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THE GERMAN CRISIS
Germany once morr- dksplayting hi- penchant for developing: a
■•.-j«Ls,‘ when Allied insistent-.' brings he* square up affuisl the tusk of right
-g the wrongs perpetrated n gainst her midghbors and this world in her lute
uttugcous attempts ;it conquest. This tSm© she Is apparently “crislng" in .in
ffart to evade the paym.nt of :went> blllhm marks in gold, negotiable securl
m*s, dhips or commodities »k*mund-.l by the Allies on May 1 as a porttion of the
rep.muttons pa ymw aits Imposed by the peaiv trfpoty. Gertnwny has already
:< fused jK»int blank to m-'c% a payment of one 1 tUdf'in marks in gold scheduled
f • • March *J3 anil now i putes the twenty bllion payment muler the some
’ ,tl uston shlng contention that it has already been paid. For her refusal
•■■v.-ns, situate*! beyond -Ur -,a.t occupied by the Allied arnuoi nkxng the west
de c,f the Rhine uavl ;wo apparently preparing to take possession of more
< b nn.ua territory in the event that he wily Teutons attetupt to evade the next
Throughout the n jtgot'ihjtions connect.--.1 with th' reparations settle
■ crrts. Cermmiy has pcrskstmtly -sought to ew**n,pe the indemnities ’Imposed by
’he Versailles treaty, employing 'every artifice of dupViejty known to minds
schooled in deception and utterly bereft of moral scruples. Kvc.rybhing from
mournful wh iles to deliberate lies have T*ton utilized by the disciples of Kul
tur in the hope of escaping >the Just diiman I of tine Allies for nefcmbursiiment
for t(be damage for wh:<-h Oenftntamy is RoK-ily and undeniably responsible.
When no other m:ith<*d of avoiding or evoiding the Allied demands could be
found, Germany. with truly chairacterifebe disrpg«ui*d for clean dealings, has
descended to such pfcrtty manifest;itions of depravity as u» puri*osely damage or
eonove ©%*en.tisd jKWlts of avrapluTuw, vessels tmxi other appliances delivered
as indomrities. Meapw-h-'v ch,. has; maintain ed a const- nt wtuM regarding
her alleged inability to pay t.lie Tepajntanns demanded, itcaqutc that the Allied
Keptuations CominL^on called the German bluff, proving conclusively by
n exhaustive study of German resources that the tndemnrti-r.s *mpot©d by the
Allied powers are by no menus beyoJMl her ability to meet.
.Vs pointed out by ldoyd Grunge recently, flermiuny has not yet tax'd
herself to the llavel of either France or Gresit Itribiin ahil is lit many respects
fur better off in an ecoaiomiic sens© than most of her late Kiimpean antagonists.
In tli© words of pretniiier George, "It it* unthinkable tlui.t the guilty should bear
a ligbtkr burden of tiuai.tScm than tdi© vicJims.'* It is ©qiutliy unthinkable
Fiat Genruuny !*hloukl be nllowetl to avt>id reimbursing those whom she so
grievously injured to the fullest possible extent. Had the -shoe been on the
• 1'heu* foot, had Gfrmnrv boon the dictator of the war settlements, we tniuy rest
insured that the Allies would have bwm compelled to pay to the last farthing
idl tiliat the rapacious conqueror could squeeze out of thorn. Indeed it is
highly ipropablo. that tffily wtoukl hav© been ruthlessly jduJxi<-red of nil thirt
• ‘hey possessed, ev'en if they escaped actual subjugation of Geniuin rule,
l.uckily for the Allies and' the world, Gtmmany whs the vanquished Lrtstead
•>f the victor and should bfc> made U» l*«u* full recspojiribiiiity for the devastation
;nid *iestnic titan she committed. As I Vernier Brkuul recently declared:
(Jermany is guilty ntnd Germany must pay." Nothing can iUBoy-e Bor Ger
many's blood guiltiness but rfhe can p*».y suvl should bo made to pay for tho
wanton ifcinvigo inflicted in Kr.unce and Belgium and no ;l'njount of vvfiiniJig
«ir “crisis’' devekqmu-nt should be ailowc*! to utauid im. thf wa.y of ddsdharglng
>hat obUgution. Tf It is n.ece«fe;ir>' to bi3ce matilajy possession «>f OennKny
fore© campli-uxe wilth the treaty Lirras, tliere will b© fi:iw outsiue of Gor
mans who vHU regrot the ac*tlon. It requires no extended survey of the
Gorman attitude and efforts to evade reMpomslbifity for the dastardly blmv at
'•ivilizatiooi and progress to realize tluiit the Allies made a very serious mistake
in not tiling rtnvin©dilute possession id the country alter the amiistii-e, ufter
w;u-ds dictating the jKtue settluments from the Grrauun FapiUil.
