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The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05
NOTICE or DIVISIONAL CON
 VENTlON AND PRIMARIES.

In consequence of the authority vested in me. as chairman Of the Democratic Divisional committee of the Fourth Judicial Division, Terri tory of Alaska, 1 hereby cal upon the Democrats of the Fourth divi- sion to hold primaries or mass meetings for the purpose of eleCting delegates to the divisional conycn- tion to be held at Fairbanks on We'd nesday, August 16, at P, NJ, said convention to be for the purpose ot nominating four candidates for rep rcsentatiyes and one candidate for senator, to the Alaska legislature from the Fourth Division.
 In the town of Fairbanks the pri mary election will be held on the Fifteenth day of July, 1916, between the hours of and ' r. NJ.
 In all other voting precincts ot the Fourth division the primary elections will be held on the Third day of July, 1916, between the hours of and g P. Nj. The apportionment of delegates to the convention from the various precincts will be as follows:
 Circle Recording District Circle I2; Deadwood l; Miller House, ]; Woodchopper l.
 rtri,t noIn l
 Fairbanks Recording District: Town of Fairbanks, 24; Ester, J; Gilmore, ?; Upper Cleary, ?; Lower Cleary, ?; Upper Dome, ?; Lower Dome, l. Upper Goldstream, }. Lower Goldstream, 1 Little Eldora- do, ?; Upper Fairbanks !; Lower Fairbanks l Fish creek 1; Pedro, 1; Vault Creek, 1; Cinema, 3; Graehl II; Nenana, l.
 Tolovana Recording District: Iiv- engood, $.
 Fort Gibbon Recording District: Fort Gibbon, l. Panama 3.
 Fortymle Recording District; Chicken creek, 1; Franklin, l; Jack Wade, 1 Steel Creek, 1.
 Hot Springs Recording District: Hot Springs, 2; Woodchopper, 2: Patterson, |
 Koyukuk Recording District: Ror- ties, l. Coldfoot, l. Wiseman, i, Rampant Recording District; Ram part, l.
 Nulato Recording District Ruby, 4 Long Creek. 3; Poorman. 1; Nu- Otter Recording District Dike- man. l; Flat City. 5; Iditarod, 9: Otter Discovery. 1.
 Panama Recording district: Rich ardson, l. Washburn, 1; Salcha. l. Innoko Recording District: Ophir, 1.
 J. H. CASkEY, Chairman. JOHN A. CLARK. Secretary.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05

yention was addressed by Cover nor Strong, His talk was chiefly along the lines of peace, progress and prosperity and it was due to his influence that a preparedness bers of the Democratic territorial Democratic platform on which the Democratic candidate for delegate to congress will stand.
 The convention was in session for three days, starting on May 24 and ending on May 27. The poor condi- tion of the telegraph service at that time prevented clear anc concise account of the action taken by the convention Just before the adjournment on the 27th. the mem bers of the Democratic terrorial committee or divisional committees were named They are two in number from each division and will have the power of appointing three other members of their respective bodies. They are:
 First division, w. w. Casey c. NJ McGrath: Second division, M. o, Solberg, Phillip Ernst; Third divi- sion, C. J. Topp and Fred A. Mar tin; Fourth division, E. w. Griffin and W. F. Whitely The latter was also elected the secretary of the commission.
 The following were elected dele cates to the national convention X. S. Zeigler, of Juneau Frank Al drich, of Nome William Whittlesey of Seward and T. H. Deal, of Fair banks. The alternates of the dele gates elected were w. w. Casey, oi Juneau, James Daly, of Nome, R H. Ferguson. of Valdez, and John A. Clark, of Fairbanks. The dele gates at large are John Winn. of Juneau, and John Roman of Sew ard. The alternates are F. J. War
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05
"The Nigger" Is
 Bill At 1horne' S

