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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 119, 1914.
THE TARIFF REBATE UPHELD.
The Board of United States General
Appraisers has by an unanimous vote
upheld the 5 per cent rebate section
of the new tariff law. This means
that all goods imported into the Un
ited States in American bottoms arc
entitled to a tebate amounting to 5
per cent of their value, and the de
cision is of considerable importance
in the upbuilding of the American
merchant marine. Importers who had
shipped in foreign vessels protested,
but were overruled, and they will now
carry their grievance to the Court of
Customs Appeals, which will pass fin
ally on the point at issue.
The protestants claimed that the
rebate was in violation of treaties,
but the answer of the board of ap
praisers, delivered by Byron S.
Waite, seems to be conclusive:
"This is not a statute extending a
favor to any particular country. It
Is rather an offer made by the Unit
ed States to importers, whether they
be from one country or another, or
whether they be from a place not
within the jurisdiction of any coun
try. The same privilege is extended
to England as to France or Germany
or Italy; that is, to bring in goods
in American vessels and receive the
5 per cent discount from the regular
duties of the tariff act. We do not
think this violates the provision of
the most-favored-nation clause.”
While this 5 per cent rebate may
not be able to neutralize the evil ef
fects of American shipping laws, ■ it
will undoubtedly have a tendency to
build up the merchant marine, so de
-sirable and so long overdue. It is
not a new thing in American policy.
In the early days of the republic a
similar rebate to goods brought in
to the United States in American bot
toms helped to put the mercantile
marine on tin equality with the Brit
ish marine. And if a r> per cent
drawback is a subsidy, it is the least
objectionable form of subsidy. Ex.
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SQUARING ROUND SHOULDERS.
The future is secure. We will all
he models of physical perfection and
cease worrying about appearances.
This may sound large, but the Amer
ican Posture League has been or
ganized to do the work.
First, attention is to be given to
the sitting and standing postures of
children in schools and of adults in
shops, offices, factories and else
where. This opens up an unlimited
field. Round shoulders ar edevelop
ed in childhood and they are due
in great measure to faulty school
seats and ill-fitting clothes.
Factory operatives and. others em
ployed in sedentary occupations
should be much benefitted by a sys
tema'ic campaign for healthful stand
ards in what the language terms pos
ture engineering. Apart from the
needless fatigue caused by ill-adapt
ed chairs, stools, and work benches,
the ruining of the machinery of the
body or putting it at a "mechanical
disadvantage,” tends to break down
the health and in many instances
renders abortive measure to relieve
'uberculosis, anaemia, and other dis
eases.
This is the tirst organized auempi
ever made to standardize these var
ious conditions, and, having the sup
port as it has of leading orthopedic
surgeons, physical trainers, and edu
cators who have specialized on these
subjects, the league should be able
to make an effective campaign of edu
cation.
' We can see trouble ahead, how
ever, for the league. What will hap
pen when the league’s orders run
counter to the decrees of fashion?
Does the league expect to triumph ov
er the “debutante dip” and the “in
genue slouch” and the school boy
swagger? Fashion has decreed, for
the time being, curved shoulders. Be
fore the league undertakes to cure
that order, let it show that it can
square a circle.—Ex. j
War New* and Bock Beer.
We offer special four bottles of
Ranter bock beer for $1.00; a brew
of excellence, at the Big Place. tf
MEW YORK IS
SOME RIG CITY
Census Returns Show a Population
of 5,300,000 Souls, and Chicago
Second With 3,930,000,
NEW YORK, April 29.—Tlie census
returns for the city of New Y'ork were
made public here today by the gov
ernment and the returns show that
more than live million people live
within the corporate limits of Great
er New York, which Includes the city
of Brooklyn, all of Manhattan Is
land, Long Island City, all of Staten
Island and Harlem and the Bronx.
The estimated population of the
city was 4,766,883, which was the po
lice returns estimated after a careful
canvas of the city. The government
returns are very gratifying to the
people here, who look upon a large
city and its growth as an indication
of power and prosperity.
Chicago is the second largest city
on the continent and the government
returns show a population of 3,930,
000.
MANY MINERS DIE
INJOAL MINE
(Continued from page 1.)
wives and relatives of those who
were saved threw themselves on the
necks of their rescued relatives and
gave way to litful sobbing and laugh
ter and rejoicing at the return of
their loved ones alive. And as the
relatives of those still in the mine
were told that no hope existed and
that the mine might he sealed, they
begged and fought to have another
effort made and some of the women
even endeavored to go down in the
mine and help the workers, but were
prevented from doing this.
KCCLKS. \V. Va., April 29.—Two
hundred and sixty miners were en -
tombed here last night when a sud
den explosion of coal damp destroy
ed the shaft and broke down the
walls of the lower workings. A few
men escaped from the mine after the
explosion, but they were near the
entrance at the time.
The day crew was immediately
summoned and set to work to rescue
their companions. All the extra
crews from the other mines were al
so impressed and the men worked
only for ten minutes, when they were
relieved by others.
A government special train with
mine rescue workers reached here
four hours after being notified of the
explosion and they immediately start
ed to direct the work and hope to
reach the men, some of whom may
be alive, within the next 24 hours.
The work of rescuing .the men has
been made difficult by the large
amount of gas which is in the mine
and another explosion is feared.
The wives, mothers and children of
the miners imprisoned are waiting at
the shaft head for their men and
will not leave until they know the
fate of those they love.
