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FRIDAY. JUDY 19, 1918
•THE BEST TOWN ON THE
COAST”
With the advent of the shipbuild
in industry Seattle lias received more
n ally worthwhile publicity than ever
in its history (Ireat are the benefits
to be derived from focusing of atten
tion of the country on the city'.-' in
dustrial resources and tin* coming of
thousands of new residents who. in
writing hack home, tell friends and
relatives what a pleasant and profit
place to live and do business in is
that c ity. The basis ot this new pros
peritv is well illustrated in a compila
tion by the* Seattle Times showing
that the I'nited States government
will disburse in Seattle during the
coming twelve months $1 ~»ntono,ooo
for shipbuilding, as compared with
$75,000,00(1 during the past twelve
months \dding forward contracts
from foreign governments and private
interests, the Times estimates the
total to be in excess ot $105,000,000,
or an average of nearly $500,000 a
day Business men returning from
Kastern states say that on all sides
they hear Seattle' spoken of as “the
best town on the coast.”
A SUGGESTION
\ certain sarcastic citizen from
’way down Hast wants to know of
what use is congress during the war
He -• <*nis to think that it has out
lived its usefulness, for the time la*
ing at least, and that in divers ways
it lias managed to resolve itself into
"on*■ of those unnecessary expenses
■everyone is being urged to cut off in
war times.” He therefore proposes t"
flu* ditor oi the North American lt»*
\ ie . to abolish congress in the I’ol
low in_ !;.shion It w ill be noted.
< Iso. tin the reason' advanced are
hot wholly without merit:
•'Why, then, should not congress,
pass a single act under cloture, with
debate limited to an hour in each hou^c
(■•dishing it -eli tor tin* period of j
tie- ar and for eighteen months
thereafter; delegating to the I’reM
dent authoritv to issue bonds, levy!
I
; . v. - a!id mal.c disl r *• 111• nts. and
i i da w In lev cr i in I lc-.-t judg ,
merit for the best interest of the
i . r> . i mpov ering !iim to t.ll all
« ; . h a ay : t to rente, ..I
stub compensation as In* may deem
e .'ll 111 -el: in la \\ W't ailll it
j ot infinitely simpler for the lui-i
ness men of th ■ cmYry to have to
«!«•.* 1 only it h Messrs. Wilson and
<. ■. n • ead oi ith imt'ier.i ’
and divers councils and coinniissmm
• ii eatio.i 1 defense. imports, lingerie,
exports, morals, publicity, fuel, ship
pin* toed and so on. ad lib.? Would
it cot be far more economical to per
init these two statesmen to take such
compensation as they see tit and dis
pense with several hundred members
of congress, drawing salaries aggre
gating $1,000,000. to say nothing of
mibage. for doing nothing?
'then all these M (Ys, with their
invertebrate protestations, their long
winded quibbling, their sycophantic
twaddle, could go home and swell the
ranks of farm labor, where. God
knows, they are needed.
‘These are war times, times when
everyone is being adjured to cut red
tape, abandon precedent and practice
thrift. They are days when inno
vations. total abstinence, woman suf
frage, popular election of unpopular
senators and personal purity are be
ing accomplished by constitutional
amendment. Why. then, in Gods
name, should we not boldly strike at
our greatest extravagance, and abol
ish congress by constitutional
amendment if need be—but abolish
It anyway?”
SEATING OF WICKERSHAM
'i'he Daily 'rime- >; .-rial W ashing
11 . < . ii* s -ml - i s the f 1
1< int ; la- lb 1,- • ite eh*
t.ion coni* t ami how tlie result was
to* i■ j\ *•«! ;11 the national « apital
one ot the most gratilying ami
at the same time most inconsistent
acts of congress is tiiat which scats
through a unanimous report of the
committee Judge James Wickersham
as delegate tor Alaska. It is gratify
ing because it does justice to him;
it is inconsistent because for nearly
two years Die committee in charge ofj
tlie case has allowed it to remain tin
adjudicated, thus compelling Judge;
Wickersham to sit idly by and watch
the attempt of another to fill his
shoes, when the law and the facts
were both in bis favor.
"Still, congress is a slow-moving
body, and most people realize it.
Therefore almost any man who wishes
can make a contest in a district and,
perhaps, lie seated If he should tie,
no matter how slim his case, he per
forms all the official acts and draws
the salary and emoluments until con
gress. in its wisdom, unseats him in
favor of the real owner of the title.
Men have been known to make these
contests for the purpose of attaining
in these emoluments, but it is only
on or twice in a lifetime that the} .
succeed.
"Sitin' the decision oi tin* commit
tee Judge Wickersham has been
warmly congratulated by the Kepub
lican leaders in both houses and by
many oi tin- opposition party, not
only because ot the long duration ot
tlie contest, but because lie Is a pop
tilar gentleman, an excellent legisla
tor. and an authority on the territory
and territorial matter- There is
probabh no man in congress repre
senting any district or state who is
better informed as to the needs ot
the population he represents than is
Judge Wickersham He lias con
stantly even when his chair was
filled with another, kept himself in
touch with any legislation or mo\*
ment which affected Alaska, and his
advice was often sought upon these
matters before final action wa- (alien
"Judge Wickersham now returns
to his home to again make the race
for nomination and election, and the
best wishes, not alone of the Repub
lican party and its leaders, but of
many warm friends who have come
to know and respect him for his abil
ity, putlence and nigh ideals, go with
him "
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NKW YOHK. July l'.i Tile “work
or tight" order seems eertaiu to lilt
major league baseball. And it it does
baseball apparently would lie Hying
in the fare of fate il it continues.
