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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-03
WHY DOES AMERICA PUNISH. MOTHERS FOR
THE SINS OF RASCAL FATHERS?

year per child to keep the children of
deserted mothers in the institution?
Do you know that this outrageous
system of taking. children away from
deserted mothers is costing the tax
payers Of every state, except Michi-
gan, millions of dollars each year, be-
sides running these children by the
cruel GOODNESS of the unloving insti-
tuition kind of care?
Do you know that most of the de-
sorting fathers are diseased or
drunkards and~are unfit for family
life and that this is the cause of their
deserving?
Do you know that many mothers
continue to live with diseased, de-
bauched and otherwise unfit fathers
and breed defective children because
of fear of having all their children
sent to institutions, if their husband
leaves?
Do you know that the legislature
Of eevery state each session is impOr-
tuned to appropriate more millions to
keep these deserted children after
they are taken away from deserted
mothers?
Do you know that some of these
deserving diseased fathers are
brought back home under threat of
Imprisonment if they do not live with
their families and that they do live
home for a few years more and
breed more defective children?
Do you know that the increase in
births of defective and subnormal
children has increased over 300 per
cent in the last ten years?
Do you know that if the present
system of compelling good mothers
to keep bad husbands by the fear of
losing all the children they now have,
if they refused to breed more chill
dren and kick the rascal husband
out, has filed to overlooking all the
institutions now built and will bank
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-03

6IS are not p6IulLJGu " pdi6lClpdJ6
in the benefits Of the mothers pen
sion laws?
Do you know that theNfrst state
wide mothers pension law enacted in
Illinois in 1911 provided for the pen
sioning of deserted mothers with de-
pendent children as well as all other
dependent children?
Do you know that certain interests
succeeded two years later in chang
ing this first mothers pension law so
that it could not benefit deserted
mothers at all, and that on July 1,
1913, hundreds Of deserted mothers
of dependent children were cut off
of-the mothers pension payroll and
thrown onto charity" with the re
suit that these children were taken
away from their mothers and sent
to institutions?
Do you know that 81 states, adopt |
ing mothers pensions, followed with
the same kind of a law, excepting
only Michigan?
Do you know, for example, that
the city of New York paid over three
and a half million dollars to chill
dren's institutions in New York city
for the care of $4,000 children dur
ing the year 1916?
Do you know that these institu-
lions in New York city collect funds
by charity balls and by personal So
Letting to the extent of nearly three
and a half million dollars a year in
addition to the three and a half mil
lion dollars paid to them each year
from taxation, or, in the total, over
$500 per year per child.
Do you know that last year about
100000 children in q. states were
kept with their own mothers and out
of institutions by the mothers pen
sion system, at a cost to the tax pay
ers of only S1OOOO,OOO, about 500
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
UNDER ONE FLAG

fNew York Trbune)
 Somewhere in one of Henry Sydnor Harrison's nov els there is appealing statement of what the Civil War meant to the South. It fought in the South fought along the roads, the fields, in the homes of the South. What to the North most of the North a terrible but distant monster familiar and devastating scOurge to Virginia and the other border States. There the essential diff ference then that there is today between the point of view of France and the point of view of America with respect to the Great War. Imagination take the place of cold steel the point then
 We of today, in reading of the Confederate cere monies at Washington, will do well to bear this il mind. We are playing at war yet We are trying to imagine what the word sacrifice" while the nation of Joffre is bleeding hour by hour We are talking in long words of humanity while the greatest sacrifice made in the of civilization is being poured out the fields of France.
 Plain humbleness of spirit should take from the spectacle of gray and blue uniforms uniting in march up Pennsylvania Avenue this week These men gave to their faith the last measures of devotion They passed the one test by which people prove itself and the works of civilization be preserved Each side hazarded it's every possession of life and happi ness. And if these two enmies the victorious and the other defeated, today join hands in celebration of the united Nation they serve. how small present-day bickerings and personal foy tunes seem by comparison.
 It is long road must travel before can claim the right to march abreast of these veterans of the SOS May show less courage, less free handed giving to cause, than did these sol diers of the South! And may be grateful for the spendidl spirit that brings them and their sons and daughters under the flag in this the day of it's greatest peril
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

