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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1915.
INTIMIDATING THE PRESS.
The newspapers of this country
have fortunately thus far enjoyed en
tire liberty in criticising public men
and public measures, in expressing
their opinion upon acts of legisla
tion and administration and the con
duct of the men responsible for
them. Their opinion is very apt to
be that of the public whose interests
they endeavor to represent and which
they must represent to receive the
support of the public. This liberty is
one of the chief safeguards of our
free institutions and our iorm of pop
ular government. Of late a certain
class of politicians, particularly those
connected with the national govern
ment, have shown a disposition to
resent this freedom of discussion and
criticism and try to discredit the
newspaper press and impair its in
fluence. This has appeared more par
ticularly in summoning editors as wit
nesses in investigations and subject
ing them to a questioning of the at
titude of their papers and the mo
tives for it, implying that they are
swayed by some special interest to
color their news statements or shape
their editorial utterances.
Mr. Miller, the editor of the New
York Times, has just been subjected
to that kind of an ordeal by the Sen
ate committee which has been inves
tigating the alleged lobbying against
the ill-fated bill for government own
ership of merchant shipping, which
that newspaper vigorously opposed for
valid reasons. After respectfully an
swering all questions, pertinent and
impertinent, Mr. Miller took the op
portunity to protest forcibly but cour
teously against the kind of question
ing that had been directed at him,
for which, he said, he could "see no
ethical, moral or legal right," and
which he regarded as calculated, if
not intended, to make the press sub
servient to the governing povrer, as
some foreign “organs” are reputed to
be. This he regarded as tending “to
repress freedom of utterance and to
put the newspapers under a sort of
duress.”
Herein he spoke fairly for the in
dependent and self-respecting press
of the country, which is certainly as
conscientiously devoted to the pub
lic interest and as free of selfish
aims and motives as any of those who
seek and attain to public office. In
fact, as The Times editor said, those
who conduct newspapers are subject
ed to a constant and vigilant judg
ment far more exacting than that
which reaches men in office and is
more certain in its penalties. News
papers cannot afford to be swayed by
any particular interest among the
many about which they have occasion
to furnish information or to express
opinions. If they shaped their news
statements or their editorial utteran
ces for the benefit of some at the ex
pense of others or to the injury of
the public they would speedily lose
standing and find it unprofitable. It
is to be doubted whether those who
seek to “get even” with them really
believe that they are animated • by
such motives as they insinuate. Their
complaints and questionings have
more the appearance of petty resent
ment.—New York Times.
“Are you going to rusticate this
summer, Mrs. Comeup?” “Of course,
we’re not going to rust any way. We
are going to take a handsome country
place to shine.”
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UNITED KINGDOM
SOM GO DAI
LONDON, April 8.—The British
parliament will take up the prohibi
tion question next week. The expec
tation is that a bill to stop the man
ufacture and sale of liquors in the
United Kingdom will be passed. The
public demand for such a law is over
whelming.
JERSEY SENATE FOR
DEATHJ’EHALTY
TRENTON, N. J., April 8.—The
senate today killed the bill which if
passed would have abolished the deatn
penalty and substituted the life im
prisonment as the greatest punish
ment that could be given for any
crime.
The tight to pass the bill has been
on for several months but was final
ly beaten. The large number of for
eigners living in the state with many
of them fearing only death it was
argued that to stop electrocutions
would mean the cheapening of human
life and the senate finally defeated the
bill.
S. P, RAILROAD
BUYS MORE ROADS
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ April 8.—The
stockholders of the Southern Pacific
railroad, who have been holding a
meeting of the company at this place,
have decided to buy outright six sub
sidiary companies which are now part
of the system but are not directly
owned by the company.
RUSSIANS CLAIM
(MVICTORY
(Continued from page I.)
to the effect that the full strength
of the Dutch army has been concen
trated on the German border and will
be sent across the line if necessary.
London Reports German Retreat.
The announcement is made here
that the German army on the Meuse
has retreated after holding the posi
tion since September 10, tvhen Gen.
von Kluck made his successful stand
after the defeat near Paris.
French Claim Gains.
The official statements issued to
day by the French war office report
gains against the Germans in the
fight along the Meuse river and at
Verdun and St. Mihiel, where a ser
ies of assaults upon the kaiser’s
troops have been made the past few
days.
Vicious French Attacks.
The French have driven home some
of the most vicious attacks of the
present war against which the Ger
man military machine was unable to
stand and trench after trench fell in
to the hands of the troops of the re
public. The battle continues and the
object of the French is to reach Metz
and reduce the stronghold so that the
German frontier forts may be broken
into.
Germans Claim Victory.
BERLIN, April 8.—The war office
announces that the Russian offensive
in East Prussia had failed and that
the cohorts of the enemy had been
driven back with terrible loss. The
Russian attack was made near Aug
ustwo and has failed entirely. The
people are parading the streets cheer
ing for Gen. von Hindenburg, who is
the nation’s hero.
Russians Blockaded At Cracow.
At Cracow the Russians have been
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foiled again and the effort to cross
the Donajec river has failed and the
czar’s soldiers have lost again in the
■race for the former capital of Poland.
Italian Demands Granted.
ROME, April 8.—The failure of the
Italian government to enter the pres
ent war in Europe has been due to the
fact that the government expected to
secure its demands from Austria by
peaceful means, but now that the
Servians have agreed to the Ralian
contention that a port on the Adriatic
is necessary to the colonial policy of
Italy and is willing to grant that de
mand it seems certain that the next
few days will see the troops of King
Emmanuel crossing the Adriatic to
aid the people of Servia.
People Want War.
That a majority of the people de
sire war with Austria is certain and
the strong arm of the government is
all that prevents constant riots to
force the nation in the conflict. No
more railroad communication is allow
ed between the two countries and
trains now in Italy are stopped at
the border and passengers are forced
to walk across the line to the wait
ing train on the other side.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, April 8, 1915.
STATION \bovp Below. Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 30 3
McCallum . 22 13
Paxson’s . 15 9
Honan . 30 3
Gulkanu . 22
Copper Center .... 35
Tor.r-ina . 38 18
Teikhell . 35 19
Denver Dam . 30 45
Summit . 32 99
WiJrtman’s . 35 22
Cloudy, calm, trail soft.
Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Cloudy, calm, trail soft.
Clear, calm, trail bare.
Clear, calm, trail bare. „
Clear, calm, trail soft.
Clear, calm, trail good.
Clear, calm, trail soft.
Partly cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
H.M. CARTER. President., V.
Granite Mine/
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary.
Velde.. Alasfca.