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I EDITORIAL
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"OLD GLORY
'America For Americans"
THK DIES IS CAST
Edi'ors art) writing columus, lino-'
tvpes are spitting furth the words
'has written, and printers and
s'erotypers are placing the hot
me'al on the bi>r presses, and the
T)ublie is being giveui, the thoughts
cr ->>0 various aforesaid editors, as
to how and why and when these old
glorious United St;ites of ours have
been forced into the war, but wheJ
t'»e public has read the countless
coluiut-.s thus i>roduced ihare is but
oi:e deduction to draw from it all,
and thai is WQ are now in the
war, and John Trov, of th© Juneau
Kmpi-j has stated it ali in a few
words, words which ring true pa
•riotism and loyalty to our Presi
dent and our Country and our Flag.
Here i' is. Short, sweet and with
ou* comment: —
"Tac die is cast. We have of
ficially accepted, '"the guage of bat-)
Me thrown down by the Kaiser..'"
Our eld United S'ates is at wa-r witji
a l>owerfui foreign foe, and there
is no turning back with patriotism
or hotor. We mutt look only for
ward and move only forward until
we "'bring the government of the
German Empire to terms and end
♦hf> war.'"
"This means that the time for
analvsis and discussion has passed.
I' terminated when the came of
President Wilson wag affixed to the
war resolution at 1:13 o'clock this
afternoon, Washington time. It is
new *he plain duty of every Ameri
can to keep his own counsel, as
b'-'i.t ha may, and be ready to render
sui-h service as lies within his pow
er for his country. it is no longer
Ms 'o reason why. It is his par*
only to accept and obey the orders
and wishes of the cai>tam in the
fight. The occasion is solemn and
•■he o-deal (may be trying. But camel
wha* may, the part of each one of
us is to be a patriotic American.
Let no* a white feather be shown
anywhere. Let it go forth that one
hundred million Americans stand as
ot.e man—arid that the President
I3 his leader."
CHANGE VENUE GRANTED
XO EASTER CONTEST
Washington, April 9—Egg rolling
witl'n the White House grounds
gu Easter Monday—a custom al
most as old aa the White House
i'ielf—was abandoned this year an
account o£ th«» luteniat tonal situa
tion and the grounds around tie
Washington monument -was used.
Under the present rule policemen*
Xei>* all unauthorized persons at
a distance from the White House.
Choice chocolatrs and hon tons
at Eeller Bros. Drug store.
Wickersham To
[ File Contest
WaatiD^tol^ April 9—The contest
oapers ol Jam^s Wiokersham for a
a oat in Congress &a ttio delegate
rrorn Alaska will pro^abij- 1>q tiled
'odav. Tha papers from Juneau
which included csrttfted cop It a of
Lhe proceedings and count of the
csuv&aaing boaird, oral and writti^
oomlons of Attorney; General Grigs
*y and copies of tha court proceed
ings be&wfc Jhidga Jennings are In
cluded in the papers.
The contest us soon, as filed will
be turned over to. the proper com
mittee. Judge Wickersham under
the rules hns thirty diays la which
>o file. Chaa. A, Bulzer is then al
lowed 'hirty days in, which to ans
wer. The proceeding la them car
ried on before 'ha committee on
the complaint and answer filed.
The Alaska contest wili probably
be the last heard; and It may be
three months before tha committee
reaches I*. In tha meantime Ohas
A. Sulier will serve in his official
capacity, but owing to this being «■
auecial seeelon of congress there
will be little work to occupy his at
tention. ' ;
Hundreds Greet I
The Alameda
I
Hundreda Qf people lined the
shore last Friday at Kaik-Anchor
age 'o greet the steamer Alameda,
the first ship of tha season to ar
rive there, accord to Captain, ding
er ol tha' steamer, which returned
scu'h.bo.un4 last night, sayB the Ju
neau Empire for last Friday.
