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OUR FLAG
EDITORIAL
E FIKST, TliEN THE FHLLLs
iior Knox voiced a thought
ias been. held iu the back
1 dunug an the preliminary
iioiis of the war and its aims.
i« that the first business of
ace conference will be to se
ieace. When once order is re*
iu the world, and.' substantial
• is established, witjj approxi
iatisfaction of all the conflict
aims certain to be presented
sailies, attention may be giv*
1 • plans suggested for the
vatlon of peace,
i may t^ite the form of a
• ri nations, as suggested by
t-sident and ardently advocat^
i League to Enforce Peace iu
juntry, and more or less teuta
acceoted' by the leaders of
thought abroad. Difficulties
way of such an organization
:merous and must be compose
the league can bd formed
iny assurance of success. Con
es of the P^t are of little
» for the future, as they were
i under the influence of Ger*
w .ose attitude was distinctly
3 to the thought of anything
n'ernationai tranquility based
itice to all. With the menace
•man militarism removed, the
'ill be open, but along it will
ind the selfish aspirations of
nf the nations. How to har*
e these is the great problem
<• statesmen.
ator Knox apparently inclines
» view that the I'nited States,
■owing its influence to one side
s other can always balance the
, and by this means preserve
orid from war. Whether it is
•le for our country to hold a
rom tl\e suggested internation
iance he does not mak® clear.
igh", but in doing so we would
ect invite a combination of
nations that might in time he
• against us.
lie we can rely on the friend*
md cooperation of England,
e and I'aJy, and nave the re
of all other nations, it may
e wis© to return to our state
endid isolation." We were
t jarred' out of that and thrust
world affairs, and must look
to taking a full share in
management and control. But
proolems will not be settled a)
?ace tade if the treaty is to De
llgated in June.—Omaha Bee.
last night's council meeting
leraole time was devoted
iscussion of the expens© in*
* by reason of the influenza
ntine which Skagway is main*
g, and it seemed to *>e the
asus of opinion that this ex
ture would be met finally by
federal or territorial govern
Shoull this be the case, ail
e well.
is true that Gov. Riggs has
congress fop an appropriation
if>,000 to defray the e>:perse o;
— i '.fr . __;g
fighting the flu, but lfc [a n6t posi
tive that this amount, or ant oth
er amount -will bo forthcoming:.
Should something block the allow
ance of the Appropriation asked for
by Governor Riggs. Skagway will
be confronted by a mass of bills
which will have to be paid.
In the meantime, skagway gives
fre* medical attendance, boar(j and
lodgiB* to transients with the ex
pectation that it will get pay from
the government for this service.
akagwaj is performing an inter
national favor Or deed in detaining
persons coming from influenza in
fected districts who are enrov,te to
the interior of Alaska, and North
ern British Columbia and Yukon
Torritory. Should the efforts of
Governor Riggs fail in securing the
appropriation sought for this pur
pose, theft the expenses Incurred by
Skagway will hav© to bo born<> oy
the tfxpayerg, and ia thia just?
la another column, it is noted
that Cordova is detaining all tran
sients arriving in that city for ten
days, and they are taking the pre
caution ot mOvking those so detained
pav for their keep. Cordova, it
seen* to us, is merely cautious.
As a matter of fact, few of those
thus far detained in Skagway by
reason of the health regulations
hav« oeen Skagwayans, and ag tran
sients a* this season of the year
are aimost all compelled to remain
here from two to five days at some,
one of the hotels, it is not asking
too much to require them to pay for
their keep at the hospital annex.
I* is certainly not fair to run
Skagway into a heavy debt in order
th»» the interior may be protected,
thjj debt to ultimately be paid by
the tax payeis of Skagway. jt is
admitted tha« this may be paid out
of government funds, but until such
fuudf are assured, it might be safe
for the health board to require the
traveling pUDlic to "pungle" up.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
FROM CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE MONITOR
The gtory of President Wilson's
desk &t the White House is told oy
a London newspaper. It recalls
such a happy little inci<lent in the
p3st jeiations of the United States
ani Great Britain that it is quite
worth giving once ag^in. In 1S52.
H. At. S. Resolute "was sent to the
Arctic in search of Franklin, but,
gett'.ne in*o difficulties. she was
abandoned by her crew. Three
years later an American whaler ex
tricated and towed the ship into
port Tht> Resolute wa3 then pur
chased and refitted by the United
States Government and' sent to Eng
land, by President Franklin Pierce,
as a token of good will and friend
ship.
5om« little time afterward, De
ing cast service, the Resolute 'was
broken ud in Plymouth, dockyard,
and fiom her timbers Queen Victor!
had a desk made, which 6he sent
to President Buchanan, as a me
morial r* "the courtesy and lovin?
kindn»«s" which had prompted his
predecessor to send the vessel
back to England. The desk has ever
since been the one used by succes
sive presidents of the United States
for tbeir official correspondence.
