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EDITORIAL
"OIJ) GLORY
.America ror Americans
We nave tt> say something at this
tim» when it is an assured facl
that cur Nation is on the verge ol
plunpir.^- iato the mighty bloddj
turmoil which is tearing to pieces
"II the traditions of modem civi
liaaMc-a that "there never agair
can be a war for the nations ol
the world are too highly civClized tc
ever ag-in resort 'o force of arms
to settle their d'fferenoes."
We have read history which told
o; wars, and some few of us have
•ak^n an active pan in bait'les —
the Mexican affair and *he Spanish
American war—and even a few s'ill
'ivibg look part in the great Civil
War—but with all our reading,
w'"h the pages of history still wet
witu the blood that has just been
shed, and is still being shed in the
terrible Kirropean war, we know not
of he terribleness of tne con
flict tha our Congress has but just
voted to mako us a participant.
As :ltt!o children, and as youths,
aud as men and 'women, we have
grown up harboring in our hearts
the thought that our Country,
should 1' be embroiled in bloody
war, would make short work of its
enemy, and soon all would again be
*eran<* aud placid, liut now, as we
loos baclc over the past thirty three
months o£ ruthless bloodshed, of
the Silled, and maimed aud wouu.de
which war in Eunjpe hag left as
evidence of the awfulriiess of this
present conflict, we must know that
we are about »o enter into the
lists of the combatants, and with
a'l the modern implements of war,
unthought of three years ago, and
undreamed of during the Civil and
Span'sh American wars, we must
arouse ourselves to the unspeak
able horrors which we must of ne
cessity be a party to.
Our good president, Mr. Wood
row Wilson, has striven ■with his
Mil intellectual grace to prevent
his oecple from being tossed into
the see Thing caldron of unspeakable
strife, but there has been no pow
er vn earth that could be invoked
that could stay th0 inevitable, and
Air. Wilson has usked that he be
permi-ted in Justice to a free and
independent people to protect us
through act of our Ccxngrss, by
declaring that a State of War exists
ibe'ween our Nation and bloodthirs
ty Germany.
Let us, therefore, offer to our
Chief Executive all that we have to
offer, and knowing that the men
of Congress could no* all be wrong,
for Jt is but a very few who hsave
Jielr 011' against the many ia this
crisis, and as our Congress has
ieen a.most unanimous in opinion
with Our President that Germany
iias broken every law of civilization
aud the! efore must take the con
sequences, let us then, we say, back
Our President and Our Nation with
all we have, evgtt though Jt bo ouir
Uves.
Le» us therefore pray that the
Star Spangled Banner may long
wav« o'er the Land of the Free
aad tho Honi^s of *he Brave.
THE PURCHASING PO\VKR OF A
CENT
What ^ the most that may he
ourchased for a ceat? This is the
uuestioii up par most in the rniiul of
i&e average householder as he
contemplates the monthly biU and
notes that nwtohes, shoestrings,
aad numerous small articles which
used to soli for the lowest hit of
American coinage are now placpd
ia the nickel class. Househoud ac
cessories formerriy exhibited oa the
penny counter are now sold at the
"Fly© and ten," while many goods
formerly displayed ia the last nam
ed stores have been g-radiuattd to
the department store.
Put to certain uses a penny is
indeed a helpless bit of coinage,
says the Electric News. Yet when
a -Lincoln penny is applied to the
electric light bill it wlli pmrohase
fully twice as much light, heat and
power as a similar amount spent
only tea years ago. Fifteeoi and
twenty cents per kilowatt hour were
the usual rates but a decaua ago,
while nowadays the Mazda lamp,
tho improved electric motor, and the
modern electric range makes the
same amount of electricity go
much farther than it used to, while
the rat* of eight cents per kilowatt
for lighting service is now fairly
common. Taking aght cents per
kilowatt hour as a standard, one
cent will purchase eaoughi electrici'.yj
to:
LUht a 25-watt (23 candle pow
er) Mazda lamp for 5 hours.
Make ton cups of coffee in an
electric percolator.
Heat milk in a nursery warmer
thr o times.
Make 300,000 stitches cm an elec
*rlc sewing machine.
Heat aa electric chafing dish for
a quarter of aa hour
Warm a heating pad for two
hours,
Make ten slices of toast on an
electric toaster.
Heat on electric latiron for ten
miuutcs.
SOLDJKRS STOP FIGHTING
TO HUNT WOLVES
Petrograd, Russia — A wolf hunt
in which both Russian and German
soldiers jooined, is described Jn eor
resrondecce from the Polish front.
Parties of Russian and German
scouts met recently and were hotly
engaged in a skirmish when a pack
of wolves dashed upcxn the scene
and attacked the wounded.
Hostilities were suspended at
once and Germans and Russians ia
stinctively attacked the pack, kill
ing about fifty of the wolves. Af
ter 'ha hunt the soldiers separated,
each party turning unmolested to
its can trenches. i
Along some sections of thig front
huadr.v wolves have been particular
ly bold this winter, constituting- a
real danger to outposts of both ar
mies, and repeatedly the combatants
have had to send hunting parties
against the common enemy. "While
at this sort of work sniping ip sus
pended by a tacit agreement among
opposing farces.
SHE INVESTED $W00
AND NOW RECEIVES
RETURN OK $05,000
Milwaukkee, Wis., — Twenty-five
yeras ago Mrs. M.. L. Maxton paid
10 cents a share for 5,000 shares of
Hecla mining stock. Mrs. Martin
forget me investment and changed
h-~r name to Mrs. Mairy Humes.