That local boards are interpreting
Provost Marshal (leneral Crowders
order as applying to professional base
ball is demons'.rated by the recent
abdication ol Player Parnham ot the 1
Baltimore club : the new Interna
•tonal league lie was ordered by hi
local board to seek a new net upatlim
aril lit' proceeded to comply at once.
Two men already have iett the
Brooklyn National h ague club, a- ■
direct result ol the order, Bull /a '.
Wheat and Hi Myers own urn. • My
ers already has gone to bis, while
Wheat experts to go within a few
days.
Minor league; | no .icy 111 b ' i'
llrst and lianli"-!. for tieist ot then
tficn are younger But there is no
inclination in baseball to sacrifice the
little fellows tor the bigger ones.
it would lie Impossible to gather |
enough men under and over the ages
Included in the order to make a show
ing. but such an aggregation would
supply such a joke combination ol
baseball that the public would become j
disgusted and stay away. A leaning
to this plan already Is apparent on j
the part of several big league mag
nates. Tommy Leach, for instance. |
has been taken back into the big
league fold, and is playing as a regu
lar with Pittsburgh. Joe Kinneran
lias been adopted by the Yankees, as
has Ham Hyatt.
In Boston the entire outfield of the
Braves, consisting of Kelly, Powall
and ltehg. an excellent combination,
has enlisted in the navy
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Flnkelstein & Sapiros and Blunt
O'Neill Co.'s stores—what? Food sale j
starting at 10 a. m.
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Candy, cake, cookies, pies—-in fact,
everything good at the Camp Fire
Girls’ sale.
SAN FHA.NCISCO. July L». More
Ilian Jnn officers who liave graduated
from the government's tree naviga
tion schools in California in tin* past
ten months have been added to the
personnel of the American merchant
marine, it was annoutieed recently by
Captain Charles \V Saunders, chief
nf the Culled States shipping hoard's
recruiting service in California.
Half the new officers graduated
from the San Francisco school and
the remainder were licensed from the
Los Angeles and San Diego schools.
The majority of the graduates have
long since served the required two
months as junior officers, and have
been placed aboard merchant ships 111
the grades for whic h they were quali
fied Many are now serving as first
and second mates aboard merchant
ships plying through the submarine
zone.
Captain STiunders has appealed to
all Americans who have had two
years' service at sea to enroll in one
nf the government’s navigation
schools m California and take* the >i\
weeks* course* that will enabl. them
to win licenses
"I’ll** government experts California
to train hundreds of deck officers in
the next year, said Captain Saunders.
"The need for navigators is becoming
more* urgent daily, and this stale must
train every available seaman
Seamen with the required two w*.,rs’
experience jin* asked to see Captain
Saunders at 12<» Market street
THE YANKEE PRISONER
Sun disappeared and darkness fell
Dut over "No Man’s Land "
I' u * > dark, so cold, down in a
muddy prison cell
Behind the battered trenches held by
the kaiser's iron hand
(live* me a drink of water’,’ so ask**ei
a tired voice.
‘Keep still or I’ll kill you; I ant tired
of your noise.”
An-* arm in a bloody bandage Wiped
spit from lacerated face
That < atuc in through tin* door from!
lips w ith a t< i ibb- gria;a<. .
"Some i i- ago \»t• i should have • i n
WTmmi we ( aptui ed our first Ameri
ran/’
Ail Chian officer told with an ugly
grin
11 is Iriend so dear. the noble fount
von Peli< an
"Come, lei s go and see him, this Van
kee from the West.
I think we ought to starve him out;
it certainly is best
Non know that the Americans get
scared from such a shell.
Now is a chance for us to show them
that war with us means hell.
"(Jet up. you dog. and quick salute;
Let’s see your Yankee nose!"
The I hlan officer, a common dermal) ,
brute.
His saber now down over lacerated
arm let loose.
With bright but feverish eyes the
prisoner took off a ring
A gold ring from his finger and he
kissed the glistening thing
He turned to the Chian and said with
trembling voice.
Send this back to my mother, please,
she lives in Illinois"
With bloody, trembling fltig*rs here
\ pen and envelop he got
< Hit from 11i.- pocket, while on.*- t .ii '
there were
In the eyes of the count, ami also
kindness, too, a lot
The Yankee l»ov now wr»t., with
tired, dying hand
"(Jod bless you. mother dear, my
home and beautiful land
Then reached to the Chian tin ring
and note, with tears.
The colonel seized if Von Pelican
stood pale his eyes were fierce
Tin* Yankee soldier asl 1 for
The emblem of his land
"It's on the inside- ot m> ma* he
sahl. when with a roar
The Chian struck the boy, with a
saber iti his hand
The ring he threw on the ground, and
then began to fear
To pieces tie* soldier’s mes age. when
a shot rang out very near
The Chian fell Then shouted noble
Count von Pelican.
With revolver pointed to his head. ;
“My mother also was a true
American ”
—O. Richard L. Malmhorg.
McCarthy. Alaska.
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