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"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans
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| FOOD WINS THE WAR {
DON'T WASTE IT j
AX KIKiK OF STEEL
By J. H. Han fori!,
"Ia France the men are wrought
to aa edge steel, and the
women are a Une of fire behind
them."
Au edge of steel—a Hiie °f
fire. The image of a nation en
ergized for war: But this is
France. And we. the men and wo
men of America, are we, too, of
ste.»i ami firet? Fine as our na
tional temper li-<s Income, it falls
far short of this. The war is loo
remote. No cannon thunder at our
ports. No hostile airplanes hover
in our skies.
In a trench or two along the !>a*
t'.a front there lie and watch a
few "o whom Amerca is home. They
hay* already suffered. They -have
paid first toll in prisoners and in
blood. They ar» in contact with,
the foe. Others behind them hear
roar of distant suns. Still more
are on the sea, conscious of the
vagUQ presence of tin eueniy be
neath. At home busy preparation
goes on among half a millioai to
whom the war is still far away—a
thing heard of,waited for, not Vet
seen. /
And the rest; The hundred
odj millions of men and women in
their homes: ' in the main, we
go o-n, the even tenor of out
way. We eat—enough as yet;
we work—a little harder than last
*ear; we take many of our ac
customed pleasures; and. save for
occasional bad dreams, we sleep.
Tha thought of war conies to ,ls
not above a dozen tim»>s a Jay.
The thing that will make us
steel and fire draws 11©ar<'r every
hour. Ia some few mouths, be"
fore the loaves are came and
Son® upoa the trees, that- half
millioa will be side by side with
Pershing's handful at the front.
Long before that time another half
•million will have left their work
ani piajr for the bustle of the
camps.
More and more the war comes
home to us. The battle line, .that
cutting edge ia France, js not a
remote ojid alien thing; it is be
coming, it has become, onr flesh
and blood. It is "closer to us than
toreething and dearer than hands
and feet." Vibrant currents of
sensation and energy pasp from us*
to it and from it to us. The
nerves of out whole being begin;
to thnob ia it.
More and more the war cornea
home. It is no longer "the strang
er that is within our gates." It
imperatively demands: admittance
to our inmost thought.
"These are the times that try [
men's souls." wrote Thomas paine f
In 1775. .and the words leap fresh ,
into our hearts to-day. Where;
U tbg man, sy Uulj thu£ bj- can
CHILEAN GOLD RESERVE HERE
'eculiar Deal by Which It Was
Transferred From Germany to
the United States.
At the outbreak of the war. says
:he London Economist, the Cbilean
(overnment owned a large amount of
fold In Germany, which was destined
:o form a basis for its note Issue, and
.vas held up by the blockade. So were
.•nst quantities of nitrates, bought
,'rora German producers In Chile for
export to Germany, and their stoppage
;ompelled the German nitrate pro
ducers In Chile to cease working.
These producers too were In debt to
the Chlleau government. That gov
ernment therefore bought the nitrate,
paying for It by drafts on Berlin
irawn against the gold' which It •could
jot reach. It then sold the nitrate In
:he United States to the Dul'ont Ex
plosives company, receiving payment
n gold In New York. Thus It trans
ferred Its gold reserve from Germany
:o the United States, and Incidentally
idded to the stock of raw material to
"je converted Into explosives where
;vlth to defeat German troops. The
Jeal has naturally been Interpreted In
France as a preliminary step toward
a breach with Germany, but It was
warded out with the sanction of the
Herman government. Partly, no doubt,
the latter desired to extricate Its sub
jects In Chile and an Important Ham
Durg mercantile firm from their serl
jus pecuniary difficulties, but It must
also have been moved by an extreme
anxiety to keep on good terms with
Chile, which contains a large German
poputatiou and Is an important field
for German trade.
ADDING HORROR TO SITUATION
Conversation as Reported by Boston
"Humorist" Would Seem to About
Approach the Limit.
"The coul situation Is getting very
accuse. Isn't It?" asked ma, as she
looked over the morning paper.
"Yes." said Peggy. "I was reading
where Mr. Stomorrow, the fuel demon
strator, is trying to get coal from the
minds."