REPORT CHINESE
TROOPSMUTINOUS
SHANGHAI, April 29.—With the
government troops reported mutinous
at Nankin, Canton, Wu Chang, Sian
fu and about a dozen other lesser
cities throughout southern and west
ern China, indications here today were
that the revolt against President Yuan
Shi Kai, simmering for months, ac
tually had begun. It was said the
southern provinces would secede soon
from the north, make Nankin their
capital and make Dr. Sun Yat Sen
provisional president.
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TIDE TABLES.
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Wednesday, April 29.
High tide, 1:37 a. m. and 3:04 p. m.
Low tide, 8:39 a. m. and 8:08 p. m.
Thursday, April 30.
High tide, 2:08 a. m. and 3:55 p. m.
Low tide, 9:24 a. m. and 8:51 p. m.
Friday, May 1.
High tide, 2:51 a. m. and 4:58 p. m.
Low tide, 10:17 a. m. and 9:48 p. m.
Saturday, May 2.
High tide, 3:47 a. m. and 6:12 p. m.
Low tide, 11:19 a. m. and 11:09 p. m.
Fish guano as a supplemental food
for cattle, hogs and poultry Is com
ing into general use In Germany.
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL TERMS OF
the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, at
Dillingham, Unalaska, Unga and
Kodiak, Alaska.
The President of the United States of
•America:
To the Residents of the Third Di
vision of the Territory of Alaska,
and to All Whom It May Concern:
GREETING:
You, and each and all of you, will
please take notice that by an order
of the court, duly made and entered,
a special term of the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, has been called and will be
held at Dillingham, Alaska, begin
ning on the 10th day of August,
1911, at the hour of ten o’clock a. am.;
In the Town of Unalaska, Alaska,
beginning on the 22nd day of Aug
ust, 1914, at the hour of ten o’clock
a./ m.;
In the Town of Unalaska, Alaska,
beginning on the 25th day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. in;
In the Town of Unga, Alaska, be
ginning on the 26th day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o'clock a.
m.;
In the Town of Unga, Alaska, be
ginning on the 1st day of September,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a.
m;
In the Town of Kodiak, Alaska, be
ginning on the 29th day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. m;
In the Town of Kodiak, Alaska, be
ginning on the 5th day of September,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. m;
Said Special Terms of Court will
continue as long thereafter as the
public welfare may require.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska this 13th
day of April A. D. 1914.
FRED M. BROWN,
District. Judge.
JAMES C. McREYNOLDS,
Attorney General.
Attest: ARTHUR LANG, Clerk.
Date of first publication April 20,
1914.
Date of last publication May 2a,
1914.
Administrator’s Notice.
In the Commissioner’s court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
C. Stull, deceased.—Notice.
Notice is hereby given that Arthur
Lang, administrator of the estate of
W. C. Stull, deceased, has rendered
and filed for settlement by the above
entitled court, his final report and ac
count of his administration of said
estate, and that Saturday, the 30th
day of May, 1914, at the hour of two
o’clock, in the afternoon of said day,
at the court room of the above entit
led court in the town of Valdez, Alas
ka, has been ordered by said court,
as the time and place for the settle
ment of said account, at which time
and place any person interested in
said estate, may appear and file ex
ceptions in writing to said account or
otherwise contest the same.
ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the Estate of \V. C.
Stull, deceased. ,
Date of first publication March 30,
1914. <r.
Date of last publication April 30,
1914. •:J'
DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE.
Name of the corporation, Big Four
Mining Company.
Location of principal place of bus
iness, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara
county, California. •
Location of works, in the Third di
vision of the Territory of Alaska, near
Valdez.
There is delinquent upon the fol
lowing described stock, on account of
assessment levied on the 14th day
of February, 1914, the several amounts
set opposite the names of the re
spective shareholders, as follows:
Chas. Adam, certificate No. 27, 500
shares; $50.00. ..
L. S. Drum,'certificate No. 4, 2,500
shares; $250.00.
L. S. Drum, certificate No. 49, 500
shares; $50.00.
Jas. Drum, certificate No. 21, 500
shares; $50.00.
Jag. Drum, certificate No. 50, 1,000
shares; $100.00.
R. Holland, certificate No. 13, 5,500
shares; $650.00.
C. Gifford, certificate No. 31, 1,250
shares; $125.00.
H. Gifford, certificate No. 32, 2,500
shares: $250.00.
H. H. lessee, certificate No. 9, 1
share; 10c.
H. H. Jessee, certiticate No. bb, auu
shares; $50.00.
H. H. Jessee, certificate No. 67, 500
shares; $50.00.
J. L. Robeson, certificate No. 28,
250 shares; $25.00.
Harry Thole, certificate No. 56, 500
shares; $50.00.
Harry Thole, certificate No. 57, 500
shares; $50.00.
And in accordance with law and
an order of the Board of Directors
made on the 14th day of February,
1914, so many shares of each parcel
of stock as may be necessary will be
sold at public auction at the office
of the company, in the First Nation
al Bank of Santa Maria, in the city
of Santa Maria, county of Santa Bar
bara, state of California, on Monday,
the 11th day of May, 1914, at the hour
of two o’clock p. m. of said day, to
pay delinquent assessments thereon,
together with costs of advertising and
expenses of sale.
E. T. BRYANT,
Secretary of Big Four Mining Com
pany; office in the First National
Bank, First National Bank Build
ing, Santa Maria, California.
First publication April 24, 1914.
Last publication May 15, 1914.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6.00 we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
care for any eight weeks out of the
year from date of your ticket, when
Incapacitated by injury or sickness.
See W. H. Ziegler.
MR. MAN
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White^Rubber Boot and
Shoe Packs Here
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