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SATURDAY, APRIL, 24th 1920
WAR EXPEDIENT DEVELOPS THRIFT SPIRIT
That' Hip lesion of the little War Saving }>tump was not
American public is convincingly displayed in a recent report of the Treasury
Department showing that more than 124 million dollars worth of Thrift and
War Saving Stamps were sold by the United States government during eleven
months of 1918. In the month of November alono salt* throughout the
country amounted to more than 8 millions.
That there was a ready demand for the little saving inducers during the
war period was natural. But when the war was over and the pressing demand
for. war. funds was to a great extent relieved It would seem that the natural
reaction front the long period of saving would cause the public to overlook
the advantage of further investment In the diminutive securities. A sale of
124 millions shows, however, that the much needed lessons of thrift impressed
by tfio stamps has not been forgotten by a large portion of the American
In view of the public interest last year i^ is to be hoped that the go\ -
eminent wiM-'continue this novel plan of inducing small savings Indefinitely.
Decades of prosperity have made the American people the lenst Inclined to
save of any of earth’s inhabitants, Prodigality and extravagence ure no
where so rife as In the United States. So widespread is the tendency to
reckless and Improvident spending that It may almost be discribed as a national
evil. Nowhere can the desire to save be incalculated with greater benefit
to.tha..people and anything which tends in that direction should be encoura^d.
L A 1-0 R AND RADICAL! S
The tendency of large labor groups to adopt the tactics of ultra
radicalism in their efforts to bring about a change in the present economic
and. industrial situations. Is a distinctly disconcerting manifestation of the
great unrest* that has seized upon the American public. Especially when
the. virus of so called "direct action” strikes such normally conservative
labor bodies as the-railway-brotherhoods, thoughtful citizens may well !«use
to consider the ultimate results if this highly inflnmntory spirit continues
to invade-the ranks of unionized labor.
That the inclination to disregard- authority and oven the law is
widespread among the labor unions has been too clearly pxainpliffed since
the end of the-world war to admit of negation. The examples of this spirit
provided by the collective and peremptory demand of the railroad brother
hboda for "more pay or a- reduction in the cost of living,'” the great steel
strike, the New York longnhoreshore strike, the Seattle shipyard strike and
thw present:so called "outlaw" railroad strike leave little doubt in the mind
of the >obeerver that the tendency of union labor is running strongly away
from*thw-restraints of constituted authority and toward the demoralizing and
'destoruotive tenets-of Bolshevism, 1. NVism and kindred cults, the aton of
*blctel»<a complete'and immediate overthrow of existing social, political and
to thO'InaUlueuB influence of professed radicals of the Bolshevist or Com
munist. type operating under the sheltering cloak of ^unionism as much ns
it is? to. the. conditions which dally confront the workers under the present
order of things. Inking the facts square in the face one need not draw
upsM.Usslr.imagination in the slightest degree to perceive that no extraneous
proppflmtdfc influences are* necessary to breed this attitude In the workers.
The; disparity*: between wages* and prices, the unrestricted sway of the profl
• tesr-. and..the- rapacious landlord, and the plain- reluctance of Congress toward
takJng-eflPScthre-'meaSures to relieve the situation, are alone sufficient to en
gender the, spirit bf "resentment bn which radicalism is based. f
Not- even the- most'* ardent exponent of 100 percent Americanism can
Tillnllhimself to the, fact that there is something decidedly wrong with a
system /which forces 'millions of industrious citizens to strike in order to
sebum enough of the- commodities of existence for themselves and their de
pendant* is a land which normally produces two and even three times as
much of everything, required for human sustenance as is needed by its citi
zen*/ ’ TWO workers'realize this wrong in the fullest sense because it is
they who ars'-its^gjsatest- victims and we are' of the view that it is ibis
knmriedgr rather* than the activities of professed destructionists that lies at
thSctooHom *of- the seeming radical tendencies of labor. The workers know
the*-:conditions- confronting them- are unwarranted and unjustified and can
he»fe{lMtod'If those*<can be found-who have the will and the courage to under
take, tim task* with thS"forces of government behind them. They belieye.
