ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
*OHN W. TROY
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WHAT IS PROPAGANDA?
Of all the terms coming into common use (luring
the period of the World War and immediately sue
cceding it, the word propaganda seems to have become
tho inert overworked and to be the most misunder
stood. By virtue of the various uses made of it, In
connection with tlie spread of literature by organiza
tions cf many kinds, it soon came to represent
any particular bit of publicity, spoken or written
■which teemed questionable. In its most common
moaning now, propaganda is publicity which is based
or prejudiced and is not worthy of credence.
This is probably the sense in which the Anchorage
Times uses the word In connection with an article on
tlm Bureau of Fisheries that appeared in a recent
it.-tie of the Alaska School Bulletin, over the signature
cf E. M. Ball, Assistant Fisheries Agent for South
eastern Alaska The Anchorage paper caustically
criticises the Bulletin for using such material, saying:
Among the causes advanced for Secretary
Fall's contemplated resignation from the
cabinet is the statement that the various
bureaus, through widespread propaganda,
have Checked all efforts at reforming the
system of Government in Alaska. This fact
is made patent through the appearance in
every newspaper anti periodical to which ac
cess may be gained of inspired articles cal
culated to present the cause of the bureaus.
Among tlie latent, and one which is the most
glaring, is tlie invasion of the Alaska School
Bulletin, issued by tin Territorial Depart
ment of Education, which editorially advises
j use of the bureau propaganda in schools.
The invasion of the usual sources of pub
licity may tie condoned under the head of
expediency, but when the bureaus Invade the
rchcalroom for the purpose of moulding the
youthful mind t ► the bureaucratic view
point, it is time to protest.
If Alaska is to emerge from its thraldom
it must Jbe through a continued battle in
support of those who are lighting bureau
cracy, including such men as Governor Bone,
Delegate Dan Sutherland, Secretary Fall and
every intelligent publicist who has made a
ftudy of Alaskan conditions. In this respect
the act of utilizing an official bulletin with a
view to Influencing the schoolroom smatters
of arrogance. As long as tho Alaska School
Bulletin contains bureaucratic propaganda il
should be relegated to tho waste basket.
What asinine twaddle! The article to which Tin
Times refers and to which it objects with so mucl
bitterness appeared in The Empire yesterday. It wai
nothing more than a brief statement of the creatioi
of the Bureau of Fisheries as the 'agency througl
which the Department of Commerce exercises tin
Jurisdiction < ver Alaskan fisheries and kindred re
sources that is bestowed upon it by Acts of Congress
It does so without advancing any argument for it!
perpetuation, without attempting to be a brief for tin
system of which it is a part, ami without any defenst
of its actions in the past or extenuation for any o
its present policies.
In a very short ret time of the points covered, ii
concluding his article Mr. Ball said:
Briefly state*!, the worn oi me Bureau of
Fisheries in Alaska covers Hie propagation of
food fishes, the enforcement of laws and
regulations ter the protection and preserva
tion of tiie Bettor lee, the fur seals and sea
otters, the walruses and sea lions, the ad
ministration of all affairs on the Pribllof
islands, the* administration of lishery reserva
tions. the development of all fisheries includ
ing methods of curing and packing technical
and scientific investigations affecting the
fisheries and fur seals, and the investigation
of all power projects coming before the Fed
eral Power t'oratnission for the use of the
■water of salmon streams fu Alaska.
Bureaus play a very large part in the governmen
cl Alaska, If the students attending Territoria
schools are to he given a knowledge of their owr
government, the civic structure of the governinenta
organization under which they live, they must stud)
rot only the Bureau or Fisheries but all others func
tioning in Alaska. In that study, if it be complete
they will learn when, how and why ihose buroaui
were created, canto inio Alaska and what llicy ar*
doing. loo few people both in and out of (he Ter
ritory have that knowledge oi access to data fron
which it can b- readily acquired A complete under
standing of the civics of Alaska could be made ill*
s.arting point for reform in our present system ol
cdminlstralion. It naturally lead- to the question
of bow doc. it compare with the civics of tormei
territories? Whether Ala kan development under il
has been as rapid as; other former territories ad
ministered under another kind of government? How
can reforms be accomplished unless (here is a know
ledge of the conditions demanding improvement?