The Niger" was the bill pre- sented last night at Thorne's to on" of the regular Sunday evening moV- ing picture audiences, and it is the production which will be thrown upon the screen again tonight. The show starts at S:30 o'clock sharp, the price of admission being 50 cents
 In this play Edward sheldon, Am erica's most significant young drA- matist, handles unfllnchingly and with unerring power a modern prob lem that must be faced fairly ami squarely by the people of the United States. The topic which forms the motif of this striking drama is one which legislators and serious think CTS have grappled with unSuccesS- fully since tEe days of slavery. Mir Sheldon is the first playwright. how ever, who has mad the courage 10 tackle the subject dramatically.
 In the William FoN production William Farnum, America s most popular young actor, gives sub lime performance of the self sacri- ficing hero. Philip Morrow. Under the masterful directorship of Edgar Lewis, the enthralling drama works out to the proportions of mighty epic of modern American life, deal ing as it does with the gravest SO cial moral and political conditions
 A $100,0O0 photoplay, 1000 peo- pie 800 scenes taken in New York Washington, D. C., and Augusta, Ca
 Philip Morrow, wealthy young planter. and owner of Morrow's Rest, has grown to manhood in the be- lief that the blood in his veins is the most aristocratic in the south
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05
FRIDAY

In formal note of l2OO0 words addressed to President Wilson. Ne- nustiano Carranza, provisional presr dent of Mexico, requests the with drawal of the American troops from the southern republic.
 The Mexican government invites the United States to immediately bring to an end the insupportablc situation. and to support it's protes- tations and declarations of friend ship by the immediate withdrawal of the American troops now on Mexican territory"
 This is the language Of the note. verbatim, and sums up in few words it's tone, which is not friendly
 Just what will develop as the result of the demand of Carranza is not stated at Washington How ever. the reason for the recent move ment of Carranza troops along the border is significant of what the attitude Of the CarranAa government is It is therefore felt that war will ensue Secretary of State Ian sing has promised to issue d state ment to the press tomorrow
 General Pershing reports that the CarranZa troops in Chihuamla have made no move which would show that they intend to cooperate with the American soldiers in capturing Villa Instead the Carranza com mander in Chihuahua has not an swered the communication of Gen eral Pershing requesting cooperation
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05

were not content in saving men. but in making them happy and ..rlHar S-N houses must hr built ritics must b. rid of ipUt o1or. parks must be filled with flower-. He must free the poor man tortured with neuritis and a thousand shoot ing pains He must make little children to know how to care for their bodies and their souls. We are monuments of His success.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05
OUR OWN TROUBLES

possible and that they protect tn" lives and property of Americans a, all times
 X report sent out today from General Pershing's headquarters at Namiquipa states that a cache ol Villa rifles was discovered today by a reconnoitering American. Tn" rifles were confisCated and will be sent to the United States.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05

Extensive repairs are to be made line between Fairbanks and the coast The work on the interior end will be in charge of Sergeant Ernest P. Kinloch. It is probable that the crew will start during the present week.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05

movement is now on foot to build a road over which ore can be hauled from the head of Gilmore creek to Gilmore, a distance of four miles It is contended that if the road was built the tungsten mines at the head of Gilmore could be deyeloped much more rapidIy.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05
APPROPRIATIONS CUT.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 31- A wave of economy swept the house today. And it struck with full force the appropriat on made i'll the Sun dry Civil bill for the coast Geo detic survey The bill contained appropriations. made at the request of Lester Jones. for ship to re place the Mchrthur and the GedneE, and also asked for ten launches to be used for surveying the waters of Alaska All of the above were refused by the house and were stricken from the bill
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05
BRIAN BILLBOARD.

, Nlne Is d moCkev Proverbs : -0 l : lrunlbuIon makes Kansas
 :, ,he wcalthrest per capita state , in the Unlon. with $l.63e per , capita.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05
.DO|NGS AT WASHINGTON
MORE SUBMARINES
PORK BARREL PASSES

WASHINGTON, D. C., May &1.- Before it adjourned yesterday the house raised the number of subma- rines in the proposed naval bill from 20 to 80 An amendment to increase the number Of battleships by two was defeated by a small vote The progress that the bill is
The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05

.>be Stein shipped about nine tons of rags and junk to the Outside on one of the recently departing boats
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-28
The Highway Commission Bill.