thlst.-wltto u Arm faith, thdt Is sustained by ample evidences that they are
the**victims-of a nefarious system of spoilatlon 'and not of any known econo
mlcruieor condition. Yet-when they turn their eyes to the only source
from<whence relief' might be expected they find only cold neglect or feeble
palliatives. /Finding* ho prospect of help save In their own efforts, it is
- hardly wondered'at that they resort to some of the tools of radicalism
and-to expedients' which border dangerously close upon defiance of law and
convention. This spirit may be aggravated to some extent by the activities
of mdloal agitators but we cartiiot believe that American labor will permit
itselfsto become either a conscious oY unconscious tool or the Bolshevists or
I. W*. W. or others of similar Ilk’.
Labor Is-resentful’fct'the unwarranted conditions confronting it but
w#4e got* beHe*e that-all ^he Bolshevik agitators In or out of Christendom can>
InfleeBe^thw‘American'workers to make deliberate lecense of liberty or sub-|
stlteW-demoralisation all (destruction for national order and peace. They
aiw tar-too Intelligent fdrone thing, knd another Is that deep down in the heart
of the American' working man Is a spirit of patriotism, of love, for this
great and beautiful' land of freedom as sturdy as that of the men who framed
the chktersf our National liberty. They proved it In their response to
ills iigttftf'S »sit In the great war. when four million of them went forth in
the world's towitgidrioua crusade^for no other reward than the perpetuation
of an Ideat, whtts added tens of millions gave wholesaled devotion to flag
Vad eotmiry^ln Isbot'a toll. . t
•rat titer are restive and dissatisfied'now need not. imply .that -they
have Jjecome iaSeAitterican or less pairtbUc. Bather It polnta to a growing
undMtaadiAl^ctett the conditions which oppr*m them are artificial conditions
_Uitssullj lnif iwt?Mli-'rf— m- relieved by the force# of government if the
torenanent so elects. Let the proper ehampitms appear, and there Is little
reiteofl lO aoum UUll me nisquicuns euuenwa nwiwmimn ”
dlsnppeur from the ranks of labor.
ALASKA NEEDS ONLY FRIENDLY HELP TO GROW
(From tho Seattle Times)
An effort will be made durifig this session of congress to concentrate
all Alaska administrative affairs in the Department of the Interior.
, Tho Department contemplates the formation of a special bureau to
deni with territorial matters, with a view to the speeding up of their disposition.
At the present time this .control is exercised by three deparment*—
Interior, Agriculture and Commerce.
One deals with public lands, another with forests, and still another
with the waters of Alaska.
A reform originating in one department may have to travel through
all three before it can be made effective The remedying of sin evil situation
may call for Joint effort on the part of bureau chiefs obeying the instructions
of three cabinet officers.
Centrallzatlon of authority is necessary if Alaska is to get anywhere.
Action is essential If the resources of the country are to be made available and
population is to be attracted to it.
Had it not been so rich a land, bad it not possessed so much of readily
obtained wealth, the. territory today would possess only a fraction "f its
present white population.
And thsit population, at this moment, is but a small part of the total
which it could and would support were the administration of its affairs moro
intelligent and were the utilization of its riches systematically attempted.
Alaska needs only friendly help to grow. It possesses everything
possessed by Norway apd Sweden in the way of climate and agricultural possi
bilities. Its coastal sections enjoy a climate milder than that of the Amer
ican Middle West—milder, in fact, than that of Washington, D. C.
Its mineral resources have been only scratched. Of metals, it pos
sesses u seemingly inexhaustible store, while coal is plentiful, forests are
extensive and water powe.r is abundant.
Alaska's lack of development is due solely to the failure of the govern
ment to attempt its energetic development.
Centralization of administrative authority in a single department in a
single bureau unquestionably would be of immediate and far-reaching benefit
to the country and. through the utilization of its wealth, to the T'nited States.
THE TIRED BUSINESS MAN
(Keystone Travelers Magazine)
I have been held up, held down, sand-bagged, walked on. sat on,
flattened out and squeezed, first by the United States Government for the
Federal War Tax. the Kxcess Profits Tax, the Liberty Loan Bonds: for the
Stale, County and City Highway Tax and the. Auto Tax and the Syntax, and
by every society and organization that inventive mind of man can devise to
exttact what you may or may not possess, from the Society of John the
Baptist, the G. A. It., the Women's Relief, the Men’s Relief, the Stomach
Relief, the Navy Relief, the League of Nations, the Red Cross, the Iron Cross,
the Rouble Cross, and every other Cross of all colors, until I feel that l am
cress myself, and the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. and the Old Folks*
Home, the Children’s Home, the Dorcas Society, and every Hospital ir. town.