These are name of the aims of the Territorial De
partment of Education in its series on the work of
;he bureaus iu Alaska, ir i, inveigled into print
ing spacious arguments for the petpetuatlon of thes*
| bureaus, '•publicity" fostering the bureau system
i without regard for facts, it will be time for con
| demnation. But s# far it is free on that score, it
| has merely given as best it could in limited space
| an account of what a particular bureau is attempting
to do—how, and >'hy it and not some other organiza
| tion (the Territory, for Instance) came to be doing
it—with the most important resource and industry
that the Territory possesses. This is knowledge tlia’
not only Alaskan school students should have, but
something that every resident of Alaska should know.
The Times might do worse than study Mr. Bali's
article on the Bureau of Fisheries and file it for
future reference
It is perhaps not necessary to be said that "the
Empire holds no brief for the Bureau of Fisheries.
This publication lias probably been the only con
sistent advocate of control of Alaskan fisheries ns
I well as ot.her resources of the Territory by Ala; kans,
for absolute liberation from all bureau administration
and a full measure of local self-government. its
I position is too well known to be assailed on that
score.
WORTHY WEARERS OF THE UNIFORM.
The soldiers from Cliilkoot Barracks, members of
(lie various teams who competed with local a'hletes,
earned for themselves a fine reputation for sportsman
ship and manliness during their visit to Ju
neau last week. In every game they entered,
basketball, bowling and in boxing, they showed them
selves to bo real portsmen, losing with cheerfulness
and winning with equal grace. They made a host
of friends for themselves and their comrades who did
not make the trip and proved themselves by their■
conduct at all times to be worthy of the uniform they!
wore. Juneau will be glad to welcome men of this
! type whenever they care to visit the community.
Ireland in the Hands of the Irish.
(New York World.)
, There came a dramatic climax on Sunday in
Dublin to the whole thousand-year-old history of re-'
sistance to British dominance in Ireland. The last j
battalions of English troops remaining on the island
—‘the Leicester!-,hip's, the Worcestersbires, the Tank
Corps, it he Border Regiment and the Wiltshire?.—!
marched through the city, went aboard waiting trails-1
ports and departed To this end all the rebellions,'
all the fiery speeches of patriots, all the political am-1
bitions of a people have been directed for centuries
The Irish have never really considered the problem
of government at all, because they have been so busy:
with the question of independence. Now they have
succeeded In putting the British out of Ireland. They
have won the rebellion, legally and in fact. It re
mains to be seen whether or not they wanted to
win it.
If the Irish really want to get rid of the Eng
lish, the troops that embarked day before yesterday
from Dublin will never return. Henceforth it is
Ireland for the Irish, without a solitary soldier cfl
the King to stand in the way. But if it was the1
tight the Irish liked, and not what they were fighting
for. and if the rebellion merges without a break into!
a long and bitter civil war, then tfte British trooper!
is not gone for good. The Irish can have their own
free Government, but not both.
Herrin Massacre.
(Chicago Tribune.)
Men who escaped from the Herrin massacre have1
been telling the story of their experience. It is a
story of treachery and cold-blooded atrocity. It is a
story of first-hand knowedge and there is no cross
examination by counsel for the defense. At the
close, one of the latter asks one question: “You were
one of the guards sent down by the Hargraves
agency?" Witness :"Yes.“ Attorney for defense
“That Is all.”
The theory of defense is “justifiable homicide."
I The story of atrocity is not shaken. It cannot be
j shaken. Counsel for the defense merely establishes
ttiat. the witness and victim was a “scab.” "That
is all."
Is that all?
That is a question not only for the jury at Marion
but for responsible unionism and for self-respecting
citizenship. Is it justifiable homicide to torture and
slaughter men because they are on the other side of
an industrial and economic controversy? Is unionism
to lie granted the right to pass beyond the laws of
civilized society, even of civilized warfare, to punish
any one who interferes with its purpose? Has a
"scab” rights? Or may any union man kill one at
will?
The men butchered at Herrin surrendered on
I promise of safety. The promise- was broken and they
«ere murdered. They were nonunion nten. They
were strikebreakers. They were "scabs." and they
were murdered.
! Is that all?
The Bane of Intolerance.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Senator Walsh,' ol Massachusetts, in a recent ad
ilrcss, expressed thoughts which now disturb the
minds of many citizens.
The Senator made a. plea for leaders, sound
thinking, well-trained men, who will ho able to meet
and find a solution for the national unrest, men who
n ay succeed In dispelling the belief that our personal
liberties are in the way of stealthily being taken away
front us.
