WERE RECEIVED
STYLISHLY
LABOR PARTY UNDULY
HONORED BY OFFICERS
LONDON, Jan. 1—Rev. R. J
Campbell, the famous pastor of the
City Temple, from which he re
cently resigned, has returned from
a visit to the British troops in
France with several good stories,
among them the following:
A deputation from the labor
unions had accepted an invtation
by the government to visit the front
and see conditions for themselves.
In expectation of its arrival, staff
officers were sent to the wharf
*o greet the incoming channel Doat
from England.
“Are the members of the labor
party aboard?” called out an of
ficer after the boat had been made
fast.
A man, obviously a workman,
stepped out with a “yes.” His com
panions followed his lead. Tiiere
were seven in the party of work
men, who seemed rather overwhel
med at the cordiality of their re
ception, especially when they were
put into motor cars with officers
and handed cigars. On their arriv
al at headquarters they were intro
duced to a courteous official. After
a short chat with the men, who
seemed a bit at a loss as to what to
say, the official announced with a
smile:
“And now', gentlemen, I have in
structions to take you to the com
mander-in-chief.”
“Who’s he?” blurted out one of
the men.
“Why, Sir John French, of course”
answered the astonished officer.
“ Well,” put in the man who
seemed to be the leader of the par
ty, “I don’t know why wTe want to
see ’im. You see, me and my mates
’ave come over to mend the boom in
the ’arbor.”
THROUGH A IVA MAN’S GUESSES
( By Aunt Mary in P.-I.)
I found my newly-wed neighbor
sittng helplessly in her tiny appart
ment the picture of distress. In her
hand was a Japanese teapot, as de
licate and dainty as the owner. Her
brown eyes were clouded and her
lips trembled.
“What am I to do, she cried,
“the water won’t run.”
“We’re all in the same boat,” I
replied, “and being in a boat with
out water is a predicament, isn’t
it?
“How can you joke about such a
horn'd situation ?” she fired up. “1
ihink wuoever is to blame for it
ought ro ae punish .'J and well pun
ished tco ’
“Well, my dear, nobody is to
blame so far is I know. It’s just
blame so far as I know. It’s just
that happen. I’m sorry I didn’t run
over and tell you there was danger
of the water being shut off. I
heal'd of it and made preparation.
Every pan and kettle in my house
is full of water. I can let you have
what you need for the present. Give
me a kettle and I’ll fetch you some
right away.
When she had the kettle singing
on the range and was once more
in good spirits I left her. But the
thought had come to me with
strange force: What a blessing
we have in water. It is one of the
most beautiful tilings in the world.
It has melody, rhythm, sparkle and
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NEW PIPE THAWER
Foord, the plumber, is having a
new electrical machine made at the
shop of the C. L. F. & W. Co.,
which he will use in thawing out
water pipes. It is a recent inven
tion. and by attaching it to each
end of a frozen section of the
water pipe, it hepts it electrically.
It will successfully thaw a boxed
or hurried pipe without uncover
ing it.
LET FOORD DO IT
Why bother and take the risk of
fire from gasoline torches trying
to thaw your pipes, when Foord,
the plumber, can do it safely and
nuickly with his new electrical pipe
thawer without uncovering the pip
es. Call Phont 01. Adv. tf.
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DEAD GOVERN LIVING
That was a brilliant observation
ofComptes, to wit, that the the
living are governed by the dead,
and it is literally true in so far
as influences tend to pei'petuate
themselves as entities reacting on
individual consciousness. But a
philosopher would pause here for
an explanation of consciousness, and
we should be obliged humbly to con
fess that we do not know, for to
know consciousness would be to
know substance, and up to date no
one in the history of philosophy
has succeeded in elucidating the
matter.
From Thales to Bergson philoso
phers have speculated to but small
purpose in rendering intelligible
man’s spiritual essence or soul, and
yet Dr. Pooler apparently has solv
ed this perplexing problem for him
self in his theory of the inter
dependency of the mind and body.
That the Doctor assums is tan
tamount to asserting that man’s
moral and physical natures are both
of them interdependent and that the
mind is nothing apart from the flux
and reflux of brain nerve ganglia
and its associations.
If this be so it then follows
that the summation of its data must
constitute will and therefore as
such is not free, and if not free
man is not a moral agent at all,
or in other words is assumed to be
similiar to the product of friction
ignition. _
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reflection. None of us has much
more than that, if you exclude the
faculty of perception which gives
us our enjoyment of such marvels
of nature. Scientists tell us that
a dewdrop contains all the elements
that go to make up the universe, as
well as the form and shape of it.
