wmiMwmif;
IIH SEIHI FLEET
A lie sea is aieua 01 man s
gi£(*iesi gxpiulis. ihe seaman is
our otat exemplar ut uanuj uuu ue
tvUvu, iue story ot auveutuft, oil
tue sea, boin in war anu in peace,
id tt>- siury oi nignesi euieipiise
ami greatest acuiev euieut. Above
•»li, u is tue glory Oi 0r<.atest ne.O"
lain anil most exalted' chivalry. Kroiu
daiamis to Santiago the story ru"s>
of seamen who ventured everything
ior tne glory of Uod aud country
aad for the advancement of human
kuoA'ledge, and who feared noth'ng
Kut dishonor.
ilau marks the earth with ruin;
his control
Sto^s with the shore!
Ihe Alexanders, the Caesars and
the .Napdeons oi nistory might
devastate the land aud' destroy the
people^ thereof, nut they could
not extend their sway over the se^
ana the oeopleg who were used to
live upon that element. In pass
ing from the land to the sea the
conqueror passed beyond the
limit of his own power and him
self became subject to a law that
if written in the Mngauge of na
ture, a law which supersedes that
written iu t]^; language of courts
and- camps, as the law of Uod
supersedes the law of man.
IUUi We cjiti tile i-aw cf ihe
Sea,'' tor want ui a heller uJUie.
'ihe seaman live>i in uoeUience to
'iiat iaw. aea jjower grows out
•>' the understanuiiig of that law
auu compiianie w an. its mandates,
chiei of which is that he who would
te sea, in war as in peace,
must make his home upcn it.
The mau or nation * hat wot'id
ase the sea primarily as a pathway
over which to convey a lore© for un
invasion of the land, or for any
other purpose purely incidental to
a olan of land conquest, is doomed
to defeat at the hands of the sea
mac, who keeps the sea as his na
tive element and deiorts himself
upon it with the courage born of a
sense of mastery and the spirit of
a high purpose.
The surrender of Germany's high
fie- fleet is an event the import of
which can only be comprehended
by reference to the law governing
the establishment and maintenance
o' sea-power. More than one hun
dred ships, representing nearly OOU,
000 tons, and including every class
o' war craft, from battleship to sub
marine, sailed from flJeir horufc
waters up jn command of the enemy,
met the Allied fleets at a designat
ed spot .iiul were escorted to an an*
chorage in the waters of the l\>rth.
Th« German flag was hauled down,
"not to be hoisted again wittiout
permission."
Silence! It is "i->er Tag!"
| ouch is the culmination of Ger
many's adventure upon the high
seas. For more than a generation
i that nation had aimed ;'t maritime
supremacy. The toast, "Der
Tag," had long been regarded its a
prophesy oi" the day upon which
Germany .should, mc t the maritime
I powers and vanquish them, and by
cerubiuing sea-power ; n ! land-powe
achieve world dominion.
During the pi.st four jears it
lias seemed that this proi hesy might
a' »r- moment ue realized, or at ny
rate that its realization might be
seriously attempted. Now the toast,
of "Der Tag" is realized in the to
tal destruction ci a great armada,
cot as the result of a fair fight, but
in silent submission to a loe whom
i* dared' not disobey—attracted to
its doom by the sheer force of
gravity!
The incident is w itln>;:t precedent
in the history of uiaiitime warfare.
I * history contains many iastancis
of hopeless dis; aritj between rival
fleets. Hut in all insi-'ires the wean
er combatant has nut tie o.-.'ea-l in
» seamunlike spirit. 'iliat is 10 say
i h~ has made a good fight, and,
win or 'ose, has vind*i ated his right
•o th» honors of seamanship. ln
jdeed, tlie most glorious pages of
maritime historj ur.- h'ose a h:> li re
cord the exploits of those com
mauders who. with !;ut a few ships
uuder their command, mat lied the
jvMlor and genius of their seamen
I against great odds.
The name of Admiral ('enera re
calls an incident ::t on?c the most
familiar and, in one sense, the
inor' analogous K> that of the Ger
man .surrender. The Spanish Admir
al, although hopelessly outgunned,
came- out of Santiago de Cuba on
that memoraHe fourth of July,
twenty years ago, and met the is*
sup In brave find honoralle battle.
His ships were destroy, d. but the
memory of the gallant commander
wil» endure while mankind shall con
jtinue to honor that spirit of de\\w
; tion which holds life cheap in the
White Phss <S& V u
TIME TABLE NO. 42
Thursday ami Friday
No
I- X. Bouud
1st Class
9:00 a. m. Leaves
11:25 a. m. n
13:15 p. m.
