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NOIMK, ALASKA, SEPT. 11, 1916.
i ne uuto accident yesterday, although
ending must happily tut all concerned,
should, nevertheless oeconie an admon
ition to tile lucul owners and drivel's
ut automobiles to exercise still greater
caution in looking alter the welfare of
those who are compelled to plod the
highway when ever the duties or inclin
ations of life carry them abroad. Hu
manity is proverbially careless in mat
ters affecting the rights and privileges
of others; not willfully we may as
sume, for it is hardly believable that
human kind are utterly callous or In
different in matters affecting the wel
fare and particularly the lives of their
fellows. It would seem that it were
more a general thoughtlessness which
lias behind the many manifestations of
this tendency, We are all more or less
self centered and intent on our own
affairs the greater part of the time and
the majority become oblivious to those
with whom they are not in close con
tact. We thereby become, in a great
sense, indifferent to ull whoso orbit
of existence does not lmplgnge upon
our own. The majority of us have
neither wish nor inclination to do
aught which may be harmful to others
but we never the less go through life
with more or less indifference to the
, consequences of our acts, and their
effect upon our fpliows. As to the
effects produced by this general failing,
comment is superfluous. One need but
to look at the fearful toll of misery
and death which blackens the course
of humanity to realize to what terri
ble lengths it may lead. Statistical
records of the lives lost through acci
dents involving wheeled vehicles, other
than railway cars, are sufficient to im
press one with the horrifying effects
which follow carelessness of this char
acter us fully seven-eighths of such
fatalities are due to no other cause than
the regretable tendency to overlook the
safety of others.
It is not intended to create the in
ference that the accident yesterday was
due to carelessness on the part of the
occupants of the car, as the circum
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stances indicate otherwise. The auto
was going at a very slow rate of speed
at the time of the accident and, judg
ing from the unbiased testimony of
those who witnessed the occurrence,
the driver was little to blame under
the circumstances, even in the event
that the ending had been much worse.
The Incident shows, however, how
even the most careful driver can inflict
grievlous Injury when least expected
and It should therefore become an ac
tive caution to others. As was the
case yesterday there are times when
such occurrences can hardly be avoided
but It is a well verified fact that the
great majority of such accidents are
directly chargnble to careless and lack
of caution on the part of the drivers.
In the local situation, the narrowness
of the streets creates an added neces
sity for extreme care particularly in
the matter of rounding the sharp cor
ners from the extremely narrow side
streets. A momentary lowering of
I speed and a free use of the warning
horn will do much to obviate possi
bilities of accident.
CRIPPLING DEFENSES.
An unnamed United States senator is
quoted in an Kastern newspaper as
saying: “1 will vote for and support a
law creating a government monopoly
ol all war supplies, equipments, am
munition, armor plate and the like.”
At '.his time a man can be found, hold
ing the high position of a senator of
the United States, who is perpared to
go as far as the most unthinking paci
ficist in tlie whole country in stripping
the United States of all material for
defense.
The suggestion advanced is practical
ly equivalent to one to abandon all at
tempts ut military preparedness. Ho
knows, and If he does not he should
know, that there never lias been a time
when the congress of the United States
would vote money enough to establish,
equip and maintain plants large enough
I to furnish the military supplies sufficient
:for the arming and equipping of such
!an army as must necessarily be called
I out should we ever become engaged in
I any war with anything larger than a
Central American republic.
He would strip the nation of all the
defenses which it has acquired through
the initiative »f its own citizens, with
out provision for anything to take their
places.
All of the government plants togeth
er could not now supply 1 per cent of
the ammunition needed for the army
should we be engaged in a war. It
has taken a solid year’s time and the
exoediture of many millions of dollars
to equip private American factories to
supply a small fraction of the needs of
the armies in Kurope and they are hut
now commencing the deliveries of the
supplies urgently needed there.
The man who is prepared to vote for
the disbanding of the army and the
scrapping of the navy is at least a log
ical follower of the pacificist Idea to
the final act. The man who would vote
to destroy every private plant, from
which alone the government can have
tlie slightest assurance of getting the
supplies needed in time of war, while
pretending to belief in the necessity of
defenses, lacks coherence of thought.
THE CANAL'S FIRST YEAR.
The passage of a fleet of American
battleships which was to mark the for
mal opening of the Panama canal and
the opening of the Panama-Pacific ex
position took place some weeks ago and
the record of traffic through the canal
In tlie first fiscal year of its existence
has been presented. These two facts
are notice to the world that the Pan
ama canal is now in full and success
ful operation. May no more landslides
occur to interrupt its business and sad
ly mar the triumph of that great
achievment.
