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NOME. ALASKA. APRIL 14. 1915.
A PROGRESSIVE MEASURE
lower branch of the Territorial Legis
lature bv Representative Getchell, pro
viding for the election t>v popular Vote
of the principal administrative officers
of incorporated towns, is unquestion
ably a step in the right direction and
will do much to eliminate many detri
mental features of the present method
of the administration of ptibli. affairs.
Under the present appointive system,
tlie business of selecting the officials to
till the offices of City Clerk. Treasurer.
Magistrate and Attorney is a matter
in which the people have no voice what
ever, and such offices are in reality in
the nature of political plums reach for
distribution by the politicians as re
wards to friends or constituents for
favors received or expected. A s.v stein
of this nature can in no sense be con
ducive to the best interests of the com
munity. The business of selecting the
officials who will handle the affairs of a
municipality belongs by right to the
people and it should be their privilege
not only to select the governing body,
as represented by the council, but also
all officers who shall preside as the
administrative heads of the various de
partments.
A change of this nature cannot hut
i>e beneficial and will undoubtedly be
viewed with favor by nil save the pro
fessional politicians.
There is no denying the fact that a
system that permits of the distribution
of paid official positions b\ a few per
sons necessarily entails a prospect that
much of the personal edement will
enter into the selection and in general
t. e matter of choice is decided, not
solely by the merit of the individual,
but rather by his popularity with the
appointive body or because of the ne
cessity of rewarding him who has
inhered in the cause of those who hold
the appointive power
The tendency to change from the np
1 o'ntlve to the elective system is be
ing manifested by ail progressive com
munities and as far as t an be deter
mined by the limited data available has
teen entirely successful and eminentlv
- itisfactory wherever inaugurated
PEACE OR WAR TO THE END
ts peace to follow stalemate, to fol
low exhaustion, or to come only after
decisive action? The feeling that it is
not impossible of attainment in the
near future may be the product of a
futile optimism it exists hopefully.
Certainly in the near future neither
alliance will be in such desperate con
dition as to be obliged to accept harsh
terms and consequently neither one
will he in position to impose them.
Therefore if tho discussion of pence
proposals carried <01 in Great Britain
reflects authority tiie world is a long
way front deliverance.
Whatever prospect in\ ites hope it
will he instantly clouded if it becomes
apparent that any nation is determined
as a conqueror to ride down another.
I If the war is to be one of extinction no
end is in sight, if peace could be dis
cussed after a stalemate it might come
soon.
If Germany's invasion of France
should fail tiie chance of a reasonably
quick determination in favor of the
Germans would la- gone. Hut even if
Germany were put on lliu defensive
on two borders* no speedy military de
cision could lie expected, if the war
actually incomes a life and death strug
gle for any one of the nations it is like
ly to lie prolonged to an extreme of
waste and destruction beyond concep
tion.
Tiie obstacles In tiie way of a peace
arrived at without decisive action are
many and easily seen, but in a couple
of yveeks there may Vie less talk of
destroying nations and more of reach
ing a reasons hie adjustment.
That the direct cause of war will not
hi m ard of again is the ironic probabil
it i Austria's case against Serbia will
not take up a great deal of tiie time
. i peace commissioners w hen they have
come together.
British demands for the dismantle
ment of tiie German fleet, for tiie dis
armament of the German army, the
elimination of Kvuppism, etc., etc., pre
suppose a complete flattening out 01
■German defense Before that possibly
could he done what Europe has seen in
the last six or seven months would
seem like a parlor entertainment.
Ha re are embarrassments enough in
; loc way of the hopeful pacifist without
| l iogiiig in such thoughts. These ern
h.ti rassments an presented chiefly by
Belgium and 1 ranee. The allies can
not. so long as they have any strength
i : consent to leave Belgium uneompen
! sated for the injuries sustained,
i j If ibis takes tiie aspect of an indem
■ nity imposed as the result of defeat it
l one may prolong the y\.u to tiie point
of exhaustion, if Germany can regard
| it is a just claim tu be honorably dis
charged tiie embarrassment might lie
ayoidtd. To France tiie recovery of
'the lost provinces and of the indem
nity paid Germany are the important
considerations, but such conditions
■could In* imposed only on a defeated
enemy.
Russia is virtually committed to the
policy of reuniting divided Poland and
reestablishing ii as a kingdom That
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easily that tiie Russian plans against
Austria-Hungary, although even there
a return to the antebellum status is
II not impossible if every other obstacle
were removed
I I i me more reitdih sees the dilticullies
i In tiie way of peace without victory
I 1 than the manner of compromise, but
I exhaustion might be tbe winner every
w here.
Both Great Britain and France yvill
i regard their efforts and sacrifices as
i wholly wasted if tiie result leaves Eu
rope in the same need for tremendous
military equipment as tiie war found
it. But the limitation of armament by
agreement is not impossible even it
peace is considered with the armies
fought to a standstill, w ith no result.
The time may come soon when com
manding generals will concede that in
■jgeneral the campaigns have come to
j no definite result, that tho eompensa
■ j tion for defeat hero has been victory
■ there. that all the armies are intact and
effective, that exhaustion is general
Then there might he peace, but It
could be reached onI> by the most
scrupulous regard for the honor and
lights of each belligerent.
