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The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13

That Millionaire Phipps should be come reconclIed to his wife through an attempt by blackmailer to do her harm is another illustration of that element in human nature-man nature. rather-that had its highest development in the old days of the knight errant. and going happily to show that chivalry is not entirely dead in these later days. No appeal is so strong upon q man after all as that the woman needs him for her care and protection and no man is held in such contempt by other men as him who denies this protection.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13

c. L. Vawter is chief deputy to Marshal Love at Valdez temporarily ly Mir. Vawter served several years as marshal of the Nome district Un der Marshal Perry he was deputy marshal at Unga He was the only official of the Moves regime at Nome who came out with clean hands. All other deputies serving under Marsha Perry on the date of his retirement were at once reappolnted by Marshal Love, in order to avoid any possible legal question as to their right to serve as de facto officers.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13

are convinced thst Governor Eoggstt Is not in any wise in sympathy with them; be dlssvoWs and snesrs at their expressed wishes and, against the wishes of all the people, who are out for g fair field and no tavors for A'l enterprise, he lobblss in the interests of certain corporations
 We would like to have this question answered: Is the governor of Alaska to be allowed to use his official position to work for the bsne6t Of special Inter- ests ? Do the duties Of the governor require him to stay here in Alaska or do they permit bim to spend half his time out of the dIstrictH
 This latter question is being asked over the district by other newspapers concerning other federal officers aud with 1t coupled snoLher:-"ii one feder- al officer, without warrant from Wash ineton, absents himself from the dis tric.. why not others or all Of them?" These questions might as we'll be ans Tered at the same time.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13
INTERIOR WEATHER

whitehorse, 30 Abovei AtlIu, 32 above; ROotalInquO. l2 above; Big Salmon, l5 above; Yukon Crossing, ? above Selkirk. 10 above; Coffee Creek, 8 above; Stewart, 6 above; ORIlvIer ? above; Dawson, 10 above.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13
THE EXPOSITION AND THE NORTH

The laying of the corner stone and the first log of the proposed Arctic Brotherhood building at the A.Y..P. exposition grounds will call home to every Alaskan anew the importance to the north land of the great enterprise which is now so well under way at Seattle. The Alaska ypkon-Pacitic exposition. If memory is not at fault. has grown from q suggestion originally made by for mer citizen of Skagway, Mir. Godfrey Chelander. It followed upon the work undertaken in Alaska for the st Louis exposition. As at first sug- gested lt was to be an Alaskan show. special and unique, to which was quickly added. of course. the Yukon since the new Alaska was born or the Klondike discovery and will in history. association and trade rela' tions be forever linked with it. But the idea had hot seeds of contagion in ,t and. it grew and spread until it is become another great worlds fair, In this all the people of this great northern wilderness should feel an equally expansive and increasing in terest. since it is here. whatever else the great exposition has to show, the chief interest will center-in the showing that may be made of those signs of development Of the mysteri' ous land of ice and gold which has so fired the imagination of the world, The thronE that will be attracted to the exposition will first look to see what this land has to show for all that has been said of it. It becomes us to make the showing creditaOle that they who look may not be dis appointed. And if our showing oe good We must certainly reap benefit accordingly
 And what will be the direct-imme diare-benetit to follow upon the opening ot the exposition? A great rhroug of people to have their inter est in Alaska quickened. The greater part of these will. of course, be merely the curious, many of whom having money with which to seek it's satisfaction. These will want to see something actual of this country of which they see only the sumbols down there. And being "so near" they will take advantage of the occa' sion ,o satisfy this curiosity at the time. Everybody expects great tourist travel to result from this ex. position. Skagway has very per sonal interest in the fair and should ,.iv. fr it's beartiest sympathy and what financial support it can.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13
CLEAR AND ClLR

The result of the observation taken At Moore wharf ct midnight, Nov. l2, 1908, lS as follows
 Temperature time observAJ'n. AZ above Max. temp. preceding 24 hours.43 above Min {" |" AT above >Ta.n e u e A above
 Barometer SO,lS
 Cloudy, south wind.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13
ALL ALASKA IN 4 LINE OR TWO

Talking from Nome roadstead to the Seattle station by wireless is one oi the wonderful thiugs that are happening in these days. The steamIug distance is 2,6OO miles, but naturally the direct distance is less, probably ? 300 mile.-' Douglas News.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13

Arthur G. Thompson and William c. Cheney last week located 500 acres of oil land on Boring lake. Mir, Cheney says that a number of fine oil seepages were found, one of which is exuding possibly a couple of barrels every twenty.four hours, Mir. Cheney will leave for Seattle on the Portland, taking with him num- Der of samples of the oil which will be placed on exhibition in conspicu' ous places for the purpose of attract, ing attention to the oil fields of Ka. talla.-Katalla Herald.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13

After reading Q book you are through with it. Why not avail your self of the advantage of a circulating library? Book shelves full of the best reading. w. w. Boughton.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-13

All the delicacie9 of the season at the Pack Train Restaurant.
The Washington times., 1908-09-19
Another False Prophet.

