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THURSDAY. APRIL IT. 1013. j
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DISCORD AT JUNEAU.
The reports from Juneau that
the members of tin* lirst terri- i
torial legislature are spending; j
their time fighting; each other in- j
stead of working for the best in- j
terests of the territory is what i
has been expected and feared, but. !
which everyone with the interests !
of the territory at heart, hoped
would not happen. All the mem
bers were prolific in promises
that they would work for t he best
interests of fhe north, but as soon !
as they are at the eapitol they j
forget the promises made both
before and after election and light I
for petty advantages.
But two more1' weeks remain of
the present, session and the laws
enacted and those failing of pass
age will be hul little to the credit
of t.ho legislature which started
off with such rosy promise of
harmony only to end in jangle
and discord. The nexl session
will be held I wo years hence,
when an entire lower house will
be elected and a new senator from j
each division. If is In he hoped i
that the next session will result \
in more'real good for Alaska Ilian j
has the present.
A REMARKABLE INDUSTRY.
More capital is engaged in (lie
moving picture business today
than in the operations of thej
Standard Oil Trust, according loj
recent, statistics.
Moving pictures as a coinnier- j
rial proposition in America are j
but fifteen years old. They have j
made such rapid progress that to- j
day they threaten to overturn the |
establihsed .order of theatrical!
productions. They herald t he era j
of cheap amusements.
But with their promise comes:
their menace as well. The older!
theater was more responsive to ,
public opinion, because a pro- |
duct ion had to win favor before j
it could be pul on tour. When i
one of great popularity was de-j
vised a limited number of com
panies could be put out to pre
sent it. Xo great popular success i
in this country has ever exceed
ed six concurrent productions.
The cost of putting these out.-and
the varying currents of popular
opinion made theatrical produc
ers extremely sensitive to public
opinion.
But the moving picture man is
not so circumscribed. He can
make any number of productions
very cheaply. He can flood the
country with a success. This fact,
1 nkcn in conjunction with the
facts that moving pictures make
strong appeal to the very young,
and that they are often exhibited
in out-of-the-way places, 'not
subjected as in the theater to the
recurrent criticism <)f the press,
has made the authorities see that
moving pictures must have a dif
ferent censorship. The police
power must be invoked.--Ex.
EXPERT TESTIMONY DENOUN
CED.
II Is refreshing In (i in I I he
courts refusing In give unquali
fied endorsement to the testimony
of experts.
The supreme enurt of Missouri,
in an interesting decision, holds
that “expert evidence at best, is
only advisory” and says that with
doctors on opposite sides giving
expert evidence with equal decis
ion, common sense must find the
way out. The court holds that
a jury lias the right to discard
and disregard all the expert tes
timony, and decide for itself what
caused an injury.'
Any decision tending to make
expert testimony more humble,
and therefore less common, will
be welcomed by laymen who are
exceedingly weary of the assur
ance and authority displayed by
physicians on the stand.
As soon as courts begin to em
phasize the fact that, a doctor who
is testifying for one side in a
controversy must be considered
as liable to err through his pre
judice for that side, the fewer
doctors will be" found lending
themselves to the devious ways of
expelT witnessing as it is con
dueled in our criminal courts.
SECESSION IN MEXICO.
Six of Ihe slates of the Mexican
republic are planning a conven
tion al which il shall be determ
ined whether they will secede
from Ihe Mexican union or unite
in a revolution which will over
throw llucrla and place them in
coni rnl.
The autonomy of Mexico is a
quest ion that Ihe Mexicans musl
sellle for themselves, but Ihe pro
tection of I he lives and properly
of foreigners in Mexico is a duly
that Ihe failed Stales is forced
to assume, under Ihe require
ments of Ihe Monroe doctrine.
The administration at Washing
ton is pledged against a repeti
tion of the reign of lawlessness
which marked Ihe passing of Ihe
Madera regime in Mexico.
THE COST OF PEACE.
Tin* (ionium government is
about to authorize the increase
of the standing' army to a total of
870,000 men. The population of
Germany is about, 70,000,000.
