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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1914.
THAT VALDEZ DIKE MONEY.
Delegate Wickersliam claims all
credit for getting the $55,000 appro
priation for the Valdez ditye. lie must
have done all his work in the Senate
because:
1. The item passed the Senate
four times before it passed the House
once, to-vvit: as an independent bill,
bn the Rivers and Harbors hill, on
(he Sundry Civil Appropriation bill,
and finally as a rider on the Army
bill. In the last form it went through
the House when the conference re
port was accepted.
2. Judge Wickersliam never ut
tered a word for the appropriation
on the floor of the House, as the Con
gressional Record shows.
3. Judge Wickersliam is known to
have objected to having the money
expended by the Alaska road com
mission, and does not deny the fact.
PROGRESSIVE VALDEZ.
Cast your eye over this record of
three delegate elections in Valdez,
and you will observe that the town
can learn from passing events:
Wickersham. All Others.
1908 .277 52
19X0 .:.19il 157
1912 .140 223
In 1908 Wickersham received 85 per
cent, of the vote of Valdez and a
majority of 225 over all others. In
1910 lie received 55 per cent, and a
clear majority of 39. In 1912 he re
ceived less than 40 per cent, and the
combined opposition vote exceeded
his own by 83. Why?
In 1908 Valdez was nearly unani
mous for Judge Wickersham because
the people thought they knew him
and believed he would devote his ad
mitted ability to the service of the
territory. As soon as he reached
Washington lie began getting into
rows with friends and men who might
have been his friends, iie made an
absolutely false and malicious per
sonal attack upon Col. Richardson,
who had been his friend for years.
In Wickersham’s three-year fight for
confirmation to a second term as
judge Col. Richardson obtained sup
port for him by personal appeals to
southern senators, notably Culberson
of Texas, then ranking Democratic
member of the Senate judiciary com
mittee. Wlckersham was finally
thrown down in the tight by his dear
friend Roosevelt at the behest of Gov.
lloggatt.
When the ex-judge got to Washing
ton as delegate he thought It good
business to list Rrcliardson among
"Guggenheim henchmen,” a charge
absolutely baseless. This and other
ungrateful exhibitions lost him nu
merous votes in Valdez in 1910, but a
majority of his supporters clung to
hint.
In 1912 Wlckersham thought It
good political business to throw in
with Finchot, Johnson, Heney, and
the rest of the double-cross gang who
ditched I-a Follette after pledging hint
their support and staged the Roose
velt third term farce. Wickersham
tried to make pawns of his Republl
can followers to curry favor with the
man who had blockaded Alaska de
velopment and who had given him the
double cross a few years before. He
lost more supporters till over the ter
ritory.
And Judge Wickersham is still al
ienating support constantly by fight
ing everybody who does not take or
ders from him.
AMERICA’S RIGHT TO TRADE.
The authorities at Washington are
properly unholding in a firm manner
the trade rights that this country pos
sesses under recognized principles of
public law, despite the efforts of
Great Britain to prevent our ship
ments of goods to foreign nations.
As a neutral nation, the United States
may ship goods, directly or indirect
ly, to belligerent countries, provid
ed the goods are not war materials or
subject to use for war purposes. No
nation has a right to debar the Un
ited States from shipping even food
stuffs to non-combatants. Internation
al law gives the United States that
right, except when the ports are ac
tually blockaded and the blockade
formally announced to all nations.
A belligerent possesses some rights
of pre-emption and may take for his
own use non-contraband goods desig
nated for his enemy. But there must
be full payment for the commandeer
ed merchandise at its mercantile val
ues plus a reasonable profit, gener
ally computed at ten per cent. Con
fiscation is altogether illegal. That
tile British government does not chal
lenge this doctrine is indicated by the
full payment that has been made for
the seized copper shipments. It would
appear that a market capable of in
definite expansion lias been opened
for American copper. Of course, cop
per consigned to Holland, for the
Krupps or other manufacturers of
wiir machines is contraband and may
be seized and confiscated. As to food
and general merchandise the pre
sumptions are that the Intended uae
Is non-military.
The contraband question should not
be considered in either a pro or anti
German spirit, or in a pro or anti
British spirit. The principles we up
hold have no relation to sympathy for
or against any of the combatants. We
should be careful to Insist on noth
ing more from Great Britain than
we would insist on from Germany
should Germany have control of the
seas.—Ex.
alaskTIane
KEEPER’S REPORT
The quarterly report of the Sani
tarium Company, of Portland, Ore
gon, has just been received by Gov.
