ALASKA DaiLY EMPIRE
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pot • BI .E T11 AT OF \ N V OTII EH \ I.ASKA M.WSlAI l,R.
AMERIC AN LEGION RESOLUTIONS.
The resolution? adopted bv the American l.egion
convention at Anchorage which concern the entire
Teiritory demonstrate that this body of men who
served their country in time of peril are progressive
t-t.d forward-looking. They include resolutions:
Urging the Pro.:idem of the United States
to visit Alatkn.
Territory to furnish list of Alaska.service
men.
Permanent, cctt: tructive and adequate
legislation for Alaska fisheries, guarding
equally the cunnerynten and fishermen, large
and small.
Favoring enactment cf legislation for
literacy test of voters at all elections.
Endorsement of Boy Scout assistance.
All of there revolution- an- to the point. Specially
pertinent at this time is the resolution urging that
there be a literacy qualification for voters. This is a
question that will not he settled until it is settled
right,
THE AMERK AN'S C REED.
The Empire last Saturday contained an editorial
taken from and credited to the Cincinnati Enquirer
which said:
In these days of the highly commend
able return to the teaching of the once for
gotten principles of American Government
it is gratifying to encounter a creed, or
belief, written by a woman which seems to
. ,» $uiu up a complete declaration of patriotism
and compendium cf the duties of citizen
ship.
It was written by a nun who teaches in
a parochial school at Ottawa. Ohio, and is
recited by her class every morning of the
week. The text of the "American’s freed”
follows:
"1 believe in the United States of Am
erica as a government of the people, by the
people, for the people, whose just powers
arc derived front the consent of the gov
erned; a democracy In a republic; a sover
eign nation of many sovereign states; a
perfect union, one and inseparable, estab
lished upon those principles of freedom,
equality, justice and humanity lor which
American patriots sacrificed their lives and
fortu nes.
I therefore, believe it is my duty to
niv country to obey its laws; to respect its
Hag, and to defend it again t all enemies.”
The publication brought forth the following letter:
Jl'NBAU, April lti (To the Editor) —
In your Issuctof Saturday, April 14. there ap
peared in the i dit trial columns cf the "Em
pire" an article credited to the "Cincinnati
, Enquirer," ctiiitlcd the "American’s Creed,"
in which s id article it was stated that the
"Creed” published therewithin was written
by a nun, who teaches in the Parochial
echoed at Ottawa, Ohio.
The "Creed" is it appeared in your edi
torial column- is "The Amercan’s Creed."
composed by William Tyler Page, Clerk ot"
i he lion of Representative--, in April. This,
word for word, except that the words "To
love it” and "To support its Constitution"
arc (.milted in the last paragraph of the
"Creed" as published by you and accredited
to the Ottawa nun.
About four years ago .the It. M. Behrends
Bank of thi-- city, had the Page "American
Creed" printed on a card-board, beautifully
embellished, a < py cf which is enclosed
herewith, and rent to the public schools all
over Alaska. The pupils of our Alaska
Public Schools learned thi--. "American’s
• reed at that time and have been repeating
it ever since; and furthermore, they know
tliut the person who composed it is Will
iam Tvler Page, of Washington, D. (’., and
not the Ottawa nun.
1 do not think tliut the "Empire" inten
tionally published in its editorial columns an
article completely at variance with the facts,
and t hut therefore in the interest of truth
and justice it will he glad to print this
articl< not only to correct an error, inad
vrrtcntly made, but that the facts may be
know n.
(Signed) JOHN li. DUNN.
Mr RunnV statement of the facts is correct. The
Arneilean s ( retd, as quoted by the Cincinnati En
quirer, is tlie product of the pen cf William Tyler
Page, fer writing which he was awarded the $l.t)00
prize offered by the Baltimore Sun through Mayor
Janus H. Preston, of that city, except that tile last
paragraph of tho creed written by Mr. Page read:
I therefore boJieve it is my duty to my
country to love it; to support its Cen
ctitution. to obey ils laws, to respect its flag
and to defend it against all enemies.
Mayer Pro on offered the $1,o(mi prize, con
tributed by the Sun. in the spring of 1!*17. for the
best American's Creed in a tree tor all contest. Sev
eral tbcusnad persons competed for the prize. The
ernte-t closed September 14. 1917. Th» manuscripts
were submitted to the judges with the names of the
futhora withheld. The judges included Potter Emor
i-n, Browne, Henry S. Chapin, Herman Hagedern, Mat
tbet): Page Andrews, Irvin S. Cobb, Hamlin Garland,
Klleii Glasgow, Julian Street, Hooth Tarkington,
Charles Hanson Tow no, l)r. P. P. Claxlon, Commis
sioner of Education, and others. When the decision
was reached ii was discovered that Mr. Page had
won the prize. The creed was accept'd far the
I'niled States by Speaker Champ Clark, former
Speaker J. G. Cannon and Dr. Claxton The accept
ance proceedings were printed in the Congressional
Record April 1:1. 1 !* 18. the 175th birthday anniversary
I of Thomas Jefferson from whose Declaration of in
I dependence so much of the creed was taken.
