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MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1915.
SWITZERLAND’S ARMY.
With a population of about 4,000,
000, at an expenditure of less than
$8,000,000 annually, the Swiss con
federation can, in an hour of need,
muster a fighting force of 500,000
men, trained and perfectly equipped.
With a population of more than 90,
000,000, it costs the republic of the
United States in the neighborhood of
$90,000,000 to maintain a professional
military organization which, in emer
gency, could throw a hare 50,000 men,
incompletely equipped, into line of
battle.
To trace the Swiss $8,000,000 into
a first-class defensive force of 500,000
is exceedingly simple.
The money goes for training, cloth
ing and equipment, and pay of sol
diers and officers whil ethey are with
the colors. It is not wasted in poli
tics, because it is next to impossible
to play politics with the Swiss mili
tary system.
Every male citizen of Switzerland,
who is able, receives military train
ing for certain short periods between
the ages of 17 and 52. Every two
years, for the first ten years—that is,
five times in all—he answers a call
to the colors. His period of train
ing is never more than ninety days
for any one year, and that only in
the first year. If an artillery recruit,
his training covers seventy-five days
if in the cavalry, ninety days, and
if in the infantry sixty days. The
period with the colors shortens as
he grows older. During his third,
fifth, seventh and ninth years this
period of training is from twelve to
fifteen days. He is paid only dur
ing the time he is with the colors.
More than that, so far as is possi
ble, his military training is made to
follow the line of his occupation. If
he is a baker, he finds his place in
the commissary; if he is an electri
cian, he can enter the engineers or
the signal corps. His commander of
troops is elected by the legislature.—
Harper’s Weekly.
6,000,000 MEN—$7,000,000,000.
Five months of war have made a
record of losses in material and men
surpassing that of years of struggle
in any previous conflict.
The direct money cost is set at $7,
000,000,000. Destruction damage in
Belgium alone has been put at $1,
000,000,000. It is as great in northern
France, but relatively less in the east.
The Germans will not raze Lodz, a
German town by ownership; from pol
icy the Russians try to spare Galicia.
Ruin is more complete in East Prus
sia and Servia, but the population
is sparse. The total property loss
may be half as great as the direct
money cost. The loss by wreckage
of trade and industry is impossible
even to guess at.
But shocking beyond all compari
son is the wasted life and health oi
the most vigorous men of Europe
Less accuracy here possible. All
figures are in arrears. The total es
timate of 6,000,000 is as fair as any,
Six million men! How many are
dead? The per cent, of killed in the
British lists is about 15. It was 17
in South Africa; the Boers are dead
shots. Owing to frontal charges and
desperate haste, it is perhaps as high
among the Germans. A larger propor
tion of prisoners may make the per
cent of dead Russians and Austri
ans less than 15. Close to a million
men have surely fallen.
What triumphs of conquest or trade
advantage can statesmen use to cov
er the policies that have made pos
sible such devastation?—New York
World.
No Luxuries for Captives.
A recent set of rules regulating
the conditions of canteen trade in
the German concentration camps is
reported in The Frankfurter Zeitung.
The paper says;
"According to recently issued rules
for the canteen trade in prisoners’
camps, every occasion to satisfy the
inclination of prisoners for more re
fined methods of living (verfeinerter
Lebensweise) is to be strictly inter
dicted.
“Therefore, only the sale .of plain
foodstuffs and articles necessary for
consumption, bodily well-being, clean
liness and decent appearance, or for
clothing or laundry purposes, are to
be admitted. Delicacies, to which
belong also cakes, sugar, candies, co
coa, and chocolate, are to be prohib
ited absolutely.
"In this way account will be tak
en of the justified feeling of resent
ment among wide circles of our peo
ple against the inhuman treatment to
which members of our armies who
have been taken prisoners are in part
subjected in captivity in hostile coun
tries.”
NAVAL BATTLE
IN NORTH SEA
(Continued from page 1.)
can mean but one thing.
