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NOME ALASKA, JAN. 25, 1*18.
J. *r.*» f.e lurnu.l teat beer.
•*e. ,»'. me ea*; ever tr.e Action oi
i; » f ... -Ag J, A pQy -
.' ..* ■ *i*bo.hg .£> ibe IOAU,CA.
,s k „-.sg .o .Lrrate on a
.i.-i-ld../ rti.e ikifCli'if oaoe
. r. ... i bee* sort. i>u' a abort i ru.t
. .i . the ;,.jucai. per-|
(bit kk i it _o b/iit bA A il.Ul tfiAt ic-j
Unite ..* . r ,Ac. ;. '.Aij emerged
' . etop for a moment or. tee shore at .
cor.* . , .* «x.»ter. - itijt Abd de '
-.r.c.A* .or. cave been r.eapeo upon tee
er.p,, oi A*#i from ai] partt
oi ' .or on airy »r.d from people in a).
*a.c» of »f<-, indicating the profoun
that iiaN h< -.-n taken In the cam.
by ail clasees
The hey and unfortunate little piece
f h .rnir.lt over a ho»e brief existence
f .*h .,A» been ra.eed v.a» born
*> *■ Oerm&n-American hospital m
'.Pago m kl - N o veto her, the mother
oelr.g Mrs Anna Bollnger who beside
being -he mother of the defective babe
B also the mother of three healthy
and normal children. An examination
of the defective Infant soon after birth
cisclosed the following defect*. The
intestinal tract was closed; the nerves
of the right side of the face were par
i>zed. the right ear was missing, one
<f the eyes waa sightless, there was
no Indication of a neck, permitting the
boulders to touch the cart; the brain
js slightly subnormal; the crania.1
.r.e, < ithei missing or undeveloped
i d the thighs greatly over developed
If plte this numerous array of abnor
malities, the baby would probably have
bved had the physician operated at
or, <■, although It would have been a
, talytlc ell its life. In addition to be
./.« partially blind ar.d deaf, and, In all
. i ' ability mentally defective a* well.
< in discovering the numerous abnor
malities, Ur. Jlalseldon Informed the
mother, telling her also that the child
was sure to die unless a irurglcal oper
ation were resorted to Immediately.
The mother, without hesitation, ac
"Pted the physicians opinion that It
■’■ere better to let the poor little crea
ture pass away without attempting to
tave It for an Incomplete existence.
Thereupon the physician declined to
operate, basing his refusal on ths
premise that the baby would undoubt
edly grow up a defective Why thfc*
should ha'.- caused such an Immense
unount of discussion at a time when
rlmlnal sterilization, eugenics, and
i l ocncy of the weeding out of the de
fertlve and diseased, are matters com
mon to the public mind, la difficult to
dersinnd unless It bo that there Is a
1 rung disinclination toward setting an
example which might become the basis
tor future abuses. Yet, while this may
have been the underlying, and possibly
unconscious reason for many of the
objections which Immediately followed
Hie announcement of the physician's
action. It is noticeable that among the
many of high and low degree who
offered nn opinion, very few laid any
particular stress on this phrase of the
matter.
Many eminent persons, educators,
social workers olergymen, authors.
e**wt*d ta has® -.“Atr rhjaettea
- - the gr- ad that mny er®*
-* -- -s sou, the world has ® right
* regard!®*® of It* Sr.ftrmftle®.
. - -g wfeo thus cor tended »u
* ?*>.<• -rated Jane Aflame of Kui.
. u no *ea a.»o sternly opp.ee-t
o *be idea of t ,»ag ary physician
. rice fa or to refaa® X. prcsocg a
Tr..» After .dee *es a.®c .-slOBd b7
.oany vber*
WifttfAij ever, aid* ui ts® tsoagn:
■ta»: by *.3® action of attrf ts®
*b; m was ..-■■«■«*. is is® ,'nK.u:.t
..a aj.o and funvanaa a record of
i® tti-entt, of :-..m> o opibuuoa, .sra.,
| o c* faciei elsewhere ut 11»— -
serecua n.nr.sif Is a wrtfbM atate
et , a •_ r.tc ago paper a® to., o »l
. !u> aga..n tnat rt a oer cjcer duty
,-:ei. ..r«..«e asd futcrw geasrw
* agfi i r 11 tse me many detective
. * . ..a to gr.w and I*.* among us
r. : -. add to our curias asd ourprub
-.a. AH conecwnc* aaya It A our
oat y.
