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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
Helen Holmes in THE ACE HIGH LOSES"
NEXT FEATURE
 "The Martyrdom of Philip Strong'' with Robert Conness and Mabel Trunnelle.
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mer Fall and winter to me mean vacation-and vacation means hunt ing To get out my gun and go into the fields after birds is my fa- vorite pasttime. l won't say there is not enough money in the world to cause me to give up my hunting vacation, but s10,000 is not tho amount to do it."
 q was born on the plains of Nebraska, where hunting was our great pleasure continued the star pitcher, "and I still think 1t is the best sport in the world for fall and winter. Me for Nebraska; let the city fellows have the vaudeville jobs."
 Alexander is quite as expert with gun as he is with a baseball, too. Many are the stories he tells of his days in the field. It is this life in the open that gives him the nerves, the muscles and the courage to win more than 30 baseball games in a season. He thriyes on hard work, and many of his best games are pitched near the end of hard sea son
 It probably is known by all who will read this tale that Alexander pitches for the Phillies. In 1915 his club captured the National League pennant. It was Alexander's pitch ing that was principally responsible for the success of the team. He attributes much of his success on the diamopd to his training with the gun afield -
 Pitching a baseball in the middle of hot game and shooting a gun at fast moving bird are much the sane" the twirler insists. "I don't mean to say that there is much similarity between the real action.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
FEDERAL CONTROL.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Federal control and supervision of birth and death registration to supplant the present state and municipal systems is recommended in the annual re- port of Sam l.. Rogers. Director of the Census.
 The United. StatesaMi*ris declared. cannot have a systs$Y of vital sta- tistics comparable to those of for eign countries until all the states enact porper laws or until the Fed eral Government assumes control.
 ''l have come to the conclusion" !" MT. Rogers says, that by far the most satisfactory and effective means to hasten the day when the entire United States shall have ad- equate registration would be af- forded by placing the matter en- tirely under Federal control and su- pervision."
 Active preparations are under way. the report says. for beginning the next census in 1920.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
pUGiLiSTlC CHINESE
 KILLED BY FALL FROM ROOF AT SACRAMENTO

An Wing, the first Chinese to seek pusilistic honors, was killed by a fall from a roof at Sacramento re- gently.
 He was well known to followers of the game who used to patronize Alex Greggains' old Sixth Street arena, and, while not much of a boxer, was always willing to fight
 He fought such men as Ceasai Attell, Mike Kutcho9, Deacon Jones' Billy Brannon and Cockey OBrien This contest was his last and it took place at the old Woodward s Pavilion in Valencia Street San Fran cisco, before the fire of 1906.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
Pauline Frederick
 and Willard Mack Co-stars at Dream.

Tonight at the Dream theatre. Paul inc Frederick and Willard Mack will appear as co-stars in "Sanette of the Wilds." story of the Canadian north west and of the Northwest Mounted Police.
 In the wild. inaccessible parts of the Canadian woods where man is still fighting with Nature for a home. law and order have their single expression and manifestation in the Royal Cana dian Northwest Mounted Police. The members of this brave force have per-
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
TWO CALlFORNIANS WILL MISS DRAFT GLITCH FOR SURE

The University of California will not be minus the services of Walter Gordon, the colored tackle next sea son, for Gordon has stiff finger which keeps him from serving Un cle Sam Although Gordon can knock 'em dead on the football field, unless he gets a new paw he will never be able to don the kha Xii Another athlete that U. c. is sure to have next season is Kidder the one legged captain of the swim ming team.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
FINE COMMERCIAL PRINTING

The Empire Printing Company's Job Printing Department is better equipped for fine commercial and so- ciety printing than anS printing onice in Alaska. New machinery and equipment has recently been in. tailed. and more is undsr way. Make us prove these statements by giving us your order. If
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02

THE EMPIRE PRINTING COM PANY has the best equipped com mercial printing office in Alaska; in cludes ls linotype faces, the latest styles in types, the only exclusively book and commercial cylinder print ing press in the Territory; modern in every particular; only one qualit, of printing-THE eEsT-Prices reas onable.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02

$ TWO IN ONE The EMPIRES way for everybody. The EMPIRES lads" keeps the housewife informed of all sales and the news columns Ire right up to the minute cn the
 avs uews
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT

