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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
DOUGLAS FRATERNAL
 SOCIETIES.

Among the fratcrnal societies rep resented at Douglas are the Masonic. Order of the Eastern Star Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows. Daughters of Rebekah. Arctic Brotherhood, Knights of Pythias. Fraternal Order of Eagles. Order of Vassa, Sons of Norway, and Finnish Society.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01

Island News" is the only paper print ed locally. but the public is served by the Alaska Daily Empire and the Daily Alaska Dispatch. both of which have local representative.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
7 FLOR ENTINE

from the rim, or the Statue of Liberty
after voyage or the Stars and Stripes in
q foreign land.
A woman with a large collection of
pearls is positive that they grow dim
when boxed and stored in some safety de-
posit vault Emeralds lose their luster
If lett alone too lCng.
Sir Edwin Arnoid--he who wanted to
go to japan 10 live because there is no
imperative mood in the Japanese lam
guage, where no one SAYS do" Don't"
"Must'-always carried a pocketful Of
uncut gems that he might catch their
vibrations and appropriate them. Henry
Ward Beecher did this, too, and often sat
In railroad train with flashing vibrating
diamonds, rubies and sapphires in his
palm. He said he could preach better.
The American Comtesse Dumas, who is
In the United States to raise money for
French soldiers, wears the famous emsr-
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

say that free trade and colonial expan-
sion and whatnot "vibrated" the high
water marks Of the Victorian era.
Julian B. Arnold. the, temperamental-
to-the-fnger-tips son Of the man who
wrote THE Light of Asia" and who him
self vibrates sympathy and understanding
from every cell in his body, says that the
Koh-i-noor did It,
koh-i-noor means "mountain Of light"
in Hindoostani. 1t was worn by one of
the princes In battle 4 900 years ago de-
scribed In the Mohabharata. Ultimately It
passed to the Moguls and was taken over
by Nadir Shah. II was worn in the turban
Of the last Mogul and, in accordance with
the oriental custom Of exchanging tur-
bars in token Of friendship. Nadir Shah
offered his and received that of his con-
quered foe.
The gem finally became the property Of
Runjet Singh, who wore 1t on his arm and
directed that upon his death it should be
given to a shrine, but his family clung to
this traditional insignia of royalty and
kept it All India genunected to T.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
And What Effect Do You Have on Your
Gems. Under the Theory Of Benevolent
and Malevolent Vibrations of Stones

aids which have been In her husbands
family for generations, and which she is
absolutely certain throw off energy and
power for good
Madame Melba wears over her heart
the British ensign in diamonds and rubies
which King George gave her shortly after
his accession and which she maintains
vibrates courage enabling her to face the
death of her relatives nv shot and shell
by turning her grief into activity-from
selfish mourning to doing big things like
giving her apartment in Paris for an
army hospital.
What the Koh-i-noor vibrated for Queen
Victoria is summed mp in the familiar ex-
preston. "Victoran Era of prosperity
and progress. What was vbrated is ac-
cepted by everyone. It's only the agency
that can be disputed. The cold-blooded,
logical Britisher. the kind who refuses to
clap his hands In a musical hall. might
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

w your Ans 'srs's' shs' do 20" do to
Something happens unless
you are made Of lath and plaster or your
gems are paste.
When the fire has gone from your dia-
mond and your ruby is dull and your
pearls look lifeiess. don't blame them.
IT'S YOU. For jewels vibrate just the
same as human beings do.
They feel the way your spine does
when Melba sings Tostis Goodbye"
when Lou-Tellegen does some particu-
larly devilish thing-on the stage. of
course-when Schumann-Heink contral-
to describes Dawn in the Desert" when
the first violins begin the vorspiel to
''Lohengrin." when the Scots play the
bagpipes. that is if you are Scotch and not
Irish. when the Grand Canyon is first seen
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

Whether II was necause of their evil
doing in not executing his wishes or be-
cause England was sitting tight doesn't
matter now The East India Company,
that had a habit Of getting whatever it
wanted, conquered the Singhs and the
Mountain Of Light" was given to the
young Queen Victoria. During her reign
1t was recut and what was lost in size was
gained in brilliancy Of color and light.
It's not all the Victorian-era-peace-
prosperity plenty variety that has
vibrated. Take the Hope diamond.
which, like the Koh-i-noor. came original
" from India. and which since leaving
there has vibrated nothing but "'ie'"~.''-'e
and misery Dead people can't be libeled.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
BY LOUISE GRAHAM.

