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TAXATION IN ALASKA
At the recent session of the territorial legislature the subject of
taxation was prominently before the members in various forms.
The fact that the prohibition law will go into effect next year, thus
cutting off a large amount of revenue heretofore available, made it
necessary to provide other means of taxation tor the maintenance
of schools and other territorial institutions. As was to be expected,
the poll tax, which seem* to be ever uppermost iti the minds of
those who seek to shift the burden of taxation from property to in
dividual. received the usual amount of attention. A bill was intro
duced by Senator Guustad of the Fourth division imposing a tax of
four dollars upon "every male resident” of the territory for mainte
nance of schools What its fate was has not yet been learned here.
If it was adopted in the form presented it will be a dead letter, just
as the present poll tax law is. because of the method prescribed for
its collection The bill provided that the tax should be collected by
the nearest commissioner, who was allowed 10 per cent for hat
doty; m co.lection of delinquent taxes 25 per cent was added. This
feature is so clearly wrong in principle that it is surprising that it
should even have been considered by the l -gislators. It wo- largely
responsible for the failure of the old law.
That ample provision should have been made for the mainte
nance of territorial schools goes withovit saying. Ihe children cn
Alaska arc entitled to the best that is available in the way of educa
:uid even that best >s limited. There are ample sources of
revenue without resorting to the obnoxious “head tax," or "poll
tax." which is as wrong in principle as it is irritating as a never
ending source of trouble and scandal as regards collection.
The immense quartz mines of Southeastern Alaska, the mar
velous fi.-heries of the Ala-ku coast and rivers, the placc-r mines of
the Interior a'! are taking of Alaska's natural resources uunually
millions of dollars. And the amounts paid ill taxes for the valuable
; rivil .’es are infinitesimal in comparison to the product marketed,
fisheries alone last year produced nearly $25.01)0.000. Copper
to the value of $35,534,039 was produced miring 1010, and .he
g, l.t and silver produced totaled $10.332.17i. Ihe total value of
A. -.-kc. products shipped to the United States Fist year, principally
I nereis and fish, was $79,051,755. an increase of more
trail $29,000,000 over the preceding year. Now these resources
cannot be replaced; even the fisheries, upi n which the g..cerumen;
.ending many thousands of dollars annually in an endeavor to
conserve thine f r future generations, are being slowly but surely
depleted These immensely rich resources, being exploited for the
most part by' non-resident capitalists, should be made to pay not
only all government expenses in Alaska, but provide a sinking fund
tor future developments. If tile Alaska legislature allows these
immense corporations which are depleting h:-r resources to escape
paying a just return for the benefits enjoyed it is recreant to its
trust. It is simply the height of folly and wickedness to talk of a
head tax on the manhood of Alaska for the payment of school or
other expenses while non-resident corporations arc annually drawing
from the resources of the territory millions of dollar.-' worth of
products upon which no adequate return is made.
SCHOOLS FOR CITIZENSHIP
A meritorious measure which was introduced in the recent legis
lative session at Juneau, the disposition made of it not yet having
been learned here, was by Representative Snow, and was entitled
"An act for the establishment of citizenship night school;-, providing
for their organization, designing enur.-es ol instruction, and making
provision for the payment of expe-isos. ilie bill provides that in
■any camp in the territory where there are a number of foreigners
they may get up a petition, signed by at least twelve, and present
it to the judge of the district court in the division where the camp
i located, and the judge then has power to establish a night school
where those d-.-iring to attend may prepare themselves for adnn
f.ion to citizenship in the United States. Those signing the petition
must pledge themselves to attend the school and must either declare
their intentions at once, or have done so.
