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WAR
1 was conceived in passion, hatred, envy and greed, born in the
morning of antiquity, and have a genealogy whose every page drips
with the red blood of murdered innocence. 1 respect neither the
feebleness of infancy nor the sacredness of virtue, and walk, iron-s hod,
ruthlessly and impartially over the form of the weakling or the form of
the giant.
1 paint the midnight skies a lurid glow from the burning homes I
have ravaged, and turn peaceful scenes of rural beauty, where God s
own creatures dwell together in amity, into a raging hell. I set neigh
bor against neighbor in deadly combat, and I incite the brother to slay
die brother.
I make puppets of kings, princes of paupers, courtiers of courte
sans, and thieves of respected subjects, and empires melt before my
breath as does mist before the morning sun.
1 make of religion fanaticism; the heathen 1 make a fiend incar
nate; and of all men 1 make playthings devoid of reason and justice.
Through intrigue 1 make the intelligent powerful, the unscrupulous wax
fat on the spoils of blood-won victories gained by others, and the less
learned suffer for their own ignorance.
Famine, want and misery follow and still the hand of industry. 1
pillage the land of its resources but contribute nothing of benefit to
mankind, leaving pestilence to stalk ghostlike in my wake and com
plete the work of destruction. I lay a heavy tribute upon my most
loyal subjects for the maintenance of my establishments; I squander
the vitality and lives of those who serve me faithfully, yet return to the
world nothing but ruin and ashes. The baubles of fame I confer on
some are the empty shells of false standards wnerein the license to
commit murder and rapine is held to be the insignia of glory by a mis
taken civilization.
I can offer no excuse for my ha ving come into existence, nor can
I give one plausible reason why 1 should not cease to be, other than
that so long as men who wield influence are permitted to gratify their
selfish desires and ambitions at the expense of many who must carry
the burdens and endure the suffering, that tong will I continue to exam
my toll of sorrow, devastation and death. For I am pitiless—devoid
of all feeling; I fear neither God nor man; 1 am amenable to no law',
and I am m myself the law and the last resort.
I am WAR.—Life._
A PATHETIC FIGURE
The war in progress m Europe at the present time, when France
is once more engaged in a death struggle with her former conqueror,
must be the means of recalling sad emotions m the breast of the aged
Eugenie, widow of Napoleon III. It will bring memories of the days
of 1870, when, as regent of France, she is said to have exclaimed,
“This is my war.” The terrible days preceding the abdication of the
emperor, and following that event, the years of exile, the loss of her
son—all these will be lived over again by the lonely and childless old
woman, who will in memory hear once more the cry of On to Ber
lin.” A story comes from Paris under date of July i4 that is pathetic
in the extreme. It relates an incident which occurred on the recent
visit to Paris of the ex-empress. She was walking in the Tuilleries
gardens, where once stood her splendid palace, and picKed a flower
from the border. An attendant saw her and said: Picking flowers
is strictly forbidden. I must report you. He demanded her name
and address, and she answered timidly, ‘ Eugenie. Tlie attendant
was struck by the melancholy aspect of the aged lady, and relented,
saving: “That is not a name. However, never mind this time, but
do not do it again.”
Such an experience at the scene of her former glories and tri
umphs was surely a bitter humiliation to the sorrowful old woman, and
the fact that her name, with which the courts of Europe once rang,
was not even a memory to the attendant, shows of what unsubstantial
material fame is constituted.
A NOBLE WOMAN
Baroness Bertha von Suttner, the Austrian writer, who had de
voted most of her life to the cause of peace, and to whom was
awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1905, died in Vienna on June 21.
It seems almost providential that her life work was ended prior to tne
opening of the terrible conflict now in progress in Europe, which
would suggest that her efforts in behalf of peace had been in vain.
She had been ill three weeks, and had been undergoing a medical
treatment which her constitution proved unable to bear. She gave
instructions that her body be cremated at Gotha without religious
ceremony, speeches or flowers, her ashe^ to be deposited m a colum
barium there.
