—' - ~ ;—— — ~ ~ It tabes a little time, but Angeline catches on \A
DOINGS OF THE VAN LOON* «—- —— ■ ^ , i 4'
)
He Used Gasoline
'Cause the Wood
Was Green
One of the janitors for buildings
In the Anchorage terminal yard °f
♦he AlssKa Engineering Commission
♦ hia morning survived the feat of
atartiiv a fire with gasoline in a
Heating stove, and the government
•uffeic l a property losg of only a
few hundred dollars. The des
troyed structure' formerly was a
machlr^ shop. Pending its aban
donment and demolhiion, it was
temporarily occupied by t h q, offioe,
te* by fifteen feet. Of the cap t3
pair foremafa; by a black
smith shop, fifteen by twenty feet,
and by the storeroom, eight by twen
ty feet, of a bridge and forming
crew.
The janitor respoiusoie ior
blaze escaped without having even
singed himself. He eliminated, him
self from the scene before the ar
rival of the fire department, aad ha
Dot vet called at the disbursing of
fice for his pay. As a conse
ouence, defiinate knowledge of his
reasons for using casoJine is lack
ing. Some of his fallow workers
are Inclined to the belief that he
picked up the gasoline can. think
ing it wa§ the coal cil can. Oth
ers declare he possessed a sport
ing disposition and that hi? probably
made <» bet with himself that ha
could t>our gasolin© on a smouldi
ering fire and live to tell of his
experience. They will listen, to
his storv ia the pool rooms in town.
BIG SURPRISE TO MANY
IN SKAGWAY
People are surprised at the IN
STANT action of simple buckthorn
bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed In
Adler-1-ka. ONE SPOONFUL flush
es the ENTIRE bowel tr^ct so com
pletely it relieves ANY CASE sour
stomach, gas or constipation and
prevent a appendicitis. The IN
STANT, pleasant action of Adler*
l-k» surprises both doctors and
patient* It removes foul matter
wfilch poisoned your stomach for
months. Keller Bros.' Drug Co.
FOCH HAS ALWAYS
BEEN VICTORIOUS
Served His Country With Love,
With Ardor and
Felicity. •
FRANCE HAS GREAT LEADERS
j Marshal of France Is Wonderful
Title and Most of Those Who
j Have Held Baton Have Been
Wonderful Men.
Paris.—What title la all this world
; calls up such heroic memories as that
of marshal of France? It is a won*
! derful title and most of those who
; have held the baton were more than
I wonderful men. la every other army
I a fieid marshal is a grade,- but the
j French army has no field marshal;
It has simply the title of marshal of
' France. The regulations of the
| French army prescribe that the title
; of "marechal Ue France" is not a
! grade, but an honor. This expresses
: all military excellence in a general,
j WHO does not outranK nis colleagues,
j but who by some deed or deeds has
j brought particular distinction on him
j self or his armies.
The first buttle of the Murne was
the reason why General Joffre became
a "marechal do France." Today there
are only three "marechals" in all
Prance—Joffr<\ Foch and Petain. The
| marvelous strategy of Foch stands out
| more clearly every day. Napoleon
' had many "marechals," all of them
prodigies of valor and some of genius
—Massena, Lannes, Soult, Murat. Ney
and others. The emperor made them
either dukes or princes or both, and
sometimes kings. But with all their
glory I doubt if any one of them has
rendered such signal service to their
country—certainly not to humanity—
as have Joffre and Foch.
Gallieni's Great Feat.
General Guillen!, the former gov
ernor of Paris, would have been made
a "marechal" had he only lived long
enough to receive the honor due him.
It would be a beautiful Idea If the
government of the French republic
created him a marechal even now, and
Inscribed on his tomb: "Gallienl died
In the service of his country. General
de Division—Marechal de France." It
might not do the general any good, but
It would please the army and the en
tire country, while It would render
Justice to an immortal name anfl^
wotilfl "be"t fitting tribute'fiTi Creat
and good soldier, though whether they
call him general or marshal or dram
major makes little difference. Gal
llent'a name rests secure in hla 80-word
proclamation and In safekeeping of
40,000,000 free Frenchmen, for whom
he did more than any other one man
to retain their liberty at • critical
time. He will live forever in the
heart of the French "poilu" Be was
too good a soldier to auk anything
better than that
Joffre Won at the Mam*.
Marshals Joffre and Foch, as the
world knows, are also great soldiers.
For three long years Joffre withstood
the fearful onslaught. He never mur
mured, though he had terrible diffi
culties to endure. He husbanded his
small armies while we prepared oars.
When his task was done and' the bat
tle of the Marne gained, Joffre retired
from activity with the-great honor he
had hardily won.
