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The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18
wAR-MADE PROSPERITY

Rumau.a declared war against Austna-HungaTy Ou Sunday, Aug 2I. The Gext day wheat prices on tle Chicago market broke eleven cents husheL
 The reason assigned for the slump a that the entrance of EumanIA into the European war in dlcated defeat for the Central Pow ers-in the Balkan region, at least-pcinted to the isolation and overthrow of Turkey and Rresaged the opening ct the Dardanelles.
 This would ensure ct clear wat ST pAss2ge from the Black Sea into the Mediterranean, would free the RumaRian and Russian ports to extended cOmweDoe and would send into the markts O9 Western Europe the accumulated stores of wheat wBich have clOgged the sIorehC ,ses Of the Black Sea for two years.
 ThrC wing this Russian and Ru- manian wheat upon the market will dlspiace just so many bushels of American wheat-which has been forced 70 a high level Of prices be cause the European war has closed the ordinary channels of wheat sup, ply for the entire Mediterranean and Levautine country and which has sent to Chicago the wheat trade which formerly centered at COustauZa.
 Democrats have claimed that the prosperity" which the American farmer has enjoyed since 1914 is due 60 Democratic policies. The Chicago wheat pit knows better. It has been caused by the European war.
 We have been looking to the end of the European war to bring an end tc the spurious conditions c, prosperity" which have been prevailing hsre-but we now know that. gyen-before the war is end
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18
That rnds6nIt. Ar4IoIa.

The rule dealing wfEh the indefinite article preceding words commencing with ''u" (when pronounced ''yu'O does not appear to he an ariamantine one, Like Macaulay. with his fondneSs for "an" university, many Of our best writers and speakers prefer to ignore the rule and back their fancy in this little question of 7suphoDy. As for the man in the street, the matter has long ago been settled fin favor of "a" in all cases where the Initial ru" has the 'yu" sound, partly no doubt because such phrases as "an united people" do not come rtripplngly o9 the tongue and have an old fashioned. .peSantic flavor, And there are sensitive ears that will prefer "a unique" to the more studied ''an unique e"-London Chronicle.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18
True Education Teaches the Student to Know
 Ills Own Abihty By Dr. j. c. EMERSON. Kansas
 Statc Agricultural College

TRUE education consists of more
 than the acquisition of a mass of canned ideas. More men fail because of the lack of then ability to express what they know than because of their lack of knoWl- edge.
 It is coming to be recognized more and more that true education looks toward the mental processes of the student himself-his ability to think logically, to orgsnize ideas, to visualize knowledge in terms of it's applicability to actual living.
 Public speaking may be an art, but it is also a plain business propo- sition, a matter of dollars and cents.
 THE PRACTICAL MAN SHOULD KNOW HOW TO STAND SQUARE. " ON HIS FEET AND TO EXPRESS WHAT HE KNOWS IN COMPACT, CLEAR CUT LANGUAGE.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18

ed. the ralse basis of our ''proS- Uerity" may be oyethrown. Ru- mania enIered the war-aDd the mers threat of releasing the wheat O. Russian and of Rumania was sufficient to upset the American weeat market
 Hcw will it be when the war Is really 1yeE end when tha output of the mills aud factories Of all Eu- rope Is released for sale al free trade prices ip the American mar ket?
 King Ftrdinand of Rumania has disproVed all that President Will sen of the United states has claim cd. .---s..-L .,..A.sII. .!SSs .ssss...siis.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18

Arctic BrOtherhoOd.- A Camp Skagway No. l. kV @ A. B. meets every sec
 &AS% ond and fourth Tues
 day evening at S:30 ?. ID. snarr. Visiting brothers cordial ly welcome. W. L. Stevenson Are tic Chief, W. E. Burford, Arctic Recorder.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18
WORDS OF PRAISE ALWAYS
 HELP