With Mr.. Gompers pulling him to-
ward Bryan and Mr.. Keir Hardie push
ing him toward Debs, the labor union
voter would. but for one all-important-
circumstance, be in a quandary.
Mr.. Gompers' views need no illumina-
ton at this late date Mr.. Hardie's
views are interesting for the reason
that they come from one of the most
prominent labor leaders in England. In
brief, they amount to this:
That the labor men are foolish to
follow GOmpers into the Democratic
camp, for they may find it advisable
TO go over to the Republican camp in
1912, and between this coming and 90
ing they may lose what they are after
So the Englishman says that if he be
longed to a union here he would vote
for Debs.
Mr.. Hardie is right as TO the futility
of running from one party camp to an
other in search of labor legislation.
The tendency of the times is to give
the employe fair show. 1t. may have
been long coming, but it Is here; and
the tremendous pressure beng exerted
in its favor is bound to overcome op-
position. Generally speaking, the lean
ing, not only at Washington but at the
various State centers of legislation, is
to preserve and promote the welfare Of
the workingman. The workingman
knows this and votes accordingly, votes
like a man. free from coercion and die
tation; and that fact presages the fail
ure of the Gompers movement.
Mr. Hardie wants the working people
to. control the Government A govern
ment controlled by reasonable working
people, though contrary 20 the Ameri-
can spirit, might be tolerable. But
a government controlled by Debs and
his fanatical followers-men antipodaI
TO the representative American work
ingmen:would be first a circus and
then a catastrophe
The Washington times., 1908-09-19
BRYAN'S GUARANTEE PLANK
PROVES POPULAR ISSUE
In Eastern Campaign Proposition Attracts Keenesr Inter
eSt-NebraSkan Given Many Assurances That Plan
Will Attracr Many Votes-Stil After Uncle Joe"

NEW HAVEN, Sept 19.-The speeches
he has made thus far has convinced
William J. Bryan that the idea OF gov
eminent guarantee of deposits is a pop
uiar one, and that the people want to
hear about It. He has been repeatedly
told that this subject is the most In
tcresdnS to his audiences Of any that
he discusses. Mr.. Bryan knows some
thing of the art Of how 90 stage hIs
campaign oratory so as TO satisfy best
those who listen 10 it, and ne has a
clever way of squirting on the desire Of
his hearers TO know more cf his argu-
ment for the Government guarantee
doctrine
Generally, MI. Bryan discusses Gov
ernnent guarantee of deposits along
toward the close Of his speech. He has
been through the tariff and through the
trusts, and has handled the campaign
contribution question. II Is glowing
we'll along in the afternoon and folks
want to get home 10 get something to
eat. At least. IT is about supper time
for those that do not dine. IF time
would permit" Mr.. Bryan will begin
frequently, Il would like 90 talk 20
you at length on the subject Of guaran-
tee Of deposits" Whereupou all the
enthusiasts in the crowd lift up their
voices in loud chorus of shouts and
cry "GO on" I'VE want 10 hear what
you have TO say about f."
Yields to Demand
Under such circumstances, unless It
Is a car-end speech and the train IS
moving on, Mr.. Bryan Yields gracefully
and enters into a discussion OF the
guarantee Issue He finds that his au-
diences give careful attention 10 what
he has TO say on this theme and II
they are not in accord with his advocacy
Of the doctrine. then Mr.. Bryan is be-
ing deceived one Of two things is true.
either that the audiences Mr.. Bryan
talks to are i'm favor of the guarantee
or deposits or they have not made up
their minds fully and want 10 be in
formed about H.
Probably nothing Mr. Bryan has said
in the course Of this campaign, outside
Of matters relating 10 the planks in the
Denver platform, has been echoed back
TO him I'm various ways so much. with
expressions of approval as HIS reply 10
Speaker Cannon on the subject n his
own wealth and that OF Mr. Cannon.
Speaker Cannon has never been ac-
cused, even by his best friends. Of no.
having eneIaies. This year they are
more active than ever, and when MI
Bryan itemized his own property and
then invited Uncle Joe" 10 make a
showdown, he made a hit with them.
Everywhere Mr.. Bryan goes. some per
son who has tomahawk out for the
The Washington times., 1908-09-19