J. F. A. Strong. A summary of the
report is as follows:
Number of patients under care at
the beginning of the quarter
(July 1), 156 males, 25 females,
total .181
Patients received during the quar
ter, 10 males, 2 females, total.. 12
Total patients for quarter... .193
Patients discharged during
quarter, 1 male, 1 female,
total . 2
Eloped during quarter, 1 male 1
male . 1
Died during quarter, 6 males,
3 females, total. 9
Total patients under care at
close of quarter, 158 males,
23 females, total.181
Total .193
The patients who died during the
quarter were Charles Malloy, Charles
Brown, July 29th; Sam Steinke, El
eanor C. McDonald, August 7th; Da
vid Rosenberg, September 8th; Hel
ena Vlasoff, September 15th; Anna
Dick, September 17th; M. Mathieson,
September 22nd; J. Kavall, Septem
ber 23rd.
The patients discharged from the
institution were: Mrs. S. Zuckerman
and Nels Thorsen. Regarding these
the report states:
“Nels Thorsen was discharged Aug
ust! 14, and was taken by his broth
er to Seattle. Mrs. S. Zuckerman,
who was discharged on parole Sep
tember 1st, is being looked after by
the Jewish Ladies’ Society, at the
Women's Union, and we think is get
ting along all right.
"Regarding the one patient who
eloped during the quarter, the report
contains the information that "Albert
Schutlz, who eloped July 9th, had
been in a condition of alcoholic man
ia. He recovered rapidly and was on
parole and would have been dlscharg
ed shortly In any event.”
A wealth man died In a village and
Ihe town gossiped about how much he
left. The town gossip meeting a law
yer the following conversation occur
red:
Q. I suppose you drew Brown’s
will?
A. Yes.
Q. Would you mind telling how
much he left?
A. Not at all. He left everything
he had.
Notice of Election.
Whereas, pursuant to acts of Con
gress providing for the election of
a delegate to congress from the Ter
ritory of Alaska, and members of a
legislative assembly for the Territory
of Alaska; such election Is required
to be held on Tuesday, November 3,
1914, at which election the qualified
voters of the Third judicial division
of Alaska are entitled to vote for a
delegate in Congress, one member of
the senate and four members of the
house of representatives in the legis
lative assembly of the Territory; and,
Whereas, pursuant to the require
ments of said acts of congress the
Common Council of the incoporated
Town of Valdez, in said Third divis
ion, by resolution duly adopted in
regular session on the 21st day of
September, 1914, divided the territory
embraced in said town into two vot
ing precincts as follows, to-wlt:
i'recinct numuer I. iuciuuiuk mat
part of said town lying easterly of
the middle line of Alaska avenue.
Precinct number 2; including that
part of said town lying westerly of
the middle of Alaska avenue.
And at said meeting the Common
Council by resolution fixed the poll
ing place of precinct No. 1 at the
Council Chamber at the Town Hall
on Broadway; and the polling place
of precinct No. 2 in the ground floor
room of the Fish building on West
McKinley street.
The following named persons were
designated by the council at said
meeting to serve as judges and clerks
of such election;
Precinct No. 1—Judges: H. M. De
lano, Tom Hunt, Louis Rosenthal.
Clerks: H. M. Conrad and H. P. Sul
livan.
Precinct No. 2—Judges: Con Low
ney, T. E. Wtkidel, Frank llayes.
Clerks: Ross Heckey and Frank Mil
lard. j
Dated September 28, 1914.
E. E. RITCHIE. Mayor.
RANDALL E. ASHBY, Town Clerk.
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President Woodrow Wilson
ALASKA as a storehouse, should be
" unlocked. One key to it is a sys
tem of railways. These the govern
ment should itself build and adminis
ter, and the ports and terminals it
should itself control in the interest of
all who wish to use them for the ser
vice and development of the country
and its people.
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
C. E. Bunnell
THE policy of President Wilson’s
■ administration toward Alaska has
been one of magnificent constructive
development.
Support the Administration by voting
for
C. E. BUNNELL
FOR
Delegate to Congress i
From Alaska
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Every
Suit
Guaranteed
Your
Money
Back
If Not
Satisfactory
JOHN LYONS
Independent candidate
for Representative in
Alaska Legislature.
Resided in Alaska since
1897. Resided in Valdez
since 1901. Believes in
opening up Alaska for
this generation, and that
such a course is best for
all future generations.
THOS. C. PRICE
of Cordova.
Democratic candidate for Senator.
Believes in government con
trol and Immediate development
of the resources of Alaska.
If elected will work In harmony
with the National Democratic Ad
ministration in its attempt to open
up Alaska. A vote for him is a
vote in support of President Wll
son. ’ | jf fcjfl
For Representative
Thomas H. Holland
of Chltina.
Democratic Candidate.
Has lived in Alaska since 1902.
Knows Alaska, knows the needs
of Alaska and if elected will work
for Alaska.
A vote for him is a vote in sup
port of Woodrow Wilson in his
attempt to develop Alaska.
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