That there is a growing belief that our country
m longer is liiberal will not be gainsaid by the
thoughtful student of affairs. As the Senator frankly
stated:
••When a government begins by law to attempt
! i regulate what you eat and drink, what you wear
h»w many children you shall have, what schools your
children shall go to, what your amusements shall be
it is no longer a democracy; it. Is an autocracy."
The pages c.f history justify this statement. On
cwry hand we observe evidences of this trend of
government toward a tyrannical paternalism. ltut
as yet. have not fully awakened to the sinister
fusibilities of these influences, sectarian, social and
political, which so often in the past have wrought
the downfall of empires and republics.
Persistent propaganda of fanaticism, hatred and
anger, organized and dangerous, is threatening the
very foundations of this system of democracy, which
'•as erected to insure the widest personal and civil
liberty under the restrictions of benevolent laws justi
hed in human experience as the essential guarantees
of normal and progressive freedom.
Senator Waish does well to warn that the in
- tegrity of our economic structure, ns well as our right
*° "orship Uod as we see lit, is endangered by the
insidious and persistent labors of those who would
n vive the malignant and accursed intolerance of
other ages.
America should be free, and kept free. In dts
aspirations and its purposes of tolerant moral pro
gress; free to develop Justice, fraternity and accord
among all its citizens. We want no dominant sects,
creedr. cults; we "apt no destroyers of democracy
here who operate to nullify the spirit of the Con
stitution
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
The old-fashioned man who used to
let his horse shiver in the cold be
cause he had forgotten to put a
blanket over It, now has a son who
never forgets to put a blanket over
the engine to keep it from getting
cold.
Ouch
"I see where a woman committed
suicide to keep warm." remarked
Mrs. Grouch.
“Well. I won't have to do that.
You certainly make it hot enough for
me in this life," retorted her Hus
band.
Mercy
‘'Flood towns usually place a mark
somewhere to show how high the
water came,” remarked Brown.
“Well, what ot it?” asked Black.
‘‘Oh, nothing, only l was wonder
ing if the girls now will place a
mark on the skirts to show how high
they once came,” replied Brown.
Fool Questions
F. B. C. asks: "Is a man 'clothed
in authority’ always well-dressed?”
So, sometimes the authority does
not fit him.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
The blusterer and braggart Is him
self the most deceived of all. Rather
show by your works what you can
do and the world will broadcast your
achievements. J. B. F.
Hunting Always Good There
Blinks: ‘‘1 never find anything
when I take my gun and go hunting.”
Jinks: “Try hunting a gas leak
with a match and you won't be dis
appointed.”
This Tells Its Own Sad Story
(Ad in iSalt Lake Tribune 1
FOR 8ALB
Beautiful full dress suit, size ft8;
also punch bowl and glasses. 11y.
24!>2 J.
If It Fits—
After a woman has entertained her
club she lies awake all night won
dering what the old hens found to
knock albout her, her family, her
home and the way she served.
After they have been married a
while a lot of people realize the
truth of the old statement "Anticipa
tion i3 better than possession.”
We may be old-fashioned but we
still believe a woman's voice will
always sound sweeter when she is
singing a lullaby to a baby than
when she is shouting an uplift mes
sage from a public rostrum.
All the convincing aa argument
does is to convince the other fellow
that you are a fool.
A man can understand why people
criticize another man, but he can’t
see why any one should find fault
with him. And yet he believes he is
the most modest man in the com
munity!
A married woman always needs
either love or money. If she has one
she generally is shy on the other.
A girl who wonks thinks she has
a hard time, but after she marries
she begins to realize she did not
know what the w.prd work meant.
When a woman Is thin she can use
pads to help fill out her clothes, but
when she is fat she has to grin and
bear it.
‘Spots on a man's clothes never
look very nice, but It is better to
have them there than on his char
acter.
Some men are gallant to all the
ladles but their wives.
It is queer how hard a man has
to lie before marriage to get a girl
and how much harder he has to He
afterward to keep from losing her.
A girl likes to give a man the
impression she Is a highbrow bv dis
cussing psychology, philosophy and
Ibsen, but she makes a bigger im
pression on him if she'll discuss
cookology and what a fine fellow he
is—especially the latter.
When you hear a man boasting
about his relations it is dollars to
doughnuts you'll never hear his re
lations boasting about him.
If girls look less worried these
days you know it is because they
know even if their stockings have
runners they won't show.
When a woman complains about
being a slave to her home >'ou can
bet it Isn't because her husband
wants Iter to be. The reason is that
'kind of a woman is some slave driv
er when it comes to husbands.