Foch has always been victorious,
lie has served his country with love,
with ardor and felicity. To his fine
character he adds great ability. He
has been preceded by a list of names
which have Illuminated the history of
France and mankind during the cen
turies. He commands the greatest
armies ever commanded by'one man.
He has the respect of those armies;
he has even forced the enemy to re
spect him, and then gent him down to
complete defeat. What more could
man do. He has his title of *marechal
de France" fairly won. Remember "It
Is not a grade, bnt an honor." It is
a great thing to be "marechal de
France."
Hat Check Pirate Is
Put in "Pleate" Clais
New York.—The hat-check pi
rate in Gotham has been rele
gated to the "please" class rath
er than that of "pay me."
District Attorney Swann has
decreed that the practice of tip
ping hat-check boys or girls is
not compulsory—In fact, should
be classed as "nonessential."
The opinion followed the com
plaint of a cabaret customer
"whose $3 hat has already cost
him over $14" and who was call
ed a "piker" by a check boy
when he refused to check his
hat and coat
TaJtfc LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE Tablet*. DrttgrtoU f itfusd
moaey U it f*tta to cot*. H. W.
GROVE'S tlcsftttire to o* •wir b«x
lOo. ™»
Let Your' K)DM
Keep Your Family History
So that in the days to come your Kodak Album
Will Tell It All. Today your Kodak Album
means History, and more than ever it is impor
tant that it be authentic history—that every neg
ative bear a date. Let Kodak keep the dates.
- Keller Bros. Drug Co.
Eastman Kodak agents for Skagway
LIBERTY FUEL IS 0. K,
Tried In Extensive Tests and
Proves Success.
Used In Everything From Trucks and
Tractors to Airplanes, Say
Inventors.
Washington.—"Liberty fuel," the
substitute for gasoline developed by
MaJ. Oliver B. Zimmerman and Copt.
E. 0. Welsgarber of the gas and oil
production division of the war depart
ment, has proved its practicability In
extensive tests In automobiles, motor
cycles, motortrucks, tractors, station
ary engines and airplanes.
"The net results." said Major Zim
merman, "showed that although
checked against every commercial
grade of gasoline in the highest types
of gasoline engines, refined to the lim
it of engineering knowledge and with
no change In the carbureter, It never
theless develops a greater thermal ef
ficiency than the best gasoline."
The new fuel can De proaucea in
varying grades to meet the require
ments of the several types of gasoline
motors. Unlike gasoline, which is
largely all of one grade, the new fuel
can be manufactured specially for
motorcycles, trucks, tractors, airplane
engines or any other type of gas en
gine.
"It will be possible In the future for
a person to drive up to a filling sta
tion and secure exactly the grade of
fuel required for his particular ma
chine. This will result In more satis
factory service from every gasoline
machine In the market and give the
motor owner n maximum of efficiency
for a minimum of outlay."
Other government experts who have
witnessed tests of the new fuel are
highly enthusiastic regarding Its fu
ture possibilities.
For obvious reasons Major Zimmer
man and Captain Weisgarber are not
disposed to make public the formula
for "Liberty fuel." Its base is kero
sene and some of the other materials
used are said to be a drug on the
market at present.
Major Zimmerman states that mo
tors using this fuel start more easily
than with ordinary gasoline, that the
fuel explodes at temperatures even
below zero, the mileage per gallon
Is greater and it Is safe against prema
ture explosions.
REFLECTION' ON HIB WISDOM.
Wlfoy—A word to the wise Is auffl
oi«pt
Hubby—That's well understood.
Buoh being the case, why do you keep
Ja/wlnf? at me.
THE CHANGE.
)
v How's » your
coal bin?
Say. It'a
queer about
that A little
pile a few years
ago that used to
hide In the
corner and re
mind me to or
der more Is con
sidered a full
bin nowadays.
MEXICO HIT BY "FLU"
Most Fatal Epidemic in History
of Country.
| Shortage of Necessary Drugs One of
Reasons for Heavy Death
Rate.
Laredo, Tex.—According to reliable
information brought here by arrivals
from various portions of Mexico, the
present epidemic of Spanish Influenza
j In that country has been the most fii
; tal epidemic in the history of Mexico,
the death rate exceeding that caused
by any previous epidemic of typhus,
yellow fever or smallpox. The under
takers of Mexico were caught in the
Influenza epidemic without practically
any supply of coffins or caskets on
hand, and even the old custom of rent
ing caskets for burial purposes only,
after which the body is removed at
the grave and placed in a pine box,
had to be abandoned, as some of the
wealthier class were burled in caskets
that were formerly used for rental pur
poses only.
In Mexico City it la estimated that
at least 40,000 cases of Influenza were
in that city the middle of October,
many cases developing into pneumonia
and causing several thousand deaths,
these latter being mostly among the
poor people who contracted the disease
and were compelled to lie down on
the dirt floors of their Jackals and
there contracted pneumonia and died.
