SUITE MILITIA
BOOT
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. — Giving the
officers and enlisted men of the state
militia organizations full credit for
"their enthusiasm and spirit of patri
otic sacrifices,” the mobilization has
proved that universal training under
a single federal control is the only
satisfactory solution of the country’s
military problem, in the opinion of
the committee on national defence ap
pointed some months ago by Major
John Purroy Mitchell to investigate
the national guard's concentration at
the Mexican border In response to the
call of President Wilson.
The committee's report, just made
public, urges universal military train
ing, but emphasizes "an immediate
need" for an adequate standing force
for the protection of the borders end
other similar service. The details of
the country's defence system should
he worked out, it is recommended, "by
the military experts whose knowledge
and experience are at the disposal
of congress.
Willard Straight, banker, formerly
in the American consular service, is
chairman of the executive committee
signing the report. Other members
are Cleveland H. Dodge, William N.
Dykman, George W. Perkins, Alfred
E. Smith, Alexander M. White, and
John Mitchell, labor leader. Mr. Mit
chell dissented from the conclusion
drawn in favor of universal military
training.
i icjjirii nnuiHiin miuniiciuun <>i
economic and military character ob-1
tained from official and unofficial
sources. War department data was
studied, officers and men of the na
tional guard were questioned, and a
"military expert and critic of estab
lished reputation” visited the Mexican
border The committee "merely pre
sents the facts," the report points out,
and "draws from them the conclusion
that voluntary enlistment and depend
ence upon the dual federal and state
control have proved a failure."
ity direct inquiry among New York
state guardsmen, the committee says
it ascertained that G5 per cent of the
2,400 who submitted replies had to
give up their regular civilian income
Many of these reported they lost their
positions and were unable to get
them back when the men were mus
tered out.
Eighty-four per cent of those who
were questioned replied "no" when
asked if they intended to enlist again.
A great number declared "etnphatlcal
ly for universal service," and asserted
they would not do military service
henceforth under any other system.
In obtaining economic information
the committee sent queries to employ
ers as well as to the men. "Guards
men," the report says in this connec
tion, "told about their pecuniary losses
and the suffering caused by their de
pendents: and employers told of the
effect of the mobilization on business,
and gave their conception of a sound
national military policy.” The facts
established, the report says, may be
staled under two heads, economic and
military. Regarding the economic
side, it asserted:
"By bringing into service men with
heavy family and business responsi
bilities, although there was available
in the country a far more than ade
quate number of unmarried men who
had not attained a high economic
value, the mobilization showed that
the national guard scheme of defense
was economically unsound. It caused
widespread distress to the dependents
of guardsmen, and it took mature men
from positions where they had estab
lished their usefulness to commerce
and industry. The burden It threw
upon employers was inequitably dis
tributed, in that some employers con
tinued to pay their men during ser
vice while others cut off their men’s
pay. Under the prevailing system of
voluntary enlistment, it was not pos
sible to select from the national guard
either before or afterwards, the class
of men most easily to be spared for
military duty.
Of the military aspect the report
continues:
"The mobilization showed that the
national guard was not to be depend
ed upon for defense." Reports of the
secretary of war, and of bureaus of
the war department, are cited in sup
port of this finding.
Statistics based on inquiry among
employers show that of 431 who ex
pressed opinions upon military pre
paration in general, 429 favored ii
und two opposed it. Of 369 who ex
pressed opinions on universal service
356 favored it and 13 opposed it. Onl)
four employers favored a continuanct
of the present national guard system
the report says, and two of these be
liuyAif al«o in universal service. Thi
report continues:
"Next to the declaration of untver
sal service, the most striking feature
of the employers’ replies was the ern
pbasts they placed upon the need o
an equal distribution of burden The:
said they were ready to give time of
to their men for training; but the
wanted the training to be governs
by some rational scheme under whicl
all employers, as well as all men o
military age, would fare alike ’’
The replies from the 2,400 New Yor
guardsmen, the report say*, indicate
that "it was not rough military life
they objected to, but the inequality
of treatment.”
