Unlinun u uUHJ
FLOCK 10 WAR
Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 11.—Can
ada, already a country of old' men,
women and children, ia crouching
for a last soring.
Far and near, she has *e>U the
call to her remaining sons to rally
round the banner, already dyed
■with the blood of those who have
gone *o war.
From Mexico, South America
audi the United States, they are
answering the call_ Board any
steamer any train leading to the
great proviuce to the uorth aud
you will see them on their way.
Manv have their families with
them, and some their mothers.
On a recent steamer from Pacific
ports »r Canada. 40 young men
with their relatives were on their
way to the great concentration
oamp at Victoria.
There is no peace movement in
Canada The returned soldiers, of
whom there are now thousands
throughout the dominion, would
s<*<j that it was laughed to scorn.
Ca&ada, after four years of war,
is a machine bent on turning out
oue oroduct—Victory She has
passed the stage of war hysteria
which now grips the United States.
i*. 8i soLfcifefes holding
80 BILLIONS lN'SURANCii
Washington, Sept. 12,—More than
130,000,000,000 of Government in
surance has boen written to date
to urotect America's fighting forces
*rd their families, Secretary McAdoc
announces.
Aporoximately 3,400,000 insur
auce applications have been re
ceived by the Bureau of War-RlsJc
Insurance of the Treasury Deport
ment up to the close of business Au
gust 30. An unDrecedented rush
of I u sin ess in the l&st fortnight has
eclipsed the billion-dollar-a-week
record. The total for the month
of August will be approximately $5,"
000,000,000 in new insurance appli
cat!ons.
Unofficial estimates indicate that
the United States Army is sub
stantially more than 90 per cent
insuied.
New men joining the colors are
almost without exception avail
ing- themselves of the maximum in
surance protection permitted' by
law—J10.000. In the opinion of
Army officers this Is strengthening
♦he morale of the Nation's Army to
« very considerable degree.
More than 2.000,000 insurance
certificates have been mailed to
date. They are being dispatched »t
a steadily increasing rate. Persons
who have been named as benefi
ciaries under the war-risk insur*
SD-ce but have not as yet received
th»»r insurance certificates are
again reminded that these cerMfi
ca*es are not essential to make the
insurance protection effective.
FISH SHIPMENTS MADE FROM
anchorage
Anchorage, Sept. 12.—Anchorage
U developing into a shipping point
for the fishing industry. Canned
aud salted salmon are brought here
»o *mau power boats and on barg
os and are then sent to the states
on c« ean steamships.
The most recent shipment of fish
from Anchorage to Seattle consist
ed cf 17,000 cases of salmon that
Itad been brought here from Liboy,
McNe*'! & Libby'g cannery at Kenai
and 550 barrels of salted salmon
that had been brought hers from
thn plant of the Kachemak Salter?
and Canning Company at Swason
Crtek.
The season for canning and salt
ing salmon Is drawing to a close.
Many of the persons and firms 1u
• salmon fishing industry will
soon go into the herring fishing bus
!uess. The herring run occurs in
the winter months and attains its
neaviest at Kachmeak Bay and
other Dlacee near the mouth of
Coo' Inlet. j
Keep your racket in a press. Kel
ler?' have 'em. Adv. tf.
PRATTLING TOXOlTES
Th,e Kelley Field "Eagle" pub
lishes the folowlng to li'iscourage
the circulation of those senseless
rumors which get about so rapidly.
These rumors are part andp arcel
ol the German propaganda, in this
country.
"Prattling tongues and rat
tling brains make the same .kind
of racKet and besides getting you
In bad, they constitute, in nine
cases out of ten, pro-Prussian pro
pa ga^oa.
"When you hear something- that
mighk be interesting if true, buckle
J up your chin-strap a little tighter
and trace the grape-vine to the
root- When you have found the
originator of your Prussian-blue
mirage, if it's true, congratulate
him; It's a lie, knock his block
off."
Miss C. Benson, Dressmaking and
plain sewing by the day or at home.
Repairing a specialty. Fourth Ave.
near W. P. Club. Tue. Thu. Sat. 6t.
Whit*} Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 41
DMJr Except SusuQay
| So 1. X. Bound
1st Class
9:30 ». m. heaves
12:05 p ill.
12:45 p. m. **
1:40 p. m. "
8:20 p. m. **
8:50 p. m. Arrivfl*
SKAGWAY
WHJTK PASS
LOG CABIN
KE.WYKTT
CAKCR068
WHI"EEHORSE
no. S, S. Bouna
ArHTf*
Ltuve#
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1st ClMS '
4:50 p. m.
3:20 p. m.
2:80 p. m.
1:50 p. m.
11:48 *. xa. i
9:90 ». m.