COLISEUM Mabel Taliaferro ill "The Barricade," with a Weekly.
 PALACE - Earle Williams in The Soul Master" a Weekly and Comedy. DREAM - Pauline Frederick and Willard Mack in Nan cite of the Wild" and Hell en Holmes in "A Lass of the Lumberland."
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
 EMPIRES SPORTING COLUMN General Items of All Kinds-Ring, Mat Baseball and Other Sports
COLU M N
TING

Chicago. where he was boxing in structor prior to the opening of the war
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
FIRE ALARM BOXES (Correct to August 13th)

f-4--3rd and Franklin. 1-5-Franklin and Front. 1-6-Front Street. opposite Union
 Iron Works. 1-7-Front Street. opposite City 1-8-Front Street, below Worthen
 Mills
 2-3-Willoughby and End.
 2-4-Seward and Front. 2-6-Main and Front. 2-s-Main and 2nd. 2-7-Main and 4th. 3-2-Gastineau Avenue and Rawn Way. 3-4-Gold and 2nd. 3-6-4th and Harris. 3-6-5th and Gold. 3-7-5th and East. 3-8-7th and Gold. 4-1-9th and Indian 4-2-6th and Calhoun 4-3-West end Distin Avenue 4-6-9th and Calhoun 4-6--7th and Main 4-7-5th and Seward 4-8-Government Road. Old Jap
 Gardens.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02

SEELEY'S White Pine Tar with eucalyptus and menthol-for coughs and colds-25c. soc.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
Mary Pickford's Next Picture in January.

Mary Pickford's next pnotopay will be released in January. The title of the new film, which has just been com- pleted in California is stella Maris, " adapted from William J. Lockes well known book by Frances Marion
 Staged under the direction of Mar shall Neian, this photoplay Is confi- dentIy expected to prove Miss Pick ford's gre9test achievement in the cin ema world. Everyone who has already seen the film. including Adolph Zu kor, the motion picture king, declares it to be "Our Mary's" crowning ac- complshment.
 In the new photoplay. Mary portrays two characters of opposite nature, those of Stella Maris. a very wealthy though crippled child, and Unity Blake, ragged slavey. This is the first time in dual role on the screen.
 Billie Burkes next appearance in a Paramount Picture will be in "Eve's Daughter" from the play by Alicia Ramsey which was originally produced with Grace George, It depicts q girl. Irene Simpson Bates. surcharged with youth and spirit and blessed with beau ty who chafes at the galling restraint placed upon her by her wealthy father. from whom shn inherits a stubborn will He believes himself q chosen di- sciple of the Lord. and dictates the smallest details Of the lives of his family
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02

Dine at the Gastineal. Conooet every evening,
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
IIIIIlIIlIIII!III|IllII|I!II!Il!lIII DIRE THEATRE
 WE'D, THURS, FRI, SAT.
 Sat. Matinee at 2:30
 First show, 7:05-Second, 9:00
PAULINE FREDERICK in forceful primitive characteri-
 zation, as
'NANETTE OF THE WILDS'

in the wild inaccessible parts of the Canadian woods, where man is still fighting with nature for a home, law and order, with mount
 ed police in five parts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02

A WEEKLY opens the show; Trayelog takes you on a won der trip.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-02
Our Admission is 25c

COMING-Big Triangle.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
For Two-Platoon System.

Congress will soon be called upon to vote
for or against two-platoon system for the Dis
trict of Columbia. AS civilization has advanced
men in all occupations have improved their condi-
ton-that is all except the fireman. He is awake
even when he sleeps, in spite of the paradox, that
your property and even your lives may be safe.
guarded.
Washington has magnificent fire depart
ment-yet it is operated on the old system of a
twenty -four-hour day for the firemen. This is
wrong, unquestionably so, and The Herald hopes
for early remedy of conditions. No other pub
lie servant is handicapped as is the hreman-and
by the same token no other public servant de-
serves better treatment.
Congressman from all over the land want to
be fair to the District and we believe they will
endorse, by the necessary legislation, the two
platoon system. Physical fitness is the first re-
quisite OF fireman He is charged with great
esponsbilities-yet we deny him the creature
comforts that are due him. He is isolated, lone
some, perpetually duty, has no home life such
as we have, and it is difficult to understand why
this boon has been withheld from him.
Nearly all the big cities operating the
two-platoon system. They are San Francisco
Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Chicago, Seattle, Buff
falo, Newark and dozen others. 1t is the ideal
system-why not give it to Washington:
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16

