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CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 191G.
TO OUR MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.
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delivery of the paper along the line of the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway. Many complaints have reached us that
the paper is not being received regularly. Our subscribers will
confer a favor on the Times if they will write us, specifying the
dates which are missed, in the future, and we will take steps to
find out where the trouble lies.
PUBLICITY IN THE GREAT WAR.
One result of the great war now raging in Europe lias l>een
to teach the nations of the world the great value of publicity
of the right kind.
At the beginning of the war correspondents of all kinds
were forbidden the right of accompanying the armies, or of
even being in the same vicinity as the fighting men. Such news
as they obtained was gleaned from unreliable sources, and as
a consequence, much of the early news of the war did not agree
with the facts, and caused much adverse comment.
In other cases the news was worse than no news. The
people demanded to know what their troops were doing at the
front, and were not to be denied the right to hear from them.
In the case of Germany it was soon apparent that the
country was suffering from a lack of publicity, and' that gov
ernment was the first to undertake a systematic campaign of
enlightenment. Unfortunately, the men selected did not under
stand the game as it is practiced in the United States, and the
propagandas started soon resulted in a storm of protest, which
carried the perpetrators out of the country.
With the French and English, however, it was different.
They allow the correspondents all the latitude possible con
versant with good tactics, and the result is that the people of
the world daily are reading intimate accounts of the daily life
of the soldiers in the trenches, of his amusements, work and the
many dangers to which he is subjected.
These stories soon prejudice a person in favor of the people
about whom lie is reading, and unconsciously he will become
one of their sympathizers. ^
The Italians now have awakened to the fact that owing to
the lack of intelligent publicity, they have been thought by the
people of the allied countries with having neglected to pursue
the fight against the Austrians as persistently as they might.
The people of France and England are not living in countries
of high mountains and steep ravines, and could not realize the
almost superhuman efforts required to make progress in the
Alps.
It was in order to dispel this idea that the Italian army
commanders recently invited correspondents to .visit their
lines, and the resultant stories, accurately describing the con
ditions, have done much to clear the minds of the people of
England and France of any doubts they might have had as to
the efforts being put forth by Italy in the prosecution of the
war, and a better feeling already is apparent in these countries
toward their southern ally.
The heads of the governments may know what an ally is
doing, and may feel satisfied as to the conduct of the war, but
in the final analysis of conditions, it is the people who decide
all things, and*unless the great body of common people under
stand all the reasons for an apparent neglect, the time will
come when it will be too late to explain matters to them.
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LESSON OF EXPERIENCE.
Had the United States possessed in the spring of 1861 one
full army corps of regular troops, reinforced by a trained vol
unteer reserve, the federal government could have suppressed
secession in six months, with the consequent saving of thou
sands of lives and millions of dollars needlessly sacrificed by
four years of waste and slaughter. The American is probably
the best soldier material in the world. He is self-reliant, cool
headed, hardy, brave, quick to learn, with an inborn capacity
for independent judgment and action. If any nation could im
provise an army on short notice it is the United States. But not
even the United States could create a fighting machine by Mr.
Bryan’s preposterous overnight process. It took McClellan a
year to make one out of the splendid but demoralized material
turned over to him by the war department after the first signal
disaster at Bull Run. The panic-stricken mob that ran all the
way to Washington, D. C., were not cowards, they were a citi
zen rabble in uniform, brave in spirit, but utterly undisciplined,
and officered by men as untrained and inexperienced as them
selves. Fortunately for us, in the matter of discipline and ex
perience of the rank and file the Confederates were no better
off, though they had abler leaders and superior cavalry.—New
York Sun.
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The rapidity with which world politics change is notice
able in the formation of the alliance between Russia and Japan,
which was noted in yesterday’s dispatches. It is only a few
short years ago that the two nations which now are joined in
a solemn treaty were locked in a deadly war, yet today their
interests are such that they feel the necessity of forming an
alliance.
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It has become necessary for Lieutenant Mears again to
warn workingmen to remain away from Anchorage. It is re
markable how futile it is to try and get people to act for their
own good.
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The Dominicans probably have been encouraged' by our
policy in Mexico and have set out to lick the United States. It
may yet be necessary to send the National Guard down there.
But then they always can apologize.
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President Wilson says he is never afraid of the noisy man,
but he admits alarm in dealing with a “still man.” He ought
to feel pretty safe around congressmen.
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SAN FRANCISCO. July 8. — While
local officials have quite ignored the
fact that the people of California
voted against the holding of profes- [
slonal boxing matches and have al-1
lowed all kinds of professionals to ap
pear in the ring, the report comes
down from Portland that matters pu
gilistic are in need of cleansing in
that section.
