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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
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JOHN W. T*AOY - - Editor and Manager
Published every evening except Sunday by the
UMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY, at Second and Ma a
Streets, Juneau, Alaska.
Entered as second ass matter November 7. 1913.
at the poBtofflce at Juneau, Alaska, under the Vet of
March 3, 1879.
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CIRCULATION G1 VRANTEED TO BE MORE THAN
DOUBLE THAT OE ANY OTHER ALASKA
NEWSPAPER.
AN ALL-AMERICAN PUSH
While the Americans are taking glorious part at
both ends of the present great battle in France and
comprise the east wing of the fighting forces, those
nearest Verdun, where they have large forces en
gaged, and while they are daily adding to well earned]
laurels, the most distinctive American drive thus,
far has been that at St Mihiel.
T%e attack in the St. Mihiel region was not only
wholly under command of lien. Pershing, but it was
distinctively American in plan and execution; Amer
ican troops far outnumbered the French veterans,
who were put in as a sort of seasoning, and, finally,
we are told the attacking force Included men from
every State in the Union. So it might be called an
all-American drive, the first ol any magnitude that
has been attempted.
It is extremely gratifying to the American- peo
ple to kuow that our army is bearing an increas
ingly important part in the great struggle. We
sent it to France for that purpose, and the use
Marshal Focn is making of it proves his confidence1
in it. All observers agree thai the attack was car
ried out with great skill and gallantry Men of the
National Army, who a year ago were in civil life,!
with no knowledge whatever of military matters,!
went forward like veteran soldiers. American ar
tillerymen laid down a perfect barrage, behind which
American infantry advanced over difficult ground to
their objectives, while cavalry and tanks proceeded
to their appointed tasks with vigor and success.
It is the .German cue, no doubt, to belittle the
American effort as a minor action in a sector re
mote from the main battle ground a plunge for a
position already “evacuated,” etc. Nevertheless, it
has a significance which every sensible man, even
though he be a German, will understand. In its;
larger sense it expresses the culmination of Amor-;
ican efforts during the last year and a half. It j
means that we at Iasi have an army capable of
thinking, acting and fighting “on its own,” as the
Fnglish say. and that it lias made good iu its first
large engagement.
What must give the Germans a decidedly un
pleasant feeling is not alone that the St. Mihiel
salient has been wiped out, but that Pershing's
urrny. represented in this action by probably not
more^ than oik fourth or his available force, is the
equal of any iu point of effectiveness, while it is
constantly growing in size, just as the German
Army is diminishing.
And this significance of St Mihiel is being em
phasized iu the Argonne forest and elsewhere north- i
west of Verdun.
WICKERSHAM S ONLY ACHIEVEMENT
During the eight years Judge Wiekereham was
Delegate from Alaska there was only one piece of
legislation enacted for tlaska that had any bearing
Oil the fisheries of the Territory, and that prohibited
the Ten itory haring any jurlsdict on over the yues
tion at all. It was con1 slued iu the Organic Act,
aud provided specifically that th Territorial Legis
lature should not amend the K-. ral ttsh aud game
laws applicable to Alaska iu an.' spect And Judge
Wickersham, on the Boor of f ,-sa, withdrew all
objections to having the am.-n „t inserted. Not!
only did he do that, but he ss that he had no
objection to the game and fish .ws theu on the,
statute hooks the very laws which we still have.
OUR NEW AMBASSADOR.
The only criticism heard with , rence to the
appointment of John W. Paris as Vuibassador to
Great Britain ia that he is “con jaratlvely un
known." Me may be unknown to i! people who
offer auch criticism, but by tho»- wh- lo know him
he is rated as one of the ablest men ,u public life
today
Davis is not a diplomat by training or profession.
but few of our great Ambassadors hare b-eu at the
time of their appu. . If he possesses the qual
.! .es ascribed to h m . ash ington, where, as So
licitor General and tan of the Judiciary Com
tiiitt>-e of the House •■presentatives, he won ap
proval from those \ i tusiness it is to pick thi
coming men, hi w -o a success, despite the
handicap of not being onaliy famous.