Former President Wilson would rather have the
{United States become a full member of the I.eugue of
Nations than a conditional member of the League
of Nations’ international court. That is what one
would expect the creator of the League of Nations
to favor. But, after all, it would be the logical
thing for the country to do. if we are going to
take a hand in European affairs we should assume
the responsibilities uttd exercise the faitli in others
that full membership would imply. We are strong
enough to do that.
In abolishing liquor soiling and gambling in the
border towns those Mexicans may have an eye to
business. They are probably trying to lure Americans
farther into the interior of their country.
“Abide With Me" Mins.
(New York World.)
"Abide With Me” emerged as the favorite hymn
of thu Nation from a survey compled yesterday by
The Etude, a musical magazine, to which thousands
of churchgoers stated their preference. "Nearer, My
God. to Thee” was second.
The words of America's favorite hymn were writ
ten In 1847 by the Rev. Henry Francis Lyle, an ob
scure English clergyman, just before he died. Thej
most popular tune for the words was composed by
William Henry Monk, an English organist.
Alaska's Winter Season.
(Cordova Times.)
! In their zeal to dissipate erroneous impressions
in the public mind as to the ull-the-yeur-round Win-!
lir climate for Alaska, Alaskans have gone a bit loo
far in overlooking llie great advantages that arc I
afforded by the Territory’s Winter reason. This is |
pointed cut by Major Gotivals, of the Alaska Road1
Commission, in describing the extent of the work i
being done in the Interior in the matter of Winter I
freighting. Because of (he long period of clear |
weather, uniform temperature, and light snowfall!
north of the Coast Range, the Winter search affords)
ideal conditions for freighting at low cost, in the;
use of caterpillar tractors over well-laid sled trails
the cost cf freight transportation is about fifty cents!
per tcn-milc. What this fact means to the mining I
dirtiicts of the Interior can be realized when it is
remembered that by the old-dog team method freight
into such districts as the Kuskokwim and the Iditarod I
has cost from twenty-five cents to a dollar and more
a pound. That made roads are not necessary, freight
ing tbeing carried on over ordinary sled-trails and,
along the courses of the rivers and creeks, is one of,
the invaluable features cf the Winter season in the
Interior. Thus taken advantage of it becomes a god
send to a country whose surface conditions make Sum
mer transportation impossible except over well-con
structed roads. With the completion of wagon-road
feeders to the two railway lines now cutting the
Territory north and south, Winter freighting into
1 hitherto isolated mining and farming districts will so
I lower the co. t of development that there will b‘ no:
j further bar to the settlement cf the country and the,
growth of its industries. Alaska's Winter season is
one of its greatest assets. There is no reason to
apologize for it!
Westminster Abbey Honors Page.
i
( New York Post.)
St. Ivoe Straehey’s suggestion of a tablet in the!
Abbey to Walter Mines Page, seconded by the great-]
ost Engllt h statesmen, anti noW approved by tbe
Dean, deserves warm American gratitude. Every
American who enters the historic church feels a thrill!
us ho sees, bard by the tombs of Chaucer, Spenser,]
Browning, and Tennyson, and the busts of Milton.1
Dryden, and other great |>orts of the race, Block’s
tine bust of Longfellow. There is a memorial in the
Ahbey to l.owoll, while every transatlantic visitor
pauses before the munwnent which Massachusetts
erected to Lord Howe, the wreath which Americas
placed above Andre’s sarcophagus, and the stained^
gUus windows which an American gave in memory I
cl Hie ptets Herbert and Cowper. Our sense that]
•he Abbey is part oi'.our tradition will be increased
new that a statue to Lincoln stands before it and a:
tablet to Page is to be placed within. . England
could pay no higher honor to the Ambassador, Tile'
lund that has been collected is expected to suffice*
for other purposes as well—for a Pa*e scholarship]
in the British universities; but Mr. Strachey lighted j
upon the greatest tribute. We can only say in reply!
that if we bad an Abbey a memorial to James Bryce]
would certainly be placed therein.
But tlie most enduring monument to Page lie
ereetd himself. Mis letters have been admired in
Mils country, but we cannot fully appreciate the!
choid they Strike in British breasts. His warm sym
pathy with a land in the agony of war, his instant1
and complete appreciation of all that was highest!
in British aims, the fervor of his hope that America'
would join the struggle for democracy, made him'
more than an Ambassador. He became a perma
nent force for understanding between two peoples.
