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Nenana, Alaska, May 5,1917
It has been announced thru the i
press that Herbert Hoover has j
been named to fill the position of
Controller of the food supply of the
United States. Mr. Hoover in an:
open statement to the public has
advised the housewives thruout
the length and breadth of the na
tion to economize in the prepara- j
tion of foodstuffs and eliminate
waste. Very good advice, too. to
a nation of people notorious for
their prodigality. But Mr. Hoov
er has also advised the rich classes
to forego the use of staple foods
and use only high priced luxuries.
Of course there may be sound
logic behind this advice, and all
clear thinking Americans would
do wrell to withhold their condem
nation of the man until his state
ment is more fully explained. It
would seem, however,- that in a
time of strife such as the United
States is now facing the logical
thing tor all classes, and more es
specially the rich, to do would be
to forego the luxuries, and if by so;
doing they can lessen the burden
which the very poor are carrying
they will be doing an infinitely
better service than to leave the
crusts to the poor. Their pamp
ered appetites will probably re
volt at the thought of partaking
of coarse food, and their pampered
stomachs will probably revolt more
strenuously than their appetites.
But in a few weeks or months
they will awaken to the benefit
they are deriving and will apprec
iate the extremity which demanded
the sacrifice to their better selves.
The cat and dog hospitals thrive
thru the pampered pets of the rich
and all in the world that happens
to them when they are put in the
hands of these feline or canine
specialists is that they are starved
for a few days to rid their systems
of the candy and cake on which
their mistresses attempt to nourish
them and are then fed coarse and
wholesome food and given plenty
of exercise. Anyone who has been
under the kindly ministrations of a
physical instructor for any of the
numerous ills which follow in the
train of high living know that the
same treatment is equally effica
cious upon the human system as
well.
In the present extremity instead
of indulging exclusively on rich
and expensive foods let our rich
therefor exchange a portion cf
their bounty for the humble fare
'of their less fortunate brothers.
The moral effect will be great
I enough in itself, to say nothing of
the physical.
Theodore Roosevelt has been
granted the necessary authority to
raise, equip and lead a volunteer
army corps into France. With
his dynamic personality Colonel
Roosevelt will have no trouble in
recruiting his corps to its full
’ strength: there will more probably
be an excess of applicants. Which
is all as it should be. and bespeaks
the inborn patriotism of every true
blooded Yankee. But it is a ques
tion whether the Colonel will be
able to land his troops in France
even after he has succeeded in
getting them aboard transports
The coast of France and other
contiguous seaboards will be liter
ally swarming with German U
boats cn the lookout for those
transports, for it will be a much
I more simple matter for Germany
to annihilate the corps as a unit
while at sea than it will be to deal
with it piecemeal after it shall have
reached the comparative security
of the trenches.
What an awful shock such a
catastrophe wojld be to the people
| of the United States. Like the
battle of Lexington, where was
fired the “shot that was heard
'rjund the world,” such an occas
ion would raise an echo which
would reverberate thru the length
and breadth of our land, and it is
j safe to say that its effect would he
to swamp the recruiting offices
with applications for service at the
f ont. Of course we do not wish
to impugn the patriotism of the
men of our country—their lack of
interest as evidenced by the daily
reports of the progress of recruit
i lg to the contrary notwithstanding
—but it would seem that some such
cataclysm as the annihilation of
the Roosevelt expedition is needed
to jar our people out of the coma
; of security in which they appear
j to be drifting and to fully awaken
them to a full realization of the
danger which confronts and threat
ens them. And we do not wish
to convey the impression that the
! realization of the vital necessity of
some such shock prompted the
granting of the authority to organ
ize the Roosevelt corps.
DAILY PROGRESS OF THE WORLD WAR
MONDAY
Washington: The resources of the
federal reserve banks of the United States
have been increased over *<37,000,000 iii
the past week.
Washington; The senate voted favor
ably Saturday evening on the bill grant
ing Col. Roosevelt authority to organize
a volunteer force for service in Europe.
Marine, 111.: Every male inhabitant
of this village has enlisted in the army
and the women are conducting the com
mercial and municipal activities of the
place.
I London: Documents captured on the
I Arras fr >nt this morning indicate that
Germane is beginning to experience a
| severe shortage of ammunition, large
i guns and shells.
Wellington, X. All lalior candi
dates at the recent election were defeated
and the results indicate that New Zealand
will soon have the draft system in opera
tion for raising an army.
Washington: It is reported here this
morning that Socialists in all the coun
tries of Europe, both neutral and warring,
have completed elaborate plans for a
great May Day strike. Trouble is ex
pected.
Seattle: Logan Billingsley is still at
! liberty. The Seattle Star is in receipt of
a letter from him each day, and he de
: dares his intention to give himself up
: and serve out his term. He also states
; that he will reveal the names of the men
j who doublecrossed him.
London: According to an official state
ment issued by the war department this
I morning, military experts who ha-, e been
following the present Aisne battle from
I its very inception declare that the Brit
! ish forces l ave undoubtedly succeeded in
^ completely turning the Hindenburg front.