Born in 1843, the daughter of Field Marshal Count Franz von
Kir.sky, the baroness became noted as the editor of Die Waffen Nieder
(Lay Down Your Arms), the magazine of the International Peace
Bureau in Berne, which was named after a novel written by her in
1889, designed to spread the idea of peace throughout Germany and
Austria.
When a girl Baroness von Suttner was betrothed to Prince
Adolph Wittgenstein, but he was killed in battle. In 1876 she was
married to Baron Gundacar von Suttner, who died m 1902. In 19121
Baroness von Suttner spent six months in the United States, where
she delivered a series of lectures to promote the cause of peace.
The baroness was at one time secretary to Dr. Alfred B. Nobel,
who establishes the Nobel Foundation, and as a champion of the
“brotherhood of nations” she is said to have been the inspiration that
prompted him to offer his peace prize. She was a member of the
advisory council of the Carnegie Peace Foundation.
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ANOTHER TERRITORIAL STATUTE QUESTIONED
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The Fairbanks News-Miner quotes that ubiquiteus individual, a
prominent local attorney, as follows:
In mv opinion the territorial statute* providing that the purchaser of delinquent ,
tax certificates at the sale to be held here August o is entitled to ;• •-* >n of ’he pr< perty,
together with all its rents, issues and profits, until redo, med, are Unconstitutional. It ,
depriving ti man of his property without due process of law, and an appeal on a case of
this kind would surely be won in the higher courts.
The present statutes of Alaska provide for the giving of immediate possession of
property on presentation of a trust receipt and for the expulsion < I in owner in case he
refuses by an action of unlawful detainer. But the • t::•«;to is all wrong and illegal, I am
certain. A test case, I am sure, will prove it. It will have to be enforced here in the
territory because the law is on the books, hut iu>t the minute it git - into the courts it
will be held to be in eivor. It is an unjust law on the face of it. as in case of failure to
pay a comparatively small tax, the whole property is turned over to another citizen, not
retained by the territory.
For once the anonymous interpreter of the law seems to have
round reasoning and common sense on his side, anc! it looks as though
another act of the territorial legislature were due to be upset.
A woman calling herself Baroness Vetsera, who is now m New
York, claims that she is the daughter of the late Crown Prince Rudolph
of Austria and Marie Vetsera, who died with him. It was because of
his love for Marie Vetsera that the prince went to his death, but
whether he was killed or committed suicide is not known. This woman
calls herself "Baroness” Cetsera. ihere is no such title. She also
puts forward a child, which she claims as her own, and says he is heir
to the Austrian throne.” All of which is said to be pure nonsense.
Weil informed Austrians in New York say ine crown prince and his
paramour had no child.
General Carranza, in a statement to a friend, said that he had no '
ambition to be president of Mexico, and that as soon as order is re
stored and constitutional government re-established he will retire to
private life, content that he has done his part.
The nomination of Charles E. Bunnell as the Democratic candi
date for delegate in congress from Alaska was a political mistake.
From all accounts Mr. Bunnell is a man who deserves more considerate j
treatment at the hands of his friends.
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At Spithead, England, on July 18, four hundred British fighting
craft were assembled for the annual review by the king. The fleets j
included all classes of vessels—battleships, cruisers, torpedo boats,
destroyers, submarines and other craft.
A VISIT TO SKAGWAY
BRINGS FOND MEMORIES
July 4, 1898 July 4, 1914.
The above are the dates on which both
the first and last Independence day cele
brations were held in Skagway, and the
Stroller was there with bells on both occa
sions—only there were more bells the first
than last time. The first time he was
th^re ns a “leading citizen,” the last time
as a visitor. In 1898 he took it straight
except for a squirt of lemon; in 1914 he
took grape juice. In 1898 he, with the late
“Soapy” Smith, as associate counsel, had
charge of the greased pig exercises; in 1914
there were no pigs and very little grease.
