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MR. BRITT’S LAME EXCUSE.
William Britt. Norwegian vice consul for Alaska, with
headquarters at Juneau, tin* territorial capital, complains, in
a public letter to the people oi Aiasxa. that “a certain politi
cal crowd” in the territory seeks Ids undoing, politically, so
cially. knaneially. ami otherwise. crowing out of certain ad
vice lie took occasion to give, in his ollieial capacity, to Nor
wegian resident-' who have taken out their first papers, pre
liminary to becoming citizens of the I idled States. In el feet,
this advice is, that Norwegian subjects who have only taken
out their first papers may ciaim exemption from the provisions
of tlu* 1'nited States draft law. .Mr. Britt, in his public let
ter, as-fit" that he gave this information “to the hoys” to
“help them out.” Mr. Britt’s “help” to “the boys’* in this
section ha- had the effect of having a number of them, in an
swering- their <|uestionnaires. claim exemption from the pro
vision- of the draft law on the ground- .given by this Norwe
gian vice consul.
Xow the fact of the matter, as Mr. Britt, as an intelligent
man w< 1! know-, is that Xorwegians, or subjects of any other
nation, are subject to tin* provisions ot the l nited States
draft law. tin* same a-- tho.-e who have acquired full citizen
ship. And it i- right litat it should lx* so. They make
their 'oread, and butter here, they are entitled to practically
nil the rights of full-fledged citizens, and they should obey,
willingh nnd cheerfully. t!io law- oi tiii- nation, fading in
which, tiny should -niter the penalties which the law compre
iiemls -hoti d he u*'*!. <i out to oratt 1.lexers. Ami it thex <Ion t
like the law- of ti.i- country, they should return from whence
they came.
If Mr. BUtt ’- contention were correct, which decidedly it
is not. a -abject of Norwav eotiid evade the draft law in this
country, and if his native land became involved in war. lie
could <--eapo a draft law that might be invoked tltere, on tile
grounds that lie is immune, because In* ha- taken the prelimi
nary steps toward citizenship in tin United State-. This would
make it unite easy for draft slackers.
If Mr. Britt i- tin* loyal American citizen he so loudly
and triumphant 1\ a--ort- he is, tin* laws of this country should
be tlui light to guide him. In his zeal to aid his countrymen,
lie should not encourage them to evade the draft law. as lie
lias done. \\ «* i;..:«* it that it does not main* any ditlereiiee to
lhe United Stale- what Xorvay. or tiny other alien country,
may think or d*‘-iie in thi- matter. Subjects of other nation
who com.* to this country are under the dominion of the laws
of this nation.
Mr. Britt is a democratic nominee for senator in the First
division of Ala-ka. We do not heiieve that lie should he elect
ed. We b'dieve that his own word- condemn him. We do not
take at full value hi- assertion that lie is a loyal American cit
izen. We do not believe that a loyal American citizen would
advise “tin* hoys” that they could evade the provisions of the
United States draft law. if they wished, in direct contraven
tion to the mandates of this law. If he were a true, loyal Am
erican citizen lie would aid, rather than seek to harass, the
enforcement of the nation’s law. Ho could do this, and still
retain hi- official .job as a Xorwegian vice-consul. And if lie
could not. In* -hoiild resign hi- connections with a foreign na
tion.
We take it that “a certain political crowd” referred to by
Air. Britt is concerned in this matter to the (extent that it
does not believe that men of such wavering loyalty and un
certain allegiance should be honored by election to the Alaska
legislative assembly, and wo have faith to believe that the
voters of the first division will take a similar view.
Mr. Britt will be hoist by his own petard!
WHERE IS OUR DELEGATE?
To be frankly burnt about tlie matter, the faet is that the
delay in the passage of the appropriation for continuation of
work on tin* government railway is working a distinct and
unnecessary hardship on the Cook inlet country in general, and
Anchorage in particular. Hundreds of laboring men hitherto
employed on this project have taken passage on steamers for
the states, being unwilling or unable to longer wait for a .job,
when they feel that there is plenty of employment to be found
on the outside. In most cases, these men would much prefer
to continue to work on the Alaska railway project, but they
cannot be blamed for being unwilling to longer wait. It is
probable, too, that many of them had reached the conclusion
that the appropriation would not be passed this year, due to the
war. The ordinary man cannot be expected to know about
these matters and he is entitled to draw conclusions from the
delay. Those in authority in railway matters here, in the very
nature of things, cannot hold out any promises or assurances
as to when activities will be renewed. They may express the
hope and the belief that the appropriation bill will soon pass,
but hopes and beliefs don’t count. They don’t pay board bills.
