THE ANCHORAGE WEEKLY TIMES
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MACHINE TACTICS EMPLOYED.
Yesterday the people of Anchorage wen? given a sample
of the methods pursued by the demoeratie machine in Alaska
in its attempts to drive into oblivion the men whom it cannot
use. d. F. A. Strong, a democratic governor, named and sup
ported by the democratic maeliine, who lost bis official position
because he would not violate his oath of office and deliver to
Charles A. Sulzer a eertifieate of election as delegate to con
gress when lie firmly believed dames \\ ickersham to have been
the choice of the people, is the victim of an alleged expose,
in which among other things, lit* is charged with not being an :
American citizen and with having deserted a wife and family, j
These charges were aired before Governor Strong was ap-|
pointed to office. They were well known to the leaders of the
machine, who nevertheless supported him and obtained his ap- j
pointment, yet they might have been allowed to bo lorgotten
had it not been for the temerity of the governor in refusing to
do the bidding of the bosses. Kvon this crime might have,
been forgiven, if it wore not. that Governor Strong is credited'
with having stood sponsor for \\ illiam Maloney, as candidate
fortlie demoeratie nomination as delegate to congress in oppo
sition to ('harles A. Sulzer, the maeliine candidate.
This last was too much for the machine. Despite the fact
that Governor Strong had failed to secure a reappointment and
that his successor already had been appointed, the story was
given wide publicity in the hopes that it might in some man
ner lessen the chances for a Maloney victory at the primaries
on April 30.
The Times has scant interest as to who is nominated at the
democrat it* primaries. Neither of the men named lias a chance
to he elected against dames Wiekersham, the republican nom
inee, hut it does deplore tlit* use ot sin* 1 i tactics to gain a mere
temporary victory. The story was published in this paper as
a duty it owed to its readers, and there is good grounds for
the belief that tin* result of such publication will react strongly!
against the interests of the democratic machine.
SEWARD GETTING OFF RIGHT.
Recent copies of the Seward Gateway indicate that thei
city on Resurrection bay is making a strong bid for tlx* ti-(*sli
fish business of southwestern Alaska. The chamber ot com-1
inerce is urged by the Gateway to lose no time in getting busy
on this most important matter, and the value of the trade
to Seward is pointed out.
Furthermore, it is noticed that while Seward is busy mind
ing its own business and seeking to build up its own industries
by taking advantage of its natural resources, it has little time
for knocking the rest of tlx* world.
This change in tlx* attitude of the publication, while prob-i
ably unconscious on its part, is most acceptable to the people
of other cities in southwestern Alaska. Seward at id! time
can count upon Anchorage to boost and help any industrv sic*1
might seek to foster, provided it is not at the expense of any
other community.
The change in the tenor of the Seward paper also tends to
prove that when any man or community is seeking to help
himself or itself, there is little time left to throw stones at the
neighbor’s chickens.
It is only a short time now until Anchorage and Seward
will be connected by rail. When that time comes, more so than
now, it will be apparent to all that what helps one will help the
other, and it is to be hoped that useless bickerings as of tliei
past three years will forever cease.
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Even when a woman is delighted with the front view of
her baby's picture she regrets that it doesn’t show the lovely j
ripple of tlx* little darling’s back hair.
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It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful she is you
can’t expect her to 1 >e smiling and gracious the day she has a
headache to complain about.
Whenever a man asks us for our holiest opinion of some
thing we know that he merely wants to start a debate if we
chance to disagree with him.
Considering his bare feet and his rudimentary wings, it is
doubtful if Cupid would do any worse in the aviation corps
than in the infantry.
What has become of the old-fashioned serious man who
believes that overproduction was a-ruinin’ the country?
Usually the fellow who depends on a boost to get him to
the top has to have help after he gets there.
HANNA’S AZTEC SERVANT.
An introduction to some of the lead
ers will show that there are brains
as well as bullets behind the Zapata
movement, says the Christian World.
Gen. Alfredo Serratos was a law
yer, who had made a good record as
a soldier. It will surprise Americans
to learn that he was at one time a
servant of Mark Hanna, the noted
politician of Ohio.
