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TUESDAY MARCH 18, 1919
LA FOLLETTE’S PLEA
In an effort to rehalibitate his wan
ing reputation Senator a Follette de
livered one of his famous five-hour
speeches in the United States Senate.
We shall miss our guess if the senator
can ever restore himself to popularity
among his countrymen. It was his at
titude toward the war, more than
anything he said, that earned the con
tempt of his fellow citizens. Now
that he is fighting in defense of his
political reputation he finds his great
est asset is a blunder made by the As
sociated Press, which quoted him as
saying something he did not say. In
consequence of the press association’s
admission of error the senator was
left with a fighting chance to retain
the esteem of his countrymen and he
is making the most of his opportunity.
The tenor of his plea is that he has
always battled in behalf of the weak,
that he has attacked “big business”
and that he has done his best to pre
serve “pure democracy" and render
the government responsive to the will
of the people. He is welcome to
whatever reputation he has gained in
a cause which made him popular and
almost a fixture in the Uited States
senate. It was an investment which
paid in personal remuneration and
glory. But nothing the senator has
dene can wholly blot out the odium
and disgrace of having failed to sup
port his government in the hours of
its most menacing crisis.
Like the members of the I. W. W.
the senator rises his voice in behalf
of “free speech” that is not guaran
teed by our constitution.
“Are you going to frame a statute
to gag the people who protest that
everything is not right?” he inquires.
This is one of the favorite themes
of those who have been sapping the
foundations of our government. Low
browed, murderou3-rnf.nded agitators
from Europe, who were denied free
speech at home, have orated from
soap boxes in this country just as if
they understood' what free speech
meant. They assumed, without read
ing our constitution or our laws, that
free speech signified any utterance
that anyone wished to make. But we
never had that kind of free speech in
this country and, doubtless, never will
have. No sane government could per
mit speech advocating its overthrow
ty violence or speech ^netting to
crime. That is the kind of speech
the I. W. W. require for their anarchic
purposes and when it is refused they
and the La Follettes and the Borgors
are furious.
Take the case of the I. W. W. as
an example. Their organization is
revolutionary. It works for the over
throw of the United States govern
ment by violance— not simply the
violence of firearms, but all manner
of secret and treacherous criminality.
If bombs cannot be hurled the I. W.
W. will set fire to wheat fields or
throw emery dust Into farm or factory
machines. " And while they are secret
ly plotting these crimes their apolo
gists whine at the street corners
about being denied free speech.
Mayor Hanson of Seattle urges that
the I. W. W. and members of similar
organizations be declared outlaws. If
statutes to that effect are passed we
shall not be departing a hair’s breadth
from our constitution or from our tra
ditional attitude toward free speech.
Our laws never have guaranteed any
ono liberty to advocate sedition or
crime. The sooner the brutalized and
blood-lusting foreigners among us get
this clearly into their minds the bet
ter tor them and for us, Inasmuch as
tho American people, who understand
their own laws and do not need in
structions from the scum of Europe,
are In no mood to pamper these pests
as in the past.
BAKER’S- WILD WASTE
It Is comparatively a safe conjecture
that when the Inside story of our war
expenditures begins to be unfolded we
shall hear a tale of waste and graft
that will appal us.
Already, of course, we have been
informed of the millions squandered
and grafted in shipyard and airplane
construction, but these, in our opin
ion, will form but a small part of the
total sums of which the government
has been fleeced or has fleeced iteself.
We have before our eyes the ex
ample of Fort Douglas. The trouble
in that case has been the war depart
ment's change of mind. Apparently
the government could not make up its
mind just what to do with Fort Doug
las. It promised a number of things
and began building to fit each new
idea. When the war department
shifted to another idea it ordered
more and different construction. It
one time the post was to be trans
formed into a great cantonment. Bar
racks and other buildings were con
structed in conformity with that no
tion. Then an internment camp was
decided upon and other buildings were
constructed. Meantime the canton
ment idea had gone to seed. The bar
racks were being occupied only by
occasional recruits.
About this time there was some talk
of making the post a big quarter
master’s depot. A little later we were
promised a reconstruction hospital.
And each of these ideas resulted in
new construction.
Now orders have come to discon
tinue all the work, which signifies that
onmn tA AAA rtn t7A AAA in Vinanitn 1
and other construction stops amid
chaos.