So far as The Times is concerned, it is firmly convinced
that the railway appropriation bill wilFbe passed, without much
further delay. The appropriation bill, as we understand it,
will be an item in the big sundry civil bill, which will soon come
up for consideration, because of other urgent appropriations
contained therein. To set all concerned at rest, the Times
wired Hon. James Wickersham to ascertain if there was any
opposition to this appropriation. The answer follows:
“Best official information to effect that the railway appro
priation bill, aggregating $7,350,000, one million of which will
be immediately available, will pass the congress without oppo
sition.”
It appears certain that the bill will pass, but the delay is
annoying. What is Mr. Sulzer. delegate from Alaska by vir
tue of a court decision, doing to aid in hastening action on this
most important appropriation bill ? Without a doubt, continu
ation of work on the railway is the most important thing for
Alaska, at tins time. All other legislation passes into insignifi
cance beside it. Alaskans generally are not concerned about
federal appointments in tlx* territory, a matter that seems to
occupy our acting delegate, to the exclusion of constructive
measures like the railway.
We recall very distinctly that when James Wickersham
was our delegate in congress, we needed an emergency appro
priation to tide us over just such times as we are now passing
through. He was on the job* with the result that two million
dollars was appropriated for immediate use, pending action oil
the large appropriation which followed.
Had Mr. Sulzer been equally active, it seems to us that it
would have been a comparatively easy matter to have had an
emergency appropriation of a million or so passed by the con
gress, and all the idle men now in the community, as well as
those who have gone to the states, would have been employed.
Times would have boon good.
What Alaska needs in the national congress is a strong
man who can get results; who knows what we need, and who
has influence enough to compel a reluctant congress jto give
some hood to us.
Wo in the Cook inlet country have had a fine opportunity
of comparing the work of the two delegates*—Wickersham and
Sulzer. Some two years ago, when \\ ickersham was delegate,
work was practically stopped on the railway project tor want
of funds. Wickersham got an emrgeucy appropriation through
for us. Mr. Sulzer is now our acting delegate. Work on the
railway is practically at a standstill, and no effort has been
made, so far as we have been able to ascertain, to get an emer
gency appropriation of a million or so, to keep things going.
That's the difference.
It is a rattier curious fact that when anyone wishes infor
mation about the progress of matters in W ashington, they wire
Judge Wickersham. instead of the noting delegate. Just the
other day a leading mine operator wished to know what prog
ress was being made on a certain measure pending in congress.
Ho wired Mr. Wickersham, and received the information, too
There are some residents of Alaska that are not particu
larlv concerned about politics, national or otherwise, but we
are very earnestly concerned about the development of this
feiritoi v. and we want a man in congress who can bring about
results; who can compel attention because of his ability. 'That
man happens to be James W ickersham, and lie is the man that
we should send to congress at the next election. And it is ad
visable, in view of tlie outcome ot the last delegate election, that
he be elected by such an overw helming vote that even the po
litical tricksters who jockeyed him out ot the office to which
he was honestly and fairly elected by a plurality of votes over
tiie acting delegate, who was ejected into the delegateship by a
< ourt order, wilbnot In* able again to deleat the will ot the peo
; Jo. We should teach this unscrupulous gang a lesson they will
long remember.
COMPLETE ALASKA’S ROAD.
(Seattle 'I'iines)
So long ;iy. labor can lu* obtained, work should l>e continued
by tlu* luited States on the Alaska railroad.
Militarist, as well as economic considerations entered in
to tin* government ’s calculations wlum considering plans tor
tin* building of this transportation system.
The navy needed Alaska coal, it needs that coal now. Any
emergency that forced the eoneentration on this ocean oi a con
siderable American fleet would make that need acute.
Nothing' that has transpired, in fact, since the l nited
States ent(*red the war has changed tin* situation in the least
degree. If anything, tin* country’s experience during the past
year has strengthened tlu* case of those who urgently advo
cate the completion of this great enterprise.
So long as the war lasts, tlu* country will need Alaska’s
minerals. At the conclusion of tlu* struggle, the nation will
desire to offer homesteads in tlu* north to thousands ot return
ing soldiers. Now is tlu* time to prepare for the emergencies,
both of the present and of the future, by expediting the com
pletion of the territory’s greatest transportation agentey—the
Alaska railroad.
