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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1919
THE VICTORY LOAN
Did you ever live in a country town
whose fire department was composed
of volunteers? And did you ever notice
how keen everybody was to run with
the cart and help lay a line of hose,
and what a scramble to hold the noz
zle? But when the fire was out, the
crowd dispersed, and few were left to
be impressed; the most officious dis
appeared on one excuse and another,
leaving the few faithful, conscientious
workers to clean up. Of course there
isn’t any excitement in reeling up a
lot of wet, dirty, cold hose, but it has
to be done after every fire; and those
who should, and don’t, are slackers.
Six months ago the prospect was
that the government would be obliged
to put out a big Liberty Loan every
three or four months, for an indefinite
period. Happily this has not been,
and will not now be necessary. The
fire has apparently been subdued, the
world conflagration has been checked,
the gale which drove the sparks every
way is subsiding, and we hope the
danger is over. Now there remains
the hose to gather up, and some of it
to replace, with comparatively few
ladders that were lost or broken; but
taken altogether our loss has been
small compared to that of other coun
tries. In fact, it might with propriety
be called a "Thanksgiving” loan. As
the Victory-Liberty loan it offers the
double opportunity of celebrating the
great victory, and also as an expres
sion of thankfulness that we did not
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have to go on for months and years at
an awful cost of precious lives. Any
sacrifice of mere dollars in order to
put the loan over properly is so insig
nificant compared to the- price we
might have been called upon to pay,
that the nation should cheerfully
shoulder the load. Had the war con
tinued, even in this country with all
Its money and resources would have
soon felt its depressing effect. Be
cause the living of our usual life has
been so slightly interfered with, few
realize the many sacrifices that would
soon have been necessary. For these
reasons alone we should put the loan,
over quickly, patriotically, willingly.
Picking up the hose isn’t an exciting
job, but we must not say to the world
we are slackers by failing to do so,
even though W'e lack the excitement
of daily combat to spur us on.
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VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Uneasy lies the head these days of
the man who has an income. Have
you made your return yet? One of
the joi^es sent out with the income
banks is the statement that if your
paying your taxes would upset local
financial circles, payment may be de
ferred. This clause is not causing
Alaskan newspaper editors much loss
of sleep.—Douglas Nows. ~
The failure by congress to pass the
appropriations bill carrying money to
comple the government railway is a
hard blow to this end of the territory.
A large number of business men and
laborers have listened to the seduct
ive voice of the government land
agent and invested their capital in
one or the other of the railway towns.
Failure to resume construction this
year will cause many of them to go
bankrupt, • and will hurt the other
towns in the division greatly. Every
. effort should be made by the com
mercial clubs and civic bodies of this
division to represent to congress that
a speedy resumption of work and the
completion of the road Is imperative.
—Valdes Miner.
J. L. Qraef, chairman of the fishing
committee of the Soward Chamber ol
* Commerce, today received a letter
from the Seattle ofllce of the ptand
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ard Oil Company, which indicated that
an oil station would be established
this season at Seward. This oil sta
tion has been one of the big things
Seward has been after owing to the
hundreds of fishing boats making tills
port their headquarters or calling
here to dispose of their product.—
Seward Gateway.
The “Rev.” Jack Dunstan, formerly
of Anchorage, is now a contributor to
a Seattle labor newspaper, and dis
cusses, with great solemnity, the ques
tions of the day. In his contributions
to this publication, we observe that
the reverend gentleman has dropped
the handle to his name, and signs
himself just plain “Jack” Dunstan, for
reasons that are perfectly obvious.
This is the kind of dope that Jack is
handing out now: “Why should fii
per cent of ‘us’ furnish the ‘money’
and do all the ‘work’ and give all the
profits to the 5 per cent?” Then he
attempts to answer the question he
asks. It is to laugh to hear Jack
Dunstan talking about "work." As a
matter of unvarnished fact, the worst
enemies that honest, sincere, hard
working men have are not the capital
istic classes, although these latter are
not noted for their philanthropic atti
tude toward the people who toil, but
rather the lazy, loud-mouthed agitat
ors who do no work themselves, but
are always assuming to speak for the
laboring classes. Often, and unjustly
too, labor is judged by the self-ap
pointed men of the type of Dunstan,
who “toil not, neither do they spin.”
