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AT THE CONFERENCE
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One of the marked differences between the Washington conference and
that at Versailles Is In the matter of the recognition of God. The Peace
conference had no prayers and no reference to deity. This conference was
born In the prayer of a great nation bowing for two minutes at its open-!
ing session. The formal prayer of the opening session was made b Rev. \v. |
S. Abernathy, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church of Washington. This is
the church which President Warren S. Harding and secretary of State
Hughes attend. The prayer is as follows:
"Almighty God. we thank Thee for the coming of this eventful day.
We have seen It from afar and now we rejoice that it has at last dawned
May it bring untold blessing (o a troubled world. O Thou omnipotent One,
today as In other days, we believe that Thou dost guide in human affairs.
Thou has made of one blood all nations that dwell upon the earth, and I
though we are of many races and many tongues, yet the Interests of the!
few are the Interests of the larger number.
"May we feel assured that the welfare and happiness and prosperity
of the human family are Inexpressibly dear to Thy heart. We pray for
clear vision or we shall grope blindly for the light and lose our way. We
pray for hearts lovingly sympathetic to human distress, wherever it may
exist, or we shall sink Into the depths of a miserable selfishness. We pray
for minds willing to believe that the strong ought to bear the In
firmities of rhe weak, or we shall miss (he great Joy of service. We pray
for the forward look or we shall be overwhelmed in hopeless pessimism
tllve us the ability to think clearly, to Judge fairly, to act wisely. Help us
to think less often of our rights and more often of our duties and respon
sibilities. ?
"We pray at this hour In behalf of a world in sore need. Thou art not
unmindful of the sufferings of thy p< ople. The cries of multitudes of wid
ows and orphans have come up before Thee. O Cod. We have had our ter
.ible baptism of blood There is hua:i'r r d pestilence and unutterable
anguish. God forbid (hat the woes of these wars should ever again be vis
ited upon the earth. Can it be that Thou hast permitted us thus to suffer
In order that we might turn from our own devices to Thee and acknowl
edge Thee as King of our lives and our desti.1 ies? Out of the depths we
cry unto Thee. "Save us. or we perish."
"May we walk softly and humbly before Thee, this day. and through
out the fateful days of this greai conference. May we be intent on knowing
Thy will; and knowing it. may we have the courage to do it. And may it
he that the findings of this conference shall be so wise, so far-reaching and
so beneficial, that all mankind may take new hope and fresh courage. And
to Thee shall be the praise and the glory forever and ever. Amen."
tiik <;ovkk\oi:s rkpokt
The flrst report of Governor Bone was Riven to the press for Decem
ber sixth. Extracts and the complete summary will he found In another
part of this Issue of today's Alaskan. The message commends Itself for Its
sanity, clarity and strong grasp of the general conditions as afTecttng the
territory It reveals in the simple presentation of the conditions affecting
the territory that here are problems so big. tasks so herculean that they
cannot be performed by men sitting behind desks and telling what ought
to be done When Alaska has a population of a million her problems will
te in process of solution. Her transportation will be rapid, efficient, cheap
and satisfactory. The largest hope which now conies to Alaska is a sym
pathetic and aggressively interested administration. The consolidation of
the 52 varieties of governmental bureaus and the requirement that offi
cials having administrative duties in the territory live in the territory are
some of the strong and realizable points in the report.
The governor follows a number of his predecessors in recommending i
the construction of adequate administration buildings at the capital. Cer-j
talnly this should receive the favorable attention of the government at
Washington and construction be started within the near future on build
ing which at the best will take some months to construct. These would j
create a favorable Impression on the many who come to Alaska and judge
it largely by what they see. It is to be regretted that Juneau has so un
favorable a location for the erection of buildings and as the capital of the
territory makes so unfavorable an impression on those coming to the city.
With the hearty cooperation of the national government and so able a
Hi%ernor. Alaska may hope confidently for a revival in all lines of activ
ity, within her wide borders.
LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
Will (lermany "forget ?" Or will It
be as it was with the French on the
Place de la Concorde: "Quand
uieuie!"? The Illustrated papers indi
cate somewhat a people's thoughts,
l.imk at them in Germany today!
I'like only the lllustrlerte Zeitung
as an example. The slogan is unmis
takable: "Verloren, doch nicht verges
sen'" Lost, but not forgotten.
Exery other picture Is of a cathedral,
a town, a province, a colony, an I so
lit ted piece of "Deutschtura" a'iroad,
a school in the Orient. The for
mer German East Africa is called
German East Africa. There U no
nilin uix of words, says the (jnnsimn
Science Monitor. Week by week, the
German's find themselves regaled by
Illustrated representations of their
kith and kin In the East, the
Far Knst. In Poland, the Banat.
at Rpvul, In Transylvania. In China
and in Africa. Alsace-I.orralne, and
the S:iar region. The answer seems
to be: (Jt-rmauy does not mean to
forget.
