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A r R O C L A M ATI!) N
Although during the past year Al*
aska hag been stricken with food,
(.'.iiease and marine disaster; altho
through war and other calamity
there are many sorrowing tor dear
ones departed; although our Terri
tory has been depleted in popula
tion due to the national cai] to
othr fields of endeavor, still never
hetoro have loyal hearts poured
ioith a like measure of thankful
ii' ss for the blessings bestowed up
«u the nation iu the reestablishment
of international Peace — a peace
which must endure, founded ag it
is on American ideals of honr and
justice, We are thankful that we
h;|vtj learned the lessons of patriot
ism, of which our flag is the sym
U»l; thankful that >ve have found
the way to respond to the call
ruirity; thankful that our Alaskan
and women, yes and children,
■ e answered immediately to all
• -a. Js of the Government; and
''•'t. ;ii so doing, we have led all
s:.i!es and territories; thank
. those who have perished fo
'■a aul country have not passed
th« G reat Beyond in vain.
Now, therefore, in accordance wit
otu ai . t lowing the proclama
tion i>i the 1'resideut f the United 1
States, I, THOMAS RIGGS, Jr.,
Governor of Alaska, do herebj- pro
lixin, Thursday, .November 2S, next
;ls a day of
THANKSGIVING
wi.t reon the people of this Terri
tory may refrain from their labors
1 "d in their homes and churches re
der thanks tc God.
GIVEN under hand
and the Seal of the Terri
tory of Alaska_ in Juneau,
the capital, this ninteeuth
(Seal) year of our Lord oue
thousand nnie hundred and
eighteen and of the inde
pendence of the United
States the one hundred and
forty-second.
(Signed) THOMAS RlGGS, Jr ,
Governor
By the Governor:
CHARLES E. DAVIDSON,
f x-officio Secretary of Alaska.
Haines, Nov. 26, 1918.
Doilj Alaskan, Skagway.
Uv Dear E<Mtor: Not being able
»j come to^kagway, to hold Thanks
givin? Services in the church, I
have written out a few words hich
may serve the purpose of calling at
teut'ja to the need for Praise and
Tbaakagtving at this time.
Thanging you for th© numerous
courtesies jou have 8iven me. anii
the chtttch, I %mf , _jl
jjTery sincerely yours,
" . I* YflNTERBERGER
T H \ X K S G I V 1 X G—1 0 1 »
vrnt. ttloftftlnfrB
tdi> seldom and too often stop short
In the recital.
This year the call to Praise, Is
more imperative taan &hy year in
the history o* our country and of
the world.
Never before have the people of
the world looked into the futurerwith
so SDlendid a prospect that tyranny
any autocratic government have
received their d>eath blow from
democracy.
Never before were the prospects
for a world Peace so brBiht as
«ow, I i
Never before were the prospects
for righteous and tair deajings with
the poor so good as today..
Never before have the down
trodden people of the wrld been
able to look into the lu-ture with
s- alluring a hopg that the dream
and ambitions of centuries are
within realization as to this time.
Never Defore were the three
great uations of the world, France,
England', and the United' States so
closely bound together bjr the ties of
a blood covenant which is making
for a world peace.
.Never oefore has the United
States felt Itself so fully a part of
the World's Forces with "11 it en
tails. f
Never Derore foas united stales
Citizenship been brought home so
forcefully «q the newcomers within
our gates, aud to tl^e old residents.
Germany counted on one baIf mll"
lion reserve soldier# in the U. S
to rise to her aid if the U. S. went
to war with Germany, Gerard tells
u* she actually had one American
Citizen soldier, he a student in the
German University of Berlin.
Shall we say more! Nee#' we
other reasons for Praise? Time
would fail us to Bpeak of Serbia,
an-' Poland and Russia and Armenia
arid Beglium, and then we would be
bu* half thru. Our own nation,
her crops, ter freedom, her pros
pects are alluring themes, leading us
on >nd on, and no one can even pr**
diwt what lies ahead. "Eye hath
not seen nor ear heard neither hath
it entered into the heart of man"
what lies befre this nation of ours.
But whom shall we Praise? Whont
shall we Laud? To whom shall wa,
render the thanksgiving so evidently
due? President Wilson? The na
tion could not well have had a bet
ter leader. Lloyd George? An un
common man ofr a world* task. Mar*
slial Foch? The master strategist,
"whom not having seen we love?"
