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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
ALASKA GETS TERRIFIC BLOW

The Senate and House Conference Committee or the Sundry Civil Bill, which cut down the appropria tion for the Alaska railroad from $12,0OO,000 l.. s2.ooo,oOo the road appropriation from $3OO,ooo t. s100,000 and eliminated the appropriation for thf cost of fighting the influenza among the Alaski Natives, hit this Territory terrific blow
 The railroad appropriation means that there vii be little work the railroad this year It mean that deficiency will be taken up, the tracks al ready laid will be maintained in some sort of con dition, that there will be some work done betweel Seward and Anchorage, and that is all, It mean the postponment of the date of the completion o the railroad for at least year-whch will mako it 1922 least, before the great Interior will bt connected with the coast by rail.
 Likewise the reduction in the road appropriation means that the Board of Alaska Road Commission ers as far as the Government roads are concerned will be confined almost if not quite wholly to thf maintenance of roads already constructed Ther' will be very little if any road construction
 The elimination of the appropriation to eove' the cost of the against influenza among Alaski Natives means that the Territory will have to bear that cost. In other words, the white people Of th1i Territory addition to the cost of developing nev country and maintaining government in it, will hay to dig down for 92,000 to bear the cost of fight ing for the lives of the Natives in sparsely settled remote regions of the Territory, which produce nc revenues It also sets dangerous precedent Al ways heretofore the Indians have been regarded al wards of the Nation. The present Congress for the first time said in effect, that the health of tho Natives in of epidemcs, matter how dis tant they might be from civilization, is matter fo the Territory of Alaska That presents matter tt the people of this Territory that is very serious in deed and one that should not fail of serious consd eration. If this is be the attitude Congress there is one Of two alternatives for the Territory They must let the Indians die if Congress refuse to care for them, they ask for a division 0 the Territory. There is nothing fair right il asking the struggling communities along the coast of AIoel
 are wrestling with the problems incident the de velopment of a new country, to undertak the re sponsibty of caring Natives living in the frozen reaches or the North more than 2,000 miles away It is unheard of in American history
 The attitude of the present Congress toward Al aska Is not encouraging to say the least
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Luke McLuke Says

Ever notice that the men who have right to be conceited are about the only men who are not conceited
 Why is it that when you are in a hurry the man who wants to talk to you for a minute insists on talking for thirty minutes?
 Benig a grouch hath it's reward People may hate you. but thell never try to impose on you Once in a while you will find a wife who has her own way because her husband is fond of her. But in the other ninety-nine cases wife has her own way because her hus band is afraid of her.
 After playing the thing both ways man is apt to discover that things come more quickly to those who won't wait.
 A woman may walk into an open coal hole because she is busy rub boring at herself But any time a man walks into an open coal hole il is because he is busy rubbering at woman.
 Some people seem to save up their coughing all week so they can turn it loose when they go to Church on Sunday
 We do not know a whole lot about women. But we do know that thov are not all as innocent as they look.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

fziag that he had oyerpayed rather than under played his system. People had already got wise to it. They understood all the signals and the motif, and ;ney sick and tired of him.
 It is quite evident that the former master of the game of personal politics is becoming childish in his old age.
 It would require altogether too much space 10 point cut the charges in the former Delegates petition. The complaint occupied some fifteen col umns in his weekly organ Juneau, and nearly all of it vas worse than absurdly false conclusions based falsehoOds
 Wick has been hoicted by his petard
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Blowing Hot and Cold
(NaldeZ Miner.)

