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MONDAY, Jl'LY, 1«, lf»17
LET THE PEOPLE KNOW
Lord Northcliffe, the British high
commissioner, now in the United
States, has given the American peo
ple and the American government
some wholesome and practical advice
which has been gratefully received
from a representative of an ally that
has been engaged in war for nearly
three years. It was Lord Northcliffe
who stirred the British nation into
its fullest fighting capacity and con
sequently more than ordinary impor
tance attaches to what he said to us
A few days ago he commented on
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the question of censorship. The bur
den of his advice was that the Amer
ican people should be permitted to
know what is going on. The British
government blundered by keeping the
unpleasant facts from the people and
Lord Northcliffe appeals to America
not to make the identical mistake.
England has learned that the truth,
even though the truth hurts, has a
more wholesome effect on the public
than pleasant half truths or silence.
In other words it was discovered that
the people are patriotic, determined
to win the war, and react more read
ily to disagreeable news than to sug
ared “information” which has the
earmarks of having been “doctored.”
The authorities at Washington
have found that the press, as a whole,
not only is patriotic, but is sympa
thetic and constructive in its criti
cism. They made an agregrious error
when they attempted to gag the press
immediately after the war started.
The newspapers as a rule would not
object to a reasonable censorship, but
when congress found that the admin
istration was determined to muzzle
the press, even to the point of pre
venting criticism of the acts of of
ficials, it went farther even than the
editors themselves demanded and said
in effect that the press should remain
untrammeled.
At present a voluntary censor
ship, which appears to be very satis
factory, is in force. More than one
peace of international information has
been withheld by the newspapers
throughout the country because such
information, made public, might be of
value to the enemy. A single instance
of this was the dispatch of Persh
ing’s expedition to Prance—some
thing known to hundreds of editors
—a big piece of news—but withheld
until the troops reached their desti
nation and the war department re
leased the “story.”
Lord Northcliffe is right. His pol
icy of “all the news”—consistent of
course, with the exactions of patriot
ism—has the approval of the Amer
ican people, as it has already been
given the indorsement of congress.
The people are furnishing the sinews
of war—men. money and munitions—
! and are entitled to the facts. Indeed,
it is their war, and not the war of
any set of officials.
.MOB LAW
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Occasionally our national smug
ness is knocked into a cocked hat
when some untoward event occurs to
teach us the virtue of humility. An
illustration may be cited in the anti
negro riots at East St: Louis. This
everlasting disgrace to American civ
ilization may well cause us to pause
and wonder at tifnes whether we are
all we pretend to be.
Mob law such as that which has
besmirched the fair name of the
South fof many years is bad enough.
The lynching of negroes is a practice
which has been by no means legislat
ed or shamed out of existence. It is
decreasing slightly, but is bad enough
at best. Yet there are those who op
enly denounce mob law, such as that
applied for punishment against wo
men, and secretly approve it—and
that school, which exists in all parts
of the country, seems to find some
conscious justification for its attitude
in defending the honor of women.
But no man whose mental machin
ery is in working order, can condone
the Illinois crime. The rioting was
without even the moral warrant which
the lynchers of the South invoke in
defense of their acts. The mob may
may been provoked to some extent,
but there was nothing which could
justify it in taking the law into its
own hands, and burning, maiming and
killing in a bloodthirsty manner that
would have done credit to the brutal
Kurds in their attacks on the Armen
ians.
Of course, this outrage was com
mitted by the worst element of the
population. The recent, law-abiding
citizens could not have been the au
thors. Most mobs are composed of the
riff-raff of civilization, incited per
haps by a few loud-mouthed leaders
—in the present instance agitators
who pretended to represent labor—
and the disgrace of their acts is too
often visited upon those who do not
deserve it.
While we are fighting as a nation
for democracy in the world war, a
small irresponsible and lawless ele
ment should be made to feel the full
weight of the law which it refuses to
recognize.
DOWN in Seattle the chief of Hi
Gill’s celebrated “dry squad” at
tempted to “frame” a superior of
ficer for the purpose of ascertaining
if he was venal. The superior was
formally accused and speedily ex
onerated by a jury of his peers;
whereupon, the mayor dismissed the
head “axeman” and five policemen
who were involved in the case. It fre
quently develops that men of little au
thority, to win popular applause, set
themselves up as public censors and
petty dictators, but justice has a way
of gaining its ends, slowly frequently,
hut surely usually.
AS an example of what Alaska will
do towards producing early vegetables
we call the attention of outside read
ers who are wont to consider this fav
ored spot an icebox, to the fact that
on the third of July Joseph Dieringer
of this city had new potatoes the size
of eggs in his patch in this city. And
these were not grown in a hot house,
but in a large patch of the Irish fav
orite which he is cultivating along
with many other vegetables. Many
acres of potatoes are well under way
in Valdez, but these are the first to
reach a size fit for market.
TWO SEPTUAGENARIAN CON
VICTS ESCAPE FROM PRISON
FOLSOM, Cal., July 6.—All* the
convicts at Folsom prison were lock
ed up today while the guards combed
the surrounding country in an effort
to find Dick Larkin, aged 75, and
Bill Nye, 73, who wandered away
from the prison ranch yesterday.
“The two old fellows probably would
have been paroled long ago,” said
Warden J. J. Smith today, “if we had
not thought they were too feeble to
be allowed outside. We have been
nursing them along, trying to keep
them alive. They would be out of the
farm one day and in the prison hos
pital the next. At first we thought
they had gone fishing, but when they
failed to come back it became evident
they had walked away. Perhaps they
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are too weak to get back, so we arei
looking for them.”