"But the paper says there Is a short
age of anthrax coal," Interrupted ma,
"ami that we should use voluminous
coal."
"Not 'voluminous,' ma." corrected
j Peggy, "buytooman.v coul!"
"I don't care what they call It." said
ma. "you can't get any. anyhow. It's
j Just too aggregating for words. A
I pound of sugar or a hod of coal today
Is worth more than all the wealth of
the ancient Inkstands."
"Who were them?" asked Peggy.
"Them was Indians as used to live
■ down in Texaco," ma told her. "It does
look as If this war would never ter
minal."
"It will be terrible if the Russians
continue their armature with the Ger
mans. wouldn't It, ma?"
I "Oh. he's a terrible, terrible man,"
I sighed ma.
"Whom is?" asked Peggy.
"Why," said ma, as she went to get
dinner, "who but the geyser?"—Joe
I Toye in the Boston Post. i
Burning Water.
Particularly pat. at a time when the
shortage of coal has required many
emergency regulations of business. Is
the announcement that a chemist has
found a way in which It will. It Is
claimed, be commercially profitable to
I use water as fuel. A man who saw the
i process exemplified describes It to the
| Christian Science Monitor In these
j words: "I have seen water burning. I
liavt- seen water streaniUTR Into a flame
i of blazing oil. and. instead of putting
i out the tire, it made the flame rear up
| ward and develop a temperature of
j 2.000 degrees Fahrenheit, enough to
J melt copper." It should be said that
the wafer alone will not burn now any
[ more than In the past. but. combined
| with equal parts of any oil that will
i flow freely. It becomes excellent fuel.
This is the way the observer explains
| the process technically: "The combus
tion of water Is based upon the fact
that when a fine stream of water is put
through an intensely hot metal coll. It
is not only turned into vapor, but the
water molecules are split up into their
constituent elements, oxygen und hy
drogen."
Foiled Food Smugglers.
Smuggling of foodstuffs Into Oer
niany is being practiced In Ingenious
and unexpected ways. Three weeks
ago a party of 50 persons crossed the
frontier to take part In a masked hall
in a little Swiss town. Toward mid
night they returned in automobiles,
which were warned to stop at the fron
tier. No notice being taken of the
warning the Swiss sentinels fired and
brought th«^cars to a standstill. Tlfle
occupants, most of whom were discov
ered to be German soldiers, succeeded
in making their escape, but the cars,
in which were found to be hidden
largo quantities of soap, chocolate,
butter, leather and fats, were seized
by the authorities.
not see it? Departures, sinkings,
casualty lists, thrusts from uuex-<
pected Quarters, reverses, ^8"
asters, new Iwiia, new labors, new
sacrifices—we shall know them, all.
And we shall meet thieka — as
France has met thfiffli? It
is Imposs.ble that we should flinch.
To that high, call to dedicate to
the cause of liberty and right
"our lives and fortunes, everything^
thet we have aad everything that
we" are," we shall respond.
S.itsciibg {or The Daily Al^k&Q.
I NEW SAVING SYSTEM IN CHINA
| Scheme Devised by Authorities Shows
How Western Ideas Have Begun
to Permeati the Country.
For tho purpose of supplementing
I pensions given by the Chinese govern
ment to superannuated letter carriers
a system bus been Inaugurated by the
ministry of the interior, whereby the
annual allowance may be raised to a
, livable Income.
The new system provides for the
deposit hy postal employees of one
twentieth of their salaries, the de
posits to bear Interest at a rate not
yet determined. Where postal sav
ings bunks have already been es
tablished - they shall be used, and
banks elsewhere will be authorized
to undertake the handling of the ac
counts.
The plan la elastic In that It will
benefit the contriautor not only In
his old age, but In case of accident
or emergency. Money may be drawn
out up to a certain point for such ex
penses as Illness, the marriage or
death of a member of one's family, etc.
Savings and accumulated Interest will
be paid lu full or on Installment plan
to members retiring from the police
force.
j Before the savings system was put
into operation it was submitted for ap
i proval to the officers of the police
forces, who assembled in Peking for
the purpose of discussing the matter.
