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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

The commercial bodies of all sections of Alaska and the Mayors and City Councils and citizens gen orally should urge by all the at their command that Congress make the appropriation asked for for the continuation of work the Alaska railroad This railroad is of the governments undertakings for the advancement of this Territory, and it will aid erially in it's development. It is unfortunate that conditions have made the construction of the railroad more costly than it figured that it would be when the original appropriation of $35,000000 made But the work has been started and $26, 000,000 expended This great expenditure will have been largely in vain if the work is not prosecuted to completion, and the earlier it is completed the Her will the investment that already has been made begin to yield returns Congress cannot afford to permit this work to stop now. It must be prosecut ed to early finish. All Alaskans should what influence they have to make that fact plain Wash ington.
 It would be absurd for Congress to pay attention to the croakers who go down to Washington and tell Congressman how much better they could manage the There is question but that the Interior Department has been prosecuting the construction with honesty and capacity. Mistakes probably have been made but they are always made There well quail fled to take advantage of possible mistakes as those who familiar with the work, Congress the Interior Department, and Alaska should make short shrift of the Jeremahs. the envious and the spiteful.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
JUDGE JENNINGS AND PROHIBITION

Not content with advising Wickersham supporters to invade Democratic primaries to purposely nominate weak man to against him. Mrs Hatcher must attack Judge Jennings and him being against the enforcement of the prohibition law If the learned lady little versed in knowledge of the past four years history of Alaska she would know that Judge Jennings the first Judge here who insisted census being taken and the sentiments of a majority of the people being ascertained by secret ballot before any liquor licenses should be granted We who live here have not forgotten the torrent of abuse which the Dispatch and the saloon men heaped upon his head for standing firm what he believed to be the right Again, if the learned lady were a little versed in legal procedure she would know that Judge has nothing to do with the enforcement of laws except when comes before him He is not police officer, but is simply Judge to try
 Mrs. Hatcher have become reckless with truth and facts and Alaska history and issues those with whom she is assocating political ly Mrs Hatcher should make inquiries and become little better acquainted with Alaskan con ditions before making speeches
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
THE BIG G U N
(New York World. )

(New York World) We've made us a gun, a giant gun, That never the world has known; It's thunder-ham leaps up to the
 sun
 And touches the Highest Throne. Mere Kings and crowns are blown
 from it's path,
 To uttermost darkness hurled For this is the gun of peoples
 wrath!
 It's range is around the world. We've made us gun, a glowing A gun of the steel of youth It's bore is pit the bad must shun, Its bed is the rocks of truth. Jehovah's fingers have set it's sight, To carry His righteous curse For this is gun of nation $
 might!
 It's arc is the universe. We've made us gun, a master Whose rumble can shake the
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Circus men go right on building new wagons because they realize that there is a sucker born every minute. And a sawdust evangelist keeps right an getting folks to build tabernacles for him because they realize that there is a dee-eff born every few seconds.
 Our idea of a great detective is a married man with a family who can locate a clean towel in the house the day before the laundry man delivers the wash.
 Some men are lucky and get a reputation for wisdom just because other people happen to ask them questions that they can answer.
 A married man may be fat-head- agines his conversation interests his wife
 There isn't any difference so you could notice it. But man will feel proud if you call him sly pup, and will get mad if you call him sneaklng dog.
 It doesn't hurt to tell the truth once in a while. Possession de- creases the value of most every thing man craves for, including a wife
 We are very fond of dogs. But it never was intended by the Crea- tor that fuzzy dogs should live in cities in which soft coal is burned.
 If a man happens to know two words having the same meaning, talk to him for moment and he will use them
 Nature is a mean cuss. The more ! thin girl walks the thinner she gets. And the more a Corn-Fed girl walks the fatter she gets.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
ALL ARE INTERESTED

