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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1914.
THE FLAG OF GERMANY.
"I am a Prussian. Know ye not my
banner?
Before me floats my flag of black
tinil white.”
So sang the victorious Prussian
troops as they marched through
France in the summer of 1870, for
then the Prussian ensign was black
and white only. There was no Ger
man empire and no German flag—
simply a consolidation of the Ger
man states to tigtit a common foe.
When the King of Prussia was pro
claimed Emperor of Germany by ihe
princes and kings of smaller German
states in the Hail of Mirrors in the
gorgeous palace of the French mon
arcus at Versailles, among the many
tnptters to be arranged by the new
empire was that of a national flag.
Prussia had her flag; so also had
Bavaria, and the various other states
had their own peculiar local banners.
But in 1SG7, just after his victorious
war with Austria, Prince Bismarck
had formed a confederation of North
German states, under the leadership
of Prussia. Its affairs were regulat
ed by a parliament, and at its head
was the King of Prussia, and this
confederation had for trade purposes
adopted a flag for its mercantile ma
rine which contained three horizon
tal stripes—black, white and red.
The black stripe at the top and the
white in the center were the colors
that the Hohenzollerns, or ruling
house of Prussia, had carried for
more titan 501) years, and to these
were added a red stripe j'rom the old
Hanseatic League, or trade union of
the German cities in the Middle Ages.
Bismarck proposed that this trade
flag of the north German confeder
acy, which its ships had carried till
■ cr die world, should be adopted
as the flag of the Pnited German Em
pire, and it was accordingly done.
The war ensign of the German Em
pire is a black cross on a white
ground, with the Prussian eagle on
the center disc. The imperial navy
carries the black, white and red flag
with a black cross in the center. This
black cross on both these flags repre
sents the famous "Iron cross” of the
Teutonic order.
The Imperial standard of the Ger
man emperor is yellow powdered with
black eagles and the “Iron cross’ sur
rounded with a white border. In the
center of the banner is a shield car
rying the arms of rrussia with a
crown above, bordered by the distin
guished order of the Black Eagle.
In the German ensign, the black,
white and red flag we so often see,
it ip interesting to note that the
black and white stripes represent the
•might of the empire, being, as has
been said, the colors of the Hohen
zollerns and of Prussia, while the red
and part of the white stripe also
■symbolize the remarkable commercial
genius of the nation. The famous
Hanseatic League, from whose flag
these colors were taken, was found
ed as early as 1241, when the towns
of Lubeck and Hamburg took unit
ed action for the purpose of secur
ing for their merchants the safety of
the road connecting the North Sea
with the Baltic, and they were soon
joined by other maritime cities which
took steps to protect their common
interests. As early as 1166 the mer
chants of Cologne had a guild hall
in London and had formed a Hansa
or association of merchants there.
As the strength and reputation of
the legaue grew all the most pow
erful German cities sought to be ad
mitted to it, and it flourished until
the middle of the seventeenth cen
tury, when, owing to internal jealous
ies and also to the fact that it had
no one strong ruler to back it, as had
the merchants of France and England,
it gradually disintegrated. In a land
some part of which was always at
war it had encouraged trade with the
whole of Europe, protected its mem
bers from the extortions of petty rul
ers fom the thievery of robber ba
rons and from the depredations of
less well-born highwaymen. It had
encouraged art, freed the skilled ar
tisan from many oppressions and
built up that backbone of any nation,
the prosperous middle class, so its
colors well deserved a place on the
German flag.—Ex.
DISAGREEMENT CAN BE UNDER
STOOD.
When a great battle goes on for
days without decisive results, it is
little wonder that the report coming
from one side of the contact line con
tradicts the one made in behalf of
the opposing force. Bach of the com
batants can fairly enough claim that
the fight is going well for himself
and ill for his antagonist, and sin
cerely enough predict his own suc
cess as the ultimate result. Present
failure to advance is forgotten in
satisfaction that retirement has not
been compelled, and hope is always
a sufficient basis for confident expec
tation.
So, instead of disbelieving both the
French and the German dispatches,
we can believe them both, In spite
of their wide variances—can, that is,
after making due allowance for the
circumstances.
Of downright, intentional, and con
scious lying by the distributers of
''official” news considerably less is
probably doing than their contradic
tions of each other seemingly indi
'cate. They conceal much, but, most
of what they tell is presumably told
as they see it from their respective
points of view.
All of us are apt to mistake de
termination to do for accomplish
ment, and what we think ought to
be for what will be, or even is. Com
bining the conflicting stories into an
approximation *o the truth is a task
not very difficult, and those who per
form it intelligently are saved from
echoing the current stupidities ns to
the untrustworthiness of the news.
In detail it is often incorrect, but
the facts do all come out without
much delay.
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LOST HIS BAROMETER.
Count Zeppelin Saya General Butter
field Sneaked It Away.
