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15)17.
I KOM AMOS 1*1 N< HOT.
One of the frankest opponents
of conscription is Amos Pinchot anti
lie lias addressed a letter on this
•subject to the American Federation
of Labor which is certainly worthy
consideration. After reviewing the
results of compulsory military ser
vile in the Kuropean countries he
continues:
“Of course, some may reply that
we have here a republican and not
a dynastic form of government: that
we are protected by the fact that
the ultimate political power is in
the people's hands. This is true in
theory, but intelligent people all
over the world-have come to realize
that popular political machinery
does not. in fact. mean popular
power The main power in the
world is the economic power, and
it does not rest either in the hands
of the general public, nor in the la
bor group. In spite of popular got
eminent, the moneyed class is. with
us still the governing class, and it
is mort' integrated and aggressive
here than in Germany. And the
unresting demand for compulsory
service, which is filling the country
with clamor, comes almost exclusiv
ely front this class; and it has a
sood deal more class interest in it
than nal patriotism.
It is the same old story. I hese
men, who are calling tor the discip
lining of the people through mili
tary service, are thinking more ot
defense of their own investments
than ol' the country's borders. They
are what Lincoln called "the advo
cates of the mud-sill theory. "A
Yankee." said lie, "who could in
vent a stronghanded man without
a head, would receive the everlast
ing gratitude of the mud-sill advo
cates” “According tao that theory,
said Lincoln, "a blind horse upon a
treadmill is a perfect illustration ol
■what a laborer should he—all the
better for being blind, that he could
not kick understanding!.'’." The
mud-sill theory is as typical of the
American exploiter now as it was in
1 xf,9, when Lincoln spoke. But to
day there is a better chance of its
fulfillment. Today, the mud-siller
has a definite program, naeaeu «>
|)owerful interests atni spread in tlie
name of patriotism and national
security.
The National Security League in
lorms us that universal military
service is necesary to defend the na
tion. This is pure, unadulterated
hunk. With a good navy, ample
• oast defenses, mines, torpedoes, a
standing army of a quarter of a mil
lion men and a moderately efficient
militia, our country is as safe troni
invasion, and infinitely less likely to
get into war. than if we forced every
citizen into uniform and thoroughly
trained hint to kill. No one knows
ihis better than the Wall Street in
terests that are behind the cam
paign for compulsory service.
Conscription, in time of peace, (or
in war except in a ease of desperate
necessity.) is unthinkable in this
American republic, for conscription
is in essence slavery, it does not
matter much whether the master is
a private individual or an otfieer of
the state. If you enslave a man,
vou enslave him whether it be b>
forcing him to work in a cotton
field against his will, or by forcing
him to enter the army and fight
against his will. Both are slavery,
the negation of liberty is the same;
the only difference is the master
No man or state lias a right to force
a citizen to kill people against his
will or conscience.
The advocates of compulsory ser
vice, however, call attention to the
fact that Lincoln endorsed “The
draft" in the Civil War. They say
that the volunteer system broke
down; that the people of the North
refused to enlist in sufficient quanti
ties to carry on the war. This is es
sentially untrue. As a matter of fact
out of the four million males of mi
litary age in the North, over a mil
lion volunteered and enlisted in the
first year of the war. The enlist
ment was “over-subscribed:" and
Secretary of War Stanton sent out a ;
notice that he had more volunteers
than he wanted. Later on, when he
asked for further enlistment, the
bottom of the proposition had drop
ped out. The public could not be
persuaded that Stanton really need
ed more men.
In 't>3. Lincoln endorsed compul
sion. but even as he did so. he real
ized' that it was slavery, and de
fended it only on the ground of the
North’s desperate situation and be
cause the South was using the same
system. In a letter to the Governor
of New York, he frankly damned
the draft while he justified it. He
said: “We are contending with an
enemy, who. as 1 understand, drives
every able-bodied man he can reach
into his ranks. very much as a
butcher drives bullocks into a
' slaughterpen.”
Hut the draft was a tragic tailurt-.
