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The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
THE JULY 4
 CHURCH
Historic Building In Which Many Signers WOrshiped.

.T0LD Christ church, the historic and sacred edifice in Philadel- phia where three-fourths of
 the signers of the Declaration of Independence worshiped, commem- orates the nations birthday every year with impressive patriotic and religious services, Representatives of the Lu' theran, Presbyterian and EpiscOpalian churches, the religious bodies that were active in the life of Philadelphia when independence was declared, generally participate in the services.
 Last year the services took the form of a prayer and thanksgiving to Al mighty God for the blessing of civil and religious liberty. Addresses were made by Bishop Garland. representing the Episcopal church; the Rev. pr. William II. Roberts of the Presbyterian general assembly and the Rev. D.. Edwin Heyl Delk of the Lutheran church. The services were conducted by the Rev. Louis c. Washburn, rector of Old Christ church.
 The order of service was the one adopted in 17S5 by the church to be used every year on the Fourth of July. The service was attended by repre- sentatives of President Wilson, Mayor Blankenburg. the Colonial Danes, the Sons of the Revolution and of the Pine Street Presbyterian church, whose pas tor, pr. Dufield, like pr. White, rector of Old Christ church, was a chaplain of the First Continental congress. The clergy of the diocese in their vest ments, with the other guests, met in the NeighbOrhood House and proceed ed Into the church while the historic
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
Inc Maaie of Pyroteehnies.

Strange, fantastic, beautiful and won derful things are imprisoned by the fireworks experts in the dull pastebOard cases that cover their magical com pounds, as the fishermans flask of Ara bian tradition held the mighty Afrlt. The fiery dragons, clouds of light, mete- oric blazonry of stars, dazzling stream CTS and coconations of effulgence that i'll the air are so many ministers of delight to millions on every Independ- ence day, bringing weird and startling sensations with every fresh glimpse of swiftly fading beauty and glory.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29

THE FOURTH OF JULY
By GEORGE w. BETHUNE.

Maine from her farthcst border, gives the
 first eXuting shout And from New HHmpshire's granite
 heights the ccho!uE peal rings out; The mountain farms. of stanCh Vermont
 prolong the laundering call, And Massachusetts answers Bunker Hill''
 "a watchword for us all. Rhode Island shakes her sea wet locks,
 acclaiming with the free, And stald Connecticut breaks forth in
 joyous harmony; The giant joy of proud New York, loud
 as an earthquakes roar, Is heard from Hudsons crowded banks
 10 Erie's crowded shore. Still on the booming vollcy rolls, o'er
 plains and tlowcry gladesr To where tho ATIsssstppt's flood the tur-
 bid gulf iuvades; There, borne from many a mighty stream
 upon her mtghtier tide, Come down the swelling, long huzzas
 from all that valley wide. And wood crowned AlIeEheny's call, from
 all her summits high, Invertebrates among the rocks that pierce
 the sunset sky, While on the shores and through the
 swalcs, round the vast Inland seas, The stars and stripes midst freemen's
 songs are flashing to the breeze. Tho woodsmau from the mother takes his
 boy upon his knee And tells him how their fathers fought
 and blcd for liberty. The lonely hunter sits him down the for
 est spring beside To think upon his country's worth and
 feel his CoUntry's pride, Whhr many a foreign accent which our
 God can understand Is blessing him for home and bread in
 this free, fertile land. Yes; when upon the eastern coast We
 sink to happy Nest The day of independence rolls still on
 ward to the west Till dies on the Pacific shore the shout of
 jubilee That woke the morning with its voice
 along the Atlantic sea. O God. look down upon the land which
 thou hast loved SD well And grant that in uDbrokcn truth her
 children stIll may dwell. Nor while the grass grows on the hill and
 streams flow through the vale May they forget their fathers faith or
 in tholv covenant fall: Keep. God the fuirest. nohlcst land that
 lies beneath the sun "Our country. our whole country, and
 our country ever one"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
Enr q LuIx 4Luneheen.