At .Seward, westbound, the peo
ple said 'ha' the Alameda would be
unable to reach Anchorage on ac
count <>f the vast amount of drift
ice in Cooks Inlet and the pass
engers on 'be ship were very dis
couiaged at the prospect of having
to discmbarfk at Sewaaid. The Ala-1
met'a encountered a snow storm off
the mcuth of Cooke Inlet and was
force 1 to anchor many hours be
hind Chugach Island. Tbe Alameda
steamed through floe ice for sev
enteen hours, but finally dropped
anchor off Anchorage.
The hundreds of people who lined
the Muffs watching for the steamer
which wajj to marlc the opening of
navi^a'iou were rewarded when the
lighters gathered around the steam
er and tbe green, vegetables, fruit,
and fresh supplies were later
brough' on shore. The Atam-eda r»
mained at Anchorage for 24 hours
unloading her freight cargo Into
the lighters.
Investments In
Russia and East
Washington, Aptril 9—Russian
and Far Eastern fields £or American,
'nevstments ara to ba Investigated
at once toy the Bureau of Foreign
an J Domestic Commerce, oI the De
partment of Comeroe.. A. W. Fer
riu, president of the Moody Maga
zine and Book Company and editor
of Moody's Magazine, has bean ap
osinted trade commjiasioiigx to make
the investigation, and. '*'111 sail from
San Francisco on, April 30. In the
meantime he will visit some of
'*e Dnncipal business centers jn this
coun'ry and consult with persons es
jjeci-lly interested in the Inveetig®
tion.
Mr. Ferrin will include In. 'Ills
♦rip Japan, Russia, China, the Phil
'npines, the Dutch. British, and
French East Indies, the Straits Set
tlement, Australia, Is'ew Zea
land Ceylon, Iurfia., and East and
Sou^h Africa. He *111 study in
vestment 1 opportunities in these
countries and will report on finan
cial conditions, banking, railroad
and public utility, and other forms
c? finance, with, oarticulajp reference
ro the extension o£ American for
oien trade.
S. S. SPOKANE SAILS NORTH
Seattle, April 9 — The Pacific
Steamship Company's S. S. Spokane
left 'his city at 10 p. m. Satuirday
for the north. Passengers booked
uo to three o'clock this afternoon
are: 3. Sprondono, E. Anderson,
Albert Bulger, and wife, G. A.
Johnson, Elmor Fanner, R. Geist.
Georce Mischerk, Olaf Hanson, L.
T.. Maloney, Henry Ostrom, Ho go
Samudsen, Harmer Erickson, Peter
England, Louis Strom, Earl Pierce,
M'aerva Pierce, far Skngway and
Hal Kntght and wile, John Rosene,
Jr., and wife and Thomas Vogel and
vlfe for Haines, j • v. . ' ;
Liquid Fir* In War.
Liquid fire as a war weapon la thus
described In an English journal:
In the earliest models the combus
tible liquid was propelled by a gas
condenser out of a portable or flx^d
reservoir and was lighted by some au
tomatic device as It escaped from the
nozzle of the projecting Instrument
Later a double barreled liquid gun
was devised, having the upper barrel
much smaller than the lower and piv
oted so as to turn independently. The
fluid Is shot from the two barrels si
multaneously, but only that from the
upper one Ignites automatically.
This small, burning stream Is so di
rected that it unites with the larger,
nonburnlng one at any desired point
and then, of course, Ignites the larger
jet The small stream is then shut off,
the large one continuing to flow.
The flames do not spread backward
along the Jet toward the nozzle, but;
are carried forward to the target and,
striking the ground, form a veritable
sheet of flre, which continues to ignite
the fluid as fast and as long as it falls.
The Making of Chipped Glas*.
Sheets of glass that are covered with
a shell-like raised pattern are in use
for screens, partitions, el^rtric light
fixtures and other purposes. This
chipped glass, for the pattern Is often
really chipped out of the surface, in
volves a process that Is interesting.
The sheet of glass to be treated is
placed under a sand blast in order to
give it a grain. This ground surface
is next treated with a solution of good
glue, and the glass Is placed in a dry
ing room on a rack, where it remains
for some hours. Next the sheets of
glass are removed to tht\ chipping
room, where they are placed on edge
back to back, with the coated surfaces
outward. This room is heated by
steam colls, and when the heat is turn
ed on the glue reaches its utmost de
gree of desiccation and curls off the
glass in pieces from the size of a dime
to that of a silver dollar, but it ad
heres so closely to the glass that in
its effort to get Tree it tears a piece
off the surface, the result being a
bej^itlful pattern.