Prais- is never wholly uRdesery- ee.
 Risk tt, 1
 Don't be asratd. No bones were ever broken by ap9EeciatiTe re- marks. A,4E Z.
 Go aLsad. Say 1t. You can hardly come In contact with any body without noting some com meudabIe thing. Speak Of 1t.
 And if any criticism. any salt or sour word comes ID h your throat, swallow it back.
 What a vast, kindly, benevolent, bottomless pit is the pit ot the great Unsaid. It Is the Gehmna valley ol our lives. where he the burnt refuse Of "ur unkindneSses.
 You s"S full of gentle thoughts and EeHtle words, oaly you do not realize how rul uutR you begin to speak.
 Unste2 your generous impulses Turn on the fountain ot your praise
 For this world oc human hearts Is dry and dusty. Most mon an+ women go about smitten with cruel thirst. The sons and daughters of men perish for appreciation.
 Theu water them. Sprinkle fhem wAh the gentle rain Of your cheering words. Dru1 the dew Of your admIrinE Slances and warm smiles ou the iust and upon the unjust. with heavens indiscTimina tioA.
 Contwls4 you, smile!
 We Americans are an odd lot. We are soft as wax in our hearts full of generous feeling, hungry to neb the next man. But we hate to admit it.-CordoFa Times.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18
EDITORIAL.
TARIFF PROTECTION

There uas been more or less talk about t-e possibiitles oI war with tue tight I4etle isla ot tue Orient. But OiaIRg the fiscaI year enaea Jung %, 1916. Japan unlOaded her products Ou Lne American market 10 fLe YGiua Ot S,UOO,UVO wRscn was an increase over the 1915 per IOd, also under the Democratic lar lt law, OOI $4ss,OgJ,UOU or nearIy JU Der ceLt. The value of car sOes brought to our shores ln Ja- pauese ships during this period eA' cgeded S1IGUUO,VVU, because the seHmens law. passed by tue Demo cr4Is iu me last congres, cnASeu J4s Stars and Stripes from the Pa ellie Ocean last November, to the further enrichment of Japanese shipping. h 1915, when Amerl- cgn lines were operating lu the FALtLU Ocean, sos, S,UVU,vVV WOEtn Of goods were landed here in Jap auese sl.ps. So 1t IS evident that American vessels got a sn@re ol Japanese freights that year.
 JaIau is not 50 blind to her com mercia- interests as 10 pick a fuss with the United States 90 long a. a Democratic taEitf law presents her with the American market. But, 0n the gkOle. would it not be bet Ter for our own people to be com meru!u.jy prepared through the in- strumeutaIIty OI Q protective tariff law, which, incidentally, would produce a large share Ot the mon ey necessary to detTay the cost oI military preparedness, and depend upon our strength, rather than ou weakness, to keep US out ot war?
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18

la reality the ''oars of the hsiF' means the ''cRre of the scalp" AR- ply .PURoLA" Hair Tone according to direetiOus fuFHIshea Eith each bottle, and yoB win not only De surprisee. but pleased with the wonderful results. A satisfactory a,lDti for hair health; sold on its merits and satisfaction guaran- teed rr your money back.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18
Calendars Of the AIsoos.

Calendars ars probably the oldest form of literature in the world The cards which appear by the millions in all civilized countries nowadays have their counterpart among tho most an- dent known races. The AEtecs, forex- ample, were well supplied with calen- dars, and several of them have been preserved to this day. They were pub IIshed in stone and set up in public places -s-
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18

Seward Is now experiencing great est prosperity thaa at any time sine the closing of construction work oa the old Alaska Northern, no' alone thrOu~h the activity on the rsllroad, although this is the inspiring influence, but from It's own euersy in building.-SeEard aGteway.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-09-18

Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12, meets in 4. B. Hall first Monday in every month at S:SO p. m.
 Visiting Brothers cordially well come.
 W. L. STEVENSON, Pres. V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-10-17
PAPER MILLS TO
USE NEW WOODS

Washington, d. c.. Oct. TO-
AS the result of studies which
have been made at the Forest
Products Laboratory on methods
OF handling wood chips suitable
for paper pulp, it is announced
that Wisconsin paper companies
are now negotiating with the
railroads for shipment to thei.
factories Of experimental train
loads Of chips of western woods
adapted to paper making.
Previous Investigations by the
Forest Service have demonstrate
ed that good grades Of paper can
be made from a number of wes-I
tern woods. The experts now es-
innate that some Of these woods.
when cut into chips and dried
and baled, can be delivered to the
mills III Wisconsin at a very
small advance over the cost Of
chips made from local timber. If
a favorable freight rate can be
obtained they say the great GUAM
tity OF pulpWood on the National
Forests should prove to be cen
siderable factor in supplying fay
orably located paper mills with
the necessary raw material. In
Wisconsin alone, it is stated,
there IS an annual market for
over 100000 cords of pulpvood.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
WHITE LAWYER GOT WORST OF
FIGHT.