The opinion of the Rumanian Lega
tion is that they would prefer to wait
until the Russian operations through
Buckowina have developed farther
across the Carpathians. Rumania, af
ter all, is a small country, though she
is ready to place half a million troops
in the fighting line immediately, and
she is not wealthy enough to face un
moved the prospect of a long war.
Every month that has been passing
has been reducing the possible con
tinuation of hostilities, so that it Js
not any change in the political feel
ing of the country, but cold, practi
cal facts, that have kept Rumania
aloof.
So far, there is no disposition to
minimize the fighting value of the
Magyar, more especially as he has
his back now against the wall. He
is the real fighting force in Austria
now.
Deputy Marshal Clarence Mossman
yesterday arrested Benjamin Whitt,
who is held as an insane person and
will be given a hearing tomorrow af
ternoon before Commissioner George
Love.
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REV. E. H. MOLONY
REPLIES TO MINER
It is encouraging to find that in
terest In Everyman's Club i3 increas
ing as indicated in the article pub
lished in yesterday’s Miner. But 1
do not like the phraseology of that
article, particularly as my name is
used in such a way that it suggests
that it was written with my approval.
It Is true that the things stated are
said to have happened, but I am of
the opinion that not men, but mis
chievous, irresponsible boys were the
culprits.
As to the “1,000 books that were
carried away” I understand that the
former policy encouraged the taking
of the books for circulation, and if
they are being read in camps, etc.,
they are fulfilling partly the purpose
for which they were sent. There *s
no use in airing past grievances in
the tone of Sunday’s article. It is
best to forget them. Personally I feel
that to make the club useful now is
the important thing, and to make ev
ery man feel that it is his club, to
enter and use freely is my main de
sire.
A number of the business men are
subscribing towards the monthly ex
penses of janitor, librarian, etc., and
several of the men who are here fo"
the winter have subscribed, too, vol
untarily. About $26.00 monthly is
now being subscribed, and lacks more
than half the amount required, so
that we are not yet “out of the
woods,” to say nothing of the debt
to yet be wiped out.
I will later publish a full financial
statement with list of subscribers,
etc. What the club most needs is the
spirit of co-operation and good fel
lowship. The only rule I would deem
necessary is the observance of com
mon honesty, common decency, com
mon courtesy and common sense.
Let it be noted that thus Every
man’s Club is a club for every man,
without any question of creed or pol
itics or clothes. The best reading
room and only public library in Val
dez, with no red tape and a comfort
able place to spend quiet afternoon
or evening always. Yours, etc.,
EDWARD H. MOLONY.
How Spies Get Credentials.
A story about a new trick used by
the French to get their spies be
hind the German lines is told in a
Berlin dispatch to The Frankfurter
Zeitung:
“From advices received here,” says
the paper, “it appears that the French
are compelling German captives in
writing home to ask that their mili
tary papers be sent to them. The
reason is obvious. These valuable
papers of identification^never reach
the prisoners to whom they belong,
but are instead turned over to Frenen
spies to enable them to carry on thmt
sinister work in the German emjiiril
“The dangerous scheme can be
frustrated only by, the us© of great
care throughout Germany, and the
absolute refusal to comply with any
such request for military papers. It
is the duty of everybody to notify
tthe authorities at once on receipt of
any such request.”
Lieut. Koehler will leave on the
Mariposa for Fort WTn. H. Seward
Swell program tonight at the Or
pheum.
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.
In the District Court of the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
Otto R. Hansen, Plaintiff, vs. Alas
ka Northern Railway Company, Alas
ka Central Railway Company, W. E.
Stavert, P. G. Jemmett, W. J. Boland,
Sovereign Bank of Canada, The
Trusts and Guarantee Company, Lim
ited; International Assets Limited,
and O. G. L&beree, Defendants.—Sum
mons By Publication. No. 700.
The President of the United States
of America, Greeting:
To the above named defendants, W.