A big death rate also occurred amotg
the better class, despite the care giv
en them. In Guadalajara, Guanajuato,
Torreon, Tampico, Saltillo and Mon
terey the number of cases of Influenza
were heavy, while the death rate was
likewise heavy. In Vera Cruz over
one-third of those stricken with the in
fluenza are said to have succumbed l:o
subsequent pneumonia. In mary
places the heavy death rate in Mexico
was due to the shortage of aspirla,
quinine and other necessary drugs used
In the cure of Influenza. k
A PROMISING RECRUIT
Sergeant Murphy—Whin yez name Is
called say prlslnt
Private Doolon—YIf, sor, an' If Ol'm
not there whin me name Is called 0111
say ahslntl . .
TRAPPERS!
A trial shipment will convince y oa
that we pay the highest price*. Wt
remit you the day your shipment
y U received, and CHARGrE NO
COMMISSION. WRITE TO
DAY FOR OUR NEW, UP
TO THE MINUTE TRAP
PERS GUIDE. Na Catalog of
Trappers' Supplies Price List*
Northwestern Hid# £ Fur Co.
Est ISM
Mlaiupix, Mta
BAYER-CAPSULES OF ASPIRIN*
, Sealed Boxes of 12 and 24
BAYER-TABLETS OF ASPIRIN.1
Pocket Boxes of 12
Bottles of 24 and 100
RHEUMATIC PAINS
Quickly Eased By Penetrating
Hamlin's Wizard Oil
A safe and harmless preparation
to relieve the pains of Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Lame Back and Lumbago is
Hamlin's Wizard OiL It penetrates
quickly, drives out soreness, and
limbers up stiS aching joints and
muscles.
You will find almost daily uses for
it in cases of sudden mishaps or ac
cidents such as sprains, bruises, cuts,
burns, bites and stings. Just as re
liable, too, for earache, toothache,
croup and colic.
Get it frcm druggists for 30 cents.
If not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back
Ever constipated or have sick
headache? Just try Wizard _ Liver
Whips, pleasant little pink piHs, 30
cents. Guaranteed.
^ YOUR HAT
May Be a Stylish One, Bet It Makea
Trouble.
A man usuaily buy8 a hat that's "la
•tyle." but the modern hat for mt.'i ha.*
lota to answer for.
Baldheads are growing- more numer
ous every day. Hats make excellent
breeding places for the parasitic germs
which sup the life from the roctj of tLa
hair.
When your hair begins to fall out and
your scalp is full of Dandruf? il i3 a
sure sign that these countless germs ar«
busily at work.
There Is .but one way to overcome the
trouble and kill the germs—that way la
to apply Ncwbro's HerpMde to thi
«calp—it will kill the germs and healthy
hair Is sure to result.
Sold by loidlnr <JrU£p,*ts. So"] ".Or 'i
•tamps for sample i« The Herpiclde Co.,
Detroit, Mi^h.
On* Dollar BottTe, guaranteed.
At all Drug Storse. Atlr.
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
meets every Becond ud
fourth Tuesday erealng
at 8:30 o'clock. Vlalt
U| brothers cordially weloome.
L. 8. Keller, Arctic Chief.
James L. Stewart, Arctic Reeotder.
f. & a. >r.
White Pass Lodge P. &;
A. M. No. 113, meets 2d
and 4th Saturday evening*
of each month. Visiting
Brethren are welcome.
WILLIAM E. FEERO, W. M.
T, J. STANDISH, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKfl
Sk&gTv&y L<od£«
No. 431, B. f. O.
E. meets every
Thursday at 8:30
p. m. VlaltlJU
trotter* cordially welcome.
OSCAR SELMER, E. R
F. J. TAtfDEWALL, Secretary.
Pioneers of Alaska Igloo, No. 12*
meet in A. B. Hall first Mond»i in,'
every mont at 8:30 p. m.
Visiting Brothers conpLUOl/ (lei
aja*, ! IW!
CPAS. BROCKAIimSR, Pre*.
J, C. PHELPS, Secy.
Fraternal Ordet
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie,
No. 25, Ftater*
nal Order of
hh meet the first and third
W«Ja«d»jr night of each ninp^ at
thwlr ball on Fifth Avenue. Vlalt.
In* brothers cordially Invited to
Attend j i
M. E. Rogers, W. P. ' ,
J. M. Grfesbach, Secret*tf.
• FROMSSSIONAL CARDS ♦
DR. L. 8. KELLER
Dcaxtes | I
Mom Modern Methods
Office Honrs: ihia a. m. i-«j p. bl
AHek*e Building «... Kro*Omy>
8KAUWAX ALASKA!
W. B. 8TOU1 i
Attorn ex At Law
Practice ia «J1 court* ( ,
la Territory of AMd '
HAINES ^ ^ ALASKA