Larkin has been in Folsom most of |
the time for thirty-seven years for
thefts, while Nye has served most of
a fourteen-year term for manslaught-1
er. Xo trace of the old men has been
found.
ROME SAYS
SUBS SUNK
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AMERICAN WARSHIPS
SEND FOUR TO BOTTOM
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Dispatch Emanating From Berne,
Switzerland, Says Fleet Convoying
American Contingent Sunk Four of
Germany's largest U-Baots.
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LONDON, July 16.—A Rome dis-;
patch emanating from German sources'
at Berne, Switzerland, says the re
port is current that four of the larg-!
est and most modern submarines were!
sunk by American warships convoying j
the first contingent of American
troops from the United States to
France, in the recent battle between j
the American fleet and German U
boats.
FEAR 1.W. W:$
TROOPS RUSHED TO BIG
BORE IN CASCADES
Tlii-eats Made to Dynamite Passage
Thru Mountains on Great Northern
Road Sends Troops on Double
(Juick to Prevent Destruction.
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SEATTLE, July 16.—On receipt of
notification that I. W. W.’s had
threatened to dynamite the cascade
tunnel in case they were not permitt
ed to enter the State of Washington,
troops were rushed from here to
guard that important piece of engi
neering, for fear it might be destroy
ed. The Cascade tunnel is on the main
line of the Great Northern Railroad,
and pierces the Cascade range at a
point near Wellington. The tunnel is
3 miles long.
MINE FOREMAN IS
STONED BY STRIKERS
GLOBE, Ariz., July 16.—Foreman
Richard Mayne, of the Old Dominion
mine, was stoned by striking miners
when he attempted to enter the mine
this morning, the first day of the
strike of the International Union of
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CORDOVA ALASKA.
FRESH GOODS all the seasonable fruits and vegetables the
State’s markets afford on the last steamer.
Cheney Cravats
We have just opened up and placed in stock,
a shipment of the famous Cheney Cravats.
This make of men’s neckwear has a world
over reputation for smartness and satisfac
tion. Aiwa vs the last word in stvle and color
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ing, ties of Cheney silk hold their shape and
favor with you. Flowing end Foulards, Re
versible Tublars, Bat-wing and Club styles
all invite your earliest inspection. Prices
75c to $1.25.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
Good Goods
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Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and
jthe Metal Mine Workers.
The strikers maintained a picket
| about the mine and endeavored inef
fectively to prevent pumpmen and
i electricians reaching the property to
'save the mine from flooding.
! An extra force of deputies has been
i sworn in by the sheriff.
The Miami copper mines at Miami
;also are closed as a result of the
! strike.
ALASKAfTsHOOTS
SELF AT SEATTLE
1 LARGE STOCKHOLDER IN
SCSITNA MINING COMPANY
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Despondent ttver Continued 111 Health
C. Wood, a Well-known Alaskan
and Stockholder in Susitna Prop
erties, Knds All His Troubles.
SEATTLE, July 16.— Despondent
over ill health, and seeing no surcease
of his sufferings, C. C. Wood, a well
known Alaskan, and a heavy stock
holder in the Susitna Mining Com
pany, committed suicide today by
shooting himself thru the head with
a revolver. He had been despondent
for some time, and when physicians
told him there was no hope for him,
be decided to end it all. He will be
interred here.
SAYS HATE OF WORLD
DIRECTED AT GERMANY
Declares That Austria Should Detach
Herself From Enemy of the World
—Reichstag Thrown Into Confu
sion by Minister’s Declaration.
ZURICH, July 16.—The Austrian
Reichstag was thrown into great con
fusion here today when former Czech
Minister Praschek declared that the
hate of the entire world had centered
on Germany and that that hate was
not directed against Austria or other
central powers but at Germany. Min
ister Praschek stated that Austria
should detach herself from her ally,
says a dispatch received here from
Vienna.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PPOP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fonrth Ave, Beward. Alaska
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
I Candy Kitchen. tf
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Firr ni Accepted Hami
Regular Communications first Wed
uesday In each month In McKlnlej
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. II. BROWN. W. M.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
WE PAY
Cast Iron $25 per ton.
Wrought iron $18 per ton. ....
Copper $26 per ton.
Brass $18 per ton.
]«ad 8Vic per pound.
Rubber 7He per pound.
Qt. Beer Bottles 27He per doz.
Pint Beer Bottles 17 Vi per doz.
Rags $2.50 per 100 pounds.
Pa|>er $1.00 per 100 pounds.
Manila Rope 4Vic per pound.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Launch Patsy
for Charter Anwybere on
VALDEZ BAY
At any Time Day or Night
J. D. Jefferson
VALDEZ, ALASKA
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
Sailing weekly out of Valdez
will deliver passengers, mail, ex
press and fast freight at any
point on Prince William Sonnd.
RATES REASONABLE
Periodical service by agree
ment to outlying camps a spe
cialty.
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDEZ, ALASKA
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
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DAY OR NIGHT
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club.
Phone '15 fficKtaley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. > Surgeon. U S Public Health Serv.
<Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate \at1oaal l'Blvfnltyk
WasktefloB, D. C.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1898 r
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opvmlte Ceart Hoaae
Pheae M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LTOKI m E RITCHIE1
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY 1-tT-UW
OBcea la a baling Building
Pkoae ioi valdez. Alaska
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Pitted Lenses Ground
VALDEZHOSPHAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. PL. C.. M. B. Pre*.
Jos. A. £ ilvermaa Pk. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office bears-. 1 te 4 p. ■ —7 te 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points ■
in the third division...
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. M. CONLEY Praeident.
Valdes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary,
Valdes Alaska.
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