M HAT do your jewels do to you?
M And what do you do to
your jewels?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
LAND AND NEWSPAPERS

That there is unearned increment in a
farm paper just as much as in land is the
contention of reader. What would the
Nebraska Farmer be worth, he asks, 'if
the country We're a bowling wilderness for
400 miles on each side Of your plant?"
And then he adds, Yes it is the people
who have put value into it, the same as
they have in my farm"
At the outset we will admit that the
Nebraska Farmer wouldn't be worth
much as going concern in the midst Of
q wilderness. But that is very different
from saying that the people have put val
ue into it as they do into land. We know
a quarter section Of land in Northern Ne
braska that in fifteen years has increas-
in value from sSl2 an acre to $40 an acre.
IN all that time this land has been used
for pasture and hay and has not been inn
proved in any way except to be fenced.
For seven years the owner has lived 200
miles from it Now, how much would the
Nebraska Farmer increase in value If no
work We're done upon it, or II its owners
would lock the door and leave the plant
unworked for seven years?
The presence Of people makes a market
for the Nebraska Farmer, but tile paper
must sell on its merits. It's merits are
not a natural resource as in land, but are
due to hard work and lots Of It. Furth-
ermore, other farm papers may be started
at any time, while the land owner Is for
ever secure against any increase in the
amount Of land Nebraska Farmer, Qin-
coln.)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
FARMING NOT A GET-RICH-
QUICK PROPOSITION

Many persons, especially those who
are not acquainted with farming CON
ditions, entertain the idea that farm
ing is an occupation which will land
almost any man of family on easy
street in a very short time. 1t is ex-
tremely unfortunate that anyone
should entertain such an erroneous
thought, because farming is not
"get-rich-quick" proposition. Farm
ing, if faithfully, industriously and
intelligently pursued will in most
cases insure a healthful and content
ed means of livelihood. To be most
successful, a farmer should deter
mine the type of farming best suited
to his particular conditions and then
plan the development of that type of
farming for his farm for a number of
years. If all the factors that have a
bearing on the plan, as well as the
type Of farming, are carefully con-
sidered, the farmer should be sue
cessful in the true sense of the word.
The more important factors are the
farmer and his family, SOIL climate,
size of farm, market and transporta-
tion facilities, and the amount of
working capital. The country agri-
culturist is the logical man for the
farmers to call on for assistance in
making their plans.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
COUNTING EGGS EARLY
TCollier's Weekly. ]

In talking about 1916, there are
two things that may well be remem-
bered: the Democratic party is not
dwindling and the Republican party
is not making good. The Philadel-
phia Record uoints out that the Dem
ocrats gained in last years elections
in thirty one states and lost in ten
states, and that Sweitzer with all his
handicaps got the votes of $1,000
men in Chicago's mayoralty election
last month, as compared with Will
sons 10000 votes in 1912. Those
who are fond of figures may note that
the solid south, counting Missouri
has 165 electoral votes, that Nebras-
ka, Nevada and Oklahoma, Demo
cratic in 1908 and 1922 make it 1856
and that Massachusetts, New York
and Ohio add seven more than are
necessary to elect. The situation in
those three states is interesting.
put in Democratic
governor last year, but her heavily
Republican legislature has made a
bad record for autocratic rule and
standpat Legislation. Republican
Governor Willis of Ohio is conducting
what the Cleveland Plain Dealer de
scribes "as a program of unashamed
Office brokerage" "a reign of spoils
in the recent history of
the state" The work of the Legis-
lature has been largely destructive.'
New York, where William Barnes is
suing Colonel Roosevelt for libel,
and the rags of machine government
are being washed with a vengance,
Is even worse-what with undoing
the humane and progressive legisla
ton Of Hughes and Glynn, hasty Of
flee grabbing and muddled finance.
In all three of these states the Re-
pubIicans have harked back towards
the old ways of fifteen or twenty
years ago, they are not doing their
work well, and they are not doing it
in the popular interest. The very
charges they will make against the
Democrats at Washington will be
urged against them in their own
home towns Senator Borah has al
ready issued a plain warning to this
effect 1t may be that some unspeci-
fed republican can be elected off
hand to the presidency in 1916 on
platform of privileged prosperity and
politics, but the above facts
lad better be considered before maxi
ng any prophecies.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
LINCOLN AND WILSON

