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MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1919.
AN ALASKAN CHAMBER
The possibilities of promoting the
interests of Alaska through the med
ium of a territorial chamber of com
merce, representative of the various
sections of theterritory, are practical
ly without limitation. The relation of
a chamber of comerce or commercial
club to a community is now firmly
established, as is shown by the fact
that there is not a town of conse
quence anywhere in the States or in
Alaska without such an organization.
And it quite naturally follows that if
a single chamber of commerce is a
help to a single communitl, a combina
tion of chambers will be a help to a
combination of communities.
A chamber of commerce of Alaska,
such as has been proposed by the Na
nana Commercial Club, would be a
power within itself. Through it the
towns of Alaska could advocate re
forms and be reasonably certain of
obtaining results. Bureau heads, de
partment officials, territorial lawmak
ers and even congress would listen to
a chamber of commerce representing
the combined interests of the territory,
and results would be forthcoming
quickly.
The various towns of Alaska, to
which has been submitted the terri
torial chamber -proposition, doubtless
will welcome the opportunity to par
ticipate fn such a movement, realiz
ing, as they must, that it can result
only in benefit to the territory and to
the districts represented.
It is a splendid move, and timely,
in the opinions of the Nsw, and should
contribute materially, in future years,
to the upbuilding of the territory.—
Tanana News.
AFTER-THE-WAR DEBATES
It was inevitable that a controversy
should arise among the allies as to
who won the war. From the view
point of human interest this will be
one of the most absorbing, if not the
bitterest, of the debates growing out
of world conflict. In our own country
it will have a zest that has been want
ing since the debates following the
Civil war cooled down and became
like practically extinct volcanoes. For
twenty-five years after the war of the
states there were eager debates be
tween partisans of General McClellan
and his critics, betweep those who de
clared that General Grant was defeat
ed, the first day at Shiloh and was sav
ed only by the arrival of Don Carlos
Buell and those who maintained, as
did Grant himself, that Buell was of
little aid because he procrastinated
and arrived too late.
The only debate of importance con
nected with the Spanish war revolved
around Admirals Sampson and Schley.
The supporters of Sampson claimed
that the victory must be credited to
him because he had made the disposi
tions of the ships even though he was
not present at the naval battle of San
tiago. The friends of Schley sneered
at Sampson as the great admiral who
was absent from the one battle he had
been specially appointed to fight.
George Patullo, in the Saturday
Evening Post, declares unequivocally
that the allies were defeated and that
their defeat was turned into victory
by the Americans. He calls attention
to the fact that when the Argonne bat
tle began the Germans had only 160,
000 men in front of the Americans
and that when the combat ended in an
American victory there was 760,000
Germans on that line. Consequently
he feels privileged to censurs those
British and French victories on other
parts of the line at that time, for he
argues that the Germans retreated
before the British and French in Bel
gium in order to muster enough men
to Check the Americans in the Ar
gonne.
Patullo is especially indignant at
those British papers which, in discuss
ing the 1918 campaign, preserve a
stony silence about America’s share
in the fighting, just as if no Ameri
cans had been present. He points out
that when the war ended the United
States had 1,950,000 and the British
only 1,750,000 soldiers in France. He
Is convinced that the British, French
and even the Canadians are jealous
and are purposely minimizing Amer
ica's decisive part in the victory.
One British correspondent, after
demonstrating to his own satisfaction
that the British had no genuinely
great generals in the war, ventures
too far when he concludes that all of
the allies suffered from the same lack.
His asserevations will not impress
Americans, for they recognize the out
standing greatness of Marshals
Joffre and Foch and of Generals Pe
tain, Castlenau and Gouraud. If Foch
was not a great general when, with
superior forces, he finally broke the
enemy resistance all along the line,
then Grant, who won over General Lee
with superior fores after a similar bat
tering-ram campaign, was not a great
general.
As Schley remarked, after the bat
tle in which his fleet annihilated the
squadrons of Cervera, “there is glory
enough for all.”
There is danger that the contro
versy will cause regrettable 111 feeling
among the allies. The British, how
ever, may not argue at all. They may
simple assume that they won the war
and rest placidly content in the sunny
beams of their own halo.
Only a student of history can esti
mate accurately the share the British
had in the victory of Waterloo. By as
suming the predominant role the Brit
ish have had their predominance in
that victory conceded, although about
two-thirds of Wellington’s men were
Hollanders and Belgians, not to men
tion Blucher’s army at all. Another
factor has contributed to the popular
view. The greatness of Wellington,
whom historians have been fond of
comparing with his still greater op
ponent, has necessarily given the bat
tle an overshadowingly British char
acter.
Perhaps the best way to describe
America’s share in the winning of the
war is to say that its contribution of
force spanned the gap between defeat
and victory.
CROWN PRINCE’S RAGE
“Ludendorff is a liar,” says the
crown prince in that fine, high way
of his. >
Ludendorff is just that. So, too, is
the kaiser, his former chalcellors, his
envoys and ambassadors now happily
retired to private life if not to the
blank wall at sunrise, his servile
preachers and professors who declared
the war to be one of self-defense, his
mobilized historians, economists and
publicists. Even the crown prince
cannot escape the odious epithet.