It is practically certain that Fort
Douglas has not been Baker’s only
folly. The fantastic performance
probably has been duplicated in many
other cases, but naturally the govern
ment is not telling on itself.
It is about time congress instituted
an exhaustive investigation to take in
all war expenditures so as to form
comparisons between the money ex
pended and the results accomplished.
When the results are made known, we
presume to predict, the administra
tion will call on the league of nations
to enforce peace and domestic tran
quility.
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VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Keep you eye on the Teikhell dis
trict. Some fine properties are being
developed in that section, and it will
soon be heard from.—Valdez Miner.
It is claimed there is a bounty on
Seward citizens at Anchorage. The
Seward Chamber of Commerce re
cently passed resolutions in regards
to the government railroad that stirred
up a hornet’s nest in westward towns.
Seward Claims that officials of the
government railroad have a grudge
against their fair city and they are
being made to suffer in consequence.
Somewhere it says “Brethren should
dwell together in unity,” but Seward
evidently can’t see the point when
they are being continually picked on.
»—Douglas News.
While candor compels the admis
sion that this community is disap
pointed at the failure of the passage
by congress of an appropriation for
continuation of work on the Alaska
railway project, there is no sense in
being helplessly discouraged over the
outlook. It is at least encouraging to
know that the appropriation was not
beaten at the last session on its
merits, but rather on account of that
childish filibusterer, inspired by two
unpatriotic individuals. We say un
patriotic advisedly, for any man—be
he senator or commoner—who in this
critical period of the nation’s history
lays one straw in the way of con
structive measures that would give
employment to people, when employ
ment is needed as a cure for the gen
eral unrest throughout this country, is
unfaithful, and therefore unpatriotic.
The English language does not have
within its vocabulary words suffici
ently strong to condemn these con
temptible, unworthy members of the
senate. They should be relegated to
private life, and there remain. They
are unfit to serve as representatives
of the American people.—Anchorage
Timas. '
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AIRDALES PROVE TOO
GOOD AS WATCH DOGS
LA JUNTA, Col., jfarch 18—Aire
dale dogs placed in the yards of the
sugar company at Swink, Col., proved
such good watch dogs that they not
only prevented thefts, but they kept
away trainmen on the night freight
and as a result twenty carloads of
sugar had accumulated before the
trainmen could be persuaded to enter
the yards.
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Moving Picture Actors Giving Freely
to Help Uncle Sam Win the War
By MARY PICKFORD
The million workers of the moving picture indus
try, including the players—by no means the least hard
working of all—have as one man consecrated their serv
ices, and themselves when possible, to their country’s
need.
Perhaps the cinema has given more aid to the Lib
erty loan campaigns than to anything else. At any
rate this was one of the first ways in which we were
able to help. Pictures were made in which the best
known stars of the industry appeared, giving their time
and labor, and these were distributed free of charge to
the exhibitors throughout the country. Later Red Cross pictures, tood
conservation films and more Liberty loan pictures followed.
Besides large personal subscriptions to the Liberty loan, our per
sonal services in the way of leading parades, speaking at Liberty loan ral
lies, Red Cross drives, and, wherever possible, have been freely given. I
have led more than a dozen huge military parades alone for the purpose of
stimulating recruiting and aiding the Liberty loans or the Red Cross drive.
More than ordinary effort has been necessary to raise the enormous
funds used by the Red Cross in their work both here and abroad. Enter
tainments, bazaars and all sorts of social affairs are constantly being ar
ranged at which the presence of moving picture actresses is an aid to draw
ing the public. I have often attended as many as eight or ten of these af
fairs in a week. At my home in Hollywood, Cal., we have been much oc
cupied recently in securing and utilizing for the Red Cross material that
would ordinarily be wasted.
Even the little “extra” girls at the studios, who often have barely
enough for their own needs, may usually be seen industriously knitting
while they await their turn before the camera.
Nicknames Replace Division Numbers in A. E. F.
THE American is strong for nicknames. Nobody and nothing escapA him.
There are, for Instance, Uncle Sam and “Black Jack” Pershing; doughboy
and leatherneck; Gotham and Windy City; the Sucker state and Little Rhody.
