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The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
PASTOR ADVOCATES
 SUNDAY BASEBALL

:. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo, z. :. May 2S.-Grand Junction's blue :. :. law advocates got shock here :. :. when the Rev. Elmer V. Huffer :. :. of the First Christian church z. z. came out flat-footed and em- :. :. phatically in favor of Sunday :. z. baseball and issued an ultima :. :. tum to the Ministerial alliance :. :. that he would not join them :. 4 in any way in their opposition :. :. to the Sabbath sport .:. :. 'I shall not oppose Sunday :. < ball." said Huffer, flor l see !. :. nothing wrong in it. A per .:. :. son can worship God at ball j. z. game as well as in church" !.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
FLIGHT RECORD =. . OF AMERICAN IS BROKEN ..
 BY WASHINGTON AVIATOR.

:. NEW YORK, May 20-The .:. :. American record for duration |. :. for flight of an aviator alone :. < was broken by Paul Peck of ;. .:' Washington in spectacular # .:. Long Island ]. :. For four hours, twenty-three .:. .:' minutes and fifteen seconds, # < height of 1000 feet His time ... :. was kept by officials of the .:. :. Areo club. The previous record j. :. made by Howard Gill of Balti- <. 4 more, was 4 hours 16 minutes <. :. and 35 seconds. +
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
ARCHIE WOULD
 BE TEDDY NO. 2

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 23. - Archie Roosevelt has let utterances slip out recently to the effect that the height of his ambition is to be a great politician like his father. He dreams of and studies his fath- CTS political life constantly.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
HARDWARE FIRMS COMBINE.

By a deal effected Thursday morn ing, Brumbaugh X Hamilton and the Barrack Hardware company have joined forces and will hereafter con duct business at the Garden Island stand of Brumbaugh X Hamilton un- der the name of Samson Hardware COmDanV
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
BIGLoW TAKES OUT MONEY.

Frank Berry reports the combined receipts of the last two cleanups on the Biselow ground on Gold stream to have reached $55. 900. The second of the huge winter dumps. each or Wnlcu l,rlu approximately 10000 feet in pay dirt, has almost melted away. Summer dirt is now being hoisted in.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
JACK JOHNSON A SMUGGLER

CHICAGO, June p. - Jack John son, the champion prizefighter of the world, was indicted today by the federal grand jury on the charge of smuggling diamond neck lace into the United States from Europe several months ago
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
ANOTHER BOAT IS CAUGHT

SEATTLE, June 22. - The trans port Sheridan, which is due at Nome with the relief for the Six teenth infantry, has been caught in the ice opposite the mouth of the Yukon. and is being carried rapidly out to sea.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
TYPHOID GRIPS
 SECRETARY MEYER

WASHINGTON. June 23. - George Non l.. Meyer, secretary of the navy, is down with typhoid fever in Massachusetts. His physicians at his home in Hamilton have issued no statement regarding the serious ness of the patients illness.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
MILLER GETS A YEAR.

One year in the federal jail at Fairbanks is the sentence imposed by Commissioner Fitzpatrick Tues day upon John Miller, of Cinema, of a shotgun belonging to Peter Do of a shotbun belonging to Peter Do Ian. This was taken from the Do- Ian cabin on Cripple creek.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
MILITARY AVIATION
 LOSES ONE 0F CORPS

DOEBERITZ. Germany, June 23.- Military aviation claimed another victim in this country today when Lieutenant Non Falkeuhayn was killed in the fall of his machine The craft was participating in army maneuyers in conjunction with sig nal work in the field at the time of the accident.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
WYOMING SHERIFF
 SLAIN BY OUTLAWS

COkEVILLE, Wyo., June 23. - Detective Dan Hathen's death adds another splotch to the bloody rec ord of crime hanging ever the heads of the Whitney brothers, the
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
DENIS CONSIDER TARIFF
 BEST CAMPAIGN ISSUE

BALTIMORE, June P. The Democratic committee on resolu- tions has decided to put forward the tariff question as the paramount issue of the coming campaign.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-24
IT DEPENDS.