An instructor is to be appointed by the judge of the court, a- i
also a member of the district night school board, the second mem
ber of which will be appointed by the commissi- tier and the third
to be elected by the pupils of the school. The petition must state
the cost of a meeting room and expenses for light, heat and neces
sary furniture. The instructor will receive a maximum of $5 per
night, and school shall be held not less than two nor more than five
nights per week. Should the average attendance for one month
be less than six pupils, the school shall not be continued without
s] ecial permission of the judge. All instructions shall be conducted
in the English language, and special study must be made of the
constitution and history of the United States. Instruction in other
subjects taught in the public schools may be given, but no religious
or political instruction shall be given, nor lectures on those subjects.
Any person, an adult or minor 16 years of age, who leads a civil
ized life and who is not attending school elsewhere, is eligible to at
tend the school. The territorial commissioner of education shall
designate the text books which shall be used in the schools. The
bill provides for the payment of expenses from the territorial treas
ury after vouchers properly signed have been forwarded to both
the judge of the district court and to the secretary of the territory.
Even in the event that the measure failed of passage, the sug
g- stinn contained in the bill is a valuable one, and one which could
be acted upon with profit to the different communities in which
there is a large foreign population. It is well known that where
large numbers of foreign laborers are gathered together they seldom
have an opportunity to learn even the rudiments of American gov
ernment and history. They cannot become loyal and devoted cite
zens of a country of whose laws and institutions they are ignorant.
It should be the endeavor of all to put these men in the way of ac
quiring that knowledge which would not only fit them for citizen
ship, but would impart a love of country and a determination to do
their part in perpetuating free institutions and self-government.
GERNIAN-AMERICAN PRESS RESPONSIBLE
The belief has been quite general that Germany at no time de
i sired to embroil the United States in the great war, and this belief
[ las not been modified since the actual declaration of a state of war
y the United States. Germany had nothing to gain by adding an
! th.er nation to the list of those arrayed against her; and the f;c<
I hat this country would be of the greatest assistance to the entente
! dies in more ways than by the actual participation of our troops
| nd ships was fully realized by the kaiser’s government. The ques
icn will be asked, Why, then, did Germany provoke actual hostili
ics with the United States? The New York World answers this
.uestion in a thoroughly logical and lucid manner, and lays the
‘lame upon the German American press. Moreover, the more seri
ns charge is made that the newspapers ostensibly printed for the
.'rusal of German American readers were actuated by merely com
mercial motives. It appears to have been another case of mislead
ng the kaiser’s government, as was true of other nations which the
aiser was assured would not come to the help of the entente allies,
'he World says:
Had the German government known that we were still “one
jK'ople,” the neutrality of the United States would have been re
.speded, the elementary rights of American citizens would not have
been challenged, and there would he no more danger of war I etween
the United States and Germany than there is between the United
States and France. The blame for this unfortunate situation re-;>
primarily upon the German language press of the United States. Its
responsibility is the greater because the motive was mainly com
mercial.
When the war began the German-language newspapers in the
United States were rapidly dying. For years they had learn steadily
lasing circulation, revenue and prestige, and the end was in .-ight.
They seized upon the war as th^ir opportunity to rehabilit them
selves financially. This could be done only by an organized appeal
to the passion and racial solidarity of Americans of German birth.
The efforts of the German-American press were adroitly sup; E
mooted by the efforts and the money- *uf the official Cerimm prop
aganda. All American newspapers which were not pro-German
were assailed as the fountainhead of lies. Germans were warned
not to read them, as these newspapers were in the pay of the
British government. Likewbe, eminent Americans whose sym
pathies were with the a’lies were denounced as paid emissaries of
Great Britain. They, too. had been bought with British gold.
This campaign went on day after day, week after week, month
after month, in every controversy between the United States am
Germany; the full influence of the German language press wa
thn.wn on the sit'e of Germany and against the United State.-'.
Hie neutrality of the Hoministradon w:s a’ lacked hI every point
: nd at every an-.de. The German language newspapers were ap
parent lv edited by one man and -directed by one mind. Whatever
the issue whs, they all said the same thing. Every new scheme
ur bedevilling the United States and inciting sedition for the
benefit of German autocracy received their strident approval and
support.