knave; but it is not well to take any chances
on his being the former.
Then nationwide dragnet for the German
propagandist and German agents should be in
stituted The Prussian poison is sometimes subtle
and elusive; more often it is crude and clumsy.
The spreader of false tales and the bearer OF false
witness should not be tolerated He is a menace
and deserves forbearance, even from the in
dulgent neighbor who is willing, "for the sake OF
his family" perhaps. to escape the rather unwel-
come duty of getting him into trouble. In ordi-
nary circumstances there is no more despicable
character than the informer. In war times the
informer is an invaluable aid to the government.
Not that the United States should be transformed
into nation of keyhole workers, that it should
practice espionage in cold blood, as the Germans
have been schooled to do. But obvious breaches
of loyalty to the American government should
no more be permitted to go their way unresist.
ed than open treason should be.
Lastly, the government should become more
stringent 1t should import little of Prussian
terrorism. It should constantly tighten its vigi-
lance, give its Secret Service the frmest support,
and call upon the people to give unstinted CO.
operation to their work. In this way we might
scotch the snake, and perhaps kill it.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
The Call for Men.

Bring men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains;
Men with empires in their purpose
And new eras in their brains.
Bring me men to match my prairies,
Men to match my inland seas;
Men whose thoughts shall prove highway
Up to ample. destinies;
Pioneers to clear thoughts marshlands
And to cleanse old errors fen;
Bring me men to match my mountains
Bring me men, ~
Bring me men to match my forests
Strong to fight the storm and blast,
Branching toward the skyey future
Rooted in the fertile past;
Bring me men to match my valleys,
Tolerant of sun and snow,
Men out of whose fruitful purpose
Times consummate blooms shall grow;
Men to tame the tigerish instincts
OF the lair, and cave, and den,
Cleanse the dragon, slime of nature
Bring me men.
Bring me men to match my rivers,
Continent cleavers, flowing free;
Drawn BY the eternal gladness
To be mingled with the sea-
Men of oceanic impulse,
Men whose moral currents sweep
Toward the wide-infolding ocean
OF an undiscovered deep;
Men who feel the strong pulsation
OF the central sea, and then
Time their currents to its earth throb-
Bring me men.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Russia-And Mars.

A war-crazed world may be a convert TO cnaos
before it finishes its midness. Why not? The un-
believable has ceased to be merely possible The
Bolshevst germ is abroad in the world. 1t is con-
tagious.
Russia has become the political insane asylum
of the world 1t is the maddest thing in a mad
mad universe. But insanity, as any alienist will
tell you, possesses frequently the most marvellous
intellectual acuteness and penetration in single
given direction, the direction of its monomania In
the same way the Bolsheviki showing the most
brilliant grasp of method in their madness. They
actually doing the things which several gener-
ations of Socialists have been talking about-not
using their assumption of power as the point where
their radicalism moderates, but becoming
radical as their power increases. A strange doc
trine they preach, indeed. but which undeniably
is going to have widespread influence the i'm
mediate future of mankind
OF course, Bolshevikism spells chaos. But so
does war; and war has the sanction of government
Of society. of the established order, and peoples
asked to endure the hardships of industrial
chaos the price of victory. And Russia is going
to work out its salvation in chaos just cviliza
ton is going to work out its salvation in war
and perhaps the two lanes fork and have the same
terminus. Perhaps. Who knows what the "es-
tsbshed order OF even the near future is going
to be-
Bolshcvikism is seeping into Germany,
where the picture OF its unbridled indiVidualism-
the temporary alias for greater socialism to come
has saffron lure for even a docile people en-
Slaved by brutal autocracy. And is it to be i'm
agined that the British French and American peo-
pies are to escape scot-free2 No; much as we
have to teach Russia. she is busily engaged in
teaching us. Unconsciously so. perhaps, but mil
lions OF American eyes and American minds are
absorbed today in certain features OF the social
rcconstructon-or, il you will have it, the social
breakdOwn-of Russia.
1t IS hkc,a message from Mars message from
4 world turned topsy-turvy and inside out and full
oi all manner OF strange and unaccountable things
But are they strange and unaccountabe merely be-
cause 1t has been bred in bones to think them
so, and because we have demonstrated by our own
antique yardstcks that they belong to Uutopian
Mars a Nevcr-Never Land2
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.

