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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1918
Don’t say “When the war is over."
Say “When we win the war."
INADEQUATE MAIL SERVICE
Alaskans feel that they have a
grievance, ami a just one, in the pres
ent method of handling the mail to
and from the Stated, as well as be
tween way ports. When the post -
office department inaugurated the
system of sending our mails by
freight and express a general protest
was entered by the different commer
cial and municipal bodies of the ter
ritory Cordova, however, preferred
to give the new system a thorough
test before passing judgment
This has been done, and the time
has now arrived when our residents
can no longer remain silent and thus
acquiesce in the poorest mail service
that has ever been given any settled
and prosperous part of the United
States. The many disadvantages of
handling the mail by freight and ex
press are daily being felt, and the in
conveniences and hardships thrust
upon our people have finally resulted
in an almost unanimous protest, which
the Cordova Chamber of Commerce
has taken cognizance of and will
transmit to the proper authorities at
Washington, in the hope that some
relief will le afforded
While every effort is being made
in the effete East toy expedite the
transportation of mail, experiments
having been successfully made with
airplanes, the residents of Alaska,
who are the most patriotic Americans
on earth and are enduring hardships
to develop our last frontier, are made
to suffer hj having our not too fre
quent mails handled by freight and
I'xpress.
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THE NEW REVENUE BILL
The new war revenue bill, which is
expected to raise eight tiillions of dol
lars. and which is now in the hands of
the senat" finance committee, having
passed the house and been transmit
ted to tlie senate yesterday, is the
largest ever presented to any legisla
tive body. It was first taken up by
tlie ways and means committee on
May 28. and was reported to the house
on September 'fills is considered a
speed rocord in view of tlio magnate
of the legislation The scope of the
income-tax provisions of tlie bill is
a wide one. One innovation is the
taxing of the income of the President
and other officers of the federal gov
t rnment. Corporations pay an Income
tax on incomes over $2,000, subject
to various exemptions and deductions
ol 12 per ccnl of the amount paid in
dividends and interest on bonds, ami
of IS per cent oil income not so dis
tribnted Income taxes may be paid
for the calendar or fiscal year, ant
in installments. The tax-paymem
da'es, on the calendar year basis, wil
he March 15, May 15 and July 15 ol
the succeeding year
Instead of the old excess profits ta>
corporations will pay a tax upot
either a “war-profits" basis or an “ex
cess-profits" basis, depending oi
which yields the more revenue. Tin
"war-profits” (ax is 80 per cent oi
tlie income of a corporation after ai
exemption of $3,000 in addition to It:
average earnings for the pre-war pc
riod. 1911, 1912 and 1913, has beei
deducted. For the "excess-profits" ta:
there is an exemption of $3,000, plui
8 per cent of the Invested capital, am
the remaining profits are taxed on :
sliding scale of from 35 to 70
cent.
inheritances are taxed by a systen
of surtaxes equivalent to a tax rati
c: talc's over $111,000,000.
APPEALING POSTERS
Ten million posters and display
cards designed In the spirit of "no
compromise with the llun" have been
prepared by the Bureau of Publicity
of the Treasury Department for the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, which
begins Saturday. The designs are
eleven In number, ten of them being
pictorial in their appeals, and the
eleventh, a card, carrying a represen
tation of the Fourth Liberty Loan
button and exhorting every loyal cit
izen of the United States to wear the
bu'ton as a badge of honor.
The new posters "hit the Hun be
tween the eyes" figuratively speak
ing. revealing the menace of Teutonic
"kultur" in all its hideous significance.
A strong appeal to the nobler in
stincts of humanity Is contained in
Walter H Everett's design, the orig
inal of which Is a fine oil painting of
a mother clutching a child to her
breast while another clings to her
skirt, the mother's left arm stretched
forth in an agony of appeal. This
poster lettered "Must children die,
and mothers plead In vain?" Is litho
graphed in ten printings.
The celebrated lithographer, Joseph
Pennell, has delineated the Statue of
Liberty crumbling under German shell
fire, and silhouetted against a lurid
sky and the blazing ruins of the city
of New York This poster is cap
tioned "That Liberty Shall Not Perish
from the Earth.” Five hundred thou
sand are being issued in four print
ings, and a smaller size in rotograv
ure.
The menace of Hundom is exem
plified in a poster by F. Strothinan,
which shows a green-eyed Hun with
a bloody bayonet peering over the
edge of Europe, his predatory gaze
fixed upon the United States. The
i picture is captioned "Beat Back the
Hun with Liberty Bonds.”
One of the most powerful posters
! of the series is a bloody hand print
| captioned "The Hun His Mark; Blot
it Out with Liberty Bonds," typifying
the murder lust of the llun The ar
tist is ,1. Allen St. John
A pair of bloody boots, ornamented
i with the Imperial Herman eagle and
captioned "Keep These Off (he V. K.
A." constitutes another poster and
conveys a message which may he read
and understood at a glance. The
artist is John Norton
Critics consider a design by Klls
worth Voting one of the strongest of
. the series. It shows a silhouette of a
Hun dragging a girl aainst a vivid
background flecked with blazing em
bers, and bears the significant caption
"Remember Belgium."
An oblong poster by J. Scott Will
iams, represents a figure of Victory
bearing a flag and with marching
troops silhouetted against a stormy
background. Behind the figure of Vic
tory 1 is a majestic representation of
1 the American eagle in full flight. This
poster is being lithographed in eight
printings, and is also being used as a
; ‘Jf-sheet poster for billboards.