The interest of the average business and the investor in Alaska and that of the workingman is and the With Alaska pro. gressing there is opportunity for a with Alaska slip ping backward the opportunities for all disappear Dele gate Sulzer is doing all within his power lay the foundations for continued progress With the Wick. ersham-Strong personal politics gang of offceseekers and destructioniss in the saddle there be pro gross. Those who doing things for Alaskan pro gross have a hard enough time of it when they are attacked by the breeders of personal bickerngs and disconent without the latter being fortified by the prestige of high office.
 Alaska is facing crisis. and it is up to those who have come here to live and develop prosperity and civilization to face the crisis like They cannot do that if they place character assassns and prohpets ofzehaos in the saddle.
 we are to have continued progress in Alaska
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

earth Till the wolves shall flee from the
 field they've won Their litter die in it's birth. It makes stars tremble, yet they
 rejoice
 In shiveringN orbits high For this is the gun of a peoples
 voice, i; And evil it bids to die! We've made us a gun, a godly gun, That even the saints may bless; It frights the knave from the side
 of the nun
 Who prayed for deaths caress. All cannon voices to silence fall Whenever it's words begin For this is gun of nations call, And it's shell speaks only "Win!" Dine at the Gastineau. Concert every evening.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

of the things of first importance Tn the work IS the reelection of Delegate Sulzer. With MT Sulzer on guard at Washington and Gov. Riggs at the head of the Territorial government have team of wide-awake, progressive. young Americans workhg for Alaska who have conception of the meaning oi the word failure" cant" or impossible With them to conceive is to act and to act IS to accoh- pish They are Twentieth Century Amer1can men of stature, and both are needed py Worhlhs"eii and by business men and property owners Ihe wei fare demands of all point in the same direction.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
ECONOMY OF 1864
(Anchorage Times) ]

VAnCnOTaRe IImeS1
 Let the persons who think wheatless and meatless days a hardship listen to the venerable and whose memory takes them back the Civil War
 Roasted barley, parched corn chickory roots, and dandelion roots. dried and roasted used coffee substitutes. White granulated sugars were a rarity, and only the table for companv Brown sugar and od-fashoned black molasses were used for sweetenng. Honey, apple butter, fruit iams and even lard. used substitutes for butter
 Butter scarce and dear for those times and bread and molasses, bread and honey even bread and ham fat were considered plenty good enough all but the very old people In those days nearly every family in town kept Those who didn't rule, went without milk. The papers of that day emphasized the fact that coffee and tea were more nutritious when used without milk
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

The Wickershamites and the supporters or Gov Srongs personal spite candidate MT Maloney' are ufs ing Republicans and Wickershamites who do not eA pect to vote at the November election for any Demo cratic nominee, go into the Democratic prihaiies and vote against the renomnatlon or Delesa'e ouNe Confessedy they urged to do that Tn order 'o TIE tbngs so as to insure the election of Judge Wicker sham in November That sort of politics IS not prdc tced in the interest public welfare nor Tn the nae of decency People do not play crooked pohucs ITO" patriotic motives because patriotism always oese's honesty and decency.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Luke McLuke Says
 In about. nine cases out of ten, it is trying to keep up with some woman that makes a young man fast.
 You couldn't blame a telephone girl for acting uppish if she want ed to- She has a large speaking ac- quaintance and is remarkably well connected.
 A fool is man who attempts to tell a woman's character by the amount of paint she has on her face.
 The fashioned man who never started anything he couldn't finish now has son who is always start ing something he won't finish. When a man is going fishing and has to dig bait he doesn't envy the goldentoned song bird. He en- vies the woodpecker.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

of it were proposed restore Alsace Lorraine to France the French Bourse would sell kussla 'omoi, row" so Trotsky tells the Moscow Soviet It would he mighty interesting hear the bidding on hussia iust now or to witness the auctioneer make delivery
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
Mean Brute !

"It says here that a man dislo- cated his jaw while yawning," said Mrs. Gabb, as she looked up from the newspaper she was reading. Isn't that remarkable?"
 Nothing remarkable about it., growled MT. Gabb "He was prob ably listening to his wife tell how much better she could have done if she hadn't married him."
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Gen Foch's character is well expressed III his message to Joffre at the most critlcai moment of the battle of the My right is retreatlhg my center is broken, my left is routed snail at tack"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

In his efforts to satiate his appeule ior d eoF ernment pay check Judge Wickersham IS trying to run both the Democratic and Republican partles.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Some idea of the size of our army is afforded bv the statment that there more than loo OOo Smiths in it.-(St. Louis Republic)
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Inmates of the insane asylum of Illinois are go. ing to celebrate the centennial of the admission of that State into the Union They may be crazy but they fools--(New York Word)
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

After reading about Quebec anyone on this side of the line can be reconciled to Milwaukee
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Nunn done the serving, when we should have stated that all of the ladies present done the serving.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

How About You? Brcathes there a man with a soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said: "Pll buy a Thrift Stamp every day, And cause old Kaiser Bill dismay?''
 Luke McLuke.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

April has always been big month in the mill tary history Of this country, and this is April-(St Louis Republic.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
Fact.

