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The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07

imposed by the Spanish influenza, the Portland public schools have been put under high pressure. An hour 8 day is added to the work; ths average pupil is constantly urge and tbe slow pupil driven to added study and longer recitations, and parents who take real interest in their chndren's education and their mental well being are perturbed over crOwding five months work into less than four months.
 Is the making up of lost time granting that this result will be achieYed-worth the cost? In the case of girls in the grammar grades and high schools is there not solid ground fer the opinion that too mucE vital energy will be consumed in reaching the goal? Schedules ar ranged for each term are adapted to the caOacity Of the average indus trious pupil. Few pupils can sus- tain a heavier load without strain. If you increase the load about IT per cent for a period of half a term how many pupils always working under pressure, will remain in nor nal health?
 Those who will be graduated from the grammar and the high schools ar the end of the current term are under the heaviest pressure, for they feel the need to finish tn course of study. What harm can come if they Hose" a month, and call it a short" year, the war year? How much will this 'loss" affect their lives ten years from now?
 Schools were closed five weeks to guard the public health. Is it wise policy to jeopardize the mental health, which always affects the physical health, by overwork? In the end, Is anything to be gained by keeping up the present high pressure?-PortlanG' Telegram.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
TRICkEO; CLAIM
 IF SHIPBUILOER

Portland, Dec. Tt is the be- lief Of every shipbuilder that a contract, no matter by whom made or sealed, is sacred obligation and as such should be so respected and lived up to-" ,I
 This statement was made today at the luncheon of the Ad club in Hotel Benson by F. c. Knapp, presi- dert of the Peninsula Shipbuilding company, in reply to the query from Marshal N. Dana, chairman of the day.
 Wasn't it a bad trick that the Emergency Fleet corporation pulled on us?" III
 Great nations," continued Mir. Knapp, "have spilled their blood in order that just such obligations in order that just such obligations shal' not be considered mere scraps of paper The shipping men of this city and district rightly be- lieYe that they should receive some sort of compensation for their stren- uous efforts in aiding the govern ment during the times just passed.
 Gentlemen, l declare to you that if the nation continues driving the way thai 1t Is now going, the coun- try will be plunged into terrible calamity. The administration must stop immediately the way 1t Is now going. Millions upon millions of dollars worth of conrtacts have been promiscuously cancelled. The red flag of anarchy is fast sweeping ov- CT the world. The question is one that hinges around the point of whether or not the laboring man is 10 be kept employed. Thousands that hays been turned loose by the recent government cancellation man. date will soon be knocking at our doorR for relief"
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07

duly made and entered sR the pro bate court for the Territory of Al asska, sitting In probate at Skag- way precinct, on the 18th day ot November, A. D. 1918, in the mat ter of the estate of Thomas A. Me Donald, deceased; the undersigned executor of said estate, will sell at public auction, subject to confirma- tion of sale by said court, the fol- lowing described real estate belong ing to said estate; To-wit; Lots One CD, two (2) and three (3) in Block sixty-five, and Lot twelve CPD in Book One hundred and twenty (120) or the City of Skag- way, g shown by the official plat thereof: Said sale will be made On tho 18th day of December, 1918. at the hour of ? o'clock in the after noon O said day at the front door of the court house in the salp Glty of skagway; terms of sale as follow for cash. . Dated this 18th day of November 1918.
 L., s. KELLER Executor or the estate of Thomas A.
 Mcdonald, deceased,
 11-15 22 29-12-6 13.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
COURTlN6 TROUBLE.