There is that in the speeches of
Woodrow Wilson which gave imnor-
tality to the public utterances of Lin
coin. He stands above the multitude
but never speaks over its head.
Though he is on an eminenCe his
head is never in the clouds. He in
terprets America in the language of
Smith and Jones.
AS when he said in his New York
speech the other day: The interest
ing and inspiring thing about Amer
lea is that she asks nothing for her
self except what she has a right to
ask for humanity. We want no ma
tion's property; we wish to question
no nations honor.
You could read this ennunciation
Of a foreign policy to your boy Of ten
and for him it would be just as full
of patriotic meaning as it would for
you.
1t is not his words but the man
that the people have found it so hard
to understand During twelve years
they had learned to look to the White
House for bluff and buster or good
natured complacency, A President
who could bend to big task with
the calmness of high courage and of
answering devotion to duty was
new to the American people That
is why it took two years for the peo-
pie to understand wilson Cincin-
natl Record
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
BOGUS TAX REFORMERS

One problem that bothers certain
rich men is how to get just enough
tax to relieve their own wealth from
taxation and at the same time keep it
from going far enough to give sub
stantial relief to the poor.
The OhioState Board of CONNER
ce, an organization controlled by men
of great wealth, has for years tried to
secure exemption of stocks and bonds
from taxation. Such exemption
ought to be granted. Stocks and
bonds are not wealth, but certificates
of ownershipof certain tangible prop
erty. Since the tangible property it.
self is subject to taxation, their is no
just reason why the certificates of
ownership should be taxed. But
stocks and bonds are by no means the
only form of property unjustly taxed,
and there are other forms of unjust
taxation that are far more burden
some than the taxation of stocks and
bonds. But the Ohio State Board of
Commerce, while loudly demanding
exemption of intangible personal
property bitterly opposed exemption
at the same time, of labor products,
or even empowering of local com
munities to exempt what they may
see fit, from local taxation.
OF course his selfish policy has
failed. 1t will continue to fail until
the short-sighted individuals back of
it learn that they must show willing
ness to help others get justice before
they may hope to get it for them
selves
A similar situation exists in Illi-
nois, There such organizations as
Chicago's Civic Federation, the Chi
cago Real Estate Exchange, and sim
liar bodies are trying to have the
constitution of the State amended.
They have drawn up an amend
ment, ingenuously worded, so that
it will empower the legislature to
grant such exemptions such as they
are personally interested in, but will
forbid any other kind of exemption.
That such trickery deserves nothing
but failure is evident That it will
fail is probable.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

indicated by the action of other
countries, where rum is being pro-
hibited in army and navy ranks
Other countries profting by the
stand taken by the democratic naval
secretary, have come to see that the
efficiency of fighting men is decreas-
ed by the use of liquor and it is be-
ing abolished. Russia has banished
vodka to the end that the army may
be more efficient; France has placed
a ban on absinthe drinking for the
same reason; Great Britain now as
serts that the drink peril is greater
than the perils of war, and is consid-
ering severe restrictive legislation.
In Canada we see two provinces NOV
ing towards the closing of all saloons
during the war.
Foreign governments, disposed to
criticize Secretary Bryan as the
grape juice statesman" and Dan
iels as a tea drinking secretary"
have quit scoffing and are urging
steps to restrict the drinking of
strong liquors in their army and
navy A democratic administration
in the United States set an example
which all the world is now glad to
follow-and you will note that it re-
manned for a democratic administra-
tion to set this xample,-Mankato
(Kansas) Western Advocate.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
TREASON IN THE CITADEL OF
PROTECTION

