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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918.
COMPANY MAKES DISTRUST.
Austrian leaders talk as though thej
really want peace on just terms.
Their claims are moderate, and thej
have the bearing of being willing t(
come to terms with the allies.
But Austrian pretensions have to be
taken with a grain of salt. The besl
guarantee of good faith on the pari
of Austria would be to break awaj
from the kaiser. Any one that stays
in the kaiser’s company must be look
ed upon with suspicion.
Austria docs just about as the Ger
mans say, and it is more than likelj
that Count Czernin's utterances arc
carefully edited in Berlin.
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PRESIDENT AGAINST STRIKES
President Wilson says that the pres
ent is no time for labor troubles and
in a telegram, the other day to the
president of the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners he characterized
strikers as German sympathizers. He
has positively refused to confer or in
any way assist labor until he is posi
tively assured of the acceptance of
the principle that in the present cir
cumstances no body of men has the
right to strike until every other meth
<od of adjustment of differences has
been tried to the limit. In other
words the government does not pro
pose to have the commerce and in i
'dustries of the country tied up during'
war times by strikes and if the men I
Jjave a just grievance it must be
handled in a sane and legal way.
»S THERE TOO MUCH WAR NEWS?
There are times when we wonder if
the people do not get tired of reading
*>V much about the war.
Vearly all of the important tele
graph mews printed in this apd other
newspapers has to do with the war. j
If is difficult for an editorial writer,
to choose subjects that are not asso
ciated with the war.
Monthly magazines are given over
largely to war reports and war stories, j
and fiction is occupying a minor role. I
And yet why should the people be
surfeited with war news and war edi
torials?
This war is the greatest war in his
tory. It is the greatest occurrence in
the lives of all those who live today.
Its ultimate effect on history cannot
be forecast, but it may be one of the
great landmarks marking an epoch,1
and to be regarded in the future as onej
ef the few great occurrences since
Time began.
The man who is not vitally inter
ested in the war must have a mindi
that finds, occupation in the trivial
alone. ’
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In Germany after the wa • is over
the oniy “Iron men" will be the pieces
of money cast from iron.
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All danger Of a revolution in the
United; States was averted when Hoo
ver did not Include open-faced pies in
wheatless days.
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The work of the T; M- C. A. U to
make American soldiers and sailors
Peel at home wherever you send them.
They’ll fight the better for it. Leave
your contribution at one of our banks
S»r the work.
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Nearly every one in Germany nov
wears paper trousers. Thus the met
are pulled down still further to th
level of the weaker sex. It Is to<
dangerous to strike a match on th<
seat of your pants in the empire of th<
kaiser to try it.
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The residents of the states may bt
enjoying better weather than we ar<
at present having in Cordova, but w<
doubt it.
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If there are any prospective candi
dates in the territory for delegate t<
congress or attorney general they wil
have to declare themselves within i
week, as the time for filing nomina
tion papers closes next Thursday.
IT TAKES BRAINS TO BE CON
STRUCTIVE.
“It Is high time to put on the con
struction crew and fire the wrecking
gangs.” George W. Perkins once said.
There is a whole philosophy in that
one sentence.
Any man can tear down. A stick
of dynamite will wreck a structure
that a hundred men were a year in
building.
There are plenty of hands for the
wrecking gane- the builders are too
few.
If every man would refrain from
criticism until he had a plan for bet
tering the condition that he had un
der observation, how much carping
fault-finding would there be in the
world today.
Even an animal can be destructive;
but it takes a human mind to be high
ly constructive.
If you are one of the continual fault
finders try to become one of the con
structors. That will require you to
| give your brain a little exercise, but
i you will be none the worse off foi
j that.
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JIM CROW'S SHADOW OVER THE
SOUTH
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T he South is looking upon govern
ment control of all railroads with con
1 cern. Southerners are fearful that
their Jim Crow cars will be abolished,
and that negroes and whites will ride
in the same coaches by government
order.
The race question is an affliction Oft
! the South. It distresses negroes and
I whites to an equal extent. It is back
j of much legislation in the Southern
j states, and has its effect on national
law-making.