the previous company met with diff
culties."
The impression conveyed by this is
that one mode of reception prevails
in Boston and another, say, in New
York or in Philadelphia But the mat
ter is regulated by a national law and
handled by officials representing the
National Government, and the same dis
abilities found in one city would be
found at other ports if the law were
properly enforced Under the circum
stances, the activity the National Gov
eminent is displaying as regards Nor
mon immigration would be just as eff
fective in one city as in another.
The question is whether these inn
migrants individually can pass under
the law. The commissioner. in his lat
est statement on the case, makes It
plain that the exclusion recently ac-
complished in Boston was based on
moral and physical reasons. Those ex-
cluded were either bodily unfit-and
the law IS comprehensive on this point
or else they made admission of their
belief in polygamy.
SO we have left the pertinent CUES
ton:
How did these people in the latter
class come to express such a belief?
Polygamal marriages are supposed to
have ceased when the Mormon lead
ers traded Polygamy for Statehood.
The missionaries sent out from Salt
Lake City are supposed to be Iaw-abid-
ing citizens. How Is it, then, that
these aliens come over here believing
in polygemy, just as others believe in
and presumably ready to prac-
tice such belief if they get the op-
portunity? Are they misguided Or
are the Mormon agents in foreign fields
teaching antagonism to our laws?
The Washington times., 1908-09-19
Get to the Issues /!

CTcumstantial report has it that
somehow, before the close of this cam
paign, the Republicans are going TO
administer a terrific castigation to Mr..
Bryan; that the Democratic candidate
is TO be thoroughly trimmed; that all
his pretensions are to be branded as
bogus, and his claim of ''heirship' is
TO be proved worthless.
In the present temper of the electo-
rate, it is suggested that the business
OF demolishing Mr. Bryan is not the
most effective in which the Republicans
could engage. Mr.. Bryan is quite good
at the demolishing enterprise himself.
He viii not be a bad second in any
contest of that sort.
Between Bryan and Taft there has
already been too much disposition to
engage in personal controversy which is
uRdignifed and rather unrelated to the
issues. Mr. Taft would do well to
quote less from Mr. Roosevelt, to refer
less frequently TO his Endorsement by
the President, and TO elucidate more
frequently his own and independent
views. Mr.. Bryan likewise would
strengthen himself if he would dis
continue the argument about the
Roosevelt inheritance, and talk about
what the new Bryan proposes to do If
elected President.
The shadow of Roosevelt has been
too much over this campaign. Mr..
Roosevelt is going to leave the country
three days after Inauguration. He Will
be gone throughout most of the early
half of the Administration. The early
half of any administration Is the period
within which most of the constructive
legislative accomplishment must be
wrought. Therefore, the country, how
ever tough it may be, must reconcile
itself to the fact that it will have TO
struggle along for quite spell without
access to the advice and counsel of the
man who viii after March + be merely
Its foremost private citizen.
The next President viii have to run
the job alone. He will not be able to
telephone up to Oyster Bay for indorse-
ment when a policy is under considera-
tion. Under the circumstances it seems
but reasonable to urge both candidates
10 explain how they viii run this coun-
try when they get the chance, rather
than to reiterate that they will do it
as Roosevelt would. The country ex-
poets a President to have policy of his
own If we are to elect a proxy for
Mr.. Roosevelt we should make sure
that the principal doesn't get too far
away to be consulted in time of need.
The Washington times., 1908-09-19

