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COl'E NOT A MIRACLE MAN.
\1 Coup, whose "faith" clinic and thousands of
cures lc-ported from Fiance have aroused widespread
interest in hi- prest nt visit to America, is known
only to the averagi reader of newspapers and maga
zines as the author of a simple little phrase which,
while adding to his fame, has put him under a
handicap. It has been responsible for the impression
of a miracle man. Such an idea he is the first la
disclaim and in coming here, he seeks to convey to
(tie people of this country the true sense of what
it is he teaches
He claims tlie possorion of no secret power. Boyd
richer, who spent sometime in Cone's home in France
alter the establishment of his clinic at Nancy, writing
Ja the New Voik Evening Po : said: "Coup's 'secret
i net new, and it isn't a secret, and it doesn't come
from afar." In fad. as he tells, it. it originates out
of a study of a eour • in hypnotism issued from an
American correspondence hocl and purchased by M
Cone some twenty years ago. What he did with that
course constitutes his celebrated "secret." Where the
cauiee on hypnotism supped he went still further,
Finding that but one person in ten could he satis
factorily hynotizid he set cut to find ways and meant
of reaching the other nine. Study and much experi
mentation led him in t ie conviction that patients
could hynotize themselves. To a certain extent, It o
asserted by scientific nun, self-hypnotism i- coiuinor
t i everyone. Cruc's . secret" is the turning of thh
into a positive fere for good; u ing the conscious sell
t) direct the subconscious, in service instead of re
meining a mysterious foreign force Somehow the
Frenchman get results. His, clinic grew, his patients
numbering per ns from many land: In Ills teachlnj.
there has been no effiu t to build up a persona
clientele. The personal elenu nt has been lacking
Help, lie impresses on the patient, must come iron
within and not from they teacher.
The most striking force about Ooue, said Fisher, ii
in's intense personal sympathy. He lias a winsomi
personality which induces belief in his sincerity am
in what he tells those seeking his aid. He is cautions
and does net promise aid where it is unlikely to hi
had. His- simplicity gives him keen and penctratiiu
insight. This enables him_ to get an almost instnntnn
coue appreciation of the mental state of the patieu
and helps get at once to the real cause of the trouble
In his; nances he alwavs stairs that he has no power
no magnetism, that he never eured a person in hit
whole life; that, if a cure is possible and is effected
it is the reult of the patient's own belief.
OHt NATIONAL PENSION BILL.
The other day President Hard ins, with creditaldi
firmness and sound rem ns. •returning to Congress wit!
a Presidential veto the Bursum pension hill whicl
sought to increase radically pensions to widows o
Civil War veterans anil other pensioners on the roll:
of former wars. He called attention to the “heed
lcseness" of Congrc , when it begins to deal out dolei
from the national treasury.
The United States Government today is paylnj
pensions to about 600.000 persons In this list an
widows of veterans of the War of 1812; 100 Bttrviv
< rs of the war with Mexico; 2.132 widows of Mexicai
War Veterans; 2,784 survivors of Indian wars; 2.fib!
widows of Indian War veterans; 216.360 Civil Wa
tetoram, .100,000 (about) widows and other depend
ants of Civil War veterans; 40.000 (about) Spanisl
War Veterans and their surviving dependents; 20;
000 (uhoul) regular military and naval establish
meats.
To there persons, in the form of checks ant
grants, there has been paid out to those oji the Gov
ernmen' pension rolls, including amounts authorize,
fir the current fhcal year the huge total of $0,600,
000,000 Polish ns growing out oi the HevoluGonur;
War amount.-d t. pproximately 870.000,000; out n
tiie War of 1812, $40,004,673.29: Indian Wars, $20.
017,921 79; War with Mexico, $54,471,002.27; Civi
W ar, $6,749,080,455.07; War with Spain, $76,007,
:U4.2l; Regular et • ublbhnients $57,302,421 04 Worh
War, $99,404.00. Unclassified. $16,51:1,426.54’. Thi
was ut the end of the fiscal year 1920-21; for the lol
lowing fit cal year and the current one, there is at
additional sum of $54 4.000,000.