His history is a romantic one. As
a homeless waif he was taken to the
United States by an American who
promised to give him an education.
In Cleveland, O., the American died
and young Serratos was left stranded.
For three years he worked at the
home of Senator Hanna, mowing
lawns and caring for horses.
Later the young Mexican returned
to Mexico and studied law. He speaks
three languages fluently. In the con
vention cabinet he was elected secre
tary of war. These were some of the
men who were Zapata’s lieutenants
and advisers.
FRENCH TRAITOR PAYS PENAL
TY FOR HIS ATTEMPT TO
HELP THE GERMAN CAUSE
LOSES NERVE AT THE LAST.
Dies Instantly With Bullets in His
Head—Activities Extended Over
Long Period of Years—Evidence Is
Collected by Americans.
PARIS, April 17.—Standing before I
a firing squad today in the Vincinnes
Forest, Bolo Pasha, the condemned
traitor, lost entirely the attitude of in
difference which he had maintained
since his arrest, and plainly showed
the fear of death.
When the rifles spoke Bolo crum
pled up with six bullets in his head.
He went to his death without a strug
gle.
At the time of his death the con
demned man wore a new suit, bought
by his brother, Monseignor Bolo, an
eloquent French prelate, and a new
pair of white gloves.
BOLO PASHA’S ACTIVITIES
AS GERMAN SECRET AGENT
The most amazing instance thus far
discovered of the German govern
ment’s lavish waste of the German
people’s money for useless intrigues
in other countries is that revealed
after the arrest of Paul Bolo, alias
Bolo Pasha, in Paris, September 29,
1017. Bolo had long been under sus
picion and had been temporarily under
arrest several weeks before, but only
upon receipt of important evidence
from the United States was he impris
oned without bail. He was a French
man, born at Marseilles. He had an
adventurous career in various coun
tries, including Egypt, and at the be
ginning of the war he was penniless;
but when in Switzerland in March,
1915, he met Abbas Hilmi, former
Khedive of Egypt, and apparently con- j
eluded an arrangement by which he
was to receive $2,500,000 to be used in
influencing the French press in favor
of a German peace. The plan was ap
proved by Gottlieb von Jagow, German
foreign minister, who was to pay the
money partly through the ex-khedive
and partly through Swiss and Ameri
can banks.
$1,000,000 Paid.
In accordance with this arrange
ment $1,000,000 was paid by round
about methods through Swiss banks,
to avert suspicion. Abbas Hilmi and
in associate are said to have collected
$50,000 as a commission. After that
time Bolo Pasha and Abbas Hilmi
seemed to have fallen out, for then
relations ceased. At the time of his
arrest Bolo was said to have received
$8,000,000 from Germany, of which
$2,500,000 had been traced to the
Deutsche bank. Large portions of this
sum were said to have been paid
through an American channel. The
actual facts, now proved by the docu
ments, go far toward confirming those
original estimates.
Bolo arrived in New York on Feb
ruary 22, 1016, and left on March 17
following. He saw Bernstorff secretly
in Washington. z
Americans Disclose Plot.
When the French government got
an inkling of his traitorous activities
it appealed to Governor Whitman of
New York for evidence, and ten days’
work by Merton E. Lewis, the attor
ney general of the states, assisted by
an expert acountant, resulted in sen
sational disclosures which were made
public on the evening of October 13.
The evidence, which included photo
graphic reproductions of many telltale
checks, letters, and telegrams, reveal
ed the fact that Count Bernstorff, then
German ambassador at Washington,
had eagerly fallen in with Bolo’s pro
position to betray France by corrupt
ing the press in favor of a premature
peace and had advanced him the enor
mous sum of $1,683,500 to finance the
plot. The state department and Am
bassador Jusserand examined the evi
dence and attested its genuineness.
Many banks had been used to con
fuse and hide the transaction, but the
persons and agencies who figured
knowingly in it are Bolo Pasha, am
bassador von Bemstorff, and two
bankers—Hugo Schmidt, former New
York agent of the Deutsche bank of
Berlin, who acted as BernstorfTs fin
ancial agent, and Adolph Pavenstedt,
former head of the New York banking
house of G. Armsinck & Co.