SIGNIFICANT WAS NEWS.
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The Italians sa m* driving the Austrians
out of Albania, ha - . gun the advance last Tues
day. Then comes 1 .strums and say the; ‘I
ready have their troop.- it of Albania and that th*-1
\llies captured Ber.it | sumably without a si rug
gle.
When a nation joas ol setting an early start
on its retreat it Is Actin' A successful run
away, does not often - I to i victory. Evidently
the Teutons are not om. tg 01 victories these days,
but count an escape as . success.
No matter how rua Liberty bonds for which
anyone else subscribes .-u ar- the only person who
can discharge your obi nations to the Government
to take as many bonds e> you can. Your obligation
to the Government at th s time is a personal obliga
tion and one which on trust discharge yourself.
Th« people of Alaska known Delegate Sttlzer -
They know that he si tads nu- the government ol
Alaska in Alaska by Alaskans and that before he
gets through with any piece of legislation it will not
confer any injurious vested rights that will tie the
hands of the people.
Wickersham told two Congressional Committees
that he purposely wrote an lection law so that the
people of Alaska could not intend it- by providing
for an Australian ballot, registration and other safe
guards against fraud. “Piffle in Washington and
peddle in Alaska.”
Again Germany's retreat experts are called upon j
to exercis" all of their strategic ability.
Wickersham Thinks Soldiers Shouldn't Vote.
(CHARLES A. DERRY n Cordova Times.)
Wickersham newspapers a- I partisans have con
tended penitently and brazenly that Charles A. Sul
/"r was not elected. Delegate in It*’*!; that James
Wickersham was duly elected, and that the court de
cision of Judge Jennings attempted to rob him of the
ytflee. In the recently-published reports of an al
leged Congressional committee action sustaining the
former Delegate’s contentions, which are now tard
ily admitted to have been premature, it was stated
'hat the decision hinged upon the "soldier vote” at
Fort Gibbon, and not upon the 69 votes included in
the disputed precincts of Choggiung. Ctiea, Deering
Ronnifleid. Nushagak and Vault. And. those at ali
amiliar with the situation wonder why Wickersham
should expect a reversal of Judge Jennings’ decision
upon the strength of the rejection of this vote.
Wickersham. in the role of contestant for the
seat of Delegate Sulzer, averred that the Fort Gibbon
precinct was established for political purposes at the
instance of Delegate Sulzer'* friends, in order that
the soldiers might vote, and that 3 4 soldiers of th
I'nited States army at that post did vote at the 19 16
election. He claimed that thiq^e votes were illegal
ind should be excluded from the count.
1 lie fact of the matter is, however, that Fort Gib
bon precinct was in existence ill 19 11 at which elec
tion Delegate Sulzer was not a candidate. In that
year (19 14) 23 votes were cast at Fort Gibbon, and
22 of these were tor Wickersham. In 1916 there
were 56 votes east, and 34 of them are alleged to
have been cast by soldiers.
In opposition to Wickersham's contention, Dele
gate Sulzer argues that the contestant has not proved
that any one ot those who voted for Sulzer was not
a qualified voter. The contestant made the allega
tion that all the soldiers who voted were disqualified.
Having made that assertion, the burden was on him
to prove it, but this he has utterly tailed to do.
The soldiers who voted at. Fort Gibbon swore that
they were qualified voters; each swore In his vote at
the time, and stated that he had read the command
ing officer's notice (specifying the rights of solders
as voters), and that after duly deliberating he had
concluded that he was a citizen of the I'nited States
and entitled to vote, and that he voted knowing that
he was precluded from claiming a residence else
where. In order to make good his allegations it was
n.ressary that the contestant (Wickersham) prove
that these soldiers were not citizens of Alaska.
Delegate Sulzer contended—-and submitted court
decisions to sustain the contention that the sol
diers were legal voters and that their votes should
be counted. Courts have held that residence is a
matter of intention, and that a soldier "may estab
lish his domicile at such point as he may see tit by
lakiug the proper and appropriate steps to do so."
