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EACH MI ST DO A BIT
The new policy concerning slackers
is the natural course toward those who
have no loyalty to the nation or desire
to do their share in this crisis. Too
put one in jail for refusing to fight or
do army duty is no gain, but to insist
on service will result in gain, for it
will be an object lesson to those who
would otherwise crowd the jails and
add to our already increasing burden
of expense.
I’nder this ruling a man refusing to
enroll for draft is enrolled in spite of
himself, and if drawn, must report or
be declared a deserter and in war time
it is not so very far between the dec
laration that a man is a deserter and
the grave, via the tiring squad.
Of course there are plenty of ex
ceptions and the rule is sufficiently
elastic to prevent an injustice, but it
is also sufficiently severe to insure
swift and certain punishment for the
willful enemv within the country.
-A.
CHEERING WORDS
Cheering news for the people of In
terior Alaska is brought by Hon. W.
C. Edes, chairman of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, who arrived
yesterday in Fairbanks from the
coast for an inspection of construc
tion work at this end of the lino. The
chief railroad builder declared that the
original plan of the commission will
be carried out as closely as possible,
in spite of the war, and that the co?»
struction work will be rushed summer
and winter in order that the new line
may be opened at the earliest possi
ble date.
One of the objects of his visit is to
prepare data on which to base his es
timates for next year’s appropria
tions. In spite of the fact that there
has been a big advance in the price
of material, the government intends
to prosecute the work with vigor, not
only to tap the Matanuska coal fields
to relieve the coal situation on the
Pacific coast, but also to fulfill the
government’s promise to give Alaska
a complete railway line without any
preventative delay.
In order to prevent a fuel shortage
in Fairbanks this winter, he declared
that construction will bo rushed south
from Happy station to have that ready
before the coming winter.
Today he will go to Xenana with
Commissioner Thomas Kiggs, Jr.,
whose able work on this end of the
line stamps him as an engineer and
executive of the highest ability. That
Chairman Kdes will be highly grati
fied with the work already done there
under Mr. Kiggs* direction goes with
out saying.
Fairbanks is exceedingly proud of
the opportunity to play the host to
this distinguished official and its peo
pie are gratified and cheered by his
warm personal friendship and inter
est in this city and its future. As
head of the commission that con
structed the great Alaskan railroad,
Fairbanksans will ever honor his
name.—Citizen.
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ALASKA AND THE
FUTURE PAPER SUPPLY
If news print consumption is to con
tinue on the present basis and the
present rate of increase, it is estimat
ed that the available supply of wood
in the United States will be consumed
within ten or twenty years, unless
some plan is devised either to re-pulp
the old printed newspapers or by a
method of reforestation, or both.
Reforestation is put forward by the
Government as the best means of as
suring to the newspapers a sufficient
supply of news print for the future.
W. B. Greeley, Assistant Forester, at
Washington, states that the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska promises much
for the future.
It might be, he says, that the for
ests of Alaska would prove to be the
most valuable asset of that Territory.
It is possible, he thinks, to manufac
ture paper there, bring it through the
canal, and lay it down at Atlantic
seaboard points for from $:;5 to $40 a
ton. At the present time the bulk of
paper of the United States is produced
in the Northeastern section, and, as
in the case of the lumber industry,
They do the one thing
you have always
wished a
cigarette
would do;
(and that
is— ' !
They Sat
isfy — and
yet they’re
MILD.
TRYING TO WATCH HIS STEP WI'RH SOMETHING ON HIS MIND.
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t- N3*er
—Evans in Baltimore American.
threatens to go to the forests still to
be cut in the Rocky Mountain section
and in the Northwest, as well as Alas
ka. The solution of the problem, he
says, is in cheap power and raw ma
terials, close to large centers of popu
lation, and in this respect it was nec
essary to reforest the cut-over lands,
which, at best are of low value, and
suitable for practically nothing else.
Reforestation, he said, would maintain
a constant supply of wood pulp for
the mills, sufficient for all time to
come, to keep the newspapers of the
Eastern states supplied. There are ten
or twelve Western conifers well suit
ed to the manufacture of paper, he
stated and it seemed reasonable that
much of the future supply would come
from the West.
There is no reason, he says, why
Alaskan and Pacific Coast paper
should not become active competitors
in the Eastern markets in the future.
There are 140 million cords of pood
paper-makinp woods, with numerous
water-powers in Alaska. These re
sources are directly available to man
ufactoring plants on tidewater. Alas
ka. in many respects, he said, resem
bles Norway, which is now the lead
ing paper-makinp country of the
world.—Editor and Publisher.
