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FRIDAY, MARCH 8. •
, SUSPICIOUS OF MEXICO
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The statement given out the other
day by the state department relative
to the negotiations with Mexico clears
up a good deal of the confusion pre
viously existing as a result of the
publication of many unauthorized re
ports. It is made clear for one thing
that General Carranza is not seeking
a loaA either from the government of
the United States or from bankers in
this country. The negotiations con
cern the disposition of about $10,00b,
000 which has accumulated to the
credit of Mexico in this country in
various ways, but chiefly from the sale
of commodities. It is possession of
this sum which General Carranza is
seeking, he being deprived of it by
the operation of the embargo, which
applies to the shipment of gold among
other things. But if this statement I
shows what the character of the ne
gotiation is, it affords no information
of the terms which the government
is trying to impose as a condition of
the export of the funds belonging to
Mexico. The fact that tne allies have
great need of Mexico’s oil suggests a
possible explanation, but that can
hardly be the correct, one. since the
territory of the Mexican oil fields is
in military control of an insurrection
ary leader, who seems to he more
favorably disposed toward the United
States and the allies than General
Carranza. Possibly Washington is not
quite content with the brand of neu
trality which General Carranza has
been practicing, and seeks to use his
desire for the gold belonging to Mex
ico as a lever with which to force him
into a more rectitudinal attitude.
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WESTERN MEN ARE BEST
The young men of the West are
physically the best in the nation, as
proved by the draft. The govern
ment has made known the percentage
of drafted men who passed the phys
ical examination in each state.
South Dakota has the finest phys
ical specimens in the nation. More
than 80 per cent of those called for ex
amination passed in that common
wealth.
The only states where 75 per cent
>Tf the young men qualified were west
-of the Mississippi, and the only states
where 30 per cent and more failed to
pass were east of the Mississippi, with
the exception of Nevada.
Pennsylvania, Vermont, Connecticut
and Maine made the poorest records,
as 40 per cent or more of those called
before the draft boards were found
unfitted for army life.
Now we all have government figures
to back up our contentions that one
must look to the West for good men
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The Juneau politicians are having
troubles of their own in shaping the
destiny of the territory.
PROTECTS PROPERTY OF
SOLDIERS
loth the senate and- the house have
passed moratorium hills. They are
hut slightly different, and it is cer
tain that a conference committee will
Smooth out sections that vary, and that
a moratorium law lilll be presented to
the President within a few days.
This moratorium will release sol
diers and sailors from their debts until
they afe released from the service, and
for some time thereafter. At present
if a man Is drafted into the army and
owes money that he is unable to pay,
his property may suffer for it while
he is away. He might iose a mort
gaged home that his wife and children
occupy, and his family might be heset
with creditors.
It is justice to our fighting men that
the moratorium to cover their debts
go into effect at an early day. The
draft is taking men from good posi
tions and making them serve the coun
try for $.10 a month. Their property
must be protected while fhev are away.
A moratorium law should have been
passed to take effect with the date of
the first draft.
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The city election takes place on
Tuesday, April 2. but all councilmanic
candidates must file their petitions fif
teen days before that date. With the
extension of the corporate limits, which
is likely fo take place soon, the rev
enues of the city will be materially
increased, and it is important that a
council composed of representative
business men look after the affairs of
the municipality during the coining
year.
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Cordova should be represented in
the next territorial legislature, and
presents the name of Henry G. Slater,
one of its leading and most substan
tial citizens, for that office. It is gen
erally admitted that this town is en
titled to recognition in the house of
representatives, and no better selec
tion could be made than that of Mr.
Slater.
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The petition to the district court,
praying for an order authorizing an
election to extend the corporate limits
of the town so as to include the
Ocean dock, is being numerously
signed. .The movement is one that
seems to meet with the approval of
practically all of the residents.
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Other towns in Alaska have a home
guard, and why not organize one in
Cordova, which is the gateway to the
Interior and the most important cop
per ore-shipping port in the territory.
Let our young men get busy and form
a company for local protection.
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The press dispatches announce that
the German purse is open to the Bol
sheviki. The important i<fem of wheth
er there is still money in the purse
was not mentioned.
Emma Goldman is expecting the
Russian Reds to get her released from
the penitentiary. Any hope founded
on the Reds is not destined to flourish
and grow green.
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Bryan says that reading a New York
newspaper is lik& getting a whiff from
a whisky bottle. Does he mean by
this that he gets light-headed, and on
just a whiff?
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The Boston one-legged man who
wants to go to the trenches is all
right. He does not intend to run
from the .Huns under any circum
stances.
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All is not serene in the Democratic
territorial camp, and some interesting
political developments are looked for
during the next few months.
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The weather tightened up a bit last
night, but the rays of Old Sol shone
forth in all their glory today.
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If you have not already registered
for the municipal election you should
do so at once.
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There are seven councilmen and a
school director to be elected on Tues
day, April 2.