Chattanooga, Tenn. May 10.-A
Chattanooga attorney, old enough to
know better, is nursing several
scratch wounds on his face as the re-
suit of his violation of the race seq
egation regulations on street car
the other afternoon.
1t was Missionary ridge car that
staged the brief but strenuous en-
counter. The lawyer had seated him
the colored race" and, noting white
woman who had Just entered the car
nd was standing at the rear, he
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
A. M. e. GENERAL CONFERENCE
ENDS.
Leave Much Work for Bishops
Council.

The quadrennial session of the Gen
eral Conference of the A. M. e. church
which has been in progress in Bethel
A. M. E. church, 9Th street, near LON
bard, came to a close Tuesday, May
%, after a lengthy session of three
tine business was accompanied by
wrangling. Several important occur
rences made the session a memorable
one. Among them was the stir caused
over the whole country over the in
vitation to Theodore Roosevelt to ad-
dress the conference; the considera-
ton Of charges against Bishop Joshua
Jones; the election of two new bish-
ops; the appeal of fraternal dele
gate from the A. M. e. Zion church
for the ultimate union of all Colored
Methodists. and the election of Mrs
w. P. Chappelle, as editor of the
Women's Christian Recorder, this
causing a split among the women.
Other acts of the conference were
the establishment of fund of $780,
900 for superannuated preachers, wi
dows and orphans; the establishment
If a scholarship in any first class
Methodist theological seminary, by
bishops H. b. Parks, j. Albert John
son, w. II. Heard and j. S. Flipper;
the division of the Children's Day
money, giving half to the Sunday
School Union; the removal of an is
sue of bonds of the floating debt of
Wilberforce University. and the crea-
ton of temperance department of
which Miss Marie Nader will be head.
The report of the financial secre-
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03

pated in the annual treat, and the
general expression of appreciation of
having the privilege of visiting the
Ell .'ebel Temple and dancing on its
perfect floor, one of the best in the
west, was of the highest commenda
tion for such an advantage through
the influence of these Veterans. Tho
Grand March, led by the officers and
members of the Camp afforded an op-
portmity to witness the latest de-
signs and creations in the world of
fashion, and the critical observer
could not help from expressing free
ly on the value of education to a
race. A flashlight picture was taken
of those who entered the march. The
program consisting of fourteen items
of dances was carried out by Roy's
Orchestra which discoursed such
music as TO give tue liuiSniu6 bouShco
to the lovers of terpsichore, and after
holps of the most exquisite pleasure
Home Sweet Home" brought to a
close never-to-be-forgotten unique
event in the life of the Colored citi-
zens of Denver Capt. Thomas Camp
bell, commander of the Camp with his
officers and members, deserve the
congratulations of the community for
this grade of high class entertain
ment which is serving the dual pur-
pose of entertainment and material
help in breaking down the walls oil
prejudice and exclusiveness of action
among the races. The Colorado
Statesman expresses its delight over
such events which cater to the uplift
and advancement of our people.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

beckoned for her to come to the front
and have a seat beside him. Two
colored women, apparently tired aft
er hard days work, were standing
in the aisle beside the "colored" seat
the lawyer had occupied, and one of
them, of considerable avoirdupois,
calmly sat down in the Mortified at
torney's lap.
Things began to happen quite rap
idly. The lawyer showed the black
woman out the front door of the car,
but she returned to the scenes showing
unite as much .pep" as Atlas ever ex-
hibited after dozen falls. She kicked
the embarrassed barrister and
scratched his face and called down
maledictions on his head. Then the
conductor interfered and everybody
concerned got off the car and peace
reigned.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
HAMPTON INSTITUTE,
Hampton, Virginia.

Hampton Institute trained the late
Mr. Booker T. Washington. Today
it is sending Major Robert r. Motion,
another graduate, to take up DE-
Washington's work at Tuskegee. For
nearly fifty years Hampton has been
sending into the South and West
bands of well-trained, Christian lead
ers to help colored and Indian people
live richer and better lives.
Nearly nine thousand graduates
and former students who have felt
the influence of Samuel Chapman
Armstrong and Hollis Burke Frissell,
have been spreading the Hampton
idea of education-education for serv-
ice.
This army of leaders has literally
transformed the lives of thousands
and has brought to hundreds of com
munities-rural and urban alike
more friendly relations.
Hampton Institute is an industriai
village with some 1,400 students, 2OO
teachers and workers, 140 buildings
ard an instruction farm of some GOO
acres. Whatever work the Hampton
s, hool needs to have done, the stu
ients are usually prepared to do.
Farming, home-making, teaching
md the common industries are vital
parts of the training of Hampton In
stitute boys and girls.
Blacksmithing. bricklaying and plas
sering, carpentry, cabinet making, ma
chine work, painting, printing, shoe
making, steamfitting and plumbing,
'ailoring, tinsmithing, upholstering
md wheelwrighting- trades are
offered to ambitious and earnest Ne
gro and Indian boys.
Girls receive thorough training In
cooking. sewing, laundry work, gar
deping and methods OF teaching.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
A Growing
Sentiment
for Roosevelt
Can ,He'',Break the Third Term Precedent?
Such Evidence Look Favorable.

