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ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY - - Editor and 1 Manager
Published every evening except Sunday by the
EMPIRE PRINTING COMPAN V at Second and Main
Streets, Juneau, Alaska.
Entered as second class matter November 7 1912,
at the postofflce at Juneau, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
IK liverd by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and
Thane for $1.00 per month.
By mail. ! “laire paid, at following rates:
On- year in advance.$10.00
Six mont) s, in advance. 5 00
Three nmnihs, in advance. 2.50
(Trie month, in advance. . 1.00
ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION
Subscribers will confer a favor if they will prompt
ly notify the Business Office of any tailure or irregu
larity in the delivery of their papers.
Authoriz e Local Agents
Douglas and Treadwell Guy Smith; Thane, L. O.
Peabody; Perseverance, R. O. Egt-Iand.
Telephone for Editoi ial and Business Offices, 374
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press U «.x lu ivelv ntitled to the
use for republication o' ail new- dispatches credited
to it or not otherwisi credited ia this paper and also
the local news publisher herein.
CIRCULATION GUARAN’J LED TO BE MORE THAN
DOUBLE THAT OF ANY OTHER ALASKA
NEWSPAPER.
THAT HOLZHEIMER DISPATCH.
"Eventually, if not now,” in
cludes the Dispatch. After call
ing all the other papers in Jhe
Territory "liars,” The Empire final
ly gets down to the “little Dis
patch.”. The Dispatch indictment
arises over the claim that Judge
Holzheimer wired that Wicker
sham had carried the Second divis
ion by 201 votes.
Now, to settle the matter, the
Dispatch will give $25 to the Red
*i* Cross if we cannot produce a tele
gram to that effect .signed by
* "Holzheimer.” Here is a chance
for The Empire to make good in its
wild calamity.—(Dispatch.)
“Eventually if not now "! “Finally gets down to
the Dispatch”? Thai is good, when one consider.
ihat the Dispatch is the original charter member,
and most enthusiastic of all the members of the An
nanias fraternity.
The Dispatch got u telegram from Judge IIolz
hejmer which its editor admitted was not intended for
it and refused to pay for—but kept. But that tele
cram did not say that Wickersham had carried the
s* rood Division by 201 votes. The telegram which
lto Dispatch hooked—and refused to pay for, after
to- had used a distortatlon of it in the Dispatch—was
tutted November 22, and read as follows:
“Dime and Haycock precincts, official,
Sulzer forty four, Wickersham eighteen.
There have unofficial report seeming to come
from Nulato that Beth- 1 went twenty nine
for Wick, three for Sul/‘ r. Seems to be out
of proportion to all previous reports. As
soon as we are able to find anything defi
nite In regard to this precinct will wire.
This is only outstanding-precinct which we
have not something definite on. IF UNOFFI
CIAL REPORT BE TRUE, THIS LEAVES
THIS DIVISION AS PREVIOUSLY REPORT
ED, 201 FOR WICK EH Sll AM.”
To The Empire's i >py of this telegram, this note
v.-as appended.
“(This messag- originally came addressed
to Dispatch and was delivered accordingly.
Mr. Russell advised same was not (or him,
and after sending service n ■ sag'' to Nome
they changed the address to Empire.)”
This is the Holzheilner telegram 1 > the possession
of which the Dispatch has no honest claim. The
tolls on It were paid by The Empire.
However, the telegram does not say that Wicker
sham had carried the Second Divsiion by 201. It says
IF BETHEL PRECINCT GAVE WICKERSHAM 26
MAJORITY, his plurality in the Division was 201, as
"previously reported.” “Pieviously reported" means,
as reported before the returns from Dime and Hay
cock precincts had been received. That is just as
The Empire carried the returns. The Empire gave
Wickersham 201 plurality in the Second Division until
it received the returns from Dime and Haycock. It
refused to ae. pt purport d returns from Bethel as cor
rect, and said that t *n authenticity had been ques
tioned. Afterward, word v. as received b' way of Idita
rod and Fairbank- i hut Ih ihel gave Wickersham 16
majority, and it lias been , .nried at that figure since
that time, giving Wickersham 191 plurality in the
Second Division. Subsequent dispatches irom Nome
say the Nulaio rumor concerning Bethel is not correct.
