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SATURDAY, MARCH, 20, 1920
THE NATIVE POLICE
The appointment of several native policemen by the city council to
assist in the suppression of vicious relation’s between the local Eskimo and:
depraved whites is doubtless a somewhat unethical method of dealing with thej
evil, but there is no reason to doubt that it will not have an salutary effect,
in clearing the moral atmosphere hereabouts.
A majority of Nome people probably fail to realize the situation as|
it is. Largely as a result of the absence of proper restrictive Influences,
in the past, free intercourse between the natives and a certain class of whites
has resulted in the development of a situation which calls for drastic treat
ment. Illicit relations between these whites and native females!
have become so common that there are few native} families in the city which
do not include one or more mixed breeds. Also there are to be found among'
the younger generation of natives a considerable number of professional pros
titutes and not a few male panderers who assist them in their Intimacies
with the whites. We are also reliably informed that there is considerable
bad whiskey being distributed among the natives by unidentified persons.
Decency, to say nothing of the necessity of protecting our own family hearth
stones from the evils such conditions beget, demands that something be done
to stop the pernicious traffic In lust and booze that is gradually debauching
not only the Eskimo of Nome but also the entire native population of the
district, and at the same time spreading moral dissolutness and disease
among the whites. It Is not by any means a matter to be quibbled over
or luughed at, as many seem to think. When conditions have become such
that even the better class of natives have rebelled and appealed for relief It
Is high time for the white man to step in and uphold his much vaunted
moral code. It is true there are white officials who are supposed to look
after such matters. But they are few in number and so handicapped by the
wide distribution of the native population that effective handling of the
situation is practically impossible.
The Nugget, generally si>eaJ<ing possesses little respect for the moral
character of the Eskimo, but at the same time believes that the moral laxity
of the resident native population Is due more to the Influence of a degenerate
class of whites than to absence of inherent moral strength among the natives. ,
Like most of the half civilized races of all lands and climes, the Eskimo usually
possesses a strong liking for intoxicants and an almost equally ardent regard
for the white man's money. At the same time they are almost or wholly
devoid of moral principles. As far as we have been able 'to learn of their
attributes, it Is hardly just to consider them inherently immoral, as tlio term
is generally understood, for the reason that they normally possess few if any
moral standards. They are children of nature and are scarcely more to
he blamed for their moral characteristics, or lack of them, than the birds
of the air or the beasts of the field. Appraising them from this viewpoint
we infer they are “unmoral” rather than “immoral.” However this is \
question the solution of which we leave to our numerous ethical and academic
minds. Certes it is that the native possesses no deeply ingrained moral,
ideals to restrain them from indulging the lusts of the flesh and are readily
amenable to the*debauching influences of vicious whites under the lure of
money or whiskey. If they can be guarded against these debasing influences
by ihe appointment of native policemen endoared with only such authority
a* Will enable them to function among their own people, as is the case with
those appointed recently by the City Council, there can be no reasonable
ground for objection to such action, despite the hue and cry of certain in
terested elements to the contrary.
The objections raised are all founded on a possible abuse of their
authority by the native policemen, but this can be effectually guarded against
by watchful control on the part otf the police department. In only one
known instance have any of the native officers displayed the slightest in
clination to overstep their authority and the summary punishment inflicted
on the offender ut that time has thoroughly impressed them all with the ad
vlslbfllty of looking solely after their own people in future.
Their appointment will undoubtedly have a most wholesome moral
effect and will receive the approval of all who possess a proper regard for
virtue and decency.
As remarked before, such
STARVATION IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY
According to a statement made by former Secretary of the Interior
Lane shortly before his retirement, there are over twelve million underfed
children in this country. Not, be it said, because there is not an ample supply
of food to keep all of them in the mo9t splendidly nourished condition hut
because the great American business hog with his backing of national and
state legislators found in the war a golden opportunity to test just how much
might be squeesed out of the public with safety, and is still conducting the
experiment with avid desire for more profits, secure in the knowledge that
ae long as the public is willing to endure he will not be molested. Twelve
million children with ill nourished bodies in a great, free country which pro
tfuces two and three times the products necessary for the support of its in
habitants!
Considered from the standpoint of production, America is a veritable
“lend of milk and honey," a land of abundance, overflowing with plenty.
Vst children must suffer in mind and body for lack of proper food and tens
Of thousands of sober, thrifty cltlsens are compelled to resort to the last ex
treme* Of economy to keep the wolf from the door, although receiving in re
turn for their labor double and. In man)' cases, treble the wages of former
The cry of the plutooratlc press that lack of production and In
creased coda of labor are the cause* of high prices is almost dally refuted
by the evidence produced by such bodies as the Federal Trade Commission
showing beyond dispute that those whom the corporation oollared press seeks
to protect are making Immense profits. Only recently Senator Capper
pointed out on the floor of the Senate that the wool trust mads a profit of
on* billion, three hundred million dollar* during the year we were sending our
boys to France, curtailing pur food consumption and loaning our savings tu
the government; and that eighteen thousand new American millionaires were
created during the same period.
