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MISl'SE OK AMKKHWV KKI.IKK
The so\ it t authorities profess to he fearful that the relief agencies
cf the I'uiud Statis will he utilised to foment a counter revolution. There
is re.i-on on our l::.nd. to belie*' t: at soviet control of relief will be used
for the beneGt of the oviet army and -oviet partisans at the expense of
the mora needy.
The soviet army and party have had the best obtainable ever since
t e bolsheviki took change of Russian affairs and determined to dispose
i t all opposition by the simple devue of starving or murdering all their
opponents. T e lied army has been kept loyal by being well fed and
t lothed. The Communist official- high and low, have lived as well as their
tastes and r<.\olutionarj rendition's permitted. The faithful proletarians
of the bolshevik party have had the best of the rationing and whatever
perquisities and privileges were available. To maintain the minority, the
minority must be taken tare of. and it is probable, if not certain, that if
the soviet can ft Lauds i t. :ci • i i will he used for the purpose of but
tressing itself.
But American relief is o d for the suffering regardless of party.
:. d whatever the sovi, t may be i.-titied in suspecting as to the intentions
of European governments there is little excuse for the charge that Amer
ican relief workers are plotting to set np a counter revolution. We have
a right to demand that t'-e soviet shall not use our relief for its own polit
ical purposes, and if we cannot Vive condition* which will enable our
agenc-' S to prevent s:n-h misuse th' re will he no disposition on the part of
the American people to contribute.
The Kussian situation is tragic, and we would r.ot withhold aid or im
pose ttufair or ulterior conditio- liut we certainly cannot permit our re
sources to be diverted l'rot.i humanitarian objects to add to the injustice
and erne' ;.- of soviet policy or to for;:fv Us destructive control of Rus
sian aO'airs.—Chicago i ribune.
til I YlH it 1:1 >1 !t\ \T!<»\
Tht- While Star ii:.' will soon put Into service the 56,000-ton Majes
J
C -rbotirs anil Southan! on. »• 1 . • irrv 4.100 passengers. Here Is
another opr< ruitiity fur patriot • Vtn^rlcans to show whether they are go
luxuriously furnished.
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s<T%i> T • y have fr '.t til passenger business if the American
Has i- to >eeu iii the ports of the world. What choice are we coins to
make i:s ippeul to peotue i' . tout the country. but one phase of this
S
patriotism and li< Ipinv • i . Mr own eouutrymen will be of service, un
it - "itr own < • i ' u» a; '".il to you make it ther business to
give you a< good or 1" ::er service than } • t tan get from others.
Patriotism should not be worked on r'-e purchaser t> the exclusion of
■
American Has .is 'iod or !>■ ter -•■rvice than one tinder another flag
as that an Atni-niu: .- .Id p «troni*e his own country's ships. It Is al
t.ple they w .; e t'. • >.> ir < >mpl.iint on the part of their fellow
countrymen '1 e tr ';Me wi'", too many is that they want the other fel
low to do alt the patriotic wi>r.<.
1>K.VTH\S STING LOCATED
The Department of Justice Is gofnt after tbe coffin trust. Its inves
t
d>-rtak>>r9 v. o retail t'o'ttt. e ; rnong the most conscienceless profiteers
on the people at prio-s r: : s high as S600. Evidence is being col
lerted upon whn ii pruMi m< ns will b" based calculated to put an end to
the practice.
Prominent Turist
Iravelson His Face
Among the passengers who were
making the round trip on the Spo
kane Friday were four people who
were traveling "on their faces,"
minus tickets and minus money.
Tliey were Judse Alfred K. X.ppert.
court of common pfeas. Cincinnati.
Ohio., Mrs. Xippert and their two
sons. Jano-g O. and Louis. Accord
ing to a Seattle paper, a porter at
Minneapolis mixed their baggage
and placed a little black bag con
taining all their traveler's checks
baggage tickets in a car bound for
Cortland, Ore. The judge and his
family by courtesy of the Pullman
company, continued their travels to
the coast. When the bag reached
Portland it was rushed to Seattle
but arrived too late for the Spo
kane on which the travelers had
proceeded to Alaska, having been
extended credit by tl •• Ad.uiral line.
The bag was sent 0:1 the Seattle and
overtook its owners at Juneau on
the Spokane's return trip.—Ex.