There is an old saying that "the vorst sort of a
lie is a half truth.”
SULZER PROBABLY RE-ELECTED.
Returns from ail but seven remote precincts, which
will probably not cast more than 100 votes—they cast
126 two years ago—seem to insure the re-election of
Delegate Sulzer by a small but safe plurality. The
Delegate is now two score of votes alu ad of Judge
■Wickersham, and this lead shoul, at ba,t, be main
tained. Tbe missing precincts two years ago—in
cluding those whose returns were rejected then, be
cause of failure to comply with the Austiullan ballot
law—gave Sulzer £4 and Wickersham 63 votes.
The other 9 votes were given to Mrs.- Lewis, the So
cialist nominee. Mr. Donohoc and others in the
Third Division are confident that Sulzer carried them
this year. However, If they did not better than they
did two years ago, thd complete returns would still
give Sulzer a plurality of thirty.
HOLD YOUR LIBERTY BONDS.
Hold your Liberty Bonds* and War Savings Cer
tificates. Hold them first, because they are the best
investment in the world backed by every resource in
the United States is the appeal of the Secretary of
the Treasury as sent to the Twelfth Federal Reserve
District Liberty Loan headquarters:
Following is the Secretary’s statement:
"Hold your Liberty Bonds and War Sav
ings Certificates. Hold them first because
they are the best investment in the world
backed by every resource in the United
States.
"Hold them because you have made sac
rifices in order to buy them. Why pass on
to some one else the contract you have
entered into with your government?
“Hold them because, even though the war
may be over, it has not yet been paid for.
The Treasury Department must soon issue
more bonds. Every sale now made by you
makes future government issues more diffi
cult and more expensive. This expense can
be borne only by the people of the United
States; therefore, why add to the already
large burden?
"Hold them because the time may come
when such an investment will prove to be
a true friend in time of need, a guaranty
against the fear of debt and insurance
against real hardships.
“Hold them because the need for saving
is not over. Government expenses are to
day larger than at any time during the
war. Our boys in France and Germany must
be paid and fed and clothed, and, when their
work is over transported home. THEY
HAVE NOT QUIT. WHY SHOULD YOU?
“Hold your Liberty Bonds instead of ex
changing them for some other so-called ‘Se
curity,’ because you know the security of
your United States bond and cannot often
know the worth of what is offered in ex
change. The ‘Get Rich Quick’ crook is
ready to steal your bonds from you at the
first opportunity.
“Hold them because of the interest they
pay. Hold them because it is good busi
ness to do so. What good will the idle pleas
ure of needless luxury bought today with
the proceeds of your bonds be to you a year
from now? Your bond works for you, draw
ing interest day and night, week days and
Sundays.
“HOLD YOUR BONDS, DON'T BE A QUIT
TER; BE A PATRIOT.”
Extradition of the Kaiser.
(Central City, Cal., Register-Call.)
There are various ways recognized by international
law by which the Allied Powers may obtain posses
sion of the person of the former German emperor,
the former crown prince and any other no ables among
the Germ ms. The request made by Premier Clemen
ceau of France for an expert opinion on the possi
bility of extraditing the former emperor is the only
official intimation that William Hohenzollern may be
tried before a world court for his crimes.
Authorities in Washington declare that there is
precedent for the demand for the extradition by
Holland of the ex-kaiser; there is precedent, also,
for a refusal by Holland to deliver to his enemies a
political refugee, if the former emperor may be called
such. Finally, there is precedent for measures, either
economic or military, which might be put into force
against Holland to persuade that nation to yield the
fallen ruler.
The Allies might demand the person of William as1
a hostage; but If it had been intended to take host
ages, they would have been required under the terms
of armistice.