You'd have a lot of time for rest, And fortune would be kind to
 you, If you would only do your best AS often as you say you do.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
Spring.

opflHg. The redbird shivered in the trees To come North he was bold; No wonder l look red said he, I'm red because I'm cold.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Three Chances and Three Errors.
 (St. Paul, Neb., Republican
 In our writeup last week of the Blair reception We stated that Mrs
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

They Shall Not Pass Yesterday today tomor row. forever-it holds good-(New York World
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
N uf Geo

A real good fellow is Bill Bends, A tightwad is Tom Tenny; And, while Tom hasn't many
 friends,
 He doesn't need as many.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Yes, But Whaddy "a Mean?
 In describing a launching at New ark, N. J., the Chrileston, w. Va, Leader says:
 "The vessel was christened Coy ote" by Miss Phillis Hughes. She is $500 tons and PTS feet long, with beam of 40 feet"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Peace in Russia just one town and nre vince after another occupied by the Germans-(Ne, York World)
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
Described.

UeSCrlDed
 What kind of town is Smith ville?" asked the City Mau. Any thing doing here after dark?" Sure" replied the Tavern Keep CT. Every night at 7:05 every body in town goes down to the de- pot to see No. come in"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
Oh !

"A printer tells me that the letter F is used oftener than any other letter in the alphabet" said the Old Fogy.
 Well" replied the Crouch, may be he's right. But I'll take bet on the capital T.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke McLuke
 -:- Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
No Joke,

No Joke. When Pleasure calls Our speed is dizzy; When Duty calls, The line is busy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Is That So To solve this mystery we try, Twill surely our goat get, How Luke can keep his humor dry When he's so very wet.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Great Days. Christmas New Years Holi Election
 After. Pay
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-12

Breathes there a man with a soul so
 dead, Who never to himself hath said: "Pll buy Thrift Stamp every hour Because it makes the Kaiser sour" Maybe you know, or didn't you, that Thomas Razor has barber shop at 229 Locust street, Cincin- nati.
 Them's Our Sentiments. Richmond, Ind, has interned as an enemy alien a man named He'll init MetZdorf.
 Our Daily Special. Too Many Words Are Used To Say Nothing.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-15
WHY SOCIETY WOMEN
WASH THEIR OWN HAIR.

They DO, not because IL is fad.
but because they wish to obtain the
greatest possible hair beauty and be
sure they are not using anything
harmful. They have found that in
washing the hair it is never wise to
use a makeshift, but is always ad-
vissble TO use a preparation made
for shampooing only. Many of our
friends say they get the best results
from a simple homemade CanthroH
mixture. You can use this at cost
Of about . cents q shampoo by get
ting some Canthrox from your drug
gist and dissolving q teaspoontul in
a cup of hot water. This makes
enough shampoo liquid to apply 10
all the hair instead Of just the top
Of the head. as with most prepara-
tions. Dapdruff, excess oil and dirt
are dissolved and entirely disappear
in the rinsing water. Your hair will
be SO fluffy that it will look much
heavier than IL is. Its luster and
softness will also delight you.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-15
of Women Prominent in the Social Life Of the Nations Capital

entertaining almost constantly. Aside
from their personal qualities, and a
certain amount of complimentary Of
hcial entertaining which is more o.
less q matter Of course, many people
have been interested in getting their
frst hand knowledge Of conditions in
one Of the most uncertain of the
neutral countries-the one on whose
friendship Germany Is believed TO
rely most And since Sweden Ia gem
orally accounted as being more close
ly in touch with the Central Powers
than perhaps any other country, Mr..
Morris's reports of what he had
gathered as to the probable condl-
tons in Germany have been listened
to most eagerly.
one can imagine, that when the
diplomatic corps gets back TO town
and begins to look itself in the face
and count noses it may feel incline to
sing the old refrain,
we shsl meet and We shall miss him,
There Will be one vacant chair!"-ete
For as matter OF fact there will be
The Washington herald., 1918-09-15