The Highway Commission bill which passed the
House of Representatives on Wednesday does not
protect Georgas interests in the federal good roads
fund. II is doubtful that the State would be able
under the OF this measure, to secure its two
million dollar part of the national appropriation;
land even should the money be obtained, there
would be adequate machinery for its expenditure
j The House bill merely bestows upon the Prison
commission the title of Highway Commission" 1t
.confers definite authority, provides no main
ltenance fund, no clerical help and-what is par
'tcularly to be regretted-proyides for no highway
engineers The act of Congress st1pulates in sub
stance that the State Highway Department must
make all surveys. plans and specifications which
may be required:
'1f the Secretary Of Agriculture approves
the plans. specifications and estimates, he will
authorize the work to proceed. and from that
time forward it will be directed by the State
Highway Department"
II is thus evident that without competent engineer
ing service, there can be no Highway Department
in the sense that the national law uses the term.
Georgia's interests in this matter are so impor-
lant that the utmost effort safeguard them should
be made In justice the State and its people, the
Senate should strengthen the pending legislation at
every needful point and the House should accept
the amendments in spirit of fair-minded service
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-28
THE VALUE OF IDEAS
BIZ H. ADDINGToN BRUCE. -

idea came from discernibe beginning and en-
tirelly of its own accord.
But observe:
For months this architect had been wrestling
with the problem of designing skyscraper that
would meet the special needs of those who had
given him his commission. Plan after plan had
been laboriously worked out by him only to meet
with his disapproval
His Dream the idea which later became trans
formed into the skyscraper itself, was simply the
fruition; in the workshop of his subconsciousness
of the vast amount of thinking he had consciously
done.
IT, in these intervening months, ne had not con-
sciousIv turned over his problem in his mind-if ne
had given his attention to useless, perhaps frlvo
Gus things-he never would have dreamed to sucs
good purpose.
Young man starting in life, apply this also to
your own case.
1t will not do to imagine that you can become
a topnotcher in your chosen profession or trade
merely by wishing to become one. Nor Will mere
routine energy avail you.
To get to the top you must display creative
imagination; you must develop in your mind ideas
that are really worth while.
And the development of such ideas depends
in chief part on persistent, hard thinking about
the problems incidental to the work in which you
engaged
The world will reward you literally II you do
develop valuable ideas. But you assuredly must
think in order to develop ideas deserving of rich
reward.
Copyright, 1916, by The Associated Newspapers.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-28

reason to expect that work to this end will be
definitely under way in the not distant future. Mr.
Martin F. Amorous chairman of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce committee the Chatta-
hoochee project said, upon his recent return from
Washington ard New York where he consulted
eminent engineers and Government officials:
Personally. feel very much encouraged
over the prospect of the development of the
Chattahoochee river both for power and nav
igation. With the national government and
such great engineers Mr.. Cooper taking so
much interest I'm the proposition it behooves
the people OF this section to get wide awake to
the fact the project is going through and at a
comparatively early date"
IL the ChattahoOchee is opened for navigation,
the commercial benefits to the territory along it's
course will be incalcuable If its vast stores of
latent water power developed, new industrial
empire will sprn6 into being. If 1T is selected as
location for a nitrate plant, Georgia and the South
will profit beyond reckoning. All these develop
ments are feasible; all substantial opportuni-
ties CONGRESSMAN Adamson is warmly to be COM
mended tor his earnest work in this great cause;
he should have the unstinted cooperation of every
person and every agency that is concerned in Geor-
gias welfare.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-28

