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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans
FOOD WINS THE WAR
DON'T WASTE IT
WAR .SAVINGS CAM I* Alt; X
W»r Savings Certificates and
Thrift Stamps, which are now on
sale at the Skagway Tost Office,
tl>s ulan lor borrowing uiouey to
help finance ttrj war, must prove
•hiljhl^ successful for two reasons. It
givs everyone of moderate means
a chance to save patritoically, ami
it has the immense organization of
th* uo<tcfficeas a selling force. Al
most everyone wants to save, and
everyone surely wants to help win
the war. -Many who felt uuable to
buy bonds c^u now* add their mite
to haci up the fighting force in the
trenches. A general order issued
b» the D&stmatser general makes
postmasters, rural and city car
riers, ard all employes of the post
al setvice selling agents l'or War
Saviuga Certificates and Thrift
StionDa, insuring at once thorough
'publicity and a systematic canvass of
the entire country. This gives all
postal employes a chance to do a
uatriclic duty, and it is safe to
asume that it will be done with
the prooer spirit and all the energy
o' which they are capable.
INTERESTING FACTS
CONCERNING CAM UK A |
IV NORTHERN FRANCE
C'asuoraj, a town in Northern
•France capital of Arroudisement in
the Department of Nord, «7 miles
southeast of Lille, on the main line
of the Northern Railway. Popula
tion la 1916, 21,791. Situated on
the rigft «nd eastern bank of th
Scheldt, and at one extremity of the
caai of St. Quentin. Cambrai is
the ancient Nerrian town of Cam
eracum, which is mentioned in the
Antc#flJce Itinerary. In the 5th
ceutury it was the capital of the
Frank'sh King Raguacharius. Forti
fied by Charlemagne, it was captur
ed and pillaged by the Norsemen
iu 870, and unsuccessfully beiseged
oy ♦he Hungarians in 953 . During
the 10th, 11th, and 12th centuries.
It waj the scene of frequent hostili
tie» between the Bishoy and sup
porteit and citizens, the latter
finally securing their independence.
In 1487 Louis XI obtained posses
sion at the death of Charles the
Bold, and turned it over to Charles
V., who caused it to be strongly for
^■J'«d in the 16th century. From
that date to the peace of Xijmwe
ge>, *hlch assigned it to France, i
if changed hands on numerous occa
sions. Is more modern t mes many
of th» old fortifications were de
molished to make way for streets
and aub urban residences. It is an
important supply station and noted
to tourists for its architecture and
•njleut church buildings.
Ti.E END OF V HOOVER DAY
(Oconto, Wis., Enterprise)
I have come to the end of a meat
less day.
And peacefully lying in bed;
My thoughts revert iu a musing
way
To the food which, today I've been
fed.
When I think of the cheese and
the beans and fish.
Acd oysters I've bad to eat,
I've no regrets for the "good PW
days,"
I really don't mis^ the meat.
I havo come to the end of a wheat
less day, ! 1
I have eaten no cookies or pie;
I U;lve had no bread that was made
with wbeat,
It was made out of corn or rye.
And I liked it so well that when
war is past
And a glorious victory won
I'll keep on observing "wheatless"
days
And I'll eat. "corn pone" for fun!
1; IMOTHER OF A SOLDIER
The mother of a 90ldi9r,—hats off
to her, I say!
Tha mother of a soldier who has
gone to face the fray.
She ijave him to his Country, with
a blessing on his head,—
She found his name this morning in
the lone list of the dead:
"Killed—Sergeant Thomag Watkins,
while leading on the rest,
A Biblo ia his pocket, and a por
trait Ju his breast.
Th® mother of a soldier, she gave
him to her land;
She saw him on the transport as h<
waved his sun-browned hand;
3ii* kissed him through the tear
drops and she told him to be
brave;
Her prayer went night and morn
ing as h* went upon the wave.
The mother of a soldier, her com
for *cd her joy,
Sht* «i3ve her only; treasure when
she gay*, her only boy.
Sbo saw the banners waving, she
heard the people cheer;
She clasped her hands and bravely
turned away to hide a tear.
The mother of a soldier,—Ah, cheer
the te.o deed,
And cheer the brave who battle
'neath the banner of their creed;
But ?iou't forget the mothers thiu
all the lonely yeajs,
i'ha- fight the bravest battles on
the sunless field of tears.
•S'a • don't forget the mothers, —
the mothers of our men,
WL'o see them 4'o and never know
iJ tney'll come back again;
Th:>t gave them to their country,
' i Cattle and to die,
B°cauie the bugles call them and
tee a arry banners fly.