In fact, Hunland was built for a
generation on lies. Hunland was a
kind of dream Germany. Its inhabi
tants were human beings who had fed
on the intoxicating poppy-leaves from
the imperial garden of lies. It was a
nation drugged, made insane by un
truth and then spurred on by a de
lusive ambition.
It is not much of a degradation to
be called a liar by a liar. In a land
of lies one would have to be a prevari
cator of Satanic proportions to be
nritArimia
If the crown prince had said, “Lud
endorff is the soul of truth and honor,”
he would have startled the world. And
if Ludendorff had replied, “The crown
prince is pure and without reproach,
we would have gasped. And then we
would have seen the joke.
There are men who used to com
plain about being bottled up at home
who now' feel bad if they are not bot
tled up at home.
The latest constitutional amend
ment has increased the water power
of the United States.
The only difference between war
and peace seems to be the removal
of the western front.
It 1b said that the soldiers are re
turning to us from the trenches “wet.”
A headline reads: “The Germans
are in Paris.” Not as startling as it
might have been.
Lectures on the Browning gun have
replaced lectures on the Browning
poetry.
!— -t
We like the rock sound of that new
nickname for the American army—
Amaroc.
The Hungarian workmen now look
like millionaries, feel like millionaries
and are—broke. v
When the nation goes dry many a
man will find his home just like a
club.
It looks as if the Irish delegation
will learn enough in Paris so that the
Irish in the United States can vote
the Republican ticket in a body.
CLUE IS four
BURIED GOLD
AT MISSION
TUCSON, Ariz., June 2 (by Asso
ciated Press).—What is believed to be
the first clew to the reputed buried
treasures of the padres of the Tu
macacoria Mission, built by Spanish
Jesuits high up in the Tumacacori
mountains, less than three hours’ Jour
ney froift Tucson, has been discovered
by Frank Pinkley, custodian of the
ruins. It is the gateway to the mis
sion cemetery. From this gateway, it
is said, the planB and maps left by the
padres start outline the way to the
buried gold and silver.
The Tumacacori Mission was built
near what are believed to be the mins
of one of the Seven Cities of Cibola.
Scattered over the long, red mesalsur
rounding the mountains are large
numbers of hieroglyphic boullers,
which, say the modern Indians, Aztecs
placed there to mark the hidings place
of another great treasure hidden in
the neighbood. This is said to con
sist of 2,050 burro loads of white silver
and 905 burro loads of gold and silver.
The entire region is said to show
evidences of rich mineral deposits,
which, declare those who have inspect- ,
ed the mountains, doubtless led the
padres to built their missions.
On the sides of the mountain lie the
ruins of manp dwellings, while on the
top, carved from solid rock, is -the
Aztec god standing guard over the
silent city.
Nearby, on a large flat rock, arejthe
stone basins that held the bleeding
hearts of the victims scriflced to ap
pease the wrath of the stone inihge.
Hundreds of these sacrifices are said
to have been made each year.
There are five of these ancient vil- ,
lages in the vicinity of Tucson and ,
two immediately across the Mexican
border in Sonora. Some say they are
the seven cities referred to by the con
quistador, Cabeza de Vaca.
A newer city, that of Tubac, mean
ing “Ruined House” stands near s the
mission, but little is known''of thejlife
there.
Ten acres of land on which jthe
Tumcacori mission was located Nave
been deeded to the United States
government and the plot now L is
known-- • as the Tumacorci,' naifAkf '
monument. It is under the direction
of Frank Pinkley, who also supervises
the mysterious Casa Grande ruins
near Florence.
Plenty of caustic soda, battery oil,
oxide plates and zincs come on the
last boat to the Northwestern Hard
ware Co. H-tf
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8UMMONS
n the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Cor
dova Abstract & Realty Company,
a corporation, plaintiff, vs. George
D. Reid, defendant,
rhe President of the United States
of America, greeting, to George D.
Reid, the above-named defendant.
You are hereby required to appear
n the district court for the territory
>f Alaska, Third division, within
;hirty days from the completion of
;he publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
lay of June, 1919, and answer the
complaint of Cordova Abstract &
Realty Company, a corporation, the
ibove-named plaintiff in the above
entitled cause, which cause is an ac
:ion on a contract wherein the plain
:ift prays judgment for the sum of
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57-100 ($389.67) dollars, and for its
costs and disbursements in the ac
tion, and for such other and further
relief as to the court may seem right
ind proper in the premises. And you
ire hereby notified that if you fail to
ippear and answer said complaint as
lerein required, that the said plaintiff
will take judgment against' you for
want thereof, and will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in its
[complaint, as hereinbefore set out.
The order for the publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
cn the 7th day of May. 1919.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 7th day of May, in
the year of Our Lord the one thou
sand nine hundred and nineteenth,
md of our independence the one hun
Ired and forty-third.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
31erk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
May 13, 19, 26. June 2, 9, 16, 25.
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