(Valdez Miner)
 Mir Wickershams attitude concerning the soldier vote in Alaska is most peculiar and inconsisen )ne. Several years ago his followers at Valdez precipitated riot account of the refusal oi he election judges here allow the soldiers Fort Liscum to vote. Wickersham had boats hired and oiled them between town and the post all day carry ng soldiers to and from the polls. Not only that, put he secured voting precinct at Fort Gbbon in order to get the soldier vote Since that time he intagonzed the soldiers and lost the main part ot he vote to his opponent. It then became illegal for soldier to vote. His attitude this question s as consistent on the Native question, his con tentlon being that the ignorant Aleut and Eskimo in Northern Alaska had a right vote, because they voted for him, notwithstanding they could speak English and were still savages; while the educated Natives of Hydaburg and Southeastern Alaska, who san speak and write English who their own stores and have considerable property, had rght 10 vote-because they voted for Sulzer. It is this blowing hot and cold which has queered Wick with the sensible voters of the Territory
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
WICK HOIST BY HIS OWN PETARD

Judge Wickershams petition in the contest case like his attack on Secretary Lane, carries its own refutation. His attempt prove Gov. Riggs Sur yeyorGeneral Davidson. former Acting Collector of Customs Garfield, Judge Jennings, Judge Brown Judge Bunnell, Judge Holzheimer, District Attorney Smiser, United States Marshals, Court Commissioners Army men, members of the Bureau of Education and other officials by the be political crooks and felons is absurd that no one in Washington CT Alaska can consider him seriously
 Wickersham many campaigns in Alaska by throwing mud, destroying reputations breeding scandals, appealing to enmties and envy, playing individual against individual faction against faction interest against interest, section against section that he apparently, has believed that his last two de- feats were due to his failing to work his system strong enough. Therefore he began his campaign of contest for a in the Sixty Sixth Congress by violent charges of uncompetency and crime against Secretary Lane and all those who have had anything to do with the railroad. Now he extends his erim- fnal Club to include all high officials most oi the public servants of high and low degree His Criminal Club has numbered among its mem bers at time or another most of the people of Alaska.
 Wickersham. mistake apparently, is not in re.,-
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Come To Alaska
Fairbanks Citizen)

Fairbanks Citzen)
 Tuesdays presse dispatches quote General Morri- son, head of the Western department of the Army. comprising the Pacific Coast States and Alaska as advising young to "Go to Alaska" He refers this country land of rarely wonderful oppOr- unites.
 Whether the general just talking for recruit ng purposes giving good advice to all young men ooking for opening he hit the nail squarey on he head This is country which needs men, and Joung men especially.
 For the worker the man with initiative, there promise in Alaska than in any other section )f the United States.
 Alaska is just beginning to grow Only prelim- nary development work has been done. That which s to will surpass all that has gone before
 "Go Vest has been suppanted by Co North. ' There is for all who No young willing to accept the conditions naturally existing n new land frontier country make ms- ake by following General Morrison's advice to "Go Alaska"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
WESTERN UNION WILL DISTRIBUTE MUCH MONEY
 AMONG ITS EMPLOYEES

NEW YORK, July 1.-The West nrn Union Telegraph Company has decided to distribute $1,000 900 in back pay to those of its employees who remained faithful and in con tinuous service from August 1, 1918 to January 1 1919.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Work Speedsters
Clos Anegeles Times )


 company of American Engineers threw pon- toon bridge across the Rhine in Al minutes It was l,500 feet in length and sanch enough for the pas sage of fleet of motor trucks This was in less than one quarter of the best time the Germans were able to accomplish the same task The air holes they let in Prussan efficiency the fimsy Il becomes In order to make complete clean up tho anterprising Americans made all sorts of wagers or themselves and their time and gathered in about s3O,0 900 in real money
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
The Disgusted DouqhI

The Disguised Doughboy Darling, l am coming back; Silver threads among the black; Now that peace in Europe hears, I'll he back in seven years. I'll drop in on you some night With my whiskcrs long and white; Yes, the war is over dear And we're going home I hear. Home again with you once more, Say, by nineteen-twenty-fou Once | thought by now I'd be sailing back across the sea. Back to where you sit and pine. But I'm stuck here on the Rhine; You can hear the gang all curse. War is hell, but peace is worse
 A EFF.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Indications are that several mining properties will resume work the coming month The Hurdle Creek property the Hermann Eeaton, the Piggot Pay Free Gold property and the Free Gold Mining Company are all at work or ready to start to work things look better for the town each passing day.-(Vadez Miner.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Then 1t Happenedi

Gosh, that's qucer!" unused the Rummy, as he put his empty glass on the bar.
 What's queer?" demanded the Barkeep, as he grabbed a bottle.
 Why, even if you prepay a tele- gram it goes on tick, doesn't it?" re piled the Rummy, as he headed for the door.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Oh l!