A fuel conservator advises those
disposed to do things that will
help in winning the war to walk
down-stairs instead of taking the ele*
vator, if one's office is not above
*h« fifth floor. Walking will be
wearing on shoe leather and stair
•reos. Why would it not be mor«
patriotic to slide down on the balus
trade, or upon what the occupants
of office Duildings used' to call
"banisters" when they were boys?
MAX1 EUROPEAN BOYS
AND GIRLS SEEKING
WILSON'S AUTOGRAPH
Paris, Jan. 7.—President Wilson
is receiving letters from all over Eu
rove from boy§ and1 girls who want
ill? autograph. Some want more,
seaming io think that he has trough
Chrlsfnas gifts from America.
The President cannot possibly an
swer all these letters, but to each
iP'lej letter an official letter is go
in* from the Paris white house ex-1
pressing the presidents appreciation.
To on© 7-year-old boy in Madrid
who wrot© a touching letter
which he said he thought President
Wilson was an international Santa
Claas, the president did send an au
tograojied reply.
] MAC GOES TO CALIFORNIA
FOR RECREATION*
Washington, Jan. 7.—Former Sec
retary of the Treasurer McAdoo will
leatt thig city tonight for santa
Barbara, California, where it la
his intention to spend several
months in recreation.
iHA!S£ garden stuff
Red Cross Establishes Truck
Farms in France.
Supplies Recreation and Employment
to Convalescents and Increases
Food Supply.
Paris.—With a view to supplying
recreation and employment to conval
escents, and incidentally increasing
the food supply, the American Red
Cross has established ten truck farms
In connection with base hospitals in
France where, under trained supervi
sion, the convalescents are raisins
Vegetables for consumption In the hos
pitals. The number of farms will bo
Increased duriug the year, the Arnerl- |
can Red Cross supplying Seed, imple
ments and trained supervision, as well
as money for operating expenses.
At one place, where there are three
base hospitals together, a farm of 100
acres is now under cultivation, though
the average farm is «bout eight acres.
Two of tiie larger farms are equipped
with tractors. For the most part, how
ever, the work is hand labor, that the
convalescents may protlt to the utmost
from the outdoor exercise.
Owing to diicate conditions garden
ing is an nll-the-year-round occupation
in France and is carried on in a most
Intensive way, with every inch of
ground under cultivation and rows be
tween rows, as, for instance, cabbages
between rows of potatoes. When
plants are removed in the morning the
ground is worked over during the day
and by uight the soil is again at work*
on freshly sown seed. No charge la
made the hospitals for the produce,
but accounts are kept and it is expect
ed to show that the farms more thun
pay for the cost of operation.
Through these gardens many French
Poilus will have their tirst taste of the
great American dulic&cy, "coru on the
cob." A greater use of a variety of
vegetables is made iu France than in
America and the Red Cross is supply
ing seed for beans, beets, cabbage,
cauliflower, brussels sprouts, carrots,
celery, Swiss chard, chicory, corn, cu
cumbers, leeks, lettuce, melons, mache
salad, onions, parsley, peas, potatoes,
parsnips, pumpkins, radishes, spinach,
squash, tomatoes, turnips, cress, fen
nel and sorrel. A large amount of the
last is used both as a boiled vegetable
and in making soup, i
IF A WATCH IS WEARING
APPAREL, THEN HE WINS
Wichita, Kan.--Is a watch
wearing apparel? That is the
question that John Lewis, a
Wichita furniture dealer, hus
asked the courts to decide. Lew
is has the business in his wife's
name. He has been sued sev
eral times lately.
In one suit his watch and all
the money that he huppened to
have with him, 50 cents, wero
attached. Lewis, through his at
f jrney, claims that the watch is
wearing apparel, "adornment,"
and cites the Century dictionary
for proof.
BROTHERS MEET IN FRANCE
En'isted Here Unknown to Each
Other and Were Sent to
Serve Abroad.
Sioux Falls, S. D.—Two brothers,
one from South Dakota and the other
from Montana, had an unexpected
meeting nt a port of France. The
brothers are Otto Hovreu of Roberts
county. South Dakota, and Cornelius
Hovreu of Great Falls, Mont.
They had enlisted In the service of
their country from different parts of
(.he country, unknown to each other,
and arrived on the other side only
two days apart.
The one arriving first had gone down
to the steamer landing for the purpose
of witnessing the arrival of other
American troops, lie was standing near
a gangway when, in a group of sol
diers descending to the deck, he dis
covered his brother.
The brother recognized him at about
the same time, and in an instant they
were patting and hugging each other
after their unexpected meeting in a
strange land. Letters telling of the
meeting hare just been received by
South Dakota relatives.
ERROR STAMPS BRING $20,000
Inverted Airplane on New Impresalon
Creates Big Value—Bought by
Colonel Green.