HYMNS OF IIATK
A man I hate
Is Hale Fellows:
He's one of those
Human bellows.
"Four robbers seized 20 storie-»
air." Talk about getting men high
er up.—Providence Journal.
Murder Shrouded
In Mystery
Private llobso.i K. Parker, a
member of the First Service com
pany. Signal Corps, formerly sta
tio:i' il at Fort Llscum, was shol anil
in si antly killed at Richardson road
bonse. Saturday ni?ht, Auiwt j 4.
by Mrs. Rozalia Wioksell, the bullet
iired from a 3S-calilne revolver, en
tering Parker's back and caused
iustant death.
The affair is shrouded in 2 deep
mystery, there beu.5 110 witnesses to
ti. • unfortunate afia.r. an-i the only
•count of the rho.itlti^ being taken
f:«pi the litw of the murderess, at
the coroner's inquest.
According to her stcry Private
Parker with Private James S. Noble
and Mrs. Wicksell were together at
the roadhouse that night, playing a
friendly game of cards. Private
Nobles left the roadhouse to return
to the construction camp it.out 10
minutes to 12. Private Pirker en
tered the kitchen to wash his hands,
and some few minutes later Mrs
Wifksell appeared with a 3S-calibre
revolver, with which she shot Par
ker in the back.
THE IMK'TOR FOUND
\ case; evidently
I hear Doctor Bleedem took an
awful tumble," remarked Bolt.
"Yes," replied Nutt, "he had tak
en too many drops from a tumbler."
| The Mystery of
Hartley House
ay
CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND
Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS
Copyright by George H. Doran Co.
Ccristmas night had set In, "• .
place was a fairyland of glistening
white. Far-off-church-hells sounded
faintly ncross the snow. In the In
creasing cold, following the abatement
of the storm, timbers In the old house
crenked and snapped, and when one of
the people of the house, on an outdoor
chore, passed within earshot the sound
of footsteps wns audible and the crisp
crunching which, even as docs a high
wind, emphasizes the comfort of a
secure and warm shelter.
I was In the office when Mrs. Sid
ney's Instructions to open the sxHiled
enclosure were received.
I proceeded to do so. There was
a brief note, as follows:
I desire the marking on my gravestone,
when It 1b put up, to read:
ARTHUR DOBSON
Born May SI. 1S40
Died .
I wns holding that document, star
ing at It. and grasping for elusive
threads of perception, when Jed came
In. lie carried n manuscript In his
hand.
Jed drew a chair up to the Are by
my side. It was with a strange feel
ing of relief that I accepted the sig
nificance of the manuscript he carried.
"I'm a strange man. doctor," he said
by way of beginning. "You'd never
understand me. I'm a strange man
and I do strange things. I'm going to
do one now. I've seemed conscience
Iocs hnvon't I?"
"I've never tried to conceal ray
opinion of yon," I said.
"No, you haven't. I like a candid
man. That's why Tve always liked
you, although I can't say much for
your Intelligence. But you're honest.
I'm not honest, hut I'm Intelligent.
I've looked at my life as something
to make the best of. and I haven't
been foolish nbout scruples.
"I've managed my chances, and 1
have not allowed sentlmentallsm to
stop me when something real was to
be gained. It's a real world, not a
fanciful one. That's the way I think."
"Half the people would he swliclng
on gallows," I suggested. "If your ami
able Ideas prevailed generally."
"That's copy-book stuff that's so Ir
ritating." he said. "The only thing
extraordinary about me Is my candor.
My Ideas do prevail, but the people
who adopt them have less frank;
But what I want to say Is that I'm
going to do a strange thing. You'll
probably think It an act of eontrit.oii.
It Isn't at all. but you'll think it -
However, that's unimportant.
"You may not know It. but I on>
very fond of Mr. Sidney. He was :! e
best friend I ever had or ever shall
have.
"Now, 1 have guarded against act
ing Impulsively or sentimentally. I
know I am In an acutely emotional
condition. I have guarded against
that. I am still considering the world
as a real world and myself as a real
creature In It. And here's the way
I figure It. Mr. Sidney's d'-ath has
taught me that materialism i« not
enough. It is necessary, but there is
something else. I've got to find an
other something else. That's more
Important than any money or comforts
—physical—that I can find.