This the Fort Gibbons soldiers did by swearing that
their residence was Fort Gibbon, and thus precluding
the possibility of exercising the right to vote else
where.
For be it remembered that a soldier does not
lose his citizenship by th mere fact that he becomes
one of Unele Sam's defenders, whether it be in bleak
Interior of Alaska or on i ie fighting front in France.
file men who voted at Fort Gibbon were only a por
tion of the men stationed there, and they did so af
tsr consulting their commanding officer and the dis
trict attorney as to their rights. it would seem that
any decision which threw out the votes of these
men attempted either to disqualify them on Hie
ground that they were soldiers or that they were
perjurers.
It is not an edifying spectacle that the former
Delegate makes of himself in this phase of his con
test, but it is on a par with the attempt to show that
while the civilized and educated natives of South
eastern Alaska should be deprived of the vote, the
miserable, squalid, uncivilized aud ignorant Eskimos
ot l ualakleet and Nome were entitled to have their
voles counuted because they had been shown how to
mark a ballot tor Wickersham.
Juneau has our sympathy in her hour of affliction.
We on Douglas Islaud are capable of sympathising
with her as we have had troubles of our own at
times. Although the loss to Juneau seems hard to
bear we are confident that our neighbor will bear It
with fortitude and make a recovery quickly that will
set an example to other parts of the country and
show the world that the spirit of America is the
same here as elsewhere calm in the face of dis
aster and capable of coming up smiling after every
k lockdown. tDouglas Islaud News.)
V liver dollar," says The Armstrong Herald,
now worth more than 100 cents. Again has tir.
I;n au's henry beeu vindicated." With that is a
I'i'Xi, tli heroes of the wai of 1806 can now aiart
in end h,ht it all over. (Si Louis Republic.)
The lows Horn the battb- front can be compr ised
in five lords Germany has shot her bolt You
know w ai happens to a man when he is "all i
(Los A’ vies l'iiues.)
The chances are that Ludeudorff will beat h'och
to Her! n but it will not be by more than a ‘T ,e."
- t Mi > I his Commercial Appeal )
Thi Kaiser will understand that his next peace
drive i HI flud no lodgment if he understands what
Lodge meant.— tHblladeluhta Ueqord )
I
! Fuller Bunk Says:
‘H * “- ■W rMkn la*. ***-' ****
I N’EVf!^ could understand *hy they
* say brt4»s ai*e loti Vo ta© i tar when
SOS* of ilMB oouid 1m Umm' ••O' ia
* dark.
BITS OF BY - PLAY
By Lake MoLake
Copyright by Cineinnaa
Enquirer
A wise Hun
Whose name was
Honus Schweinkoffel,
\ml who lived
In the U. S. A.,
I sod to Hoch der Kaiser.
Strafe der British,
Heliiiit Uncle Sam,
I'nl Deutschland l her Alt' s,
But now he is
Keeping his mouth shut
And is doing business
Under the name
Of
John George Washington Smith.
Famous Generals
Pet ~,hing.
Foih.
French.
Haig.
Grant.
Lee.
Coxey.
Debility.
Delivery.
Quick, Doe.
I never saw a crofjs-eyed zwyck,
But, if l ever met one,
I’d take a booze cure just as quick
As I could go and get one.
Smart Youth
He's learning fast, is, Oswald Hawkes
tie certainly is getting wise;
For he has found life less he talks,
The less he need apologize.
(Luke McLuke.)
With shrewdness Oswald fairly reek-.
He's learning lots of things, my
lands!
He's also found the more he speaks
The less attention he commands.
(Newark Advocate.)
Yes. Oswald Hawkes is getting wise
And he has learned that this is
true.
No man can tell until he tries
Just what he can or cannot do.
Paw Knows Everything
Willie Paw. what is co-operation?.