First Boarder Will you pass the cheese?
 Second Boarder - How fast is it travelling?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
The Polar Malady.
From the Scientific American.

frum the Sc1entlnc American.
In an address lately given before the
Geological Society of France, DR.. Jacques
Liouville. the physician and naturalist
who accompanied the ''Pourquoi-Pas" on
her Antarctic expedition. stated the chief
physical troubles with which the crew
had to contend were three in number. all
in his opinion springing from the lack of
fresh food He therefore terms this pol
ar malady the disease OF conserved
food" The malady comprised symptoms
of scurvy, polar anaeHia, and severe
frostbites of chilblains, which frequently
bled constantly. The underlying cause
of all the affections is an alteration In
the chemical composition Of the blood
or "dyscrasia.' The heart functioned
badly, and the patients suffered from ter
rible shortness Of breath, frequent drow-
siness and oedema of the lower extremi-
ties They were easily exhausted and
unable to march. while the slightest
movement brought on intense palpitation.
However, all these morbid symptoms dis
appeared within ten days when fresh
meat was obtainable, and did not appear
again after the fresh wild celery obtained
at Terra del Fuego had been enjoyed for
some time. DR.. Liouville took a just
pride in the fact that this was the first
polar experition which ever restored all
its members to their homes In a state of
perfect health. He had three surgical
cases to handle. Recovery was highly
which he ascribes partly to
the entire absence Of pathogenic bacteria.
and partly to the fact that there was not
a trace of alcoholism in the patients.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
NORTH DAKOTA
~ 0EoRoD PITCH,
AatAor Of "At Good ola siwasA.-

North Dakota II . broad. nat State
with mind Of its own. when La Fol-
lette isn't using 1t. and about enough
history to mn souvenir postal card. It
was discovered In 1850. massacred in the
'50s. admitted to the Union in 1883. and
has had several blizzards and Presi-
Dental primary. More about North Da-
kota's history would be q waste Of
words.
North Dakota is part Of the old Ter
ritory. Of Dakota. which was taken into
the Union In two guIps. viz: North and
South Dakota. The former has 1000
square miles. which are sowed to wheat
each year. and II has $1,000 people, who
at the baseball scores. When wheat fs
bumper crop North Dakota puts storage
tanks around its national banks, but
when the spring Is dry a book agent
could walk across the State without get
ting q chance to take out his prospectus.
North Dakota is also noted for its vast
ranches and farms. Land was once
worth Is a township. and those far
sighted men who bought a few thousand
doilars' worth. now have farms so big
that It takes four men on ponies to get
the morning paper out OF the r. F. D.
box at the front gate before II Is stale.
North Dakota was first noticed by Jim
Hill about thirty years ago. He built the
Great Northern across the upper end and
has since built SO many branches into the
wheat fields that the road looks like the
skeleton of a trout on the map. Hill
also owns North Dakota's other railroad.
the Northern Pacific. and gets all the
blame for everything which does or does
not happen In the State.
Being just under the Canadian border.
North Dakota Is plentifully supplied with
winter. which begins shortly after Sep
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
Keeping Young.
ron the New York Cuumercial.

ron the New 1ork CuCarneTcA
Though a mans oody attains its f,,n
growth before his twenty-fourth year,
and probably earlier than that. the
growth Of his mind depends on himself.
He can continue adding to the sum Of
his knowledge and his power to reason
until extreme old age II he preserves his
mental alertness. As long as he retains
a fair measure OF that curiosity about
things which often make him a nuisance
when a boy, and Is interested in new peo-
pie. new sights. new books. and the
thousand and one things that are hap
pening to-day, his mind continues to
grow. But when a man finds that change
bores him. and limits himself to one mar
row round day after day. he is really
growing old mentally as well as physi-
cally.
This premature aging OF the brain Is
often self-induced. There is a class of
men who make a fad Of being uninter-
ested in passing events They will read
only one paper, they will sit only In one
chair, they will eat only at one table.
they will vote only for one party, the
name Of which is the same as that Of
their forefathers. no matter how much
its principles may have changed. Through
posing at first, they become set in the
ways" and then they are really old even
though their years scarcely number two
score. II misfortune or unavoidable
change in his mode Of life overtakes such
q man he is. like a homeless cat. miser,
able for the rest Of his days Those who
stay young mentally and spiritually keep
in touch with new people and especially
with the young. and cultivate the habit Of
looking with clear eyes on passing events.
For them in their daily lives there are
no laws Of the Medes and Persians They
may wear themselves out but they do,
not rust away.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
Physicians and the State.