Make the luncheon color scheme that of the national colors-reds white and blue. 4 cunning centerpLece may be evolved by the use of tin soldiers. Make a fort by the use of a white pastebOard box of convenient size turned upside down and marked into oblongs to represent brick. Color the bricks by the use of a red lead pencil or water colors. Place in the center a Aagpole surmounted by flag. Ar range the soldiers on top of and round about the fort. The color scheme may be carried further by the use of white place cards the corners of which are decorated with tiny flags in water col ors.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
SWAT THE FLY

Don't go fishing without good flies. Trout are taking the fly these fine days, and you'll find the greatest assortment of good flies il t"wn at Keller Bros. Drug Go. A few faVorite ones we name: Yel- low Jacket, Montreal, Governor (red tip) Grey Tackle, Black Hackle, Governor Black Tackle (peacock body), Black Chat, Grey Drake, English Admiral, Seth Green Grey Hackle (green body) White Miller, Dusty Miller.
 All kinds of the best tackle to
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29

bells of Old Christ church were ring ing as they did in 1776.
 The entire church was filled with persons who worshIped In the same pews where knelt the churchmen and patriots of the Continental congress. .
 Bishop Garlp ?, at the conclusion of bis address, read the following poem, written by him for the occasion:
 INDEPENDENCE DAY. Lord, in thy house this sacred day We kneel where patriots knelt to pray; They pledged anew their faith in thee, Then took up arms for liberty. Not In their strength. but in thy might, They trusted to defend the right, And thou didst guide them by thy hand And established firm our fatherland. God Of the patriots, be our guide; Protect thIs land for which they died; Give us our fathers faith in thee To live for truth and liberty.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
Here,s q Patriotio Cake.

One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of granulated sugar, one cupful of milk, three and one-half cupfuls of flour, three level teaspoOnfuls of baking pow der, whites of six eggs. Sift the flour and baking powder together three times. Add the milk and, last the eggs; flavor to taste. Divide the batter into two equal portions. To one DOT ton add a few drops of pink fruit col orlng. Bake in four layers. Put to- gether with a white icing; ice in white and decorate with small red and blue candies made to form the dates ITO 1915.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
sIGNERS OF HIGH RANK.
Some of the Nations Fathers Were
 Men of Wealth and Distinction.


 Men of Wealth and Distinction.
 Among the men who pledged their dyes, their fortunes and their eacrsd honor in support of the principles of the Declaration of Independence, risk lng all in breathing life into the na- don, were persons of high rank and distinction. Some of them possessed fame which passed the boundaries of the colonies and was recognized in the mother country.
 Stephen Hopkins, whose tremulous signature is familiar to every person who has seen the Declaration, was chief justice of Rhode Island before the war, and he was the first abolition Ist. He introduced a bill in the colo Rial legislature to prohibit the impor- tation of slaves and carried out his ideas practically by giving freedom to all the slaves he owned. Besides ail this, he was a great mathematician, and his name will go down in scien- tifc history as the observer of the transit of Venus in June, 1T61. He was one of the founders of the Public library at Providence, a member of the American Philosophical Soctety end the founder and patron of the free schools of Providence.
 The trembling of his hand when be signed the Declaration was not due to fear-to which he was a st1anger-bnt to palsy. He was a sufferer from that malady for many years.
 Richard Stockton of New Jersey was probably the best known lawyer in America. As early as 1764 he had been
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
An Old Time
 July 4 Song

Nobly our flag hutters OCT bs today, Emblem of peace. pledge oG bbeEtys
 sway; Its foes shall tremble and shrink in dis-
 may
 If e'er insulted It be. Our stripes and stars, loved and hoaor0d
 by all, Shall float forever where freedom may
 call, It still shall be the flag of the freq Emblem of sweet liberty.
 CHORUS. Here we will gather its estlSo to deSsndi Let patriots rally and wise counsel lS1d. It stiu shall be the flag of the free Emblem of sweet liberty. With 1t in beauty no flag can eonpSEei All nations honor our banner % fair. If to insult 1t a traitor should daTe, Crushed to the earth let him bel Freedom and progress our watchword to-
 day. When duty calls us who dare dlsobsyf Honor to thee, thou flag of the free, Emblem of sweet liberty.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
FOB sALE-one third to one

F0R sALE--one third to one half interest In a new light draft indepeDdant freight and passenger steamboat 100 by 20 feet, now launc'n i and ready for machinery Designed particularly for side stream traffic, combining both pow CT and light draft. Either Can adIan or American register. Apply Capt. N. B. Raymond, Whitehorse
 Y. T. 6-10-1m.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
THE SPIRIT OF INDEPEND-
 ENCE DAY.