Paw Co-operation means letting
THE FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN
For the fourth time our Government asks the public for
funds with which to prosecute the war. The amount is
larger than any previous loan, because of the growing cost
of the war. Our overseas army approximates one million
seven hundred thousand men. Food, guns munitions, trans
portation and the necessary attendant costs mount into the
billions. The strain of war is upon us. We now have a
realizing sense of the present and impending loss in men and
money, the necessity for service and sacrifice, for economy and
patriotic devotion. In order that the lives of our army
abroad may be saved, the suffering of the sick and wounded
ameliorated, there hiust be an unbroken flow of guns, mu
nitions and army equipment, of food, medicine and hospital
supplies. To insure this uninterrupted flow in sufficient
volume the Government needs the funda it asks for.
Taxes, in as great volume as is deemed prudent, are im
posed upon all men and all industries with uniformity and
fairness. By the selective draft the personal military bur
den is imposed upon all of military age and Htuess with
uniformity and impartiality. When it comes to the placing
of Government bonds, the matter of subscription is volun
tary. Subscription, however, is a privilege as well as a
patriotic duty and involves making a safe investment at a
fair rate of interest.
It is our duty as citizens to make this loan a success
and it is our pleasure to offer you, gratuitously, the facili
ties of The B. M. Behlends Bank in making subscriptions and
to pledge you our very best service in carrying out your in
structions.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
10% Cash with Application.
20% November 21st, 1918.
20% December 19th, 1918.
20% January 16th, 1919.
30% January 30th, 1919, with accrued
interest to date of payment.
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
the other fellow shake the tree while
you eat the apples, my son.
Excuse Bill's French
Said Private Bill Bell,
And he said it in French;
"A Hun down in Hell
Is worth two in a trench.”
Oh!
“Why are there so doggone many
lawyers in this country?” asked the
Old Fogy.
“Because there are so doggone
many laws in the country” explained
the Grouch.
Luke McLuke Says
A prude can't understand how a
(j^irl can take a honeymoon trip and
go Ear away from home and stop at
a hotel with a man she knows little
or nothing about
A proud father may call his son
a chip off the old block, but his
friends will be more likely to refer
to the youngster as a chip off the
old blockhead
A man wouldn't mind his wife los
ing her temper if she,would just lose
it permanently.
If a woman changed her clothes
I
as often as she changes her mind It
would take her hut a few days to
wear out her clothes.
Of course Mother wouldn’t think
of knocking Father. Odeer no! But
Mother will merely inform daughter
that she hopes daughter will “marry
better’’ than Mother did.
A man tries so many things for
his rheumatism that he’d even try
the Monroe doctrine for it if soma
one would recommend it.
Kvery housekeeper in town can
tell you that she is the only woman
who ever moved out of a house and
left It clean.
Don't monkey with a man just be
cause he is slow to hit back. When
he does get worked up' to hitting
back it is liable to be some wallop.
!
Tips from Texas
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(Dallas News)
As a rule, the vegetable man is
a good deal fresher than his veget
ables,
Dur idea of an optimist is the
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M. C.
1*4 tlx Field Artillery
American Expeditionary Force*
Via New York, N. Y.
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Dr. Leonard P. Dawes
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Dentists
Juneau, Alaska
Drs. Kaser & Freebnrger
Dentists
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confectioner who thinks he can sell
more candy by advertising that It
is homemade.
Also, we do not think a man who
wears a celluloid collar in August,
is entitled to any life insurance.
It is our opinion that the poet
who said that simple duty hath no
place for fear might have added that
fear hath no place for duty.
It has been our observation that a
contractor is a man who contracts
everything except the price.
The old-fashioned man who was
eternally looking for the philoso
pher's stone now has a son who
spends all his leisure moments look
ing for a square meal.
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Flashlights
(Chicago News)
"Not Guilty" Is au Innocent re
mark.
Today’s worry is the result of yes
terday’s neglect.
A beautiful girl is one who is
pretty and doesn’t know it.
Yet the way of some transgres
sors is altogether too smooth.
About nine-tenths of what people
say doebn't amount to anything. ,
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It Happens in the Best of Regulated Families
By Briggs
*_A Yea». o«l.
so' ago.
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