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FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918.
MOB “PATRIOTISM'’
Mobs are proverbially cowardly. It
to the general rule that crowds of
men governed by unruly passions will
commit acts of fiendish cruelty that
any one member of a mob would
shrink from in fear of the conse
quences in absence of conscience. The
same spirit which animates mobs—
the power to commit an act of ven
geance—is the same spirit which
prompted the German infantry lieu
tenant in Zabcra a few years ago to
run his sword through a crippled cob
bler. The latter knew that he would
be as immune from the consequences
of his act as are the members of
mobs in most instances.
Men who take the law Into their
own hands, be they individuals or
collections of individuals, are just as
much anarchists as are those of the
Goldman stripe. They care nothing
for the guaranteed rights of others,'
7»e ract that courts are provided to
try and sentence offenders; the right
of every citizen to be given a chance
t© prove his innocence. Bloodthirsty
Bends of the stripe that will take a
poor, cringing alien in hostile sur
roundings, and ignomlnlously hang
him will probably do so on thej
grounds that their “patriotism” has1
been outraged. Such men know not
the meaning of patriotism.
Had the Illinois courts been allow
ed to deal with the misguided and un
fortunate German miner who allowed
himself to utter sentiments of loyalty
to the land of his birth, he would in'
all probability have been made to'
pay the penalty prescribed, and might!
have been interned. Thousands of
-enemy aliens in the country are far
more culpable than the man in ques
tion, but they have been discreet
enough to hide their real sentiments.
These men are in no danger from
mobs even though they be plotting
against the very life of the nation.
But the danger of acts such as that
that took place at Collinsville, aside
from its defiance of laws of God and
man, lies in the fact that American
citizens in Germany will be subject
to similar mob vengeance in the land
of the kaiser, and possibly also of of
ficial reprisals. What mattered it to
these Illinois “patriots” that Ameri
cans in the danger zone might suf
fer from the consequences of their
unreasoning hate and anger? They
themselves were safe, far removed
from the scene of trouble. Selfish,
law-defying, ignorant fools, they were
no more fit for American citizenship
than the poor devil whose life they
took.
It is no wonder the administration
officials show great alarm at such
manifestations. The lives and com
fort of our soldier boys who may have
fallen into Hun hands, and of those
of our citizens who happened to b
in Germany at the outbreak of war,
are in jeopardy, and aside from the
seriousness of the situation created,
it will be a matter of shame to all
true patriots that such things are
possible in this great land of liberty.
It is well that the acts of such men
are not taken as reflecting the senti
ments of the country at large. AH
true citizens will regret such happen
ings and strive to prevent their re
currence.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TC
REGISTRANTS
Under Jurisdiction of this loca
board whose order numbers are be
tween Nos. 266 and 296, inclusive.
There has this day been mailed t(
you a questionnaire which you ar<
required by law to execute and returi
within seven days from date hereof.
Failure to do so constitutes a mis
deamor punishable by not to exceed
one year's Imprisonment; and sucl
failure may also deprive you of valu
able rights and result in your im
mediate induction into military ser\
ice and trial by court-martial.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND TC
REGISTRANTS
Any person desiring to claim a de
ferred classification by either loca
or district board on any ground in re
spect of any registrant designated
herein may, within seven days front
the date hereof, and not later, submil
such claim to this local board accotn
panted by such affidavit evdience as
such person may desire to have con
sidered.
Such claims either by a registrant
or by another in respect of any regis
trant may be submitted either by en
tering the same in the place provided
on the first sheet of the registrant's
questonnaire or by submitting sucl
claim to this board on a duplicate ol
such first sheet (Form 1001-A). If II
is desired to submit affidavit evidence
In support of such clal mand in addi
tlon to the evidence contained In the
registrant’s questionnaire, such affi
uiuoi, ur »?u uu paytur 01
the same site as the questionnaire,
and should be responsive to the ques
tions asked the registrant respecting
the ground of such claim in the pertin
ent division of the questionnaire.
