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Henaatt Ne"WS Oo., Whltehorse, T. T
E. B. Gldeoa Carcroas, T. T.
E. L. PlUmaa AUtoi B. C.
EDITORIAL
THE DELEGATE CONTEST
Ashman Brawa, Washington cor
respondent of tii© Seattle Post-In
teliigencer. on December 4. sent
the following report of th$ unseat
ing of Chas. A. Sulzer a^ delegate
to Congress:
In exactly the form and text I
described in my dispatch of July
3, !asr, the House committee ou
elections, by Chairman Wilson, to
day presented to the House, its re
port unseating Charles A. Sulzer
as delegate from Alaska and de
claring James Wickersham to have
been lawfully elected delegate at
tne election of 1916. At the time
1 sent my dispatch in July it waa
the intention to present the re
port within a week, but that inten
tion was changed at the instance
of the Democratic party manage
ment in ord©r not to place Mr. Sul
zer, Democratic <s»adidate for
offic« in this year's election, in an
unfavorable position in the cam
p-^Mn against Mr. Wjcloersham, Ke
pt. olican nominee. In fact, it was
asserted in the Alaska campaign
that the committee had not d*ecidde
the case at all, which statement was
untrue.
r&e only effect of tne aeiay, oe
vond the political effect, has been
to cause the government to par *ul1
salary to two deelgates from Alas*
ka for the whole time. The proced
ure now will he for Chairman Wil
son, of the election committee, to
call up the report in the House at
his convenience. That it will he
adopted goes without saying. Mr
Sulzer then will be deprived of bis
seat and Mr. Wickersham will take
it lor the remainder of the session,
No doubt at that time be will get
in touch with the sergeant-at-arms'
office and draw his accumulated
back pay and expenses, amounting
in all to about $15,000.
The report finds that Mr. "Wick
ersham wag elected in 19IS by a
plurality o' 47. Originally the can
vassing board gave him only 36
plurality. Curiously, Mr. Wicker
sham received a telegram fom Ju
neau today saying he was just 31
votes ahead in the count or the
November election.
The conclusion of the commit
tee in Its report follows:
"Mr, TVickersham had a plurality
of <he vote as returned a»d can
vassed. There has been no serious
dispute about this fact. A certi
ficate of election which was about
Ki Issue to him upon the comple
tion of the canvasg was withheld
ai"i awarded to the contestee by the
judgment of the court, based' upon
a construction of law with which
your committee cannot agrea and
which was not in keeping with pre
cedents established by th© House
cf Representatives. For the rea
son# assigned, your committee re
commends to the House the adoption
of the following rseolution.
"1. That Charles A. Sulzer waa
no* elected delegate to the House
of Representatives for the Territory
of Alaska in this Congress, and Is
not entitled to re\Mn a seat therein.
"2. That ja-ntes Y.'ickersham waa
duly elected* delegate to th® House
of Representative© from the Terri"
tory of Alaska in thia Congress and
is entitled to sit therein."
GREAT BRIT U.V WAS PREPARED
h required Great Britain only six
minutes to inform the British empiie
tha* England was »t war on the
night of August 4, 1914, says Lord
Harcourf, who was then Colonial
secretary.
"On that "unforgettable night,"
he s^id to the Empire parliamentary
Association, "J wag in tbe cabinet
room, Downing street, with a few
colleagues. Our eyes >'9re on the
dock, our thoughts on on« subject
oaly; but there wag a feeble effort
to direct our conversation to other
matters. We were waiting for a re
ply, which *e knew full ell could
never oome, to our ultimatum to
Berlin^
"WLen Big Ben struck 11:30 —
midnight in Bpriin—w<j left the
room, knowing that the British em
Dire was at "war.
"I crossed to the colonial office
to send a war telegram to tbe whole
British empire. 3 asked' the °ffi"
cial in charge of that druty how long
it would take. He said 'about Bis
miautes.'
"I as-Iced him to return to my
room when he had done his work.
