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AND COOK INLET PIONEER.
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. TUESDAY. MAY 1. 1M7.
CONSCRIPTION TO BE INVOKED.
Tlie notional congress Inis passed n hill that provides tor
eompulsory military service in the United States. This hill
is known as tlit* selective conscription hill and had the power
ful backing of the Wilson administration. While hacked by
:i democratic administration, it is not a political or partisan
measure*. Former Presidents Roosevelt and Lilt, one a pro
gressive and the other a republican, favored tin* hill. In pro
viding for compulsory military service in the l nited States,
this nation is hut following a policy that lias been adopted by
most foreign nations. Experience has taught that it a suffi
cient number of troops art* to he raised for the detense or ag
gressive war on the part of a nation, compulsory service is tin*
only effective plan.
Heretofore, the United States has not found it necessary to
adopt 111is compulsory military system, hut time has changed
conditions until now, in the opinion of our foremost public men
and of our military and naval experts, conscription is the only
plan that will control the situation and permit a speedy mobili
ration of a big army, such as it is proposed to organize. To
invoke conscription at this time, does not mean that the 1 nited
States is going to become a military power or adopt the mili
taristic system. < hi the contrary, a large army is desired and
adequate defenses and lighting machines are needed to keep
us out of all future wars. Had this country been as well equip
ped as the European powers, it is more than probable that we
could have avoided entry into the world war. The fact that
this natron was illy prepared for hostilities was undoubtedly
:■ contributing factor in actuating the Herman policy of the
indiscriminate submarine campaign.
We are in favor of the conscription plan. We believe that
if is the only just and equitable policy in the matter of raising
troops for military service. Under the volunteer system, the
brave and patriotic young men would respond nobly to the call
of the nation. But it is not right that they alone should bear
the brunt of-theiyar. There are lots,of young men physically
fit who would illicit ^military duty, if they Voiilrf. and these
should h<* compelled t<> hear a share of the burdens of war.
t nder the cimnmlsnrv service iilan there will he.no shirkiufr.
Whether you wish to serve your country or not, you will have
to march to the front, if called upon to do so. And that is as
it should be. A man who is physically lit and who conies with
in the required age limit who will not, of his own volition, tight
for the preservation of a nation that lie calls his own, should
be made to respond. Conscientious scruples and all that sort
of thing don’t go, when the very life of a nation i- at stake. < hi
ly the unwilling ones object to compulsory conscription, and
these are the very ones that make such a law necessary. Com
pulsory conscription does not affect the true patriot. He will
go to the front anyway. It affects only the shirkers, and the
chances are mightily in favor of its making men out of them.
Now that the administration has pushed the conscription
bill through the congress, we should like to see it turn its at
tention toward the commercial hogs and financial sharks that
are seeking to make money out of this war business.
Speaker Champ Clark, in opposing the conscription bill,
told the members of congress that the people in his state- Mis
souri—likened the word conscription to the .word convict.
That’s alright for the speaker to throw bouquets at his constit
ueuts, for he indicated that his people would light without
being compelled to. Maybe they would, and again, maybe
they wouldn’t. We apprehend that the people of Missouri are
just as loyal and .just as patriotic as the residents of any other
state in the union. And we don’t believe they are any more so.
That line of talk doesn’t go in the situation that confronts us
now. We simply must have a big army, and the sure and cer
tain way to get it is to force military service upon the physical
ly fit. As we said before, this compulsory service is no attack
upon the loyal and the patriotic. Hut it will make the shirkers
come to the front and toe the mark.
One year ago this day, Mr. ('has. K. Herron took over the
plant of the Cook Inlet Pioneer and established Tin* Times, Un
der his progressive and public-spirited control, The Times has
forged to the front until it is now recognized as one of the
foremost publications in Alaska. Tiny. Times has been pros
perous. because it has deserved to he prokpertms. It has fol
lowed a constructive policy and has served \yjth unfailing loy
alty the best interests of this community, flic Cook inlet coun
try and Alaska in general. Il has been free and independent
and has not been afraid to express its opinion on public ques
tions and on matters of local concern. The Times may not al
ways be right, but it acts according to its light and is honest
and sincere in its desire to promote tin* welfare of this com
munity. For the second year of Mr. Herron’s control, even
greater improvements are planned than those accomplished in
the passing twelve months. The publisher lias passed tin
winter in the states, but he has not been idle. He has been in
teresting capital in various mining enterprises that are to be
opened this coming season and that mean much toward the de
velopment of this region.
