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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
FOOD WINS THE WAR
DON'T WASTE IT
CONCERT OK VODVILLE?
Uader tiie Hail Box head today
vs.' aaother suggestion for the
Red Cross, and Jroai other sources
we Lave received suggestjons of a
similar nature.
There is a great, deal of talent in
SkagwJy that is not in use, aud
t at would be developed iu a sur
pris'ag maimer if occasion presented
itself. To that end it has been suj
£ested that an entertainment con
siat:us cf a concert, musical comedy,
or vaudeville show be given in the
interests of the Red Cross or other
war work. Such entertainments are
bein* held elsewhere in Alaska and
are meeting with fine results. Fur
thermore it gives home talent a
chance to express itselj and does
a treat deal in adding to the life
of Alaska towns.
ALASKA WILL LKAl» THK
NATION'
Fi\>m statistics gathered by the
government from exemption boards,
the young man of the west has been
found to be the best physically in
the nation. The government has
made known the percentage of
drafted men who passed the ex
aminations in each stale.
Although no draft h.<» taken plac
iu Alaska, and 110 figures are avail
able a» to the percentage <jf physi
cally fit men ia the north, we pre
dict that AiasJia will be the first
in thfe land iu respect to physically
fit man.
South Dakota holds the record
at the present time, with a list
of more than SO percent of those
called for examination passing.
Nc states east of Mississippi pass
ed more than 75 perctnt of the
men called up for examination.and
the only states where 30 percent
and more failed to pass were east
of Mississippi, with the exception
of Xerada.
The poorest records tire held by
Pennsylvania, Vermont, Connecti
cut and Maine, where 40 percent or
more o' those called were found to
be unfit for military life.
Fr:m these statistics it is plain
ly evident that the best men are to
be found in the west, and that the
farther west we go, tha better the
men are. Hence Alaska jvill lead,
the nation.
Seattle and Tacoma labor un
ions, lodges iUid even ship yards
are meeting yifh unusual success,
both In the interest of the Red
Cross and as a restraint upon the
Individual, by fining their members
10 cents for every swear word tit
tered, the money going to the Red
Cross for mercy work. Similar
■ugges'ions have been made for
SKagwaj; organizations.
Mail Box
RED CROSS SUGGESTIONS
Tnat a fund of $10.00 or more
bo formed by private subscriptions
to oe given away as prizes at a
competitive concert to bo held here
fortbwitji on behalf of Red Cross
funds. Donation herewith. $1.00.
Anyone desiring to contribute to
the above may fill in the following
blank and mail to th« Daily Alaay
kan. I .• 'jj 11 | I
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The Daily Alaskan,
Skagway, Alaska.. | !
if WE MUST:
□ SAVE WHEAT
Here are a few more facta re
gaidlng food which. the United
States food administration gives
for publication:
The United States present sup
ply of wl>e*.t is no more than enough
for our normal need. Europe's pres
ent supply. is far below its normal
needs. There is no such thing as
white br»ad in all Europe. In Fin
laud, for instance, three ftnd one
half million people fcave been re
duced to five and one-half ounces
o* oread a day. And. such bread.
There is a verv small percentage of
wheat flour, some other grains and
a sprinkling of ground birch bark.
This is extreme, of course. But Eu
ro >e generally is living on black
bread. And not very nutritious fel&cl
either. That is why America must
send wheat.
WHY WE MUST USE MORE CORN
We can conserve wheat only by
eaiins substitutes. Cornmeal pro
duces are the most nutritious,
"lentiful and logical substitutes we
cap eat. We have been in the habil
of eating about bushel a year
ajt'ece from a norma], average! corn
croc of two billion, six hundred mi*
lion oushels. That is *about a
pound o£ cornmeal a week per per
son as compared with about five
pounds of wheat flour peif week per
person. Every pound of cornmeal
we substitute for a pound of wheat
flour actually helps that mucli to
win the war. That is practical
patriotism.
CORN'S INFINITE VARIETY
How much do you know about
corn? Abut how good it is? About
the many delicious ways of cooking
"t? And what you miss by not
knosvins: more about it? Here are
a few of ils uses?
CORN DODGER
2 cups conr meal; 1 teaspoon
salt; 2 teaspoons fat: 1% cups boil
inp water. Pour the boU'ng water
over the other materials. Beat well
When cool, form into thin cakes and
bal-o 30 minutes in a hot oven.
Makes 14 biscuits. These crisp lit
tle biscuits are good with butter
and gravy. Eat them with your
m^at and vegetables.