In time the German government came to believe that the
•pinion which it was promoting and paying lor in the I ni;ed
States was the opinion of the American people. Even the ie
lectior. of Pre.-i.kv. Wilson cli.l not wholly uHliusien it. as :ho
iibm: rino decree subsequently proved.
Ti e lesson of iiip last thirty months is the mo.-t vital b-von
that the American people have heal to barn sines the destruction
f slavery and secession. This nation cannot exist halt American
tnd half alien. It must be "one people.” and r. we shirk 1 nger
■he task of making it one pimple we are uw.tu.g t’.i: d.-truction
of the republic.
A MISERABLE FAILURE
(Juneau Empire i
Semper Slither! end made a miserable i.,iiure of his attempt to
prove that men had been “railroaded” te th ■ ivnitentiary in the
Fourth division because of their rcfu-1 to v.-ork with the ' Demo
cratic machine.” To realize this one needs but to consider what
railroading a man to the penitentiary comprehends.
In order to “railroad” a man to the penitentiary in Alaska it
would be necessary first to secure an indictment from a grand juiy
composed of citizens of Alaska. Then it would be necessary to
-(cure a unanimous verdict from a petit jury of twelve men like
wise* citizens of Alaska. This would be a sever,- task for any set
of officials end an attempt to entry it , ut would be blnsy to :..
Ibscovered by the judge of (1 •; court, th" ys for the d del -
end others. This would mean tint in order - ic T-fol v to “tad
mad” a man to die penitentary there would have to be an.in
inuitoas conspiracy that woubl involve the tried juP y the l nitto
States district attorney, the United State.- marsh; 1 and dozens of
the citizens of the community. It woul 1 mean a mess that would
stink to heaven.
The record shows that those indicted, tried and convicted who
were said to be “railroaded” were defended by able cuntsil. Vet
the circuit court of appeals decision, read by Scnat t Sutherland
to support his uzly charge, reversed die trial court .-oMy oil a
point of law. It admitted, in effect, that the government had
proved an intention to commit a crime, but not an “attempt. .. It
was a close point. The court held that to prove an “attempt” to
commit a crime it would be neces.-ary to prove Put tut overt an
toward the commission of the crime had. been made. As a matter
of fact, it was shown that there had been tnc intention to commit
a crime and that the plans for the commissi n of the crime hud
been made and partly carried our. but that no “attempt • -«•>
overt act—toward the consummation of the crime had been com
mitted. Therefore the lower court was reversed. There was
nothing said by the circuit court of appeals about untoward con
duct on the part of anv of the court officials. There was no
“roast” for the court or its officers. There was not a word about
“railroading.” There was simply it reversal of the lower court
by no means a usual thing. If it were not that clean and just trial
courts are sometimes reversed there would be little use for the doz
ens of appe'Ule courts we have in the United States.
Again the Empire says the charge of Senator Sutherland is
unthinkably untrue. It does not believe that we have ever had a
set of officials in Alaska, Democratic or Republican, who would
conspire to “railroad” men to the penitentiary for political pur
poses or any other purpose—in the usual sense of that term. The
United States district attorneys and marshals try to convict those
whom they believe to be criminals, and that is what they are for.
But as to “railroading” men- the purposeful refusal of courts and
court officers and grand and petit jurors to give men fair trials
it is unthinkable! _
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WHO THE HUMS WERE
AND SOMETHING ABOUT
THEIR GREATEST LEADER
In the earlier stages of the great war,
when the Germans were ravaging Belgium
and Northern France, the crimes of the
kaiser were likened to the Huns, ami the
German emperor to “Attila the Hun,”
termed “the scourge of God.” Some hazi
ness having been apparent as to who the
Huns were, and likewise as to the career
and characteristics of Attila, a brief his
tory of this strange people end their notori
ous leader who is remembered for his cru
elties may be of interest.
The Huns were a people who made their
first appearance in authentic history about
;?75 A. D. Ethnologists identify them with
a Mongolian people of Northern Asia who
invaded the Chinese empire about 200 B. C.,
and after various migrations entered Europe.