ITO learn is very much like waking up.
Any one who has achieved mastery IN
anything must be struck with the resem-
blance between his experience and the phenone
non of coming out of dream or doze into tull
wakefulness. 80,
l remember when l was boy was overload
of Greek and at Ligh school, when we were learn
ing to decline verbs and read crude sentences
(such as II the man in the house, one Oh my
first phrases and one of those silly things a man
cannot forget, while weighty matters sip IRON
his memory, l could not wait for the time wnen
we should get to Homer, but procured a thlck
copy of "Anthons Homer with Notes (Wnereln
every word explained), and ground away at II
in private but could make little heaoWay VIII
the tough thing, and the labor of weeks only al
vanced me a dozen lines or so. Then put the
poet aside thinking / was too dumb ever 10 learn
him; but in due time perhaps year OF TWO, we
came to Homer in our course and approached
him with dread, recollecting how knotty puzzle
he had been, but to my surprise found coulo
read him easily; the long months OF grammar ana
Xenophon had been apprentice slavery ana
now suddenly awoke a free man.
The musician tolls at the piano. giving days OF
practice to some difficult passage, and then one
morning he discovers he play it as it should
he nIaved-and his feeling is as If he had come
out of trance of drudgery into the hghts OF
virtuositv.
If YOU have learned a foreign language you
will remember how, after months of dscourag1ng
effort when your brain seemed full of sand, sud
denly you realized that you could speak ana I'M
derstand.
And whoever has mastered any bit of crafts
manship or a game has noted the same: at nrst a
long neriod of trying concentrating the Will upon
every movement of the hand, and then the awaken
ing-he can do it, he can do 1t easily; MS reserves
have come up during the night, henceforth Victory
is smooth the chrysalis of work has burst and be-
come gay-winged play.
am persuaded that this same experience is
true of men in the mass of society, or the state,
of advancing civilization Only here the process is
longer and takes years, generations, centuries.
Reason, vision the thinkers, poets and seers.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-28
QuipS and QuidditieS.

Two scotchnlan staying at a third hotel dis
covered that the washstand their bedroom minus
soap After they had rung the bell attendant APP
peared and asked their wishes
Sen up sape, lad-a bit sape, quick!" exclalm
ed one OF the Caedonians.
The attendant withdrew at the two men mutter-
'rhey aInt French nor German. nor yet Spanish
What they want"'
The became angry.
Man" he Numbered, "can We no understan' plain
Scotch"
The attendant promptly withdrew. and returned
with bottle and two glasses.
Motoring DoctOr-'wen, Mr.. NibOs what are the
Mr. Nibbs-"Lassitude. doctor. sense of fullness
and a general disincnation to do anything"
Doctor-"Oh, exceeding the feed limit"
Irishman had just got a job in a muniton factory
which promised WELL but he distinctly annoyed to
a time The surveillance insulting to Pat, and
after little while he could stand it no longer
Il say. he asked. lis watching me all We have to do?
Yes" answered the manager curtly.
"Bedad thin" said Pat, IF it is yen be idle to-
morrow"
Scotsman was very ILL., and his friends persuaded
him to forgive a neighbor with whom he had had
standing feud for years. The neighbor came to
the bedside. After they shaken hands and made
peace the suffering Scotsman explained:
IF I get better, Donald remember all this goes
for naught!
"Yessah! Is piled for a divo'ce fun muh
wife. count o. dadblamed stravagance." said dis
gruntled Brother Waugh "Lemme tell you: We had
'spute bout potion o scripters twuz. and dess
simply slapped her down to press muh ahgymunt on
her 'Stidder knowledgn' she riz and sat-
urated de head wild skillet. Smacked me so
hahd sah dat muh skull popped right thoo de bottom
of it, and halter pay blacksmith halter dollah to
file de instrument off m muh neck What kinduh
dat waists a mans money?'-Judge.
They had parted long years ago Now, in the deep
ening shadows of the twilight, they had met again.
Here is the old stile, Mary" he said
Aye, an here be initials that you carved. San
dy" she replied.
The ensuing silence only broken by the buzzing
of aeroplane overhead. Honey laden memories
cheeks.
"Ah Mary" exclaimed Sandy, "yere just beau
tiful ever were, an L haze forgotten ye,
my bonnie lass"
And Sandy she cried. while her blue eyes
moistened ARE jist big leear an believe
jist tn same"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-28
The Danish West Indies.

