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CQKDOVA, ALASKA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1917
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He had never thought of being tt
soldier. When he heard that the con
scription law had passed it occurred
to him that some day he might he.
But that day seemed very far away.
He knew that Uncle Sam was rais
ing a regular army and a big nation
al guard, and he thought that it would
be all that the country needed. Peo
ple seemed to think the war would
be over before many Americans could
get to France, and anyhow lots of fel
lows would probably be going before
he was wanted.
Then his number came from Wash
ington—among the first. Soon the lo
cal draft board met. He was sum
moned (or examination. He felt rath
er proud when the docter told him that
there was nothing the matter with
him, for pride of health and strength
is a human instinct. No, he had no
dependents; hut he had a good home,
the home he was brought up in, and a
mother who kept her tears beck and
would not tell him not to go. And he
had a good trade, and was saving
something. He was not quite sure
what for—but he began to suspect
though none of those he had met so
far seemed to be the right one.
But it didn't matter so much now.
He was reading the war news every
day. He was learning what the en
emy had been trying to do to his
country. His country. It had become
his country so easily and it had asked
him for so little that he had seldom
thought of it before this. He squared
his shoulders a trifle-as he realized
what it meant to him. And as it
came home to him that this was not
only his country but that this country
was depending upon him for protec
tion, for the protection of everything
that made him love life in America,
pride of patriotism touched his heart
and he promised himself as his mus
cles set taut that he will do it.
And doing it he is, God bless him!
We don’t know his name, but our
prayers are w-ith him, and millions
like him; and here's our hand, com
rade, and everything that is back of
it; and we'll keep the home fires
burning until you return agai*.
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THE CROSS THEY CARRY
''Men fight wars, but it is the mo
thers of a nation who raise an army.
They are the silent patriots. Olven
her will, every mother in this great
land would go to war. if by so doing
she could keep her sons in safety.
It is easier to go than to send your
boy.” Such are the sentiments recent
ly expressed hy one of America’s fore
most women, Mary Roberts Rhinehart
and her chosen words embody one of
the most beautiful tributes ever paid
to the self-sacrificing women of the
Republic.
Mothers are the silent patriots.
What a wealth of sentiment in the
expression. Time and agin we hear
of the wonderful work that women
are doing to help wage the war. The
Russian women are on the firing line.
The women of France are making mu
nitions, 'cultivating the fields, and
some of them have actually hitched
themselves to the plow, In order that
the country maybe kept at the high
est possible efficiency and thus lie
able to hold the enemy at bay. In
England, over a million and a quarter
women have stepped into the occupa
tional vacancies caused by the depar
ture of the men for the front and,~all
told, over five million women are now'
engaged in the various industrial and
other occupations. In this respect,
the war is still a long way from Amer
ica, but when the war does come home
to us it goes without saying that our
women will show their mettle in a
thousand unmistakable ways.
All such hardships, however, pale
into utter insignificance besides the
supreme sacrifice which war inflicts
upon women—the gift of their sons
to the country. Already a million
mothers In America have been called
upon to make this sacrifice. Showing
superior courage and choking back the
tears for the moment, they have car
ried their precious gifts to the alter.
Rut who can weigh the cross they
carry, for who can read a mother's
heart?
WILLY AND NICKY
American editors are poking no end
of fun at the Kaiser over the jxpose
of the Willy-Nicky correspondence be
tween the Emperor and the ill fated
Czar. It is most interesting to note
the various viewpoints taken by the
able contemporaries and the manner
in which they size up the character
of the two autocrats. They are univer
sally agreed that the Kaiser is re
vealed in his true light—that of a
busy-body and a “fixer”—and that the
ex-Czar on the other hand, although
he committed the indiscretion of lis
tening to the tempter, was pretty
square at that, and showed himself
to be the higger man of the two.
Hut the most striking feature of the
whole correspondence was their sur
prising use of silly nicknames. In
the old days, when the belief in the
divinity of kings still held full sway
on earth, kings were wont to clothe
themselves in- dignity. They were
imperial monarchs in all their acts,
thereby aiming to impress their fellow
monarchs as well as their subjects.
But times have changed, and-one corn
temporary wonders how “the self-ap
pointed partner of the Almighty,”
could condescend to sign his letters
“Willy” to a fellow potentate. The
jog of being king has its advantages
as well ak its disadvantages these
days; the thrones are shaking to
pieces; and it is indeed a strange
freak of fate that exposes the most
imperial majesty of them to a ridicule
that is more deadly than death it
self, Who knows but that this' ex
pose of the Willy-Nicky' episode is a
part of the Divine program, to first
destroy the glamour of earthly king
ships and thereby destroy the kings
themselves?
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SCRAPBOOK DIPLOMACY
There is something wrong some
where when the Senate of the United
States, in order to have an official
record of the Kaiser’s notorious mes
sage to the President, is obliged to
get a copy of the first installment of
Ambassador Gerard's narrative, "My
Four Years in Germany,” for inser
tion in the Congressional Record. The
fact that the Senate was compelled
to take this round about way of get
ting all the important information Is
a reflection on our system of interna
tional intercourse.