Walter Whitehead has depocted an
, American in a heroic attitude, rifle
j and bayonet in hand, facing the foe.
; This poster bears the stirring ttilnton
1 it ion. "< 'nine on! "
“Hun or Home?" is the caption of
I a poster by Henry Raliegh, the artist
i who executed the "Halt the Hun" pos
ter which was so popular in the Third
Liberty Loan campaign. Mr. Rnligh's
! Fourth Liberty Loan poster represents
I a Hun invading a home while a little
1 girl with a baby in her arms gazes
it. startled apprehension at him.
| Howard Chandler Christy is the de
signer of the tenth poster, which
j shows tin- figure of Victory towering
j above a gun crew in action on a bat
j tlefleld, and captioned "Clear the
Way." Mr. Christy’s representation
of the gun crew was taken from a
photograph made by an officer when
a gun was actually being served.
The posters will become available
to the public through the Liberty
Loan committees of the respective
districts but they will not be display
ed until the opening week of the
campaign.
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SPANISH INFLUENZA
According to the news dispatches
of the past few days, "Spanish influ
enza" has reached the Atlantic coast
of the United States, no doubt havin'!
been communicated from abroad
v here it has raged for some months
There appears to be no particulai
cause for alarm, for the numbers af
fected are comparatively few. Mosi
persons will be interested in learninf
something ns to the nature of this
disease, and the Journal of the Amer
lean Medical Association furnishes tlit
i information. According to this pub
1 lication the name “Spanish influenza’
i was bestowed in the belief that tht
i disease started in Spain, but there ii
i apparently no authority for this. N<
• part of Kurope, civilized or barbarian
i has been exempt Fortunately th<
: outbreak in ICngland and among tht
i allied troops on the continent is now
I on the wane. Thus far most of tht
i articles and notes regarding the dls
case have been ephemeral; the inort
elaborate and tinished studies wll
i doubtless come later. Says the Jour
■ I rial
I "The symptoms are described prnc
tically always In about the same tern's
-sudden onset with chills, severe
headache, pains in the back and else
whore, general malaise, flushed face,
some soreness of the throat, and fever
of from 101 to 1"4 degrees F., with a
rather slow pulse. Usually crisis has
occurred after two or throe days, with
rapid and complete recovery In many
cases there has been a harsh cough
with a scanty sputum; occasionally
more severe bronchitis and even bron
cho-pneumonia have developed; but
among the young and healthy there
seem to have been no serious conse
quences, and no definite statements
are made as to the death rate, which
in any event thus far has been very
low Castro-intestinal disturbances
have not been observed. • • •
"The observers on whose authority
i
these statements are ventured do not
agree us to the bacteriology of the
disease. * * * Blood cultures have
not yielded any definite results, and
so far no immunologic tests seem to
have been made. In editorial com
ment the British Medical Journal
states that the Influenza bacillus has
been found In many different places,
especially In cases with bronchitis and
pneumonia, and that the general opin
ion seems to be that the pandemic is
due to the bacillus. This opinion Is
by no means unanimous, however, and
the bacteriologlc and other evidence at
hand certainly does not warrant Its
acceptance Much further work is
required before we cun feel sure that
we understand the true nature and
cause of this and similar pandemics.
"The treatment remains symptom
atic— rest in bed, free movements of
the bowels, and light diet are the most
important measures.
"No doubt the spread of the infec
tion, whatever it is, would be limited
considerably If the dangers of droplet
infections were recognized more
widely and guarded against."
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WANTED—A partner for trapping.
Apply room 10. Northern hotel. 211f
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—Household goods. M rs
A. \V. Hawes, opposite school. 2 ’*tf
FOR SALE—At the Bargain Store,
one 15-foot clinker built boat w ith
Evinrude engine and boat house
outfit; just right for hunting on the
flats; snap for someone. 16 r»t
FOR SALE—Household furniture, full
bed set, Edison phonograph, wth
Victor attachment. Apply to Mrs.
Rasor, Apartment 3 or 4, Ball Park,
or phone 142-5 rings. 10-tf
FOR SALE—Sohmes upright piano.
See Edgar Davis or Thomas S.
Scott. First Bank of Cordova. It* tf
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DENTISTRY
Houre B a. m. to 9 p. m.
Special Attention to
Prophylaxla and Pyorrhea.
PHONE 200
DR. W H. CHASE
PH Y6ICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug 8tor«
Calls May be Left at Cordov*
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
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DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office and Residence: Cord<"''
1 General Monpltal (Ostrander Ball'
Ing
Phone#—Rneldence 116; office ir
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Capital Stock Increase
WEALTHY MEN, many of whom have
never been in Alaska, have shown
their faith in this wonderful country
by doubling their investments in capital stock
in the BANK OF ALASKA. This means more
than purchasing 100 percent more stock. It
means that every stockholder taking new stock
is doubling his obligation to the depositors,
the same as the present stockholders.
Bank of Alaska
with the increase will have
$170,000 CAPITAL
which is much more than any bank in the
Territory of Alaska.
You should show your faith in the country by stick
ing to Alaska unless you are called to the colors. fJtart
now in your saving and not only be prepared for all gov
ernment calls but be ready for the great reconstruction
period that will follow victory
Your good judgment in sticking to the country will
be further shown by opening an account with the
Bank of Alaska
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E. F. MEDLEY
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TAILOR AND CLEANER
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the assortment is large. Prices $45 to 75. Fit guaran
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