Would the mental stimulus for ad-
vancement in medical knowledge and
skill be likely to be greater in physi-
clans assured of comfortable and per-
manent income under governmental
management than under the present ar
rangement? That would be largely a
matter concerning the disposition and
mental caliber of individuals.
The latest in the field of medico-
governmental research appears in the
Long Island Medical Journal. The lead
ing argument appears to be based on the
alleged commercialism of the medical
practice of the day. The fact is be-
moaned that the general practitioner
who neglects the methods of the trades
man, even though he gives to his pa
tients the benefit of great skill and
knowledge, is apt to languish for the
chance to demonstrate that skill. Blu:
there is one argument which, we con-
fess, we are unable to follow. 1t is that
an unnecessary carriage often is bur-
den to the successful physician. If a
doctors business is successful how
can carriage, equipage, or automobile
be found unnecessary? But this is a
secondary consideration. The question
is in what way is the general health of
the community to be promoted by Off
cially recognized. officially remunerated
doctors more than by the present sys-
tenn? The health of the poor, whose
doctors bills must be paid from some
charitable or municipal source, does not
enter into the present consideration.
The earnest physician in either con-
dition of employment would devote all
his mental and bodily energies to the
battle against disease regardless of
financial prospects or the pecuniary
standing of his patients. We all know
that there are many men in the medical
profession whose efforts in behalf of
rich or poor alike no governmental EN-
ployment could affect Of course, there
are others who would be glad to accept
official connection with city or State
government and as result settle down
to life of ease and freedom from
strenuous activity, either mental or
physical, such as the routine of his
Office would afford.
Such men never will advance the
medical science and such men as these
would be the very ones to seek gov
e.nmental jobs. But we incline to the
belief that the vast majority of physi-
clans would choose to pursue the pres
ent course in a profession which has
its legitimate rewards for close appli-
cation and hard-very hard-work.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
Abdul s.ha-A Sign Of the Times.

The plea of the venerable Persian,
who at present is in this country preach
ing the new religion of brotherhood
which he represents, is reiteration of
all that is best in the ethics of the
Christian faith No one will deny that
his is beautiful conception of how all
the people of the earth might should,
and could live together The same in
credulous spirit which cried "impossi-
bic" when the Nazarene taught his
disciples neighborly love is still alive.
More than this it is still dominant.
The patriarehal man from the East
asks in effect: "How can a man love
his Father in heaven. whom he has not
seen, if he does not love his brother
upon earth, whom he sees daily!"
Abdul BAHIA has assumed the leader
ship of the sect after the death of his
father and grandfather, both of whom
were tortured, prosecuted, and impris-
oned by the Persian government as
traitors to the religion of Mohamet and
the Koran. The present chief BAHIA"
is sixty-hve years of age, forty-two Of
which he spent in Turkish jails after his
father had been exiied from Persia.
With the downfall of absolutism and
the regime of the Young Turks he was
freed and at once took up again the
work of his father.
But Abdul BAHIA stands for a great
deal more than even he is aware of. In
him and his teachings is embodied in a
large degree that new spirit of world
wide unity which powerfully moves all
races nowadays. The world. even the
Orient, is more advanced and more ripe
for his message than it was in the days
of his father. He is not cause. Oh, no |!
For, without him, the entire world was
already turning toward peace, and it
will continue to do so.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
Knows What to Expect.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
"A phase Of the servant girl question
that was new to me was sprung yester-
day when I called at the employment
agency to hire a cook" said the nervous
woman. "A prepossessing looking girl
was brought forward for an interview.
Her first question was: Have you any
pictures Of your Kitchen!
IT said I had none.
"It Is always best to bring them,
said that girl loftily. Tt saves time and
trouble, for with them to look at a cook
can see at a glance the position OF the
sink, the tubs. the range. and the cup
boards. and can tell II the place Will
suit her.
''while was adjusting my mind to that
phase of the proposition another woman
with a wider experience than mine piped
ND that she had brought views Of her
kitchen. From that minute I was out of
II so far as that particular cook was con-
cerned. The picture met with her ap-
proyal. and the other woman hired her
on the spot. asked the manager II 1t
was the custom for housekeepers to pro-
duce views Of their home when hiring
servants.
"'The custom Is not yet universal he
said, but 1t il growing. In one sense the
girl Is right; it does save time and trou-
ble.'"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
From the Pittsyury G.zettsTimeS
Pearyi An Ideal for Bowdoin.

