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Food will win
the War;
don’t waste it!
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918
WHEN 5n<£ DONS OVERALLS.
WHEN D'llPie don* her overalls
Of cotton or chnmbray
The sight of her Just thrills my soul
And takes my breath away.
OH. how she charms my artist ey*
When she In stripes is seen!
Oh, how she moves my Inmost sense
In pair of black sateen!
AND when she dons the khaki kind
Or wea s n pair with checks
I grind my teeth In agony
At all the rubbernecks
YET don she white or don she blue
Her charms my heart enthrall.
1 wonder win she ever wore
Those ugl> skirts at all! • • •
WHEN Duielo dons her overalls
I'm Plied with longing throes
That they'll give her what 1 have not~
The courage to propose.
—Oscar H. Roesner
BRING OUT THAT AMENDMENT!
The U. S. senate Is keen to play
little, nasty peanut politics, but it’s
different when it comes to handling a
political measure upon which the na
tion’s sincerity and honesty as a gen
uine democracy depends.
We refer to the burial of the*equal
suffrage amendment in that body.
Weeks ago, the house voted for sub
mission of that amendment, but it has
hardly been mentioned in the senate
since. But there has been plenty of
senatorial howling for sacrifice and
labor by the women to further the na
tion’s business.
How can we consistently and con
scientiously engage in bleeding and
paying for more of equal rights and
liberty in other nations, when our
own nation is “half free and half
slave”? and isn’t the hypocrisy of the
thing emphasized by the fact that our
highest legislative body has gone to
sleep over the question of freedom or
slavery? That the senate has import
ant war business on hand is no ex
cuse for a body that has devoted a
solid month of its time to playing mis
erable little party politics. If the wo
men of this country, who are called
upon to work, sacrifice and suffer for
democracy, should become as foolish
and indifferent as the U. S. Senate,
we’d soon see the finish of all democ
racy.—Ex.
THE PROBLEM, ALWAYS AND
TODAY
What the United States has at
tempted in this war was never before
heard of in all the world’s history.
What it has already accomplished Is
without precedent.
The proposition was to transport
a vast force over 3,000 miles of ocean
and keep it supplied. No other nation
ever did anything approaching this,
and it was our basic, all Important
proposition, upon which all our other
war propositions depended and with
out successful solution of which we
might as well continue as an outraged
and disgraced neutral. Ten months
ago, when we decided to engage in
this Herculanean labor, that this was
our proposition was plain and definite
to the entire world. Moreover, such
were conditions in entente countries,
that we were clearly limited as to
time in which to srlve our problems.
In other words, we had not only to
get into the fight 3,000 miles across
an enemy infested ocean, but get in
before our friends already in became
exhausted through lack of food and
other supplies.
That we have in Europe 300,000
Americans, well armed, well trained,
well provided for modern war busi
ness is remarkable. It is something
without parallel, to say nothing about
the millions and millions of tons of
supplies we’ve landed in Europe for
the allies. But what are the present
* facts?
Our present forces in Europe are
but a drop In the necessary bucket*
ful.
The premiers of England, France
and Italy have just issued a demand
upon us for more and more food.
The anti-German belligerents have
less ship tonnage than a year ago.
To supply a million of our men in
Europe would require the constant
service of from four to seven millions
of tonnage.
The U-boats are destroying ship
ping at the rate of five to seven mil
lion tons annually.
Our experts say that the best we
can jlo, under present plans and pros
pects. Is to construct about four mil
lions of tonnage this year. And, in
ten mouths, we haven't put one ton
of new tonnage into the service.
Ships in time, has always been our
war problem. It is more so today than
ever before, because we have wasted
time.
Today, we find that we need
000 shipbuilders. Short of ships to
•transport fighters, Secretary Baker
“passes the buck” to Chairman Hur
ley, who passes it on to labor. Wash
ington dispatches of February 5 and
6 were to the efTect that "a full re
alization of the extent to which Am
erican troops movements depend on
tonnage has come to all the govern
ments.” The president has an import
ant conference with Hurley and others
at the head of the shipbuilding busi
ness. The chief topic of the supreme
war council at Versailles is that of
finding ships.