They appear afterward to have sided with
•i Goths of Moesia against the Romans,
and sometimes in alliance with the em
lerors, who purchased their services, some
times in hostility to them, they continued
to extend their dominion along the Danube
until the time of Attila (434), whose reign
constitutes the best-known period of their
history.
Attila was the son of Mundzuk, a Hun
of royal descent, who followed his uncle,
Rons, in 434, and shared the supreme au
thority with liis brother, Bleda. These two
leaders of the Barbarians, who had settled
m Scythia and Hungary, threatened the
Eastern Empire, and twice compelled The
t dosius II. to purchase an inglorious pence.
The Huns themselves esteemed Attila their
Vavest warrior and most skillful general.
The’r regard for his person soon amounted
•it superstitious reverence, and being now
■sole muster of a warlike people, his un
bounded ambition made him the terror of
all nation.-; arid lie became, as he railed
him- it, the '‘senuree” which God had
{ sen tc chastise the human race. In a
short time he extended his dominion over
■ II the people of Germany end Scythia, and
the eastern and western emperors paid him
tiibute. The Vandals, the Ostrogoths, the
(iroiduc and a part of th tranks united
under his banners.
Hearing a rumor of the riches and power
of Persia, he directed iiis march thither,
but was defeated on the plains of Armenia,
and drew back to satisfy his desire for
plunder in th- dominions of the emperor of
the He easily found a pretext for
uar. for all the states which pro!: i.-eri him
a rich booty were his natural enemies, mil
11 princes whom he honed to comfu r had
broken all : nee-. The Emperor Them! -ms
collected an army to oppose his progress;
but in three bloody battles fortune declare 1
herself for the barbarians. Constantinople
was indebted to the strength of its walls
and to the ignorance of the enemy in the
r! of be ieging for it- preservation. Thrace
Meed nla and Greece all submitted to the
avuge robber, wito destroyed seventy Hour
idling fines. Thendi-iu.- "as at the mercy
f the victor, and was obliged to purchase
a peace.
Attila now dir acted las eye- t > Oattl. With
an inn.ieii ,■ aru.y he passed the Rhine, ti c
Mos, He and the Seine, rnd came to the
1,-ire and sat <!• wn under thfw il- of Or
1 aiis. The inha’-i'ant? of thi.- city, tv mr
■ iTf.d by their bishop (Anianus), rejielis-1
the first attack ..f the barbarism, and the
: !,;p d f.ir. e- of the Roman-. under th ir
:■ M, ,-d Art ins, and the Visigoths, under
heir king. Theod ric, compelled .Attda to
r:i-r the siege.
II- retreated to Champagne and waited
f ir the oi -mv or. th 1 pl ans of t h.ti m
The • ... : , rmies - n a: proaehed each otliei
Altilla. anxious for the event of the battle,
ft n-.-.bed the :'i avers, who assured him
i f a defeat, lie conceded his alarm, role
■ -, ■.-1 ■ the ranks of P - warriors, mu 1
th a: r.f t: ■ r de -P. s' . k- of his joy at the
prospect of battle and at the thought :.oP
their valor was to be rewarded Inti:1, c !
by ! i- sneeoh, and* In the pre--er.ee of their
P aler, the Huns were'impatient for battle.
Alt length the ranks of the Roman - w< re
brokin through, : nd Attda v as already sure
of the victory when the Gothic ;'r:rer
Thori.-mond. the son of Theodnric. poured
■town from the neighboring height upon the
Hum. Attda. pressed on all sides, escaped
with difficulty to his camp. Thi- was per
haps the bloodiest battle ever fought in
Europe tip to the time of the present war;
f r. ac'i rdin.T to contemporary historians,
1.OH.000 dead bodies covered the ticld of
battle.