.- armer* ae.eci oat> tse Peat stoc»
.- repro-iucu n. tne seat seed, wits
;n. or otner isease, for *o - .ng
ot poor -u .toa beings re.y otuy opus
nance and toe defecttvw® are as wel
.-m* xa any to en-arge fatal:.ea. Tniaa
And, remember omy in# mots
*... Poo* after tie idiot csLd. If
- too tsar u taken away, ts® father
- l brother® and etatera wtii not care
or .t It .a pi to Bed into an tnatitatlor.
is itn asd mere tse burden at tSe
; „-,.r .cfortunate .a weighed down even
... re institutions are as atw.rgl radion
. o nerd Use Iran or to® teaser de
ed ;v«a i:a* cat.a a a crrs* asd a
m Asd to sue mattara worse, tsia
-sfortvrat® Asa sag no attraction
.st La gc.ng to draw tsa keeper, tse
, oar d or erne n -.rue or wsoaver takes
.ore of It, to greater nind.in— Tno*-:
take at® of tse ..-sane, many of
- . gr ,» unfeeling, unkind, neglect -
and .hi.Serent. and I am maked
s..uw tsia co.4 to ttv®. knowing
.-at i kouw. I feel toward aom® of
... uru.ua u i would toward one wbo
*ou«i aslow a hydrophobic dog to ran
no. a Sock of sseep and do as Impulse
ore-, ted. because ts.a one aSrank from
. ,r .rig or croaaing tne dog. If tSe
en of *.m« of my critics were
-...Ad r .o.'urtd by a defective tS«y
< ,uid « "f, see a good reason for ^
ug ti.e supply of ts® After Is
no .rid do iet us be se.-s.b.e Let
.» upfi- r me ®tenlizaUoo of tbe ln
-aae a . tSe defective and tne cSildren
f '.Ituau .runaarda. wnea both fatr.
a..- roomer are ®o. Let us repro
* ouraeivea In one hundred per cent
iar.ion, so tnat by the weeding out t
1 if our undesirables we decrease their'
.burden asd our® and lay the founds-1
-Ion for a normal race, which would
ib the result In four generation® from
now Let ua venerate a standard with
p/ul and sense Instead of desecrating
,t to a crumbling tradition and mind
ess sentimentality.”
While not altogether approving of
•he idea that the phyalclan should be
he sole arbiter of the fate of human
xistence In such cases, we cannot but
■>e struck with the force of the argu
ment offered by Dr. Haiselden regard
ing the sdvlsiblltty of allowing human
oelngs to continue to exist when they
ire found at birth to be utterly unfit
• i cope w-ith the problem of existence
and when, furthermore, offer a direct
men-'i' e to the future well being of the
rare, ft is, of course, unthinkable that
i human entity should be condemned <
o oblivion upon the mere opinion of an I
individual, who may be utterly mis- i
aken In what he believes to be the i
’acts. But it Is also most Inhuman to i
iccept the view that we are doing a
commendable thing In guarding an ex
istence which Is one continual pain and
I
j misery to “self and *C other* w;»a
r* m ft s sr-. .get lr contact. la * til
•Kti • bring a a*rj> to th» Swee ar.1
w»il being of otter patfittoM. A*
Dr fialae.den auggeeta «* would not
'or a moment think of allowing a -an
geroszs do* to - .am at *rge nor will
we njSder for a acfcssi that ft la
; right to a-.o* a hahi*^l dTlfwl to
•etasn aia freedom 'aCo aj a plain
matter of fact neither offer the menace
• h-manlty that cat gpuc: from al
v«ing :n» perperuaaBt of nzsctal»
* t^.neaa through guarding those who
•.re bom Into the world mental.7 ani
r.-.ivcaulj imperfect. Ninety per coot
rf -nose who **! the )a3s and refcrma
orten are mentally unfit ani the ever
Tr wing number of heme* fcr Incura
t -• and ’ tost ration* for the feeble
minded are * horrible test!menial of
* effect* of cherishing a ciaaa of
-..man beings wno are below the nor
-nei mentality u it a found In the
-reater number of Instances that the
mates are the offspring of parent*
- are themselves of subnormal men
aliiy ?-ll! we cannot but agree with
nose who hold that ft la placing too
t»v a resp-cewfbl’lty in the hands of
. phi-ilclen to allow bla Judgment to
be the edetermlnicg factor In cates
irollar to t r.e on* under disc .salon
▼apt ON PREPAREDNESS
' Seattle P.-Lj
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«« a**;* tnu caur« Utw^c-s u> a*ie&
u»;er«ai iu-a u> anylai.ig
-x-tt evcryuo&g a^ca ^.^uci.;
.ait .'.^» in m+j -*A>n any of ina grvai
d^vlt WusCu wptAi^A a!
