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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918
A DESPICABLE ATTITUDE
A prominent city official in one of
America's thriving cities recently,
while dining in one of the public eat
ing places of the town, became highly
incensed because the waitress offered
him but two lumps of sugar for bis
coffee. The official flew into a rage
and retorted that In* wanted six tea
spoonfuls, and that if he could not
get it there lie would go where be
could get that quantity, and there
upon got up, put on his hat and left
the restaurant.
The proprietor of the restaurant
was abiding bv tile food regulations
with reference to th • conservation ol
sugar. Tiie city official was makine
it apparent by his attitude that he
w a - tot aIh larking in pal riot ism
I'm: ' in it- Iy tor our gallant boys in
. ii.. i a: f iu i ron i and tiio ol our
. cm 11• • in this :;rea» war for hu
ll a nit; him w illiugly sacrificing
itcii 1 . on bloody batllefields this
t \ pe ol “\meriran citizens” does not
predominate under the glorious Stars
and St i ipes.
Any prison who will evince such a
despicable attitude, and such a spirit
of non patriotism toward his country
and its efforts to provide essential
foods for our fighters at this critical
no ment. does not deserve to live
among decent, civilized peoples, hut
rather belongs, and should be asso
c 1. ed with, that coterie of Hun high
bi iers end murderers the annihlla
tioi of which America and the allies
are now doing nil in their power to
bring about.
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IT HINDENBURG WHISTLING!’
1 is said that during the early
Mu- ills of ihe war someone asked
llii lenburg what lie was in the habit
ol oing when tilings went wrong.
always whistle." replied the old
ilia shal.
'1 lie story was given wide oireula
tioi throughout the empire, and when
tie ir armies did not appear to be
li "I in -, with the success hoped lor it
Is amc the custom for the German
P' iple to lni|iil"e whether llindenburg
». s whistling. I'pon being ensured
t" Ibc contrury, they went their way
lv ling that everythin!’, was going well
m the front.
Well, it there is any truth to the
story, iti ii old llindenburg must have
been whistling steadily lor the past
two months; and right now he ought
to be whistling loud enough for the
German people to hear with their own
cars. Hi’ has been experiencing a
tough time of it this summer, and it
is beginning to look as though his
troubles have just fairly commenced.
We are told, of course, how tie coun
seled strenuously against the inglori
ous drive of the crown prince which
struck an American snag at Chateau
Thierry, so that in this one instance
lie could perhaps look the kaiser and
liis young hopeful straight in the eye
and sny "I told you what would hap
pen." And the chances aro that the
grim old soldier said something to
this effect, for the Prussian war lords
arc given to plain speech among
themselves. But whether Htndonburg
had the nerve to tell the people just
who was responsible for the ill-fated
offensive is open to speculation. Our
belief is that he Him ply went off by
himself and began whistling, and was
content to let the people draw their
own conclusions.
Which reminds *us that Frederick
the Great was also in the habit of
seeking solace in the strains of his
own music when things were not right
with him. It was his habit to shut
himself up for hours at a stretch and
play incessantly upon his flute, and
at such times the people always knew
that something was wrong. Wo have
yet to learn what the kaiser does
when he finds himself in a bad fix.
It would be Interesting to know
DETAILS LOSS
EIGHT PEOPLE
BY DROWNING
(From Fairbanks Citizen)
Lying on the bottom of the Tanana
river about one mile below Norman
Hadley's place, the launch Flyer is
reposing, and with it is burled the
mystery that all Fairbanks is puzzled
over.
Karly Friday morning the launch
left Ncnana, having on board eight
passengers for Fairbanks. It never
arrived.
The last seen of the Flyer was
when it passed the Hadley place,
about twelve miles below Chena, some
time In the forenoon, at a good rate
of speed. It proceeded up river about
three miles, being plainly heard by
those living on the river through the
medium of Its exhaust, when suddenly
all sound ceased. That was the last
heard of the launch. It was seen a
short time after by Norman Hadley
floating down the river past his place,
partially filled with water. Securing
a poling boat, he attached a lino to
the craft, which he noticed to he in a
sinking condition, and endeavored to
tiring it to shore. The craft continued
to sink, and after going down stream
with it for about three-quarters of a
mile he was compelled to cut the line
in order to free himself. It sank in
tin- horseshoe bend about a mile be
low his home. The launch was also
seen hv a man employed at the llart
v.i.- place, about nine miles below
Chena.
Whatever happened to tin* launch
occurred between tile two places ami
on a stretch of the river not exceed
ing four miles. The passengers have*
not been located alld th- ir late i ■ a
m. tt*-;- of conjecture ns lar as ib-ti
jni'i i.i-w. is concerned, im comniuni
I- lion being cslnhlidicd along the
river
Yi sierday Hu- launch Peerless
pe.-sed the Hadley place on its way
up, and to Captain Johnson Hadley
- told the story of tin- sinking of the
j Flyer. Arriving at Chena. the news
| was telephoned to Fairbanks, and at
j once a searching party composed of
j Hr. J. A Sutherland, Wallace Cath
cart and Axel Carlstc-n left for down
river to find the missing passengers.
During the afternoon Harry I)c Young
and Kd Clausen left in a launch to
bring the passengers to town or else
j to relievo them should they he
stranded. No report has been re
ceived from this launch as to what
had been found.
Shortly after midnight another
launch, carrying Slg Magnussen, Carl
Heiberg and Jesse Hust, left with
ropes, pike poles and material with
which to grapple for the launch at
the place where she sunk, in the
hope of discovering some explanation
of the mystery. Today tho Peerless
and llartwig launch will also engage
in the soarch, making five launches
from Fairbanks seeking to locate tho
missing passengers. The Alaskan en
gineering commission at Nenana will
send two launches up river to assist
in the search
Carl White in the launch Helen M..
passed the spot where the Flyer sank,
and a short distance below noticed
pieces of leather and other trimmings
from the top of the launch floating
on the water. Arriving at Nenana,
White stated that he saw no sign of
the passengers, and in his opinion
thore was not the slightest chance of
their heing found alive. Inferring that
owing to the speed at which the
launch was traveling the passengers
were precipitated into the stream
through it striking a snag or some
obstruction.
In Fairbanks the opinion prevails
that the operator of the launch
(known as the "Hungry Kid") en
deavored to take a short cut and met
with an accident which necessitated
his making shore to land his passen
gers in order to make repairs, and
that the launch got away from him,
which would account for none of the
passengers being aboard. Summed
up, the situation resolves itself around
two questions—What caused the
launch to sink? and Where are the
passengers?
The launches leaving Fairbanks
were all provided with food and cov
ering. so that the passengers would
ho relieved from hunger and cold. Un
til word is received today the entire
population of this district will he
much concerned over the welfare of
the missing ones. Those known to |
ho aboard the launch were; George
A. Coleman, manager of the N. (V Co.;
Mrs Hawley W Sterling of Nenana,
Mr and Mrs. Charles Craig of the
Tolovana and four others whose names
could not lie learned.
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Record Harvest
Promised Ireland
UCHI.IN, Oct. II Ireland wins i
now certain of a record harvest. The t
official reports are most encouraging, 11
and unless the weather changes for 1
the worse there will be a very h<»vy ; '
yield might attacked the potato crop ’
in numerous counties, hut was imme
diately met with preventive measures,
which proved successful. Hay was a
fine crop, well saved, and the grain
is ripening rapidly Flax Is the only {
disappointment.
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