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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1919.
1732-Washington “i7W
rHE defender of his country—the
founder of liberty—the friend
of man. History and tradition
are explored in vain for a parallel to
his character.
In the annals of modern greatness he
stands alone; and the noblest names
of antiquity lose their luster in his
presence. Born _ the benefactor of
mankind, he united all the qualities
necessary to an illustrious career.
Hature made him great; he made him
self virtuous.
Called by his country to the defense of
her liberties, he triumphantly vindi
cated the rights of humanity, and on
the pillars of national independence
laid the foundations of a great repub
lic.
Twice invested with Supreme Magis
tracy by the unanimous vote of a free
people, he surpassed in the Cabinet
the glories of the field, and, volun
tarily resigning the scepter and the
sword, retired to the shades of pri
vate life.
'A spectacle so new and so sublime was
contemplated with the profoundest
admiration, and the name of Wash
ington, adding new luster to human
ity, resounded to the remotest regions
of the earth.
self.
iBequeathing to posterity the inheritance
of his fame, and building his monu
ment in the hearts of his country
men, he lived the ornament of the
eighteenth century; he died regretted
by a mourning world.
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ALASKA PRESS COMMENTS
Tom Donahoe stands pat on his of
ficial pronouncement that Sulzer wil
warm a seat in the halls of congress
after March 4. Tom’s a great josher
anyway, and like all humorists, yoi
can’t tell when he’s joshing or serl
ous.—Anchorage Times.
We are glad to see that steps ar<
being taken to untangle some of th<
red tape that is hindering the demobil
ization of Alaska troops at nearby
forts. What good several hundrei
men can do holding down a desolati
Alaska army post in the middle of ar
Alaska winter is beyond comprehen
sion. In army camps all over th<
country men are being released whei
proof is shown that they are needed
in industrial occupations, but it seemi
that here in Alaska, where men ar<
needed for their' old jobs the most
the officers in charge won’t even lool
at the proofs.—Douglas News.
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The suggestion of Thomas J. Done
hoe that the Alaska legislature shouli
make liberal provision for taking car
of Alaska’s returning soldiers i3 time
ly, and it should and no doubt will re
ceive earnest consideration. Th
legislature of the state of Washing
ton has passed a bill appropriatin
$500,000 to be expended under the d
rection of a commission to be appoin
ed by the governor to aid in replacin
soldiers of that state as they are dii
charged. The commission is given
pretty free hand to meet all problem
as they arise. It is understood tlu
the commission will be given man
duties as the legislation creating tbei
is worked through the two house
and that the commission will be
hard working affair. The Washlngtc
legislature appointed a joint commi
tee of the two houses to visit tt
legislatures of Idaho and Montant at
Oregon to- urge similar legislation.
No doubt the Alaska legislate
will familiarize Itself with what thei
and other states are doing. That
will meet the situation fairly and In
spirit of liberality and patriot
there is not the slightest doubt in U
world.—Juneau Empire.
E M. STANTON
GIVES HIS LIFE
FOR COUNTRY
Word comes from the Interior to
the effect that Edwin M. Stanton, an
attorney of Iditarod, and well known
throughout that section of Alaska,
was killed while fighting with the
American forces in France, his name
appearing in a recent casualty list.
Shortly after the declaration of war
Mr. Stanton left Iditarod for the pur
pose of joining the army, and enlisted
as a private with a Pennsylvania regi
ment in order to be assured of getting
into active service immediately. He
was shortly afterward promoted to be
sergeant.
The death of E. M. Stanton will
cause sorrow to his many friends in
the Interior and elsewhere. He was
a grandson and namesake of Lincoln's
famous war secretary, and although
born and reared in an atmosphere of
atnuence anti rennement, ne lovea tne
life and crude surroundings of the
North. Well educated and a lawyer
of ability, he yet loved to mingle with
the miners and “roughnecks” of the
Interior camps, among whom he had
hundreds of friends and admirers.
Mr. Stanton came to Alaska in 1910
as a lieutenant in the regular army,
and was stationed at Port Seward.
He had enlisted as a private and had
seen service in the Philippines, where
,he rose from the ranks to a commis
sion. The life at Fort Seward was
unsuited to his roving spirit, and he
resigned and went to Fairbanks.
Judge Overfield, then on the bench of
the Fourth division, appointed him
United States commissioner at Idita
rod, and he went to that lively camp
in 1911. He occupied the position for
about a year, and then took up the
practice of his profession. He was at
torney for the Yukon Gold Company
and several other large interests, and
was associated as counsel in impor
tant cases,
Stanton’s mother and sister were
traveling in Germany when the war
broke out. Mrs. Stanton was ill, and
her physician was drafted in the Ger
man army. She succumbed there to
her illness, and Mr. Stanton was very
bitter against the Germans, attribut
ing the death of his mother to their
neglect.
He was intensely patriotic, and
when the United States declared war
he wired an offer of his services to the
war department. Not being placed by
the officials, he made haste to get
into the struggle as a private.
INCOME TAX IS
MADEPAYABLE
ON MARCH 15
That there will be no general ex
tension of time beyond .March 15 for
the filing of returns and for the pay
ment of income and excess profits
taxes due on that date, is the decision
of Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of
internal revenue. The announcement
was made by Collector David J. Wil
liams immediately following the ap
proval by the senate and house on the
report of the conferences on the new
revenue bill. Commissioner Roper is
‘ sued the following statement:
A financial emergency makes it
necessary to get the initial tax pay
ments in by March 15. No other course
is possible. Some months ago, in the
emergency of financing the war, the
treasury issued certificates of In
1 betedness to an amount approxlmat
* ing $800,000,000, maturing March 15
The first payment of the income and
excess profits taxes for 1918 was
3 planned for that date, to meet this
- huge obligation.
