THE ANCHORAGE WEEKLY TIMES
ANCHORAGE PUBLISHING CO., PUBLISHERS.
CHAS. E. HERRON.
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LACK OF PATRIOTISM
Last night the shame of Anchorage was Haunted to the
world. The patriotism of our citizens was tested and found
want ini'. Today every self-respecting man in the largest town
in Alaska should hang his head in disgrace at the tailure ot
her people to respond to the slight demands made upon them
to prove their love of country.
The meeting of the Anchorage Home Hoards last night
was a revelation to the thinking man. It was a crime. It
demonstrated beyond doubt that the young people ot this
city are pat riot it* with their voices; they love their country
with their mouths; they will follow the Hag through shot and
shell in their speeches; they will cheer the pictures of march
ing men thrown on the screens at motion picture houses;
thev even will dig down into their pockets tor patriotic pur
poses; hut when called upon for a slight personal sacrifice or
inconvenience, they leave it to the man who places the welfare
of his country above everything else.
Out of a population of nearly (5,000 persons, only sixty
seven men last night signed the roll of the Anchorage Home
Guards. Of this number it is safe to say less than ten were
under thirty years old, less than twenty were under lifty, and
most of the remaining men in attendance were more than sixty
years old.
Of the sixty-seven who signed the roll it is probable that
not more than forty are tit for even the slight military service
which they might be called upon to perform.
And yet Anchorage is the center of all construction work
for the United States government railroad. Practically every
man in this city is directly or indirectly dependent upon the
United States payroll for the bread he eats. There are hun
dreds of young men here drawing wages every day from Uncle
Sam. yet of all these men working for the Commission less than
ten last night signed the roll of the Anchorage Home Guards.
It is apparent that most of these men believe that when
they have finished their eight hours work, they have performed
their full duty to the nation. They have failed to respond to
the country’s call ft>r volunteers; most of them are prepared
to claim exemption binder the provisions of the draft law, and
now, almost as a unit, they fail to respond to the only demand
of their country for evidence that they really are Americans.
Today every employe of the Alaskan engineering Com
mission in Anchorage should feel the ignominy they have
placed upon their organization. They should be ashamed to
walk the streets of this city, for which, in the event of emerg
ency, the only available protection is a handful of regular
soldiers and a few patriotic old men well past the prime of
life.
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than half are past tlie age of fifty should be a stinging rebuke
to their self respect.
Had this been the first call for the response of the Com
mission employes, there might be some excuse for their non
f attendance under the plea that they wished to organize by
themselves. But even this is denied them, for under a call
issued for the formation of a Loyal League, an organization
similar to the Home Guards, only five responded.
In Washington every federal official is working day and
night on matters pertaining to the war, and every other ques
tion is side tracked for future consideration. Secretary Larie,
head of the United States railroad, refuses audience to every
body whose business is other than that regarding the welfare
of our nation in its fight for existence; yet here, when a call is
made for men to devote one or two hours a week of their leisure
time to patriotic work practically no response is made.
At the first meeting of the Home Guards, Captain Freder
ick Hears attended, and promised his active support and co
operation to the organization. He has said that he is in sym
pathy with the movement and it is known that he will do all
in his power to promote the efficiency of this body. Yesterday,
however, his work requiring his presence out on the line, and
the absence qf Commission employes was regarded by many,
as due to that fact.
The young men of the Alaskan Engineering Commission
are not the only ones remiss in their duty. The youths of the
city proper also showed a lack of proper spirit, but it was not
so marked as that of the Commission employes, for the reason
that they are fewer in number and for the greater part are en
gaged in work which requires their attention evenings.
It might be claimed that in case the necessity arose there
would be plenty men to cope with any conditions which might
arise in Anchorage, that all would respond readily to a real
emergency. This might be true, but the fact remains that it
then would be too late. The time to do it is now, and if the
young men of this community are fit to be classed as American
citizens, there will be an immediate response to the call for
members in the Anchorage Home Guards.
REED AND HOOVER
Senator Reed, of Missouri, who pretends to think that
President Wilson is “out-kaisering the kaiser and out-Caesar
ing Caesar” because the administration demanded the powei
to prevent the food gamblers from starving the American peo
ple, persists in his attacks against Herbert C. Hoover as lack
ing “sympathy with American ideals and principles.”
Mr. Hoover is one of the most eminent of American min
ing engineers. He gave up an income of $150,000 a year to ad
minister the relief work in Belgium. He has asked for noth
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1917.
