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The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-12

in the passing away of William F Cody, more familiarly known as Buffalo Bill" almost the last of the great plaiusmen of the Ameri- can continent have gone to the Great Beyond.
 As Iowa, his native state in 1864, the year of his birth, was in the fare west, Colonel Cody is q ryuicaI westener. He had never known anything but the frontier all his life, and when the civil war broke cut, and his country called for meu, he was among the first to respond to the call He acted as scout all through the war, his field of operations being the western frontier. Then followed the great Indian outbreaks, when the red men of the plains mastered thousands of the western settlers, and Cody was amcrg the first to engage in bat+l, with the reds. He knew IheL style Of warfare, and he and his men were never caught unawares. To such men as he, the Great West of today owes much of its greatness fer it was these cunning scouts who protected the lives Of the hardy pioneer, and thousands of those who had traYeIed from the East to the unknown west to make homes for themselves were awakened from peaceful slumber by the timely warning of these men to arm them selves and either fight or flee for their lives, else they would have been murdered by the crafty and blood thirsty Sioux or Cheyenne.
 Buffalo Bill has been the hero of thousands of Indian stories, and there is scarce a boy of the United States. and the west especially, who has net read Of this greatest of nll scouts.
 It was the privilege of the writ CT to know this man personally, and when q boy he has listened to him Tell Of his fights with the Reds. ' lie was never so busy but that he could lind time to get away in some uocl- or corner, where surrounded by a circle of baretOOted and freckIe faced lads, he would tell them a real Indian story, which would make the hair of ones head stand cn end, and chilIs creep up and down ones back.
 In disposition he was kindly man, and adopting the custom or the early scouts, that of wearing large sombraro over his long hair and otherwise wearing the costume of the plains, he presented a most romantic appearance.
 He was Q man of moderate habits a total abstainer from liquors, ad- d,cted to the use of much profanity which was more of a habit than desire to be profane. He will live in the memory of those who had tn good fortune of knowing. him as loavble old man.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-12
GERMANS CONSERVE
 SHOES AND CLOTHES

The latest German papers con- tain the federal councils regula- ticns regarding shoes and clothes for 1917. They prescribe that only Two pair of so-ealled shoes de luxe'' will be sold on the turning in Of cast.off but still wearable pairs. The utuiztion of cast-off clothing is 10 be entrusted to communities wbic- have a monopoly for the pur- chase Of htese articles. The eN- change Of old for new articles will be allowed only through tickets
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-12

Admitted 'as second class mall matter July s, 1898, at the skag- way P, o,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-12
TONGUEFOLLOWS FLAG IN ALSACE
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With the French Amy in AL sace, Dec. - French has replaced Alsatiam dialect and German as the language in that part of Alsace, IT,: red to France as the result of French military successes. So soon as the blue-clad soldiers occupied the villages and towns. German signs were torn down from the fronts of the stores and replaced by French. Finger posts along the reads were altered, and directions at grade crossings over the railroad tracks were changed. Restaurant bills Uf fare were written in French instead of German. The titles of pub4 Ilc offices were painted over and new designations put in their place. Prices also were transformed into francs and centimes from marks and pfenuigs.
 Most of the municipal officials un- der German rule were of Prussian origin and fled with the German trooDs The other male inhabitants most of them old or very young as all those of military age had beeH either taken into the German army or ad fled to France - had never had experience of local government and were incapable of understanding the public utilities or caring for the heal h CT sanitary condition of the people. It was found necessary to arpoiut French administrators, and these were chosen from among ot- ficers who had been wounded in the war CT who had fallen sick during he campaign. In one locality military mayor was nominated. He was a captain who had lost his rig arm in battle. For two years he has carried out the functions of his office, and so successfully that the citizens declare they haeY never been more wisely ruled
 One of the first tasks undertaken was to set again in motion the eau cational system which had been in terruptcd by the hostilities. CIass- es were formed for the children ol beth sexes, and these were placed | in the charge of sisters of re- ligicus order which deYotes itself to education. There was some dlftl- cultv at first as the public knew no other language than their local dla- lect. They showed such zeal, how ever. in acquiring Frenchs that with in a few weeks the teachers were able to carry on the lessons. When Prince Arthur of Connaught recent ly visitel the classes he was amaz- ed at the change brought Hbout in So shcrt time.
 French officials and the people of Alsace themselves nscribe the readiness of the Alsatians to adopt French ideas and education to the fact that they have in part raelized l their dreams of being rejoined to France. At any rate, it is patent fact that, although they are still within sound of the German guns, everybody in the reconquered terri tory at present speaks French The children at their games on the streets use nothing but French ex- Dressicns. Workmen and workwo- men going to and from the factories and while engaged there rarely-an then only in the case of elderly peo- pie who cannot change their life long habits-utter a word in any thinE except French. In the cafes and hotels and in the stores French Is everywhere used, while in the churches the sermons are now preached in Frenh. -.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-12
SrunlEkCE.