ter mechanician, he knows to pro-
duce a given result, an exactly adapt
ed and carefully selected instrument
must be employed. Doubtless in the
midnight quiet of his laboratory he
has applied the alchemy Of oozzmon
sense and the philosophy of serious
meditation to the questions which
are engaging and must still engage
the attention of thoughtful Americans.
His conclusion as stated above and
the selection of Mr.. Roosevelt as the
instrument seems to coincide with
the view of large and ever increas-
ing body of the American people.
They like his enthusiasm; they
like his Observation-Disclosures
shoulder kind of diplomacy and they
like his whole-hearted America first
propaganda.
But we cannot forget that there is
such thing as precedent and that
it is thoroughly intrenched against a
third term. 1t should be remembered,
however, that to break a precedent
is but to establish another. Teddy
is strong on that.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
GIRL WINS DAMAGES FROM HEAD
OF SCHOOL
reigned.

Huntington, w. Vain the Circuit
court, Judge John T. Graham presid-
ing, the Rev. C. E. McGhee, former
superintendent of the Colored Or
phans' Home, was sued for damages
by former pupil of that institution,
Lirleen Tinsley Liddy, the girl charg-
ing that at various times during her
stay at the home she had been crimi-
nally assaulted by McGhee.
McGhee resigned from the superin-
tendency of the institution after a Wis
itor from the State Board of Control
had found the young girl with baby
of which she was the mother in her
arms and apparently again in deli
cate condition. McGhee denied his
guilt and introduced evidence to show
that the girl had been intimate with
another employee of the home, but the
girl denied this and produced letters
from the matron of the home in
which she was asked to say that Nc
Ghee had never wronged her but had
treated her as father.
The jury returned a verdict for the
girl, assessing damages against Nc
Ghee in the sum of $1,000. Applica-
tion for new trial was denied, but
1t is probable that McGhee will appeal
the case.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
CORPORAL WHITE CAMP NO. 4,
UNITED SPANISH WAR VET
ERANS' ANNUAL MILL
TARY BALL.

wild was the night. yet wilder
night
Hung round the soldiers pillow;
In his bosom there ragged fiercer
fight
Than the fight on the wrathful bill
low"
The poet out of his sympathetic
soul for this special human being
a sufferer from wounds received for
his country's cause. poured out his
poetic effusions in the above lines ;
but if he had been spared to see this
soldier and his comrades after his re-
covery in the association of relatives,
friends and admirers at the Ell Jebel
Temple Exclusive Shriners' Hall,
Eighteenth and Sherman streets on
the evening of last Tuesday, Decora-
tion Day, when, not only the uniforms
of the United Spanish War Veterans
conspicuously contrasted the gorgeous
vari-colored apparel of their guests,
but stood out in bold relief against
the grand illumination OF the ball
room and the decoration of American
flags, this same poet in highest &C.
stasy would shout in stentorian tone.
"Magnificence! o, JOY! o, Mirth. ="
And this would be faint description
of the annual Military Ball of Cor
poral White Camp No. 4. an organ
ization that each succeeding year of
their existence brings greater recog
milton from high and low, rich and
poor, as one of the greatest institu
tions in the United States of America
Nearly thousand persons partic.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03