After ten months, during every day
of which our main problem was grow
ing bigger and more exigent, we con
fess that we are disorganized, ineffic
ient and short of the labor to build
ships. All anti-Germany, today, finally
realizes that the problem is ships, the
plain, urgent problem of ten months
ago.
Evidently, tne war question of this
hour is this, no more, no less:
Can the allies hold Germany, with
its man-power and gun-power ever
increasing by additions from the east,
until we launch the necessary ships?
There is no question as to starving
Germany, in the matter of food or ma
terial for battle. There is no question
as to relief through internal embar
rassment in Germany or Austria. It
is a matter of meeting Germany at
her mightiest, and it is jn almighty
question.
As said above, we undertook a lab
or such as no other nation ever en
gaged in and have accomplished more
than any other nation ever did. To
convert millions of peaceful people
itato fighters was a large proposition.
But to make them the greatest ship
builders this world ever knew was.
easy. We had the men, the money,
the material ready to hand. We got
a good horse but fought over the style
of wagon. We missed it. We’ll pay
like blazes, if we don’t, at once, have
the highest of organization and ef
ficiency.—Exchange.
NEXT Tuesday is election day for
the city of Valdez. But little interest
has been manifested in the city elec
tion so far, and the only contest dev
eloping is for school director. E. B.
Wheat announcing in opposition to
W. A Dolan. Both men have a host
of friends and both men will make
efficient directors so the voters of Val
dez may take their choice, knowing
that in case either man is elected the
schools will be well served.
FORTUNE IN RARE DRUG
FOUND IN TRUNK SEAMS
NEW YORK: With the arrest to
day of Herman Lammers, a Holland
er, customs authorities announced
they had uncovered one of the clever
est smuggling devices they had ever
seen and had seized as a result 2,000
tubes of a drug whose public sale is
forbidden, valued at about $30,000.
A statement issued at the custom
house said that Dr. Frank Erdwurn,
a lieutenant commander in the naval
reserve, had tried to dispose of the
drug for Lammers and had made a
full statement of his connection with
the case.
The drug was brought over by Lam
mers in a trunk aboard the steam
ship Nleuw Amsterdam, February 8.
It was concealed in tubes Inserted in
to 2,000 holes bored into the edges
of the boards of the trunk before it
was constricted. The attempt of Dr.
Erdwurn to dispose of the drug led
the customs men to his apartment,
where it was stated the trunk was
found. Had the carpenter who made
the trunk not used green timber the
scheme might have worked success
fully, but steam heat acting on the
unseasoned wood caused the joints to
shrink, disclosing the tubes.
NEW STRIKE IN MOVE
TO UNIONIZE ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS: The walkout of 600
retail grocery clerks, the release of
104 striking department store clerks
who were arrested yesterday for par
ticipating in a parade and demands
made upon several firms for recogni
tion of newly organized unions were
the chief developments today In the
movement which has been under way
here for several weeks to unionize St.
Louis industries.
The grocery clerks quit work today
without presenting demands, assign
ing as their reason the discharge of
seven employes by a retail store with
several branches In the city.
At the Malllnkrodt Chemical Works
today 700 workers failed to appear
and at the Wagner Electric Company
plant, where munitions are being
made, the original estimate of 2.000
employes not at work is still adher
ed to by labor leaders.
When 104 participants In a parade
yesterday were arraigned in court to
day they were dismissed and the po
lice were instructed to adopt a policy
of “hands off” unless there was a
clear violation of the law.
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THE QUESTIONNAIRE
The queries in your questionnaire:
Divorced or single, if wedded tell;
The date when tolled the fatal bell;
Give age, condition, weight and race;
And name each blemish—feet to face;
If lame, or halt, knock-kneed or
blind,
Please fully state before it is signed.