ALASKA CLAIMS ATTENTION
(KajiMiHa <lity Star.)
The development of new territory Tum been a large part of American
enterprise. Settling the land, bring lug the noil under cultivation, bulding
■<«nea. digging the mines, construe ting highways and railroads, founding cities
; nd pushing them forward In grmvth, have been the most common activities
of people in the States.
The single portion of this great work that lured the largest number of
peopla and furnished the best illustration of American ability to make a new
l.ii>.d inhabitable was the opening up of the West tin the middle fifty years of
In recent years it has often been said, with a tone of apparent regret
; luit no otlher West remains for the enterprise and adventure of the American
)-i-jople. This it true only to a certain extant. For all practical purposes, an
other Wfcst, not difficult of approach as was the West of seventy-five years
ago, now invites the American people t<» its development. It is not as big as
ihe once new Wfest, but it is twice ;lh large as the original thirteen states; its
veaouirce.s are irnfmenee and varied, iu»d the climate of much of it te -temperate
and bracing. This mew West. fre<ju«nUy spoken of but hardly known so far
as development is concerned. is Alaska, a teitritonial part of the union.
It is just a bit difficult to explain why this country, with alj its attrac
tiveness and possibilities, now has a population of lees than fifty-five thousand,
nearly half of which Is composed of nartrtvas. Perhaps it is because at the
time of the “gold rush” of a fiehv years ;igo, travel to Alaska was besot with
difficulties; because, to many, the venture was highly unprofitable, and be
iuse at that time living conditions in -She country were so far difflorer.i from
the present. It Is tiue, also, that war-dEnte conditions led-many to leave
Alaska, and that gold mining in the kuft fc.w years has been less profitable, be
cause of labor conditions, than, working in the state*. But the population of
the country ten years ago was about PAcly-five thousand.
In addiit^jji to these facts a*vd to the foot that knowledge about Alaska's
FIRST AND UNIVERSITY STS. SEATTLE
ARLINGTON HOTEL
The Home of the Pioneer.
Thi* Hotel b not and never htfs been owned or contAlM by Japanese
$1.00 ONE DOLLAR ROOMS $1.00
.BUSS MEETS ALL TRAINS.
J. J RYAN. Prep. ROOT. KELLY, M«r.
climate and resources is not fen(n>l, thnri* are government re.d Hellions which
have made -the investment or effort and capital in the country appear un
profitable. These restrictions, the Oitvornor of the Territory assorts in hJ»
recent annual rc.'por' have been made by a governinjant at Wadtriki&ton, four
thousand miles awa>. and there hits boon Lick of a definite policy on the jxwt of
the FVdomJ authorities in dealing wifth. Alaska.
A Li ska now .usk -ng Coaurrvss" for pua.sa;rc of the Alaska IJievfcJ'opiTicnt
Hoard bill, which would give the Territory more ,|>owors o£ self-government,
mare Jurisdiction over its resources and their development, and, In short. the
wiw opportunities to expand that wore accorded to -the other Western terri
tories in \*:lu\s past.
The kind of assistance Alaska is now .usking frv*m Comigross -and the
(fovonwnertt of the I'nited States, it is arguod. Is nothing short of justice to
the. Territory, and rt involves no imp.- miem of the prlt>clplo» of govannment in
this irountry. It hns been favored by many rmi.nbers of both partkw dn Con
gress. und by Federal Officials who hare investigated conditions in Alaska.
The-, entire country -fc intwvstod ta Alaska. The old lure of territory
with vast, undeveloped resources, is still aulive in the I'nited State**. Aside
from the uuestion of justice to the people now rn that Territory, any move
♦hat would borrtfit the locsU e< auditions chon’ would mean a call to mmy •!« the
Sts’itjcs, and particularly to the youn;r oven. And the. highest development
of Ahiskan rcaourveM w ould inotn additional revenue and an increase in wealth
for the who!-j country.
Voice of the Alaska Press
(ARTICLES UNDER THIS CAPTION REPRESENT THE EXPRESSION
OF VIEW OF THE ALASKA PRESS ON CURRENT TOPICS)
THE MAIL ORDER INVASION
(Kn>m Ketchikan Chronicle)
Tho invasion of Ketchikan is itsr.iin
in pnogiv.e-Ts. Secm’ngly tho platoons
ami oo»niiM.nies of the invader arrival
on tho last but due it-* the actual
labor required in mars' a!in? tho re
gion's. the rostl as soul t i!d not beg:n
until vest.-rday. It was sicc««np!ishel
wflifhout banging of drums or crash
ing of cymbals; a rustlin'?, c-rmkly
souruling campaign, subtit* anti Insid
uous. This always is a strategy of
the an:ul-order caitalotgue.
