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CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRID AY, DECEMBER 28~ 1917.~
OBSTRUCTIONISTS
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W bile pro-Germans, enemy
spies, obdurate pacificts and
stubborn obstructionists occu
py much space in the press and
occasion considerable alarm in
the public mind, the nation is
actually much more united for
this war than for any war in
the past.
Lincoln had troubles that
make Wilson’s look like
amusements Public enemies
are bad enough at any time,
but if you are unduly concern-!
od over the present situation
take up vour history of the civ
il war and read what Lincoln
went through. There were pac
ifists, and obstructionists, and.
copperheads, and revilers, andt
traitors, in those days when the
nation was fighting for its un
ity.
H Ik* war of 1812 was unpop
ular, yet flic nation was fight -
ing for its rights on the high
seas. Because Americans of,
that day were unwilling to
make a temporary sacrifice of
their foreign commerce they
reviled 1 be government in con
gress and out, refused to enlist
in the annv, put up a sorry,;
fight on land though a brilliant
one on sea, find indulged in tiny
great American outdoor and,
indoor sport of “cussing” the
government in excessive rneas
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been picked by fame and for
tune because their labor was a
work of love.
Love your work, stick with
it, and you cannot lose.
Hate your work, give it as
little attention as possible, and
you cannot win.
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THE WHY OF “HUN.”
The German people are sai l
to resent the fact that they are!
called Huns in the allied na-'
tions above all else.
Yet their own kaiser was the
one who pinned the name to
them.
In a speech delivered July'
27, 1900, to the members of the!
Chinese Expeditionary forcesi
who aided in putting down the1
Boxer rebellion, the kaiser de
livered this Christian message,
to his cultured soldiers who'
were going forth to bring civil-'
ization to the heathen Chinee: [
“If you come to grips with
them, be assured quarter will|1
not be given, no prisoners will
be taken. Use your weapons
n such a way that for a tlious
md years no Chinese shall dare
to look upon a German ask- 1
nice. Be as terrible as Atilla’s 1
Huns.”
Here is German terrorism in ■
•onerete form from the head of,
lie German state. j.
The German army has prac
■Uied. -asgKEsj.1
The soldiers have been obeying [
the mandates of their royal
master. What more appropri-l
ate than that they should be'
r-alled Huns?
Here is some more of the
Prussian terror:
“1 am the instrument of the
Almighty. 1 am his sword, his
agent. Woe and death to all
those who shall oppose niv will.
Woe and death to those who do
not believe in my mission.
“Let them perish, all the
memies of the German people.
Jod demands their destruction,
Hod who, by my mouth, bids {
you to do His will!’’
This is not the wild raving,
if a man confined to his pad• j.
led cell in a madhouse. It is P
Tom a proclamation issued by j i
tbe kaiser in 1914 to Ids army(
'ighting in Russia.
Soldiers who follow this sort,;
>f irrational ranting live up to j
.he name Hun so happily ap- j
died by William the Raver!
limself.
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Cordova is certainly res- i
bonding nobly to all war and ;
diaritable causes. This is as
t should be, as Alaskans gen- j
•rally are both patriotic and
lumane.
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The chief of police of Seat
la cannot release patrolmen
vhen he wants to. Judging
rom the situation there it
could be a boon if the police-1
nen would declare a strike and ~
calk out.
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Just what effect the com- l
nandeering of the railroads of ;
he nation by the government j
s going to have remains to be |
een. It is evident, however, |
hat Uncle Sam intends to ex- |
ied it ion sly handle all freight
flered and at the same time
per ate the roads on a more
conomic basis.
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FATE SOLDIERS
MADE KNOWN
BYDEPT. J
(By United Press) ,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The war
and navy departments today through!
the United Press urged relatives of
enlisted men not to bombard the de
partment with queries for details con
cerning men mentioned in casualty
lists.
Officials of both departments re
peated assurances that every detail
concerning men killed, wounded or
taken prisoner, will be wired their'
families the minute it is available.
It is impossible to get more than the
bare announcement in less than from
two to six weeks.
1 he array casualty work is in
charge of Major J. S. Jones. Here is
how it works: In every regiment
both in this country and in Pershing’s
force several enlisted men record each ;
casualty. They report'these to their
commanders who send the reports im
mediately to headquarters whence
they are cabled without delay to
Washington.
Major Jones at once telegraphs to
the person mentioned in the soldier’s
Bmergency address on file at the war
department, telling all he knows about
what happened to the soldier. Later
>n detailed written reports as to ho.v
the men were killed or wounded are J
nailed to the war department. Thb j,
muses delay which will lengthen as j
he casualty lists grow.
If a soldier is captured, Germany j
inder international law is required to J
report to this government through
liplomatic channels, which takes!
ibout six weeks.
The procedure is practically the
mme in the navy.
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'BOY PAGE MR. HOOVER
THIS MAN IS CH
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DALLAS, Txas, Dec. 28.—“A , little I
nore sugar, please,” a customer ask-|
sd a waiter in a Dallas hotel, when'
served but two cubes of sugar with1
lis coffee. :
“Sorry, but we can only serve two
umps with each cup,”
“Then give me another cup of cof- .
’ee.”
And the customer took the addi
ional lumps, sweetened the first cup
M coffee to his satisfaction, and let
:he second cup untouched.
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AvtieTr^mpmca f might 'Spain'
for the entirely altruistic pur
pose of succoring oppressed
peoples, it will be remembered
what a storm was raised. Be
hind the banner of imperalism,
the ojwireactionists entrenched
t hemselves in that day.
There are always those who
cannot see the issue. When this
nation fought for freedom of
the seas, there were those who
kicked; when the North fought
the South to determine if this
nation was a nation or a con
glomeration of States, there
were Northerners who did not
v u t to s<'o the question de
cisively and affirmatively de
cided ; when the war with
Spain came, there were those 1
who professed to see dire cal
amity in an act of human gen
erosity.
Therefore there is small won !
der that some American eiti- *
zens are so blind that they con
scientiously obstruct the grand 1
assault of democracy on the 1
fortresses of tyranny.
But it is good to know that
people cr i see straighter than
they once could and give <
wholehearted support to the i
governm< lit in fuller measure i
than at any time in the past. 1
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LIS E YOUR WORK.
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Fortunate is the man who 1
loves his work. t
He is the man who sticks and a
wins. i
Success is the result, in near- a
ly every case, of staying with
a task.
There is nothing romantic in t
the career of a plodder, but the <
plodder is the man who gets to i
the top in the end. ?
Never has there been found t
a substitute for grit and plain j
labor in the battle of life. Gen- <
i" ',a'-not count beside these, c
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To conserve certain articles of food !
To join the Red Cross j
To pay numerous war taxes
A necessity for the common good is back of each.
Banks have consistently asked during peace and war time
what our government now requests: that YOU become
thnfty (not stingy).
1917 required your best efforts to live I
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your success.
You will not be embarrassed in securing information from
Bank of Alaska
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