{ TIE spirit of the nation is at the highest. Its triumph over the inborn, inbred perils of the constitution has chased away all fears, justified all hopes, and with universal joy we greet this day. We have not proved unworthy of q great ancestry. We had the virtue to uphold what they so wisely, so : firmly established. With these proud possessions of the past, i with powers matured, with prln- : ciples settled, with habits form ed, the nation passes, as 1t were, ! from preparatory growth to re- spOnSible development of charac- 7 ter and the steady performance of duty. What labOrS await it,
 ! what trials shall attend it, what triumphs for human nature, { what glory for itself are prepar- ] cd for this people in the coming 7 century We may not assume to ] foreten One generation pass ! eth away and another genera :. tion cOmeth, but the earth abid- ; eth forever" and we reverently / hope that these our constituted
 ; liberties shall be maintained to ,. the amending line of our posteri- ty and so long as the earth itself shall endure.
 In the great procession of na- tions, in the great march of hu- 7 manity, we hold our place. ! Peace is our duty; peace is our policy. In its arts, its labOrs and : its victories, then, we find scope ! for all our energies, rewards for
 ! all our ambitions, renown enough ] for all our love of fame.-Wil- 2 liam NJ. Evarts.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
China the Birthplace of Fireworks.

China the Birthplace of Fireworks.
 The trick of pyrotechny, along with the formula for gunpowder, was brought to Europe from China and the far east about the thirteenth century. Ever since then specialists equipped with all the resources of chemistry have devoted themselves to this bril- liant and fascinating scenic art until now the pyrotechnlst's skill amazes md enraptures the spectacle loving popu- lace in every civilized country.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-29
WARNING

Bicycle ownerB gre hereby no- ttfied If they are detected riding On the sidewalks anywhere south of Seventh street, they will there after be debarrGd from using the sidewalks in any part of town.
 6-5-1w. FRANK PAGE,
 Town Marshal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-28
RmnOr Asserts That Several
Members Will Resign
Over Differences
SPLIT ON C0NSCRIPTION
GROWING MORE SERIOUS
Possibility Of LlOyd-GeOrge
Succeeding Lord Asquith
As Premier

London, Dee. 2s.-The British cab
met faced the gravest internal crisis of
the war when it met shortly before
noon today with the momentOus ques-
tion of cOnscription to be decided.
1t was rumOred that several members
would resign unless the body agreed to
some form of compulsion; it was aid
too, that Premier Asquith and possibly
Earl Grey would quit if the prO-con.
scripuonists won. In the latter case,
it is believed David Lloyd George, at
present munitions minister, would be
come premier. lie is known to be I'M
alterably opposed to slackers" and is
believed to stand squarely for some
system of driving them into the army
or into the munitions factories.
1T was believed the conscription is.
sue would be settled once for all today.
Parliament meets tonight following the
cabinet session and unless definite
announcement is forthcoming from the
cabinet bitter debate over the conscrip-
tion situation is certain,
Premier Asquith s opponents are
primed for battle. They will insist
that the government admit failure of
Lord Derby's voluntary recruiting sys-
tenn or produce figures to controvert
the view that it udt meet with the sue
cess with which it has been heralded.
Moreover, it was possible that a
more serious charge than any yet made
may be directed against the Dardan-
elles and Balkans campaigns, and that
Lord Kitchener himself, NAV come un.
der fire.
To forestall cOnscriptionists attacks
aud the criticism in the matter of the
Dardanelles and Balkans expeditions,
tho ministrv must take decisive action
today. AT the same time, acceptance
of conscription is equally certain to
bring denunciation from irish members
OF parliament and from the Laborites,
both Of which groups have announced
their firm intention of opposing such
course.
In connection with the threatened
I crisis, the Daily Mail declared today
| that Lloyd.George had threatened to
1 quit the cabinet unless unmarried men
were forced into the army ahead of
married men in keeping with Asduitn Is
pledge to this effect At the same time
the Mail declared that in favorng
compulsory enlistments at once, Lloyd.
George has the backing of Earl Curzon
the Earl of Selborne, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Sir Frederick Smith, Wal.
ter Hume Long and j. Austen Cham.
berlain.
Balfour, first lord of the admiralty
with the greater part of the ministers
were credited by the Mail with oppos.
ing conscription, while A. Bonar Law
and Lord Kitchener were said not to
have decided their position.
The Times called the situation deli.
cate. Other papers reflected this view
and indicated their belief that severai
cabinet designations may be in the air
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-28
By william G.. Shepherd.