CORN* MEAL AND MEAT
2 cups corn meal; 6 cups water;
1 tablespoon fat; 1 onion; 2
cups tomatoes; 1 j>ound hamburger
s'eak. Make a mush by stirring th«
corn meal and 1 % teaspoons salt
into boiling water. Cook 45 min
utes. Brown onion in fat, add ham
burger steak and stir until red
disappears. Add salt, pepper, and
tcmpto. A sweet pepper is an addi
tion. Grease baking dish, put in
layer of corn meal mush, add sea
soned meat, and cover with mush.
Bake one-half hour.. Serves six.
There are at least fifty ways
tc use corn meal to make good dish,
es for dinner, supper, lunch or
breakfast, for intsance. Boston
brp>vn bread, hoecake, muffins, bis
cuits, srriddle cakes, waffles, corn
meal molasses cake, apple corn,
bread, dumplings, gingerbread,
fruit gems, corn-meal croquettes,
corr.meal fish balls, meat and corn
mea] dumplings. Italian polenta,
tamaies. ' '
EAT LESS WHEAT—GET IN
TO THE CORX UXE.
America's business now is . to
*ight and save. Every loyal Am
erican who cannot serve as a soldier
or sailor will servo in the army of
C. S. cavers—thoeewhoare system
atically putting a share of their
savings into War Sayinga Stampa.
(Subscribe for tl»g Qallz Alaskaa>)
AIMDi TO MAKE
POLAND DESERT
German System Reckoned on
Starvation of People to Pro
mote Imperial Ends.
VON KRIES REVEALED PLOT
Country, After Population Had Been
Systematically Done to Death, Wae
to Be Restocked by Settlers
From Germany.
The extent of human misery in
Poland caused by the German oc
cupation was as great as that in Bel
gium and Franca. The entire heart
lessness which characterized the kai
ser's high officers is well shown in a
statement by Mr. Vernon Kellogg,
prepared for a pamphlet isstted by
the committee on jrublic informa
tion, which we copy.
The systematic exploitation of hu
man misery by the German authorities
In Poland followed the general plan
laid down by the kaiser's orders. In
order to prove the Identity of proced
ure It' will be enough to present the
detailed report prepared specially for a
pamphlet Issued by the committee on
public Information and written by Mr.
Frederic C. Walcott. A fuller and In
some ways more touching treatment
Is given In his article, "Devastated
Poland." In the National Geographic
Magazine for May. 1917.
"September, 1917.
"Poland—Russian Poland—Is per
ishing. And the German high com
mand. Imbued with the Prussian sys
tem, Is coolly reckoning oil the neces
sities of a starving people to promote
its Imperial ends.
"West Poland, which has been Prus
sian territory more thau a hundred
years, la a disappointment to Ger
many: Its people obstinately remain
Poles. This time they propose swifter
measures. In two or three years, by
grace of starvation and frlchtfulness,
they calculate Kast Poland will be
thoroughly made f>ver Into h German
province.
"In the great Hlndenburg drive one
year ago. the country was completely
devastated by the retreating Russian
artny and the oncoming Germans. A
million people were driven from their
homes. Half of thftu perished by the
roadside. For tulles :ind miles, when T
saw the country, the way was Uttered
with mudsoaked garments and hones
picked clean by the crows—though the
larger bones had been gathered by the
thrifty Germans to be ground Into fei
tlllTier. Wicker baskets—the little bas
ket in which the baby swings from the
rafters in every peasi.ut home—were
senftered along the way, hundreds and
hundreds, until one could not count
them, each one telling n death.
Deliberate Policy of Starvation.
"Warsaw, which had not been de
stroyed—once a proud city of a million
people—was utterly stricken. Poor
folks by thousands lined the streets,
leaning against the buildings, shivering
In snow and rain, too weak to lift a
hand, dying of cold and hunger. Though
the rich gave all they hud, and the
poor shared their lust crust, they were
starving there In the streets In droves.
"In the stricken city, the German gor
ernor of Warsaw Issued a proclama
tion. All able-bodied I'oles were bid
den to go to Germany to work. If any
refused, let no other Pole give him to
eat, not ao much as a mouthful, under
penalty of German military law.
"It was more than the mind could
grasp. To the husband and father of
brokeu families, the hiyh comtimnd
I gave this decree: Leave your families
to starve; If you stay, we shall see that
you do stitrve—this to a high-strung,
sensitive, highly orgaulzed people, this
from the authorities of a nation pro
fessing civilisation and religion to mil
lions of fellow Christians captive and
starving, o
"General von KrlcS, the governor,
wns kind endflgh to explain. Candidly,
they preferred not quite so much star
vation ; It might get on the nerves of
the German soldiers. Rut. starvation
being present, It must work for Ger
man purpose. Taking advantage of
this wretchedness, the working rout* of
Poland were to be removed; the coun
try was to be restocked with Germans.