Up to July 1, 1916, 530 vessels of
2.657,865 tons had passed through the
canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and 558 vessels of 1,768,922 tons from
the Pacific to the Atlantic. The Pa
cific trade to the Atlantic both in num
ber of ships and tonnage was apprecia
bly greater than the trade from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Much of the
trade from the Atlantic side was coal,
of whirh our Pacific coast has only a
small supply of its own and consts
liiioiui} a very large unu constant ue
muud.
the passing of merchant vessels
through the canal diu not begin until
the middle ot August ol last year, so
una total of loss snips wnn cargoes
which used the canal in the iasi m.ca.
year covers Its business only for ten
months and a halt. The earning of the
canal in lolls for tms period was
*4.-124,266, Which w« take il is a fair
beginning of a beneficial and protitable
career.
EVERY MAN SHOULD GET
TWO HOURS’ OUTDOOR
EXERCISE, SAYS EXPERT
one way lo keep healthy and live
long is to play golf, says a bulletin
issued by the United States public
health service. If you cannot be on the
golf links two hours a day then you
must wheel a baby carriage or make
a garden to keep your physiyue from
degenerating. The bulletin says:
"The death rate after the age of forty
is increasing in spite of the more sani
tary modes of living and greater pro
tection against communicable disease.
The expectation of life after forty is
less than It was thirty years ago. This
is due largely to Increased prevalence
of the diseases of degeneration. The
muscles, arteries and other organs of
those who, as a result of sedentary oc
cupation or indolence take too little
exercise, degenerate, llart disease, kid
ney disease and other ills follow.
“Take exercise. Take daily exercise.
Have a hobby that gets you out of
doors. Walk to your busines, walk for
the sake of walking. Join a walking
club and keep your weekly score of
miles. Keep chickens, make a garden,
wheel the baby or play golf or any
other games, hut take two hours' out
door exercise every day. Gymnasium
work Is good for those who like It and
can afford it, but avoid heavy athletes.
Don’t try to be a ‘strong man,’ the
champion athlete often dies young. Be
a moderate, persistent, daily exponent
of exercise. You may not burn the
family carriage, as Benjamin Franklin
suggested, blit at least, ns be advised,
"walk, walk, walk.”
FALL OF WARSAW
The fall of Warsaw recalls the many
vicissitudes uf that historic spot. Since
1813 it has been occupied by the Rus
sians, but at times lias been tile scene
of serious insurrections. it was in
possession at various times of the
Prussians, the Swedes, the French and
at other periods was independent.
Founded about the year 850, the city
was the capital of the independent
kingdom of Mazovia, until the fifteenth
century, when it was annexed to Po
land. In the seventeenth century Swe
den, Russia, Austria, and Brandenburg
contended for its possession, at which
time the trouble was settled by Russia
practically annexing it in 1764.^ In 1795
the city was handed over to Prussia,
but Napoleon occupied it in 1806, and
at the Peace of Tilsit Warsaw was pro
claimed an independent duchy. In 1809
the Austrians seized the city only to
lose it again. After another brief spell
of independence, Warsaw finaly passed
to Russia in 1813.
The present occupancy of Warsaw
by the Teutons does not necessarily
mean it will remain in their possession.
If the Russians can rally and bring
powerful guns into action similar to
those which have given the Teutons
such strength, the ground may be re
covered in this year. It is to be recalled
that even with all their preparedness
the Teutons failed to hold back the
Russians in the beginning of this war,
and the tides of battle may before long
swing the other way. If the grand
duke escapes with his army toward
the Russian swamps, and has time to
reorganize and to bring up his vast force
of prospective recruits, the Teutons
who are seeing many' of their best
men cut down daily, may be so hard
hit before long yvith pressure from all
sides as to have to yield the ground
they have just gained.
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The cost of Warsaw to the Teutons
must not be .forgotten. To gain the
ground is only one point. To hold it
in the face of coming winter and the
rising mass of Russian reinforcements,
and the increased dangers of other na
tions jumping in with the allies bring
a great element of doubt into the ques
tion of the tenure of the Teutons in
their newly i acquired territory.
The half milion people of the city
and the million and a half inhabi
tants of Poland and the feeding and
the policing of them brings another task
to the Teutons. In conquered territory
the assimilation of strange peoples Is
no light matter even for a nation which
nos not already its hands full fighting
the most powerful nations of earth.—
Dawson News.
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