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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
SENATOR sULzER'S SPEECH.

Senator Sulzers speech closing his First Division campaign. was masterly presentation Of the issues that confront Alaska It was delivered before mag nifcent audience and with an earnestness that left no doubt in the minds of anybody or the sincerity Of the speaker.
 The speech rang true to American principles and traditions, and voiced the hopes and aspirations Of those Aaskans who came to this North country to live their lives and make way for coming generations of Americans He went to the bottom of things. He spoke for class section against any other sec ton or class He spoke for all classes and all sections He condemned strife and pickering and personal poll
 cs and promised to work in harmony with any and all who stood for the right He declared that he was connected with no corporation in any manner but declared that an corporations. big and httle com panies and individuals looked alike him when they were right and likewise they looked alike when they were wrong He was for them when they were right and against them when they were wrong
 Senator Sulzer's contention that most of the ills Of which Alaska suffers would disappear with the app- cation os American principles Of government to the Territory with the extension of the powers of full Territorial form Of government. based common sense and American experience. The Alexander bill. as Senator Suzer aptly said. would have been introduced # the Organic Act had contained linn itatons placed in them by Wickersham himself or through his consent given on the floor Of Congress- If we had had @ full Territorial form of government the Territory would now be regulating the fisheries. the schools and many other things that are sixes and sevens.
 The speaker plead for united Alaska in the bat tie for Alaskan progress
 It was a big broad manly declaration Of his pOli- cies by big. broad, manly Alaskan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
sEArrLEs INTEREST IN FISH INDUSTRY.
Seattle Times.)

Seattle Tmes)
 Even if Alaska fishermen unable Go obtain de- sired stseamship service on occasional snpmenS o' halbut destined for this city that fact does not con stitute valid reason why any Northerner should op- pose Seates efforts to have the industry centered at Ketchikan rather than at Prince Nupert
 Seattle's steamship companies al out Tor all me business they can get and will do everything possible To route through this port wherever it be handled proftaby These concerns are managed by eNperenceu men, who realize the desirablity of building up as large southbOund freight movement as possible De- cause, under normal conditions the movement north bound always is heavier than that going the other way.
 Of course under exceptional crcumstances-for instance. during the cannery season rush-they may be forced to refuse other business occasionally How duct Of any transportation business After experiencing
 chronic shortage of traffic for several years Eastern railroads within the past two years have been com peled in several instances, Co place an embargo on cousignments tO certain ports, because or the con gestion existing these points.
 When such circumstances arise, 1t is up to the fisherman make the best possible disposition or ms catch and no one in Seattle will rise up to crtcise desire is help the Aasak fish industry not to han dicap it for the very sound business reason that everything which promotes the prosperity or the Ter ritory benefits this city.
 Seattle indorses the policy set forth in the reso- ution adopted by the Senate at the last session of Congress, which provided that mo fresh or frozen halbut or salmon from the North Pacific or it's trib- utary shall be admitted into the United States through any foreign country except when the same shall be in bond from an American port
 It believes the intent and purpose of this resolu ton is highly COmmendable, It hopes Co the Con- gress of the United States pass this measure one drafted along similar lines because it realizes the absurdty of any policy which permits Canadian city boats fishing largely in American waters and supplying the American market.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
THEN AND NOW.

Delegate wickersham became a pretended adyo cate of sefgoyernment for Alaska after he had lost a Republican iudgeship and failed to secure job with the "Guggenhems," who at tha. time opposed it. Always before that Wckersham had been one of the most blatant Tories in Alaska.
 J. H. Cobb became an advocate for sefgoyem ment for Alaska after he had been fired as attorney for corporation in Alaska, whose managers at that time opposed it. Before that time he had been one of the most sycophantc Tories in Alaska.
 This is not abuse. It is plain statement of his torical facts.
 The men who have always urged the application of American principles of government in Alaska are supporting Senator Sulzer for Delegate to Congress Senator Sulzer is one of their number
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
SIMPLICITY DEMANDED.
Seward Gatcway.)