1:10 p. m. "
2:50 p. m. **
5:20 p. m. Arrives
No
2. S. Bound
1 st < "lass
4:20 p. ill.
2:G0 p. m.
2:00 p. m.
1:20 p. m.
11:13 a. m.
S:30 a. m.
SKAGWAY Arrives
WHITE PASS Leaves
LOO CABIN "
BEXXETT
CARCK06S
WHIXEHORSE "
ParserKtrs must be at dep^t In time to have Hajigage in
spected and checked. Inspection Is stopped 80 minutes before
leaving time of trains.
130 pounds of baggage will bj checked free with each full
Care ticket and 75 pounds wicii each half fare ticket.
Scotch In Fear
Alaskan Trade
That Eastern competitors are en
deavoring to hamper the shipment
oi Alaska herring to their markets
through readjustment of freight
rates was the assertion of local sh^f
perg and dealers Who appeared be
fore thy North Pacific freight traf
fic committee at its session at the
O-YV, R. & N. statlfln Thursday in
protest againgt til© propos^. rate
change. Eastern operators had
asked th© traffic department of the
United States railroad administra
tion whether it would not be fair to |
equalize the transcontinental rate on
tho li»h wlth the rate on fresh
meats. The inquiry was referred to I
tlio regional committee for investi
gation and report.
It was shown by shippers and'
members of the Chamber of Com
merce that the Alaska herring in- j
d us try, a few years ago of small
importance commercially, had grown
<o largo proportions. The largest)
market is New York City, where con
suniers have gradually been weaned
away from the imported Scotch h«r
rin<, which the Alaska fish closely
resemble in quality and flavor, by
the new product. It was pointed
out to the traffic committee that
there might possibly be overzeal on
the part of Scotch herring importers
of the East to handicap the Alaskan
industry through unfavorable rate
adjustments. The committee took
t!ie matter under advisement. * j
scale with d*uty. - j 1, |
'1 nere were honors enough to go j
around among the commanders of j
th? American fleet. But the honoi»
were not all to the victors; the
vanquished, too, 6hared them. In !
the hx ur of their defeat they upheld
the highest traditions of the eerv
ice in which they were engaged.
No German gun hurled defiance
a» the enemy. No German ensign
disappeared beneath the *'ave. The
German guns were dismantled be
fore leaving the Kiel Canal. The
German flag was struck by orders o;
the British Admiral, "not to be
hoisted again without permis
sion"!
The German fleet hag vanished.
While in being it violated every
rule of honorable warfare on the
sea. Its career was marker by
cruelty and cowardice. Its fate
is a tragedy of shame.
The Law of the Sea is inexorable.
Germany violated that law, and Blie
has been forced to pay tha penalty
of p humiliation without parallel
'n history.—S«n Francisco Star. |
ANCHUilAGE BENEFITED
ux new ordei:
Anchorage, Jan. 22.—Further ef
fects of war on the nortshland aside
from the depletion of its already
scanty manpower and raising of its
already high rates, were Bhown in
an announcement of an executive or"
der recently issued1 by President Wil
son extending for one year tl10
privilege of paying installments due
<hp federal government on lots pur*
chased in Anchorage, Wasilla and
Nenana; I ,
All these towns are °n the gov
ernment railroa^ line and' it 5vas
If It Isn't An Eastman
It Isn't A Kodak
Brownies At $1*00 Up
Kodaks At $6*00 Up
Print Papers
Photo Supplies
Keller Bros> Drug Co.
represented in the petition drafted
t)y tho Anohoragtf Chamber of Com
merce and indorsed by chairman
William C. Edes of the .Alaskan En
gineering Commission, that th$ war
had flo depressed) business that
!nauy of the lot'owners were un
able to meet the payments assumed
on the lots. Lots in all the towns
originally were sold at auction by
the Commission, and purchasers
were obliged to pay for their lota
In fire annual installments. The
Presidential order applies to th«
19IS payments. It hag no effect on
town assessments for various pur
poses.
DROP FAGS TO YANKS
Cigarettes Showered on Them
From the Skies.
Knights of Columbus Bring Joy to
Boys While Battle Is in
Progress. *
New York.' -Showers of cigarettes
fell frow the skies oa the American
fighters driving the Germans out of
the St. Mihiet salient. This fact was
announced in a cablegram received by
William J. Mulligan, chairman of tiie
Knights of Colu.nbus committee on
war activities, at the United War
Work Campaign headquarters: From
American airplanes 20,000 packages of
cigarettes were dropped into the hands
of infantrymen and artillerymen press
ing forward in their victorious squeeze
which dislodged the enemy from the
stronghold they had held for more than:
three years. Each package was
stamped "Compliments of the Knights
of Columbus."