SHORT CUT FOR
FISHING BOATS
Dredging of Canoe Pass Authorized
Bv War Department to Aid
Fishermen
✓
JUNEAU, Aug. 20, (By Mail)—
Permission has been received in a
telegram from the War Department to
the Territorial Road Commission for
the First Division, to dredge the pro
posed channel through the Bar in the
north end of Gastineau Channel to al
low small boats of the fishing fleet
to make Juneau from the Chatham
and Icy Straits section without the
long detour around the south end of
Douglas Island
The act authorizing the Road Cbm
missioAers to use the road funds for
this purpose was introduced in the
House of the last Legislature by W.
W. Casey, Representative from Ju
neau, and was passed. As soon as
the board had been organized, Road
Commissioner Ed L. Hurlbut put men
to work rnd r full survey of the pro
ject was made.
It was found that the dredging of
the old channel across the bar was
impractical on account of a ledge of
rock which extends across the chan
nel. A passage was found that could
be dredged through Canoe Pass, at a
cost of about $20,000 and it is under
stood that work will start as soon as
possible.
The work will be done with drag
line sera vers, as the ground is all
glacier silt and easily removed.
CLOSE CALL
FOR CREW OF
RURNED SHIP
—
Sixteen Men Off Bark “Kithet Hive
Ten Days in Open Boat on
Haw Vegetables
HONOLULU, Aug. 5.—<Ry Mail).
—Gaunt, emaciated, covered with salt
water sores but glad to be alive, the
sitteen members of the crew of the
Matson auxiliary bark R. P. Rithet,
burned at sea July 2J, arrived here to
day from Kleele, Kauai, the port which
they made after a desperate voyage
of teVi days in an open boat.
The story told by the seamen dem
onstrates conclusively that the Amer
ican traditions of the sea are not yet
dead, despite the practical substitu
tion of steam for the romantic sail of
other days. They fought for their ship
; as long as there was hope of saving
, her, and then fought for their lives
• against flame and water. And they
won.
UntH it was apparent that not only
could the ship not be saved, but that
they must hasten if they would not
go down with her, the sixteen men,
headed by Captain Lindenberg strug
gled to quench the tire, that mysteri
ously broke out at three in the mcrn
ing. In the end they had only time
to scramble into the one boat that the
Rithet possessed, taking with them but
a very small amount of water and no
food, except some potatoes and car
rots, which they had no means of cook
ing.
As they left the ship, the hatches
blew up and the fire leaped up the rig
ging .of the three masts, lighting up
the ocean for miles about. Some of
the men were almost stark naked when
they left the ship, the fire spreading
so rapidly that they had no time to
get clothing. Captain Lindenberg ar
rived in Eleele clothed in nothing but
an undershirt.
The one boat was lying on the fore
castle without davits or tackle to low
er it into the sea, and the men strug
gled desperately to get it overboard
before it was too late. In this they
were barely successful, for hardly had
they rowed away from the vessel
when it blew up with a tremendous
report, then rolled over and sank in
stantly.
There was no navigating instru
ments on board the boat, and no sail.
A sail was improvised from a pair of
trousers, the original wearer of which
had to go trouserless, for ten flays.
The boat leaked and the men had to
bail steadily, while the salt water
made sores on their bodies. They had
onl^ a swallow or two of water a day,
and nothing to eat except the raw po
tatoes and carrots.
On the tenth day a light on the
Kauai coast was sighted, and the men
immediately fell upon the water cask
and drained it dry, making up for the
long days during which they had been
carefully conserving their scanty sup
ply.
Often the sea was choppy and dan
gerous, for the boat was overloaded
and water poured in over the gun
■ | m uf M STEAMSHIP efqvire
A LA SKA company- *«fD
Sailings from Seattle:
Mariposa.Aug1. 23
Northwestern....Aug. 27
Alameda.Sept. L
Alaska.Sept. 7
Santa Ana will sail westward after the arrival of the S. S. A a ,
which left Seattle August 18th. .. .
S. S. Ketchikan will leave Seattle August 21st with oils an<l
plosives.
All ships go through to Anchorage.
For further particulars of service, rates,apply to Agent.
* A. H. MCDONALD, Agent.
For the benefit of those Interested in Alaska in
General and Seward in Particular an
INFORMATION BUREAU
has been established in connection with this paper, and all those desir
ing information as to the value of real estate and business opportuni
ties are requested to address their communications to
IN FORMATION DEPARTMENT, SEWARD
GATEWAY.
Seward, Alaska.