"Where Is this something el„e to be
found again if not right here In this
family? I have determined to remain
In your service after you marry Mis>
Sidney, and to take care of you ami
her and Mrs. Sidney. 1 couldn't leave.
The roots are too deep. I could be
cut down hut not dug up. I'm too
old. So as a real creature In a real
world I consult my real good, now as
always, and I hope I do not seem to
you to he acting sentimentally."
"You seem to me to be wholly crazy,"
I said. "When von speak of Miss Sid
ney's marriage to me, you are not only
•I Think You Should Read ft, John,"
She Said.
Ironic; yon are cruel. I should think
that this particular day might make
yon at least considerate."
"You're the blindest man I ever
knew," said .Ted. "hut Tra not dealing
with what you think but with what
I know. I told you once your engage
ment was an unreal thing and tn»r
I did not consider It at alt. I.afer T
took that back. Now 1 cun tell you
ttmt it to a. very real tLlm:. bat It Is
mnerent now with rati 1 have suffered
a shock. Something's the mutter with
my world. It Is not so bold or confi
dent.
"What Tro settlce at U this." He
held up the manuscript. "This It Mr.
Sidney's diary. I have talked to Mrs.
Sidney. She thinks, as 1 think, that
you should read 1L You'll prohnhly
want to confirm what I say. You'll
have to ask Mrs. Sidney. I know you
are Itching to read It. I also know
that If one of your scruples Inter
vened, you'd let your Itch go unscratch
ed. But this Is what I came In for.
and here's the manuscript.
"You understand that In giving It
to you I surrender unconditionally. I
know It. hut I want friends. The only
one 1 had Is dead; 1 must make other
ones."
The extraordlnaiy fellow shook my
bund, left the manuscript In my lap
and went out, a more pathetic fliru v
of sorrow than I ever expected m
see In Jed.
1 went at once to Mrs. Sidney .Ted.
I said, had left the diary with ine.
Would It serve any useful purpose for
uie to read It, or should It not go di
rectly to the fire?
"I think you should read It, John."
she said. "I told Jed so. He Is very
shrewd. His judgment and mine In
this case agree."
1 went hack to the office, put a log
on the fire and sat down to read the
diary.
CHAPTER XVI.
I shall not pretend to five more
than an idea of the manuscript I reafi
there by the fire that night It wbs
narrative and reflection and contained
I lie story of the life of Arthur Oohson.
known to me heretofore as- Mr. Sid
ney. I shall give extracts from It:
"A family Is an odious imposition
of cruel conventionalities upon Indi
viduals who. accepting conventions,
however odious iind cruel. a:-e helpless.
The bond of Mood Is one no animal
(animals being rationalistic) tolerates,
even recognizes, hut It Is Imposed up
on human beings, who find that the
most antagonistic natures must rec
oncile themselves to an arbitrary mle
of life which can come only to tiide
ousness.
"There were in our family two chil
dren. my brother Richard and myself.
Our parents were the ordinary folk
«ho marry and have a family. My
father was an uncommunicative man.
whether from a hal>it of silence or a
lack of anything to say. I do not
know.
"My mother, us 1 recall her. was
gentle but. I imagine, futile. I think
If she had. had a chance of establish
ing a personality my silent, glum fa
ther had destroyed It
"Richard was my elder by two years.
M.v father was wealthy, very wealthy,
and Richard and I were not disciplined
as to money. My father was not pe
nurious. but I never knew a man who
obtained so little good of his money.
He had no soclnl instincts: he had no
Joviality.
"He liked occasional ostentation—a
petty form of vanity and egotism. I
regarded him. or my memory of him.
as wholly detestable — a sentiment
which will offend the sentimentally
conventional, or the conventionally sen
■ timental. I know he was the last man
I would have chosen as a father.
"But this scheme of life had this In
It that brought disaster to his sons—
a laxness of any discipline related to
their spiritual and mental develop
ment. When we were corrected or
punished it was for condnct which af
fected his comfort or dignity, never
for a thing which affected the develop
ment of our character.
"We had abundant money to spend.
Tt was a part of our father's egotism
that we should be young swells, and
we were early In disorderly ways.
