The Cordova Daily Times
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rOKDOVA, ALASKA, SAT Till) AY, JANUARY 10, 1018. 1
HUN TREATMENT OF
PRISONERS.
In England the attempt is
being made to effect a change
of prisoners of war with Tur
key, even if 45,000 Turkish sol
diers hold have to be turned
loose to obtain the release of
S,000 British. Turkey is loath
to make an exchange. Turkish
troops held prisoners are giv
en fair treatment, have plenty
to eat, and live in sanitary
quarters. These prisoners
themselves are doubtless quite
satisfied to remain in the pris
on camps of the English until
the war ends.
What concerns the English
is that their troops held by the
Turks are actually starving.
They are in squalid quarters
and are contracting disease.
England would do anything to
get these men who have fought
for her from their pi’esent pre
dicament.
Ameiican soldiers have
leanied enough of enemy treat
ment of prisoners to know that
thev should do everything to
evade capture. The prisoners
that Gennany takes are xxnder-1
fed, poorly housed, and are
worked until their sti-ength is j
entirely consumed- Hundreds!
of Frenchmen have been sent,
home from German prison
camps suffering from tubercu
losis contracted through over
work and ynder nourishment.
Germany is said to be un
willing to make an exchange
of prisoners unless she has
available numbers ot men who
can no longer toil for her. Au
thenticated stories of German
treatment of prisoners is one of
the horrors of the war. It has
led allied troops to fight with
fury to evade capture.
The United States has made
arrangements to provide food
for any Americans captured
and held in Germany. Unless
the perfidous Hun seizes this
food from neutral hands, as he
is capable of doing, captive
Yankees will be well nourished
It is a rule of war that pris
oners captured be well treated
in all particulars. In the case
of Germany pure cussedness
and lack of food causes viola
tion of the rale.
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IT IS COMING FAST.
It is quite a while since the
United States declared war
against Germany comparative
ly speaking; yet in Alaska,
with the exception of a few de
mands for contributions to the
Bed Cross or some other
causes, we have not learned the
meaning of that declaration.
We have not been without all
the foodstuffs we needed;
without coal or anything else.
We have spent our money with-1
out thinking much of the fu
ture. On the war question our
state of mind has been merely
passive. However, we are com
ing to the point where war con
ditions are beng forced on us,
and we have no choice either.
The local food administrators
have declared a limit on sugar
already. Shortly other items
will he added until everything
will he regulated. But as bad
as such condition may be, Ave
should abide by the adminis
trators’ dictum without grum- !
bling and even add to the con- 1
servation of .foodstuffs if poss
ible and thus avoid worse than
a limitation, because there may
come a time when limitation i
may be extended to include ■
positive restriction. Let us
realize that this is a war time
and conduct ourselves accord
ingly. It is preferable to obey
the law willingly than be for
ced to objey. It, does not leave
that feeling that there is some
one who is capable of making
us obey. But there is.
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BEST THING TO DO.
The best thing for all of us
Alaskans to do is to muffle our
conceit and take a general sur
vey of ourselves. To boast that
we Alaskans are as good as
anybody from anywhere and
then fall down when proof is '■
demanded, is misplaced con- <
ceit and should not obtain. The ,
point which we want to make (
is this: Why was it that our ‘
delegate had to go outsid® of <
Alaska to find suitable young '
men for appointees to the West
Point military school? Surely
not because the country is
without sufficient timber, for
there are hundreds. Kot of
the “Smart Alec” kind either,
who would have been glad to
be given the opportunity to be «
educated at the expense of the <
government and the chance of
bossing the country besides.
The reason that compelled
the delegate to take outside
timber was not the lack of tim
ber. but the quality—presum
ably? Be that as it may our
young men are not getting the
positions.—Ketchikan Miner
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Eastern papers are begin
ning to feature Alaska more
and more in their editorial and
news columns, which is a good
sign, as it will help overcome
the general ignorance which *
prevails in Eastern and South- .
ern states about the Northland. 1
Took it Literally.
Mrs. Alex Simson, the wife of a }
prominent resident of Fairbanks, ar- j
rived there recently on her first visit j
to the north. While on her way in j
over the government road by stage, I
she' received a message from her hus- 1
band, who thought to play a joke, !
telling her not to drink any water un- |
less it had been boiled as all Alaskan I
water was full of ice worns. The I
lady took the message literally, and f
refused to drink any wrater unless it 1
had been boiled, despite the assur- I
ances of her fellow passengers that I
the message was a joke, and as a re- |
suit she arrived in Fairbanks nearly 1
perished from thirst.
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I. W. W. Activities.
There is a report from Juneau that 1
startling disclosures have been made 1
concerning the 1. W. W. activities in §
regard to the canneries in Alaska. At |
one Juneau concern it was alleged 1
that . an employe deliberately failed |
to get the fish knives ready until 50,- |
000 cases were not packed. Two fires i
resulting in the destruction of can- |
neries are now being investigated by 1
i
government officials. It is known that |
several I. W. W. with bad reputa- |
tions drifted into Southeastern Alas- |
ka with the intention of establishing 1
an organization in each cannery. 1
Much I. W. W. literature was found. 1
til
Was Well Stocked.
Because Nels Nelson, a Ketchikan
Isherman, appeared on the streets of
hat town in an intoxicated condition
day after the dry law went into el
ect, the fishing schooner Yakutat
vas held up by Deputy Marshal
jharpe and searched, with the result
hat a number of bottles of good, old
Scotch whiskey were found aboard.
'Jelson confessed that the liquor
vhich made him intoxicated was given
lim by a member of the crew of the
fakutat. Capt. Ole Bjerne, of the Ya
mtat was arrested on the charge of
laving liquor illegally in his posses
ion lie pleaded guilty to the charge
md was fined $25 and costs.
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Madame Lydia, the palMst, will be
:ound in the Currier & Mickelson
lullding on C. street. 16-tf
CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNE8, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 101-3. Phone 182
Machine Wotfc of all Kinds.
Blacksmlthlng, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
HARMON MACHINERY
BUILDING
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Joba Given Strict
Attention.
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Windsor Hotel ♦
L. Wain, Prop. *
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Where You Get *
Comfort and Service. ♦
And the Rates Are Right. ♦
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Where We Can Always Find Our
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Alaska.
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CORDOVA. ALASKA
Headquarters of Cordova
Chapter American Red Cross.
Club House founded in 1908
by Episcopal church. Open
from 1 p. m. to 10 p. m.
REV E. P. ZIEGLER
Supt.
LOGGERS, ATTENTION!
We pay $10 per thousand for
spruce logs and $9 for hemlock,
delivered.
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COMPANY
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