The style Of writing and public speaking has changed wonderfully in the United States even in the past fifteen years or so. The bumptousness and high fautin is disappearing and cean-cut methods are gradually coming into general This is noticeable even in Alaskan newspapers and Alaskan political speaking. ( is not very long ago since a public speaker depended spread eaglesm and the newspaperman gave his time to hyperbolca rub bsh that had about the same effect on a weak stom- ach a rocking ship All the world has changed in this respect. If Edmond Burke rose in the House of Commons today deliver his greatest masterpiece would listen without smiling. Nowadays a speech u a great legislature is apparently work of simplicity The thoughts are expressed in the sim plest and most direct manner. and the holds true of the greatest editorials But this is not really simplicity { is actually the highest form of art That's what fools all of unnitiated when gaze at a great painting for instance looks too simple and does the great actor Apparently there's nothing difficult about it. That is because art hides itself This is not, however saying that Alaska speakers papers artitss. But they have really got close as they could to art by showing more common sense.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

Delegate Wickersham has sought through letters and telegrams and personal interviews to get the sup port of the high officials Of the leading Alaska corpor- ations for himself. The Dispatch management has sought to get that sort Of support for Delegate Wick ersham Let the Alaska voter of any class or no class form his own opinion. under the circumstances, of the Wickersham- Dispatch attempt to inject class hatred into the present campaign and to get Wicker sham votes as result of cassfeelng of their own ere atnn
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
THE ELECTION. CORPORATIONS. AND THE DIS
 PATCH

The Dispatch asks for information to whether the corporations of Alaska are supporting Senator Suzer or Delegate Wickersham. As far The Elm pire knows the corporations of Alaska taking any part in the campaign. The Empire has made no canvass or the officials employees of corpora. tons to ascertain whom they are supporting. knows that some Of them of high and low degree are sup. porting Senator Sulzer. and that of them Ot high and low degree are supporting Delegate Wicker sham It knows that Delegate Wckersham sought through personal letters and telegrams to set the support of practically all the high corporation officers in Alaska. It knows that the Dispatch has done its level best to arrange an agreement between Delegate wckersham and many high corporation officials where by the support Of these could be secured for Wick ersham.
 The Empire hopes that a very large majority Of the resident officers and employees of the mining and other Alaska corporations within Alaska will support Senator Sulzer. They ought to do so. The real interests Of the Aasak mining corporations and
 large majority of the other Alaska corporations the real interest Of the officers and employees Of the Alaska mining corporations and those of large jory Of the other Alaska corporations and the interest og all other citizens of Alaska identical They are all interested in good government They are all interested in good schools They are all interested in Alaskan development. They are all interested in sane conservation Of Alaskan resources. They are all interested in fair play They are all interested in democratic goyernment-goyernmen in which all classes and elements of the population participate and have fair play
 One of the complaints about Delegate Wicker sham has been his desire set class against class in Alaska in order to profit politically He has secretly sought to secure corporation support and attacked the corporations in speeches to laboring for potca purposes
 And that is what the Dispatch is doing now It's attempt to create feeling between corporations and corporation employees and the other classes of Alaskan citizens is purely hypocrcal and demogOgc.
 ole for the school bonds. There is yet time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
Money By the Bnshel.

She-What's this hear about you getting a large amount of mon 'ey from some woman?
 He-Someone' been kidding you. Who was the woman?
 She Qnnocently) - Why, May Wheat, they told me her name was. Boston Transcript.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

Never during the past twenty years, or since the time actual exploitation of Alaska began, has the Terri tory been attracting much attention in the eyes of the world at present and this attention is certain increase with each succeeding year for the next several decades. With our mountains filled with gold, our oceans filled with fish and people possessed of the spirit to do and there is nothing that retard Alaskas future growth and deyelopment-( Douglas Island News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

As the season when public improvements can be successfully carried on IS now practically closed che over busy and profitable period and the city of Douglas can congratulate herself that her money has not been spent in vain, but for buildings, new bridges. new sidewalks water mains. improved schools, dock improvements and other public utilities and Newsl
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
WHY ARE ADS IMPORTANT
 TO WOMEN

In almost all households the wife is the business manager" Through the help of the ads she plans wise economies, timely buying, secures quality goods, and keeps the finances of the home in a sound condition at all times.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
Some Observer.