^rzn.ng tm c*aruy ox inougnu •
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-le.y vi y'uogxnani ana Ireeaaxn Xrom
n> .i<4*.o -X >ar .,nuuy g*ve Cij al
«iniiiAi .mrnet-.aia auanunn. Wnen
. cornea :o a «uOy«vi wa ? nicn na u >X
..er«*3ii> parucuAriy weu mXorm#*!
..a „ - » of tar^. /.iit tiopor;
<«»
during us fwux ,ura af aer.ico as
! .lead of me gu.s.-nment of our great
.bsiatic dependency, daring a suosc
«uent four ,wi of service as secre
ar, o, *»r, and dna^y during nis fo.r
j ears of set .ice as president of tne
ruled ft .ales, tne promem of nation
• defense in ,ls oroadeel aspect was
-a immediately before nim practical
• :• ail of the time. 1m men, even those
of military training, are more compe
tent to form an mteilegeni opinion on
ms subject man Mr. Taft,
in an audress in the Brooklyn Aca
d m^ of M oeic Mr. Taft gave his view a
,n the subject bf national defense. Tbe
| principle wnitb he advocated primar
ily was this.
VVe need a navy as large as the
navy of any other nation which has a
standing army big enough to spare
i60,000 soldiers within a month for an
attack upon this country."
He believes that the navy should be
at least JO per cent stronger than it is j
now. He sees practical objections!
to the crei.tion of a large standing
army He fears that it would be Im
possible, for example, to securs for a
standing army in peace times 600,000 j
men, for the sound and sufficient rea- j
son that no such number of competent
men could be had to serve at 116 a1
month and possibly not at doubt that j
figure. He would add 10,0000 men to
the coast defense artillery, but the
great reliance of the country should
be upon Its navy, "We should need
a year to train an army for war, but
by keeping our navy and coast de
fends up to proper strength tve can
make the Atlantic and Pacific ocean: '
real bulwarks against aggression."
Mall the Nugget to your frietds and
Hofp sdvsrtise Nomo. <
WEATHER HINDERS
ALASKA ROAD BUILDING
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• Seattle P.-l.)
Fine weather for working on roads
in Alaska brought extra work and. In
stead of a help, was a hindrance, ac
cording to Col. Wild* p. Richardson,
chairman of the Alaska road commis
sion Col. Richardson explains the ap
parent anomaly by citing Instances of
roadbed* washed away, culverts de
stroyed and bridges swept out by
Hoods from melting glaciers floods
that are not present In the ordinary
Alaska summer.
Col. Richardson announced that a
special estimate of *410,000 would be
asked of congress this winter to com
plete and standardize the wagon road
from Valdez to Fairbanks, making it
able to take care of traffic demands.
The construction of a sled road from
Fairbanks to Tolovana was the only
new project entered upon by the com
mission this summer, and *10,000 of the
< ommlssion's funds, plua *6,000 ralsod
In Fairbanks, are being used In tho
work.
j ‘The work for the season !s through."
said Col. Richardson. ‘ We had extra
fine weather for road building, but the
fine, warm weather simply brought ue
more work by melting the glaciers,
causing floods which swept out cul
verts and damaged tho roads. We had
much more repair work than usual on
this account. Forest fires were also
prevalent and did a great deal of dam
age by burning out culverts and
bridges “
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