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Cordova Daily Times
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H. G. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918.
HAVE YOU REGISTERED.’
If you are not now registered and |
are qualified to vote at the coming
city election, nave your name enrolled
on the poll books at once. Registra
*ion closes Saturday, March 31, at 4
p. m. You may not think that you
care to vote, but it is a duty you owe
yourself and the city to cast a baiiot
at the election, and thus make as good
a showing as possible for Cordova.,
The corporate limits are soon to be I
extended and the revenue to be de
rived in taxes from the property in
the proposed annexed territory will in
crease the revenues of the city con
siderably. This makes it important
that a council composed of representa
five business men be elected, so that
the money will be judiciously ex
pended. If you are in favor of good
government, then cast your ballot for*
the Cordova ticket, composed of A.
J. Adams, Malcolm Brock, Will Clay !
?on, W. R. Hillery, A. J. McConnell,
Jack Sapiro and Charles M. Rosswog.
You can do nothing except talk un-i
less you register, and thus qualify to;
east a vote. !
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‘ REASONS TO DOWN GERMANY | '
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Ruy Barbosa, an eminent Brazilian j ^
jurist, in calling upon neutral South
American countries to come out j _
against Germany, said: t
"We cannot be neutral in the pres-j
once of crime. It is impossible to be
impartial between right and wrong.
The tribunal of public opinion and
conscience may not remain neutral as
between law and crime.”
Reading this it makes an American i
ashamed that the United States did
not take part in the war until after j
the Lusitania was sunk and the Huns i
bad ordered unrestricted submarine!
warfare.
After all, were there not weightier!
reasons for us to join the battle for
the right than Germany’s order that
took a few American lives and threat-,
ened destruction to American prop
erty?
Would not any nation be justified in
joining the attack on Germany because
she is an outlaw among nations and
because her defeat is necessary in or
der that justice and truth may be as
cendant in the world?
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MUCH DEPENDS ON SENTRIES
Four Yankees under Gen. Pershing
have been sentenced to death for go
ing to sleep while on sentry duty in
ihe trenches. They may not be ex
ecuted. and their cases have been re
ferred to the war department for re
view.
The penalty seems severe, but the
crime is one of the most serious that
a soldier can commit. It is inexcus
able and examples must be made of
soldiers who imperil the lives of their
comrades by sleeping when they are
supposed to be watching.
A sufficient lesson might be taught
:o future sentries in the army by giv
ing the four guilty men something less
than the death sentence. If so, most
if us will hope it can be done.
The watchfulness of sentries in de
tecting surprise attacks and raids is
more necessary than ever in trench
warfare. It is hard to think that four
American hoys would sleep on duty
when so much might have depended
in their sharp eyes.
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V1AKE SOLDIERS IN FIVE MONTHS
The Prussian militarists, who were
iresumed to be the best soldiers on
sarth, told us a few years ago that it
ook at least two years of hard sol
liering to turn a man into a capable
ighter.
American army men now announce (
hat the drafted men in the sixteen j
>ig camps are r eady for France after j
mly five months of work. These men :
ire not ready for the trenches; they:
nust get additional training behind
he lines for that.
But they are already good soldiers.;
rhey are physically fit, mentally alert,j
hey obey orders, and with a little ae
ual experience they wfll be as good
is any fighting men under the sun.
They are not as good soldiers, me
ihanically, as the Germans. They
lave not been drilled long and hard
mough. But they are better men,
han any machine-like soldier on ]
sarth. They can be depended on to|
;ake care of themselves no matter
what new situations may arise.
“They learn easily and they un
learn easily,” says a military leader.
In other words they can adapt
themselves to new situations. They
will not necessarily do the wrong
thing because it was always done
before.
Warfare is in-a flux, and it is as
requisite that a solTlier be able to un
learn as to learn, and the drafted men
have proven they are expert at both.
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WE MUST SHOW WE WON’T QUIT
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The third Liberty loan will be
launched on an auspicious date In the
history of the world. The bonds wil
be offered for sale beginning April 6
which is the on day on which this na
tion entered the war'of civilization oi
Germany.
The amount of the third loan, its
rate of interest and other detaiTs have
yet to be announced. The people mad
subscribe to it as generally and as
patriotically as they bought up> the
bonds of the first two loans.
It is not too early to figure wfetl
portion of the third bond sale you
will take yourself. The Germans are
hoping that the United States will be
come war weary and decide to give up
the struggle before it is won. No bet
ter way to show the kaiser that his
hopes are a delusion is offered than
a tremendous over-subscription of the
third loan, no matter how large it may
be.
We must celebrate the end of the
first year of our entrance into the
war with a hurrah and a vim that
will show our determination and t|ul
will carry the loan clear and away
"over the top.”
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There was a time when any yopng
society man or woman Could get fcuo
the news by keeping a pet monkey
Now it takes a runaway marriage «ri
divorce suit to land them there.
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The Canadian audience that slfhded
Bryan down- was impolite in jpving
vent to feelings that many audi-rcces
in this country have suppressed with
an effort:
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The weather man' must be- standing
in with the coal dewier.
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Southeastern Alaska Democrats gre
furnishing all the excitement fin poli
tics for the* entire territory.
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Reno is no longer a dfvcmce mecca.
Whether all the rich New Yorkers
are already divorced’ or whether Ne
vada laws- are more stringent we can
not say.
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Movie stars are going out in the
land to Boost the third Liberty loan
in April. Any rear movie fan would
be willing to buy a bond to eateb
sight of his favorite star.
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The threatened invasion of Pari1
in ApriF By the Hun army is far froir
being a» realized1 fact.
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An Ehstern man married his mother
in-law ih order to escape the draft
He was arrested, of course. No ma:
. can get out of trouble by marryin
• his mother-in-law.
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A New York woman found a rattb
i snake in the yard of her farm, an
, her screams were heard by a ma
• three miles away, who came to h
i. rescue. She should join the sign
j corps. She could send messages b
; k tween ships without having to wigwa
A BATTLE ON THE HOME FRONT
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“We Are a Nation
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' of Economic Illiterates ”
FRANK A. VANDERLIP, THE HEAD OF
THE BIGGEST AMERICAN NATIONAL
BANK, SAID THAT. HOWEVER, THE FI
NANCIAL EFFORTS OF OUR GOVERN
MENT ARE PROVING THAT AS A NATION
WE ARE LEARNING.
THIS BANK ADVERTISES COMMERCIAL
ACCOUNTS, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. BUT DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THESE ARE?
•YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND ASK
US QUESTIONS WHETHER YOU DECIDE
TO PLACE YOUR MONEY WITH US OR
NOT. WE ARE AS COURTEOUS TO THOSE
r WHO DO NO BUSINESS WITH US AS WE
ARE TO THOSE WHO DO.
Bank of Alaska
Alaska’s Branch Banking System
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The P<rojE*e Who Are Paying !
Wages an# Spending Their Money j
In Cordova * Chance to Live.
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Industry
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;' tailfe*. on C. Street, next to
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FOR". RENT:
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Hjiod building on Second St.
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