While Professor Rullinsky was play, ing the violin it seemed to mo that I heard heavenly voices singing" said the temperamentu young woman. How did the music affect you, MT, Dubson"
 "Oh-er-I was considerably moved myself" answered that gentleman, but when started to beat time to the music by tapping my foot on the floor several people glared at me so fiercely that l suunidcd Birmingham Age Herald.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-12
WOMEN'S WOES
Alaskan Women Are Finding Relief
 At Last

It seems that women have more than a fair share of the aches and pains that afflict humanity; they must keep up," must attend duties in spite of constantly aching backs, or headaches, dizzy spells, bearing down pains; they must stooQ over, when to stOop means torture. They must walk and bend and work with racking pains and many aches from kidney ills. Keeping the kidneys well has spared thousands of wo- men much misery. Read what one woman says.
 Mrs. M. l. Davis, 296 Weidler St, Portland, Ore, says: For years had a great deal of trouble with my back and kidneys. Sharp pains would catch me and it seemed as if my back was giving out on me, My kidneys acted too frequently, causing much annoyance. Deans Kidney Pills rid me of the pains. My back got strong and well and my kidneys became normal. l have had no severe attacks of that kin6 since"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for B kidney remedy get Deans Kidney Pills-the same tba' Mrs. Davis had. Foster-mil- burn, Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-12

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The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-12
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER

L. s. KELLER, Publisher
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EDITORIAL
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BE AN oPTlMIsT.

To ignore trifiing annoyanees, to avoid ultra fastidiousness, to condone human fraiIties, "re- membering whereof we are all made;" to Believe that the dark est hour is just before dawn-in word, to make the best of Shings-is. besides making life toy, to become a public benefac- tor without profession of phiIan- thropy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-10
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
tIN ADVANCE

they have reached. Now, the
greatest outstanding fact of
the past year, as clearly shown
in the work of this department
alone, is thatsunder the crystal
llzlng influence of a common
danger and under the inspiring
impulse of a common purpose.
Americans are quick to come
together. The very rush made
upon Washington at the begin
ming of war by those who wish-
ed to help in any form Of war
work was evidence of the con-
SciOuSness that life and its con-
duct We're no longer matters of
individual concern but pre-
eminently of communal value.
Industry itself. which has been
thought to have no soul above
the selfish acquisition of
money, was foremost in its
willingness to serve when
shown it could. And when
ever men come to perceive
something better and bigger
than they are themselves. they
are in the way of coming into
the full light of a new sun, un-
der the influence of which
changes that are miraculous
take place-in religion they
call it regeneration, in indus
try socialization, the gaining
of a new sense, a social as dis
tinguished from a personal
sense. 1t is all a matter of Wis
ion, of seeing clearly. clearly
enough to convert speculation
into conduct.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-10
DAILY oREGoNAN OREGON DECEMBER 10

most difficult to replace, are
likely to be above 20 years OF
age. 1t is also true that quite
a percentage of boys of 10 and
20 are not engaged either in
school work or in occupations
that are essential in the war.
On the other hand there are
many above the draft ago who
from a standpoint of useful
ness could we'll be spared for
army service. An ideal draft
law would be one that would
include such men and also boys
under the present draft ago,
making the draft ages from Is
to 40, with priority of service
for those without dependents.
Such a law, however, is not
needed by the thousands of
men below or above the draft
age who have already enlisted.
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The Charlotte Observer re
marks editorially that there are
not as many poets in the popu-
lation at Camp Greene as there
were when the northwestern
troops were there; evidently
the Observer had the pleasure
of the acquaintance of Tracy
Layne and some Of our other
cDIvboy bardS
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A Clackamas county minis
ter when attacked by two men
followed turn the other
cheek tactics with the result
he was badly mauled; thus
again is it demonstrated that
bolsheviki methods are not adj
apted to present day and age.
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This country has hundreds
Of destroyerS in service and the
loss of one vessel Of that type
while regrettable is not a heavy
loss, comparatively speaking.
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The thrift game is one that
many older children" can play
with profit to themselves as
well as to the country.
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The present fighting will
show how much good the enc
my can derive from those sol
iers taken from the Russian
front.
Those who cannot observe
beefless and wheatless days
are not very strong on patrio-
tism.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-10
CAN THE DRAFT BE I'M
PROVED?

~ ERTAIN authorities advo-
V cate making boys of 10
and 20 subject to the
draft law and urge as an argu-
ment the fact that the taking
of such young men with the
consequently greater number
of exemptions for older men
would relieve the labor short
age. There is merit in the
contention. 1t follows natural
ly that trained workers, so
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-10
THE PARTING HOUR.