Attila caused all his camp equipage and
treasures to be brought together into a heap,
in order to burn himself with them in case
he should be reduced to extremities. But
the enemy were contented with collecting
their forces during the night, and having
•■aid the last honors to the dead body of
King Theodoric, which they discovered with
difficulty, they saluted his son, Thorismond,
king upon the field of battle.
Thus Attila escaped, but the Franks pur
sued him until he had passed the Rhine.
He now demanded Honoria, the sister of
Valentin!an III., in marriage, end conquered
and destroyed Aqueleia. Padua, Vicenza,
Verona, Bergamo, and laid waste the plains
of Lombardy. The inhabitants fled to the
Alps, to the Appenines, and to the small
islands in the lagoons of the Adriatic sea,
where they built Venice. The emperor had
no army to oppose him; the Roman people
and senate had recourse to tears and sup
plication. Pope Leo I. went with the Ro
man ambassadors to the enemy’s camp and
succeeded in obtaining a peace. Attila
went back to Hungary. The Romans
looked upon their preservation as a miracle,
and the old chronicles relate that the threats
of St. Peter and St. Paul had terrified
Attila—a legend which the art of Raphael
and Alghardi has immortalized.
Not having obtained Honoria for a wife,
Attila would a second time have demanded
her, sword in hand, if the beautiful Ildico
had not been added to his numerous wives,
with whom he solemnly united himself. On
this occasion he gave himself up to all the
extravagance of debauchery; but on the day
after the marriage the servants and war
riors, impatient to salute him, thronged into
the tent and found Ildico, veiled, sitting by
the cold corpse of her husband. During the
night he had died of a hemorrhage. The
news of his death spread sorrow and terror
in the army. His body was inclosed tn
three coffins—of gold, silver and iron. The
captives who had made the grave were
strangled. The description that Jornandes
has left of this barbarous king is remindful
of his Kalmuck Tartar origin. He was de
scribed as having a large head, a flat nose,
broad shoulders and a short and ill-formed
body.
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ALASKA’S FUR SEAL HERD
SHOWS RAPID INCREASE
The fur sed herd in Ala-ska now numbers
close to 400,000 animals, and is increasing
at the rate of about 35,000 a year. The
probable income of the government from
the herd in the fiscal year ending June 30
next will he upward of S750,000, according
to Hugh If. Smiht, United States fish com
missioner, and it will increase steadily there
after. It is the belief of Mr. Smith that
the time is coining when the government
will derive a net income of a million dollars
a year from the herd without any impair
ment of it.
In addition, there is the income from
foxes in Alaska, now amounting to about
SCO,000 a year, from seals and foxes the
government is now making two to three
times us much as is appropriated by con
gress for the Alaska work of the department
of commerce.
Idie total number of seals estimated to be
in the herd in 1915, when an official count
was made, was 363,872, as compared with
294,687 in 1914. 268,305 in 1913, and 215,
738 in 1912. The number in 1910 was
417,329,
In 1912 5,228 pups of the season were
branded on the Pribiloff islands. Subse
quent observations made on these branded
animals have been productive of valuable
information in regard to the natural history
end growth of seals. Some of these animals
wire observed in 1918, and in 1914 they
were noted in large numbers. The number
that returned in 1915 was so large, in com
j parison with the total number of seals un
der observation, as to indicate a ! -w< m >r
tality in the first three years of .> ei.!'.- life
than hud ordinarily been tts.-ume''
The plan of marketing the seal-kins in
this country, instead of sending them
abroad, has been a marked success, accord
ing to government experts, who point out
that a reliable market now exists at Si.
Louis, which is well supported Tins home
market idea was first given definite impulse
in 1915. Seal and fox - kins are now dres ed
and dyed in St. Louis, and the annual sale
are attended by many home buyers.
CHINA DISTRUSTS JAPAN
AND FAVORS AMERICANS
Chinese newspapers are devoting much
space to discussions of the apparent change
in Japan’s attitude t .-ward Chum, according
to a recent Associated Press dispatch from
Pekin. Papers of all parties and factions
-hare the opinion that Japan has abandoned,
at least temporarily, ill thought of physical
conquest of China, end is devoting itself
to an economic conquest.