likes, and Is q distinct ornament TO
any party. Which always helps-
Some months ago It was currently re-
ported that she was taking courSes
in stsnosraphy and typswriting and
once accomplishment with q view
to going over with the Red Cross.
But for some reason that never
pannsd out and only . few days ago,
il was finally and definitely announced
that she had CONE to the rescue Of
ber greatly harassed brother-in-law.
when his secretary was called to the
colors.
Miss Agnes Hart Wilson. Secretary
Wilson's clever daughter. tells me that
she has also Joined Uncle Sans
war workers. She has taken a job
In her fathers department-not in his
ONCE. but in the adjustment division
where she finds her work very inter-
esting. She was secretary OF her
fathers committee ION lsbor) when
he was in Congress. but withdrew
from any regular position when he
entered the cabinet. though she has
often helped out down in his ONCE,
working harder than most Of his
regular clerks without pay. Then
came her mothers serious illness, and
she had to give all her time and at
tention at home. Now Miss Mary
Wilson has turned housekeeper and
Miss Agnes has turned war worker"
Neither of those girls has been out
Of Washington all summer. The farm
which Miss Mary ran last year-and
ran very well. as Miss Wilson loves
to tell you. with big sisterly pride
has been leased this year. and except
that Mrs. Wilson and Miss Jessie
have been up there for a few weeks,
returning about two weeks ago, has
not known the Wilson family at al
during the past summer.
To turn for a moment from work
to play-most Of oficial societys play
this past week has centered around
the Ira Nelson Morrises. the United
States Minister TO Sweden and his
wife who have been at home on
vacation. They arrived about ten
days ago, and were of course imme-
diately entertained at dinner by the
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Lansing.
Some friends had taken DR.. and Mrs.
Richardson's pleasant country home,
"Cliveden." out on Grant road. Tor
them, and they established them
selves there as soon as they arrived.
They had q theory that they were
going to get q little rest after a
rather strenuous winter. But they
have discovered that Washington in
war times is not exactly a restful
place. Sdu they have stuck II out
and they have been entertained and
The Washington herald., 1918-09-15

ocratic party)-dehnitely aban-
doned, and his indefinite stay right
here announced; with the Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall at
home again; and the cabinet house,
holds getting back to their winter
compliments. and their winter quar-
ters; and the diplomatic menages
re-establishing themselves: and
even members of the Supreme Court
headed this way, Washington seems
to be about to settle down for the
winter fully a month before its US
ual time.
The Marshalls had about the long
est vacation, and 1t seems to have
been entirely satisfactory. some
one asked the Vice-President-
what in the world do you go TO
Petoskey. for? Nobody goes there"
To which "the Presidents only
vice" responded promptly-"That's
lust why!" As Mrs. Marshall says,
I'VE get pure air, good food. and
perfect freedom there. We've been
going there for so long-though this
Is only the second summer since
we came to Washington, we had
been there for thirteen years be-
fore that-that nobody pays any at
tention to us, or regards US as any
thing out of the ordinary. Really
it's a blessed relief"
Since their return they have been
absolutely quiet. Mrs. Marshall Is au-
thority for the statement that they
have not had single engagement
and to an injured. well. you were
out last Sunday evening"" she looked
a bit puzzled. and admitted, why.
yes, so we were: but we only went
up to 'Twenty-twenty' for supper.
We're likely to be there any Sunday
night-but that doesn't count. That's
not going out anywhere. you know!
Which might have puzzled any one
who did not know Mrs. Marshalfs
intimacy with Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
of 900 Massachusetts avenue. About
as soon as she was unpacked, Mrs.
Marshall went up to see how the Red
Cross work rooms Of the ladies Of the
Senate, of which she Is the head. were
getting on, and was greeted with en-
thusiasm. Since then she has been
up for a few hours every day. not,
however, putting in the long day at
1t that she did last winter.
Mrs. Baker has been away least OF
any OF the Cabinet women. Except
The Washington herald., 1918-09-15
in the Social Worlo
By MAUD MeDoUGALL.