"I'm glad you never married auntie."
 "Why, my dear?"
 "Coz, if you had a man to look after like my ma you wouldn't have half so much time to be good to me. ."-Boston Free Press.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
EoR sALE-MIseeIlane0u0

WITH SOMETHING TO oFFER to an investor-some proposition which will stand the fire test Of analysis-you can make classified advertising your broker in securing needed capital.-EMPIRE ADS have THOUSANDS OF READERS.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

FOR SALE-One 12.gauge shotgun and gun case, one 25 Remington re- beating rifle. one % Remington re- beating rifle, one 2-year-old female Chesapeake Bay water retriyer, pedi- greed and registered. Phone 7S. o24
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

Those who heard Senator sulzer last night under stand what Alaskas first Delegate, Frank H. Waskey' had in mind when he coined "Pine in Washington and pedde in Alaska"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

If you haven't gone to the City Hall and voted for the school bonds DO IT NOW The polls will not close until o'clock
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
The Classified Ads" Are
 Little News Stories"

Almost classified Lad" tells however incomplete ly, story.
 If told in the columns these stories would be phrased dinereny-woud be amplihed-but the essential would the told in the classified ads
 Often a situation Wanted" advertisement indicates turning ponit epoch, in useful lifeperhaps in the life of whom you know The old routine is end the must be found, and all of life hereafter will be influenced by the result of that little classified ad.
 This element of interest through all the classfcaons of the small Each is the key to hapening, incident undertaking, turn of fate fortune. Can you read them without of having come in close contact with real life? EMPIRE ADS HAVE THOUSANDS OF READERS
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

FOR SALE-Furniture of four room flat cheap. Flat for rent Enquire No. 9, Gustafson apartments. o2l
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
Confessions of a speechmaker.

We never get too old to learn"
 True. replied Senator Sorghum, but some of us are inclined to de- vote too much time to recitation and not enough to study. Washington Star.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

Wrong. of course In 1912 Maine went Republican by greatly reduced plurality and the country sub seQuently went Democratic and Wilson was elected President In 1916 Maine again went Republican by q greatly reduced plurality.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

SEE J. T. CILPATRICK for All metal Wetherstrips, building plans, general contracting and building
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
MAINE IN 1912 AND 1916.

In one of its last issues the now defunct Tai banks Times said:
 oTn 1912 Maine went Democratic for the first time in fifty years. By that time the remainder of the United States had seen things as Maine saw them, and the whole country went Democratic, and Will son was elected President by the Republi- cans of the better class In 1916 Maine went Republican and the United States will see things as Maine sees them and Ameri- Of the patriotic class will elect Hughes proqdpnf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

AT SOME of these hash foundries
 n it's a toss-up whether you come out sick or hungry.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

uNcALLED for SUITS for sale.
 $500 and up. Club Tallors. 71 Front St.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

FOR SALE - DEVELOPMENT NUMBER ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE FOR 1916-The best Illustrated pub lication concerning resources of Ju- neau and surrounding country. Price 20 cents at Empire office and News Stands. If.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

FOR sALE-Completc outfit of furniture for housekeeping of two rooms including carpets and bed ding. Bargain-Wnl take $4O.OO. En- quire Douglas Fish Market.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

FOR SALE One 5-horse power Pelton water wheel.-Cheap for cash. W-Empire. S2Otf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