A TIME FOR SOBERNESS.
(Juneau Kmpire)
There are law courts and other places in Alaska author
ized to try charges against ot'iicers of the law—places where
the facts must be sworn to under circumstances which make
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Loussac’s Daily Gossip
Tl'KSDAY. MAY 1. lit 17.
Vol. 1. No. 244. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 4th and U
APRIL RECORDS ARE NOW IN
A Victrola can make the home a church, an opera house, a recital hall,
a theatre, a vaudeville show, symphony hall—and yet it makes the Home a
better Home than ever!
We have just received a record by Mischa Elman—The "Orientale” by
Ce’sar Cui. A’ou must hear it to fully appreciate the charm of this piece.
We have heard so much recently of Mine Galli Curci, that we were very
anxious to hear her sing. Her rendition of the Valse Aria from Romeo and
Juliet is wonderful.’ It brings back memories of Melba, Sembrich and
I’inkert at the Metropolitan ami Manhattan Opera. She also sings “Home
Sweet Home” in English, and I’d just as soon have her record as Patti’s.
John McCormack sings “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.” W hoever i
heard Chauncey Olcott in “The Isle of Dreams” will be glad to hear this song
again and particularly the man who has charmed the continent with the sun
shine and radiance of his presence almost as much as with the wonder of
his lyric tenor voice.
Herbert Witherspoon sings “Arm, Arm. Ye Brave,” from Handel s Ora
toria, “Judas Maccabalus.” The oratorio was composed in 1746 and is one
of the most magnificent of Handel’s works.
For the lovers of chamber music we have a double record “'I he \ acant !
Chair,” and “I Can Not Sing the Old Songs.” The two melodies are both ,
quiet reveries which lend themselves to the ethereal beauty of Violin, ( olio
and Piano combination.
And then for a change we have some delightful rag One-Steps. Some
thing new—on a piano. About twenty-three centuries ago Aristoxenous of
Tarentum said about all that is worth saying about rhythm. Nevertheless,
we imagine that Mr. Aristoxenous would be astonished if he could hear some
of his theories tried out in modern ragtime as played by' Harry Thomas on
the Piano—Imagine the philosopher dancing a modern One-Step! 'let the
music can’t make your feet behave.
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Wc have a contract with the Victor people for new records coming out
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and poor, the accuser and accused, and they are guided by the
law and by consciences that are alive. There is no occasion in
.Juneau or elsewhere in Alaska for attempting to inflame pas
sion at ex-parte mass meetings. There is no place in Alaska
where such law is necessary or desirable. The present hour
is one when patriotism demands soberness of thought and re
straint in action. It is a time when the irresponsible agitator
is America’s greatest enemy.
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TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 AND 2.
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LEGISLATIVE SESSION DRAWING TO A
CLOSE AND BOTH HOUSES HARD AT WORK
•M'NIvAl . May 1. \\ itli but three more working days un
til the session ends, the senate is getting down to business and
is holding night sessions. A hill to have a commission to in
vestigate the advisability of having an insane asylum in Has
J<a was passed. The commission will investigate locations and
make report to the next session.
I lie house bill making it a misdemeanor to resist an officer
was killed.
I he bill prohibiting the establishment of branch banks wa«
killed.
I iie iiiii amending the laws relative to the establishment of
schools outside of incorporated towns, making ten children suf
lieient, was passed.
I he bill providing tor the 11is|Ktsition of estates wher>
then* are no heirs was passed.
The bill giving a bounty of 50 cents on eagles was passed 1
Hubbard introduced a resolution authorizing the territorv
to purchase $250,000 in bonds of the war loan, the bonds to b<
used as a sinking fund to build a state eapitol building.
IN THE HOUSE.
The house passed a hill providing for the establishment of
.justice’s courts in the territory and defining the duties of jus
tices.
The house passed an appropriation for stocking with deer
of the islands of Prince William sound.
The bill providing for the establishment of co-operative so
cieties was passed.
I lie house today is considering a new revenue bill. Chan
ges contemplated are an increase of the tax on canned salmon
lnun a halt cent to one cent a case; making bakeries doing »
business of over $500 annually pay a tax; meat markets and
laundries to be placed on a sliding scale, to pay taxes accord
ing to volume of business; making each member of a tine pa,
taxes, instead of a single tax for a firm, as now.
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