It filled the prisons with men, who
were outraged by its attack on liber
ty and conscience, and it only actu
ally raised 01,947 men for the l'n
ion army. This was 2.3 per cent,
of the total forces used by the
North in tlie whole war. or 4.5 of
the forces raised after the draft
was authorized. If we add to these
men actually drafted, the number
of volunteer substitutes who took
the place of drafted men, we find
that, under the most favorable inter
pretation. compulsion only produced
one-tenth of the recruits raised by
the North after the passage of the
compulsion act.
It is an insult to Amerean man
hood for Wall Street or the Security
League to maintain that men will
not rush to the defense of their
country in time of need. If the
country needed a million men to
morrow they would volunteer, as
the Canadians did. If the govern
ment needs recruits now for the pro
sent crisis, the President’s call will
, bring them. And the fact that tlie>
I volunteered, instead of being driven
j into the ranks “as a butcher
drives bullocks Into a slaught
er-pen," will make them cer
tainly no less efficient ami
loyal. If it is not the present
hut future emergencies we are wor
rying about, let us at once enlarge
our regular array and make our mi
litia fit for real service.
But make no mistake about it; it
is not the present crisis, or the coun
try's military position of the future
that the interests behind conscrip
tion have in mind. Germany’s ar
mies are surrounded, her navies
bottled up. She could not ship a re
giment to America if we invited her
to. No. conscription is a great com
mercial policy; a carefully devised
weapon that the exploiters are forg
ing for their own protection at
home, and in the interest of Amer
ican financial imperialism abroad.
Behind their statements about the
physical advantages of military
training, (which the best authorities
deny); behind all this sentimental
talk about the “democracy” of hav
ing the workman and the million
aire sleep in the same dog tent
(which doesn’t, as a matter of fact,
happen, and wouldn’t, to my mind,
amount to anything if it did); be
hind this glorification of the Swiss
Army, (which, in reality, is a pretty
feudal and undemocratic army, used
consistently to crush organized la
bor); behind the claim, that com
pulsory service, is the only demo
cratic service, because it calls every
body to the colors at the same time
in case of war. (an arrangement
that is economically and humanly
unjust, because those on whom
others depend should, as a matter
of right, not go to war until there
is real necessity, while the inde
pendent, footloose should go to war,
and do, as a matter of fact, volun
teer whenever there is a call); and
back of the cry that America must
have compulsory service or perish,
is a clearly thought-out and heavily
backed project toi mould the United
States into an efficient, orderly na
tion, economically and politically
controlled by those who know what
is good for the people.
In this country so ordered and
governed, there will be no strikes,
no surly revolt against authority,
aud no popular discontent. In it,
the lamb will lie down in peace with
the lion, and he will lie down right
where the lion tells him to. In
it, we will beat our swords into
plowshares, or our plowshares into
swords, in accordance with the will
of the wisest and richest citizens of
the republic. In it, there will be
government for the people, plenty
of it. extending into every detail ol
life; but there will be mighty little
government of or by the people. In
it, the common man will gradually
cease to be an American citizen and
become an American subject. This,
if we cut through the patriotic pre
text and flag-waving propoganda, is
the real vision of the conscription
ists — not of the many conscienti
ous. mistaken followers of the move
mont. but of the few who devised it
and are supplying the main sinews
of war.
But it is not the vision of the Am
ercan people—far from it— nor ot
the labor movement. Kurope has
abolished, or is abolishing, the di
vine right of kings, and our people
know better than to set up in its
place a new tyranny, the divine
right of a state absolutely controlled
by a privileged class.
To the great purpose of courage
ously preserving what is most preci
ous in the country we love, organ
ized labor has again and again
shown its devotion. As an outsider
who has stood by and watched the
tight, helping in a small way and
humbly from time to time when the
privilege of doing so was accorded,
I have faith that, at this parting of
the ways, labor will again rise to a
national crisis and keep the country
true to democracy.
Faitfully yours.
(signed) AMOS PINCHOT.”
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NOTICE OF FORFEIT!'’RE.
To Nick Fredrickson, your heirs,
executors, assigns or personal re
presentatives:
You are hereby notified tbut •
expended ii. labor and P.irnove*
ments the sum. of one hundred dol
lars each year for the -ears of
1915 and 191 <J on the following
claim: Nugget Group, 1st
tier left limit Candle Creek, and No.