The presumption arises, therefore, that if the ex
tradition of the former kaiser is deBired Pt is to pun
ish him. According to the practice of nations, sover
eigns may be deposed by foreign powers as the con
sequence of their misdeeds committed to the preju
dice of civilization. The most recent example was
tpe overthrow of the entente powers of King Con
stantine of Greece, who had failed to observe Greece’s
treaty obligations, and who secretly served Ger
many.
Opt high authority on international law referred
today to the greatest French authority on the law of
nations, Vattle, the first notable codifier of the rights
and duties of nations, who wrote before the French
revolution, and who, in his chapter on “unjust war,"
covers the case of Emperor William as the Vattel were
a contemporary judge. He says:
“Whoever takes arms without lawful
cause can absolutely have no kind of right,
and all the hostilities he commits are un
just.
"He is chargeable with all the evils, all
the horrors of the war; all the effusion
of blood, the desolation of families, the
rapine, the violence, the ravages, the burn
ings, are his works and his crimes, lie is
guilty toward the enemy, of attacking, op
pressing, inassacreing them without cause;
guilty towards his people, of drawing them
into acts of Injustice, exposing their lives
without necessity, without reason; towards
that part of his subjects whom the war
ruins, or who are great sufferers by it, of
losing their lives, their fortune or their
health. Lastly he is-guilty towards all man
kind, of disturbing their quiet, and setting
a pernicious example.
“He who does an Injury is bound to re
pair the damage or to make a just satis
faction ,if the evil be not Irreparable, and
even to penalty, if penalty be necessary by
way of example for the safety of the party
offended, and also for that of human society.
This is the case of a prince who is the au
thor of unjust war. He is to restore what
ever he has taken, send back the prisoners at
his own expense; he is to make compensa
tion to'the enemy for the injuries and losses
he has brought upon him to relieve destitute
families, and, as far as possible, to repair the
loss of a father or a son or a husband.
"But how can he repair so many injuries?
The prince's personal wealth will not an
swer the demand. Shall he give away that
of his subjects, which does not belong to
him? Shall he sacrifice the national lands,
a part of the state? But the state is not
his patrimony. He cannot dispose of it at
will. It is a strange kind of justice to re
pair injuries at the expense of a third per
son; this is no more than changing the ob
ject of his injustice. The sovereign alone
is guilty. He alone Is bound to repair the in
juries.”
Dere Santy^^Frismus wil soone be here i want
a dolly with T)lu ise and flaxan hare an not maid
in Germuny cans they hav the blud of littl childurn
on em frum Belbian, so dont forget yur littl Trend.
FANNIE.
—(Thrift Magazine.)
The announcement from Detroit that Henry Ford
will retire from the automobile factory and start a
weekly newspaper is not surprising. He has just
about enough capital to put a weekly on its feet and
keep it going.—(Dallas News.)
That contemptible little American army!_(Balti
more Sun.) j
fuller Bunk Says:
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!• »«w >«• Of** —
MO UK than one woman who hopes to
conceal her real ape by trying to
;ool* like a “chicken” merely succeeds
.» « » se of herself.
BITS OF BY-PLAY
By Lake McLake
Copyright by Cincinnati
Enquirer
Paint
Before you kiss her lovely cheeks.
In vain the peaches poor man seeks;
Though her complexion may look
swell,
It certainly does taste like—the
Dickens.
Paw Knows Everything
Willie—Paw, how does a man tip
the scales?
Paw—by dropping a penny in the
slot, I suppose, my son.
Ouch!
"No more war planes sail through
the sky.
To bomb the Hun,” said Brakeman
Hums;
"And yet I know full well that I
Will have to keep on dropping
bums.”
Police
“What time is it when you tip a
man twenty-five cents?” asked the
Cheerful Idiot.
“How do I know what time it is
when you tip a man twenty-five
cents,” demanded the Boob. "What
time is it?”
“A quarter to one,” replied the
Cheerful Idiot.