During the period [of the
free wool Underwood Simmons
tariff the growers Of wool in
the United States have received
higher prices than when there
was a duty of / or II cents
pound, and the manufacturers
have been put on basis of
equality with their European
competitors as far as raw mater
ial has been concerned. An
nual report of President Wood,
of the American Wooden Com
pany.
Here is treason within the very
citadel of protection" The facts,
of course, are that the wool growers
have been ruined by the democratic
free-wool tariff, as they said they
would be, and that the wool manu-
facturers are selling their factories
for old junk under an avalanche of
pauper imports, as they said they
would be doing.
This detection of a whole army
corps i'm a standpat camp calls for
the most rigorous methods of re-
preston. A treason which breaks
out at the very moment when the
camp is rallying to recover the lost
trenches of 1912 should bring the
firing squad into immediate action.
New York World.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
THE C0NQUEsTs or pEAoE

There Is nothing good or glorious
which war has brought forth In hu-
man nature which peace may not
produce more richly and more per
manently When we cease TO think
of peace as the negative of war, and
OF war as the negative of peace, maxi
ing war and not peace the exception
and interruption Of human life. max
ing peace and not war the type and
glory Of existence. then shall shine
forth the higher soldiership of the
higher battles, Then the first mil
itary spirit and It's work shall
seem to be but crude struggles after
and rehearsals for. that higher fight.
the fight after the eternal facts, and
their obedience, the light against the
perpetually intrusive lie, which is
the richer glory of the ripper man,
The facts Of government, the facts of
commerce, the facts Of society, the
facts of God, in these, In the percep-
ton Of their glory, in the obedience
to their compulsion, shall be the pos
sibillty and promise of the soldier
statesman. the soldier scientist, the
soldier philanthropist, the soldier
priest, the soldier man The sword
Is beaten into the plowshare, the
spear into the pruning hook The
war drum throbs no longer the bat
tie flags are furled. But it is not
that the power of fight has perished;
II is that the battle has gone up ON
to higher ground and into higher
light. The battle is above the
clouds. Philip Brooks.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
A LITTLE FABLE

A certain dog used to frequently
steal and eat chickens from his mas
ter's fowl pen. But he was never
detected and the losses were ascrib-
ed to the foxes and sometimes to the
cat. On one occasion it was the cat
who really had been the theft. But
as the dog was found lying down
near some feathers of the late chick
en-, he was accused, condemned on
circumstantial evidence and severe
ly beaten Whilst he was lamenting
the injustice of his punishment, an
older dog, who knew of his habits,
said, "If thou wilt consider thy pres
ent beating as recompense for former
and undiscovered theft, thy sense of
injustice will be cooled. The gods
often work through mans injustice" ;"
%. p News.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
THEODORE WINS

Twelve men chosen as a jury to
determine whether Theodore Roose-
welt libeled William Barnes when he
charged that Barnes worked through
corrupt alliance between crooked
business and crooked politics." and
that he was "coruptly allied with
Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany
Hail. last Saturday returned a yer
dict in favor of the former president
In the belief of the jury, every
thing Col Roosevelt said concerning
the former chairman of the Republi-
can stale committee was true, and
therefore Mr. Barnes was not libeled.
The verdict was returned after
forty ballots had been taken and the
jury had considered for forty-two
hours the evidence which was pre-
sented during the five weeks of the
trial
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
WILLIS AND THE EIGHTY FIRST
ASSEMBLY