"I hear that your husband has had his life insured for $10,000," said Mrs Naybor "It must be quite a com fort to know that you will be taker care of in case anything should hap pen"
 "Yes, it is,' agreed Mrs, Gabb And it relieves you of the worry oi having to tell your husband to bf careful every time he goes anywhere
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

The automobile racing game is becoming milk sopDy. speak. With 33 contestants at Indian apos recently only three killed and a beggary four five injured. No wonder the spectators were indignant and wanted their Roman holiday money back.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Moses may have led the children of Israel through the Red Sea. As they say down in Florida, the Red Sea "ain't such much anyway" If he had tried to ford glacier stream in his flight from Egypt the Bible would have missed mighty good story (Nadez Mner)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Charles Evans Hughes said in a speech the other day that he would put experts in public office That man just can't quit thinking about 192O- Savannah News.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
We'll. Well!

(Knoxville Journal and Tribune)
 Another one Luke McLukc must have dropped: Captain Love Cash is spending money with a lavish hand at Clearwater, Florida"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
JJoor Jim!

(Yellow Springs, Ohio. Cor. Spring
 field News)
 James Killeen, whose horse and buggy disappeared from where it was
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

The modern version: My bonnie flys over the My bonnie flies the bonnie flies the ocean, Oh, hop off, my bonnie. to me - Louisville Courier -Journal)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Ohio Democrats will have to decide to whose banner they will rally that of Governor Cox Sec retary of War Baker, unless settle it amcably President Wilson feels it his duty to offer himself q third term Omaha Bee)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Wickersham has set many traps that every time he founders he springs q few of them and catches himself in places.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
ImmortaIs Is Immortals

We learn from the Point Pleasant (W. Va) State Gazette that "Mr. and Mrs. o. Gividam, of Gabblcrs Gap were shopping last Friday"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Over Coat.

The fool house painter, you'll agree Will get a fellows goat; For, in the hottest weather he
 Puts on an overcoat.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

hitched on Corry Street, back of the traction office Saturday evening, was found abandoned on a farm near Springfield, Sunday morning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Stranue!

cannot make this out at all,
 No wonder my head aches While night and day are sure to fall
 It is the day that breaks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Ouch

"Why do you use the phrase cold and clammy' so often?" asked the City Editor Cant a thing be cola without being clammy?"
 Yes, sir" replied the Cub Report CT. Did you ever eat a chowder in cheap hash house?"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Germany acts if it figures it should be consid- dianapolis Star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Were the Germans really believing that Presi dent Wilson would keep them out of wars results
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Hurrah for the Glorious Fourth! Celebrate tomorrow becomes Americans and Alaskans.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Those transatlantic fliers say they had to sec their way to Europe through dense fog. Kind of like the United States Senate.-(D Detroit News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

may get reputation for being wise by keeping still and then but if he never volun- idea he is looked upon dummy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

Nobody is quite small the who always holds the flor principle the thing"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

After taking look at the crowd that made up the Bolsheviki, wonder how they ever recruit member
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

There's nothing like sickness in the family to make a wonder in his happier days why he ever worried money matters.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
FLASHLIGHTS

Detroit Free Press) Mighty few people can do nothing well
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
MAIL NOTICE

Hereafter all outgoing first class mail will close when a mail carrying vessels whistles into port whether it be day or night; Sunday or week days.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Firms Is Firms.

Sign on store window on Washing ton street, Dayton, Ohio:
 Will Sell
 Groceries And Meats Yep, his namc is Will Sell.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

All the argument in the world convince a old that his pipe has strong smell
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Our Daily Special

Many a strongheaded man is weak minded.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
Gosh !!