The equipment system, the commit
tee found, "fell down not only because
the federal government failed to sup
ply war strength equipment promptly,
but also because the national guard
organizations did not have — as they
were required to have — their peace
strength equipment." The guard of
[ New York was held to have been bet
ter equipped than those of most other
states, although in itself “not any
where near ready."
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Discussing, in conclusion, “the need
of defense," the committee alludes to
I the "new and quite unforeseen status
that the great changes of the last few
years have forced upon the United
States." Isolation no longer protects
the country, it is held, and “it ia noth
ing more than common prudence"
that the nation "should prepare to pro
tect itself.”
BILL TO REVIVE
BOOSE RACING
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17. — The
Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders'
Association already is prepared to pre
sent its bill to the state legislature,
by which it hopes to revive racing in
California. Those most active in the
interests of the bill are the following
officers of the association: Charles
\V. Clark, president, son of the cop
per king; Daniel C. Jaekling, vice-pre
sident, millionaire; and State Senator
James C. Nealon.
The bill calls for sixty days of rac
ing every year — thirty days in the
spring and thirty days in the fall
with pari-mutuel betting.
It provides for the apointment by
the governor of a racing commission
af three, which shall have power to
allot periods for the holding of race
meetings among the several counties
of the state.
Another provision is that no meet
ing shall be given where bookmaking
is allowed, nor shall any person, as
sociation or corporation furnish to
pool rooms or their agents any infor
mation in regard to racing.
The State Fair Association is per
mitted to hold a race meeting for not i
more than twelve days at Sacramento, j
No agricultural society or county!
fair to which state or county aid is
given shall hold a race meeting for
more than six days.
Any association or corporation con
ducting horse races in California, the
measure proposes, shall take out the
commissions on combination pools not
over 8 per cent, one fourth of which
shall be paid to the racing commission
for the exclusive benefit of the state
school fund.
It is made a felony to bribe any
jockey, owner or groom connected
with any of the stables, the penalty
on conviction being not less than
three years nor more than ten years
In the penitentiary.
It is expected that there will be
strenuous opposition to the proposed
bill.
The news that Norman Ross, swim
ming champion, has withdrawn from
Stanford University came as a sur
prise, as this is only his first season
at the institution. More recently it
had been said that he would return
later. According to report, the lure
of the water was too much for Ross,
who is anxious to compete In the mid
Paciflc swimming championships in
Honolulu, where he has visions of an
nexing some more world’s titles in
competition against Duke Kahana
uiouku. He will represent the Olympic
Club. He expects to resume his stud
ies when he returns from the islands.
The popular Hawaiian sport of surf
riding has been imported io San Diego
and has made an instant hit. Former
Hawaiians, present residents of the
city, are responsible for the innova
tion. While the surf doeH not run
as long on the local beaches as at
Waikiki, it is sufficient to furnish all
the thrills of the sport. Aqua planing
is another of the new water sports
which is gaining devotees. This con
sists of skimming over the top of the
water on a board towed by a fast mo
tor boat.
Followers of wrestling who saw th<
two recent matches in San Francisco
between Ad Santell, the Pacific coasi
heavyweight champion, and “Strang
ler'* ...ewis, of Kentucky, apparentl)
are satisfied of two things as demon
str. ted by these contests. One is tha
Sar.'elt is too skilful, too full of tricks
for Lewis to beat to a decision in i
short or limited contest. The othei
i is that Lewis is too heavy and power
ful for Santell to defeat in a finlsl
match. Santell weighs 185 pounds
* while Lewis tops the beam at 228.
F Pacific coast teams are well repr*
’ sented in the annual intercity tourns
f ment of the United States Revolve
f Association, in which twenty-on
i teams are competing The far-westeri
> teams are as follows: Munito Piste
f and Rifle Club, Spokane, Wash
Olympic Club, San Francisco, Cal.
t Portland Revolver Club, Portlanc
Ore.; Seattle Rifle and Revolver As
sociation, Seattle, Wash.; Spokane
Rifle and Revolver Club, Spokane,
Wash,
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EDITORS AS
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. — The nominat
ing committee of the Associated Press
met hero and made the following no
minations for the five impending va
cancies in the board of directors of
the Associated Press: Prank li.