Pn«tengers moat be *t depot la time to h*vo m"
•pe«ted and cheeked. Ioapectlo* la (topped SO minute* before
leaving time of t nil as.
ISO pound* of baggage wlU bs checked free with each fnO
fare ticket Mid 73 pounds witA each half far* ticket.
MOTS
SAFE FROM
< SUBMARINES
oriiir T'icl chc
London, Sept. 11.—This news
story U for American mothers.
The facta which follow are now
permitted to be assembled and pre
sented In this form by Admiral
Sims' U. 8. Navy staff in London.
J When your soldier som starts
across the Atlantic he has better
! than n 4600 to 1 chance of arriv
ing 6' his destination safe and
(well.
Sine;, the United States declared
war, about 1,400,000 American
fighters have come across. The
total casualties at Bea have been
291. Thats only on© man lost In
4600.
He'.e's another point: That pro
portion, as small as It is covers all
the men sent across since early
1917. And every month methods
and aopliances safeguarding the
transports have improved and1
broadened'. vi' ' ' ''
So tho 46U0 10 X CU*uc«
the lone-period figure® prove, does
not actually show the percentage
today. It's better than that.
"As safe as a church." oaie Sam
my wno landed recently put l.'t
Practically every American sol
dier vow comes to Europe in a
convoy—a group of ships. Which
means, in case of the improbable
torpedo that there are other Ships
very near for rescue work.
Practically everyone of these
transports is armed—that is, there
are guns on the actual vessels
carrying soldiers.
Additional protection in the form
of escorting war vessels is provided
for every convoy in so-called dan
ger zones, and many have escorting
war vessels all the way acrosss.
More war craft, especially de
signed for beating '.own the U
boats, «re constantly getting on the
job as the shipbuilding plants turn
them out in constantly increasing
numoers. M ore carrying ships are
being put into service too. On one
day in July there were 100,000
soldiers at sea at once.
The percentage of U-boats sunk
by the allied navies is climDing.
A recent British official statement
Bhows that, for the first tim^ in
the war. the number of U-boats
sunk lr the past six months ex
ceeds fhe number Germany has been
able to build. In short, they're be
ing sunk faster than they're being
built.
The German government through
inspired articles in tne German
press, has begun a campaign to
'explain" to the people at home
why they haven't beem able to
stop or even Interfere with the
flow 'if American troops to France
In tnese inspired articles It is
now admitted as a final fact that
it is impossible under the convoy
system that the allies have per
fected, to attack the transports
with hope o* success.
In other words, the German gov
ernment realizes that the danger
to a U-boat which attaoks a con
voy «s far greater than th© danger
to the convoy. So they're not
showine their heads.
Ifslt Isn't An Eastman
It Isn't A Kodak
Brownies At $1.00 Up
KodaksIAt $6.00 Up
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Tihe Empty
House
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By FannU Barnatt Lin iky
(Copyright, 1918. by tho McClure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
The little brown ear had swung with
a soft humming sound down the
smooth road, and Its sole occupant
was sitting with her hands in her lap,
looking dreamily out at the landscape
and the rows of houses that they
passed. Many n one passing by on the.
sidewalk might have envied the lovely
young woman who sat there, so slen
der and aristocratic,-in the little brown
car, but she herself was not even con
scious of the looks, whether envious or
admiring, that were cast in her direc
tion.
If, as the poets say, "the eyes are
mirrors of the soul," then it was very
apparent that Elaine Hargrave was
not happy, for the sad, far-away ex
pression on her face told its own story.
As the machine turned the corner of
the street, however, she began to take
more interest in her surroundings, and
she watched carefully the houses she
pass*>d.
suddenly sne leaned iorwuru uuu
spoke to the chauffeur.
"Stop, Jacques," she commanded,
sharply, "at the house 'To Let.'"
The brakes ground sharply, and
Elaine stepped out at once. She
looked again and drew In her breath
quickly. A wave of crimson flooded
her face. The chauffeur wondered at
the sudden order, for they were al
ready late for dinner, and he did not
think that his mistress could possibly
want to look at this empty house.
The glory of a perfect spring day
was over all the out-of-doors. It seemed
a day to tempt anyone to remain In
the open, and drink In to the full the
beauties of bountiful nature, but evi
dently this did not attract the girl,
for she mounted the steps of the house
at once.
She looked around at Jacques after
she had rung the bell. "Walt till I
come out" she said.
A slovenly-looking woman suddenly
appeared In response to her ring. She
was as dusty looking, somehow, as the
house was. and quite as dejected look
ing; but Elaine scarcely saw her as
she spoke:
"I want to see the house," said the
girl. "I suppose T can go In?"
"Well, it's geltin' pretty late, mum,
and I don't think as you'd be seein'
much," replied the old woman.