In 1898 the finance committee met at the
Red Onion saloon on the afternoon of the
celebration and “blew in” all the money
contributed for prizes and expenses, and
the latter are unpaid to this day.
There was no baseball at Skagway’s first
celebration. The grounds were too distant
from “paint stores;” besides, shell games
were more exciting. In those days Skag
way society had several “streaks” in it,
and at the dance which was given in a
warehouse on the dock the night of the day
of her first celebration, there were three in
spectors at the door—one to pass on mar
riage certificates, another to gauge the state
of drunkenness beyond which the applicant
would not be admitted, and the third to
“bounce” those who were rejected. The
first two used discretion, the latter used a
sandbag.
During the sixteen years which have
elapsed since the first Fourth of July cele
bration was held in Skagway, the Stroller
can note many improvements in the de
portment of the people of that town. True,
a few of them still eat pie with a knife
and in other respects cause a stranger in
the town to think of newly-turned loam,
but the latter is probably due, in a measure,
to the many experimental farms in that
locality—a sort of “back to the soil” at
mosphere pervading all that portion of the
country. On the whole, however, the town
has improved. The stranger who stops
there on his way to Jericho is not so apt
to be “taken in” as he was in '9S, but if he
is locking to be “taken in” he does not get
nearly so good a run for his money as was
given hte “ninety-eighter.” In all the
Stroller's early day experience in Skagway
he never heard a stranger who had been
fleeced complain that the job had been
bungled. But the town has Inst all her
artists in that line, and the man who has a
yearning to be fleeced had better try some
other place. The only way a man could
get skinned in Skagway now would be to
stumble over some of the “farm-house
lawn” whitewashed cobblestones which line
the railroad track, and bark his knees.
Say, you Skagway, put your head on the
Stroller’s shoulder just a moment while he
says something to you in confidence. That’s
it; now lie still. Now, just between you
and the Stroller, don’t you honestly think
those whitewashed cobblestones are just a
trifle too utterly uticr? Isn’t there some
thing about them that causes you to think
of Grey’s “Elegy in a Country Churchyard,”
something suggestive of what it really is
whitewash?—Stroller White, in Whitehorse
Star.
AN ENERGETIC ORGANIZER
Coming to the city from Flat the other
day, Basil Clemons, who is deputy dis
trict dictator for the Loyal Order of Moose,
met a stranger coming in the opposite di
rection. With an eye to business, Basil en
gaged him in conversation and was
soon enthusiastically elucidating the ad
vantages which his organization possesses
over all other fraternal orders. The stran
ger was impressed and decided to sign an
application. The D. D. D. was somewhat
surprised and gratified when the traveler
wrote “Horace E. Auringer, M. D.,” on the
application blank.
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COLOMBIAN TREATY
DEFENDED BY BRYAN
Washington, July 12.—Secretary' Bryan
issued a statement tonight defending the
proposed treaty to settle differences between
the United States and Colombia over the
separation of Panama. The treaty has met
vigorous opposition in the senate, and for
mer President Roosevelt has attacked it as
a vehicle for the payment of “blackmail."
Mr. Bryan declared that it was necessary
to discuss only the fact that an estrange
ment exists, and not the events which gave
rise to the differences, and that regardless of
whether Colombia has a just grievance
against her more powerful neighbor, no one
would deny that the former country sus
tained great financial loss, considerably
more than the $52,000,000 which the United
States would pay under the treaty, through
the separation of Panama.
As to the expression of regret on the
part of the American government, to which
opponents of the pending convention offer
their bitterest objection, the secretary said
this was almost identical with a similar ex
basis of which the Taft administration un
pressicn in the Dubois memorandum on the
successfully sought to placate Colombia.