Mrs. Mallory, the American woman tennis cham
pion, although beaten in straight love sets by her
deare.it foe. Suzanne Lenglen, is far from disgraced I
She has not .been playing in good form tljis season!
but instead of defaulting to her formidable opponent
die chose to make the pluckiest light of which she |
was capable. This exhibition of good sportsmanship
adits to her laurels. Better luck next timet —(New i
York Post.)
The King of Sweden lost Ills’ match in the Nice
tennis tournament. After the things that other
man arc hi-- have lost lately this setback must look to
them almost like finding something.—(New York
Post.)
New York cigar manufacturers have presented to
Uncle Joe Cannon a cigar 28 inches long, weighing j
five pounue. The country now waits for reports of a ;
smoke screen thrown over Danville, Illinois. -(New
York Herald.)
When party critics find absolutely nothing to say
against a President of the United States they fall
hack on the charge that he is “weak."—(Detroit Free
Prees. 1
What’s the use or having another Congress’
The last one passed 9:11 laws. That ought to be
enough to last for years.— (Nashville Tennesseean.)
Several former royalties might congratulate King
Gustav of Sweden on losing nothing but a tennis!
game. (Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.)
We are not going to reduce out claim against
Germany to let the allies get more.—(Philadelphia
Iteeord.)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
We’re From Missouri
That money won't bring happiness
I've heard, but I am not so sure—
Because I know so doggone well
You can't be happy when you're
poor.
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
What's become of tho old fashioned
couple who didn't think the wedding
was complete until they had had
their pictures taken with him sitting
down and 'her standing beside him?
The Ananias Club
“Mv ■opponent lias led a blameless
life, and is better qualified for the
office than 1 am," declared the candi
date for office.
Why Tenants Get Hot
“Tlie blinkety blank janitor of this
building refuses to lire the furnace,”
hctly declared the enraged tenant to
tlie landlord, who he had called up.
“And I refuse to fire tho janitor,"
replied the landlord in icy tones, as
he hung up.
Tho heated words used by the poor
tenant have been deleted.
The Lines Are Busy—Call Again
(Ail in Falmouth (Ky.) Outlook.)
1 have learned who took mv boggy
lines from my horse hitched in the
rack near the Baptist Church March
5. If the party returns them to me
all will be well, and if he does not I
will cause his arrest.
J. H. Bullock
Girls, There’s a Moral to This
He's broken his engagement to
The pretty little flapper;
He called in the a. m. and saw
Her in her morning wrapper
Wasn't Possible
“Do you think r.s much of me as
I do of you, deare.n ?" he asked in
tender tones.
“Yes, but not as much as you do
of younself," she admitted in tones
not so tender.
Fool Questions
\V. M F. asks: “How high do you
have to get to be above suspicion?”
Clear into heaven, Old Top.
One Way
Some men get the idea they are
thrifty enough just because they al
ways let the other fpllow pay all the
dinner checks.—Sam Hill, in tile Cin
cinnati Enquire!!*; This helps their
undivided surplus that much, any
how “Dusty” MTller, in Wilmington
News-Journal.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
Greet hearty and encourage thoe
with ambition, ideas, enthusiasm an !
eagerness, but when you meet th?
man who is actually “trying" it’s
time to take off your hat. .1, E. F.
And Drink
"Pa," said Ul&feoce. "what do you
mean 'by inside stuff?”
"Food, you Uiiot,” growled Pa,
who was making out a check for the
grocery bill.
If 'it Fits—
When Up is u kid a fellow's mother
always is telling him to take his
hands out of his pockets, and after
lie is married his wife always is
making him put his hand in his
pockets.
According to the rules of etiquette
when a lady enters the room the
men should stand up. but it now is
customary for the men to remain
in their seats when a lady enters a
street car.
A Glasgow’ woman had her new hat
buried with her. Her husband prob
ably will have a bill for it buried
with him.
According to a London dispatch
the question of the length of the
skirls has hern settled at last. As
we understand .t the girls who need
to wilt wear long skirts, the other
kind will continue to wear the short
ones. #
It may be true, as some of these
birds declare, thatf worqan like the
cave-man stuff, hut most men will
take their word tor it, as they
haven't nerve chough to try any of
it with their w \$».
The love making th it used to be
di ne on the old parlor sofa or in
the hammock may have been a lot
USED FURNITURE I
Bought, Sold and Exchanged
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MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional attractiv
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NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL.
ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHED 1898
■slower than the kind they make in
the speedy motor cars.
The bird who growls the most
about his troubles thinks other peo
ple are ftxrlish not to take theirs
philosophically.
Nothing in this world gets as much
punishment as the piano In the aver
age home.
The question of whether life is
worth living again is being debated.