—Anchorage Times.
Laden with tiny bits of sunshine
and a cargo of pink toes, bright eyes
and sunny smiles, the good ship Stork
sailed from the Isle of Somewherb last
week with its annual spring cargo of
happiness for the Northland homes.
Every town in Alaska is its destina
tion and shipvvreck nor storm can
delay its passage. The consignment
comes without demurrage or war tax
and its popularity has never waned in
these many thousand years since
Adam and Eve set the fashion.—Val
dez Miner.y
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WOULD CRUSH
BOLSHEVISM
IN ^AMERICA
BOISE, Idaho, March 19.—“There
must be no turning backward of the
hands of the political clock,!’ said
Raymond Benjamin, (Republican re
gional representative for far Western
states, at a meeting here recently of
Idaho Republican leaders, state offi
cers and Republican members of the
legislature. Benjamin was introduced
to the gathering by State Chairman
Johrf Thomas, and the meeting was
regarded as the opening gun of the
Republican campaign in Idaho for the
national ticket in 1920.
“The party must march forward to
a victory in 1920 undivided, with no
reference to how any man got into
the party, whether by the back door
or the front door,” Benjamin contin
ued.
“There is today a propaganda to
overturn this governments by the In
dustrial Workers of the World. One
of the planks of the Republican party’s
national campaign will be a policy to
exterminate this vicious element and
its insidious propaganda without the
coddling of its members which has
marked the present administration’s
attitude, due to the propensity of the
red-tape-ridden bureaus to ‘manana’
the I. W. W.'s, is a most striking ex
ample of the strength which these
American Bolsheviks have been able
to acquire through coddling.
“The people of the United States
have looked with anxious eyes to Se
attle and the situation which devel
oped, containing potentialities and pur
poses for the destruction of organized
government. You may recall that the
other twin brother of the Bolshevists,
£he Hun, denied he started the war.
Give equal credence to the I. W. W.,
who seek to erect in the place of this
government by the- people a govern
ment by class whose dominant char
acteristic is discontent and dissatis
faction. Crush them under your heel
as you would a rattlesnake, and do
not consider their protestations of in
nocence, no matter how vehement."
As regional director, Benjamin rep
resents the Republican national com
mittee in California, Washington, Ore
gon, Nevada, Idaho and Arlzon. He
also is chairman of the California Re
publican state central committee.
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AMERICAN VI3ITOR8 IN JAPAN
TOKIO, March 19.—Despite pass
port restrictions, 8,000 foreign tourists
visited Japan last year, leaving about'
$15,000,000 in the country- Of these
visitors 5,000 were American.
Women War Workers Must Be Safe
guarded During Reconstruction Period
By MRS. ROSALIE LOEW WHITNEY
Now that the soldiers are starting home from the front the first effort
that should be made in the demobilization of the'army of women who have
been doing war work is to insure their return either to other work or to
domestic life under favorable conditions.
There should be no general throwing out of women from the work
in which they have been engaged, either in the munition or other factories
or in the office work at the national capital and other centers. The same
splendid military regulations governing the demobilization of the men
in the army should govern the demobilization of the woman’s army.
My opinion is that women who have gone into business, either for
patriotic or economic reasons, will remain in industry of some kimd. By
this I do not mean they will, in retaining their position, exclude the men
who have given up those positions for the service of the United States and
who will return when peace is established.
There will be no sex controversy. The readjustment will work gradu
ally, and as for the women as a whole, there is no fear that they will eschew
domestic life.
The most important duty of women during this period is to help in
every way and to watch and make sure that such legislation as will insure
the protection of women, as the great foundation of humanity, is passed
and properly administered.
Where, Oh, Where, Are Cherry Tree and Hatchet?
THE valuable collection of ^ashlngtonia, collected by R. T. Crane, Jr„ ol
Chicago, has been presented by him to the naval academy, Annapolis, Md.
It will be placed in Memorial hall at the academy. The collection includes:
iUllC lIIUlllCl*Ul-pCilM V* III.'ll uuuu
ters. One executor’s account hook,
One original land account book of
Washington, covering period 1762-1784,
Inclusive. Key to house in which Gen
f eral Washington was born. One mosaic
top of General Washington’s snuffbox.