After reviewing the thirte^my^r
estrangement between the two countries, the
statement continues:
“Colombia has all along insisted upon
arbitration. If this nation were willing to
arbitrate, it would not be necessary to dis- ;
cu terms of settlement, because in the case
of arbitration the parties accept the finding
of the arbitrators and settle their differ
ences according to the terms prescribed. I?
is not the policy of nations, however, to set
tle by arbitration questions like those aris
ing between the United States and Colom i
bin. and as arbitration is not resorted to, the j
settlement must be made by direct negotia
tion. Our nation, being much the larger
one, and having refused to arbitrate, takes
upon itself the responsibility of doing jus
tice to Colombia. Not only is it our duty
to do justice to Colombia, but in case of
doubt as to what is just, we must resolve
that doubt against ourselves and in favor
of Colombia.
“Colombia feels that she has been ag
grieved, and whatever may be said as to
whether this feeling is justified, no one will
deny that she has sustained great financial
loss in the separation of Panama from her.
Before the separation took place this gov
ernment offered Colombia 810,000,000 for
the canal route and 8250,000 a year for 100
years. This annuity might be capitalized at
about 87,500,000, so that this government’s
estimate of the loss suffered by Colombia
coi 1:1 not be less than about $17,500,009.
But that estimate was made upon the sup
position that Colombia would retain the
state or department of Panama. The re
tention of Panama would have given to
Colombia, not only the value of Panama,
but the incidental benefits to be derived
from proximity to the canal. We cannot
deny, therefore, that the actual loss to Co
lombia was considerably more than $25,
000,000.
“This nation can afford to be just; even
more, it can afford to be generous in the
settling of disputes, especially when by it
"cnerosity it can increase ihe friendliness
of the many milli- ns of Central and South
America, with whom our relations become
daily more intimate."
TREASURY SHOWS SURPLUS
OVER ORDINARY EXPENSES
Washington. Aug. 1. -Treasury figures
show that the federal government went
through its first fiscal year under the Wil
--;;n administration with its income exec; '
mg ordinary expenses by 333,7S4,,452.07.
The total receipts for the year were $734,
343.700.20. a million and a half above Sec
retary UcAdoo's original estimate.
Corporation and income tax payments
furnished the stream of gold at the finish.
From this source came $20,101,782.S2 on
the last day of July. Secretary MeAdoo
and other administration officials are point
ing proudly to the total figures as proof of
their promises as to what would be ac
complished under the new tariff.
The treasury surplus this year at least
will be wiped out by Panama canal expen
ditures. which have to be paid from the
general fund. During the twelve months
834.810.S14.21 has been spent on the canal,
and when this has been charged off there
will be a deficit for the year of slightly
over a million dollars.
Last year the canal expenditures
amounted to $41,741,258. and the final
deficit was $400,733. Last year's total re
ceipts were only $091,140,000. but on the
other hand the ordinary expenditures were
only S054.S05.000, or $45,754,24S below
this year's total.
ROOSEVELT RESURGIT
once m< re tin* tireless put tor-right of men.
one n I’ewi.-cvi-lt, swims into our ken.
With clasli of cymbals and with roll of
drums,
Iteduced in weight. from brazil lie comes.
What risks were his! The. rapids caught
him form.
Upset his bark, and tossed him in the
storm.
notching his trumpet in a fearless hand.
The damn explorer struggled to the land:
Then s. t the trumpet to his lipis and blow
A blast that echoed all the wide world
through,
And iii a tone that, made the nations quiver.
Proclaimed himself the Under of a river.
Maps, he declared, were made by doddering
fools
Who know no better or defied the rules.
Willie tie. the great Progressive, traced the
course
Of waters mostly owing to their source.
Emerged at last and buoyed up with the
sure hope
Of geographic fame, and there awhile he
tarried
Till Kermit went (good luck to K.!) and
married.
Next London sees him, and with loud good
xv ill
Yields to the mighty tamer of brazil.
And hears and cheers the while his own
Hat lie
Lectures our Geographical Society.
Soon to his native land behold him go
To take a hand In quelling Mexico.