In France the most sensational fea
ture of the case was Bolo’s payment
of $170,000 to Senator Charles Hum
bert, owner of Le Journal. The money
was in part payment for 1,100 bonds
of that newspaper. Senator Humbert
immediately came out with a state
ment to prove that he was entirely un
aware of the treasonable purpose of
the purchaser. He gave facts showing
that Bolo Pasha had used his contract
with Le Journal to extract money
from Germany. On October 12 a
French military court inquiring into
the case appointed a sequestrator for
the money advanced to Senator Hum
bert. It amounted in all to $1,200,000,
and was handed over to the care of the
deposit and consignment office, a sec
tion of the ministry of finance.
Whatever the total number of mil
lions extracted from the German gov
ernment by Bolo Pasha, the utter fu
tility of the expenditure, so far as
Germany is concerned, must remain
one of the most striking feature of
the case.
AMERICANS DEFEAT
GERMAN ATTACKS
TEUTONS LOSE THIRTY-SIX
PRISONERS AND SUFFER
HEAVY CASUALTIES.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, April 13.—In an all day
battle in the American sector north
west of Toul, in France, the Ameri
cans repulsed two German attacks,
which were delivered in force. The
Americans indicted heavy casualties
on the assailants. They captured
thirty-six Germans.
The American casualties were
slight; none were captured.
There was much hand-to-hand fight
ing.
Artillery fire in the American sector
has been unusually heavy lately.
AMERICAN BAYONETS
MUST WIN PEACE
McADOO DECLARES JUST CAUSE
MUST BE JAMMED DOWN
THROATS OF AUTOCRATS.
NEW ORLEANS, April 15.—Secre
tary of the Treasury William G. Mc
Adoo, in an address in New Orleans
ending his southern tour in behalf of
the third Liberty loan scored shirkers
and seditionists. He declared that
there cannot be any talk of peace, ex
cept the peace of a just cause, which
must be jammed down the throats of
the military autocrats of Europe with
the superlative steel of American
bayonets.
Ketchikan Men Arrested.
A veritable bombshell exploded in
the community last evening when it
became known that three prominent
Ketchikan business men had been
placed under arrest by the U. S. depu
ty marshal in connection with the dis
tribution of the seditious pamphlet
“Three in One” which went through
the mail to citizens, says the Ketchi
kan Miner. Shortly after 5 o’clock
yesterday afternoon, Deputy Marshal
Sharpe, having obtained sufficient
evidence against the men, proceeded
to arrest Frank H. Bold, part-owner
of the Ketchikan Electric Laundry,
Dean C. Cannon, owner of the Cannon
Bakery, and Bert H. Liebe, extensive
property owner All three are Ameri
can citizens and until this time, out
wardly exemplary citizens. Dean C.
Cannon is a member of the Ketchi
kan home guards. All three were or
dered to appear at the court house
and were later released under bond,
bail having been placed at $5,000 each.
Their preliminary hearing Avas held
and all were bound over to the grand
jury in the spring session of court.
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There is a period in every man’s
life when he suddenly realizes that
he is not the same man anymore. This
realization may come to him sudden
ly, but after all, when he stops and
thinks back, he will recall that the
condition really came on gradually,
only he paid no attention to it.
once through some mishap or other, he stumbles
oyer the fact that something is wrong. Then he begins to argue with
himself. He knows he is still a young or middle-aged man, and he
wonders why things should be so. Some men there are, who know
better than anyone else what brought that particular condition about,
but I am sorry to say that the great majority DON'T know and
DON’T care.
“You know this “don’t” care class, you see them on the street
wherever you go and you don’t have to use a flashlight either. They
are here, there and everywhere, the world is full of them, men who
don’t look clean, act clean or even think clean, their system is so
clogged with poison, they can’t do otherwise. Most of them have not
enough pride or ambition left to want to be clean and strong again.
But wait! Let us classify these men. The one class is what it is
because of fast living and subsequent ignorance of consequences.
The other class is, where it is, because of hard wTork, overwork in
fact, privations, hardships and exposure. Alaska especially has a
great number of just such men, men who take life seriously and do
not know what the limits of endurance are. TKe natural consequence
is, something has to break, and that “something” is usually “nerves”.