From the Lewiston Journal
The one memorable scene Of the great
commencement at Bowdoin recently was
when Peary arose to reply TO the speech
that had presented his portrait 10 the
college in behalf Of the class of II
As he stood beside the portrait, tho
Identity of face and feature was start
lng-the one in bronze, the other In the
flesh. The massive figure; the primitive
strong features-the power Of the one was
was reflected In the other. Peary called
It a superlative honor. II did not dream,
no one could dream, when as boys We
walked these winding paths beneath the
trees. that this could be. No flight Of
fancy could reach it,
But here II Is and Peary has now be-
come in a large measure an ideal for
Bowdoin. He speaks in the modern
tongue for persistence. the word that
wins; the word you hear on the cross
barred field of football or in the dogged
warfare of man against man and Wit
against wit in all the grueling sports OF
modern athletic prowess. There Peary
is. telling in another way the same story
of what II means never to quit. There
he is. telling how three Bowdoin men,
separated each by twenty years, Gen.
Hubbard OF 81. the inancier: Peary OF
-. the discoverer; Mcmillan OF 'g1 won
farthest north through being true sports
men. Peary seems TO youth to-day to in
carnate adventure combined with stern.
unyielding purpose. He is like some yik-
ing in the flesh. And this thought is car
ried out into the last analysis OF the war
fare against the frozen north. Peary
mentioned It in his little speech at Bow
doin. It was ultimately man, not SCI
ence. that won. In spite Of all that in
vention had done in the last 400 years to
create new types of engines to swim seas
or cross continents or fly through the
air, none Of them availed there. In the
last hours. the primal order seized con-
troll and 1t was the man and the dog
fighting hand and tooth against the sui
len order of the bitter world of cold and
death that hid the secret Of the north.
What wonder, then. that Peary means
so much to the modern college mani
Apart from the few half-hinted protests
Of the standpatters against any stirring
Of the sluggish writer's and against any
criticism Of court or law or any particle
patton by people not trained in gov-
erning themselves in the business Of gov-
erning others" the Bowdoin commence
ment speeches were full OF the spirit OF
endeavor. alive with courage: abounding
in the ideals of progress. To Justify that
spirit. the bronze OF Peary will always
speak in an appeal to persist; to fighti
on, and quit never.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
Sayings and Doings of Those
Who Frequent European Courts

the scribes Of the sensational Paris
Boulevard press. but II fits In with their
anti-German opaganda. They write an
cessantly Of how greatly the German
government fears spies. especially French
spies. and how brutaily they are treated
when caught and imprisoned In a fort.
And yet hardly a week passes without
some harmless German tourist being ar
rested as a spy on French territory. As
q matter Of fact, your genuine French
bourgeois Is absolutely convinced that
every German waiter or bootblack en-
ployed in France Is a spy In disguise,
and secretly IN the pay. OF the German
military intelligence ONCE.
Two exhibitions OF antiquities un-
earthed in excavations in Egypt have
been opened In London. At Kings Col
lege. In the Strand. the relics discovered
at Abydos are shown. The principal OBJ
ject was the uncovering Of the building
known as the Osireion, which will oc-
cupy another couple of years. In seek
ing spot suitable for throwing the de-
posits removed from the ruins the work.
men stumbled upon an ancient settle
ment of the predynastic era.
Perhaps the most curious feature Of
this village Is two parallel lines Of kilms.
In rows of eleven and twelve, the pur-
pose of which II has baffied the explor-
ing party to unravel. Prehistoric tmple-
ments, including fish hooks, were found,
and other articles of flint. Hitherto the
flint and other weapons have been OBJ
tanned from graves, and were objects
specially prepared. Here We have the
actual objects in use by the primitive
villagers. Just as they left them on the
destruction Of their huts. Extensive ex-
ploration was made In a cemetery or
the Ptolemaio age, at Shaft-el-Garbjeh.
In some interesting finds were made OF
mummies with gold-plated masks and
richly painted decorations on carton
mage made Of papyrus-
A number of masks and headdresses or
rich workmanship, are on exhioitlon. Inc
former are richly gilded with white eyes
and black pupils. The latter are OF
bright blues.
In the same group Is the mummy Of a
little girl with gold mask and painted
rectoral and decorations. The mummies
were all found in limestone cohins, the
lids Of which were cemented down. A
number of diminutive carved figures. each
carrying a hoe with a basket slung over
the shoulder, were retrieved. II was the
custom to put a box full OF these quaint
figures at the foot OF the conin- They
were supposed to be servants VINO would
save the dead person manual labor IN
the next world.
Relics obtained at Meroe in the Sudan
are on view at Burlington House. The
Bishop of London visited the camp during
his tour IN Egypt. and. accompanied by
Sir Charles Hercules Read, the president
of the Society of Antiquaries. opened the
exhibition, which contains fnely-ap-
pointed Roman bath. A series OF carv-
ings have been brought home, but the
material is sandstone.
Some excellent specimens OF the mosaic
art are also on exhibition. FLANEUR.
tCooyrsht. 1872 By Court Gossip syndicate)
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04

