Hagen and R. R
Zehner's Jewelry Stores
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Contest
SPECIAL SALE
Bried Beef per whele am per pound.3»e
tried Beef per peund s iced ..
This is a. very good article and at this time of the year cannot
he exogllcd.
Pork and Beans 2 TT*. lies.3 for .GOc
Shad (better thjui »a6»ont .3 cflng 5oc
Boneless Belled iTSpn per ham per pound.37*/4c
Boneless Boiled Ham per lb. sliced.40c
\ luwuslte addition to Seward re
cently purchased for $30,nt)0, gold for
| #4o.OOO a few days ago. There are 321!
lots In the addition.
Alaska’s contribution to Uncle Sam's
■ money chest through the operation of
the internal revenue laws for ills fiscal
' ear which terminated June 3rtih last
was $31,857.
Over 5,000 voters in the Third di
vision declared themselves on the li
quor licenses a couple of months ago.
hut at the delegate election only about
3.00ft voted.
The Canadian government has or
dered that all claims in which the en
listed men are interested are to he ex
■ mpted from representation until the
return ■ f the owners
The following appears in an Alaska
j p iper: Estimates of the wealth of this
country show that each of us should
| have $1,400. We personally know there
has heen a theft of $1.808—somewhere.
A new postolTlce has been established
hit Takotna, with mail service to Ruby.
This insures the continuous existence
of a winter trail between Seward and
| Ruby and the districts »n the lower < ml
of the Yukon river
—
Robert I-agin, a trapper in Mie Tacot
| na district has been missing for several
months, and as the Indians lmd threat
ened to kill hiss because he was trap
ping on ground they claimed belonged
to them, it is believed that lie lias met
with foul play. An investigation will
lie made at once.
Wnt. Helding, a banker of Fairbanks,
who left there last fall for the States,
has written from Nanaimo that he is
held as a prisoner of war at the Rritish
Columbian town. Ho was taken from
the boat at Dawson and has heen held
since that time. He has written friends
that the treatment accorded him is
satisfactory, but that the long con
finement is wearing upon him.
Tom Stepan for whose murder In
dian Jim is now in jail in Seward, was !
tho chief of tile Knik Indians and was
WEATHER REPORT.
Nome, Alaska, May 1ft. 1915
Temperature—Max. 51 Min. 35.
Barometer—2988 inches.
WEATHER-Clear.
Wind Southeast 2 miles per hour
average 4 miler per hour.
Precipitation - None.
Nome, Alaska, May 20, 1915.
Temperature Max. 45. Min. 30.
Barometer 29.90 Inches.
Weather—Clear.
Wind—S. W. 3 miles per hour.
Precipitation None.
Strictly fresh eggs $1.25 per dozen
at Prosser’s Harness Shop. Prone
Black 5.
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Old Lewis Huntsr Rye snd the Fa
mous Atherton Bourbon whiskeys, Dis
tilled spring 1904-1905, bought in bond
snd reduced to 90 per cent, by U. 8,
government by the bottle or gsllon.
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13TH COUNT. MAY 19. 1915.
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Ruin- Martin.2*1,060
Howena Lewis ,. 280 211
Katie Bongard.202,755
Helen AI Inn.. 13°
Mrs. Perry Moore.61,13o
Mary Fox.56,610
Mrs. .1. p. Jones.jgj
Mrs. Denny O'Brien...25,325
Mrs. O. Carlson. 379
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