The Morningside Asylum has a lot of patients who could testify to
that. But don’t worry, only a very small percentage get there, the
others stay right here, they are not violent, but not much good to
themselves or anyone else.
In the name of common sense, men, don’t let yourself get that
way, pick yourself together and make an honest effort to crawl out
of that hole.
HERE’S A HELPING HAND
I have made a life-long study of broken-down men. I know what
they are and how they feel. I know what theirparticular cause is
and I know what to do for them. I have helped and cured thousands
and made life worth the living for them. I can do the same for
you, providing you are not past the helping. At least it will be to
your advantage to talk your case over with me and hear my opinion.
If you can’t be helped, I will candidly tell you so. If you can be
cured I will do so.
I treat and cure Acute and Chronic Contracted Diseases, Blood
Poison at any stage and Skin Disorders in every form. Piles and
Rupture cured without detention from business or confinement to bed.
Very special attention give to nervous disorders.
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626 4th Ave., Opp. Tel. Office. Anchorage, Alaska
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SECRETARY OF WAR
IS RACK HOME
CABINET OFFICER DECLARES
HE IS PROUD OF ACHIEVE
MENTS OF AMERICANS.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, April 16.—
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker
returned to an Atlantic port in the
United States from Europe aboard a
large steamer which flew the German
flag before America entered the war.
He said he returned with a sense of
pride and confidence in the achieve
ments of the American and allied
troops abroad.
He left for Washington. He said he
would discuss later his voyage to
England and France where he con
ferred with military and political
leaders. He will present the facts as
certained on his trip to the president.
PARIS BOMBARDED
AT LONG RANGE
AERIAL RAID AT NIGHT KILLS
TWENTY-SIX AND WOUNDS
SEVENTY-TWO.
PARIS, France, April 15.—Long
1 range bombardment of Paris was re
| sumed Sunday by the Germans and
then Sunday night German aviators
made an aerial raid on Paris. Accord
ing to the official announcement of the
French minister of war, twenty-six
persons were killed and seventy-two
wounded as a result of the aerial raid.
HARD WAR TIMES.
The suburban housekeeper was
again without a washerwoman and
had tried in vain all over town to get
another. Each woman she called had
Monday taken, and every other day
or that matter. This woman did not
j care to send her clothes to a large
! laundry, for she had just had put in
a new washing outfit in the base
ment. As a last resort she called up
a woman on th etelephone who had
done her washing the summer before.
“Mary,” she said, “would you come
around sometime next week to do my
washing? I’ll give you $2.”
“Go on, Miss White,” responded
colored Mary. “I amhavin’ my wash
! in’ taken out now!”—Indianapolis
News.
OUT OF SIGHT
BRONZE FIGURE OF FREDERICK
IS REMOVED FROM WAR
COLLEGE BUILDING.
SUBJECTED TO CRITICISM.
Work of Art, Which Has Been Packed
Away for Safe-Keeping, Was Giv
en to America by Wilhelm When
Roosevelt Was President.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—
The bronze statue of Frederick the
Great, of Germany, was removed today
from the facade of the war college
building in Washington city and pack
ed away for safe keeping.
It is understood the statue was re
moved at President Wilson’s request,
who was aware of the bitter criticism
that had been expresed in congress
and elsewhere over the retention since
America’s participation in the world
war of the statue in its prominent
place in one of the government’s lead
ing buildings.
Kaiser Wilhelm gave the statue to
the United States during the presi
dential administration of Col. Theo
dore Roosevelt.
OUTPUT OF FUEL BRIQUETS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—
The output of fuel briquets in the
United States in 1917 was 406,856 net
tons, valued at $2,233,888, an increase
over 1916 of 111,701 tons, or 38 per
cent, in quantity, and of $788,226, or
55 per cent, in value, again breaking
the record of the previous year.
According to C. E. Lesher, of the
United States geological survey, de
partment of the interior, the demand
for fuel in 1917 was so strong
throughout the whole year that there
was no lack of market to limit the
production of the briquet manufactur
ers. Despite the increased cost of
binders and of manufacturing, most of
the plants operated to full capacity
and reported a prosperous year.
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