It was a red-letter day for Pat Fin negan For the first time he was q member of a jury. Dressed in his best suit he was about to depart for the courthouse when his wife asked him where he was going.
 "Shurc, an it's to coort Orm go- .HG," replied Pat.
 The next day inc same thing hap pcncd. However, on the third morn in@ things came to a climax. Mrs. Finnogau again asked the question.
 "Shl"r. it's to coort Orm going" said Pat.
 Mrs. Tiracgan took the rolling pin and g1t .I Pats way.
 "Nu@.. D@.." she replied, take off them g.rI clothes; yer not going to cocrt. r. there's any coortin' to be done. Shurc, yell do it here, an do it with me-"
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
\ FRANCE-LAND LULLABY

Sleep, thou little child Of sorrows, Wars harsh din fright not thine
 ear; Sleep and dream of happier nor
 rows,
 Rest thine heart and feel no fear. Bends thy mothers angel 'bove thee, Leans thy fathers spirit near; France, thy Mother-Land, will love,
 thee,
 She'll defend thee, baby dear. Sorrows child, did foeman wrest
 thee
 From the breast. serene and swe- Where 6 mothers love would nest
 thee;
 Der a heart which for thee beat? Sleep thy Mother France will hold
 thee; Sleep, for other loving arms Shsu with tenderness enfold htee; Shield thee safe from wars
 alarms. Now the sun sinks to its setting; Shadows slant across the sky. Dream, sweet child, in sleep for
 getting
 Wars grim specter. Lullaby! Rises OCT they birth-land stricken Hopes clear, shining star of light Sleep, no shadows round thee thick
 en;
 Wake to day-Gawn, blest and
 bright. Il. L. F.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
EDITORIAL
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WE PAY HOMAGE TO GREAT BRITAIN

Today the United states is paying homage 10 Great Britain by honor ing it's people and its flag.
 This mark of respect is for the purpose ot showing our gratitude towards a people who have been Kind to our boys who were sent over seas to the war, and who were taken in by the people of Great Britain and treated as sons.
 This mark of respect is for the purpose Of showing our great es- trem for the people of a nation who faItered not in their duty of standing by treaty made with Franc and Belgium in the face of the knowledge that it was leading them into the blOodiest and most trighttuI war, probably, Of all his tory. tIA
 It is with joy in our hearts, and q feeling of pride that We do Great Britain this honor, for We feel that it will bring this Nation closer to us, ard will do much towards blot ting Cdt any old feeling of animosity which might have remained in the hearts of citizens of either Great Britain or America.
 While Skagway is loyal 70 Great Britain, it holds the Dominion of Canada nearer and Gearer to its heart, therefore, when the request came to display the British flag to- day, it was found that there were few of the Union Jacks in town, and beiH. far removed from a flag fac tory, in order to show our loyalty, he Canadian colrs were unfurled to the breeze from many flagstaffs.
 F. J. Shaw secured a small Union Jack, and probably for the first tims ia Skagway's history, this piece Of bunting was flown from the peak ot a mast here.
 A1 the Bank of Alaska building, a bright Canadian flag floated' in the breeze, and suhoutteG' against the snow on 4. B. Mountain quickened the hearts of all loyal Canadians as they saw it.
 Over the Daily Alaskan office the largest flag was raised. It is one Of historical value, as it was the first Canadian Flag raised by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police at the White Pass Summit in the days Of the early gold rush. While the gloricus piece of old bunting is somewhat tattered, and shows many marks of the rayages of the winds Of summer ana winter, it is still bright and as it streamed out in the brisk breeze proudly proclaim ed itsel' to be the emblem of one of the Dominions of the British nation and one which has never IaIteTed to heed the call of it's mother country in carrying on the great war against the common enc my. Long may it wave, and may Tey as loyal Americans, ever do honor to it which is the flag Cf our nearest cousins on the North!
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
Ever WatChful
A Little Care May Save Many skas-
 way Readers Future Trouble.

Watch the kidney secretions.
 See that they have the amber hue of health;
 The discharge not excessive or in- frequent; GsAk
 Contain. nc "Drick-dus like" sedi' ment.. ta k;
 Doan's Kidney Pills are especially for weak kidneys.
 Let a user tell you how they work
 Sidney B. Hart, S25 sharp ATe.' Spokane, Wash, says: "The grip left my kidneys weak. My kidneys got so they didn't act freely enough and the muscles of my back became stiff and achy. Many times I had dizzy spells and little black spots floated before my eyes. blurring 1hy sight. A sharp pain caught me In my back whenever bent over. Doan's Kidney Pills had always been highly recommended so tho't would give them 8 trial. After hal used one box I was cured or that awful trouble, for my kidnsyp were in good condition again."
 Price COG, at all dealers. Don't simply as" for a kidney remedy - get Doan't Kidney Pills-ths same that MT. Hart had. Fostsr-Milburu Co.,, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. r.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
rrnth About Prsmonition.