1 Home Gulch, tributary of Candle
creek and recorded and more fully
described in the records of the Fair
haven mining and Recording Dis
trict, Second Division, Territory of
Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended under the provisions of the
law concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount
required to hold said claim.
You are hereby further notified,
that it within ninety (90) days
after the last publication of this no
tice you fail or refuse to contribute
your propertion of such expenditure
your interest in said claim wlil be
come the property of the under
signed, your co-owper, under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States.
JOHN A. MURPHY.
Go-Owner.
Date or first publ., April 13, 1917.
Date of last publ., July 13, 1917...
No. 0314.
NOTICE OP APPLICATION FOR A
PATENT.
In the United States Land Office at
Nom„, Alaska, February 26, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that John
F. Ames Trustee with residence and
post office address at Cleveland,
Ohio, through his authorized at
torney in fact V. V. Dickenson
whose residence and post office ad
dress is Nome, Alaska has filed ap
plication on behalf of himself and
his co-beneficiaries under said trust
Mortimer P. Ames also with resi
dence and post office address at
Cleveland, Ohio, and Charles Wente
of Nome, Alaska, before the United
States Land office at Nome, Terri
tory of Alaska for a patent for
slacer mining claims situate i* the
Council City Recording District, in
the Second Division, in the Nome
Land District, in said Territory, said
claims comprising the following
placer locations:—Imperator, Mor
timer Bar, Eureka, Little Bloom
field, No. One and No. One and One
Half, situate on Dixon Creek and the
Casadepaga River, the Mineral Sur
vey thereof being designated as No.
1200. The description of said claims
as set forth in the Field Notes and
Plat of said Sur/ey, duly approved
bv the Surveyor General o' the
said Territory, being t-s follows- —
Magnetic variation from 20 deg.
05 min. E. to 20 deg 40 min. L
Imperator Claim oil Casadepaga
KV-cr.
Beginning at Cor. No. I in the
Casadepaga River and liable to de
struction by ice and Hood, whence
U. S. L. M. No. 1201 bears N. ii (teg
Si.5 E., 3570.25 :t. witness corner,
a limestone 24x8x6 ins. chiseled W.
C. 2 M B I, 1-1200 with mound oi
earth 24 ins. base, 18 ins. high on
east side, bears N. 34 deg. 08 min.
W„ 218.10 ft. distant; thence S.
34 deg. 08 min. E. 380 ft. to Cor.
2; thence S. 57 deg. 15 min. W.
1223.40 ft. to Cor. 3; thence N.
43 deg. 14 min. W. 350 ft. to Cor.
4 in river and liable to destruction
by ice and flood, whence witness
corner, a schist stone 24x8x6 ins.
chiseled W C No. 3 B M 4, 1-1200
with earth mound 24 ins. base, 18
ins. high on west side, bears N. 4 3
deg. 14 min. W. 209.50 ft. distant;
thence N. 55 deg. 39 min. E. 1278.40
ft. to place of beginning. Area
10.409 A.
.Mortimer liar fiaim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a schist stone
26x14x5 ins. chiseled 1, M B-1200
and mound 2 4 ins. base 18 ins. high
on south side, whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1200 bears N. 22 deg. 42 min.
E. 3345.30 ft. distant; thence S. 34
*
deg. 08 min. E. 384.6 ft. to Cor.
2, identical with Cor. 1, Imperator
previously described identical wit- |
ness corner previously described
bears N. 34 deg. 08 min. W. 218.10 =
ft.; thence S. 55 deg. 39 min. W.
1278.40 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. 4 Imperator previously de
scribed and with identical witness
corner previously described bearing
N. 43 deg. 14 min. W. 209.50 ft.;
thence N. 43 deg. 14 min. W. 346.70
ft. to Cor. 4; thence N. 54 deg. 15
min. E. 342.70 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence N. 57 deg. 44 min. E. 673.60
ft. to Cor. 6; thence N. 45 deg. 17
min. E. 322.80 ft. to place of be
ginning. Area 10.337 A.
Eureka (or Discovery) Claim.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a greenstone
24x7x6 ins. chiseled 1, E. 2, L B
1200. with mound 24 ins. base 18
ins. high on west side, whence l).
S L M No. 1200 bears N. 42 deg.