The Government has so governed my business that I don’t know who
owns it. I am inspected, suspected, examined and re-examined, informed,
required and commanded, so 1 don't know who I am, where I am, or why I
All I know is that I am supposed to lie an inexhaustible supply of
money for every known need, desire or hope of the human race, and because
T will not sell all I have, and go out and beg. borrow, or steal money to give
away. I have been cussed, discussed, talked to and talked about, lied to, lied
about, held up, hung up, robbed and nearly ruined, and the only reason I am
clinging to Life is to see what in H— is coming next!!!
IA/ILL ESTABLISH VOTING
PRECINCT AT LOST RIVER
Owing:, it is said, to the- efforts of
a committee of the Republican Club,
appointed fry- that purpose, a voting
precinct will he established at lx>st i
River for the forthcoming elections. |
An announcement to this effect was!
made by the committee at the last j
meeting of the club Sunday afternoon I
Parties recently arriving from the
Lost River section reported some
time ago that Commissioner Wm Marx
had refused to establish a voting pre
cinct at Ixist River, although petition
ed to do so by the considerable num
ber of voters there. It develops that
the commissioner ruled against the
petition on the score that the. petition
requesting the establishment of a
Voting precinct was not signed by
the requisite number of qualified
voters. The law provides that peti
tions for this purpose shall bear the
signatures of 30 qualified voters. The
petition in question is said to have
carried the names of 31 persons. It
was held by Commissioner Marx that
four of these had not been in the ter
ritory long enough to acquire voting
rights, thus reducing the number of
valid signatures below the number re
quired by law.
The matter has been adjusted, how
ever, and the voters there- will have
the opportunity of casting their bal- i
Let Cation Be
Yoar Beauty Doctor
ALASKA NOTES
fins Seifert, an oldtimer of tin- Nome
district, has bonded the Hod Top min
ing property in southeastern Alaska.
Mr Seifert took an option on behalf
of himself and New York associates.
The Red Top group is in the same min
eral belt at the Premier and other
valuable properties of the llyiler dis
The case of J. Labee, wood con
tractor, against Joe Gusser, was heat'd
In Dawson recently. Labee sued for
recovers' of the price of three cords of
wood which- GUsser had taken out of
the river opposite Dawson la«t year.
The wood had gone adrift when a
boom broke at the mouth of the Klon
dike. The court found there was no
precedent for granting salvage for re
covery of the wood lost in the river,
but allowed Gusser two dollars per
cord for saving the wood and directed
htm to pay eight dollars a cord for th->
wood he used.
In connection with his sawmill and
cold storage operations at Port Cha
tham, Ddclc Dohery put up 2S tons of
cod fish last summer.
George F. Marsh, formerly of Idit
arod and a resident of Fortuna Ledge
since the fall oif 1916; has been appoint
ed U. S. Commissloner of the lafcf
IYIUINUAT
GERMAN DISTURBANCES
CONTINUE—GENERAL STRIKE
THREATENED IN SILESIA
Berlin, April, ID—The situation ir
Silesia Is daily growing more threat*
ening. according to advices reachinc
Berlin. A general strike is now
threatened in upper Silesia and vi. in
ity which will reach ail trades ant
professions.
Allies Discussing Occupation
Ruhr Basin.
I'aris. April ID—Allied Kcupnti.u
of the Ruhr basin is being consider*-:
by the Allied premiers gathered r
S: n lento, Italy, according to a state
iron I published in the Paris journal
L • I etit Parisien, today.
*l’h« newspaper report says Premier'.
L■<'*>• I George. Miller and Nittl hav
a ;re *d in principle on the nccossit\
o- • »reing Germany to domoblize hot
aro.ed forces but says they are not
fully agreed as to the best means ol
proceedure.
Faro, Roulette, Crap>, Black Jack
and poker revived—Frontier Night.
ALLIED COUNCIL SITTING
AT SAN REMO. ITALY
l San Remo, Italy. April ID—Tin- In
terallied Suprdme Council has remov
ed to this place to continue its deliber
ations relative to the. peace settlements.
The Supreme Council began its for
mal sessions today in the Villa Dcvati
I chau. with Premier’s Lloyd George.
Miller and Nitti in attendance.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND
RESIGNS—REPORT
London. April 18th—'The London
Standard today asserts that General
French has handed to the government
his resignation as Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland. The story is not verified.