Why the Baby Cries.
Now we know why the baby cries.
For a long time the cause was veiled
In obscurity. It might be an Inacces
sible pin, or it might be the helpless
discrepancy betwixt the heavenly king
dom and this world, or it might be a
plain case of colic, called l>y what new
fangled term you piease. It has re
mained for an advertising expert to
discover that the baby cries in order
to advertise. It is the baby's effective
announcement in the imperative mood
that he wants to be up and petted or
he wants the moon or he wants some
thing else, and "he won't be happy till
he gets It." There Is no denying that
for an infant Industry the baby's ad
vertising is a great success. Nearly
every time he gets results, and the
most astute and alert professional so
licitor cannot show a higher percent
age of success.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Only a "Slip of a Boy.''
One night while Mrne. Sarah Bern
hardt and her company were playing
"L'AIglon" in Montreal a very angry'
man left the auditorium and clamored
at the box office for the return of his
money. The manager naturally want
ed to know why.
"I paid to see Mine. Bernhardt act,"
the man stormed, "and she's not act
ing."
"Mme. Bernhardt !s acting," replied
the astonished manager.
"Xo, she Is not." retorted the man.
"She does not take the part of the em
press, and the only other characters are
a man and the slip of a boy who plays
the young duke."
It took ever so long to convince him
that the "slip of a boy" was Bernhardt
herself.—All Around Magazine.
His Magnificent Memory.
"Children," squeaked the ancient
man, "I can remember just as well as
If It was yesterday when I was a boy
and beefsteak and potatoes were so
cheap that we hud 'em at our house
most every day and were always per
mitted to eat all we wanted of 'em.
Oh, I tell ye I've got a wonderful—hee.
hee—memory V'
Later the children said among them
selves: "Truly, Uncle Gulliver has an
amazing memory. He can recollect
things that could uot possibly have
happened."—Kansas City Star.
Dispatching Business.
Counsel For the Defense—Your hon
or, you neglected to ask the prisoner
if she had anything to say as to why
sentence should not be pronounced.
Judge—Inasmuch as the prisoner is a
woman, we will omit that formality in
order to dispose of the case In some
reasonable time.—Pittsburgh Press.
Stage Name.
"Yes, 1 am going on the stage."
"Well, I hope you succeed in making
a name for yourself."
'•That has already been attended to,
my dear. I picked a really beautiful
one out of a romantic novel."—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
A Real Defender.
"Big" brother is reasonably good
about defendiug little sister, but the
real serious trouble comes when "big"
sister sees some one imposing on little
brother.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Stingy!
Omar-Miss Aimee certainly has a
lovely complexion, hasn't sheV Hazel
—Yes; ami the stingy thiug won't tell
me what brand she uses—Exchange.
The man who pays an ounce of prin
ciple for a pound of popularity gets
badly cheated.
M""" —
Captain W. H. G. Bullard, Chief of tHe
Navy Wireless.
fraternal orders
. *. *. A ^ ^ ^ A X .
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwary No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and. 10110111' Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. enarp. Vlaiting brothers cordial
ly wt-Jecano. W. L. Stevemson, Arc
tic CMesf. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Reccrder.
Fraternal Order
Kiiglc^—
Skog\N-uj' Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Wednesday night of oaoh month at
tDPJt hall oil Fifth Avenue. Visit
in* brothers cordially inviU*l to
»ttnnd. J. M. Qioisbacii, W. 1'.
J. V. Miller, Secretary,
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
or eaen months. Visiting' Brethren
arc welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMES WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagw&y Lodge
No. 421. B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday night
" 8:00 oclock
f.uNt' Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
F. J. VAtfDEWALA., Secretary
rioWfr of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:30 p. ni.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come,
W. L. STEVENSON, Pre*.
F, H. Doree, Ilcc. 8oc.
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PHK-tioe in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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May 9-19
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