E. Stavert, P. G. Jemmett, W. J.
Boland, Alaska Central Railway Com
pany, Sovereign Bank of Canada, The
Trusts and Guarantee Company, Lim
ited; International Assets, Limited,
and O. G. Laberee:
You and each of you are hereby
summoned to appear in the District
Court of the Territory of Alaska
Third Division, within thirty days af
ter the 23rd day of February, 1915,
excluding said day, said day com
pleting the period of publication of
this summons, and answer the com
plaint of the plaintifT, a copy of
which is herewith served upon you,
and unless you so appear and an
swer, the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
This action is brought by a holder
of bonds of the second mortgage is
sue of the defendant Alaska Central
Railway Company, for the purpose of
setting aside, on the ground of fraud
on the part of the defendants, the
sale on or about the 9th day of Octo
ber, 1909, of the properties of the
Alaska Central Railway Company un
der foreclosure proceedings in a
cause In the above named court en
titled Trust* and Guarantee Com
pany, Limited, Plaintiff, vs. Alaska
Central Railway Company, Tanaoa
Railway Construction Company, and
The Central Trust Company of Illi
nois, Defendants, in which cause
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there was a cross complaint entitled
Central Trust Company of Illinois,
Plaintiff, vs. Alaska Central Railway
Company, Trusts and Guarantee
Company, Limited, and The Tanana
Railway Construction Company, De
fendants. Plaintiff further asks that
the court decree to plaintiff and such
other holders of bonds of the sec
ond mortgage issue upon the prop
erties of the Alaska Central Railway
Company as may join herein a first
lien superior to that of each and all
the defendants; that the defendants
be required within a time to be fixed
by the court to discharge the lien
of this plaintiff, as established by
this court, together with the lien
of other plaintiffs who may come in
and establish their claims, and in
default of such discharge that the
property covered by tne mortgage se
curing the second bond issue of the
Alaska Central Railway Company be
sold by decree of court, and that at
suqji sale plaintiff may be permitted
I to become a purchaser, and tender
jlhis lien together with that of any
Other plaintiffs that may establish
their lien, in payment for the same,
and that the properties be sold, real,
personal and mixed, as a unit, with
out redemption; that a temporary re
ceiver of all the properties of the
defendant Alaska Central Railway
Company and Alaska Northern Itail
way Company be appointed at once,
and that such appointment be made
permanent after notice; that the
plaintiff have such other and further
relief as may be equitable, together
with his costs and disbursements in
this action.
This relief is asked on the ground
that the foreclosure sale herein
before mentioned was the result of a
fraudulent conspiracy on the part of
the defendants herein for the pur
pose of obtaining the assets of the
railway company for the benefit of
defendants, to the exclusion of plain
tiff and all other second mortgage
bond holders except the defendan*
Sovereign Bank of Canada; that as
a result of this conspiracy the de
fendants have subjected the assets of
the defendant Alaska Central Rail
way Company and the securities of
the defendant Alaska Northern Rail
way Company, to illegal preferred
liens and charges in favor of them
selves, which, if enforced, will de
stroy the security for plaintiff’s
UUUUS.
The amount for which plaintiff
claims a lien upon the properties
formerly owned by the Alaska Cen
tral Railway Company is the sum of
$155,000.00, that being the face value
of bonds of that company held by
plaintifT, and the sum of $25,753.45,
exclusive of interest, advanced by
plaintiff to the defendants Stave rt
Jemmett and Boland for the purpose
of protecting plaintiff’s rights as a
second mortgage bondholder.
This service of summons by pub
lication is made pursuant to an order
of the above named court entered on
the 18th day of December, 1914, di
recting service of summons by pub
lication upon the defendants W. S.
Stavert, F. G. Jemmett, O. G. Lab
eree, W. J. Boland, Alaska Central
Railway Company, Sovereign Bank of
Canada, The Trusts and Guarantee
Company, Limited, and International
Assets Limited, which publication
was directed by the court to be made
once a week for a period of six
weeks. The first publication hereof
will be made upon the 11th day of
January, 1915.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown Judge of said Court this 9th
day of January, 1916.
(Seal.) ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk of the District Court
By CHAS. A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of last publication February
23. 1915.
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