Jim Crow is responsible for most of
the South being dry. Southerners
gave up their toddies and their mint
juleps so that the negroes might not
obtain strong whisky. Thus the colo
nels did a great thing for themselves
and a greater one for the negro race.;
The suffrage question is wrapped up
with old Jim Crow down South. South-1
era statesmen are in general againstl
equal suffrage. They fear that if the)
vote were granted to women the whole
matter of negro voting would be
threshed out again. The Southern
states have in one way and another
pretty well disfranchised the negro in'
spite of the prohibition in the* consti
tution of that practice, and they want
the matter to sleep.
The South and the nation would be'
better off If Jim Crow could be laid
to rest. But that is another question,
and one that seems to be beyond solu
tion.
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RESTRAINT OF PUBLIC OPINION!
The registration of alien enemies is
bound to have a strong effect in keep-!
ing down pro-German activities.
Public opinion is tve greatest cheek
that can be imposed on the action of
individuals. Few are t.o strong-headed
as to act in the face of the disapproval,
of that part of the public that imme-|
diately surrounds them. The enemy j
aliens now know that they are marked.
men, and few will venture to express
anti-government sentiments.
The German agents, the dock burn
ers and the bomb planters will not be
greatly deterred by the registration j
The government secret service alone
can deal with them. But pro-Preman
sentiment will be further banished
from-the land;'and men who lean to
ward the kaiser will be made to hold
their togues the more.
In the' February Everybody’s Sam
uel Hopkins Adams tells of the good
work that has been done In putting
down pro-German feeling. In moet
i cases this same powerful public senti
ment has been found sufficient.
He tells of the way the national
•council of defense stopped rabid pro
German speeches in German settle
ments. Workers for the council would
attend these meetings, and before the
speech-making began would walk to
the front of the halls, announce that
they were reporters for the national
council of defense and ask that table
be furnished them so they might make
notes of the meetings.
When the pro-German orators saw
this they at once forgot the speeches
. they had prepared. They were willing
to villify the nation among those whc
i sympathized with their way of think
> Ing, but they did not care to air theh
> views before the public at large. Th<
silent force of public opinion closec
their mouths and in many cases turn
ed them into good Americans.
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1 And still we are not scared over thi
> reports of the coming German offen
sive.
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The Russians, demobilizing, ari
i trading their guns to Germans fo
l playing cards and other trifles. Wh;
l shouldn’t they? Their guns never dh
- do the many good, and anyone cai
learn to play pitch or casino.
THRIFT STAMPS ARE DEMO
CRATIC BONDS
The war Is a popular war, and the
assistance of every man Is demanded
to bring it to a speedy conclusion.
When there are so many opportuni
ties to aid the country, no man, no
matter how poor he may be, has an
excuse for not doing his small share.
The government thrift stamps are
J for sale to all the people, but they
were especially designed for sale to
men of small means. These men often
j were unable to buy Liberty bonds.
The thrift stamps offer them their
opportunity to buy bullets to end the
career of the Huns.
This is a democratic war, and the
whole people are asked to loan money
j to their government. The thrift
stamps are the most democratic gov
ernment bonds—for that is what they
) are—that could be devised.
If you purchase thrift stamps you
hold government bonds that are as
safe as society itself and that will pay
you interest.
People of moderate means will make
a mistake unless they invest as largely
as possible in war securities.
Their money will go into the bonds
J one way or another; if they invent
they will get the interest and if they
spend their money those who acquire
, it will put it into government seeuri
1 ties.
I Their money will go into the bonds
1 one way or another; if they invest
they will get the interest and if they
spend their money those who acquire
it will put it into government securi
ties.
It is all a question of who gets the
interest, you or the other fellow. And
it is not a question of who pays the
interest, for all of us will pay our full
share of that.
Patriotism and thriftiness demand
that the poorer people buy thrift
stamps.
Buy yours now, help stamp out mili
tarism in the world, save a little
money, and get some of the enofmous
interest that you and your fellows wifi
have to pay on the goverirment debt
into yowr own pocket.