We are free to admit that much of
the success of foreign diplomacy de
pends upon the secrecy with which it
Is conducted, but not all. Our Allies
have made a practive of publishing
much of her diplomatic correspon
dence, especially that relating to the
outbreak of the war. Germany alone
of all the foreign nations at war, has
completely censored such correspon
dence and kept its people in the dark
at all times. We fear that our own
government has unwittingly pattern
ed more ofter the Prussian policy
in this respect than that of the Al
lies. How else does It happen that
although the Senate with the Presi
dent the constitutionaly responsibil
ity for the conduct of foreign rela
tions, it was obliged, In this instance
at least, to gain its information from
the pages of the scrapbook of a for
mer ambassador that had already
been given the widest publicity pos
sible.
The President had his own reasons
for not taking the Senate into his con
fidence, but it seems strange that the
members of the body hav0 been kept
in ignorance of such information res
pecting foreign affa.-s an lias been
vouchsafed to both the parliaments
and peoples of the old world democ
racies.
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The last Issue of "Te Commoner”
demonstrates in a dozen different
ways that Mr. Bryan still manages to
contain his saving sense of humor. He
has poked no end of. fun at Mr. Taft
of late—In fact every since the gen
ial ex-president took the Chautauqua
circuit; and when the latter suffered
Indisposition, due to the irregularity
of meals he encountered, the Com
moner could not help giving him the
following jolt:
“Mr. Taft is to invade the west
again on a speaking trij), this time fo:
the purpose of impressing the people
with the unwisdom of an Inconclusive
peace. In view of what happened to
spoil the ex president’s trip west In
August last It Is to be hoped that he
will make a wiser choice of hotels or
pienus therein."
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(By the Associated Press)
ATHENS. Nov. 5—There are ten
monster American locomotives stand
ing In line on a side-track at the Pir
aeus, the port of Athens, gradually go
ing to pieces for lark of use. They are
evidence of the progressive modern
methods which a recent government
railway administration sought to put
into practice, without, however, mak
ing due calculations in advance.
It was felt that the time had come
to modernize Greek railways, and an
extensive project was worked- out to
that enM. One part of the plan was
to have the latest type of large and
powerful American locomotives. These
were ordered and ten of them were
shipped across the Atlantic. They
were greatly admired when they ar
rived. but when they were put on the
tracks It was discovered that the light
rails almost flattened out with the
weight of the big engines, and the
bridges, along the main routes were
not strong enough to permit the en
gines to pass. It meant new bridges
and new roadbed everywhere, and as
the finances were not equal to the
strain the locomotives were laid up
for a time. This was many months
ago, and the locomotives still are
waiting for the bridges to be strength
ened.
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James Galvin, who was Indicted by
the grand jury recently at Juneau on
the. charge of murder for the killing
of a negro roadhouse keeper at
Wells, near Haines, last spring, plead
ed guilty of the charge of manslaught
er in the district court at Juneau and
was sentenced to 12 years at McNeil’s
Island. Galvin claimed lie *r»s drunk
when he committed the deed, and did
not know what he wes doing.
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William Semar, until recntly con
nected with the Pacific Mild Cure Co.,
is at the head of a concern which
will erect a new salmon cannery at
Sitka during the winter, and he will
have the same In readinesa for opera
tion next season. The site for the can
nery has been selected and the ma
chinery for Its construction has been
purchased. The new company Is com
posed of Sitka men.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD
DIVISION.
No. C-130.
Mabel E. Sprague, Plaintiff, v*. Her
bert A. Sprague, Defendant.
SUMMONS.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting:
To Herbert A Sprague, the above
named defendant.
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of the
publication of this summons, to-wit,
within thirty days after the 22nd day
of October, 1917, and answer the com
plaint of Mabel E. Sprague, the above
named plaintiff, in the above entitled
cause, which cause is an action for
divorce in one of the cases prescribed
by law wherein the plaintiff prays for
a decree dissolving the bonds of mar
riage between herself and you and for
such other and further relief as to the
court may seem right and proper in the
premises. And you are hereby noti
fied that if you fail to'appear and an
swer said complaint as herein re
quired, the said plaintiff will take
judgment against you for want there
of, and will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in her complaint, as
hereinbefore set out.
The order for the publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
on the 6th day of September. 1917.
Witness the Honorable Kred M.
Brown, judge of said court, and the
seal thereof this 6th day of Septem
ber, in the year of our Lord the one
thousand nine hundred and seven
teenth and of our Independence the
one hundred and forty-first.
(Seal of the District Court,
Territory of Alaska,
Third Division.)
ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska,
By C. H. Wilcox, Deputy.
First Publication, Sept. 11, 1917.
Last publication. Oct. 22, 1917.
$1,000,000.00
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