FOR SALE-eood payable room ing house; low rent; center of busi- ness district. Will give lease. Have business elsewhere. Owner, Empire.
 -(Nov. 5.)-
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

FOR SALE-COrrespondence schol- arship. Efficiency never goes beg. ging. The person who can eo posi- lively and thoroughly something that is useful is always in demand AID. DRESS SCHOLARSHIP Empire. tG
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20

Ote for the school bonds. There is yet time
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-20
EoR sALE-EEEIclENcY

FOR Beautiful set of furs. Cheap. Owner going Co California. Call S31. Basin Road. %.
Evening star., 1916-08-27

In work OF this character all are
pressed into the service; the specialized
men Of the engineers making the meas
urements. directing the gangs and par
ticipating In the work. In western Europe
the engineers have had the further tasks
of building bombproofs, dugouts and
providing running water and drainage for
the permanent trenches.
The foundation of the army engineers
training is laid at the United States
Military Academy and at the country's
best engineering schools. and only those
men who have won the highest standing
in their classes or who have shown re-
markable aptitude are appointed to the
corps. After short time spent in field
service the young engineer officer is sent
for a couple Of years to the postgraduate
engineering school at Washington bar
racks for further courses in engineering.
Therefore they receive alternating
details to military and civil engineer
ing duties, as this course has been
found to provide the best training and
experience to produce the best all
around man in both civil and military
engineer. The civil work benefits the
soldier; and the soldiers experience.
training and discipline aid him in the
organization of the civil operation.
In addition to schools for officers
schools of instruction have been estab-
lished for the enlisted men of the en-
gineer forces of the regular army. One
at the Washington barracks may be
taken as typical of the course. They
have the general service training.
which includes care of arms. first aid.
personal hygiene. guard duty, equip
ment for field service, camping, cook
ing, night operations, swimming and
many other exercises.
Practical courses fit them for special
work, individual and collective use OF
cordage and numbering and excavating
tools, rowing and laying pontoon
bridges, bridge expedients, repairing
roads, field fortifications. field and
siege works. Special engineer train
ing is given to selected men in demoli-
tion, surveying, map making, carpen-
try, blacksmithing, masonry, pipe fit
ting, management of gasoline engines.
motors. searchlights and other practi-
cal subjects.
With training of this sort the work
of the regulars reaches the highest
standing; and with experience and
practice organized militia engineers
win be Of great value in case sudden
expansion of the army becomes neces-
sary in upholding the traditions of the
army engineers, body which was con-
ceived and recommended by the Ameri.
can army's first general. George Wash.
ington.
Evening star., 1916-08-27

1t is also desirable to know something
about her family, whether large or
small. its members, etc. a reliable
reference or two is also required. 1t
is essential for an aspiring mother to
have Christian spirit, a good educa-
ton and a heart that abounds with
both love and sympathy for these boys.
Furthermore, these women must have
reached mature motherhood and be
perfectly willing to take the clubs
vow.
The VOW pledges each member to the
following: ITO let love and justice be
the ruling power OF my life; to keep
from pettiness and put into action my
best impulses: to give praise, encour-
agement and kindness while it is worth
while: to listen to praise of others
without jealous retort; to be done with
fault finding and self-seeking, but to
meet each other face to face with
criticisms, faults and praise. to strive
to save souls, remove prejudice and
endeavor to uplift the moral standard
of navy and army; to be a true mother
and correspond regularly with some
Evening star., 1916-08-27

low holes in the ground, throwing the dirt
toward the enemy. Into this trench the
men crawl and have just that much pro-
lection from rife and machine gun fire
not much from shrapnel and shell.
At the first opportunity, when the con-
f1ict has subsided, if the position is to be
held, along come the engineer force with
their intrenching equipment-heavy
spades. axes. mattocks and picks. They
give new lines and turn in all hands
available to dig trenches that will give
better protection.
These locations must be made with
skill. If placed too far behind ridge, the
men within them may not resist a frontal
charge until the column tops the ridge.
If put on the brow they are exposed and
their fire may not be at the best angle;
Evening star., 1916-08-27
of Engineer Corps Indispensable to Our Arms