The rate of di. bun me,its which might reasons hi’
he expected to be declining, is growing. por instant'
the total of $6,600,000,1.a presents pavrnents sine
1790 to and including 1 922. or 132 years. It is signlfl
cant, however, .hat in excess of one-sixth of the tola
has been paid cut in the past live fiscal years since ,,, 18
including the estimates authorized payments to 'em
June 30, 1 923, the pension rolls total $1,418,005,7 78
In other words, the payment for the six fiscal year
beginning with 1918 and ending with the curie,,
one exceeds 21 per cent, of the grand total of pension
for 132 yeurs.
There is no indication that there will be an)
shrinkage in the number of persons seeking admission
to pension list- Tlio lust annual report of the
Bureau of Pension* declared:
During the fiscal year Iff21 there were
filed by Spanish War veterans, fi4,567 claims;
18,090 claims were deposed of; and at the
close of the year 37,4115 claims were pending.
War Department figures indicate that over
400,000 individuals served in the Army and
Navy during the period covered by the Span
ish War Service Act of June 5, 1920, of
whom 223.000 were volunteers. It is safe to
presume that a great number of Spanish War
veterans have not yet filed claims, being in
ill • prime of life, not pensionably disabled
for manual labor, nor old enough to come
within the age provisions of the law.
However, these claims are coming in at the
stead.' rate of over 2,500 monthly.
Thus, while there is a diminution in the C'ivili
War pension rolls as age takes Its inevitable toll
from the thinning ranks of the survivors of the
I War between the States, the Incoming applications
from Spanish War veterans keep the total undim*
iuished and wilt for years to ccme. When years roll
on and in turn age again cuts down the survivors of
the Spanish War, from the ranks of the 5,000,000
'individuals called to the colors in the World War
will come pensioners to fill the vacancies. If the
present pension system is continued financing Gov
ernment dole* In the future will be an undertaking
requiring billions of dollars rather than millions.
The first of the bills designed to give aid to the
veterans of the World War is in Congress, introduced
in the exitra session that began last November. It
would extend pi nrion benefits lo World War veterans,
etc., to the extent of from $12 to $30 per month. A
second measure introduced at the same time as the
above would grant $72 a month to all Civil War
pensioners and increase! tlip sums paid widows and
: dependents of Civil War veterans.
The President lias shown commendable courage in
| disapproving tho Bursum measure and will be fully
ijustifled in carefully scrutinizing all fulure pension
j legislation.
Rupert Fishermen's Complaint.
(Ketchikan Chronicle.)
Despatches received today tell of a resolution
'adopted by the fishermen on Canadian boats at Prince
i Rupert, asking the Dominion government to bar Am
erican halibut fishorfnen from that market as a pro
i test against the duty of two cents a pound now im
IX'sed by the United States. The duty of two cents
per pound is aiding the American fishermen and
| hurting the. foreigners. That is exactly what the
(Commercial Club of Ketchikan taid it would do as
j did also tlie Chronicle. But that tariff of two cents
| per pound is only a half-measure, for bad the Poin
I dexter amendment been enacted into law it would
, have meant that not only the Canadian fishermen,
j but also all others directly or indirectly engaged in
| the business in Canadian ports would have been hurt
j and tiho American fishermen would have been helped
| J Put as much as the foreigners were hurt.
■ The Canadian fishermen are raising objections to
conditions as they are because they are hunt, a
j natural thing to do. The American halibut fishermen
I have felt the benefit of the tariff. Not only they,
j but every little (roller, every fisherman in the country
would feel the benefit of the Poindexter amendment,
[had Jt become law. The only ones in Alaska who
would have any objections to the Poindexter aniend
|iiient, the only persons it would have hurt a.t all
I v/ould have been the cannery men fpr 1t would have
tended to send the price of all fish upward and any
time the price of fish goes up the cannery man must
] pay more.