He is nervy man, they say, His courage makes him rash; He. in a restaurant, one day, Attacked plate of hash.
 Luke McLuke.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03

The plate of hash to the defense Sprang with a purpose grim; And, though the conflict was intense It got the best of him.
 Newark Advocate.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
Bret City News

Have Root Print lt--Beacon Press.
Lighting Fixturcs-Burgess-G Gran
den Co.
Best Meal In the City for IS Cts,
at the Washington Market. 1407
Douglas street.
TREES. SHRUBS. SEEDS-Men-
eray's. Thirty-four and Broadway,
Council Bluffs. Phone 1898.
Eugene Munson to Speak.-Eu-
gene w. Munson OF Los Angeles will
address the Omaha Theosophical
society at S:15 this evening. his SUBJ
ject being 1.-The Portals Of the Past"
ArbOr Day ut Lincoln.-On Arbor
Day, Tuesday, April %. the library
will be open from 2 to p. M, for
reading and reference only. No
books will be received or issued dur
ing those hours.
Held For Shooting Mt Man-John
Spencer. colored. 1918 South Seven
teenth street, was arrested yesterday
afternoon after he had terrorized
the neighborhood Of Twenty-second
and Poppleton streets by shooting at
Harry King. also colored. while
King was walking down the street.
Spencer is charged with shooting
with intent to kill. King was held
as complaining witness. King also
lives at 1918 South Seventeenth
street.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
FARMER MILLER
HAS GAINED n
POUNDS, He SAYS
Neighbors Doubted If He'd
Ever Be Strong Again
Restored By Tanlac.

at was common talk among my
neighbors that l would not live very
much longer and to tell you the
truth, l thought so myself, but
pretty soon after I commenced TAX
ing this Tanlac, the folks wree all
talking about how fast John Miller
was improving"
The above statement was made q
few days ago by Mr.. John Miller,
who is a prosperous farmer and
lives on r. f.. D. No. 3, Peoria,
while in conversation with Tanlac
representative.
Il had been in mighty poor condi-
ton for about five years." contin-
ued Mr.. Miller, "and | had Just
kept on going down hill until I had
lost so many pounds weight, that
all my friends had doubts about my
ever being we'll again. My stomach
was in such a bad condition that
everything would sour in few min
utes after meals, and in a short
time would be so bloated up with
gas that l could hardly get good
breath. finally got to where even
cup of coffee would cause me to
have pains and cramps in the pit
of my stomach and | would suffer
like blazes for hours afterwards.
was very nervous, too, and hardly
ever got a good nights sleep, and
my hands were so shaky that l
would have a good deal of trouble
in eating, and | would feel embar-
raised on this account if anybody
except my family was present at
mealtime. l would go out in the
cornfields sometimes and try to
work little, but would soon give
out and would be exhausted for the
rest of the day.
about this time l commenced
to read about Tanlac, and the good
it was doing so many people, and
| decided to give it trial. Well,
have taken seven or eight bottles
of Tanlac, and to make long story
short, l am healthy, robust man
again. There is not a man in the
neighborhood who can do any more
hard work than l can and l want
to tell you right here that
wouldn't take the Best farm in the
country for the good Tanlac has
done me. / never had a better
appetite in my life, and I eat three
big, hearty meals every day, and
everything ! eat agrees with me
all right. I am never bothered
with gas forming on my stomach
now, and all those cramping pains
are thing of the past. I have
already gained q pounds in weight,
and my nerves are in such perfect
condition that I sleep like a log
every night, and my hands don't
have that shaky nervousness in them
any more. Tanlac is a good med;-
cine and has done so much for me
that ! love to tell the story to 9TH
ers. l am more than glad to use
this opportunity to recommend this
great medicine to everybody"
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by all
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Com
pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy
and West End Pharmacy. Also For
rest and Meaney Drug Company in
South Omaha and the leading drug.
gist in each city and town through
out the state Of Nebraska.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
Rudolph GAM in Recital
Here TUESDAY, Eveninu