'Hh.tiis n.gv'n residents of Ketchikan
art» asked by • *ig \r and esinieeit gen
tktmen iin Chicago to try to evade in
intVaxiide (natural law. The mail-nr
der gen leinon blithely ask residents o'.
this c;.Ly wlio are di.1ec.tly or indirect
ly supported by business invcstied here,
to support .them in Chicago. far which
thMy will not contribute one cent to
ward suppurtfir" the business man who
forints the prop in Ke%.fl«Ivk;wn. In
other wlurds. they tireok the (triangle
in the circulation of money, without
which no community can sum've. The
eommunfty that passes them money
waits in vain for its return.
The lists of contributors toward a
fund destined for the liettiirment of
Alaska ho s never. so far as mortal
man ever learned, lnarae the name of a
mail-order com* im_ They are per
fectly willing, even eager, to take
money out of Alaska., but the'only In
vestment they over make there is in
their catalogues. “Put ‘in df you take
out,” is tho code required of every
good Alaskan. Then© is no reason
why exception to it dhould Ik* (made in
the case of a midl-order house.
JUNEAU LEADS
(From Juneau Kmplre)
The import of Oov. Riggs shows
theut just half the incorporated towns
of Alaska are situated in $he> First 1)»- '
vli»ion. and they include the first, sec- (
orad and third in popukution nuik. The,
incorporat'd towns in 'Alaska given (
prcced'enre according to imputation,
tuecording -to the 1920 census, were Ju- |
mean. Ketchikan. Hiitka, Fa.irha.nk8, j
Cordova. Douglas, Petersburg, Wrati-1
gel I. Nome. Idjtarod.’ Thi's gives tha
First Division the first, second, third,
sixth, seventh, eight, eleventh and
thirteenth towns in size-.
The Fourth has four incorporated
towns, the fountth, fourteenth, fifteenth
and sixteenth in rank of population.
The third has three, the fifth, tenth and
twelfth, and the Second "Division one,
the ninth in size.
Juneau is not only the first Alaska
city in population, but she has a long
lead in assessment valuation $3,900,000
as against Hess tfia-n $2,500,000 for
Fairlianks. which ranks second, and
$1,620,000 for Ketchikan, the third Ln
rank. Douglas, the sixth town In the
Territory in size and Tlunnc and Tread
wall, both of them Larger than several
of thei ncori*>rated towns, are all lo
carted within three juid a
ifrcwn tho ♦•enter of Jurcemi.
When the census wvus taken Ajtohor
affe wns tv t incorporated. She really
the tb'frd town in the Territory of
THE PRESIDENT S VISIT
(KUchu Anchorage Times)
Tho press dispatches bring the
tiappy Udipgs th;ut President Hard ng
will visit Alaska daring the summer
proved governmental business will
I'ortnit of his leaving Washington.
Tit s is the .most Important pied - of
nows since the ujmouncement of the
linst discovery of gold. It means that
tho asimiSnistnudon is fully alive to the
Heads and potentialities of the great
i mpiro of the north apd that the work
now started will not be allowed either
to be curtailed or lag.
lake everyone else who comes to
southwestern Alaska., IYesulent Hard
ing will find justification for every en
deavor exerted in behalf of the terri-.
lory, and the visit can but have a
tremendous influence upon the present
and future.
There is nothing like first hand
knowledge, and bhils I‘resident Harding
is determined to have. l/nlike the a«l
rnine-tnation just, ♦■Tided he is timing
!his visit at the outset of hi.s tenure.
will have a sympathetic ear when
I restated at W. tailing ton.
He tween now and the tifine. of the,
prt sklent's visit it is well to begin pre- (
pa.iatiou for his reception. It should,
be as truly Alaslcui ;ts lit can be made
—something different from anything
he duu> ever seen.
Horn is a chance to display the,
team-work for which Anchorage holds
a reputation, laid it can be dome* by
©very nun who is fntareSted fen the
future of the gean city of the north to
aeiauciate hi!m»elf with the chamber of
ciantmcrco and become Identified with
its labors.