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GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
OE JERUSALEM EIGHT
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(By Associated Pres* ■ r
LONDON, .Tan. 25. (By MaillJ—-froir
British cavalry charged and capftired
three Turkish batteries and thus
opened the way to1 Jerusalem, is told
in a letter from a British officer.
“It was the first time the brigade
had used their swords,’' he says.
“When ‘Charge!’ sounded I think
every man went stark mad. Gtms
were belching their shells at us in one
sheet df flame, and ballets by thou
sands swept past, but not one than
seemed to get hit as on we went, with
drawn swords flashing fn the sun, in
a long straight line, horses going -like
mad and everyone shouting lffte fury
Now we could see some of-odr pals
falling, yet straight at the guns we
charged. As we came Up with the first
line of protecting infantry the enemy
put up their hands as they stood in the
trenches, so we jumped them and were
charging at the second line when the
first line thought better of their sur
render and fired at us from behind.
Their artillery and machine guns kept
firing at us up to the mpment- »«
reached them with the sword* It seems
marvellous that any of ns escaped
alive, but though our ranks were thin
ned we took the positions, and all the
guns and ammunition.”
hdmiriFs dhistic icr
HID DESIHED EffEtt
(By Associated Press)
PARIS. Feb. 22.—French news
papers praise the American admiral
commanding a United States squadron
stationed at a French port for his
summary and effective action against
tradesmen and others who have been
charging the American sailors extor
Aionate prices for merchandise and
service.
In one case, it is stated, the admiral
was notified that a certain hotel had
, been overcharging the American naval
officers. The American admiral placed
. two sentries at the door of the hotel
ordered all officers residing there tc
leave immediately, and commanded
( the sentry not to allow another Ameri
. can to enter the place until furthei
orders. Faced with ruin, the propri
etor offered to make any amends
, which the admiral demanded.
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r Madame Lydia, the palmist, will b<
( found in the Currier & Mickelsoi
j building on C. street. 16-tl
this of Bare
| of com lie rail
Christian Tjosevig, a well-known
mining man of Alaska, interested in
extensive copper holdings irw tfte Cop
per River valley, is in the city, a guest
at the Hotel Zynda. His wffe and
child are coming on the City of Se
attle, and will join him here, where he
wlll^jfwnalh' a> eoupfe- of weeks- in at
tendance on birtlnessv
Mr. Tjosevig was on» of the first to
locate copper in the Cbpper River val
ley, near McCarthy, before a railroad J
to the section was ewer thought oft
In fact, the first trips were made with j
dog teams from Valdez. Later horses
were used fio get in heavy freight, with
Valdez still the starting point, and j
then finally came the railroad.
The coppen owner- says- much money
was spent by the Copper River A
Northwestern during- the past year im
proving its roadbed amd service. Prac
tically a new roadbed has been built
arfd! re-tied. He sa:rs conditions are
favorable in the whole Copper River
valley, and especially around McCar
thy, which is now the- inland terminal
i of the Copper Rlveir & Northwestern
| railway, and tfte hemt of what he be
l Reves will prove one of the* greatest
I copper-mining centers the world has
! ever known. He -says that within a
; ladius of several’ bwndred miles of
McCarthy copper can be found out
Icroppfng, and in the streams cutting
from the ranges mncft native copper
Is gathered by the hydraulic miners.
Mr. Tjosevig thinks the government,
which now fixes the price of copper,
will raise the prlfce fn a short time, ,
which will atflT further stimulate the '
industry.—Juneau KSaptre.
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EXTENSION FOR ALASKA
ON INCOBOT TAX RETURN
A blanket extension baa bee*
granted of one month to those filing
income tax returns from Alaska. This
order was due to the non-arrival of
the accessary blanks in time for Alas
kans to make returns In the time
specified by law. The returns must
now be in by April 1 Instead of by
March 1.
The order was Issued by Collector
of Internal Revenue Williams of Ta
coma, In response to many inquiries
sent south from Alaska.
Ever since the receipt of the first
blanks for making the returns there
has been a shortage, as the first lot
were soon exhausted. This has caused
many to delay making their returns in
the time specified, and on account of
the non-arrival of the blanks, the time
has been extended. The wire also
stated that other blanks were on the
way north.
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