Japan’s attitude toward the new Ameri
can enter- rises in China, and the renewed
efforts of Japanese bankers to intrench them
-elves more thoroughly through loans of
various sorts, are widely di.-eii.- - d in the
Chinese pres-., as well as in parliament. The
following statement from the Pekin Daily
News is representative of the view generally
I taken by the Chinese press:
“At Tokio the belief prevails that Japan
' will continue her endeavor to increase her
political influence in China. The Japanese
busine.-s men are continually clamoring for
pi lineal ascendancy that will not be so
bn.pt as to endanger peace. What they
| warn i a th tough economic conquest of
1 the net -[-.baring republic.
“The reaiBness with which the Chinese re
cen'lv gi anted American capitalists the Con
or-.-ton to build a long railroad, and their
b ifdi n in making contracts with the
Tt.tit'iiese. have awakened the Japanese to
•he fact that ascendancy in China, to be
.successful, must be accompanied by some
measure l tru-t and confidence. The Jap
anese have tricked the Chinese so much
that the CHiiv-sr have lost all confidence in
their i-iuhb as. bath politically and com
mercially.
“The situation r.s it stands between the
! United S'.aP1-, China and Japan is in its
infancy, bat it is- growing daily, and will
have to be taken into consideration soon."
Cl mpsp paper.-, throughout th republic
• how hostility to any financial arrangement
in which Japan lies a hand. There is a
.general disposition to discourage action be
tween any group of foreign powers and
China, if Japan he included in the group.
Chinese newspapers are practically unani
mous in their expressions rf the hope that
American banker- will invest large sums in
the development of China without co
operation w ith foreign powers. The United
States is heralded as the one country which
has dealt failly with China, and has no
desire to acquire Chinese territory and ex
ercise undue political pressure on China
through financial channels.
WISE BRIDE
“Now,” said the bridegroom to the bride,
when they returned from their honeymoon
trip, “let us have a clear understanding be
fore we settle down to married life. Are
you the president or the vice president of
the society?”
“I want to be neither president nor vice
president,” she answered, “I will be content
with a subordinate position.
“What position is that, my dear?"
“Treasurer.”- Tit-Bits.
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“I tell you,” said Pat, “the ould fri’nd is
the best, after all. and, what’s more. I can
prove it.” “How are you goin’ to prove it ?”
“Where will you find a new fri’nd that has
shtud by ye as long es the ould ones have?”
—Last Word.
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL TERM OF
COURT
In Hie District Court for the Territory ol
Alaska, Fourth Division. In the matter
of calling a Special Term of Court
at Idltarod, Alaska.
In pursuance to an order of the above
entitled court, made and entered herein on
the 7th day or May, 1917,
Notice is hereby given that a special
term of the District Court for the Territory
or Alaska, Fourth division, will be held at
the touted States court house at Idltarod,
Alaska, beginning on June 25, 1917, at the
hour <>r 11 o'clock a, m., for the transac
iliere lie pending and which may regularly
11 on of all business which may then and
come before this court.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand as clerk of the district court, and
| affixed the seal thereof tills loth clay ,,r
I May, 1917.
1 (Seal. J. E. Cl. A UK.
Clerk of District Court, Territory or Alaska,
Fourth Division,
liy fl. 0. GKMAGHTY, Deputy.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
.Notice is her*r*l»v trlvcn that the u rider
sljnif'd has been appointed administrator or
tin- estate of peter Toleko, deceased. All
persons havlnur claims against the estate
or the said Peter Toleko, deceased, an*
herein' notified to present them, properl}
verified and with the proper vouchers,
v. ithln six months from the dat< < • thl 3
in,|ire, to the undersiKiicd administrator,
at his place or business, at Discovery, Otter,
Otter precinct, Alaska.
H. DONNELLEY.
' Administrator of the Estate of Peter To
leko. Deceased.
Iotted April 28. 1917.
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