Otherwise It is a war of extinction. J
The terms which are being discussed j
ill e\ er> capital in Europe can be im
posed only on a prostrate enemy, and I
in such case, no matter which alliance
wins, half of Europe will be desolated j
and ruined.—Chicago Tribune.
CALLS BANTAMS
BEST SOLDIERS
| l.u.N'pi i.N --That little men have man)
advantages in war time over their big
ger brothers is an argument advanced
in the ISritish Medical Journal.
After expressing the view that 30,0n0
have been lost to the army in the lust
few weeks owing to the present height
slnndnnd. the journal says.
"N'oi a little is to he said in favor of
short infantry. Short men occupy less
11 om in transport. They find cover
more easily and offer u smaller mark
io bullets and shrapnel.
"They are better sheltered in trendi
es and require to dig less deep trenches
t . protect themselves.
"It takes less khaki to clothe them
and less leather to boot them. The
army blankets cover them more amply,
and they need less food than tall, thin
men to keep up their body heat and
maintain their marching energy.
’ Those who stand the rigors of cold
climate# are not always big men, and
the sailor, like ilie wind swept tree on
ilie coast, may be a short man
Warmth and easy conditions of life
lather tend to the development of tall
men.
"Tlte i.uairy etui artillerymen re
quire to be big and powerful, but as to
those who burrow in the trenches, how
(.m it matter whether they are 4 feet 9,
feet •* We are not out for a show
and a parade, put to win a war of stages |
mil attrition.”
WEATHER REPORT.
Nome, Alaska, April 12, P.U5,
Temperature—Max. 23 Min. it
ilarometer—29.40 inches.
Weather Cloudy snowing.
Wind- Average 4 miles per hour.
Precipitation—2 inches snow, equal
l" .10 inch water.
Nome, Alaska, Auril 13. »“*“■
Temperature —Max. 23, Min. 15.
1 larometer— 29.54 inches.
Weather Cloudy.
Wind - Average, 11 miles per hour.
Precipitation—1 inch snots, equal to
.Oti inch water.
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FRANZ JOSEF GIVES MILLION.
I _
I LONDON A dispatch from Vienna
I transmitted to London by the Amstev
‘ dam correspondent of Renter's Tele
gram company, announces that Emper
or I’raneis Joseph of Austria has sub
scribed $1,000,000 to the Austrian wav'
loan The Berlin Lokal Aozeiger ail
| thoritativeiy denies reports that the
j Duke of Brunswick has been wounded
ji a prisoner, or is missing.
BIG CUNARDER NARROWLY
ESCAPES MINE EXPLOSION.
_
NEW YORK The log Cunanl liner
Transylvania, in today from Liverpool,
with S6B passengers, had a narrow
escape from destruction by a mine at 4
o’clock in the morning of Dec. fi Dur
;iag a storm off north coast of Ireland
two mines were dashed together by the
waves and exploded twenty-five feet
off the steamer's how
A fragment of steel from one of the
mines shot across Hie deck of the liner
and tore away a part of the railing.
The force of the explosion lifted the
bow of the Transylvania several feet
out of the water. The steamer had just
mme through a heavy storm and when
the pasengers. awakened by the explo
sion rushed on deck the officers told
them nothing had happened, that what
they had heard was a thunderclap.
Then the passengers found the space
that had been tore out of the deck rail
ing and one of them picked up a frag
ment of the mine that had caused the
damage
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i Steam and largo shower hath J
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i also the most modern hotel in i
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POLET’S
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LIBBY MILK. PER CASE $3.50
LIBBY MILK, 12 CANS $1.00
PLATE BEEF. PER POUND 12'^c
MINCED RIPE OLIVES—
SMALL JARS. EACH .10c
MEDIUM JARS. 3 FOR 50c
LARGE JARS, EACH.25c
REBER KRAUT AND SAUSSAGE—
LARGE TINS. 5 CANS $1.00
SPEAR HEAD TOBACCO. PER POUND 45c
| CLIMAX TOBACCO. PER POUND 45c
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STANDING OF CONTESTANTS. V
FOURTH COUNT, APRIL 14. 1915.
Ruby Martin.61,100
Rowena Lewis.49,526
Mrs. Perry Moore.24,890
Katie Bongnrd .25,055
Mrs. Johanna Hansen.24,135
Helen Allan.17,391
Mary Smith.17,375 j
Mrs. J. p. Jones.17,210 S
Mary Fox .15,545 i
Carrie Sttpek. 9,995 !
Mrs. Denny O'Brien . 8,565
Norman Rawel . 6,680
Klondy Nelson.5,470
Katie Ginnivan.5,115
Mrs. Carlson.4,925
Mrs. Bartlett . 4.600
Mrs. R. B. Holden.2,260
Airs. Goss .2,005
Inez Miller . 1,565
Mrs R. S. Horn . 1,125
Mrs. Ketterer . 1,025
Mrs A Nelson. 1.025
I jpolets Stores
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