Tiie answer depen Is altogether on
how you live it.
We are told over in Nepal, wher
ever that is, all a woman has to do
to divorce her husband is to put a
I betel nut under his pillow and go
| Out and slam the door after her
! Well, that is better than oar custom
of having her shoot him and then
going into the 'movies.
The trouble with marrying a queen
is she will insist on 'working at the
job for the resit of her life.
Dany sentence Sermon
Being fired with enthusiasm is all j
right if the enthusiasm isn't the |
boss's.
New: of the Names Ciub
Some follow must have worshipped
her. for we are informed Ann Idol,
of Robinson. Kan., was recently
married.
We have tunie I down the appli i
tion tit Laura Fnssey, of Alpena,
Mich., lor membership, but Vera
Lively, of Kansas City, comes in by
unanimous vote.
SULPHUR CLEARS
ROUGH. RED SKIN
i Face, Neck and Arms Easily Made
Smooth, Says Specialist.
Any breaking out of tlie skin,
I even fiery, itcliing eczema, can bn
quickly overcome by applying a lit
tle Mentho-Sulphur, declares a not
ed skin specialist. llecause of its
germ destroying properties, this sul
phur preparation begins at once to
soothe irritated skin and heal erup
tions such'as rash, pimples and ring
worm.
It seldom fails to remove the tor
ment and disfigurement, and yon do^
not have to wait for relief from em
barrassment. Improvement quickly
shows. Sufferers from skin trouble
should obtain a small jar of Rowles
Mentho - Sulphur from any good
druggist and use it like cold cream.
(advertisement.)
Call Berry’s taxi for that closed:
car comfort; day and night service.
Stand at the big hotel—the Gas
tineau. —adv.
Enrich the Diet
(When the diet is deficient |
in health-building vita- I
mines, children and adults I
suffer in body and strength. I
Scott's Emulsion
of pure cod-liver oil abounds
in health-building
vitamines. If the
body is run down in
vitality, add the
pure vitamine-rich
ness of Scott's Emulsion to
the diet. It builds up health.
Scoct & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. 22-27
PALACE OF SWEETS
Eat a dish a day of our ice
cream. A healthful vitainine
food.
Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate,
Pineapple.
We also serve Seattle Velvet
Ice Cream.
Large room for dance or card
parties.
Ladies’ Rest Room
TRY OUR
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUNG, Proprietor, i
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I. 8. MARINO
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F. 0. Box 218 for Mail Order*
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BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Large stocks on hand
Ladysmith ooal.
Nanaimo ooa’_
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Fhono 411.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr«. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein lldf.
PHONE 56
Hours 9 a m. U 9 d. in.
Dr. Charles P. Jennt
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Ree. jog.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Ree. Phone 27 6
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. X. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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CEO. I. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messcrschmidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hours; 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
] Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
| erything. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
"Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. Li. HODODON, Manager
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It’s all in knowing HOW to do
first-class cleaning ar.d dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
| THE MAKING OF CONCRETE
| is a matter of proper materials
together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFG.
COMPANY |
| Willoughby Ave. Phone 32. |
Fraternal Societies
-CP
Gastineau Channel
O . 1LII
Msetlag Wednesday
K veilings at 8:00
o'clock, Elks' Hall.
Charles P. Jenne,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiea
of Freematonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:80 p m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
i. o. o. r.
SILVER BOW
._ _ LODGE NO. * A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perolle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
mount juneao Loose
No. 147. F. * A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth Mondays
of each Month. In Odd Felicia
H«ll, beginning ml 7:1# o'clock.
Homer G Nordllng, Mastor.
( has. E. Naghel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tu«e
days of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Hall.
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLINO, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
HEOhB RS COUNCIL NO.
17 -U. Meetings accord
and last Mondays at 7:11
'tj p. m. Tranalent Broth
r« urged to attend. Council Chamber#
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
I. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaskft.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month it I |. ffl<
Elks’ lAidge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSI.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. E. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Stevens
Secretary.
I WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART
LEGION
I Juneau Chapter No. 439
I Meeting second and fourth
1 Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
| Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
I F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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T AUXILIARY, PIONEER* OF
ALASKA. Igloo No. 6.
| Meets Inst Thursday of every
| month. Social hour with mem
[ bers of Pioneer Dodge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. I-ottie Rpickett, President.
I Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
FIELDS OF THE FUTURE
Your future is an unplowed field. Whether or
not it is to be productive depends on you. You can
plow, sow, and reap the liarvcst—or you can let it
remain unfruitful, a barren waste.
Start now to cultivate the opportunities that lie
in front of you by opening an account in our Savings
Department and depositing to it regularly. In this
manner you will reap a harvest of comfort and suc
cess in the future.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
.Bfa
JUNEAU, ALASKA.