Even in the sale of Thrift Stamps, Alaska leads all other
competitors in the Twelfth district, save possibly the state of
Arizona. The race is neck and neck between these two. We
might assert with confidence, that if the United States con
gress would pass our railway appropriation bill, thus giving
employment to many men now idle, we could go much stronger
in the buying of Liberty loan bonds, subscriptions to Red
Cross work, as well as buy Thrift Stamps. We in Alaska will
go, if we have the money. _
RATESTOBE
GALLED HERE
Examiner for Shipping Board to Ar
rive on Alameda to Make Inquiry
About Proposed Raise in Freight
Rates.
SEATTLE, May 14.—Otis B. Kent,
attorney-examiner for the United
States shipping board, will leave
Thursday, en route to Alaskan ports,
including Anchorage. He will con
tinue, at these ports, the inquiry start
ed here last Saturday, with respect to
rate regulations and practices of the
steamship lines operating between this
port and Alaskan ports. He will hold
the first hearing at Juneau, and then
proceed to Cordova, Valdez, Seward
and Anchorage. The question of per
mitting Canadian vessels to carry
freight and passengers between Alas
kan ports, as a war emergency meas
ure, will be considered. The inquiry
grows out of the attempt on the pail
of the transportation companies to in
crease freight rates from Seattle tc
Alaskan ports.
Mr. Kent will be accompanied by
John H. Bunch, general passenger
agent; W. H. Ford, auditor, and Judge
W. H. Bogle, attorney, all of the Alas
kan Steamship company, and C. E
Frye, general freight and passenger
agent, and Judge B. S. Grosscup, gen
eral counsel, of the Pacific-Alaska
Steamship company.
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CHICAGO, May 14.—Count James |
Minotto, a son-in-law of Louis Swift,
the big packer, was arrested on a j
presidential warrant last night and j
| will be interned duirng the continua
tion of the war. The attorney-general j
of the United States authorized the is- j
suance of the warrant for internment, i
under the president'll proclamation re-;
lating to alien enemies.
Habeas corpus proceedings were im- 1
mediately started on behalf of Minot-1
: to. He was taken before Federal j
Judge Carpenter this forenoon and re-j
leased on fifty thousand dollars bonds |
supplied by Swift, pending further ac-;
lion in the case.
The case is attracting keen interest j
owing to the nature of the charge |
; against the count.
TEAMSTERS OF
CHICAGO STRIKE
CHICAGO, May 14.—Five thousand
teamster's and truck drivers of Chi
cago went out on strike last night.
Union leaders say that fifteen thou
sand will be out before the day i:
done. The men struck without pre
vious warning. They demand a higher
wage scale.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE TO
CREDITORS.
In the M»tter of the Estate of Ernest
I’oiliiov. Deceased.
WHEREAS, on the 11th day of May,
1918, R. O. Albritton was regularly ap
pointed administrator of the estate of
Ernest Pod'noy. deceased, by the Com
missioner and Ex-Offcio Probate Judge
>f Knilt Precinct, Third Judicial Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska;
XOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the
law in such ease made and provided, no
tice is hereby given to the creditors of
sriid estate to present their verified
■la inis against said estate, accompanied
ivitii proper vouchers, to said adminis
trator, at liis office at No. f>05 Eourth
Avenue, in the city of Anchorage, iri
tiie Territory of Alaska, in said pre
inet, within six months from the date
of this notice.
Dated this 14th day of May. 1918.
R. O. ALBRITTON,
Administrator.
ARTHUR THOMPSON.
Attorney for Administrator.
NOTICE POE TUBEICATION
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Rand Office at .Juneau, Alaska, January
::0, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Yinten E.
Eaves, of Knik, Alaska, who on June 21,
1915, made Homestead anplication No.
HI829. for W OXWH W’/2SWR Sec. 26
EI^NRh E»/2SEL, Section 27, Town
ship 16 X, Range 3 W., Seward Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make fin
ril three-year proof, to establish claim
to tiie land above described, before U. S
Commissioner S. S. Bateman, at his of
fice at Knik, Alaska, on July 1, 191S.
Claimant names as witnesses;
Peter Jenson. George Gates, J. AY.
Downing, William Marrit, ail of Knik.
Alaska.
551 C. B. WALKER, Register.
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