If you've had wives, please state how
many;
If not, just why you havn’t any;
If living with your wife’s relations.
Then state who rules the home plan
tation ;
Does ma-in-law pay your house rent?
If so, please state to what extent;
Please answer sir, with utmost care,
’Pore sending in your questionnaire.
If you’ve a wife with you to bunk,
If you’ve a wife with you to gunk.
State when your clothes went in one
trunk;
Here give the total of your boodle,
And state what’s wrong with your
poor noodle.
Have you flat feet or wheels in head?
How have you lived for 12 months
past?
If preacher, state where you starved
last.
Have you your last year’s taxes paid?
Are you supporting man (or maid)?
If so, is she your wife’s relation?
(Be careful here with explanation.)
Have you been trained for war’s dead
strife
Aside from battles with your wife?
Can you talk Kansas. French or
Greek,
And how much English do you speak?
When all have answered and with
care
The queries in the questionnaire,
Then Uncle Sam will be much wiser
And will proceed to whip the kaiser.
—National Tribune.
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HOTEL SEXTON
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate For Re-election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
"In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate for Delegate to
Congress from Alaska, I feel impelled to make a brief statement to
the people of the territory. It is now nearly a year since I was Beated
In the House as Alaska’s representative to congress. During the most
of this time the United States has been engaged in a world war, and
every resource of the nation, Including money and man power Is be
ing devoted to the single purpose of winning this great war. Every
member of congress in considering legislation for the nation, has
placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the
United States.
"Alaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given
her share willingly and unstlntlngly. When the'democratic party
went before the people of Alaska In November, nineteen sixteen. It
stood for a certain constructive program which embodied as its prin
cipal elements a wider measure of home rule for the territory, and a
sane and rational policy In the development of natural resources and
every possible aid to the pioneers of the country.
"I have Introduced among others the following bills In congress
which I am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
"Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home
rule the dominating principle.
"Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair
to all, and the protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
"Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty
rod reservation.
"Authorizing free surveys of homesteads In isolated sections.
“Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better oppor
tunity to uqe the game of the country without Its being slaughtered.
f’Extendlng the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s Insane within the territory.
“At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly In mind the
needs of the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the
war some measure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in
passing a law which helped the prospector by suspending assessment
work on claims during the years nineteen seventeen and nineteen
eighteen. The extension of the wireless and cable system In Alaska has
been accomplished with bright prospects tor a further extension.
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska In the matter of appoint
ments to the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts
which prevented the farmers of the interior from supplying army
posts with their vegetables are cancelled.
"Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of
Alaska have come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reit
erating my desire to Berve the best interests of Alaska I am submit
ting my name as a candidate for the democratic nomination for
Delegate to Congress.”
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
F. and A. M.
Valdez Lodge No. 168
REGULAR communications, first
Wednesday in each month In Ma
sonic Hall. Visitors always wel
come.
WALTER ELLIOT, W. M.
C. G. REYNOLDS, Sec.
L 0. 0. F.
Valdez, No, 6
Meets every Monday night at 8:00
o’clock p. m„ in Odd Fellows’
Hall. Visiting members cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
OTTO ELFSTROM, N. G.
R. D. NICHOLLS, Secretary.
Fraternal Order Eagles
> Valdez Aerie No. 1971
Meets every Friday night in Eagle
Hall. Visiting Members cordially in
vited to attend these meetings.
ED. WOOD, W. P.
C. J. TODD, Sec.
Order of Eastern Star
Valdez Chapter No. 5
STATED communications, first and
third Tuesdays of each month at
Masonic Hall. Visiting members
always welcome.
RENA E. CRAWFORD, W. M.
, J. A. SILVERMAN, M. D. Sec’y. •
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
Frank Gustafson, President, *
VaUm Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Sacralary.
Valdes Alaska.
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