bed on which a division of troops,
horse, foot and artillery. may cross
Fortunately on their river and harbor
works the Corps of Engineers have
much experience in just this sort OF
rough -and-ready field engineering-in
building bank protection and levees
along our great rivers and maintain
ing them in time of fiood-in carrying
on the details of breakwater and jetty
building and dredging. in removing
snags. rocks and wrecks. Here IS
civil work of the Engineer Corps are
of mutual value
It IS reasonably certain that the
average civilian engineer has had little
if any experience in the construction OF
pontoon or floating bridges. but this Is
not so difficult that good one VINO
has had some experience in military
training camp cannot quickly learn
how to put one down.
The operation consists of placing IN
position from shore to shore line
of boats moored at right angles to the
direction of the bridge. They support
five lines of stringers, on which are
placed planks to form a road bed. II
sounds like an easy thing to do, and SO
it is-for men who know exactly now
it must be done under the particular
conditions of each case.
The pontoons, or scowlike boats,
weighing 1900 pounds, are transported
by the engineers on wagon bodies.
They sometimes are moored one by one;
building the bridge structure from the
innermost pontoon to the next one as
it in turn is anchored in position.
When both banks are in position, the
pontoons may be extended from each
side until they meet near the middle
of the stream.
At other times, depending upon the
tide or the current, it is better to
construct sections of the bridge on the
pontons along the river bank, where
the engineers and their work may not
be so exposed to an enemy fire; to
swing the completed sections into the
stream and moor them as they dgift
into position.
A bridge properly constructed on
wooden pontoons will carry a load of
nine tons to each boat, and properly
put together is safe. But if there
should be a break the loss of material
would be serious and the delay might
be fatal Hence the engineer must make
no mistake in his design or his method.
He must make allowances for rise and
fail of the tide, for protection against
drift or ice. The men must make no
mistake in construction. The parts are
Evening star., 1916-08-27

when he was but two years old.
His life had been rather a cheerless
one. and he confessed that he had
often wondered what it would be like
to have a mother take wholehearted,
healthy interest in his life. At the
time he penned his note he was station
ed on a small ranch near the Mexican
border. many miles from a town. There
were hours of almost intolerable lone-
liness to endure. OF course. Mrs. Ellis
readily found a mother to cheer and
encourage this nineteen-year old chap.
few months ago Mrs. Ellis received
letter from John w. Kern. senator
from Indiana, in which he expressed
his appreciation of her work and his
belief in it's widespread and splendid
results.
Evening star., 1916-08-27

wakened something in the sailors cal
loused young heart. He was complete
ly broken up. confessed that he had
not written to his own mother for q
good two years. and begged paper SO
that he might write her at once. The
subsequent letters paved the way to
joyful reunion between mother and
son.
A young soldier from western camp
wrote Mrs. Ellis telling her that he had
read of how she provided orphaned
sailors with mothers. He did not have
her full address, but he was taking
chance that his letter would reach her.
so anxious was he to know if she
would also provide motherless soldiers
with mothers. He went on to tell
her that his own mother had died
Evening star., 1916-08-27

brighter, richer outlook on life raises
it very apprecia bly,.
it is astonishing to note in case after
case how rapidly a warm affection
springs up between volunteer mother
and her adopted son. The first letters
set the ball rolling merrily, the photo
graphs do all that is expected of them,
and usually the annual furlough, spent
at the home of the acquired mother,
rounds out the gradually developing
affection beautifully. These memorable
vacations have been a garden spot
IL the life of many a boy. He thinks
ef his new mother with a fine graft
tude and deep devotion that come to
be real blessing in the many sterile
days that follow a jolly vacation.
To relieve the strain and monotony