The Danish West Indies for whose purchase
Washington is negotiating. would be of great
strategic value to the United States. st. Thomas,
the principal island of the group has an excellent
harbor and lies directly in the lane of shipping
from Europe to the Panama canal AS naval
base 1t would buttress the position already hold
in Porto Rico. These islands, the other two being
St Croix and st. John, barely thousand miles
from Key West. In unfriendly hands, they would
be menace to the navigation of the Windward
and Mona passages. the Caribbean and the
routes to Atlantic ports.
American diplomats realized years ago that
long as the Danish West Indies purchasabe
they might be bought by some European Power. an
event that would be repugnant to the Monroe Doc
trine which, though not intended to dspossess Eu-
ropean nations of land already held by them in this
hemisphere is opposed to the extension of European
suzerainty in the New World, either by conquest or
purchase the interest of peace therefore, and as
a means of averting dangerous issues, it behooves
the United States to acquire these islands.
In 1865 the United States offered Denmark
seven and half million dollars for the group and
again I'm 1902 offered five millions Both times
however the projected deal fell throughin the lat
ter instance It is said, because of adverse German
pressure on the Danish court 1t now seems that
Denmark is willing to sell because of her financial
needs rendered critical by the and also be-
cause she is eager to be rid of troublous element
in maintaining her neutrality.
According to press reports, the present negotia-
tons look to the payment of twenty-five million
dollars by the United States and the REIMBURSEMENT
of certain minor American claims, resting rights
of discovery. in Greenland. 1t is believed that the
Danish Parliament is favorable to such treaty
and the United States Senate unquestionably will
approve it.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-28
THE AWAKENING
ny DIR. FRANK CRANE

90 before like scouts spying out the land, showing
the way, demonstrating what ought to be- Men
pay small heed to them, pooh-poohing them, some
times smiling at them as crack-brained creatures,
Utopians impractical enthusiasts; sometimes ours
ing them as those who turn the world upside
down." and sometimes imprisoning banlsning,
starving, burning, crucifying them.
And then-humanity gives a sneeZe and wakes
up realizes all at once that the fools were right
Then they build them monuments, and call them
Great Men
This accounts for the otherwise utterly mex
pIcable phenomena of Christianity, the propaganda
of cooperation organization brotherhood, with
love as the principle of human coordination, and
not selishness.
we see this truth now, have seen 1t for
thousand years. But we are still drudg1ng at the
grammar of 1t, still doing its finger exercises on
the piano, still are In our sweating ana plunoering
Look at the muddIe of life as 1t is today. the
unchecked grasping Of privilege. the wrecked VIC
Tins of social injustice, the hth disease and dis
order of the world, the snarling conflict OF labor
and capital the rivalry of religious sects and their
wearying emphasis on non-essentials, the anarchy
in Mexico. and the utterly causeless war IN Europe
There is no power" says H. G. Wells. mo
rule no discipline. This is the world OF the bully,
the brigand, and the assassin, the world OF the
mud peter and brawler, the work OF the ny and
the open drain. Poverty should be abolished, dis
ease conquered. toll nghtened, war bsnished.
abundant and happy life freely bestowed upon
every son of man. But as a matter OF TACT tney
are not Humanity has abandoned or muddled Its
task . -,
No Humanity is working away at its task
These are the evils of the unsklled apprenticeship
through which we are laboring.
Wait We will learn some day. Some day We
will get the hang of the thing. Some day we shalh
wake up-masters; and stupid, bungling tyros no
longer.
Some day we shall have concord and not strug-
gle, cooperation and not competition, healing and
not hurting, world government and not war;
Some day
Copyright, 1916, by Frank Crane)