—Folger McKiuley in Baltimore
'News."
TKEADWEL LOCATING MOKE
CLAIMS
i'ne Treadwell company hag filed
location notices for nearly forty
claims adjacent to the property now
being developed under bond at Auk
Bay, which is an indication, the
company is encountering promising
ore with the cross-cut tunnel now
being driven on the property,
says the Juueau^Dispatch.
The Auk property controlled by
Senator Sutherland and Aldrich. and
Mayor Valentine wag bonded by the
Treadwell company last summer.
The company engineers immediately
outlined a development plan, which
has been carried on ever Bin.ce. At
nresent a crew of seventeen men
are on the proprty.
Tne Treadwell comapny also filed
under the assessment suspen
se n act over a hundred affidavits
for the year 1918, covering lode
claims in the Harris mining district.
COUNTESS OF ESSEX
Recent photograph of the beautiful ]
countess of Essex, who before her
marriage to the earl in 1893 was Mis# ,
Adele Grant of New York, daughter of I
Beach G;ant.
A ROYAL TRAGEDY
The Gloomy Paths That Led to
the End of the Romanoffs.
I
I PLOTS OF A MODERN BORGIA.
A Ruaalan Writer'* Picture of tha Cza
rina of Alexander III., Maria Feodo
rovna, and Har Ruthlaaa Effort* to
Graip the Relna of Powar.
In her book, "Russia of Yesterday
and Tomorrow," Baroness Souiny, wid
ow of a Kusslan nobleman, gives the
following behind the scenes glimpse of
the tragedy of the last of the KomanofT
dynasty:
Gayety dW not mark the reign of
Alexauder III. Shadows of pale fear
followed the heavy czur and obscured
bis life and that of Maria Feodorovua.
the Danish princess Her whole hope
was in the future, and with the atavism
of queens who mixed poisons for their
husbands she dreamed of her own au
tocracy.
YYlul me lenitiie uiuukwu v» iuuui,
Russia the czarina dill uot prevent her
husband from heavy drinking. The !
giant's heart was weak.
C'lrcumstauce? favored the hopes of
Maria Feodorovna. Secretly she form
ed her party, the camarilla of Maria
Feodorovna. Her sons were frail lit
tle boys with all kinds of inherited
diseases. The czarevitch, the stub
born little Nicholas, was no obstacle to
her. Her sons became men, and Alex
ander, notwithstanding his heart dis
ease, lived longer than the physicians
prophesied. Maria Feodorovna became
restless.
All the czarina's schemes developed
rapidly. Alexander's enormous body
I swelled and swelled. Day and night
be sat in his big armchair, tortured by
suffocation and worrying about Nicho
las, who was so poor a czarevitch.
Maria Feodorovna smiled on the
czarevitch's pseudo court. She let her
camarilla nourish and support his Idea
of marrying a dancer. Then, she was
sure, his light as -czar would never
burn, and Michael, who was sick and
good natured, would be only too glad
to leave the reins of the government In
the hands of his mother.
The ministers revealed to the czar the
dangerous ideas of the czarevitch and
the machinations of Maria Feodorov
na's camarilla. He was still the czar,
though the dying c/.ur. He summoned
Nicholas and forced ou him Ills mar
riage to the Princess -Mix of nesse.
Alexander HI. expired. The pomp of
the funeral was over. The czurlna
mother took up her residence at the
Annitscbkof palace, the residence of
the widows of the czars.
The czarina's hope was in the child
she was expecting. Her firstborn was
a princess, and the poor czarina became
timid before sinister fate. She saw
herself and the czar drifting apart un
der the iutinence of the czarina-mother.
Her second child, so anxiously longed
for, came. Again a little girl.
The morning came when the sound of
all the bells, followed by the twenty
one gun salute, announced to all Rus
sia the birth of an heir.
The czarina mother. Maria Feodo
rovna, ha'd to carry the child, the unwel
come grandson who annihilated all her
efforts and her ambitions for her sou
Michael. She held the little bit of
potential manhood in her arms, breath
ing on the babe wordless curses, l'oor
little boy so ardently longed for and
then persecuted al his entrance into
the world!
The czarina troubled for her new
happiness. Her little treasure had t>
be watched, and even then she was
never sure which of all the nurses or
ladies In waitlug, bought by the czarina
mother, might betray her.