"Once in a while an error turns out to be the truth" said the editor.
 How iS that?" asked the caller.
 "Why." replied the editor, 'fn writ ing about the death of Mrs. ROunder I referred to Mir ROunder as the bereayed widower,' but the COmpOs- itor made it the relieved widower,' and it got into the paper that way, and Founder never even called up to demand a correction. ."-LondOn Tit-Hits.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

The French 'horizon blue" is said to be the best color for a military uni form.
 A whitewash Is now made from the "sludge" refuse of the acetylene gas manufactOry.
 An X-ray picture of specimen of "silk hosiery" will reveal the "tin" filling of the fabric.
 Bivalves suspected of bearing pearls are examined by the X-ray to avoid de- -stroying the Shellfish.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07

was the grand son of Chief Skowl, and g-eat grand son of Chief Sunny hart. He was 55 years of age. Be- sides a wife, he is survived by five sons and two grand sons.
 The body was taken to Kasaan where burial services were held in accordance with the old Indian GUS toms s.--Ketchikan Miner.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ES
 .. TATE

IN. THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, DIVISION NO. 1, AT sKAG- WAY, BEFORE HON. K. A. RAS- MUsoN, U. s. COMMISSIONER AND EX-OFFTCIO PROBATE JUDGE.
 In tie matter of the estate of Thomas 4. McDonald, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an order Of sale'
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07

It has been estimated that the wire in the cores and Sheathing of the worlds submarine cables that have been made since they were first used in 1S5T would reach from the earth to the moon.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
OLD CHIEF DIES AT
 THE NATIVE HOSPITAL

Parl Young, of Kasaan, died here Wednesday, November 20, at the Native Hospital, Of heart failure, following an attack Of influenza.
 He was the last of the chiefs of the Hydahs-Ioeated= Kasaan= =and
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07

Take LAXATIVE PROMO QUIN- INH Tablets. Druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure. B. w. GROVES signature is on each box. soc. Wed.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
IF IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN
 IT ISN'T A KODAK

Keller Bros. theSkagway agents for the Eastman Kodak company, have received 8 large shipment of all sizes Of N. c. aud Autographic Kodak film, and printing out pa pers both Ago and Velox. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07

SAN-TOX COUGH DROPS. Admin istered OF sugar. Acts almost in" stantly. The prescriptions t 0 an eminent physician. KeAeS Broa The saR-Tox Drug store Subscribe for the Daily AaSEaa.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
Ever Notice 1t?

The man tEat walls that times are hard You will observe full oft. Is looking for a berth In life Particularly soft.
 Boston Transcript.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07
PUSHING PUPILS TOO HARD

In order to make up for time lost 9uring the five weeks vacation
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-07

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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-11-05

Aviators in Italy.

From the italian front where many
American a%viators are now serving
comes this note:
Sometimes at night. after dinner,
a little music is INDUCED i'm as a re-
taxation. OF course the Italians shine
there. Many a pilot or chauffeur in
overalls is humming selections from
grand opera. Some of the American
boys also are good musicians. One
especially was a splendid pianist. and
would rattle away for an hour at a
time selections from Schubert or Men
delssohn's MELODY in F." to what
seemed almost a sacrilege. that is,
play it in ragtime for a change"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-11-05
CHAPTER IL.
The KaIsers Plan for World Dominion.