Richard had a genius for cruelty. A
normal boy is liVely to be thoughtless,
but Richard was inventive in his cru
elties. It was brutal, ne llfcei to
tear things to pieces slowly, a fly If It
wn« all he could catch—a grasshopper,
a field mnn«e. I had a faithful little
dog which Richard staked out In the
ground and killed by vivisection. I
saw the little animal when It was
breathing Its last with Its bowels ex
posed and Its lungs tald bnre.
"Richard destroyed birds' nests for
pleasure. He liked to cut a leg off a
hen and see It stagger about vainly
trjinc to walk. He maimed dogs. He
tortured cattle and horses. He killed
a fine carriage horse by driving It to
death purposely tt> see how long It
wonld live under the treatment he
gave It
"I doubt mat I wns a more lovaoie
child, hut nt least I did not have the
attribute of cruelty. I was not only
younger hut I was weaker physically.
I was sensitive to a decree which taade
me an extraordinary victim to Richard
when he cared to express his fiendish
ness to or upon me.
"We were getting Into late child
hood—I should say that I was about
fourteen—when Richard began to use
his Inventiveness In cruelty upon me
directly. As soon as he had a taste
of the delight which came from tor
menting me 1 had no further peace.
"1 remember with a still agonized
vividness my experience In finding a
snake In my bed. Fie had put It there.
He used his superior strength to tor
ture me physically. He dominated me
spiritually. He made life a hell, such
a hell as life can He made only for a
child by mistreatment, when reality
Has aot starkly ss^rtetf itseJX. wine
proportions are not esmntistied and
when lllnslons can be kindly or hide
ous
"Richard and ! jrrfw up In th's fash
ion. I In terror of h'm and h <■ mnlevo
len'e. Whi n I was fifte«-n mother died.
She n«d Srt'n rn Utia»-ertlv* molher.
Plreui stances lill'l Conditions were tie- ,
yund tier slrenrth of mind or body. hot j
vh<- hud heen n friend, and I missed
h«-r cruelly. It was really n mrlMt
h>ss nt a time when 1 ntnrh rnwlfil a
friend.
"As we irrew oldpr Richard's dia
bolical habits became only shrewder,
not less assertive. He contrived the
most Ingenious scheme? for my top.
mest. He humiliated me whenever
possible before other hoys and. better
for his purpose, before plrls.
"My f#her put us out to school t<v
irether. and this suite,) Richard's pur
pose admirably. How I hated this
thine that hore my name and mj blood!
It became an Indomitable hate. II
exists to this day. Xo human l>elnc
ever was so haled hy another as my
brother Richard was by me—and Is—
Is to this moment and will be hated
while a breath remains In my body.
"When I was eighteen my father
died, and Richard nr. 1 I Inherited the
estate tinder a trusteeship to eontlnne
until T was twenty-one. R . hard was
Thru twenty. In another \<-:ir he at
tained his majority. He v»;s profligate
and wild, a heavy drltiVer s eonrse
cniel boor. a licentious young ruffian
who had suffered twlee In actions
brought hy weak and unfortunate
girls.
"It Irritated him beyond expression
that he had to wait the -lo« process
of my coming of nC" before he could
come Into his share of the property
His constant demeanor townfT me was
violent. Several times 1 trl.il lo . «.»»,h
llsh the reasonable relations which
oucht. In convention. to exist between
brothers Tt was <julte hopele-*. and
my hate for 'his boor came to be an
Insane passion. It remains as a pas
shin now.
"1 may not he able to satisfy anv.-.ne
that tbis was the 1ne\ liable con so
qnence of the treatment sr'vcn m» but
I could if I were to e'aborate the de
tail!'—or merely stat« them. However,
my purpose Is not so i ■ -h to Indict
my brother as to record in: own trl
nmph—to sss'sj the commission of a
crime which has b-»en of intense satis
faction to mo. a crime In which I have
maintained try culpahillt\ i
and from which Rb hard has suffered
and Is suffering.
"He Is a broken old man. He Is In
fi npnitont !*»*•*• **
(Continued on Thursday)
FAMINE HEATS HACK
THE SWORH
Famine is more poMTfnl in driv
ing out lhe Soviet system front Rus
sia than all the bayonets marching
against it. More than 2r..CH0.rt00
persons in Russia, nearly one-fourth
the population of the I'nited Slates,
are said to lie starving. Tens of
thousands are marching in mobs
through the agricultural districts
spreading pestilence. ruin and
death. Murder is rampant and ra
pine and pillage are daily occur
rences. *
The leaders of the Soviet move
ment are affrighted at thf sltii
tion, and have appealed 10 the I'ni
ted States for help. which has txvn
freely promised. For four »-e.r«th<»
Russians have hurned and pil'art J
and lived without work The I'ni
ted Stales is paying the freight.