Speaker takes the opportunity to feIici-
tate tie Democratic candidate on the
way he made return TO Mr.. Cannon.
Naturally. Mr.. Bryan seldom misses a
chance in one of his speeches to t,lze
a quiet fling at the Speaker. Mr.. Bryan
y nearing a great deal to the effect
mat many Western Republicans aye in
revolt openly against M Cannon, and
While he is aware that CannonislH is
less OF an issue in the East than It is
IN the West, he repeatedly takes a
jab at Uncle Joe" to the extent OF
a few sentences.
Revival Methods.
Like the Old-fashloned exhorter. the
revivallst. who at the close Of his re-
marks asks all those that have been
. changed Of heart 10 rise. Mr.. Bryan is
getting his audiences to vote on dues-
llohs by raising their hands. At Steu-
oenVille' twenty miles from Wheeling,
on the Ohio side. Mr. Bryan tried this
win results that satisfied him ans he
mas been trying il every day since. or
whenever he speaks 10 an audience that
ne believes has numrous Republicans
one fact sometimes overlooked in con-
notion with Bryan. but a fact that is
not 10 be overlooked in this campaign.
IS mat Mir. Bryan is better-knOwn
man 10 many parts of the country than
ne was twelve or eight years ago. one
observer who has been travelling about
a great deal IN this campaign saws that
me Bryan lecture on the Prince Of
tedce mas been in no small way re-
sPcaSlbie for adding TO the list OF the
democratic candidates friends. This
lecture Is one OF Mr.. Brvan'S master
pieces and has been widely commented
upon. II has deep religious vein run
HlhE through It and. II the observer III
question be correct. has convinced a
great many people that Bryan Is not
dS PACK as he was painted back in IEJ
anu lSoJ ana not as unsafe as his ODpO-
nents urged at that time and are now
lnslsJlng- In other words. the activity
OF the man from the Platte country fu
gong 10 and fro and up and down ia
the land since 1900 and taking q. his
countrymn on all possible occasions
--ouiu seem 10 have been Of value to
MN apart from the money he has
earned out Of lecturng.
Hits Of With Farmers.
When Mr.. Bryan trIks to an audience
OF farmers he tells them that he signs
his own occupation as that Of Journalist
because he thinks he is more of a jour
nalist than a farmer. He gets them IN
good humor by telling them that a man
who works on his farm and spends his
money in town is a farmer and a man
who makes his money in town and
T.it,is 10 on his farm is an agriC.tI-
ourist- II am an agriculruTist," al
ults Mr. Bryan. WhereLpOa every one
experimental farm he adds, because
I've been experimenting 10 see II / can
make money enough lecturinR To- keep
II up JOHN SNURE
The Washington times., 1908-09-19
Statesmen and Salons.

Mrs William Astor, in her recent
remarks on American society, drew
some fine distinctions in favor of the
French or English salon-the ideal
social and political function, as she
calls it. They do things better abroad.
So says Mrs. Aston:
over there you find al the big balls
and muSiCaleS a brilliant array of cab
met ministers, journalists, ambassadors.
men and women of the stage, painters.
and poets and the powers of the money
world such as no leader I'm New York
could bring together or would attempt
10 bring together. 7 have thought OF
doing II all my life. but have never seen
the possibility Of success
And why? In the first place, we
have too many politicians in America,
where in England they have states
men," In France, too, they must be
all statesmen. We take it that a
statesman Is a politician who wears
clothes that do not look as if they
were hired for the evening, who can sip
boWllon frappe without smashing the
porcelain and who can parse a SEN
tence by Henry James. It also appears
that in England all the politicians are
statesmen. But over herel Ugh.
"AIany of our Senators and Congress
men seem to base their title 20 public
favor upon their mcouth manners and
lack Of refinement, upon the fact that
they have discarded. socks or once wore
blue jeans"
Miss Marie CoreIH, an English
woman of wide observation. also has
something to say on the subject of
politicians or statesmen. This Is her
experience given in her own words:
I remember being present once in
the capacity Of the intelligent stranger
at an interesting debate Gin ParliameuD
one evening, and certainly came away
with the impression that whisky-sOda
was more anXiously sought after than
the national welfarel After the debate
stood I'm the lobby for a quarter of an
hour. and during even that short space
Of time five men severaliy asked me
to join them in swilliug their favorite
beverage.
But, of course, parliament Is not a
salon. Mrs. Astor sees one side of the
picture and Miss Coreli sees another.
Would a statesman ask a lady to have
a highball with him in public2 A Con
gresham who once wore blue Jeans
wouldn't, for, though he may not be
a salon statesman, he has the in
stinets of a gentleman.
The Washington times., 1908-09-19
Kern, of Indiana,
In Baltimore NOW

BALTIMORE. Nd. sept 19-Johu
Worth Kern, Of Indiana, Vice Presiden-
Jial candidate. arrived in Baltimore this
morning He was met at the PennsyI-
vania station by State Chairman Muir
ray NandIver and many other leading
Democrats. and driven at once 70 the
Hotel Rennert
Mr. Kern came TO this city on profeS-
SlOnal business He IS engaged as COun-
sci IN a law case testimony in which
VIII be taken in this city. Mr. Kern is
scheduled 10. speak at Westminster to
night He viii leave Baltimore this
afternoon and probably viii spend the
night u Westminster. returning TO Bal
tlmOre early Suday morning. He is
expected TO stay i'm Baltimore Sunday.
resting, and on Monday night, will
speak al EilCtOn- the home town of
Governor CrOtherS.
Arrangements are being made TO have
him speak at least once in Baltimore
before his departure on Tuesday next.
The Washington times., 1908-09-19

