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8ATURDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1920.
ANOTHER PROPHECY EXPLODED
' December is passed and the prophesied planetary conjunctivity ha:
affected no one aside from those credulous individuals who foolishly over
looked the fact that innumerable so called "prophets** have foretold simlla
mundane disasters from time immemorial, only to come a bad cropper whoi
the scheduled time rolled around—just as did the quasiscientlflc feent whi
recently predicted dire and dreadful things around December 17.
Belief in such prognostications was reasonably to be expected in th
troglodytic days or even in the so called Dark Ages, for the reason fhat hu
inanity did not know any bettor than to believe everything that came along,
regardless of hs absurdity. But modern man. possessing the Bnowledge
centuries of scientific investigation, should know better than to give creden
to such fanciful yarns. One might just as reasonably believe in the existem
of fairies and hobgoblins, good spirits and bad spirits. In either
basis of fact on Which the supposition rests amounts to nothing at al
old world has rolled around in space for millions of years and will probably
continue to do so for millions of years in the future without harm fr
super-mundane causes. Neither history or the records imperishably written
on the earthly crust disclose the slightest demonstrable evidence of worldly
devastations arising from causes extraneous to the earfh itself. Geological
records show that the world has indeed passed through many vlcissitudt
since it was evolved from the cosmic dust. There have been periods of in
tense heat and bitter cold. . Continents have risen from the sea and groat
mountain* have vanished beneath its deep engulfing flood. The whole vast
expanse of the globe has been uphenved. torn and twisted times innumerable
but so long ago that only one definite tradition thereof survives. Yet. withal,
there Is not one single scrap of evidence to show that these vast changes wore
caused by any forces other than those which were inherent in the -ar‘h itself.
And the human race has managed to survive and progress through: it all.
And what is more significant still is that in all the long centuries of its exist
ence the race has not iccorded hut one single instance wherein a great dis
aster was dnflleted on humanity, either from earthly or extraneous causes.
The world may come to an end some day but it will probably not be
until far distant milllneum’s of time have passed and the old earth is no longer
a fit habitat for human beings. But neither saints nor soothsayers can
foretell when or how It will happen. It may come as an sudden and over
whelming cataclysm but all physical manifestations suggest that .ue end will
ester gradually and as,.a result of slow working dislntregatlve ^roopfeoB.
Despite the torrents of criticism nnd denunciation helped on the pres
ent administration acts and policies by the republicans, it varliy appears that
the O. O. P. has nothing neW in the line of administrative'policies to offer in
place of those it so viciously condemns. Even the old political soft soap so
unctuously employed by the party spellers with the approach of earlier presi •
dentinl campaigns appears to have run out and there are no promises of
”full dinner palls," or other agreeable ameliorations of the lot of the common
herd, forthcoming from the high moguls of republicanism, although there never
wag a greater need for lethal draughts to lull the fretting proletariat than at
present. And how can one account for the recent announcement that money
has>been accepted by the Republican National Committee from a former
ambassador for the purpose of offering prises to the rising generations for a
luirty platform save on the theory that the grand old party has run out of
dope and is looking for new ideas. Not only this but other indications sug
gest that tb4 older republican palliative's for national distress have lost their
virtue and no new ones are available to meet the present troublesome Issues.
'J>e very campaMrn literature sent dut by the party publicity bureau in Wash
ington feems Urpoint infallibly that the party is strictly up against it for a
new line of.hurA to hand the voters in the forthcoming campaign. Every
mail brings to our desk a half dozen or more large and closely typed sheets of
matter issued by the Republican Publicity Association, the headquarters of
which are in Washington, D. C., and of which no less a party bulwark than
tpd Hon. Jonathan Rourne is the directing head. Each sheet is carefully
marked "Exclusively in your County" and- hears the assurance of the Hop.
Jonathan that the statements contained are the pure republican dope fresh
from the pump. During the past year we have received hundreds of*them
and have read them religiously in the hope (hey; would give us an Inklinp-of
what 'the ^publicans proposed by way of relieving the nation of its present
economic and other distresses. After reading we have passed them on to
here who, Uke ourselvee, have sought to And some expression* of
view regarding the republican policies.