Oh!
A stern old man is Oswald Lurch,
He surely is a solemn gook;
| He is a pillar in the church,
i That’s why he wears that stony
look.
The Limit
"Smith is a good deal of a tight
wad, isn’t he?” asked Brown.
“He certainly is,” replied Jones.
“Why, that egg wouldn’s express an
opinion unless he sent it collect.”
You Know Him!
Another boob
Who gets my goat.
Is he who calls
Your car a “boat.”
Is That So?
Probably nothing In the world is
more difficult than to entertain Luke
McLuke and got one’s work done on
the same day.—(Ohio State Journal.)
But, aside from warning us that the
kaifs close at 10 p. m. in Columbus,
Bob. Ryder didn’t take any chances,
and refused to organize a Personally
Conducted Tour. He probably fi
gured that any man who couldn't
get a skin full by 10 p. m. wasn't
trying very hard,
——
Here’s the Champeen!
. The Stars and Stripes, published
in France, recently carried an article
about Ensign Kred Anderson making
8,000 hot cakes for the soldiers in
17 hours And Clarence D. Brooks,
of the Air Service, claims that ifc
is entitled to a hearing berore any
medals are handed out. Brooks has
claimed that ho is Mess Sergeant in
one of the largest camps in France.
But we’ll let Clarence tell his own
story.
“The kitchen range was 928 feet
wide and 1.358 feet long. It took
18 firemen to keep it hot; we had
519 cooks and 700 K. P.’s. We al
ways mashed potatoes with a pile
driver and ground coffee with a 350
h. p. Liberty Motor. They hauled
out dirty pans on railroad cars and
the K. P’s. went on roller skates.
As I was Mess Sergeant I rode
up and down the kitchen on a motor
cycle shouting orders through ji meg
aphone.
Now for the flap jacks: We
mixed batter with 12 concrete mix
ers, had a steam shovel moving egg
shells away from the door and six
K. P’s. with bat on rinds strapped
on their feet skating over the grid
dle to keep it grp ised. When I tell
you that on three occasions I was
forced to fry all of the cakes my
self you will agree with me in
thinking I would have some show
in a contest with Mr. Anderson.
“1 am willing to take on anyone
in the Allied fort ed under any con
ditions they wish to name; blind
folded, handcuffed, one eye closed.
Oldest Bank
In Alaska
Established
1891
Incorporated
1914
THE
B. M. BEHRENDS
BANK
OF JUNEAU, ALASKA
Offer the public advantages of
Checking Department
Savings Department
Safe Deposit Boxes
B.M.Behrends
President
%
J. R. Wills,
Vice-Pres.
Guy
McNaughton,
Cashier
one foot on the floor, turn 'em with
a shovel, toothpick—well, any old
way they care to do it.
‘‘Pardon this letter, as I am not
a writer—I am a pancake fryer and
what it takes to make ’em I’ve gott.
’’Clarence D. Brooks,
"Air Service.”
Thing* To Worry About
A drop of water evaporated from
the ocean is condensed and returns
again in 10 days, but it has to re
main in the ocean for 2,460 years
before it evaporates again.
Oh, Doc I
Of course it is none of our busi
ness, but how would you like to call
on Doc. Akers, the Logan (W. Va.)
dentist?
Firms Is Firms
Although they have lots of lum
ber, the Free & Mutch Lumber Com
pany, of Pawpaw, Mich., is not giv
ing it away.
Our Dally 8peclal
When Habit And Judgment Clash,
Get A Bet On Habit.
Luke McLuke Says
The trouble with tne man who al
ways knows just what to say Is that
he never knows Just when to say It.
It lBn’t safe for a married man to
go around with ac hip on his shoul
der. But at that it would be safer
than going around with a chip on
his arm.
And Just because you have a ci
gar named after you, don’t imagine
that you will have your name in ev
erybody’s mouth.
Nobody loves a fat woman either,
when she displays about five square.
