Cordova Daily Times
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TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1918
A SPLENDID RECORD
Cordova may be permitted to point'
with a reasonable amount of pride to
her response to the country's call forj
finances with which to carry on the
world war for liberty. A total of'
$166,900 in bond subscriptions, with
from 1,100 to 1,200 individual sub
scribers, is a record of which any
community of Cordova’s population
may well be proud. It bespeaks noti
only a commendable spirit on the
part of our people, but also a faith in
the stability of the government of this
great democracy. No better invest
ment could be made by our people,
and no more commendable spirit could
be shown than by a liberal purchase
of these bonds.
• When it is remembered that the'
United States is now the mainstay of,
the opposition to German imperialism
and Prussian militarism; that we are
now the bankers for all our allies'
who are fighting for the rights #f all:
nations and for relief from interna
tional lawlessness; that we must fur
nish a large part of the food and war
munitions for our allies, it is well that j
we realize the seriousness of the situ
ation. Not one real American doubts
■-for an instant that the war aims of
the allies, as outlined by President
Wilson, must and will be brought
to a consummation, and that, however
lo ig it may take, and at whatever
cost, the Germans must and will be
defeated and the world relieved ofj
the threat of their dominance. The
people of Cordova, by their liberal
purchase of Liberty bonds, have shown
that they do realize the situation, and
while their young men take up arms
in defense of a righteous cause, they
w !1 do their part by furnishing the
"sinews of war.”
'here has been some good-natured
rh airy among towns and communities |
for the distinction of having the most
stars in their honor flags, and it is a
healthy sign. Cordova will have three
of these, signifying that her quota
vas oversubscribed that many times.!
It will be an emblem that future real-!
dents of this community will treasure
as one of its dearest possessions.
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Ketchikan did splendidly in her Lib
erty loan drive. But Cordova did even
better.
The United States troops in the
Toul sector had a variety,,of experi
ences at the week-end, ranging from
being gassed to aerial fighting and
raiding of the enemy trenches. It is
not doubted anywhere in this country
that our boys, while small in num
bers as yet, will provide many sur
prises for the Huns, and give a good
account of themselves in ail emer
gencies.
NEWSPAPER HARD HIT BY WAR
The Valdez Prospector announces
that In the near future it will be sus
pended for the duration of the war
and only its weekly, The Miner, is
sued. The reasons for this change
are given, as follows: "Shortage of
help, caused by the enlistment soon
of all the male employees of the of
fice, and our inability to fill their
places; to prohibitive freight prices
and the high cost of print paper and
materials, and to the heavy falling!
off of our subscription list owing to
parties leaving for the outside.
"The management is extremely re
luctant to drop into a weekly, deem
ing it a step backward, but rather
than run behind and emerge from the
war laden with debt, it is deemed ad
visable to make the change. If our
citizens want a paper for Valdez it is
up to them. Give us your support and
the money will all be returned to the
city. We have one of the most com
plete and up-to-the-minute outfits in
the territory, and one capable of fill
ing the newspaper wants of a city of
ten thousand persons. We believe it
advantageous to our city to keep this
outfit here.”
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It is significant that the Bolsheviki
leaders are more willing to pick a
quarrel with the United States,, which
has shown itself to be a true friend
of the Russian masses, than to fight
the German autocracy, which is rap-[
idly enslaving them.
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Austria-Hungary has for many;
months shown a disposition to make
peace almost at any price, and only
fear of the kaiser has prevented her
from entering into negotiations with
any of her enemies who would listen
to her. Her statesmen read the writ
ing on the wall, and realize that their
country has been used for the ag
grandizement of the German empire.
To add more woe to her position, it
now seems certain that the plan of
the German junkers is to incorporate
the dual empire as an integral part
of the empire of Kaiser Wilhelm. Mit
tel-Europa does not sound so alluring
to Emperor Karl as it once did to his
venerable and misguided predecessor.
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Not “Bit” but “Utmost”—the end
is worth our “All.”
GEERAL SHERMAN MADE
STATEMENT AFTER WAR
SEATTLE. May 7. — General Sher
man’s famous statement, “War is
hell,” was not made during the heat
of conflict between the North and
South, but nearly twenty years later,
according to Reverend Thomas Ewing
Sherman, a son of the General, who
has been visiting here. Before the
battle of Atlanta, Rev. Sherman says
the general asserted that “War is
barbarism and cannot be refined.’’ In
the early 70's while adressing stu
dents at the Michigan Military Aca
demy, he gave utterance to the cryp
tic phrase that was revived when the
present world conflict began.
"My father characterized war as he
did in order to discourage militarism
in the students at the academy,’ Rev.
Sherman says. “This does not mean
that he did not believe in prepared
ness, because he was a soldier and
nothing else, and firmly believed that
the nation Should always be ready for
scientific warfare. But it was mili
tarism of the kind that characterizes
Germany that he decried.
“He declared that war was barber
ism and cannot be refined’, and yet
he furnished -.r a importation from At
lanta for all non-combatants before
attacking the o.itj.”
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The cloven hoof of the kaiser is
seen in his dealings with the Russian
Bolsheviki. No sooner has his “made
in-Germany” peace been put into ef
fect than he uses his power over his
dupes by using them to create discord
with the United States. The willing
ness of the Lenine-Trotzky crowd to
act as the tools of autocratic Ger
many gives the lie to the impression
they tried to create that they were
working for the welfare of the pro
etariat. German gold and German
power have been used to snatch from
the Russian people their hard-won
reedom and make them slaves of an
autocracy more dangerous and hate
ul than that of the Romanoffs.
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Wheat is needed for the front line
reneh “over there.”
Let potatoes serve as the home
piard “over here.”
Seventeen million persons in the
United States have purchased Lib
erty bonds of the third issue. Seven
teen million voices raise the cry,
“They shall not pass.”
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In 1913, Europe produced 43 per
cent of the world’s sugar; since then
she has had other engagements.
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Use less wheat and meat. Buy local
foods. Serve jus* enough. Use what
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT
CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate for Re-election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
:#?sssrss
illingly and unstintingly. When the Democratic party went before the Deo
Hie of Alaska in November, 1916, it stood for a certain construcUva
program which embodied as its principal elements a wider measure of
V /°r ithe terntory- and a sane and rational policv in the develoi
nent of natural resources and every possible aid to the pioneers of the coun
“I have introduced among others the following bills in congress which r
impressing for passage as opportunity affords:
lominaUng prfncime. territ0rial form ot' government with home rule the
Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair to all and
he protection of the salmon supply from depletion ’ d
eservatiom ChangeS in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty rod
‘.:^th0iIzingfree surveys °f homesteads in isolated sections.
lto tCVa“glng tbe game laws so as to give the people a better opportunity to
ISe the game of the country without its being slaughtered
^Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
<V*OVj,dlr?s for the care °f Alaska’s insane within the territory.
Vi nU tlme8 have endeavored to keep constantly in mind the needs of
he territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the war some meas
n? °i ^ogre9s has been achieved. I have assisted in passing a law which
jelped the prospector by suspending assessment work on claims durin- the
ears 1917 and 1918. The extension of the wireless and cable system in°\las
[a ,?as been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension
Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appointments to
he second series of training camps for officers. Contracts which prevented
re canceled°f ^ iDterior from suPPlying army posts with their Vegetables
"Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of Alaska have
°“® J“k frr. Ala!kan.s a11 over the territory. Reiterating my desire to
eri e the best interests of Alaska I am submitting my name as a candidate
or the democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress." aiaate
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