A ffe^c days ago, after a search of
years, the company located her un
der her new name, paid }ier $65,000
in back dividends and Informed her
itbe stock now was worth $8 a share.
In the early days of the company,
when assessments were being levied,
John A.. Finch, one of ttte officers,
himself paid the assessments total
ing $400. The company was a
mining investment headed by some
Milwaukee men..
GUARDSMEN ADD
INCH TO MAN'S HEIGHT
BV MASSAGING HIM
Kansas City, April 5 — Carl L.
Wheeler, who applied for enlistment
wi'h. the 3d Missouri infantry today
wa3 found to be one inch
snort of the required five toet four
regulation.
To remedy the defect a half
dczen guardsmen massaged and
rolled the applicant lor an hour,
whaa he was again brought before
the examining physician and was
accepted.
Wheeler's stature was said to
have been decreased as a result of
carrying sacks of cement.
Juneau, April 3—Two natives of
countries belonging to the Cemiral
alliance, wixo upplied fc\r their citi
zenship papers yesterday fciunct that!
they cannot giecuijie them until it is
learned whether tjiey are citizens
of hostile nations or not.
The District court was engaged
■nearly all of yesterday examining
applicants far citizenship. Four
teen men for final papers apperaed
frm Petersburg.
All the applicants passed credit
able examinations and were admit
ted.
Ia regard to the applicants John
Ramm of Germany, and Jodin Miller
of Austria, th,e court postponed the
issuance of citizenship certificates
until word could be had from Wash
ington as to whether a state of:
war existed between the United
Sta'os and Germany.
Paris, April 5 — Military ex
ports claim that Russia is lij^ a
giant bound, that if she were able
CO feed and supply munitions to
them she could easily put 10,000,
000 meoi into the field, m«n accus
tomed to discipline and who aire
hardy specimens of manhood. One
expert said, however, that the Rus
sian economic shortcomings were
such that the government wag able
to maintain only 5,000,000 men,
and jku ii/ot able to keep them ade
quately supplied with the necessi
ties of war. In Bessarabia hun
dreds of thousands of tons of grain
ro'ted because it couid net be trails
! ported.
KATALLA NEWS
OF INTEREST
Katalia, April 5—Cai>tain and.
Urn. Cnarles Auer have returned
from a honeymoon spent in the
states and will make their home in
Katalla. Mrs. Auer was Dr. L. Von
M. Zesch before hex nuorriage last
January, and spent most of las1
year making a tour of Alaska,
Jim Rison, who bought the pel't o£
the first wolf killed here, took the
skin to Seattle, where it is stated
several turners offered haan $250
for it, claiming to be a rare hide.
Jim paid only $20 for the skin, and
! hag w ntten all his friends to> stop
work and go wolf hunting.. The
skin was long haired, glossy black
hi coloi, and had tan markings on
the breast and feet.
A. C. Cotton, of this place, puts
i in his spare hours every winter
making patenwork quilts of silk.
His laffcst one contains over seven
thousand different i>ieces of silk,
each one of which is surrounded
by a fancy stitch. The filling is
Of lamb's wool and tli^ backing1 of
fine silk. He has been pffered $150
frr it. Mr. Cotton allows neither
the hand nor the mind of woman to<
enter into the making of his quilts.
(He i3 sble to take this stand be
cause he is a bachelor.)
WITNESSES IX THE
GOLD BRICK CASE
ARE BROUGHT HERE
Frank F. Lischke, who for the
past three weeks lias been making
aii investigation of the gold rob
bery at the Chicagoff mine, return
ed trcm that place with a number
of witnesses, including William Fri4
Burn, saj-6 the Juneau Empire of
Tuesday. Those who. came in
today ar<j at the Gastinaeu Hotel
and will appear at the hearing of
J.. H. Hewitt and Michael Sheeaa,
who weie sent in from Chicagoff re
cency chairgied with the crime.
When seen today Mr. Lischke
stated that he was positive that
the right men are in the local jail
and that to his mind, there is no
doubt of their guilt. The goJd
brick hag not yet been recovered,
bu»- Mr. Lischke stated that its '
location was known within a Very
few feet and that as soon as the
sno.w melts and other weather con
ditions peiraiit, it will probably be
recovered. ''
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwav No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. sarirp. Visiting brotlieuu cordial
ly wt-K'Cime. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford. Arctic
Kact rder.
Fraternal Older
Eaglt^—
Skagway Aorie
No. 25, FVater
iuil Oiiler oC
KagIe» meets the) first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
tnrJt hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cordially invite*] to
attend. J. M. Gieisbacij, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Socretai-j-.
of each months. Visiting Brethren 1
are welcome.
HAROUD TALBOT, \V. M. I
JAMES WALLACE, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
Whit© Pass Lodge
F. & A M. No. 113
ireets 2d and 4th
Saturday, Evenings
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. iil, B. P. O.
K. meets every
Thursday night
8:GO o'clock.
Visiting brothers
curaittiiy welcome.
HENRY FRIEDKNTHAL, E. R.
F. J. VAWDEV.'ALL, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* is A. B. Hall first Monday In
every month at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting Brothers coiiiiully wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pree.
F. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. L. 8. KELLER
Dcratist
Most Modlern Methods
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
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SKA U WAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALL1STER, M. D.
(Formerly- of Seattle)
Spriallgt In the treatment of
disease and deformities of tliq
eye, »ar, noee and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Pra<-tioe in all courts
Id Territory of Alaska
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