Roosevelt might just as well abandon
the race Immediately.
1t is not difficult to understand that
with these English journals the wish is
father to the thought. There has never
been any love on British soil for the
tariff barriers which the Republican
party has erected and which have re-
stricted the extension Of the market
for English goods in this country. Con-
sequentIy. England wants Democratic
victory and a tariff for revenue only
and hopefully predicts such an outcome.
Perhaps. however. when these English
Communications of the Democratic can
didate are widely published in the
United States, Gov. Wilson may feel
constrained to pray that he be saved
from his friends. =.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
Why the Birth Rate Decreases.

From the Philadelphia Record
As people grow away from the farms
and begin TO swarm in the factories, or.
more broadly. as the nations become COM
mercIalized. quit digging and turn to
trading for a livelihood, there is a fall
ing of Of the birth rate. This has been
notably the case in the United States. The
tendency has doubtless been accelerated
by the advancing cost Of living: but the
cost OF living has also been advanced
by the falling of in agricultural produc-
ton. The declining birth rate is in part
compensated by simultaneous falling
OF in the death rate, owing to improved
sanitary conditions in all parts Of the
world where there Is civilized rule. But
there seems to be no escape from the
conclusion, allowance being made for
counteracting tendencies due to the shift
ing movements OF population. that social
advancement and a declining birth rate
go hand in hand.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-04
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
MAUD OF THE "MOvIEs."

MAUD OF THE "MOyIEs."
Maud Muller on a summers day.
Posed for a moving picture play.
She raked the hay and got drink
To give the judge, fat old gink.
And wheh the daily work was done
She hustled home at set of sun.
She hustled to her snug retreat
Way up on Ninety-second Street.
Maud's acting has a strong appeal;
You have have seen her in a reel.
Uncle Pennywise Says,
And now we'll have to hitch some Of
the old anecdotes to the new women.
Argument at the Club.
Can you settle a question for me, old
topr
Maybe. What's the discussion. Algy?'
It's this way: Ferdy says the Pill
grims brought along Plymouth Rock. and
say they found 1t on this side. Now.
who's right?''
August 4 in History.
August 4. 1s1s-Sir Isaac Newton in
vents paregoric.
August 4. l5se.-Queen Elizabeth finds
that she has tanned with a peekaboo ef-
feet. CONSERVATION at court
A Wise Dad.
I'm going to do something for this
infant. fol, which he will be grateful to
me in after life"
What is that?'
graphed minus his Clothes
My Neighbor.
He has good cause for being hot
And scoldlng some.
My hens have put his garden plot
Upon the bum
just for Tourists.
These may have come down from the
stone age" declared the professor. II
would give a deal to know just how an
cient these ruins are"
The hotel proprietor took him aside.
"On the quiet. professor, I put up them
ruins with some material lad left over
when built the hotel"
An Elegant View.
Where is the fine view you boasted of
in the booklet
"All around you," answered the land
lord. You can see an heiress In any
direction you look