lights. an aurora bOrcalis, is important
as a weather indication In the first
place all scientific men agree that IL is
an electrical disturbance Beyond that
statepeut they are silent.
But 1 have searched out and found
the cause For many years the Govern
meut Weather Bureau has ke.t care
fUl record OF time and places where
northern lights were observed, and in
stances are recorded when they were
seen at New Orleans. La on an evening
when they We're not seen IN northern
States. That set me u thinking hard,
and said If the northern lights are
seen 20 certain point In the south or
west or east, when they are not seen
over the whole country. then al times
they are local atmospheric disturbances.
Now what could cause q local atmog-
pheric disturbance over one section and
not over the whole country 1 answer. a
sudden shifting OF our earth's atmos-
phere.
There are times when a high baron
eter viii form over a certain section in
few hours. Such a change must
cause mighty rushing O. wind. prob-
ably 21o miles per hour, many miles
above our earth Such a sudden shift
Ing would be certain 20 produce cleo
tricity, AID whatever moisture there
might be floating in our atmosphere AT
that point where this mighty rushing
wind was shifting would instantly be-
come Illuminated, and we would see II
from our earth. Again, ali hrfvht dis
plays Of northern lights. when they
reach the zenith. have q waving mo-
ton Ike a field Of riDening grain. and
as the wind passes over a field Of grain
YOU can see the waves move across The
field with the wind Just so these waves
move across the sky in the direction
The wind Is blowing up there FIVE or ten
miles above US
On Friday evening last. September II
those waves could be distinctly seen
moving from the northeast, while or
our earth the Wind was from the south
west and very warm. Currents Of wind
cannot come straight down They move
on an inclined plane. It usually takes
twelve hours 20 descend one mile. and
ID. whatever direction the waves Of the
northern lights ar, moving across our
sky. that change Of wind viii reach US
I'm about fOrJy-eight hours The wind
shifted TO the northeast on tE- night Of
the 18Th and il has been whistling from
the northeast ever since And e Is
going TO stay there until we get the
egulnCCu8l storm Why2 Because the
great storm belt IS hanging over che
Atlantic yCeau, ard IL viii drift slowly
inland. Our next great storm will drift
In from the ocean. and all vessels cross
ZIG the Atlantl- ocean should prepare
TOT extra hard work. facing terrific
gales Tor the next two weeks The cen
ter Of the great storm belt VII be over
the Atlantic Dean. We viii only get a
corner Of &C on the 22d and 23d but
western Europe viii get the fun force
OF the storm on the 18th and 18th
The Washington times., 1908-09-19
MRS. VANDERBILT
REPORTED ENGAGED

NEW YORK, Sept 19.-Coincident
with the return from Europe OF Mrs.
Ellen French Vanderbilt, formerly Mrs.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, there came
a report that she would soon wpG WI
ling Spencer. OF Philadelphia and Kew
port. Willing Spencer is abroad
The report OF the engagement has
caused little surprise, owing TO Mr..
Spencers recent attentions TO Mrs. Van
derbfft At Newport the report is dis
credited though close friends admit
the cordial relations between Mrs Van
derbiIt and Mr.. Spencer.
The Washington times., 1908-09-19
DE Voc FORECASTS
FROST NEXT WEEK
Explains the Cause of North
ern Lights and Its Sig
nihcance.
Weather Next Week.

Sunday, 2oth-cOld and cloudy; east
erly winds.
Monday, 21st-Cloudy, with rain;
east wind.
Tuesday, 22d-cloudy, with rain F;
north wind.
Wednesday, 23d-Clearing north
west winds; frost.
Thursday. 24th-Clear; north winds :
frost.
Friday. 25th-Clear and pleasant.
Saturday, 26th-Clear and pleasant.
a. J. DEyOE.
The Washington times., 1908-09-19
TEST VANDERBILT'S SANITY.

NEW YORK. Sept 19.-Supreme Court
Justice BlaeEmar. in Brooklyn. appoint
Ell a commission. consisting OF Charles
j. McDermott, DIR. Edward r. Hicks,
and Q. ". Tirreu. 20 take the testi-
mOny 70 determine the mental cOndi-
tiOn OF Edward Ward Vanderbilt. the
lumber merchant, whose marriage 10
Mrs. Mary Ann SCauneli-Pepper, the
SpirituaHst, was the subject Of a cour,
inquiry several months ago, when hg
was declared Incompetent