"Yon can give me your candle," said
Elaine, quickly, as she slipped a coin
Into the not over clean hand, and with
a little gasp, the woman yielded.
- The front door was openefl and
Elaine went through the passage and
glided upstairs like a ghost, the woman
promptly returning to the lower re
gions, whence she had come. Light
ing the dirty candle from a gas Jet
burning in the passageway, Elaine went
from one room to another with quick,
nervous haste. Her face was quite
colorless, but her eyes burned with a
feverish light that made her seem very
different from the brillinnt lady of
fashion that most people knew as
Elaine Hnrgrave. Here she was but a
girl; anil face to face with memory, a
memory that was still alive after three
years of bitter struggle—the struggle
of trying to forget.
For today was the third anniversary
of what was to have been Elaine Har
grove's wedding day, but that wedding
never took place; and on the third
anniversary of "what might have
been," as Elaine expressed it herself,
and just home from travels that had
taken her Into the faraway corners of
the world, the girl had become pos
sessed with the dsslre to see the place
that once she had expected to call
"home."
She stopped for a moment In her
flitting from room to room and looked
about her. Here, but three short years
before, she had planned to come as a
happy bride, and here she had left the
man she loved after their bitter quar
rel, called him "Puritan" and "Prude,"
because he would not countenance the
■ways of her "set." How empty and
false were the ways of that very same
set, she had come bitterly to realize,
just as In her heart of hearts she had
come to respect all the more the man
who would hot bow down to them.
And how empty was her heart as well 1
She could see him plainly, if she but
shut her eyes for a moment, as he
stood before her that day so long ago,
so tall and proud and good to look at.
She had always taken such pride In his
good looks, all the more so because he
had not belonged to her "set," but had
come to the city unknown, and had
worked up to an enviable position. She
could almost hear again his earnest
voice as he remonstrated with her on
that last fateful day in this house.
"I know that I do not belong to this
'set' that you seem to think so much
of, dear," he said, "and perhaps that
Is why I find it so hard to accustom
myself to the things that they do, but
I am certain that I have too much
regard for the woman who is to be my
wife to want to see her follow in the
footsteps of people whose chief aim In
life seems to be to attract the atten
tion of others. Tou are made for bet
ter things than this, Elaine, dear. Won't
you be guided by me in this thing and
give these people up? Please, dear,
for my sake?"
She recalled now how she had flung
away from him, although In her heart
she had known even then that he was
right, but some perverse spirit seemed
to urge her not to give in; how she
}>&d refused to do what be asked ot
hef, telling ''that she would live
her life without him, and that she real
ized now that It was a mistake to ex
pect an outsider—a plebeian—to un
derstand the ways of her kind of
people." Even now, after three years,
Blaine still winced as she thought of
those hasty words of hers. How she
must have hurt him—and all the time
she was hurting herself as well; and
he had let her go on without a word
of protest, la the end gravely agreeing
with her, and saying that he would
never ask her to come back again. And
he ha<}n't. And they never met nor
wrote.
Elaine's eyes were opened now, but
of course It was far toe late to give In
and acknowledge herself In the wrong.
Three years of time had rolled be
tween them, the bar of passionate
worda on either sMe keeping them
apart
She started once more on her pil
grimage through the rooms. First
the dining room, with the familiar pa
per, which she herself had selected.
B* had not been so well-off then, and
bad Insisted upon living In the style
that his own earnings would entitle
them to—but he had worked hard to
give her as many as possible of the
luxuries that she had been accus
tomed to.
"So small a trunff to mean bo rnrge
a loss," murmured the girl to herself.
She had read those words somewhere,
and now they came Into her mind. She
stood for a time looking out through
the clouded windows. Great tears
welled up In her eyes and poured down
over her face—as If the barriers were
suddenly let down to allow tides of
memory to flow In and engulf her.
She had never allowed herself to
think In this way before, but the spirit
of love seemed to have come back to
the dusty little room from which he
had flown three years before. For her
time passed unheeded.
Darkness fell. Outside, James felt
very cross. The Idea of anyone spend
ing so much time looking at an empty
house! He folded his arms and went
half asleep. Down In the basement,
the care-taker, having finished her
supper, came up, and, forgetting all,
about her visitor, or, thinking that she
had surely gone away long ago, closed
the door and went home.
And Elaine dreamed on—for how
long, she knew not But suddenly she
awoke to reality with a start, to no
tice that It had grown very dark out
side, and that there were footsteps
coming through the hall. Then came
the sound of a voice that seemed fa
miliar.
"Hold the light low there, please. I
wish to see all the rooms. There,
thank you; that's better."
Elaine had crept to the door, and
was listening with a white face. She
had a glimpse of the two men as they
passed the door — one, evidently the
night watchman, holding the lamp, and
the other, the man she had sent away
three years before.