One Invitation to dine, addressed to
Benjamin West.
Deed on parchment for 550 acres
of land, dated October 25, 1750. Deed
on parchment for 319 quarter acres of
lnnll j’aturl FoltrllO PV 9ft 1779 DpPfi
on parchment for 516 acres of land dated April 1, 1797. Bill of sale of camp
cups. Lease written byGenerai Washington, containing 13 autographs. Sur
vey made personally by General Washington and set out in his own hand
writing. Recommendation and letter to Dr. John Cochran. Discharge ot
Nicholas Hill, with General Washington’s signature. Invitation to James
Madison to dine.
Two silver cups engraved with “W,” used by General Washington during
the Revolutionary war. Silver and steel shoe buckle owned and used by
Col. John Augustine Washington, brother of General Washington. Pair of
gold and silver buckles worn by General Washington. One Wedgwood brooch
owned by General Washington. Four engraved copper buttons from General
Washington’s coat.
One tortoise shell snuffbox, gold rims, and gold button on top center,
marked “G. W. to J. A. W.” , j.
Cup and saucer, white and fpld china, used by General Washington at
Mount Vernon.
ft PAN TATO
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1 ENOUGH REASON FOR GRATITUDE }
'Acting under the leadership of
Julius Rosenwald and Jacob M. Schift,
Jews of Chicago are making plans to
send money to more than 8,000,000
starving men, women and children of
the Jewish race who are making an
unequal struggle against conditions in
the war zone.
Chicago’s quota is to be $1,000,000,
which will go to Jews in Poland, Rus
sia, Turkey, Palestine, Galicia, ltou
tnaniu and other countries, where
mobs and soldiers are reported to be
pillaging homes of Jews and murder
ing thousands. It is planned to raise
a total of $15,000,000.
“The suffering in the war-spent
districts, especially among those of
our own race, is something of which
none of us here can have any proper
conception,” says Mr. Rosenwald.
“And it is well for us to remember
that we might just as well have been
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ourselves If It had not been for the fortunate chance that brought our parents,
or our grandparents, to this wonderful country, which has given the Jews the
greatest privileges they have ever enjoyed in the history of the world. Isn’t
that enough reason for us to try to show our.gratltude?
“The least we can do Is to prevent actual starvation among the men,
women and children who are In most urgent need of help."
BULGARIANS AROUSED 1
BY ATROCITY STORIES
SALONIKI, Feb. 9 (Correspondence
of the Associated Press).—The Bul
garian government and people are i
much concerned because of the large '
number of reported massacres of
Serbians and others by Bulgarians i
during the war, now that they have
been brought face to face with the 1
facts.
Premier Theodoroff declared that
many of the reports were, "unfortun
ately” true but a greater number were
untrue. He expressed the belief that
America and England would weigh
the evidence for each side, and then
give an Impartial verdict. He called <
attention to the report of the Carnegie
Foundation In 1918 which, he said, <
found that atrocities had been com
mitted by all the Balkan states, but
that the heaviest part could not be
laid at the door of Bulgaria.
FRENCH PEASANT GIRLS
NO LONGER SELL TRESSES
PARIS, March 20.—Peasant girls ol
France afe more than ever abandon
ng the close fitting native headgear,
0 wear which they had to have their
rosses cut. In rural France there is
1 widespread movement for the adop
ion of the “towny” style, which, il
ess picturesque, makes for the presep
ration of woman’s chief glory:
This fact, coupled with the total dis
ippearance from the market of Chi
iese hair, from winch the cheaper
grades of “switches” and “tails” used
o be made, renders-false hair ex
remely expensive in France. "There
ire no more so-called hair fairs held
n France nowadays," says a promin
ent hair specialist, “and natural blond
plaits are worth at least $20 an
mnce.”
, Job printing at Dally Timas office
A Capitalist ?
Capital is accumulated savings. A capi
talist is a person who has saved a portion of his
earnings and has invested it in some income
producing property. Every owner of a Liberty
Bond, a War Savings Stamp or a Savings Ac
count is a capitalist.
Why not open a Savings or a Checking Ac
count and become one of them?
BANK OHLASKA
Capital $170,000.00
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