In seven minutes he wag back and
befor$ morning 1 received acknowl
edgment of my telegram from every
single colonial protectorate, and'
even is«et in the pacific
"$o the grim machinery of war
bes?*n revolving in perfect prepara
tion because, more than two yea-rs
previously, an individual war-Dook
had been prepared by the colonian
committee of defense for every
single protectorate and island. It
was at that moment locked in the
safe of each governor or com
missioner and* they knew at once
what to
I SE PISH OILS
According to "Politiken," of Co
penhagen, experiments "have been
made with motors for t'tehghi boats
to determine the prafcticaillty of us
ihg fish oils for operatiag motors. It
is said that this has proved a suc
cess, and that it may be possible for
the fishermen -who now have boats
eqnipped with kerosene motors to
make some slight changes which
will enable them to operate with
fish oils. It is even proposed that
th» fishermen may make theri own
cod-liver oil while at sea f°r use 1n
their motors.
The above statement was referred'
to Mr. Knudseu, manager of TVur*
meister & Waini, of Copenhagen,
who writes as fololws:
I take pleasure in confirming
that the fish oil for Diesel motors
will be excellent to "use as a mov
ing power. Further I h&ve 'o say
that no doubt the said oil will al
so be practicable for smaller fish
ing- boats where the motors do not
work according to the Diesel prin
ciple, but the principle of explosive
motors.
iJAPANESE DEVELOP
TRADE IX PORCELAIN
| Kyoto, Dec. 27.—Development of
[ the Japanese porcelain trade is re*
douoled by the extension and plac
ing under control of the c#ntral
government of the Kyoto municipal
experimental kiln. A state tea lab"
Oratory is also to De established nex
year at Shizuoka.
INFORMATION FOR MEN
AUOl'T TO BE DISCHARG
ED FROM THE ARMY.
Tlij introductory porRoag of the
(booklet entitled 'When You
tiet Home," which has
Deeu issued' by the de"
partment of civilian relief of the
American Red! Cross for distribu
tion at cantonment® to each dis
charged soldier, was printed in
Th8 Official U. S. Bulletin on No
vember 23, together with th0 para
graphs in reference to Government
insurance and compensation. The
booklet also contains the following
Information in reference to arrears o
pay, legal advice, the soldies' and
sailors- civil relief act, and other
matters which it is essential for a
discharged soldier to inow:
The Daily Alaskan will publish
sections from the above* named regu
lstions and advice in Its Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday editions, In
order that thoee who have not oeen
receiving the Official Bulletin, nor
a coov of the Red Crose Home Serv
ice, and it might be well for sol
diers having served' under the col
ors and the families of those having
relatives who have served under the
colors to clip these- artifle9 &nd Pre
serve for future reference:
lOI'l'OKTlMTy TO COM
PLETE EDUCATION OR
TO TAKE NEW JOB
if you are eigibe for compensation
i XOi* even partial disability the Go\
I ernmeut now offers you a remark
I ftbJe opportunity to complete your
education, or to b», trained for a
new job if you can not "carry on"
tn your old one. While you are tak
Ijujr this free training the Govern
ment will guarantee you a total in
come from all sources of at least
*65 a month
The Red L'ross strongly recom
mends the courses of training which
th.- Government otfers you. you
.to not hav6 to lake them unless
you may fi.ij yourself badly handi
capped w!i"u jcu are ecliged to
compete with able-bodied men.
When you are ready to go to
work the Government with all its
resources is at your service to
find you the right place.
Further information and pamph
lets telling you all about these
matters can be obtained from the
Federal Board of Vocational Edu
cation, 601 E Street XW„ Washing
ton, D. C., or fwm the nearest dis
trict offico of that department. The
Home Service Section will also be
able to give you much information
aud will refer yui to the proper dis
trict office of the Federal board
with which you must put yourself In
to tch iu order to obtain these ad
vantages.