The hope has been a vain one, however, as up to the present time not
. one has been located which contained a definite indication of the party views
regarding the great Issues confronting the nation today. Occasionally they
convey subtile Intimations regarding the benefR^of high tariff but even these
are decidedly brief and attenuated, as If the party leaders were, not exactly
sure whether the public’is willing to swallow the ancient dope. Ninety per
I cent are composed almost entirely of caustic denunciations of the plans and
actr of the administration agd are couched in tones suggesting they were
wrlttep by a scolding and misanthropic old maid. Most of the remainder are
devoted to drawing glowing comparisons between the present and the good
* old days when the republicand^controlled the roost and "protective tariff^’ was
the great panacea for economic Ills and the plutocrats annexed everything
In sight and start*? prices rolling skyward. Those not consecrated to the
foregoing purposes pound lustily the. cymbals of patriotism and Americanism
'while voluably denouncing the "autocratic attitude” of organised laler, th°
# Bolshevik! and the pres|fk$it’n foreign policy. #
s As remarked before, we have read them by the hundreds and have
found-not a single new.gr progressive' administrative idea in the whole bunch.
Most of the stuff contained is querulous complaint or simple bunk and is not
worth the time spent in readlng~it. Being direct from the republican fount
of Inspiration, so to speak.- one might reasonably’expect the sheets, all of
which are intended for publication and. are sent {out in the hope they
will be published free, to contain at least a trifle of manna tfpon
wbleh the* fhlthful at least might feed. But .not. even Ellj&h f& on slimmer
did! before the ravens came than the a. O. P. follower must subsist on if he
subtotals sustenance In the party literature. * ,
To all kppearaneea the party has nothing to offer but the driedup
crusts and the thread huge creed of ancient days and totally dissimilar, times to
— despite-the fact that there was never in the history of the nation a
jfitmter need for ne# and progressive policies and constructive Itaterfmanahip
m? al the peeasat time. ^ ^ (
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TUESDAY
RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS
CONDEMN ANTI-8TRIKE
LEGISLATION
Washington. Dec. 30—Represent*•
lives of the four railway brotherhoods
adopted tonight it declaration of prin
ciples condemning t|nd opposing legis
lation which would make strikes of
railway workers unlawful. The de
claration is evidently aimed at the re
cent action of the senate in passing
the railroad hill with anti-strike legis
lation attached.
NEW BOOK DISTURBS KAISER
Paris, Doc. 30—"Deeply perturbed
by the damning indictments of himself
contained in Karl Kauthky’s book on
the origin of the world war, the former
German kaiser is now devoting him
self every afternoon to drafting his
defense, following his regular exer
cises of sawing wood.” says a tele
gram from Amerongen, Holland, by
Jules Kaueweln, the noted correspon
dent who is there as special corres
pondent of a Paris journal.
LANDIS DECLARES BERBER
SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT
Chicago, Dec. 30—Federal Judge
Landis declared when speaking before
the American Legion here today that
it was an unpleasant duty to sentence
Victor Berger to twenty years in the
penitentiary but lie should have been
stood up against a wall and shot.
KERENSKY WORKING IN
LONDON BEANERY
New York, Dec. 30—Kerensky, the
successor of Czar Nicholas and leader
iOf the first Russian republican govern
ment, is now working in a "beef and
beahery" establishment in London, ac
cording to Gregory ZHborg. Kerensky's
foimer Secretary of Labor.
LINCOLN’S COUSIN ACQUITTED
OP MURDER CHARGE
San Bernardino. Cal.. Dee. 30—El
mer \V. Brown, third*cou.sin of Abra
ham Lincoln, was acquitted by a Jury
here today of a murder charge in con
nection with the death of Thos. Flood.
SUPREME COURT LEAKS
TO BE SUBMITTED
TO GRAND JURY
Washington, Dec. 30—The evidence!
gathered by the Department of Justice ■
relative to the leak in the decisions of.
the Supreme Court will be submitted ;
to the federal grand Jury hero in Jan
uary, according to statement:*, by De
partment of Justice officials today.
HUN XMAS SPIRIT FILLED
WITH RESENTMENT
Berlin. Dec. 30th—The DermaQ
Christmas spirit this year was tinctur
ed with bitter sentiment over the
terms imposed upon Oermany by the
NO GOV'T S. S.
OPERATION NEXT YEAR
Seattle. Dec. 30—Ihe Alaska and
Pacific Steamship companies have en
tered Jnto a contract to deliver fifty
thousand tons of construction material,
foiling stock and supplies to the Alas
ka Engineering Oomnfission at Sew
ard, Stageway. Anchorage and St.