tary, Prof John R. Hawkins, showed
that during the past four years $780,
214.04 in dollar money had been
raised by the connection. Mr.. Bryant,
layman at the head of the Sunday
School Union, was given great praise
or his successful work during the
asst eight years.
All the general officers were re-
ess manager held by Rev. ]. L.
Lowe was not abolished The report
of the committee on temporal econ
omy was adopted, causing retrench-
ing on every item and the cutting of
salaries.
The election of Mrs. w. P. Chapelle
as editor of the Women's Christian
Recorder caused a split in the wom
ems organizations. She was nominal
ed by Bishop Chapelle, and the WON
en- of the Mite Missionary Society
claiming favoritism, withdrew theil
candidate, Miss Bell Temple ant
adopted the Voice of Missions as theil
official organ The delegates did no
complete their work and much un
finished business was turned over II
the Bishops Council.
The report of the Episcopal com
| mittee recommended making Nov;
Scotia beneficiary of the missionar!
department. The Bishops were as
signed for the next four years as fol
lows: First district, Bishop Evan:
Tyree; Second, Bishop ]. Albert John
;on: Third, Bishop Cornelius L
Schaffer; Fourth, Bishop Levi j. Cop
pin; Fifth, Bishop H. P. Parks; Sixth
Bishop Joseph S. Flipper; Seventh
Bishop w. d. Chappelle; Eighth
Bishop William H. Heard; Ninth
Bishop b. F. Lee; Tenth, Bishop c
S. Smith; Eleventh, Bishop Johr
Hurst; Twelfth, ]. M. Conner. ant
Fifteenth, Joshua H. Jones'
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
Men of Genius Used "pope."
the case

Some of the most brilliant writer's
have been known as victims of insidi-
GUS drugs. Thomas de Quincy con
fessed to opium in one OF the most re
markable of all confessions. His
friend. Coleridge. was more secretive.
That brilliant youth. Thomas Chatter.
ton, starved and "doped" and died at
eighteen years. Christopher Marlowe
died a miserable death from dope"
and debauch. and even the Swan OF
Avon" has been suspected, these and
long list OF other great ones hav-
ing given evidence in their writings
by indirect confession OF want of
tired natures sweet restorer."
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03

Bishop Scott of Liberia, Africa, was
assigned to the Worden. one of the
hotels in Saratoga, the proprietor of
which is an Irishman. Bishop Scott
is the only bishop of color on the
bench. At mealtime the Bishop found
himself behind an improyised sceen
after he had taken his seat at the
table. One of the white delegates dis
covering his segregated position in
quired the meaning FOR this singular
arrangement, when the Bishop replied
that he did not know just how it came
about; he just found himself there
and that was all the explanation he
could give. The white delegates then
took up the matter with the proprie-
tor, who refused to alter the arrange
ment. Whereupon the entire white
delegation, with Bishop Scott, walked
out, baggage in hand. This is just
what should have been done The
dea of an Irishman making that kind
of invidious distinction between
cultivated Christian gentleman.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
Jonathan Cover"

By the time another issue OF the
Statesman is placed in the hands OF
it's readers the great political con-
ventious will have become matter
of history to point a moral or adorh
many a tale of American firesides
and rostrums, and the selected stand
ard-bearers will have already begun
to lay their plans to secure the great
est prize within the gift of the people
Speculation as to the nominees Is
of course confined to the Republicans
The Democratic nomination is ineVi-
tably conceded to the present incum-
hent and the Progressive and RepuD'
,ican nominee will doubtless be one
and the same person, or else, as was
suggested in a previous letter wei IL
oil step I'm and take little more
Wilson-That's ALL"
But there's not going to be any
third ticket, you may depend on tnae'
Everybody, Republicans and Progress
s;vea alike have completed the pro-
cess of cutting their wisdom teeth
and they have quite sensibly deter
mined that four years of wandering
in the wildness is about all they care
for and as did the Prodigal too, they
have tired of the husks and in a slmi-
lor Distress of mind and stomach
tbev have cried out in their anguish,
Il will arise.
In this connection, it is really won
derful to note the process OF aihaisa-
nation as it has been fostered anu
nromoted between the leaders OF the
two Republican wings - for that
really what it amounts to ana eithei
one may be used as a prefix 10 the
other Republican ProgressiVes OF
Progressive Republicans.
Each wind has done everything pos
sible to make certain a concert Oh
action and to insure the desired re-
suit and in the opinion of many there
remains but one more bridge to cross
the nomination bridge.
Indications increasingly point 10
the fact that there is a very large
nrouortion of the American people
who entertain the opinion that It's
one man against the field anil great
many are inclined to think that MI
Thomas Edison knew exactly what ne
was talking about when he said TO
the effect, that Theodore Roosevei'
was absolutely the only man tha'
sbould be nominated and that MS
eouinment for the Presidency in the
present conditions of affairs was SUI
nerior to that of all the other candi
dates put together.
Strong statement, was 1t not! anu
vet It is just such statement one
should look for from a strong ano
remarkable man.
He is not playing politics, for mis-
heart and mind are inseparably joined
to the current which in thousand
ways is pleased to acknowledge MIN
sovereign. But he is good and true
American as we'll, and being a mas