vacation even though every one else
is coming home.
And they certainly are! Mrs. Hous-
ton and Mrs. Redfeld were expected
by the end of the week, and un-
doubtedly came as per schedule. and
Mrs. Gregory-the last. except Mrs.
McAdoo-is due tomorrow. Mrs. Red
field has been in Washington pretty
steadily since she and her husband
returned from a long jaunt-partly
business and partly pleasure-out to
Seattle. up to Alaska and home
through British America and Canada.
A couple of weeks ago she went up
to have a little visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. c. K. Drury. at Westheld.
N. J., and last week Joined Secretary
Redfeld at Lake Champlain for the
Canadian-American Fisheries Confer
ence. Mrs. Houston has been up at
Woods Hole since June. for the chill
dren's sake, and made frequent trips
to Washington for her husband 5
sake
Mrs. Gregory has been down in
Texas with her mother, Mrs. Joseph
Nalle. whose health is rather frail;
and the Gregory family have been
rather scattered-little Cornelia with
her mother: Miss Jane staying with
friends near Rockville, and sticking
steadily at her job in the Food Ad-
ministration until she had earned her
vacation which she is finishing up now
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Clarke
old family friends-at Spring Lake,
n. J.; the elder son. Thomas Watt,
jr., in a camp up in New England,
and the younger. Nalle, at winches-
ter at school, from when he has Just
recently come home and Joined his
father in Washington.
For the rest, with the Presidents
speaking trip-on behalf of the
Fourth Liberty Loan land the DEM
The Washington herald., 1918-09-15

When you have for your husband.
the Secretary OF the Treasury. and
the Director General Of Railroads,
ad the Chairman OF the Federal Re-
serve Board, and the Chairman Of
the Farm Loan Board. and the
Chairman of the International High
Commission, and the Chairman, ex-
officio, of the War Finance Corpora
tion. and the Treasurer of the Red
Cross-and haven't at that laid
yourself open to prosecution for
bigamy-1ife is likely to be some
thing Of a merry-go-round- Which
Is probably why Mrs. McAdoo is pro-
longing her summer vacation longer
than any of the other cabinet wom-
en-
She is the only one who is not
either at home already or likely to
be within a day or two. In fact her
summer has been so broken up, that
as she told a friend, TT has been
hard to md the pieces" Just about
as she got settled at White Sulphur
Springs it became necessary for
Secretary McAdoo to get more COM
pletely away from everything and
everybody connected with his entire
bunch OF jobs-and so she packed up
and one fine night when no one was
looking. they sneaked OF quietly
and got lost in the West. Then, as
long as he was there, there was a
lot of business that had better be
attended to before he came East;
and II was not until mid August
that they got back to their summer
cottage. Since then Mrs McAdoo
has really been at White Sulphur
renewing acquaintance with her
small daughter-when she hasn't
been in Washington-and Mr.. Nc
Adoo has gone down for rather
elastic week-ends. when he didn't
have to go somewhere else. So she
is certainly entitled to prolong her
The Washington herald., 1918-09-15
Home Complexion
Peeler Works Wonders

To keep the face, neck, arms and
hands truly beautiful and youthful
in appearance, the treatment which
seems most sensible is one which
will actually remove the skin itself
Immediately 1t begins to age, fade.
coarsen or discolor. The only known
treatment which will do this, aside
from a painful. expensive surgical
operation. is the application Of or
dinary mercolized wax, which is as
harmless as 1t is effective.
The wax Is put on at night. Just
as You apply cold cream, and wash
ed of in the morning. 1t absorbs
the dead and half dead surface skin
in almost invisible flaky particles.
little each day, no discomfort
being experienced. with the disap-
pearance. of the old cuticle. the
newer, healthier skin underneath
gradually appears, richly beautiful
with the flush of youth. This mer-
colized wax. which you can get at
any drug store in original package.
is indeed a yeritable wonder
Norker.--Ady.