It was country Germany needed—rich
alluvial soli—better suited to German
expansion than distent possessions. If
the Poland that was hud to perish, so
much the better for Germany.
To Mike P®l»nd German Province.
"Remove tb« man, lef the young sod
week die, graft German stock on the
Women. See bow xiiuple It Is: with a
crafty tyglle. General von Krles con
cluded. 'By pud by we must give back
freedom to Poland. Very good; It will
reappear as ft German province,'
"Slowly, I camp to wallae that this
monstrous. Incredible thing wns the
Prussian system, deliberately chosen
by the circle around the ail-highest,
and kneaded Into the German people
till It became part of their tnlnd,
"German people are material for
building the state—of no other account.
Other people are for Germany's will to
work upon. Humanity, liberty, equality,
i the rights of others—nil foolish talk.
Democracy, en Idle droara, The fane
Prussian lives only for this, that the
Gerjnan state may be mighty and great.
"All the woes In the long count !
against Germany are part of the Prus
sian system. The Invasion of Belgium,
^the deportation*, th« starving of tub
og Pago 3.)
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Sfcagway No. 1,
meets every second and
fomrtlx Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brothers cordially -welcome.
Edward A. Kaamusoa, Arctic Chief.
William It. Gray, Arctic Recorder.
Fraternal Ol der
Kagleei—
bkujfwtty Aerie,
No, 25, Frater
nal O trier of
K« vies meet the firat ami third
W'-dJiesday night of each tnojitii at
their hail on Fifth Avenue. Vlslti
in* brothers cordially invited to
at: cud.
John M. KoUcr, W. P.
J. M. Cities bath, Secretary.
ol ea^h montlss.
ar« welcome.
P. & A. M.
\Vhlt<» Paag Lodge
P. & A. M. No. 113
meet* 2d aad 4th
Saturday Broaliigi
Visiting Brethren
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
J A11B3 -W ALL ACE, Secretary.
a P. O. ELKS
Bt&fwuj Lode*
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meete e^ery
1 Tkurtdajr 8:30
D. m. Visiting
brothers cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON. E. R.
r. 1. VAWDBWAJU,, Secretary.
Plomvr of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* tu A. B. Hall first Monday In
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
J. C. WOOD, Pres.
F. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. L. 8. KELLER
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SKAUWAY ALASKA
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Pr»<-lloc in all oourU
la TerriCory of AUak*
8A1.NK8 _ _ _ _ ALASKA
THE BEST PROOF
ay Citizens Oanjtot Doubt It.
Ooau's Kidney; Pills were used—
i Tii^y brought benefit,
[ T.rne has strengthened, the evi
dence.
Hag proven the result lasting.
The proof of merit is convincing.
L. Bauer, 203 S. Delznas Aye.,
"an Jose, CaUf., says: "I was tak
en with a terrible pain in my* back,
if I stopped, lifted or made »
misstep. darting pains shot thru
m^ kidneys causing the worst kind
of suffering. I got a box of
Doan's Kidney Pills, being told
they were the best medicine to be
had for uains in the back and oth
»r kidney trouble. They removed
the oain and distress and I hare
never had a return, of the com
plaint." (Statement given October
23. 1912.)
THE KKSUL,TS LASTED
0^ May 22, 1916 Mr. Bauer said:
"My curf has proven to be a per
manent one. I never stop praising
Dean's Kidney Pills,"
Price SQc, at all dealers. Don't
s.mpiy ask for a kidney remedy—
gr>t Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
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—AxWertisement.
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30 c. "Wed.
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for every ordinary household ail
ment. There Is room for San
Tox Remedies in your medicine
chest. Get a Saa-Tooc Blue Book
at Keller Bro#., The San-Tos
Drur Stare,
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the Urge
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SAN-TOX OOUGH DROPS. Admin
istered on sugar. Acta almost in
stantly. Tim prescription of
aa eminent physician. Keller
Brot Tig eaarTox Drug Store. '
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot. Cured:
by local application*, as tiiey cannot reach
the dlsi-aat-d portion of the «jnr. There l»,
only one way to cure catarrhal deafaaea.
and that is by a om:lntlohal rerae<ij.'
Catarrhal Deafness v» caused' by an in
flamed condition of the raucous fining: of
the Eustachian Tube Wi.cn ib/s tube It*
Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Ir^-?
perfect h»v*rlng, and when it is entirety
closed, peafness is the r<;*t It. Unlesa 0**
Inflammation can b<* reduced and thi* tub*©
Vcaiored to Its rtorn*^»i condition. h<ariv>r
will be destroyed forever. Many of
deafnesei arc caused by catarrh, which U
an inflated condition of tho aqueous sur
faces. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts tfccu
the bloud on the rnuccua surfaces of the!
systwn,
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aay case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
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