Michael during the coming year,
which means that there will be neither
federal or territorial government
operation of v#U«els. as was threatened
at earlier periods.
SEATTLE 'FISHERMAN
BOLD RCBoE3
"Seattle. Deg. 30—Arnold Fuss, a
fisherman, his nephew Palmer, a
mechanic, and V. Bunnell, a chauffeur
were arrested on their arrival her.- for
holding up the Inteturban railway
station at Everett last night and rob
bing Nora Zaar, the cashier, of $300.
The trio confessed to the robbery
shortIj^after their arrest.
BRITAIN AND FRANCE AGREE
ON INTERNATIONALIZA
TION DARDANELLES
Paris. Dee. 30—Britain and France
have agreed to the internationaliza
tion cf Constantinopleand the Dar
danelles and are preparing to lay the
question before the League of Nation?
at the first meeting of the league coun
cil. It is probable tha. the first
meeting of the League of Nations
council will bo held in Paris Instead
of Washington, as was originally pro
vided. American Ambassador Wal
lace cabled Washington today that the
date for the first session of the league |
council will be set soon after the j
treaty la formally ratified.
GENERAL BERRY
DIES SUDDENLY
New York. I><•<•. SO—Major General
Thomas H. Berry, former commander
of the Department of the Hast. Hied
today in Washington of uremic pois
CORRESPONDENT REVEALS TRUE
FACTS CONCERNING WILSON
BREAKDOWN
Washington. Dec. .30—“Hero are
th«* true facts with regard to Presi
dent Wilson's health. Mr. Wilson
of the right leg and a slight paralysis
of the right arm. The arm is now
so much hotter that its use has been
almost entirely recovered. He still
walks witlj some difficult:.' by using a
cane but the affection of the leg is
also disappearing rapidly. Mentally
Mr. Wilson has always bean himself."
(By Gilson Gardner.Washington. PC.)
WEDNESDAY
POLICE HEAOS APPEAL TO
CITIZENS TO HELP
STOP CRIME WAVE
Seattle, Dec.31—'/here is no abate
ment of the crime wave sweeping over
the entire Pacific coast and a wide
section of the eastern states. Bur
glaries. holdups and other forms of
crime are rampant over a major por*
tion of the coast. In most instances
the police are practically powerless to
prevent the numerous depredations
occuring and the rrolice heads are ap
pealing to the citizens for aid in many
localities.
Chief of Police Warren, of Seattle,
today asked for seventy five more men
and lot of additional auto equipment
to cope with the situation here.
NOTED AUTO RACE
TO COMPETE IN
ALASKA AIR DERBY
Seattle. Her. 31—Cliff. Dm rant, the
number one in the proposed air derhv
from Seattle to Alaska.
JAPS ADMIT REINFORCING
6IBERIAN FORCES
Wash., Dee. 31—A decision has
been reached by Japan to reinforce
her troops in Siberia to tight the ad
vance eastward of the Ilolsheviki arni
ment today following an extended dis
cussion of the Russian situation be
tween Secretary of State Lansing and
the Japanese ambassador.
SEATTLE PHYSICIAN
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Seattle, Dec. 31—Dr. R. C. Love, ,
local physician who is prominent in
Seattle’s social life, was killed today
by the accidental discharge of a sho;
gun which ho was cleaning in prepara
tion for a New Year's hunt.
HOUSE WILL AGAIN EXCLUDE
BERGER FROM SEAT
Washington. Dec. 31--All indic a
tions point to the House of Represen
tatives making short work of the task
of excluding Victor Berger from mem
bership In the house when he appears
with a second certiflcat- oi election,
as he recently declared to be his in
tention. The House leaders are firm
ly determined that Berger shall not »>c
permitted to occupy a seat in the
House and sentiment is unanimous
against him. _
TREATY COMPLICATIONS
AGAIN APPEAR
Paris. Dpi-. 31—Although the* Su
premo t'ouncll today fixed January <;
as the date for the signing if tli»
peace protoc-ol and exchanging .»f rati
fications of the Derman peace treaty,
complications are developing which
may effuse a postponement of the cere
mony of putting the treaty Into oVfc< t.