But aside from the pure beauty
of water our dependance on it for
I iife is startling when you are forc
ed to think of it as my newly-wed
4'riend was. If something should
happen to our food supply we could
make shift somehow for quite a
ime without being utterly cast
down. But when the water supply
fails everything stops. Next to
life it is the most important gift
of the Creator. No wodder it has
been the theme of poets and paint
ers since first the heart of man ut
! tered a rhapsody. How small and
weak and utterly dependant govern
ments, powers, principalities, scien
tists and all the discovered utilities
of the world appear when we are
face to face with a lack of water
which “fails al ike on the just and
the unjust”. If I was ever deeply
grateful to the Author of Being for
his eternal goodness I was when
1 was able to supply my friend with
a little tea kettle of water. And
i yet we often speak bitterly of the
I rain and snow.
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REACH HADES
I-TND BOTTOMLESS PIT
WHILE “SHOOTING” COAL
Huge Cavern Among Missouri
Mines is Located
MACON, Mo.,—A number of per
. ons of this city are tremendously
interested in a discovery just re
orted by Jim Mote, a farmer and
miner residing south of town. Whiie
■n the city recently Mote described
n 'uncanny situation which he
found in a coal drift a few miles
southwest of Exceilo. He says that
he and some other men were en
gaged in shooting coal in a drift or
hillside mine; that the shot brought
down the coal and with it a lot of
clay. The clay uncovered a slab
like rock, beneath, and disclosed a
symmetrically lound hole about the
size of a dinner plate. Mr. Mote
reached down into the hole, but
could not touch bottom. Then he
got a long stick and investigated,
’he hole widened put, Mote said,
: s though it were an immense
cavern directly under the place
where they had been working. One
of the men was about to widen out
(he hole so that he could drop down
and see how big te cavern was, but
Mote drew him back and suggested
that first they had better learn its
depth. So they tossed big rocks
down and listened with their ears
a+ the hole, but heard no sound
of the rock striking anything.Then
they threw in a mine prop and,
listening intently, they heard noth
ing.
“Things were getting interesting
in that little mine,” said Mote, "so
we decided to investigate syste
matically. We got an engineer’s
torch and fastened it to one end
of a long strand of wire. Down it
went .down, down, down all the
while burning brightly, until we
had run the entire length of the
wire down. Then a rope was fas
tened to the wire and the light
kept going down, down, down. The
rope was run out to the end, and
still no bottom. Two or three of
the men left the place.
“We began to wonder what might
happen if the rock on which we
were standing should crumble away.
The investigation stopped there and
we went out. Nobody' seemed wil
ling to experiment by going down on
a rope. We must have lowered the
'ight several hundred feet, in bring
ing it up we would swing the light
backward and forward, but it never
touched sides anywhere; all under
neath the mine seemed to be an im
mense vacuum. The air coming from
the hole was pure and fresh, as
though there were some subterrean
ean current feeding into the space
below.
“The negroes of the neighborhood
are somewhat alarmed, because they
think the hole runs clear down to
Hades, and that almost any time
the lid is liable to pop off if we
don’t quit fooling with it.”
Mote explains that there is a
lot of what is known as hickory
gas shale in the neighborhood. That
is a porus material which bums
brightly on contact with a flame.
It might be, he theorizes, that a
large quantity of this material was
ignited at some time and burned
out through the little round hole
that was discovered. James Her
rington, who owns the land, and
several other men were in the mine
at the time the discovery was made.
The neighborhood described by
Mote is in the heart of the coal min
ing region, though there are no
mines of anything like the depth
he says he found. Everybody in
Macon today is talking about the
queer hole in the ground that has
no bottom and it is more than lik
ely an expedition will start out to
it within a short time to find out
what it means.
Launches
Rough Rider and Teddy
Monday, 8 a. m.—Chomley
(Sunny Point), connecting
with mail carrier for SuUer
and all points on West Coast
Prince of Wales Island.
Tuesday, 8 a. m.—Metlakahtla,
and Dolomi.
Camp, Rush & Brown and
Saturday, 8 a. m.— Hadley.
Hollis.
Monday.
Friday, 8 a. m.—Kasaan, ft
Wednesday, 8 a. • m.—Lorlng
Carries Passengers and
Freight
Ed. J. Willimas
Master
Agents for
WADHAM8 OIL CO.
Shrimp Bay.
Thursday, 8 a. m—Same as
Yes Bay (Cannery Hatchery)
BeU Island Hot 8prlngs and
RETURNS TO CRAIG
Rev. J. N. Corker, in charge of
the Presbyterian Mission at Craig.
Alaska, accompanied by his wife
returned home this morning.
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SOUJTH FOR A VISIT
Mrs. Chas. D. Jones, wife of
Prof. Jones of Metlakahtla, will bp
a passenger on the Jefferson this
evening, enroute to her home in Bel
lingham, where she will visit for
several weeks.
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E. SPECHT IN TOWN
Ernest Specht, the well known
prospector is over from his mininc
property near Kasaan. He is mak
ing the Revilla Hotel his heud
nuarters while in the city.
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FOR SALE
A 14 H.P. SCRIPPS ENGINE,
GUARANTEED A-l CONDITION.
$.°>00 CASH.
H. R. THOMPSON. tf.
OVER FROM METLAKAHTLA
Superintendent Chas. D. Jones of
the Government school at Metla
kahtla, and Mrs. Jones, are local
visitors, guests of the Stedman
Hotel.