, There's something In "the
parting hour"
, VIII chill the warmest heart
Yet Kindred, comrades, lovers,
, friends,
Are fated all to part
, But this I've seeu-aud many
paug
Has pressed IL on my mind
The one who goes is happier
Than those he leaves behind.
No matter what the journey be
Adventures dangerous, far
, To the wild deep, or bleak
frontier,
, To solitude. or war
, Still something cheers the
heart that dares.
In all Of human kind.
, And they who go are happier
Than those they leave behind.
God wills it so. and so it is:
The pilgrims on their way,
Through veal and woe. more
cheerful are
Than all The rest who stay.
And when al last, poor. man,
subdued
Lies down To- death resigned.
May he not still be happier far
Than those he leaves behind?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-10
A RISING SOCIAL SENSE

(By Franklin K. Lane, Secre-
tary of the Interior.)
~ UT this war is not to be
ID won by the measuring of
resources, for if wars
were to be so won China posi-
bly, would be our only rival.
The spirit of the people is the
making of the Nation, in war
as in peace. The extent to
which a people can cooperate
marks the point of civilization
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-11
JURY REFUSES TO
CONVICT WOMAN
SPLIT on Verdict Where UnWritten
Law Is Invoked in
Defense.
KILLED SISTERS BEAU
Second Trial Is Ordered by Judge,
Who Insists Accused Shall Be
Found Guilty in First Degree
or Acquitted.

Topeka. kan.-Tha jury in the trial
of Miss Lena kinderknecht of Topeka,
Kan, charged with the murder of
Frederick +. Richardson. her sisters
wooer, failed to reach q verdict after
celebrating three days, and n mistrlal
resulted. The case was one Of the
most unusual ever placed before q
Kansas jury and involved the question
of whether woman had the right to
invoke the unwritten law to protect the
honor of her sister. Eleven members
of the jury said she had. One was OPP
posed TO this novel application of the
law.
AS result Of the mistrial Miss Kin
derknecht will have TO stand trial
again, because OF the ruling made by
Judge Rupenthal that she must either
be convicted Of murder in the first de-
gree or acquitted. lie allowed no al
Tentative degree for the jury to CON
slider.
Unusual Features Of Tragedy.
The circumstances preceding the
kinderkneCht tragedy, as adduced by
the evidence Indicate that Miss Mary
kindcrknccht, aged twenty-three years
ana strikinGly pretty, was interested in
Frederick 7. Richardson, a travelling
Insurance agent. He was good look
ing, dressed well, had plenty of money
and a mOtorcar and called often to
take her riding. The members of the
kinderknecht family did not like him.
The father, a brother and Miss Lena,
a sister of Mary. suspected the mans
Intentions as not being of the best.
Early last winter the Kinderknecht
family decided to break up the rela-
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-11
Use of Wireless In the Great War

the horizon far out of sight. BY this time the
firing had grown so fierce that the operator was
forced to manipulate his key lying on his back
in his cabin. At last the welcome news, Can
see your smoke. Hang on" For Gods sake
hurry up; they're Smelling us like h" replied
the Californian operator. This the German op-
orator intercepted and had his guns trained full
their aerial their last hope of salvation Lucki-
ly the German shooting wild, and eventually
the British warship hove in sight. Immediately
the submarine dived, and they were ordered to
report her trail.
Yet earlier in the war occurred the unhappy
Breslau and Goeben affair When surrounded
by British craft these two powerful men-of-war
succeeded in effecting escape, sighted only by
one Of our light cruisers. Immediately she wire
lessed for help. -.
In the year 1915, % vessels were reported by
the radio inspectors Of the United States to have
sent out the call for assistance. The calls in
cluded accidents of all kinds, including collision
running ashore, brOEen-down machinery, storm
cargo shifting and tOrpedoes. In one case that
of Greek vessel which caught fire In mid
ocean, she was abandoned by the passengers and
crew, aggregating 470. Within two and a half
hours two other vessels had taken on board in
one case 341 survivors and in the other the re-
naming 129. The original vessel was entirely
destroyed.
On another occasion vessel with LOO Italians
aboard caught fire ut sea. The 0 signal i'm
mediatey brought up another vessel, which took
of 600 survivors. then conveyed the disabled
boat into port without the loss Of single life.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-11
He Was Cured.