Specious lies and subtile evasions cannot conceal the fact that M
takes something more than just profits to breed new millionaires at the rub
of nearly fifty a day and pile up huge dividends like those of the wool trust.
Vet despite the evidences of extortion and unjust profits; despite th
revelation of shocking conditions presented in the statement of bine, and
regurdless of the complaints of tho people whom it is supposed serve. ;■
complaisant congress bows to the dictates of those who profit by such con
ditions and closes its eyes to the unalterable fact that there is no defensible
excuse for such a situation in a land which annually produces double and
even treble the quantity of living commodities required by its citizens.
AMERICA S PART IN THE GREAT WAR
AIRPLANES, MOTORS AND BALLOONS
On the declaration of war the United States had 55 training air
!planes, of which 51 were classified as obsolete and the remaining I as ob
solescent.
When we entered the war the Allies made the designs of their planes
available to us and before the end of hostilities furnished us from their own
manufacture 3,800 service planes.
Aviation training schools in the United States graduated s.tjOj men
from^the elementary courses and 4.028 from advanced courses. Mote than
5,000 pilots and observers were sent overseas.
The personnel of the American u4r service, students and enlisted
men, increased from 1,200 at tlie outbreak of the war to nearly 200,000 at
Us close. \
There was produced in the United States to November 30, 191
more than 8,000 training planes and more than 16.000 training engines.
The De Haviland-4, observation and day bombing plane was the ..niy
plane the United States put into production. Before the signing of tin
armistice 3,227 had been completed and 1,885 shipped overseas. Tin- plane
was successfully used at the -front for three months.
The production of the 12-cylinder Liberty engine was America’s
chief contribution to aviation. Before the armistice 13,547 had been com
pleted, 4.433 shipped to the expeditionary forces, and 1,025 delivered to th.
The first flyers in action wearing the Amerlcai
members of the famous I^nyfayette Encndrille. who w
American service in December 1917,
The American force at the front grew from
1918, to 45 in November, 1919. On November 11, tin
equipment otf 740 planes.
Of the 2.698 planes sent to the zone of advance for the American
aviators 667. or nearly one fourth, were of American manufacture.
American air squadrons played important roles in the battles of
Chateau Thierry, St Michiel and the Meuse-Argonne They brought down
in combat 755 enemy planes, while their own losses of planes numbered only
357. Seventy one German balloons were destroyed by Americans with a loss
of 43 American balloons by the enemy. Before the armistice w.
dured 612 observation balloons and had received 20 from the Fi
At the end of the war we had lost 43 and had given t.» France and
luMain 45. This left us with 574 at tin* close of hostilities. On the
sann- date the Belgian army hud 6 left, the British 43. the French 72. and
the Germans 170. or 49 more than the British, French and Belgians com
bined. America had at the end nearly twice ;
the Allies combined had at the front.
The rapid destruction of planes at the front is illustrated by
that out Of the 2.698 planes sent to the zone of advance, only 1.162 r
at the signing of the armistice.
To be continued
i .ermany
FIRE WIPES OUT TEXAS TOWN
Fnrt Worth, Tex. March 15—A
property loss estimated at over $2,000,
000 resulted from a fire which almost
wiped out the town of Grandview
Texas, this afternoon, and more than
fifteen hundred people are homeless.
ALASKA REINDEER TO BE PLACEO
UNDER NEW CONTROL
Washington, March 15—The rein
deer of Alaska will shortly he placed
under the joint jurisdiction of the Bu
reau of Biological Survey of the De
portment of Agriculture and the Bu
reau of Education of the Department
of the Interior, under the provision
of the Agriculture bill, earning an ap
propriation of $25,000 for assisting the
industry, which was favorably reported
to the senate today. Passage of the
U S. SUBMARINE
WRECKED—4 DEAD
San Diego. March 15—lieutenant
Commander Jas. B. Webb and three
of his crew were lost when the United
States submarine H. 1., went aground
at the entrance of Magdetena Bay,
Lower California, today. The other
members of the vessel's crew who per
ished were H. N. Giles, machinist’
mate; M. S. Denlin and Joseph Hoff
man, seamen.
CLARK DECLINES TO RUN
— FOR SENATCR3HIP
Washington, Mar'll 17—Champ
Clark has issue': n statement to the
people of Missouri declining: to make
a race for the senatorshlp, being un
willing: to swap the democratic lender,
■hip in the House for the position of
a new senator.