Does Wilson want him? Well, I hardly
know. —Punch.
CALIFORNIA GARY HAS
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
Riverside, Cal., July 18. Mary Sobe,
aged 2 years, yesterday dropped her doll in
an irrigation standpipe. In reaching after
it she fell in herself and floated into an
eighteen-inch main. Efforts to fish her out
at two standpipes farther down the line
proved futile. At the third standpipe, an
eighth of a mile away, Jack Kinge, a
rancher, caught her and took her out. She
was unconscious when brought into the air,
but was quickly resuscitated. Her doll was
not recovered.
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CAPTAIN SI ATWELL
EXPERIENCES HARD LUCK
Times have been “tough” on the river
this summer. Cargoes have been few and
ocmpetition keen. Just when it seemed that
the owners of small river vessels would
have a chance to move freight up the river
from Dikeman, Hoods prevailed, and the
larger vessels, such as the Washburn and
White Seal, were enabled to bring their
freight to the docks at Iditarod. The Hood,
which wrought havoc with the immense
boom of cordwood of the Yukon Gold Com
pany above the mouth of Otter creek, pro
vided the “gasoline kids” and river men
generally with a chance to make an honest
penny by salving the fuel, and many of
them took advantage of it.
When the wood started to run down
river, Si Atwell, with his Little Delta, was
at Dikeman. He immediately got up steam
and, selecting a convenient slough, prepared
for a harvest. Heading his steamer and hrr
barge out into the stream at the head of
the slough, he succeeded in turning great
quantities of the valuable fuel into the
slough. It seemed to Si that he had thou
sands of cords of it. He had visions of
supplying the entire community with fuel
during the coming winter and retiring on
a farm Outside to spend his declining years
in peace and plenty.
After he had secured all the wood ho
thought the market would stand, he hap
pened" to‘think that the slough emptied into
the river again at a point lower down, and
that its mouth was unprotected. Casting
loose from shore, he hastened to get under
way and prevent the wood from floating
down stream again. But it was too late.
Cords and cords of the wood had jammed
under his ship and her scow and he was
unable to move. While he worked to re
lease, his vessel the water receded and left
him stranded, and it was two days before
i he was able to get afloat. By this time
! all of the wood which he had gathered in
the slough was well on its way to the
Yukon, and he had lost the fruits of his
strenuous labors.
It would be a hardy individual who
would spring a hard luck story on Si now.
HERB RILEY IN CHARGE
GF THE MERCHANTS CAFE
On Monday last the sale of the Mer
chants Cafe of this city was perfected, and
Herbert K. Riley, the new proprietor, at
once took charge. Charles L. Miller, who
has been proprietor of the [ lace since the
founding of the camp, will leave soon with
his wife for California.
Herb Riley, the new caterer, is a well
known restaurant man, having been the
lessee of the Arcade cafe, in I airbanks,
some years ago, and has had much experi
ence in the restaurant business. He is mak
ing some 'improvements in the p’acc. and
assures the public that the reputation of
I fhe Merchants Cafe wiil be sustained under
the new regime.
I SEATTLE’S ALASKA TRADE
SHOWS EIG INCREASE
Seattle, Aug. 1. Seattle’s trade with
Alaska has leaped forward SI.539.5-19 dur
ing the ten month.- ending April, 1914. ac
cording to a United State? customs report
recently received from Washington.
Alaska shipments from Seattle for the
j ten months preceding this Apr 1 amounted
to $14,031,014; for the corresponding ten
months in 1913. ending :n April, the volume
of business was $12,503,140.
The influence of the passage of the rail
road bill is believed to avt mi id, ... ••
enormous increase in shipments during the
early part of the year 1914.
During April alone (1914) Puget sound
-ent north $2.230,<25 worth of merchan
dise-far above the April of any past year
as against $309,7S8 from Oregon ports and
$1,770,033 from San Francisco.
Assessment W ork Blanks at Pioneer.
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