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JAPANESE OF HAWAII ANXIOUS
TO ENTER ARMY FOR WAR SERVICE
HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 4, (By,
Mail).—Orientals resident in Hawaii
arc <*ag« r to join the National Army,
while the majority of white men eligi
ble for draft as demonstrated by the
registration taken here last Tuesday,
arc equally eager to avoid service.
Such is the general result of an
analysis of the registration figures as
unofliciaily reported by the registra
tion board. No official report has yet
been made.
The outstanding feature of the reg
istration figures, however, is that of
the 25,9770 who registered, there were
considerably more than twice as many
Orientals, most of them Japanese, as
there were white men of all white na
tionalities. The number of citizens
registered was 7940, whereas IS,09,0
aliens registered. This demonstrates
fairly well the proportions of citizen
o Oriental population in the Islands.
Vlso it emphatically disproves the
statement that has been made public
here and on the mainland that Hawaii
through her national guard has al
ready contributed considerably more
than her quota toward national de
fense.
Of those who registered, more than
fifty per cent of the citizens claimed
exemption. Of the Orientals, very
few claimed exemption. This is part
ly to be accounted for by the fact that
at the time of registration it was gen
erally understood that Orientals not
citizens, not only could not be drafted
but could not volunteer. Associated
Press reports received here since reg
istration day indicate that Japanese
are to be allowed to enlist.
Many of the Japanese who regist
ered not only refused to claim exemp
tion but declared that they wanted to
join the army . But of the citizen reg
istrants, many with one accord began
to make excuses.
A noteworthy fact in connection
with the registration, that on Sun
day, July 2!>th, preceding the regis
tration, hundreds of citizens and Fili
pinos enlisted in the national guard,
it having been announced that guards
men need not register and it being
further understood that the national
guard of the Islands would not he call
ed out for active service, because of
the fact that the sugar planters had
made representation to Washington
that the national guard is needed at
home to guard tl]e sugar cane crop.
Since the recent discharge of all
married men from the national guard
of the Islands, the guard consists
chiefly of a thin skeleton of white of
ficers, with a slender covering of Fili
pino privates, together with a compar
atively small number of native Ha
waiians. In view of the fact that it
is believed there is no chance of the
guard being called into active service,
a considerable number of young white
men who want to join the national
army have left or are leaving for the
mainland to enlist, declaring that they
have no intention of remaining in the
j Island to guard crops of growing cane.
wales.
One tragic feature of the voyage
was the apparent sighting of the lights
of a city. This was the night the
Rithet exploded, and as they were J>00
miles from land, they could not con
ceive of landing there. But the lights
almost convinced them against their
judgment. They rowed in the direc
tion of the lights—and found them to
be patches of oil burning on the sur
face of the water, a result of the ex
plosion of their ship.
At first the boat tried to make San
Francisco, but found this impracticable
on account of the direction of the
wind, so they turned and rowed in the
direction of Kauai. For ten days they
rowed steadily, until, half starved,
they were on the point of exhaustion,
when they raised the island, and a few
hours later were safe in the port at
Eleele.
ADULTERATE
PRISON FOOD
Russians Accuse Hun C hiefs of Bar
\
barity Toward Men Cap
tured in Battle.
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, sept. •*.—The Cen
tral Committee, which is dealing with
the affairs of war prisoners, issued
a statement today “in protest against
the refined barbarity which Germany
is displaying” toward Russian pris
oners.
The statement,says t'rat Germany
is not fulfilling her promises regard
ing the internment in neutral coun
tries of sick prisoners; that she is
illegally retaining military prisoners
unfit for service, and that she is plac-1
i
ing restrictions upon the men and
communicating with their homes and
intercepting letters asking assistance
from the Red Cross.
It also says that the rations of the
prisoners have been reduced to un*
1 heard-of proportioss and that they in
1 elude adulterated products injurious to
the men. In addition, prisoners are
complelled to undertake superhuman
i labor.
It is asserted in the statement that
Germany abstains from replying to
proposals for the exchange of civilian
prisoners and hostages for the allev
iation of the lot of war prisoners on
the basis of reciprocity, or for the ex
change of tuberculosis prisoners or
the sending of Sisters of Charity to
nurse them.
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“JEFFERSONIAN” FINDS IT
BAD TO ROAST RKCRCITING
. i.
(By Associated Press Dispatch) •
LAKE FAIRFIELD, X. C., Sept.
—Federal Judge Speer has refused to
restore mail privileges to Thos. Wat
son’s “Jeffersonian” for attacking the
army recruiting program and for dis<
couraging enlistments.
DR. H. T. IIARVKY
(Ex-President Michigan State Hoard
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