17 min. E. 3009.40 ft.; thence S.
24 deg. 54 min. E. 1198.50 ft. to
Cor. 2. identical ^vith Cor. 6 of 11 1
B claim; thence S. 57 deg. 4 4 min.
\V. 673.60 ft. to Cor. 3, identical '
with Cor. 5 of M B claim; thence
N. 23 deg. 29 min. W. 1209.20 ft.
to Cor. 4; thence N. 58 deg. 16 min.
E. 642.80 ft. to place of beginning.
Area 18.020 A.
Little Bloomfield Claim.
* Beginning at Cor. 1, a fir post 3
ft. by 4 ins. square set 18
ins. in ground, scribed 1, LB, 1, No.
1-1200 with earth mound 24 ins.
base 12 ins. high around same,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1200 bears
N. 48 deg. 25 min. E. 2936.55 ft.
distant; thence S. 31 deg. 46 min.
E. 326.60 ft. to Cor. 2, identical
with Cor. 1 Eureka claim previous
ly described; thence S. 58 deg. 16
min. W. 642.80 ft. ta Cor. 3, iden
tical with Cor. 4 Eureka claim;
thence N. 26 deg. 56 min. W. 267
ft. to Cor. 4; thence N. 52 deg. 42
i min. E. 623 ft. to place of begin
[ ning. Area 4.288 A.
No. One Dixon Creek.
Beginning at Cor. 1, identical
with Cor. 1 Little Bloomfield previ
ously described; U. S. L. M. No.
1200 having identical bearings;
thence S. 52 deg. 42 min. W. 623 ft. j
to.Cor 2, identical with Cor. 4 L B
claim; thence N. 33 deg. 28 min. W.
1330 ft. to Cor 3; thence N. 55
deg. 06 min. E. 583 ft. to Cor. 4;
thence S. 35 deg. 07 min. E.
1303.20 ft. to place of beginning.
Area IS.222 A.
No. One and One Half, Dlxyn.
Beginning at Cor. 1, a limestone
24x12x3 ins. in ground 12 ins. chis
eled 1, 1%. 1200 with mound 24
ins. base 16 ins. high on eaBt side,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1200 boars
N. 77 deg. 57.5 min. W. 3064.57
ft; thence S. 11 deg. 45 min. B. 248.4
ft. to Cor. 2, identical with Cor. 4
No. One claim; thence S. 55 deg.
06 W. 583.80 ft. to Cor. 3, identical
with Cor. 3 No. One claim: thence
N. 21 deg. QS min. W. 241,50 ft. to
Cor. 4; thence N. 55 deg. 40 min.
E. 624 ft. to place of beginning.
Area 3.215 A.
This claim embracing 6 contiguous
locations, area 64.491 a. is on un
surveyed ground and situate on
Dixon Creek and the Casadepaga
River about 20 miles west of the
town of Council.
U. S. L. M. No. 1200 to which
Survey is tied is a limestone .bluff
about 100 ft. in elevation above the
Casadepaga River and about 400 ft.
west of the left bank, a cross x
marking true point, whence Cor. 1
Mortimer Bar claim bears S. 22
deg. 42 min. W. 3345.30 ft.; a cross
x cut on limestone bedrock chiseled
B It bears N. 51 deg. 40 min. E. 9.7
ft. distant; a mountain peak bears
N. 76 deg. 34 min. W. about 2 miles
distant. Said monument is about
1. 25 miles up Casadepaga River
from mouth of Big Four Creek, and
in Lat. 64 deg. 54 min. N. Long.
164 deg. 11 min. 30 sec. W.
Adjoining claims on all sides are
unsurveyed and claimants unknown.
The notices of location, original and
amended are of record in the said
Council City Recording District as
follows:—Imperator Vol. 23 page
81; Mortimer Bar. Vol. 4. page 115;
Eureka (or Discovery) Vol. 2, page
106; Vol. 16, page 17, Vol. 4, page
119; Little Bloomfield Vol. 16, page
18; Vol. 4, page 117; No. One, Vol.
20, page 267; No. One and One
Half Vol. 22, page 134.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
Date of first publ., Feb. 27, 1917.
Date of last pub., April 28, 1917.
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