NEW PLOT TO A8SA89INA I E
PALMER DISCOVERED
Detroit. March 17 —Ten detectives
and four Department of Jus* ce agents
guarded Attorney Geie»al Palmer dur
ing the Democratic dinner her^ today,
as a result of a reportri Re.) plot to
assassinate that official duriig his
visit here.
FIVE PERI8H IN
DAKOTA BLIZZARD
Bismark. N. D.. March 17—Five
dead Is the toll of a two day billiard
which swept the state Monday and
Tuesday. The storm wats the worst
In SO years . Ope girl gave her life
to save her Mister and brother, while
tlie heroic efforts of a youth to brin?
help t<* his tree brothers proved futile
and he and the brothers perished on
the prairie, where they were lost dur
ing the storm.
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SEVEN CENTRALIA I. W. W.
FOUND GUILTY
■Moritesano. March II—Seven of the,
ten I. \V. W. tried for th<* slaying of
Warren ‘irirnm were found guilty of I
second degree murder by the trial jurv |
Three of tlie men were acquitted, onj
on the ground of insanity. This was i
Loren Roberts, who was dc'dared !•
be at large. Two of those acquitted.
Elmer Stuart Smith. Centrulia Attor
ney. and Mike Sheehan, were arrest
ed immediately after their release on
a charge of murdering MeElfrush. on
of the parade victims.
Monle-ano Verdict Cause- Indignation
Munteaano, March ! 4 -Indignation
is sweeping over the Ur.tys Harlsw
country as a result of the verdict ren
dered in the Centralia eases .
SEATTLE MAYOR INAUGURATED
Seattle. March 15—Mayor Elec
Caldwell was formally inaugurated •
HEARST URGES PROGRESSIVES
OF BOTH PARTIES
TO UNITE
New York. March 15—Will Ian Itan
dolph Hearat in a signed statement
j published in his own papers has an
jnouneed his candidaicy for the presi
dency The statement is lent import
ance hecanse he advises citizens of
progressive thought in both parties to
unite t.. elect a1 candidate of their own
choosing. The statement adds "I hold
myself subject to such t lion and am
willing to abide by the opinion of a
Hearst After Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle, :d <.oh 15— Hearst Ins b**en
negotiating lor the parch;, -e of the
Seattle I ‘ml Intelligencer for months,
according t>* announcem* Ms marie here
FRANCE TO SEND MORE
TROOPS TO RHINE I
Paris. March 15—France content-j!
plates sending three more army corps {
to Wiesbaden. Nustad and Bonn, thus 11
doubling her forces along tin* Pilin'. I
CALIFORNIA TO VOTE ON ALIEN I
OWNERSHIP OF LAND QUESTION
are being perfected here to submit b
the people of California tin initialiv
petition designed to prevent aliens \vh
'if ineligible t« citizenship from con
trolling or olio rati agricultural lands
In any other capacity than laborers.
GERMANY IN TURMOIL OVER
GOVERNMENT CHANGE
IterJin, March 11 -Tin- Kiipp gov
ernment i8 in control of the German
fleet and military forces In most pro
vince*! throughout Germans but Ha
'•'iria. Wurtemburg and Saxony refuse
to a'knowledge th. new government,
tl.o :i.ppa rently not intending to offe:
foieible opposition. Hamburg and
the neighboring country has declared
for the new regime, ITulin is in th •
throes .fa great general strike. The
workment. in the power stations have
struck and both surface and under -
water supply has also been cut off
owing to the strike. Tho-hr.od supply
is already causing great concern and a
bread fa mini is certain to result in a
ICupp, in a proclamation issued to
Bolshcvism, which is threatening to
invade the nation from the east, and
external collapse only by the re-es
tablishment T a strong, stable state
German Government Crisis Ended
Paris, March 15—Ilerlin dispatches
inil i Just., v Nneskc. Minister of Defen.wi
nnlcr the Kbert government, and that
disorders Occur at Kiel and Frankfort
I’altis, March 15—A Zurich dispatch
oday says fifty wore killed in seriou.-,
lisorders at Kiel resulting from the
I in patch also says twenty were killed
ml two hundred wounded in fighting
t Frankfort.
Will Place Kaiser’s Son On German
Paris, Match 15—A dispatch from
'■»penhugen to the Paris press today
ays derm.in reports indicate that
ofiner lvuiser, will he placed on the
lerman thrown hy the Kapp govern
Caiser Excited Over German Situation
Ainerongen. Holland. March 15 -The
x-kaiser is displaying unusual tier
olisness over the tidings of the der
ian counter revolution, which is sai 1
i* have caused a great stir and com*
lotion at lieutick Pastle. HohenZol
rn has heeii seen to stop his daily
i an extremely excited manner.
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