THE MEANING OF A
REAL NEWSPAPER
(Frdn* Seward Gateway)
Everyday in the year excepting holi
days and Sundays the Howard Gate
way is delivered to every i»erson who
sutxscribes for it. We are trying to
give you a newspaper containing in
teresting, instructive and profitable in
formation, news both in the editorial
and advertising columns which can
mean dollairs rural cents to you.
It’s a home paper for this town and
community of ours. It is a part of
you. If we haven’t your name sub
scribe today. We're proud of our
town and Alaska. It will bo a hum
ming business renter and a natural
trading spot /or it very much larger
population in the wear future. It is
the normal nerve center of a wide and
rich country. The completion of the
Itailroad to Fairbanks will make Sew
ard ih vcc-lity the Terminal City. Our
stores, shops and business orgunJaui
ttans Hire ©quipped with ail that is
necessary <o tho best service—but
telling you about the advantages here
isn't guilt o getting it across. You''!
never know how good this community
Cs until you study conditions of future
growth and development, week after
week—fifty two weeks im the y«tr.
There Is only erne correct way to do
that. Jt ia to road tho news, editorial
and advertising columns of the Gute
Anyone with just a tnice of love
for tho gee ait outdoors, or with vision
enough to look ahead a few years, can
readily glimpse what the msar future
will mean to Seward.
I Not a city of fifty thousand, with
CroHey oars, sky scrapers, ferry boats
and miles of paved streets, hut a sta
ble HtrUnunlty of possibly 3.500 people
all lasted far tho best Interests of the
tow a ;und all standing behind every
Industry. A town to be proud of.
Your newspaper reflects your town.
A good, live, down to the minute paper
( La to a town what the ©yes are to a
man. ft sees everything worth seeing
and tit reproduces What It sees on the
pages which trench you every day. You
rpud vha‘. the paper sees. It Is the
eyes of the eonvm unity. If you don’t
read jt you fail to see what is tr r>s
HARD ON THE NEWSPAPERS
Cdblat Nugget: The high eo.st of
living has :• ff<s*tnd the *ny wspopsr |
more than any other Industry in tho
country. says the Toronto Globe.
Aside frocmc wages*, fuel, and other
Items common to all (industries, news- ■
papers have to onnt'iml with a nm
fhsis Jjk t- :el ever 250 jK*r cent In the
past three years. This ditllcult sit
uia't'i.ui 1 led to the amalgamation or
vg.tlliKtio i of a mumher of newspapers
which have served a useful purpose for
many years. In. Idndsey, t>nt., thero
are at .present four pa/pers, two week
lies iusd itvvo dailies. It is possible!
ithat these uro too Tnamy for a town of
S.000, but they found it Impossible to
continue under present conditions.
Thero lias l»eon no amalagamntion.
but .after H ptember 1 the weekly edi
tion of the Lindsay 1’ost '.and -the daily
edition ofthe Warder v !1 be di.-iv*n
tn 61*0 Held the Evening Post as a
daily and. thir. V.'cutehman- Warder :>s a
ALASKA AERIAL SERVICE
TO 3E STARTED SOON
An aerial passenger and express
service will be establish <1 between
Valdez, Fairbanks, Ruby, lditor.nl and
according to a statement made by
James, J. Holman, president of the
Alaska Aircraft Transportation Com
pany, who visited in Juneau, last week,
savs the Emp »*e. Mr. Holman was
enroute to Anchorage on a business trip
r.’»d -will retnra to Seattle not later
then next tr.p of the Alameda and
launch his project.
The company, he said has com
pteted all arrangements for the inau
guration of aircraft transport In thp
north. It owns a six-passenger Hand
ley-Page craft of twin motor design
which is now ready for operation.
This craft will be shipped to Valdez
as soofi as he returns to Seattle and
the first trip to the interior made
shortly afterward.