OTHER WAYS IN WHICH THE
REI> CROSS CAN SERVE VOU
If, when you get home, you are
troubled because a member of your
family is »ot in good lie;llth, be
cause business difficulties have
arisen while you were away, because
you lacked competent advice about
the education of your children, or
because you feel you have develop
ed so that you can fill a more re
sponsible job than your old one»
consult the Home Service Section
of 'ha Red Cross. Its advice and
its experience is helping other sol
diers and their families may be of
assistance to you.
VOICE OF ALASKA PRESS
Watch Uie sourdoughs come flock
log back to Alaska next spring. We
are willing to gamble that there
will t>e a stampede back here next
year that will comparo very l'avor
jablj; with the one °f '9S. Well,, we
| wilj welcome them home and for'
j 2ive them for deserting us, but
they want to keep BtilI and l>ehave
or we will throw it up to them and
make them feel ashamed of them
selves.—Douglas Xews.
It would be a good thiug for
some people to realize that tributary
to Anchorage there is now in daily
operation 250 miles of railway, and
more i$ being added to it every day.
THESE BOOTS CAN'T
'SPRING A LEm
- I
HEY'RE "HIPRESS"
Boots, made all in one piece
—soles and uppers—without a
seam to work loose. That's one
reason why they 're so different from
the ordinary boot, the sole and
upper of which are stuck together
by hand.
"HIPRESS" Boots are made out of
such toutjh stock—actually the same that
goes into Goodrich Tires — that they
outwear any other boot made. And
they're the foot-easiest boot you ever
were. _4O,0OO dealers.
! THE B.F. GOODRICH COflPAKY
Factories: AKRON, OHIO
Seattle Brrnch, 113 King Street
with the RED LINE round the top
The GOODRICH Boot
vThat Outwears Steel
This 1b sixty miles more roaft than j
there la out of Cordova, which It
took Irorn 1906 to 1911 to complete.
And htsides, there Is considerate
operating railway at N-enana and (
Fairbanks, and more is being add«d' |
here and there every day, — An- j
chorage Times.
At no time in the history o£ the
city of Vaidezeans had so little to
I complain of. Work is plentiful,
' men are scarce, wages are high and*
j living is cheaper than in the States.
1 Why should we worry about hard
1 times?—Valdez Miner.
i
| FVed Switzer, a well known Fair"
j banksau, who lias been on the Out"
I side for the past year, is on his j
I way to Fairbanks from the States.
! He writes that owing to the big
■ iirices prevailing on the Outside it I
I id aosolutely impossible to lvie as
■ well as he used to in Alaska. He
| eayS that it is absoutey impossibe j
, to makg any money on th© Outside, |
I an(< that conditions are a whole lot
better iu Aaska.—Nenana News.
I
I
I Haines, Dec. 24.—A. F. McLean
' closed the lour minut© mens talk
On the Christmas Roll Call for
memtfership in the American Red
Cross drive at the Rlalto Theater
' on Sunday evening1. He mdae a
1 ringing speech, urging every one to
I respond by signing their names and
j paying their dollar into the fund
so that the American. Red' Cross
| would be able to carry on its work
i during the reconstructs period.
"1 Le Red Men are planning to
't;iv« n dance on New Years eve in
1 the Arctic Brotherhood hall, they
have engaged good music and will
preapr© a fine lunch, and. it goes
j without saying that it will be a
success.
The rain ioy the last few days
! t.Hs melted the snow sufficiently to
make the streets a glare of ice,
I making it a little hard to get a
I round without creepers, but the
, weather is quite mild for this time |
of year.
Al Smith was down from Porcu- j
| Fine and visited with friends over:
: Sunday. He says everything at1
j Porcupine is moving along as usual I
for this time of year.
| Haines Camp No. 17, of the Arc-j
tic Brotherhood .ir© giving their I
annual Christmas tree tonight in j
their hall, t^e camp has never failed
since its organization to give a |
Christmas tree for both the little j
and large childven; the affair is |
hi the hands of good committees,
| ' I'd it is assured success.
Helo the solicitors by enrolling
'.or Red Cross membership at I
Britt's or Kellers'Drug Stoies.
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