London: The American tanker Vac
uum, belonging to the Vacuum Oil com*
; panv of New York, was sunk off Belfast
this morning by a German U-boat. The
captain, several of the crew and the
members of the gun crews were drowned
! whe > the small boat they were in cap
i sized.
Paris:, General Petain has been ap
pointed chief of staff of the French army,
i to succeed General Neville, who is said
. to have failed to carrv out his part in
' the St. Quentin offensive in.a satisfactory
manner. General Petain made an ever
lasting name for himself in the battle of
i Verdun.
Washington: The house passed the
conscription bill late Saturday nitv !>v a
vote i>t 397 to -i-’i. . the sen »te pass* !
the bill by j vote cl SI to .s. Between
six and eight hundred thousand names
have already been drawn by a jury wheel
; system and these men will he notified ot
their selection as soon as the new bill be
i comes law.
t
Seattle; A prominent business man of
this city, an expert in Russian trade con
ditions, said this morning that the port
here has been definitely decided upon by
representatives from Russia as the fore
most American post for Russian trade as
well as the financial center for the trans
action ot all commercial deals between
that country and the United States.
Chicago: Colonel Roosevelt was gr^Jjed
with the wildest enthusiasm thismorniAj
when he arrived to deliver a speech urf*?
ing the raising of a strong force of Amer
icans to send to France. He said in part:
i “I ask that we send a fighting force to
j France immediately. I ask it in the name
oj onr children and our children's chil
! dren that they mav hold up their heads
with the memory of what our nation has
I done in this flie world's greatest crisis.”
TUESDAY
Washington: The total recruits to the
army during the month of April amount
ed to 40.256.
Mexico City: Carranza wife formally
seated this morning as provisional presi
: dent of Mexico, the first since Madero
was assassinated.
Washington: The actual censorship of
war news by the government goes into
effect today. The government has taken
over all telegraph and telephone lines
.
' anil the navy department has taken con
trol of all cables and* wireless s stems.
Washington: Following a cabinet
meeting this morning it tiecanie known
: that President Wilson is in favor ot send
ing an army corps to France as soon as
I possible. *
Berlin: An article appearing in the
Tageblatt this morning slates that von
Bethmanu-IIollweg will make another
peace offer beioie the reichstag next
j Thursday.
j The Hague: An unidentified plane
j dropped bombs on Zietikiee in the Dutch
province of Zeeland. Three persons
were killed and a great amount ol mster
ial damage was done.
Seattle: The Northern Pacific rail wav
| announced this morning that orders have
been issued to ail division superintend- '
ents to place women in all positions made
vacant bv men in order to conserve the
labor supply of tile country.
San Diego: E. C. Hickman, well
! known capita i -t and a former Alaskan,”
j and Charles Briggs, a prominent attorney
of this citx, were found dead in the lat
ter's office this morning. One had been
shot and the other had evidently commit
ted suicide.
I
Washington: An administration reso
lution to authorize President Wilson to
■ order all the German and Austrian ships
1 in U. S. ports put in shape for the ship
ping of war munitions to the* Allies has
been introduced bv the senate judiciary
1 committee anil will fie acted on immtdi
atelv.
New York: Wolf Hirsch and George
Meveringer, two Germans employed in
Roosevelt hospital, were arrested this
morning with bombs in their possession.
They confessed that they were on their
wav to blow up the Wall street office^ of
: J. P. Morgan, after which they intended
! to tap the trunk telegraph lines and eir
1 culate a report that President Wilson had
i been assassinated. They then intended
| to cut all trunk lines to hinder any effort
to verify the report, hoping to make a
j clean-up on the stock market thru the
; demoralizing effect of the two events.
Washington: Lord Kustace Percy a
tnetnl>er of the Hritish commission gratit
1 eil an interview this morning in which
1 he stated that the submarine blockade is
the most serious menace to the success
of the Allies, and that the quickest wav
to defeat the Teutons is to effectually
! break down the blockade.
Washington: It was reported this
morning that the army draft hill which
was passed by both branches of congress
• Saturday will have to l»e re-enacted by
the senate liecause of a legal technicality
which does not provide for the raising of
; an army and navy for carrying on a war
with any other country than Germany.
This will cause more or less delay hut it
is hoped that the bill can be pushed thru
with the le.ist possible delay to the pres
ent war program.
Chicago: This citv is in the grip of a
bread strike as the result of the recent
1 raise in the retail price of the commodity
' and the civil authorities are unable to
; cope with the situation. All union bak
! ers have struck in sympathy with the
: movement against the hign prices, amt
i the mobs are attacking and demolishing
all places offering bread and pastries for
• sale. It is estimated that the production
of bread in this city has been reduced
1,500,000 loaves a day by the strike.
; Lincoln, Neb.: As the result of a law
J tecently introduced and passed by the
! ttate legislature 829 saloons, 15breweries
and ten rectifying plants tu this state
were closed at eight o'clock on Monday
evening The law did not torbid having
i liquor in one’s possession for private use
but forbids the sale, manufacture or gilt
of intoxicants ami also prohibits the im
ting into the state of all forms ot intoxi
mroKIBC
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