grade amnesia, completely forgot his past, his wife, his son and his pro
 fession. He has not recovered When Mrs. Anderson appeared at
 his bedside, after having believed
 him dead for weeks, she was not recognized by the physician as his wife but remembered only as a child hood playmate.
 Why, hello, Minerva" he said "I
 haven't seen you since we were chil-
 dren"
 Dr. and Mrs. Anderson were visit ing in Chicago when they last saw
 each other. She left for their home in Union City, March IS, with the understanding that the physician would follow on a later train. After putting his wife on the train, Dr. Anderson went to a hotel, after he
 disappeared leaving all his belong
 ings in the hotel. He was not heard from that day until last Tuesday night. He was recognized in Detroit by friend.
 In the meantime, it has been learn ed, Dr. Anderson obtained employ ment in the paint factory under the name of Walter Mason and become foreman of a department. On regis tration Day, June 5, he was attacked by robbers and his head cut open. He got leave of absence and decided to go to Akron, Ohio, travelling by way of Detroit
 While here the physician visited
 hotel on Bates street. J. G. Smith, the proprietor of the place, scrutiniz-
 ed the man as he entered the office. Dr. Anderson was unshaven, his head was bandaged, and he was clad in workman's garb. But Smith recog-
 nized him-they were old acquain- tances.
 At the receiving hospital physi- clans discovered Dr. Anderson's mem ory embraced only the last S7 days ! of his life. Before that he remem- bered nothing His recognition of his wife as childhood playmate is the nearest he has come to re- calling any of his past prior to the time he become a foreman in the paint plant.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
THE SLACK FER.

(New York American.) He sees the soldier march away And hangs his head in shame; For he must lag at home while they Go forth to war and fame To battle for their native land
 Whose call they answer now While he must bear the hateful brand Of Coward" on his brow. He tarries for another's sake.
 Though his the slacker's part bond too strong for h tmirboiihanr A bond too strong for him to break Has chained his patriots heart He forces back the rising tears; Ah How the bugles blow, And how the streets echo with cheers To speed them as they go! He knows that he is young and strong; The heart within his breast Is brave as any in that throng
 In warlike khaki dressed But though we know it fills his mind With agony untold; We think he'd better stay behind, He's only eight years old!
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
ABOUT THE CIRCULATION CONTEST

The circulation contest of The Empire will close Wednesday of this week. Since the last pubca ton of the standing of the contestants ballot box has been sealed and placed in The Empire office. The money and the of the subscribers deposited together in the box that connected with about the progress of the battle. The ballot box will be sealed tight at o'clock Wednesday ecening and held until the reports from each of the out of town contestants bearing postmark at D. m., 27, or before reach the office Then these reports. the tents of the ballot box and the previous reports records of the contest will have been canvassed audited by the judges of the contest-Guy McNaugh ton cashier of the B. M. Behrends Bank Harold H Post. cashier of the First National Bank, and Ike Sowerby. The result will then be announced by the judges, who will award the prizes in accordance with the terms of the contest.
 The Grand Prize will be Buick Model 35, four cylinder vepassenger automobile, purchased through the Alaska Auto and Supply Company by The Elm p!re Printing Company-and not furnished by "an ad vertising firm" asserted rumor This prize was dered May l, and deposit of $25O paid down May g. the balance will be paid delivery of the Il was to be delivered at Juneau May 15. but planed by the Alaska Auto Supply Company. delivery was made impossible because the containing the May shipments of Buicks for Seattle unloaded al Minneapolis and the turned to the govern ment Delivery is now promised at early date.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
$10,000 A YEAR
Louisville Courier-Journal