5 The American people have provei
- that there 13 no emergency too greal
> to be met and solved by co-operation
S This present situation is anothei
i- emergency which can be overcome bi
a co-operative effort. The bureau ex
b tends Its every force toward this ent
t and I am relying upon the people t<
y meet the situation whole-heartedly.
a The Internal Revenue bureau mus
5, carry out the program prescribed ii
a the new law, which requires all re
n turns for 1918 to be filed on or befori
t- March 16, .1919, and requires the firs
e quarterly payment or the entire paj
d ment to be made on or before tha
date.
-e Passage of Bill Assured
le livery taxpayer who can possibly d
It so is urged to make full payment e
a his income tax on or before March 11
(n The quarterly payment method is li
ie tended for taxpayers whose flnancln
of the tax at one time would tend t
upset local financial condition*
Agreement on the measdle by 8en_
ate and house conferees firing9 the
new revenue bill to the point where It
may be said to be law. Tl»e Internal
revenue bureau has been making PreP"
arations to collect the taxefi which it
provides and is now puttinj all of its
efforts into aiding the taxpayers t0
fulfill the obligations imposed.
The bureau has arranged to send an
advisory force of several |bousands
of deputies and agents to assist tax
payers. These officers will he sta
tioned at convenient points where
they may be consulted without charge.
Taxpayers should take the .initiative
and get in touch with these revenue
men for any needed advice anti a8‘
sistance in preparing returns.
The forms for the tax returns are
being printed and all forms trill lie in
the hands of the collectors between
February 15 and March 1.
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MARK OF TRUE GREATNESS
First President's Noble Humility One
of the Finest Attributes of
His Character.
Great as Washington was, yet 1“
his breast brightly burned the light of
humility. One of the favorite pas
sages of Washington’s farewell mes
sage reads as follows:
“Though in reviewing the Incidents
of my administration, I am uncon
scious of intentional error, I am, nev
ertheless, too sensible of iny defects,
not to think it probable that I may
have committed many errors. What
ever they may be, I fervently beseech
the Almighty to avert or mitigate the
evil to which they may tend. I shall
[ also carry with me the hope that my
country will never cease to view them
with Indulgence and that after 45
years of my life dedicated to its serv
ice with an upright zeal, the faults of
Incompetent abilities will be consigned
to oblivion, as myself soon must be to
the mansions of rest.”
Washington's Signet Ring.
The signet ring of George Washing
ton has been found. This ring, which
the Father of His Country wore all
his life, is In the possession of a Wash
ington woman, whose name and claim
to It are not made public.
The ring bears the crest of thd fam
ily of General Washington’s grand-,
mother, that of the Montivuto, which
was converted colloqualiy into Mon
tague. Her first husband was a Cap
tain Johnson, und by her second hus
band, Capt. Joseph Ball, she had a
daughter, Mary Ball, George Wash-,
In gton’s mother.
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Washington's. Peculiar f jjaass.
It is the conclusion araww'tfttam
mous among historians that George
Washington was the only man among
the Fathers of the Republic fitted
mentally and temperamentally to car
ry the revolution to victory. The tre
mendous burden not only of creating
and organizing an army from raw and
undisciplined volunteers in the face
of a Strang enemy, but aiso of or
ganizing the patriotism of the .country
through voluminous correspondence
with the governors and leading men
of the colonies and of maintaining
both organizations through weary
years of military disasters, political
bickerings and petty Jealousies, would
have crumpled the back of any other
man the revolntion produced. He had
to be nt one and the same time gen
IY1ULL1L dKUWN o ULAIH
RESULT OF CHOKING
“Molly Brown, whose real name Is
Myra Schmidt, died by being stran
gled or chocked to death by a person
or persons unknown to the jury," was
the verdict reached by the coroner’s
jury at Juneau to determine the cause
of the woman’s death.
Bloody finger marks upon a towel
indicated that the murderer might
have chocked the woman to death by
pushing his fore-finger, covered with
the towel, down her throat.
A close examination of the room
disclosed the fact that the bed had
been made, and that glass in the win
dows * *had been smashed and the
screen door damaged. It was said
that there were indications that the
woman had been first struck on the
head before being strangled, as there
were two small marks on her face,
one on her chin and the other on the
side of the jaw.
Molly Brown, about 22 years old,
went to Juneau about six weeks ago
from Seattle. Last summer and in
the early part of July she was in Cor
dova. Apparently she did not have
any intimate friends in Juneau. The
cabin in which she resided is by itself
beloiH the sawmill.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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LOST—A lady’s pair of black woolen
mittens. Return to Times Office.
19-tf.
FOR SALE—Geese feather pillows.
Mrs. Moody. Old town. 18-3t
ROOM AND BOARD at Lakeview
house. Call 38—two rings.
FOR RENT—Unfurnished cottage.
Phone 185. 14-tf
FOUND—A bunch of keys, last night.
Owner can secure same at Dally
Times office. 14-tf.
**rnr, uijmnuui
FOR SALE
FOR 8ALE:
Choice business and resi
dence property.
FOR RENT
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
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BOND8
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Ponder on this utterance and let it be a guide to your
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A LINE OF SHIRTS, PANTS, WOOL BLANKETS
QUILTS, ETC. FROM F. A. PATRICK AND CO.
We also handle the Hirsch-Weis and Co. “Rose City”
brand of Mackinaws, Loggers’ Shirts, Rainset and Au
apelle Clothing.
Black Bear brand of union mad* Overall* and Jacket*.
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