! Noyes, Washington Star; W. L. Mc
Lean, Philadelphia Bulletin; Adolph
S. Ochs, New York Times; A. C.
Weiss, Duluth Herald; W. Y. Morgan,
Hitchinson (Kansas) News; J. 1 >.
Barnurn, Syracuse Post-Standard.
John R. Rathom, Providence Journal;
B, H. Anthonw, New Bedford Stand
ard; Prank P. Maclennan, Topeka
State Journal; K. P. Adler, Davenport
Times. C. B. Blethen, of the Seattle
Times, presided as chairman.
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HOME RULE IS ALASKA'S
CHIEF NEED FOR FUTURE
Home rule for Alaska is the great
essential in the territory's further de
velopment, J. L. McPhergon, mam
ager of the Alaska bureau of the Se
attie Chamber of Commerce, told the
members of the Rotary Club.
"Alaska's enemies," said Mr. Me
Pherson, "argue, that she has an irre
sponsible and unstable population.
What better answer could he given
to this charge than the overwhelming
vote recently recorded by Alaskans
for prohibition? And now they must
await until congress sees fit to grant
them this right, for under present
law s the people ol Alaska have not the
right to say they will have prohibi
tion. Their vote was merely an ex
pression of their views. Congress
must make the law.
"The territorial legislature finds it
self enmeshed In the apron strings
not only of congress, hut of ten other
foster parents, bureaus and commis
sions that have acquired administra
tive functions—so many governments
that they overlap and interlock to the
helpless confusion of the Alaskan.
"The rational development of our
frontier wonderland demands, first,
the full measure of home rule accord
ed our other territories, and second,
a centralized control in Alaska over
the administrative duties of these bu
reaus and commissions.”
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SISTER SHIPS IN SAME SERVICE.
It Is a strange coincidence of (he
sea that the steamship Northwest
ern, of the Alaska Steamship Co.,
which is under charter to the San
Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.,
is a sister ship of the Rose City, al
ready operated on that run by the last
named company. The Rose City was
formerly the Yuniuri and the North
western was formerly the Orizaba.
They were built side by side in 1890
at Chester, Pa., and for a long time
they were popular boats in the West
Indian trade, operated by the Ward
Line.
ALASKA BUREAU NAMES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The executive committee of the
Alaska bureau of the new Seattle
Chamber of Commerce has been or
ganized for the year 1917, as follows
William Pigott, chairman; J C
Lang, vice-chairman; J. L McPher
son, secretary and manager; E. (i. An
derson, George Albers, H. F Alexan
der, Scott C. Bone, Thomas Burke. E.
B, Burwell, R. M. Calkins, Win. Cal
vert, Jr., J. E. Chllberg, Edward Cun
nlngham, George J. Danz, J. H. Ed
wards, F. T. Fischer, O. D. Fisher, J
C. Ford, T. J. Gorman, James A.
Haight, John P. Hartman. S. H.
Hedges, J. T. Heffernan, E. C. Hughes,
Falcon JoHlin, M. D. Leehey, A. W.
Leonard. Frank McDermott, W. H.
Parsons, E. B. Peoples, J. W. Sangler,
A. H. Soelberg, E. A. Stuart, J. A.
Swallwell, E. L. Webster and C. W.
Wiley.
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TOWN OP CORDOVA.
Municipal Taxes.
Town taxes are now due and pay
- able to the town treasurer, H. 1
O'Neill, at hts office,
r Said taxes will be delinquent or
5 the second Monday In February, 1917
i at the hoar of 6 o’clock p. m. Upor
1 all unpaid taxes after that time a pen
; atty of five per cent will ve collected
; H. 1. 0’NBIL.L,
Town Treasurer.
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NOTICE.
All creditors of the Cordova Pack
ing Company, who have not hereto
fore presented their claims to m
Brock, at the Blum, O'Neill store, are
requested to do so at once
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John Rawson has removed his t,ar.
gain store to the Northern block, op
posite the Cordova House.
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you have a large or small amount on deposit you will receive
courteous attention, the Bank aiming at all times to give satis
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EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
p Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina.
Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott,
| Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- |
day8 and Saturdays. %
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| Fridays.
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days and Fridays.
|i Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, if
i| Thursdays and Saturdays.
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