At the same time, cable dispatches
announce, Y. SI. C. A. workers on foot
moved among the soldiers, handing out
chocolates and cigarettes.
The airplane service for distributing
cigarettes to the soldiers, while the
battle was in progress and the ordi
pary foot or motor methods of reach
ing the men In the from lines wero
unavailable, was established by Mar
tin V. Merle of San Francisco, a K.
of C. secretary, with the co-operation
»f an American airplane unit. After
the fight, soldiers related iiow pleas
antly surprised they had been when
cigarettes dropped from on high. Thej
declared no service in their behalf ever
had pleased them as much as this ul
tra r.odern delivery of "smokes."
Tiie Y. M. C. A. workers won new
friends at St. Mihiel. One Red Tri
angle man. with a huge pack on Ids
back, moved forward with a certain
unit, distributing chocolates and ciga
rettes to each soldier. Salvation Army
workers also were busy with their
doughnuts and coffee throughout the
It Mihiel drive.
Flesh on every loat. Fresh (un
cooked) Oyster Cocktails. Pre
pared Just right. Each one in a
glass bottle with patent stopper.
They cannot be excelled. At Kellers'
Only One "BROMO QUININE"
To ?et the genuine, call for the
full namQ LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININE. Look for signature of
E. W. GROVE. Curee a Cold in
One Day. 30c. Thu
SAN-TOX COUGH DROPS, Admin
istered o« sugar, accs almost in
stantly The prescription, ol
an - eminent physician. Keller
Bioc The ftan-Tox Drug Store.
.•iiiDfcrlbe for the Dally Alaskan.
CHARACTER MUST BE BUILT
Man's Best Qualities Seemingly Can
Only Be Brought Out by the Proc
ess of Hammering.
The word "character" Is true to its
derivation. It Is a Greek word, which
we pronounce harass, which,they pro
nounce charass, but which had the
same meaning then as now. They
spoke then of a coin In the mint, which
.vas hammered and tortured by the
sharp edges of the die, as being
stamped upon, indeed, ns a poor char
assed thing—as bearing a character.
It§ character came to it because it
was beaten, pounded by this tremend
ous hammer. Th* more it was beaten
the more distinct character It had. I
believe all ouj words of similar Import
have a simifar derivation. Thus, when
we sav that a man is of this "type" of
manhood, or that "type" of manhood,
the original meaning is that he has
been beaten Into that shape by the
blows of experience that have passed
over hlra.
Burns says "the rank is but the
guinea stamp." This means, at bottom,
that a "pound" Is metal which has
been pounded. And there are metals
which improve In quality all the time
you stamp and hammer them. Just
the same Is true of a man, if he have
the true heart, the true life and makes
himself master of the circumstances
instead of the slave. . . . And the
hammering is no unimportant part of
ti>» process.—Edward Everett Hale.
Facts About New Plant World.
A new plant world, though one of
few forms, Is opened up by Dr. Pierce
See's botanical Investigation of libra
ries. The spots appearing on the pa
per of old volumes, or those kept In
damp places, are found to be due to
various fungi and to represent u cer
tain number of species In different
stages of growth, colors and condi
tions. The microscope shows the ordi
nary spot to be made up of a dark cen
tral nucleus, which is the mycelium
or vegetative portion of the plant, sur
rounded by a lighter zone colored by
the secretions of the organism. Plants ■
still living have been transplanted to
gelatine, licorice, potatoes or orfher i
suitable soli, nnd from the growths so
obtained in three to six weeks the va
rious kinds have been Identified. As
reported" to the Paris Academy of Sci
ences, about 20 different species have
been so far isolated. The molds are
not all Introduced Into the books or
paper, but In some cases their germs
appear to have been present in the pa
per materials, even in the raw fiber
Itself.
Petulance and Earnestness.
To look mad and growl is almost as
bad as swearing. In fact. If one ana
lyzes the two, he will not find any dif
ference between them. Profanity is
only an expression of the stnte of
mind. Of course, there Is some dif
ference in the character and form of
the expression; but they all mean the
same thing. We speak of this because
the world notes the mental attitude
and regards it the same as profanity,
and Imputes this fault to the man who
wears a growl, remarks Ohio State
Journal. And so a religious man who
looks mad and growls depreciates his
relation as a member of a church and
reflects upon the church, too. There Is
unhappily a good deal of this goin? on
and it is all in violation of Scriptural
tenching. We must learn the differ
ence between earnestness and petu
lance and observe the (fifference in
conduct or we injure the cause we are
engaged in. There Is no room for ill
temper in n noble enterprise even if
that ill-'emper does not break out in
epithet end wicked language.