The Kalsers Plan for World Dominion,
The history of modern Germany is,
perhaps, in itself sufficient indication
of the underlying plan Of the Teuton
war barons to control the whole Of
Europe and, eventually, the world. The
program has been slowly unfolding it.
self since the time of Frederick the
Great and the present generation is
now witnessing what was intended to
be the climax.
There can be no doubt that If Ger
many had succeeded in her efforts to
gain control of the major part of Eu-
rope she would have soon looked
toward the western hemisphere and
the east.
This program is fairly indicated by
the course of events as history lays
them bare, but l have the actual word
Of the kaiser to substantiate 1t.
At one of his visits to me shortly
after the beginning Of the war we were
discussing England's participation in
it.
"What %hypocrites the English are ~
the kaiser exclaimed.
They had always treated me SO
well when 1 visited them l lever be-
lieyed they would have come into this
war They always acted as if they
liked me. Ny mother was English,
you know. l always thought the
world was big enough for three of US
and we could keep it for ourselves
that GERMANY could control the conti-
nent of Europe, England, through her
vast possessions and fleet, could con-
troll the Mediterranean and the far
east, and America could dominate the
western hemisphere!
How long it would have been before
Germany would have tried to wrest
dominion from England can readily be
imagined, and with the whole of Eu-
rope and the far east under her thumb
America would undoubtedly have
proved too tempting a morsel for the
kaiser's or his descendants rapacious
nav to have resisted. He said that
he believed that the world was "blg
enough for three" he didn't say II
was too big for one.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-11-05

she could succeed In landing a real
army 10 France. what good would it
do? America can see how easy it was
for me to break through and to zap
ture 100000 Of the Italians, and they
must realize that / can break through
on the western front and do the same
thing there. If America had kept out
of the war she would have gone on
making untold profits and when peace
was finally declared she would have
been in a most enviable position
among the nations of the world. AS Ii
is, Wilson will never have a seat at
the peace table if / can help it, and
now America shall have to pay all the
costs of the war :" Evidently he imag-
ined that his triumph would be so
complete that there would be no peace
table, but that the warning nations
would be compelled to accept the
terms he offered them, in which event,
knowing the magnanimity of the Ger
nan makeup, l should say the world
at large would have to be content with
very little.
How the kaiser feels now that the
failure of the U-bOats to intercept
American troop ships must be pain
fully apparent to him. and America
has so overwhelmingly overcome the
shortage of shipping, 1 don't know, but
1t Is more than probable that for some
time to come the real situation will, at
any rate, be successfully concealed
fror' the German people. 1 know that
the failure Of the U-boat campaign was
unknown to the Germans up to the
time l left Berlin-in January, 1918.
While the kaiser and the Germans
generally felt confident that we would
never be able to send many men
across, they professed to feel little
concern even If we did.
According to some of the German Of
hcers with whom 1 spoke, even If We
landed 100000 men in France II
would not be enough to break the
deadlock, as the Germans were taking
a similar number Of trained troops
from the Russian front. The ONLY
menace Of American participation IL
the wal lay In the possibility that VI
might add considerably to the allieC
air strength. Man power alone, the!
contended, would never be sufficient t
help the allies much, but overwhelming
superiority In the air might occasion
the Germans some annoyance.
The kaiser himself had but a poo
opinion Of the fighting qualities Of thu
American soldier SO far as modern wa
requirements are concerned.
THE American soldier would pos
sibly give a good account Of himself
In open fighting" he declared, "but b
is not built for the kind Of warfare h,
will encounter in France. He lack
the stolidity to endure life in tn
trenches. he is too high-strung an,
couldn't stand the inactive life whic
is such an important part Of moder
warfare. Besides, he lacks disciplin
and trained officers"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-11-05

lea and who had already demonstrated
that they were far more dangerous
than the japanese had ever been.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-11-05
Campaigning AGAINST Blindness.