NEW YEAR EVE CELEBRATION
PROHIBITED IN ROME
eelelu-ations were prohibited today by
the government to prevent grave dis
orders. Orders have also been given
to close all public houses at inid'lght
I W W. ATTORNEY
ARRESTED IN VANCOUVER
Vancouver. Dec. 31 — CJeorge Vftd.
veer. the Seattle attorney for the na
tional organization of the Industrial
Workers of the World, was arrested
here today charged with talking with
prisoners in the county Jail in defiance
of the law. The alleged offense is
said to have taken place last October
during the labor disturbances h'ero.
Vandeveer objected strenuously to
being arrested and it required two
men to over power him.
WOOD ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
FOR PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION
Pierre. S. I)., Dec. 31-—fleneral
Leonard Wood today filed a formal
announcement of his candidacy for the
republican presidential nomination.
SEATTLE OFFICER HAS LIVELY
TUSSLE WITH CHINKS
Seattle, Dec. 31—Sheriff Irving
Drown, while undertaking to arrest
single handed thirty five Phinese gam
blers last night, was being choked and
pummelled hard when he shot one of
the Asjastics in the leg. lie was
still the -center of ;■ lively scrimmage
when rescued by the police a few min
NEW YORK TO CELEBRATE
IN TRADITIONAL WAY
Nfw York, Dee. SI New Yorkers
will celebrate the advent <>f the New
Year In the traditional way tonight.
Kinging of chimes and shrieking sirens
will announce the arrival of 1920
I levellers and wine hihhers. of whom
there still seems to he a number, an
nounced that regardless of prohibition
and the consequences they intend 1>
have one last celebration of their own
SERBIAN PRINCE REGENT
KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Rerlin. Dec. 31—l’rince lb-gent
Alexander of Serbia and twenty six'
other persons were killed by an ex
plosion which entirely destroyed the
automobile in which Alexander was
riding, according ♦«> a dispatch reach
ing the Rerlin I-okal Anzeiger today.
The message gave no details regard
ing the cause of the explosion..which
is surmised 1o have been caused by i
SEATTLE POLICE DETECTIVE
“TOUCHED” BY PICKPOCKET
Vancouver. 15. (’., Jan. 2— Pol ice
Detective Moyey Peyser of Seattle, t
Sunday visitor in Vancouver, reported
to the local police that he bad been
robbed of bis watch chain by n
I clover pickpocket during bis visit
5i|h«rribe Now for the Nit
COULDN'T WORK
FOR 8 MONTHS
SPENT FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS
SEEKING HEALTH—TANLAC
RESTORES HIM
lar flan !*«•« h worth .‘ill of one hundred
dollars lo m*declared Dm McI/mm.
of 3 3 3 .l Kspl< aide street, Sydney, Nov.
Scotia. while in Turnhnll's Drug stor
for more of tin- medicino.rceently. Mr.
McLean h is been following tlio ear
pen tor’s trade for tin? post forty ye.i rs.
Ho hns lived in Sydney for twenty
"f »n the l.'th of Inst September." ho
continued. "I was taken down with tin:
‘flu’ :ind w.k never able to got any
thing to put me on my feet until [
found Tanlac. I was left so weak
that I i • 111cl not hit a lick "f work for
more than eight months mid this
meant a loss of from $120 t • $lso i
'month to me. for that is what I was
making before getting down. I also
paid out $t"n for treatment and medi
cine trying to get my health hack, so
you oan see what that spoil of ‘flu* oust
me. I could not walk from town to
my room without stopping several
the trip I would puff like a steam on
was helping so many others who were
in a inn clown condition, and thinking
it might help me to get on my feet. T
bought a bottle. Well. it may sound
exaggerated but it's the truth, after
taking my fourth dose of Taniae I
could tell it was what I needed and
was going to do the work, and I have
been gaining ground ever sinc e. Why.
worth of food a week before I got Tan
lac . hut'iiow I want to eat all the time
and no matter what kind of food is
sit before me. I ,enjoy It. I have Just
finished my first bottle of Taniae and
I am feeling well enough a 1 heady to go
thing I have ever seen or beard about:
have used than day is like- night. I’.e
fore taking it my nerves were so shat
tered that I could never get a good
night’s sleep, but now I sleep like a
log. I also had the worst kind of
headaches, but they have been broken
up entirely. Taniae is simply mak
believe it's the- best medicine in in-*
world, and anyone who gives it a trial
Taniae is sold in Nome by I.pmea
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