Count Zeppelin, the Inventor of the
dirigible balloon, is not a stranger to
the Dnlted States, for he saw service
with the Onion army In the war be
tween the states. In bis recently pub
lished reminiscences he tells this amus
ing story of General Butterfield, who
was chief of staff In the Army of the
Potomac:
In planning operations General Bub
terfield attached special significance to
knowledge of the probable weather
conditions, and for this reason he be
came especially fond of an excellent
aneroid barometer that 1 had obtained
from London and paid a lot of money
for.
Be saw this instrument in my tent,
borrowed it from me, then found It Im
possible to give It up. He kept it a
longer time each time he borrowed It
until at last he failed to return It at
all. When 1 was about to leave the
army I asked him again and again to
return It, and 1 finally became so
pressing that he said be would go to
bis tent and fetch It out.
After waiting outside a long time 1
followed him Into the tent It was
empty. With my barometer In his
hand he bad crawled under the canvas
and disappeared.
Building to Please Everybody.
"Have you started to build your
bouse yet?”
"No. We haven't quite decided what
we want.”
"You haven’t? I thought you had
that all planned out months ago.”
"So we did, but Aunt Jane didn’t like
the living room, so we changed that to
suit her, and Uncle Bill thought the
porch ought to be different, and wo
changed that. Then Cousin Kate In
sisted that we’d never be satisfied
without a music room, so we bad to
rearrange It to put that In, and my
folks thought we ought to have a but
ler’s pantry, and her folks were sure
we couldn’t get along without a room
in the attic, and we’re waiting now to
learn what color an node In Honolulu
thinks the roof ought to be.”—Detroit j
Free Press.
Reading That 8tloke.
An old lady, says the editor of the
Ladies' Home Journal, was discussing
tbe differences between the old and
the new. “We hadn’t anything but the
reading book to read when I was a
girl,” she said, "but I know the best
parts of that so I can say them to
myself now I’m sitting here In the
dark, and my grandchildren don’t
know what they read last weekl It
soaked Into me and It drips off of
them.” Tbe editor concludes: “Not
what drips off, but that which soaks
In Is of real Importance, stays with
the reader and affects and develops
character.”
Of Course He 8wooned.
While the judge was giving his charge
to the Jury In the burglary case one of
the Jurymen fainted. His lordship had
just Impressively said:
"Gentlemen of the Jury, In arriving at
the verdict you must take the testi
mony of the witnesses for the defense
into consideration and give them fall
weight.”
At the words “and give them full
weight" the juryman swooned away.
He was a coal merchant.—London Mall.
On the Trail.
"Do you see that man going along
with his head In the air, sniffing with
his nose?"
“Yes. I know him.”
“1 suppose he believes tn taking In
tbe good, pure oione?”
"No. He’s hunting for a motor ga
rage, I belleva”—Kansas City Star.
How He Changed.
Boreleigh (at 11:15 p. m.)—When I
was a boy 1 used to ring d<A>rbells and
run away. The Girl (yawning!—And
now yon ring them and stay.—Boston
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Easily Relieved.
Mr. B.—This window open behind me
makes a fearful draft. My teeth are
chattering. Mrs. B.—Well, you know
you can take them out—London Upin
lon.
Her Logic.
Mrs. Newlywed—Now, John, only for
mo you would liavo tipped the dorlst’s
boy, the taxi chauffeur and the waiter.
You are a dollar richer than you would
have been If you were single.—New
York Globe.
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3^ horse power Fulton engine. Com
plete equipment. No wires; no
batteries. Enquire at this office.
President Woodrow Wilson
ALASKA as a storehouse, should be
■■ unlocked. One key to it is a sys
tem of railways. These the govern
ment should itself build and adminis
ter, and the ports and terminals it
should itself control in the interest of
all who wish to use them for the ser
vice and development of the country
and its people.
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
r- r
C. E. Bunnell
THE policy of President Wilson’s
I administration toward Alaska has
been one of magnificent constructive
development.
Support the Administration by voting
for
C.E. BUNNELL
FOR
Delegate to Congress
From Alaska
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JOHN LYONS
Independent candidate
for Representative in
Alaska Legislature.
Resided in Alaska since
1897. Resided in Valdez
since 1901. Believes in
opening up Alaska for j
this generation, and that
such a course is best for
all future generations.
THOS. C; PRICE
of Cordova.
Democratic candidate Tor Senator.
Believes in government con
trol and Immediate development
of the resources of Alaska.
If elected will work in harmony
with the National Democratic Ad
ministration In its attempt to open
up Alaska. A vote for him is a
vote in support of President Wil
son.
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For Reprooentatlve
Thomas H. Holland
of Chltlna.
Democratic Candidate.
Has lived in Alaska since 19M.
Knows Alaska, knows the needs
of Alaska and If elected will woik
for Alaska.
A vote for him I* a vote In sup
port of Woodrow Wlhon In hls
attempt to develop Alaska.
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