Ckmenceau, or Haig, or Diaz or!
Pershing? Whom shall we choose
or shall we take them all? Or
oetter shall we take them all and
diO'j the precious flowers at their
feet, and set the garlands on their
bio *"3 ,and Din the medal^ to their
ore-Jsts and while we are doing that
forget not to lay the Wreath, upon
tne countless mounds which mark
tl>e resting Dlace of those who went
but will return no more. A nd when
w* bave thus paid loving tribute
to our heroic living and immortal
dead; pour out of the rich treasure
of our greatest love and adoration
the Praise due unto Him who gave
our President all his tact, and made
Lloyd George the Master man, and
M?rshal Foe>- the peerless leader of
the war, and who imoued every fly
ing ace, and every doughboy with
the grace and courage which made
•f»m heroes and won the World's
Wa» for the World'^ Freedom.
To Him tie Eternal God, Our
FaU'er, be Praised both mow and
fo* Eternal Ages Amen! and Amen!
E. L. WI.NTERBERGER.
NEWSBOYS ON BATTLE FRONT
Belgian and French Youngsters Take
Great Risks While Distributing
Papers tb the Soldiers.
During the first days of the war
British soldiers going up to Mons from
Boulogne were hailed by an ancient
French dame with her only British
'! phrase, "Da-e-ly Ma-i-1." She did her
best. Since those far-off days "Da-e-ly
- Ma-i-1" has been called by the little.
Belgian and French boys and girls all
along the line from Dunkirk to Bel*
'i fort. Many a risk has been run to buy
F and sell the news of yesterday. One
great load of copies of the London
' Daily Mail arrived at a distributing
-center by train just as the advancing
wave of Germans threatened to pour
: over the line.
Prompt to the occasion the parcels j
; were seized by the soldiers and |
thrown Into the gap. Surely no news
paper parcels ever had a stranger fate
than to be used, fresh from the press
and unread, as sandbags for trenches
and a shelter against a whining scurry i
of machine-gun bullets. Back In Paris |
an anxious publisher and thoughtful'
•cashier wondered in what category of j
"unsold copies" the wagon load should
be put.
Three times the Dally Mall has
heard through advanced line distrib
uting agents of paper sellers shot by :
snipers' bullets while making their'
way along the trenches.
MINIATURE TANK USED BY THE HUNS
, The hi test aovi'lty discovered in use by the Boche forces is this minia
ture one-man tank, used as a sniping post by the operator. The tank was
captured b.v the Canadians during the recent offensive and one of them can
be seen experimenting with it. When once behind it the operator can go for
ward or backward, but in rather an awkward position.
WGRTH KNOWING
Tlit earliest crockery designs made
use of in England were obtained from
the Chinese.
The number of women trades union
ists in)Great Britain luis doubled in
four years.
A room may be quickly freed from
the smell of tobacco smoke by placing
in it a Toil «>> water containing n
handful of bay. which will absorb all
♦w.x />♦' tlm tnliiwrn.
j England has more women govern
I ment workers than any other country
' on the globe.
I Gambling among British munition
j workers on Sunday has become such
] a nuisance that a Market Bosworth
magistrate fined one $25 for playing
pitch and toss.
Wallpaper manufacturers have
signed an agreement with the National
Association of Machine Primers and
Color Mixers. Wages have leen in
creased and shorter hours
BRITISH PLANE
ITS HI BOAT
Story of an Attack by Flyers on
German Destroyer
Fleet.
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE DANGER
Enemy Ship Becomes a Twisted and
Dirty Wreck After Bomb From |
Above Strikes It—All in
the Day's Work.
London.—To the observer in the
rear cockpit of the fast British bomb
ing machine the sceue hardly appeared
to change from minute to minute. The
engine roared, the sunlight came slant
Ins; in onto his knees, a bit ins wind
beat on his fa<-e. and below was the
slightly hazy surface of the sea, while
to the right lay the dim line of the
Belgian coast, which swept away to
the wider silver reaches of the Scheldt
estuary. Ahead of him two British
machines flew in the same direction,
with their propellers seeming to re
volve lazily, as they always do when
seen from another machine. The ob
server continually scanned the air
above and below the machine, and ex
amined every now and then the sur
face of the sea.
Suddenly tho front machine turned
to the right and began to fly toward
the coast. Its occupants had evidently
seen something of importance. Look
ing below, the observer of the buck
machine saw n few miles from the
Zeebrugge mote sis little shapes which
seemed stationary on the gray sea.
German Destroyers.
They were German destroyers which
were in reality steaming at top speed
toward the coast. Gradually the air-1
planes drew nearer and nearer and |
soon were bat a few miles from the
land.
Near the front machine appeared a
small black ball of smoke. Another
appeared, and another, and the ob
server could hear the sharp crack of
the btirstiui? shells. A moment later
the second machine entered the zone
of bursting shells, some leaving White
smoke, and others leaving black or
evil-looking yellow vapor. Along tho
coast line he could see the little red
flashes of the anti-aircraft batteries.
Now, however, they were almost over
the destroyers, which were beginning
to fcigzag as the danger of the Com
ing attack was realized. •
The observer saw six black cylin
ders drop spinning from the front ma
chine, and then, with his two reins
round tho pilot's arms in front, he
steered the machine to the right and
left as he watched the destroyer
through the wires- and bars of his
bomb sight. Even as he was direct
ing the machine he saw the great
white clouds of steam, smoke and wa
ter leap up from the sea near the de
stroyer.
The second destroyer, which was
now steering an almost direct Course,
appeared below his range bars. He
turned tho pilot slightly to the right
in order that he might allow for the
speed of the boat, and slowly pushed
over his bomb levers, one by one. Be
low the wings he had a momentary
glimpse of the yellow, fish-like bombs
rushing downward. He shouted to the
Pilot, and they turned quickly away
from the inferno of shells which were
bursting all around them.
Scores Direct Hit.
The observer stood up and watched
Intently what was going on below.
boat was leff clouded" in smoke, tie
had scored one direct hit. He shouted
excitedly to the pilot as one of the
destroyers dropped out of line and
made swiftly for Its mortally wounded
consort
The British airplanes returned and
reported what had happened. A pa
trol returning a few hours later stat
ed that they had seen five German de
stroyers returning toward Ostend. By
then the sixth, torn and shattered, lay
with many another twisted and rusty
companion, under the sea.
FELT FOR SHOES UNDER BAN
Manufacturer of Heel Pads and Inner
Soles Stopped by War Industries
Board.
Washington.—Box-toed shoes, felt
heel pads and felt inner soles are
doomed for the period of the-war. The
war Industries board announced that
the manufacture of felt used for these
articles must be discontinued as soon
as present supplies of raw material
are exhausted and at once If its manu
facture interferes with the fulfillment
of government orders. The board also
called for a report of the stocks on
hand of wool felts and jackets used
in the manufacture of paper. Sugges
tions were made to bring about the
greatest service of those now in use
and to prevent destruction and waste.
To Feed 65,000 Yanks.
Chicago.—Charles Weeghman, presi
dent of the Cubs, has taken the job
of feeding (55,000 soldiers daily for the
government at the largest artillery
camp In the country, located at £tulth
town, Ky.
Historic Totem Pole# Vanishing.
The totem poles are going. These
quaint monuments of a vanishing race
that have made the coast of British
Columbia and southern Alaska famous
are fast wasting under the Influence
of wind and weather.
Once the designing and constructing
of totem poles flourished among the
Haldas nnd to a lesser extent among
the Tslmpsenn Indians. This was long
before the white man invaded the Pa
cific Northwest. Real totem poles with
the history of tribes and families
carved Into their odd structures are
no longer made and each year sees
some of the older ones disappear.
Some are still standing In their origi
nal positions In the village of Kitwan
ga, on the Skeetia river. Some of
these are said to be'two hundred years
old.
GOOD REASON, TOO I
It happened at a Red Cross tea held
at a country club. The fussy old gen
tleman of the white vest tapped the
tweed-clad youngster on the shoulder.
"My boy," he said, "why are you not
n the army?"
The boy smiled. "To be frank with
vou, sir," he said, "I don't like It
There's all this business of Sleeping
In the mud, nnd uncooked food, anil
ruin all *the time—dashed uncomfort
able, you know.'1
"Uncomfortable!" The white vest
'ront heaved indignantly. "Are you not
Df age, in good health or physically
at r
"Yes—sound ns a drum. Just twen
ty-two, no dependents." The young
:aan was still cheerful. The Inevita
ble group gathered about them.
"Disgusting! Have you no patriot
sin—no love of country? ' What is
your reason for not being In the army?
Confess, coward!"