The Alaska Aircraft Transportation
started about a year ago in its effort
to establish an aerial service in the
territory. Recounting his efforts last
night, Mr. Holman said that it had
been hard going to get the capital nec
essary to finance the enterprise. The
original plAn called for the plane
which the company has now and «
still larger machine to handle freight
and express shipments. "We were
unable to get sufficient financial sup
port to buy the larger machine.” said
Mr. Holman, adding that it had fin
ally been decided to, go ahead with the
He is optimistic regarding the en
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terprise in which ho prophesies 11 big
futuro. Prom Valdez to Nome, he
says, will be only a seven hour jour*
ney. Regular weekly trips will l*e
made. Sufficient traffic is In sight, he
states, to guarantee profitable opera
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, That under ahd by virtue of
a Writ of Execution and Order of
Sale issued out of the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Second
Division, upon a certain Judgment
rendered in said Court on the 26th day
of March 1921, and entered In favor
of Miners & Merchants Bank of Al
aska, a corporation, plaintiffs, and
against Karl Lee, lillmer Lee and
Richard Ralloran. co-partners, under
the flnm name and style of Lee Broth
ers & Halloran, defendants, being
Cause No. 2847, in the sum of Five
thousand two hundred thirty-five and
35(d00 ($5,235.35) dollars; I will on
the 17th day of May, 1921^ at twelve
o'clock noon of said day at the front
door of^the United States Court-house,
Nome, Alaska, offer for safe, at pubLic
vendue, and sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash, all of the right,
title, and interest which the defend
ants had on the 21st day of August,
1920, or at any time since, in and to
those certain mining claims, ditch, and
water light, described us follows:
No. 19 Bench, First Tier, Can
dle Creek; Valine Fraetion, Be
tween No. IS & No. 19. Candle
Creek; Berg Fraction, Between
No. 18 & No. 19, Candle Creek;
No. '*15 Bench Claim, First Tier,
Candle Creok; No. 5 Patterson
■Creek: No. 3 and No. 4 Candle
on J’btterson Creek having its in
take in No. 5 Patterson Creek an I
extending down the left limit of
Patterson Creek to the lower end
of No. 19 Bench, Candle Creek.
All of said property lying and being
in the Fairhaven Recording Ihrecinct,
Territory of Alaska, Second Division.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 16th
day of April ,1921.
E. R. JORDAN,
United States Marshal, Second
IMvision, Territory of Alaska.
Publish-—Apr. 16, 23, 30. May 7, 14, 1921
NOTICF OF F£RFEITUf*E
ins: euch of the years 1915. 1916 and
1920 the Hum of .me hundred dollar*
rind In record in;? Declaration of In
1918,‘aml 1919 the sum of omf*.dollar
iir.d fifty cents upon each of the fol
lowing; described pl -t.' -r mining claims,
situated on Casa <la I’aga Hiver in the
Council City lb-cording Precinct. Ter
ritory of Alaska, tolwit:
The Alliance claim, notice of locu
tion. of which is recorded in vol. 10 at
page 216 and the New Yeax claim, no
tice of location of which Is recorded ia
vol. 18 at ftaga 192 of the Records oC
wild Recording Precinct. Said labor
and Urnprovements ha -;r.g been done
und said affidavits iccorded for the
of holding the aid clai
provisions
ised HtaluUo* of the United Htates.
und supplemental iMfisIatinn.
And you Albert J.undt are hereby
required to contribute your prop >n.:on
of said expense*, us eo-owner. on the
said “Alliance Claim** and you C. A.
Ingraham, arei hereby reiaired to con
tribute your proportion of said expen
diture. os Co-owner, on the snid "Neir
Year Claim” to the undersigned with
in ninety days after the final publica
tion of thi- notlee or your interests in
said claims will tn> forfeited and be
come the property of the undersigned.
a» provided by said
" VIRGINIA V. DICKENSON
By James M. Streeten,
Her Attorney in Pact.
Publish—April. 16, 23. 30. May. 7, 14,
21. 28. June 4. 11. 18. 25. July 2. 9. 1921.
SUMMONS FOR^FdJBLICATION
JAMES V. BimSIK,
ALICE HI’RSIK,
Defendant.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
To AI ACE BURSIK, defendant above
nafciitsd. ,
GREETING
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to appear and answer the cam
olaint at the plairAiff on file in the
Office of the Clerk of said Court in
the City of Nome. Second Division,
Territory-*otf Alaska, within thirty (SO)
days from the date of the F
May, 1921, or judgment for wam
thereof will be taken oirainst you: and
you are hereby notified that If you
tail to answer said complaint the
plaintiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded therein, to-wit:—■
This action is brought by the afore
said plaintiff against you to di solve the
bonds of matrimony heretofore and
now existing between pAodntiff and de
fendant. on the ground of cruel and
inhuman treatment.
The date of the order for the publi
cation of this summons is the 15th
day of April. 1931: the date of the
first publication hereof is the 16th day
of April. 1921, and the date of. the
last publication is May. 28th. 1921.
WITNESS the HON. WM. A.
HOLZHEIMEJR, Judge of the District
Court for the Territory of Alaska.
Second Division, and the seal of said
court hereunto affixed at Nome. Alas
ka, this 15 day of April. 1921.
THDS. .McGANN
Clerk of' the District ~C oh rt for
the Territory of Alaska. Second
Division
(SEAL) W. C. McGUIRE
" Deputy Clerk.