One of the minor mysteries of life
Is why a movie actress always has a
press agent who quotes her as say
Inft such inane things. It cant be
that press agents have developed a
love of accuracy!
iPETEBB.KTNE
^CTVJZIZSD ^
^k^MEB?TJn2-/fAN$IWr!t
* CFHE VALLEY °f GIANTS,
*- sSf~" Erc
" CQOVRI6HT. BY PETTR a.KVHl
"Clew up them royals." He lashed
the wheel and they brought the clew
lines again to the winch head. The
ship was falling off a little before
the fore-roval was clewed up, so Mr.
(.Ibney ran hack to the wheel and put
her on her course aealn while McGnf
fey brought the main-royal clewline*
to the winch. Again Gthin j made the
wheel fast and helped McOr.ITey clew
up the uinln-royal; again he set her
on her course while McGuffey, follow
In* Instructions, made ready to clew
up the foreto'-gallan'-s"!. They were
abreast Black Point before this latter
sail was Clewed up. and then they
smothered the lower top-s'ls; the hark
was slipping lnzlh through the water
and McCulTey ti»ok the wheel.
"Starboard a little! Steadyy-y:
Keep her as she heads" (llbney warned
anil cnsti off the jib halyards. The
Jibs slid down the stays, hanging a»
they fell. Thev were well up toward
•'Hard a Starboard! Make Her Fast
Bart."
Mtiggs \vlinrf now mid ir <1 volved 111
on Mi* Glbnoy to brine his prire !n or
tho qiiiinitiline crovi. i and let co hl
port anchor Fortiir.ntelv, tie anchor
was already rorli-hillH Mr. (»ihne^
sprung to the for«Mop-«ail hslyard
and let thorn go and the foro-lop-snii
came down by the run.
"Hanl-a-starbonrd : Make her fas;
Bart, an' come up here nn' help me
with rtie anchor I.et go rh.> main top
•all halyards as yon rerae hy an* stand
by the compressor i>n the windlass."
The I'hesajieake swung slowly,
broadside to the first of the ebb and
with the wlud on her port bourn. Mr.
Gibuey kLooted out the stopper wilb
his trusty hammer and away went
the rusiy chain, singing through the
hawscpipe. "Snub Uer gently, Mac.
suub her gently, an' give her the thir
ty-fathom shackle to the water s cd^e."
he warned McOuffey.
The bark swung until her bows were
straightened to the ebb tide and wuh
a wild, triumphant yell Mr. Gibney
Clasped the honest McGuffey to his
perspiring bosom. The deed was done!
It was dark, liowever, before they
had all the sails snugged up shipshape,
although iu the meantime the quaran
tine launch bad liove alongside, in
vestigated, and removed those of the
crew who still lived. Shortly there
after the coroner cauie and removed
the dead, after which Glbney and Mc
Guffey hosed down the deck, located
some hard tack and coilee. supped
and turned iu lu the officers' quarters.
In the morning. Scab Johnny arrived
In a launch with their other clothes
(Mr. Gibney having thoughtfully sent
him ten dollars on account of their
old board bill, together with a request
for the clothes), aud wheu the ugeats
of the Chesapeake sent a watchman
to relieve them they went ashore and
had breakfast. After breakfast, they
called at the oftice of the agents,
where they were complimented on thfur
daring seamanship aud received a
check for one thousand dollars each.
"Well, now," McGuffey declared, af
ter they hud cashed their checks, "See
in" as how I've become Independent
ly wealthy by following your lead,
Adelbert, all 1 got to say is that I'm
a-goin' to stick to you like a limpet to
a rock. What'11 we do with our
money 7"
For the first time In his checkered
career Mr. Gibney bad a sane, sensi
ble, and serious thought. "Has It ever
occurred to you. Mac, how much nicer
it Is to have a few dollars In the bank,
good clothes on your back, an' a cred
it with your friends? Me. all my life
1 beeu a come-easy, go-easy, come
Sundav.-God'll-send-Mondas sort o'
feller, until in my forty->ecoiid year
I'm little better'n a beachcomber. S®
now, when you ask me what Tib goln'
to do with my money, I'll tell you.
I'm going to save It, after first payio'
up aboui seventy-five bucks I owe here
an' there along the Front. I'm through
drlnkin' an' raisin' h—11. Me for a
savings bank, Hart."
chapter vii.
When Captain Scraggs. after aban
don lug all hope of salving the bark
Chesapeake, returned to the Maggie,
the little craft reminded him »f noth
ing so much as the ward for the In
corrigible of an insane asylum. Due
to Captain Scraggs' stupidity and the
general inefficiency of the Maggie, the
new navigating officer Tvas of the opin
ion thai lie had been swindled out of
his share of the salvage. while the new
engineer, furious at having been en
gaged 10 bab.v such a ruin as the Mag
gie's boiler turned out to be. blamed
Scruggs' parsimony for the loss of his
share of the salvage. Therefore, boih
men aired with the utmost frankness
tliclr opinion of their employer. One
word borrowed another until diplomat
ic relations were severed and. In the
language of the classic, they "mixed
it." Thej were fairly well matched,
and. to tlie cr<dlt of Captain Scniggs
be II id, whenever he believed him
self to have a fighting chance Scraggs
would fight and fight well, under the
Tom-cat rules of tisScu!T».
Following a bloouy buttle in the pilot
hoii.-e. he subdued tin' mute; following
his M. lory he was still war mad, so
lie went to the engine-room hatch and
abtiM ■; ihe engineer. As a result of
the day's events, both men quit when
the Maggie was tied up a! Jackson
street wharf and once more Captain
s. i.u> was helpless. In h,» extrem
is >. lie wished lie hadn't been so hard
on Mr iiibuey and McGuffey. for he
r ao.ed he could never hope io ge1
u,m back until their salvage money
should be spent.
i;.m cs> and wholly Irreclaimable as
Mr. liibney and Mr. McvJufTey might
ha>e been and doubtless were, each
pos>o"od in bounteous measure the
swt. o>t of huniaii attributes, to-wit:
a >o . kind heart and a forgiving spir
it. Creatures of Impulse both, they
found It absolutely impossible to tiour
-ih a grudge against Captain Scruggs,
wl i upon returning to Scab Johnny's
boarding house, their host handed
them a grubby note from their enemy.
It whs short and sweet and sounded
quile sincere; Mr. liibney read It
aloud:
(,'n l'.>ard jhe Maggie. Saturday night.
iH-ar Krienda:
I am sorry. You hart mf awfnl with
your k;dden when .von took the Oliesa
peake a "ay from me. To er Is human
htit to forgive is devine. After nhn
I done 1 don't erpoct you two t* come
t.gok to work ever but for God's sake
■ion't pive me the dead face when we
meat agin. Remember we been ship
mates once.
"P. P. Scraps*."
"Why. the pore ol' son of a horse
thief." Mr. Gibney murmured. r-.uch
moved al tliis profound abasement.
"Of course we forgive him. It ain't
iniinl) ;o hold a grouch afier the cul
prit has paid his fair price for his
ams. By an' large, I got a hunch,
fiart. that old Scraggsy's had his les
son for once."
"If you can forgive him. I can. Gib."
"Well, he's certainly cleaned him
aelf handsome. Bart. Telephone for
a messenger boy." and Mr. Glbnej
sat down and wrote:
"Scrsco.v. old fanciful, we're square,
forget It and come to breakfast with
ns at seven tomorrow at the MarttfWO
cafe. I'll order deviled lam kidneya
for three. It's alright with Bart alao.
"Yours,
"Gib."
This note, delivered to Captain
Scrapps by the messenger boy, lifted
tlie gloom from the latter'# miserable
s> >ul and sent him home with a light
heart to Mrs. Scraggs. At the Marl
gold cafe next morning he was almost
touched to observe that both Gibney
and McGuffey showed up arrayed In
dungarees, wherefore Scraggs knew his
late enemies purposed proceeding to
the Slupgle Immediately after breakfast
;;nd working In the engine room all
day Sunday. Such action, when h*
knew both gentlemen to be the pos
sessors of wealth far beyond the
dreams of avarice, bordered so close
ly on the miraculous that Scraggs made
a mental resolve to play fair In the
future—at least as fair as the limits
of his cross-grained nature would per
mit. He was so cheerful and happy
that McGuffey, taking advantage of
the situation, argued him Into some
minor repairs t* the engine.
About nine o'clock, as Mr. Gibney
was on his way to the Marigold Cafe
for bieakfast, he was mildly Inter
ested, while passing the Embarcadero
warehouse, to note the .presence of
fullj a dozen seedy looking gentlemen
of undoubted Hebraic sniecertontv
congTegaied In a dwlf Just outside the
.waretv use door. Th«* «a» ao air
of suppressed eicltenx-nt about this
troop of Jf«"> that aroused Mr. G>h
ney's curiosity: no be decided to crows
over and Investigate. being of the opm
loo that possibly ooe of their number
had fallen tr a fit. He had once had
•n epileptic shipmate and was pecu
liarly expert In the handling of such
cues.
Now. If the greater portion of Mr.
Glhney's eventful career had not heen
spent at sea. he would hare known, by
the red flag that floated over the d&or.
that a public auction was abont to
take place, and that the group of He
hrew gentlemen constituted an organi
sation known as the Forty Thieve*,
whose business It was to dominate the
bidding at all suctions. frighten off, or
buy off. or outbid all competitor*. aDd
eventually gather unto themselves, at
their own figures. aJl goods offered for
Ladfc
In the miter of the croup Mr. <"!lh
mj noticed a tatt. lank? Individual,
evidently the leader, who was Issuing
tnamictloos In a low voice to his
henrfitren TWi Individual tBonrb
Mr. Glbney did not know It, *"as the
Ring of the Forty TTilevea A« Mr
Oibney luffed Into new the kin* ewl
him with *usptclon. Observing thla.
• Mr. Glbney threw out hla magnificent
cheat, scowled at the king. AriH stepped
Into the warehouse for all the world
as If he owned It.
An oldish man with glasses—the
auctioneer—waa aeated on a ho* mak
ln(t figures In a notebook. Him Mr
Glhnev addressed.
"Whafa all thla hereT" he Inquired.
Jerking his thumb over hla shoulder
at the group.
"lt'« an old horse sa'e." replied the
! auctioneer, without looking up.
I Mr (JIhney brightened He glanced
•round for the stock In trade, but ob
serving none concluded that tke old
horse* would be led in. ar.e at a time,
throuch a aniall door In tbt rear of
the warehouse Like 100*1 sailors Mr
Oibney hsd a passion for horseback
: riding, and In a spirit of adOnrure he
reaolved to acquaint htm«elf with the
i Ins and euts of an old horse sale.
"How much tnlirht a man have to
; rive fot one of the critter*?" he asked
"And are they worth a whoop after
| vou pet them7"
"Twenty-five certs up," »-ii the an
' swer. "You co It blind at an old horse
sale, a* a rule. Perhaps you g?t some
th'ng that'* wortHea*. and then agslr
vou may get something that has heap
of value, and perhaps yon only pay
half a dollar for It. Tt all depends or
the bidding. I once sold an old horse
to a < ;sp and he took It home and
opened It up. and what d'ye suppose
] he found Inside?"
"Pots." replied Mr. Oihney. who
prided himself or being something of
a veterinarian, having spent a few
months .of hla youth around a Sverj
stable.
; "A million dollar* In Confederate
1 creenhr.cks." replied the auctioneer
"Of course they didn't have sny vaJue
1 -jf *>,«- *]-nnn»r thev'd been t" ST
(Continued on Thursday)
OLD WAYS OF TELLING TIME
j Early Method* Were Prtmct ve, but
Some Sort of Reckoning Always
Hai Been Kept.
I Today when «t pianoe st our
watches and isnrrtaln to ilw second
j the wrrfrt time. we do not stop to
f think of The first awkward method*
I used by primitive man tn !he •>»rJle«t
( days, man divided the time Into two
i periods. the day and the nicht. The
I daj was then separate.! In;.- sunrise.
< noonday and ninwt. and then the
J morning and afternoon were further
i divided hy the lend..' and potion of
the shadow*. Our nrst sundla was a
' Mick set upright In the ri->»i I and
I ihe time was told hv the len~h and
position of the shadows N. rly all
I am-U-nt peoples of ihe world h»d sun.
'dials and with them ihe !lin<* »as told
( to the hour and the minute The Oh'
' n«-se had them, the Romans set up
' tall shadow columns with officers to
j watch Ihem and report hourly on the
lencth of the shadows. Even !p the
< Middle ages the sundial was stiU used
j hy those poor people who could not
• afford such luxnr.es as water clocks
j or hour glasses.
Chinese Short
IMnkinc shoos Is the Interminable
task of (""hlnese women, from youth
, to old ape. Travelers see them hnsy
| In every moment, when necessity does
I not require attention to some other
j work, plying the threads hack and
, forth, tn and out. In their endless ef
fort to keep the men of their house
hold supplied with footwear. Where
there Is a surplus, the shoes are sold
to the shops.
Only cloth and paper are used. Th
thickness of ■ he ««!os. of a'tematlnc
I layers of doth and paper hold to
j peiher hy paste, oft n Indicate In vatla
I tions of from one-half to two Inches.
the wealth of the wearers. The shoes
I are noiseless and comfortable, hut on
j rainy days China stays Indoors he
I cause the shoes readily absorb water
TTie women make their own tiny
shoes In the seclusion of their qiiar
! ters even the hushand belnc forbidden
| to watch their manufacture.
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