"I can't be," said the cheerful youth.
"I'm In the navy. Eighteen hours'
leava and special permission to wear
'clvle3.'"
Piles Caretf in 6 to 14 D»jr«
IN THE COLUMNS OF
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You will find advertising that bring results
Ask Skagway Merchants ,
Putj your offerings before the public in a
way that will bring 100 per cent re
turns.
Ivertise in The Daily Alaskan
Printing ot Quality
Upset Her Balance.
Like a rose petal on a zephyr she
blew Into the hosier's.
"I'm looking for something nice for
a young man," she said shyly to the
gallant behind the counter.
"Why don't you look In the mirror?"
asked the hosier, and she was so flus
tered that he managed to get an order
for four dozen raincoats that she
didn't want, before she knew what she
was doing.
IN LUCK.
First Manager—Then you had a sat
isfactory season?
Second Manager—Very! Two of oar
most antagonistic critics died.
BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCH 50c
12 to 1 o'clock daily and Sunday.
Usual dinner, 5 to 7 p. m.
Soedal dinner served1' Sundays.
Golden North Hotel Cafo.
(F IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN
IT ISN'T A KODAK j
Keller Bros. theSk&gway agents
for the Eastman Kodak company,
haye received a large shipment of
all sizes of N. C. and Autographic
Kodak film, and printing out pa
pers both Azo and Velox. tf.
Tako LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE Tablet#. Druggists refund
money If it falls to cure. E. W.
QROVE'S signature to on each box.
80c. Wed
KOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ES
TATE
I
[N THE PROBATE COURT FOll;
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, !
DIVISION NO. 1, AT SIvAG
WAY, BEFORE HON. E. A. RAS
MUSON, U. S. COMMISSIONER
AND EXOFFICIO PROBATE
JUDGE.
In tt« matter of tlie estate of
phomas A. McDonald, deceased.
Notice la hereby given that in
jursu8uce of &n order of sale.
November, A. D. 1918, in the mat
ter of the estate of Thomas A. Mc
Donald, deceased; the undersigned
executor of said estate, will Bell at
public auction, subject to confirma
tion of sale by said court, the fol
lowing described real estate belong
ing to said estate; To-wit; Lota"
One (1), two (2) and three (3) in
Block sixty-fiVe, and Lot twelve
(12) jn Block One hundredJ and
twenty (120) of th« City Of Skag-'
way, »s shown by the official plat
thereof:
Said sal0 will b© made on the
13th day of Decemter, 1918, at
the hour of 2 o'clock in the after
noon o' said at tb$ front door
of the court house in the aai^ City
of Sbagway; terms Of s^le as follow
for cash. ,
Dated this 13th day of November,
1918. J
L. S. KELLER ,
Executor of the ©state of Thomaa A.
McDonald, deceased.
11-15 22 29—12-6 13.
Heed The Warning
M«ny Skagvay People Have Dene
So.
When the kidneyg are weak they
give unmistakable warnings that
should not be ignored. By examin
ing tbe urine and treating the kld
nevs upon the firgt sign of disorder,
many days of suffering may be sa-v
ed. Weak kidneys, usually expel
a aark, ill-smelling urine, full of
"brickdust" sediment and painful in
passage. Sluggish kidney^ Of
ten cause a dull pain In the email
of the back, headaches, dizzy ipells,
tired, languid feelings and frequent
rheumatic twinges.
Doan's Kidney Pills are f°r t&e
kidneys only; they help weajc .kid
neys to rid the blood of uric poison.
There is n better recmmended rem
edy. i
' Read the statement that fol
lows; ;
T B. Berry, 194 Fargo St., Port
land, Ore., Bays; "I ha^ been an
unusually healthy man and hadn't
been sick a day in my life until I
was tf>ken with typhoid fever.. Af*
te the fever left me, my ,\kidDeys
became awfully weak and the fleere*
tiong passed irregularly and con
tained sediment. Every; quick move
sent sharp, cutting pains through ma
and 1 wag lame and stiff all over.
I read about Doan's Kidney Pil's
am3 started' to use them. They aoon
p it my kidneys in good order and I
felt like a different man."
PriCf 60c, at all dealers.. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
geK Doan's iKdney Pills—the &ame
that Mr. Berry .had'. Foster'Mil
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
,n, —, /flu A remedy (or infeetioai
MfS SB 1 ot the Btia»r7 trust...
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