News of the Names Club
(> 8. Long, of Dayton, writes us
that right after Christmas )ie always
changes his name to I. M. Short.
I. Knowall, of Little Rock, ought
to write an oncyclopdia.
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JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Move*, Packs and Store* Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
Is “Princess Sunshine”
of Doom Castle.
This little four-ycar-old daugh
ter of Princess Herminc of Reuss,
second wife of the German ox
Kaiser, Is llenrlette, called "The
Sunshine of Doom Castle.” Be
cause Wilhelm has taken tu> steps
to adopt them none of 11 ermine's
[ children call him their father, nor
do they call him such wilten ad
dressing hint or speaking of him.
BRAZILIAN EXCHANGE
DROPS; EXPORTS FROM
AMERICA ARE HARMED
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Jan. 9.
—Representatives of American ex
port houses in this city and else
where in Brazil tire seriously con
cerned because of the recent declines
in the exchange value t»r the milreis.
At a time when importers had recoil
idled themselves to the 50 per cent
redtsct'ion in the purchase power of
the milreis, as (‘umpired to the nor
mal which prevailed at the close of
'the World War. and were placing or
riers for mercivandise v.ith increasing
j confidence, tliere came the slump
in the exchange market. From a
i trifle more -than seven milreis to the
j dollar, the rate d,\>r; 'I in less than
I a monltih to about nine.
Many suspensions of orders with
) American export>»rs and some ean
j ('citations are being reported, with a
complete paralyza'.ion of further buy
i ing. American exporters, who main
tained offices here for nearly three
J years in the expectation that a trade
revival Sooner or later would come,
are facing new discouragement. Two
i or three companies have decided to
: close, their Brazilian branches at
I least temporarily, 'and it is reported
: that others are considering similar
action.
MOOSEHEART NOTICE.
The regular meeting of the
Women of "the Mooeelieart Legion
will be held Tuesday, Jan. 9, at
7:30 o’clock. Social to follow.
MRS. ADDIE MCKINNON,
—adv. Recorder.
ALASKAN VEGETABLES
We have an abundance of cab
bage, carrots and rutabagas for
immediate delivery from our
wanr
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
ESTABLISHED 1898
BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel (or
j every
; purpose
Large stock* on hand
Ladysmith coat.
Nanaimo ooa’
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Phono 418.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Re*. Phone 27 6
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GEO. L. BARTON
(PALMER)
CHIROPRACTOR
j 201 Goldstein Bldg. Phone 259
j Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M.,
i 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 P. M.
I
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
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All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Et
erythlng. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
"Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L. IIODGDON, Manager
i
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a
| 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.
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H. B. MAKINO
I Front Street
! F. 0. Box 218 for Hail Orders
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fraternal Societies
Gastineau Channel
0 . ELI*
Meettig Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o’clock, Elka’ Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
!
Co-Ordinate Bodiei
of Freemasonry
Scottish Site
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
i. o. o. r.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. 1 A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.t
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Merle P. Morgan. Noble Grand; Frank
O'Brien, Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAU LOOM
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth' Monday!
of each Month. In Odd Fellows
Hall, beginning at 7:S0 o’clock.
„ R. R. TOUNG. Master.
CHAS E. NAQHEL. Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tuee
day* of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Hall
ALICE BROWN, W. If.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
SEOHBRS COUNCIL No.
1760. Meetings second
and last Mondays at 7:1#
^ v p. m. Transient Broth
I era urged to attend. Council Chambers
i Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
I J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
_.ijrr. oach month at 8 p. m.
Elks’ lyodge Room. Homer G. Nerd
ling. Post Commander. Phone 2002;
John F. Starr, Post Adjutant,
LOYAL ORDER OF
MOOSE.
7unean Lodge 700
Meet# every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. Thoe.
B. JudJon, Dictator; R. H. Stevene,
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00S1SZART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. U9
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o'clock, Moose Hall. Senior Re
gent. Mrs. Sigurd Wallstedt.
Secretary, Mrs. C. H, Chamber
lain.
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS Of
ALASKA, Igloo No. 6.
Meets the 2d Monday In Mooeo
Han, at 8 o’clock.
In Moose Hall, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LAUGHLIN, President.
LILLIE BURFORD, Secretary.
PERSEVERANCE REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 2A.
Meets every first and third
Tuesdays in I. O. O. F. Hall, at
8:00 P. M. BESSIE MANNING,
N. G ALPHONSINB CARTER,
Secretary.
WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
fiYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
flYour 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.
flPays 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
Savings Department.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA.