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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919
ACCURACY OF OUR PRESS
REPORT
The thirst for knowledge, absolute,
accurate knowledge, of what is hap
pening and what men are doing is as
old as humanity. Means for satisfy
ing that desire were inadequate for
centuries and the often repeated cry,
“I want to know," found no satisfac
tory response.
Today v that condition has virtually
disappeared and almost instant knowl
edge of great occurrences throughout
the civilized world fs at hand, daily, ,
under the caption “By the Associated
Press.”
Readers of the Daily Times perus
ing a three line bulletin or a column
article with the words “By the Associ
ated Press," above it have certain as
surance that the statements there
made are correct.
There are good reasons for this as
surance. One of the foundation stones
of The Associated Press is accuracy. 1
Even in the keen competition to be
the first to announce an important !
event this organization never hesi- 1
tates to sacrifice speed to accuracy. 1
Nothing is guessed at. No matter
how probable a rumor may appear it
is classed as a rumor until its aecur
' acy is definitely established. When
the fact is made certain it is an- (
nounced without hesitation, no matter
how strange or improbable it appears.
A case in point was the bombard- f
ment of Pari*s by German long dist- f
ance guns. The Associated Press men j.
in the French capital obtained defin- r
ite knowledge that shells and not j
aerial bombs were doing the deadly
work. Military authorities scoffed at r
the idea of such tremendous range, t
but the Associated Press flashed t
across the sea the positive statement a
that long distance shelling of Paris s
had begun and the news was read by d
millions in America before more than s
a few hundred Parisians were aware 1
of the nature of the new terror. I
Rumors 04 approaching peace, so s
widely heralded that they threw the 8
nation into delirium of joyful cele- s
bration, which for a time disrupted *
business, were classed at their proper 1
value by the Associated Press, which 0
promptly and authoritatively notified 8
the waiting world when the armistice 1
was signed and the hour for the ces
sation of the world war was determ
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• med.
The peculiar formation of the As- ^
sociatied Press, a co-operative organ!- ^
zation of newspapers allied for efflc- t
iency in news gathering and distrib- ^
uting with no financial profit in view,
Itself makes for accuracy. Over eleven ^
hundred pairs of editorial eyes each e
day inspect the items carried and do ^
it before they are in type. A thousand g
different interests observe each state- g
ment sent forth. Each sentence, each
word, is under a criticism all the more t
intense since it comes not from one a
point alone but from every angle. n
The critics are of different shades c
of politfcal belief, of economic opinion J
and of religious thought, and no
higher nor more convincing proof of
the solid foundation of accuracy which v
the words “By The Associated Press,’’ v
symbolize can be sought than the fact t
that even through a heated political A
campaign reported day by day, the r
statements of the Associated Press go f
' unchallenged.
"I wont believe it until the Asso
ciated Press says so,” has become 1
more than a saying; it io a maxim t
among well informed readers. t
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blond jobs for blond people t
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“Blond people,” says a well known 8
writer, "should have blond jobs."
You might imagine. If you are a
4>lond, that this Is scientific advice to t
pend your life eating ice cream and
ipping Bronx cocktails.
The doctor’s idea is that brunettes
re born to sit and think, blondes to
emonstrate action. It is quite clear,
lierefore, that if you are a blond you
fould not sit when eating your ice
ream, but would carry your dish with
ou while dancing a fox trot or a hesi
ation. And if you sip your Bronx
ccktails you should do It in a dry
tate with the sheriff chasing you
.round armed with a warrant and a
awed-off shotgun loaded with buck
hot. In that way a blond will dem
instrate action and attain success.
Nor must we imagine that the doc
or would have brunettes spend all
heir time sitting and cogitating.
Presumably if a man is a brunette
ind has a blond wife he should not* sit
lown and cogitate while his wife car
■ies in a load of coal. He should at
east direct the proceedings.
"The earliest observers must have
loted,” says the doctor, “to what a
arge extent man’s character and, in
i lesser way, his capabilities, are writ
;en on his face.”
How true this is we have realized
when we have gazed at a large, red
ind somewhat bulbous nose. Instantly
we have understood that man’s capa
bilities.
In our opinion the doctor consigns
the half blond and half brunette type
to a terrible fate. He says that this
type should "find happiness in cogi
tating peacefully half the time and
sxercising their muscles the rest.”
3ut how could one of that type do any
thing peacefully? Just at a time
when he felt the call of his blond
lature urging him to work his bru
lette ego would softly whisper “stop”
ind bid him cogitate. And after he
lad slothfully cogitated half the day
he call of his wild, blond nature
would again command him get busy,
rhus blonds and brunettes would be
constantly pulling and hauling at him
ind he would accomplish nothing.
As for ourselves we are brunettish
md cogitative and are willing to let
vho will be blond.
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GLARING MISSTATEMENTS
The most harmful lie is that which
s a half truth. Wickersham, in his
etter to Secretary Lane, tells the
lecretaary that Alaskans were forced
o kill their horses and walk out of
he territory on account of the com
>ination he terms the “Alaska Syndi
cate.” It is true that Alaskans kill
heir horses, and have every winter
ince ’98, on account of the high cost
if feed. The companies had nothing
o do with tliis practice. Mr. Wicker
ham also states that the Alaska En
ineering Commission corrupted poli
ics. It is a queer "corruption” of
olitics when one remembers that in
oth towns where the commissioners
esided—Nenana and Anchorage—a
irge majority was returned for Mr.
Wickersham. Either not much cor
uption there or little influence on
re voter. He also states that the
oards of education were lined up
gainst him. In refutation of this'
tatement read the letter of Mr. Hen
erson, the Alaska superintendent of
chools, published in the Anchorage
imes, in which Mr. Henderson’s sup
ort was plainly given to Wicker
lam. He says "the electors of Alaska
ave him a majority and the commis
ion attempted to steal the election
•om him.” If the reader will take
le trouble to look up the official vote
f 1916 he 'will see that Mr. Sulzer
ecured a majority of the votes, and
lat the action of the committee in
irowing out the soldier vote gave
tr. Wickersham the election on a
lear technicality. Wickersham
laimed that the soldiers had no right
) vote, and his contention was sus
lined by congress, notwithstanding
rese men had been residents of
laska for years.
Mr. Wickersham claims that the
eputy United Spates marshals cot
reed the voters. If this is so why
id all places where a marshal was
tationed, with but few exceptions,
ive him a majority?
These misstatements do not help
le construction of the railway any
ad are calculated to do Alaska im
iense harm if an investigation by
ongress ties up the work.—Valdez
liner.
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Evidently someone forgot to knock
ood when they bragged about the
■onderful winter weather we have
een having in this section of Alaska,
s a consequence we are having a
sgular old-time Taku spell.—Douglas
ews.
Politics permits of que'er things:
he family skeleton stalks forth, se
ating the publio’s demand for sensa
onalism; the private lid is torn off;
irgotten things come back to roost;
ut men will enter politics, and must
e ready to be held up to the public
crutiny.—Seward Gateway.
During the epidemic of the "flu"
te price of booae in Oordova dropped
as low as $8 the quart bottle, says a
paper of that town. Before the epi
demic hit the town, booze—the im
ported article—was in big demand at
$20 the quart. The "home brew” sold
for less, bu^ at that brought a good,
stiff price. There is now not vory
much imported booze in the territory,
says the federal authorities, but the
“home brew” product is on the in
crease. With Old Crow selling at $8
the quart, there is small wonder at the
big influx of people into Cordova. In
a town near here, the federal officers
seized and destroyed some $15,000
worth of perfectly good liquors re
cently. Of course, Anchorage is not
interested in the liquor question, be
cause it has always been a “bone ary”
town. At that, the knowing ones say
that if a fellow has the price, and the
Inclination, he can always get a sip
here.—Anchorage Times.
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COMMOTION CAUSED
BY BEER SHORTAGE
LONDON, April 1.—The town crlef
of Swanage recently paraded the
streets of the village declaring there
was no beer in the place, but that a
plentiful supply could be had In King
ston, a village five miles away.
It frequently happen# that under
the rationing system the available sup
ply of beer, wines and liquors for a
given public house or even an entire
community Is consumed at one sit
ting, and there must then be a long
wait until the regulations permit the
delivery of a new lot.
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The Alpha School of Dancing, which
has been located in Cordova since
January 1, does not teach classic,
stage or jazz, but does teach the
American Dancing Masters’ Associa
tion perfect ballroom dances. Refer
ences given of our fifty pupils, in
private lessons. Inquire at the Ameri
can Bakery, or phone 203. 3t
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If you change your address, do not
notify the carrier boy—report your
new address to the offioe.
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SAN JUAN, April 1—For (four
months the Brazilian passenger
steamship Leopoldina, formerly the
Hamburg-American line steamship
Blucher, has been voyaging by easy
stages from Pernambuco, Brazil, to
New York, and has arrived here. Fre
quent repairs have been necessary,
owing to the fact that when she was
interned at Pernambuco by the Bra
zilian authorities after Brazil seized
the German vessels id Brazilian ports,
the Blucher’s crew endeavored to de
stroy her engines and damage the
boilers by burning fires under them
when they contained no water.
On her way north the Leopoldina
was compelled to stop for sixty-three
days at Port of France, Martinique,
to undergo repairs to her burned boil
ers. The vessel is under command of
a Brazilian naval officer, and is to be
thoroughly overhauled at New York/
and then placed in the French trans
Atlantic service.
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