Kmperor William believes that
the best, way lo preserve peace
is to be prepared for war. Known
as “The War Lord,” he has ruled
for twenty-five years in peace,
hut Germany has paid well. The
big problem before the nation to
day is lo devise new methods of
taxation for the maintenance of
the military establishments.
Peace bath her victories, but al
so tier expense.
The crack of the baseball bat
is* a sign that the backbone of
winter is broken.
According to the gossip of the
sporting editors there will be no
second divisions teams this year.
Talking movies are now pro
posed. Don’t the militant suf
fragettes answer that specifica
tion?
The government has assigned
a man to record Indian music.
The first step in recording Indian
music is to find it.
I)i-. Stull' of the University id'
Nebraska says that the young
women of the country are drink
ing themselves to death. O Stuff.
Reports show that there is a
great revival in religious affairs
in the Panama Canal zone. Still,
the Culebra cut is a great back
slider.
President Wilson insists that
be will pay bis way when he goes
to the ball games. Probably he
wants lo feel free to say what he.
thinks when the senators are out
of form.
Harbingers.
'Hie sap has risen in the trees,
Ihe buds fti" breaking forth; no
longer do we shake and freeze in
i"i\v winds from I lie norlli; ami
! everywhere we pilgrims go, the
harbingers appear, lo say I here
is an end of snow, lo hint Ihal
! spring is near. The housewife
talks of thrilling bats she' saw
in some one's store, all Irimmeil
with ostrich plumes and tints and
lloi'iil things galore. And dad con
fesses In a wish In void1 a vernal
song, and laltts about a place
where lisli are Ibirly cubits long,
(lid granddad makes bis aneienl
thews convey him down Ihe street,
and Ihe children long In shake
Ihcir shoes and try I heir naked
feel. The ggenl leaves his wtn-<
ter haunt, with easy marks to
plead, and sells (hem traps they
do not want, and hooks they’ll
never read. The hobo leaves the
city slums for pastures fresh and
new, and in Ihe village jail the
hum kicks up a Imwdydo. The
candidate begins, lo pass around
his fatal smokes; composed are
they of garden sass. including
artichokes. We gather up the old
tin cans around our Inis be
strewn. and formulaic our divers
plans for raising pea and prune.
Oh. spring is coming once again,
to comfort us and help, so let;
the joyous sons of men stand mi ,
Ili'eir heads and yelp.
WAT/r MASON. |
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Ingram’s Eight-hour Bill
The following account of ltn*|
passage of the Ingram eight-!
hour law in the lower House at
Juneau April 5th, is taken from
the Juneau Empire of that date:
The House this morning pass
ed the Ingram eight-hour law, ap
plying to hte mining industry,
amended so as to exclude all sorts
of placer mining and non-mineral
quarries.
The bill as passed, is less broad
in its scope than the Roden-tiafT- j
nev bill, recently passed by the
Senate, being restricted entirely
to the quartz mining industry.
The bill as passed provides for an
eight-hour day excluding the time
for lunch or meals and the time
required for descending and as
cending or otherwise going to or
coming from the place of work.
So far as the quartz industry is
concerned the bill lias the favor
of all l.lie big operators in South
eastern Alaska.
The House also passed this
morning House Hill No. 8. the
(iaffnt^v hill, amending the act
prohibiting liquor traffic with
Indians. If this hill heroines a
law the crime will be reduced to
a misdemeanor and the Indian
who solicits will be made co-re
sponsihle with the white man who
sells the liquor. The second of
fense on the part of either carries
an increased penalty.
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9x12 ft Fulton Tapstry Art Sbuares
36x72 ill Hart Axminster Rugs
27x60 in Smiths Axminster Rugs
16x30 in Smyrna Rugs
A Few Bargains Left
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THE SALESMAN
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makes them with greater
facility if his work is re
enforced by Electric Light.
It shows his goods to the
best advantage,and colors
may be readily matched
under its rays. /
A brilliant electrically
lighted store stamps a
merchant as a hustler.
And trade follows light.
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Copper River
Draying Co
Preighting and passengers to all parte
ol the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKimey St, Valdez
Steam Heat Electric LigbU
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ALL KINDS OF
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Puget Sound IjUIVIOLoX Material
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