' feet of space in a crowded street car j
] during the rush hour.
! What has become of the old-fash-1
, ioned woman who could faint when
| she didn’t get her own way?
If a girl has her own hair and she
is apt to forget her hat when she
runs over to the grocery or the
butcher shop.
And a woman wouldn't mind being
poor if all the rest of the women
had to dress that way, too.
A woman will do a thing she
doesn’t want to do without cussing a
blue streak. But it is different with
a man.
Every man imagines that he pos-l
esses a Master Mind. And he isn't
happy until he finds some woman
to master it.
You’ll never hear an extemporan
eous speech by going to a banquet
or a mass meeting. Those speeches
are prepared in advance. The real
extemporaneous speech is the one
the Light of Your Life pulls off
when you wander in at about 2 a. m.
A lawyer needs a large vocabulary
because he is expected to say noth
ing in particular and make it sound
like something important.
Somehow or other it is hard for
a man to be a Prohibitionist for any
length of time without looking the
part.
Complexions and shapes are not
always what they seem.
WE SAVE YOU MONEY
on Xmas gifts, cut glass, silver,
clocks and numerous other articles
on our “Bargain Counter,” at half
price.
OSTHOM & SIMPSON,
Jewelers and Opticians.
An endles variety of children’s
books at Nelson’s Stationery store.
Printed Christmas Cards.
* * * *
Our stock is now here. We have
on hand Christmas cards and en
velopes of the best quality of stock
with pretty Christmas designs. We
print these to order in the latest
society type faces.
Empire Printing Co.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. L 0. SImm
0*80 Phans—11
■euse Pkoie—Iff
Capt. Harry C. DeVighae
M. C.
144th field Artillery
American Expeditionary Forest
.Via New York, N. Y,
Dr. Leonard P. Dawes
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Dr*. White and Jenne
Dentists
Juneau, Aleeka
Drs. Kaser & Freeburger
Dentists
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oaatlca. Expert treatment |1TU
In ell caaee requiring maaaaga,
diet and mechanical therapeutics
Room 884, Zynda Hotel, Juneae
FHONB IS*
DR. GEO. C. MAULE
DENTIST
Third St., Douglas, Alaska
Office Hours, 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. — Phone No. 8
TRAINED STENOGRAPHERS
WANTED
Uncle Sam la calling for Inalatently
every day for trained atenographera
to handle the vaat dotal la of the
war work.
Will you help Uncle S&mT
If ao, provide your daughter or eon
with a bualreaa courae In stenogra*
phy at the Alaska Bualnaaa College.
Bellingham, with Its Normal School
environment la the clean eat and
aafeat city on the Pacific Coast for
your daughter to Uve In while pre
paring herself to do her bit
ALASKA BUSINESS COLLEGE
4th FI. Exchange Cidg. Bellingham.
Wash., Write ua for Information
_
Xmas Candy
:—:Homemade, in fancy boxes„< San
itary Grocery, Saturday. See the
ladies there about it.
Become A Member Of The
Red Cross
€J Identify yourself with the greatest organization of
mercy that the world has ever known.
tj There is not a man or woman in America who can
afford not to become a member of the American Red
Cross this week.
•J This organization has done work during the war
scarcely second to that of the War Department itself.
It is today caring for the men and boys who were
maimed in the great conflict for Liberty and Democra
cy. Its physicians and nurses are everywhere, and
their time is for Humanity wherever they are. To
day they are working in Alaska and throughout the
world in the great effort to overcome the ravages of
Spanish influenza. For many weary months they will
be serving the cause of mercy among the war-wrecked
homes of Belgium and Northern France.
•J The least those at home can do is to earn the
right to wear the emblem of this great, self-sacrificing,
humanitarian American Red Cross organization. It
only costs ONE DOLLAR. The work the Red Cross
has done, is doing and will do entitles it to your en
dorsement. Let’s make it UNANIMOUS.
This advertisement is donated by the
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. FOOTER BAY, ALASKA