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TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1919.
HAWKER’S DISAPPOINTING
ATTITUDE
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When Harry G. Hawker’s rescue
was reported all the world rejoiced.
There wap not one discordant note.
By no other tribute could humanity
have so emphatically and unequivo
cally voiced its genuine appreciation
of the daring of his remarkable effort
to fly across the Atlantic. The fact
that he took no precautions whatever,
in the way of arranging for patrol ves
sels along the route to provider or his
safety in case he should be compelled
to descend to the water, had proven
conclusively that he, as well as his
navigator, Lieutenant - Commander
Mackenzie Grieve, had the sort of
pluck and resolution that always com
mands admiration.
The effort proved Hawker to be a
real sportsman, and, if he had won in
his desperate plunge through the
ether, America weuld have given him
unstinted praise, even though the
achievement would have somewhat
doomed the glory of the accomplish
ments of our own naval aviators, who
were then en route to Europe with
every evidence of a successful trip.
However, Hawker was playing a gjame
in which there were at least a hun
dred chances to one against .him, and
he lost. It was but natural for him
to feel deeply dlsap«pinted over his
failure, especially since, as it now
appears, itw as due to no fault of his
own but to engine trouble of a sort
which could hardly have been anti
cipated. And then too, for the Ameri
can plane (the NC4) to complete the
trip so quietly and so provokingly soon
after his misfortune—before even the
keen edge of his disappointment had
been dulled by time, was also hard
for him to bear. However, even
though these facts are appreciated, it
is a real disappointment to find, judg
ing from press dispatches, that Harry
Hawker is not a good loser; that he
really lacks in that quality which is so
essentially a part of the thorough
sportsman, the ability to lose grace
fully as well as to win daringly. The
report that in London Hawker spoke
disparageingly of the great feat of the
NC-4 in successfully completing the
last leg of the transAtlantic trip is a
distinct disappointment to America, as
it doubtless is to England and all the
world. No one appreciates real
, sportsmariship, or possesses more of
the genuine article, than does a Briton,
and it is significant of this fact that
the London audience before which
Hawker qiade his unfortunate remarks
—which audience, by the way, had a
few minutes before heartily cheered
the news of the arrival of the NC-4 at
1 Lisbon, Portugal—greeted his un
^ sportsmanlike words with absolute si
lence.” Doubtless Hawker was over
wrought at the moment, and yielded
momentarily only to an impulse at var
iance with his finer instincts, regret
ting it keenly a mpment later. At any
rate there is no question as to the
genuineness of his courage in facing
almost certain death for the accom
plishment of a great purpose, and it is
hoped that the incident cited will not
seriously be-djm the glory of his great
effort or deter him from the final ac
complishment of his purpose of dem
onstrating to the world that a non
stop trans-Atlantic flight is possible
not merely as a stunt, but as a regular
commercial transportation arrange
ment.
80LDIER8’ AND SAILORS’ FARM
BILL
Secretary Lane's bill. providing
farms (or soldiers fend sailors has been
Introduced Into the senate by Senator
Smoot ot Utah and referred to the
committee on public lands. According
to Secretary Lane’s statement before
the public lands committee of the
house of representatives 68,000 sold
iers have already applied for land and
he estimates that at least 660,000 will
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be glad to take advantage of the pro
posed plan.
SALVATION ARMY FUND
COMPLETED
As a restult of figures received from
all parts of the country It has been of
ficially announced that the $13,000,000
fund asketf for by the Salvation Army
haB been raised. Delayed returns will
probably bring the total up to an even
larger figure. Perhaps no other civil
ian institution that has been connected
in any way with the recent war activi
ies has received such unive(sal praise
for its war work as has this remark
able organization. Many millions will
therefore rejoice to know that it has
been furnished with the full amount
desired for the perpetuation and ex
tension of its excellent and highly
important work.
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BAKER FAVORS WAR TEACHING
Recognizing the necessity of con
tinued preparedness for ♦var, for a
time at least, notwithstanding the
league of nations plan, but being ap
parently unwilling to go so far as to
advocate universal military training,
Secretary of War Baker has recom
mended to the military committee ofi
the house of representatives a system
of military training in high schools and
colleges throughout the country as con
stituting the best method of meeting
the needs of the situation. The secre
tary has also recommended an army
of 509,000 men for the fiscal year
1919-1920. He states, however, that the
necessity for this number of men is
only temporary and that a material re
duction in the size of the army will
be possible as soon as there is a re
laxation in the requirements of the
European situation.
BLOCKADE UNLESS GERMANY
SIGNS
All arrangements have been made
for putting into force the complete
blockade of all Germany, after a notice
of 72 hours, unless she signs the treaty
of peace within the stipulated period.