Vol. 1. No. 240. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 4th and D
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The August Victor records are
in and as usual the latest popular
music is brought home to us on
the phonograph. To hear Ger
aldine Farrar sing the “Star Span
gled Banner” is an inspiration, and
listening to some of the latest
dances makes you long for a dance
floor and your best girl. The new
popular songs are snappy and full
of melody. Billy Murray sings
“Everything Is Going Up,” and
we know it is true, but it is funny
just the same. Our stock of Victor
machines and records is the larg
est in Alaska. Within the last two
weeks we fcave sold about a dozen
machines and a thousand records
or so, and we have some left, and
new ones coming in on every boat.
Mail your orders to us.
We have received a few single
light, silk lamp shades. They are
very pretty and not expensive.
They will greatly improve the ap
pearance of your home. Come
in and look them over. .
Libby Cut Glass—always a gift
of excellence and good taste. Uni
versal Chaffing Dishes and Perco
lators are always welcome in a
home. Sterling and Rogers 1847
table silver in all these articles are
suitable gifts at all times.
Parisian Ivory—A toilet article
DeLux—clean looking, sanitary and
dust proof, it makes a nice appear
ance on your dresser. You can go
a long way to win a girl's heart by
a gift of a nice Paresian Ivory Toi
let Set.
AUGUSTINE & KEYER make
the most delicious chocolate candy
on the coast. Their Victoria and
Chocolate Butter Crisp are famous
and when you give your friend a
box of them you have made a three
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the agents.
Eaton & Crane’s name as makers
of high grade stationery is a guar
antee of the quality and correct
ness of the paper you use. Hereto
fore they had no direct representa
tive on the Alaska coast. It was
not thought possible that any one
store could sell enough stationery
to be granted an agency, but we
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so much is because of its quality
and price.
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ing except the opportunity to put his great administrative
abilities and his unique experience in food control at the ser
vice of his fellow-countrymen to help them win the war.
To Senator Heed this shows a “lack of sympathy with
American ideals and principles.” Hoover is working for
nothing when he might be getting rich out of the war. He has
given his time and talents to the government and the people
when with his intimate knowledge of food markets and food
operations he might be cornering necessaries of life and goug
ing the poor and the destitute. Hoover is the kind of Ameri
can who helps in war and not the kind who profits. James A.
Heed, of Missouri, senator in the congress of the United
States, therefore doubts Herbert C. Hoover’s Americanism,
which is a sufficient commentary on the Americanism of James
THE HARVEST IN WAR
“We may talk what we please of lillies, and lions ram
pant, and spreading eagles, in Helds d’or or d’argent; but, if
heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a held arable
would be the most noble and ancient anus.”—(Abraham Cow
ley, 1618-1677.)
The most ancient arms are also the most important mod
ern arms, comments the Louisville Courier-Journal. The art
of agriculture, Cowley asserted, is one of self-evident neces
sity since it can live without all other arts, and no other can
live without agriculture.
The art, or science, of war in 1917 is dependent upon agri
culture. The war of the allies is dependent to a very large
exent upon American agriculture. The pasture lands, the
tilled fields, the gardens and the industries they supply must
I feed France and England and our own “Sammies,” and the
millions of “Sammy backers” at home. Much depends upon
the harvest.
The spring and summer have been propitious. The wheat
is in the shock, or in the bin. Corn is in the tassel. There is
every reason to count confidently upon the largest yield of
American soil products in the history of American argricul
ture. That we shall be able to transport American food, and
deliver it despite the German submarines, is a certainty, al
though allowances must be made for inevitable and consider
able losses. C
Those whose coat of arms is a plow in a field arable have
done, and are doing, their paid in the war. If some of them,
the younger men, are called for military service they will leave
for that field of usefulness fields that will prove highly useful
to the small and densely populated European countries whose
armies and navies have for three years held back the ugliest
onslaught upon civilization which the world has seen.
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
Failure of the Red Cross to raise the several thousand dol
lars allotted to this community might have been expected by
the officials of the organization. They should entertain no re
grets that the result of their brief campaign is considerably
short of expectations.
It should be remembered that the Red Cross lias been or
ganized here but a comparatively few days and that the soli
citation of funds was inaugurated and conducted only during
the progress of the industrial and agricultural fair. On such
an occasion, while folks maye be generously inclined, they are
not disposed to direct attention to matters of serious concern.
They are bent on enjoying a holiday. They can be interested
for the moment in exposition exhibits, carnival attractions and
Meld sports, but are in no mood to attend meetings for the dis
cussion of grave affairs. * ;v
The Red Cross is assured of loyal and liberal support
nere. Its every appeal, at a more propitious time, will meet
with generous response.
