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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918
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A STRANGE SPECTACLE
Washington has witnessed some ex
traordinary demonstrations of late,
but none more so than the stirring
ovation given “Unelc Joe” Cannon at
the conclusion of his remarks on the
Overman bill. In times past the vet
eran legislator from Illinois was per
haps more heartily disliked and sound
ly cussed by his political opponents
than any other member of Congress.
But time works wonders, and those
erstwhile political foes who had once
shorn him of his tremendous power
as Speaker and called him every
iiuug uui a gentleman wane doing
so, acclaimed him most heartily the
other day. It was a great comeback
for the grim old war-horse and the
chances are, were the choice to be!
based on purely personal grounds,
Hat Uncle Joe could have been elec
ted to any office within the gift of'
the House by unanimous consent,
ii Some ten years ago it would have
requi-ed a severe stretch of the im
agination to picture the uncompromis
ing old statesman and politician laying
aside his prejudices and partisanship
and taking his stand solidly behind
a president of a different faith. And
today, even at long range, it fires
one’s imagination to contemplate this
spectacle. There was never any doubt
of Uncle Joe’s uncompromising Amer
icanism but there are few who ex
pected him to go to such lengths to i
demonstrate it. His speech was short i
and characteristic. He recalled the
•days when Lincoln was called a “des
pot,” and “usurper” for assuming ex- i
traordinray powers to save the nation, r
land reminded his fellow members 1
that he had also witnessed the poli
tical genius of the American people
reshape their government to conform 1
to its original and traditional outlines 1
following the civil war. And, in advo- !
eating the safety of granting the Pres
ident the sweeping powers demanded
at the present time, he expressed the :
belief that once the danger is passed, 1
this same genius will reassert itself '
and resolve the government into its
old familiar forms.
To our way of thinking, this brief
utterance outlined the most whole
some expression of patriotic senti
ment and the soundest political phil
osophy that has been advocated in
Congress in many a day, such as
should make a striking appeal to the
sound-thinking citizens everywhere.
Also, that this should come from a
seasoned Republican who has served
his party for over half a century,
speaks volumes for the honor, integ
rity and virility of the party that
has served the nation fearlessly and
faithfully since the days of the in
comparable Lincoln. After reading
the former speaker’s observation, his
fellow citizens of every class and con
dition will take a new lease on life
and reassure themselves that all is
well with the Great Republic.
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Sixty-five more stars will be added
to the service flag of Cordova and
the Copper river valley tomorrow
when our draft men are inducted into
the service of Uncle Sam. During
the past year a large number of other
■jjoung men have left to enter the war
zone, and they all go willingly and
gladly, proud of the lot that has fallen
to them to do the more hazardous
part of defending their country by
service in Prance.
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delight in doing honor to Old Glory.
Tomorrow is Flag day. All will
LOCAL DOINGS
Mrs. Helen Sutton was an outgoing
passenger on the Farragut.
The draft men from McCarthy will
be here on tomorrow’s train.
Mrs. J. L. Galen has returned from
a several weeks’ trip to Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Genn, of Juneau are
spending a few' days in Cordova.
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The Northern Meat Market will
close tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock.
Bishop Crimont of Juneau was a
town visitor today on his way to Val
dez.
Tomorrow is a legal holiday, and
all business houses are expected to
close.
Mrs. Theo. Stensland has returned
to the States, after a several months’
visit here.
Heine Haasch left on the Admiral
Farragut for Seattle, wher he expects
to locate.
Tomorrow is Flag Day and the na
national emblem should float from ev
ery building.
J. J. Chisholm of the West Coast
Grocery Coma.pny interviewed the lo
cal trade today.
O. E. Lambert has returned to Calif
ornia, after having closed up his busi
ness afairs here.
Judge John Lyons of Valdez was in
town today on his return home from
a trip to the States.
Miss N. Yeon of Seattle was an
arrival on today’s boat, and expects
to spend some time here.
H. L. Gensch of the Loussac drug
store, Anchorage, spent the day here
on his return from a trip to Spokane.
John A. Hazelet was an arrival to
day from Seattle and will go to Slate
sreek to look after his mining inter- ,
;sts.
Phil Truckey, formerly employed at ,
he Ocean dock, is the freight clerk
>n this trip of the steamship Ala- ■
neda.
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B. G. Anderson, H. J. Carlton, J.
sT. Nicholds and Tom TandOrn ar
ived in Cordova last night from the
vest ward. ’
The freighter Wainwright was at
Cetchikan today and is bringing some
reight for the canneries at Orca and
?heperd Point.
“She,” Rider Haggard’s great sen
sational story, in motion pictures at
he Empress theater this evening at 8 ,
sharp, for the last time.
Attorney George Irving, formerly of
Ketchikan, but more recently of Cas
per, Wyo., is a passenger on board
;he Alameda for Anchorage.
The Alameda made a record trip
from Seattle to Cordova, via Skag
way, covering the distance in four
days and twenty-two hours.
The auto service of the Alaska
Transfer Company has been placed
at the disposal of the drafted boys
and their friends for tomorrow.
Mrs. Clark R. Byers has returned
from Seattle, and is accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Henry Maillard, who
will make her home in Cordova.
Harry Ellsworth and wife of Sew
ard visited with local friends last
night while the Farragut was in port.
They are on their way to Chehalis,
Wash.