Germany will be given seventy-tw®
hours notice of the termination of the
armistice, in case of such failure to
sign, and--at the expiration of that
period, American, British, and French
troops will at once advance into Ger
many. At the same time the blockade
of the country will be put into force
on both sea and land. It is to be hoped
that such action will not be necessary,
but, if It is, the allied and associated
powers are prepared to act quickly and
effectively.
BILLS ORDERED PAID
At a meeting of the common council
of the Town of Cordova, Alaska, held
at the town hall, June 16, 1919, the
fallowing bills were ordered paid:
W. Tiernan ...$ 6.00
Sam Estlick . 4.0(
Finkelstein & Sapiro. 8.20
Cordova Fire Department . 175.00
Northern Meat Market . 11.70
Alaskan Grill . 8.50
Alaska Transfer Co.:. 33.10
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co. 6.42
Blum-O’Neill Co. 23.90
Alaska Public Utilities . 289.10
I. D. Bogart . 20.00
K. G.'ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
JAPSMASSACRE
MANY KOREANS
IN CHURCH
TOKIO. May 20 (Correspondence of
the Associated Press).—Thirty-five
Koreans were shot ^ or killed with
swords or bayonets by Japanese
soldiers in a Christian church building
at Cheam-ni, foFty miles from Seoul
in connection with the Korean inde
pendence movement.
This has been confirmed by an in
vestigatipn by British and American
consular agents and by missionary
leaders in Korea. The facts are admit
ted by the Japanese authoritie*Hat
Seoul, Including the Governor General
Hasegawa. The authorities say that
they deplore the outrage, that those
guilty of it, hive been punished and
that orders have been given to prevent
a recurrence.
Investigatffl^BiJso have found that
Soochung, ^^Hjter village near
Cheam-ni, wai^Qrned by the Japanese
and that several Koreans there were
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wounded in an attack by Japanese
soldiers who shot them or used their
swords and bayonets on them as they
fled from their burning homes after
the troops had set fire to the buildings.
Reports have been received of the
burning of Christian churches in three
other villages and Koreans told the As
sociated Press correspondent at Seoul
tha tthey could show nine villages
which had been burned by the
Japanese.
Details of the massacre at Cheam
ni were obtained by the Associated
Press correspondent who visited that
place in company with Raymond S.
Curtice, the American vice-consul at
Seoul and Mr. Underwood an Ameri
can missionary. Subsequently the cor
respondent again visited the place with
Mr. Royds, the British consul and sev
eral missionaries including the Rev.
Herron Smith, who is in charge of the
[work of the Methodist church in
Korea. Describing his visit to
Cheam-ni, the Seoul correspondent
writes that when they asked residents
of nearby villages why that hamlet
had been burned they were told that
it was because there was a Christian
church and many native Christians in
the village.
“When we got to the place which
had been a village of about 40 houses
we found only four or five standing,
all the rest were smoking ruins," he
continued. “We found a body fright
fully burned and twisted lying in a
compound and another either of a
young man or woman just outside the
church compound. Several groups of
people were huddled under little straw
shelters on the hillside with a few of
[ their pitiful belongings about them.
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Comtesse Du Barry {(tides in Ragman’s Pushcart
CHICAGO.—Augustin Pajou walllourt sculptor In France when Comtesse Du
Barry ruled Louis V, and hi1 made a new bust of her every time she
discovered a new way of dressing her hair. But these sculptures were lost In
the French revolution, as Mme. Du
Barry herself was lost. Only five of
the marbles were known to- have been
recovered up to a few days ago. Now
tbe sixth has turned up and Is on ex
hibit at the Chicago Art Institute. A
New York denier has appraised Its
value at $25,000.
Burgess Stafford works In a big
furniture house and he is a specialist
In eighteenth century furniture. Pass
ing an art store he saw a bust in the
window. He looked long. Finally he
went In, examined the bust, found “Comtesse Du Barry” carved on the back
and l&irned that the price was $120.
The art dealer said the sculpture had been sold to an American collector
In Paris during the war for $650 and had been brought to New York. Then
the collector died and at an'auction sale fit, his effects the bust was bought
In a job lot at a small price by the Chicago firm.
Stafford took a chance and bought the bust, paying $25 down. Then he
went to the Chicago public library and delved Into many books. He found
reproductions of Pajou sculpture—and found that the one of Du Barry In the
Louvre was almost identical with the Chicago bust, except that the tilt of the
head was slightly different. Then he went back, paid the other $95 and
started for his apartment on the North side In a taxicab. Five blocks from
home the cab broke down.
He hired a ragman’s pushcart, and a policeman threatened arrest.
But Stafford got the Comtesse Pu Barry home safely.
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