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EXTERMINATION
OF SERBIAN PEOPLE
—
LONDON, England—The Serbian |
Press Bureau has received a tele-1
gram from its Geneva correspondent
giving extracts from a speech by the I
Slovenian deputy, Dr. Otokaf Ribar i
in the reichsrath in protesting against '
the systematic extermination of the
Serbian people.
Dr. Ribar declared that by the de
liberate will of the authorities the
Serbian people’s lands had bee dev
astated in a manner not witnessed
in Europe since Kossavo, and this not
from military necessity. From whole
district, the military authorities had
carried off women and old men and
children as did the Assyrians and
Babylonians of ancient times. From
the vicinity of Nish alone, the Bui- j
garians had carried away 30,000 per
sons to the deserts of Asia Minor. Iti
was a war of extermination of the
Serbian Slavs.
The Illinois State Federation of La
bor, the most progressive state labor
organization in the United States, due
in large measure to the administrative
ability and social vision of John H.
Walker, president, is building up a co
operative movement in the mining
towns of the state that is the largest
accomplishment in co-operative deal
ings by workingmen that has yet been |
recorded in the country.
While Jacob Larsen, a resident of
Ketchikan was sitting on a stringer
on the Northland dock, he suddenly
toppled over, falling to the deck of a
schooner thirty feet below alighting
on his head. He was so badly injured
he died a few hours afterwards. His
fall was caused by a hemorrhage ofj
the brain. Deceased was 34 years of |
age and single. His body was sent I
to Seattle for interment. !? .-s
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If you are going outside for the
winter, order the Weekly Times sent
to your address. It will more than
take the place of “a letter from
home,” as it will contain all the im
portant news of Anchorage and Al
aska.
The members of the Metlakahtla
Naive Band recently* gave a concert
and jitney dancenfor the benefit of the
Red Cross Fund) "Nine thousand tick
ets were sold during the dance.
She—“You’re a waster! Vrey few
girls would marry you.”
He—“Well, very few would be
enough!”—Columbia Jester.
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shipments are sent POSTAGE
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NOTICE TO CBESXTOM
IN' THE COMMISSIONERS COURT,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD
JUDICIAL DIVISION, KNIK PRE
CINCT, BEFORE LEOPOLD DAVID,
COMMISSIONER AND EX-OFFICIO
PROBATE JUDGE. .
In the Matter of the Estate of Benjamin
Benson, Deceased.
All persons having claims against
the estate of the late Benjamin Ben
son, deceased, are hereby notified that
the undersigned has been duly appoint
ed executor under the last will and
testament of said deceased, and are re
quired to present their claims, with the
proper vouchers, to the undersigned ex
ecutor at his office in the Anchorage
Daily Times building, at Anchorage, Al
aska, within six months from the date
of this notice.
Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 4th
day of September, 1917.
JOHN W. FRAME,
Executor of the Estate of Benjamin
Benson, Deceased.
Date of first publication, September
5, 1917.
Date of last publication, October 3,
1917. 321
ALIAS SUMMONS.
NO. A.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, . THIRD
DIVISION.
Leigh Hill French, Plaintiff, vs.
Blanche Culbertson French, Defendant.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERIA, '
To the above named defendant. <5i*feet
ing: You are hereby requfredjto ap
pear in the District Court for ttfe Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Division, with
in thirty days from the date o£ . the, ser
vice of this summons upon you and an
swei the complaint of the plaintiff, a
copy of which is herewith delivered to
you, and if you fail to answer the said
complaint, the plaintiff wilL-.'applyj to
the court for the relief demanded there
in, to-wit: for a decree of divorce dis
solving the bonds of matrimony exist
ing between plaintiff and defendant.
The service of this summons by pub
lication is made by virtue of an order
of the court dated August 2d, 1917, di
recting publication for a period of not
less than six weeks, and the defendant
must answer within thirty days after
the expiration of said period. ‘
WITNESS, the HON. FRgD M.
BROWN, Judge iof saiu Court, and the
seal of said codrt hereto affixed this
21st day of August, in the yevr of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen and of our Indpendence the
one hundred and forty-second.
ARTHUR LANG, Clerk.
(SEAL) By M. J. CONROY,
... Deputy r'lerk..
First publication, August 22, 1917.
Last publication, October 3, 1917.
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Adjutant General J. J. Roree is
threatening those “conscientious ob
jectors” at Sacramento who refuse to
sign conscription papers, with trial
by court-martial and summary execu
tion.
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