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EDITORIAL
"OT.D GLORY"
"America ror Americans
SHALL THE ARMY GO?
Commenting on the proposition
that cn American army be sent a
broad. the Seattle Fost-Intelligan
cer says:
"Marshal Joffre has made plain
*he earnest hope of the entente
that the United States may be rep
resented speedily ia tbe battle
fields of Kurope with an army, tho
size of that army being considered
of less importance than, the mere
presence of the American flag.
"There is a sharp difference of
opinion among the civilian popula
tion of this country whether or not
an American army should be sent
abroad. It chould be remembered
fcoi-ever, that this is not a ques
tmen at this time to be settled
accordance with, popular opinion.
1' is now a military question of
tho first importance and it should
be settled by military authority.
Ir is not even a political question.
"We havij entered this war in ac
tual alliance with other countries.
The on© hcn^e and the one purpose
of all these countries is to bring
'he war to the speediest conclusion
possib^ To this end there must
be the most cordial and intimate
cc-cperation. The United States
must, for its part, use the fullest
extent of its resources of all binds
iu the most speedy and adequate
manner.
"It sems to be the unanimous
opinion of the chief military author
l'.ies of tha countries with which,
we are now allied that the pres
ence of an American army in Eu
rope would have a great influence
to bring the speedy termination of
the war, the moral and psycholog
ical effect of our actual particip
ation in the war being counted on
as a large factor ia doing this.
"If our military authorities coin
cide fully in that opinion, or if,
as necessary for-the close co-oper
ation needed, they merely assent
to the views of the allies, believ
ing also that the defences of the
United States, menaced in no mat
erial direction now save by Mexico,
can spare the men needed, then
the army should be sent, however
much many Americans may grieve
over the fact. We are in the war.
We must do out part. We must
co-operate. Our allies believe
that this jvould be the most effeo
tive form of co-operation. That
should come near to settling the
master. "•
"THE NAVY NEEDS YOU!"
Call to Enllat Replaces "Stand by tha
President."
"Stand by the president!" has given
way to the slogan, "Tlie navy needs
you—America first!"
A largo electric sign topping one of
the business buildings in a prominent
spot on Pennsylvania nvenue, Wash
igton. called upon the people to "stand
by the president." It attracted much
attention, especially dtiring the inau
guration period, tvhea thousands of
it rangers were Ui town.
This slogan, however, has been dis
placed with the call to Join the navy.
GERMAN CRUELTY
SEEN Br 6ERARD
Prisoners Put In Gamps With
Typhus Stricken Russians.
CHILDREN MADE SAVAGES
Ambassador Saw Them Shoot Prleon
era With Arrowa Tlppad With Nails.
Ooga Ara Trained to Bit* All Britiah
Troopa In Priaon Camps—Punish
Those Who Give Food to Starving.
James W. Gorord, American ambas
sador to Germany, told tbe members
and guests of tbe Canadian Club of
New York at a dinner of Inhuman
treatment of prisoners of war by the
kaiser s military authorities. Tbe 1,000
diners received with groans of indigna
tion and shame the former ambassa
dor's recitation of how the German au
thorities Imprisoned townsfolk for glv
lng food and drink to sta'-r'rig Cana
dian prisoners of war, how German
sheep hounds were trained to bite Brit
ish soldiers, how small German boys
were allowed to shoot arrows tipped
with nails Into the bodies of prisoners
and how when typhus broke out In a
camp of Russian prisoners they sent
Frenchmen and Englishmen to live
with them.
It wa,? the flret time since he re
turned from Gennnay that he had told
of any of these things he bad seen.
He saw them on visits to the prison
camps in the capacity of the official
representative of the British and Ca
nadian governments. Mr. Gerard be
gan his speech by referring to Ger
many as "that country where they
were so fond of me that they kept me
a week after I said I wanted to go
home."
"I want to tell you Canadians," he
said, "some of the things I saw your
fellow countrymen endure In the Ger
man prisoner of war camps. You, Bit
ting here in this hotel, cannot im
agine the horror of living two and a
I half years In a German prison camp.
1 know because I saw.
To Jail For Giving rood.
"One day I rend In the North Ger
man Gazette a paragraph which Cola
that a number of tho Inhabitants of b
northern German town had been guilty
of Improper and unpatriotic conduct
toward prisoners of war and tliat they
had been jailed for varying terms and
their names printed In the North Ger
man Gazette, that their names might
be exposed to shame and their falsity
made known to generations of Ger
mans to come.
"I said to myself: "Good! At last
some of the Germans are to be pun
ished for maltreating prisouers of war.'
I directed the American consul there
to make a report on the matter. He
sent back word that a tralnload of
Canadian prisoners of wnr was being
taken through the town when it was
necessary to put the train on a siding.
Some of the prisoners communicated
to curious townsfolk gathered about
the train that they were starving and
had nothing to drink. The towns peo
ple had given them food und drink,
and that was the crime for which they
were imprisoned and held up to shame.
"I had seen small V°J's, with German
simplicity and kindness, march about
the prison camps armed with bows and
arrows, shoot arrows tipped with nails
at prisouers, but 1 hnd not before heard
of such a thing as this.