The art of Rudolph CAM, the
eminent Swiss pianist, who will give
a joint recital with Carolina Lazzari,
contralto. at the Auditorium Tues
day evening. April %, is the art Of
sanity, wholesomeness, bravery
the finer cheerfulness of robust
soul and keen mind.
This ought not to be so rare
among artists as to be remarkable,
but it is, and that is the pity of it..
That is also the reason why it is
the pity of it. That is also the rea-
son why it is such an experience to
hear Rudolph GAM.
CAM is primarily the intellectual
pianist, if you take away from the
intellectual" its imputation of cold
ness. He is intellectual as Kreisler
is intellectual--with a highly ener-
getic grasp of the meaning that is in
the notes, and an exceptionally
clear way Of foreseeing the effect
needed to convey that meaning. The
result is that the listener sees the
piece of music spread out before him
as though it were a picture-not an
instantly dying fabric of sound, but
a clearly stamped. array of lights and
shadow adequately setting forth the
subject.
Seats now selling at Beaton's and
Auditorium.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21

Memories" They are just as en-
PERTAINING on this visit with their
revival of melodies which awaken
memories of days gone by.
Clayton Kennedy's burlesque pi-
ano playing offers few minutes
of worthwhile advertisement. He
is assisted by Matte Rooney in All
act he styles "The Widowed Pair.
Walter Fenner appears in a sur
prise act entitled SHOW Me-" Do
lores Vallecita is back again with
her cage of Indian leopards with
which she appears in cage with
out protection. 1t is daring ex-
hibition. Ann Gray adds personal
charms to her ability as a harpist.
The Three Bennett Sisters have a
clever exhibition of boxing. wrest-
ling and bag punching. Kinogram
screen news of the world and the
Orpheum Travel Weekly are other
popular features of the new Or
pheum bill.
"Follies of Today" Menlo
Moore's latest musical comedy, is
the headline attraction at the En-
press theater. The Bunnin sisters,
Earl Mossman and Hal Sherman
feature as the principals in the act,
and are assisted by a well-trained
chorus of pretty girls. Pauline
Haggard presents piano and sing
ing act that is above the average.
REQ and Helmar perform sensa-
tional feats of equilibrism and lift
ing. The photoplay attraction fea-
lures May Allison in THE Island Of
Intrigue"
Mickey" is at the Brandeis to
stay through Wednesday and de-
light the fans and show them the
best comedy since Titles Pune
tured Romance" 1t has thrills. ro-
nance, heart interest and youthful
charm chucked into it in wholesale
quantities, and one would be a
crouch indeed who did not feel the
impulse of its appeal.
Those who are skeptical about the
power of burlesque to make them
laugh should go to the Gayety thea
ter this week and see THE Boston
ian Barlesquers" in Bits of Hits"
The book has funny plot concern
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21

IvyOU would hardly go to an old
7 ladies' home in search of a
superanuated seafaring man
and yet that is where Cap'n Abe
Rose brought up, having followed
his spouse, Angie, thither. 1t had
been the program that Abe should
90 on to the poor house, but the
% inmates already established there
voted that Abe should become "Old
Lady 81" and he was accordingly
installed, to become the object OF
such feminine solicitude as had not
entirely died out in the breasts of
the old maids and widows there resi-
dent You have guessed it; Abe was
not happy. Even the presence OF
Angie was not potent to Offset the
influence of so many good things,
nor her philosophy to dispel the
longing Of her husband for little
communion with his own sex. This
situation seems simple enough, yet
it is full of endless possibilities for
humor. and out of it Rachel Croth-
ers has extracted some of the best
fun offered weary world IN long
time.
Effie Ellsler still is charming in
that indefinable way that made her
supreme favorite in America long
er ago than a generation. Her voice
rings true, her manner is gracious,
and even shows traces of that viva
city which marked her as girl (and
some who saw her last night we'll
recall her first great triumph in
"The Bankers Daughter"), while
her sense Of dramatic value is as un-
erring as ever. She never did, nor
does she now, strain for situation,
but developes each with that per-
lection of art that conceals artifice,
attaining her points so naturally and
unaffectedly as to leave no doubt
with those who see her for the first
time why she reigned alone in such
dramas as THE Bankers Daughter"
"Esmeralda." Hazel Kirke," and all
the lengthy list Of role she made ia
miliar before she gave over the stage
for the life Of wife and mother. Her