Had the Poindexter amendment to t lie tariff act
become law, today would see all of the halibut boats
unloading In Ketchikan, buying their supplies here,
I saving themselves the trip to Prince Rupert, and
i would have meant that the Prince Rupert market
would have been brought here not only for their
benefit but also more materially for the little fellow
who cannot afTord to take bis catch to Prince Rupert.
The tariff on fish is proving very beneficial to the
American fishermen, a thing they would not believe
before it became law, and the Poindexter atnend
1 ment would prove much more efficacious, a thing
also which they apparently will not believe at this
;tlmo, but which many are becoming to realize more
land more as time goes on.
Not Conducive to Moderate Reparations.
(New York Evening Post.)
A flat refusal to “tie up" Allied debts with re
parations makes the reparation! problem more diffi
j <ult in two ways. It obviously encourages the French
Mo be as harsh with their Geiman debtors as the
Allied creditors are with France. But beyond that
it supplies the French with a fair reason for clier
I tailing vast expectations concerning Germany.
Bonar Law said the other day, “We would be
willing to run a certain risk in the nature of not
receiving as much from the Allies and Germany as
: we might have to pay to America.” Apparently Bonar
Law Is not at all hopeless of collecting from his
i Continental debtors. But this can only mean that
i Bonar Law is not greatly afraid of the collapse of
Europe. In all reparations arguments it is assumed
,| that the well-being of the Continent depends upon the
j well-being of Germany. It follows, therefore, that if
j Great Britain expects the Continent to get well
enough to pay its just debts then France is justified
| in expecting Germany to gi t well enough to pav
■; ita just debts.
Bonar Law spoke as if debt cancellation by Great
i! Britain involved the sacrifice of real money. But it
i the Continent is headed for economic destruction, then
I England’s cancellation of the debts owed liar is no
■ sacrifice. If, on the other hand, the Continent is
| recuperating to the point where England count - on
j getting back some of her money, France is relieved
cf the charge that she is bringing ruin upon Europe
! That was the vice cf Mr. Hoover's recent in
I (defence that the Continental nations should be ah!
Uo pay us 95 cents on the dollar. Every glowing
| word of tribute that Mr. Hoover paid to Europe’s
! recuperative powers can be repeated by France in
Germany. There is no consistency in the argument
I that Germany tan pay France very little, but that
jEuupe, whose fate is bound up with Germany’s
can pay Great Britain and the United States a great
i deal.
i Europe now has Its red shirts, Its black shirts and
it's gray shirts, but what Europe particularly needs
I is to keep its shirt on,—(Chicago Nows.)
If you wish to see standpatters of cither of tilt
• old-line political organizations Jump, s.tep up closely
i and yell "Third Party." (Detroit News.)
This is u strange era. and, though days and days
I hrve passed since Wells was defeated, he hasn't yet
written a book about it.—(Baltimore Sun.)
—
Woman though she is. Congressman Alice must
And it hard to appreciulo a house cleaning that leavet
her In the dustpan.— (Dallas News.)
Yet it Is understood that California is only legally
dry, like the others.— (Pittsburgh Dispatch.)
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' ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
Ont> nice thins about the old h i/
burners was that when old Deb bln
cast a shoe, you did not have o get
out in the rain to put on a iew one,
but could come home on the rims
without spoiling $30 worth of rubber.
Oh, Death, Where Is Thy Sting!
"Boy, quick! Oct, a pint of wood j
alcohol from the nearest bootlegger. |
I gotta die!" groaned the editor of,
the (Marion.
“Gosh! Wassu matter now, boss?”]
asked his assistant.
"Oh, the society editor, in describ
ing that swell party last night, wrote
'the banker’s wife wore a gown of
old rose,’ and the damn printer set
it up ‘a gown of old hose,' and my
note is due at the bank tomorrow," j
wept the editor as he got out his|
will to sign.
Things You Seldom See
An office seeking the man.
An easy job.
A coal dealer in the poorhause.
More'n one oyster in the stew at a
church sppper.