According to an ordinance which
obtains In that city, the principals are
to appear for "reasonable training ex
penses," and they must not have their
hands bandaged with tape. Hoxing
must be for points oihly, and any \
knockdowns automatically ends the I
round, or is supposed to.
With the appearance of Willie Rit
chie, the former lightweight champion,!
who took on Ralph Grunan, it would
seem that all semblance of adhering
to the ordinance was cast to the wind
at the dictation of Ritchie, who,
among other things, refused to go on
with the bout it decision was ren
dered, and who appeared with the ta
booed bandages on his hands.
A Northwest sporting writer says: j
“If Portland is going to have this;
sort of thing it had better be under
a state statute, with some form of
commission appointed to see that the
rules are lived up to, as they are in
Wisconsin and New York. There is
no use trying to call a white elephant
a tadpole. It will deceive no one."
.Both In San Francisco and Los An
geles the law has been openly disre
garded, according to a general report,
which was that scores of out and out
professionals have been appearing
week after week.
RUSSIANS FOR SPORTS.
Notwithstanding the tremendous ef
fort that thp Russian government is
making to succeed in the great Euro
pean war, the people of the Czar’s
empire still find time to think occa
sionally about athletics. This is evi
denced by the fact that Jannes F. An
derson, who for the past four years
has been under contract with the
Russian government to broaden the
scope of athletics In that country, is
now visiting along the Pacific coast
in order to study the methods used
by the athletes here.
Anderson is quoted as saying that
athletics practically are at a stand
still in Russia at the present ime, but
that with the coining of peace, there
will be a renewal of interest in track
and field sports. He is particularly
anxious to learn the form used by
coast high jumpers and hurdlers. The
Olympiads have awakened a desire
for competition and representation in
this world blue ribbon athletic event.
"The Russians," state* Anderson,
are not much as yet In the track and
field events, but In the. heavier forma
of athletics, as tn wrestling and weight
lifting they are not to be excelled.
"Hammer and shot putting are both |
new sport sto them, and though they 1
have tried each, have not done well.
That is what I have been in Russia
for, to show them, among other things,
how to put the shot and throw the (
hammer farther than they do.
"The Russians are fairly good In the
sprints, but In the longer dis
tances the races, which require en- <
durance, they have much to learn."
OHRT NOT DISCOURAGED.
Hans Ohrt, a member of the Olym
pic Club, of San Francisco, former na
tional amateur bicycle champion, who
recently entered the ranks of the pro
fessionals. writes to his friends at the
club that the rather poor showing that ‘
he has made thus far In the “pro”
races has not in the least discouraged
him. As yet the former amateur
champion has been unable to place In
the money in any of the events in
which he has competed, although he ‘
has kept well up within the leaders.
In a letter to Frank Foster, the'
Olympic Club trainer, Ohrt says that
he expects soon to strike his stride.
CALIFORNIA HOPEFUL.
In a review of the 1916 rowing sea
son, the latest number of the Univer
sity of California Alumni Fortnightly
expresses the belief that its long
string of defeats is about to end and
looks hopefully to the next year. It
says, in part:
"The victory of Washington is
neither surprising nor discouraging. It
Is not merely "another defeat” for
California, however; instead, it is the
beginning of the end—of defeat.
"When Ben Wallis, Yale TO, unself
ishly agreed to coadh the crew last
year, he found the men using a stroke
unsuited to both athletics and con
ditions. But he was confident that
in two years, and with different me
thods, a winning crew could be pro
duced. Two hundred and seventy-five
men seemed to think so also, and
turned out for fall work alone. Wal
lis taught the stroke used by Har
vard, Yale and Pennsylvania eights, a
stroke with no jerks and no unsteady
{mils, of maximum lengths and uni
form power.
"Pacific coast oarsmen have al
ways been raw material, necessarily
trained after they arrived at either
California or Stanford. Wallis found
this an advantage with his freshman j
crew. The Stanford freshmen were
defeated easily. But the ’varsity, with
tho evil remnants of a discarded
stroke in their muscles, lost to Stan
ford. and lost again to Washington.
“After all. victory had been only
a hope. But with Wallis in command 1
again next year, with results of this
year's training in the backs and shoul
ders of the 'varsity, and with the 1919
crew as new material, California can
begin to expect victory once more."
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WM A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
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PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
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tail road Hospital; 2 to 6 p. in., Adam
luliding. Hoorn 6.
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Shampooing.
Razors Honed, Children's Hair
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Give us a call.
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