The camarilla never hesitated at as
sassination. Positively true is the sto
ry that one morning when the czar
evitch was put luto his bath the rzar
ina, in a neighboring room, heard the
child utter a terrible scream, followed
by helpless whining. She rushed into
the nursery to lind (he hoy lying fn
his tub with a blue face and desperate
ly struggling to get out of this death
bringuig danger. The cxarina snatch
ed her son out of ice water The ter
rible mistake was attributed to the
nurse.
All that was not plotted by the an
archists the cruel, fantastic camarilla
invented. The little freedoms of the
young sovereigns wese under terrible
espionage. For every theater party,
for every entertainment, they provided
cleverly arranged and dramatically dis
covered assassins.
The camarilla worked well. Terror
crept through the palace, crept through
the doors into the private rooms of the
sovereigns. They fled from the capi
tal to bury themselves in the solitude
of Tsarsko Selo. nowhere sure that
| plots would not be forged in their clos
est entourage.
And so it was and so the grim trag
idy was enacted until the revolution
that sealed the fate of the luckless
dynasty.
A Suggestive Hint.
A certain eminent lawyer was ap
pointed head of a government depart
ment, and lie was anxious that all the
members of the staff should work to
gether in unison. lie summoned the
leading officials and alter delivering an
address on the desirability of thorough
co-operation concluded by saying: "Gen
tlemen, in iny profession when a Jury
disagrees it is discharged. 1 think I
need say no more."—London Mail.
Between the great things that we can
not do and the small things we wiil^iot
do the danger is that we shall do noth
ing.
FRATERNAL 0RDKR8
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwary No. 1.
A. B. met* a every sec
ond aad fonrtt' Tues
day eveuiug at 8:30 p.
tu. gn«rp. Visiting brothers cordial
1 j welcome. Edward A. Raemuion,
Arctic Chief, W. R. Gray, Arctic
Recorder.
Fraternal Order
li Kaglep—
1 Skttgway Aerie
i No. 25, Frater
nal Older of
meets Uiej first and third
IVtdnet^j night of eoch month at
tnrir lioJl ou Fifth Avenue. Viait
lng brothers eoQ-dtailj invite*! to
•tt*nd. J. M. (<t«iibticb, \V. p.
J. V. Miller, Secretary,
vi ettca mourns.
ar« welcome.
P. & A- M.
White Pasg Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meeta 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
Visiting Brethren
iiAxviSLaj i'AlittUi, VV. M.
JAMH3 WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 481, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday qt 8:30
ittwo Aim w p. m. Visiting
brothers cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, B. H.
T. 1. V AW DEW ALL, Seci«tary
Plonfet of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
iue«t* In A. B. Hall first Monday in
cilery month at 8:8<) p. m.
Yteltlng BroUiers cordially wel
come.
J. C. WOOD, Pres.
P. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
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the large
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VAULT
will be in Kirmse's Store.
For nny information 3ee Wm.
Wright, at Kirmses
State of Ohio. City of Toledo,
Lucas County, sa.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath thilt he
Is senior partner of the firm of F. 3.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforosald,
and that said Arm will pay the Slim of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
iny presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 18S6. A. W. GLEASON.
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Is taken In
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
—AdrertiWJiemt.
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(LLL/0\>I Nsi>J Keliovea in 1 to 6 days.
KOLD ui imuqciiSTS.
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SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY FALL 1917
For Seattle and Puget Sound Ports
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Pauengert transferred to Victoria, Vancouver and Tacoma withou extra charge
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
(STEAMSHIP LINES)
^ PRINCESS SOPHIA
LEAVES SKAGWAY P. M.
Jan. 2, 16, 30. Feb. 13, 27
—FOR—
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Phones 87 or 118 Juneau
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SATURDAY A.M.
Jan. 12th, 26th Feb. 9th, 23rd Mar. 9th, 23rd
The "Prince John" operates to Prince Rupert only making a direct
connection at that point with the Largest, Finest and Swiftest Steam
ships regularly scheduled on the North Pacific, the S. S. "Prince
George" or "Prince Rupert". These steamers operate through to
Seattle, Alaska pasengers arrive Vancouver Tuesday, Victoria
Wednesday morning and Seattle at 3 P.M. Wednesday
Direct roiUHXtkins ma<le at Prince Rupert with tlie Grand Trunk Pacific Kali way for
all points In Cntttd States and Canada. Buy a through ticnet via. ••The Shortest
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^ consistent policy pursued for more than a quarter of a
century has been rewarded by steady and substan
tial growth until this Bank has now over
one and one-half million dollars re
sources and depositors in
every part of the
Territory