Louisville COurier-JOurnaD
 The fact that James J. Hill, of great abil- ity, left $500O00OO while sundry Americans less able but more devoted to money making have left larger fortunes. the New York Sun say that money byproduct of Mir Hills activities valued means to ends greater than accumulation.
 He would have agreed, probably, with
 Charles Schwab, who remarked not long ago
 that $10,000 year about large
 income man could get any direct personal
 return for. Indeed Hill might have named
 lower figure the limit of his simple needs"
 The question of the suffciency of given in always must be answered in accordance with temperament of the individual There are many Americans, and many Europeans who would say chat year. Assuredly with imagination and luxur. ious tastes could far than $10.000 and get direct personal returns upon it, without living wisely and too we'll Living comfortably at first class hotel in any large city he could third of his income for board and lodging and without lodg- ing in extensive suite of rooms. His club dues and expenses, his automobile and his chauffeur-the man who puts himself up we'll does not be his own mechancian- n-would easily require third of his income. Clothing, and incidentally dental expenses, and small fixed expenses might use the rest with out making the man "spender' and without allowing him a valet. Such might a yacht, and find it far beyond his to acquire the est kind of a yacht.
 whose tastes plain might live plainly in New York. and associate with the socially well known, upon $10000, but would have be guarded in his occasional expenditures and circumspect to his scale of living Should he get married and should he marry woman ambitious to play minor role in the golden society of large American city he would find himself quite hopelessly poverty stricken
 Had Maj Pendenns lived in New York in the Twentieth Century-not that the Mapor exem- plary person and carried scrupulously his polcy of assocating with but the rich do not de- mand of the unattached any considerable expendi- ture might have pulled through from year to year Of course busy man like James J. Hill, concerned with matters interesting than social activity might live upon $5.OO0 year and feel pinch of cannot afford to waste the time that be wasted by those who leave gilded lives The average busy man is not greatly concerned about his scale liv. ing. That is arranged, usually, by his family, upon basis of what the budget will bear
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
GASTINEAU CHANNEL DOES HER DUTY

Great bighearted and patriotic Gastineau Channel has again given a demonstration of her mettle She has again responded the call for from those who funds and she has dug down into her pockets in manner that may appropriately be termed char acterisc this writing it is evident that the con- tribution those the mainland side of Gastneau Channel will be more than $5 900 to the Red Cross War Fund Douglas Island has not yet completed her fund.
 The people of this section met the Red Cross need for funds in the spirit in which the money was asked for People gave in the spirit of patriotism and in the spirit of mercy. The percentage of the population contributing in another has probably been larger than has been the in the States Most of the money given in small sums, but everybody gave something. Others generous ly The members of committees worked hard Doz- of the people of the city gave both of time and money
 Gastneau Channel has failed in doing her whole duty when asked to make contributions for worthy purposes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
Luke McLuke Says


 Maybe you have noticed, or haven t you, that the unexpected always hap pens when it seems impossible?
 Some men are slow to anger and do not appear dangerous. But the longer It takes them to hit back the harder they are liable to hit when they do start in.
 Cheer up and don't let worry get your goat Today is the Tomorrow you were worrying about so much Yesterday
 The trouble with the average after dinner speaker Is that his hearers get the impression that he is going to stay on the job until after breakfast.
 The reason why everyb body hates the man who is fond of himself is because ne lmagines that everybody else is fond of him.
 The man who has six mouths to feed and six bodies to clothe isn't going to worry much CT lose any sleep over the 1act that the American Bison is being extermina ted
 another Wall-Eyed Liar is the fel- low who tells you that he doesn't care anything about the money, but that it Is the Principel of the thing that he is kicking about.
 Human nature is queer stuff. Some ioihs traVei roundabout way to avoid trouoie and others pursue a similar course to find ti
 A man wouldn't think of walking ten squares In the rain without an umbrella 10 store just because his wife is out or bread But it is different when he is out of tobacco.
 
