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H. G. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
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entitled to the use for republication of
aJl news credited to it or not other
wise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
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despatches herein are also reserved.
MONDAY, MAY 13, 1918.
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS
He wanted it understood right in
the beginning that he didn’t believe
what he read in the papers. Some
one had made a statement, and said
he got his information from the pa
pers. Whereupon the wise one de
livered himself of the above senti
ments—that ‘‘you couldn’t believe the
papers.’’
Then the wise one began telling
about the wa,, and went into details
concerning a certain campaign. He
mentioned the generals involved, and
told of the activities of certain mili
tary organizations. He even told of
the personal eccentricities of some of
the people involved, and seemed to be
as familiar with the facts as if he
had been a part of the thing he was
describing.
But the truth. was, he got all his
facts from the newspapers. He had
never met any of the men he dis
cussed, he had never been in the re
gion he described, he had no way of
knowing anything about it in any way
save by reading the papers. He even
told about Carranza’s whiskers and
about Kerensky having tuberculosis,
and about the way Haig parted his
hair—all newspaper stuff pure and
simple.
rhe fellow who says he doesn’t be
lieve the newspapers is foolish. If hej
were correct, if he didn’t believe the
papers, he wouldn’t know there is a
war being waged by more than half
the world. He hasn’t seen it. He
wouldn’t even know there is a Pana
ma canal, for he had no other means
of gaining that information. He
wouldn’t know that Woodrow Wilson
is President of the United States, or
that there is a German empire. Elim
inate from any man the information
which he had obtained from the news
papers, and he is a gibbering idiot
without ideas and without knowledge.
Denounce the papers all you please—
they don’t care—but don’t brand your
self as a fool by saying that you do
not believe what you read.
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THE WORST “CRIME” OF THE
ALLIES
Admiral von Capelle, head of the
German navy, has issued a statement
for neutral and German consump
tion in which he says that “the rob
bery of Dutch tonnage has incurred
for Anglo-Saxons the worst kind of
odium for decades to come.”
The Allies can be proud that the
German admiral points to this exam
ple as the worst offense they have
committed in the war.
What was this “robbery?” The
ships of Holland were hovering in
home, English and French ports,
afraid to engage in their ordinary
trade because German submarines,
against all the rules of war, threat
ened them.
These ships were making no money
and were a dead loss to their own
ers. England and the United States
decided to take them and pay a fair
price for them, which price is much
higher than they cost to build. The
Dutch owners were glad enough to
sell, but they had to act as though !
they were reluctant in order not to
antagonize Germany, their next door
neighbor.
So the Dutch decided to make the
Allies “seize” their vessels, which
was nothing but a little more camou
flage. The whole transaction was a
sale.
This "crime” looms black to the
Germans. It is lily white when plac
ed alongside the enormous iniquities
committed by the Huns.
The Allies are unwilling that von
Capelle, the Hun, who helps plan the
ruin of whole peoples and whole sec
tions and who adjises the use of
every inhuman thing in warfare, shall
be the judge of their acts.
They are perfectly willing to leti
future history balance the misdeeds
of the warring parties in the knowl
edge that the Hun will there be prop
erly handled.
_A._
GROUND GLASS TALES ARE
FALSE.
There is not a day that it is not re
ported in some part of the country
that ground glass has been found in
some kind of food. The food admin
istration has investigated every re
port of ground glass that has been
made to it. In all more than 200
cases have been looked into and in
just one case was ground glass ac- j
tually found. The other cases were j
inventions, maybe German reports to
lead the country to fear that there
was a conspiracy afloat to kill the
civil population.
The one case where ground glass
was actually ' found was in Fortj
Smith, Arkansas. A loaf of bread
sent to an orphanage actually con-j
tained ground glass. No one was j
killed; though several children suf-l
fered cut lips. The baker happened
to have a German name, and when
the case was given publicity the poor
fellow retired from business rather
than face the storm.
When a government Investigator
arrived he found that an employe of
the baker had put the glass In the
loaf of bread and sent It to the or
phanage to ruin the business of the
baker. The employe confessed to a
secret service operative.
The next time you see a ground
glass story empty a salt shaker over
it before you take it.
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A New York woman read in the
daily paper that millions of bushels
of Russian wheat had fallen into Ger
man hands. She leaped to her feet
with shining eyes and cried, "The
Germans rob the helpless allies of
wheat, but I am robbing our helpless
allies, when I eat wheat bread.” The
flame of battle had scorched her soul.
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"There are always a few people
who refuse to do what the Govern
ment asks them. But this should not
be an excuse for the rest of us to do
likewise; It is up to all of us to see
that the unpatriotic few do not hin
der the rest in helping our Govern
ment in its fight for the freedom of
the world.”
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"The one sure way to supply the
supreme need for food,” read a pro
clamation by Governor Bickett of
North Carolina, "is to man the bread
line with the woman power, the boy
power and the girl power of the
state.”
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NEW YORK, May 13.—Stefansson,
the Arctic explorer, who is ill at
Herschel island, in the Arctic ocean,
has sent to the Explorers’ Club of
this city, by way of Fort Yukon,
Alaska, a telegram stating that on
account of his illness he will be un
able to continue his explorations.
Stefansson had planned to spend
another year in the North.
Russia collapsed not because ol
the Germans on her borders but large
ly because of the failure to organize
and feed her own citizens; and if we
are to emerge victorious from this
war, we cannot risk the collapse ol
another of our associates in the war
from this same cause. There is no
waste of food across the water. There
is the most drastic reduction in con
sumption. There is actual privation
among women and children. There
is starvation in Belgium.
Rocks—Sulphurous Waters—Oils
—just as they come “Hi
Press” takes them on and
* beats them. There never
•‘Our business is War”
Keep that one big thought in mind.
The financial part of the war is as important as the physi
cal though not as glorious.
An important thing is a bank account. We would advise
v ou to open an account if you have not already done so with
The Bank of Alaska
and have more than enough to meet installments oif Liberty
Bonds or other obligations.
It is a step forward to associate yourself with a bank such as
i
Bank of Alaska
Alaska’s Branch Banking System
| Good Printing
^ssen^a^ to Good Business
Better Let Us Figure on your
Work and Save Money.
The Daily Times Job Dept. |
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate for Re-election
I
I
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
“In deciding to enter tne primaries as a candidate for Delegate to Congress
from Alaska, I feel impelled to make a brief statement to the people of the
territory. It is now nearly a year since I was seated in the House as Alaska's
representative to congress During the most of this time the United States
has been engaged in a world war, and every resource of the nation including
money and man power, is being devoted to the single purpose of winning this
great war. Every member of congress in considering legislation for the na
tion has placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the United States
"Alaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. Shi has given her share
willingly and unstintingly. When the Democratic party went before the peo
{tie of Alaska in November, 1916, it stood for a certain constructive
program which embodied as its principal elements a wider measure of
home rule for the territory, and a sane and rational policy in the develop
ment of natural resources and every possible aid to the pioneers of the coun
try.
“I have introduced among others the following bills in congress which I
am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
“Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home rule the
dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair to all, and
the protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
“Making changes in the homestead law's by abolishing the eighty rod
reservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in isolated sections.
"Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better opportunity to
use 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
the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the war some meas
ure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in passing a law which
helped the prospector by suspending assessment^ work on claims during the
years 1917 and 1918. The extension of the wireless and cable system in'Alas
ka has been acqomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appointments to
the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts which prevented
the farmers of the interior from supplying army posts with (heir vegetables
are canceled. •
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of Alaska have
come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reiterating my desire to
serve the bes£ interests of Alaska I am submitting my name as a candidate
for the democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress.”
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