The mlulstry of the Interior had their
unanimous approval of the plan> and
it is expected that officers of the
provinces will also wish to adopt It.
FRED B. PETERSON
I Fred B. Peterson, director of the
bureau of imports of the war trade
toard. wields an effective war weapon
i that he controls the licensing of
imports. If a nation refuses to export
I any article to the United States, he
| has the power of refusing permission
i for it to send all other articles. He is
| from Wisconsin, where he Is known.]
as both a lawyer and a scientific farm
I er. He has traveled extensively in ;
i South America studying its resource#
I and possibilities.
NOTICE OP MUNICIPAL
ELECTION
As provided by Ordinance No. 124
uot.ci If hereby given that a gen
eral municipal election will be held
Ou Tuesday, April 2, 1918, for the
election of a Mayor, thxea Council
men, a City Treasurer, a City Cleric,
and a Director of the School Board
The City Hall haa been dosignat- j
ed as the polling place and the polls j
will Ce open from 7 a. m. to 7 p.
Arril S, 1918.
The qualification* of voters forj
couBcilmen and other officers ex
cept School Director, are as fol
lows: They shall be citizens of
the United States or thos^who have
declared their intentions to be
come citizens of the United States,
twenty-one years of age or over,
whe have resided continuously oa
year next preceding the election in
t»e District of Alaska and six
months next preceding the election
w;thln the limits of the City of
Sksgway, and shall have duly regis
tered.
The qualifications of \oters for
members of the School Board ara
as follows:
All adults, male and female, who
are citizens of the United States
or woo have declared their inten
tion to become such and who are
bojia fMe residents of the Skagway
scnool district.
P. H. MoCLELLAXD.
City Clerk
Marcb 11—April 1.
Piles Cured In 0 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money If PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching,
Blind, Blooding or Protruding Piles.
First application, gives relief. 50c. i
♦ FRATERNAL ORDERS +
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
meets every second and
fouTth, Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit?
lug brothers cordially welcome.
Edward A. Rasnmson, Arctld Chief.
William R. Gray, Arctic Recorder.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skagwajr Aerie,
No. 23, Prater«
naj Order of
fc»«es meet the first arid thihi
W'-dnesday njght of each mopth at
their ball on Fifth Avenue. Vlsiti
in* brothers coixhaiiy invited to
atteud.
John M. Keller, W. P.
J. 51. Qrlesbach, Secretary.
F. A A. M.
Wilt* Ftfig Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meet* 2d and 4 th
Saturday Evenings
Oi Ottca moams. visiting BretKren
ar« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMH3 'WALLACE, Secretfixy.
EhP. O. ELKS
Skajwfty Lodgv
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. met-to every
1 Tkursdaj at 8:30
p. m. Visiting
Drotaers oordiaJly •welcome.
W. B. BATSON. B. R.
T. J. YAttDEWALL, Sacrstary.
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* hi A. 11. 11*11 first Monday In
ewij month at 8:80 p. m.
Vfeitliig Brother* cordially wel
come.
J. C. WOOD. Pres.
P. H. Doree, Rec. 8cc.
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It is quite necessary to give prompt
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Weak kidneys often bring constant
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SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY SPRING 1918
For Seattle and Puget Sound Ports
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Paaienger* transferred to Victoria, Vancouver and Tacoma withou extra charge
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"THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE EAST"
Full Information cheerfully furnished by
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Agent ■ItH'iXj Phone 43
The Totem Store
J. 1KUTA Proprietor
Is temporarily closed, and dur
ing his absence from the city
the large
SAFETY DEPOSIT
VAULT
will be in Kirmse's Store.
For any information see Wm.
Wright, at Kirmaea
5AN-TOX COUGH DROPS. Admin
istered 01 sugar. Acta almost In
stantly. Th« prescription of
aa emla^pt physician. Kollar
Bror Tie Ba^Tox Drug store.
There Is more Catarrh In this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years It was sup
posed to be Incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it Incurable. Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional con
ditions and therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine. manufactured by F J. Cheney 4
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re
ward is offered for any case that Hall's
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
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