"I had read in history that at the
beginning of the reformation Martin
Luther nailed his thesis to the door of
the cathedral. After this you know
whom 1 would like to have nailed to
that door.
Prisoners Put With Typhus Patients.
"Another time there was typhus fe
ver In a camp where Russians were
Interned. Saying that ail the allies
should stick together, the Germans
placed English and Trench prisoners
with the Germans In the typhus camp,
thus condemning numbers of them to
certain death.
"At another camp I visited they had
trained German sheep dogs to bite
British, and when the guards went
through the camp they took the train
ed dogs with them, and It was seldom
that they failed to bite British soldiers
I complained to Berlin about the matter,
and for a long, long time my complaint
was unnoticed. Nothing was done un
til I told the commandant that 1 was
a very good pistol shot and that 1 felt
like going out and shooting some train
ed dogs and seeing what they would
do about it. Shortly afterward the
commandant was removed."
ALIEN ENEMIES WARNED
TO RESPECT FLAG OF U. 8.
Warning against desecration of
the American flag by aliens was
Issued by the department of Jus
tice. This notice was sent to
federal attorneys and marshals:
Any ailan enemy tearing
down, mutilating, abualng or
desecrating tha United Statas
flag in any way will ba re
garded ae • danger to tha
pubilo peace or safety within
the meaning of regulation 12
of tha proclamation of tha
president laaued April 6, 1917,
and will be subject to »um
mary arrest and confinement.
NOTICE OP ADMINISTRATOR'S
SALE OF REAL ES
TATE
Notice is hereby given that in, per
suance of an order of the Honor
able E. A. Raamuson, Commlssion
«r tor the Territory of Alaska, in
Divtsicn No. 1, sitting In probate in
okagway Precinct, mado on the
EleveDth day of April 1917, in the
matter of the Estate of Anna, Cassl
dv, deceased, the undersigned ad
ministrator of the said Estate will
sell at Public Vendue to the high
er and beet bidder for
cash, and subject to cooiXlrmatkxn by
•aid .Court, on Saturday the Twelfth
day <f May, 1917, at Two o'clock in
the afternoon of said day on the
frcii* steps of the United States
States Court House in the City
and Precinct of Skagway and Terri
tory of Alaska, all the right, title,
Interest and estate of the said Anna
Cassidy at the time of her death,
and all the right, title, and interest
tht* the said estate has, by opera
tloa of law or otherwise, j.n and to
thoso certain, lots, pieces or par
eels ot land situate, lying and be
ing ia the City of Skagway, and
Territory of Alaska, and particular
ly described as follows, to-wit:—
All of lots eight (8) and nine (9)
in block thirty-four (34) of the
City of Skagway, Territory of Al
aska, as the same is shown by a
furrey and plat thereof made by
Frauk H.. Roid, Civil Engineer.
FRANK SUFFECOOL,
Administrator.
Ia tbe U. S. Commissioner's Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Skag
wav Precinct at Sk-ag>vay, Alaska.
In Probate.
In, the Matter of the Estate of
Fred Miller, decease^..
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That A. jr. Achison, admiuistrator of
tne estate of Fred Miller, deceased,
has filed in the above entitled court
his final report of the estate of
the &aid deceased and the hearing
of the same has been fixed by said
court for the 25th day of June,
1917, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
of said day, at the federal court
house in Skagway, Alaska, at the
court room thereof, and all persons
interested in said estate are notified
to then and there appear and file
anv objections they may have to
sa'd account and to show cause, if
any they have, wy said final ac
count should not he allowed.
A. J. ACHISON,
Administrator.
First publication, May 3, 1917.
Final Publication, May 31, 1917.
5. 3-10-17-24-31.
In thn Commissioner's Court for the
Territory cf Alaska, Skagway
Precinct, at Skagway, Alaska.
In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of E.
W. o. Achison, deceased.
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That the undersigned has been, by
Edward A Rasmuson, the Unit
ed States Commissioner and Probate
Judge of the above entitled Court,
by order duly made and entered, np
pointed administratrix of the es
tate of E. W. S. Achison, deceased;
all persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to
present them with proper vouchers
lu legal form within six (6)
mon'ns from the date of this no
tice to the undersigned at her
residence In the Town of Skagway,
Alaska.
Sated this 2nd day of May, 1917.
SARAH AOHISQN,
Administratrix.
Firs' publication May 3, 1917.
Final publication May 31, 1917.
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FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotlierhoed. —
Camp Gkagwav No. 1>
A. B. meets every sec
ond anti fourth; Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. sliarp. vismng Dimuwn
ly w.t'c-cine. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tio Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
Recorder.
Fraternal Order
Kaglep—
Skugwuy Aeria
No. 25, Frater
nal Order ut
moeta Uiej first and third
Wedmesday nigkt of each month at
Uii'Ji hall an tilth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers eua-diailj- inviteid to
Attend. J. 31. Gieisbucii, W. 1*.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Saturday, Evenlng3
of each mouths. Visiting' Brethren
»re welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMES WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. EI.KS
Skagway Lodge
NO. 431, B. P. O.
K. meets every
Thursday night
fct 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
F. J. VAWDEWAIA,, Secretary
Pipnne* of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet® In A. B. Hall first Monday In
e&erj month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers coitlially wcl
come.
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