NOTED SURGEON SHOT
BY MANIAC
New York, April IS— 1 >r. .lames
Wright Markoe. the noted surgeon,
George’s Protestant IOpiseop.il Church,
the congregation of which Inelndes
numerous persons of great wealth and
social standing. The shooting was
done l».v Tfiotnas \V. Slnipkin. .1 lima
tie who had escaped from an insane
asylum in Virginia. Simpkins w.fs a
stranger in New York and so far as
known had no knowledge of the iden
tity of anyone in the church. He was
totally ignorant of who .Markoe was.
The latter and Herbert I*. Kutterlec.
son in law of J. I'. Morgan, were
passing the collection plates at Ul
timo Simpkin fired several shots. In
addition to striking Markoe. one of the
bullets fired by the maniac wounded
J. Morgan Jones and Dr. George K
Brewster.
After firing the shots Simpkins fled
front the church but was captured by
members of the congregation hef>u>
he could escape.
Dr. Karl lteiland. rector of ilv
church, had just finished a sermon ask
ing the church members to be kind to
visiting strangers a few minutes hefor.
the shooting occurred.
A singular incident In connection
with the shooting was that the organ
ist failed to hear the shots and played
throughout the shooting and the ser
vices following. Dr. Markoe was one
of the most widely noted physicians
in the city and served the elder Mor
gan as surgeon and physician for many
years before his death. Papers fount
on tlte person of Simpkin disclose that
he is a deserter from the Canadian
One dollar admission entitles you
to $1000:00 worth of fun and refresh
ments at Frontier Niglit.
CHINESE EASTERN RAILROAD
Harbin, Manchuria. April 1'J The
Japanese jiml Chinos** forces in Man -
churia arc fighting over th<* possession
«»f the Chinese Kastern Railroad ;in<|
several bloody battles have taken
place. according to advices reaching
The- .Japanese have occupied sever.’!
cities along the line of the railroad to
th” north of Chung Chung.
CHINA FACING
GREAT STRIKE OVER
SHANTUNG QUESTION
Shanghai. April IK -China is facing
a strike of approximately eight hun
dred thousand students, who plan to
tie up all business on the railroads and
telegraph lines, and possibly engage in
a revolution in an eff« rt to fore- th.
and to refuse to imrluipn in tin*
Shantung negotiations.
Estimated Three Million Engaged
In Strike
Shanghai. April 1 i*—Close to three
million students and others in th -
fourteen northern provinces went on
strike today in protest against teach
ings advocating direct negotiations
with Japan on the Shantung <|iiestion.
They are parading the streets in
the principal cities seeking tn enlist
the support of China’s hundred million
trade union members in their cause.
A jury at Juneau found John Malin
sky guilty of forgery and not guilty of
uttering false checks.
I A Juneau jur> returned a verdict
I against Nels Lundin and N l,udv*ak
sen for robbing the trap of the Colum
tbia Salmon Co. at Whitestone harl»or.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
! To the Eh-ctor* of the Town of
I Nome, Division No Two, Territory
| of Alaska: ....
I Notice is hereby given that pur
suant lo Chapter 39, Session Laws of
i Alaska, 1919, approved May 3, 1919, a
Primary Election will be held on Tues
Iday, April 27lh, 1920, between the hour-i
of 8 o'clock a m. and 7 o'clock p m
of said day.
. The common Council of Nome hav
ing heretofore, by ordinance duly des
ignated the polling place in said Town,
the electors are hereby notified:
That all duly qualified voters re
siding within the Town of Nome will
vote at City Hall building, located on
; Front Street in and upon lot 11 of
block 20, which is owned by City of
Nome, the same being the duly des
ignated polling place in and for the
Town of Nome.
Dated this 16th day of March, 1920
The Common Council of the Town
of Nome
E. GRIMM
City Clerk.
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT
St Michael J»rts$noJ}. Second Di
vision. District of Alaska.
NILS PETEK HALS, Deceased...
Notice is hereby given that on the
Mh day >>f April 19JO. the undersigned
Executor of the said Estate duly filed
her final account therein said Court
and also her petition asking that said
account he settled ami allowed.
hearing on said petition and objections
Koon. t'nited States Commissioner
and Ex Officio Judge of Probate at his
office in St Michael. Second Division,
jDistrict of Alaska, on Monday June
,7th, 1920, at 2 p. nt. of said da\
ELLEN .\1. 1 !.\T.S lit t V XE
I Publish April 24, May 1. 8. 1.1. 1920.
1920 MAY 1920
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