Because of the campaign against
~preventable blindness it is predicted
that fifty years from now very few
blind persons will be seen on the
streets. :
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-06
WORTH THE COST

Lincoln Journal: A British visitor
to the United States reports to the
London Times that the American peo-
pie seem to him to have settled down
to the war on a note of great sobriety.
Thoughtful Americans are telling him
that this war is the best thing that
could have happened to the country.
1t has saved America from being
peacefully penetrated by Germans
without knowing it until too late. It
has abruptly stopped the fever Of friv-
olous living which menaced the moral
stamina of the nation. 1t has re-
stored the necessity for discipline and
given purpose and grit to the whole
generation. The nation is more aware
OF it's own unity than it has been since
the civil war. These are calm and
clear words spoken after a careful
study of the American situation. The
most devoted friends of the pacifst
doctrines must admit that there is
very much in this situation to give
them pause. A whole nation once
given over to indulgence and money
making is now turning in the oppo-
site direction. With a few exceptions
the American people are asking them
selves what they a do to help win
the war. The great majority have al
ready begun by curbing their appe-
tites, by limiting their expenditures
for luxuries and by laying up stores
of devotion to the common cause to
be drawn upon at the will of the gov
eminent. 1t all means a stronger and
more idealistic community. It will
turn out to be worth the cost, terrible
as that now threatens to be.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-06

According to the statement of the
ouncil, the "home" side of army camp
> fe is being maintained among the
-,undreds of thousands of soldier boys
both in the United States and France.
At he present time there are 2,20O
Y. NJ. c. A. workers with the expedi-
tionary forces in France and England
and 5000 other workers in American
camps.
The y. NJ. c.. A.. has been asked by
Gen. Pershing to take over the entire
canteen system with the American
army in France, and this will require
the services of more than 5000 volun.
teer workers alone. Al effort is now
being made to ecure at least 1000
business and professional men of high
standing who will go to France for all
sorts of Y. M. C. A. service before july
1.
1t is estimated that 5000, 900 feet of
film are being exhibited weekly to the
soldiers at home and abroad. A recent
shipment of athletic equipment for the
troops in France consisted of 1850
base balls, 10000 bats, 10000 gloves
and mitts, boxing gloves, voiley balls
and various other kinds of apparatus
for promoting the play spirit among the
troops in their leisure hours.
The Y. M. c.. A. has established a
chain of huts and dugouts along the
front lines occupied by American
troops cover there" and is meeting the
needs of the Sammies as they take
their places in the Lorraine trenches.
The Y. M. G. A. huts on the Russian
front have been demolished by German
guns and the $50 secretaries there
have retired before the advance of the
Huns and are now established in ST.
IBERIA awaiting an opportunity to return
to Russia.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-06

A message was received yesterday
from Phil Severson by his wife, that
he had passed the rigid examination
at Omaha and had been ordered to go
at once to the training camp at the
Great Lakes. near Chicago.
Mrs. j. w. Browning and daughters
have rented a portion of the Hegeman
residence furnished, and plan to pass
the most of the summer in Brookings.
Mr.. Browning will attend summer
school at the University Of Chicago
and. Albert will probably accompany
his father.
A patriotic address was delivered at
the M. e. church Monday evening by
Bishop Charles Bayard Mitchell, of st.
Paul. There was a large audience, it
being increased from time to time as
people came from other meetings.
Many of the loyal utterances of the
speaker met with hearty response
from the crowd and his descriptive &C
counts of the boys in camp were tes-
timonials to the cleanness and eflcien-
cy of the fighters we are training.
The silver offering taken was given by
the bishop to the M. e. church at
Pierre.
An unusually large crowd was out
Saturday evening for Relief Corps. AS
there was a great deal Of work to be
done. it proved to be a long session.
There were nine applicants elected to
receive the degrees of the order, nine
candidates were initiated and several
new m were received. AS this
was the last meeting before convention
alternates were elected to fill the va
canvies among delegates. For the
good of the order, Patriotic Instructor
Maude Mcknight presented silk flags
to Comrades Stowe and Sasse, who
were quite surprised and very much
pleased. They thanked the ladies, say
ing that these flags would ever be
among their most cherished posses
sions. The business session closed at
a rather late hour, but the social COM
mittee had lunch all ready and a brief
social time was enjoyed before the
crowd dispersed.