Mrs. W. A. Nourse left on the Ad
miral Farragut last night for Seattle,
where she will remain with her mother
while her husband, W. A. Nourse, is
in the service of Uncle Sam.
Mrs. John Y. Ostrander is a pas
senger on the Alameda for Valdez,
and spent the day with her many
local friends. She will return to Cor
dova very shortly and make a visit
here.
Miss Elizabeth MacLaughlin of
New York and Miss Ida Dowalder of
Portland were arrivals on today’s
steamer, with a view to remaining
here if they secure employment.
Among the round-trippers on the
steamship Alameda are H. Cook and
wife, Miss H. Anderson, Miss H.
Beach, Miss Emma Protz, Miss C. M.
Northrup, R. C. Mederoft and M. S.
Davys.
Miss Zella Hayes of Montana was
an arrival on today's boat to accept
a position as bookkeeper with the
Alaska Transfer Company. She will
succeed Miss Ollie Audette, who has
resigned and will return to her home
in Seattle on the next boat.
Jack W. Kline, who has been the
Juneau agent for the Pacific Steam
ship Company for several years past,
arrived in Cordova today to relieve
the local agent of that company, W.
A. Nourse, who has been drafted and
leaves tomorrow for Fort Liscum.
Charles E. Herron, publisher of the
Anchorage Times, accompanied by J.
P. Doran and E. L. White, Pittsburgh
capitalists, are aboard the Alameda,
en route to the westward. These gen
tlemen are interesting in a herring
saltery near Scldovia.
To Miss Sullivan, the efficient
stewardess on the steamer Alameda,
is entitled much credit for raising
$92, by raffling a boudoir cap, which
amount she turned over to the Se
attle Chapter, American Red Cross.
A passenger whose name we failed to
learn, also realized $25 for the same
cause from the raffle of a pair of
socks.
The steamer Admiral Farragut
sailed for Seattle at midnight. The
outgoing passengers from here were:
Mrs. Helen Sutton, Mrs, T. M. Sten
sland, Lloyd E. Becket, Louis Steen,
Harry Martin, Heine Haasch, O. E.
Lambert, Miss A. Miller, Archie Brown,
Guy Burch, Roy Rynearson, Mrs. W.
A. Nourse, H. R. Race, L. M. Marich,
Oscar Brandner, Frank Klein and
three steerage.
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The steamship Alameda arrived
from Seattle at an early hour this
morning with the following passen-j
gers for Cordova:
J. A. Hazelet, Mrs. C. R. Byers, Mrs.)
H. Maillard, Mrs. H. D. Thompson.
Clara Vert, Bessie Sherman, R, B.
Moore, Mrs. R. Martinez, Mrs. Xi A.
3ird, Miss N. Yeon, Miss Helen Hayes,
K. X. Nordberg, M. R. Conley, H.
iohnson, X. Glenovich, X. Swalley, Dan
C, Hill, X. W. Kline, Miss Dowalder,:
Vliss McLaughlin and twenty-five
steerage passengers.
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rHE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
)h! say, can you see by the dawn’s .
early light.
What so proudly we hailed at the
twilight’s last gleaming?
Vhose broad stripes and bright stars,
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thro’ the perilous tight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were :
so gallantly streaming?
Hid the rocket's red glare, the bombs
bursting in air.
Gave proof through the night that
our flag was still there.
In the shore, dimly seem through the
mists of the deep, «
Where the foe’s haughty host in
dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er
the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals,
half discloses?
^ow it catches the gleam of the morn
ing’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines
on the stream;
Tis the star spangled banner,
O, long may it wave
3’er the land of the free and the
home of the brave!
Dh! thus be it ever when free men
shall stand,
Between their loved homes and the
war’s desolation;
Blest with victory and peace, may
the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made
and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our
cause it is just,
And this be our motto, “In God is
our trust!”
And the star spangled banner in tri
umph shall wave,
O’er the land of the free and the
home of the brave!
SEATTLE FISH MARKET
SEATTLE, June 13.—Prices for fish
at noon today were as follows:
Halibut, 15c; sablefish, 7V4c; ling
and red cod, 3c.
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FOR RENT—Cabins. 8a« Doolay.
A Group of Prominent Bankers and Capitalists Conceived the Idea of
and Financed the
BANK OF ALASKA
With tne Aim that Its Growth Will Give
the Name Full Significance
Practically all the territorial banks in Alaska had their origin in
a mercantile business, and were the outgrowth of a condition. The
BANK OF ALASKA was launched purely as a bank, and without the
support of other interests than the business that comes to It In the
regular channels.
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The trend of American banking legislation is toward branch bank
ing systems. The pioneer in this territory is the BANK OF ALASKA
which is the first and so far the only branch system.
Complying with the laws and regulations governing the Institu
tion, from the combined paid-in capital there is apportioned to each
branch sufficient capital to cover the legal requlremnt of an Inde
pendent bank. Each branch makes full Individual report to the bank
ing board. Each must show how it is progressing individually.
In the final analysis the strength and Justification of the system Is
apparent, for each branch has the full strength of the entire system
back of it.
The system is backed by very able men, and furnishes all the ad
vantages of a metropolitan bank, having the facilities of checking ac
counts, certificates of deposit, savings accounts, travelers’ checks and
safe deposit boxes. Your account is solicited.
Bank of Alaska
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