"So he, too, has not forgotten,"
thought Elaine, bitterly.
She wondered If she should speak—
make her presence known — but each
time she tried to her courage failed
her. She looked again. Yes, there he
was! Standing In front of the open
fireplace. Once more she peered
through the open door. "How changed
he was," she said to herself. "How
much older and grayer."
Her face was still wet with the
traces of her recent tears, but she did
not even know it as she went up and
tapped gently on the wall between the
two rooms. He turned round suddenly
with a great start.. Then he came to
the door and opened it wider. Elaine
wnlkpri into the room.
All the light from the lamp seemed
to shine od the slender figure, standing
there so erect and proud. The girl's
face was white and strained, but her
blue eyes shone like twin stars. The
man started back with a little cry of
unutterable astonishment.
"Elaine I Good God 1"
"Listen," she said softly, her hands
outstretched. "Let me humble myself
while I can. I need you, Richard—I
want you—you and the little house."
"Elaine—Elaine—" The man could
but whisper her name, for the sudden
sight of her seemed to have dazed him.
"Elaine—why did you comet"
Quite suddenly all the fear and pride
seemed to die out of the girl's heart
"Because I loved you," she whispered
softly. "Because In the old empty
house I came to understand that I
could never be happy without you.
When I stood In the little room that
we had planned together"—her voice
broke—"Richard, forgive me—"
She was In his arms, sobbing out
the words she could not speak, and his
arms were around her as he murmur
ed : "It's for you to forgive me, dear
est. My little girl 1 And I thought that
you did not care!"
She clung to him, even as he held
her, as he kissed lip and brow and hair.
He could not let her go. He would
never let her go again. "My dearest,"
he whispered, "not for long will It be
the Empty House."
HI* Choice of Profewlon*.
A rich New Yorker decided that his
Indolent 'son must go to work.
The father acquired his wealth by
hunting for oil In Kentucky and Is
self-made. In his ultimatum to the
leisure-loving son, he told him to have
on his desk the next morning the pro
fessions he would like to follow—and
the father would select the one for
which he thought the son best suited.
Here is the list the eon turned in:
Hammock demonstrator. Night
watchman at police headquarters.
Floorwalker In a bird store. Head
waiter In the Automat. Director of
the vacation bureau at Sing Sing.
Ringmaster at a merry-go-round. Win
dow cleaner in Grant'* tomb, gad
cheer leader la tbs hall of CHMfc
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Anchorage, Sept. 12. — About
{60,000 is the estimated amount
which will be realized this year
bT farmers in the Matanusk* val
ley on their hay crop. In th»
neighborhood of 800 or 1000 tons
of hay, with oat hay predominating
and the rest timothy and alfalfa,
wi'l be harvested. This year'#
yif.ld of hay is the first of any con,*
sequence in the Matanuska valley. *
Tne chief agricultural product,
th's year a« last year, will con
sist of root vegetables, such as po
tatco, rutabagas, beets, carrots
and cabages. The acreage of the
produce is expected to be superior.
The vegetable yield will be con
siderably in excess of the drnand of
tne Anchorage market, and the,
effort, initiated last spring of selling
in other markets on the Alast*
coast, w'll be continued with this
season's crop.
A cover or case keeps your tan
nis rocket in good shape. KfiUera'
have a big assortment of felt and
crayanettc cases from a dollar up.
Adv. tf.
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
meeta every second and
fourth, Tuegday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
lot brcmera cordlnlly -welcome.
Unrt A. BMnuon, Arctic Chief.
WJilUni R. Gnij, Arctic Recorder.
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P. 4 A. M.
Whit* Pa a# Lodg«
F. & A_ M. No. Ut
meet* 2d and 4ttt
Saturday Eran la#*
ox ea^n montns. visiting urexorea
ar« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
XAMIao -WALLACE, Secretary.
a p. O. ELKS
8kagw*y Lodf4
No. 481. B. P. a
E. meets ererj
Thursday qt 8:30
p. m. Vlalttnfc
brothers cordially welcome.
OSCAR SELMER, E. R
W. i. VAiiDEWALL, 8eoi»taxy.
Pioneer of AJulu Igloo, No. IS,
meet* to A. B. 11a 11 first Monday lA
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Vteltlng Brothers cordially w*4
coake. I
W. J. AIULYIHILL, Pre#.
J. C. PHELPS, Secy.
PROFESSIONAL 0ARD8
DR. L. 8. KELLER
Deviict
Mum Modeca Me*hoda
Offlcr Hours: 9-19 ». m. 1-6 p. ■>
AlMkoii Building .... Br**dw«/
8KAUWA1' ALASKA
W. B. OTOUT
Attorney At Law
Prartlce In all courts
la Territory of AM*
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