A plumber who remembers to bring
all his tools on the first trip.
A garage man who fixes your car
the way he says he can.
A Christmas coming when you had
money enough to buy all the presents
Hie family expected you to.
Keep Your Eye Peeled for ’Em and
Pick Up a Little Change
(Notice lamped in Mt. Gilead Union
Register.)
BIG REWARD
Lost, strayed or stolen: A game
warden with yellow stripe down the
back and a justice of the peace “a
fin tl jurisdiction." W. W. Liggett.
Signs Is Signs, Too
(Sign on a Store on East Jefferson
Street, Detroit.)
LADIES WEAR
CURTAIN’S
SHEETS
COM FORM'S
BLANKETS
We have seen ladies wearing some
very weird-looking costumes, but w -
never saw one as dressed up as that ’
— not lately, anyway.
Why He Quit Calling
“I wish you would take mp with'
you," said her small brother who'
was entertaining the young man'
while tiis sister touched up her eom-j
plexion.
“Why, where am I going?" asked
the young man in surprise.
"Why, I heard daddy say you were
going to the dogs and ! just love
dogs," replied the kid.
If It Fits—
Another, reason for the high cost
of the ladies' clothes is that the man
■who thinks up all the new strange
names for old colors has to be paid
a big salary.
If novels these days were true to
life they would not end- "And so
they were married and lived happily
ever afterwards,” but “And so they
married and were divorced in three
weeks.”
Most every wife can think of a lot
i of things she would rather have than
! an electric washing machine, espe
; ■ daily if she is to be the chauffeur,
i There are not many women judges
| on the bench, but every little home
| has one in it.
Modesty is only a relative term,
and we suppose a girl in the Fiji
Islands wonders how the heck the
girls over here can stand it to go
round with so many clothes on.
Most every husband is a thought
ful man—being chuck full of thoughts
he dares not express.
There should be a law prohibiting
women front buying neckties and
cigars for men between December 1
and January 1 also between January
1 and Decent her 1.
So far no wife has thought of in
stalling a time ' lock in the home and
comiMMing her husband to ring In
when he gets home front the poker
party.
Front the w the neighbor women
■ talk about tin widower who marries
in second wif you would think his
I first wife had been their daughter.
The trouble with a handsome girl
i is that it costs a handsome sum to
| keep her looking that way.
There is nothing that can happen
I to S case of hysterics as getting
i home from downtown and finding
| wore her hat at the wrong angle
or that her no- is shiney.
No man exi pt a fool would fall
| for the fad o plucked eyebrows—
| unless it is the one under his nose.
I. C. Wharr, of Syracuse, reports
H. G.. is near ighted.
E. h. inform- us Ocie Nees lives
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
! Moves, Packs and Stores Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
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nt Dps -Moines. But we dont’ see |
'em, K. W., since tie Inns skirts
came back. * j
1 del 1 Houston, of Houston. Tex. J
was married last week, and he’d liks |
to hear George Bailey explain an
Odell Houston, since he has been
trying to kid us into believing it
was the busiest town in the South.
Daily Sentence Sermon
Only the man who works hard
ever can afford to take his ease.
Canada’s Parliament Li
brarian Visits President.
1 T> - ftarfm Du.r»i*el •
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Mr. Martin Burrel, Librarian of
the Canadian Parliament, was a i
recent caller on President Hard
ing;, to express the hope of the
Canadian people that Mrs. Hard- j
ins would have a complete and 1
speedy recovery.
READING OP rur.-trtY
ANGERS ONE PRISONER
BUENOS AIRES, .Ian. 8. An in
mate of the na:tonal i»enitentiary re
cently contrived to convey to the:
newspaper La N'acion a message in
which he complained bitterly of tie
cruelty to which the prisoners werej
subjected by the governor of the es
tablishment.