Once there was a little boy who stole
sugar. So strong was his craving for
sugar that half his mothers time was
taken UP watching the sugar bowl,
One morning, however. she filled biz
rumbler full of sugar and gave II 10
the little boy and told him to cat il all.
The boy took a spoon and started IN.
He ate about Il third of it before ne
got enough. His mother insisted that
he eat some more-it was all his 10
eat, and she'd box his ears If he didn't
eat il. She did box his ears. and he
ate a little more, but presently he
slipped the tumblcr under his chair
and slipped out to play. When he
came back, though, the tumbler was
there waiting for him. He ate little,
but it wasn't good. He said It was
too sweet" Every day for month
that tumblcr was by his plate at the
table, on a chair by his bedside, IN the
closet with his playthingS-every-
where he found that tumbler. The
flies swarmed about it, and the ants
came, but still it was ''toO sweet"
That tumbler never was finished up.
The boy is an old man now, and takes
his coffee straight. GOOosebcry pie is
the only kind he likes All other kinds
are too sweet. "-KansaS City Star.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-11

Wireless has proved great boon in war. A
scout airplane today If up to the minute has
wireless set aboard. This provides it with the
only means of communication with its base,
with the battery Of heavy guns, when engaged
upon the direction of artillery fire. The wireless
Is the voice of the 1t links up ship with
ship, however distant from the land from
the recognized routes of trade. Without 1t modern
naval warfare would be impossible. The S o S
signal is the most urgent and sacred call in the
wireless world call few operators will ignore.
And yet the enemy has made false of this
signal There one case of an American skip
per somewhere off Bantry bay, who picking up
an S 0 some so miles distant, made thither at
top speed to find arrival, not a vessel in dis
tress. but German submarine, the commander
annoyed to find that 1t American instead
Of British boat that he had shared that he
threatened to sink it there and then; and prob
ably he would have put his threat into force had
not British destroyer showed up on the horizon.
Another case was that Of the cargo steamer
AngloC Californian. honeward bound from Amer
lea. She sighted German submarine in mid
ocean, and made of us fast as her engine would
permit, the enemy In hot pursuit; her wireless
operator sending out the o signal as fast as
he knew how. Meanwhile the shell fire grew
fercer, the ship was raied from end to end. They
had not a single weapon Of their own with which
sailors can. Then there came an answer to their
signals. Coming to your help. Hang on" It
was from British man-os-war. somewhere across
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-11

Est the American army Of democracy, the
100000 chosen crusaders, suffer more
casualties from moral disorders than
from the shells of the enemy, there Is to
be q military denartnre In nrnnhyla yis
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-11

lions of the younger sister and Richard
son and succeeded for time. Then
several clandestine meetings followed
and on February Mary disappeared
from home. Miss Lena Kinderknecht
and her brother located and followed
the couple as they alighted from Rich
.ardson's car, they began an argument.
Fired Two Shots.
Miss Lena fired two shots and when
she, her sister and brother started for
home, Richardson was standing by his
car. Later Richardson found that he
had been shot in the abdomen. He
died two days later.
Miss Kinderknecht insists that she
did not know she had shot her sisters
sweetheart, as there had been no out
cry and she saw no blood. Miss Mary
explained to the authorities that she
liked Richardson because he had CIV
en- her flowers and candy and had 0
mice automobile"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-11
RastuS as Detective.

Rapid disappearance of coal from
his bin alarmed Major Higgins and
he determined to trace it. He qNes.
toned the man who tended his gar
den.
George" he asked, "where do you
reckon my coal has disappeared to?"
George scratched his head thought
fully. well, SIR" he replied. "Ah-
ah-ah reckon them squirrels done
took 1t. Yes. squirrels. Major Higgins
That was nut COAL SIR
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-11
Marine Life.

According TO c. Il, Shoemaker OF me
United States NatiOnal museum, thc
Danish West Indies offer an interest
Ing field for study in marine lite. I'D
one of his expeditions TO s.. Thomas
he found among other specimens. great
numbers Of beautiful dark purphSh
red crab and many species OF small
WILDLY colored fish swimming about
the coral. These were In shades OF
red and bIues and through the clear
waters were beautiful objects.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-11

set up at whatever distance and expressed thci
q tolerant conscience. And Canadians are among
the StricteSt puritanS in the world BY devious
preteXts, hundreds Of these soldersnIitten wom-
en- followed the units to Europe
We may quite we'll ignore the experiences Of
the allies in Europe, for own experiences are
rich enough. The government has issued no bull
letin showing the number of soldiers incapacitated
by disease during the Mexican expedition. but the
only available authorities, the Individual militia
men and officers, recite distressing narrative Of
instance dives were set up In full view of the
officers camp, though, of course, outside of the
authority OF the war department And to such
wretched dens the soldiers resorted because Of
the utter vacuity of border soldering and the lack
OF adequate recreation facilities.
It Is these experiences which now determine
the war department to achieve n new triumph for
sanitation by inaugurating system Of thorough
prophylaxis, substituting recreation for stupidity,
idleness and vice indulgence. The American army
Of democracy is not to be a disease-nfested booze
inflicted army. It is to triumph over mankinds
worst enemies before it leaves our SOIL and it Is
to carry It's trumphs to Europe there to advertise
to the whole world the new American idea in
social prophyIaxis
To such army every American mother will
be proud to lend her SOn.-Wiam J. Black, in
New York Tribune Magazine.