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YPRES CREDIT CLAIMED
FOR FRENCH COMMANDER
Widow Objects t0 Claim of
English Marshal
PARIS,Jan. 9—The widow of the
late Gen. Moussy, of the French
army has written from Brest to
L’Eclair, saying that she “does not
wish to let history be falsifed,”
and as her husband is no longer a
live to vindcate his claims, she
wishes to enter objection to the as
sumption of the title of viscount
of Ypres by Field Marshal Sit
John French, on the ground that
it was Gen. Moussy, who saved
Ypres on November 6, 1914.
The widow asserts the facts were
• hat Gen. Moussy, commanding the
Thirty-third brigade of French in
fantry, by the desperate resistance
of his detachment sent to the re
lief ofthe British at Ypres and by
his stoical claim and tenacious at
titude, reassured the Britsh who
regained confidence, thus arresting
the German advance, and preventing
the Germans from reaching Calais.
Again, the general’s widow says
that it was on December 6 at the
head of little troops of about 250
men of all arms, got together in
haste by Gen, Moussy’s taff; that
the general charged when the Ger
I man’s attempt to pierce the line
at Ypres by capturing Hill No. 60,
between Sewartelen and Zi'lebeke,
thus rending the march on Calais
impossible.
In further support of her claim
in behalf of her late husband, the
widow quotes a leter to Gen.
Moussy from Gen Haig, dated Jan
uary, 2, 1915, thanking Gen Maus
sy for the conduct of his troops
at Ypres and adding: “It was real
ly a very critical moment, and it
was only this touching camaraderie
•vhich assured the allies success.”
daylight' steamer service
The Admiral Line "'as the only
Transportation Co., last year that
tried to arrange their schedules so
that thir steamers would arrive In
"etchikan during the course of reg
ular business hours. After giving
it a try-outt hey found that they
could only do it by putting three
steamers on the run and sailing
one of them from Seattle every Sun
day morning. They arranged to
do that when the loss of the Ad
miral Sampson prevented it. They
now announce that commencing with
March 5th, they will inaugurate
Keir 21 day schedule to the West
ward with the steamers Admiral
Evans, Watson, and Farragut, one
of them sailing every Sunday morn
ing from Seattle. Such a serv
ice should receive substantial recog
nition from every resident of Ket
chikan.
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THE WORLD MOVES ON
Thank heaven that they have now
got one on the hen! A Southern
cook has discovered a way of pre
paring yams so that they will take
the place of eggs in puddings and
cakes. The yams are first boiled
thoroughly, then the skin is re
moved and they are cut in thin
slices anct baked in a slow oven un
til crisp, after which they are
powdered. One tablespoonfull of
this yam powder is said to be
equal to one egg.
AT THE HOTELS
AT THE STEDMAN
Chas. D. Jones and wife, Metla
kahtla;E. F. Moore, Portland, Oer.;
Geo. A. Brown, City; P. H. McCue.
AT THE REV ILL A
H. P. Larsen, Kasaan; C. P.
Haugen, Quadra; A. Thompson. E.
Specht, Kasaan.
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And whoever belongs to, or fre
ouents a church, a lodge or a club,
has not failed to find the member
who when he cannot make every
body .fall in with his notions,
“takes his doll rags and goes home.”
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We can’t always spot a million
aire. Some men have the airs
without the million, and some have
the million without the airs.
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A woman of 50 wearing tassels
on her shoes somehow makes us
think of a man of 80 wearing a
crimson necktie.
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We could name, off hand, several
kinds of dress in which schoolgirls
of 18 look prettier and less blowsy
than in basketball bloomers.
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Winter sports were never intended
for the kind of a girl who gets
blue nosed if she but lifts the lid
of the icebox to get the bottle of
milk.
CANNON’S BAKERY «,
AND GROCERY
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
SPECIALS
■
Butter per pound .35
EGGS per doz. .30
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The fact that I af]/
shipping in Six hundred
dozen a week, should
recommend the eggs.
But if you are in doubt
as to the quality, stop
in and I will break a
iA
few for you.
Send in your furs and get the
Best market price for them
from P. J. Gilmore. adv.
1 CANNED FRUITS AND
I VEGETABLES
H The saving made in buying by the case is worth considering «jj| t
g We quote here a few of the many values || I
| Standard pack 2[ lb. cans, 24 cans to the case jji '
| Apricots per can .25 case 4.75 1
a Blackberries per can .25 case 5.00 | '
| Peaches per can .25 case 4.50 M
| Pineapple per can .25 case 4.50 |
8 Fruits in gallon cans, 6 to the case 2.50 8
\ Corn, Peas, String Beans and Tomatoes, 2 for g
j 25c. in straight or assorted cases |
[ * Canned Goose Tongue 2 for 25c. ff
j Said to be “finch better than Spinach” g
| stock J. R. Heckman & Co. service |
; Department Store
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