THE republicans of Ohio condemn
the present state executive for his as
sumption of autoeratie powers; for
his usurpation of the legislative
functions" declared the Ohio plat
form upon which Frank b. Willis and
the eighty-hrst general assembly
were elected last fall. The legisla-
ture has now recessed; only a few
hours work remains for the closing
session next week Il is possible to
see how well the administration has
fulfilled its last years pledges.
In the first place then, no governor
in the history of the state has more
completely "usurped the legislative
functions" than has MIR. Willis in the
last few weeks of the present session.
The supposed offense for which re
publicans last year condemned James
M. Cox his successor has committed
in three-fold measure. Intelligent
critics, however, will ind no cause
for complaint in this, since it merely
confirms their forecast made before
and after the governors election.
1t would be as easy as it would be
thankless to point out discrepancies
between promises and performances.
For instance, the worllman's compen-
sation was to be liberalized and the
state highway department denatured
if not abolished. Greater economy
in appropriations was to be practiced,
Laws for the moral protection and
physical development of our women
workers" were to be enacted.
Few assemblies quite live up to
their advance notices. In one pre-
eminent respect, however, the eighty
first assembly has lived up to the
fondest expectations of its friends.
Governor and legislature were elect
ed on a platform of destruction.
They have destroyed "Rippers' -
constitute a large part of the winters
important work
The agricultural department has
been torn asunder The tax ma
chinery has been torn asunder. The
liquor licensing machinery has been
thrown upon the scrap heap. For
tunately the attempt to visit similar
havoc on the school code was thwart-
ed
\ measure of home rule has been
established in both liquor and taxa
ton matters; in the one case by
throwing the saloons back into local
politics and in the other by turning
again into the worn-out theory that
satisfactory results can be secured by
elected assessors. Both these new
laws look backwards They ignore
the clear lessons of experience.
Elected to undo the work of two
years ago, the assembly has perform
ed its work efficiently. About the
best that can be said is that it might
have done worse.
Incidentally the conduct Of COVER
nor Willis in forcing the legislature
to cary out his will throws an inter
esting sidelight on the complaint,
voiced in certain partisan quarters,
that because Woodrow Wilson was
elected a minority president he was
not justified in putting through a de
cisive program in congress. For it !
will be remembered Frank B. Willis
was elected a minority governor
Cleveland Plain Dealnr
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
"UncIe Joe's Story

Uncle Joe" Cannon was asked
what he thought of the outlook of the
republican party in 1916, and he an
swered with a story.
"A black man was arrested for
horse stealing while | was prosecut-
ing attorney in Vermillion county" "
he said, and was placed on trial af-
ter being duly indicted When his
day in court came he was taken be-
fore the judge and | solemnly read
the charge in the indictment TO him.
Are you guilty or not2' | asked.
"The black mar rolled uneasily in
his chair. Well boss, he finally
said, 'aint dat the very thing we're
about to try?' New York Herald
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
DANIELS INDICATED

1t is only about one year since Sec
retary Daniels, of the United States
navy, isued an order banishing intoX-
icating liquors from the navy and ma
val stations, When the order was
issued there was great fuss made
naval officers sneered at it; many re-
publican papers and republican
speakers made fun of the grape
juice navy" The Wilson admins
tratlon, of which Secretary Daniels
is a part, came in for a share of ridi-
cule and adverse criticism from the
liquor interests and from opposition
political sources. But Secretary Dan
iels held to the order and the navy
went dry. And now we see the po-
sition of this democratic secretary
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

President w. o. Thompson, of the
Ohio State University board Of trus-
tees, refers to the political mess at
the university by saying there aint
no such a thing" And in reply to
tiyes of the state grange, PreXy
Thompson says at meeting in June
all will be told.
Perhaps, then too, he will tell how
he worked at Washington to take
away from sthe agricultural commits
sion of Ohio the federal extension
work, and why now there are no
more county agents, and how there
by he endangered the federal aid
to agricultural extension in the state
which in three years should be an
nually $4,000. In this connection
it may be interesting to know that
federal agricultural representative
who called here some time ago to
learn why Ohio had no great state
leader to represent the extension
work of the state at a national meet
ing called in the East, learned that it
was due to the fact that Governor
Willis disapproved the selection
made of one of the professors of the
agricultural college, and that because
President Thompson could not go
himself, no one was allowed to go.
The June meeting of the Ohio
State university board Of trustees
should be interesting if the truth
come out-but it won't. If it did,
President Thompson would hunt for
another job.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

A commission has been created by
the Willis legislature with power to
erect a new Office building near the
Capitol or enlarge the latter so as to
house the various departments now
located outside the statehouse and
pay for the same out of the interest
now being earned by the state funds.
This action suggests two inquiries:
First-How much interest viii a
deficit earn?
Second To what use will the new
building be put when governor Willis
brings into the state house all the
outside departments In keeping with
his campaign promises?