That delayed shipment of East
man Kodak films has arrived* and
ycu can get aU sizes at Kellers', tf.
%
r b&by's health
and comfort
Keep dampiiesa *n8 ehfll ffft®
the home vrith Perfection Ou
Heater.
Light* at tho touch of a match.
Gives *te*dy, even h«at for
many houra on one filling "J"1
Pearl OU, the ever-obtainable
fuel. • ,
Easy to carry about No amoka
or odor. Economical.
Buy Perfection Oil ffaafar
. today. D—l*r* twrywher*.
STANDARD
OIL
COMPANY
PERFECTION
wJp 11- NEA%R
P.3H. GANTYjGrocer
Special Standard Oil Agent,PSkagway
AVliaf. a Heap of Happiness It Wo
fining to Skagwaj' Homes.
Haj<j to do housework with
aching back.
Brings you hours, ot misery at 1
sure or at "Work.
If women ouly k..ew th© cause
that
fiucliache pains ofteE come frc
we*k kidneys,
"rwould. save mus.ii needless wo
Doau's Kidney X'illg aio for w«f
kidneys.
Tou&andg of gratelul users ei
dorse them.
Mrs. A R. England, 728 W. Oa
St.,' Hiilsboro, Ore, says; "Tw
yearg ago I had such a ba^ a;
tack of lumbago that I wasn't abl
to get uu or down stairs. Whe
X sat iu a chair X could hardly ge
up again. Sharp pains, like a knt
sticking nie iu my back, nearly kill
ed me and 1 could hardly dra;
myself about. I had taken onl;
a few doses of Uoan's l^dney Pill;
when my back . got stronger am
on© dcx made me abi0 to get abou
as well as ever. Since then I hav«
never had any trouble with, my bacl
or kidneys."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mrs. England had. Foster
Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Special Opera Creamg are the
talic of the town. There was never
arjyth.ng better at any price. Take
"i box homo to your wife. She will
Do mighty pleased. Kellers' have
tnem In pound boxes. tf.
THE POWER OF STEAM.
Many Maj- See Kilt It Takes Gonitis «w
Realize.
When James Walt mw the .ileum
cansinc tii's kfcttie lid to Jump up »nJ
down he said "There must !>« power l»
tl'.-.t s.'Min that ii. c-a lli't such u.
wcistht."
Then: w: s.
Millions prl.jr to *i!m had
same phor, mono: and regarded It aa
r.:i unexplained :nyatery.
Tlocer.i j-j lentil* • research aa-? pat I'j
firr^r on t'.:n "wise" c* IV.nili'UlV. Fill
ins Hctr. and <rnns«quer.t Baldney*. and
h'S uauartbod a tisy fc'^-nn which •■its
the !!?<• from 'V.« ' on ; of I umnii >ir>i
Xewl.ro's Herpieldr? destroy this
serm u.ul consequently rc-3toi'iis th»>
h->1r to its natural slatfi.
Sold by "eadinir dnigrer'.sts. S^nd 10c. In
stamps for sample to The Herplcide Co..
Detrclt.
One iVilmr bntt'o, zuaranteed.
*« «!i r»rne Air.
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1.
meeta every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Vlsii
lax brocLen cordially welcome.
Edward A. Rasmuson, Arctic Chief.
William R. Gray, Arctic Recorder.
F . & A. JL
White Pass Lodge
F. <fc A. M. No. Ill
meets 2d and 4th
Saturday Evening!
ol eav.li mouths. Visiting Brethren
ar« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
IAMBS WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg«
NO. 431, B. r. O.
E. meeta ererjr
Thurwlaj at 8:30
p. m. Visiting
brothers cordially welcome.
OSCAR SELMER, E. R
T. J. VAWDEWALL, secretary.
Plonf«r of Alask* Igloo, No. 12,
nieetb to A. B. H*ll first Monday In
every month ot 8:30 p. m.
yisltiiig Brothei* cordially wel
come. !
W. J. MULVIHILL, Pre».
J. C. PHELPS, Secy.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skagwajr Aerie,
No. 25, Frater
nal Order ot
E* ?J< s meet the first and third
W<-diicsday night of each month at
th«ir hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
in* brothers cordially invited to
atteud
John M. Keller, W. P.
J. M. Grtesbach, Secretary.
rBOMESSIONAL CARDS
DR. L. 8. KELLER
Deatist j
lto6* Modera Methods
Office Honrs: 9-12 ». m. 1-0 p.
AUflkan Building - - - - Brt*dtw*T
8KAUWAY ALASKA
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Practice la •£! courts ,
Is Territory ot AlWfca
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