1t has been fight or die for many q
us in the past and the lucky peopl-
are those who have suffered, but who
are now well because they needed ma
ture's warning signal in time to cor
rect their trouble with that wonderful
new discovery OF DIR. PierCe's called
'An-uT-ic." You should promptly heed
these warnings, some Of which are
dizzy spells, backaChe, irreEularity of
the urine or the painful twinges of
rheumatism, sCiatica or lumbaEo. To
delay may make possible the danger
Gus forms Of kidney disease. such A.
Bright's disease, diabetes or stone IL
the bladder
To overcome these distressing con-
ditiOns take plenty OF exercise in the
open air, avoid a heavy meat diet.
drink freely OF water and at each
meal take DR.. PierCe's Auuric Tab
lets double strength. You will. ia =
short time, find that you are one of
the firm indorsers OF AnuriC, as are
thousands OF neighbOrs.
Step into the drug store and ask for
, Anuric, or send DIT. V. NJ. Pierce, Bus-
falo. y. Y. Ice Cor trial pkg. Anuric.
many times more potent than lithis.
eliminates uric acid as hot water melts
sugar.-Adv
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Sly Shots at the Solons.
BY THE OBSERVER.

The most tremendous power lodged
In any man or men Is the power to
limit or entirely eliminate industries
OF various kinds, so Congress- is be-
ginning to realize. And there Is no
power in the nation that may be more
destructively or unfairly used.
How amazingly stupid lawmakers can
become. California that ornate State.
offers the most unusual example we
have heard OF in many years. Game
fowl that destroyed huge crops OF rice
were not to be shot by the rice grow
ers-unless with the clear understand
ing that such game was not to be
used as food or shipped to market.
Didja ever hear the like? Think OF
what a carload of those fowls would
have done for Washington's meat sup
ply.
Congress is just finding out that mil
lionaires are not taxed on their lux
uries, but on the money they spend
building up industries for the coun-
try-money that goes into laboring
mems and producers pockets in a
hundred different directions. And
think OF what La Toilette and Norris.
and others, said on this subject.
After a survey Of the Nebraska pot
ash fields the State land commission
there announces that more potash will
be sent from that State during l9lS
than ever was imported by this coun-
try from Germany in any single year,
Hurrah,
The Senate will show La Toilette
what a body can do that has a
bIudgeon in its hands. The club OF
patriotism is strong, very strong. just
now. Let no one get impatient, SO
| they say at the Capitol. The patriots
have the situation in hand.
Six hundred men were held for en-
| barkation at an Atlantic port until
their equipment could be run down.
And while one army office was pound
ing the company on the back for
! speed, another army Office was finding
out that the order. had been finished
and the company was pushed for
room in which to store it Red taps
| prevented the movement until a tape.
cutting captain got busy.
Senator Hi johnson will. of course
be one of Mr.. Rooseyelt's callers when
the latter comes to Washington
Moosers once. but never again y
they will likely remain in the Repub,
lican preserve as long as they are
treated right
Congressman Royal Johnson, nov
an army private. was looking for q
| former secretary, now a captain,
whom he could salute. II isn't the
firso time a lawmaker thought of pay.
| ing this homage TO the honorable
Sec" In fact. most big men in Con.
gress and in cabinets, etc, admit that
secretaries are handy animals TO have
| around.
With the announcement that Civil
Service bars were down temporarily
at the War Risk Bureau Capt. J. J.
| Crowley at once became the most
sought official Congress has been In
touch with for some time. Few Con-
gressional tongues there are that
Crowley's name is not articulated
upon, several times weekly.
A great potato district in the Middle
West reports spuds selling for 81 a
hundred pounds-or not enough to pay
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Soldier Citizen Gardner.

sN real American died when Maj A. P Gard
ncr passed away from pneumonia at Macon, Ga,
on Monday, and everyone who knew the man will
deplore his untimey taking off in the very prime
OF life.
Long before the others. as Representative
Gardner, he urged the country the necessity
OF preparedness, and strange to say, he faced
storm of angry criticism for doing So He knew
what was coming for he had that sense of proph-
ecy denied the most OF us. In season and out
he warned the. optimistic, who saw only a sum-
mer cloud on the horizon, and he fayed the
pacifist who was grooming the dismal song of dis
loyalty
In his early Congressional career he was Gus
sie Gardner, the relative OF the rich and able Henry
Cabot Lodge, but as time wore on he became
a force for righteousness in government that
silenced every critic and won for him the highest
regard of his colleagues
AT this time the country can i'll afford his
loss, for he was outstanding citizen of the re-
public. He did not wait for the clarion call in
deed he rushed" into khaki and into service as
soldier. In after years he will be we'll remem-
bered as the public who was unafraid and as
a soldier who was true to his convictions and to
his beloved country.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
The Internal Peril.