So it is not surprising that few of the
army divisions of the A. E. F. are
known among the fighting men by
their official numerical designation. ^
For example, the Thirty-seventh fan' |'m'
division is naturally known as the fRoM
Buckeye, as it is made up of National TH'LEf
Guardsmen from Ohio. The Eighty- {PIVl&iOH
fourth, composed of men from Indi
ana, Illinois and Kentucky, is the Lin
coln division. The Forty-first, made
up from Oregon, Washington, Mon
tana, Idaho, Wyoming and North
Dakota, is the Sunset. The Forty-second, the famous Rainbow, may be so
named because it reflects local color from half the states of the Union. Any
way, it is made up of portions of the National Guards of New York. Louisi
ana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Georgia, Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,
Minnesota, Maryland, South Carolina, Colorado, Missouri, Virginia, North
Carolina, Kansas, Texas, New Jersey, Tennessee, Oklahoma, District of
Columbia, Michigan, Nebraska. California and Oregon, and was, beyond
question, the most cosmopolitan division that left American shores.
The Twenty-ninth, from New Jersey, Virginia. Maryland, Delaware and
the District of Colnmbla, la thmitae and Gray division. Dixie is the name
of the division containing Natiwial Guardsmen from Georgia, Alabama and
Florida. The Ninety-flrst, from Washington, Oregon. Colorado, Nevada, Utah,
Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, is the Wild West division. As most of the
doughboys in the Eightieth come from south of Mason and Dixon’s line, they
have taken the name of Lee division.
Lilian May Have Been Spanked, but Twas Worth It
CHICAGO.—Policeman Lynch, at State and Adams streets, was accosted
Christmas eve by a dapper young person of about fifteen who asked
where an automobile could be bought. The policeman laughed. The young
person showed a large roll of bills.
The policeman led the way to central
police station. Policewoman Reddy
took one look and then put the young
person into woman’s clothes.
The girl said she was June Clay
ton and was In town for shopping. No
more would she tell and she stuck to
her story. But the “missing girl” book
had a description that fitted June, who
finally owned up that she was Lilian
Kaften of Oak Park, daughter of Louis
Kaften, a junk dealer. The police of
city and suburb had been searching for her for 18 hours. Lilian, it appears,
got her father to sign his name on a blank sheet of paper. She wrote above
It, “Please let my daughter draw on my account for all she wants.” Her
father had $300 on deposit at the Home Bank and Trust company and Lilian
thought $299 was all she wanted and drew it out on the order. She stepped
Into the nearest hairdresser’s and had her hair bobbed. Then she started In
on her shopping.
First of all, she bought a suit of boy’s clothes, a reefer, tan shoes and
chauffeur’s cap. The outfit cost $40. She bought a watch and ring for her
brother, a dress for an older sister, Hulda, and a wonderful doll that cost
$15 for her sister. Birdie. She also bought a camera, a pair of driving gloves,
an assortment of neckties, shirts and toilet articles, and lust of all a red*
covered book entitled “Auto Driving Self-Taught Over Night."
Lilian’s father arrived and started home with her. He was understood
to say something under his breath about a spanking.
Lilian may have been spanked. Anyhow, ’twas worth It
TRAPPERS ATTENTION TRADERS
SHIP TO
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DEALER IN
RAW FURS
Seattle— New York—
Alaska Building 127 W. 27th 8treet
We do business direct with you and solicit all Raw Furs. Your ship
ments are handled by expert graders and New York market prices are
paid on correct grading the day received. If desired, your shipments will
be kept separate in order that our prices may be approved by you. Pro
viding that our valuation does not prove satisfactory, the furs will be
returned to you, transportation ohsrges prepaid. Ship by insured parcel
post Or express. Ship in a dry condition. Always inclose an itemised
list of contents, with name and address. Also attach duplicate list to
the outside of bundle. Special Instructions, if any, must accompany ship
ments. Payments are made by check on the Seattle National Bank, or
In any other manner desired. Ship now.
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A Capitalist?
Capital is accumulated savings. A capi
talist is a person who has saved a portion of his
earnings and has invested it in some income
producing property. Every owner of a Liberty
Bond, a War Savings Stamp or a Savings Ac
count is a capitalist.
Why not open a Savings or a Checking Ac
count and become one of them? j
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