New York.—A sheet of 100 of the
new postal airplanes stamps, but with
the airplane turned upside down
through an error made by the bureau
of engraving and printing at Wash
ington, has been purchased for $20,000
by Col. E. H. R. Green of Texas, son
of the late Hetty Green. Over a win
dow counter at the post office in Wash
ington this sheet sold for $24.
So far as Is known here, this Is the
only sheet that escaped the vigilance
of the Washington postal authorities.
Colonel Green said here he planned
to retain a portion of the sheet for his
collection and dispose of the other
stamps among his friends. It is pre
dicted by philatelists that if the sheet
proves to be the only one in existence
outside the government ownership, the
stamps will attain a philatelic sftlue
of $250 each. . _.
NEWEST OF SUCKERS
is Person Who Encourages Buy
ing of Platinum Jewelry.
Government Must Have Metil If W«r
Machine Is to Be Kept
Goinc
Washington, D. C.—The newest type
of slacker and one who is doing his
country a great amount of harm, is
the man or woman who buys or eveu
encourages the purchase of platinflm
Jewelry, according to the bureau of
mines, department of the interior. For
the country is and for many years will
be desperately in need of the scarce
and precious platinum <n its Industrial
work and must have it if the war ma
chine is to go full speed ahead.
A plun proposed by the federal offi
cials would stop the use of platinum
in jewelry, not only for the war but for
all time. Officials of the government
who are in close touch with the situa
tion are filled with apprehension as
to the future supply of platinum.
In an effort to All the Immediate
pressing needs of the government In
Its war program, the war industries
board has ordered that 75 per cent of
the stock of platinum In the hands of
manufacturing Jewelers be comman
deered and also the complete stock
held by refiners. Importers and deal
ers, but this. It Is said, will only fill
a small gap and that temporarily.
It has been hoped by federal officials
and chemists throughout the country
who understand the seriousness of the
situation that the whims of fashion
might yield to national needs and that
purchasers of Jewelry would demand
gold and silver or a white alloy and so
release platinum for Its highest use,
but the results have been disappoint
ing.
The American Chemical society, an
organization composed of the leading
12,000 chemists of the country, which
Is also back of this movement, has is
sued an appeal to the p?ople not under
any circumstances either during the
war or after the war to use platinum
jewelry, but to conseive this unique
nnd fast dwindling metal now priced
at fivo times the cost of gold for the
exclusive use of the chemical and
other necessary Indastrles.
SOLDIER INDIAN NAMES
WORRY THE SERGEANT
Camp Lewis, Amerlenn Lake,
VTash.—Sioux from the Dakotas
and Chlppewas from Minnesota
are worrying the first sergeant
of the Twenty-fifth company
One Hundred and Sixty-sixth
Depot brigade here. The In
dians, Inducted Into the na
tional army. Insist on keeping
their tribal names and are so
entered upon the roster. The re
sult Is that roll call every morn
ing sounds like this:
"Johnny Chase-the-Weasel,
Look-as-You-SIt, • Sleep-as-Thls
Is-the-Water, Mlst-Over-the-W a
ter, Charlie See-the-Elk, Ante
lope, Middle Rapids and Blue
Bird.
BARBERS BEMOAN TRADE LOSS
Women Who Are Taking Men's Placet
In Industries Are Not Helping
Tonsorlal Artist.
Memphis, Tenn.—Women taking tho
place of men la the Industrial wortf
may be filling the Jobs all right, but
they are not helping the barber.
Visit any tonsorlal establishment
and ask the roan who wields the gleam
ing blade. He will tell you some of
his best customers have gone—gone to
fight the Germans. And he will tell
you thut all the women who took their
places are strangers to him.
Wlille the barber complains the
"beauty doctor" has a different story
to tell. She says her patrons are
more numerous than ever before, and
they are more liberal. They spend
money lavishly. A few dollars to re
move a wrinkle that has appeared as
a result of business worries Is handed
over without a murmur. Powder and
paint and toilet water are used lav
ishly.
GRAND DUKE WORKS AS CLERK
"London Michael" and Countess En.
dure Reverses Uncomplainingly
In London.
London.—One of the Russian grand
dukes, known as the "London Michael"
to distinguish him from the other
Grand Duke Michael, has fallen from
great wealth to comparative penury as
a result of the Russian revolution.
Before thf war he lived In one of
the finest residential estates in the
neighborhood of London." When his
income from Russia was cut off ha
subleased this property and Is now a
clerk at $2,000 a year In an office near
Westminster abbey. His wife, the
Countess Torby, conducts their small
home with zest and without grumbling.
"Probably no family in Great Brit
ain has endured greater reverses than
this one, or borne Its misfortune more
cheerfully," comments the Evening
News.
S. A. R. Dies at Omaha.
Omaha, Neb.—Nelson Moore, said to
be the last real "son" of the Amer
ican Revolution, died at his home here.
Mr. Moore was born in Vernon, Oneida
county, New York.
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