United Press Staff Correspondent
Monastir, Servia, Dec. g. by mail. }
Comitadiis are supposed to be the
toughest, killingest men in the Balkans
perhaps in the world. They re the Dor.
der fighters of the various Balkan
states; Texas rangers are gentle along
side them; Northwestern mounted po-
lice, gentlemen. At last we mad n
talk with a real live comitadji Of the
Servian breed. One part Of his con
versation went like this;
We went up to house the other
night in which there were forty-two
Bulgarian comitadjis, They fired at
us and refused TO surrender so one of
us threw bomb, lust like this one"
holding out an iron box the size Of n
cake Of soap "and blew up the place
It killed twenty.eigat and wounded the
rest " Another part Of his conversa-
tion ran:
"Did you read Tolstoy's prediction
of theis great wari' He pulled soil
ed clipping from his pocket and read
what Tolstoy had written in 1872
there wonld be a great war in Europe
and q writing man from the north
would arise and hold the world in his
grip for the next ,en years, after end
ing the war. - DO you know who
thought this great man might be
Roosevelt. lie writes, you know. But
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-28
SHEPHERD IN BALKANS
INTERVIEWS TOUGHEST
CLASS BOMB THROWER

1915 is almost over.O
lie was man Of contrasts, this Ser.
Wan comtadii. With his rifle, his re-
volyer his bag Of deadlybombs, each
on Of which could blow up house, he
talked to me about the dangers of
typhus and other Servian diseases.
81 drink all the water that comes
my way. IL cam hurt me. / don u
believe in sickness, you know. I'm n
Christian Scientist"
-" Have you ever been in the United
StatesS"
"oh, yes. I've Travelled every.
where"
He told me about the comitadiis he
lived with.
" ComitadJis aren 7 regular soldiers "
he said. "They're volunteers who
guard the frontiers. A good many Of
them are men tired Of everything else
in life and who are too cowardly 10
commit sucide. For instance, in our
company Of twenty men there's n
young fellow from Nish. Six years
ago he fell in love with girl there and
she told him she would marry him IL
he would 20 to the states and bring
back some money. SO he went to
Portland, Oregon and saved two thous.
and dollars in five years. That's a
little fortune in Servia. He hurried
Continued on Page Ski
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-28
STOCKHOLM GREETS
PEACE DELE GATES
WITH MORE WARMTH
Press Comment Is Favorable
and Public Meeting Well
Attended
By Charles P. Stewart.

United Press Staff Correspondent
stockholm, Dee. 2S.-Henry Ford s
'e expedition is finding in Stock
the haven of peace and the glad
= they have long sought
= was evident today following ex-
teemely favorable press comment. and
the fact that the largest and most en-
thusiastic peace meeting since the
party sailed from New York was held
here last night
Secretary Louis Lochner, Rev. DR..
Charles II. Aked of San Francisco, and
Swedish peace advocates addressed the
session The hall was not large enough
to accommodate the thrOngs that
sought to press tner way in.
X. p. Arnoldsen, Nobel peace prize
winner, told the meeting that too much
ought not to be expected from the
Ford expedition, but held that never
theless it is the duty of the Swedish
people to support the delegates in their
efforts to bring an early peace TO Eu-
rope.
Dir. Aked created a stir when he de-
clared that despite assurances of re-
eeptiveness gained by Madame Scnwim-
mer from neutral nations, President
Wilson was averse TO immediate peace
efforts. At the same time he cited
former Secretary of States Bryan, Miss
Jane Adams and others as advocates
of the Ford expedition
Some of the differences of opinion
that have threatened momentarily to
drive the entire expedition upon the
rocks were still in evidence today.
Some of tne delegates insisted upon
sightseeing instead of attending the
session. To these came a warning from
the managers that they must stay " on
the job. -
At the same time Judge Ben Lind
Sey, of Denver, Colo, defied the man
ayers orders against promoting his
plan of finding homes for war orphans
in preference to fmthering the peace
propaganda.
Harold Haugerud, of Christiania is
the first Norwegian peace advocate to
join the party.
The American minister here is trying
to extend the passports of the party so
they can cross Germany overland for
The Hague.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-28
German Officers Captured.
BY William Philip Simms.