A representative of La Xacion, whoi
went to the penitentiary to investi-,
gate the charge, was sympathetically:
received by the kindly and gentle
governor who explained that, con-j
trary t:> the reports in question, hi s
treatm -nt of the prisoners was
marked by extreme consideration. It
was only toward the end of the in
terview, when the governor con- ;
fessed that upon occasions he read i
poetry of his own composition to j
the prisoners, Cnat the mystified re
iporter was able to guess at the or
igin of the denunciation received by j
his newspaper.
YOU CAN SECURE a tenant for
that property, without delay or ex
pense enough to "count,” through j
the Empire's classified columns
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE |
and Barber Shop
I TURKISH. STEAM. SHOWER |
| AND TUB BATHS I
l Lower Front St. (Van Atta’s old I
! stand) BILLY LOTT, Prop. I
Phone 414. (
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ALASKAN VEGETABLES
We have an abundance of cab
bage, carrots and rutabagas for
immediate delivery from our
CONCRETE PRODUCTS
MFG. CO.
Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
BEST EVER
MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
Now offers additional attractive
Disability Benefit features.
NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL.
ALLEN SHATTUCK
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
i ESTABLISHED 1898
Large stocks on hand
Ladysmith coal.
Nanaimo ooa'
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Pnona 411.
PROFESSIONAL
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Dr«. Kaser & Freeburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE 56
Hours 9 a. m. tt. 9 p. x.
Dr. Charles P. Jennc
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg,
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4. 7 to 9.
Phones: Office. 104; Rea It'S.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Rea. Phone 276
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music I louse Bldg.
Telephone 172.
B-1
GEO. L. BARTON
(PALMER)
CHIROPRACTOR
| 201 Goldstein Bids. Phone 259
I Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M.,
| 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 P. M.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
4.17 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 5;
7 to 8. or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1G72.
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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.
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1 hotel Seattle 1
"Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash. .
R. L. HODGUON, 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. Phono 177.
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H. B MAKINO
Front Street
F. 0. Box 218 for Mai] Orden
Fraternal Societies
-OF
Gastineau Channel
0 . ELKS
Meeting Wednesday
Evening at 8:00
o'clock, Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiei
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
j Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. t A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.t
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Merle P. Morgan, Noble Grand; Frank
O'Brien, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAU LOOSI
No. 147. F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth' Mondays
of each Month. In Odd Fellows
Hall, beginning at 7:30 o'clock.
H R. TOUNG, Master.
CHAS E. NAGHEL. Secretary
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
days of each month.
At 8 o’clock, I. O. O. F. Hall
ALICE BROWN, W. M.
LOIS NOKDL.ING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SEOHB RS COUNCIL N».
1760. Meetings second
and last Mondays at 7:30
m. Transient Broth
, „ urged to attend. Council Chambers
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, G. K.
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
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AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
Elks’ Lodge Room. Homer G. Nord
ling. Post Commander. Phone 2002;
George E. Mann, Post ACJutant,
Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 0*
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, S o’clock.
Moose Hall. Thoa.
B. Judbon, Dictator; R. H. Steven*,
secretary.
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WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART
LEGION
, Juneau Chapter No. 4S9
1 Meeting second and tourth
Tuesday of each month, S
o'clock, Mooee Hall. Senior Re
gent, Mrs. Sigurd Walletedt.
Secretary, Mrs. C. H. Chamber
lain.
t a... . . I , . 1
- * AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF *
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meets the 2d Monday In Mooee
Hall, at 8 o’clock.
In Moobo Hall, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LAUOHLIN, Preeldent.
LILLIE BURFORD, Secretary,
ft-ft
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PERSEVERANCE REBEXAH
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8:00 P. M. BESSIE MANNING,
N. G. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
Secretary.
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IS A GOOD INVESTMENT '
fiYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
TjYour account is not subject to market fluctuations
but is constantly growing.
flYour account is always available and provides an
unfailing reserve for emergencies and business op
portunities.
JiPays four per cent per annum, compounded twice
a year. If you do not withdraw your interest it
continues to earn interest upon the interest, making
the rate better than four per cent per annum.
Accounts of One Dollar or more may be opened in our t
Savings Department. — l .
The B. M. Behrends Bank
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