PREVALENCE OF LIARS
A WAR-TIME MENACE
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(By Meredith Nicholson)
{\'hen we fought the Apaches it wa<
always a problem for our soldiers to
find them. They were enorniouslv
cunning in hiding themselves in
hills; they were masters of camou
flage before the word was introduced
into the military vocabulary.
The country Is now beset by great
numbers of Apaches who do not fight
in the open but use weapons that
l-ange from casual innuendo to brazen
lying. It is the business of all loyal
Americans to protect the men who
have valiantly undertaken to fight for
us by land and sea from the conse
Itienres of the malicious speech of
those insidious enemies. The kaiser
has a lonfc arm. His lingers tickle
first one group in America and then
another Those who respond to his
seductive arts will find money ready
to aid them in their purposes. As In
the old melodramas. It will he hidden
in the roots of a certain tree down
by the old bridge. Persons of Ger
man ancestry or birth who, not being
against the kaiser are against Amer
iica; pacifists who advocate peace at
any price; malevolent gossips who lie
about the Ked Cross and its work;
other liars who attempt to impede the
success of Liberty loans under one
pretext or another; all such are en
listed in the kaiser’s army of men
dacity that is now at work to destroy
the effectiveness of American arms in
the most rigtheous of all wars.
Reports have lately been circulated
that the American government is dis
criminating against members of the
Catholic church. This is a typical lie.
In my own city (Indianapolis) the
Catholic cathedral flies over its door
daily a much-bestarred service flag,
and Catholic boys of my acquaintance
have won commissions on their merits
without any consideration whatever of
their religious belief. They themselves
never thought of such a thing. But
the kaisers' agents have hit upon this
as a means of spreading dissension.
In Indianapolis we have had repeated
evidence of the spiteful industry of
the Red Cross liar. The Red Cross
liar is the man or woman who says
that money contributed to the Red
Cross is wasted; that somebody is
making money out of Red Cross con- j
tributions, or that hospital supplies
are improprely or wastefully nkde.
Another liar in the kaiser’s .Ar>e.
army of liars spreads reports thi* our
men in the cantonments are dying by
thousands for lack of proper attention.
The reports of the chief medical offi
cer of the army are published con
stantly and are accessible to all. There
is no foundation whatever for such
stories.
Watch for the kaiser's liars! Amer
ica has not yet been honeycombed with
sedition as Russia was, but the work
is going on. There is a great work
to do in America to maintain its dom
estic security while the war proceeds
to its triumphant conclusion—a con
clusions that will demonstrate the fu
tility of any red-handed war-lord's at
tempt at world domination, and inci
dentally destroy lying as a fine art as
It is directed from the high councils
of Berlin.
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In order to release for war work all
of those who are figuring on it, we
are able to announce that a financial
authority says that 1 cent put out at
6 per cent compound interes in the
year A. D. 1 would now amount to a
pile of gold 25,000,000 times the size
of the earth. If that looks large to
you, figure it uot for yourself. For
our part we will take the word of the
man who spent his lifetime learning
this pertinent fact.
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Lots of people think they are en
titled to a diamond-studded crown be
cause they drop a penny in the con
tribution plate every Sunday.
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When one woman out of a hundred
has nothing to say the other U\) are
•asking what is the matter with her.
Bargain Notice—For sale one four
foot fireproof safe, three National cash
registers. Adress Prospector, Valdez
FISHERMAN!
I buy any amount of fish of
commercial value, shark liver
and cod liver delivered at my
station at Sheep Point or Ocean
Dock.
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Where You Get
♦ Comfort and Service
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CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 101-3. Phone 182
Machine Woik of all Kinds,
Blacksmlthlng, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
HARMON MACHINERY
BUILDING
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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! Is Everybody Awake?
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Most everyone must be by this time, for the needs of the
nation have been steadily placed before you. Everyone must
save for the additional burdens that will be placed upon us.
The Third Liberty Loan will soon be announced. War Stamps
are still on sale. War taxes will not be reduced for some time.
Your personal needs beyond these necessities should prompt you
to can v a substantial bank account. Start an account this week
with
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Bank of Alaska
Alaska’s Branch Banking System
COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
j SAVINGS ACCOUNTS TRAVELERS’ CHECKS
DEPOSIT CERTIFICATES
CORDOVA
SKAGWAY WRANGELL ANCHORAGE g
just Received
JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT EASTER
Merchandise will not be shipped before March
1. On or about March 15 we will have on dis
play Gage and Fiske Millinery, Silk Sweaters,
Dress Skirts, Suits, Dresses, Baronette and Roy
alty Satins, Yosan Silks, Chinese Silks, Broad
cloth Coats and Suits, Tricotines, Poiret Jerseys,
Silver Tone and Serges, Shoes, Waists, Petti
coats, Gloves, Underwear, Gossard Corsets and
Silk Hosiery. A most complete line of staples
and domestics. Best and most complete line
ever brought into Cordova.
DOU tTY’S
First Avenue Opp. The Horseshoe
1 Alaskan Hotel j
f. ROBERT GOTTSCHALK— Proprietor
••The Houee of Comfort.” g
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN
I ALASKA
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