Americans lapse into easy forgetfulncss about
the alien peril 1t is part OF the national optimism
TO do so. Enemy incendarsm and sabotage are
too ugly spectres for our citizenship to think
about, except when they result in some outrage
alarmingly atrocious, when they produce an i'm
mediate emotional ferocity so intense that it de-
teats its own purpose, and is spent before it has
any chance OF being translated into action
Our Seqtimentalism is inbred In peace if
has been developed without restraint; it is etched
nowhere more sharply than in the immensely diff
fieult task 1t has become to send convicted muir
derer to the gallows. We have drifted far away
from the Mosaic Law. National squeamishness has
been bolStered up by science and BY welI-mean-
ing humanitarians, and we have pampered it to
an absurd extreme The same tendency to Slip
shod thought keeps our literature and drama
eternaly in the kindergarten stage we insist upon
the sirupy happy ending" the avoidance of facts
OF life which are nasty" and unpleasant and upon
Juvenile romance. ''
We have been tender in dealing with our
enemy aliens, have squandered a good deal of SYM
pathy upon them, have delayed even obvious meas
ures OF seif-protection. As result there is con-
tinuous stream Of disasters, hres accidents" mys-
terious troubles and delay which are too clearly
the work of enemies to be dismissed in any other
fashion.
What is the remedy? First of ALL more
rigorous attitude the part OF Americans to-
wards the alien the alien sympathiser More
rigid scrutiny Of everything which arouses the
smallest suspicion. The man who is acting or
talking eueerly in these days may be fool or
,
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Just the Trouble.

The peace terms which the Germans are with
growing frequency holding out the allies are
of war and cannot see victory despite the threat
voiced by the Kaiser to his troops New Year
Day that if the allies do not want a German peace
it shall be forced upon them by the German sword
These recurring peace proposals. if in
direct or even afterwards denied, have reminded
Vice President Marshall of a conversation between
Indiana couple likenng the girl to the allies
and the young to the Teutons
Clara, you spurn my love" cried the embit-
tered but callow youth. "You spurn because
l can't take you out every Sunday buggy riding;
but, remember. shall not always be clerk at
So a weekH
NO" said the matter r-of- fact Hoosier girl,
amused al the pose of dignity which her compan-
ion assumed. That's just the trouble. You may
lose your Job at any time"
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Would Let Soldiers Of
To Work on Farm Crops

So many Of the former boys have
gone to the wars that the New York
State and other oranges are fearful
lest the crops rot in the fields. In
order to correct this situation. SEN
ator Chamberlain yesterday introduc-
ed a bill allowing furloughs' to en-
listed men so that they can perform
certain duties for designated periods
under orders of the Secretary of War.
Secretary Baker recommended the
legislation. The enlisted men can be
employed In industry or agriculture
with or without pay, and allowances.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Col. Fenton.

Col Fenton, commandant at Fort Myer, whose
death yesterday is recorded, a soldier worthy
of the uniform he He saw service in the
West in the border days, when the Indians were
troublesome, and in the PHILIPPINES he made an
enviable record His rise to recognition was
through merit. He was a friend of the private be-
he possessed very human qualities, and he
was friend of those over him because he knew
a soldiers place and soldiers duty. A strict
disciplinaran, and thoroughly equipped officer,
he was we'll his way to further honors, for
which he eminenty fitted, when he died.
Those who enjoyed his personal friendship will
miss him sorely, and of his public worth, the
kindly words OF his superiors, in another column,
speak volumes
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
URGES MORE ECONOMY.

wastefuI methods of store deliveries
are costing the nation 5000. 10000 q
year, Secretary of Commerce Red
field yesterday told visiting represen-
tatives of State Councils of Defense.
They left Washington last night
to effect further economies
In the system. Merchants in eighty
cities, they reported. have already
reduced their deliveries 10 one a day.
In several hundred other cities yari-
Gus curtailments have been effected.