 iou can go to a school with girl when she Is l5 and you are Is. And you meet her 20 years later when you are 50 and she will be only 25.
 Pride is hard to understand. It will, make young man think more of & ioW-salaried positoin than of a good paying job
 or course it is none of our b,,siness
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
WHY DID THEY NOT APPEAL

Wickersham could appeal in a case %M to which he not party. Surely the MA Empire ought to know that. The case was
 Z#Rgainst the Canvassing Board and the
 #ADard had funds for appeals even
 Though 1t the place of the board to
 appeal. Talk sense.-(D (Dispatch)
 The contest pending in Judge Jennings court for many days. It pending several days after Judge Jennings sustained the demurrer the attor- neys for MT. Sulzer to the of the Canvassing Board their original petition Judge Jennings had Invited Judge Wickersham any his friends to in tervene. He stated that interested party Judge WIckersham hAd right to intervent, and that a sup porter of his could exercise the same right Yet
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

But we have always believed that no man who expects his son to have to work for a living should name the boy Algernon.
 It is only natural for mans wife to have his baby come first in her affec- tions. But we would hate to have wife who thought more of her poodle than she did of us
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

According to Georges Bourbon, of the Paris Fi- garo a German Major said him five years ago: Such and such a country may possess army, but Germany is army that possesses country" keen-witted Major Her army is Germany-an army which possesses a country so completely that but a short time ago it thought that it had but to march forth possess a world
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Eastern papers discussing Schwabs statement that live well $1O,O0O year, and that he get direct returns larger expenditure for personal expenses The interest would be more general if the discussion solving the problem of living and raising a large family something like S1000 year
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

we know why in the war! shouted that profound and mpassioned exponent of Germanophile socialism, Victor Berger, at meeting in New York. The answer, MT Berger, is you are not in it. Get in the war, show that you American first and you might have the right to ask your ques tion. But under such circumstances, you would not ask the question
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
DOCTOR LOSES HIS IDENTITY
 FOR 87 DAYS Amnesia Victim Forgets His Work, Past and His Family; Just
 Dropped Away.
TOOK NEW PROFESSION
Wins Place as a Foreman in Factory; Recognizes His Wife Only as
 His Playmate.

DETROIT, Mich, June P. By maiD-Dr. J. H. Anderson, of Union City, Mich, is in the recruiting hos pital here recovering from the eff 87 days in which he abandoned his profession and worked his way up to the foremanship of department in big paint company's plant in Chi cago.
 Dr. Anderson, suffering from retro
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Perhaps a Roosevelt will rise of the constitu- tonal convention at Dublin-who knows s?-( Kansas City Sar)
 If carrying big sticks makes Roosevelts and black thorn continues grow the Emerald Isle, we may look for many Roosevets.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Japan is said desire a fuller participation in the To all appearances there is enough in sight to gratify any reasonable ambition in that d recton
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Charlie Chaplin, who is British subject, may enlist. Give Charlie ladder and couple of soft shelled pies and he ought to do terrible execution -(St Louis Republic.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Secretary McAdoo proves his faith by works He has three sons who are volunteers.-(St. Louis Re- pubc)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
WuH!

My hound is lazy said Bill Bogg.
 'I think his hide I'll dent; For. though hes a good hunting do. He won't work for a scent"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

notwithstanding that Judge Jennings had given his opinion of the law from the bench, there no in tervention Any intervenor would have had the right of appeal Why did they appeal?
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

There appears to be suspicion even in Germany that yon Hindenburg is not maintaining his batting average this season
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
Huh {!