■ A starving people is the onl\ n.rn
ument Bolshevism has erivte.1 to its
experiment.'
rSEAM.Y IS \\ EASY
JOB. AT 1II \T
Says Jack Warwick: Harwir's
theory can't make a monV- v <• i
a man. hut the ">sn c.,n m.ikr» a
monkey out of h'T-.s^lf " Yes. .11 !;.
a:;d if he needs -ay assi ; mee he
can always fin.i t woman i < l'elp
complete the jab.
Chief Justice William Howard
Taft has purchased a home in Wash
ington—aJ 2241 Wyoming avenue—
half a square away from the former
residence of President Harding
Some of his ro.ind-the-ciinvr no h
bors will be Woodrow Wilson. John
Hays Hammond and Herbert Hoov
er. The property the Vans have
acquired, for which it is undergo->d
a consideration approximating
$100,000 is involved, is the hom< of
Alran T. Fuller, former representa
tive from Massachusetts The house
is one of the handsomest in the W> -
oming avenue district, whi«-h is
noted for its line home= and sjlvan
surroundings. It is pf the brick
colonial type
Delegate Sutherland recently ir
troduced a bill in con greys to par
tially reimburse Alaskans who loft
the territory to enlist in the amy
and who were discharged in the Tni
ted Stares and paid their o""n way
hack to the territory. The rate of
reimburstnent is tiJ.ed bv th» hill
at 15 cents per mile, based on a.tual
mileage traveled by the most direct
route.
I:.f>tead of IticV.n-?. H Tr H.ihcn
zollern should r«>i.U2 bow fortn
nate he is to hav.- anythit ; left on
which to pav Umm.—:ndl.MKpoli3
Star.
THE SKAGWAV
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. REKMAJi, Prop.
IHt SAKiTABT MILK M
Th«> l«r(rr*J and !>r»l <-on
ilortKl (Ufrx In Alaska. .
I>ailj ahlpntrnt* of pnrr
milk and (t.jdi to all
p»lnt* on Whlio A
Yukon ltooio.
Big Game Guide
Sportsmen wlio an- InfereM
r«l in htiniing Ms cnnir In llw
Ixiwcr Vnknn montry are In
Tito! In mil <>n ntr. I hsir
Itrnl for ninny yours In tl»o At
lin country. '""n miar«nin'
luinl ;nc parti*1" linr snwlmmv
1 Ii«vt a cihmI l«inrr houl
for lake linmin^ :tn<l fhliinc. .
For in rnrninl ion *;ill or :i'l
(trew
Tom Williams
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Red and Scaled Over. Could
NotSleep.Cuticura Heals.
"My face broke out in ltrce. red
pimples, and they festered arc scaled
over and then d: ird up. The? itched
so badly that I could not sleep a:
night, and my face was a mass of
sore eruptions.
"I tried everything I saw adver
tised but nothing did me any pood
until I pot Cuticun Soap and Oint
ment. Now mv face is clear and
smooth, and I only used one c*kf of
CutKtsra Soap and two boxes of Cuti
cura Ointmenttc Sea' me." Signed
J. H. Williams.297 Cordonia Ave..
Detroit. Mich.
Make Cuticura Soap. Ointment and
Talcum your daily toilet prepara- j
Hons and* wBtch your skin improve, i
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The monthly snhcrript fan ratr of
Tl>o Alaskan i* only -evenly-lite
rents per month hy mail, or deliver
«•»! to yonr home in Sk«inva> fo« on!)
$1 a Month
The Alaska road conmiseion is>
making large expenditures in tti<?
Fairbanks! district on rn:.d Jtrp.rtvc
ments. The Richardson hlfrtiw.i,- to
the south and the Fox road to the
north are being covered with trrnrci
and the Ester road has been wi
dened and graded. A new road is
now being constructed to connect
the Kster road with the Fox road so
as to take in the numerous farms
which skirt the hills In that part of
ihe valley.