Section 7 of the Selective Service
Regulations provides:
The process of examination and se
lection of registrants, under these
rules and regulations, shall begin by
the posting of notice in the offices of
the local boards on Form 1002, and
by mailing a questionnaire (Form
1001) to every registrant included
within such posted notice, as provided
in section 92 hereof; and notice of
every subsequent action taken by
either the local or district board in
respect of each registrant shall be
given by entering a minute or date of
such action on the classification list
(Form 1000) in the office of the local
board, and in addition to such entries,
by mailing to the registrant, and in
some cases to other claimants, a
notice of such action.
Whenever a duty is to be performed
or a period of time begins to run with
in which any duty is to be performed
by any such registrant, or within
which any right or privilege may be
claimed or exercised by or in respect
of any such registrant, a notice of
the day upon which such duty is to
oe performed, or such time begins to
■un, shall be mailed to the registrant,
ind the date of such mailing of notice
shall be entered opposite the name of
such registrant on the classification
list (Form 1000), which is always open
to inspection by the public at the of
fice of the local board. In addition to
the mailing of such notice to regis
trants, notice of the disposition of
claims made by other persons in re
spect of registrants shall be mailed to
such other persons. Either the mail
ing of such notice or the entry of any
such date in the classification list
shall constitute the giving of notice
and shall charge the registrant and all
concerned with notice of tne day upon
which such duty is to be performed
or the beginning of the running of the
time within which such duty must be
performed or such right or privilege
may be claimed, regardless of whether
or not a mailed notice or questionnaire
is actually received by the registrant
or other person.
Failure by any registrant to perform
ij any duty prescribedbTumX^tive
service law or by these rules Jict reg
ulations, at or within the tifne re
quired. is a misdemeanor pUajahable
by imprisonment of one year, ^ may
result in loss of valuable rights and
immediate induction of such registrant
Into military service.
Failure of the registrant or any
other person concerned to claim and
exercise any right or privilege on me
day or within the time authorized by
1 these rules and regulations shall be
1 considered a waiver of such right or
privilege, and shall foreclose such per
' son from thereafter claiming the same,
subject only to the privilege granted
by these rules and regulations to ap
ply for an extension of time.
, All registrants and other persons
are required and strictly enjoined to
examine from time to time said no
tice (Form 1002), so posted by the
local board, and the classification list
(Form 1000) upon which said dates
are to be entered. In order to be in
formed of the time lor the perform
ance of any duty or the eierclse ol
notice or questionnaire will not ex
cuse the registrant from performing
any right or privilege; and it is the
duty of every registrant concerning
whom any notice is posted, but wh<
for some reason has not received th<
questionnaire or notice, as the case
may be, to apply to his local boart
for a copy thereof. Failure to receive
notice or questionnaire will not ex
cuss the regBtrant from performing
any duty within the time limit, noi
shall It be In Itself ground for exten
sion of time.
GEO. C. HAZELET,
Member Local Boar* Mo. 11,
Cordova, Alaska
Date, April 4, 1918.
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PAH) ADVERTISEMENT
CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate for Re-election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
"In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate for Delegate to Congress
rom Alaska, I feel Impelled to make a brief statement to the people of the
erritory. It Is now nearly a year since I was seated in the House as Alaska’s
epresentative to congress. During the most of this time the United States
las been engaged in a world war, and every resource of the nation, including
noney and man power, is being devoted to the single purpose of winning this
treat war. Every member of congress in considering legislation for the na
ion has placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
ias subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the United States
"Alaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given her share
villingly and unstintingly. When the Democratic party went before the peo
ple of Alaska in November, 1916, it stood for a certain constructive
urogram which embodied as its principal elements a wider measure of
lome rule for the territory, and a sane and rational policy in the develop
nent of natural resources and every possible aid to the pioneers of the coun
ry.
“I have introduced among others the following bills in congress which I
im pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
"Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home rule the
lominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair to all, and
he protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty rod
eservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in isolated sections.
"Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better opportunity to
lse the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s insane within the territory'.
“At all times I 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
ire of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in passing a law which
lelped the prospector by suspending assessment work on claims during the
r'ears 1917 and 1918. The extension of the wireless and cable system in Alas
ka has 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
he farmers of the interior from supplying army posts with their vegetables
ire canceled.
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of Alaska have
some to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reiterating my desire to
serve the best interests of Alaska I am submitting my name as a candidate
or the democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress,”
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