UNITED Press staff correspondent)
With the French Army in Alsace,
Dec. fisherman officers are fighting
in the front rank with their men at
Hartmannsweilerkopf, as evidenced by
the unusual PERCENTAGE of officers cap
tured by the French there.
cit proves you are where you be-
ong-fighting with your men," a
French officer today complimented a
German captain, whom he had made
prisoner.
Many jaegers, too, are falling into the
French net, A large number of the
soldiers recently taken in Alsace have
been poorly trained men, indicating
that Germany is now using men she pre-
viously deemed unfit for service.
Twenty.three officers and 1868 un
wounded men were taken in the strug
gle on the submits OF Hartmannsweil
erkopf.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-28
Favors Pacific Coast.


Washington, Dee. 2S.-The Pacific
coast would be an ideal location fol
another naval academy in the opinion
of Secretary Of the Navy Daniels to-
day. Questioned by the United Press
on the subject, in view OF agitation al
both San Francisco and Seattle for
such an institution to supplement the
work of Annapolis academy. the sec.
retary declared, however, that he does
not deem II wise move tor ecommenJ
its establishment this year.
Yet, he held out hope for such plan
lie explained that it is the intention
VI the navy department first to enlarge
the Annapolis academy aud then to re.
commend another such Institution,
' should conditions warrant. These
conditions, he suggested, would prob
ably arise in the natural course OF
events, unless the world powers at the
conclusion of the present war agree TO
disarmament or to limitation Of ar.
mament.
However, authorities are not entire.
ly optimistic on this point. and they
suggest that suca agreement is ap
parently not f0reseen else the United
States would not be enbarking as it /.
upon program Of increased armament
Daniels expects "some pressure" in
the present congress from Pacific coast
delegations in favor Of immediate adop
tion of the additional academy plar
either in the San Fransseo neighbor
hood or in the northwest.
Congressman Kent, Of California
who left San Francisco todny foi
Washington, telegraphed the secretary
urging him to favor plan Of having
an academy on the coast. Kent Is sait
to favor McNear's Point, Marin coun
~, California, not far from San Fran
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-28
SAN FRANCISCO WANTS
NEW NAVAL ACADEMY
Representatives VIII Fight
For It---Secretary Daniels
Is Favorable

San Francisco. Dec. 2S.-Proposals to
have a second naval academy in Marin
county received strong impetus sort
ly before Representative Kent depart.
ed today for Washington. He an.
nounced his intention of figltng for
such an institution as part of the pre-.
paredness program now in preparation.
At the same time, Senator Phelan, of
California, is strongly in favor of such
an establishment for the Pacific coast.
With California roofing for the acad.
emy, a new contender, Seattle, has also
just thrown its hat into the ring.
Politicians and commercial bodies.
it is expected, will get into the contest
! and give their nearty support to the
proposal. Though United Press dis,
patches today said Daniels does not
favor immediate establishment of the
academy, supporters Of the plan took
hope from his announcement that he
regards the Pacific coast as an ideal
location for second academy.
Likewise, they felt that the secre.
tary really forsees creation of such an
| institution.
The problem, they suggested, now is
10 seek immediate creation of the acad-
emy instead Of waiting another year or
two, in accordance with Daniels sug.
gestions.
Before departing for Washington to.
day, Representative Kent said "It
occurs to me that the point in this
whole proposition is this: 1t is of no
use to have lot of new battleships
and other fighting vessels, with no.
body to man them. You might just as
well take raft and put lot of men
aboard, and tell taem to go out and
fight an enemy as to put lot of un.
trained officers and men aboard a new
battleship and expect results. An in.
creased navy is Of no use unless we
have the trained men to command
them. -
At the same time, he declared he will
90 ahead with his fight to get the
academy for the coast, as part of the
preparedness program.