Another paradox I'll tell,
 A little space to fill; We say we know a fellow well, And then speak of him ill.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

As a general thing. when a woman is getting four children ready for Sunday School she doesn't feel like using thai sort of language.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

The old fashioned bride who began housekeeping in a log cabin with a shed room now has daughter who de- mands a solarium and a pore cochere.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
Carefree,

Flow do you know that picture is one
 of the old masters?" Don't ask me- replied MT. Cumrox. That information is part of what l paid
 for. Ask the dealer how he knows."-
 Washington Star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

"The Hohenzollerns must go!"-(Norh American Review)
 Yes, yes, to Hell with them!-( Louisville Courier Journa)
 Whats Marse Henri got against the Devil?
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
Oh, Joy!
Our Daily Special,

A. Pea, of Nashville. Ind. has agreed to plant himself in the Club garden
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Also, the cost of living was lower il the good old days when sweetheart were satisfied with peppermint candy
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati En-
 quirer.

You Know Hlm. Another man you've met IS Blatt, He's familiar gent; He's always first to pass the hat. But won't put in a cent.
 Betcha! How can you tell a henpecked hus- band from the other kind?' asked the old Fogy.
 That's easy,' replied the Crouch. "A henpecked man always looks the part.
 What? What has become of the old fashioned Help Wanted advertisement that car ried the stipulation: German pre- ferred?"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

We All Forgive And Forget Wher, Our Own Faults Are Concerned
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Teddy's cowboy training stands him in good stead when it comes to branding slackers-(St Louis Re Dublic.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Good morning. Have you also invented the cock sure U-boat killer?-( Louisville CourierJournal)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

If your dealer has not the Colon ask him "why?"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

| It comes natural to some people to be
 slender. But what we started to say
 was that Otto B. Stout lives in Gin | cinnati.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Advice to June bridegrooms: America is the home of the brave. but don't try to prove it by starting rough house.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Congress has decided not to increase the tax on stogies, the rates being boosted only tobacco.- Boston Transcript)
 Whaddya Mean, Cabbage?
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
Gosh 1!

We do not know whether or not he peddlcs his wares. but we do know that A. Fowler has fish store in Springfield, Ohio
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
The Wise Fool.

Advice is cheap observed the Sage. Unless you happen to act on it.'' replied the Fool. and then it often costs you lot"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
Raising.

Are you raising any vegetables at your placer" asked Subbubbs.
 "Yes.' replied Flatdweler. They all come up the dumb waiter from the basement
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
TIPS FROM TEXAS.

CDalIas News) Our guess is that the first time gir goes out in a hiples dress she feel like somnambulist.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
Strange.

He frisked every pocket. Alas. and
 aacki
 'I'm busted" l heard the man say. T didn't go broke when l went to the
 tack.
 But l know I came back that way"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

Of course one baby is fortune an twins are a luxury, but triplets al showers of blessings.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
Giddap!
AW, GWan!

Fast X Chase have a garage at Ash land, Ohio
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26
Plant pore,

The Government has been urging folks to make gardens and do more growing. But what we started to say was that Mary Plant and Joseph Moore were married at Macon. Ga. last week
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-26

William Pallister, MID. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Specialist in the treatment of diseases and deformities of the eye and ear. nose and throat. Glasses fitted. Office Juneau Gen. eral Hospital.
 Phone 500
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-12-03
SP0NGERS WON GAME FROM
CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL

The Spongers won the game of bas-
ket ball = Saturday night from the
Clearwater High school boys by the
score of Is to Is. The teams played
well and the game was exciting from
start to finish. One thing is sure: Fus-
sci, !. f. on the Clearwater team, can
throw foul goals. He made Is points
for his team by throwing an equal
number of goals after fouls had been
called on Tarpon boys. This is some
record. And another thing is certain:
the Clearwater boys brought along
some classy rooters. In fact, there
We're forty people from the county
seat to cheer on their boys in their
fight against the Tarponites. The line
up was as follows:
Clearwater: Fussel, II, 10; William
son, IF, 2; Mattson, rg, O; Hubbard,
lg, O; Edgar, C, 0.
Spongers: w. Cause, IF, g.; Ed
wards, If, S; Wallis, rg, 4; Alderman,
lg, 0; Thompson, c, 0.
Chidester substituted for Edwards.
Referees, Neate and Lunden.